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Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Corres...
There is no reason * then , to expect this man to reconsider his Decrees . We have now . an explanation of the unopposed sale of the Pavilion du Wurtemburg , belonging to the succession of Louis Philippe . The Government was not passive . But as the purchase-money is destined to be paid into the CaissG des depots < st consignations , to satisfy the creditors of the . deceased king , Bonaparte has reserved to himself the right of laying an embargo on the proceeds whenever it may suit his convenience .
Far from relaxing in rigour against the House of Orleans and its partisans , Louis Bonaparjte is smiting them without remission . You have heard of the Orleanist pamphlet , — the Bulletin Franfais , seized even at B russels , by the intimidated Belgian Government . Only a few days ago , this same Government was peremptorily called upon to expel the two editors of this paper—^ M , d'Haussonvflle ( son-in-law of the Dae de Broglie , ) and M . Alexandra Thomas . The Belgian Government were compelled to have these two gentlemen conducted to the frontier , and to provide them with passports for England : whilst at Paris , the
police were executing a domiciliary visit at the residence of M . d' Haussonville , and in consequence of papers found in the course of their search , a certain number of similar visits have been paid to the houses of leading personages , who have been known to entertain relations with the Orleans family ; among others , M . de Montalivet , some time Intendant of the Civil List . This gentleman had been warned in time to take the railway to Belgium , or he would infalUbly have been arrested . A warrant was out against him . Three other persons , MM . Delavigne , Howyn-Trancliere ( exrepresentative of the Gironde ) , and Gallos , have been
arrested . The arrest of M . Bqcher ( ex-representative , and formerly Prefect of the Calvados , and administrator of the Orleans property ) has caused a great sensation . " For a long time , " says the Constitutionnel , " the police were constantly laying their hands on bales , containing publications , by the thousand , against the existing government . It was well known that these documents were printed at London , and clandestinely introduced into Paris , arid distributed in the capital and in the provinces , where they were even addressed to a great many members of the magistracy , of the clergy , of the bar : to officers of the army , and to bigh , furictU »«» rf c » it
of the public administration ^ M ^ BOcher , seems , was the soul ^ ^^ propagandism . He was arrested jao * . xnursday , and lodged in the Conciergerie . He has since been committed to the regular tribunals , on the charge of hawking and distributing seditious prints . Now these " seditious prints" are simply translations of articles which have appeared in the Times and other English journals , on the Confiscation Decrees . Three other persons were arrested with M . Bocher : they are three employes in the news-agency business , who were caught assisting in the distribution of these " seditious prints . "
The situation of Louis Bonaparte is growing more difficult from day to day . Every one understands that the present state of things cannot last . It would appear that his very entourage picture the future in colours scarcely loss sombre ^ The Marchioness of Douglas , cousin to the President , had , shortly after the vote of December 20 , transferred her establishment from England , with the intention of definitively fixing her residence at Paris ; but the inevitable catastrophe she foresees , has caused her to abandon the intention . Counter orders have been given ; and she is now preparing to quit Franco for England .
A great fermont prevails in certain of the departments . In the Cher , the Nievre , the Allier , and the Indre , the Socialist movement is far from being crushed . The government has been obliged to reimprison men who had been released on the supposition that all resistance was suppressed . It is the same thing in the South . In the rural districts , isolated movements occur daily in different communes ; thoy are immediately repressed . A * disturbance of this kind ( of what extent is not yofc ascertained ) has just broken out in one of the communes of the arrondissemont of N 6 rac , ( Lot ct Garonne , ) and has required tho dispatch of ft movoablo column from Agon to put it down .
In foreign relations , tho situation is equally bad for Bonaparte . In ppitp of tho contradictionn in tho Monitear , Belgium , menaced in her independence , has appealed to tho grout powers for support . Tho Prince de Lj gno is off for Borlin , and thonco to Vienna , to solicit tho joint aid of Austria and Prussia in event of a Fronch myu ^ ion of Belgium . Tho Borlin journals oxprcss tho opinion that , should tho ndcossity occur , Prussia would not hesitato to interfere between France and Belgium . I ho Gazette de Vosa protends to know the contents of tho autograph letter which tho Prince do Ligno hafl boon charged to doliver to King Frederick William on behalf of the King of tho Belgians . On tho other hand , now relations are said to havo sprung up botwoen ltu $ sia and . Belgium . lu consequence of tUis r < w *
prodhement , all the Polish officers in the Belgian service are dismissed . The Emperor Nicholas accredits a minister plenipotentiary to Brussels for the first time ; and has promised to place 100 , 000 men at the disposal of the Belgian government in case off a French
. The elections are fixed for next Sunday . Bonaparte ' s Government is in great trepidation .. . It hadfbe ^ iin by making a show of extravagant pretensions . All its candidates were to be elected unanimously . But very soon it was obliged to lower its tone . The prefets declared that such candidates would have no chance ; and the pressure of public opinion has made" itself felt . The Government in a great number of localities has been obliged to give out , as its own candidates , men who had not the slightest ambition of the honour .
M . de Merode , brother-in-law of M . de Montalembert who is a candidate for Avesnes ( Nord ) , has written a severe letter to reprobate this chicanery of the Government which makes him the candidate of its selection , while he claims to be only the candidate of his own . It is not quite impossible that the spirit of the Legislative corps may be hostile to Louis Bonaparte . In that case , we shall not have to wait long for the struggle to begin . It is to be hoped that after the experience of the 2 nd December , the new Legislative corps will not allow itself to be surprised by a new coup-d'Stat .
The Government candidates for Paris are : Mrst arrondissement , M . Guyard-Delalain , unknown ; second , Devinch , chocolate manufacturer ; third , Duperier , municipal councillor ( by Bonaparte ' s nomination ); fourth , Moreau , ex-representative ; fifth , Ferret , mayor of the 8 th arrondissement ; sixth , Fouche-LepeUetier , manufacturer ; seventh , Lonquetier , who started as an independent candidate ; eighth ( St . Denis ) , Kcenigswarter , formerly banker ; » i »^( Sceaux ) , Feron , director of the Constitutionnel .
M . Verori is the only Bonapartist in the list : all the others are moderate Orleanists . The Repubh' cans appear to hesitate to come forward at present for Paris . They are a little put out by the refusal of MM . Dufaure andGarnon to accept carididateships . -The . moderate opposition -is in the sanie ^^^ ent . If the two cannot , OT me to an agreement ; no doubt the entire list of the Government will pass , with the single exception of General Cavaignac , who is sure of his election for the third arrondissement .
The Law on the Press has been very bitterly received at Paris by public opinion . Journalists are in consternation . The decree changes the conditions of the Press in France , and completely destroys its liberty . The Press is handed over , tied and bound , to the absolute disposal Of the Government . The "Law" praised by the Constitutionnel . It might have been supposed that M . Hfc-on , who owes all he is and has to the Press , * would abstain from applauding the actual suppression of the institution . The law , however , has met with such a reception in Paris , that it is far from impossible that many modifications may be introduced into it . M . Rouher , Minister of Justice , has declined to allow it to be inscribed in tho Bulletin des Lois ; and it is
reported that it will not appear there , without considerable alterations , more especially in the fiscal provisions of the law . There is also some talk of a simplification of the Budget , devised by the Government . In order to gull the good public into supposing a great diminution in the Budget , all the expenditure appropriated to tho Departments , to the Communes , to special services , to expenses of collecting , & c , & c , would bo kept separate , so as to reduce it exclusively to the expenses and receipts chargeable upon tho public treasury . Tho half
Budget would thus appear reduced by one- . In reality , there would bo no reduction at all . Tho taxpayers would not pay a sou tho less . It would bo nothing more nor less than an arrant cheat , to blind tho popular imagination , and to make-bolicvo in vast economics . Besides , as immonso dilapidations havo taken place sinco December 2 nd , and an Louis Bonaparto is indisposed to rondor an account , tho Budget of 1852 will not bo submitted to tho Legislative body . It will bo fixed by a dictatorial decree , and will bo subject to no control whatever . Any control in tho actual state of affairs would bo too like an indictment .
Tho Tuilorios aro to bo armed and garrisoned like a fortress . M . Duban woa charged with tho w . orks for tho completion Of tho Louvro . Ho has boon suininarily dinehargod , and replaced by M . Visconti . After tho designs of tho latter ; two permanent barracks aro to bo constructed in tho opon spaco botweon * Our correspondent ia hero at fault . Ho forgets tho Pato Pectoralo , of which M . Veron was , if not tho discoverer , at least the hero . We doubt ir ovon the £ Rto Pcotornlo wna not more lioiWBt than tho Doctor s rate Dlcotornlo . —Ed .
the facades of the two Palaces , to conceal the defective parallel . It is in consequence of this project of fortifying the Tuileries that the gardens of the Place de la Concorde are being covered up . These gardens are to make room for shelving batteries . The recent murder of a young man by a sentry has set all Paris in commotion . This yOung man , who was the son of an honourable inerchantat Eibceuf ,. was returning from a ball , and had been accompanied by a friend of his as far as the corner of the Rue Richelieu
He was alone : when the sentry , whom as it appears the gibes of many other young men in reply to the Qui vive had enraged , fired upon him for giving no reply at all . The unfortunate victim was shot right through the body . He made an effort to walk a few steps afterwards , but almost immediately fell to the ground . A pool of blood covered the pavement . He was carried off to the nearest guard-house , where he could only
gasp out "A surgeon—send for a surgeon , and so died The soldier pretended that the young man made no reply to his Qui vive ? and that having received orders to fire in such a case , he had fired . It seems , in fact , that a few days since an order of the day was read to the troops directing them to fire after challenges thrice repeated without any effect . The discovery of these barbarous orders has roused the whole population . For the moment , nothing else is talked of .
The Northern Railway Company has just obtained a prolonged concession of 99 years . The company has undertaken on these terms to construct two new branch lines ; one , from St . Quentin to Landrecies , Maubeuge , and Charleroi ; the other , from Douai to Reims , by Le Coteau and Lafere . There have been grave dissensions these last few days between the President and General St . Arnaud , Minister of War . Bonaparte demanded that about a hundred
superior officers , vehemently suspected of Orleanism , should be placed on the retired list , or struck off the list altogether . Up to this time the Minister of War refuses to execute this measure . "It would disorganize the army , " he is reported to have said to the President ; and as the latter insisted ; " It is easy to see you have never been a soldier , " exclaimed the minister . This remark deeply wounded the President ; and he is anxious to get rid of St . Arnaud .
Yesterday ( Monday ) there was a grand ball at the Tuileries . I have only one remark to make about it : that it was not so much a ball as a rabble . There were men who literally fought ( with their fists ) for tho possession of partners . The offenders were officers , men who wear a sword ! They were taken before General Canrobert , who instantly expelled them the ball-room . To edify you as to the pretended clemency of the Government of Louis Bonaparte , in setting prisoners at liberty , I shall conclude my letter with two facts : —•
M . Maige , printer at Angers , and chief editor of the Precurseur de I'Ouest , was set at liberty , on Saturday last , by the Departmental Commission ; but his future residence has been fixed at Nancy , whither he must betake himself within a fortnight ! In the Courrier de la Br & me , we read : — " Three hundred and eighty-three persons have been sot at liberty by tho Departmental Commission ? but they will all remain , for ten years , under the s-urveillance of the haute police . Two hundred others havo been condemned to transportation to Africa for five years , eighty-four to tho same penalty for ton year * , fourteen to transportation to Cayenne , and eleven to banishment . "•
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Aw occasional correspondent , having access to peculiar sources of information upon the special subject of his prosont letter , writes as follows . His letter is dated tho 25 th inst . " " Wo aro informed that a now decree of capital importanco will appear immediately after the forthcoming elections . Up to that time , LouiB Bonaparte will Book to lull " public opinion to sleep ; but , tho elections onco over , in the interim , bctbre tho meeting of tho Legislative body : it is very generally expected that ho will mako uho boldly and largely of tho unlimited dictatorship which ho is even now exorcising without tho slightest control . Among , the promised , 'decrees , tho most important are thoao which concern public instruction , i ' , m Tho existing regime of public instruction , such as it was ostablinhed by tho Falloux law , is to bo almost completely subverted , and tho few liberal elements of that measure ontiroly suppressed . Tho necessity of previous authorization to opon any establishment of public instruction will be re-ostablished . Only , inutead of being accorded by tho University , as formerly , it will havo to be obtained of tlu > Prefect and tlw Bishop of
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28021852/page/5/
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