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^^^¦¦¦^^¦^^¦¦¦¦ BHflV ^ HIHM ^^^ H ^ W ^^^^^ " ^*^^*^^^ " **^^^^^^ - " As a matter of course , the address of the hissed Professor was known beforehand . The custom is for these official harangues to be submitted to the preliminary censorship of a committee composed of four members drawn by lot , of the chancellor and of the secretary of the Academy , who are elected by their colleagues . At present the two latter are M . Villemain , openly hostile to Bonapartism , and a M . de Pongerville , an old gentleman who once translated Ovid , who is favourable to eveiy Government and pensioned by all in turn , and who enjojs a complete nullity . The
members drawn by lot on this occasion were M . de Tocqueville , M . Mignet , M . Vitet , and a fourth , malcontent . It was before this audience , not much prepossessed in his favour , that M . Nisard had to read his tartines upon the great Prince who governs us , the glory restored to France , the prosperity re-established , &c . He had carried his impudence so far as even to indite a formal apology of the coup d'etat . It appears the committee , with the single exception of poor old M . de Pongerville , revolted at these platitudes . They told M . Ifisard that aa a concession to traditional
usage they might tolerate the customary compliments to the existing Government ; but that speaking in the name of the Academy in which there were not ten members who shared Ms opinions , and on such an occasion as the reception of M . de Broglie , who had been thrown into prison , after the Second of December , they certainly would not endure the language of laudation addressed to that act of infamy . The Professor attempted some resistance on the plea that his words ihad been dictated by his patrons , bu the was compelled to bow to the objections expressed by the committee . Nothing short ^ of a second coup d'etat could have enabled him to persevere . Consequently the censured passages were erased . But it was feared that a
formal injunction from the Minister of Public Instruction might order the offending -words to be restored at the public seance . Accordingly a public protest was organised and i * eady , of which M . Villenaain was to give the signal Everything seemed to promise a thoroughly dramatic seam . ce , and on Monday last the Institute overflowed with company , It was known that M . Fortoul , indignant at the suppressions iii the address of M . Nisard , had nevertheless bespokenahundred tickets of admission ; and it was presumed that by this official adulteration he had secured an enthtisiastic reception to the tirades of lis jaroU {] L And these anticipations were not deceived . At the very first sentences of M . Nisard ' s tolerably
stupid discourse applause was heard to proceed from two or three corners , into which knots of a dozen or so of Professors in evening dress had discreetly grouped themselves , and under the eye of the ^ minister whose favoxirs they courted , were discharging the glorious duty of claqueurs . But , as soon as their Toices were heard , a formidable chut ( fancy this in the Academy !) crushed their degrading attempt , and they did not venture to renew it . The unfortunate M . Nisard was obliged to read his harangue , all studded with big words and with appeals to la , vietoire , la gloirc , r / ucrriers , and lauriers , without a solitary bravo to keep him in co \ mtenance . It was a deathlike silence , une execution complete .
To enli ven the spectacle , however , j ust behind M . Nisard there sat M . Villemain , whose cruel smiles , pitying looks , and ironical gestures supplied a by no means agreeable commentary to the Bonapartist discourse . M . de Broglie was much applauded ; especially when avowing his sympathies for the Revolution of 1830 , ho said , " If I was in error then , I am in error still . " A few words which appeared hostile to the fusion ( of the two branches of the House of Bourbon ) , brought a frown to certain brows , and some thought that M . do Broglie dwelt a little too freely on tho merits of tho eighteenth Brumaire , which put an end , it is true , to tho disorders of the Directory , but whioh also served aa a preface and a precedent to that act of brigrmdnge to which wo owe Napoleon III . With these exceptions , tho audience were charmed . M . do Montalombert se frotta . it lea mains .
AH sections of tho groat liberal party may at least appluud the speech of M . do Broglio ns a vigorous demonstration of tho Parliamentary spirit against tho rdgime die hon plaisir . Let us nil applaud whatover rpsomblea in the least degree to the promise of a tune when wo shall again enjoy some slight freedom or spooch and of tho press . Tho rest will follow
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sovereigns , particularly in "Wurfcemburg and in England . " The pen with which the treaty of peace was signed was made from a quill taken from the wing of an eagle at the Jardin des Plantes . Immediately after the signature , it was placed on a white sheet of paper , and surrounded by the seals of all the Powers represented at the Congress , and by the signatures of the Plenipotentaries . At the bottom , M . Feuillet de Conches , Chef de Bureau du Protocol , wrote : —* ' I certify that this pen was taken by me from the Imperial eagle at the Jardin des Plantes , and that it served for the signature of the treaty of peace of the 30 th of March , 1856 . " The whole was then placed in a gilt frame , with a glass fixed over it , to be presented to the Empress .
The Pays ( says the Daily News Paris correspondent ) lays great stress upon the fact that , out of 31 , 000 men who now constitute the whole force of the National Guard of Paris , 28 , 000 have signed an address of congratulation to the Emperor on the birth of the Imperial Prince . It very truly says , that , considering the average number of the absent , from one cause or another , this address may be considered as an expression of the unanimous sentiments of the National Guard . It is really irksome to be driven to explain facts which the Government journals continually pretend to ignore . But I cannot refrain from stating
by the 30 th from his Finland trip . His coronation cannot , on account of the great preparations necessary , take place before August : it is to be celebrated in all pomp , and the old Russian costume is to "be the festal dress . The procession will contain eighteen new gilded state coaches . The Czar has authorised the free exporb of com . from all the ports of his empire . The Russian Minister of Finance notified on the 5 th inst ., at St . Petersburg , that , a treaty of peace having been signed , the merchant vessels of the " Western Powers will be admitted into Russian ports . The blockade of the Russian ports has been raised . AUSTRIA . The Theiss Railway Company is to have the right to continue the railroad from Arad to HermaEnstadfc and Kronstadt , in Transylvania . An important alteration in the Austrian tariff has just been promulgated . It effects in sevei'al eases a reduction Of between thirty and forty per cent ., and is regarded as an experimental step towards a more general abandonment of the prohibitive system . The reduction will take effect from the 1 st of July next . SPAIN . The Cortes have agreed to the first two articles of M . Santa Cruz's financial scheme . The basis forihe law relative to the militia has been decided on : workmen are excluded . The Madrid Gazette announces that the Spanish Credit Mobilier Company is now constituted . The construction , of the Seville and Xeres railway has been adjudicated to Messrs . Prost and Co . Directly this decision was announced , two protests were presented , the one by Messrs . Osxna and O'Shea for the Spanish Credit Mobilier Company , and the other by Senor Retortilla , of Cadiz . The ground of the protests was , that it was altogether irregular andC unfair to allow the representatives of the Prost Company to hear the pffers of all their competitors read ^ and then to modify as they consider they have donej their original proposition . Under a former Ministry , the construction of this line was concealed to Senor Sanchez Mendoza , who commenced the work ; but the Cortes subsequently annulled the concession ^ granting him an indemnity . The Government has submitted the protest to the legal tribunal appointed to consider such matters ,
Spain is once more in a very disturbed state . An insurrection broke out on the 6 th inst . at Valencia , owing to dislike of the conscription . An unpopular tax led to another disturbance at Lorca ; and a riot was feared at Saragossa . Tranquillity has for the present been restored ; but the future looks ominous . A Spanish letter says : — " The municipality of Madrid has resigned en- masse , but not from political motives . The civil governor , it appears , demanded and obtained certain information , from the municipality , Taut h » mislaid the papers containing it , and sent " an official to examine the archives anew . This the municipality considered offensive ., and it resigned . " TUBKEY . The first , second , and fourth Chamberlains of the Sultan have been dismissed . Redschid Pasha , becoming jealous of Aali Pasha , on account of the latter obtaining the confidence of the Sultan , denounced his former protege in a memorandum , in th . e course of which he declared that Aali had made too many concessions to the Western Powers in tho late Hatti-Huuiayovin , and had betrayed his country . A . 8 a consequence of this document ( though it does not clearly appear how ) , it was determined to dismiss the first , second , and fourth Chamberlains . In several towns of Asia manifestiitions have been til
jk . A- * KJ X ^ 1 va AM l u *^ T T f ^^ A * ^» * «* ***• r " i 4 * . ^* r ** v ^ v »• » *^ « k * t <* *»^ *»• ¦ ^^ n ^ ^* nrrr . made , hostile t " o the reforms recently decreed ; at Aidin , especially , the Christians have been maltreated . It is said that the cavalry has rcpi-essed a disturhanco by the Turkish population at Iamid . The prisoners who were oxchanged against the Russians taken at Kinburn have arrived at Constantinople . Thoygavo some voiy interesting dotails about Odessa . It has been publicly stated that Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons will probably replace Lord Stratford de Redcliffo as English Ambassador to tho Porto . ITALY .
Some rumours are ailoat as to the " Rotfclomont of the affairs of Italy which m likoly to bo proposed by tho Parifl Conferences . Tho Turin Op intone of tho 3 rd states that tho proposition which will probably bo adopted consiwta in establishing in tho Pontifical Legations a somi-inclepoudent government , subject only to tho sovereignty of tho Pope . This arrangement is said to bo conformable to tho wittheB both of England and Franco . " "Wo do not hesitate to Bay , "
continues the Opitvionc , " that this will bo a half meamiro , of no real service to Italy . It will only ho a now edition of tho Duohies and Grand Duchies of Central Ital with thin diiroronco , that tho Duchies arc under the wuzerainty of Austria , and Legations will bo undor the suzerainty of the Popo . Now , hb to temporal power , tho Popo is \ inder tho suzerainty of Auritria ; wo do not h « o then "what tho Italian poniut-Buln will gain by those arrangements . " Mount Vesuvius ia again in ft state of eruption , roivruciAU Tho objoct of tho viuit which King Don Fordinando in about to mnko to BxubboIs , is said to bo to arrange
( what some English readers may not know ) that the ' National Guard' is not any more ' national' than the footmen of the Tuileries . Every member of the force is carefully selected by the Government . It is a sign of the times , that the Charivari , which in obedience , it is said , to orders , ceased to publish caricatures of Russia some time before peace was signed , has now begun to familiarise the public mind with a war with Madagascar . AH the cafes cliantants have received orders to repress the anti-Russian songs , that they have lately been in the habit of giving . By a . n arrete of the French Minister of the Interior , dated April 6 th , Le Nord is allowedto enter France .
A journey by the Emperor to Algeria , after the ratification of the Treaty of Peace , is very generally talked of in Paris . On Sunday last ( says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post ) a riot took place . at Valence the pretext being the recruiting . The Govern ment immediately placed the province in a state of siege , ordering that the established law of the 17 th of April , 1821 , should be rigorously applied to the rebels . The riot was instantly suppressed and" order restored . —There has been a great deal of talk in the Fusionist salons of a letter addressed by the -Count de Paris to the Duke de Ckambord . It is said that this letter is a sort of
homage , rendered by the heir of the Orleans dynasty to the legitimate branch represented by the Duke de Chanibord . It expresses sentiments of great affection , intended to bring about a perfect reconciliation between the two families , although a point of great importance is not yet settled—the colour of the national flag . The Times of Tuesday has been seized for containing Bdranger ' s new song , which we published last week . The pastoral letter of the Archbishop of Paris , on the conclusion of peace , has attracted considerable attention . After a disquisition of some length on the nature of the war , the prelate turns to the
consideration , of the Peace , which he describes as " a great step to the purification and unity of tho Church . So many nations of such different creeds have been thrown together as friends or as enemies iu tho struggle , that the asperities of each must have been somewhat rubbed off , and tho end to be looked to is , the probable reunion of all souls in one belief . It is merely local prejudices that separate Franco and England . These Avill disappear before tho light of civilisation , and , one day or other , England will effaco tho memory of that separation , which has a date . Russia , so young in courage , so old by oulightennienfc , and in whioh tho Christian sap is still so vigorous , cannot fail to como back to tho fold . " Tho most romaxknble passage of tho pastoral is that relative to tho Turks : — " This people , so long tho terror of our faith , whoso scimitar , in tho hands of Providence , was
Tnm health of the Empress continued to improve , she was enabled ou Tuesday wook to Bit on a sofa at one of tho windows of tho palaco , to witness tho departure and return of tho cortege which accompanied the Emperor to and from the roviov Louis Napoleon is turning his mind to agricultural mattom " U is affirmed , " says tlio Eoho Agricolc , that lie has just purchase ! tho old domosno of Fouillouso Hituuto between p St . Cloud and Mont VaWnen . Tho intention of his Majesty is to ostablish on this ground a largo model farm , on whioh will bo collected tho most improved agricultural iraploraonta and tho . best brood of animals of ovory kind . Thin excellent idea has been earned into practice by several
an arm whorowith to strike in tho East an enervated Christianity—this people who carried their conquests so far , and tho waves of whoso power have beaten tho ramparts of our capital , and inundated tho plains of Europe—this peoplo is no longer tho same ns it was . Where arc its angora and its enmities ? It hns become ono of our faithful Allies . It linn opened it » bosom , to tho influence of Christian civilisation . It begins to open its eyes to tho true light . It will roeognifio its father and its mother . At bottom , what is ftfahominedanisiii but a . sect of Christianity t When the work , raised by the hand of mith upon Diviuo foundation , shall have fallen and dinappoarod , whor tho divisions , tho hatred ^ the misuudorHUndingB shall havo boon dono away with , there will remain but tho faith and charity of tho Gospol , tho imperishable work of Cfod . " HXJ 88 IA . Tho Emperor won expected back in St . Petersburg
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April 12 , 1 & 56 . J THE LEADE R- 34 S
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Leader (1850-1860), April 12, 1856, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2136/page/7/
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