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      special studies to wean them sharply from the infection of new ideas , is about as ludicrous an attempt to " expel with a fork" what the knife could never destroy , as obscurantisn * Rallied , tq brute force ever hopelessly perpetrated . " And the Minister who has drawn up the Report whereon the decree is founded is—M . Fprtoul—¦

      the ex-whipper up of smart and flimsy ' theatrical feuilletons , once so" red , "' that true " reds" dis * - owned him for his violence and his absurdity . This is the gentleman who undertakes to correct the errors of education , of whieh a more glaring specimen cannot be found than Fortoul himself Farceur 1

      The " Pacific Empire" is the last new cant of the Bonapartist press ; but what , we ask , is to be done with the beak and the talons of the Eagle ? It is clear that legitimate despotism more than half distrusts the despotism that has democracy for its base , and masked Socialism for its point d'appui . The Empire is a revolutionary fact ; not a right , nor a principle , like the poor Comte de Chambord . Hence the coolness of Austria and Russia .

      Constitutionalism , in Spain , is giving up the ghost . The press is extinguished , and the Cortes not so much as mentioned in organic decrees . The King of Naples draws near to England , for the name of Murat robs him of his sleep , and the empire of a Bonaparte suggests unpleasant recollections . So his brother , confident in Tory sympathies , comes to London to destroy the impressions of Mr . Gladstone ; whilst Navarro is '' providentially" dying , as he ought to die , of gangrene , at Naples .

      The history of murder continues to be frightfully abundant . In Lambeth a passionate madman slays his aged mother . In Putney , a desponding father , declaiming on paper against the bad temper of his wife , drowns himself and twe sons . In Norfolk , a man cuts his throat , and then it is found that he has cut the throats of his son and wife . And in the same county a boy shoots another for having divulged a childish secret . The last , probably , was half accidentala boyish bravado not intended to end fatally . But these continued outrages show a painful moral condition in the infelicitous classes of

      society—a low value for life , exasperated feelings , and a tendency to a sort of hysterical mania for murder . It is a season of unfaith and harsh philosophies , and weaker minds give way under the strain .

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Letter XVI . Paris , Tuesday Evening , 13 fch April , 1852 . Politics this week are keeping holiday ; I shall thereibre have but few facts to communicate . There will bo no amnesty , as certain journals had advanced . Transportation and banishment are to be carried out with the same rigour as hithorto . The orders transmitted to Marsoillos nnd Bordeaux , countermanding the embarkation of persons condemned to

      transportation , was not intended as an act of clemency ; the Government had been compelled to take this stop in <; onsequoneo of the want of accommodation for the largo number of prisoners who had to bo provided for in Algiers . Peremptory instructions , however , Imvo been forwarded to the Governors of Bona and of Oran , commanding them to make arrangements for the reception of tho prisoners as quickl y as possible . Inconsequence of these orders tho frigate L'Ishj loft Bordeaux on the 8 tH of April , having on board 350 of the condemned . Tho Montague and tho Magellan followed with 800 moro , on tho

      next day . As for tho oommissairen extraotdinatres , whom Bonapartci luul sont into tho departments so ostentatiously , for \\\ o alleged purpose of revising tho verdicts' of the departomontul commissions , their protended mission ofinorcy linn resulted in liberating from prison some forty individuals . Even in Marseilles , M . Quontin Bauchavt could only find two or thrco persons tp whom ho would extend this remission . The repre-HontutiveB who have- been Imniuhcd , eithor temporarily or for an unlimited period , arc not to return to Franco . Ah least hucU is tho irrevocable decision come to by L . Bonaparto as regards tho Generals Chwngarnior , Bodoau ,

      conduct for the poet . Provided with this document , Pierre Dupont returned to his home , under an impression that he was secure from all persecution . But he trusted to a Government with whom perjury is but a venial transgression j accordingly on Wednesday he was arrested , notwithstanding his savf conduit , and thrown in the fort D'lvry ; from thence to be transported to Algiers for nine years , in virtue of a judgment given against him by a military commission . This affair caused a general feeling of indignation , and several deputies waited upon L . Bonaparte to demand explanations . M . Bonaparte , considerably embarrassed by his interlocutors , was obliged to give orders for the

      LamoricieTe , Lefl ^ Gfiharras . Thiers would have been allowed to return upon making a formal request for the purpose ; but as he has positively declared that he woiiM not condescend to an act of m&i vilenie , L . Bonaparte has kept his name on the Hat of the irrevocably exiled . The Government has this week been guilty of the most unheard-of piece of felonie . I speak of the arrest of the poet Dupont , which took place under qjreunistances peculiarly odious . ' Pierre Dupont had been concealed in the hou ^ e of his friend the painter Gudin . The latter , who has recently had some intercourse with the Elysee , obtained from L . Bonaparte himself a safe

      poet ' s release . We are still discussing the approaching proclamation of the Empire . For some time past Louis Bonaparte has been making arrangements for the grand review in the Champ de Mars , which is to inaugurate the solemnity of the distribution of the Eagles . Every regiment will send up a deputation for the occasion . After the ceremony , Louis Bonaparte will cause himself to be proclaimed Emperor by the representatives of the army . The Bonapartist National Guard have had instructions to be prepared with their new uniforms by the end of April ; the time fixed upon , leads people to believe that the grand review will take place on the 5 th of May .

      The intention , which is obviously avowed , to throw off the mask , and come at once to the Empire , has given rise to a curious incident . M . Emile de ' Girardin , alluding to this project , had written * on the 6 th April , that " The Empire would be the direct provocation to an attempt which would soon be made , for if an Alibaud were not found in the Republican party , a Merino would be found in the Royalist party . " This article produced an immense sensation at the Elysee . The council of ministers , af ter three days' deliberation , decided upon sending a first admonition to the Presse , in the following terms :

      " The Minister of General Police , considering the 32 nd article , paragraph 3 , of the organic law on the press , dated the 17 th of February , 1852 ; considering the article published in the Presse on the 9 th instant , in which the following passage occurs : ' it ( the empire ) would be the direct provocation to an attempt which would soon be made ; for if in the Republican party no Alibaud would be found , a Merino would be found in the Royalist party : ' the said article

      bearing the signature of Emile de Girardin ; considering that it cannot be permitted , without outraging public morals and the character of the nation , to proclaim as an inevitable fact an attempt on the person of the Chief of tho State , whatever be the pretext or the supposed circumstances on which so culpable a mode of reasoning is based ; considering that tho Presse lias thus forgotten that moderation and prudence are the first condition of tho periodical press , orders , —

      "Art . 1 . In the terms of tho 82 nd clause of tho decree of the 17 th of January , 1852 , a first admonition is given to tho journal La Presse , in tho person of Mons . Rouy , one of tho conductors , arid M . Emilo do Girardin , the editor . " Art . 2 . The Prefect of Police of Paris is entrusted with tho execution of tho present ordor . " Done at Paris , April 9 , 1852 . " De MattpaS , Minister of General Police . " Tho petition dodge , as in Dccombor , for tho proclamation of tho Empire , is working admirably , of course . Two hundred petitions , demanding tho Empire , have already reached tho Senate j all evidently " got up" by the same kind friend .

      Tho Empire , however , has completely alienated the Ely 8 e * o . from Russia . Wo are on very cool tornis with tho Czar . ' TJio fire-eaters of tho Elysdo already talk of marching to Moscow to bring the " Despot" to his soneofl ; and for some days past tho llonapartist journals / have been giving way to bolligoront tendances in a marked manner . As for L . Bonnpnrto , ho is quito violent on tho subject of an occurrence which has just taken placo at Venice . Tho Grand Duke Constantino of Russia has had an interview at that place with tho Cointo do Chambord . The Grand ]) uko addrossod tho latter as " King" and " Majesty . " Tho Duo do Luynos wa » presont ftt tho interview . Tho Grand Duko is

      reported to ' l ^ , y 0 ^( ia »^^'' i [ : would ask the ' King to be allowed : t 6 l |> terl ! ic ^ te M . de Luynes on the affairs of France . " " A letter from the Due de Levis , which has been circulating in Taxis , leaves not a doubt as to the accuracy of this important fact . The Elysee is disturbed / beyond description . The council of ministers called for an immediate explanation from the Russian , ambassador , but he has not yet deigned to reply . This disdainful silence has not a little affected L . Bonaparte . The ministers are en permanence since yesterday .

      Disturbances have ' taken place , simultaneousl y , in several districts , but they do not appear to have had any political object . Three hundred workmen assembled at Tarare to organize a " strike ; " but they were attacked and dispersed by the gendarmerie . A t Bourges there had been a riot consequent on the removal of corn from that town . Louis Bonaparte will shortly deliver a presiden tial message on the political and administrative situation of the country . S .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . To the official warning of the Minister of Police , noticed by our correspondent , M . Emile de Girardin has replied as follows : — " MoNSiEXJE iiE MnsTSTREj-r-The editor of the Presse , M . Rouy , communicates to me the warning that he has received , and which was provoked by an article that I signed . How is it possible to provide against a risk which one does not foresee ? Is not prudence composed in great part of foresight ? The passage in that article only

      reproduces the apprehension unanimously expressed by the tribunal in its sitting of April 30 , 1804 , by citizen EoucliS in a committee of the Senate in May , 1804 ; by the Conserva-Jive Senate in its address of May 6 , 1804 ; by the project of the declaration for the re-establishment of the empire proposed to the council of state by the presidents of the sections , and by the municipal bod y of the city of Paris . Assuredly the intentions of these different bodies were not open to suspicion * B y distorting the thought of this journal you . may put down the Presse , but you cannot suppresshistory . Emile de Girabdin . "

      M . Girardin says that now he is _ warned he won't speak upon the forbidden topic any more . He desires nothing better than to have ^ those subjects which are not to be open to discussion pointed out to him . He will find the field of journalism always large enough not to desire to lose time by counting the prohibited furrows . _ ' . ¦ ' ..- '' The long expected decree against the University of France , announced in our correspondence many weeks since , has at length appeared . It does not formally suppress the Chairs of Philosophy and History , butat deprives them of all their dignity and independence . The following is a succinct and able analysis of the report of the Minister of Instruction , on which the decree is founded , by the correspondent of the Daily

      News . «¦—" To lower the dignity of the professors , to make them subservient to the government , instead of self-reliant , trusting to their own exertions and the free judgment oi their fellows , to restore priestly dominion over the youtnful mind , and to pecure tho interpretation of history according to tho political necessities of the Home-olnce , are darling objects , pursued with unswerving energy ol purpose , towards the attainment of which the m ^ ** * * stop . This key is necessary to the right understanding ^ oi thn mnrA nr loss nlmisihlo reasons contained in m . -cw "

      toul's report of the principles which have dictated uw measure . He states that tho method of education »™» arto pursued has produced too many sterile or dangerous spirits . It was the intention of the . First Consul , m creating tho lycoums , to open two distinct paths of knowledge wr the rising generation , one directed towarda letterB and tn other towards science . This idea has been too much lost sight of . Respect for tho traditions bequeathed py old university of Paris induced instructors not to moouj the old system , but to surcharge it with all the a ^ taonw tn « n ^ « ,, rl , ^ V . mmlnKn nnnint . V Tfinuirefl . ThO COnSOquu " eu

      was that youthful minds , while yet feeble , ^ oro oxpoB £ the danger of being enervated by * °° *™ T "JZS * powers of digestion , which loaded but didnot iWg them . To repair this error , it is proposed that aas a * ago of from four toon to fifteen shall choose , wiUi tno » vice of their relatives and of their masters , on ® " * . fl courses of etudy to bo followed for three yeara--ei"ier ^ scientific course , as a preparation for tho loarnou i sions , or for a commercial or industrial c ^ r : 7 ~ ancient rary course , embracing the thorough cu-olo ot ww ^ classics . Modern languages are to bo taught g » >» two sections . But in ordor that tho now * " " » " £ ' bring forth good fruits it is held to bo . ° Vnhjiosoaway all parasitical plants . Tho historical ^ J gj ^ . phio discussions hitherto oncouragod aro to Do bum (( Tho toaching in tho lycoums is to bo pwoty <* »• onYy matio" and elementary character . 1 < too my * ' « 7 fc to bo pormittod at a moro advancod stage . •** jM ) t riod ttiia freedom is to bo pormittod tho report u ^ stato , but inasmuch as by a clauso in tho ™*»™ . vory

      toriat certificate is made ono oitho q ^ "l 0 ** w " , ' od Uiot candidate for a professorship , it iti to bo pwsuro y tho student will not practically attain tlio »« " ] infttion Btago until and unless ho has leisuro and » iw . bo to invoBtigato truth for himaolf after no ^ niator emancipated from tho guidanco ot *" v . rop 0 r t of Public Instruction . Another part ol in ^ dwoUs upon tho nocoeuifcy of establishing ft W »

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1852, page 358, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1931/page/2/