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    The Leadeb.

    THE LEADEB .

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    Contents :

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    T HE " return of the French legions" has at length taken place , amid the shouts of applauding Parisians , anil welcomed by every appurtenance that the genius of the most theatrical nation in Europe could contrive to give splendour to the day . But , notwithstanding that the triumphal arches were of the most stately -proportions , and in the best taste—that the toilettes of the ladies were perfection , and the decorative wreaths and votive bouquets profusely showei-ed

    upon the gallant host— -the representation can hardly be considered the " most successful of the season ; " it cannot compare , for instance , in the applause it excited , with that previous more enthusiastically admired exhibition , the departure of the army of Italy . On Sunday , although care had been taken to provide all the accessories , and to care for every point of sympathy—though the wounded were paraded with then- crutches arid bandaged limbs , while their unscathed comrades wore the tattered uniforms which unmistakably testified to the hardships of the campaign—though the daring Zouaves and the savage Turcos took part in the

    ceremony , to afford the laughter-loving Frenchmen their joke upon the most facetious mode of slaughtering one ' s fellow-creatures—still the result was hardly one of unmixed satisfaction to the director of the spectacle . " Vive la France I" was the cry substituted for " Vive FEmpereur ! " and Vive Vltaliel" testified the sympathies of the French people with the good work so ostentatiously begun , but so ignominiously incomplete . MacMahon and Canrobert were the heroes of the day , while Louis Napoleon was received with a calmness which must have chilled him even more than the pelting of the . pitiless storm which he endured for three mortal hours .

    The Emperor ' s own fete on the succeeding day , with its raree-shows and fireworks , its gratuitous theatrical entertainments and additioiiol military promenades , suffered , as the natural consequence of the reaction , from the semi-excitement of tho previous day ; it was neither a success nor a failure . The really important event of the week was reserved for Wednesday , when the clemency of the French ruler was announced to the world in the columns of the Mqnitour . An amnesty has boon proclaimed to all expatriated Frenchmen ; and Victor Hugo , Louis ISlanc , Blanqui , Caussidtore , and their less conspicuous fellow victims , are > at liberty again to breathe the air of their native land . It cannot be denied that this ia a wise and

    announces that ministers have not decided whether it will be necessary to interfere in the Zurich conferences . China and India afford subjects for conoratulation ; and the national defences , we are assured , -shall be well looked after . Ministers have now at least six months before them , during which time they are to prepare such admirable measures , and to carry on the business of the nation in so masterly a style , as to convince the country , before the re-assembling of Parliament , of the advantage it has derived from discarding Lord Derby ' s government , to make room for the present Liberal Conservative and Whig Radical administration . ' _ '

    .... But though Parliament has risen , and the halls of Westminster are deserted , members of-. . Parliament and aspirants to the Legislature < lo not therefore hold their : peace . At Rochdale has been much talk for two days by Messrs . Cobden and Bright , addressed to the admiring electors of Rochdale in particular and to the people of England in general . The first-named statesman s 2 oseech has disappointed his admirers , and occasioned much criticism at the hands of his opponents . It may be mildly described as exceedingly commonplace , and very long and tedious , its most ciation ol tne

    statesmanlike points being his enun proposition that it would have been better to have taken five millions of taxes ofl" French goods than to have spent a like sum in additional fortifications ao-ainst France—a shrewd remark , though it will find few admirers—and his expression of the sympathy of this country with Italian freedom . Mr . Cobden takes credit to himself for

    conscientiousness in refusing to join Lord Palmerston ' s cabinet ; but the question arises whether , if his services are of such value to the nation as his followers would fain have us believe , he might not have given the country the benefit of his services at the Board of Trade , without his tender conscience coming into collision with Lord rnhneratonV foreign policy . Mr . Bright , of course , was as eloquent as usual unon the general ¦ misgovernment oi

    the country , and the universal corruption—upon wliich points he is , no doubt , well qualified to judge . His speeches were nlso marked by we singular fact , of his alluding to tho newspapers without special abuse Of them . The dispute between tho master builders and their operatives still remains uiisotlJctl , though there are signs of an approaching accommodation . Many of tho . smaller masters have boon compelled + „ ,. „««« ,, n , mi .. vnrrts bv the e . Miiviieied oi tuoir of

    the result has been already to induce the greater number of the exiles in London and Brussels to take ¦ measures for their return to France ; and even that steamships have been dispatched to Lambessa and Cayenne , to restore life and hope to the wretched beings who are slowly dying in those penal settlements for the sole crime of exercising their . rights as free citizens of a free nation—and to bring them back to their native land . Many there are , however—and those among the most honest and respected of the French liberals—who place no faith in the promises and proclamation of the ci-devant despot . offences

    The press , they say , is pardoned for past , but will the press be any the more unshackled for the future . They point to the " pardon" of Montalembert , and they ask how they are to be satisfied that the " measures necessary for the public safety may not again at any moment be called into action , and with more fearful conser quences to liberty than beforehand until these questions are solved to their satisfaction they prefer banishment in security to a life of suspense at home . M . Louis Blanc has expressed these opinions in a manly letter to the Eng lish daily journals . He asks , why should the exiles return from the « ' land of unfettered thought and free

    speech" to France , so long as she is kept in bondage ? and truly declares that until the day of freedom returns for his native land , it is needful for her faithful sons to reside abroad , where they may be allowed freedom to make known her sorrows and denounce her wrongs . To the friends of liberty and constitutional government the news from the Italian States this week is of deep interest . In the Tuscan capital the National Assembly has me * , and without a dissentient voice declared that no prince of the hated Ilapsburg-Lorraine dynasty shall rule over their laud : and also that it is the will of tho rule of

    people to' pass under the constitutional King Victor Emmanuel . In Modena the dictator Farini , after a short but able administration , has resigned his trust into the hands of Ins fellowcitizensi upon tho opening of the parliament of that state , which august assembly hastens to express its determination to defend the principle of 41 Italy for the Italians . " In Bologna wo find the official journal of the free government putting forth a declaration of equal political and civil rights . Ilow-swill all this end is anxiously pondered by the " . 'lends of Italy—whether Victor Emmanuel will assume the government of these magnificent provinces ; or whether he will bo compelled to submit to the veto of his powerful ally , and unwillingly resign his claim to the

    sovctoaioc £ andtfc I , no doubt ' h :, t the lot * time and unemployed capital must i ^ 1 > *> ' H £ upon the employer * . The men arc nl « o showing sLptoins of' IL . ulh . tf the screw , and we hoarol deputations beiiiji * mt round il . o country to canvaL for ' subscriptions to the luntUui' tbeir support , which suuuig to show weak ness . Other strikes are in operaticm-amon- the factory hands at Padllmin , the colliers in' boiiio . parts oi Wales , ami tho chain trade in Stallbnlsluro . YuBtonlay one of the moat exciting and deeplyinteresting criminwl Irinlwof our times was brought to a closef Alter n long and careful examination of exceedingly conflicting evidence , Dr . lhomas Smulliiii'st wiw convicted of poisoning Ins unhappy dupo , Isabella Bunkos . The Lord Cln ' oi Boron charaetorifted this as one of the most horrible murders on recoi'd . Tho prisoner protested his nnocenoe strongly to tho last .

    rcjgnty offered him by the people . Mennwliilo the advantages' of Bonapartist rule , and the claims of Prince JeromcNapoleon to the possible kingdom of Ktruria arc steadfastly urged by able and unscrupulous agents ; , and Count Arose , tho chosen confidant oi tho French l £ mperor is despatched to Turin to remind Victor Jkmmanuol ol his duty ; and to see that Napoleon J ' ctos are duly performed hi Lombard ) ' and in Piedmont . The British Parliament is at last prorogued , and weary Lords and exhausted Commons once moro at liberty to indulge in tho same amusements and occupations as their fellow subject * . Tho royal speech was even moro than usually ( rigid and conventional . It alludes to measures of reform which nmy poswbly be considered next session ; it

    well-timed proceeding ; and if it bo followed , as is no . doubt probable , by a more liberal system of government , will do moro to consolidate the dynasty of tho Bonapavtoa than all the repressive measures which their present representative has put in force . Possibly , Louis Napoleon finds himself now sufficiently strong to try tho experiment of ruling by popularity instead ox force ; norhaps , some recollections of Ins own privations in oxilo may have induced him to show a tardy pity to the sufferings of others ; or his sagacity may show him the necessity of uniting , as fur as possibl e , tho various politioal parties into which Frenchmen are divided . Wo are told that

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081859/page/3/