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    MC011T) OF THE WEEK. ; , HOME AXD COLONIAL. .

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    On Sunday , April 1 , ft fire occmred ou the premises of a marine store denier , situate at No . 2 , Percivnl-plaee , Tottenham , ami spread to four houses adjoining , tho residents of which were burnt out , or nearly so , in tho course of n few minutes . Writing- to the Times on Monday , Louis jBlnnc denies the state * mont made by Sir K . bert Peel , that " the polioy of aggrandisement and torritoriul apgressiou" pursued by Louis Buonaparte '' is tho revolutionary polioy which whs adopted in 18-18 , by M . do Lamurtiuo a » d M . Louis Blanc . " "" Wnr , " says tho latter writer , quoting from their proclamation , " was not the principle of tho French Kopublio . " The University boat race , lyliich came oft' on Snturday , March 31 , was won by Cambridge ,

    The Union Steam Navigation Company ' s mail packot JNorman , from the Capo of Good . Hope , arrived at Plymouth on Sunday , April 1 , Her cargo , valued at £ 12 , 000 , includes 289 bales ot wool , # 00 casks of wine , and ostrich feathers worth £ '} , OQQ . < Much squabbling- exiBts Among tho projectors of tho Cnpo Town and Wellington Railway , and lijttlo progress has been iwtide . The Cope Parliament wns further prorogued until March 21 .

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    crass , the hatred so apparent , that one cannot help , adopting , the prevalent belief that a secret understanding- exists between . Rxissia and Frances We are utterly dumbfounded at the audacious disregard of contemporary history and public opinion , when we find these brazen scribes /¦ asserting that England is gojng about the world begging a coalition against France , For the purpose of exciting discord among the ' 'Continental nations , and . establishing her own supremacy upon their ruin . These assertions are made day- after day , with a persistency which evidences the set , task of spurring , on the French to an aggressive policy . . The Germans are represented by these organs as \ he dupes of England , in spite of the universal groan of the German press and people at the supposed . indifference of England to the plans of the French Empeeojb . I have already given your readers proofs enough of the real sentiments of the people of this country , as expressed in " declarations" and petitions ; but in the face of these Russian manoeuvres , the following is more especially worthy of attention . In the Legislative Assembly of Frankfort , on the 27 th ult ., Dr . Bbaunfels moved this resolution : " That the Legislative Assembly request the Senate to urge through their representative in the Federal Diet , the immediate establishment of a central authority and a ' national parliament . ' - ' Tlie reasons advanced in support of the ' motion were , that since the beginning of lastyear , Germany has been constantly oppressed with the fear of a threatening-,-danger . The powerful nation on her western border has been transformed into m focus of war ; and , blindly obedient to the will of one man , accepts the splendour of military fame as a substitute for-their-lost civil liberty . The doctrine of natural boundaries , at first expressed in whispers , will soon be . loudly and clearly outspoken in a country where . every word is . a toleration , or emanation , from the Supreme Government . And this doctrine will be expounded this way or that way , according to the ¦ wi ll and desires Of the ruler . To-day it is a mountain , fastness , tomorrow it will be a river . We already hear the old . song :, so often sung by French historians and politicians about the indefeasible claims ' --of-France to territories , of which , by the fortune of war , she happened to hold possession for hardly ten years ; while . the same have formed part and parcel of Germany these ten centuries . With such doctrines there is an end to treaties and the peace of the woi-ld , so long as the resources of the French nation are at the disposal of an irresponsible ruler . Now that Switzerland is fully aware" that treaties are considered subordinate to the force of eircuin ' stanees '; . now that even England is alive to the deceitfulness of her ally , it is the duty . of"Germany , whose very existence is at stake , to show that she is ready and able to perform her part m the defence of treaties and just rights of the surrounding' nations . But , with the deepest shame and grief , the German patriot is forced to confess that , during the armed peace of the last thirty years , - nothing has been done to form the divided States of Germany into a compact nation , notwithstanding the ardent wishes of the entire people . Germany , that seeks fm-ijo Conquests abroad , is still wanting the first ' -conditions of even self-defence , union , organization , and a chief . The disunion of Germany has ever been the best ally of her mortal i ' oe , and while threatened with the , recurrence of the days of XJhn and Jena it is a poor , consolation , and perhaps a deceitful hope , to loolc forward to a future Leipsic and a Waterloo * At this moment , when we see the French pointing' to the Rhine ; when we see journals established in AltJaf . ia Sov the express purpose of preaching- the blessings of the French rule to the inhabitants of the Rhine ; when we know t ] iat a haughty foe is making all secure in his flank and rear , preparatory to his grand move ; when we discover him purchasing the plans of German i ' ortres > scs from traitors , at such a time we hear German princes and statesmen , proclaiming their right to maintain the present state of disunion ; that , in tytjfc , the slnune and misery we endured at the hands of tho First Napoleon is to be the fate of our country again . But the German people think otherwise , and what is more , they are determined to have . it , otherwise . Tho President , in putting the motiou , said he felt convinced he was but acting in accordance with the sentiments of the Assembly , when he called upon all to me as one nlan , in token of their unanimous assent . The whole Assembly rose . The rumours of a M revendication" of the fortress of Landau are beginning to find credit . At all event ® , the rumours which lor Bomo time past have been in circulation respecting the French claim to this stronghold have hot taken their origin from the people . We , hear of French emissaries travelling as commercial agents , who leave curds of German linns in German towns on the Rhine , with the object , as it were / of soliciting business , , but it is believed really to familiarise the people with tho French claim . Lord John llussELi / s speech , and tho change in tho tone of the English journals towards France , have been hailed with delight by the press and people of this country j mid the alliance between England and Prusaja , is considered a settled affair . Englishmen , however , have good rotison to watch with a degree of doubt an alliance betweo . i England and Prussia or any Gorman power , or indeed a united Germany , at this moment ; for although tho people are enthusiastically patriotic , and prepared to submit to any sucrifico to defend their country from a French invasion , there is not oho man ia whoso miUtnvy talents people or soldiers caw bo sitid to have confidence . In fact , although loudly desiring war against the French , they have fully made up their ni'ih'ds to lose the iirat two or three battles . This state of mind is not encouraging to an ally , and therefore one cannot help viewing an alliance between England ftn , d Germany but with tho utmost misgiving . Should it , however , come to pass , inay It be an alliance of noon , not subsidies . Wo may then have a repetition of Blenheim , of liamiUea , of Oudenardo , and of Malplaquet , instead of Auaterlitz , of Wagram , of Jena , &o .

    This may appear to Germans an English prejudice , but I think it will be found to be a striking historical fact that an army composed Of Ilng-lish aiid Germans has never yet been defeated by the French . The massacre of Fontexiay can hardly : b ( i considered an exception . I am travelling out of my sphere , but all our conversation here is of wars , invasions , and military prowess , and one cannot avoid the general infection . * The state of affairs is , indeed , serious enough ; trade is at a stand-still ; political reforms , literature , everj'thing civilizing and progressive is forgotten in the universal expectation , of war ; complaints from all quarters of the country of low wages and dear provisions . ! Next to the question of Savoy and the military reform , the Prussian press is occupied with the bill for the organization of the electoral circles in the eastern provinces of-the' kingdom . The tendency of this bill is to diminish the feudal privileges of the landed proprietors , who are to be placed oh the same footing as the landholders in the western provinces , where these remnants of the middle ages have long- since been abolished . It is not expected that this bill will pass the Upper Chamber , for the . greater part , of its members would be affected by it . The Upper Chamber continues inflexible in its opposition to all liberal measures of the Government , but'without in the least , disturbing the existence of the Cabinet . It is all quite a matter of course . The Pkince Regent and his Ministers were expected to be progressive , and the Upper Chamber obstructive , so the contending powers are maintained in the state of equilibrium desired by all parties except the nation . The Regent is said to be very dissatisfied with the Feudalists , but the Feudalists appear to know * better , or not to care about his anger . The President of this Chamber , on presenting lately a congratulatory address to the Regent , besought his Highness to * believe that the opposition offered by the Chamber to the . measures of the Government was induced solely by a sincere desire to maintain the rights of the Sovereign , and to promote the welfare of the country . The Committee of the Association of Bremen . Shipowners , formed with the view to agitate for the abolition of the eustom of capturing private property at sea during- war , lately addressed ; a letter to Mr . Cobden , at Cannes , requesting- his aid in the attainment of their object . Mr . Cqbden has replied , as I hear , to the effect that he was about to return to England , and would use his be . < t exertions to promote the aims of the association . Some of the ideas were new to ' him , fie said . That may be , 'but they are . not . new to those who have read Dutch , French , and Danish dissertations upon the same subject . The association finds , however ; opponents in this country . ' A pamphlet has just been published by . a Mr ; Sciiwebemeyek , in which be endeavours to show that the abolition of the right to capture private vessels of' the enemy , supposing always it were possible to coerce the will and curb the power of the nation that disregarded the abolition , would render the alliance of England of little value to a purely military nation like Prussia . This attempted agitation is only important as witnessing- how deeply seated is tlie conviction of the near approach of a naval war .. The decision in the Federal Diet upon the . question of the Hessian constitution has tnrneel as was anticipated . The Prussian proposals have betin rejected . The French and Russian journals , represent this result . as dangerous to the internal peace of Germany , hinting at the ; probability of a civil war . The wish is father , to the thought . The' Hessians , in my bumble opinion , would have been but little benefited by a contrary decision . They have waited patiently for the restitution of their just rights so long ; they can wait a , little longer , in tlie firm faith that the restitution will be very soon more complete and more stable . According , to letters from .-Copenhagen , French diplomacy has been very active there of ' late . A treaty is said to exist , or is being negotiated , for certain eventualities . This would account for tho very bold . ' measures adopted by the Danish Government against the members of tlie Syhleswig- assembly ,

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    336 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ April 7 , i 860 .

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    * Wo trust to our rojulora rcooIleofcliiB that we do not ftdopt tho opinions or principles of < my oorroBpondqnfca , louvlnK them to tho freest utwrnnco , having full conftdonoo in choir aincorlty ,- —Bd .

    Mc011t) Of The Week. ; , Home Axd Colonial. .

    -. RECORD " . OF THE WEEK . ; , HOME AXD COLONIAL . .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2341/page/20/