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CONTINENTAL NOTES. Marshal G erard is de...
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a monumental alto willVbs raised in the Champ de Mars , and a solemn mass will invoke the blessing of the Most High ( this is the official style of our new converts ) . To complete the ceremony , but one thing is wanting ; Louis Bonaparte should put ou the surplice of yd enfant de c & mir , and take ' ¦ 'the fuvenile . department of the Mass , which , is to he sung 1 ) v M Donnefc ,. the new Cai'dmal of Bordeaux * Truly of is but another
tie ceremony of the 10 th May Imperial reminiscence ; for in 1815 , after the return from Elba , Kapoleon , to make it appear that the power which he had re-assumed was consecrated by the people , commanded a Federation to he held , which he ^ decorated with the name of Champ de Mai . All the details of the approaching ceremony are scrnnulously copied from the original . At that time a throne was raised in front of the building of the Military School , surrounded by a vast amphitheatre , in which 15 , 000 persons were Kpsited . An altar was erected' in the middle of the
Champ de liars ; mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Tours , assisted by the Cardinal of Bayonne , and four other bishops . So will it be on the 10 th of May * ' . " . . . ' .. ¦ " . - . -. ¦ The Legislative Body has again resumed its sittings , but they are made as unimportant , as M . Bonaparte , who considers himself the sole representative of the national will , could wish them to be . The members of the Legislative Body are steeped in conthmnl humiliations ( abreuves d'humiliations ) , and treated as very small fry indeed . They are indignant at being thus crushed . The doors of the Ministers are closed to them ; and scarcely can they get an
audience from even a head clerk . If they have any favour to ask , they are obliged to wait their turn in the antechambers of the Ministers . Some five or six . days ago , they represented their grievances to L . Bonaparte . The President replied , that they were to keep themselves quieter ; that his Ministers knew what they were about ; and that , under any circumstances , it was not befitting they should come in contact with deputies . '"" . ' : ~ « ir The press meets with no better treatment than the deputies j even the Bonapartist papers , La Patrie , and the Constitutionnel , have been snubbed . -Ko more communications or news are thev to receive . "I don't
want any newspapers , said M . Bonaparte ; " on the contrary , the newspapers need me . " As for the opposition press , if such a term can be applied- to the mild lucubrations with which they favour" the public , they are ruled by the rod . Notwithstanding the law , the prefects in the departments continue to exercise a rigorous censorship on the country papers . They do more —they dismiss editors and replace them without so much as consulting the proprietors . Thus it was that the
successor of M . Crugy , of the Courrier de la G-ironde , was named on the 15 th of April , by a simple notifica * tion of the prefect . In fact , the prefect " , in . . mimicry of the minister of police , have set about giving a first warning to the journals in their departments . You know that two warnings arc sufficient for the suppression of a newspaper . The Reformists of Douai had taken upon itself to write an article describing the deplorable tendency of tho recent Decree on the sugar question as affecting tho interests of tho manufacturers of
beefcaugur . Now tho sugar decree was a personal and autocratic emanation of tho President's own concocting ; the prefect dn JSFord lost no time , therefore , in Bending a first warning to the Rtformiste , under the pretonco that tho articlo " excited the citizens to dissection towards tho Prince President , in attributing to him ideas hostile to tho interests of agriculture * and the sugar trade ; which ho had always protected with much solicitude , " Tho Government is unccastng in its persecution of tho Republicans . L . Bonaparto has succeeded in obtaining from Belgium , that refugees shall not bo admitted into that country . Ho feared their increasing number might nt length tempt them to an armed invasion of tho Fronch territory .
i ergons confined to particular residences , niul citizens umlor Hurvcillanco of police , aro both suffering from tho spocinl rigours of tho government . They aro now campolleil to report themselves to tho local authorities every fortnight , and they are not allowed to leave their homes on any prctoxt whatever . Tho situation ojf tho provinces bog-ins to present am unoosy aspect . In tho North , Orloimwm is in activity . In tho South , tho Centre , and tho East , it i « ltoirablicunitiin
. Iu tho South especially thero in a good doul of agitation . Tho fooling against tho priests w mtonHo . In many districts they tiro exposed to in"nlta and ill-troatmont . Tlio Legitimists do not , as "H'inovly , rceoivo thorn in their chatoaux , and have «« ttHcd to entrust thorn with tho distribution of thoir charities . They openly accuse tho clergy of having nwled in the olootion of L . Bonaparto . -Micro was ti f / umi , manifestation against Bojiapart ©
on the 15 th of April . It having come to theears of the puvriers of the faubourg St . Antoine , that L . Bonaparte had p ; one to Vincennes , they turned out to the number of 20 , 000 , and ' lined the grande rue of the faubourg , to wait for his return . The greatest excitement prevailed ; and epithets , . such as badinguet , a synonyme of paillasse ( mountebank ) , the . nickname given to Bonaparte by the workmen , varied with tyrant and traitor ., were bandied about in the crowd . As soon as he appeared , preceded and followed by a body of cuirassiers , he was greeted with deafening shouts of Vive la R 6-publique , which , shouted by 20 , 006 inen , followed him from the Barrier e du Trone to the Place de la Bastille .
L . Bonaparte already looks upon himself as a second Charlemagne * The llqmteur of to-day publishes a curious circular addressed by the Minister of Police to the Inspectors-General of Police . The ' "Inspectors are pompously compared to the Missi JDovniniei of the Emperors of the West . They are enjoined to put themselves in communication with the masses ; to look after any political plots that may bo preparing ; and especially to convince the masses " of the immense services ¦ rendered ; b y . the Chief of the State y the country saved from a jacquerie ; authority restored , religion made honourable , and all accomplished in less than four months . It would seem as if having endured so much misery , France had each day been consoled by a blessing . " S .
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Continental Notes. Marshal G Erard Is De...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . Marshal G erard is dead . He was , since the deaths of Marshals Soult and Marmont , the senior Marshal in ^ France , his appointment dating as far back as the 17 th of August , 3830 . He was in the seventy-ninth year of his age . Etienne Maurice'Gerard , Count and Marshal of France , was born in April , 1773 , at Damvilliers ( Mouse ) . He-entered th , e army as a-volunteer in 1791 . He was present at Fleurusj was at one time Aide-de-camp of Bernadotte ; was Colonel at Austerlitz ; General of Brigade in ' ' Russian campaign j General of Division in September , 1812 ; Count of the Empire in 1813 ; Marshal of France in 1830 ; Peer of France at the same time ; General-inrChief at the taking of Antwerp in 1832 ; twice Minister of .- "War ' --j -fcvricc Ptestdp-nt of th . o Ooimcif'of Ministers ; Commander : in-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine ; twice Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour ; Grand Cross of that Order since July 29 , 1814 . The deceased took part in all the great battles of the Empire . In consequence of the death of Marshal Gerard there remain at present only . five Marshals in France—Reille , promoted in 1847 ; S " eYoine Bonaparte , in 1850 ; and Excehnans , Harispe , and . Vaillant , in 1851 . According to tho last wishes of the deceased , Iris obsequies are to take place without any pomp . His remains are to be conveyed to the department of the Oiso , to bo there placed in a family vault , where his children havo been placed . Tho illustrious Marshal has besides ordered that tho sums generally expended for persons of his rank should bo dis ^
tributed for charitable purposes . Prince Paul of Wurternberg died last week in Paris , after a long and painful illness . His death-bed was attended by the Minister of Wurtomber ' g , tho Russian Minister , ' the Duke of Nassau , M " . do Montessuy , Marshal Jerome Bonaparte , and his , son Napoleon , and some others , when tho Papal Nuncio announced tliat tho Prince had a fortnight previously abjured tho Protestant faith , and become a Roman Catholic . This announcement took all present by surpriso , as tho affair had been kept a profound secret . Tho priests of tho parish of tho Madeleine also attended , and in tho presence of tho Nuncio administered oxtromo unction to tho dying man . It was when the prince was in extremis , that the Papal Nuncio , to tho surpriso and scandal of everybody , ontorod tho chamber of tho hotol whore tho nearest friends and rolationa of the deceased , whoso family is protcatant , woro gathered . Madamo do Montossuy , tho princo ' fl natural
daughter , thtm announcod to tho company that tho princo had ° nbjuvo < l protestantism , and embraced tho Roman Catholic religion ! Groat scandal and a painful impression wan caused among tho relatives of tho deceased by this sudden disclosure . Tho mnmbors of tJio fainily of Nassau protested energetically against tho clandostino abjuration snatched from tho princo in a moment when lu * was in the grasp of death , and immediately retired . Tho nuncio adnnniutorod tho sacrament , tho reception of which ( Unqualified tho princo for succession iu caso of Hurvival to Mio UironeofWurtomborg . Princo Paul wag in tho wixty-sovonth year of Iuh ap ; o . Ho was tho only brother of tho reigning King of Wurlomherg , and brother-in-law of Princo Joromo lionapavto . One of lii « daughtora is tho widow of tlio Grand Ouko Michael of Russia , and tho other is Duohotis
Dowager of JNTaHKiin . Circular follows circular from tho Minister of Polico to tlio ProibotH , and to tho nowly-erontod InHpoctorB-Gonoral of Polico in tho provineos . Tho civoulav to tho I ' voCocts of . Dopartmpnta contains directions with respect to political oilondorfi who havo boon .. condemned by thodepartmental commiasionHto intornomanb' ( forced roaidonco in a particular placo ) , and to tlio surveillance of tho polico .. Tho Journal dos DSfjals has a vory sharp and skilful attack on tlia functions of tho Inspectors , who are to bo in inot intermodiato roproriontativos botwoon tho oxooutivo and tho pooplo . and to absorb tho businoHB of a
parliament . Opposition is awakened ovon among tho dopufcipo patroniifod by tho Govornmont . Evon tho Oonfititutionnol of Tuesday had an articlo maintaining that tho Bonding of tlio budget to the Oounoil of State , instead of tho Corps Leainlatif , was an inva » icm . of the rights of the represent ,.
tives of tlie people . To this article a communicated reply appears in the Patrie , accusing the ConstUutionnel o £ " reasoning on old parliamentary traditions , and of forming an erroneous opinion of the actual character of the Councfl of State . " The ConstUutionnel rejoins : and Dr . Veron permits himself ceitain expressions , reserved and courteous in tone , but full of bitter intention , deprecating the appearance of " a dissimulatin g despotism . " The Charivari has ( says tlie Patrie ) received an official warning from the Minister of Police . Tlio article of the Charivari which gave offence , was by M . Taxile Pelord , the most serious and powerful writer in that paper , which , since last December , has exhibited marvellous skill in its masked political allusions . The eagles are not to be distributed to the National Guard at the review of the army on tlie lOtli of May ; but will be presented to that force On the 15 th of August .
The Public says that a camp of 60 , 000 troops is to bo established at Compiegne , when a variety of evolutions aro to be gone through , under the command of tho Princo President in person . During the parliamentary session the President of tho Republic intends to hold receptions at the Elysde every Monday and Saturday evening . M . Pdisat , a deputy for the Ain under Louis Philippe , has written a letter to the Debats against the Copper
Coinage Bill in an unusually bold strain of opposition . Ho refers to tbe part taken by him in throwing out a similar bill in 1843 . He continues to hold the opinion which he then frankly expressed , that "the little dynastic satisfaction" of replacing unpalatable effigies by a new image is no compensation for the inconvenience of the measure . The President remitted the remaining term of imprisonment to M . Victor Hugo ( the son ) , confined in the Conciergerie for a Press offence . The young prisoner has addressed the following letter to the Siecle :
" I have just seen in the Independance of Brussels that the Government baa remitted the remaining four months of the imprisonment to which I had been condemned . The punishment inflicted on . my father , and on my friend , Paul Meurice , who is still undergoing confinement for an article signed by me alone , prevents me from accepting a pardon ¦ which I have in no way solicited . " . The term of imprisonment of M . Proudhon having expired , he has been exiled into Belgium , and Bastogno has been fixed as his place of residence . There is a somewhat musty proverb about a certain saMe personage of quite unquestionable reputation , " rebuking sin . " " What shall we say to the following example of the same "figure of speech ? " , ^
Tho President having heard of some questionable transactions at the Bourse , in which near friends of tho Elyse ' e were said to be implicated lately , made a very serious speech to his assembled military household , in which , he reminded the members of that body of the fatal influence-which corruption in pecuniary matters had had upon the destinies of tlio late monarchy , and added , that the least laxity in this respect that came to his knowledge would bo summarily punished . But while he gavo theso warnings , he affected to believe that no one about him could ever l ) e guilty of such an offence . Even the majesty of the law is to bo sacrificed to tho tailoring mania of the present ruler of France . The Minister of the Interior , on the motion of tho President , has now
issued a commission , consisting of four first presidents and four proeurcurs-gciicral of tho courts of law , and ha 3 charged them to propose a new costume for tho judges . Tho Dtbats says , that those respectable personages have taken this important subject into consideration , and that they seem disposed to adopt " a dress of black velvet trimmed with gold and eilk embroidery , pantaloons with bands of velvet trimmed with gold , a hat with' a plumo of whito feathers , a sword , a cravat with laco trills , and a red sash with a gold or silver fringe . " Such aro tho uses to which Louis Napoleon puts tho gravest
personages in tho law , as well as tho so-called representatives of tho people . Tho Jiulletin de Paris has published , and tho journals in the service of tho government havo received orders to infiort an articlo , which represents Louis Napoleon and franco aa bound by a joint obligation to demand from foreign nowspapors a inoro respectful language towards tho government of the Princo President , and announces that it is become impossiblo any longer to tolorato their insulting attacks . Lord Cowloy is reported to havo had a longthonedinterview with tho President on this subject ; an ( 1 tho interview to havo terminated satisfactorily .
Letters from Berlin state that tlio Zollvorom congress was opened thoro on Monday morning at ; olovon o ' clock , ¦ whon tho Minister President , M . von Mantouflbl , delivered a discoum . Ho expressed his rogrot that tho govornmont liad not boon ablo to convoke tho congrosa ourlior , but cliorinhod tho hopo that tho bond of material interests , now uniting the various Btntos ropresontod , would retain all ifcN ntrongth in tho prospective renewal and extension of tho Zollvoroin . When this , tho chief end oi thoir deliberations , had boon secured , other questions might becoino tho nubjoct of discussion . 'When M . Manic ullbl had concluded hin address , tho representative of Bavaria , Cuntomn-Councillor Moixnor , replied . Ho ox . prated Iuh wish that Austria should bo admitted to participate in tho deliberations ) of tho congress by tho organ of a plenipotentiary ; but ho did not fix any jn'ociso period for this adiiUHtiion .
TUo authorities ot Poson , writoa tho Correspondent of tlio Tipies , havo enough to do to answer tfoo strange applications that aro Homotimos made to thorn by . tho Polish , and Gorman poaanhtry . Tho idoa thai ; has cot abroad among thorn of tho vast grantn of land KohhuHi lias received from tho King of Amorica" does not stand alono ; anothor improssion that liua takon root in thoir minds is much moro extraordinary ; for Homo tii . no past tho officials havo rocoivod numbers of applications for whavos in a "Rothschild Lottery , " of whioh they of course know nothing ; but , on inquiry , it way found tho peasants have boon persuaded
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Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24041852/page/9/
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