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IiETTERS FROM PARIS . ^ ExttixdtsfrVnv Private Odrrespomimce ^ , .. . "? Takb note of what the Leader te staying . &&& You will have to remind your readers 6 tybttt tfttrtts in a few years * perhaps even in a few ' rttonths . You cannot conceive the state of restlessness and discomfiture of the adherents of the present regime—I ittean senators , aides-de-camp , officers of the household , deputies , and other lacqueys . This recent pistolshot has betrayed to them the frail tenure of their existence . They interrogate one another ' s countenance , and i not one can * promise his fellow a quarter of an hour's political life when the master lias disappeared . The same feeling was evidenced by the
step taken by the collective deputation of the Ministers and other dignitaries of the State to their master before the ' attempt . ' I was told yesterday by a senator , that they had been in a body to declare to the Emperor , that if he started for the army in'the Crimea , none could guarantee the public tranquillity at home , and that they preferred to resign en masse . This declaration was coldly and silently received , but the visit to the Crimea is postponed sine die There is a dawn of opposition on all sides . The confessed failure of the siege of Sebastopol may have something to do with this movement of opinion . I am assured that the latest news from the Crimea is deplorable . Fever and cholera are setting in . Sixty
thousand rounds have been fired , with no other result than 600 Russians killed , and 2500 wounded . The batteries and the ramparts of the besieged are still standing . Every one now cries , We must get out of it . But can we , if the Russians will not consent to the denouement f" , .... * ' All the world agrees , of courso , that it was a foolish and wicked act ; and even people not accustomed to mention Providence , appeal to its intervention to explain the escape of his Majesty . It appears that Providence had inspired him with the ielea of wearing a cuirass ; for it is confidently affirmed that the second ball struck him en pleine poitrine and threw him back on his horse . The only disastrous result
of this affair is , that the Republicans are again persecuted with suspicion ; letters are opened in order to discever traces of a conspiracy . It is said that the man has accused above 100 accomplices , and that arrests innumerable arc taking place . Some pretend that it is all a police-stroke to avert the journey to the Crimea , but this is not to be believed . What we know for certain is that the population empress&e , said by the Government journals to surround the Emperor ' s steps is chiefly composed of disguised policeagents armed with poniards . It will be dangerous to raise one ' s hat to blow one ' s nose . The English should keep out of the way , as there is danger at every turn . See how that agent stabbed Pianori at
once ! They say it was frightful to see the Emperor ¦ with his face distorted by emotion , rush wildly through the barriers surrounded by the few horsemen who are accustomed to appear there at that hour . A good many English left their cards next day at the Tuileries , but I don't think the courtiers behaved well . They at first thought that something serious had happened , and" scampered off to their houses , so that Prince Napoleon Jerome , when he came—with an alacrity which must have been gratifying to the Emperor—to the Tuileries , before the return of tfie Imperial couple , found himself almost alone . Afterwards a great crowd came ; but I am afniid the people ( with ordinary beef at twenty-eix sous a pound , the filet at forty-eight—such is the measure of national progress and contentment ) are too much occupied
with their miseries to think of showing their 'loyalty ! The population remained unaccountably indifferent ; and I heard one fellow say , almost as a joke , ' They have tried to demolish the Emperor . ' .... There is much disaffection indeed ; many Arc even delighted at tho report that tho allied armies will soon bo reduced to capitulation . Patriotism seems quite dead . . . . . The opening of the Exhibition even cannot be predicted with certainty . Tho victims of tho Moniteur fill tho streets , displaying much red whisker , cut in the traditional 'mutton-cutlet' fashion ; and some presume to say , in loud English , that they have been done , in order that shopkeepers and hotels may profit . Discontent on this point is general . Perhaps , however , tho real reason of the delay—which may be prolonged—is , that tho French don ' t understand business . "
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CONT IN K N T A T , N O T E S . 'Tiirc Ddbats has nn article in which it takes great pains to point out that tho Conferences arc not In point of fact closed or dissolved , bnt merely " suspended , " and that tho expression " adjourned sine die" has more moaning in this particular caso'than in generally attached to it . It affirms that Lord John RurhcII proposcd ,, to declare tho Congress terminated ; but . thnt Count Buol objected to this as renouncing all olmneoH for tho future . The Assembte ' e reasserts thd rrmiourH of Morions disagreement * having ^ tnkon plnco' ht' the * CorifcrencoB between Atintriu and the Allies . Tli ' cao , it / Is aald , « roao out of tho deslrii of tho lrfttor thht 'Ml shipsof " -war should be precluded from tho Black Sea , which should thun bommlo neuter :
to ^ whieh ^ Austrial&r < Mgl ? 'Wjm 1 i& , « a ^ JJ « po « Hi Motor her part , ' tKHt'ltti&fer MtirtOcL mMter ! a&e i to > limit h « r'Sfcips to the number rioiv -reftteifilligMAt SefcaAtapel arid at ' -fcjr dither pdrts'in'ae ^ Etutkie . T TPMe -writer ¦ mtis ^ " Ttiei attifcriae ' takefa 'By * Attitrfa'th ' the 'lafrt- ' © Wtfereiicds "dppears'of * i ' ii ! atu * e to ' . feafd'to the * fc *! fef -that * he is'decided , - as * # * s'flkia tt * ne days' sinceih'the Moiiiteitr , to make , in " wfcr ' a * in 'fcteace , fcomtnon < sfti « e with the : Western Towers . At Vieiflte , However , some doubts atre Still entertained'on'thSs Head . " M . Drtuyn fle Lmrys left Vienna on Friday week . The "Address'tb tKe Pedj > le , " "rtTitt * n by Charlotte Corday , and fbtind upon her jferttftf ^ vhen she'was arrested , -wad w > ld"m ! Paria the otiler'aay for ^ O fr .
A private meeting of members of the 'French Institute has been acid to consider Ure ' expediency of protesting against the recent imperial decree , altering" the constitution of that body . The proceedings were opened by Count "Mole * , who ' spoke with much warmth , and declared that he ftflt personally insulted by the attack upon the ' privileges of the Academies . M . 'Gtiizot followed , and expressed ' his concurrence'in the views of Count'Mole ' . Several bitter speeches Tvere made , and it was ultimately resolved , almost unanimously by the members present at the meeting , that a respectful protest should be presented to Government . M . de'Germiny
Trasthe only member of the meeting -who voted against the resolution . M . Prosper Merim ^ e ' withdrew before the discussion was over . M . Sainte Beuve observed that there was much to be said on both sides of the question , and expressed a determination not to vote . It is confidently asserted by friends of the protesting academicians , that they will resign en masse if the decree be not withdrawn or materially modified . As there is not the least probability that any attention will be paid to the protest , we may expect'to hear of their resignations , unless they should think better of it . The pension of 2000 fr . a year attached to the dignity of an
academician , although not a large sum , will doubtless be a subject of consideration with many before coming to a final decision . —Daily JVetrs Paris Correspondent . The Minerve , of Athens , of the 11 th , publishes an article pointing out the benefits which have restated from the residence of the French troops in that capital , and expressing the warmest gratitude of the inhabitants of th « Piraeus for the improvements effected there by the
French . Streets 'formerly almost impassable have , it says , been thoroughly cleared ; squares planted with trees ; and pieces of waste ground cdnrerted into highly cultivated gardens . In short , the town of the Piraeus , by the exertions of the French Admiral , has not only been cleared and rendered healthy , but the aspect of it has been completely changed . "If the army remain here some time longer , " says the 3 finerve , ' ' theitown will be entirely embellished in the European style , and the Pirajus will resume its ancient splendour . "
The committee of the Spanish Cortes on'the Budget has been occupied in endeavouring to ascertain the precise amount of the deficit ; and , although it has not vet completed its task , it has ascertained that the deficit will not be less than 200 , 000 , 000 reals ( the real is five sous ) . It is now positively affirmed that the long-talked-of journey of the T ! mperor to Constantinople and the Crimea is suspended , if not definitively abandoned . A telegraphic message was sent off to Marseilles to prevent the embarkation of the articles prepared for the voyage , and , further , desiring that a message be despatched to Constantinople , ordering the preparations for the Emperor ' s reception in that city to be suspended . It appears
that one of the immediate— -at all events , ostensiblecauses of this change of resolve , is the report of a committee of physicians held yesterday , who are said to have decided , after due deliberation and a minute inquiry into the circumstances , thnt the sanitary condition of the encampments is not so good that the Emperor could safely visit the spot . It ts very probable , too , that the strong discontent manifested by many persons of rank and position , in and out of tho Government , which has considerably augmented as the day of the intended departure approached , has had a good deal to do with that decision , lie this as it may , the ' journey is positively said to be suspended . — Times Jrat'is Correspondent .
The Imperial Court was on Wednesday M'eek again occupied tho whole day in hearing ploadiitgs in the caso of Mademoiselle Doudot . Tho Court , at the opening of its sitting to-day , delivered its judgment . Tho appeal a tuininul of tho public prosecutor , founded on tho plea that the former judges had neglected to attribute to tho facts imputed to the prisoner the character of premeditation , was admitted . As this circumstance allowed of the sentence being raised from two to live yours' imprisonment , tho latter term was pronounced by tho Court . Mademoiselle Doudot immediately appealed to tho Court of Cassation . —Idem . Hy nn Imperial decree , Count Colonna TValowski , French Ambassador in England , has been raised to tho dignity of Senator .
" According to advices from Peru , ' Buys tho Cottrrier du Warn ; " tho French and English fleets were uniting at Calloa to cintcr into combinations for a'fresh'Attack on Potropnulovski . " M . Thouvenel , ' long Director of tho political department of tho Ministry of Fur 6 ign A * ffn ! rn , und'Minlstor ad interim during tho nbsunco of M . 'Prouyn do I-linys , has
Ji&uiefed ^ Ws ^« aSgaati ** , wMcfc i H &fiM& ^* ea ntfcoepted . ' " ' ' . " ' "' i- *^ x The News of Hamburg says , on authority of ^ aMrettei fronVBreelau : — "fit se ^ Ms th ^« tS # iiiI * HtaHttH ^ f rolsau > arei «» d « avdtiriBg ? tb ^ scApe ^ fiymtf * he"o 8 BJ ^* ttM&f * tfniitary eepvic& in theiftnssian-anny . J Fi-ota ^ M 6 fcWe * ' # * H lisfced on the 18 th April by the Prirf * e CM&ixp&e Hohealehe , it appears that he haH i ^ eece ¥ tHdnBfta ^ f 11 chief of the district of C > lsk « sz a T ^* rtr ^ hicfe * fc « biieefl that in that district Alone no fewer' £ btm i 02 JPilBab recruits hadtaken to flight ill themoiittr e > f Mgrgh . ^ It 'is « upposed that the * ragit £ ve » are -secreted ia bitfife ^ SHAea of Lublinetz and 'Beatzen of trpper ^ SSesiaf ; «* && H 0 ae Prussian authorities ' have accordingly taketi * ittetotire 5 gto ' have them arrested- dndigfrenup toi : Httssia . "TfictWgi'tives belong to twenty-frfro diflfeTettt "Villagies , HMd" % ce Aged from twenty- * woto twenty ^ BVe 'Jtears . "
Tlie ' attitude of Aostria has'liitBly ; becdmiB « ltfrfelwar-: like . Vast military preparations ' are Weiiig m&tte i TSut 'whether they will come to anythiftg ' remailis tti be ^ eetu The accounts reeetttlyt&c&v * ed ' 0 t' fUe 'mtlb 'Uf -the 'manufacturing districts of France ^ tre very-isatiaSRftory . Lille , Lyons , UTimes , &c ., seem dditig a feapKal"WiSm ^ s , « tinralated by the prospect of-the dppfodclimg'QSxpeBitian . The Government of Saxe-Cdbtrfg Gotha'lfaB ^ ttstipromnlgated tbe ^ law of succession "for the Bucby . It'isfto the eflFect 'that , in ease the reijgnmg' ^ dttke slwmld die without leaving direct heirs , theetiecefiBion shall pass to Prince Albert and his descendiaflts , but : that « lreireigning Kinff of England and the heir presumptive to the throne
of England shall be excluded . It is 'further enacted , that if , when the succession shall beconie vacant , there shall be no descendant qualified to Btteceed , ' other than the king and heir presumptive of England , theking ^ and heir shall be bound to cause the duchies to be administered by a governor , until a descendant qualified to succeed shall have attained his majority . The appanage of the hebr presumptive to the duchies is fixed from his majority at 18 , 000 florins ( about 1800 / . ) a year . According to this arrangement , upon the death of the reigning duke , ~ who has no child , Prince Alfred would become the heir presumptive , and Prince Albert immediately succeeding .
- The A ustrian Gazette announces that a peasants ' war has broken out in the Russian province of Ukraine , and is fast extending . Prince GortschakofF , it is said , has renewed the tenancy of his hotel at Vienna for another six months . This is rather significant . A letter from Moscow of the 19 th in tile Patrie says ; — " The religious fanaticism of the people is more excited here than at St . Petersburg . The churches are constantly filled ; all the images of the celebrated saints ttre displayed , and after the usual services the priests
address the most violent harangues to the people , -who leave the churches in a kind of frenzy against the enemies of Russia , and express themselves ready to give their very last kopeck to . the Czar towards the expenses of the -war . Among the tradesmen there are a number who are very rich , and it is in a great measure on them that the charges of the war fall most heavily . Notwithstanding the agitation which prevails , the French , however , are respected and continue their various vocations without any hindrance ; they are even the objects of attention to which they were not before accustomed . The rich lords who visit their establishments talk with
them of the French army , the Zouaves , and Chasseurs de Vincennes , whose courage and address the Russian gazettes sometimes mention . It is said that a convoy of prisoners is on the march from Perekop to the interior , and that they will pass through this city . The nobility become everyday more and more discontented ; -they begin to suffer from the rigorous blockade to which Russia is subjected on all sides , and they fear a complete prohibition of exports for all the natural productions of the country , even into Germany , if the war should become general . A new outlet for merchandise has just been opened by the Vistula and the Niemen , whence the goods pass into lVussia and reach Lubeck , and thence are conveyed to Hamburg . All the pupils of tho School of Cadets have been put on active service . The streets of Moscow are now unprovided with hackney coaches , as all the able-bodied coachmen are taken for tho anny . "
The J ) ottau , a Vienna journal , has an article under tho title of " Can Austria remain neutral ? " tho upshot of which is to prove that eho cannot , and that the Allies have " a right" to her assistance . Prince Menschikoli ; on tho 12 th of March , bade farewell to tho army of the Crhnwi , in an order of the day written at Perekop . On tho 16 th tho new Emperor addressed a very fluttering letter to him , in which it 13 atated that ho is roliuvvd lVoin his command at hisown roqiuiflt , ami on account of his shattered health . Alexander has conferred 011 him tho palaeo of tho Ltat Major of the Marino at Si . Petersburg . We do not hear anything more of tho old general ' s death . Tho opening of tho French Exhibition has been postponed till tho middle of May . Lord Clarendon , in oilkiolly announcing to tho French Ambassador at London tho conferring of a baronetcy upon tho Lord Mayor , says that tho intention of tho thiocn was to testify by this high favonr , which ia « nly gnmttul when tho Sovorelfrns of Groat « ritain vteifr the City in person , the particular satisfaction" sho expen-¦ e ne ' od nt tho reception given by tho corporation 1 of London to their Imperial Mnjeoties .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2089/page/11/
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