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The Bishop of London presented seven petitions , * h * Bishop of Exeter five , the Bishop of Chichester SSit the Bishop of Llandaff one , the Bishop of of Asaph one , and the Bishop of Oxford two petitions , praying the Convocation might sit for the despatch of business . . # ¦¦ While these proceedings were going on in the TTnper House , nearly thirty petitions were presented bv different members of the Lower House . The nraver of the petitioners was for the restoration of the lynodical functions of the Church . After all the petitions had been disposed of , a very animated discussion , in which the Bishops of London Exeter , Chichester , \ yinchester , St . Asaph ,
Oxford , and Licbfield , took part , occurred , it being suggested that an address to the Queen , praying for license to meet for despatch of business , should be presented to her Majesty ; but after about one hour ' s The ' Archbishop of Canterbury appealed to his ri « ht reverend brethren to forbear pressing the subject at the present moment , when so few of Convocation properly understood its functions . However much synodical action might be desired , he ( the most reverend prelate ) did not think that any good would accrue from petitioning her Majesty ; for he felt quite certain that in the present state of the Church , and its m ultitudinous divisions , their prayer would never
be granted . The Very Reverend W . Rowe Lyall , D . D ., Dean of Canterbury , Prolocutor of the Lower House , then appeared at the bar of the Upper House , and presented an address agreed to by the Lower House , to the effect that the House had received numerous petitions praying for the revival of Convocation . The Very Reverend Prolocutor , in addressing the Archbishop , said that the Lower House entirely concurred in the prayer of the petitions , and he was desired by the members assembled to request that the Upper House would take the subject into its consideration . After hearing the address read , His Grace the Archbishop said that they would receive the address , and that it should have their best attention . The Prolocutor and the members of the Lower House then retired from the bar , andr proceeded to their own chamber , and were about to enter upon further business , when Mr . James Barber ( the Apparitor of the province of . Canterbury ) summoned the members of the Lower House to appear before the Archbishop and the members of the Upper House , whereupon The Prolocutor ( the Very Reverend "W . Rowe Lyall , D . D ., Dean of Canterbury ) , followed by the members of the Lower House , again proceeded to the bar . Upon their arrival , The Archbishop of Canterbury commanded Mr . Francis Hart Dyke to read the following document : — " We , John Bird , by divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury , Primate of all England and Metropolitan , President of the present Provincial Synod or Convocation of the liishnps and Clergy of the province of Canterbury , do by this present writing continue and prorogue the said sacred Provi n cial Synod or Convocation , and continue and prorogue all and singular the certificates or returns already made and delivered , and all others which have not yet been made and delivered in the same Btate in which they are now , until Thurrday , the 19 th day of August next ensuing , to a certain Upper Chamber , comthonly called the Jerusalem Chamber , situate in the deanery belonging to the collegiate church of St . Peter , Westminster , with further continuation and prorogation ef days then following and places , if it shall be necessary to be done in this behalf . " J . B . Cantuab . " At the reading of this document the greatest surprise was expressed , and many of the assembled members did not hesitate to say that the proceedings were illegal , but of course there was no appeal .
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LETTERS FKOM PARIS . [ From our own Corresfondent . ] Letter VI . Paris , Tuesday February 3 , 1853 . After the stormy emotions of lnst week there is little loft for me to write about to-day . The Government of Louis Bonaparte seems to have paused in its career of violence before the unnnimous manifestation of public opinion . The confiscation of trio property of the house of Orleans has been , and is still , the incessant topic of discussion . a or a moment it wns thought that the Government would repeal the decrees . An article in the Constitnttonnel which was internrete ' d in this sense , had caused
a rise in the funds . This article was the subject ot every conversation ; it was supposed that the "eerees would be submitted to the Senate and to the J-oglBltt tlVo body . But the aemi-ofReial evening pupors contained a disnvowul of tho article in the * / onatUtuionnel , whose director , M . Veron , was summoned by M . < le Persigny , and ordered to submit , in fn « i- . Prooil ' s ot his pnper to tho censure , a eiTm W ro ™ whic » ho h « d been hitherto exclusively th » fiPi * * M " Veron Promwed . like a naughty boy , wmt ho would ' nt do it again , " and so was forgiven . thi ri | eWfos wiU not bo ^ poated . At the Elys 6 e , ™ e awa » trouB effect of tho decrees had not been
anticipated . " Two or three days' murmuring , " it was said * ** and then they will be forgotten . " It was not so * however . The sensation they created-has been most serious in all classes , even in the army . The provinces have been greatly agitated , and especially by the considerations on which the decrees ore founded . These considerations are , in effect , nothing more nor less than the revolutionary theory of the maximum applied to large fortunes ; and you may well imagine how such a threat , suspended over the heads of the owners of property , has alarmed them . The anxiety of the Government at this effect of the decrees has been visibly on the increase . The prefects have been running up from
the provinces to protest that they could no longer answer for success in the forthcoming elections . At length . Louis Bonaparte has been compelled to render a tardy concession to public feeling . A note has been inserted in the Moniteur , to say that it was never contemplated by the Government to deprive the house of Orleans of the chapel and vaults of Dreux . It had been whispered that the Legitimists approved the decrees , but their written refusals to support the President are a sufficient reply to this report . MM . Berryer , de Falloux , de Vatismenil , de Noailles , &c , protested vehemently . MM . Berryer and de Vatismenil even acted as counsel in assisting the legal
advisers of the house of Orleans to draw up the remarkable " Memoire" which has been , published . It is certain , too , that many of the new Senators only consented to their nomination on the positive understanding that the decrees would be cancelled ; and they don ' t scruple to declare , loud enough to be heard , that they will not permit a question of public morality to be buiked . Here will be food for plenty of scandal in the course of approaching events . The testamentary executors of Louis Philippe have resolved to appeal to the ordinary course of law . They are determined to institute proceedings against the State for restitution of the domains . MM . Dupin , Odillon Barrot , Berryer , Paillet , and Vatismenil , have claimed
the honour of placing the property of the house of Orleans under the protection of . thejaws . They form part of the Judicial Council to the family . M . Dupin , for this express purpose , has returned to the profession ^ of advocate , and has inscribed his name on the list of the Court of Appeal at Parisv In his private conversations he no longer speaks of the Princes of Orleans but as his clients . It is he , too , who is charged with preparing the " Memoire Judiciare . " After the memoire "will come the pleadings . If the ordinary tribunals declare themselves incompetent , appeal will lie , of course , to the Council of State . Hence the Council of State , which Bonaparte has declined to consult , will be invited to pronounce on the validity of his own decrees .
This suit will be in itself an event . In tho meanwhile the executors have remitted to M . Bonaparte a solemn protest against the decrees of the 23 rd ultimo , and M . Casabianca , Secretary of State , was obliged to acknowledge its receipt . Moreover they endeavoured to get this protest printed at Paris , but formal orders had been given to the printers to refuse the use of their presses . I have before me , as I write , the copy of a letter written by Queen Amelie to M .
Dupin , on the subject of the confiscation . JNever did a Queen speak with a more noble and dignified simplicity . This letter , which is already beginning to circulate secretly , is calculated to excite in all minds a deeper disgust than ever against Louis Bonaparte . To the list of those who refused the dignity of Senators , in consequence of these decrees , you may add M . le Comte de Jaubert , and M . Gasparin , formerly minister . The reply of the latter to the invitation is said to have been very dignified , but he has declined to publish it .
M . le Due de Mouchy is in the same case . Bonaparte offered in vain the Secretaryship of the Council of State to M . Hochet ; and M . Sere , formerly auditor , and recently nominated auditor of the first class , has resigned . The result of the refusals occasioned by these decrees has been to bring into the Council of State tho accession of the name of M . Michel Chevalier , who was not included in the original list , and MM . Dariste , Deujoy , and Bauchart , who were to have been only " Masters of Requests . " The ubsence of the name of General Gourgaud has been noticed as very significant , as he accompanied Napoleon to St . Helena , and his whole life is bound up with the most intimate souvenirs of the Emperor . M . Sosthenes de la Rochofoucault ,
Duo de Doudeauville , refused the senatorial chair that was offered hirh . I called your attention in my last letter , to tho sorry and insignificant materials of the Senate . The , military is tho dominant olement in its composition ; not to speak of officers of the army , it includes not less than eighteen generals , six marshuls , ot France , eight admirals , and three viceadmirals . It is to bo observed that neither tho French Academy , comprising our groat literacy namce , nor tho Academy of tho Fine ArtB , embracing our artistic celebrities in painting and sculpture , nor the Academy of Jiclles Lettres , nor tho Academy des Sciences , has obtuincd a single nomination . 1 his is again a reminiscence of the Empire Bonaparte tho Great used to detest the thinkers , tho poets " , the students , tho writers ; housed to call them Ideologists
The nephew simply strives to imitate the uncle . It is but the crow imitating the eagle . It may also be remarked that not one of his cousins bearing the name of Bonaparte is included in the Senate * As I informed you a fortnight since , the old King Jerome has been appointed President of the Senate . His want of money is proverbial , but , hia pecuniary pretensions surpass all belief . He had already , been in receipt of 60 , 000 francs as Governor of the Invalides . He solicited of his nephew the title of marshal in order that he might get the 40 , 000 francs of salary attached to that rank . Louis Bonaparte now proposes to give him 200 , 000 francs
as President of the Senate . Jerome has just declared to his nephew that the sum is insufficient ; that it was for the name of Bonaparte that the French People had given him seven millions and a half of votes , and that he ( Louis Bonaparte ) ought to think Himself most fortunate that the brother of the Emperor had not claimed the inheritance for himself before allowing the nephew to enjoy it * It is uncertain whether Louis Napoleon will yield . He is sorely afraid of his uncle , who knows all the family secrets , and might , possibly , take it into his head to reveal to France that Louis Napoleon is not a Bonaparte at all , for the simplest of all reasons—that the old King of
Holland , Louis Bonaparte , was incapable of being a father . I will tell you an anecdote on this subject which was current in Paris shortly after the elevation of Louis Bonaparte to the Presidency in 1848 . He appointed Leon de Malleville Minister of the Interior . The Minister had not been installed twp hours before he was summoned by the President , who immediately confided to him that in the archives of the Ministry there was a certain document relating to his father Louis , King of Holland , and that he desired it should be searched for . M . Leon de Malleville gave the requisite orders ; the document ( it was a letter was sought and found , and brought in a case to the
Ministry of the Interior . Louis Bonaparte demanded to have it . " See it , Yes ; but have it , No ! " * replied the Minister . The law forbids it * and my responsibility to the whole country compels me to oppose the demand . " For two days there was parleying ; but at last Louis Bonaparte , reduced to extremes , announced the removal of M . Leon de Malleville in the Monileiir , took possession of the casket which M . de Malleville had sealed up with a Written report of his so doing , broke the seals himself , and seized the famous letter . Now this document was a letter of Louis Bonaparte to his brother . General Bonaparte , in which he related confidently
that , after a debauch in Italy , he had contracted a disease which had rendered an operation necessary ; an operation which rendered him incapable of being a father . Of the children of Hirtense Beauharnais not one , in fact , was by Louis Bonaparte . The eldest , whom ( before his divorce from Josephine ) the Emperor had designed for his successor , was the son of Napoleon himself , who had given in marriage to his brother , Hortense Beauharnais enceinte—Hortense his daughter-in-law , dishonoured by the husband of her own mother . The second son , Louia Napoleon , our President of to-day , is the son of the Dutch Admiral Verhuel , who served aeainst England in the
operations of the Camp of Boulogne . Louis Napoleon resembles him in features , in character , and in habits . Admiral Verhuel , phlegmatic and obstinate as his countrymen , was addicted to strong liquors . The third son , who died in 1831 in the Italian war of independence , was the son of , I don ' t remember whom . The fourth son ; no less a person than M . de Morny , the Minister of a few days since , was , honestly , an illegitimate son , having been born after the divorce of the Queen of Holland . His father is Count Flahaut . Imagine how urgent it was for Louis Napoleon , elected President of the French Republic , to get hold of and to efface the mysteries of his parentage ! The
peasantry believed he was the nephew of the Emperor : his real origin would have entitled him , perhaps , to aspire to the dignity of Burgomaster of some Dutch village ! This breaking of the seuls , this theft of the national archives within a few days after his accession to power , made a good deal of noise at the time . Explanations were imperative , and were in fact demanded in the National Assembly ; but it was at that time the interest of the Conservatives to coax Louis
Bonaparte , whom they sustained in his policy of crushing the Republic . The interpellations had no result . Now , although this letter of the ox-King of Holland has been destroyed , there still remains a living witness to it $ contents , in the person of tho old King Jerome , who at least is a real Bonaparte . . It may bo conceived how lively an interest Louis Napoleon has in keeping him quiet , and in cramming his mouth that ho may not talk ! So ho will bo sure to hdvo more than the 200 , 000 francs which was offered to him , and which ho refused as—not enough .
Unhappily , the state of tho finances is far from satisfactory . All tho functionaries , in tho apprehension of a catastrophe , arc anxious to loso no timo in discounting future coutingenccH : they havo all solicited increased salaries : to assure their zeal , all that they havo auked is promised ; but tho doplorablo con-
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* "La Toir , Oui ; mnis l'avoir , Non . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1852, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1921/page/7/
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