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      Letters from Florence , dated the 1 st inst ., announce the decision of the Court in the affair of Guerazzi and others MM . Guerazzi and Petrucchi , are sentenced to 15 years hard labour , M . Capuchi , sub-officer , to -63 -months , and M / Montagio , journalist , to 90 months . M . Romanelli , former Minister of Justice , is the only one acquitted . Of the contumacious , nine are sentenced to hard labour for life ; among them are MM . Montanelli , Mazzoni , Marinocchi , Franchini , and Mordini , all former Ministers of the Grand Duke . The effect produced by the sentence was bad . Riots have taken place in Smyrna , in consequence of the forcible arrest ; of an aide-de-camp of Kossuth . By way of retaliation , a marine officer , the son of a field-marshal , had been assassinated . The hotel of the Austrian Consul was guarded by Austrian soldiers .

      On the 1 st of this month , a bill to regulate the superintendence of the State in matters of public worship was presented to the Second Chamber of the States General of Holland . Art 1 of this bill leaves to the different religious communions perfect liberty to organize themselves internally in everything that concerns their worship and its exercise , but with the previous approbation of the Government before being carried into execution . The other thirteen articles of the bill are all more or less restrictive . They concern the oath to be sworn by the functionaries of public worship , ecclesiastical titles , jurisdiction , residence , dress , erection of churches , &c . Louis Napoleon is still coquetting with Rome . The

      Moniteurof Thursday publishes two decrees ; one ordering that the members of the Imperial Chapel shall be Honorary Canons of the Imperial Chapter of St . Denis , and have the right to assume the title and insignia of that body ; and the other , that the members of the Metropolitan Chapter of Paris shall wear over their ordinary dress suspended round their necks by a light blue ribbon , a decoration consisting of a cross , with five branches , enamelled in white and violet , and having on a blue ground , on one side , the effigy of the Holy Virgin , the Patroness of the Church of Paris , and on the other , the inscription "Chapitre Mctropolitainde Paris—1853—Napoleon III . Empereur . "

      By order of the Emperor , the Count de Nieuwerkerke , director-general of the imperial museum , has been authorized to add to his " title that of intendant of the fine arts of the household of his Majesty . ¦*¦ The cholera is at Copenhagen , but owing to the coolness of the weather does riot spread rapidly . Up to eleven o'clock July 1 , the total was 84 > cases ; the proportion of deaths more than half , or 47 . The authorities were beginning to bestir themselves , and , should it bo required , one or more of the barracks will be transformed into hospitals , in which case his Majesty has given orders that the palace of Frederiksburg shall bo handed over to the troops bo displaced .

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      CHRONICLES OF CHOBHAM . On Saturday , an extended display took place on the Common , l ' rince Lucion Bonaparte and many French generals were present : and afterwards lunched with Lord Seaton . On Monday , there was no review or field work , but the Duke of Cambridge exercised the cavalry for two hours . On Tuesday , the troops proceeded to Virginia Water , and crossed it some on pontoon bridges , " in the face of the enemy ; " while others protected their passage and crossed by a more circuitous road . The sight of the troops crossing this bridge was one of considerable interest , and not without beauty . The beautiful scenery nround the lake is well known—the rich and varied

      foliage which skirts each side of tho water , the sloping granny banks , the glassy surface of tho lake , tho pretty lawn in front of tho head keeper ' s house . To these wero ndded , on Tuesday , tho Qnccu ' s barge , with its light and elegant canopy , its white-coated rowers , and tho royal standard floating at its prow , tho beautiful frigate gaily dressed with ilag . s in the distance , crafts thickly laden with dark-coloured riflemen , slowly paddled over tho stream by red-coated Sapporo , and the cumbrous and heavy-looking pontoon bridge , over which troops of various coloured uniforms passed , now infantry , now cavalry , now artillery . Each grassy opening between tho trees was dotted with the dark

      Rifles , tho rich foliage of the trees and shrubs now relieved by brilliant and splendid uniforms of general and Hfcan" officers , and now shrouded in the Kinoko of artillery nnd musketry , while the lawns and banks wore covered with thousands of elegantly dressed ladies , officers in uniform , and civilians in inoro . sombre dress . And if to tho usual Hounds , the gentle plashing and murmuring of the waters of the lake , or tho rush of tlio waterfall , the reader adds tho rattle of ' rifles and tho booming of cannon , he will have an idea of the scene at Virginia Water , when , her Majesty , in her > S (; ate -barge , glided along innid tho cheers of tlio people , and landed at the liHlnng temple , preparatory to hor reviewing tho troops on the beautiful lawn a short distance from tho lake .

      On Wednesday the troops appear to have rested , after their lnnreh and movements of tlio preceding day . On Thursday they had another sham fight , in which tho cavalry greatly distinguished itself . In tho evening tlio Foot-duurds bud several athletic games . M il I ** . mo deep ruts on tho common liuilce tho movements especially dUUciut , and , after Llio Into rains , made the ground almost hnpuBBublo for artillery , In *> inc canon tneio nit « mo Umj nmiunn of ditchuH , m \\ k when tha

      common was partially enclosed . The remaining enclosures about the country Illustrate ., the means of internal defence which England possesses from foreign invasion , in the close intersection of the greater portion of her surface with hedge-rows and ditches . With such impediments to its' progress , an army of any size would find the country even more impenetrable than while it still abounded with fastnesses and its forests were uncleared . Open downs , like those on the chalk formation , do , indeed , present fewer difficulties to the movements of an enemy ; but even there the hand of cultivation has without premeditation formed many natural harriers , behind which the independence of the country

      could advantageously be defended field by field . It is a singular coincidence of results which thus converts the peaceful labours of husbandry into an arm of defence , and makes the boundary lines of farms strong fortifications . We are too populous and too industrious a nation to retain the unbroken character of those wide open plains which they have on the continent , and which are so well adapted for the shock of contending armies . Improved agriculture grumbles at our frequent hedge rows : but there is no evil from which some good may not he extracted , and the camp at Chobham undoubtedly shows a national use to which even they might be applied .

      The soldiers are getting accustomed to tent-hfe , although it is obvious that the tents for the privates are too small . But a formidable foe has attacked the troops in the very heart of the camp . Chobham-common has for years past , and long before the date of the present invasion , been in the almost undisputed possession of extensive colonies of frogs , lizards , snakes , and other interesting representatives of that class of animate creation . As might be supposed , these aborigines are riot disposed to yield quiet and undisputed possession to the new comers , and many of ~ the spots of ground on which the tents are pitched

      appear to be exactly those to which , whether from early recollections or other causes , considerable interest appears to be attached by these earlier tenants . With respect to interference with these local and cherished spots , the cavalry , and especially the Life Guards , appear to have been by far the most deeply implicated , judging from the extent to which some of the officers of that crack regiment are molested . As soon as the darkness and silence of midnight envelope the camp , the tent of one of the younger officers of the Life Guards is , it is said , regularly entered , in some mysterious manner , by a cold , clammy , and bright-eyed specimen of the frog species . Whether this be really the identical frog the memory of which is embalmed in song , " because ho would a-wooing go , " or a descendant , ia

      not known , but certain it is that his advances are not mot in that cordial spirit which should induce a repetition of the visits ; for , if there is one thing towards which , more than another , the gallant officer entertains a feeling of abhorrence , it is a frog . This lively little creature , however , still nightly insists upon favouring tho tented officer with its pleasant presence , croaking , and leaping , and bounding at will over every part of the tent . The gallant officer has more than once sprung out of his bed , and drawn his bloodless sword from its scabbard , to inflict summary punishment upon the intruder . All efforts , however , to destroy tho disturber of bis peaceful dreams have as yet been unavailing , and there is every probability that ho will be unable to part from Inn little companion until ho bids adieu to the bccho of his present military occupations .

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      THE HUSTINGS AND THE ALTAR . Iiiish priests canvass for votes after celebrating muss . Tho parish priest of Traleo has done so for " the son of O'Conncll . " This stop by Dr . McEmery is more noticeable , as bo opposed O'Connoll's later agitations , and often gavo tho people wholesome rebukes for their idleness and excitability . A local paper thus reports tho speech : — " What might not O'Connoll have boon had ho not preferred to slrugglo for his religion and country I Ho was at that timo at tlio head of his profession . Business wns pouring in upon him . His receipts woro ononnous , his iamo as an ndvocato unequalled up to that timo , and I believe to tho pronont , in Iroland . With all theso advantages , what might not O'Connoll luivo boon—what wealth might ho not havo ainiiBHdd ! What lino estates , what broad acros , might ho nofc hnvo bought for his children , whilo ho himself might , havo boon a poor of tho roalm , had ho loved Iuh religion and his country loss , and faino and wealth more f But ho gnvo up lii ' groat practice , tho Bonoh to whioh bo would havo attained , tho wealth which ho would havo left ; to his children , mid devoted nil tlioso groat intellectual powers with which ( Jod had gifted him to tho defence of his religion and country . Jl . ' o died poor—¦ very poor—in a foreign land . And liiw children—how has ho loft thorn p Wlioro nro tlio lino < mtatos ho might havo purohnHod for thorn P Thoy havo nono . Ho has loft thorn Iml litllo- that whioh bin fathor and undo loft ,, and whioh ho himself , perhaps , could not touch . What would we bo to-day but ; for himP . I remember—it ia * mutter of k ' ulory —• ih < s » tiia # when « yWy mlavxnHo Jfretoutwit

      « shoneen' looked on himself as a superior being . Xoofc at the high position in which the Catholics of Ireland now stand ! Every Catholic now feels himself morally , as well as physically , equal to the Protestant . It is true they have privileges which we do not possess , and to which we do not aspire . They can eat meat of a Friday—we , are not at liberty to do so . They are not bound to go to confession , and have therefore gre ' ater freedom to commit sin ; but , to compensate for those restrictions under which we labour , we have ( turning to the altar ) the body and blood of Jesus Christ—( sensation)—to be our food in this life .

      With the exceptions I have named , I do not . see how , at thiB day , they can be said to be our superiors ; and for this we are indebted to Daniel O'Connell . Think you , then , I can be ungrateful for my religious freedom , achieved by that man , Daniel O'Qonnell . ?' . And do you think , now that this great man is no more- ^ -may he rest in peace!—that when his son comes to claim my vote , I will say to him , * Your father did a great deal , but he is dead , and I do not see why I should vote for his son ? ' I would be ashamed to look at any man in the face , if I were so base as to forget all O'Connell did , and refuse my vote to his son . No ! I will never do it , — I will vote for the eon of

      O'Connell . " Here the orator struck the altar with his clenched hand , an act responded to by several persons throughout the chapel striking the front of their pews with their clenched hand s * At a former part of the speech , when the speaker alluded to O'ConnelTs dying in poverty , the people sobbed aloud , and great excitement prevailed . The local reporter adds : — "In the western gallery we noticed Mr . John Reynolds , who came down from Dublin the previous evening , and seemed much affected , putting his handkerchief to his face several times . Mr . John O'Gonnell sat in the eastern gallery , and was heard to sob audibly , while the tears flowed thick and heavy down his cheeks . "

      Mr . O'Connell has been returned by a large majority . The other Catholic candidate , Mr . Shine Lalor retired , and Mr . Thomas Fitzgerald , Q . C , was his only opponent . :

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      LIVERPOOL ELECTION . The nomination of candidates took place on Wednesday . The Honourable Henry Thomas Liddell was the first Conservative candidate . On many points his tone was Ministerial . He lauded Lord John Russell for his " Protestant" sentiments , and will give a favourahle consideration to the Reform Bill . Another Conservative candidate was Mr . Thomas Berry Horefall ( late Derbyite candidate for Derby ) . He very positively expressed " no confidence" in Sir Charles Wood ; chiefly

      on account of tho " heartless and unfeeling way in which Sir Charles had received a commercial deputation in 1847 . But as regards Mr . Gladstone ' Budget , it is , in Mr . Horsfall ' s opinion , " tho best Budget ho ever read . " Sir Erskine Perry , tho Liberal candidate , was great on India . He pointed out how the woollens of Yorkshire might be largely used in India by better government of the people . Mr . John Bramley Moore , a local Liberal-Conservative was " independent" in personal relations and political sentiment .

      Mr . Liddell and Mr . Horsfall have been rotarned . The close of tho poll , at four o ' clock , is ns follows : — Horsfall , 615 < t ; Liddell , 5659 ; Perry , 4673 ; Braraley Moore , 1326 .

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      THE " DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS : " ITS RECEPTION IN AMERICA . The English Democratic Address , recorded in our columns some woeks ago , has been well recoived in America . Its tone of sympathy with American feeling , and its express dissent from any intrusion of English advice on the Bubjeet of alavery , has won its attention and respect . In commenting upon it tho New York Tribune nays : — " Wo aro bound to say , howovor , iu reply , that tho clay of tho emancipation of tho slavo nppoara indefinitely postponed so long as tho natural alliance of manufactures and agriculture in tho South is wanting , and tho British freotrado party scatter tho southern population , impoverish tho soil , and thorchy ( strengthen tho hands of tho inastor , and increase tho dependonco of tlio slave . Wo toll tho democrats of England that tho I'Veo-trndors must Htudy economical principles , and then their philanthropic and libornl prayers for tho slave Avill havo somo woight . Exotor Hull , tho Earl of Carlisle , tho English democrats , will bo as impotent for tho nlavo as tlio last aro for Parliamentary reform , no long ^ as tho present commorcial system predominates . It is precisely this system which rotards tho progress which wo aro happy to noto , but which is slow , bnouiitio tho policy of England is selfish and unfriendly to tho growth of other nations . Tho most eflieient hindranco

      to universal liberty and emancipation is to bo found in that very policy . And while tho British doinoornla call on us to abolish slavery , wo roupond , in all friendship and good fooling fop thorn , that tho great bulwark , of that institution was OHtablinhed when England ronolvod to become tho workflhop and mart wlioro all tho pooplo of tho world must como to sell thoir raw materials , and buy manufactured goodn . Just in proportion an this country attaint * to indiiHtrial and coininomjil independence , bondage and vumpiilHory labour miiub riinuppoar from its face . " It will lie borne in mind that thi » coincides with our own opinion , move than on . ee stated , that Englishmen /

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      656 THE LEADER . [ Satpkpav ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 9, 1853, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1994/page/8/