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    316 THE LEADER. |"SA*xrtoAY, - - ' i . ....

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    JOSEPH MAZZINI AND FRENCH SOCIALISM We h...

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    and the developments of industry ; considering that the temporary character of the constructions which up to this time have been appropriated to the exhibitions , is not worthy of the grandeur of France , on the report of the Minister of the Interior , decrees-Art . 1 An edifice destined to receive the national exhibitions , and which may serve for public ceremonies and . for civil and military fetes , shall be constructed on the system of the Crystal Palace in London , and established in the Great Square in the Champs-Elyse ' es .

    Art . 2 . The Minister of the Interior is charged to propose to us , in concert with the city of Paris , the most proper means of arriving at a prompt and economical solution of this project . ( Signed ) Louis Napoleon . ( Countersigned ) F . de Pebsigny . Minister of the Interior . M . Emile de Girardin , who was allowed to return to Paris ( on private business ) has resumed the chief editor * ship of La Fresse . After showing the difficulties to be en-• countered by a journalist , he nevertheless concludes that he may without danger enter on his renewed enterprise ; for

    • as conspiracy could only serve the purposes of a monarchical restoration , to which he is opposed , he will faithfully serve a Republic that , resting on the basis of universal suffrage , must lead to future liberty . The report of the unwillingness of the Papal government to allow the Prince de Canino to approach Home , although charge d with despatches from the French government , is confirmed . The Commission appointed by the Austrian government to consider the practicability of reducing the expenses of the war department have reported that at present it cannot be entertained . The chief reason is the eventualities of the present state of France .

    Mr . Millard , who had imported Bibles into Austria and Hungary , for missionary purposes , has been promised their recovery when they had been . removed . from the Austrian dominions ; and he has been given to understand that any future attempt to sell Bibles would cause his immediate expulsion from the country . The Russian princes have left Vienna for Munich . Mademoiselle AnnaZerr is at length permitted to come to England to fulfil her engagement at the Royal Italian Opera ; but after haying pledged her word to sing neither in public n or in private before her departure , she was ordered to leave Vienna as privately as possible .

    Rescind Pasha is once more Grand Vizier : and Mustapha Pasha the President of the Council , is a man of the greatest ability and energy . ^ Sir Stratford Canning is coming to England on leave of absence , ¦ - ¦¦' . The new constitution for Frankfort recognised a strict equality between Jews and Christians , but the proprietor of the public gardens throws them open to the " Christian public" exclusively . There was recently a very stormy debate on what wo should call the " Estimates , " in the chamber at Berlin ; the ministry succeeded in carrying all the votes . The Danish government is in a minority in both Houses , and but for the patriotic moderation of the opposition , a vote of want of confidence would have been passed against them .

    A son of the Austrian Minister of Finance was among those lost in the Austrian steamer La Marianna , a crazy old tub in the gale of wind , in which the young emperor lately disported himself . The Grand Duke of Baden i s dangerously ill ; and Prince Frederick , the co-regent , is named his successor . The property of Count Casimir Battbyani , in Hungary , has been finally taken by the Austrian Government . The Duchess of Montpensier is reported to bo again in an interesting" situation . She is en route to England ,

    with her husband , on a visit to Claromont . The conductor of the Courrier des Alpes , a journal of Savoy , is under prosecution for having attempted to incite the people of the duchy to refuse payment of taxes to the Piedmontefle government , and for having recommended an appeal to France . ,,.,,- -i There are 6000 Jews at Frankfort . The Rothschild family lived for years in tho Jews quarter of the town . The Queen Dowager of Denmark is dead . The Elector of Hesse has fallen out with his notorious minister , Hassonpflug . Tho Hessians are deserting tho

    state , en masse . The conference at Hanover , for the purpose of savinc tho Gorman flee t from the a uctioneer ' s hammer , has failed in its aim . Tho German states convened could not manage all together to raise tho necessary annual sum ol Jd 6 , WW . Tho King of Pruflsia has been making a tour in tho Rhenish Provinces , and visiting his subjects of Jiphonzollorn . Tho ofHcial accounts report" enthusiasm . A conspiracy htis been discovered at Athens for tho supproflsion of tho Constitution in favour of despotic institutions . Of courao tho king has nothing to do with this conspiracy ; but tho fact is , that tho Grooks havo shown little iitnoss for thoir constitutional libortios , and tho king none , to prosorvo thorn . A docreo establishes a Consistory . of tho Koformo < l Churches in Franco , for thoir better govornrnont and ¦

    protection . . . , .. , „ Tho majority of tho political prisoners dostinocl ior Cayenne , aro to bo sent to Lambossa , in Afri ca . Tho decree of March , 184 . 8 , on Club , has boon ropoalod in nil its pormissiw clauses , loaving only tho prohibitive . This dooroo had beon in aboyanco since Juno , 1848 . M . H < mon was elected at Lyons , by a majority of moro than 5000 , and at Brost tho opposition candidate by a majority of 3000 . A Swiss journal etafcoa , that tho Federal Exooutivo has oomo to terms with tho Government of Gonova rotfpootrag tho rofugooH . Tlioso who remain must bo furmahod with a special permit : many have received passports for England and America .

    The council of the Canton of Ticino has announced to the federal government that the Austrian , government has spontaneously offered full satisfaction to the canton for the violation of its territory , committed some time ago by three Austrian soldiers , between (^ ermignano and Ponte Tresca , in the district of tiug ^ tcio . ' | The Free Town of Bremen resisted the Germanic' Diet . An interventionbi the federal authority -has taken place . General Jacolii , ** he federal cbmmissionerj has entered upon the exercise of his special powers . Acting in concert -with the Senate of-the free city 4 he suspended the

    right of meeting , the liberty of the press , and the action of juries . He then pronounced the dissolution of the assembly of burgesses . The decree by which this measure was effected states that a new assembly will be elected , according to a different electoral law , which is to be speedily issued ,. As the public mind was quite prepared for thesemeasures , Bremen remained quite tranquil after their publication . . . . ; ¦ The Patrie of Tuesday evening says that it is not intended to proceed to elections to supply the vacancies just caused in the Legislative Body , by the refusal Of CaVaignac , Carnot , and Henon , to take the oath Of fidelity to the President .

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    Joseph Mazzini And French Socialism We H...

    JOSEPH MAZZINI AND FRENCH SOCIALISM We have received the following letter from the Signers of the Reply to the Circular of M . Mazzini , which appeared originally in a Belgian journal . "We published the Circular from the translation we found in the Morning Chronicle—a . translation , we believe , extracted from Galignani's Messenger . We have also received an " indignation" letter from Mr . W . J . Linton , imputing to the authors of the Reply the omission of the passages which those gentlemen now challenge us to supply . — -Ed . of leader . ( To tie JEditor of the Leader . ) Sib , —We heartily thank you for the publicity you have given to our Reply . But allow us to impress upon you that M . Mazzini ' s CiECUltAB was far more violent , far more unjust , far more insulting to the Socialists , than the readers of the Leader were led to imagine from the form it assumed in your journal . You extracted , no doubt , M . Mazzini ' s article from Galignani , which had only published it in an imperfect

    shape . We subjoin some of the passages omitted > and we earnestly request-you to re-produce them , because their inconceivable harshness hut too well explains the emotion and the warmth of the reply we felt to be unhappily imperative after such an attack : — " I accuse , " said M . Mazzini , in that Belgian journal in which his attack first appeared , " I accuse tho Socialists of having sunk the Man to . the Sectary . " I accuse them of having dried up the sources of faith , animalizcd humanity , and incited the working class to

    OgOlBUX . " I accuse them of having inculcated a belief that to fatten , is to regenerate , the people ; of having , in a word , degraded the question of humanity to a question of the fleshpots of humanity : " & c , & c . Such , sir , are the precise terms in which M . Mazzini has dared to speak of men who , to this day , had always defended , supported , aided him ; of men who , at this moment , are all , either imprisoned or condemned to deportation or in exilo for the crime of having desired the alleviation of the people ' s sufferings ; of men , in n word , many of whom have lost thoir ALL—position , fortuno , and country—for having raised an armed protest against tho odious aggression hy the government of Louis Bonaparte on that Italian independence of which M . Mazzini is one of the representatives !

    Profoundly deploring aa wo do this strjfo , into which nothing less than the absolute impossibility of allowing the cause of truth and of justice to bo trampled under foot , could havo made u « engage ; and knowing too well tho disastrous effects of a division which filla tho hearts of our common enemies with oxultation- ~ -it is , wo feel , essential that the facts ho well established , in ordor that tho responsibility may fnll where it is due . It was Mf Mazzini whb , > without any provocation on our part , assniled us . Ho lias done so with an unheard-of oxcesH of violence . Ho has oven reiterated

    tho attack ; for \\\ t > lust indictment was but a revival ol tho bitter invectives contained in a former address delivered before the Society of the Friends of Italyan utMvess to which one of ourselves , as you can testify , has replied in your own columns , in languiigo not merely ,-of moderation , but of 'friendahip . Now let tho public conscience pronounce tho verdict . , You havo stated , nir , that a certain number of those who signed tho Reply wore representatives of tho people in tho last Assemblies . You may add that , for having loved tho people , a \ HKY abe am . phosouibed . Receive , ¦ ir , our cordial salutations . ( Signed ) BiANOiir , PimnnB Leuoux , Louis UiiA . no , Maxaiimkt , Cahmt , Nadato , LANPOMPITE , VaSIHDN'X'ER . Juwjs Leboux ,

    PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The anxiety "to . preserve the Crystal Palace from threatened destructibri cannot ) he misconstrued after the numerous and enthusiastic meeting of ( committees held initlie Exhibitors' O ^ freshmeritcouHof the biulding pn . Tviesday . On the motion of Mr . Oliyeita , seconded by Sir H & iry Webb , Sir Joseph Paxton was called to the chair . He said that the object of their meeting was tb concert ; preliiniiiary measures for the preservation of this edifice , the construction of which was a sufficiently' arduous undertaking . This could only be accomplished by a strong expression of public opinion

    for they had a , very up-hill game to fight . They were deserted / by the Government and the Royal Commission , and had . nothing to rely on hut popular sympathy . They had , however , only one class of avowed opponents , consisting of those who held house-property in the neighbourhood . In what way the retention of the building coiild prove detrimental to them , he was at a loss to imagine . Yet such was the present position of the question , that it was , absolutely necessary to lose no time in organizing a powerful committee , by which the preservation of the Palace for public uses might be secured . ( Cheers . )

    Admiral SartorLus moved the first resolution : — " That the preservation of the Crystal Palace for purposes of public instruction and recreation is extremely desirable . " Mr . Gordon Gyll seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Sir Henry Webb proposed the second resolution :- — " That it is expedient to combine the different committees formed for the preservation of the Palace , and that this combination be considered as now effected . "

    Mr . Oliveira , who seconded the motion , said that he had probably been selected to do so because he had been instrumental in forming one of the committees . Our noblemen had their palaces , and the wealthier classes had their gardens and hot * houses . The middle and humbler classes were now rising to a position of intelligence and social advancement , which made it necessary that they , too , should be furnished with suitable facilities for agreeablelnstruction and elevated amusement . ( Cheers . ) Now , this structure was the very

    thing to supply such wants , and therefore it ought to be dedicated to the use of the people by the people themselves . ( Cheers . ) Dr . Evans said that the feeling of the borough of Lambeth was almost unanimous in favour of preserving the Crystal Palace , and that all were indignant at its contemplated demolition . Mr . Williams and Mr . D'Eyncourt had taken a part in this matter which would tell in their favour not only at the next election , but at many others to come , and their conduct was entirely in accordance with the prevalent feeling of the borough of Lambeth . ( Cheers . ^ acclamation

    Tho resolution was put and carried by . Mr . Le Neve Foster moved a form of petition to be issued for general signature . Dr . Roylo seconded the motion , and drew a lively picture of what the interior of the Palace might be made , with all tho most beautiful objects in nature or created by art , collected and skilfully arranged , and with a plan of ventilation carried out which would secure a refreshing shade from the heat of summer , and an equally agreeable refugo from the cold winds , tho gloomnnd tho rain of winter . Instruction might bo

    , communicated in all that was useful in manufactures or refined in art . And thus would bo supplied tho most valuable species of education for a commercial people , yet , strange to say , that in which the most commercial nation on tho faco of tho earth was moat deficient . ( Cheors . ) Mr . Dunford , as ono of tho people , applauded the effort which wna being wade to preserve tho Palaco . There a poor man might bring his wife and children to onioy themselves , instead o \ , in

    as at present , being compelled to seek for recrenhon tho beerahop . Ho hoped that tho working-clasKca would never allow the removal of thoir favourite Palnco to any other country , as it now appeared was likely to happen . ( Cheers . ) Tho resolution having been put and curried unanimously , a Bub-cominitt . ee- wati noiiunuteil for tho purpose of organizing tho most efleetuiu moann for obtaining tho preservation of tho buiMing , and to roport progress ttt tho noxt mooting of tho

    goneral committee . , i 1 . Alfred Smoo moved , nnd Dr . Trninari bocpimIou , a resolution providing for the ¦ expenses of tll ° "" " monk Thin resolution wan ut " onco adopted , ana i account authorized to bo oponod « t tho London " >^ Westminster Hunk , in tho namca of Mr . Hoiyuim Oliveira , and Mr . William Curry , the treasurers . Mr . Hoywood , M . I \ moved , and Mr . Moflut , Jvi • Bocondod , a vote of thanks to Sir Jo « oph ^ axt ( j '" complimented that ' gentleman on tho donorvoii rej tntion among hifl countrymen which ho > m \ liCl . rflH in connexion with tho Crystal Palace Mr . Mono * : r marked , that it was ¦ alleged that they could n" * "" tho building wolf-supporting ; but "they would u

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03041852/page/8/