Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-23


police that address thanks Our journals keep
measure The members of the committee of censorship
will take any responsibility upon themselves they trem-
Bile before every public writer and willing to suffer the
Agrarian law be preached little hey desire it, Since
the publication Of the last regulations OF the censorship the
press has used liberywe might employ the word license
which is unknown in Paris in Londn. At the same time
the people begin show alarm The shopkeepers complain
that nobody buy Of them and In all parts the depo
in the savings banks re.beng withdrawn During the
week the demands for embursements amounted to more
than million Of forDs-a enormous for city which
has not than one hundred thousand inhabitants Add
all this hostile attitude Of the Ausrans at Ferrara the
reports war esgned spread ABROAD by the etrograde par
y and you will easily conceive the of nquietude we are
inn
(This, it will be remarked, is from an unfriendly
source-the Debafs being the chief Ministerial or
gan of M. Guizot.)
son the 9th September great eocings took place Flo
renee in celebration of the creation o the national guard
procession of the principal nhabans palace
thank the Grand Duke. Hs hghness appeared at the
dows and was loudly cheered by the people, In the
ing the town illuminated On the 9Th there be
fete mostre at Leghorn, and public banquet take
place to celebrate the creation THE civic guard The follow
ing the decree by which the Grand Duke instituted the
tiona guard in his States;
We Leopold H. by the grace of God Imperial Prince of
Austria Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, Grand
Duke of Tuscany 10 subjects, greeting Always animal
ed by the most lively sympathy for the welfare of Tuscany
civic guard which shall assist in maintaining public security
and tranquility with the unanimous advice of the members Of
the Royal Consua of State and after hearing counc
we have ordained what follows
Art l. The civic guard is hereby instituted in the grand
duchy, and wesdecae that be considered nst
tuition of the State
cart. 3 We ourselves the right of approving
the fundamental rules of the said institution, according to the
advice of the Royal Consua of State, to which the exam
nation Of these rules has already been REFEREED conormaby
TO law.
Tuscans the civic guard is conservative institution
an institution for the guaranty of social oder of public and
private security Receive the organization of it as new
gage Of the unlimited confidence which your prince and father
places you. Wait in peace and submission for the
sary development of institution which have already
given appreciation. Remain always you have hitherto
been faithful your sovereign and obedent to the laws and
the magistrates Do not lose sight of the fact that all
teress intimately connected with order and obedience to
the laws that agitation, far from contributing to progress is
always OF disorder brings about stagnaon of industry
and trade, and the perturbation of private and general inter
ess to the injury of ALL by spreading dsus and fear among
all classes Of society. Given the 4th September.
!" LEopoIp,
"V. F. CEmrISI L. ALnIASI."
This step of course places Leopold at the side
of Plus. Besides the Tuscan and Sandman, how
ever, a less willing prince-the Duke of Lucca-
has, by sort of popular'duress, been made TO take
the same position. The subjoined extracts will
put readers in possession of the series OF events
to which we allide. We must premise that the
Duchess of Parma, Maria Louisa the ex-Empress
of Napoleon, is said to be about to abdicate her
miniature principality, her land Of cheeses; and
that, in such event. her domains of Parma, Placen-
tia, and Guastella pass to the Duke of Lucca-not
to the Archduke of Tuscany as the second para
graph of the extracts which we make has it. Ill
health is alleged as the cause of Maria Louisa's
signation. She is to take up her abode at Vienna
Advices from the Italian frontier Of the nth August
that the Grand Duke Of Lucca had sought refuge
Venice, daring remain in his States The Vice
roy of the Lombard Venetian States Gan Archduke of Aus
tra) at the Venetian capital The Grand Duke is
said have demanded the intervention of Austria in his ia
The serious political consequences which may result
from such step evident when examine the peculiar
circumstances OF the Grand Duchy In the treaty OF the Con-
gress OF Vienna there special clause which guarantees to
the Duchy Of Lucca the constitution Of 1905 According
the terms OF that constitution, self elected Senate, consisting
Of thirty MEMBERS placed by the side Of the Duke with the
power of appointing judges, and whose sanction requisite
for the passing Of laws The citizens have also the right
of forming national guard, privilege which the recent pro-
camaon Of the Grand Duke has aside. Again, in
OF intervention there practicable roads through the
Modenese States for the passage of Austrian army and il
they march through the Papa States would give
rise TO the most decided objections.
In of the death Of the Duchess Of Parma, Maria Louisa
Lucca will fall to Tuscany, and little excitement pre-
walls in the latter duchy on the subject.
The Semaphore of Marsees OF the 9th, has the following
from Italy 1t may be remembered that somewhat
grave disturbances broke back in the principal
y OF Lucca, in consequence of the antbera and mpoc
OF the Sovereign, and that arrests took place
On the 3ls ultimo the people with loud cries demanded the
prisoners The authorities called out the armed force but the
ownspeope not inundated by this display Of troops
Masses of the people went through the streets in the evenings
crying Long live Plus IL and demanding constitution
civic guard and the liberation Of the persons arrested At
the post of the palace the corporal called out the soldiers to
dispense crowd, and, their dwelling their muskets to
fire on the people, the open space front Of the building
Immediately cleared young alone stood their ground
excaming TO the soldiers Fire. il you have the courage TO
do We offer no insult to the Grand Duke only want
the liberty Of brethren The chief of the post struck
with admiration, called in his soldiers and merely
mended the young 10 apply the authorities The
Duke Of Bucca Charles Louis whilst these matters
passing happened TO be St But, the
agitation becoming and menacng the Council Of
State September l. and after deliberatng determined
to send depuaon informing him Of the state of the public
mind This deputation, composed Of the President Mana
and the Councillors Fasce Bancoi proceeded
the Dukes country house. The people had waited in the
Great Square the result Of the Councils deb ration and
immense crowd followed the deputaion, compelling the
rages 20 foot pace. The Grand Duke following the
example of the Tuscan Government accorded the liberty Of
the press civic guard and deivcrance Of the prisoners The
population then, intoxicated with joy, returned Lucca hold
ing in their hands branches of poplar trees re Deun
chanted in the Great Square celebrate the new era
liberty which commencing for the Grand Duchy sup
pemen Of the Coyre LUonese of the 3D. al eight in
morning. from which borrow these details announces that
Of the inhabitants Of Lucca out nj once for Pisa
special train, and made known the happy news The
journal adds the intelligence had excited in that CITY and