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      bathing before the fetes : a telegraphic order recalled him to Paris for the 15 th . Sane or insane , he certainly manages his little affairs very comfortably . He lias lately purchased , at the price of 600 , 000 francs ( 24 , 000 * . ) , the fine estate of St . Vincent , near Roaune ( Loire ) which belonged to the Due de Cadpre . Everybody asks how a man who walked almost shoeless in the street six years ao-o , can have economized 600 , 000 francs , his salary as ministe r being only 80 , 000 francs . This affair has given rise to so much scandal , that the Moniteur is obliged flatly to contradict the purchase—which is not the less a fact . On the occasion of the 15 th of August , we have had

      a perfect avalanche of decorations , and of promotions in the Legion of Honour . It is calculated that during the last three years , as many crosses have been bestowed as by the Napoleon and Louis Philippe in twenty-eight years . All the official world of lacqueys and functionaries , all from whom any little service is expected , receive the decoration . That saltimbanque journalist , La Gueronniere , is one of the latest recipients of the honour ! *

      The Moniteur announces that the President s visit to the southern depart ments will take place , but that it is deferred till September 15 . One of the causes of its postponement is the rupture of commercial negotiations with Belgium . Bonaparte cannot present himself at Bordeaux without a treaty of co mmerce in his hand , granting a favourable entry into Belgium of French wines . The negotiations recently broken off were resumed on Friday last . A number of reasons have been asserted for the rupture of the negotiations . Bonaparte , some say , wanted to exercise a certain pressure

      on Belgium , and demanded of King Leopold an engagement to present a new law on the press to the Chambers in the ensuing session : a demand which the king had nobly repulsed . Others say that Leopold has entered into the system of the new Holy Alliance , which proposes to establish a species of continental blockade . * However this may be , the old commercial treaty expired on the 10 th inst ., and was not renewed . Bonaparte , who was once so dry and menacing in his manner and language , and who was the first to break off the negotiations , has now , with a very softened tone , ordered them to be immediately renewed .

      The ball given by the market-women { dames de la halle ) to Bonaparte , could not take place on Sunday last , and was adjourned till to-day . These ladies have invited the but chers' wives , the cafetieres , and the women cooks of Paris , and it is in t he midst of such a novel world that Bonaparte is invited to dance to-night . A fete was to be given to him at the Palais Royal , but the sorry welcome given by the shopkeepers in the Palais to the subscription , renders the ball impossible . Only a very few subscribed , the immense majority refused to sign the list . So great is the enthusiasm of the nation for Louis Bonaparte !

      The warnings to the journals are unceasing . Ihey fall in an incessant shower ; an official epidemic . The evil has become so deep-rooted , the Prefects have encountered such a storm of ridicule , that a Ministerial circular has been addressed to them , enjoining them for the future not to " warn" a journal until alter due reference to the central government . The Prefect of La JDordogne , having given a warning which allectcd M . Paul Dupont , a deputy of that department who lias lately been decorated , the latter made a direct

      complaint to the JOlysee , and the Prefect is to he dismissed . it is to be hoped that these warnings will become less frequent . The movement of imperialist petitions him slackened of late : it in not so considerable as was pretended . The veto of the Emperor of Russia is a troublesome difficulty for the ( jovernment , which less openly support * the movement , and leaves it , entirely to the xeal of the local authorities . Only the petitions of the two departments of La Chnrento , and La Mcusa lire cited as examples . »"> .

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      CONTIN 10 NTAL NOTES . The President did not attend the grand ball of the IJ alien on Tuesday night . His absence gave rise to a vuriety of ruinoum . Some tsaid that a plot hud been diwovered by the police , which rendered it unsafe for him lo ( runt his person to a . mixed crowd ; and that several arrests had been made . Another rumour imputed the story of the plot to the arrest of the working carpenters employed in preparing the temporary Sal / ti , who htruck for higher AvagcH the night before the ball . The f < He at St . Cloud wan excessively brilliant and crowdod . Some idea may be formed of the thronged state of the rooms by the fact of the tile of carriages reaching

      beyond the bridge of Surennes . It was observed that neither the Prince de Canino nor Napoleon Bonaparte , the son of Jerome , was present . Marshal Jerome was absent from the fates of the 15 th . He was on that day at Nantes , where he engrossed a large amount of Napoleonic enthusiasm to himself , attended a St . Napoleon mass , received the civil and military authorities , and accepted a banquet given in his honour . , General D'Ornano , who has just been named Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour , was born at Ajaccio in the year 1784 . He descends from a Corsican family which has already given two marshals to France , under Henri IV . and Louis XIII . He entered the army at the

      age of 16 , and made his first campaign at Marengo . He was afterwards aide-de-camp to General Leclerc m the expedition to St . Domingo . After the battle of Jena he was named colonel of the 25 th Begiment of Dragoons , at the head of which he made the campaigns of Switzerland and Poland in 1806 and 1807 . After the peace of Tilsit he served under Marshal Ney in Spain and Portugal , and was made general of brigade after the battle of Fuentes d'Onor . He followed the Emperor into Russia in 1812 , and was promoted to the rank of general of division on the eve of the battle of La Moskowa , where he was at the head of the cavalry . In 1814 he commanded the army which covered Paris . General D'Ornano

      reckonsforty-_ eight years of service and twenty campaigns . He was named grand officer of the Legion of Honour in 1834 , and grand cross in 1850 . The accounts of inundations from the late heavy ranis in the south of France are again numerous and distressing . The Rhone has been constantly rising . The Isere and Drome have also risen considerably . The latter , being well enclosed with dykes , has caused no damage ; but the Isere has inundated ' large tracts of country . The torrents of rain that have fallen in the vicinity of Strasburg have also swelled the Rhine , so that all the lower portions of the banlieue of that city are under water . of

      General Bedeau has written to the Independance Brussels , to state that there is no truth in the report which has been current that he is about to take orders in the Church . M . Paul Meurice , sentenced to nine months imprisonment for an article in the old JEvenement , liberated on Monday from the Conciergerie , his term of imprisonment having expired . General Changaraier has taken up his abode at Mannes . The Duchess of Orleans is at Geneva . The 15 th of August was celebrated in Berlin , Vienna , and Frankfort , by solemn ceremonies in Catholic churches , at the instance of the French ambassadors , and by grand diplomatic dinners . The invitations were placed to the account of the fete of the President , there being some delicacy in celebrating the fete of the Napoleon in the Prussian and Austrian capitals .

      The States-General of Switzerland , confirming the decision of the National Council , voted on the 9 th the rejection of the Posieux petition by 29 votes -against 9 . Both legislative councils of the confederation having now rejected the impeachment of the Frieburg Government by the Jesuit party , there remains no appeal or legal resource for the latter , who must choose between suffering a liberal Government and incurring the risks of another Sonderbund civil war . The latest accounts state that the negotiations between Belgium and France have led to a preliminary convention . A provisional convention , which maintains the municipal regulations of the former treaty , and likewise comprehends the suppression of Belgian reprints and several other new dispositions , has received the assent of the Belgian Government , and will come into immediate operation ; so that there is no apprehension either of a lengthened interruption of the existing relations , and still less of a tariff

      war . The reception of the Emperor of Austria at Presburg , on the 13 th , fully equalled , we are told , the expectations of the people , flis Majesty rode into the town accompanied by the Archduke Albert , and followed only by a band of ' mounted Crawaten ( Sclavonic peasantry ) , in number about 800 , whoso wild equipments caused a good deal of diversion . Ah a matter of form , the Vienna corporation sent a deputation to Presburg , to obtain the Imperial sanction for the fetes of the 15 th . The address contained expressions of the utmost dcvotiofl entertained by the citizens of Vienna for tho person of the monarch . The homage was of course graciously accepted , and Vienna was forthwith to be " turned inside out" lor the triumphant welcome of the beloved Franz Joseph .

      Tim Hamburg artisan Jtusczack , whom the Austriana seized in bis own state , and carried oil" by force to Vienna , has learned bis fate from the military governor of Vienna . I 1 e was llrst tried b y court martial , and was sentenced to die by the hands ol the hangman . The military government of the city has commuted tho sentence to eighteen yearn' fortress imprisonment . It is expected that tho seriate of Hamburgh will renew its entreaties on behalf of the kidnapped prisoner , in which case Homo slight

      mitigation of the punishment may be conceded . An Austrian imperial decree of the Hist July formally abolishes the institution of the National Guard , and in its stead there in to bo a " Reserve . " After having nerved the eight yearn appointed b y law , every soldier , ( tailor , gendarme , ' policeman—the military borderers oxeoptodwill belong to the roservo for two years . Tho duties of the reserve will be , " in case of war , or under extraordinary circunistanceH , to enter into active Herviee , which active Hcrvice will coiiho with the unusual circumstance . "

      The Austrian Government hiifi taken a new and important Htep in Italy . LottorH of the SMh iiiHtant , from I ' arrmt , announce that the resolution has been taken at Vienna to deprive the Duke of Patina of the adminiHtration of bin States , and to put in a regency , of which Ward is to be the head . Thin Ward in a Yorkahiroman : and was once a groom . On the night , of the 7 th inst ., Boveral thousands of workmen from Turin ami other places , prooeded by Jlaga and n

      band of music , deposited in the vault of the roval tnmh * c the house of Saxony , at Super , a , a tablet , SSSftg following inscription :- « To CWles Albert , whoTqpKJ to his people a new life , wished to render free all ItaT » Thousands of workmen have consecrated this marble svrn bol of an eternal gratitude , Aug . 8 , 1852 . 8 yni-The Official Gazette of Savoy of the 16 th states fW , Florence , that the authorities of that city have caused ^ Hippodrome to be closed on accotmt of ah anti-Bonai ) artis + demonstration made by one of the equestrian performer ^ A shock of earthquake was felt ai Pau in the niriit Af 6 th , which lasted several seconds . . *

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      THE FUNERAL OF MAZZINFS MOTHER . There is still life in Italy . The obsequies which the people pf Genoa have celebrated in honour of Mazzini ' s mother , who died on the 6 th of August ; show that the sentiment of the noble and the kindly still glows hi the Italian breast . Even those who dissent from the political views of Mazzirii are compelled to acknowled ge his clear intellect , his pure and elevated imagination his impassioned sincerity , his fearless and persevering character . He is the apostle of a political creed ; and all his sentiments and all his actions correspond with that elevated character . To be capable of admiring and loving such a man is for a people to be capable of

      freedom . The relations which existed between Mazzini and his mother were beautiful and touching . Prom the time of his boyhood he had only seen her once at Milan in 1848 . But their love had not waxed cool in consequence of their separation . Week by week they corresponded without fail for a period of twenty-two years . This filial devotion knit Mazzini to the Italian heart by a purely human and domestic tie ; and it shed over the mother a reflex of her son ' s glory . She was even in her lifetime inscribed in the calendar of patriot saints for Italy . The solemnities of her funeral , characterized by the fervid feelings of Italy , show what a hold mother and son had ( and have ) upon the Italian mind , and how the contagious influence of their

      countrymen ' s love and veneration has caught hold of even the colder children of the north . A correspondent of the Daily News furnishes the following letter : — Genoa , August 12 . Yesterday morning the funeral service of the mother of Mazzini took place in the church of the Carmine . The Signora Nina , although ill , and scarcely able to stand , insisted on placing herself at the head of the ladies , amongst whom were Fanny Balbi di Negro and Maria Quartafa Passone . The Signora Carolina Celesia could not , unfortunately , be of the number , as the incessant filial cares which she rendered to the deceased had brought on an attack of fever , which confined her to her bed .

      The church was crowded , in spite of the numerous disguised spies . A more sublime and moving scene than the accompaniment of the corpse to the Cemetery Staglicno , Genoa has never been witnessed . It may be said that the entire city was there . In the morning all the English and American , with some Dutch , Swedish , and Danish vessels in the harbour hoisted their flags half-mast high , and lowered their pennants in tho form of a cross , in sign of mourning . At six in the evening the cortSge started from the Church of the Carmine , followed by all the emigration , all the associations of working men of Genoa , St . Pier D'Arene , and the suburbs . Every class took part . All the naval captains of Genoa and the Riviera were present , thirty or more being from the Gulph and Lorici ; and tho immense body of sailors , with the associations ol tno

      boatmen of tho port . , Many Genoese and foreign ladies , besides those above named , except tho Signora Nina , who could not bear me trial of her strength , and was forced to withdraw , camea tho funeral palls , and surrounded the coffin upon whim were deposited numberless wreaths , woven by them , anu presented by the association , tri-coloured banners , anu r ibbons and flowers without end . English and American , tho Swedish , Dutch , and Danish captains were present m deep mourning , each in their turn seeking tho honour in bearing tho coffin , which was alike claimed by tho . * " * men , the emigration , and those of all classes who were present . Tho civic bands led the procession , P lavln / j . [^ gious music . Tho procession numbered at least * ' ^' walking in two columns of four a-breast . The entire , no

      pulation lined tho streets , and tho most poweoi , u--reignod amid manifestations of tho sincorest grid . ** " « tho corUqe reached Stagliono , tho night was far <« lvfl" ™ ' and tho whole valley of the Bisagno was illumined on evj Bide . There was not a peasant ' s hut or a " ° ! " ^ palaeo without a light in every window , lllumum ""* . cortSge on its darksome way . ( From tho Italia e Popolo . ) Genoa , August 1 H . ^ Yesterday evening the funeral of the mother of J «» JP _' Mozaiiii took place . We cannot describe in words ino ^ proHHion that thn sight of tho compact maflfi ol citwoi . spectators or an forming part of the cortege , T , M \ tef » iih W « will ot . 1 v rut . that , bo numerous a body or u

      never beforo assembled around a colHn , and that n < ¦(„ procession wan ever conducted w . ith Buch order an" b < We well knew that there exists in the heartH ot mo i ^ a deep fooling of gratitude and sincere " flooUor \ j . i moro men who liavo fought and suffered in its causo : hm ^ ^ that the name of Joseph Masszini in sacred an mim luinexile whom the whole of tho reactionary party u » ' niated , and evory policy has marked out tor un 7 n J ov 0 t-Hecution ; but we wore not prepared ior "' . , , jB held whelming testimony of tho veneration m wincn « \ e , iiH wftx afforded by this immense concourse' O 1 * ^( by From live o'clock P . m . tho Strado Wuota W « ftWJ »»

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      . * We incline to behove that neither the one nor the other of those ingeniouH rumours is exact . . Literary copyright has , perhaps , more to do with the difficulties oi the negotiation , than any political ( mention . I ' ranoo rightly insists on the suppression of that organized piracy which , it may bo ( eared , Helgium in too well disposed to protect , and by which the literaturo of the ono country ih blnuneloHHly robbed , while tho other is rondor (« i impotent to produce any literature at ttli . —iiv . oil header .

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      792 THE LEADJEjl CSaturday

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 792, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1948/page/4/