Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851Various
History
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
We mentioned last month the release of Mr. Brace, the American traveler
in Hungary, who had been arrested and thrown into prison by the Austrian
authorities upon the most frivolous grounds. His release was procured by
Mr. McCurdy, who threatened to demand his own passports, if it was not
conceded. It seems that further proceedings of interest may be expected.
Mr. M. promised that Mr. Brace should present himself for trial. The
London _Spectator_ remarks that "this trial will be watched with
interest, it will take place in the sight of Europe and America, and
also in the sight of Hungary. The oppressed subjects of Austria will see
the right of personal freedom vindicated, in the person of a gentleman
whose own government will do no more than insist on the strict
fulfillment of the law, but will not be content with less. Austria will
be obliged to submit to the law, and will be forced to that hateful
submission at the dictation of a distant State. It will be brought to
that submission, that dictation, before the eyes of Europe, even before
its own subjects. It will be a very instructive trial."
It is stated upon what is believed to be good authority, that the
Turkish Government has definitively determined that Kossuth shall be set
at liberty on the 1st of September. The Austrian Government has warmly
and steadily protested against his release, but without effect. The
government of the United States has sent a national vessel to receive
him upon his liberation, and his arrival in the United States may be
expected by the 1st of November. No man living would receive a warmer
welcome.
THE EAST.
The English government has directed the seizure of another large
_Indian_ territory, part of the Nizam's dominions, to enforce the
payment of a large sum of money with interest. It is thought that the
Nizam can and will pay at the last moment; but if not, it is not
probable that his sway over his own dominions will hereafter be more
than nominal. At Gobindpore on the 14th of June, seventy prisoners were
chained together in a hut for safe keeping. During the night, the hut
took fire and all but five perished.
The news from _China_ represents the insurrection in the southern
provinces as one of magnitude and great political importance. It is said
that one of the leaders has assumed to himself the title of sovereign,
and that the insurgents, numbering a hundred thousand, menace the city
of Canton. The Chinese journals take very different views of the
character of this disturbance, some considering it as merely the work of
a few desperadoes, seeking only pillage, and others attributing to it
the highest political consequence. The emperor is said to be
considerably alarmed, and has sent against them his choicest troops.
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