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Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Corres...
Wioosly belong to the demagogical party , etc . . . . . The municipal councils of the communes of , etc suspended / ' It is the same in many other departm ents ; and this is what is called the reign of universal suffrage ! . . Another circnlar , more rigorous than ever in its terms , has been launched against the hawkers of books It appears that Victor Hugo ' s , brochure is committing Persi has returned to Paris
most serious ravages . gny he went as far as Roanne , to do the honours of his native town to Bonaparte , and then came back at once to Paris , where his presence is absolutely necessary . He returned to Paris immedjately after the affray at Lyons , to keep things in order . The Ministers in Paris , who had received news by telegraph of the aidede-camp , Colonel Fleury , being unhorsed , were found in a state" of fear and confusion . « S .
October % 1852.] The Leader. 937 ' '
October % 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 937 ' '
Continental Notes. According To The Moni...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . According to the Moniteur , the President arrived at Toulon at about one o ' clock on the 27 th . He was received by a salute from the fortifications and the fleet , which shook both sea and shore for ten minutes consecutively like an earthquake . He received the municipal authorities in the arsenal , and at three o'clock mounted on horseback to review the troops . Louis Napoleon has decreed royal honours to himself from the fleet , and is at this moment enjoying them at Toulon . He provided for this by a decree , which has been in M . Ducos ' s pocket ever since September 4 , and has only iust been made public in the Bulletin des lois . The reception of the President of the Republic by ships of war was regulated by the 711 th Article of a decree of Aug . 15 , 1851 . This article is now abolished , and the honours to be rendered to the head of the State are to be those mentioned in a decree of Charles X ., dated October 31 , 1827 . It is further ordered that the President is to be saluted with the cry of " Vive Louis Napoleon !"
The two Government candidates have been returned for Paris , in the room of General Cavaignac and M . Carnot . There were barely number of votes sufficient to make the election valid . The Government candidate has been also returned for Lyons , in the place of M . Henon . It would be a grave error , considering the extreme scarcity of electors who voted , the apathy of many , the fear of all , and the pressure of the terrors and influences of the Government , to consider these elections in the light of a triumph for the Government candidates . A private correspondent in France writes as follows , on a subjetet which had not escaped our attention : — " I know for-a p 6 sitive certainty that M . Napoleon Jerome ( son of old King Jerome ) is endeavouring to take up a serious position \ in the ranks of the democracy . He insinuates hiinsplfc , **—« j .. 1 ,-oi- ^ t v-ae time wltn a pardon or a commutation of punishment in his hand , at another with the offer of a situation to some starved or recreant dembcrat ;
to all with complimentary words of condolence . His father , too , taking advantage of his official position , and of the immense authority which bis rank and his name give him , perhaps one may fairly say his bonhomie also , pursues the programme with perfect consistency . Every one remarked his quasi-republican speech at the opening of the Senate ; many persons are disposed to question the objects of hia last journey . People have even asked how it was that M . Blaiiqui , the economist , was by his side as historiographer ? why M . de Girardin , whoso sustained intimacy with Napoleon Jerome is no secret , bravely opened the columns of his journal to letters which had the only merit of be traying a reclame in favour of a new younger branch ? I have oven heard it said , quite recently , that certain Generals are ready ; and one might almost assert that thero are democrats , in the enjoyment of an honourable reputation
hitherto , men and womon , who , without being disposed to act beforehand , would abet if required . I must tell you a little anecdote , inedited , but not tho less important . Jerome Bonaparte was lately on a visit to a largo town in < Iu ; west , where a well-known republican resides . Jerome despatched his secretary to him to beg him to accept a rendezvous on such a road , at such time , and place as mentioned . The rendezvous was punctually kept on both ni'les . Jiromu Bonaparte , it is said , warmly congratulated ' one , whoso acquaintance he was so happy to make , on having escaped tho proscription , ' etc . In a word , both tho one and tho other wero expansive in mutual complimonts ; | lnd , at last , Jerome , taking up ' the Republic , ' spoke of i ( s organization , and expressed wishes for its futuro Inuinp li . Overcome by such princely generosity , the proud ¦'" 'piiblinni could scarcely contain himself , and returned to tlio town happy and content . "
We ought to remind our readers , by way of comment Jipon thin lotter , that Napoleon , tho son of Jerome , resoin-I H , 'he Kinperor moro than any of tho family , and is not estilulo ol' abilities . No man Hpoko more frankly or lai iu toniperuiely than ho of Louis Honaparto , even in arin , idler tho coup tCHat . IIo has now boon reconciled I "" ' ' ' resident , but never intimate It is to bo hoped , "owover , that when Louis Bonaparte lias run his course , ¦ lU- iiiKu , will j ) 0 Hit-it of ftn Honapartism and all Bonaparto . s . '" the interview which took place at JN overs botwoon It - ¦••»» -wiw TT itlV U I'WVSIV 1 / III . V . U t » H . * . » \ j ¥ » . ' « n «"' I'II » JV'H
jurpn Dupin , ( who was President of ono x > f tine juries of '" Ureat National Inhibition of last year ) an President of 11 ( 1 V- 'wncil-denoralof tho Nievre , and Louis Napoleon , ho ""««> a long report to tho Prince of tho industry or tho ^• P'lrtiue n ^ and , alluding particularly to a foundry at ,. " lo ulliriu Unit tho best workshop in England do not viul "" ' ) olU "" '" "tides , and that , although tho raw mato-K . n ' "" ro expenKivo , thoro in in Franco j / roator oconomy «>» U uiHp girdH labour a . ulfuol . " hoi'M , ' , T \ ll ! ul 7 WIIH H () milch hurt by tho fall from bin t (> P * r L yoiXtt WMtf Uo wub obliged to rotum immediatel y
The Prefect of the Pas de Calais has ordered all the mayors in bis department to purchase a portrait of the President . The propriet or of T ortoni's has been warned not to allow any political discussion in his house . During the stay of Louis Bonaparte at Marseilles , he laid the first stone of the new Exchange , and decreed the re-building of the cathedral . This decree was placarded over the city the day after his arrival . To the address presented to mm ,, by the President of the Chamber , of Commerce , " his Highness" replied , that "He was well pleased to be able to give that testimony of interest to the commerce of Marseilles , and that his desire was that Marseilles , more and more nourishing , should co-operate in realizing the great idea of the Empeeok—that the Mediterranean ought to be a French lake" Surely " his Highness" forgets Malta and Gibraltar ! ,
The theatrical censors have of late become unusuallystrict in Paris . This week apiece was to be acted for the first time at the Porte St . Martin Theatre , which has been so often altered by the censors , that very little of the original work of the author remains . The drama is called Ricliard III ., and the author is M . Victor Segour . The principal objection made to the piece was , that the character of the hero was drawn in too strong colours , and more especially , that he was represented as too ambitious . The words tyran and usurpateur , which occurred in some of the scenes were ordered to be struck out ; and at the end of the piece , the cry of " Vive la Hose blanche , " was suppressed , as an expression which might be misunderstood . Perhaps it may not be known generally to the public that , a few months ago , a French Vice Consul was sent down to Jersey from London . So far as commercial affairs are concernedhis presence is absolutely unnecessary , for his
, duties in that particular line had always been hitherto most satisfactorily fulfilled by an inhabitant of St . Helier . The nomination of this new functionary could , therefore , seem to have no other object than that of establishing a French superintendent of refugies—a rather dubious office , and one which no foreign government should be allowed to appoint on British ground . But the good people of Jersey were not prepared to find that the expenses of this agent were to be defrayed out of their pockets . They are in the habit of continually going to and coming from France on their traffic or business , and formerly could enter and leave that country with a simple passport , delivered by thenown constable of St . Helier , and which cost only seven sous . Now they are obliged to pay this French Vice Consul five francs . The French themselves are mulcted in ten francs . All this , of course , does not tend to render the residence of the new official popular in the island .
General Castanos , Duke of Baylen , an old companion in arms of the Duke of Wellington , died on the 24 th , at the age of 95 . The battle of Baylen , from which the general drew hia title of Duke , was one of tho most memorable defeats of the Pnjuuli in the Spanish war of independence . Castanos was free from the jealousies entertained by several of the Spanish commanders towards their foreign allies . He cheerfully served under English commanders , and was best of all liked by Wellington and his army .
The Military Gazette states that the Minister of War has ordered that hi 3 funeral shall be conducted with all possible magnificence at the expense of the state . The Queen , who greatly esteemed the old Duke , has given orders that he shall have a public funeral , and that the Court shall go into mourning for three days . Her Majesty has also intimated that she would attend the funeral , which is to take p lace at tho church of Atocha . Tho precise age of the distinguished soldier was ninety-live and a half years .
The JEpoca says that the Queen has ordered that all the honours due to a Marshal of tho Spanish army shall be paid to the memory of the Duko of Wellington , with the exception of a religious service , which , cannot take placeon account of his having been a Protestant . On Thursday , tho 23 rd inst ., the King of tho Belgians , with his eldest son , tho Due de Brabant , was entortainod by tho Burgomaster of Brussels . The session of tho Legislative Chambers of Belgium was opened on tho 27 th by commission , without a speech from tho throno . Tho Chamber of Deputies elected M . Delohaye President by f > 4 > votes . M . Verhagon obtained but 40 . In consequence of this vote tho Ministers resigned . Tho Chambers wero adjourned to tho 20 th October .
Tho French Government pursues its intrigues in Belgium , aided and abetted by the ultramontane clerical party , who are incensed at . tho recent curtailments ol" their overweening privileges by tho liberal measures of tho Belgian Government . Tho decreo raising tho duty on Belgian coal and iron , which we reported lust week , is regarded by the Sieclc as tho commencement of tlie war of tariffs with which Belgium was monucod by the memorable article of Grimier do Cassagnac . It has been lately stated by a Belgian journal that tho French Government threatened to impoHo tin additional duty of ton per cent , uiion all Belgian produce , unless Belgium would accept all tho modifications in tho tarid" of 1845 proponed by 1 ' " ranee . Tin wo modifications are undorntood to extend not only to silks and wines , but toeottoiw , woollen tissues , printed wools , ribbons , fancy articles , clotliH , and sea salt .
This fall of the liberal Ministry , for want of a working majority in the Chamber , in a fresh conquest of Bonapiirtisl intrigue , a 1 ' ronU rebuff to tho King , and a fresh danger to tho nation . Kver since the beginning of tho year Louis Bonaparte has incessantly threatened and harassed Bolgium with voxutious and unreasonable demands for tho expulsion of refugees , tho prosecution of newspapers , tho modification of fund's , in a way to alarm Belgian producers , and to liring tho Government into contempt with tho nation . Will England , ho closely bound to Belgium by dynastic and diplomatic ties , by tho guarantees ol t rojttioa , by similarity of institution *! , allow Belgium to bo absorbod or auuoxod by her overpowering neighbour P
Will Queen Victoria allow her royal uncle to be sacrificed to the insolent caprices of her Foreign Secretary ' s intitimate personal friend ? These symptoms of reaction , political and ecclesiastical , and the evidences of despotic pressure upon what was so lately the most prosperous and contented constitutional state in Europe , demands the earnest attention of the English Government . Louis Bonaparte is not the only bully that threatens Belgium . The Vienna Presse of the 22 nd inst . contains a monitory article on Belgium . The youngest of European states is reminded that it is not entitled to play the moderator in European politics , but is bound to conform itself to the order-policy of the greater states . It adds that Belgium is not in the number of those states whose existence is
guaranteed in the treaties of 1815 : its later independence is only an indulgence granted by the great powers , and one of the most essential conditions of the prolongation of that indulgence is the removal of all persons whose presence on the soil may be prejudicial to Belgium ' s neighbours . Certainly when despots do agree , their unanimity is wonderful . Constitutional and contented Belgium is an eyesore to despotic , down-trodden , and bankrupt Austria , as well as to Napoleonic France . What is the attitude of England in this matter ? Is Belgium to be annexed , or not ?
A letter from Berlin , of the 24 th , states that the less elevated state of the temperature has checked the progress of the cholera in that city . An official report which has been just published there has tended much to reassure the public mind . Only three new cases had occurred on the 23 rd . The news from Posen and Western Prussia was also less alarming . The sanitary congress at Brussels , which has been attended by distinguished foreigners from all parts of E urope , and honoured by the presence of the King of the Belgians , has just terminated its sittings . The facts and calculations advanced by our sanitary reformers during the debates of the Congress , and characterized by Mr . Ward by the phrase , " Circulation v . Stagnation , " are to be made the subject of inquiry in this country by the Belgian government engineers . It is well known that the Sultan had made a concession
to M . Lamartine of an extensive farm in the neighbourhood of Smyrna . M . Lamartine has leased it to an English gentleman on certain conditions , which have not been accepted by the Government . An Armenian company , however , offered a sum of 800 Z . per annum for twenty-five years , on the Government conditions , which has been agreed upon , and ratified by all parties . The result is , that the Sultan ' s grant has been converted into an annuity of 8001 . for twenty-five years , for the exclusive benefit of M . Lamartine and his heirs . The passion for obtaining titles as a preamble to names in Germany , is proverbial . Kotzebue , in his Klein Stddter , ridiculed this mania in a pleasant manner . His satirical fancy went far , but it has been outdone by the reality in tho person of a Silcsian gravedigger , who signs the receipts for his labour , " Lowering-down Councillor" ( Versenkungs-E-ath ) .
At the grand imperial review at Pesth , on the 20 th , Lord Westmoreland wore his uniform of a British general , with the cross of tho Austrian order of Maria-Theresa , presented to him in the year 1815 . His lordship was a very conspicuous object , although surrounded by nearly 300 princes and officers of high rank that composed the escort of tho young Emperor . Austria is making arrangements to negotiate a concordat with the Holy See . Tho new law of marriage , which is to bo submitted to
tho Pope , transfers from the civil to the spiritual jurisdiction all divorce cases , besides creating fresh obstacles to the marriage of Catholic and Protestant . Marshal Itadetzsky , now in his 85 th year , passed through Trieste on the 22 nd inst ., on his way to Fiume . The official Austrian papers extol the Duko of Wellington as a statesman , but aro singularly , silent as to his military career . It is computed that about 35 , 000 emigrants havo left Germany within the year , from tho port of Bremen alone , chiefly for North America .
The reports of the inundations in Switzerland , and the TJppor as well as tho Lower Rhine , continue deplorable . Even as low down as Dusseldorf tho waters had risen fifteen feet , and continued to rise at the rate of two feet in the twenty-four hours . Advices from Berlin of the 20 t , h instant state that all tho governments of the coalition have signed , at Munich , their answer to the last Prussian declaration . They no longor insist on the simultaneity of tho negotiations with Austria , and those for the re-constitution of the Zollverein ; but while giving way on this point ., they persist in demanding that the basis of the futuro treaty with Austria shall be assured before the reconstruction of the customsunion . They also refuse to renew their present engagements for 12 years , ns demanded by Prussia . Ministerial conferences were held at Herlin on the 25 th
and 20 th , and it was believed at Berlin that tho governintuit had refused to accept tho answer , and that the cuutomn conferences , and not the union itself , wero on tho point of dissolution . Tho Zollvoroin dispute is growing angrier , and sJiowa no symptom of a reconciliation . Austria , on her side , in greatly inoonsed , and , through tho ollieial journals , complains bitterly of" ( ho intolerable presumption of Prussia , creating delays <> " frivoloun protoxtH , aspiring to the . Protectorate of a North Gorman Union , and plotting tho dismemberment of Germany . But , adds the Austrian Corm . ipomlvuz , it is a matter to bo peaceably arranged .
Tlio Pope visited Porto d'Anzio on the 10 th , whore , after receiving the authorities , lie inspected two steamers intended for the Navigation of tho Tiber ; ono of them cominundcd by a Pontifical officer , and the other b y Captain Olivier , of tho French navy . Hia Holinosa embarked in
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101852/page/5/
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