The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-20 00:00:00

rnE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER' 20, 1860.

the central committee is all that is needed. Let
there then be a simultaneous movement for this
purpose. 'We can raise thousands of pounds for
any public object—for rail ways or for joint-stock
projects—on the credit of half a dozen men in half
a dozen hours. Why not charter a steamer at once
and bring all the prisoners home in a body ? An
united and cordial effort well directed and spiritedly
supported could accomplish all that is requisite in
a few days. Let every person lend a hand to restore
joy and peace to the once happy but now sorrowing
homes of the parents of our absent countrymen.
There is no ransom to be paid—the means of car-
rying our countrymen home is all that is wanted.
Are there no men ready to trust the Irish Ration,
its honour, its gratitude, and its sympathy% and
lend their names to charter a steamer for such a
purpose ? The money would be collected ten times
over in the pence of the Door and the bright and
Joyous looking shillings of the artisans of Dublin
before the bill would fall due. The Irish banks are
not illiberal or difficult to deal with in such mat-
ters. A few good names, a few generous hearts as
the owners of these names, and the work is accom-
plished. The people own a bank that never yet
failed, and it will not fail to relieve such names if
they be forthcoming from the temporary and nominal
responsibility involved in this work of national
honour."

During the time that habit continues, it produces
all its good effects, which it would be useless and

might lie mischievous that it should continue any
longer, and which our wise Dispenser, Disposer.
and Maker has so framed that after a certain time,
when the habit has done its work, it ceases to pro-
duce the impression. Now, I would have us, upon
this great social question, though at a humble dis-
tance, reverently and anxiously to follow that wise
dispensation of Providence, and adopt temporary
and occasional habits and combinations to give all
the benefits of party union in the carrying forward
of great measures of social importance. (Cheers.)
I hope my right rev. friend (the Bishop of Exeter)
will excuse me for having for a moment trespassed
upon his province ; nevertheless, it came in my way
as so material an illustration of my argument that
I could not refrain from using it. There has lately
been a very important assembly in the neighbour-
ing town of Manchester, the National Assembly of
the Great Alliance for promoting temperance
amongst the people. (Loud applause.) I was un-
fortunately unable to attend, but I have had the
greatest satisfaction in hearing that it was a
most entire success—(cheers)—and that it suc-
ceeded beyond all previous meetings of the alliance.
(Renewed cheers.) It is absolutely 'incalculable
how great the benefit is which these measures of

the Temperance Alliance are tending to produce
—(cheers)—and I think that a most just time is
taken at present of not endeavouring to do too
much, and to stretch the bow as it were until it
cracks ; and that by limiting their consideration
not generally but in one department to the exami-
nation of what the consequence:may be so?. a modi-
fied—not a teetotal—system, and how far that is
calculated to produce its ffect, I have no doubt
whatever that the best results will follow from this
inquiry. It is only a matter of inquiry with the
alliance, and only a matter for consideration, but I
have no doubt whatever that the most salutary re-
sults will follow from that limited inquiry; not
excluding the general inquiry. Heaven forbid !
Let that go on exactly as before ; but adding to it
this limited and occasional inquiry, and obtaining
thereby, I think, very important information.
(Cheers.) I will now call on several worthy friends,
members of this association, to move certain reso-
lul 'OTIS. As this is the first meeting there will be
a choice of officers, and naturally, after that, it will
be fit that we should embody in resolutions certain
objects to confine the local association tu. These
are generally speaking of local interest, and all
these inquiries carried on locally, and for the
benefit of a particular locality, will have the most
important results, not only for the benefit of that
locality, but in affording information to, and direct-
ing the inquiries of, the National Association.
(Loud cheers.)
The Lord Bishop of CHESTER proposed the first
resolution relative to the appointment of a council,
of which Mr. W. Brown is to be the president. His
lordship said he thought that the appointment of
Mr. W. Brown was a' most appropriate sequel to
the exciting and interesting sequel of the previous
day, and he had no doubt but 'that Mr. Brown,
whose noble gift was an evidence of his wish to
ameliorate the condition of the people, would use
his talents and generous mind in every department
of social improvement.

The resolution was seconded by Mr. HASTINGS,
wbo alluded in glowing terms to the success of the
National Association for the Promotion of Social

Science. Though the association did not profess
to be workers, still their labours on the questions
of quarantine, trades unions, and international
general average, were a sufficient answer to the
criticisms so freely lavished upon their proceedings.
He thought there were many questions which could
be well studied in Liverpool, and he might mention
the position of Irish emigrants in this country, and
the employment of women in our different indus-
trial pursuits, as subjects which could be well in-
vestigated in a large town like Liverpool.
Mr. W. BRowN, who was loudly cheered, said
that, to the best of his ability he would be happy to
act as president, Mr. Hubback and Mr. P. Rath-
bone having offered to undertake the laborious
duties.
The Hon. A. EGERTON proposed a resolution
relative to the advisability of engaging the support
of the female members of the community in con-
nexion with the social improvement of the people,
and the employment and education of women.
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. J. S. How-
sox, who dwelt at length upon'the advantages which
would accrue from the practical efforts of women
in visiting the homes of the poor, and using efforts
to improve and ameliorate the condition of their in-
mates, who often look upon male visitor 3 with dis-
trust, and even dislike. Women alone, he argued,
can elevate the homes of the working classes, and
thus ameliorate the condition of those who reside
in them, and he considered that the machinery of
their association offered a most favourable opportu-
nity for the women of Liverpool to aid and improve
their poorer neighbours.
Sir J. K. SHUTTLEWORTH, in proposing a resolu-
tion calling on the working classes to assist the as-
sociation, spoke at considerable length on the great
moral and physical improvement which had taken
place of late years in Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and argued that working men could be of the
greatest benefit to their country by meeting capi-
talists and employers and calmly discussing the
great problems of the organisation of labour.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. W. RATH-
BONE, and energetically supported by Mr. D.
GUILE, a working man, who said that a frank meet-
ing between working men and gentlemen would
soon do away with jealousies and false impressions.
Sir JOHN BOWRING alluded to the beneficial
working of the Conseil s des Prudhommes in France
and the Courts of Conciliation in Denmark as
proofs of what might be effected by a good under-
standing between employers and employed, and
detailed the great social improvements which had
taken place in Coventry and elsewhere since 1832.
He also advocated the employment of women in
watchmaking, wood engraving, and other trades.

AN ENGLISHMAN ARRESTED IN

AUSTRIA.

During the course of the last month an English
barrister, who had been making a tour through
Bavaria, Austria, and the Tyrol, accompanied by
his wife, and who had occupied himself in sketch-
ing some of the objects of interest which he met
with, while staying at Nanders, in the Tyrol, pro-
ceeded to take views of the grand and magnificent
scenery afforded by the Finstermunz pass. While
so occupied, some of the soldiers who were stationed
at the strong fort at the entrance to the pass came
and entered into conversation with him, remarking
on the sublimity of the prospect. He showed
them his sketch book, which contained, among other
things, drawings of the torture-chamber at Salzburg,
and of the rack and other instruments of torture
there and at Ratishon, as well as views of Passau
and Linz on the Danube, and of the picturesque
castle of Salzburg. One of the soldiers requested
to be allowed to look a second time at particular
sketches, but made no remark. As the English-
man was proceeding to walk back to Nanders he
was met by a detachment of soldiers from the fort,
who told him he must go back with them, which,
after some slight resistance, he consented to do.
On approaching the fort one of the sergeants of the
regiment came out, and walked close by our tra-
veller's side, and a further detachment of soldiers
joined them, and the Englishman was conveyed
into the interior of the fort. After being detained
for some time in a dismal chamber, not very dis-
similar to one of these of which he had contrived
to make a sketch, he was formally brought into the
august presence of the commanding officer of the
fort, and the sergeant proceeded to state that he
had been discovered making sketches in the vicinity
of that stronghold; and that, among other suspici-
ous circumstances against him, he had actually in
his possession sketches of several of the fortifica-
tions, as well as of the interior of a certain strong-
hold. The traveller at once explained that ho was
on a tour of pleasure, and that he-had been making
the sketches solely for his amusement, and produced
his passport, which was one from the Foreign.-
office, duly vised by the Austrian authorities. The
commanding officer minutely examined, one by
one, all the sketches in the traveller's book, as
also the various letters and papers which he had
about him ; but, although he appeared to regard
every article with the greatest suspicion, inas-
much as be discovered nothing whatever amount-
ing either to instructions to pry into the condi-
tion of Austrian strongholds or to attempt to assas-
sinate Austrian officers, or any document bearing
the signature of Garibaldi, he at length, notwith-
standing the indignant declamation of the gallant
sergeant, ordered the Englishman to be set at
liberty, telling him, however, that he could not be
.allowed to make any more sketches, even of the
rocks in the Finstermunz Pass. Citir traveller was
therefore permitted to return to his inn, suffering
no other inconvenience beyond this temporary
abridgement of his liberty than the spoiling of an
excellent dinner prepared by the good hostess of the
hotel at Nanders, and the alarm caused to his wife
and friends by his prolonged absence after dark.

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THE NOTTINGHAM FORGERIES.

THURSDAY, OCT. 18.

The examination of Mr. John Davis, traveller in
the employ of White Brothers, lace and hosiery
manufacturers, Nottingham, took place this morn-
ing before Mr. Alderman Vickers and the borough
magistrates, at the police-office.
The charge against the prisoner was that of his
being implicated in the forgeries of his late em-
ployers, Mr. Robert White and Brothers, the firm
being concerned in some of the extensive forgeries
which have recently come to light.
Mr. Cowley, solicitor, appeared for the prosecu-
tion; the prisoner was undefended. _ _

The first witness examined was Mr. Chief Con-
stable Hadington, who said that in consequence of
information he received he went to London on
Wednesday last, and found the prisoner at 36, Tot-
tenham-court-road. passing under the name of John
Dyson. The chief constable told the prisoner his
name, and informed him that he should apprehend
him on the charge of forging a great number of ac-
ceptances. Prisoner replied that he had not forged
acceptances, but that he had been acting under the
direction or his employer (Mr. Robert White) to
get persons' names signed in different parts of the
country which he passed through. Witness then
asked prisoner for the keys of his portmanteau,
which he searched, and found a number of letters
which were of great importance, inasmuch as
they contained instructions to the prisoner from
White for the manner in which Davis was to
get the bills accepted. The prisoner's instruc-
tions were that he should get the bills signed
by any persons he might meet with. Witness
then questioned the prisoner as to the bill of
Green's, of Dudley, which Robert White was charged
with forging (and whose examination appeared in
The i.un of Saturday last). He replied that the
name of " Green" was written by some person a
stranger to him, but he did not recollect at what
place the signature was obtained. Prisoner stated
that he should not have gone out of the way if he
had not been persuaded to do so by his employer,
Mr. Robert White, who told him that by keeping
out of the way alittle while all would be right, Pri-
soner stated to witness that he sent blank stamps to
his employer with the names of the acceptors writ-
ten on, but Mr. White filled up the dates, amount
of money drawn for, and the name of the town.
Witness produced also some other very important
letters bearing upon the forgeries.
In answer to a question from the Bench, the pri-
soner stated that he knew Joseph Green, of Dudley,
but the business he had transacted with him was all
for money, and no bills.
Mr. Cowley said that, as the prisoner's employer
would be brought up for his re-examination the
next day (Friday), it would perhaps be convenient
to remand the prisoner until that time.
The Bench intimated that it would be the best
course to adopt, and remanded the prisoner until
that period, and he was immediately removed to the
House of Correction.

Great interest was excited in the court, as the

capture and future examination of Davis will bring
to light many very important transactions connected
with bill forging in Nottingham.

OCT. 19.

This morning Mr. Robert White, of the firm
of White Brothers, lace manufacturers, was
brought up before the Mayor and borough
magistrates at the police-court, on remand from
the previous Friday, charged with uttering a forged
bill of exchange for £22 upon Mr. Joseph Green,
draper, Dudley, Staffordshire. From the fact of the
prisoner and his brothers having had extensive
trade transactions in the town, and being also im-
plicated in other forgeries, the court was crowded,
many manufacturers being present.
Mr. Cowley, jun., appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Cann for the prisoner.
John Davis, traveller in the employ of the pri-
soner, Robert White, was also brought up on re-
mand from the day preceding, charged with being
concerned in forging bills of exchange along with
his employer.
Mr. Coope defended the prisoner Davis. _ _

The Mayor said that Davis was charged with
forging acceptances to bills of exchange, and that
the prisoner White was brought up on remand on
the charge of forgery.
Mr. Chief Constable Hadir.gton proved the ap-
prehension of White at Plymouth. Witness charged
him with uttering a forged bill of exchange for
£22. Prisoner said it was a mistake, as he had
taken all Mils in a regular way through his tra-
veller. When witness captured him on board the
Cambria he asked the prisoner for his luggage.
Prisoner told him that it was in the chief officer's
cabin. Witness found a box there with no address
upon it. It contained clothing and papers.
By Mr. Cann—Prisoner gave witness no instruc-
tions about the property at the shipping office, but
that found on board the vessel.

By Mr. Cowley—Witness apprehended Davis on
Wednesday evening at No. 36, Tottenham-court-
road, London. Witness charged Davis with
forging bills, and the latter answered that he
had not done so, but that he had only acted in
accordance with instructions from Mr. White. He
had obtained names on blank bill stamps, signed by
different persons, and he had documents by him
which would show this was the case. Prisoner,
being requested to open his portmanteau, took out
a bundle of letters, five of which had reference
to the forgeries, which witness now produced, and
Were as follows :
' "No. la.—ln confidence.
" Dear Sir,--li e dare not accept your kind offer, as your
name is known here. You could do us a great service if you
could get us a lot of blanks, 3d. and 6d. bill stamps, signed,
so that we could pay them away occasionally; we could fill
up the amounts to suit us. Now, such men as wheel your
samples about the town would do it, or any friend, because
we never let them come back. Our name need not be men-
tioned. Mr. Benson has accommodated us, but as he 'his'
leaving us we cannot ask him. If we could work about
£2,000 in this way, it would avail us to give extended credit
to our customers. Now, if you could manage this depart-
ment it will be most valuable, and no risk to yourself, and
I shall be now at home to see all right. You can buy
any quantity of bill stamps. Send them all addressed to
me (privately).

"Destroy-this note.—Yours faithfully,
" Row. WHITE."
" Nottingham, May 4, 1860.
" Dear Sir,—l forwarded to you to bank. I received the
b;11 all right ; do very well. Let me have the enclosed done
the fit st opportunity ; you need only let them sign their
names across. I can make them payable myself. You will
have the Birmingham and Bristol ground, as you have
done better than the former travellers.:7Yours_truly,

" ROBT. WHITE."
" P.S.—I prefer the printed bills. I now enclose some
plain ones."

• "Nottingham, May 7, 1860.
"Dear shall be at Dingley's Hotel, Moor-street,
on Tuesday evening next. You had better come down and
spend the evening with me, as I want to tell you what cus-
tomers I shall give you in =ham (meaning Birmingham) ;
3 bills to hand safe, all right. —Yours truly,

"ROBT. WHITE."
" Nottingham, May 7, 1860.
"Dear Sir,—Since writing you this morning I cannot
meet you in Birmingham. My leg has been bad the last
three weeks, which will prevent me starting for a few days.
We shall advise you for Birmingham next Monday. The
bills came safe. I have enclosed you a lot. When you get
hold of a party let him indorse about six with his name,
and another party six, and so on. Besides your salary,
£lOO, you are entitled to a commission of 21- per cent. above
£lOO per week or £4OO per month, from April 1. Glad to
see a nice order from Jerdan, and to hear he has paid his
account.—Yours truly, "R. WHITE."
"Nottingham, July 9, 1860.
- - - -

"Dear Sir,—lnclosed are a few bills. Please get them
filled up by your friends, and see that they make them pay-
able at any of the banks named on the list, and you will
greatly oblige yours truly, " WHITE BROTHERS."
" Mr. Davis.

" List of London Bankers.—Smitb, Payne, and Smith ;
London and Westminster ; 'London and County Bank;
Union Bank ; Barclay, Bevan and Co.; London Joint
Stock ; Jones Lloyd, and Co. ; and Messrs. Robarts."
Witness, reexamined—Asked Mr. Davis if he
knew anything about Mr. Green's bill, as to who
accepted it. He replied that he did not, and added
that he got some one to sign it who was a stranger
to him, whose name he did not know, and he after-
wards sent the bill to Mr. Robert White. Prisoner
said he was sure about that bill, because they had
a customer of that name at Dudley, but that his
transactions were all in cash. Green's bill was
signed, he thought, at Bristol. Witness afterwards
showed him several other bills, among which was
one signed byGeo. Smith, draper, Birmingham, dated
June 13, 1860, for .£23 3s. Prisoner said he got the
signature written in the same way. Witness had
since shown him five other bills, the signatures to
which he said were all obtained in the same manner.
These bills witness had received from Nottingham
manufacturers and others, and the amounts varied.

By Mr. Coope—When witness was at Plymouth
White said somebody would be responsible for the
bill drawn on Green. He afterwards said he had
taken it in a regular way.
By Mr. Coope--Davis told witness that he had
been at Jersey, but not by the desire of White. He
did not say anything about America.
By Mr. Cann—None of the conversation with
Davis was in the presence of White.
Richard Ingleman said—Ho was clerk with
Messrs. White Brothers, up to the time of their
stoppage in Nottingham. He had been clerk with
them for four or five years, and during that time
had seen Robert White write frequently. He was
well acquainted with his handwriting. 'Believed
the four letters put into his hand were in his hand-
writing, but could not speak to the fifth.
Henry Williams, lace manufacturer, Nottingham,
said he was a large creditor of the Messrs. White,
and had ample opportunities df making himself
acquainted with Robert White's handwriting. The
four letters signed, Robert White, to the best of
witness's belief, were in his handwriting. The sig-
natures of Joseph Green" he believed to be,either
Robert or James White's. The five bills produced

witness believed to be drawn and endorsed by the
same person as Green's.
John ingleman, the pay clerk for White Bro-
thcrq, produced the billbook, in which there was an
entry of the 20th June, " 5,520," which is the bill
for £22 purporting to be accepted by Green. The
entry appears to be in the handwriting of Robert
White.

By Mr. Cann—Witness kept his petty cashbook,
and the bills generally passed through his hands.
The fire upon the premises occurred on the 23d of
July; and the firm stopped payment a few days
afterwards.

Mr. Chief Constable Hedington, re-examined—
When witness searched the prisoner White on
board the Cambria he found a receipt for passage
from Southampton to the Cape of Good Hope for
£47 Gs., from "Mr. R. Seymour," by which name
the prisoner v, os travelling.
Mr. H. Rogers, accountant, produced the billbook
and the country customers' ledger belonging to
White Brothers. :The prisoner handed to witness a

list of customers' bills which he said would not be
met. Witness asked him why. He said they were
accommodation bills. He led witness to believe they
were got for the term by one of their travellers.
Witness prepared a list of accommodation bills,
which he placed before the creditors at their meet-
ing. Witness's attention was specially called to
them, and they were called accommodations bills,
and amounted to 1;4,470, but only £1,700 would be
paid on the estate.
Mr. Cowley addressed the Court, asking for a
committal of both prisoners on a charge of forgery.
The Mayor said it was certainly a most gigantic
system of fraud, which had been in a great measure
successful, but he should not commit them until fur-
ther evidence had been brought forward, and the
prisoners were remanded until next Tuesday.
The manner in which Davis procured the names

of individuals to the bills of exchange is curious,
and shows the reckless extent to which this syste-
matic swindling was carried on. In whatever large
town he was attempting to do business, he engaged
the services of the boots of the hotel in*which he
was staying to carry his patterns out for him. This
being done he promised the servant payment of Is.
for each of the patterns, and said as each belonged
to separate manufacturers he required separate re-
ceipts, which he contrived to have written upon
bill stamps. These bills, with the signatures upon
them, were then forwarded to his employers for
them to fill up with what amounts they pleased, as
well as the date and name of the town.

THE MEETING OF CROWNED HEADS AT
WARSATV.

On this day the successors of the three Sove-
reigns who divided the kingdom of Poland will
meet at Warsaw. Perhaps the try sting spot has
no special significance, and is only accidentally sug-
gestive of the common interests and traditional
policy which unite those great Powers. Order has
long since reigned at Warsaw. The full consum-
mation of the policy which Austria, Russia, and
Prussia were agreed upon in the days of our fore-
fathers has taken effect. Poland is scarcely re-
membered as a nation, and there are now not even
enough Poles to give a regiment to the army of
liberation in Italy. The success of that partition
has been complete and entire ; and the three
Monarchs who enjoy the spoil can choose the an-
cient capital of the annihilated kingdom as a meet-
ing place, either ix forgetflalness that it must
awaken an old memory, or with the purpose o
giving a hint as to what has happened to a turbu-
lent nation which kept its Neighbours in continual
uneasiness. However this may be Warsaw is the
city chosen for this important demonstration. The
fashion of Royal reunions has grown common in
recent days. The Emperor of the French, copying
the practice of his uncle, first introduced it. Pro-
bably he has faith in his personal influence at such
conferences, and be may not unreasonably expect
results from his own peculiar facilities in the arts
of diplomacy. He came here and drew the silken
bonds of the entente cordiale ; he went to Villa-
franca and settled in a morning all the points of
difference which had caused a great war; he re-
paired to Baden, and, we hope, convinced the Prince
Regent or Prussia how far from his heart was all
guile or covetousness as to the banks of the Rhine.
It was not his fault that he did not meet the Queen
of Spain the other day in an island which is still
Spanish. These friendly meetings of Sovereigns
have turned out so well that the fashion has been
followed at Toplitz, and is now again to be followed
at Warsaw.

It must be admitted that Napoleon 111. is by no
means exclusive, and is not at all afflicted with that
German man;_a of concentrating la creme de la creme
of human stupidity by churning it up with-
out adulteration. Perhaps he might even have been
induced to go to Warsaw, if properly invited. It
might have happened, also, that if Lord John
Russell had been encouraged to give an opinion he
might have represented another Sovereign at this
Royal party. It would have been pleasant to him
to compete with Count Rechberg in literary com-
position in the high monarchical interest. Perhaps
it would have been agreeable to him to show that,
when he had made his Sovereign declare from the
Throne that the only danger to Italy was the inter-
ference of foreigners, and when he had, three
days later, committed England to such an inter-
ference by a most absolute despatch, he had by no
means exhausted his powers of diplomatic versa-
tility. He might have had Vienna and her Con-
ferences in his memory. Spain, also, might have
liked to be there, tainted as she is with the vice of
constitutionalism ; she also might have found means
of talking Ultramontanism and divine right senti-
ments in good company. But this is a very exclu-
sive party which is about to take place at Warsaw.
There is no getting in there. ' People who have
desired to see an Archduchess yawn, and whose
quarterings have not entitled them to the honour,
have managed to intrude themselves into the sacred
sanctities of Teutonic society. There is the noted
case of Mr. Smith, freeholder and alderman, who in
the last generation travelled as the " Elector of
Middlesex," and was received with the honours of
a Sovereign. There was also the case of a Mar-
shal of the Marshalsea, who travelled as the " Mare-
ehal de Londres," and before whom every door gave
way. But no unexamined claim will be allowed to
pass at Warsaw. The Czar himself and Francis
Joseph and the Prince Regent are determined to be
very discreet as to their companions. Count Thun,
and Baron Bismark Schonhausen, and M. De Kis-
h seleff, and M. de Schouwerhoff, and other orthodox
diplomatists of the old school, will, of course, be
there; so also, by special invitation, will Baron
Schleinitz and Count Rechberg though the
former is said to be "indisposed ;" but all
these will be the reporters and recorders of the
great debate. France seems jealous that her Em-
peror is excluded. The French papers have mani-
fested some strange symptoms lately. We never
saw a society-hunter go so far as first to advertise
that Mr Fashion had come to town expressly to be
present at Lady Plinlimmon's assembly, in order
that he might in another advertisement say that
there was an error in the announcement, and that
Mr. Fashion had not come to town in order to at-
tend Lady Plinlimmon's assembly, for that there
was much reason to believe Mr. Fashion would not
be present at that assembly. The French press,
however, have been doing something very much of
this kind. There were hints and expectations in
some of the French and foreign papers that the
Emperor was about to start for Warsaw—at least,
we suppose such may have been, for we confess we
never saw them, but the Patric declared their ex-
istence, in order to oppose "the most complete and
formal denial to the assertion that the Emperor is
going to Warsaw." Unfortunately, the denial is
quite a work of supererogation. There was no
chance whatever of the Emperor going to Warsaw
unless he had chosen to demand it in such a form
that he could not be denied without a rupture. For
once these Northern Princes wish to be quite alone.
They have many little family quarrels to make up
and several little scandalous stories about the con-
duct of their neighbours to talk over. It does cer-
tainly seem rather hard that the Emperor of the
French is not invited by these exclusive Northerns.
After Villafranca and Baden he might consider
himself quite in the set. It is especially ungracious
in Russia, after that " something written" which
exists between them, not to press upon her friend
a seat at her own peculiar little party. The world
is very base. Prussia has not a spark of gratitude
for the kindest intentions ; Austria does not hesi-
tate to sit down without her generous friend, who
treated her so hospitably at Villafranca, and Russia
avoids the hand which if Germany had been but
kind would have offered half an empire.
But what are these three Sovereigns thus pub-
-1;cly shut up in solemn conclave about to
do ? There seems to be a notion abroad
that they are going to right every wrong that
every European tyrant believes himself to have en-
dured. No doubt, the Pope timorously hopes that
the Patriarch of the Greek Church and the Regent
of a Protestant and constitutional kingdom will
coerce the rebellious Romea Catholics of Europe to
have again a temporal Prince for the head of their
Church. No doubt the King of Naples hopes that
a Holy Alliance is to be fbrated the object of which
shall be his restoration. No doubt, the Emperor
of Austria hopes that a league, offensive and defen-
sive, is to be formed which shall enable her to re•
turn to the old regime, maintain the Concordat,
keep down Hungary, and afford him an opportunity
of suppressing that inconvenient semblance of a
Parliament which i now exhibiting so strange a
spirit of independence. Other discontented com-
munities also look to Warsaw. Even Switzerland
turns her eyes to the absolute Powers, and, accord-
ing to the Journal de Geneve, expects that the