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      A GLANCE AT THE CONTINENT . Emile de Girardin , whose polemical resources are inexhaustible , published an article , some days since , supposed to be written in September ' 52 . The new Republic is in power . The anti-republican journals are suspended ; their writers haye taken the place of the editors of the Evenement , Presae , Sieele , National &c , in the cells of the Conciergerie , St . Peiagie , and lies Madelonnettes . V Union and other Royalist journals plead their ¦ war m support of the Republic in the first days of the Hevolution , by quoting their enthusiastic republican articles of February to June ' 48 . E . de Girardin ,

      faithful to his defence of complete liberty for all parties , defends those who in ' 51 were his bitterest adversaries . The whose article is very pungent and bitter , and seems to have been felt in the right quarter , as M . de Mongis went out of his way to notice it at the trial of the girant of La Presse , where , we are glad to say , the jury of La -Seine reconsidered their former verdict , and acquitted the paper on every count . " The court renders sentences , not services . " This celebrated mot tfas recalled very opportunely by the counsel for the defence , and , as the result proved , with some effect . The verdict may perhaps induce the "

      vigorous" Ministry to relax their crusade against the Press . It was previously to thisjebuff that M . Eugene Bareste , chief editor of La Republique , had been cited to answer a charge of inserting a paragraph of false news . M . Bareste is a writer who enjoys the esteem even of opponents for the dignified moderation of his stvle and the elevation of his principles . La Republique was born with the Revolution , and has defended with great power the Associative principle . With respect to false news , why do not the Government prosecute the paper which related circumstantially the murder of three gendarmes by Socialists at Lyons . By Socialists , of course ; but the fact , like the episode of Le Vengeur , was pure invention of the conscientious purveyors of calumnies , who " supply " the Reactionist journals .

      The present prosecution of the press exceeds in fury all that was attempted under the Restoration or under Louis Philippe . Under the Monarchy a paper was prosecuted for attacking the established form of government ; but under a Republican President the penalty is for defending the Republic and the Constitution . This attempt to stifle free thought has never benefited any Government . The Empire , the Restoration ,

      the Monarchy of 1830 , perished in the attempt . It may be that some apprehension of this kind caused the marked decline in the funds . Two years ago ( said La Presse ) a " double prosecution would have seemed an act of strength ; now it looks like an act of despair . A good omen ! " Chateaubriand once wrote— " If you govern in the spirit of your institutions , honestly and for the public welfare , you need not fear a free press . "

      A fair test of the present propensity to slavishness in the governing classes in France , is the envy of the republican , the indignation of the reactionary journals , aroused by the Tiverton harangue of Lord Palmerston . The l ) ibatsnsii \ c \ y ascribes our present tranquillity to the fact that we have had our revolutions long ago . Which would seem to allow the necessity and the benefit of revolutions , in some cases . The Elysean organs say , what France wants is not free but strong institutions : i . e . the despotism of the sabre .

      M . Leon Faucher has been making a violent appeal to illegality , at Chalons . A minister of Government denouncing the Constitution , which is the only anchor by which the state-vessel rides safely yet ! But of what value are the tirades of the man who in ' 48 and ' 19 spoke of the Revolution of February as " grand " mid " providential " ; aa a wonderful manifestation of divine justice : and denounced the selfishness of the bourgeoisie , and their indifference to the condition of the working-classes , as the just cause of their punishment .. This just and upright man and honourable minister , who boasted in the Assembly of

      the value of his word of honour , now calls the last Revolution " tin abyss . " a " terrible disaster . " lie Kiiya we have only one more barrier ( i . e . to a coup d ' etat ) to destroy ! What can this be but the Constitution ? So much for the " vigorous advisers " of M . Bonaparte ! So much for the honesty of public nu'n in France ! The division ** of the Royalist parties are becoming deejxr , as the union of the Republicans is consolidated . The moMt salient fact from Vienna is the

      return of Prince Metternich to Vienna , " after the deluge . " . He- Imu been received by that lady of high character , the Archduchess Sophia ( in the absenee of the young Kaiser ) , with great affection . Ho given out , in ii semi-official form , thut he is too old for political life , tnul that he intends to play no part at nil henceforth on hm old stage . Not even u prompter , eH ? i \ ¦ , The Ktaperor in away hero , there , and everywhere , in his Italian provinces . The conduct of the inhabitant * wit are toldwmh " modest and

      Manufac-, , tory . " It was found impoHbible to " a lamse ' ut La Scala , V to celebrate his viwit to Milan- ' A . well-written ulldrtMa waa clandestinely circuluted ,

      enjoining the citizens to bear this new insult of their eternal enemy with calmness . Only three nobles , and as many of the bourgeoisie , were in attendance upon him . While the J&nperor of Austria is reviewing his hordes in Lombardy , Victor Emmanuel leaves Turin to the protection of the citizens , and on the field of Marengo commands a series of manoeuvres , representing the battle which bears that celebrated name . All this looks as if the actual peace between Piedmont and Austria were regarded on both sides but as an armed truce .

      Field-Marshal Windischgfatz has been appointed Governor-General of Bohemia . This is a mark of renewed Imperial favour , as the General had been , for a long term , in a position of comparative disgrace . By a singular coincidence , and quite fortuitous , it so happens that one and the same paper contains the news of the return of Metternich to Vienna and the embarkation of Kossuth on board the Mississippi .

      A telegraphic despatch from Smyrna , of the 12 th instant , reports the fact of that vessel ' s arrival , and on the 16 th she reached Syra . Fifty-five refugees were on board . While one paragraph describes the festive preparations that were made on board the American vessel for the reception of the exiles , the eye is painfully arrested in an adjoining column by a long list of names of persons accused of high treason , who were tried and sentenced in contumaciam on the

      morning of the 22 nd at Pesth . Many of the names turn out to be those of the refugees now on their way to America . The Sultan has kept his word ; and the Austrian Government , not to be behindhand , caused the notice to these unfortunate men to be published , who were called upon after the termination of the war to appear and take their trial , on the charges of high treason , on pain of being burnt in effigy . The time specified having long elapsed without any one of the individuals so summoned appearing , the sentence was put into execution by the common hangman , on the day in question , the names of the " rebels " being attached to the gallows .

      The following is a list of the men thus effigied , thirty-six in number : —1 ,- Paul Almasy , vicepresident of the Lower Chamber ; 2 , Count Julius Andrasy , member of the Upper House , as Magnaten Pafel ; ' 3 , John Balogh de Galantha , a deputy ; 4 , Count Casimir Batthyani , member of the Upper House ; 5 , Beothy " Obergespaun , " and Government commissary ; 6 , Louis Esep-Czernatoni , Government emissary ; 7 , Stephen Gorove , deputy of the Temes country ; 8 , Richard Guyon , Esq . ( native of Bath , England ) , colonel ; 9 , Paul Haynik . deputy of the country of Pesth ; 10 , Francis Hazman , deputy for

      Buda ; 11 , Michael Harvath , bishop , and afterwards minister of instruction ; 12 , Daniel Irangi , deputy ; 13 , Baron Josika , member of the committee of safety ; 14 , George Kmetz , a brave soldier ; 15 , Professor Kornis ; 15 , Louis Kossuth ; 17 , Ludwigh , deputy ; 18 , Ladislos Madrass , deputy-chief of the Magyar Jacobins ; 19 , Baron Joseph Maitheuyi , member of the Upper House ; 20 , Maurice Merei , major ; 21 , Lanar Messaros , major-general and deputy , and then Minister of War ; 22 , Joseph

      Orosshegyi , guerilla leader ; 23 , Mauric Perczel , deputy , and afterwards guerilla chieftain ; 24 , Nicholas Perczel , deputy , and afterwards general ; 25 , Nicholas Puky ; 26 , Rakoczy , confidant of Kossuth ( the name alone is historical ) ; 27 , Julius Sarosy ; 28 , Enton Somogyi ; 22 , Louis Spleing , Kossuth ' s agent in Italy ; 30 , Baron Stein , general ; 31 , Szemere ; 32 , Szontagh ; 33 , Sztancsies ; 34 , Count Ladislas Telcky , deputy , and Kossuth ' s envoy at Paris ; 3 / 5 , Vetter , general ; 36 , Vukovich , Kossuth ' a Minister of Justice .

      Besides the above , the Pesth Zeitung of the 22 nd ultimo , hasa list of thirty-nine more " rebels , " declared contumacious by the military courts . A correspondent of a morning journal mentions an interesting feature in the proceedings when Kossuth was about exchanging Turkish for American protection . The captain of the Mississippi went on board the Turkish vessel which contained the exiles , and addressing Kossuth , said , " that he was commissioned by his Government to place the frigate under his command at the disposal of the Hungarian refugees , and to present him the sum of 15 , 000 dollars . " The number of the emigrants on board the MiKsiafippi was lifty-five . Count Casiniir Batthyani was also of the party ; but at Marseilles he left the ship for Paris , where he has fixed his present abode .

      The full accusation brought ugainst Kossuth figures in the Poster Zeituny , as one in tho long list of thirty-six persons whose mama were affixed to the gallows a few days ago . To each name in appended a sketch of the life and the exploits that entitle the owner to tlie charge of high treason and its uttciulant punishment . Kossuth is thus described : —" LudwigKoHsuth , born in Monok , county of" Zeutplin , Hungary , fortyseven years old , of the Protestant religion , married , father of three children , advocate and newspaper editor , Hungarian Finance Minister , and deputy of the city of Pesth at the Hungarian Diet , haw ( from the beginning to the end of the Hungarian revolution ) played the principal part , and thin preeminence wat » particularly tmown in October , 1818 ,

      when he prevailed upon the Diet to remain t gether and not obey the Imperial mandate dissolv ing it ; further , that he took upon hiraslf th presidency of the Provisional Government , or s called committee of national safety , and ' issued paper money ia order to furnish means for a armed resistance to the Imperial Government which he developed in a dangerous man ' ner by recruitings , organization of a National Guard , and * Landsturm '—that he himself joined the army in its invasion of the Austrian archduchv declared the succession of Francis Joseph a usurpation—transferred the seat of the Diet from Pesth to Debrecsin on the approach of the royal forces under Windischgratz —that by means of exhortations and

      proclamations , by rewards and martial courts , he raised the enthusiasm of the army and the people and excited them to go on with the revolution , and trie d to gain the sympathy of foreign countries through his agents abroad—that he , finally , on the \ Zi \\ 0 { April in a private conference , on the 14 th in a public sitting , proclaimed the total separation of Hungary from the Empire , outlawed the sacred dynasty , chose a ministry in his character of Governor took the oath of independence on the 14 th of May ! and on the 18 th of May , and on June 27 , 1849 , preached a crusade against the allied forces of Austria and Russia , and ruled Hungary with the power of dictator , till at last he was compelled by the events of the war

      to resign ( August 11 , at Arad ) , and soon afterwards fled into Turkey . " The second is Richard Guyon , Esq ., native of Bath , in Somersetshire , " who served as lieutenant in the Austrian Hussars , quitted the service , and married a Countess Spleny , and became a gentleman farmer . On the breaking out of the revolution he joined the rebellion , and was soon raised to the rank of colonel in the insurgent army . Fought at Mannswarth and Tyrnau , stormed the pass of Branitzko , brought the news of Gbrgy ' s approach to the Comorn garrison , conquered under Vetter , in the nights of July 13 and 14 , 1849 , at Hegyes , and with the Polish and Italian legions covered the retreat of Kossuth to Orsova . He then escaped to Turkey with .

      Bern . " About eighty persons have been lately arrested in Gallicia . The arrested persons were brought to Leinberg ( the capital of Gallicia ) at night . The names of the imprisoned have not yet transpired . Many houses in the circle of Samborsk have been subjected to a minute search , being suspected of concealing Democratic publications ; and although their search was entirely unsuccessful , the suspected families were nevertheless submitted to house arrest—viz ., sentries were placed at their doors , and not a soul allowed to leave their houses . Many complaints have been sent to Vienna in consequence .

      In virtue of a Ministerial decision , the Polish weights and measures , which continued to be in use in Gallicia , are being superseded by Viennese ones . The same decision will soon be taken with regard to Hungary , for the Austrian Government is determined to have one and the same standard of weights and measures throughout the whole empire . The Goniec Pohki ( the Polish Courier ) , a ppearing

      in Posen , has been prohibited in Galhcia , Cracow , and the Bookorina , on account of " its systematical tendency being that of undermining the authority of , and confidence in , the Imperial Government i any number or numbers of the said paper bo loun upon any person , he or she will be rendered ainciiftbu , in the eyes of the law ; and those persons who . u found smuggling or dist ributing the same , will uc brought before a court martial . ifv

      Free Italy has had an opportunity of te ^ 1 "" ^ sympathies with the Hungarian exiles . lh « , , slppi brought up at La Spez' / . ia . As soon as t ^ arrival of the frigate was announced , the { , "„ ' ^ excitement prevailed in the neig hbourhood <> i j anchorage . Crowds of persons of all classes ! in boats and surrounded tho ship . Bands oi i played national and patriotic airs , the tow " " , a minated , rockets were let off , and tho who V :,, * xileH , vicinity celebrated the occasion an a ^' - * , rc ( i as they were perceived on deck , were loudly en and a deputation addressed KosbuUi in person . 'in . « i ;; ,,,,.,,. ; ,,. 7 «/ i »» i nf the 27 th of i ^ ep ti ' " >

      publishes three documents , which prove ' . ^ liberating Kossuth , tho Ottoman I orto ' »« f n ,-Ht curred the risk of a quarrel with Austria . () i { , of these documents is a despatch aU ( 1 " - ' , , ? , Mi Austrian Chur B 6 des Affaires » t (^ nsUuitmoi » . ^ . ^ Paeha , the Turkish Minister of * orciBn A [ ; 1 ( 1 , dated July 2 U , 1851 . I » this deBpBtch U » o « jnb . protests against the liberation oi the Hu M r » ^ £ ees , invoking tho 18 th ^^^ ZTv ^^ grade , and more especially tho I " * 1 "* ' Jy to » of a despatch of the Ottoman Por e ,, u r 1 ^ note of Prince Schwnrzcnberg , dated April " The Hublimc 1 ' orte engages itself , ftftt ' ^ . i !' li , !\ , li < l « 'rti «» of order in Hungary t «> come to an u ^ r , | i » K freedom to H' « refugccH , and to consult u » rc < iu < -it it » approval in the mutter .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1851, page 934, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1903/page/2/