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    .. ; : ¦ .-,, ¦ - ¦ '¦ '¦ ' ¦ ** ° ¦"' : ' -. ... - . success at Stockport ,. and expect to . return himas the coadjutor of Mr . James Kerefo&w , the present liberal member . Mr . Heald , the Conservative member , is supported by two Strong religious parties— -the Church and the Wesleyans—but at present there is a split among the Methodists , as Mr . Heald has always been an ally of the Conference , and the Wesleyan Reformers are numerous in Stdckport . ' . , .. ; ¦ ' .. ¦ . It is rumouredthat DrrLayard will be a candidate for Merthyr Tydvil . Sir John Guest , the present member , who possesses great influence in the borough , will probably retire on account of long indisposition , and Dr . Layard is related to his wife > Lady Charlotte Guest . ¦• , ¦ ¦

    The electors of Plymouth are fortunate m having no less than four candidates for their suffrages . Lord Ebrington , one of the present members , will retire , preferring the family borough of Barnstaple . Mr . Roundel ! Palmer , the Conservative member , will again come forward ; and the three candidates for the honour of filling the place which his colleague will vacate , are Mr . B . P . Collier , a Radical j Mr . G , T . Braine ( deputy chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company ) , a moderate Whig ; and Mr . Bickham Escott , once a Conservative , but now a Radical .

    The Free Press , of Sheffield , announces another candidate for that borough : Mr . GeoFge Hadfield , of Manchester , but a native of Sheffield . Mr . Beckett , the free-trade Conservative , has retired from the field at Leeds , and it is now almost certain that the two liberal candidates , the Right Hon . Matthew Talbot Baines and Sir George Goodman , will be returned without a contest . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has declined to be put in nomination for the city of Lincoln , but Sir Henry

    Bulwer has consented to stand if a requisition as numerously signed as that presented to his brother were obtained . The heads of both Whig and Tory parties are working in his favour . Of Sir Henry Bulwer s present political sentiments comparatively nothing is known , but the parties canvassing for signatures to his requisition represent him as being much . changed in opinion , since he represented the liberal constituencies of Marylebone and Coventry . Colonel Sibthorp is proceeding with his canvass .

    At Sheffield , a public meeting was held in the Town Hall on Monday , the Mayor in the chair , when it was resolved by an overwhelming majority , on the motion of Mr . Alderman Hoole , seconded by Mr . Alderman Schofield , " That George Hadfield , Esq ., is , in the opinion of this meeting , a fit and proper person to represent Sheffield in Parliament , and that he be recommended at the next election , along with Joshua Touimin Smith , " Esq . "—Sheffield Free Press .

    The Patriot mentions the following six gentlemen of Nonconformist principles who have ofFered themselves as candidates for Parliament at the next general election : —Mr . Miall for Rochdale , Mr . Gilpin for Perth , Mr . Hadfield for Sheffield , Sir George Goodman for Leeds , Mr . Williams for Huddersfield , and Mr . Francis Crossley for Halifax . If most of these gentlemen have good prospects of success , the influence of Protestant dissenting opinions in the West Riding is likely to be very strikingly illustrated . IBELjLND . Electoral addresses are now beginning to be profusely scattered over the columns of the Dublin and provincial papers , and the struggle will unquestionably bo the hardest fought since the memorable election of 1841 ; and now , as then , religious ascendancy will be , in a great measure , the rallying cry at the hustings . The Roman-catholic clergy , aided by the influence of the Defence Association , are already straining every nerve towai-ds swelling their strength in Parliament . A not insignificant symptom of the nature of the coining

    campaign , and of the weapons with which it will bo fought , is to bo seen in the retirement of tho Marquis of Kildare—the eldest son of " Ireland ' s only Duke" — from tho representation of tho county from which his title is derived ; and in the fact that Mr . O'Conor Hcricky , n Roman Catholic , has offered his services , in conjunction with Mr . Cogan * a co-religionist , as the advocate of all Buch meoHurcH an lmvo received tho sanction of Archbishop Cullon and tho Dofence Association . The retirement of Mr . Torrona M'Culhigh from tho borough of Dumlalk in another indication of

    tho exclusive Hyutein which is to bo put in practice at tho day of general reckoning . This gentleman worked steadily with '' the " Irish brigade" during , tho toilsome debates on tho Ecclesiastical Titltm Bill ; but ho is a Protestant , and is now forced to seek tho Buffrages of an English borough . Tho electors of Ennis have mot , and passed a vote of total want of conlldenco in their present representative , tho O'Gormnn Million . A requisition has boon forwardod to Sir Colemun O'Loughlen to stand for tho borough . A meeting of tho citizens of Dublin , convened by

    Mr . Luke Joseph Shea , a Roman-catholic Protectionist landlord , and justice of the peace in the county of Cork , has addressed a letter of remonstrance to his tenants , on account of their having unanimously voted for the free-trade and tenant-rig ht candidate , Mr . Vincent Scully , in opposition to his wish that they should support the unsuccessful Protectionist , Mr . Frewen Mr . Shea points out how much , in his opinion , both he and they have suffered from free trade ; but as the tenantry have voted against Protection , he hopes they will not consider it unreasonable on his part to expect them , " in their supposed prosperity , " to pay up strictly the sums for the future to which they are bound by their leases . Of course this is not intimidation , but merely a paternal hint on the virtue of punctuality .

    the Lord Mayor , to support Mr . Shannon Crawford ' s Tenant-right Bill , was held on Monday in the Mnsichall . The Lord Mayor took the chair ; and among the speakers were Lord Miltown , Mr . M'Tiernan , Mr . Tristram Kennedy , Dr . Gray , Town Councillors Bagnail and Fergusson . The meeting unanimously declared In favour of the landlord and tenant measure introduced by Mr . S ^ Crawford * adopted petition ^ to that effect to Parliament , and pledged itseff to support no other candidate , at the general election , but ^ uch as were stanch supporters of a national , tenant right .

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    VOTES ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . Me . Hume has brought forward Ms motion for reforni in the sessions of 1848 , 1849 , 1850 , and in 1852 : — In 1848 his motion was supported by . . . . . 86 In 1849 , by members who did not vote in , 1848 . . 22 In 1850 , by members who did not vote in 1848 or 1849 15 In 1852 , by do . who did not vote in 1848 , 1849 , or 1850 18 Total number of members who have voted in support of Mr . Hume ' s motion in 1848 , 1849 , 1850 , 1852 . 141 Deduct members not now in the House . . * . .. 9 132 . ' ' . - THE BALLOT . DIVISIONS . Aye . No . 1836 .... so .... . .......... 92 141 1837 157 .. s 269 1838 202 319 , 1839 r ....... 220 337 1842 w 161 .. ^ 294 i 847 30 85 1849 89 140 1850 125 180 1851 91 53 1852 146 248 In 1851 , it will be remembered , that Mr . Berkeley , by an accident , was successful—the success , however , coming to nothing .

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    LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ Fbom our own Correspondent . ] Letter XIV . Paris , Tuesday Evening , 30 th March , 1852 . We are supposed to have entered upon a regular system of government since yesterday , the 29 th March . The State of Siege is raised throughout France , Wo are indebted to MM . Billault , Abattuci , and Jerome Bonaparte , for having pointed out the contradiction which there would be in the new constitution , working side by side with the state of siege , which suspends all law . Tho raising of tho state of siege , unhappily , cannot restore the lives and liberties of the thousands of citizens who have been the victims of its cruelties . Louis Bonaparte has raised the state of siege , because ho finds no one to persecute . Yesterday , at one o ' clock , the ceremony of the installation of , what Louis Bonaparte is pleased to call , tho great Bodies of tho State , took place . Tho Senate , tho Council of State , and tho Legislative Body , having taken their scats on tho benches which had been prepared for them , in tho Salle des Mardoha / ax , Louis Bonaparte entered , followed by tho officers of his household , and accompanied by tho Ministers . Neither

    acclamation nor applause saluted him . He then proceeded to tho platform which had been raised for him , opposite tho benches of tho Senators and tho Legislative Body , and proceeded to make a rather long speech . Ho declared that ho might have boon proclaimed Einporor on tho 10 th December , 1848 ; on tho 13 th Juno , 1849 ; and again on tlie 2 nd Dccembor ; . but that ho had not desired it . If , however , the factions continued their agitations , he was ready once more to appeal to the people , and ho wiw confident the people would eagerly respond in the affirmative , to hi * uppcul . Tho lost part of the speech was received in profound silence .

    Tho names of tho Doputies woro then called over nonrly all woro present . But when tho ninncs of MM . Cavnignao Carnot woro called , a complete pauso ensued ; they woro absent . This incident caused a vivid eensution . M . He ' non , tho Socialist deputy from Lyons , was ulso not thoro . Ho judged that , being elected by tho people , ho liad no businoes at tho TuilerioB , MM .

    deKerdrel and Bouhier de L'Ecluse , two WUW »* deputies , ; took the oath of fidelity to Louis ItonSf , There were about twenty deputies present en co tume ; among them figured M . Belmontet , the bard " NapoUonien ,, and the two political m ountebanks 6 ° nier de Cassagnac and La Guerbnniere—one the ' edit 8 " of the Constitutionnel , and the other of the Pays ° * Thequestiohis nowraised- ^ Shall wejhaye theEmpire ? For my part ; I have no hesitation in saying that we shall . The Empire is decided upon : It would even have been accomplished long since , but unfortunately ftte other Powers areopposed to it ; the Emperor of Russia especially . He has placed his most absolute veto upon it . L . Bonaparte recoiled before these menaces dipfo .

    matiques , hut to advance again more surely . Jfow \ . is going to work against the Emperor of Russia , as h » did against the Parliament . He is to repeat the farce and the mise-en-scene of the reviews and petitions of December . Things will be so managed , that he will appear to have been compelled to passer outre thereto of the Czar , and submit to be proclaimed Emperor The comedy began on the 20 th of March . On that day there was a review in the Place du Carrousel . The legion of Decembraittards , that is , the five or six thousand hired blackguards who represent the people by appointment , on state occasions , had been summoned ! and to the " Vive VEmpereur , " which the soldiers had

    been commanded to shout , did these gallows-birds respond most heartily . Another act of the same comedy was played on Sunday last , but on a larger scale ; the parts were again admirably distrib u ted . On a signal given by the chefs de corps , the soldiers crieid out , " Vive I'Mnperetir ! " the chorus , as on the former occasion , beingundertaken by the JD&cembraillards aforesaid . The officers , who were obliged to join in or le cashiered , merely cried ^ Vive Napoleon "

    At present there is being organized , fcy means of the secret Bonapartist societies , whose members are all vile stipendiaries , an immense propagandism throughout France for the proclamation of the Empire . In fact , the legislative body is to be made the catspaw . As there are many avowed Bonapartists in the Assembly , much reliance is placed upon their zeal to bringr forward the measures that may be necessary . For some days past they appear to haveTreceived their mot d ' ordre . They all declare that they will have an Emperor ; that they have received from their

    constituents an imperative charge on the subject , and that they must lay before the Assembly a proposition demanding an Emperor a vie ; and the Bonapartirt journals , of course , do not fail to chime in . The Bulletin de Paris , for instance , has formally demanded the proclamation of the Empire in the following terms : — " France knows too well the cost of a short-lived government : she is tired of endorsing worthless paper , and protested obligations . The persevering votes of the 10 th and 20 th of December are conclusive . Appeal to her again , and it will be found that what France desires is the Empire . She will obtain it , for we are sick of

    anonymous governments . In fact , L . Bonaparte himself , in his speech , leads us to believe that he will proceed ( passer outre ) to cause himself to be proclaimed Emperor . The words , " the factions compel me to do it , " were cleverly put forward : they will be the pretext—the appeal to the people will bo the means . We Bhall have a second voting of " Ayes" and " Noes . " The game will be it

    played out in spito of the Emperor of Russia , as w » ori the 2 nd of December , in sp ite of France , ibe parts of the actors in this grande com 6 die havo already been cast . The General Excelmans has been secretly named grand-marshal of the palace . M . Bertluer , otherwise the Prince of Wagrain , is n amed granaveneur . Tho Conto d'Orsay is to bo tho grand-tcuyer ; and last , though not tho least amongHt these quasi grandees , figures M . Porsigny , as a rehi-chancelter oi

    tho Empire . . ,,, Thirty-one decrees in two days appeared in i « Monitevr . The two last days of the dictatorHhij ) cannot he said to have been- idly spent . Ono ot tw » decrees provides for tho immediate execution ot w confiscations against the Orleans family , and tlio s of tho domains of Albert , Lamballo , La Fire , - ^ pcu u , Monccaux , and of Neuilly , forming part of tho pi pcrty of thnt family . Another decree double * i > salaries of nil tho prefects and-sub-prefects ; a p that-a further demand ia to be mudo upon their u « llOn

    . - , /> , . m i—r Amongst the decrees issued provious to tho tin y two , there is ono which has given rise to agooai of comment : it ia that on tho decentralisation «' nistrative . Everything is centralized in * " ? * , r 0 tho communal and departmental iuhniniHtratu «>» ^ centred in tho hands of tho Government , iV ™ small a bridge , or road , or wall , can bo conBi ™ " { even in tho smallest village , without the' » f ^ ircd Govornment . It has been reckoned that n ru ^ , . 87 processes of petitions , lottora , &o , to obtain

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1852, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1929/page/6/