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London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

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are almost almost constramedby the force of our convictions
to add, that the " baulk" is In eTery respect
most ominous for the Government. It Ls as omin-
ous in its way as the Romans would. have deemed
it—had one of their Ca3sars, on setting forth on
some great enterprise, stumbled upon the threshold
It argues ill, in every particular, that the Treaty
has been hushed up so carefully to the last moment,
until the most adroit rhetorician of the Sixteen
should, with the grand national Thumbscrew of
the Budget in his hand, held in terrorem before
the Commons, explain the obnoxious clauses
of this wonderful Treaty, away, at the instant
of its first revelation before Parliament !
And then that, at that last moment, a trifle
like a cold, a sore throat, a sudden hoarseness,
should jeopardise everything. One naturally asks
oneself can the race be won when the jockey is so
heavily weighted ? Will not all that ponderous
and complicated mechanism shipped-amid-ships,
break the back of even that good ship of the Coali-
tion when held suspended in the heavy swell of the
session, upon the crest of those two giant waves—the
division upon the Budget and the division upon the
Treaty. Too much is obviously dependent upon
this wonderful, wordy Financial Statement—now
abruptly delayed by a tantalising casualty from
Monday to Thursday. What is it in fact that
Mr. GLADSTONE is expected to do—or rather,
perhaps we should say, what is he not expected to
do through the medium of his Financial State-
ment ? [The Signal for the sudden delay of which,
by the way, is strictly Shaksperian, being, as in the
last scene of the "Merry Wives of Windsor,"
simply—" Mum, BUDGET !"1 The Chancellor of
the Exchequer, then, among other surprising
political and financial pirouettes, will have
to turn round swiftly and upon the instant
upon all kinds and descriptions of subjects—upon
the income-tax, upon free trade, upon the war with
the Chinese ! He will have to advocate the cause
of a Commercial Treaty directly opposed to all
Free-trade principles ! He who himself, seven
years ago, voluntarily pledged the Treasury to
forego the Income-tax altogether in this very year
of grace 1860—will, in this very year of grace,
1860, have to demand the reimposition of that worse
than simply obnoxious tax, of that absolutely ab-
horred tax, at the rate of Ninepence ! And to what
end ? Why, actually, forsooth, he is in the inte-
rests of " Peace" to ask for the imposition
anew of a regular " War " tax of Nine-
pence on the incomes of the English People,
on the thrifty earnings of the labour and indus-
try of the masses of toiling Englishmen—so that
our Imperial neighbours over the way (who, we
are to remember with awe, possess so very power-
ful a steam fleet, and have, besides that, such an
exceedingly formidable army of 500,000 men, in-
cluding among them those terrible dare-devils the
Tnrcos and Zouaves, and Chasseurs d'Afriques)
so that in craven terror of what our friends in
France may do to us unless we consent to con-
ciliate them, we may (in the name of Free Trade)
truckle to their Protectionist prejudices ! We are
to pay an income tax of ninepence, so that the
duties may be dropped on silk and claret—the
toiling millions in England having such a pro-
bable chance before them of wearing silk,
and such a reasonable prospect of drinking
claret ! And all this while the French
monopolists are to have a clear eighteen months'
grace, without conceding during that halcyon
interval a single tittle of reciprocated advan-
tages ! -Why, absolutely in the presence of this
monstrously and glaringly one-sided treaty, signed
at Paris (with a painful consciousness before him
of NAPOLEON'S steam fleet and army of 500,000
men, and the dreadful possibility of war being
adventured upon against poor, little, helpless,
decrepid England, by that formidable poten•
tate !)—why, with a one-sided treaty like this
before us, a treaty signed the other day so very
eagerly by our Peace at-any-Price Plenipotentiary,
we may confidently pronounce the notorious Con-
spiracy Bill to be just absolutely nothing in com-
parison !
The Question now simply resolves itself
to this—Will Englishmen agree to pay nine-
pence in the pound on their incomes so that
they may no longer be frightened out of
their senses by the perpetual fear of a French
Invasion ? Will Englishmen pay an income tax
of ninepence, so that the duties may be dropped on
silk and claret for the particular benefit of the
wealthy class of consumers? Will Englishmen pay
this income tax of ninepence for the sake• of a
singularly ingenious plan for extending Free
Trade principles to France by means of a
commercial treaty, the chief feature of which
is an outrageous concession to French
Protectionists? Above all—will Englishmen con-
sent to do all this at the behest of Mr. COBDEN,
who is a Free Trader no doubt, who, to his honer
and glory, is the first and foremost of all Free
Traders, but who is also (unhappily for England at
this juncture) a conspicuous advocate of the craven
and astounding doctrines known as those of
Peace-at-any-Price ?
Eighteen months, is it, Mr. COBDEN, during which
England is meekly to wait for reciprocations from
France ? England all the while paying down upon
the nail that cruel ninepence Income Tax, which
is the most cunningly - devised scheme ever
contrived for any nation by means of
which she is enabled to pay her heart's
, blood for drachmas ! Eighteen months !—is that
the interval, Mr. COBDEN ? Is that the interval,
Oh, wonder-working Coalition ? Who shall say
what may be the political situation at this rate in
eighteen months! Particularly remembering that
Continental Europe is heaving and seething
towards War in several distinct directions—
at the very moment that Imperial France,
sword in hand, occupies a dominant position
in the councils of Christendom—at the very moment
when England is being cozened into these craven
concessions through the agency of a Peace-at-any-
Price Plenipotentiary! Whether the present junc-
ture is one of a Ministerial crisis or not—it is cer-
tainly one of a National Crisis, and of a National
Crisis of vital importance. And it is this consideration
beyond all others that we would now urge upon the
judgment of the Legislature. The Treaty, at least,
ought, in very decency, to be laid this evening upon
the table of both Houses. Ttie Budget again, in its
turn, is promised for Thursday. Both Treaty and
Budget the nation, at this juncture, earnestly and
confidently commits to the PATRIOTISM and to the
CONSCIENCE of the Commons House of Parliament.

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Among the many wonders of our Age there is
none that yet comes up to the Electric Telegraph
It seems as if we were speaking through eternity
by its magical means. Time and space, which have
hitherto been the impedimenta to progress, are now,
as it were, banished from the earth. Next to the
Telegraph comes the Photographic Art, which
stamps the present, by a glance, on the wondering
but admiring countenance of the future. Then the
railway--that marvellous conductor which takes
the world in its warm embrace, and delivers it
beyond the reach of vision in the twinkling of an
boundless tilese are but mighty beginnings of a
future
eye ! All
kind. Really it vogunldanat
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what we now see, as if the world were only in its 1
boyhood, playing with the toys of the universe.
Well then we have reason to be thankful in spite of
all our manifold troubles—most of them arising
from our own folly and disbelief in the wisdom of
the CREATOR whose beneficense is immeasurable as

it is inscrutable.
We have been favoured with a map of the greatest
wonder in this day of progressing intelligence--a 1
very large map of Europe with parts of Asia and
Africa, to which the lines of the Electric
and the International Telegraph Companies are
now extended. It is indeed a fine specimen
of Art, and a still finer exemplification of how
far the progress of mind extends with freedom
of thought—free trade and human improvement
all bound in one unity of good. It is, truly, a
marvellous sheet for contemplation !
There, on the whole face of Europe, we see the
lines of telegraph amply displayed, so far as the
march of mind indicates the progress of improve-
ment. And the more we gaze and scrutinise
sometimes in doubt, and then in questionable curi-
osity—we ask—how is this ? Some parts of the
map seem, to be peopled as with the busy
haunts of men, while other parts are
lost in the wilderness of ignorance. " There
is no mind, there, then !"—we exclaim, or if
there be, it has no local habitation or

a name. Yes, it may have a name,
but it is one even unknown to itself. As we scan
yet closer, we are struck with a singular group of
lines much resembling that of "the milky way" in the
glorious firmament above, clustering into a family
group of intellect, as compared to the wandering and
distant strangers sparkling around, and far away
in the distance. Now what do these groups—for
there are many of them—indicate? Why, thi3—they
indicate that men, proud of their fatherland and
the freedom of thought vouchsafed to their kind
by good and wise laws, join together, and
by the fruits of their labour enrich not
only themselves, but diffuse, by a generous
example the benefits they enjoy to surrounding com-
munities. In surveying this map we see the spread
of intelligence starting, as it were, from the North
though we know that it came originally from the
South, but having lost its way in the maze
of progress, it settled in the North for
safer protection—and found
" Dear Albion next—
Thy free sea-girted Isle."
Well, then, taking a view from Scotland—over
England—across to Belgium—on to Dresden—and
taking a turn to Switzerland on to Northern
Italy Turin, &c. the line of commerce
if not the line of beauty yet that
of grace, seems to take its course in this manner

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Neuter's office :

PARIS, SUNDAY.

In all the churches of Paris the priests, following
the orders of the Archbishop of Paris, read to-day
the last encyclical letter of the Pope.
The Archbishop has also ordered public prayers
to be offered until Easter, in order " that his Holi-
ness may overcome the tribulations and persecu-
tions to which the Church is now exposed. These
last words were taken from the mandement, which
was also read to-day from the pulpit.
Yesterday Lord Cowley visited the Ambassador
of Austria, with whom he had a very long eon-
fore n ce.

ROME, SUNDAY.

Th: Marquis de Cadore, who replaces M. Sam-
pay as First Secretary to the French Embassy,
has arrived here with orders from the Emperor
to General Goyon, to take all measures for the
maintenance of public order.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Illoniteur contains numerous nominations of
Sardinian officers to the Legion of Honour, and
announces that 2,000 military medals have been
granted by the French Government to Piedmontese
sous-officiers and private soldiers.

BERLIN, MONDAY.

It is stated that France is disposed to withdrew
her troops from Rome provided the Pope consents,
and engages himself to call in no other foreign
troops. There are no negotiations whatever going
'on concerning the cesstion of Venetia.

MADRID, FEB. 5

The camp of the enemy before Tetuan has been
taken by the Spanish, after a glorious and complete
victory. A number of cannons and tents of the
Moors were also captured. The surrender of Tetuan
is imminent.

PARIS, SUNDAY

A few days ago Lord Cowley communicated to
M. Thouvenel a project of the English Cabinet for
the definitive settlement of the Italian question.

This project contains the following points : .

1. The principle of non-intervention to be applied
n an absolute sense.

2. Venetia to remain apart from all negotiations
concerning new territorial arrangements, and to
continue under the Austrian rule.

3. The inhabitants of Central Italy to be again
invited to vote on their own Constitution. Should
they pronounce themselves for annexation with
Sardinia, the latter Power to be authorised to ac-
complish their wishes.
4.. Sardinia to abstain from every measure des-
tined to favour the annexation until the new vote
of the Italian States has taken place.
5. France to withdraw her troops from Rome
and from the other parts of Italy.
M. Thouvenel, after having received the orders
of the Emperor, declared that before giving a defi-
nitive answer to the propositions of the English
Cabinet the French Government thought it indis-
pensable to be informed of the views of Austria.
The courier bearing the reply of Austria is not
expected at Paris before the end of the week.
The Conatitutionnel, in an article signed by M.
Grandguillot, says,—
" The report going the round of the journals rela-
tive to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France
is but the result of a presentiment of public opinion

and a statement based on the logic of facts.

" The press has been struck by the attraction felt
by the population of Savoy towards France, and by
the justice of a measure which at the moment when
Piedmont is to be singularly aggrandised would
give France a geographical frontier,
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" But this unanimous tendency of the press re-
mains completely without official impulse.
"What Savoy wished for, what France desires,
does not appear doubtful, but what the Government
will and can do remains hidden under the ♦ei' of

diplomacy.
" Those who assert that the affair is settled are no
better informed than those who say that it will not

take place.
" The Emperor is the scrupulous defender of the
essential conditions which insure and guarantee
balance of power in Europe, and will certainly not
allow it to be altered, either to his detriment or
thc.t of others."

BERLIN, SUNDAY.

The Western Powers, it is asserted, have pro-
posed to Austria, as a solution of the Italian ques-
tion, that the States of Central Italy should be
called upon to vote again concerning their annexa-
tion to Piedmont, and that the principle of non-in-
tervention should be recognised.
It is reported that Austria has declared her re-
solution not to abandon the basis of the agreement
of Villafranea ; it is also said that she will not pro-
mise an absolute non-intervention in Central Italy,
and that, should no Congress take place, she will
only negotiate with France.

TURIN, FEB. 4.

The Opinione refutes the accusations of the Patric
concerning the conduct of the Sardinian Government
in Savoy. Sardinia has ever shown great confidence
in Savoy and Nice, which have always justified it
by their exemplary fidelity. The Piedmentese
Government has left those provinces without troops,
thereby allowing the inhabitants the free manifesta-
tion of their feelings. At the last communal elec-
tions in Savoy and Nice the party favourable to
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separation did not obtain the majority. The idea of
nationality must not be forced upon peoples. In case
Sardinia should obtain sufficient compensation
and strategic positions, and should the annexa-
tion of Savoy to France then be asked for, it might
be granted, but it is very difficult for Nice to be-
come French. Nice protests against it by her acts ;
her interests are also contrary to it. Therefore
these two distinct questions must not be mixed to-
gether. Sardinia is the friendly, loyal, and grate-
ful ally of France, but as long as Austria possesses
Venice the principle of Italian nationality cannot
be developed. Austria will be a permanent threat
against Piedmont, and Tkp Power would require
that Piedmont should weaken herself.

OFF TETUAN, FED. 4 (via MADRID).

On Thursday the weather was extremely bad.
The sea has never been worse, and many ship-
wrecks occurred. The disembarkation of the siege
train has been completed.
The semi-official orrespondencia Aztiografa
denies the reports that peace is about to be con-
cluded, and says :—" It is impossible to enter into
negotiations before complete vengeance has been
obtained by taking Tetuan and Tangier."
Yesterday Marshal O'Donnell announced to the
army that they would march against Tetuan. It is
believed that a great battle must have taken place
before the walls of that town, but no news has yet
been received.

VIENNA, FEB.. 5.
On Friday last Baron Vay and Baron Pronay;