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Church Matters. The Following Resolution...
The Rev . J . H . Pollen , Fellow of Merton College , and late Senior Proct or of the University of Oxford , has been received into the Roman Catholic Church by the Archbishop of Itouen . It is our very painful duty to announce that Lord Charles Thynne , uncle of the present Marquis of Bath , and son-in-law of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , a canon of Canterbury , aiid rector of Lonbridge Deveril , near Wnrminster , has seceded to the Roman communion . — Kentish Gazette . The Plymouth Journal , the organ of the opponents of the Bishop of Exeter , reports the proceedings at the confirmation held at St . Peter's , Eldad . According to this authority , the Bishop , on being- driven u ]) to the church , was received with " three tremendous groans , which startled the people inside . " He , however , merely turned round and " fixed a steadfast eye" on his assailants , when , of course , the groans were repeated .
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1032 THE LEADER . [ SATtTRt > y
Letters From Paris. [Fjsoji Our Own Corr...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ Fjsoji our own Correspondent . ] Litter XLIV . Paris , October 26 , 1852 . The last preparations for the Empire are pressed on with great activity . A number of questions remain to be solved , and these are the subject of daily Ministerial deliberations . The title of Napoleon III . is definitively adopted . The most specious reasons were advanced in favour of this decision . Napoleon II . never reigned . Certain ministers objected that , in taking the title of Napoleon III ., Louis Bonaparte would fall into the ridiculous error of Louis XVIIL , who took the title of Louis XVIIL , when there had beenno "Seventeenth . " Besides , they added , it would be an ostentatious avowal
of pretensions to a Napoleonian Legitimacy , when it was clearly proved that France held all legitimist pretensions in equal contempt . To bring these recalcitrant Ministers to their senses , it was necessary to exhume the Moniteur of June 24 , 1815 , in which the recognition of Napoleon II . by the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers of that period , is found recorded at length . Consequently , it has been decided that Louis Bonaparte . shall assume the title of Napoleon III . Napoleon II . reigned only on paper ; we shall see on what this man will reign . In expectation of their official reassembling , the senators have been very busily discussing in private conference , the Senatus-Consulte of November < k The majority are disposed to inve the State paper the following form : —
" The French Empire shall be hereditary m the direct line in the family of Louis Napoleon . In case Louis Napoleon shall have no issuo mnlo , he shall have the right to designate his successor . Louis Napoleon will introduce into the Constitution whatever modifications he may deem proper to place the new powers of th ( 3 State in harmony with the new regime . " All this , you sec , means a pure and simple return to tho dictatorship of the Second of . December . We shall have an Autocrat , it Czar . It seems , the want of such a
blessing is felt more and more . What induces the senators to adopl ; tlio above-mentioned formula is , that it dispenses them from pronouncing an opinion on the great question as to the . successor of Louis Honaparte . Tho' Senate in formally obliged to regulate this order of succession , since tho pretended " monarchical . s lability" is at stake . Now , ns they are not acquainted with the feelings of Louis Honaparte on the . subject , they prefer to leave to him the choice . Hesides , the Monitors are divided
into two camps . One section is disposed towards the son of Lucien llonapiirte : the ; other for Napoleon , the son of . Jerome , the man who has always worn tho musk of republicanism , and who has even shown himself I lie personal enemy of Louis Honaparte . The vast majority leans to l . lui son of Luc ' ieii , whose candidateship is quite insignificant , as compared to Mint of Napoleon Jerome . If the latter were to succeed , an entire change of system is apprehended , and consequently a terrible retribution on all the servile crew . On the other hand , old Jerome is enforcing his claims . lie is in possession of tho family secrets , as I told you Ionir ago , and he is quite in a position , and quite disposed , to make himselfyiwv . v / .
The Imperial coinage is already struck . Copper pieces often centimes are beginning to bn sold on tho Hotilevards , bearing on one side tho effigy of Louis Moiiuparfo , with tint inscription round flu ; effigy ot " Napoleon III . Kinprror . " On the reverse side \ h mi eagle , with these words , " Kin ] tire Francais . " The goTd and silver pieces have this device encircled by a crown of oak , without , the eagle . The preparations for the coronation am actively purmied . J l . old yon , some weeks since , that Colonel Floury bad been senl , into Unglnnd for tho Imperial carriages and horses . Now , if is the costume that oiitragcH attention . Louia Bonaparte , who in decidedly
fifty years in arrear , is determined to figure on the occasion in the costume that was worn by Napoleon the Great for his coronation . Now , that Napoleon should have conceived the idea of dressing up like a Roman Emperor , after the model supplied by the tragedian , Talma , was ridiculous . and stupid enough ; but the absurdity was comparatively pardonable in a man of the South , nursed in ideas of decoration and theatrical display ? But on the part of Louis Bonaparte the absurdity exceeds all bound ' s . This , ' heavy Hollander , figged out as a Roman Emperor ! , The ass disguised in the lion ' s skin would be reasonable in comparison .
The Court of the new Monarchies being organized . All the grand dignitaries , all the high functionaries the Grand Chancellor , the Grand Chamberlain , the Grand Equerry , the Grand Marshal of the Palace , the Grand Master of the Hounds , the Grand Master of the Ceremonies , the Grand Master oP the Wardrobe , —all these parasites of Royalty are alfeady nominated , and one may almost say -entered ijpon their functions . A Grand Almoner was waft & ng i i ^ e has been found : it
is Mgr . Doimet , Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux , one of those fawning courtier priests who caress every regime , to betray all in fjurn . Louis Bonaparte has just decided that his Civil List —the Civil List of the Empire—shall be twenty-five millions of francs : ( 1 , 090 , 000 ? . ) Jacques Bonhomme is allowed to pay for his glory : that is the only right he has left ! By all means , then , I approve of the twenty-five millions .
On his accession , the Emperor Napoleon created Princes , Dukes , Counts : he made his own Generals , Princes , Dukes , and Marshals . The monkey " apes " the man . He , too , is going to make his Princes , Dukes , and Marshals . The butchers of December are to be created Marshals , with the title of Duke MM . St . Arnaud , Magnan , St . Jean d'Angely , Castellane , Gemeau , and the rest , are to bie the twelve Peers of this new Charlemagne ! I know not if I dream : but it seems to me these creatures m «« t be madmen not to
understand that the whole fabric is but a castle of cards , which a single breath will blow down . A single bullet would scatter all these valiant knights of the new round-table , and send them to rejoin the knights of the old : a single shot would despatch these merry-Andrews to the company of the ancient heroes of ballad and legend . De Moray , the bastard , halfbrother to the bastard Louis Bonaparte , is talked of for the dignity of Prince , as well as the apothecary ,
Fialin ( hodie de Persigny ) . Fould , the Jew , and Baroche , the Republican , are to be made Counts , the first under the name of Comte de Reqrnaneourt , tho second by that of fiomte ilo Meulan . Olivier le Daim , Olivier le mauvais , Olivier le diable , the famous barberminister of Louis XL , he , too , was Comte de Meulan , and his end was the gallows ! If I were in tho place of Master Baroche , I should not quite relish the omen !
Pius IX . was announced to be coming to consecrate the new Emperor . General Regnault < le St . Jean d'Angely had been sent to Rome to negotiate the affair . For my own part , I had refused , to the very last moment , to give credence to the report that even these official lacqueys would carry their insanity to such an excess as to send to ask tho Pope to come and consecrate that ridiculous and ugly crime , — which men call " Bonaparte . " Therefore , T had not mentioned to you the report of this mission , * at a time when it was in full circulation at Paris . At
present it appears only too truo Mint negotiations to this effect have been opened . Phis IX . has refused . Bonnparfe and his entourage have incurred all tho ridicule of the application , and all the shame of the rebutr . In their vexation , these gentlemen liavo despatched orders to all the clergy throughout France to take the initiative of a petition addressed to Pius IX ., to solicit him to visit France . This petition in now in course of signature by nil the Honapartists , and by ( , he Church-mice in every village . It is true Mint these two classes of the nation aro identical in
number and in worth . Honaparfe is resolved , we hem \ to inaugurate his reign by grand measures , polit . ic . iil and financial . A general amnesty is spoken of , to comprise all the political exiles , all the proscribed , all the victims of December condemned to Algeria and Cayenne . A certain number of representatives of the people ; only , such as Ledru ltolliii , Louis l 51 anc , T and a few ofhorH , are to be exempted from the pardon . - A reduction of tho army , to Mm extent , of 75 , 000 men , is uIko mentioned . You may remember that , the legislative corps , in its short session of the month of May , demanded thutroduc-* Our readers will roincinhnr that , we ^ u \ e prominence , now ¦ i in it y weeks since , to Mils rumour , which wo had dorived from utmt . ltor source of informal ion . J 0 i > . l * tuult > r .
\ K would bo Hlnmjro indeed if Louih Ilonuparto wore to pardon Mm man . through whono gonorouH eloquoneo he recovered the rightu of Fronch cituonuhip : tho proscribed
i ' J , ^ solutelyindispensable to restore the equilibrium of the Finances , but that Bonaparfe and his ministers loudly masted on the rejection of all such WOnn sals by the Council of state . Now we find the 3 " man , seeking popularity , about to do himself what hi would not suffer the legislative corps to < jo last M " The decree for the reduction of . the army i 8 Bai , j ^ 7 ' drawn up , and ready for the Moniteur . The object ^ to obtain votes for the re-establishment of the Etopir Paris must be won at any price ; not Paris of the ' middle classes , but Paris of the Faubourgs ( non pas le Paris bourgeois , mais le Paris ouvrier ) , for the ateliers are still far more hostile than the shops . To thi end , the town dues ( droits d ' octroi ) on wine are to be abolished ; but as a set-off , the octroi will be thrown
back to the fortifications , which will bring an increase of 150 , 000 inhabitants into Paris . By this increase of population the octroi would recover , and with usury all it had lost on the wine duty . A gigantic loan of 500 millions ( of francs ) for the city of Paris , of which fifty millions will be devoted annually to public works for the embellishment of the capital , is to be enforced . The conversion of the Four per Cents , into Three per Cents , is seriously discussed . M . Billault , the syndic of the Stock Exchange , has been sent for to St . Cloud , and sounded on this subject . By the same stroke the sinking fund would be re-established . In this last measure , a project of personal speculation is involved
All the public funds being brought down to Three per Cents ., as in England , and the current price of the Three per Cents , being 80 francs instead of 100 francs , which is par , Bonaparte and the lynxes who are going to share the benefit of these operations with him , propose to employ the funds of the State in the purchase of stock . They will " bear" the market at the right moment , as it suits their purpose . The day before the " bearing" process they will purchase stock at a low quotation , and the next day , by means of the Sinking Fund , they will operate for a rise . Eighty millions worth of transactions are effected daily at the Bourse of Paris . Imagine the profits of these gentlemen ! When these vultures have consumed our livers ,
we shall begin to feel them ! Perhaps , then , there is nothing better to do than to let them have their feast . I need scarcely add that a distinguished Jew financier resident in Paris ia chiefly concerned in the manipulation of the finances of a nation . He throws 200 millions of francs into the affair to play at " bull" and " bear" with on the Bourse . He has offered Bonaparte twenty millions of francs in cash for another project : nothing less thaii the fusion of all Mir railways into one S 01 p oowpaiiy—the Company R d . A new batch of senators , at 30 , 000 francs per
annum a-piece , is another measure shortly to appear . A list of forty personages rallied to Bonap arte is on the eve of publication . As money is the mainspring of the executive with all these Bonapartes , great and little , the mouth of the legislative corps must be stopped with a salary . This salary is to be 12 , 000 francs a head . Loud were the outcries against the twentyfive francs a day of the republican representatives : not a word about the 133 francs a day for the creatures ot Bonaparte ! has Jiit
In the meantime , the Comte de Chanibord « protested against the re-establishmcnt of the Empire . Ho has addressed his protest to the Courts of tlw Northern Powers . It is said to be couched in very clear and very categorical terms . Really these king * are curiosities ! They are regular mon-mercliantH , dealers in human kind , who compete severely vviUi each other for the disposal of their merchandise . J ^ we find the representative of Legitimacy—that principle which treats a nation like a herd of beastn , to ut 1 .. 1 . 4 . ..... 1 u , Ozl .. o nmnorfir il \ ll (> Cl' ( l ( ' ( l UI ' 1 ( 1 to I )" ' " bought and soldas tto be ceded and to i >"
, propery queathed ; wo find the representative of that priiuip invoking in his protest the national , liberties ! Tho grandfather was driven out of P »» ' >* ' u paving-stones for having laid u sacrilegious hand o liberty ; and lo ! tin ; grandson protests ngiiimt J *<«^ parte in the name of civil and political liberty , grandson of the man who , in 18 IU ) , broko up the pn ^ ing presses , accuses Honaparfe of governing l > y ^ censorship : the grandson of the man who HII W !! '" the electoral right of 100 , 000 elector out of the *¦ ' * - ; Mum enfranchised , charges Honaparte with the <¦ " of confiscating civil liberty , and of obtaining by > J ^ . _ of compulsion , the eoiiHtraincd votes of a isilsil » ' «
vorsul suIIrage . " , ., M . de Montaleinbert has juni , P " '"" " ^ ' ^ ' ¦ - test of the , same ) nature . In the form ol a w <) ) lu ) titled , " Tho intones of the Catholic <' " ; ' „„ Nineteenth Century" { Dos Inttrtts C'dfu > lUI ' ^ oxiloT to whom tho preHonT '' Kmperor , " . """ ' K " iu |» - liberuted exile , ditdarocl thut il . would bo Inn K , ¦ , , «> ro pinosH to restore a country . !» " •¦ <> ' ™; » " ' . '' J "• , , ) , „ m » n iiuprolMiMo oven than K niiitinl » or tf « o « i lttl " | ' , ' ftOC « l > t ,, l'i >« c « inb « r : itiH that Louia JJIano nhould ' g ^ j ^ uu uumouty from JLouiu JJujiupurlo . —IjP' <> J •"
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30101852/page/4/
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