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These twenty-five millions will be nett , clear of all charges . Bonaparte , moreover , will have the full enjoyment of all the revenues and appurtenances of the national chateaux and palaces . The Princes of the Imperial Family will receive a dotation of five million , of francs . The presumptive heir to the crown will have for his share a dotation of 1 , 500 , 000 francs . What will Jacques Bonhomme say to all this money spent ? He is capable of rejoicing at it , the idiot , in the hope of catching the crumbs that fall from the table . In addition to the civil list of 25 , 000 , 000 of francs , a domain of the Crown will be constituted in favour of Bonaparte . To this effect , the grand forests and chateaux , such as Versailles , Compiegne , Rambonillet , St . Cloud , will be set apart from the domain of the state , and humbly presented to his Majesty !
You must have been struck at the mention of a dotation of 1 , 500 , 000 francs to the presumptive heir to the throne . This presumptive heir is definitively decided to be Napoleon Jerome . The reconciliation of the two cousins is complete . At a grand dinner given lately at St . Clond , followed by a ball , to which only the intimates were invited , about 350 guests , Napole ' on Jerome was at the right of Bonaparte , and loaded by him with attentions and flatteries . I had predicted , you will remember , that old Jerome would make his pretended nephew knuckle down , and this has been the case exactly . Old Jerome has marched out with all the honours of war : he is to have a personal dotation of two millions ; his sOn , as heir , is to have 1 , 500 , 000 francs ; and lastly , the Palais Boyal is to be given to them both for a residence .
All the preparations for the marriage are being actively pushed on . The Princess Wasa is now said to be definitively chosen for the future Empress : she is reported to be a young lady of agreeable and distinguished appearance , gentle and engaging . Be this as it may , I fear she may be destined to play a suffering part in some bloody tragedy , and this makes her an object of pity , before even she can invite affection ! The Moniteur and the Journal des Debats have been , these last few days , hymning articles of triumph in honour of the fall of the Eepublic and the return of the Monarchy . " Universal suffrage has killed the Republic , " exclaims the Moniteur , and calls that an act of good sense on the part of the French people .
On the occasion of the accession of Bonaparte an amnesty is talked of . Nothing can be more unlikely . There will be no amnesty in tho broad sense of the word . Partial and individual pardons , such as are granted daily , may be accorded to those who offer their submission : he will pardon those who are base enough to crave pardon , but he will not have the magnanimity to accord a true amnesty . These are the formal conditions of solicitations for pardon , such as they are stated in the Government journal of Limoges : —
1 . No notice will be taken of any applications but such as are written , signed , and authentically drawn up by or for the prisoner himself , and containing a formal undertaking to renounce all tho engagements of the past , and a promise of peaceable conduct and submission for the future . 2 . The signatures must be legalised by a functionary of tho administrative order . 3 . All demands , whether through the mediation of the Prefect , or through any other channel , must bo addressed to the oflice of the Grout Seal , to be examined and judged on tho report of tho Keeper of the { Souls , Minister of Justice
In the meanwhile , Republicans and Legitimists arc the object of unremitting persecutions . Numerous arrests of democrats have taken place this week in I ' iiri . s ; m < l the suburbs . Many though ) , they had a right to distribute the Monlirur , containing those famous Protests . They were arrested without mercy , and up to tho present time huvo not been released . As to tho Legitimists , they are rigorously dealt with on account of the Chainbord Manifesto . A great number of domiciliary visits aro going on in the departments ; ¦ ba teaux an ; invested by the gendarmerie , and searched one idler the other , for the purpose of discovering any copies of the Manifesto of Henry V . Singular contradiction of an infallible Government ! It publishes tho Manifesto in the Monilcur , and wont allow a single copy to be kept in a private bouse .
All the Legitimist Mayors , Municipal Councillors , '" id Generals are sending in their resignations en Jbula . lust now men lire being recruited from all parts for the imperial Guard : the HO . OOl ) men lately diselmrged from service are arriving in Paris , in detachments commanded by sergeants and quarter-musters ; they are 'ill picked men , all dtcorcs , all soldiers of the army of Africa . These men are to form the Iniperinl Guard . That discharge of 210 , 000 men was only one falsehood < 'ho more . Lottors from Libourno confirm the fact . " The 18 th chasseurs , " says a letter from thonce , " i »
disbanded to a man , but it is going to Paris by detachments , to form a regiment of mounted guides . " Be on your guard , then , and remember " the thief in the night . " There has been great perturbation at the Bourse of late . It is said that Rothschild is in dudgeon . Rothschild bov . de ! Not warned , it seems , of the fall of November 13 , he declared war against Bonaparte , and
they have since been " bulling" and " bearing" against each other unmercifully . Hence the continued fall in the Funds . Rothschild , in order to compete with the three banks recently created by Bonaparte , is going to create a private bank , which will discount bills with a single backer . The very knowing ones regard this affair as very serious . For my own part , I cannot help believing that the mouth even of Rothschild would close to the gentle persuasion of a few millions . S . [ The account given by our correspondent lias been fully confirmed by what took place on Thursday . To narrate the proceedings would only be to rewrite what he has written . !
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . The Legislative body proceeded on Wednesday to St . Cloud . Tliey declared the result of their scrutiny : — Ayes 7 , 824 , 189 Noes 253 , 145 They saluted the Prince as Emperor , by the title of Napoleon III . The Emperor then addressed them , in a speech remarkable for its truthfulness , as may be judged by the subjoined extracts : —
" Gentlemen , —The new reign which you , this day , inaugurate , derives not its origin—as so many others recorded in history have done—from violence , from conquest , or from fraud . It is , you have just declared it , the legal result of the will of a whole people . " After expressing his gratitude to tlie nation that three times m four years , and each time by a larger majority , had " sustained him by its suffrages , " lie modestly adds" But the more that power increases in extent and in vital force , the more does it need enlightened men , such as those who every day surround me—independent men , sncJi as those whom I address—to guide me by their counsel , to bring back my authority within just limits , if it could ever quit them . "
He takes the title of . Napoleon III ., "because the logic of the people has bestowed it upon me in their acclamations ; because the Senate has legally proposed it ; and because the whole nation has ratiiied it . " He recognises all preceding Governments , as an inheritor of their good and evil ; but he cannot pass in silence over the glorious reign of the head of his family , " the regular though ephemeral title of his son , whom tho two Chambers proclaimed in the last burst of vanquished patriotism . " " The title of Napoleon III . is not a dynastic and superannuated pretension , but a homage to a Government which is legitimate , and to which tve owe the brightest pages of our history '' . The last two paragraphs are these : —
" Aid me , all of you , to set firm in this land , upset by so many revolutions , a stable Government , which shall have for its bases Religion , Probity , and Love for the suffering classes . " Iteceive hero my oath , that no sacrifice shall be wanting on my part to insure the prosperity of my country ; and that , whilst I maintain peace , I will y ield in nothing which may touch tho honour or the dignity of France . " Tho Berlin Committee of Health lias made its last report . It states that the cholera has for the present disappeared ; no new cases havo boon announced for many days , and as soon as thoso under treatment can be discharged , tho hospitals will be closed . Since the appearance of the disease there havo been in all 2 . 'J 5 ( rases , of which 157 , considerably more than half , were filial ; 78 were cured .
Jn Spain , the Government seems to he preparing for the long-expected coup d ' t'tat , l > y a razzia mi the press . On pretence of . nri unfaithful report of a meeting of Opposition Deputies , five journals have been suspended , and only the official journal and a Ministerial organ have . since appeared . The Prussian Chambers were opened for the session on Monday by n speech from the President of the Council , in which lie touched on the followingpoinl . H : The budget has been regulated according lo the requirements of tho State , and according to the economy and regularity which tradition had handed down . Up to the present time , the treaty of September has not obtained the adhesion of nil the states of the Zollverein . That \ n to be regretted , but
the Government is convinced that its conduct m this matter will receive the approbation of the (< 'liumh <; rs . Propositions will be made to the ( Miambers as to what concerns tho establishment of new communications . Tho ( Jovornmenl . will present to them bills on the organization of the communes and circles , and on the subject , of tho First , Chamber . Th . i bill concerning the First Chamber will have for object to relieve the Crown of the trammels which are contrary to Mm interest of Mio country . The Government has resolved not lo he iniluoiircd by ( any party , and not to interfere in any way with legal liberty , but , on the other hand , it desires thai the lioyal power shall not be weakened by n division which would be prejudicial to it .
That expansive luxury , the Slalo ol hioge , is reported likely to ceaso before long at Vienna . We thought it , hail become , an " institution" under a truly paternal government . Aftor four your / a' ojudouvouro , au ISiiglibb .
onyuioor—Mr . Shepherd—has obtained leave to erect gas-works in Rome . Tho site allotted by tho authorities is the interior of the Circus Maximus ! The number of capital executions in the Papal States during the last month is frightful . The Grand Duke of Tuscany has expelled all political refugees from ] us dominions . He is more resolute than ever in his determination to extirpate " heresy , " and ho glories in the punishment of . the Madiai . The Vienna correspondent of the Times , writin ' g November 24 th , mentions a report that tho King of Sardinia had requested an auxiliary Austrian corps , and that Radetsky was preparing to comply with the request . "We only mention this report which remains unconfirmed . As a straw in the wind , it is worth mentioning , however strange .
Ihe obsequies of Abbe Gioberti were celebrated with great pomp , in the church of Corpus Christi , at Turin , on the 22 nd inst . Tho Chamber of Deputies sent a deputation to the funeral without suspending its labours . Count Cavour is said to intend to restrict the policy of his ministry , for tlie present at least , to financial reforms . A Bill has been brought into the Belgian Chamber to convert the Five per Cents . ( 18 i 0 ) into 4 £ - per Cents . The Sultan , it is reported , has resolved to appease tlie quarrel between the Greeks and Latins about the
dilapiaated condition of the cupola of the Church , of the Holy Sepulchre , by undertaking the repairs himself . The Firman to that effect , read in the Church of the Grave of the Virgin by the Turkish Engineer , caused an angry discussion between the heads of the three Christian Churches ; during which , we are told , the Turks " quietly smoked their chiboukes" in solemn contemplation , no doubt , of Christianity " at liome . " In these Holy Places the Turks are constantly required to separate the Christian combatants by force .
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THE BURMESE WAR . Prome was captured again on the 9 th of October , by a British force under General Godwin , consisting of about 3000 men . The enemy ' s batteries were soon silenced by the fire of the steamers ; and shells scattered the various bodies posted at points available for annoying our landing . After the heat of the day had subsided our troops were landed , and made short work of the only body of Burmese who offered anything like
opposition . Our killed amounted to one ; and our wounded to eleven . Six miles from Prome there are stockades , defended by G 000 Burmese ; but , strange to say , General Godwin had demurred attacking these fellows . The troops are said to be murmuring at these continual delays . They think that three thousand soldiers and five hundred blue jackets would soon settle any differences between themselves and the Burmese about the possession of the said stockades .
Meanwhile , Lord Dalhousic was expected at Prome , and General Godwin had gone thither to meet him on the 15 th of October . There seems some doubt about the annexation of Pegu . But the war is now considered as virtually ended ; and the fate of Pegu will soon be known .
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ADDRESS FROM THE "LADIES" OF ENGLAND TO THE "LADIES" OF AMERICA AGAINST SLAVERY . Cjcrtain ladies of high rank , conjoined with others who have a position in society somewhat distinct from myriads of their sisters , met at Stafford House on Friday week , to consider the question of . slavery in the United States . The Duchess of Sutherland appeared to be their leader . She read a memorial , which wus entitled , " The affectionate and Christian address of many thousands of the women of England to their sisters , the women of tlie United Stnt . es of America . "
Hosing its appeal on " a common origin , a common faith , and a common cause ; " : md on religious grounds , the address proceeded : — - "We do not shut our eyes to the difficulties—nay , tho dangers , that might besot tho immediate abolition of that long-established system ; we see- and admit the necessit y of preparation for wi great an event ; but in speaking ol indispensable preliminaries , we cannot be nilent on those laws of your country , which , in direct contravention ol diod's own law , 'instituted in the lime of man ' s innoceney , ' deny , inetlcct , to the slave the sanctity of marriage , with nil its joys , rights , and obligations , which separates , at Hie will of the master , the wife from the husband , and the children from the parents . "
Nor could they be silent on the " awful system ' which interdicts to any race religious education ; and a remedy to these two evils would commence the amelioration of the sad condition of the negroes : — - "Wo do not , say these things in u spirit , of nolf-eoniplucency , as though our nation were free from the guilt , it , perceives in others . We acknowledge , with grief and hIiiiiiic , our heavy share in this great sin . We nek now ledge that our forefathers introduced nay , compelled - the adoption of slavery in those mi g hty colonies . Wo humbl y confess it before Almighty God ; and it . is because we po deeply feel , and no unfeignedly avow our own complicity , that we now venture to implore your aid to wi |> o away our common crime mid our common dishonour . " The Duchess thought that nn address presented b y the women of England would not be suspected of political motives ; and besides , tho state of things
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pwjfflfii 4 , 1852 . ] THE LEADS ft . 1153
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1852, page 1153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1963/page/5/
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