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chance than an opportunity of a little fratricidal dehoument . In the breast of the ex-duke Charles the fire of revenge naturally glows fiercest , he being the suffering . party . Selfcconsuming , however , as his wrath may be * there is but little prospect of its sbon becoming satiated . The demands the ex-duke has made to the Court of Queen Victoria for military co-operation against his wicked brother have fallen on * dull ears , and the English Government refused to assist in any such dangerous adventure . At last the erratic . Duke deemec it prudent to leave this unsympathising country , and mounted his balloon to locate himself beside his former boon companion , Louis Bonaparte . It is
¦ whispered that in former days , whien the Tuilenes knew not its present occupant / the Duke did frequently become the Fould of the hour to the pecuniary emergencies of the future emperor , and furnished the " necessary" for many a Sybarite performance . In due consideration for which , it is affirmed , a treaty was entered into—verbally or otherwise—by which , the Napoleonic Pretender promised , in requital of all favours received , to give Charles of Brunswick material support in the event of the fickle goddess ever smiling on the then prostrate Bonapartist dynasty . It does not appear , however , that this treaty is to be carried out . The ex-duke is allowed to dazzle all beholders with his
diamonds in . Paris court circles , but a French army has not yet been ordered to march for his restoration . Still the hope that has been so unfeelingly deferred for a quarter of a century abateth not his wrath a whit ; and . he still bores his less sanguine convives with projects and notions of how best to accomplish the destruction of that atrocious brother of his . '¦ •¦ ¦ . . : , : This is the not very edifying history of the two last descendants of the original House of Guelph , who , not content to wait for the extinction of the dynasty by the certain means which nature seems to have ordained , would faiii anticipate the event by devouring each other .
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mountable obstacle . . Then there was the interminable nuisance of the Moldo-TTaHachian Provinces , in which France atnbitioned to play the tool of Russia to annoy Austria . Here the English alliance was felt io be a drag upon Russo-French proclivities . Later came the African immigration scheme , which certain prominent personages fancied might be made as profitable to them as Cuban immigration used to be to . Maria Christina of Spain . The anti-slavery protests of Great Britain spoiled the project ; and now her conduct has defeated another grand Napoleonic scheme for re-enacting the ancient policy of France , with a view to make the Bonapartes masters of the country of their ancestors . Enumerating these things , people here pretend that it would be cheaper and less hazardous to make a descent on the English * ^
shores , dash on to London , and" dictate a peace Westminster which should secure to France the right of doing as she liked hereafter . Three days' pillage of your metropolis is a very captivating prospect , and to effect it nothing is wanting , it is believedj but the will . The English working classes , we are assured , would hail the entry of French troops with joy , and be their most earnest allies . "We are told that there are twelve Government transport steamers , each as large as the Himalaya , capable at a pinch of transporting each 2000 men with five days' provision ; that a fleet
of twenty screw liners can be rendezvoused in the Channel without your knowing anything about it in sufficient time , and . that each can tarry 1000 men without . inconvenience ; besides which other means are provided for transporting cavalry and . guns . We are assured that every twenty-four hours a corps d ' armee complete could be landed on your shores , while your Channel fleet would be occupied with French liners . Whether the scheme be seriously entertained , and what are its chance , it is impossible to say ; I give it to you as retailed among numerous classes of society , from Legitimists to Ked Republicans .
TRADE AND WAR . The publication of the Custom-house returns for last vear comes Very opportunely to show the magnitude of those interests which would be seriously injured , i f not wholly destroyed , by the foolish and culpable pursuit of an antiquated policy , such as advocated by those twin organs of armed interference in the domestic affairs of other nations , - the JPresse and the Patrie . Upon the trade and commerce of France a very large section of her industrious and intelligent population is dependent for a means of living . They cannot afford war , however glorious and philanthropic it might be , for jit would reduce them to pauperism . Could all the glories of Marerigo , Austerlitz , and Wagram be enacted over that
again , and compressed into a campaign or two , would be no compensation for the terrible misery which would have to be endured . Not only is this conviction deep seated and wide spread among the working classes , but it i 3 also paramount with their employers . There is an extensive manufacturer of china goods here , who , before the international exhibitions , was a rank A , nglpphobist . He breathed the most terrible threats against your national integrity and supremacy , going even to the length of saying that , although old , he would volunteer to assist in your destruction . But in the midst of this bellicose ardour there came certain chapmen , or commission agents , from London , who saw his goods and bought largely . Since then , your enemy has become your friend . He finds that certain houses in the neighbourhood of St . Paul ' s are good customers ; they pay punctually , and deal fairly ; wherefore this
2 , 019 , 318 ^ 1857 , and 1 , 731 , 479 / . in 1856 . The total importations of silver during the three years have therefore been 1 , 616 , 308 ? ., while the total expectations during the same period have been 4 , 524 , 026 / ., so that France would appear to have lost in these three years a portion of her wealth in ! silver equal to 2 , 907 , 218 / . At the same time it would appear that this drain has ceased , or is on the eve of doing so , for ' . last year the exportations of silver declined to one-third of their amount in . tUo preceding year , while the importations rose to nearly double . _ . _ .. _ '* . ^^ 'Li «^ w -m ^ ri ^ m * ¦ ^ " M * ^ + € \ ^ A- r * fi T " . •¦ _ * 4 fh 5 * f % ^ v *«
On the other hand , the value of gold imported iQ 1858 was 2 , 537 , 012 / . against 2 , 604 , 937 / . in 1857 , and against 2 , 119 , 975 / . in the preceding year . The exportations during the same period were respectiv ely 304 , 617 / . in 1858 , 566 , 300 / . in 1857 , and 411 , 282 / . in the preceding year . The total value of importations of gold during the three years has been 7 , 261 , 924 / ., and of the exportations 1 , 282 , 199 / ., so that France has added toher stock of gold during these three years no less a sum than 5 , 979 , 725 / . If we compare the loss of silver with the gain of gold , France would appear to have added to her metallic wealth by no more than 3 , 072 , 507 / ., or at the average rate of a million sterling annually . .
P ; S . — -Without intending more weight should be attached to it than it merits , I give a rumour , very generally circulated among what ought to be wellinformed circles of society , and to which almost implicit credence is here given . It is said that the speech from the Throne , on Monday nextj will be eminently pacific . The Empire-will be again affirmed to be based upon peace . The sympathies of France for Italy will be enumerated , but a solemn disclaimer will be entered against any intention to give them , an active ami material form . A hope , perhaps , will be uttered that Italy may achieve her independence ; and when this is attained , and has become unja ' tt accompli , the physical aid of France might be invoked and accorded to maintain
the liberties which Italy had Avon . Allurion . will be made to the resolute determination of France to observe treaties , until the parties in whose interest they were made are desirous to modify them or unable to enforce them . Territorial aggrandisement will be stated to be hostile to the policy of the Empire , and a reprimand , it is thought , will be addressed to those who , for their mercenary arid selfish ends , propagate rumours of war . Attention will be called to the benefits which have accrued to France from her perseverance in the policy of peaceto the satisfactory condition of heir manufactures and commerce—to the contentment of her populations , and to the generally rapid advancement of their material of
prosperity . A , glance will be given at the progress public works within her territory . The Algerian railways will be spoken of as being full of promise for the welfare of the colony . The national finances will be said to be in a most prosperous state . But the bouquet will be the stress laid on the alliance with England—on the advantages which have resulted to civilisation , and which will accrue to trade from the cordial and united action of the two states in various parts of tho globe , and more recently in China and Japan . I had almost forgotten to say that great devotedness will be professed for the Holy See , with a hope for the improvement of the Papal Government .
Paris china manufacturer now finds a war which might involve interruption of mercantile relations with England la plus grande bvtise que Van puitse jair . e ; To which many say , Amen . I am glad also to note that , since war appeared probable , the chief organs of tho Protectionists have become most creditably pacific . Their tone is somewhat moro courteous to English freetraders . Indeed , they affect to sympathis . 0 with the sufferings which tho pernicious heresy of commercial liberty has inflicted upon all classes among you , and tp pray for j'our speedy return to orthodox Protection . It is most satisfactory to witness tho rapid growth and development of a love of peace among a popple who had the reputation of loving war for tho pleasure of killing or being killed . And I think this sentiment will bo strengthened and advanced when tho statistics of trade are road with a view to understand their political and
FRANCE . { From our own Correspondent . " ) Paris , Thursday , 6 p . m . PRINCE NAPOLEON ' S MARRIAGE . This afternoon , amid military pomp , Prince Napoleon introduced his girl-bride to the sovereign and Court of France . It would be ridiculous to assume that beyond the . Court the marriage has excited sympathy or interest , save so far as it involved the question of war . But there is one feeling , which is sincere and universal , and that is , thankfulness at the termination of the business without additional complication . When the news came of the French naval force having returned to Marseilles without having provoked , while in Genoese waters , any
popular explosion , men spoke as if a great load had been removed from their minds . They congratulated one another , as might be expected , on an escape from great danger , and even had compliments to offer on the skill , and finesse of the Government for . steering so near destruction and making a safe port after all . The idea of war grows fainter , ' and seems day by day £ o become more remote . The rumours of armament , marching to and fro of troops , are believed to have no hostile signification for the moment . These movements are believed to have for object , besides the amusement they afford the Emperor , to occupy the army , and to keep up the delusion among Italians that Bonapartiam means the liberation of the peninsula . The
aggressive . conduct of Franco , thrqugh the organ of her Emperor , has proved to Frenchmen how isolated is their position in Europe . They ' see ' that nowhere would they find allies in a war undertaken for resuscitation of dormant nationalities ; that if England remained neutral it could only bo for a time ; that all Germany would spring to arms like one man to resist the disturber of public peace ; that whatever support was afforded by Russia would bo uncertain and precarious , liable at a moment ' s notice to bo changed into active hostility ; and the peoples for « whoso protended freedom thoy would plunge into war have no confidence in French disinterestedness , and no ambition for French protection .
At the same time there is vaguo apprehension arising that war with England may not be so far distant after all , and it would bo wrong to conceal tho fact from purselvos that this prospect excites the hopes of the army , and flatters the national spirit of a very large section of tho community . It h beliovod that in several instances the policy of the Emperor , lias been defeated by the conduct of tho English Government . Last summer nothing but a war with , tho United States for , tho protection of Spanish America and Cuba was talked of . Hero English neutrality presented i \ n Jnsur «
social signification . Tho amount of duties levied on imp ortations into Franco in 1858 was 7 , 804 , 588 / . against 7 , 828 , 506 / . in 1857 , and against 7 , 078 , 547 / . in 1850 . Tho stoadfast increase of Importations , even under tho disastrous influence of the crisis , would seem to indicate advancing national prosperity , tho development of wants whioh no amount of protection on homo production can supply , and tho growing dopondonoo of Franco on foreign states for first necessaries—tho best guarantee for poace that has yet boon found , The total declared value of goods exported is unfortunately never published , so that it is impossible to accurately estimate tho value of the export trade . The value of silver imported In 1868 was 700 , 789 / . against 428 , 595 / . in 1857 , and against 481 , 474 / . in the proooding year . Tho exports of silver during those throo yoarn wore of tho respective values of 778 , 22 l )/ . * lii 185 « ,
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GERMANY . ( From our < own Correspondent . ) February 2 nd , 1859 . It would be superfluous to notice at any length tho interesting event which occurred in Berlin on tliu 27 ' tu ult , just throe days from the anniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great . Even the most ardent opponents of the Graco-of-God Government cannot help sympathising with tho happiness of that amiublo constitutional Queen and tho youthful couple whoso antecedents have boon so inoffensive anil so innoxious to mankind . That neither they nor their innocent offspring mny ever excite other feelings than those which at present animate every breast is ft wish expressed by all with whom 1 have come in contact . Your readers will , doubtless , rucoivo
from other quarters full accounts of tho rejoicing , "t Berlin in particular , and in Prussia generally . I will merely observe that , however enthusiastic such rejoicings ' may seem , thoy are entirely personal : tho nmioiplos and desires which since , as well as prior to , 18 A « have been busying the brains and rankling in tlio minus of tho groat majority , aro not in any way , or at most only temporarily , affected thereby .. Tho days of royalty in Germany and Franco aro numbered , and nothing uu &
the opportunity is wanting . Lot tho Kugliiili I' 0 ' » P « ° bowaro of allowing this union of tho two fumilii-H to entangle thorn in « n alliance with tho Graco-oM'OU KoyaUy of Prussia against tho people of rrwwlii mm all Germany . Thoy may bo assured tho rru *» w »«» however loyal thoy may appoar at this poriod , aro mo o Gorman than Prussian . Koports « ro curront U ><« consequence of tho birth of an heir to the thruiio an amnesty will bo granted to the numerous politlual osiios , many of -whom have boon separated from wives , chliaicn ,
and friends since 1848 . ,,..,,. Tho proooodlngs in tho Landtag havo boon of u » J moro than loual interest during tho i . imt wouii . *««
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05021859/page/20/
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