New-York daily tribune., 1859-10-03

Thou oh. indeed, hs did defend the Catholic faith
in a wsy that would bsve commended him to the
affection of bis English ancestor He regarded
the Austrian rule as lax and culpaby lenest, a0i
be set them an example Of judcious goverDmsnt
The lives and property Of his subjects he treated
o. his own, TO do with them as be would. What
ever Of the nature OF laws existed @hen he suc-
ceeded, in l5i7, he abrogsted. Aud the being
DONE he would dictate to bis judges what sentences
they were to pass He bought the hsfvests of bis
Duohy by Wholesale and theo retsiled them out at
monopoly prices lie alone had control Of the
treasury, and he did with IL az he liked. He would
tell his subjects 10 sell bin this or that piece of
property at half ito value or else be would take il
by foroe and pay them nothing for it. In this way
he has made bimsef one Of the richest princes Of
Europe and as be has invested it out of the coun-
try, can now enjoy the fruits Of his industry aud
enterprise His streets swarmed with informers
npd SPIES his sils full Of prisoners, and with
his OVID bar be wrote doan IN his Code that men
should be liable to the punishment of the b,stin ,do
and women to that Of the whip. All educston
was in the bands of the Jesuits. who shared the
tyranny with him. Only the official gazette was
tolerated in the Ducby, aud be regarded The peas
ants who could neither read nor write as his bes.
subjects. No Modene,e could quit the territory
without permission. which it was very hard to get.
In short, China was land Of LIBERAL institution as
compared with Modens
When the French entered Italy, this precious
poteutste, notwithstanding his divine right saw on
the walls Of bis palace the handwriting which told
him that his kingdom would be taken from him.
But be ssw something else there and that was his
fine cole ction Of pictures. These he had packed
up, and, together with his collection of gold medals
and other objects of art including the most valuable
manuscripts from the duc1l library, sent them away
by night TO Vienna. He next took off the silver
handles Of the palace DOORS and seized all the money
in the treasury and made his escape at the head of
his army of three thousand men. But thus was not
all that he carried with him. He bad eighty prison.
ers in the fortress of Reggie. These xretches he
took along with him, and bad them locked up in
the prison at Mantua, and there keeps them as bis
play things by the permission of the Austrisns. 1t
is this mean and cruel villain that Austria demands
should be replaced in his tyranny by the voice OF
Europe! And it is not yet certain what BOnapsrte
msy decide is best for himself in the premises
Fortunately, letters of the Duke have been dis
covered in which be speaks of the French ad
ventuIer in the terms of contempt which his low
origin and usurpaton, not his crimes, naturally
excite in the breast Of so trply-dyed legitimate
These have been laid before Bonaparte, and are not
likely to prejudice him in favor of the writer. One
thing is certain. that nothing can carry him back
and keep him there, but overwhelming flreign
force-a doom which we trust Europe will not
permit to be contaminated. We hope be may meet
with the fate of bis ancestor Charles J., should he
attempt to force himself on the Modenese. If the
decision of the question be left with them, he may
os reasonably expect to recover the British crown
as his ducal corOnet.