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      In particularly peaceful times it would be of no consequence if the process of chanjrc took place by degrees , biitxiu'lor present circumstances , wlion Prussia more than ever requires ^ thoroughly Liberal and daring . policy the Upper I louse , as now . constituted , is a . calamity-which' -can only ' b ^ g ' ut rid of by . sharp measures . JL > y the nomination of tlie nev / mcmbor . s the prospects for ihenexfc session are not improved , and the real solution of the question is deferred till'the following session . Itis a hint from the : Crown that the Government is determined to persist in the course it'has adopted , and that the . means arc not -wanting to break down every resist-. mice . About two years a . ao one of your correspondents writing from Hamburg , gave a . brief account of a political agitation existing in that city . By an official announcement , dated 28 th ulb ., this dispute between the Burgerschaft , or representative assembly , and the senate , has been terminated by an arrangement ^ apparently satisfactory to the popular paTty , if not to the senate . The causes which led to this agitation are of too local a nature to render a detailed explication . interesting or useful ; and it will be sufficient to observe , that the victory which has been gained by the representative . assembly is a liberal and . progressive one ; that thereby , the little cosmopolitan republic is restored to that political life and activity for which it was distinguished prior to 1850 , above all other states of geographical Germany . I am informed by a well-known German traveller connected with Hamburg , that the agitation for the reform or restoration of self-government was commenced , and the successful termination obtained chit-fly by the English element in the city . The population of Hamburg is composed' of Germans , Israelites , and English , with a good . sprinkling of-other nations , the three mentioned , however , bearing a certain balancing i > roportion to one another . Tho two . first being naturally moneymaking : and indifferent to politics , and at the same time somewhat inimical to each , other , "were every Avay disposed to submit to any kind of laws , and' to leave tho government entirely in the hands of the-senate , which , since the military occupation bv the Austrians , had ruled with -almost arbitrary sway . The English , if lam . correctly informed , have united the liberal Germans and . Israelites , and , combined with them , have agitated against the oligarchical tendencies of -the spnate for the last two years . The object sought , namely , the participation of all classes in the government of the republic , has been gained . This result maybe considered as . a defeat to Austria , the . feudalists of Prussia , and the reactionary middle states , who regard with a very jealous eye those little oases of independance , liberty , contentment , and economical selfgovernment—the republics of Bremen , Hamburg , and Lubeck .

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      Oct . 13 , 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . . 867

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      The- NpwQuarterly Review . No . 33 . Octooer , 1800 . London : It JTardwicfce—The current number of this review contains , among other articles , two well written ones , entitled "Oratorio and Opora , " and " Conservative Journalism" respectivi'ly . -From tho first we extract tho following miniature bioaruphy of JTcrr J 3 ernard Molique , whose mwv Oratorio of '' Abraham " v .-o have- noiic . ; d at length in our List impibcr . " According 1 o Fo ' ii . " , tho musical historian , at tho present / period direr-tor of tho 13 i ussols " Conservatoire , " Moliquo at thp ago of nine-teen was endeavouring to g ive , to his tnU-ut a broud basis , and a j inagsivo character . Wo aro told on th-o sa ' mo authority , that ho was I hovn at Nuremberg , on the 7 th of October , 1803 ; that his lather was a j musician , who taught hid son to piny sevwnl instruments j but tho J violin was tho oiio ( ho pupil prcfVrriul , and in which ho nwle thi > most rapid progress . ] Fe was sent in flue couivo to Mmrioh j and placed , under Hivolli , tlio first violinist ; of tho Court of tho luto King Maximilian of j Jhwarin . After studying for two years , Moliquo commenced his musical j touve , | visiting in turn ' Leipsio , l ) resden , ] 3 urliu , Hanover , and CaascL J Subsequently ho obtninod an onpf . igomout in tlio orchestra of tho Theatre An del * Wion , at Vienna j and in 1 S 20 wns tho suoeessor at Munich of bis master Piotro Kivulli , an solo violinist to thoJjBavnrmri king , at tho curly ngo of seventeen . His next appoint monfc was at Still tgardt ; , having boon nominutod by tho present ; . King of YVurtcmborg , tho nuisionl < Iirootor of tho court ; concerts , bosides boing tho colleague of tho Into Lindpaintner , of 1 'isohek " Standnrd Bearer . " notoriety , ns conductor of tho G-orinnn opera-houso . In . 1830 , Molkmo inudu his dcbul at . tljo famed Parisian ( ' ( nuierrafnira concerts , playing one of hi » own violin . conoerlos . In 1 R . 10 , Moliquo quitted &tuttgardt , and sullied in London —his political princip les b . ing loo pronounoixl for Swubi-in a ' . vny . To coin plot / j tho brief biography of ntrub and sterling artist , it imial . bo : recorded that h . o ia ullorly IVoo from nil chiirlntunisin , whylh .-i' a * a cm- j duc-lor , composer , or I'xocnitnut . Ifo is absorbed in his art 3 it . in within him without ouhvttrtl deinonsl . nil | uns . lio is Bolf-louulit iu u writer j lio studiod in Holiludo Iho isuoriM of Hiidyiv Bach , Mosni-I , and | iJi'Qlhown ; ho mii ' slurod Iho theoretical works of Mui'pui'ff , . Kirnborgi r , j Albn . cihrib ' . 'rgc r , mikI ho ( iMVolk'd whci-o musij was lo bo lie . n-d . Tims woivi his nniui-al iinpul- 'i'fl inal uveil , mid his knowloil ftM i-xlerjiled . ! " Abraham " i * nuniUcivd in ( ho beautiful edition pubiialu-d l » y Jl . vit- ! icnpCiS ; ITarhl , in Li-ipaU > , and Kuvr i ^ . C ' o ,, in London , On . (! 3 . Jl i * j Bluliquo ' s niai . li . Mi omlorio . li \) V I 1 k « viulin ] io has wi-itrcn Jiiin-li —aix concortoji , be .-idi'S rondo * , ctoiieoii inos , iluotw , quurk-lB , iiiului » iat ' , trioi , quinlolH , &n . llu luis c-oin |) osL'd a numa for I ' mirvoions in V minor , 1 fluvowl suorod son ^ H , n piimolorlu rolieu'rto , ( ind various niolodicn , whii-h ( Jinvo won-rlesorvvdi } i ( . ))) ularily . ISfoliquu is lionourary . nuMnboi- oV Iho 1 leading . musical fociL ' iuv . in IU \ ly , Oeri » uin , v , &n . I it thiii country ho 1 oimi bonst of i-iuincnt pupils . . 110 wm * Mrst vioJinij ( i of tho oi-t-ln . 'stra of . i Hoi MiiJc'iM . n ' u Tiicjitri' liti . 1 amoiui . ^ I (» li <| iui _ in ailiniriibli ) am a ccuduotur ; ' hu ' is quid , hill ho c' ( 'inbim ? n fiinyy with proi :-i :-ivn , ami Inn n ' , iluo nurl qniol ; e . ai \ " . Fi-oiu Iho cirenntllv iiU'iillnnt .-d nrliuJo wo f '« . 'l .. ct i : tho following rjiuougiM ! — " TuMiiff 1 lio inolropnlilun iiiess , wo i hnvo : io \ v only tlip following journuld i — Tho Morning lli-ndd , u Thp Evening xEornlcl , Tho Siiuiclni'tl hikI . Uvunino . StnudarJ , 1 ) oll ' a c Wooljly Moseongor , John ; Bull , Tho Pross , Vho Era , Tho Sunday Timos , v

      The AYct'lily Mail , The St . James ' s ' Chronicle . Whatever may bo the ; amount of . quality . in our '^ Magazine literal u ;\ p , tlu ' Liberils ' aro cer-¦ iiiii : ly ivprce-eutc-d i : i quantity by a . Lirgu majority . Vv'liat -can ive cito ' : on Iho side- of Cousoryatism ?—The Qunrteily Iteview , Tho Now Q . uai * - ' . tcAy ll-.-Y-ew , Blneliwaod ' s Mog . izi ^ c . BentUy ' s ' Quarterly ' and the 'Constitutional I ' rc-s , " affcr ii very Lri . rf career , huye ecas ' e ' d to exist . i Of tho tucnty-five prip :-rs piiblisl e I in Wid .-. ? , nine arc Liberal , six Corir , ati'vativc , two Indept-ndeiit , and ciglit neuier . Of tho 133 Seotcli . Journal ? , s . veuty-sis arc Libeaal , thirteen , aru Conservative , fourteen Independent , and thiiiy-flve i : cuter . Of the 129 newspapers printed ! in ¦ Ireland , thirty-nine arc Liberal , 'forty-two Conservative , twelve Indcpi' ] : di'iif , and thirty-fix neuter . Now tlie totals give the following iv .-u ' t . - for the united Icingdpm : —Liberal journal ? , 3 ' JQ ; Conservative pre * . vl j 0 : Majority , £ 00 /' The WcsLmin&ler" Review . New scries . No . 36 . October , 1800 . j London : -Manwariug ( successor to J . ' Chapman ) . —The current issue j of the "NA ' esfminster contains even more than the jaycrago number of j papers on butli siicculativo and practical qucs'ions of the highest in-! < crest and '• imjJortancc . ' Thus we have elaborate articles on " The ! . Organisa-lion of Italy , " and " Our National Defences , " "The Antii quiry of the Iluinan Kaee , " and " Neo-Christianity . " There is a well J written e .-say on Mr . Thackeray ' s writings ; , Besides the comprehensive I summary of " Cuntemnorarv Literature , " there are papers entitled I . " Robert Owen , " "Tlie North American Indians , " and " Russia , Present and Future . " From tho article- on " Tlie Organisation of Italy , " we select the following extracts : — "It is a most pleasing cirj emiislance to see Die interest taken by England in thq struggles of j Ital y ¦ against temporal' and spiritual -oppression , testiiied to by the j assistance ; in moiT . 'V seat to Garibaldi , by the graceful sympathy of our j count ry women for ' . his wiMinded soldiers , and by the taking of service ! under his banner by English officers ; for , in our p |) ini . m , this struggle j i . s not only one of the most interesting of -modern times , but also one of j tlie most- important as regards tho civilisation anil . progress of the woi-ld . It is t lie war of the future against t \ w past . Italy fights for existence , ' for-liberty , for the right of speecli-aud aclion . She prornul' ' giite . s no wild theories , her constitutional -banner is held aloft by a ¦ ' cliivalrous monarch , licir . to the oldest reigning house in Europe , surrounded by counsellors belonging to the highest aristocracy ,: whose .. private ' wealth ard station warrant them against all suspicion of cntcr-¦ taining ullra-deinocratic bpiilions ; and while the uMiiics ivre composed i of rn ' iMi born to case ,. wlio exchange all the comforts of hojne for the I ha : 'd .-- ' up 3 of a camp , that each may boast hehas'ha . d ' u share in securing tiie triumph of the Italian idea , her people suddenly freed from tho trammels of despotism , have sot a rare example of Belf-control and of muderation even towimls the instruments of the tyi-nimy they abhorred . Against Italy we see arrayed the powers of the niedieva > l worldsa Pop ; 1 and hid . cardinals , armed with threats of excommnnieatibn in this wi ') i * ldj and eternal death in the next , backed by hireling tropj > s gathered from every part of iSuropo hy promises of large bounty on cartli and paradise hereafter , and a foreign sovereign with , mercenary armies , representing the might of bruto force , all contending for ' right divin ' o to govera wrong , ' If Italy succeed in her aspirations , wo shall see a nation of twenty-six millions of most intelligent men regenerated by Iho baptism of fire , in possession of a most fert le country , with near 3 , 000 miles of seaboard , and with pores in which the navies of tho world might rido ia safety , and , above all , governed by constitutional maxims , added to the roll of European States . Can it . bo doubted that such a kingdom , 011 the borders of the Mediterranean , would bo a most valuable ally for England ? Common . principles of liberty would place It . ly on our side in European complications ; hei- flouts might bo of the utmost assistance ) in war , while , her commerce woidd no less ndd ( o our prosperity in peace , If , on tho other hand , Italy bo worsted in tho struggle , things cunnofc return oven to Iho point at whiohJtJiay stood twoyunrssAgo . A .-3 JM . Grandguillot trulysaidin tho Cons'ilutionnel a short tiino liiuoo , Italy must bo entirely froo , or Au . strin rule from ^ Turin . to I \ Ic 3 sina , nnd , we may add , with Austria tho Pope . " Ti , e Zrationnl Review . No . 22 , October 1 SG 0 . London : Chap- . man and Hull . Thero was—at lonst in that oxtonsivo region , the im . iginatiou of tho pouts—a « oldon ngo ; there haa been , is , and there is ovory prospect of thoro boing for a voi'y long timo to come , an ago of iron and of brass . Conyurronlly with this state of things tho present ngo is said in oijto or two of its phases to bo an ago of humbug and an ngo of cant ;—but iu . nil liumun probability had wo , not merely tho editorial " , " but you and I , rcspeotod rnador , livod in tho untodolu / ian and oron tho proadamito world , wo slionld , havo / amid cant and humbug jiitft ns niuch iu tho ascendant as now . No doubt tho mdilUi-ntary caniiv ' ora pflliodc ,- relatioohj to us , first "loops of titno" ( 1 he pliraso ' i-3 I 3 yrou ' ei ) , omployud , nutlalh mutandis , tho tame aHiucea to trop ( lu-ir ]) roy , a . i ( hat highly dovulopod speciuien of psychical being , tho ( , 'hevulicr d'iitduxtriti , tlio . usurer , Iho gambler , tho bubble company projector , do nu > v , But that word " ( . lovi'Lipo " briiijr . H us to tho point , Thia irf oinphiilically tho ago of d volowmunla , Tho dovolopnu-iit theoi-y na regards the mulorinvl ujiircrso and animated nature bo prominently brought , forward by Lupluoo , Robinot , Luniarok , iu tho hijt conlury , has bi-c-n " clovelopwd " to a high stale of oomparativo ad-Ta-. icviiioiiL by tho •' ' Vi'fili ^ efl , " Mr . IIorbiM-t . Sponot ^ r , and especially , in tho liittir plm * . ' hy ]\ lr . l ) ar \ vin , iu liiri work on " Variability of tSpivhrt" ninl ' IN ' atural Sck'otijn , " two of tho casofl of tin * goiuiral lu \ v c \ ' " juhiptnljility , "—a lnw which porvudca Iho vholo univorso of liialti-r and iil ' iiihid . J 5 utlotho iuiniudifito sultjccl ; i ; # . hand , Iho " do * wli . ip'iifii . t .-H" in thi'ology airo not thelui » t conetpieiuMi .-i in tho jit-Ofiont HK' > . In illustrulicm of which wo might cjuhUi a c-iiriuiia arlu-lo on II Xuluiv and ( uul " . iii Ilin above ro \ iu \ Thu pi-iwiil . niniiber olao ( jonluiriu , . among oilier t . opiitH of inlitront " Tlio Ki-anl ; i * and llic Clttuls , Ilin " Uiiilcli-irti'mnbiualioii in London und L ' arid , " " TI 1 . 11 middlo ngoo . u I'lnyhmd , " " JJ .-imh Jllcn ^' ilii nnd hio puJilirul ¦ caivor , " &r . Tlio Jh'UMi Qnnctcr / t / Jtun ' rir , . Nu .- ( 1 I . Oriub -x IWH ) .. London 1 hwUwn mid Walfur I . ( Jiinpliin , . M . n ^ mll & ( " ' . ) . — 'ilu' i > ru » ont niimbci ' ) f tli . t -JirUUk uKiilniiid noiuu wvs « I . Jjo ! - ^ i-midt-ru . liK / uWicli'fl . llii . ro . 1 nu JiilcruMtliiM nountiiU 0 J Jli .-lnrijli \'< - ' » iv ' ! ; ' « 'l > ioli thoro h n ¦ joocl duul ( ibun , t iho tivu KJwnuun i > I « llot »[) Ji 9 i'n . \\ hulovor wo uiay Uiink » f Kant poatntiolu , and asa o 6 HatruvHoe , yip \\ M » t , vco ooniiot but givo an inquttlitfocl pmUotoliU ' noifuHvo . or oi-IUwl iioivcrs .. ) i or him , as tho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 867, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2369/page/11/