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nranication , but a monitorio in the form of a protest . I very much doubt if the major excommunication will be pronounced under any circumstances . In the first place , a law exists in the Piedmontese code which requires the sovereign ' s assent to the publication ot a bull . Ii is , therefore , only reasonable to suppose that . the Government would issue instructions to its provincial representative to prevent a similar violation of the law , and the consequent disturbance of public order at the bidding of a foreign laction ; and i ^ assured that such instructions have been 'given Again ; there must surely be some members of the Sacred College of Cardinals sufficiently intelligent to see that such thunderbolts , if issued by the Church of Home under existing circumstances , would assuredly fall upon her own head , and increase the contempt already felt for the pitiful state of weakness into which she has fallen . Arrests still go on in Venice and Naples , and no pains whatever is taken in the Pontifical States to conciliate public opinion . The two following facts , which have taken place at Ancona , will serve to show how onerous is the priestly rule and the great opposition which is offered to it . Signor Pietbo Obi-andi has just died at Ancona , in the eighty-fourth year of his age . He was a highly respectable , upright man ; a scholar , well versed in Greek , Latin , and various modern languages , and a celebrated instructor . As an eSiled patriot he spent the years intervening between 1831 and 1848 in France and England , where he conducted himself equally to the honour of himself and his country , In 1848 he returned to his native land , justly held in veneration by his countrymen . It was therefore simply jiatural i arid by no meaiis calculated to excite surprise , if , in accordance with the usages of the town in which he died , a numerous cortege of his friends and the populace should purpose to accompany his remains to the tomb . A great number of persons , includiho-tlie Freiieh and British Consuls * were already assembled , when thegendarmerie and Austrian and Swiss soldiers surrounded the house , and ordered the company to retire , employing the most revolting language , striking several persons , and Wounding two named Proventi and Mabtjelli . The French consul in vain tried to interpose , and was obliged to give up his intention of performing an act of Christian charity and piety in attendiug the funeral ceremony of his departed friend . The family of the deceased , irritated by this barbarous violence , sent away the priests , friars , and religious corporations whom they had summoned to accompany the corpse to the church , and instead of respeeted friends , and worthy citizens , the bier was escorted by thirty gendarmes and policeagents , who kept guard over it until far into the night . In the course of the following day , hundreds of the citizens called at the residence of the deceased , and left their cards , with sums of money to be distributed in alms to the poor > instead of being employed , according to the custoin of the place , "in saying masses for the departed , because the church was occupied all day by the gendarmes . ¦ A subscription has recently been got up by several ladies at Ancona for the benefit of the emigration . The priestly delegate has done every thing in his power to intimidate these ladies , who all belong to the ilrst families of the city , and being unsuccessful in deterring them from carrying on their work . of charity , has caused a political warning to be given to the Countess Fazioei , and two ladies named Golinelli and Ajasse , Their companions would not , however , suffer them to submit to such indignity without protesting , and Uave addressed a letter to the legate , which I send you as a proof of the feeling which exists among all classes towards the Papal Government . and its subordinates : — " Most lleverend Excellence , —Wfc , the undersig-ned , desire to express our surprise and grief at hearing that the Countess Faziowc and the ladies Ajasse and Golinelli have received a political , warning , prohibjitiugxthemfrom bestowing succour and alms upon the wretched families ' of Ihe prisoners and exiles well known to your Excellency , We also took part with these ladies in their work of Christian charity . Xiko them , wo visited the families . of these unfortunate men , to succour their poor wives and miserable children . If they have committed a-crime , we are equally guilty with them , and , according to justice , the same warning ought to be given to us . Having thus expressed our sentiments to your Excellency , wo shall tranquilly await your determination . Protesting ourselves , " &o . The letter is signed by twenty ladies , almost all -of whom are Countesses or Princesses .
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March 31 / 1860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 311
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Hanover , March 20 , 18 GO . GERMANV AND AUSTRIA , IN the tumult of debates , excited by the annexation of Nice and Savoy , a voice is heard , so loud and inexplicable that it fills both liberals and feudalists with doubt and dismay . Why do all the itUssian journals advocate with such fiery zeal the annexation of INice and Savoy to France ? What means their persistent hounding on of the Italians against Austria , and their silly abuse and misrepresentations of England ? These are questions which occuv to every one curious in politics , who condescends to peruse the seribblings of those hirelings without principles and without country . The attitude adopted by the Russian journals published in French , German , and Italian , is a sore puzzle , and tends , in a measure , to throw all Germany into the arms of Austria . Panscluvonianisin is more droned ( than Austrian despotism or French supremacy . -These organ $ of JJussia , while encouraging * JJVanoe , chuckling over the approaching 1 ruin of . Auatria , and venting second-hand abuse of England , are trumpeting the praises of the Czar for the liberality ho evinces by liia pretended freedom of the serfs . But it requires no Danibjc to tell us , thafe the liberty of the serfs means nothing more nor less than ., the slavery of the nobility and the serf a too .
Another puzzle is the obstinate assertion by the English Morning Chronicle , andi the as obstinate denial by the Russian papers , of the existence of a treaty of alliance between Austria and Russia . However improbable > judging from the tone of the Russian organs , the Chronicle ' s statement may be , a certain confirmation is lent to it by ' the retirement of Austria ' s bitter foe , Prince Gobtschakoff . Doubtless we shall soon discover the end and aims of this mystification ; at this moment we are at fault . Up to the present , the efforts of the National Association to call forth unity of action , by venting ' unity of thought , have not been attended with any practical result . People and journals are loud in expressing their sentiments , but there are not the slightest signs' of action . There was a sharp debate the other day in the Hanoverian Chambers , where M . Von Bennigsenf spoke with an eloquent boldness , worthy of a nobler arena . The people are so thoroughly of one mind that it requires but one prince to step forth and declare himself their leader . Never was Germany so near political and military unity as at this very moment . The telegraph has long since conveyed to your readers the news of the late disturbances and bloodshed in Hungary ; The official Austrian journals have published accounts of the affair , and , upon the whole , they agree with private letters from Pestb . It appears that on the 14 th iiist . the students of the university , to the number of four hundred or more , made a political and national demonstratibn > by carrying in procession wreaths to the tombs of those who had fallen in the defence of their country . On the procession , which in the course of its march had swollen to about five thousand persons of all classes , reaching the Cathedral Church the crowd were warned off by the police , who guarded all the entrances . The procession then proceeded to other churches , which however were likewise guarded by the police , or rather military . Finding it impossible to obtain an entrance into any of the Catholic churches , the people directed their steps to the Protestant church , which the police had neglected or considered it unnecessary to guard . The people entered , and ranged themselves in profound silence ; a short prayer was said , and then the whole crowd sang a patriotic hyinn . After this they issued from the church in the same order they had entered , and proceeded with their wreaths to the burymg-ground . Here they found the military police -drawn up in line , completely preventing ingress . They were warned . ofl ' , ' but the students with one accord flung" the wreaths over the heads of the soldiers ,-who thereupon endeavoured to arrest some of the young men : a struggle ensued , in the course of which the military made use of their weapons , and killed and wounded several students . The journals inimical to Austria have sought to give this affair the appearance of an insurrectionary movement , but , as far as a $ n be gathered from private correspondence , it was a mere demonstration on the part of the students , and an ebullition of temper on the part of the troops , who ' assert that the young men did not confine themselves to throwing the wreatlis over their heads , but flung stones and other missiles at their faces . As it now turns out , the frauds committed by the Austrian general , or Marshal Von ¦ Ey . natt BN , are of an almost incredible character . He not only misapplied the funds intrusted to him , but actually sold , vast quantities of provisions to the French and Sardinian armies . But the crowning act of his treachery is the betrayal of the movements of the Austrians to the French . He was one of tlie few high military personages who were made acquainted with the disposition of the troops and their numbers . In his capacity as head of the commissariat , he was as well informed respecting their movements as the Emperor himself . The riddle is at length solved as to how it came to pass that Louis Napoleon was able to foresee the surprise intended by the Austrians at Solferhio . Treachery was suspected ,, now . it is proved ; and a more horrible treachery can scarcely be conceived . Many arrests have taken place in connection witli this shocking affair , a , id several officials of the commissariat , stall * officers , subalterns , and others , are now in prison . The mischief of the so-called prQtegeo system has been clearly shown in the examination of the piuties connected with this treachery . General Eyna ' tten was indebted to Count Giiukne for his appointment to the commissariat . The choice was , ' at . the time , generally condemned , and it is said that Field Marshal Von ICkmi ' iEN declared at an audience to the Emperor , that ho felt it to be his duty to state it as his opinion that Von Eynatten was not the right man for so important a trust . Counb Gbunne ' s influonce , however , was too strong , and tie traitor was retained . He was not an Austrian by birth , having been born at I « rankfbrton-the-Maine ; consequently those patriotic instincts which serve as props to honour when the glory and welfare of our country are concerned were wanting in hjiin . « The opposition to the Prussian measure for the re-organization of the army is on the increase . Numerous petitions are' being ( ruined against the measure in . general , und the tfiroe years' term ol Her vice . in particular . Thy spread of typhus in the circle o Neuntettin has been officially denied , but private letter * confirm the reports of the preceding week . The contradiction is put ( orth by the authorities toexcuse the tmmllucss of tliesurn—fifty thousand thnlers p whujh they have devoted to the relief of the three thousand destitute families of the circle ofSohldol . au , while tl . e cabinet is demanding ten in il lions for the winy reform . The provincialI assembly oSchleswig luw been suddenly prorogued , to the r « go and despair of the minority ot the memberrt . The tmiitmctions have been a constant battling between the majority and the Dunifih officials , th « former « "dw » vo"r » nfir to prolong the session for the sake of uttering their grievances , though without the least hope of seeing them rod » 'es »¦*** , und the latter striving to bring the trunsuotums to an end that tu « y mignu
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2340/page/19/
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