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THE LEADER .
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» FTEK the many contradictory reports which -A- the telegrams of the last week have brought us as to the progress of the deliberations at Zurich , the important news at length arrives that the various points at issue having been satisfactorily arranged , three treaties of peace have been signed , ¦ wh ich have arisen out of the " Villa Franca armistice . A congress is to be convoked by Austria and France , at which it is hoped that the future
peace of Italy may be assured upon a firm and lasting basis . If it be thought advisable that this country should condescend to enter as a party to these deliberations the duty of England is manifest ; it has been boldly and clearly expressed by our Foreign Minister on a late occasion in Scotland , and ° \ vas l-eiterated by Sir George Lewis at the City banquet on Thursday . We must steadfastly refuse to consent to any act by which the expressed will of the people of Italy may be contravened ; and , indeed , after their public avowals , any other policy than this it will be follow
impossible for our ministers to . Notwithstanding the disavowal of all 'intention of forcible interference , there still appears evidence of inU-igue against the accomplishment of the liopes of Italy . The Imperial letter to Victor Emmanuel has , it is said , elicited a firm and dignified reply , to the effect that the thanks of the Italian sovereign and liis people wore due to the French Emperor for his assistance to their cause ; but that in future the will of the I talian people must be the ' guide of their king and leader rather than the recommendations or implied wishes of i Louis Napoleon . It is added that the Piedmonhis determination not to
tese monarch expressed Se nnit the restoration of the banished Grand > uke 8 , at tho same time consenting to avoid lendin" armed assistance to the people of tho Duchies . Garibaldi , we are told , who lias been called to the council of his Sovereign at this crisis , advises immediate action , and expresses his conviction that the time for deliberation is past . He fears no failure : with his good cause and his gallant followers , he believes , and with good ground , that he will speedily dispose of the myrmidons of tho Pope and the ' Duke of Modern ^ if indeed tliey tJvor give him tho opportunity to bring thorn to notion . Tho Crovormneuts of the four States of Tuscany , Pamia , Mode n a , and tho Komagna , have by the unanimous votes of their individual national
assombliea chosen the l ' rinoo < le Carigmin as JRugunt , ' to administer the affairs of Government in . the name of his illustrious relative ; and this expedient has not boon resorted to without due dolibonitimi , and with tho hope that it ¦ would relieve the difficulty felt by Victor Emmanuel , in accepting personally tho crown which they had offered . # Tho French Emperor , however has ( notwithstanding his former uWsuution ) interfered , and the latest intelligence from Turin is , that the King , in consequence of " a , very urgent ropreuentation of tl » o h reuoh Government , has refused his permission for IVinoe Bugene to aocept tho regency of Central Italy . Simultaneously with this we receive tho news that liia " illustrious ally " demands from the King of
Sardinia the trifling sum of sixty millions in payment of the expenses of the late war ; and this , be it remembered , is in addition to the Lombard debt with which he has been saddled . In another part of the Italian Peninsula French diplomacy has been equally busy ; the IIolyl Father , whose indignation at the letter in wMch Louis Napoleon pointed out the necessary reforms in the states of the Churchj was so great as to lead to a very decided quarrel and a threat from the Emperor to
withdraw the French troops who now garrison the Holy City—has apparently been brought to a more humble frame of mind- and Count Walewski announces to doubting Europe , that the Pope is only waiting the " opportune moment" to make the often promised and urgently required reforms in his dominions ; that he is about to replace clerical by lay government ; and—most wonderful of all—that he consents to the labours of government being supervised by an assefiibly elected , by the people .
of hunting out the remnant of the Sepoy rebeliioi now lurking on the frontiers of jSTepaul ; and ii this we are to receive the assistance of JungBahaj door , who has already been rewarded , for sheltering our foes , by a large grant of territory . Th « magnificent progress of the Viceroy to the northwestern provinces , with a retinue that almost , vies with the ancient splendours of the sultans of Delhi , meets with comments not altogether favourable from the Indian journals , which point to the diminishing revenue and the empty treasury . The Ninth of November of this year was an occasion of more than usual interest , since the
Heir of England on that day completed the age which makes him free from the control of a regeat in case ( which Heaven avert ) of a demise oftb . Crown . The event was celebrated with warmth , but without magnificence ; the family reunion at Windsor being the most notable circumstance . Of the other event of the day , the civic monarch's installation feast , notice must also be taken , though in truth it was greatly shorn of its former splendour . At the Guildhall neither the Premier nor tie Foreign Minister were present , but in the absence of the heads of the Government Sir George Lewis gave a very satisfactory , and ( for him ) i ^ thy announcement of their home and foreign
Two remarkable productions have this week issued from the French press , which , though they take England for their text , strange to say , do so without abusing us . One of these , from the pen of M . Michel Chevalier , is written to counteract the warlike sentiments which appear to be studiously fostered at the present time on the other side of the Channel . M . Chevalier dwells upon the vastness of "bur resources , and the inevitable superiority of this country at sea to all European Powers—either separate or combined ; he even goes so far as to warn his countrymen , of the possibility of their receiving a blow from " John Bull , "
policy . The reform bill is promised among " the eai'liest events of the coming session ; and on the subject of Ital y the Home Secretarysaid that as yet no intimation of a Congress had been received ; but that he and his colleagues were decided as to the policy to be adopted—no forcible interference whatever should be allowed in Italian matters . The eloquent Chancellor o £ the Exchequer spoke the praises of the House of Commons . It was , he said , a very good House , and always paid the taxes which it was his disagreeable duty to bring forward , and would not disappoint the expectations of the country . Mr . Gladstone insisted upon supplies sufficient to ensure the national security ; that seen to , he acknowledged that the burdens of the taxpnyer must
which it may once more take half a century to repair . On the other hand , he declares that an invasion of this country , if successful , would leave no traces which iu ten years would not be effaced by British energy . The text of M . Louis Jourdan is simply this—that England owes her superiority to other nations to the liberty which she enjoys ; he therefore hopes that , as soon as convenient , the Imperial Government will graciously vouchsafe that freedom which alone is necessary to make France more than equal to her haughty neighbour .
be lightened . , _ The statesmanlike letter of Lord Ellenborough upon the Italian quostion will not fail to carry great weight with it both at homo and on the Continent . While he approves of a fund bein * raised for the purohase of arms as means to-the freedom of Italy , ho truly says that as yet the Italians have done little more than' rejoice over an muopondeii . ee which they have neither achieved nor deserved . He , like most Englishmen , hopes to see the men of Italy with arms in thou- handsunder tho guidance of Garibaldi , who has the head to dare and the head to direct—establish their independence , and raise up a strong fvoo Stato that shall be ft guarantee for the peace ot
Hostilities between Spain and Morocco appear actually to have commenced ; and a Moorish gunboat is the first trophy of victory on the Spanish side . O'DonheU by this time has sailed for the field in which his laurels are to be gathered ; and considerable displeasure has been exhibited in Madrid at the departure of the prime minister on such nn errand . French successes on the Moorish frontier arc also again spoken of ; whether or npt there exists any understanding with Spain in this
African war , wo shall probably soon learn ; muunwhilo wo hear thut the French Government has declined to supply tho transport which waa ^ xpootecl by the Spaniards . The Spanish Government have been distinctly and firmly informed by the British Minister at Madrid that this country cannot permit any appropriation of territory on the coast of the Straits of Gibraltar ; and the reply has been mndo that no such proceedings wore intended .
" TJio ' main quostion between tho masters and workmen of the building trade remains still un « settled , but every week the number of men on Htriko becomes smaller . Groat injury has been tlono during the progress of tho dispute to tho mulunl interests of omployurs and employed ; and wo re-rot to loam that one largo firm hold out thrauft of importing skilled foreigners , to take at it low rate tho work refused by English mechanics . On tho other side the bitterness hiw been increased by somo acts of intimidation on the part of tho men ,
The news from India is again of a warlike nature ; the piratical tribe of murhurs have Itoen chastised in their inland stronghold , but not without severe loss to the attacking forces . Flying columns are alao to be organised for the purpose
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— The Papal Government 1245 The Regency of Prince Carignano 1250 Adelphr > -. i ~ 5 a K-Vitvv of the wtt * Foreigd Incidents ... 1245 The Liberal Writers of Itafy .... 1251 Olympic-. . , .... < ' i 3 « HOME INTELLIGENCE . PA . CE ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- LITERATURE- The ( San ' . VS . ' . ' . " ' . ' .. ' . I' :: " . ' . 1255 Political Foreshadow * ngs ... _ ... 1240 Germany .. 1246 Notes of the Week . 1251 Crystal Palace . 1255 Brougham and Stanley on Edu- ¦ * ¦ The West Indies and the Spanish Miscellaneous Items 1255 cation ^ 240 INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- Main .. 1251 The Great Eastern 1241 Recent Courts Martial . 1247 Women Artists in All Ages and COMNIERCIALNaval and Military . ¦ .. ; v&n . Latest Indiau Intelligence 1247 Countries :. 1 . 252 The Volunteers ¦ £ «* Miscellanies—Kingsley ' s .. 1253 Maritime Assurance . 125 ( 5 Ireland ... Jr £ J Postscript 1248 Serials 1254 3 Ioney Market and Stock Ex-Law , Police , and Casualties 1242 „ ., „ ,.,-. ¦ --.,-,. General Literature . * .. 1251 change 1257 . General Home News 1243 PUBLIC AFFAIRS General Trade Report 1257 Settling Italy 1249 MUSIC AND THE DRAMA— Railway Intelligence ... 1257 foreign intelligence . Our Protectorate of Morocco ... 1249 Joint Stock Companies 1257 General Summary 1244 The National Prosperity 1250 . Drury-Iane i ££ > General Commercial News 1257 England and France 1245 The Romish Church Militant .... 1250 j Cogent-garden 12 o 5 ™
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 1239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2320/page/3/
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