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    No. 450, November 6,1858 ] T H B LEADER....

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    of Ms own country ,. and whose views are derived from the pure source of reason and of truth . " If Mr . Bright does not get the Legion of Honour after this it will not be from not having earned it . The most violent libeller of England- —not even the infamous Pelet—never met with such eulogy as this from those who hate our common country and pray for its decline . As few Frenchmen read the English papers , and as French journals are allowed to quote no . more than is set down for them , the public here is in profound ignorance of the true details respecting the misconduct of the French Government towards Portugal in the of the French slaver Charles-et-Georges , captured b Portuguese cruiser . Coercion was used towards Portugal by France , and English aid ; was withheld . I care thing for the denial of the French ministerial papery they are obliged to print -whatever the minister think fit to order . They would deny , if so commanded that the earth revolves , or -was anything' . more than flat surface . In fact , they would deny anything everything . As for the three English morning papers I regret to say that they are as little to be relied upon as the pays or the Consthutiorinel . Two of them reported to receive subventions from the French Go vernment in the shape of subscriptions for so many hundred copies . The third is the organ of a nobleman ¦ who is infatuated with a dynastic alliance , and is more imperialist than the Emperor . The correspondents these papers receive their instructions from the French Foreign-office , and , therefore , -whatsoever II- Walewski secretary may please to tell them . GalignanVs Messenger is in the same category . It is valuable property which exists on sufferance , and may be destroyed by a police ministerial decree to-morrow , and you may , therefore easily imagine how nervously anxious the proprietor not to offend the Government . There are reasons , per sonal to the editor , to which I do not wish to refer more rn detail , but they are of such a nature as to fetter con siderably his free action . You -will , now understand what value is the contradiction given to the Times b these four journals . . We may not always agree with the Times in the views taken in home politics , but no one doubts its anxiety to be exact and to settle the question , as to fact ; it . cannot-be ¦ so very , difficult matter for the Post , Herald , and Chronicle to obtain permission from their patron , M . Wa ' lewski , to publis the unmutilated correspondence -which passed between the French and Portuguese Governments : The service ~ they have endeavoured . ' to render must scarcely be worthy of such a trifling recompense , and tlie opportu nity would be highly esteemed to be able to prove the title of " misrepresentation" with -which GnUgnanPs Messenger heads a quotation from the Times . It would be further desirable that these journals should explain how it came to pass that voluntary negro emigrants on board the Anna rose against the crew , massacred all but two men , and hoisted an Arab flag . The occur rence is said to have taken place off Comores , and to have been reported to the Ville d'Angers . It was men- tioned in the Journal du Havre , with a promise of further details , which I have not seen . If M . de Cessena did really wish for proofs of the decline of England , he might find some semblance of foundation for his outrageous proposition in the barefaced venality of a section of the English press , and in the melancholy fact that literary men are to be found in England to prostitute their pen in the servico of a foreign potentate and against the liberty and independence of their country , " Yesterday was celebrated the opening of tlio law courts after the vacation . The'judges , preceded by MM . Trop- long , Dupin , Chaix d'Est-Ange , and Devienne , and heralded by drums , went to hear mnss in tho Sainte- Chapelle ; it was celebrated by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris , Mousignor Morlot . Subsequently the courts were opened . M , Raynal , Advocate-General , mado n speech to the Court of Cassation , and M . dials d'Est- Ange , Procurour Imperial , pronounced a discourse to the Court Imperial . Both are said to have been remarkably eloquent . I subjoin a fow specimens , to continue my il- lustrations of imperial literature . The first is from the speech of M . ltaynal , who took for his theme tlio Olim du Parlemcnt de Paris ; "But inepito of the revolutions which have swept away three great things of tlio past— the ancient monarchy , feudalism , and parliament—the character so profoundly impressed upon French nationnlity- ~ monarchical form—has remained , Itlio only one wh ch su ts its genius , which replies to its traditions , am which places in brilliant relief its nolle and im- perislmblo qualities that fructify and direct ita Inoxhaus- tiblo resources . Wo know how lively and profound a sentiment our fathers had of it when , at tho Issue of our civil troubles , in the midst of anarchy without glorv , wljorein struggled tho cpuntry , the news w « s suddenly spread abroad thut the young conqueror of Italy had left tlio land of the Pharaohs to come and ask the Direc- tory what it had done for Franco ; when , aftor tho 18 th Jsnimftiro , was soon to open so quickly the sources of publ c prosperity , all the eores to heal over , and Soon unrol In a splendid epic tho mjyvels of tho Consulate . and tlio fcmpiro . Wo undoratood , ns did our fathers , when , nftor events , which soomed a prelude to social diaaolu- tion , on tho eve of menacing eventualities which ought never to bo fo rgotten , wo saw a prince of tho aumo blood , inheritor of tho same deatinios , take In hand In Ills turn ,

    the cause of public safety compromised or betrayed , re- I assure the good and frighten the wicked , inaugurate a new era of security , of grandeur , and of glory , and uniting hardihood of resolution to matured designs , carry th , e nanje of France into the ramparts of thunderstriefcen towns , as well as into the councils of Europe , at a height never before . reached . " Strange language in a-law court , and not arguing much for the proximate advent of Mr . Bright's millennium . M . Cbaix d'Est-Ange's speech I must defer noticing till next week . re- e a md rry ken ^ Ht irt , Mr . Ii I

    No. 450, November 6,1858 ] T H B Leader....

    No . 450 , November 6 , 1858 ] T H B LEADER . 1197

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    case y a nofor may , a and , are - of ' s or , is , - 1 - , of i y i ( ¦ , . ] a ] -, h j ' v e - n t t g - c Ii a : d ai lc R d < w hi ] u be gi to ai : ci < yc th ju co co ou Kc ox coi col thl tin tl . < tin em do . Pr poi mo ovc i , or are litt , trie has crul tior ase . ! ^ GERMANY . ; 10- ( From our own Correspondent . " ) ] for November 3 . 1 ay To those of your readers who peruse the daily papers * -d , the following account of the final act of the Regency * i a inauguration will be somewhat out of date , but as the s nd public were excluded from the proceedings , I could not r fs > procure a report iri time for the post . The two Houses F on of the Diet , after acknowledging the necessity of the Q Lre ' Regency , as reported in my last , received a special mes- t : ° - sage from the Prince to meet at one o ' clock on Tuesday P ! y to witness his oath upon the Constitution . o ! n At half-past twelve o ' clock the state carriages of the tl re Royal Princes issued from the gates of the residence and P of were received with the usual shouting of the dazzled ei p h multitude . Shortly after one o ' clock the Prince , pre- cl i ' s ceded by the Ministers , and accompanied by the Princes al ?> ' of the Royal House , entered the White Hall , and took P -h his seat beside the throne ; upon the right stood the P : > r Royal Princes—upon the left the Ministers . All being f » arranged , his Royal Highness addressed the two Houses * 1 S as follows : — oi f- " Illustrious , noble , and gentle Sirs of both Houses of oi " the Diet , —I behold before me on this grave occasion the T i- united Houses of the Diet of the monarchy assembled to S J » witness a solemn act . Kre I proceed to perform it , I M Y must give utterance to the longings of my heart , to hi h thank you , gentlemen , for the patriotic unanimity with th 0 wInch you have assisted in the establishment " of the 'ie e Regency . You have given an elevating proof of " what th a Prussian patriotism is capable in troublous times . By " *» 1 your unanimity I am convinced of it . You have " re' » joiced the heart of our beloved King and master in his wl i retirement . In me you have softened the pangs with tin e which I undertook the Regency , and you have strength- Pr e ened ine in the conviction that nry endeavours to pro- Mi - mote thjejionour and welfare of our dear country during spc e the continuance of my Regency will be crowned with Di . i s success . May God g ¥ zhrt it ! ' _ . ¦ doi 1 " And now , gentlemen , I will confirm-with my oath tio : 1 the assurance which I gave you at the opening of the plo 3 Session . " bei 1 The Prince hereupon raised his hand according to the tin - custom of the country , and spoke as follows : — vis > " I William , Prince of Prussia , swear herewith as pie Regent , before God the Omniscient , that I will firmly Mi t and inviolably maintain the Constitution of the king- onl \ dom , and that I will govern in accordance with the same Th : and the laws of the land . So help me God . " ma . The President of the Upper House , Prince Hohen- adi lohe Ingelfingen , then advanced , and said : — "Your set ! Royal Highness has now sealed the sublime act of again « ' *»< devoting yourself to the government of the country , Coi with all its heavy burdens , by the oath which you r J have taken . The country and its representatives ac- ritii knowledge that the chief guidance of its affairs has mai been regulated in a constitutional manner , and with ran grateful hearts we , tho members of the Diet , feel bound tho to tender your Royal Highness our reverential thanks ; parl and with the same sentiments that wo yesterday cnun- " ciated , wo pray that God will bless tho government of Min your Koyal Highness . " ¦ the The President of tlio Lowor House , Graf Eulenberg , side then advanced , and said : — Tho act which wo havo . '" en just witnessed is that upon which tho thoughts of our nutl : country are fixed . Lot that rallying cry , which alone jostj corresponds with the feelings of our souls , resound from stea < our breasts : Long Hvo his Majesty tho King and his tho Koynl Highness the Prince Regent !"' ' then Herewith terminates the Regency Question , and the offlei oxistenco of tho Diet . The elections for the noxt will tlio . commonoo this month , at Uerlin , oil tlio 12 th . elect During the past week , the journals have filled their 8 » ch columns with rumours of a change of Ministers , but up to cloa » this date they have all proved false It is assorted that way tho Prince is withhold from immediately dismissing nny tliem by a sort of chivalrous pity , There is no doubt boun that tho groat mass of newspaper renders are violently ftvoii enraged against thorn ; but the Ministers well know , na threj does likowiso tho Prince , that newspaper roadors in upon Prussia are tho least active and lonst to bo feared of tho there population ; they nro porsons who ore afraid of chango— notiv merchants and tradesmen ; the politically aotivo , and the i eventually dangerous , part of tho people are tho whia- fruiti I'orora in beer " Hullon" and wino-cellArfl ; but as they provi are kept wol l down by the arm / imd police , it matters just little at nYoflont whajt either think . Prim A groat deal has been aaiU lately about Prussian pa- can triotUm , and the correspondent of u London daily paper whofl n « s romarkedT upon it as being something very siu- to t * . gular in a people composed of so many difforont na- such tionalitlosj but I , for my part , have never come the o ira Cy ue ot es ie s _ Ly p ie < 1 ( j . _ ; s k ie g g , f e 0 1 ) his i the ; lied I , the ' r " the i the . Diet done tion p thing visers p onl They was rities tho party " the sider mend jesty ateadfa tho t officials tlio elect such clearl way any bounds avoid upon t ac the frui just Prince can wlioB to such the

    in contact with persons in Prussia professing a strong love of the country or its institutions . Such love may exist amongst the officials , and possibly amongst the soldiers , who are pleased with the military life * but I am sure the mass of the people detest the officials and would gladly escape from the conscription . On the Rhine , 'the people openly express a preference for France and ^ her institutions , i . e . without the Emperor . In passing through Westphalia the traveller is struck , perhaps , with the evidence of patriotism in this last acquired country of Prussia , shown in the white-and-black coloured cottages—white and black being the national colours of Prussia . I was astonished at it myself on my first arrival , but I was informed by natives that the inhabitants were obliged by the provincial authorities to paint their houses with these colours along the roads and lines of railway , but more especially the latter , and if the peasants could not afford to buy the paint it was supplied to them by the police . The object of it was to make a good impression upon travellers . Perhaps the persons who volunteered this statement were only quizzing me , but I am inclined to think they spoke the truth , because the houses are all painted alike , and dislay a uniformity and a unanimity on the part of the owners very rare in other countries . I doubt whether there is a country in the world whose people have less patriotism than those of Prussia . The parts of Germany , even , of which Prussia is . composed , have too often . changed masters , and have traditions too much at variance to allow of an amalgamation into a mass of patriotic Prussians . The great majority , I think , would prefer the national appellation of German to Prussian . The Court party were resolved not to be deprived of their address , for , not having succeeded in obtaining an omcial one from the Diet , they drew up two private ones , the first to the King , the second to the Prince . The first expressed sentiments of ardent loyalty and sympathy , and gratitude fo , r the blessings which his Majesty ' s Government had conferred upon the land by bravery in suppressing anarchical attempts against internal peace of Prussia , and further , that they rewith firm confidence upon the Prince ' s carrying put noble work of his Majesty . The second address , to Prince , v . as merely an echo of the first . The Ministerial organ ,- £ >« e Zeit , contain * an article which may be regarded as expressing the sentiments of present Ministry : — " The oath just taken by the ' - Prince has put an end to the anomalous position of the Ministry . By the Constitution the Ministers were responsible for every act dpne prior to this ceremony . The , however , did not see any occasion to call any act by the Ministry during the interregnum in ques-, and ** herein lies an admission that Ministers em- ' loyed the powers entrusted to them in a legal and beneficial manner . Yet we think the nation owes somemore than a mere exculpatory silence to the adof the Crown . The trials with which it has leased Providence to afflict our country placed the Ministry in a situation the difficulties of which could y be overcome by great caution and conscientiousness . may claim , not alone the merit of having kept the machinery of Government in motion , but also , by their advice and exertions , of having brought about the happy settlement of the Regency , so that the kingly authority as completely maintained as the prescriptions of the Constitutional Charter . " The following circular , addressed to tho district autho-, will afford your readers a better insight into tho management hero of past and present elections than any random remarks of a correspondent in a country where press is enthralled and public opinion merely teagossip . Mr . Flottwoll says : — Sir , —You will shortly receive the enactments of the Minister of tho Interior respecting the next elections for House of Delegates next to be assembled . I conit my duty to point out my views , which I recomto your reflootion , and also to that of tho district authorities . It need hardly bo observed that his Ma's Government must ever sot a high value upon the . st loyalty , truth , and uprightness , as also upon political qualifications of the delegates , and that herefore it becomes the boundon duty of tho royal who may bo concerned diroot or indirect with elections , to oxort themselves to bring about tho ion of men who are known undoubtedly to possess qualifications . On tlio other hand , it must bo y understood that thoy are not to interfere in any with the entire freedom of election by exorcising ojfloial influence . Thoy are not to overstep the prescribed by their ollicial duties , and must employing the slightest intimidation either by threatening to withdraw any advantages doponding tho favour of tho authorities or otherwise I herefore think it proper to forbid most strictly any tivity or intorforonoo In tho elections on tho part ot police agents . l ) ut on the othor hand , thoro is a tful field opon to tho commendable efforts o £ tho provincial authorities , in -which thoy may advanco tho and paternal dosiron of his Koyal Hlgniioss tho Regent for the wolfaro cf the country . Thoro bo no doubt that men are known jto you ujion fo assistance and aotivo liifltionoo you * havo a right rolv . To place yourself in communiontlnn with men , and In conjunction with thorn to prepare for elections In the sovora ! districts , and to direct their

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06111858/page/21/