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      Archdeacon Denison And Mr. Gladstone. Th...

      « < If they are content to look to the possible action of such a Government , putting aside all considerations of hoiv it came to be a government at all , this may be expej ;< , ncv of a l ow kind , but it is not morality . ai em , y u ( Yqut obedient servant > « c George A . Denison , Archdeacon of Taunton . « < East Brent , Innoconts _* -day , 1852 / "

      January 1, 1853.] The Leader. 5

      January 1 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 5

      Foreign Opinions Of The English Ministry...

      FOREIGN OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH MINISTRY . The character of this ministry is perfectly _tranquillising for France and for the world injjeneral . The good relations which existed between our _government and that of Great Britain during the administration of Lord Derb y cannot fail to _consolielate itself under that of men like lord Aberdeen , Lord John Russell , and their colleagues . If talent and experience in the direction of public business be guarantees of moderation and conciliation in the times _jn which we live , no foreign ministry can give more guarantees for peace than the new English cabinet . —Constituti onnel . In a country where parties are so vigorously constituted as in England , these two statesmen ( Russell and Palmerston ) have sacrificed to the public weal the _susceptilities of their amour propre , and they have accepted , Lord John Russell the department of Foreign Affairs , with the leadership in the House of Commons , and Lord Palfnerston the Home department . They will neither one nor the other suffer any humiliation by so doing , and public consideration in Englanel will repay them with usury what they may appear to have lost in official importance . — Journal des Debats . The name of Aberdeen is a guarantee for that conservative , peaceful , honest foreign policy of which the noble earl has been the representative during the last generation . Lord Aberdeen undertakes the guidance of foreign affairs just at the moment that Louis Napoleon his conceived the _ielea of altering the customs ' tariff , and thus opening the French market to the produce of foreign industry . There is a British statesman who was induced by such an alluring prospect to forget the most sacred duties to old friends and allies ( alluding to Lord Malmesbury ' _s hasty recognition of Louis Napoleon ) . Let us rejoice that the new English Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs is not that man . —The Vienna Presse . Never has there been in England a government composed of so many brilliant parliamentary and administrative refutations ; but some persons are not without apprehensions that this fact itself will prove a source of weakness to the cabinet . All these eminent men have performed a momentary act of abnegation of their personal importance in accepting posts lower than they might reasonably claim , but will this self abnegation be maintained ? Will not the sentiment of importance resume its sway ? "Will not each minister want to exercise a preponderating influence on the affairs of the government , and so give rise to dissensions which will hasten a dissolution of the cabinet ? _fhese are reflections which occurred to some minds , but perhaps they are premature . —Independance Pelge .

      Letters From Paris. [From Oun Own Corres...

      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From _oun own Correspondent . ] Letter LI 11 . Paris , December 28 , 1852 . [ _Soxapartk remained at Coinpiegne , instead of retiming tei Paris as he hael purposed . The secret of this 'hange of resolution i . s , that he was anxious to go to fea _lY-ro to try ut the polygenic of artillery in that jarrison the new system of gunnery of which he is ' _><" , inventor . He pursues , you see' , his plans with all he tciv . _u-it y und obstinacy ofu Dutchman . _™> die Senate was obliged to send u deputation to >« _wont to Hi-, Majesty the Emperor the _Seimtus--otisultt ! of I ) e > cember 23 , which makes Honapurfe the - "toe-rat of France ' . Tho principal provisions of this _'t- 'w _Imju'i-iid ( _C onstitution are as follow .- —All tho ¦ " " _¦ _' _•¦ _m of the Constitution of January 14 , whieh sup-, ( _w < 'il Itoiiap arte to be responsible , are ; suppressed . He lls tiie absolute ri ght , without consulting a single '" il , to si gn all treaties eif _connnere-ei . He ; has equally '" light () f commanding and authorizing , by decree , 'works of public utility , all enterprises of general 1 eresl ,. \\ { . il (| s _^ , ni |„ . _riop } _, t of applying to _U'T' s " 1 ( _' 'ks such credits as may be necessary for ' * '" ¦ < 'om ] _ih'tieiii , without having consulted the Legis' ve hainber . s . J ri ono exceptional case only , these '< ,, | l ( s are f () _])( , _Hiibniitteel to the legislative corps . ' _"idgef , of expenditure will no longer be _veifeel by ' 1 * (> i _' s : we ; fall back thirty-seven years in this poof , they are to bo _veit . _eid simply by niinisf rie \ s . "io cnnccHHieiii Bonaparte has graciously cemsented J "lake is , ( h ut the ; buelgefwill be decreed in the _onilctD- | _, y _e-luipfers - llll ( _f even on this point Hona"' " '" _« reserved to himself the right , of applying to ' c ' ! i « r ° ' 0 i ,,, ' ,,, l ,, n <; 1 "' ° " _de-signe'd , the ; " _e'ie : elits . ( '' ( , | » " chapter , " at his own good p leasure . All this "" ' edible . , buf if _; til ( , _Htrictest truth . The corps _^ _islatil a ,.,. t , 0 m . ( , _; vo henceforth 2500 francs salary <( ' monthl y . So the people who once ; christened _^ _' 'P'osentatives of the Itepublic by the name of the w , _'"I . V-five _frane'S , " al randy ehib ' the _de ; pu < , ie . s eif _^ _'I'M-fo thei «• T \ ve > n « , y-livo h ' _undre-el _frane ' . s . " _^ '" * Wussiem of the Seuiaffts-Consullo was very _^ " . V "i Uim sittings of tho Commission , and gave ; rise Ht rong _eippositieui in the midst , _< _, f the Senate itself . H "" _lMntunt to give you somo details thereupon . It

      had been attempted , as I have before told you , to obtain some relaxations from Bonaparte on the various points in litigation . To every solicitation he replied by a formal refusal , in menacing terms . Thus , for the budget which the Senate desired to vote by chapters , one senator having had the audacity to say to Bonaparte , " that even under the old monarchy , the right of the nation to control , its expenditure was exercised by the States-General , and that , besides , his Majesty , who was in the habit of professing so hig h a respect for the principles of' 89 , could not destroy the existing state of things , " received this answer , — "Eh Men / let the Senate raise a conflict , and they will find out what it will cost them . " This menace , as you may imagine , had its due effect . The untoward senator held his tongue , and all remonstrance was stifled . On the question of commercial treaties and tariffs , Bonaparte told the Commissioners who went to urge their suit even in the forest of Compiegne , that he could not yield a jot on that clause , —

      1 . Because on the promulgation of the Constitution he had never dreamt of abdicating a right which he regarded as exclusively belonging to him . 2 . Because for some months past he had been conducting an important negotiation with the Zollverein , which was only delayed by the unwillingness of foreign powers to treat with him if such treaties as they were disposed to sign had to encounter all the tedious oscillations of the parliamentary regime . To the force of these reasons the Commission of the Senate could not choose but yield . They returned to Paris without having obtained a single concession . It was then that ' M . Troplong made his report to the Senate . The English journals have probably given you some fragments of that document . I need only say that it is drawn up with considerable skill . Omnipotence of the executive in matters of financial and commercial policy is there represented as a consequence of the Constitution of January 14 , of which ( says the report ) the fourteenth article implicitly guaranteed this right to the President . Now , to refuse to the Emperor what was accorded to the President would be a flagrant violation of the Constitution . So susceptible , indeed , so touchy are these rulers of ours on the violation of constitutional guarantees I However , it must be added , that the Report leaves to Bonaparte the re . sponsibility of all changes of tariffs which may be effected , and this , too , in terms so solemn , that it seems to take in his name the most explicit engagements of discretion . The elay following the Report came the discussion . A most lively contest ensued on the subject of tariffs . The Senate comprises a few of the large manufacturers—M . Mimerel , cottonspinner of Lille , who , by grace of our protectionist system , i . s allowed to levy a tax of about five millions of francs on the consumer ; M . Lebeeuf , manufacturer of pottery , tei whom France owes the exclusion , ever since 1834 , of English pottery , at once so beautiful anel so moderate in price : anel many other manufacturers of the same stamp . These two gentlemen , who had

      been se > uproarious in theCoiiimission , suddeiilylost their voices when it wus their turn to spe'ak in full . Senate . MM . Barochc , Ferdinand Barrot , and Beaumont de la Somine demanded the creation of a Council of Commerce . M . Charles Dupin spoke in favour of the proposition , anel reminded his colleagues of the fact alluded to in the Commission , that even in the time of Louis XIV ., Oolbe'rt was in the ; habit of consulting the gre-at manufacturers nnel the ; notables of tho commercial world . MM . Barochc anel Turgeif , plcmlcd em the other side the prerogatives of the ; executive . A senator , M . _Gouleit ele > St . Germain , hael the ; _nuelue-ily te ) challenge the oflicial representative's of the ; Government as to " _whethe-r these concessions woulel be' likely te ) put an one ! to the encroachments of the ; executive , nnd serve as a guarantee against further modifications of" the Constitution . " M . _Haroe-he ; replied rather eliily that "the lOinperor wa . s resolved to moelify the ; _Cemsf itiition just whenever _iwiel however he might eleoin convenient . " The Ministers in general , MM . _Ihireie-he , _Koulel , anel Bincaii appeared to _approiie-h the ; discussion with very cavalier pretensions . Iu fuel , the Senate' was treated by them par dessous la janibe . An amendment , demanding the establishment of a " ( . onseil ele ; Conntmree " to thevote The first division elehuel

      was put ; ' . was _-e-edoubtful . It was onl y reject eel at . the ; second . This germ of _exposition is very _signifie iinf . The ensemble , however , of the Senatus-Coiisulte ; was adopted by a large majority . Them we're seven dissentients MM . Mouluy elei la Meurthe ;; ex-Vice-President of ( he ; |{< - publie _" , _lle-uuniont ; the Cointe ; elo _Se ' gur ; General Buraguny d' Hillie > _in , whei i . s furious at not having been made Marshal ; the ; _Murepiis d'Audiffret ; _Ge-neral Husson ; and the Murepiis ele ; Croix . Huron _Ohurle-s Dupin , Ihe Comic Lenieroier , M . Vicllard , unel several ithers abstained-from voting . After the ; vote , n decree was road on tho hereditary . succession . This decree luid been Bent down sealed some timo . since to the J

      Senate , and Imd been deposited in the archive _^ . It constitute . , as I informed you in a former letter , old Jerome and his son , Napoleon , heirs of the Emperor . Its promulgation created in . tho political world and at the Bourse a varied and profound sensation . Some went so far as to say that the next heir but one would scarcely hesitate to mistake his crown for a stag , and in the course of some imperial hunt to bring the crown down with a flying ball . And as _imaginations travel fast in France , there were already floating rumours of an unlucky bullet that had hit Edgar Ney as he rode on the right of Bonaparte . All these reports were , it must be added , absolutely baseless .

      These hunts , by the bye , have been so many magnificent fetes . The day begins with the "throw off , " and closes with the curee by torchlight . The ladies received from Bonaparte a costume galant of his own colours , green and gold . Every day , new presents and new gallantries . Yesterday there was a magnificent raffle ( tombola ) , in which every lady won some precious prize , gold bracelets from Fuoment-Meurice ' s , with diamond necklaces or aigrettes . Bonaparte does things as grandly as a Louis XIV . It amuses us not a little in France to see this heavy , lumpish Dutchman ( ce gros lourdaud de Hollandais ) playing the part of a gallant . Everybody compares him to the ass in the fable , who wishing to caress his mistress , raises his dirty hoof , and chucks her under the chin quite amorously , ( " leve sa patte sale , et la lui porte au inenton fort amoureusement ") Another gallantry is also talked about , of which the Princess Mathilde was the heroine . This lady had forgotten to bring away from Paris a particular dress which became her exceedingly . Bonaparte despatched a special-train express at high speed . In one hour and a half , the train was at Paris , and back again with the dress . We must not despair of seeing , one of these days , the railways employed in " expressing" the slippers of the ladies-in-waiting , or the nightcap of some porter of the chateau . Nevertheless , his new Majesty feels the void of isolation spread around him daily more and more . Not a soul of the old noblesse consents to enter his Court or accept the hig h offices in the household ( de haute domesticite ) with which Bonaparte condescended to honour them . The Due de Mortemart , to whom he proposed to be Grand Marshal of the Palace , laughed in his face ; the Due de Mouchy , who was to be High Chamberlain , flatly refused ; and the Due de Guiche , whom he had sent for from Germany , to offer him the dignity of Master of the Hounds ( Grand Feneur ) , has returned to his post without accepting anything . Bonaparte is reduced , in very spite , to fly at lesser game ; lie must needs pick his grand dignitaries among his personal entourage . General Reynault de St . Angcly is , or is about to be , appointed Grand Marshal of the Palace ; Bertbier , the soi-disant Prince de Wagrani , is to be Master of the Hounds , as his father was ; Marct , soi-disant Due de Hassano , is to be' Grand Chamberlain ; M . _Me-njaud , _Bisheip of Nancy , is to be nominate'd First Almoner of the Emperor , with 25 , 000 francs salary , A : e . & , e .

      The _ne-gotiatieins with certain chiefs of the Modernte-Kcpuhlie'un party we-re ' , it turns out , perfectly true . This is the' pith of the mailer : — Bonaparte really sent for Carnot , as I tolel you , but after the hitter ' s instant _re-fusal , he sent for M . Ueflimeint , some ; time Minister of Justice- in . 1848 , anel to him _propose-el to fake M . _Iveiuhei 's post of President ele _Section in the Council eif State ' , lie also _eillercel to him and his political friends an accession te ) _eillie-e ; as complete as possible' in short , a _ve-ritable carle blanche . M . _llethiiiont , replied that he ; could give no answer before he had _consulted the chiefs of the _Modersitei-lJcpublie'an party . Ae ; e'e > rdingly , be _proceede-el to summon them at , the ; house eif M . Marie , unel there communicated tothe'int _he'eiflersof the Emperor . The stalesnii'ii in question—among whom we're ; MM . Carnot , Ouvaignae , _Geiiidchaux , _De-sgouseH _; , formerly epiesfor of the National Assembly , llavin , senile timo secretary uf the ; Assembly— replied , with extreme _viviie-ify , " thut _fhe-y _e-eiuld not . sei fiir forget their princip les as to _eoiise-nt , lo serve u Government sprung from the ; coup tl ' t ' dal of thei second <>< I ) e'cembe ; r . ' "This carte blanche he gives us , " _exe-laiiiie'd M . Geiudchiiux , " is nothing but a _niocke-ry . What shoulel wo elei with this carte blanche I Could we re-store ; tei tho people ; a . single ; erne' eif their _conlise-ate-d rights ? Could wei _re-steire ; Ihe : libert y of the press abolished , the right of _ine-e'tiiig suppressed , , the _libe-H _. y of speech _utinihilafe-d ? It is after having veiled himself twent y tivo millions eif civil _lisf . il , is after having reellie : _e-el nil tho public _libetrl . ies tei a Senate without the right of contreil , te > a mufe ; _Legislative Corps , to a Council of Slide ; ( dial , simply _ivgislers its muster ' s will ; it is after having _absorbeel all the rights of the ; nation , and _assuine-el fhe ; most absolute omnipotence , th _^» ho proposes tei givo us carte blanche . I say _i _^ _gjfl-ft ) yil , is a mockery . Wo have a carte blanche which ia " worth

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 1, 1853, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01011853/page/5/