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fcTdulens , of Condom j Amouroux , of Chateauroux ; Viochot , of Dijon ; Jolibois , of Colmar ; Dugaillon , of the Union d'Auxerre . Most of these were in Algeria ; only three of them banished or internes ( confined t © a certain district ) , In short , the whole effect of this partial amnesty is lost . In the list of pardoned , the public sees only a long and gloomy roll of martyrs . Tlie Government journals have contributed by their indiscretion to render this impression still more
painful . In the . presence of these three hundred names which belong now to dead men , the Patrie declares that all those prisoners who had obtained the Emperor ' s pardon were marked for favour by their good conduct and repentance ! A ' certificate of good conduct and penitence to dead men ! A certificate of repentance to men like Desolmes , like Dugaillon , to women like Pauline Holland , who died in agony , and to Rosalie Gaban , who will live in the hope of seeing her wrongs avenged !
We are beginning to learn something of the state of feeling in the provinces with iiegard to the Imperial marriage . It appears that the news was greeted by a very general shrug of the shoulders . I will give you % vio significant facts on the subject . The Prefect of the Saone and Loire had sent to the Minister of the Interior a pompous report of the enthusiasm prevailing in his department . But the secret agent of Bonaparte , who corresponds directly with him , without passing through the Ministry of the Interior , having addressed to him a confidential report on the exact state of opinion , without mincing the matter at all , the Prefect is to be dismissed ! At that rate Bonaparte might as well dismiss this unlucky Prefect ' s eighty-five colleagues .
Anecdotes are rife about the Empress ; and her life before the wedding is still the to . pic of general conversation and of general scandal . If I had been disposed to believe half that is said , I should have told you that she was a second edition of Lola Montez . But to return from scandal to fact ; she appeared on Sunday last on horseback , whip in hand , at the grand review at Versailles . The review consisted of five regiments of cavalry , the 1 st and 2 nd Carabineers , the 6 th and 7 th Cuirassiers , the 7 th Dragoons , a battery of the 8 th corps of Artillery , and two regiments of infantry . The Empress figured at the review dressed en amazone , in black habit and hat .
The Coronation is already talked of . At first it \ i as said that it was to take place on the 5 th of May ; but it ; now appears that Bonaparte is in a greater hurry tlian was supposed . It is said that he is anxious not to let the memorable Napoleonic anniversary of March 20 th pass over without due recognition , and tliat ho lias fixed that day for his Coronation . Twelve new carriages are ordered for the ceremony . The old wagon of 1810 is definitively condemned , especially since the ill-omened accident that happened to it as it re-entered the Tuilcries after the ceremony of the murriiige . The Imperial crown that surmounted the ol ( l wagon fell to the ground , to the great alarm of the Biiperstitious Bonaparte , and of the equally superstitious Empress Eugenic ! The Imperial carriage for the
Coronation is to be entirely new , to prevent such an untoward augury happening again . Uonaparto rests his hopes upon " engaging" the Pope . He is going 1 to aeiid to lloixie , in the quality of ambassador , Cardinal Donnct , Archbishop of Bourdoaux . Seven other French bishops—among others , M . Salinis , Bishop of Amiens , and M . Gros , Bishop of Versaillesaro also en route for Koine . All these tlignitsiries arc charged with the mission of engaging the Popo to come to France and perform the consecration of Bonaparte at Notre Dame . Meanwhile , the official world is enjoying itself . Tho ball of the Somite ; came oft" yesterday ( Monday ) , and wiih an incredibly magnificent affair . Tho number of invitations exceeded 450 O . Tho line of carriages extended about a mile and a half . The cuirassicra were
drawn up in the adjacent streets to keep back tho crowd of peoplo anxious to get a peep at the Empress . The general expectation was disappointed . Tlio Emperor and tho Empress wore ; in n closed chariot , and no ouo could see them . This was tho last , official ball of the Hcasoii . The Bonnpurtist debauches of yesterday and divots of to-day are going to " keep" Lent . The Court ( official style ) mid tho Ministers will have no more receptions till Easter . Never has Puris known a moro dreary winter season . Excepting tho official Ihi-IIh and tho ball given by the dramatic artists , there lmvo been no balls given in Paris . The salooiiN of the Faubourg St . Germain , thoso of'thn Faubourg St . Honor 6 , even the houses of the banking world , have been kept strictly closed .
Tho Senate and tho Corps Legislutif arts convoked for the 14 th inst . To the latter will bo immediately Htibmitted th « budget of 1854 . At tho prcwont moment tlm budgot is utill before tho Council of State with u
deficit of fifty millions of francs ( 2 , 000 , 000 ? . ) , just the sum we pay for the privilege of a Court , with the three attendant " estates" of Council of State , Senate , and Legislative Corps . The Councillors of State propose reductions , but the Ministry * each for himself , decline to consent to such reductions ; yet the Moniteur of this morning informs us that the budget will be en equilibre without increase of taxation , which would imply that some , at least , of the Ministers have consented to a reduction in their particular departments . By way of a set-off to the decree of pardons , the Journal de Vaucluse announces that two citizens , internes , by name Urbain Bourzat and Michel Ney , have iust been expelled from France . S .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . WHA . TEVEB reception Mr . Cobden ' s historical and patriotic lucubrations may have experienced at home , they have found an approving Imperial Patron at the Tuileries . The Moniteur of Monday last contained a long review of , with copious extracts from , Mr . Cobden ' s recent pamphlet , and also the correspondence with Gen . Brotherton on the apprehensions of French invasion . The writer maintains that the views taken by Mr . Cobden are substantially correct , and joins him in adjuring the ministers of religion and all who value the peace of tbe world to combat the warlike propensities of the English people , and to preach goodwill , peace , and charity . An elaborate report to the Emperor , from M . Bineau , the Minister of Finance , after the approved Imperial fashion , occupied a large portion of Tuesday ' s Moniteur . It is full of tbe most extravagant adulation of the Emperor , and by dint of careful " cooking , " makes a show of a really prosperous balance . All the prosperity , however , is supposition , and the actual deficit ia fact . M . Bineau says nothing of the increased expenditure when he says that the receipts for the month , of January , ' 53 , exceed those of January , ' 52 , by more than 8 , 600 , 000 f . The report promises an equilibrium of expenses and receipts , and " no new burdens or new imposts" for the peoplo to suffer . Almost too good to be true .
The Cardinal Archbishop of Besancon , in a mandement published in accordance with annual custom at the beginning of Lent , dwells upon the non-observance of the Sabbath as being the cause of bad crops and the bankruptcy and ruin of traders . To enforce ^ his argument he refers to the example of innkeepers , who , he says , drew down upon themselves the infliction of railways as a chastisement sent by heaven for their perversity in supplying their guests with meat upon fast days . Apropos of this pastoral , t he Charivari has an amusing letter supposed to be written by a ruined aubergiste , who has made his fortune by keeping
the refreshment stall at a railway-station . Another prelate , the Bishop of Rochelle , exhorts his flock to destroy all " heretical" books , meaning aH books not approved of by the Roman Catholic church .. Addressing booksellers , ho tells them that the only way to make then : peace with tho church is resolutely to burn , all books of this description , even if they should ruin themselves by so doing , and he toucbingly exhorts private individuals not to hesitate out of admiration for style , beauty of print or binding , or affection for a family relic , but to commit all literary poison at onco to the flames .
It is in contemplation to open , three new museums in tho Louvre for tho exhibition of furniture and other articles of the early middle ages , a large collection of which belonging to tho state ia mow piled up in lumber rooms . The number of museums in the provinces is also , it is said , to bo increased . The Emperor has consented , on the application of tho Archbishop , to become godfather to the great bell of Bordeaux , and baa requested tho mayor to represent him in the ceremony . The Empress is the godmother . Tho procession of tho Bceuf-Gras , which has been
prohibited within tho walls of Paris sinco 1848 , is to l > o celebrated with all due splendour during tho present carnival . On Sunday , the cortege proceeded through tho principal quarters of the city ; and on Shrove Tuesday paid tho usual visit to tho principal ombassiea . Mrs . Ueeehor Stowo has had tho honour of giving names to tho three bovine heroes of tho feto , P 6 ro Tom , Shelby , and St . Clair . P&ro Tom , however , wo regret to state , whether from the fatigues of his journey from tho fat pastures of Normandy , or from political onmlTJ diod bolbro his turn camo to go bin rounds , and his carcaso was distributed to tho animals at tho
Jardin dew Plantes . Jjadi / Tartu fe , tho now comedy , by Madame Etnilo do Glrard ' in , lias been rehearsed at ( ho 'l'hoatro Franeais . In execution of tho decrees of tho iJ 2 nd of January , 185 ' 2 , imposing on tho Orleans family the obligation of soiling all their real property within a year , tho forests of Bourbon-Lancy and Iiruudon , in tho department of tho Saono-ot-Loiro , were sold a few days ago . Tho former fetched {) O () , ()( K ) f ., which , it is said , is about its real value ; tho latter 2 , 8 ()() , ()( K ) f ., which is much under tho estimated value . It is reported that the Einporor intends to sottlo a pension of 4 <> 0 , 0 ()<) f . a year upon tho Countess do JMontijo , and an annuity of 00 O , ( MX ) f . upon tho Empress for her toilette .
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Tho commercial negotiations between Austria aiul . Prussia are terminated . M . do Hruck awaits in Berlin the authorization irom the . Austrian ( lovernment to sign tho treaty of commerce concluded for twolvo years . Prussia in understood not to abandon her right of modifying her tariff in a liberal sense . Iiotlors from Hungary nbow , especially when considered with tho Italian news , that Austria is in no condition to menace Turkey or any other Htato with war . A correspondent , writing from tho Hungarian frontier at tho close of January , states that while tho government ban deceived and ulionatod its iriout constant , tmpportom in that kingdom , tho musses are us well disposed to insurrection ua
they were in 1848 . The numerous petty yet oppressive measures to which , the Austrians have lately had recourse , have greatly excited the general disaffection . In the district of Pesth a proclamation was lately issued , offering rewards for the conviction of certain classes of offenders , and engaging to take secret evidence ; that is to 6 ay , to convict prisoners without disclosing tho names of their accusers . It need not be said that the Csikos , that extraordinary class of men who made so romantic a figure and did so much service in tho last war , are not conciliated by the recently reported orders , intended especially to reduc e them to powerlessness and contempt . The general impression ( continues this correspondent ) is , " that we shall have no war until the uph ^ pving crust upon which we stand shall rend , and how soon that may be , the government , I fear , little suspects . "
The fete of the veterans of the Prussian armies in the wars of 1813 , 1814 < , and 1815 , was celebrated at Coblentz on . tbe 3 rd by a banquet , at which General Bardeleben , the President , read a letter from the Prince of Prussia , in which we find the following passage : — " Forty years since , when the call to arms of our heroic King , now with God , began tbe work of Prussia and Germany ' s deliverance from foreign domination , these countries ( i . o ., the Rhenish Provinces ) were still under the yoke . But soon the hour of their deliverance struck , and they were united to Prussia , at that moment more powerful and better considered than
ever . In succeeding years , the sons of these countries fought in our victorious ranks , and inarched to new conquests . Four years since , I had the honour to command the troops of this province in presence of the enemy , and they proved themselves worthy of the Prussian name . To preserve these sentiments is the end of this fete . Tho field of battle will one day show how far that end has been attained , fox as long as there are men there will be wars . For eight and thirty years have we enjoyed tranquillity under the protection of the victories of that memorrble era . May the blessings of peace long endure ; but if Providence has decided otherwise , the Prussian -armies will march to meet the enemy with the spirit and devotion of which we this day celebrate the memory . "
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The vice of monarchies is that dynastic too often supersede national interests . How shall the present Queen of Sardinia desire the liberation of Italy from Austria . At present she is staying at Bassano , ia the Tyrol , surrounded by five Austrian Archdukes , her brothers , and several other notables of the Austrian Court , among whom are the Archdukes Charles . Ferdinand , and William , and the Archduchess Maria . It is stated that the widow of tbe late Archduke Regnier will fix her residence at Turin . This will make the third Austrian Archduchess at that Court , the Queen Dowager and Consort being the other two . The customs treaty between Austria , Parma , and Modena , entered into vigour on the 1 st instant , and henceforth there exist no fiscal frontiers between the three States .
The health of M . de Cavour , tbe Sardinian Premier , continues to improve , and it was believed on tbe 5 th that ho would be able on the morrow to transact a certain amount of business in his department . The opening of the new parliamentary session is fixed for tho beginning of March next . The sessions of tho Sardinian Chambers , like those of the Dutch Legislature , succeed one another immediately , and not after a considerable interval , as in England . Tho Carnival has commenced at Rome , but its gaieties are principally confined to tho foreign residents , among whom tho English are distinguished . The Romans have
neither tho inclination to mirth , nor tho liberty to exerciso it . Our readers will judge of the condition of Rome under tho restored Pope , by tho fact that it is considered quite a mark of clemency on tho part of tho police authorities , to give some of tho young men who have been prohibited from leaving their homes after sunsot , permission to attend tho opera , ono at a time , and on evenings specified by tho authorities . Such is tho paternal government of" Pius IX ., whoso police have lately been persecuting cortain Roman ladies , for havin g endeavoured to alleviate tho tortures of tho countless political prisoners in tho dungeons of tho State .
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Letters from Constantinople state that tho French Ambassador , tho Marquia do Lavalette , was waiting for hia new credentials , and on the receipt of them was to set out for Paris on leave of absence . During hia stay in Paris , says ono of the letters from Constantinople , ho ia to treat tho affair of tho loan . It was said that an indemnity of l () 0 f . is to bo accorded to tbu holder of every share , or that a loan will bo rained on tho conditions originally fixed by the Imperial decision—that is , to bo paid off in ten years . Turkey booms hastening to disruption under the auripiees of her protectors Austria , and Russia , and Franco . Since Lord Stratford do RodoliHe left his post on leave of absence , moro lias been done to precipitate t . ho cntastropho of tho Turkish empire than for years bofore . Jt is satisfactory to hear that tho Ihitish Ambassador is shortly to return to Constantinople ) , before his leave of ub . sonco is
expired . . Franco bullying on the question of tho Holy Sepulchres , forcing tho Dardanelles with a line-of-battlo ship in spit o of treaties , driving a bankrupt state to a disastrous loan , inciting to a struggle with Montenegro , in which victory would bo as futul a . s defeat , and which oxpoaoa Turkey to tlio jealousies , if not to tho reprisals , of Austria and Russia : —Austria , in her turn , taking advantage of this nituation of tho . Porto , to jivongo herself for tlio shelter afforded to tlio Hungarian refugees , by sudden domandtj , enforced by largo massoH of troops thrown on the very borders , if not on tho actual territory , of Turkey , whilo Russia influmos the Montenogrinos , ocuupioa the indepondont province , and seizes tho occasion to tako up a position more threatening to tho indopondeneo of her " ally . " These dniitfors , added to tho wreck of tho finances , tlio return of W «» retrograde and fanutic old Turkiuh party to powor , und tho prevalence of bad couuboUj around tho Bui-
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February 12 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 149
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1853, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1973/page/5/
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