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October 23, 1852.] THE LEADER. 1009
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CONTINlONTAL NOTUS. Civi(! courage is no...
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Letters From Paris. [Fbom Our Own Corres...
ereur . These deputations , it should be added , ^ re severally composed of a very few persons . Fol-1 w them came an extremely numerous deputation of the old soldiers of the empire , in uniform , bearing a magnific ent banner of green and gold , with the supercription Vive VEmpereur . At two p . m ., the special train containing the President and his suite entered the Terminus of the Orleans Railway . The station was rofusely adorned with flags , streamers , and oriflammes bearing imperial emblems and inscriptions . The raiul ' Salle des Voyageurs was turned into a hall of reception , where the great bodies of the State had lience . j ^ one en d . of this saloon a platform had
been erect ed , on which a throne covered with velvet and ri chly embroidered with gold was raised . To the Tio-ht of the platform was the Senate , to the left the Legislative corps ; the Ministers and the President of the ^ Council of State stood on the steps of the platform wit h the Co uncillors of State to their right and left ; the household of the President were placed behind the throne ; while scattered through the room were seen the Court of Cassation , the Cour des Comptes , the crand officers of the Legion of Honour , the Institute , the Staff of the National Guard , and of the army of
Paris , the Court of Appeal , the clergy of Paris , headed 1 ) V the archbishop , the Prefect of police , the Tribunal of C ommerce , the corps of Civil Engineers , and of the Mines , the Polytechnic School , the Ecole d'Etat Jlaior , the consistories of the Protestant and Jewish C hurches , the juges de paix , the prudhommes , the coinmissaires de police , the scientific bodies , the chambers of notaries and attornies , the syndicates of bailiffs , of stockbrokers , of auctioneers , of commercial brokers ; in a -word , all that belongs far or near to the
Government . At the moment when Bonaparte stepped out of the train of honour , a salvo of 101 guns saluted him , ami all the bells of all the churches began to ring out a sudden peal . The instant he entered the grand liall of reception , all that vast crowd of official personages set up a tremendous shout of Vive I'Empereur . It was observed that the very men who impeached Bonaparte on the second of December ( when the fate of the duy trembled in the balance ) now shouted the loudest ! Another and as loud a cry saluted him as he oiiine forth from the building .
Bonaparte then mounted his horse , richly caparisoned , and proceeded in the direction of the Boulevards , accompanied only by his aides-de-camp , and an escort of officers . He was preceded and followed by the whole cavalry of the Army of Paris . At certain points in the line of the procession , groups of Decembrists were scattered among the crowd of sight-seers—notably , at the corner of every boulevard : at the Boulevard
Eeaumairhais , the Boulevard Bourdon , the Pont d'Austerlitz , the Boulevard du Temple , the Boulevards of St . Martin and St . Denis , as far as the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle . As Bonaparte passed abreast of each of these groups in succession , a formidable shout of " Vive Vlimpereurl " Jtro . sc , with all the discipline of a chorus , as the chef d ' orahesl . re lifted his hat for a signal to give tongue . These groups contrasted strangely with the rest of the crowd , who remained gazing in perfect silence .
5 Soi ) iipar ( e was received on the Boulevard Iieaunmrchais with numerous cries of " Vivo I'Amnestic !" fnmi workmen of the Faubourg St . * Antoine . iMany acts of arbitrary violence were committed . ^ ome working men were arrested for having cried ' ioc la . ' . lirp-iiliUquc ! " I saw with my own eyes one " Jil 11 " misted at the corner of the Faubourg du Temple . r | 1 li « police agents compelled the crowd to rai . se their ll : 'l- , hut , the vast majority remained covered . M . < le
• oimvlles , a Legitimist nobleman , was arrested for not "living uncovered his head in the presence of Hoiia-I '; "' <•'• We have returned to the days of the tyrant Ussier t Another Legitimist , who attempted to pre-Vll | t ii Decembrist from bawling out " fire I' I < hn V'Tcurr wan also eirrested . I . should add , thai the '' ' . ' " U : IS penned by detached groups between double l ''<| "el , s ol troops , who intercepted Jill conuuuniea ( , i < m . '" ill past three , p . m ., lionaparfe made his entry into •' I'd Tifil ,,,. - , )) y Ul (( ,,,. . ( 1 () Iit ( < OII ( . . )_
Pi K * "e . Senate is to be immediately culled to discuss "' question of the Umpire : the Scnatus-ConsuRe is I ( ' " . V prepared : it is drawn u ]> by M . Troplong . It "; . ls Imposed lo publish it the very evening of the ^ in uphnl entry , but llonapnrfo refused to sanction it , ^| ''" ' plea of extreme fatigue , " thai he desired to ( t ' . |' u |( 1 two whole days to reflection and repose . " He Sl" 'ake t | u , title of lOmperor jiuiI King , just lilui his l (
> " F . tnperoroffhe French , and King of Algeria . " yj ^ ' "' ' •'' . yines with . Italic , at nil events-in the syllable . Murut , son of the Homeiimc . Kin ^ ol ' "H "" . will ( ben be Vice-l { , oy of Algeria . 1 ( """I , questions , however , have arisen in the diseus-^ j '' . ! ll »> ut the Umpire . The Klyst ' e is divided on the tlitf ¦ ° '""' ' OUHt ' '" ti «> n . One party declares that 1 tlXIHt uig pilct i 8 iacounmtiblo with tlyiuwtic
conditions of hereditary power , and are afraid of the dangers and surprises of universal suffrage . They want the suffrage to be a deux degres ( indirect ) ; and by a Jesuitical equivocation , they pretend that the municipal councils should be considered the veritable delegates , in trust to act for the mass of citizens , and as such , the sole electors . Now the Government dissolves and recomposes these municipal councils a t its will and pleasure : hence the Government would , in such a case , nominate the electors , and the population would go for nothing in the choice of their representatives ! They call to mind the scandals of the elections , and insist that the legislative body be further modified , so that there may be no more of M . de Montalembert ' s
speeches . They wish too , to declare the chief of the State no longer responsible before the country . These are the opinions of the Persigny coterie : the Fould and Baroche coterie , on the other hand , insist on the maintenance of the existing Constitution of 1852 . They allege that the Constitution was made expressly in contemplation of the Em pire , and that for the Empire it is sufficient and complete . Besides , they say , the country may very possibly not sanction a new Constitution by a sufficient number of votes;—that , in short , to meddle with universal suffrage would be to avow publicly that all past acts and professions had been but a mask to hide the ruling ambition—the lust of a Crown , and nothing more .
We do not yet know which party will carry the day , but I incline to think that Bonaparte will adhere to universal suffrage . Bonaparte , however , has not waited for his coronation to perform an act of the most absolute sovereignty . Of his own sole will and act , without consulting the nation , of whose powers he should remember he is the supreme depositary and delegate ; nay , without consulting even his immediate counsellors , he has set at liberty Abd-el-Kader ! on one condition and with one guarantee onl y—that he has solemnly taken oath never again to bear arms against 1 ' rance . We may well believe , that at the mention of an oath demanded by Bonaparte in person , Abd-el-Kader , the Moslem , smiled . He did swear to till that was demanded of
him ; and so , while the Sultan is preparing a suitable residence for him in Anatolia , he is to sojourn at Trianon , near Versailles . For my own part , I only hope that Bonaparte may not have to wait long for the penalty of this political rashness . 1 only hope that Abd-el-Kader , breaking his oath after the manner of Bonaparte , may once more summon to the Holy War the populations of Algeria ; the more troops there are employed in the war in Africa , the fewer there will be to enslave France .
The ruling despotism does not abate . Warnings continue to shower upon the press : only now the journals are warned for not divining in good time the new theories of authority . The Government actually pretends , that all persons under political sentence or suspicion , whether confined to special districts , or merely under surveillance , or pardoned , are incapable of holding public functions . The Journal de Maine and the Journal de lei Sarth ' e , having supported a
contrary doctrine , have received warnings . Several municipal councils have been dissolved in consequence ) of this extraordinary stretch of arbitrary power , on the pretext that the names of citizens politically condemned arc ; often found in those elective bodies , as , indeed , was recently the case at ltoanue . In the South , arrests and domiciliary visits are becoming more frequent ; again . Forty arrests in the Gern , the Hcrault , and tlm ( Jard are mentioned ; and a certain number in the Calvados . S .
October 23, 1852.] The Leader. 1009
October 23 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1009
Continlontal Notus. Civi(! Courage Is No...
CONTINlONTAL NOTUS . Civi (! courage is not quite dead in France . M . do Gusto , it naval engineer , bus addressed a petition to the Senate 1 , allowing canst ; against , ( he restoration of tlm Kinpirn . ilo asks permission to send round tins petition to all tho . " $ (> , ( KM ) communes , by " enorgel ie men , " with the needful safe-conduct , lo accompany ( lie demand for KignaturcH to tlie potilionyur the Kmpirc , mid thus to test ( lit ! suffrage of the people . " If France ( hjivn M . de Gasle ) as the very Kmpirn signifies , 'has always ( ho rig ht , lo resume her sovereignty , ' what , are tlm guarantees of stability that can
be offered by the Umpire ? ( Inininiiiiicat ions befwocn nations and individuals arc now more rapid than 11 icy were fifty years ago ; all l . he material and intellect mil forco of inank iticl lias increased every win iro ; but nil in morn speedil y exhausted , and i . s of far shortor duration in our days . Tlio second Kepublir- did not last , half Mid time of tho first ; if the Presidency for it'n ycni'M has not half the existence of tlio (' ousulnte , is Micro not reason lo fear that ( . Iuh second , hereditary lOmpire , which you are ( o bo called upon I" proclaim , will not ; laul , half ( lie time of the lirst Knipireii' '
TIid Senate , is convoked by decree for the fourth of November , ( o decide on the change in the form of ( Jovorinncnt . Tho fiiuio tit ' s (' otiKiillo will ho Huhmil . tcd to tlio people , and the result , of Mm appeal to universal Niillragt ) will be scrutinized and proclaimed b y tho LemHItitivo (! ori ) M . Genorul Liunoricierc , undue ji tjlrict incognito in tit
Frankfort , where ho had obtained permission , says tho Correspondent of Hamburg , to pass fifteen days longer , in order to have an interview with the Prince de Joinvillo and the Duchess of Orleans . Tho French Minister had demanded his expulsion , but without effect . We believe , says the Times , that previously to tho liberation of Abd-el-Kador by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte , negotiations had been carried on by tho French Government with tke Porte for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the Sultan to tho reception of the Axub Chief in his dominions . Broussa had , accordingly , been named
by the Porte as the most suitable place of residence , that being tho city to which prisoners of State and disgraced officers of the Turkish Government arc usually sent ; but it would appear from Louis Napoleon's speech at Amboise , that Abd-el-Kader is to be considered as a free resident at Broussa on parole . It is a remarkable ciccumstance- that the intention of the President , to liberate the Emir had been strongly opposed by all his advisers , civil and military , and they imagined that he had yielded to their remonstrances . It was only a few minutes before the interview at Ainboise that Louis Napoleon informed General St . Arnaud , the Minister at War , that ho wao
going to set Abd-el-Kader at liberty on the spot . Such is the tenacity of purpose and the secrecy of resolution which characterizes the present ruler of France . Abd-el-Kadpr is represented to bave been watching- the arrival , at the station of Amboise , of the special train containing Louis Napoleon , from the terrace of the Chateau . The President ' s address to the prisoner is thus given by the M . oniteur : — " ' Abd-el-Kadcr , —I come to inform you of your liberation . . You are to be taken to JBroussa , in the States of the Sultan , as soon as the necessary preparations shall have been made , and you will receive there from the French . Government an allowance -worthy of your former rank . You are aware that for a length oi" time your captivity has caused me real affliction , for it incessantly reminded me
that the Government "which preceded me bad not observed the engagements entered into towards an unfortunate enemy ; and uothing in my eyes is more humiliating for tho Government of a great nation than to misunderstand its force to such , a point as to fail in its promise . Generosity is always the best counsellor , and I am convinced that your residence in Turkey will not prove injurious to the tranquillity of our possessions in Africa . Your religion , like ours , enjoins submission to the decrees of Providence . But if France is mistress of Algeria , the reason is that God willed it to be so , and the French nation will never give up that conquest . You have been the enemy of France , bufc I am not the less willing to render justice to your courage , to your character , and to your resignation in misfortune . That is the reason why I consider it a point of honour to put an end to your captivity , having full conlidence in your word . ' "
Ihe Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 11 th states that the trial at Sinigaglia would be shortly followed by simitar trials at Ancona , Jesi , Peaaro , and Fano . The persons to bo tried were implicated in the political events of 1818 and 18-19 . Letters from Verona of the 12 th mention that a funeral soi'vicc was celebrated there on that day , by order ol Marshal Iladetzki , in honour of the Duke of Wellington , who was Marshal of the Kmpire . The Duke of Parma arrived at Venice on the 12 l , h . The editor of the Avenir , M . Dameth , has been banished from Nice , at the instance of the French Government . The Ministerial crisis in lielgium i . s still unsolved . M . do Brouckerc , the hope of the clerical party , is reported to have given up the attempt to form a ( Cabinet . M . Mantiiiiflt : ! has forwarded to the Prussian Ministers
at foreign courts a second document , explaining the circumstances which led to the sudden breaking up of Mm recent conferences at Herlin . lie takes more than mil ) occasion in this circular to remind the coalesced States that the way i . s still open by which they may honourably resume ) their old relations with Prussia . The . Herlin correspondent oi" the Alhjcmchic Zi'itiu / i / has been arrested and expelled from Prussia . Tin ; Nenato of Frankfort has given effect , to out ) of tho latest resolutions of ( lie Germanic Diet , and abrogated tho political equality of t ho citizens prescribed in the new constitution . New elections art ) to take place , and only ( Jhriritians will be allowed to vote . A CustoniH' Congress has been summoned for the ' 20 t li inst ., nt Vienna . Austria is about bringing the Zollvercin question lie fort ) the . Diet of I ' rank fort . ( ! ount Maurice ; Dichtrichstcin , laic ambassador in London , died ill , Vienna on the lilth insl ..
Tiik Funioral Of Tiik Dukkl Of Wellingto...
TIIK FUNIORAL OF TIIK DUKKl OF WELLINGTON . \ V 10 believe that the following prograinino of p roceedings at the Funeral of ( , lm Duke of Wellington will p rove to hi in the main correct . The remains of bis Grace will remain at , Walmer until four days before the funeral , which will lake p lace hot ween Ihe I 7 l . ' h and I ' . Hh of November . They will then bo removed to ( Ilirl ' -icn Hospital , when ; the body will ¦ i * - in stale for three days , and on tlm evening before ( be solemnit y , it . will he removed to Mm I lorsn Guards . On tlm mornin / r of tlm 1 ' uimral , I lie funeral cor / rift < will be
formed nl ( ho II onic ( i uiii'iIm , / mil will proceed by < 'hiii'ingeroMK , the Slruiid , Fleet-. ' ;! reel ., a . ud I , nilgai c-hill , to St . Paul ' s . Six ivgiiimnl . s of "infantry , eig ht squailrinm of . cavalry , and seventeen guns , will take part in the prucos-. nioii , that being tho number of troops to which lin Orneo was cut it led b y bis rank in I lie oriny . A body of IMai'incH will also form purl of I ho ritrfci / c , which will bo headed l » y eight y-tbrec veli'i'iins from ( . 'hclsca Hospital , who tdiaretl in the Duke ' s campaigns , the number eighty-I . hren representing tlio years to which his Grace had aliainod . Wo have also rcaxou lo believe that Mio Field-M ^ U'shnl's baton of tht ) doccuHud Uuko will be boruo on tho occasion by tlm
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23101852/page/5/
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