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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- . < Genial Suxnnw , ............ ... 039 ^^ . V ^^ ... ^ .. ^ . ^^^^ SS ^ S ^ l ^ home INTELLIGENCE ; PAGE ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- Italian Liberty—No . II .. 64 G „ . „„„ ¦ ,. The Elections ....... ' . 630 France 040 The GaUray Outlay .. 047 COMMERCIALPolitical Foreshadowing-s .. - 030 „ _ The Trade ofNeutrals .... Ga 2 Gatherings from Law fnd Police INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- *„„ Money Market and Stock Kx- . Courts ... !? ...... 030 mdian Army Organisation ...... 041 LITERATURE , FINE ARTS , ETC .- change .. .. . C , r , 2 r-rirrvinnl T ? pcord 030 TndianNews .. 042 ¦ . r . o General Trade Keport ... 052 - ggk * ; ::: e :: ; : ; : S ? w—••••• a S ^ w ^^ S i 3 » SS ^ . a GoS ! Home News . ' .... 037 Postscript .. ..... ba General Literature . OoO j omt _ J tock Companies .......... 053 Genera ^ Home ^ Newfl ^^^^ . < ^^_ | Q AFFA 1 RS ^ Marochetti ' s Statue OoO stocks ftnd shares ^ Continental Notes C 38 The Politics of the War ¦ C 45 Art Critics .. _

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      V T HE long delay which "was beginning to try the patience of not a few even of" the peace-loving of . our countrymen , appears to be rapidly drawing to a close , judging by the most recent intelligence from the seat of war . The many changes and shiftings of the Austrian position and line of defence , if it can be said to have had either , up to within a few days past , would seem not to have been without object . If , as a late telegram from

      Pavia informs us , a collision between the Austrian and Franco-Sardinian armies was expected on Thursday , or , at the latest 1 , on Friday ^ the conclusion is pretty clear that the battle would have to be fought somewhere in the neighbourhood of that city , and with no small advantage on the side of the Austrian Commander-in-Chief as to position ; that is what he has gained by the seemingly confused and purposeless tactics which he has been employing almost from the day he first crossed the Ticino . — In other respects , General Qyulai , if we may put any trust in " official " infonnation , may count his gains by waggon-loads , for the report is , that he has almost entirely exhausted the track of country over which his hungry regiments have passed . The correspondent of the Times , who follows the steps of the Croat general , tells preposterous stories of the delight with winch the Austrians arc everywhere received by the Piedmontesc , who , he says , look upon them as their natural deliverers from the despotism under which they groan as the subjects of King Victor Emmanuel . The man is , of course , either gulled by the people ho talks with in the Austrian camp , or ho is attempting to gull the readers of the Times . In either case , the question that first suggests itself is the same : what is the Times about , to . permit such monstrous lies to appear in its pages ? . A telegram from Borne ( not the best authority , it nmst be admitted ) states that , so far from the Piedmontcse taking delight in the presence of the Austrian hordes , General Gyulai is nearly at hie last shift to get from them supplies for his ravenous soldiers . The telegram adds , that it will not bo possible for the Austrian Commander-in-Ghief to hold his position in Piedmont for more than fifteen

      of fucy-six ; tho general result being that , practically , they are not in any better position than they were before . Lord Derby dissolved the late House . Still we hear of " understandings " between the Premier and Lord Palmerston as the basis upon which the present Ministry will manoeuvre to keep Lord John Russell from power . For the sake of tho Liberal party , we heartily wish that Lord Pahrierston would go over to the Treasury benches ; unfortunately ; there is no chance of bis doing so ; but there is too much likelihood that ho will soon be doin « c something on his own

      account , the effects of which will be felt in a renewal of the disunion which has so long paralysed the action of the Liberal party . Relieved from the trouble and excitement of the elections , tha country is devoting itself with growling earnestness to the duty of providing forits own defence in the face of the assured possibility of foreign invasion . All the great towns are' arranging for the organisation of rifle corps , and the daily newspapers teem with letters of advice and inquiry as to the most effectual mode- of arming and

      dressing the volunteers who are hastening to enrol themselves . The movement , which is in every way a salutary one , appears to express a truly national feeling . . Another feeling , equally genume , is also finding expression in all tho leading cities and towns of the kingdom 5 that is , the desire ' of tho peoplo that this country should be kept- out of the present Continental imbroglio- Several of the large towns have resolved to address her Majesty , praying her to carry out the desire of her people in this respect , and other towns are likely to follow the same course .

      Meantime , her Majesty has published a Royal Proclamation , announcing her intention to preserve a strict neutrality , and warning her subjects of the pains and penalties to which they will subject themselves by doing any tiling against the laws which govern the intercourse of neutral states , The shipowners of England are made very anxious by this proclamation , lor they cannot precisely

      determine what they may or may not do in the way of their calling , without making themselves liable to the law of contraband . Tho Foreign Office is not able to determine tho point ; and tho only way put of the difficulty appears to bo that which has boon suggested by tho Shipping Gazette , namely , for our Government ; to oafl upon tho . belligerent Powers to name tho articles which they , determine to consider as contraband of vrnr : At ; present there is a doubt whether ovon coals may not come

      are in a desperate state of collapse , and a new loan is to be screwed out of unhappy Lombardy . The sum demanded this time is seventy-five millions of florins . The circumstances connected with the publication of tho French loan are like the incidents of a romance of money . Five hundred millions of francs were asked for the purpose of making war in Italy ; and , lo ! about five times the sum is eagerly pressed upon the Imperial Government . Precisely elated , the capital subscribed was , at the close of the subscription list , on the 15 th instant , 2 , 307 , 000 , 000 fr ., advanced by 525 , 000 persons-, 244 , 129 in Paris , and 281 , 000 in the departments ; of these , 375 , 000 were subscribers for lOfr . of rente , whiles 150 , 000 were subscribers for . larger sums ; results that show , says the Moniteur , " the intimate union of France and the Emperor , and the entire cqnfidence of the nation in the strength and wisdom of the sovereign who presides over its destinies . " Beloved or hated , trusted or feared , it i 3 certain that Napoleon ILL . has a wonderful opportunity for retrieving the past . Will he take advantage of it ? Otherwise , let him lose a great battle with the Austrians , and woe to him and to his dynasty . Events aro gathering ; and the game which for the moment seems to show favourably for him , may be taken out of his hands . The position of Prussia is becoming moi * e and more a grave matter for the rest of Europe . In closing the Diet on Saturday last , the Prince Regent made a speech , which was certainly anything but pacific in spirit . " Tho attitude vQ . f . ' the army and tho spirit which animates it , " ho said , " fill me with confidence , whatever may bo the events wliich the future has in store for us . I know that when the

      country shall require its services , th e army will not remain behind the deeds of arms and military prowess of our fathers . " In tho meantime , Prussia is opposing tho right of her influence to prevent tho acceptance , by the Federal Diet of the proposition made by Hanover to form a federal corps < Tarmee of observation on tho Rhino . That which gives the gravest importance to the movements of Prussia is the fact that Russia has juet placed five corps ( Tarmie on a war footing , calling in all reserves , and making other arrangements for being in a state of readiness to march within three months . Tho destination of ' these troops will

      within tho circle of prohibition . Perhaps tho most notable item of tho weeks home news is tho account of Tan tin TopOo ' s summary trial and oxooution , which has reached us by the Bombay mail . Opinion will bo divided in tins country as to whether his crimo was of a nature to call for such a punishment ; it will , however , bo time to discuss the question when tho fUllor details of his trial and death roaqh us . Meanwhile , it is interesting to know that , while admitting that he was associated with tho JSTana Sahib nt tho time of tho Cawnporo massacre , he denies that either ho or the Nona had anything to do with that atrooity .

      determine tho course of Prussia . Tho week at homo lifts been vei'y full of event , although nothing of momentous importance ha * occurred . Nearly all tho oleotions aro over , and Liberals and Conservatives have the results in black and white before them . The Conservative , party takes into the House some seventeen additional members , but they start in an ugly minority

      days longer—a statement that must bo accepted with a very largo grain of salt . Within tho time named , in all probability , other causes will have made it advisable for General Gyulai to plaoo his troops within roaoh of the well-stored magazines of Lombardy . Several of tho more recent telegrams state that he has made good provisipn for retreat . - Meantime , the finances of tho Austrian . treasury

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21051859/page/3/