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LETTERS ERGM PARIS . ^ Extracts from Private Correspondence * ') . .. . " Take note of what the Leader is paying now . T ^ ou . Wall have to remind your readers of -your words in a few years , perhaps even in . a few months . You cannot conceive the state of restlessness and discomfiture of the adherents of the present , regime—I mean senators , aides-de-camp , officers of the household , deputies , and other lacqueys . This reoent pistolshot has betrayed to them the frail tenure of their existence . They interrogate one another ' s countenance , and not one can promise his fellow a quarter of an hour ' s political life when the master has disappeared . The same feeling was evidenced by the step taken by the collective deputation of the Ministers and other dignitaries of the State totheir master before the ' attempt . ' I was told yesterday by a
senator , that thejjjiad been in a body to declare to the Emperor , th ^ Sf he started for the army in the Crimea , none could guarantee the public tranquillity at home , and that they preferred to resign en masse . This declaration was coldfy and silently received , but the visit to the Crimea is postponed 'sine die . There is a dawn of opposition on all sides . The confessed failure of the siege of Sebastopol may have something to do with this movement of opinion . I am assured that the latest news from the Crimea is deplorable . Fever and cholera are setting in . Sixty thousand rounds have been fired , with no other result than 600 Kussians killed , and 2500 wounded . The batteries and the ramparts of the besieged are still standing . Every one now cries , We must get out of it . But can we , if the Russians will not consent to the denouement ?"
.... " All the world agrees , of course , that it was afoohsh and wipked act ; and even people not accustomed to mention Providence , appeal to its intervention to explain the escape of his Majesty . It appears that Providebce had inspired him with the idea of wearing a cuirass ; for it is confidently affirmed that the second ball struck him en pleine poitrine and threw him back on his horse . The only disastrous result of this affair is , that the Republicans are again persecuted with suspicion ; letters are opened in order to discover traces of a conspiracy . It is said that the man has accused above 100 accomplices , and that arrests innumerable are taking place . Some pretend that it is all a police-stroke to avert the journey to
the Crimea , but this is not to be believed . What we know for certain is that the population empresse ' e , said by the Government journals to surround the Emperor ' s steps is chiefly composed of disguised policeagents armed with poniards . It will be dangerous to raise one ' s hat to blow one ' s nose . The English should keep out of the way , as there is danger at every turn . See how that agent stabbed Pianori at once ! They say it was frightful to see the Emperor with his face distorted by emotion , rush wildly through the barriers surrounded by the few horsemen who are aceustomed to appear there at that hour . A good many English left their cards next day at the Tuileries , but I don't think the courtiers behaved well .
They at first thought that something serious had happened , and scampered off to their houses , so that Prince Napoleon Jerome , when he came—with an alacrity which must have been gratifying to the Eniperor —* to the Tuileries , before the return of the Imperial couple , found himself almost alone . Afterwards a great crowd came ; but I am afraid the people ( with ordinary beef at twenty-six sous a pound , the filet at forty-eight—such is the measure of national progress and contentment ) are too much occupied with their miseries to think of showing their 'loyalty !' The population remained unaccountably indifferent ; and I heard one -fellow say , almost as a joke , ' They
have tried to demolish the Emperor . .... There is much disaffection indeed ; many are even delighted at the report that the allied armies will soon bo reduced to capitulation . Patriotism seems quite dead . . . . . The opening of the Exhibition even cannot bo predicted with certainty . The victims of the Moniteur fill the streets , displaying much red whisker , cut in the traditional ' mutton-cutlet' fashion ; and some presume to say , in loud English , that they have been done , in order that shopkeepers and hotels may profit . Discontent on this point is general . Perhaps , however , the real reason of the delay—which may be prolonged—is , that the ITrench don ' t understand business . "
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CONTINENT AT . NOTES . Thr Mbata has an article in which it talcca great pains to point ont that the Conferences are not in point of fact closed or dissolved , but merely " suspended , " and that the expression " adjourned sine die" has more moaning in this particular case than is generally attached to it . It affirms that I > ord John Russell proposod to doclaro the Gongresa terminated ; but that Count Huol objected to this a « renouncing all chances for the future . The Aesemble ' e reassert ^ the rumours of aorlous dittngreements Slaving taken place at the Conferences betw < J « n Austria and the Allies . Those , 'it ia said , arose out of the desire of- the latter Dhat rill rthipa of war should bo excluded from the Black Sea , which should thus bo made neuter ;
ito wJu > h > jfa » teiavstroi ^^ objsofed * and proposed , ; on her part , tiiatBassia / AcrnidiUBdeEtafcetofimithershi p ^ to the number now ramaining latf'Sebasfcopol and : at bor other ports ia tfce Eusrine , ^ Bhe . writer adds- * - ' * ( The attitude token fby > Austria iriithe Oust Conferences .-ap pears of a ^ aature- to lead to - the-beHef tLat she -is-. decidod , as'wae saidieome days since rmUheMonitew , to make , in war as in peace , common cause with the , Western Powers . At Vienna , iu > w-ev « r , some doubts are still entertained on * thfefheaa . " , M . iDroayn de Uhuys IMtY . ibona on Friday week . The " Address to the People , " written by Charlotte Corday , and-: found upon her person'When she was « trestedi was sold In' ( Paris the other--d « y for 770 fir .
A private meeting of members ¦ of -the French Institute has been held to consider the expediency of protesting against the recent imperial decree , altering the constitution of that body . The proceedings were opened by Count Mole * , who spoke with much warmth , and declared that he felt personally insulted by the attack upon the privileges of'the Academies . M . Guizot followed , and'expressed-his concurrence in the views of Count Mole " . Several bitter speeches were made , and'it was ultimately resolved , almost unanimously by the members present at the meeting , that a respectful protest should be presented to Government . M . de Germiny was the only member of the meeting who voted against
the resolution . M-. Prosper Merimee withdrew before the discussion was over . M . Sainte Beuve observed that there was much to be said on -both sides of the question , and expressed a determination not to vote . It is confidently asserted by friends of the protesting academicians , that they . will resign en masse if the decree be not withdrawn or materially modified . As there is not the least probability that any attention will be paid to the protest , we may expect to hear of their resignations , unless they should think better of it . The pension of 2000 f t \ a year attached to the dignity of an academician , although not a large sum , will doubtless be a subject of consideration with many before coming to a final decision . —Daily News Paris Correspondent .
The Minerve , of Athens , of the 11 th , publishes an article pointing out the benefits which have resulted from the residence of the French troops in that capital , and expressing the warmest gratitude of the inhabitants of th « Piraeus for the improvements effected there by toe French . Streets formerly almost impassable have , it saya , been thoroughly cleared ; squares planted with trees ; and pieces of waste ground converted into highly cultivated gardens . In short , the town of the Piraeus , by the exertions of the French Admiral , has not only been cleared and rendered healthy , but the aspect of it has been completely changed . " If the army remain here some time longer , " says the Minerve , " the town will be entirely embellished in the European style , and the Piraeus will resume its ancient splendour . "
The committee of the Spanish Cortes on the Budget has been occupied in endeavouring to ascertain the precise amount of the deficit ; and , although it has not yet completed its task , it has ascertained that the deficit will not be less than 200 , 000 , 000 reals ( the real is five sons ) . It is now positively affirmed that the long-talked-of journey of the Emperor to Constantinople and the Crimea is suspended , if not definitively abandoned , A telegraphic message was sent off to Marseilles to prevent the embarkation of the articles prepared for the voyage , and , further , desiring that a message be despatched to Constantinople , ordering the preparations for the Emperor ' s reception in that city to be suspended . It appears
that one of the immediate—at all events , ostensiblecauses of this change of resolve , is the report of a committee of physicians held yesterday , who are said to have decided , after due deliberation and a minute inquiry into the circumstances , that the sanitary condition of the encampments is not so good that the Emperor could safely visit the spot . It is very probable , too , that the strong discontent manifested by many persons of rank and position , in and out of the Government , which has considerably augmented as the day of the intended departure approached , has had a good deal to do with that decision . Bo this as it may , the journey is . positively said to bo suspendedt—Times Paris
Correspondent . The Imperial Court was on Wednesday week again occupied the whole day in hearing pleadings in the case of Mademoiselle Doudet . Tho Court , at the opening of its sitting to-day , delivered its judgment . The appeal a miiiimd of tho public prosecutor , founded on tho plea that the former judges had neglected to attribute to tho facts imputed . to tho prisoner the character of premeditntion , was admitted . As this circumstance allowed of the sentence being raised from two to five years' imprisonment , tho lattor term was pronounced by tho Court . Mademoiselle Doudet immediately appealed to tho Court of Cassation . —Idem .
By an Imperial decree , Count Colonna Walowski , French Ambassador in England , has beon raised to tho dignity of Senator . " According to advices from Peru , " says tho Courrier du Havre , " tho French and English fleets wore uniting at Calloa to enter into combinations for a fresh attack on iPotropanlovski . " •> M . Thouvenol , long Director Of tho political department of the Ministry of'Foreign Affairs , and'Minister ad interim during tho absence of M . Urouyn de Lhuyn , has
ttaadesed hisbresigaatidnv = wMeh , ^^ it'f & J < rfa * tt , J 1 tS & !' % eeu accepted . .: ,. ¦ ' > " ^ •' ¦¦ ' ; ^ i The News of Hamburg says , on authority of a * e * ter , feemtB » aslaur . ^" l * seen » tliat , tk ^ - « ce . andeewnourmg toreseape from the obligation- eiP iifitttaqjr « endcein the Russian ^ army , Jtedra « a * c ¥ & £ r < jwfl 3 lr lished on the 18 th April by the BWfiee < 3 hai *»* ' <* B Haheolohe , it appears , that he has ** eeiv « li ' fir « na ' # te chief of the district of © lakuss a -report # Iuch < etdt * ¦ that in that district alone no fewer-thaa ^ tOit 'Fol 8 » h recruits had ; taken ito-fu ' ght in > the < mont & -of- ' $ t f * rdh . -t is supposed that the fugitives are see * eted"in > tke circles « fiXublinetz and Bentzen of Upper Silesia ; and the Prussian authorities have accordingly taken measures'to have ( them arrested and given ; up to ' "Russia . -Un © fagttives belong to twenty-two different villages * and aste aged from twBnty . - » tw » to twenty-fwne years . "
The attitude of Austria has lately become T » oi »; warli & e . Vast military preparations ewe being- made ; but ¦ whether they will come to anything- remains- to'be -aeea . The accounts ^ recently received ¦ of- the sfcsae *) £ the manufacturing districts of France ara ve * y-s * itisfiuEfcory . IAQb , Lyons , Nimes , & c , seem doing a--capital ' business , stimulated by the prospect of the approaching-Exposition The Government of Saxe-Coburg Gotha has just promulgated the law of succession for tzhe-Duchy- . It-is-to the effect -that , in case the reigning- duke should die ¦ without leaving direct heirs , the succession shall pass to Prince Albert and bis descendants , but-that . the jseigning King of England and the heir pres » mpfcive to the throne
of England shall be excluded . It is further .-enacted , that if , when the succession shall become vacant , there shall be no descendant qualified to succeed , other than the king and heir presumptive of England , the king and heir shall be bound to cause the duchies to be administered' by a governor , until a descendant qualified to succeed shall have attained his majority . The appanage of the heir presumptive to the duchies is fixed from his majority at 18 , 000 flor ins ( about l « 00 / . ) a year- According to this arrangement , upon the death of the reigning duke , who has no child , Prince Alfred would become the heir presumptive , and Prince Albert immediately succeeding .
The Austrian Gazette announces that a peasants' war has broken out in the Russian province of Ukraine , and is fast extending . Prince GortschakofF , it is said , has renewed the tenancy of his hotel at Vienna for another six months . This is rather significant . A letter from Moscow of the 19 th in the Patrie says r — " The religious fanaticism , of the people is more excited here than at St . Petersburg . The churches are constantly filled ; all the images of the celebrated saints ore displayed , and after the usual services the priests address the most violent harangues to the people , who leave the churches in a kind of frenzy against the enemies of Russia , and express themselves ready to give
their very last kopeck to the Czar towards the expenses of the war . Among the tradesmen there are a number who are very rich , and it is in a great measure on them that the charges of the war fall most heavily . Notwithstanding the agitation which prevails , the French , however , are respected and continue their various vocations without any hindrance ; they are even the objects of attention to which they were not before accustomed . The rich , lords who visit their establishments talk with them of the French army , the Zouaves , and Chasseurs do Vincennes , whose courage and address the Russian gazettes sometimes mention . It is said that a convoy of prisoners is on the march from Perekop to the interior ,
and that they will pass through this city . Tho nobility become every day more and more discontented ; they begin to suffer from the rigorous blockade to which Russia is subjected on all sides , and they fear a complete prohibition of exports for all the natural productions of the country , even into Germany , if the war should become goneral . A now outlet for merchandise has just been opened by tho Vistula and tho Niemen , whence the goods pasa into Prussia and reach Lubeck , and thence aro conveyed to Hamburg . All the pupils of the School of . Cadets havo beon put on active service . Tho streets of Moscow ar . o now unprovided with hacknoy coaches , as all tho able-bodied coachmen are taken for tho army . "
The Zfonau , a Vionna journal , has an article under tho title of " Can Auotrja remain neutral ?' ¦ ' tho upshot of which is to prove that she cannot , and that the Allies have " a right" to her assistance . Prince Menachifcoff , on tho 12 th of March , bade farewell to tho army of the Crimea , in an order ol tho day written at Perekop . On tho 15 th tho now Emperor addressed a very flnttorin tf letter to him , in winch it is Btnted that ho is relieved from his command at his own request , and on account of his shattered health . Alexander has conferred on him tho pnlaco of tho htat Major of the Mitrino nt St . Potorsburg . Wo do not hoar anything morn of tho old pjonoral ' H death . Tho opening of tho French Exhibition has boon postponed till tho middle of » Iay .
. „ .,. „ w _ , v ,. Lord Clarendon , in oflicially announcing to tho French Anil > u « w «< lor at London tho conferring of a baronetcy upon tho Lord Mayor , says that tho intention of the Qu « ou w « s to testify by this high favour , which i « only ffrsiitod when tho Sovereigns of tiroatr-Jiritain viait the < W in pornon , tho particular « atisfaction eho . oxp « ri onoed at tho reception given by tho corporation of London to thoir Imperial Majectioa .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05051855/page/11/
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