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      The Leader.

      THE LEADER .

      Contents

      Contents

      Review Of The Week— India And Indian Pro...

      REVIEW OF THE WEEK— INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS— PUBLIC AFFAIRS District Duties during tho Kevolt In the North-west Pro-HOME intelligence , paoe The Fidelity of the Madras Christmas and Charity .... 1303 vinces of India in 1857 1 W « Political Foreshadowinc-s .. 1384 Army 1389 Napoleon and the Pope 1394 Tales from Molieres Play ' s ::: ••> : > Ireland 1384 Cotton Manufactories 1389 The Slavery Cause in America .. 1395 Travels in Morocco 1 * . W Wh ^ oi nn ' ii WiiiYitrv * 1 ««« . Infallibles and Mutineers 1395 Poems 1 > v the author of " John Thlvohrateeis lift MUSIC AND THE DKA 5 IA- A Debt of Gratitude ............ 1395 . Halifax" : 1 13 W Law , Police , and - cAsualiieV ::::: 1385 Covent Garden Opera .......... 1390 L 2 %%%£ J & iOa ° f the Po P e ™ jg The Ophthalmoscope HOC General Home News 1386 Monday Popular Concerts ...... 1300 Letters from Italy 1396 xevr Novels 1 4 ' . < 0 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . Vocal Association 1390 I ITFP 4 TIIRP- / -AMMCOriAl Foreign Summary 1387 Princess ' s Theatre 1390 LiitKAiuKt coniwiekcial .-A ~ . ~ ... «^ r , r « rar . «» t «« r « i « r Crystal Palace 1390 Notes of the Week 1397 Trade and War ........ ii-jl ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE— The Great Globe 1390 Sir James Emerson Tennent ' s Money Market and Stock hi < - Germany .. 1388 "Ceylon" 1397 change ... l-j . 01 - A Dictionary of English Etymo- General Trade Keport 140 x Foreign Incidents 1389 Postscript 1391 logy 1398 Joint-Stock Companies .... 14 Ui

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      T HE latest telegraphic intelligence from the French capital informs us that the assembling of the European Congress , from which " so much is hoped and feared , is again postponed til after the 19 th January . Meanwhile , many difficulties have been cleared away which had opposed themselves to the meeting of the representatives of antagonistic interests ; and we learn , not only that the staunch Cavbur is definitely accepted as the representative of the House of Savoy , and in that capacity as the advocate of the cause of

      Italian liberty and unity—but also that the Holy Father , finding there is no resisting the decrees of his untoward star , has retracted his determination to hold aloof from the consultations , and , relying upon the affectionate loyalty of the " eldest son of the Church , " has determined to speak his sentiments at the Congress by the mouth of his faithful Antonelli , who is even now on his way to the scene of debate . With what grace that much abused minister will receive the decision of the Congress as to the future position of his master and himself in the reconstructed scheme of

      government for the Peninsula , remains to be seen ; but , from present appearances , the cause of despotism seems to be almost hopeless . England can but allow of one policy—that of perfect liberty to the Italians to choose their own rulers and form of government , and of non-intervention by the armed force of any foreign or mercenary army . Austria has oecome so ¦ weakened , and has so many causes of internal distraction in her own dominions , that her opposition to the national cause , though it may , perhaps , he expected , need give no cause for fear of dangerous consequences . Russia , we learn by in

      a semi-official article of the Nord , quoted yesterday ' journals , has expressed her approval of the policy of Viotor Emmanuel , and her determination to support that monarch ' s claims to the { tos ition of a principal at the Congress . All this ooks well for the prospects of the confederated states who have sworn fealty to one another , and to the iPiedmontese sovereign . To crown the whole , we have the Emperor Napoleon ' s last manifesto issued , by the pen of his scribe Pe la Guerroniere , which simplifies oho difficulty of the question of settlement , and shows indications of a wise policy in regard to the long misgoverned States of the Church , which augurs well for the Emperor ' s moderation and honest intentions in the other articles of the programme .

      the houseless and starving ; and Lord Shaftesbury , the representative of the Field-Inno Refuge , has publicly thanked the Times and the benevolent individuals who have contributed to this object . The public ( my lord remarked ) were not to be thanked—for the public has not done its duty ; else should we have " ten thousand "_ refuges where the distressed and starving man might seek and find relief , without having to submit to the degradation of collision with the hard-hearted officials of a workhouse .

      To his tenants and dependants in Hampshire , the Premier has this week been pleasantly and kindly discoursing in a strain befitting the season , and only slightly seasoned with allusion to public affairs or politics . To the Romsey labourers Lord Palmerston gave the best advice as to their moral and social duties , and some well-merited praise for their advancement in the scale of society . The farmers he encouraged to persevere in the prosecution of their studies in agricultural chymistry and political economy ; and , lest the solid pudding of his discourse should be found to cloy , the veteran debater spiced it well with patriotic sentiments and praise of the public he in

      spirit of the volunteers , who have , - forms us , made their influence felt already , not only here , but all over the world . With the exception of Sir George Grey , whoj at a feast in the City , given by some admirers of his Cape government , devoted an hour to the exemplification of the glory and profit which accrue to Old England from her brilliant diadem of colonies , the rest of the speech-makers of the week have taken for their theme the necessity of fostering the great national volunteer movement , and of rendering that great measure permanent . On this head Sir John Pakington , Sir Hamilton Seymour , Lord John Manners , are at one with Mr . Ayrton ; and , indeed , Liberals and Conservatives seem to lay aside minor differences in recognising the

      paramount importance of this topic . The work of national defence goes bravely on ; and volunteer cavalry , infantry , and artillery present a mighty phalanx to the view of the enemies of Old England . Two learned masters of the art of war , Admiral Sartorius and the Governor of the Woolwich cadets , Colonel Wilford , have given their voice against expending too great sums in stone wails and earthworks . The soldier would havo the militia brought up to its full strength and to a proper standard of efficiency— -the sailor is all for / ly ing artillery ( Armstrong guns ) and steam rams at sea . _ . .

      From Venice the cry of misery grows louder every post—the only portion of Italy left to the Hapsburg despotism appears doomed to bear the concentration upon it of the entire energies of Austrian tyranny . Brigandage , whi c h has left the Romagna under the new rule , appears to have fixed itself in Venetia ; poverty , and even destitution , have become the lot of the bulk of the industrial classes , while the tide of emigration steadily continues from the stricken city .

      episcopal office is somewhat altered since the days of the Apostles , who had not among their labours to fulfil the duty of entertaining ambassadors and princes , and were not hampered with the requirements of purple , gold , and fine linen— - ' Christ ' s' Vicar is to retain ( according to this scheme ) the city and inhabitants of old Rome to swell his state ; while the temporal weapon is to be represented by a contingent from each state in the Italian union , and the various Catholic nations of the world are invited to supply the requisite gold to enable the servus servorum to retain his wonted position among the mere earthly rulers of the civilised world .

      From other parts of the staggering Austrian empire the intelligence is interesting and significant . The rumoured abdication of Francis Joseph is denied with emphasis . ; yet the deplorable state of the resources and finances of his ill-assorted dominions , and the turbulent condition of the races over which he exercises an uncertain rule , might well supply a motive for the wish to lay down the glittering bauble of empire . The repressive policy to which he is bound , and as the representative of which he sits now upon the throne of Austria in the seat of the deposed Ferdinand , is beginning to produce another crop of revolt and bloodshed . Already

      the hated ( rermans have come into collision with the Hungarian populace at Pesth , and in other places * and more particularly at a late assemblage to do honour to the memory of a deceased national poet . The Protestants of Hungary are systematically and cruelly persecuted by the Imperial Government—while the ancient policy , divide et impera , upon which the rule of the Imperial house is founded , is at last found useless 5 and in Hungary the rival races of Magyar , Croat , and Saxon , are cordially uniting to claim their birthright as free citizens of a free kingdom , and will ere long

      rise as one man to demand the restoration of those rights which were , wrested from then' grasp at the time that the present occupant was thrust by a palace intrigue into the ancient seat of the emperors of Austria and the kings of Hungary . Of other foreign news there are some important points to notice . From Russia arrives the intoliricnoo of the surrender of a second gveal Caucasian prince to Field Marshal Bariatinski . This evont , if wo are rightly informed , has put an end to the great struggle in the mountain region of the Caucasus , and has left the road to Airther Asiatic conquest and annexation perfectly open to the suocessor of Peter the " Groat . "

      The criminal calendar this week is more than usually black , comprising no less than threes murders , while other ofienoe ' s . arc strangely prominent . Particularly , we may bo permitted to notice that the business in Sir C . Crcsswoll ' court ia increasing so enormously that stops must soon bo taken to relieve him still further of his judicial burden , unless , indeed , the morals of the nation undergo a change , or the dislike to such a wide publioity should operate to prevent the bringing into court of so many cases of prurient depravity . The scandal at St . Gcorgp ' s-in-tho-East has culminated in a petition to Parliament from the parishioners against the proceedings of the rector . Meantime , the diagraoeful puerilities on the one eide , and the blackguardism on the other , continue in Aill force .

      At homo the genial influence of coming Clmstnans has apparently produced a cessation of political turmoil , and a aomewhat increased consideration for the wants of the needy and the destitute . A noble sum , such as no other city in the worW would equal , 1 ms boon subscribed ior the relief oi

      The pamphleteer in instructed tp point out that the misgovernment of the Papal dominion is , inevitable i It matters not who may wear the tiara , the result is the same , and is attributable to the very nature of tho Pontificate itself , and the innate inefficiency of that remarkable syBtem of government . Pio Nono is candidly told by his reppeotful " eldest son " that he is not personally fit to perform the duties of a , temporal sovereign , and that , therefore , tho Komagna , now self-emancipated , cannot justly or righteously be restored to his leaden sceptre . All this is said -with most impressive respect to ' tho suocessor of St . Peter , who is recommended for the future to confine his ambition to tho extension of his superintendence OTer the Christian world . Nevertheless—since tho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121859/page/3/