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employed for that purpose , To do this efficientl y , now that the business of the Agency has so increased , requires steam power , and on the premises at present occupied , there is no room to erect a steam engine . When premises of sufficient size are secured , the Agency will not , only be able to execute orders with increased efficiency , but also to manfacture many articles , such as pieties and sauces , which they are now compelled to sell without being able to guarantee their freedom from adulteration . Mr . Jones having been invited to explain the principle of cooperative business in a few of the large provincial towns , would be glad to receive intimation from such other places as may be desirable to avail themselves of his services . Letters addressed to the Agency will be attended to .
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LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Letter XXIII . Paris , Tuesday Evening , 1 st June , 1852 . This week we haVe been disputing as to the reception ¦ which M . Heeckeren met with at Berlin . In ministerial circles it is said he received the most pacific assurances from Russia , Austria , and Prussia . In other quarters the result of the Berlin conferences are looked Upon as being decidedly unfavourable to the Elysee . Public opinion was much excited on this subject ; but when the revelations contained in the columns of the
Times became known in Paris , the agi tation became still greater . The Bonapartist papers , and among others the Public and the Pays , which had all along been giving formal notice of the Empire , have suddenly ceased to mention the subject . The Public had gone so far a 3 to say , in reference to the fusion , that Louis Bonaparte was a coward if he did not avail himself of that opportunity to proclaim the Empire . The following is a copy ^ of the official notice which appeared in the Moniteur , clumsily arranged , and intended to contradict the revelations given in the Times . . " Some foreign journals endeavour to attach credit to the report that the Northern Towers , in the prevision of certain eventualities , would be ready to renew the coalition of 1815 . and that they have determined beforehand the
limits beyond which France would not be permitted to modify her government . This report is a falsehood ; the eventualities which are ? he pretext of it have no probability . There is nothing to indicate the necessity for any change in our institutions . France enjoys the most ppmplete tranquillity . All the powers keep up the most amicable relations with her , and they have never made less pretensions than at present to interfere with our domestic rSgime . They know that France will , in case of need , cause her rights to be respected , as she respects those of other nations ; but these rights are neither threatened nor disputed . Let fallen parties rel y as formerly on foreign intervention to cause the triumph of their pretensions over the national will ; ^ hey will find tha t this old tactic wi ll have no other result than to make them more odious to
the country . This note may certainly be looked ^ upon as a retrograde movement ( reculade ) . It declares solemnly that the Empire shall not be proclaimed , and gives the foreign powers a positive assurance to that effect . It is true Louis Bonaparte is an affiliated member ( socius ) of the Society of Jesus , and as he has omitted the sacramental communique" to the note in the Moniteur , ho doubtless feels at liberty to act as though that document did not exist . It follows , then , as this note conveys Bonaparte ' s formal acquiescence to the orders of the foreign powers , that the contradiction to the Times is ridiculous and puerile . The note in the Moniteur carries with it the best proof of the failure of M . Heeckeren ' s mission . Here are a few details of what
passed between the Emperor of Russia and M . Heeckeren . M . Heeckeron was personally known to the Emperor . He was formerly a captain in the Russian Imperial Guards , but having killed his brother-in-law in a duel , ho had been obliged to leave the service , and quit Russia . On seeing him , the Emperor said" You wore nn officer in my Guards , and it is on that account alone that I address you ; I have not had reason to bo satisfied with you . You now come from Franco on behalf of , M . Louid Bonaparte . Very well Wliat have you got to say ? " The conversation then
turned upon Louis Bonaparte . The Emperor acknowledged ho had rendered service to Europe , and the Sovereigns were willing to aid him to put down the Revolutionary Party , on condition that ho should . still remain President . " A » to the propositions made to me , " added the Emperor , " wo have resolved;—1 st , To abide by the treaties of 1815 . 2 nd , The- treaties of 1815 forma lly interdict the Bonaparte family from the throne of Franco . 3 rd , I am a Legitimist , seeing that my family claims to bo Legitimate . " The last words of the Emperor wore , " Lot the Presidentbowaroof being guilty of any sottises ; but I * know ho will not , for I have already warned him . " M . Heockeion , at Berlin , aa ut Vienna , was most profuse , in hhj assurances that Bonaparte would
undertake nothing without the sanction of the European powers . .. ; ¦ .. ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . . . ¦ ¦ . : . "¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ . ¦ . .. ; ,. . Louis Bonaparte , however , was discourage ^ by M . Heeckeren ' s ill-success . He will make another attempt upon the Emperor of Russia . But this time the Czar will be assailed by a female diplomatist . The Princess de Lieven , the great admirer of M . Guizot , has gone over , armes et bagages , to the Elysee . She , has left Paris for Ems , where she is to meet the Empress of Russia , with whom she is very intimate . Before her departure , the Marquise of Douglas , at Louis Bonaparte ' s instigation , gave her a dinner . At that dinner the Princess de Lieven sat on the right-hand of the President , who paid her the most obsequious attention .
He addressed himself exclusively to her . He endeavoured to show that liberty was fatal to the Northern Sovereigns , and that if the liberty of the Press were re-established in France , a week would not elapse before there would be a continental war . That he , Bonaparte , was the only obstacle in the way of such a war ; that he was Europe ' s only bulwark . Great powers were therefore required to keep him in that position , for at the rate at which affairs were advancing in France , he should soon find himself overpowered if the Northern Courts did not permit him to " show himself to the people with all the pomp and circumstance of royalty / ' The papers of to-day announce the Princess de Lie ven ' s arrival at Ems ,
While Bonapartism is going on with its intrigues and manoeuvres , public opinion continues to manifest general hostility . The committee on the Budget has done itself great honour by rejecting almost unanimously several articles of the Budget of 1853 , having reference to the decrees issued during Bonaparte ' s dictatorship . In this manner a decree , emanating personal l y from the President , had raised the number of the army from 369 , 000 to 400 , 000 for 1852 ; and Bonaparte , on his own private responsibility , had decreed an additional credit of 23 millions of francs to cover the expense of this measure . The committee has rejected that credit for 1853 , and by that means the decree which fixed the army at 400 , 000
men is virtually annulled . Bonaparte had instituted a Ministry of Police , and decreed four millions of francs for its expenses . The committee having rejected the greater part of the money , has broken up the Ministry of Police . The Legislative body , which Bonaparte had presumed to consider a sham parliament of dummies , merely intended to register the decrees emanating from his will ( bon jplaisir ) , have carried their audacity to the extent of overthrowing from head to foot the Budget presented by the Government . It has literally strangled it with amendments . There are more than 200 amendments " presented by the deputies , and not less than 72 by the committee . Of the latter , 43 are already in the hands of the Council of State .
These difficulties have exasperated the Elysians . They are at this moment intriguing with the deputies by way of casting some doubt upon the proceedings of the committee . They have succeeded in turning M . Montalembert , the declared chief of the " Independents , " who now goes about saying , it is too early to oppose the Government—that it is wiser to be prudent and temporising , and to vote the budget notwithstanding the report of the committee . The Elysians have also begun their intriguing operations
in the midst of the committee itself . They are striving to get M . Chasseloup-Laubat , one of Bonaparte ' s ex-ministers , named reporter of the budget , and to exclude M . Gouin , ex-minister of finance under Louis Philippe , chairman of the committee . They hope by this means to procure a modification of the severity of tho report . No one can toll what may be effected by intrigue , aided by . fear , and backed by cupidity . As for mo , I very much doubt the Legislative body will not withstand this triple assault .
Tho Council of State is in direct opposition to Bonaparte , in tho matter of the Orleans property . I told you in my last lottor that tho committee of tho Council of State had decided affirmatively as to the competency of the tribunals to try tin ' s case . In learning this fact , Bonaparte directed that M . Cornudot , the reporter of the committee , should be immediately dismissed . But M . Maillard and his collcugues declared they would resign if such an insult wore ' oHorod to M . Cornudet . M . Bonaparte was obliged to flinch before this threat , doli ' vored
in full council . The report of tho coininitteo is about boing * presented to tho Council of State , who will , in all probability , confirm its previsions , and decide for tho competency of tho tribunals . Tho affair of the Orleans property will then bo tried before tho tribunal of the Soino , and tho decrees of tho 22 nd of January may bo brought before tho court , and bo liable to bo annulled by its verdict . This strugglo will bo edifying , and peoplo are rubbing their hands at tho prospect . MM . Paul Fabre andMuthiou Bodot , tho legal advisors of tho Council of State , have published a well-written
pamphlet on this affair , deciding against the assiimt ) . tions of the Government . The motto is '' taken- fro a speech de li vered by Napoleon at a meeting of H , Council of State on the 18 th of November , 18 Q 9 , and runs thus : ^ Property consists in its inviolability Jri the person of its possessor . Even 1 , with the countless armies at nay disposal , couldnot appropriate to myself a single acre of ground , for to violate the right of n « o is to violate the rights of all / 1 The official resignations are still continuing . To those of the members of municipal and general councils must now be added those of the following learned pro . fessors . MM . Leroy , professor in the College of Bordeaux ; Libert , professor of History in the Colleee of
Tours ; Morin , prOfe ^ ssor Of Philosophy , —have had the praiseworthy courage to refiise the oath . Fresh arrests are being operated on all sides . The newspapers of the Loiret . announce that " fresh arrests have taken place consequent upon the re-examination of the papers of persons compromised by the events of December , and MM . Cerveaux , Charpettet , Yaurelet , Forest * and Edme Petit , proprietors of the arrondissement of Gien have been imprisoned at Orleans . " Twenty-seven political prisoners have arrived in Paris by the railway from Troyes , to be confined in the Fort of Bicetre . There are also fourteen more from the same locality , including MM . Labosse , advocate , ex-commissioner of
the Provisional Government ; Basset ,- solicitor , at Troyes ; Cottet , professor of Mathematicsj Souiiau , Lemoine , Marot ; Brown , of Ervy ( probably an Englishman ); Gauthier , proprietor , at Bar-sur-Aube ; Berg , Gervais , Camus , &c . An iinmense crowd of persons accompanied these honourable citizens to the railway station . At the moment of their departure the prisoners raised the cry of u Vive la Republique , " to which the spectators replied unanimously with the same words . The twenty-five gendarmes who escorted the prisoners immediately attacked these inoffensive persons , and struck down a certain number of them who sought to resist this arbitrary proceeding . Five persons have been arrested and thrown into the prison at Troyes .
Louis Bonaparte left for St . Cloud this morning ; in imitation of the Emperor he makes i t his summer residence . Also , in imitation of the Emperor , he will spend the month of September at Compiegne . Persigny ' s marriage took place on Saturday . In addition to the dowry of 50 , 000 francs , payable in five instalments , Bonaparte , again i n i mi tation of the great Napoleon , gave one hundred and fifty thousand francs worth of iewelry .
Foreign newspapers are now generally stopped at the frontier . The Siecle of Athens , containing a translation of the firman of the Porte relative to Holy Land , was seized at Marseilles . Punch . '— your Punch—has had the honour of being stopped at the Paris postoffice . The Belgian papers have been seized twice in three days . The motive for this severity against the Belgian papers was their having furnished revelations of the proceedings of the French Council of State . You are already aware that at one of the sittings of this body , the projected law on public instruction met with so much opposition , that the Government was obliged to give notice of its withdrawal for the present . The
proposed bill , in fact , was opposed by both the clergy and the University . It satisfies neither one party nor the other . The clergy desired the total suppression ot the University . The bishops and French cardinals have issued a protest against the adoption of the measure . It was this stop which made Bonaparte withdraw it . Bonaparte , you know , cringes to the clergy ; while they , taking advantage of his subserv iency , daily making further encroachments . The audacity ot tho Jesuits is incredible . Within tho last few days they have repurchased , at a cost of 2 , 600 , 000 francs , their old educational establishment at Monbrouge , ttora which they had been driven by the law of 1827 . IW are about to recommence tho course of public teaching which they followed under tho Restoration . *> .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Cbktain dynastic arrangements oro reported to havei received the algnatureflof ' tho Mve Great Powers sitting > Downing-streot . OnHEhis occasion it was not » » ofl r . Holstoin , alread y disposed of , but Switzerland , ltfl f r ? J ^ . tionary tendencies in general , and tho Canton oi chatol in particular . Tina protocol is dated May «•* powers jointly encage to insist , with «» e Swibb ConletJ r tion , upbn a modification of the cantonal constitutions , ' bo for as they wore altered by the events of 184 b , anu ^ cially that tho old confltitution of Neufohatol , as « e *» in 1846 , shall bo restored . In cone of rofiieal , an *™ P observation will toko a position on tho frontier , » , naco Switzerland with a diroct intervention . At is , over , hoped that tho federal government- willyww BP" id > noouflly to tho wishes of tho powers . France , » ' _ hafl taken a very active part in tho preparation ol wm > 1 tocol . A nn tho The Prussian Industrial Exhibition was opened w 28 th ult . at BroBlftu , the capital of Pruaman * **?*„ fa ProBidont , M . von Sohloinjt * , wan present , suppor ted w
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1852, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1938/page/6/
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