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    Ava. 2, 1851.J ®t>e QLe&iltt. 719

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    DlainTn " S . KWKUS «»u.-Mr. Wakw com-1 ...

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    CONTINENTAL NOTES. The news from France ...

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    BERLIN CORRESPONDENCE. Berlin, July 2.'f...

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    In The House Of Lords, On Monday, The Co...

    everything was arranged for the Papal court , if a Roman Catholic revolution were to take place ; " which , " exclaimed the prelate , " may God avert ! " " If , " he continued , " to-morrow a pro-Roman Catholic revolution should take place , the Bishop of Rome would find all the ancient sees of England swept away—he would have no need to try the existing bishops forheiesy —his new bishops would be in full power , and bis work would be done to his hands . Thus the Bishop of Rome has interfered with our institutions , and particularly with those religious institutions which England has established

    for the instruction of her people . It was on these grounds that he supported the bill 1 —first , because the Bishop of Rome had endeavoured to remove us from the category of Christian people ; and secondly , because he had been assailing the Church of England by attempting to abolish , and , as far as his rescript went , actually abolishing , its separate bishoprics . Such aggressions he held that , as a nation , we were bound to repel . " He employed the old argument , that every reasonable and necessary purpose was answered by the vicarsapostolic , and that the Papal Court had a sinister motive in appointing bishops : —

    " It was his belief that they were appointed by the Bishop of Rome , because he thought that that breach would be widened if there were established a regular Roman Catholic Episcopate among us—it was his belief that they were only sent here 1 o increase the number of perversions which had taken place among our weaker brethren . " He was opposed to a concordat , but he approved of what he called " regulations , " that is to say , a

    concordat in another form . He would prefer that an agreement should subsist between the Pope and the Government , by which all Papal documents should be submitted to them , with the right of a veto . Finally , he discussed amendments which were rejected , and modes of proceeding which were not followed . And he trusted that the measure would be enforced , as " penal laws not enforced were simply an insult" upon those against whom they were directed .

    The Duke of Argyli , denied that the value of the bill consisted in the extent to which it was to be enforced . He made a smart remark in reply to the Bishop of Oxford ' s excessive laudation of the Church of England : — " The Right Reverend Prelate often spoke about the Church of England being the bulwark of Protestantism . He admitted that she had been so ; but for himself he would only say that he did not think this was the time to be singing pseans upon the state of that establishment which was the only Church , so far as he knew , that was giving forth , day by day , and week by week , converts to the Roman Catholic faith . "

    The rest of the debate was sustained by Lord Sttxakt de Decies , Earl Nelson , the Marquis of Sligo , and Lord Gage , in opposition to the bill ; and by Lord Fortescuk , the Earl of Gi . engat , i ,, Lord Redesdaxe , and Earl Grey , in favour : the lastnamed peer thought proper to defend his consistency of opinion against some allegations made by the Duke of Newcastle . When the bill had been read a third time , Lord Monteaqle moved an amendment , protecting Roman I Catholic ecclesiastics from the operation of the act , providing they simply assumed the title of Roman I Catholic bishop in such or such a district . Lord I Lansdowne objected to the amendment , and it was withdrawn upon his statement that it would be

    superflous , ns the amendment was already embodied in the Charitable Bequests Act , and recognized by law . After some further conversation the bill passed . The House met on Wednesday pro forma , to get through some of the remaining work of the session . A variety of business was transacted in the House of Lords on Thursday , but no bill of any general intercut was discussed . The Charitable Trusts Bill was finall y passed , and the Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Hill read a second time . Lord

    MoNTKAOiB attacked the Board of Health for delay in carrying out the act of lust session respecting intramural interments , especially referring to the disgraceful state of the graveyard of St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster . Lord SiiAirrKsiiuiiY defendec the Board of Health and the act of Parliament , citing as the cause of , h < , delay the alterations made by the Government in the original bill , which had SecZ f ° Jl < m - nl fr ° m n <* otiatm certain loana necessary for currying out the provisions of the act .

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    DlainTn " . KWKUS «» u .-Mr . Wakw com-1 « f , i " »«»»« K titling on Tuesday , of the late'' r "'" ? " for proceeding with thi 8 bill . Jl .. ere it / , T lulI . ^ \ CominiBajoiUTS of Sewer « , found Sio . S f f - lhe buHilie «» ^ ey Performed and the juode of performing it , and declared that the " uewers I on .. ™ " ?! 1 niCU ' i l WOrC a H r < lttt » u >«"" ce , but the commiBt i X Vm r lvCB an . '"" nUel y greater . " 1 Ie moved »> u In bin bo committed that day three , montha . Mr tlu . , 7 H <> < >»< led tho motion . The . Ciianoki . lok of Bin ,, ' ! v " « " "lM'oacd , ««< 1 Mr . OaiMMiNKimd Lord Hi no , „„ * i > 1 T "" pportod the motion . Lord Kut n , H » i , i i ' "" ' \ ° ° "«» l «» n « i « 8 and miHr . 'prcHciita-H « " ? .. « . r ! ' lf . i . l ci rt ! lll'l t ^ « K » i »» l tl »« coinniiHHion . K >« 'a I , , th , <> lmd 0 [ r ( ' ct <' a ' »««»' . »» H |> it < of very S « e bui ^' ori , 11 '" " ^ I « W much more attention to thut they wor Ll \ i Himi 8 HI ° n lhau I » r «»«» bed by luw w »« 7 worked at Icon co ^ than th « ir prcdcccsHowl

    and that they had indeed done great things . At th same time he appealed to Lord John Russell to say whether he would fairly support sanitary reform or give it up . Since Lord Carlisle left the Woods and Forests , the commission had met with no cooperation from that department . Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr . Henley pointed out , in opposition to Lord Ebrington , that the commission was " inefficient and incompetent , " and much more costly than its predecessor . Lord John Russell was puzzled to give a decision between such

    flat contradictions . He thought Lord Ebrington had some advantage . As to the bill , all seemed to agree upon the desirability of keeping up the commission for a year longer ; and he certainly thought that a paid commission , as proposed , would facilitate business . The House went into committee , where there was great opposition , and three divisions upon the details of the bill , and one for reporting progress . Ultimately the bill went through committee with some amendments—one depriving the commission of the power of levying a rate higher than 3 d . in the pound .

    The Case of Mks . Hicks . —Lord Seymour entered nto explanations , in reply to Mr . Osborne , as to the case of Ann Hicks . He treated the matter in a very cavalier manner . He denied that Mrs . Hicks held any house by the gift of George II ., or any other royal person 3 gc at all . He represented her as having persecuted the Commissioners of Woods into granting her a house in the Park . From a " cow-stand , " wherein " to lock her ginger-beer bottles , " she had gradually obtained , since " 1843 , concession after concession , until her wooden bottle-house became , in 1850 , a brick cottage , with a space hurdled off round it , and a fireplace inside . Having obtained this , her encroachments became intolerable . She was for some time continually ^ engaged in a contest with the " Park authorities . " The hurdles of her mclosure were " continually advancing . " When requested to put them back , she " made so much noise and abuse about it , that none of

    the Park authorities would meddle with her . " However , Lord Seymour came into office , and resolved to rout the foe . He consulted with the Duke of Wellington , who recommended that legal advice should be taken , and that Mrs . Hicks should be ejected from the Park . Legal advice was taken , and a notice to quit was served on Mrs . Hicks , Lord Seymour offering " that if she would go from the Park , and not give them any trouble , he would take care that some allowance should be made her . But she would not go ; she said it was her ground , and that nothing could remove her . " Lord Seymour then enforced an ejectment . " As to any other cottage 1 / eing erected in the Park , the only one he was aware of was the cottage proposed to be built by Prince Albert as a model cottage . When it was built he ( Lord Seymour ) said it could not be allowed to remain , and his Itoyal Highness said it should be taken down next November . "

    Hop Duties . —Mr . Frewen moved , on Tuesday , " That the excise duty on hops is impolitic and unjust , and ought to be repealed at an early period . Mr . Hodges moved , as an amendment , the reduction of the duty by Id . the pound weight , and the abolition of the additiona 5 per cent . After a very short discussion , in which Mr . Cobden supported the motion , the amendment was withdrawn ; and the House , dividing on the original motion , rejected it by 59 to 30 .

    Continental Notes. The News From France ...

    CONTINENTAL NOTES . The news from France may be almost said to be limited to the single fact of the prorogation of the Assembly , which is fixed for the 10 th of August , and will continue to the 4 th of November . There are , however , some points of collateral interest . M . Guizot writing from the Val Richer , in reply to M . Emile Dehaia , who has written a book on Democracy , claims for himself the title of Democrat , and claims to be enrolled among its best , nay , most necessary friends . We quote the concluding words : —

    I conclude Sir . I might say much move on your work ; but I only desired to notice what , in my opinion is tlit . ' fundamental error of its leading idea . 'No one ' ' you say , ' believes , no one declare * Democracy unjust ' - some believe and many < 1 < « : We it . to be dar . L'erou ; ' ' lenmt me , Sir ; I will , without believing myself to be too rash , proceed to that extreme which , according to you no one wishes to hazard . Pure' Democracy which is what you Hiipport , is not merely dangerous it is eBBennally unjust ; for it suppresses and oppresses the natural and" necessary elements of man and of society ; and it is because it is unjust that it is dangerous It is as dangerous for itself as lor society ; for the purer —that is , the more exclusive—it i « , the more rapidly it pro re 8 . eH towards anarchy or tyn . nny . You attempt to withdraw democracy from that danger by anathemaL

    . uiK demagogy I > ,, » ajrl ) Kv / V ( m . t (( dpil | 0 ( . what chaos is to order— Ub absolute opposite' 1 , j 8 trJ that chaos is the opposite of order , and no one has ever mud that order wan on the brink of chaos . Far from de mocraey-and above all , pure < lemocracy- _ beiu the op . poBiteol demagogy , it is the very slope which leads „ it , and common hcuhc and experience prove clearly the fact . .. ho lon an our country remains on this dangerous s ope , do not / latter yourm-lf , sir , witW lhc hope * whi ' ill your book as they do your soul . You will „„ „ r have the Republic than you will l . aye the Al marehy You w . ll only have theitevoliition " »« cny .

    . Another pomt in tlie news is , that there is a decided tendency on the part of ( he Legitimis t * to make a compact with the Klysee , and ho earry out t e m " X ' * u ' l > y f ""^!"'^ . m hi famous maxim , Jl u y llqll (! Ui lMHtilhUi { ¦ ie , rj tiim . . " uiB HuppuruiiK the reduction of liuis Napole for ;; P-V ' k «« l « "S U . o < , uestion , ! pen etwee 10 Dung about tlui resolution of M de Chamhmirl W my « tory o ,. l y clear Cy MHr « -Wo « l « ii oyei .

    Italian news brings evidence of the alarm felt ty the military occupants of Lombardy , and , indeed the terrorists of nearl y all Italy—the Austrians Ihe assassination of Vandoni in the streets of Milai has afforded Radetzky a pretext for publishing a pro clamation to the Lombardo-Venetians from his heac quarters at Monza on the 19 th , of which the following is the preamble : — " The result of the recent judical investi gations anc several facts which have occurred recentl y have con . vinced me that the parties whose sole object is the

    overthrow of social order , not content with the misfor . tunes they have already occasioned , have again secreth planned a scheme for trampling under foot all re spect for religion and the laws , and for endanger ing the lives and properties of all honourable anc peaceable citizens , and for preventing all return of con ndence in the Government . As I am responsible to mj august Sovereign for the maintenance of tranquillity anc good order in this country , I regard it as a sacred dut ] to God and my conscience to defend your lives and pro perties from the unworthy attacks of a party hateful in the sight of God , who hesitate before no means—no

    even assassination—to accomplish their criminal object . ' And _ he then commands the inhabitants to assisi him in apprehending these enemies of order , and il they will not , he declares his determination to inflict on them the " entire weight of his severity , " and we know what that means . In tile mean time we find the French troops , for want of quarters , ejecting the officials of the Iioly oflics in a summary way , and taking post therein . Throughout the Peninsula a Government not authorized , not seen , not seizable , opposes itself to the Governments of terror and usurpation . It is , in fact , the legitimate Government of conspiracy by the people .

    The Hungarian and Polish refugees , who on the faith of an Austrian amnesty returned from Turkey to Hungary and Gallicia , have all been either imprisoned or compelled to enter the ranks of the Austrian troops now in Germany . Eighteen of those Poles who towards the end of June were brought under escort from Temesvar , —where they had arrived in consequence of the above-mentioned amnesty , —to Lomberg , have been sent as private solders to join the regiments stationed in the vicinity of Hamburg ; which is a proof by-the-by that Austria intends to permanently occupy the surrounding territory of that free town , and eventually to take possession of the town itself .

    llusssia too is likewise busy in increasing the ranks of her army . The Autocrat has just issued a ukase , which ordains , from the 1 st of September to the 1 st of November , A . C ., a new levy of recruits . The levy is to be five out of one hundred in the eastern Governments ( provinces ) those of Orloff , Kaluga , and Tula excepted , which will only furnish one out of one hundred .

    Berlin Correspondence. Berlin, July 2.'F...

    BERLIN CORRESPONDENCE . Berlin , July 2 . 'f , 1 HC > 1 . One of the ba 9-reliefs on the monument erected here a few weeks ago to Frederic II ., represents the great King sitting upon the historical water-pipe of Kolin ; downcast , in lonely , momentary despair , he contemplates a thistle growing at his feet , and Ls unconscious of the tfenii and ministers of Heaven that hover in the air above him , emblematic of ultimate vieory and success . Might one not , in a hopeful mood , regard this picture as emblematic also of Dame ( Jermania herself , her humour and her position just now ? Very desolate , this spiritual personage sit . s grieviri " , with lamentations not loud but deep , over the Kolin . of disappointed hopes ; of glorious dreams dissolved into thin air , or gone to rough inglorious realities ; of ambitious plans ending in humiliation ; of just demands answered by mere brutal stupidity . There she huh , dolefully contemplating the thistle at her feet a spectacle to the nation '

    Hut when the worthy damo , lmn completed the days or her mourning , and when the chastening ¦—w hich is not ''joyous , but grievous , " and which no < loubt she must have- deserved , else she would not have got it ,-has yielded her the " peaceable fruit or righteousnes , " then will she o . iee more look around and be rejoiced to Hud , ( hat all the tirno h 1 u > wan absorbed m contemplation ollhe ugly thistle , her children Imva been working stonily in her fields and vineyards , and hiive prepared a now and bolter victory , i ' or , to exchange metaphor for actuality , if one- leaves the newspapers and printed controversies and lakes , as your correspondent lias lately done , to the railway , the Kte . un-bout , and the w . dkin-Hlick , things take

    a wonderfull y altered character ; and one H . hIh to one ' s infinite relief , that though politics have not prospered , Constitutionalism („ , under u cloud , and the He .-iven-defying Prometheus of the 1 ' auJ ' rt Church be chained down for a time by the blind molcH that , are onee more busy underground in the Mschenheimer ( Jas . si ! al . 1 'Yan ' liforf . ; that for all tins , the sun shines joyously on a growing , in < : i" < M" * - ing , and prosperous ' country . Kveiyivhcio will tho traveller meet with m ^ hh , not <> i" dyinx ov < ' * 3-prenNion , but ; of growth and enterprise ; enlarged cities , ornamental building * , biiny road * , t'i' 1 ehirnnc . VH , new indusfricH ; nut- to « j > eak of tho well cultivated broad landH , wood-chid JiillH , and rich liuidacapca \ yliicix tiiu Almighty Jiua pot thoro oncy

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02081851/page/3/