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      Saturday , December 20 . Lord John Russell has refused to receive the deputation appointed at the Manchester Reform Conference . Mr . Milner Gibson wrote to ask permission to wait on the noble lord , and obtained the following cool reply . , „ , " Woburn Abbey , December 13 , 18 ol . " Lord John Russell p esents his compliments to Mr . Milner Gibson , and is sorry he cannot receive a deputation from the Conference which was lately held at Manchester on the subject of Parliamentary Iteform . " It appears to him that there would be great inconvenience in receiving deputations from particular districts on a subject of this nature , in which the whole country is interested . "

      The hypocritical" sorry " is admirable . Obviously Lord John " won ' t be dictated to . " How will the gentlemen of Manchester who " put their trust " in Premiers like the lesson which the " cadet of the House of Bedford " has read to them ? But this is not the only little scandal in which the name of Russell occurs . ' Some time ago Sir Charles Napier applied for the command of the Mediterranean be vacantLord John

      fleet when that post should . replied that tlie command was not vacant ; but when it was , he should only consider the " merits of the officers eligible for the appointment . " In due time it became vacant , and Admiral Dundas , a stanch Whig partisan , is appointed to fill the vacancy . Whereupon Sir Charles writes again to remind Lord John of his services , which have- been great , and of his claims . Lord John coolly informs the ablest sailor in . the fleet that the person appointed

      « ' Must be an officer on whose si't-rocy and discretion the Queen ' s Minister can iinly rely . 1 am sorry to say that , notwithstanding your many brilliant exploits , 1 could not place in you that implicit confidence which is required . " The secret of this is not dillicult to guess . Sir Charles lias exposed the sins ot the Admiralty , and , as member of Parliament , thought more of his duty to his constituency and the pu !< lic than the convenience of the Minister . The Mediterranean appointment is given as a reward for services to the " party " and the " family . "

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      We have received long and niton-sting correspondence from Paris this morning , which has unfortunately arrived too late for insertion this week . Louis Napoleon ' s chances of a majority in Paris arc considered questionable , but there . seems no doubt , of his election by Prance . Other bishops have followed the example of him of Chiirtres . The ; Bishop ol ( Mialons-sui-Alarne has addressed a letter to the journal * in favour of the eleeUon of Louis Napoleon . Tlie Bishop ol" Muiih has invited the priests of his diorese to lend their active , assistance to prolong the powers of Lotus Napoleon .

      _ , „ The garrisons of Hayonne , Bchobia , arid Sacoa , Basses Pyrenees , have voted . Number of votes ' ZO ' Zft . Afliim . Uive , 1707 ; negative , ' 2 K 7 ; blank tickets , : ; i . Two squadrons of artillery aL MonUuhan . Toti » l , : > 7 ' . L AMirinative , : >;!(); negative ; , 17 ; blank , 'Z . The second company of the muni : cornn at All ' ii , « . ) 1 , Allirmat . ive , 'JO ; negative , 1 . ^ Several political arrests were made in Paris on Thursday . Four large stage coaches , containing about , forty pi isoners , proceeded during ( . he afternoon from the Prefecture t . o Liu : fort of Bicetie .

      " Now , on the eve of the election , on tills are / lyi » K about , in all directions , " tsays an occiiNional com : ; - > poii ( li : nl ol the Times . " 1 have imicd down one or two ot them . ' On dit ' that , the majority of the African army ban proliiiuiMU ' d against . l , ouin Napoleon , in spite ot the open vot ,- , f ,,,- which the farce of burning the register , or book ofv . it . es liar , been voted as a / sel-ofl . ' On ( lit . , ' inor .-over , that t . h ,. A fVicuiMtrmylMN expressed gr < -ut . di . s . salisfacl . ioa at wlml . tlu-y eonrnder the unreaHonabl , ! promotion ol that , of 1 ' ariH , and an- \ ery angry with the imprisonment of the ' lnTouM of Algeria ' - ' ' < M , /// , ' that . I . !<¦ utenant-( jicni ral Vaillant denianded hi ;; vusc tin disponihilitt

      ( have of ab . ienee , with the ri ( . 'lit ot accepting or r « "tuiiiii | . i ; to re .-liter the t . ervicc u li ' H called upon ) , wan Jr < : inon ;; inited with on t . h < : grounds that bin retirement Would be iucouvenicut to the Government ,

      persisted , nevertheless , in his demand , and two days afterwards ( without being preinformed of the intended honour ) was created Marechal de France , on the pretext of the expedition to Borne . It appears , in conclusion , that General Yaillant was disposed to submit to the grade of Marechal ; but that his modesty would not allow of his accepting the offered pretext , considering the at least equal claims of General Oudinot . ' On dit , ' that from various motives the Tvrenty-seventh Regiment of the line was ill-disposed to the present state of things , which ill disposition was the motive for their precipitate journey to Moulins on the 5 th of December , the day immediately following the grand military display in Paris . ' On dit , ' that several members of the Second Legion of National Guards have been disarmed on various pretexts , although that legion has not yet been dissolved . "

      The report of the liberation of Cavaignac , it now turns out , was in some respects premature . It was quite true that orders were sent to Ham for the liberation of General Cavaignac ; but the General refused to accept his liberty , except upon condition that his companions in captivity should at the same time be set free . The consequence is that General Cavaignac still remains a prisoner at Ham The Jura is placed in a state of siege . The Government has got in readiness a regular fleet for transporting the unfortunate people whom the police denounces as agitators of society . Five large vessels capable of carrying away 2000 men , whom it is intended to send to Cayenne , are in the harbours of Rochfort , Cherbourg , and Brest . Another fleet is equipped in . the Mediterranean for the transportation of French citizens to Lambessain Algeria .

      , The Morning Post of Vienna has been suspended for eight days , for having ventured to write against Louis Napoleon . A telegraphic despatch from Vienna , given m the Kreuz-Zeit-umj , states that " the sisters of Kossuth will be shortly removed to Pesth . " This somewhat confirms the rumour that they have been arrested .

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      The quantity of " Christinas" in Covcnt-garden Market this morning was marvellous . Ranged along the west end of the quadrangle were whole forests of firs , groves of laurel , woods of laurustinus , ivy sufficient to make any modern " specimen of Norman Gothic" look old , and mistletoe enough to have satisfied all the ghosts of all the Druids who ever lived in Britain . Men were stalking off in all directions with trees in front of them ; women walking off with multitudinous branches bunched together ; and little boys scouting under the carts for sprigs of holly and mistletoe . There was a good deal of business going on ; but one sallow , cynical , duly blueaproned dealer intimated in nasal tones that there was " too much of it , " and it " would ' nt do . " AVhether this has turned out to be true this deponent knoweth not .

      News comes from Ireland that there is a serious split in the Catholic Defence Association . On Thursday Mr . AVilberforce was elected Secretary ; and this wa . s held to be an abandonment of the national policy , and substituting in its ste-ul a policy which has its centre in Home . Whereupon William Keogh , M . F ., ( i . H . Moore , M . I' ., Antony O'l % lalicrty , M . I \ , Francis Seullv , M . P ., Onsek-y

      lli ^ 'ins , M . P ., Nicholas V . Maher , M . P ., and limothy O'Jiiicii , M . P ., signed an address to the people of Ireland , characterizing the : election of Mr . Wilberforee as an " act of ignoble folly and national degradation , " and declaring that " his election fills them with dismay and apprehension as to the conduct of the future policy of country . "

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      Wo have been informed that it in definitely nrr ; vn ^ rd that the situation of Inspector-General of 'he Cavalry be conferred upon hi * Royal Ili ^ hneas the Duke of Cambridge , in const qui'iice of the promotion of Ijirut . eiia . ut :-( ji .-neral Hrotheiton , C . I 5 ., and that his lLoyal Highness will assume his duties on the 1 st of April next . — Morn hit / ( . ' / won ' . iv lc . Yesterday morning at three o ' clock a fire , was discovert d on the large |> remises of Collard and Collard at . Caniden-towii . Tlie building , used as a pianoforte manufactory , of immense size , and very lofty , adjoins the North-Western Railway , and stands on high ground .

      The . Mill : inc « ' to this iininen . se range of premises wan by means of a carriage gateway through a spaeiouK timber yard , which adjoined the ill-fated property . In the centre of the factory was a kind ol loophole , extending from the bottom to the U |>| mtmost floor , which was used for lowering or raising the iiisi . rutuents to . lill ' . rent portions of tin ; works , which will account , for the rapid progic-iss of the flames . The flooring uiidi r the liiKt range , of workshops \ v ; ih composed of concrete , nearly two and a half feel , in thickness , in order to render it . iireproof , which , to some extent , proved HticeesHful ; but ., from the fact , of there bring two

      . staircase * , independent , of the loophole above re fi ' i-rcd to , the ll . um H were drifted by the strong wind which prevailed round the different . Hours with unusual rapidity . With as little delay as possible the engine belonging to the parish arrived , ami was hc ( . t . ) work ; but . the witter thrown on ho large a body of lire made not the least impression , and the moment , the window f ^ la . ss tfavr way the ( ire shot up the loophole and . staii canes with Much violence that befoie a llritfadr div ine , ciiuhl arrive the two upper lloor . s pre-Hrnted one immeiiHe Hheet . of flame . The spectacle was magnificent , llnmcs rushing ( steadily from HH window . s , throwing ; t horrid li ^ ht all around , and def y ing control . Their were nine ciif / , ineM at work . Tim roof fell in with a thundering crash , carrying three floors with it . l ,, uj . ' , e flakrH of burning wood Hew in all directions . It , wan not until quite daylight that , the lire wan ^ ot . well under . The buildinir had only been erected twelve iuoiithn .

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      RETRIBUTION . France is tranquil , Society is saved , nothing can be more harmonious than the " Order ; and the Temple of the Moneybags , La Bourse , presents quite a cheerful , confident aspect to Europe , vyith a gendarme on one side and a priest on the otherthe noblest caryatides ! The energy and valour of nos braves soWats have calmed the agitations and solved all the

      problems which perplexed the country . France has a Patriot at her head whose first thought is for her happiness , whose sole care is for Order . The alternative he presents to her citizens is brief , stern , Ccesarian : Yes or No . Yes ? Then will Louis Napoleon continue to save society . No ? Then you " oppose the Government , " disturb Order , and must be shot as a Socialist : Pif , puf , puf f You

      are disposed of , and Louis Napoleon oo save society as before . The process is simple , you observe ! It is called officially ' * an appeal to tue Nation . " The sabre of the cuirassier and the Register-book of the Commissary of Police , ascertain that it is the will of the Nation to elect the emperor of champagne and lord of sausages as permanent Saviour of Society . The means are worthy of the end !

      That the happiness of France will be enormously increased by this arrangement some persons will be anarchical enough to question ; nay , there can be no great hardihood in asserting that thousands of the bourgeoisie in France are extremely ungrateful for this happiness , and groan under the benvht . Many of the journalists , too , lately -so devoted to the party of Order , are now in a state of imjiol'Mt ; destitution ; they have conjured up the Spectre Roiuje , and the alarmed bourgeoisie h = is welcomed real ' tyranny as a protection from an imaginary peril ! Here is just retribution . The parly of Order has reaped ' what it sowed . It ; dealt hi lies , in misrepresentation , in coercion . Iu reluin it meets with lien the most unblushing ,

      misrepresentation the most mendacious , and coercion the most , iNapoleonion . For two years , instead of generously welcoming discussion , it vilified , declaimed , and stifled Socialism and Republicanism : its incessant sounding of the tocsin of alarm raised a nat loual feeling against the bugbear of a Spectre n ' o /' . / r . It spoke so constantly ol ' p illage , that it inspired fear . It coupled the name of Socialism with every act . of violence and robbery . If a murder was committed , tlu ; murderer was called a Socialist . If a niblnry was delected , it , was called a Socialist practice . By artifices so vulgar as these , aided by hn-essruit . declamations , the l'Yench bourgeoisie , was so alarmed that , even the terrible , unnnsta , keable , aclu il liornis

      of military despotism arc accepted in the sen ^ t Louis Napoleon adroitly pre . sc . nts them- as eiien / eiic measures of repression , as guardians againsi . Socialism ! Had it not . been for the flacks of the party of Order , their lies , their miserable tactics , and their contemptible morality , Louis Napoleon could never have existed three days after the coup tl'ehtt . Bui . <> n those who commit injustice , injustice will relributivcly fall ! J .. - int

      There i . s another aspect to this question . The Holy Catholic Church has declared herself . To nay that the declaration is an indelible disgrace , is saying little : liow many indelible disgraces . she bear / l Shu has been railing loudly lor the reestablishrnent of the Holy lit <| tnsil . ioii . She wants to burn Socialists as well as their books ; not only wants it , but Mays ho . Many Kngltshmen , in their terror at heterodoxy , did not , ieel peculiarly od ' ended by this demand ; but what , will they say now when they M ! e the Church supposing Louis Napoleon because , of his " incomparable tr'rvicos Id » , li

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      XO HEADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS , 'eral letters have been received by our publisher complaining e t ] je non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader , ntil Monday . We have made inquiry , and find that the errors have not arisen in our office . The Country Edition of the Leader is published on Friday , and the Town Edition on the Saturday , and Subscribers should be careful to specify which edition they wish to receive . Complaints of irregularity should ¦ be made to the particular news-agent supplying- the paper , and if any difficulty should occur again it will be set right on application direct to our office , 10 , Wellington-street , Strand , Xondon . T i reply to inquiries we may state that the Office of the Friends of Italy is No . 10 , Southampton-street , Strand .

      Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . jill letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London .

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      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keepthf ngs fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation m eternal progress . —Dr . Aunold .

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      ¦ ^^ SATURDAY , DECEMBER 20 , 1851 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 20, 1851, page 1207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1914/page/11/