INFLUENCE OF THE ROTHSCHILDS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 4, Issue 165, 17 November 1860, Page 4

INFLUENCE OF THE ROTHSCHILDS.

(From the correspondent of the 8.. M. Heral&.J There is another monarch whose power ie. great and unmistakeable, and who wiU

undoubtedly play an important part in that settlement of any Eastern question. I allude to Lionel de Rothschild, an Austrian Baron, an English' M.P., and King of Finance throughout Europe. This Israelitish Croesus has added the profession of a journalist to his other occupations, having become principal o-wner of the paper known as the 'London Times.' * The wife of i Martin, the great blacking-man, in reply tfr a question touching her husband's literary" celebrity, replied, "O, lawks, Sir, we keepa poet." The famous firm of money len- , ders " keeps a newspaper." You wilt have noticed the vast amount of lecturing: and scolding that has been read to- ther Emperor and Government of Austria, duting the last twelve or eighteen months". Being a large creditor of the great Sanhedrim of money changers, and the course-" pursued by the reckless, bigoted, and besotted youth who sways the Hapsbur£ sceptre being calculated to lead to warsand speedy bankruptcy, the gentlemartwith the crown on was duly admonished,, and continues to be lectured semi-occa-sionally. In the silent and insidiousoperation of this vast monetary hierarchy t - with a branch of the family in nearly every capital of Europe, and a branch house in all the leading American States, it is impossible to conjecture the power that is everted in national affairs, in carrying elections, in the upsetting of thrones, in spurring on, or in preventing revolutions, and in regulating the political condition of Europe. Let Hungary create a revolution in Austria, and the , great creditor will lose his money. It isjtbis very influence of the Rothschilds that has made Prussia undertake, or hold out the prospect of aid to Austria in case she- were attacked in Venetia. . That very control in matters of less importance is exerted in the United States. The house of Rothschild — Auguste Belmont — advanced large sums of money to help to elect Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, in 1852; and M. Auguste Belmont~ was rewarded by being made United States Minister Plenipotentiary, to the Court of Holland. During the last few months Baron Rothschild has spent considerable time in Paris, and the Court Circulars have recorded the dinings, conferences, and familiar intercourse between the money. Autocrat and the Autocrat of France. Rumour has stated that Louis Napoleon had held out strong hopes "that, in return 'for his aid and co-operation,, the position of the Austrian Baron should,, at a convenient juncture, be to the high dignity of King of Jerusalem. And this modern Israelite expects he is to be the King of Jerusalem ! During all this time the London ' Times' has been, particularly mild on the Emperor of France, having none of those "slashing" articles that were wont to be employed in shewing up " the nephew of my uncle." So goes ■the world. If '• love rules the court," then money rules the King and the people. Looking at matters by this light, we shall have no' difficulty in seeing why the ' Times' so persistently attacked, abused, ridiculed, and used every possible effort to break down Kbssuth at the time of his visit to Europe in 1852. Though not as '- largely interested in the ' Times' then as now, the machinery had commenced working, and it continues its work. The fact of the ownership of the ' Times* in its present hands has excited a good deal of remark and attention, both in this country and on the continent, and it is predicted that neither establishment will, in the long run, do the other any permanent good. It is already telling seriously on the influence of the once formidable " Thunderer."