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    ITALIAN EVANGELICALS.

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    LETTER FROM GERMANY.

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    in a number of foolish sneers against the " Be , galant icomo , which have nothing ta'do with the point in question ^ repeating a series of hearsay reports from Roman priests and Swiss officers , and expressin a trenernl conviction , unsupported by any faces , that there , was very little harm done to things or persons- during- the siege , and that what there was , was all the fault of ; the rebellious townspeople . This letter , which , to say the least , is a foolish mis-statement of facts well established , was communicated , it seems , by the lady ' s husband to some of the Papal authorities , and by them republished in the official journal . When will my countrymen and . countrywomen learn not to distrraee our country by taking part in matters which do not concern them ; and part too . in favour of absolutist despotism ? Alas ! that the horrors of Perugia should find an English ladv for their sole apologist .

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    1 { Extract from private Correspondence . ) Flokknck , January 20 , 18 ( 30 , MU CH has been said about the . harsh treatment which the Evangelicals have ' received at ' the '' hands of ' the Tuscan- ministry , but in this there has been gross exaggeration . The . Government protects and . defends religions liberty ,, whatever may be said to the contrary by foreign journals : the Times in particular has shown itself very " ill-informed on this point . . The same exaggerMtion and mis-statement have been made respecting the division : into two bodies of the small evangelical party , and their abandonment by their most eloquent preacher , Mazzakella . and their titled patron , Count Pietko Gutcciakdini . The Count is collaterally descended ¦ f rom the ancient and noble family of that name , " whose rei-npte

    ancestor ,-.-Francesco' GtricciAUDixi , the eminent historian and statesman , was so averse to republicanism , and evinced such strong aristocratic tendencies . In 18 al he was summoned before the police , imprisoned , and banished for reading the Scriptures and :: Uending- a Protestant place of worship . From that time until last suminer , though always associating ; - , as far as possible , With Italians whose views were the . same-as his own , ho was compelled to keep at a distance from his Tuscan . friends . His reappearance here was a matter of great rejoicing among us ,, and has been , I believe , almost equally .-acceptable " to the Government . From his respectable standing atid well-known probity and discretion , they could look to him to assist them in moderating any excessive zeal for proselytisin winch the dissentients froiiV Catholicism might be supposed likely to manifest . They could also obtain from , him any information they wished as to . the numbers and movements of the body . The Count

    has been accused of apathy ; of doing more harm than good in Florence ; of not . showing the energy and activity which he ought in pleading the cause of the ¦ ¦ evangelicals with the Government . All this is false : and it is my opinion that it is thanks to the presence and exertions of Count Guicciakdini that the meetings of the evangelicals have not been totally suspended during these difficult times for the Tuscan rulers . As you are perhaps aware , the Government instructed Count Gutc ' ciau ' dini to speak to Mazzaiiella and courteously request him to close the place of worship in Barbano temporarily , and see that his ? friends met elsewhere in as quiet a manner as possible , so as to avoid exciting priestly or popular tumult . They represented the serious difficulties by which they were surrounded , and urged upon the ' evangelical ? not to enhance these difficulties . Under these circumstances , the place in Barbano

    was closed for a time ; it was decided that brethren should bo sent to preach in different places beyond the city , and a smaller place of worship formerly used , on the other side the Arno , was reopened for worship . This place was immediately filled to overflowing , though the preacher earnestly entreated that any who believed in the Pope as their spiritual head would abstain frgm attending , and confine themselves to the ministration of their own priests , by whom they would be excommunicated for attending 1 non-catholic service . Indeed , the evangelicals have never sought to proselytise in the ordinary acceptation of the term . They will not Buffer themselves to be called ptotestants , but simply Christians , and are most anxious to avoid giving thojr follow countrymen reason to suspect thafc they aiini at the establishment ' of a sect or party . They object to those established institutions which place the Church and its ministry lii > t , and make C&iust and the Gospel secondary ; but they hold out no inducement ' s to any to jujn them . They only say , If your views are the same as ours come with us to the Saviour . A few

    clays after the closing of the place of meet ing in liarbano some ot the brethren , unknown to the rest , thought well to reopen it for worship , Nn doubt , they thought that us Mazzarklla . whs preaching- on the other side of the Arno their meetings would attract little attention , and thus bo no infringement of the orders convoyed to them by Count GtricciARDiNi i'rom the Government ' . This caused a difference

    of opinion , and lest a collision with the temporal or clerical powers should arise iu consequence , Mazzakislla thought it better to leave Florence , and is now gone to Guuou .

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    Hanqvku , January 30 th , I 860 . r | MIE Quemn ' s speech and the commercial treaty between England JL and Franco have occupied the most prominent place in the oolunu ' . s of the German journals during the last few days . The former lias made no favourable impression , and the latter is considered to bo of little value , either ua tt proof of the free-trade

    tendencies of the Emperor , or as a guarantee of his peaceful intentions towards the continental States . The closer alliance of EiWiand and . ' 'France renders the isolation and powerlessness of the other three great military nations , Austria , Russia , and Prussia , more apparent ; and the known discontent of the Russian and Prussian courts with the turn of affairs in Italy finds vent , for the first time , in the ministerial JPritesicm Gazette of last Friday . Great dissatisfaction is expressed with that . part of the speech referring to the affairs of Italy ; and the English . -Government . is condemned for its active interference , conjointly with France , in . the settlement of a question which , without a congress of European powers , could only of right be decided upon by the belligerents . The tpne adopted towards Sardinia is altogether different , . and the ministerial journal declares its belief that the annexation of all Central Italy is the sole aim of the King of Sardinia . Tins , however , far from making him a powerful monarch , will only render him the satellite of the sovereign of France , for that by the cession of Savoy and Nice , Sardinia will be virtually only the second power of Italy . But the Prussian Gazette , or rather the Prussian court , cannot ' believe that the house of Savoy will abandon for so equivocal a position its hereditary possessions . Although the Prussian cabinet is decidedly alarmed at the prospect of an increase of territory and influence to ' Franco by such an annexation , yet . it is not to be assumed that the Prussian Government has resolved upon any particular course of action with a view to prevent it . It has been rumoured , and is now tolerably certain , thafc the sovereigns of Russia and Germany are highly alarmed at the precarious situation of affairs in Italy , and that they feel a decided sympathy for Austria ; but before another Holy Alliance can be effected , many discordant elements must be brought into harmony ; nevertheless , it must not be overlooked that , just now , an alliance between Germany , Prussia , and Russia in ' favour , of Austria would not be unpopular . Under these circumstances it is not surprising' that rumours exist of a .-difference of opinion between the Prince Regent and the Minister for Foreign Affairs . ' The Kreuz Zeitung , too , promises ; to make some revelations touching the negotiations between France and Sardinia relative to the abandonment of Savoy . It is asserted that all had been concluded during the presence of General Dabokmida in Paris . According to the Bavarian journals , the Bavarian Government has resolved to oppose the Prussian proposals concerning the revision of the Federal Military Compact .. Instructions to , this . effect have been transmitted from MunicU to J- ' rankfort . With the exception of Wui-temb . erg , which appears inclined to accede to the views of Prussia , this opposition on the part of Bavaria will be supported by ali the other central States . As the refusal of Austria to join with Prussia upon this-question , hardly admits of a doubt , the reform of the ' military' constitution of Germany must proceed from a totally different point of view to that insisted ; upon by Prussia , or rather we may now rest satisfied that no reform at all will take place . . The Austrian journals , as might be anticipated , are even more nhgry with the speech from the throne than the Prussian . The Ost-deutsclie Post says : We find in the speech of the Queen of England certain comments worth noticing with reference to the policy of non-intervention . If wo may accept the journals of France as a guide , we must assunie that the principle of non-intervention consists in the resolution i | Ob to tolerate the armed interference of any power whatever , be it Franco , Austria , Sardinia , or Naples , in the affairs of Central Jtoly , The English speech proclaims a totally different theory ; ifenunciates an abstension from all military interference by non-Italian nations , which is equivalent ; to saying that the armed interference of , Sardinia is authorised . Upon the sumo principle , Naples , which is as much an Italian power as Sardinia , is authorised to inarch troops into the States of the Church . The logical sequence i ' s , that Austria being likewise an Italian power , has no loss right t-hun Sardinia to send her troops across the frontiers of Venetia . Affairs in Hungary . look . gloomy , The Pesth-Ofeti Gazette publishesan ordinance of the Minister of Education respecting the carrying- out of tine Imperial edict of 1 st September , 1859 . The protestants of Hungary and the Sclavonic provinces are required to proceed without delay , in conformity with the prescriptions of the Edict , to elect delegates to the Synods of the Evangelical Church . The Minister informs them that obedience to these prescriptions is the only means of preventing- disturbances , and that a further continuance in their disloyal opposition to the benevolent intentions of His Mnjesty . will but tend to bringconfusion into the religious and educational establishment ' s , of the country . The heads of religious communities are at the same time informed that they will nob bo permitted to resign their functions till their successors have buen legally appointed . Those who in spite of this injunction rofiiHo to fulfil their functions will not only be deprived of their incomos , but expose themselves to be considered unworthy of the confidence of the Imperial Government , —^ in other words , they will be watched as t nil torn . Nothing of particular interest to the outer world has occurred in the Prussian Chambers . The Upper Chamber will persist in its former oppositional course , and the rejection of the ministerial bill concerning eivil marriages is considered certain , The 25 th inst . being the anniversary of the marriage of Prinoo Fkeudkihcjc William with the Prinqkss Royal of England , thu Regent gave a grand dinner , and the English Minister , Lord JJLOOMiriELD , an qvening- concert . On the following day , the Regent gave a grand evening party , to which all the members of the Parliament were invited . The North-western countries , as represented by the journals , are

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    J 20 The Leader wid Saturday Analyst . [ Feb . 4 > 1860 .

    Italian Evangelicals.

    ITALIAN EVANGELICALS .

    Letter From Germany.

    LETTER FROM GERMANY .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 4, 1860, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2332/page/20/