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withal to stop their mouths . One has only to get once behind the scenes , and the . whole , mechanism of the enthusiasm of deputations is discovered at affiance . Everything resembling 1 independence is absent : neither , rank , nor position , nor fortune is to be seen , neither public nor social distinction takes part in the enthusiasm : nothing that has a spark of honesty or spirit shows its face : there is curiosity , and a crowd of gaping sight-seers , and staring snobs , and there is your whole mise en scene !
On the other hand , every form and colour of dependence or servility , whether by force of want , ® r employment , or official position , is mercilessly dragged along to swell the triumph of the conquering car in this grand Imperial Comedy , as on the stage the same supernumeraries sppear and . reappear in succession from different sides : it is , in short , a system of cruel corvees ( contributions in forced labour ) , against which the public
functionaries secretly protest without for a moment daring openly to explain . To give you but one instance of this system of imposition , it will suffice to assure you that the Principals of eighteen Colleges in the Departement du Nord were compelled to present themselves at Lille en corps , and in official costume , after having been forced ( notably those of Douai and Valenciennes ) to figure separately at the head of their own Professors . *
In a word , the reception in the JSorth must be pronounced cold . With the exception of the Decembrists engaged to run before the imperial carriage , therewas not a single acclamation . ( I ought also to except perhaps your countrymen at Boulogne . ) Only the Empress , by her charms and winning smiles , awakened a sentiment of sympathy . To her graceful bows the women replied by salutations , but the men did not even uncover their
heads . I have no details as yefc of the reception at Boulogne where Bonaparte was- almost shy of appearing , from a sense of modest 3 in the man who played that silly prank with the tame eagle in the month of August 1840 . I am assured , however , that it has been the anxious desire of the inhabitants of Boulogne to make amends in 1853 for their rudeness in 1840 , and to cause Napoleon III . to forget that they ever fired upon Louis Boftaparte as they would at a dog .
At Boulogne , too . it was the intention of the Emperor to review the Channel spuadron , but this will have been prevented by the tempestuous weather . After the glorious victories on land he has won at Satory , lie was naturally eager to carry off a little harmless triumph at sea . I only wish him more success , in his capacity of admiral , than , he appears to have had , at Dieppe , in the character of a sea captain . Did he not , at Dieppe , after having dined , —too well dined , I fear , —take it into his head to steam the Heine Hortcnse into
harbour ? In vain the master assured him that the tide was ebbing rapidly , and that , in a few minutes , the yacht would not have water enough to cross the bar . Bonaparte , like a true Dutchman , persisted in carrying out his orders . Into pore he went , and broke the screw . The" general situation of the country is still the same . The funds have been falling again ; that movement , however , appears to be a general one , and , at London , you are not in a more satisfactory condition than we are in Paris . It is now
definitively ascertained that Austria goes over , bag and baggage , to the Czar . The Cabinet of Vienna has avowed this determination , in positive terms , to M . de Bourqueney , our Ambassador at Vienna . War then , save at the cost of fatal humiliations , is inevitable , now . You will , I am sure , do me the justice to acknowledge that , in tho month of May lant , I informed you of tho great effervescence in tho Mussulman population , an effervescenco which diplomatists and journals , alike , were slow to take into account : and there was the ruinous mistake . It now appoary that this effervescence has boon the active cause of the turn affairs arc now
taking in tho East . A . new plan of campaign iu said to have been adopted by tho Russians , binding that a , formidable army , of more than 140 , 000 men , bars their passage of the Danube , it is surmised that they arc resolved to remain in Wallachia anil on tho defensive , and Ro to tompt the Turks out of their present formidable position at Schmnla , and at the foot of the Balkan , and decoy them across the Danube into tho marshes of Wallachia . If this plan really exists , it would completely outwit tho schemes , whatever they may bo , of Franco and Eng land . In vain tho combined ileeta might go a » 4 bum Odessa and . tfobastopol ; tho Xiukiah
of three men in every thousand , the rate of conscription in time of peace , or even of seven men in a thousand , the regular levy in time of war , ten men per thousand are now being levied . Parents are made responsible for their children —a fact unprecedented . The recruits hide themselves , and the agents of the government lay hold of children of six , seven , and eight years of age , whom they detain as hostages till the brothers join their corps . It is stated , that these unheard-of cruelties have created a low ferer of discontent throughout those provinces .
¦ army , drawn across the Danube , would be infallibly beaten , and thenceforth there would be no obstacle in the march of the Russians to the very walls of Constantinople . What the - two Powers have to insist upon now is , that the Turkish forces shall rest upon the defensive , and wait for the Russians rather than go to look for them . The Russians are continuing their preparations with unrelaxing activity . Letters from Vblhynia and Podolia state that the recruiting in the southern provinces of Empire is carried on with a severity unknown hitherto . Instead of a levy
The news of the entry of the fleets , or rather of the vanguard of the fleets , into the Golden Horn was received in Paris with satisfaction . It looked like an end at last to the shilly-shallying of the last few months—the stick-in-the-mud policy of imbecile intriguers . En attendant , our journals , including the Constitutionnel , have been treated to a few " warnings . " This is no doubt a specimen of that " work of reparation'' with regard to the press which \ hs . t farceur Persigny recently announced . The shuttings of cafes and wine-shops continue , and the imprisonments and internements increase in number and in severity . S .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . The Moniteitr of Tuesday announced in the following terms the entrance of part of the English and French squadrons into the Sea of Marmora : — " The last news from Constantinople informs us that on the application of the Ambassadors of France and England , in accord with the Ottoman Government , two French nnd two English frigates have passed the Dardanelles , and anchored in front of Constantinople . " The tone of the official and semi-official organs of the French government indicates a division in the councils . The Pays contained an article suggesting the abandonment of Turkey : this was replied to by tho C'onstilutionnel affirming that the last note of Russia and the withdrawal of Austria imposed upon the Western Powers new duties . The Emperor and Empress have been pursuing their progress through the Northern Departments , " amidst universal acclamations . " Tho weather has not been very favourable , but tho shows have been regardless of expense , tho official addresses overflowing with adulation , and tho entertainments surpassingly magnificent . The Emperor ' s tin-official reception has been equivocally respectful : tho Empress has charmed all beholders with her conquering smiles . Tho following has been tho route of tho Imperial progress . On Thursday tit noon the Emperor and Empress left St . Cloud . They arrived * at Arras that evening . On Friday ' morning they continued their journey to Douai , Valenciennes , and Lille . The Prince do Chiinay , deputed by tho King of the Bolgians to compliment tho Emperor , was at tho latter city .
At Lille , on Saturday , there was a review of tho troops stationed thero . Tho Emperor nnd Empress then inspected the groat industrial establishments at Roubaix and Tourcoing . On Sunday they inspected tho camp at Helfaut , nnd were received with a salute of 101 guns . Tho officers sent over to represent England consisted of Mnjor-Gon . the Earl of Lucan nnd his aides-de-camp , tho Marquis of Worcester and Lord Bingham , Colonel Jones , of tbo Royal Engineers , nnd Colonel Fox Straugwnys , of tho lloyal Horse Artillery . Nothing could exceed tho amount of attention which theso officers received from tho Emperor and Empress . Tho roviow lasted three hours , after which tho Kinporor proceeded to St . Outer , which was illuminated . A grand ball afterwards totfk place ; tho { Earl of Lucan duncing with tho
Empress . On Monday afternoon tho Imperial party arrived at Calais . Thoy wore received by tho authorities , tho clergy , a deputation of young Indies , and tho young workwoiiion of Calnin . Tho Emperor and Empress occupied tho whole of th « Hotel Dossin , which had been bountifully rodecoratod for tho occasion , and in tho afternoon hold a roooption , which occupied some throe quarters of an hour . At nine o ' clock tho Emperor and Empress attended a grand ball at the Philharmonic-rooms , given by tho city of Calais . On Tuomlay at eleven thoy not out for Boulogne in a plain truveiling carriage , a strong guard of cavalry heading tho Imperial party , and tho roar being brought up by hussars and a troop of horse inlillory . Tho suite occupied eleven
carriages .- A nnhito of 101 guns announcod' tho doparturo Of tho Emperor . At . hulf-pust . t . hroo thoy nntorod Boulogne by tho , Calais gate . Tho first visit was to tho Napoleon column , orocted in IH 01 » t tho tiino of tho throiitenod invasion of England . Hero a number of veterans of tho Empire woro drawn up in lino . After inspecting tho column and tho troops , tho Emperor and Empress drove through tho principal streets of tho town . At half-past Hix o ' clock thoy returned to tho Nous-prefecture , whore a pnrty of nbout sixty of tho military and civil authorities wtiro entertained by tho Emporor at dinner , a military band boing stationed before tho iioiiHo . In tho ovoning tlioro wan a general illumination : « ball at Uio thouUo giyou to tho . Emperor , l > y ( ho
numicipahty , at which the Emperor danced the first quadrille with the mayoress , and the Empress with the mayor , but gave it up in despair after the , third figure , on account of the orchestra not keeping time : and a ^ gratis ball on the open ground of the Tintelleries , which was gracefully illuminated . This national ball Avas kept up with great spirit till Jong after midnight . At the ball in the theatre some enthusiastic representatives of that peculiar Britannia metal which we call ¦ " snobbism , " and which is always in abundance at Boulogne , distinguished themselves by " truly British cheers" for the Emperor and Empress .
The next morning , soon after ten o ' clock , the Emperor and suite proceeded to visit the Docks and the new sluicebridge ; and at a quarter past one started in a special train by the Northern Railway for Amiens . Wine , bread , meat , and clothing were distributed to the poor in honour of the visit ; and the troops received rations of wine "to drink the health of the Emperor and Empress . " The admirers of'Louis Napoleon speak of his reception at Boulogne as the most enthusiastic he has yet met with . This may be accounted for by the preponderance of English , whom " the Emperor loses no opportunity of converting . It would have seemed a startling contrast to any man less impassible than Louis Napoleon , the reception in 1853 and that in 1840 when he was conducted up the street in custody , and dripping wet , between two seaients de ville !
The bells of the churches rang out peals at all the stations between Boulogne and Abbeville , flags were exhibited , and " the rural population" were assembled . The Emperor aixl Empress , on their arrival at Abbeville , were received by the authorities , who conducted them into the town , which contains many quaint specimens of domestic architecture . The Emperor and Empress ( says the correspondent of the Timis ) have seen during the last week triumphal arches enough to span the Channel , tricoloured flags sufficient to cover tho prairies of the Western States , and festoons of evergreens enough to extend from Havre to New York . Abbeville did its part in these stereotyped ebullitions of loyalty infinitely diversified by French taste ; and , after visiting the principal streets and the cathedral , their Majesties returned to the railway station , and the special train proceeded to Amiens , where it arrived about five o ' clock .
The railway station at Amiens was decorated with exquisite taste . The Mayor made an address to their Majesties , and presented the Emperor with the keys of the city . The Emperor and Empress , escorted by a detachment of the 2 nd Hussars and by the National Guard , then proceeded to the Hotel de Ville , where the .. treaty of the Peace of Amiens was signed in 1802 . In the evening their Majesties attended agrand ball , given by the municipality . The public edifices and many private houses- were brilliantly illuminated , and the streets , densely crowded . On Thursday morning the Emperor and Empress attended mass at the cathedral , admitted to be one of the finest Gothic edifices in Europe . Tho Emperor and Empress afterwards took their departure for Paris .
The Minister of Marino joined the Emperor at Dunkirk , and was to accompany him throughout tho remainder of his tour . On account of the storm in tho channel tho ocean squadron was not able to make Dunkirk , but remained at anchor at Dunes . It was ordered to go to Boulogne , to bo inspected by the Emperor there . The same flowery correspondent of tho Palrie , who described the " delirious enthusiasm" of tho Emperor ' s reception ut Dieppe , says that on tho arrival of their Majesties at Calais an " immense number' * of Englishmen at tho Railway station , " almost all in uniform , " cried out lustily in English — " Long life and happy reign to Napoleon tho Third ! God bless the Empress ! Hurrah for tho great Emperor ! &cc . "
As a specimen of tho alliance between tho church and tho state in Franco , let us tako tho address of the Bishop of Arras , ono of tho acutest ecclesiastics in France , to tho Emperor . If Nicholas is protector of Christianity in tho East of Europe , Louis Napoleon is his rival in that capacity in tho West . " Other inun will not bo wanting , Siro , to laud tho suporomineiit qualifications which adorn tho august purson of your Majesty ; that serenity of soul which nothing shakos , that power of will which triumphs over nil , that sure foresight which seizes always tho truth ; finally , that
wondrous superiority beforo which all obstacles yield , and all pretensions vanish . Wo whoso thoughts should bo above this world , because our kingdom is not of it—wo havo other homage to offer you . There is . something in your Majesty auperior to all tho gifts of nature ; it is the . mission which you have received from heave . n . Tho inoro tho inward thought of faith reflects upon all you havo done with so much prompitudo and facility , tho more convinced it becomes that you havo not acted singly . < Jod is with you , Sire , and that is your chief tiloru . ''
THK TWO HMVKItOnS AT OI / UHTZ . Tho military , diplomatic , and imperial congress was initiated at 011111117 . by tho arrival of tho Czar on tho tsvening of tho 21 th inst , at nix o'clock . Tho Emperor of Austria had gone to moot him as far as Pirernu . Tim town was illuminated , as ^ tho two courts , attended by a host of { officers , escorted tho imperial cortfye into tho town . In front of tho palaco stood tho guard of honour ' composed of tho . medul-lienriug veterans of tbo Ausiriau rogiuiout of tho Einporor Nicholas ; and hero ( writes tho co rrespondent of tho Times ) took pliuso ono of those act « of fratoriii / . ntion which the Emperor of HuHsiiif employs with such consummate tact , with a view to producing a favourable
impression on tho Aimtrinns . When tlm first bars of tho serenade woro got . through , tho Emperor Nicholas placed himself at tho head of tho guard of honour , mid an ho mnrched past , saluted the Emperor of AiiHtrm in tho capacity of a comrade of tho veterans and n holder of a regimental command under tho . sovereign of Austria . Loud applause followed from the fipuotator . 1 as tho Emperors publicly kissed each other , and then tho court dinner followed , tho two emperors spending the evening together in undisturbed privacy , tho Prince of Prussia ami most of tho generals having gone to tho theatre . Tho Sflth was tho nrnt grand field-day ; 45 , 700 men , with JJW «»«>» > encamped on the great plain , two miles from the town , were disposed for " divino nervico , " uud , piuuUo urtorwiu'da . At mul-tlay tho weuthw , which hutf
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October 1 / 18 ^ . ] THE LEADEE . 941
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1853, page 941, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2006/page/5/
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