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      Oct. 27, 1860] The Salwrday Analyst And ...

      Oct . 27 , 1860 ] The Salwrday Analyst and Leader . . 899

      And Day-God's Heat ? A Wild-Wood, Life A...

      And day-god ' s heat ? a wild-wood , life and drear ? Conie , clevei' s . ongstress , to ilie . li ; 'lit more near . " To wliicii the ¦ sweet'Voifed m ' glitingalc rvplk-u : " Still on these idncsoniL ridges let mu bide ; ISTor seek t . o pai * t ilie from t lie mountain irlon ; I shun , since Athens , man , nnd haunts of rnen I To inix witli them , their dwelling-place io vic-v . - , Stirs . up old grief , and opens woes anew . " Some consolation for an evil lot Lies iu wise -words , in soiig , iii crowds forget . But sore the pang , wlien , wliero you or . ee were greaf , Again men see yoiij housed in mean . estate . Enoug'h o . f . oitation . The reader \* now able to juu- - c oi' 3 Ir . Davics * translation . We wish it \ -. x- \ ix-.-ii iii ^ rc si . iuulh ; m < l easy : but it is not waiitiiii ; ' in u certain i-ieve ' vo beauty , and m ela > -s-icul turn in the plirascs and diction ..

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      FOREIGN COli . KKSI'OXDENX' E SPECIAL . . IIaxover , October 23 , 13 G 0 . I F the English on their sea-girt island ,, and confident in the ofb-tried prowess of their ileot and army , are constantly calculating with lively concern the chances for and against victory in a war with France , the fears of a people , split up into numerous petty states , without a fleet and without a national army , and having only an imaginary border line between them and the dreaded foe , may easily be excused . ] S " obody can . wonder that Germany remains in a state of ceaseless alarm ; and that all the speeches held oh . the occasion of the two great celebrations of last week—the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Berlin University , and the forty-seventli of the great battle of Leipsic—should turn upon the prospect of another French invasion . The pitiable situation of Germany is illustrated by the fact , that at this moment Austria—preparing , it would seem , for another Italian war —is marching her German regiments out of the fortresses of Ulna , Mayenee , and Rastatt , and replacing ' them by Italian and Hiingarian regiments . The most important border strongholds of the country are to be garrisoned with troops upon whom Austria cannot rely in the field \ and who , on that account , are to be removed as far as practicable from the theatre of war . However impolitic anddangerous for the whole of the Federal States such a step may be , there is nothing in the Federal Compact , or Bunder \ Act , . prevent it . That Compact , which , indeed , is rather an | instrument to enable the confederate Princes to dispense with the good opinion of their subjects , and to repress , by conjoint action , any attempts at insurrection , does not limit the Princes to the employment of native German soldiers , either in fortresses or in contingents . They might , if they found it most secure and cheapest , go to Louis Napoleon ' s recruiting ground , and form j their contingents of Arabs and Ivroomen . A ihort time back the i Danish Government brought forward , as their Holstoin Contingent , for the inspection of the Federal Military Commission , troops raised ¦ in Jutland and Zealand , that is , thorough-bred Danes , all animated with a burning hatred of the nnnicof German , I and every man of whom-would no doubt have j 'referred , shooting j down the Commissioners rather than Frenchmen . No objection j was made by the Diet to this mockery : and , after nucIi a precedent , | Austria cannot well be called to account for get ting rid of her j unreliable Magyars , Servians , and Venetians 'in , the manner she is ! about to do . In the fortresses of Germany they . are , for the present , harmless , but in case of a Avar with . France , those important strongholds , . with such garrisons , would soon bo in the possession cf the enemy . It is scarcely to he credited , yet the South German papers declare ifc to be a fnot , that not only the border fortresses , already mentioned , but even the seat of the Federal Diet , Frankfort , will be garrisoned by soldiers , who , if they show the sentiments of their countrymen , heartily deteat the Germans , and look to the Emperor of the Fronch as their natural ally and friend . Not a German is disposed to doubt that these men would seize the first opportunity to surrender their charge to the French ; or that , at the best , they would make but a lukewarm defence . The outcry is naturally enough loud against tins suicidicnl resolution of Austria ; and Prussia is unanimously implored to address a remonstrance tp the Cabinet of Vienna upon the subject . The violent indignation expressed by the ontirq people may have the offect of inducing the Austrian Government to limit the number of suoh troops , or , perhaps , to seek and find other places of security for the Emperor's refractory troops , instead of just tho vory fortresses upon which the safety and political independence of tho whole country so greatly depend . It is somowhat hard that Austria sbould claim and posse ** tho privilege of providing garrisons for tho Fedorol fortresses , and yot bo unable to perform the duty with German troops , Tho Prussian party oxclaim against tho Confederation boing madu tho tool of Austria ' s dynastic sohomos ; and mo 3 t probably an agitation will bo got up to obtain tho surrender of the fortresso * into tho hands of . Prussia . Tho holplossnoss of Germany in tho reform of its internal affairs has been displayed more -particularly in tho course oi ' tho nogocbtions on the Bubjoobof tho ilhino-tolls . Tho states of Nassau and Hessia liavo ofton' givori the country to understand that thuy wore not by any monns dispoaod to lose' tho revenues domed from tho Rlriuo-tolJs , und thoy . uro Rtill as steadfast as over in their resistance . I lowovor , public opinion is decidedly ngainst thorn , and it is not unlilcoly that a reduction may take place . As reported in my last , thoro \ h ovory vonboh to believe that England will rid tho country of tho JSlb . toll . Besides

      | Hamburgh , Holland has already accepted the conditions , and there j is not a question-that all the other states interested will do the . same . But for England—but for England ' s fioparation from Hanover—this boon would not iiot . 7 have been gained . Whatever reforms are effected in this country the people are seldom indebted for them to their own exertions . The'fault lies not so much in the people , it'is true , as in the circumstances . Eeforms here are brought about by foreign pressure . Thus , tho United States abolished the Sound Dues , which , indeed was . a Danish question , by name and locality , ' yet more especially offensive and oppressive to the German coast lands of the Baltic and North Sea . What Germany ' s armies could not effect was settled by a word from j a " nation of yesterday ' s growth , thousands of miles , across 'j the ocean . The Turks , too , established the freedom of I the Danube . But for the Crimean war and the conquest ! of Sebastopol , not one Bavarian steamboat would now be ! navigating the waters of that river . It is becoming every day more " and more evident that a peaceful internal reform is out of the question . No individual nor state will ever surrender real ' or imaginary advantages except by compulsion , and there are . many ' serious persons who think tho . compulsion -, had better come i from abroad than from within—that war is preferable to revpiu-I tion . Therefore , many ; there are who would gladly see a war break out between Germany and France , that is , between the princes of Germany and Louis Napoleon , under the hopeful belief that the princes would then be forced to make sacrifices to the ' popular will . The union and freedom of Germany can come from France alone . The example of England helps but little . The English royal family is too closely connected with the princes of tliis countiy that the people could expect any real help from England rather than a crushing resistance , the more deadly because carried on secretly ; in fact , it is widely believed that England is the chief supporters of the Princes of Germany—that she serves them as a shield against France , and thereby renders them indifferent to the discontent of their subjects . Whatever or however little reason there may be for such belief , the main cause of the slow progress of reform is ; as I have often before observed , the lazy . indifference of the great , mass of the population . The last two years , indeed , have , shown ah improvement ; but still , compared with the political activity of the Belgians and Dutch , their nearest neighbours , the Germans , as a people , have no noble impatience of civil thraldom , The Vienna Gazette publishes ,, in its official columns , an Imperial manifest , as an introduction to a diploma . —a mild term for til-ase—issued by the Government upon the basis of the Pragmatic Sanction , and which is to be binding for the successors to the Imperial throne . This diploma , which grants the discretion in the management of their affairs to the people of . the different countries of the empire that was alluded to by Lord Brougham at the Glasgow . Social Science Congress , announces that the legislative authority is to be exercised in future only with the aid and concurrence of the Provincial Assemblies and the Imperial ¦ Council . ; the number of the Imperial Councillors to bo elected for the Eoielisvath is raised to . one hundred . These are to be distribute ! among the different countries accoi'dins ? to their extent , population , and contributions to the taxation . The offices of Minister . for Justice , for Education , and the Interior , as general central authorities , are abolished . The Court Chancellorship of Hungary in to bo restored , and another one instituted for Transylvania . Tho Court Chancellor of Hungary is to be a member of the Cabinet . The affairs of the other countries will bo delegated to a minister in the Emperor ' s Privy Council . A Board of Education is lil ^ y ise to bo formed . The office of Minister for Justice in all Hungarian countries will be delegated to the President of .-the Court of Cassation . Economical affairs , and the interests of trade , will bo entrusted to tho Minister for Trade . The financial attributes of the Reichsrath will be considerably enlarged . Tho accepting (!) of now loans , the taxing and sale of Crown domains , will depend in future upon the acquiescence of thelieichsrath , Thecustoms , ooinage , am . l public funds , the issue of bank-notes , post-office ,, tolo & Taph , and railway affairs aro to bo discussed only with tho aid , of tho Reiolisrnth . AH other legislative affairs are to bo loft to the several provincial assemblies . Tho management-of the common concerns of all non-Hungaiuan coxmtrics is reserved for tho AssomMy of tho Imperial Councillors , that is , for tho members of tho Keiehsrrith who represent those countries . With respect to tho organisation of tho non-11 unganan countries , full directions , framed upon tho principlo of sult-« vovermnent , will bo issued to tho Ministers . Tho representation of all classes and interests in theao provincial assemblies will bo adopted as a principle . It ia recommended that tho provincial assemblies bo summoned as booh as possiblo , and the proposals for the sottlomont of public attains baaed upon thoso principles laid boforo them . Tho constitutional institutions ( Einricht / wr / ai ) oi Hungary will bo restored . Tho Iumpnrnm language will ' bo acknowledged us tho oilioitil lnnj > 'nn , cru in tiio courts of law , as also in tho executive . Tho University ot I i-sii : is to bo reopened . The abolition of Socrrn / o or Villumiiyi ' , » uU tho abolition of tho privilege * of froodoni from I'nxntion wijoyeu by feudal proprietors , aro confirmed . The 'vpiv ^ mtntioivol « Ji oWs of tho country by . tlio logtalnUiro ., nu . l In t «« ;* £ ^ ^ tho executive , is adopted na n principle . Tin ; repnwi < h u » swinswj & rssx ?« M ^ S ^ Sfi SS ^^&^^ iSWjS long , as no alterations are mode . Tho Jtoyul Htnu at I trfA , uutt

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27101860/page/11/