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    March 31, I860.] Tke Leader and Saturday...

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    Hanover, March 26, 18C0. GEKMANY AND AUS...

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    Annexation Of Tusoa Ntrnij[Ujb.Spay, The...

    inunication , but a monitorio in the form of a protest . I very much doubt if the major excommunication will be pronounced under any circumstances . In the first place , a law exists in the . ? iedmontese code which requires the sovereign ' s assent to the publication of a bull . It is , therefore , only reasonable to suppose that the Government would issue instructions to its provincial representative to prevent a similar violation of the law , and the consequent disturbance of public order at the bidding of a foreign 1 action ; and . I . amassured that such instructions have been given . Aga . n ; there must surely be some members of the Sacred College of Cai ^ inals sufficiently intelligent to see that such thunderbolts , if issued by the Church of Koine under existing circumstances , would assuredly fall upon her own head , and increase the contempt already felt for the pitiful state of weakness into which she has fallen . js

    . Arrests still go on in Venice and Naples , and no pains whatever taken in the Pontifical States to conciliate public opinion . The two following facts , which have taken place at Ancona , will . serve , to show how onerous is the priestly rule and the great opposition which is offered to it . Signor Pietbo OtttANDi has just died at Ancona , in the eighty-fourth year of his age . He was a highly respectable , upright man ; a scholar , well versed in Greek , Latin , and various modern languages , arid a celebrated instructor . As an exiled patriot he spent the years intervening between 1831 and 1848 in 1 ranee and England , where he conducted himself equally to the honour to his native land

    of himself and his country . In 1848 he returned , lustly held in veneration by his countrymen . It was therefore simply natural , and by no means calculated to excite surprise , if , in accord ; ance with the usages of the town in which he died , a numerous coHeae of his friends and the popuLace . should purpose to accompany his remains to the tornb . A great number of persons , iricludin" - the French and British Consuls , were already assembled ¦ w hen the gendarmerie and Austrian and Swiss soldiers surrounded the house , arid ordered the company to retire , employing the most revolting language , striking several persons , and wounding two named Peoventi and Mabtell * . The French consul in varn tried to

    interpose , arid was obliged to give up his intention of performing an act of Christian charity and piety in attendiug the funeral ceremony of his departed friend . The family of the deceased , irritated by this barbarous violence , sent away the priests , friars , arid religious corporations whom they had summoned to accompany the corpse tp the chureh , and instead of respected friends , and worthy citizens , the bier wits escorted by thirty gendarmes and politeao-ents , who kept guard over it until far into the . night . In the course of the following day , hundreds of the citizens called at the residence of the deceased , and left their cards , with sums of money to be distributed in . alms to the poor , instead of beiug . employed , according to the custom of the place , in saying masses lor the departed ! because the church was occupied all day by the gendarmes .

    . . .... A subscription has recently been got up by several ladies at Ancona for the benefit of the emigration . The priestly delegate has done every thing in his power to intimidate these ladies , who all belong to the first families of the city , and being unsuccessful in deterring them from , carrying on their work of charity , has caused a political warning to be given to the Countess Fazioli , and two ladies named Goi-inelu and Ajasse . Their companions would not , however , suffer them to submit to such indignity without protesting , and have addressed a letter to the legate , which I send you as a proof of the feeling which exists among all classes towards the Papal Government and its subordinates : — " Most Reverend Excellence , —We , the undersigned / desire to

    express our surprise and grief sit hearing that the Countess lyAZioLi and the ladies Ajasse and Golijnellj have received a political warning , ^ prohibiting them fro m bestowing succour ahd alms upon t he wretched families of the prisoners and exiles well known to your Excellency . We also took part with these ladies in their work of Christian ekarity . Like them , wo visited the families of these unfortunate men , to suqeour their poor wives and miserable children . If they have committed a crime , we are equally guilty with them , and , according to justice , the same warning ought to be given to ua : Having thus expressed our sentiments to your Excellency , we shall tranquilly await your determination . Protesting ourselves , " & e . The letter is signed by twenty ladies , almost all of whom aye Count Oises or X ' rincesses .

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    Hanover, March 26, 18c0. Gekmany And Aus...

    Hanover , March 26 , 18 C 0 . GEKMANY AND AUSTIUA . IN the tumult of debates , excited by the annexation of Nice and Savoy , a voice is heard , so loud and inexplicable that it fills both liberals and feudalists with doubt and dismay . Why do nil the Russian journals advocate with such fiery ssoal the annexation of Nico and Savoy to Franco P What means their persistent hounding on of the Italians against Austria , and their silly abuse « nd misrepresentations of England P These are questions which occur to every one curious in politluH , who condescends to peruse the soribblinirs of those hirelings without principles and without country .

    The attitude adopted by the . Russian journals published in'French , German , and Italian , is iv bovo puzzle , and tends , in a measure , to throw till Germany into the arms of Austria . PauselavoninjUBin is more dreaded tuau Austrian despotism or French nupreinaoy . Those orgnnB of liuaain , while encouraging JjVanoe , chuckling ovov the approaching ruin of Austria , turn venting second-hand abuse of England , are trumpeting" the praises of the C « ar for the liberality he evinces by hia pretended freedon > of the serfs . But it requires no Danxbx to tell us , that the liberty of the serfs means nothingmore nor lees than the slavery of the nobility and the serfs too .

    Another puzzle is the obstinate assertion by the English Mqrninj Chronicle , and the as obstinate denial by the Russian papers , of the existence of a treaty of alliance between Austria arid Russia . However improbable , judging from the tone of the Russian . organs , the Chronicle's statement may be , a certain confirmation is . ' . lent to it by / the retirement of Austria ' s bitter foe , Prince GbRpcHAKOFF . Doubtless we shall soon discover the end and aims of this mystificatiori ; at this moment we are at fault . Up to the present , the efforts of the National Association to call forth unity of action , by venting unity of thought , have not been attended : with any practical result . People : and journals are loud in expressing their sentiments , but there are not the slightest signs of action . There was a sharp debate the other day in the Hanoverian Chambers , where M . Von Betoigsen spoke with an eloquent boldness , worthy of a nobler arena . The people are so thoroughly of one mind that it requires but one prince to step forth and declare himself their leader . Never was Germany so near political and military

    unity as at this very moment . The telegraph has long since conveyed to your readers the news of the late disturbances and bloodshed in Hungary . The official Austrian journals have published accounts of the affair , and , upon the whole , they agree with private letters from Pesth . It appears that on the 14 th iust . the students of the university , to the number of four hundred or more , made a political and national demonstration , by carrying in procession wreaths to the tombs of those who had fallen hi the defence of their country . On the procession , which in the course of its march had swollen to about five thousand persons of all classes , reaching the Cathedral Church the crowd were warried off by the police , who guarded all the entrances . The procession then proceeded to other churches , which however were likewise

    guarded by the police * or rather military . Finding it impossible to obtain an entrance into any of the Catholic churches , the people directed their steps to the Protestant church , which the police had neglected or considered it unnecessary to guard . The people entered , and ranged themselves in profound silence ; a short prayer was said , and then the whole crowd sang a patriotic hymn . -After this they issued from the church in the same order they had entered , and proceeded with their wreaths to the ; burying-ground . Here they found the military police drawn up in 4 ihe , completely preveritingingress . They were warned off , but tke students with one the heads of the soldierswho

    accord flung the wreaths over , thereupon endeavoured to arrest some of the young men : a struggle ensued , in the course of which the military made use of their weapons , and killed and wounded several students . The journals inimical to Austria have sought to gi-ye this afikir the appearance of an insurrectionary movement , but , as far as can be gatheredfrom private correspondence , it was a mere deinonstration on the part of the students , and an ebullition of temper oii the part ; of the troops , who assert that the young men did not confine theni ^ selves to throwing , the wreaths ovtjr their heads , but flung stones and other missiles at their , faces .

    As it now turns out , the frauds committed by the -Austrian general , or Marshal Von Exist attisn ; are-of an almost incredible character . He not only misapplied the funds intrusted to him , but actually sold vast quantities of provisions to the French and Sardinian armies . Hut the crowning act of his treachery is the betrayal of the movements of the Austriuns to the French . He was one of the few high military personages wlio werp made acquainted with the disposition of the . troops and their numbers . In his capacity as head of the commissariat , he was as well informed respecting their movements as the Emperor ' himself . The riddle is at length able to

    solved as to how it came to pass that Louis JSapoleqn was foresee the surprise intended by the Austrians at Solferino , Treachery was suspected , now it is proved ; and a inore horrible treachery can scarcely be conceived . Many arrests havo taken place in connection with this shocking affuir , a . id several otljciuls of the coiniriissariat , staff officers , subalterns , and others , are' no \ y m prison . The mischief of the so-called protegee system has been clearly shown in the examination of the purties connected with this treachery , General ^ ynatten was indebted to Count Guuwne for his appointment to the commissariat . The choice was , at the time , trGnerallv condemned , and it is said that Field Marshal Von

    Kemojen declared at an audience to the Emperor , that he felt it to be his duty to state it as his opinion that Vbrf Eynatten was not the right man for so important a trust . Count Guunne's influence , hoyvever , was too strong-, and tho traitor was retained . He was not an Austrian by birth , having been bom at Fraukforton-the-Muino ; consequently those patriotic instincts which serve as props to honour when the glory and welfare of our country ure concerned wore wanting in him . , Tho opposition tQ the Prussian measure for tho reorganization of the annv is on the increase . Numerous petitions arc being framed hcivico

    against the measure in general , mid the . three years torn ) i <> l - in particular . The spread of typhus in ( ho circle of JNoiiHtettin 1 ms been officially denied , but private letters confirm tho reports of tho preceding week . The contradiction is . put forth , by tho authorities toexcuse tho srnallness of thosuni—fifty thousand thalers—which they liave devoted to the relief of the three thousand destitute families . of the circle of Sehloch & u , whilo ' tlio ouWiiot is dowiaudiug ten nulhons for the army reform . Tho provincial assembly of' SohleswiK bus been suddenly prorogued , to tho rage and despair of tho msyorUy of tho members . The transactions have been ft constant battling between the xnajority aud tho Punish ofllciuls , the fanner eiiduuvoimng to prolong the session for tho sake of uttering their grievances , though without tho least hope of seeing them rodros «« d , mid _ the luttor striving to bring the transactions to an cud that they might

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031860/page/19/