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    Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Corres...

    The persecutions of the Press seem to redouble in violence . The decree on the Press said nothing about enforcing the signature to articles : for four months our journals have been conducted under the persuasion that the condition of signature was abolished . Many journals have , consequently , given up signing their articles . A note in the Moniteur has just appeared warning them of the _obligation , by declaring that the law of 1850 was not abrogated by the decree on the Press . This is not all . Louis Bonaparte , whom the Constitution of his own making declares responsible , now raises tbe singular pretension to be so no longer . A journal has just received a " warning , " for having introduced the President ' s name into political

    discussions . The preamble of this warning is rather curious . The Prefet de l'Oise pretends " that the chief of the State ought to remain above all political discussions , and that it is not lawful to invoke as an element of debate any real or supposed opinions of his . " The Belgian journals , on the other hand , notably the fndependance , have been stopped at the frontier three days following . The Bel gian embassy only has been able to obtain them ; and it is through that source only that their contents are known throughout Paris . The Journal du Peuple , suppressed before December , has just been condemned , in the person of its director , M . Chouippc , to three months' imprisonment and five hundred francs fine

    Rigorous measures are still in course of execution . The cruelty of the Government does not spare even women—even mothers are its victims ! In the night of Thursday last , 228 persons , among whom were ten women , were dragged out of the Fort of Bicetre and the prison of St . Lazare , and embarked , at Havre , on board the Magellan , for Algeria . Among the women transported was a writer on social questions , a fine-hearted woman , Madame Pauline Poland . As to M . Miot , ex-representative of the people , he has been five times transported from Brest to Cayenne ; five times a counter-order has arrived changing his destination to Lambessa ; five times bo has been brought back from Lambessa to Brest ; and his destination is still Cayenne . This uncertainty of destination is a shocking refinement of cruelty .

    M . Miot s only crime is to have had the courage to declare that he would not recognise in any agent of Bonaparte the right to imprison or to interrogate him . Is it because Miot refuses to recognise tbe right that Bonaparte is resolved to make him recognise the fact ? For the last month we have been visited with torrents of rain throughout the country . The rivers in the centre and south of France have overflowed . At

    this moment the valleys of the Lone , the Allier , the Suone , and the Illume are all one vast , lake ; the Hoods bave carried the dikes away in many places , and the villages are inundated . S .

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    CONTINENTAL NOTES Tiik following is the text of Louis . Napoleon s Message fo the Legislative Corps : " _Klyst ' _-e National , Juno 2 M , ] H 5 _'i . " Gknti _/ emkn , —At the . moment when the session ol 1852 is about , to close , I am anxious to thank you for your co-operation and for the loyal support which you have given to our new institutions . You have known how to resist what is most dangerous amongst men assembled together , namely , the enticement of parly-spirit ; and having set . aside all susceptibility , you occupied yourselves with the great interests of the country , comprehending that the time for passionate and sterile speeches was past , and that of business bad arrived .

    " The application of a new system always meets with _dilliculfies , and you have found that fo be . the casta If occupation appeared to be wanting at . your first , sittings , you clearly perceived that fhe desire to abridge the . duration of my dictatorial power , and my anxiety to call you about me , wore fhe cause of that circumstance , by depriving my Government of the time necessary for the preparation of the laws which were to be submit led to you . " The natural consequence uf thai , exceptional . stale oi things was an accumulation of business at I lie end of the session . Nevertheless , the first trial of the Constitution , altogether of French origin , must have convinced you that

    we possess the conditions of a strong aud free Government . The power is no longer that , motionless object against which the various oppositions directed with impunity their weapons . 11 can now resist such _alfaeLs , and can henceforward pursue a regular system without having recourse to arbitrary acts or underhand proceedings . ( hi the other blind , the control of ( lie Assembly is a serious one , for discussion is free , anil the vole of * Ihe I axes decisive . ( " As to tho imperfections which experience will have brought , fo light , our common love for the public good will unceasingly aim at lessening fl . e inconveniences resulting from fhum until such time as ( lie Senate shall have

    pronounced . " During the interval between the present session and the next , 1 will devote all my attention fo Meek out the wants of the country , and tii gel , ready measures which will allow the charges of the State to be diminished , without , in any way compromising t be public services . A I . your return I will inform you of tbe result , of our labours , and of the general slate of allairs , by the Message which the Contttitution oblige * me to address to you every your .

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    " In returning to your departments , be the faithful echoes of the feeling which exists here—confidence in conciliation and peace . Tell your constituents that at Paris , tho heart of France , that revolutionary centre which by turns disseminates through the world light or conflagration , you have seen an immense population applying their energies to the task of removing the traces of revolutions , and devoting themselves with joy to labour , and with security to the future . They who , in their delirium , were impatient of every restraint , were beheld by you saluting with acclamation tho return of our oaglesthe symbols of authority and of glory . "At that imposing spectacle , at which religion consecrated by its benedictions a great national fete , you have remarked their respectful demeanour , you have beheld that army so proud , which saved the country , raise itself still higher in men ' s esteem , hi kneeling piously before the image of God , presented from the height of the altar .

    " That implies that there is in France a Government animated by faith , and by a love of good—which rests for support on the people , the source of all power—on the army , the source of all strength—and on religion , the source of all justice . " Accept the assurance of my sentiments of esteem . " Louis Napoleon . " The farewell dinner of the members of the Legislative corps took place on Tuesday evening . About 120 deputies were present ; M . Billault presided . Tbere were no speeches ; and the only toast proposed was that of the "Prince Louis Napoleon . " A formidable insurrection has broken out in Algeria , in the provinces of Bona and Constantina . A great number of French colonists have been assassinated . This may put an end to all hopes of release for Abd-el Kader .

    We take the following from the Morning Herald . The subject has been frequently noticed in our columns , more especially in some of the earlier letters of our Paris Correspondent : — " The internal position of Belgium , especially of the clerical party with the liberals , not less than the relations of Belgium with the present head of the French Republic , has lately attracted the attention of all Europe . The three great northern powers especially are taking the greatest interest in the position of Belgium , threatened as it is from within and without , and whose Monarch , by his connexion with the Orleans family , appears to have incurred tbe especial ill-will of Louis Napoleon .

    "Austria , as well as Prussia , have had their diplomatic _representatives at the Court of Belgium for a series of years . Russia , however , has not sent a representative to tho Belgian Court till last year , when Mr . Bacheracht , the former Russian consul-general at Hamburgh , was accredited here . Belgium has recently sent a consul-general to St . Pctersburgh , and it is said , that an ambassador extraordinary from that court is to bo accredited here . — _Bnisse / s Papers , June 29 . " A telegraphic despatch was received in Paris . on Monday , announcing that the French war steamer , Charlemagne , had been permitted by the Sublime Porte to pass

    the Dardanelles , and to proceed to Constantinople . The reasons assigned in tho firman which grants this privilege are : First , that it is lawful , because a clause in the treaty of 1832 stipulates that vessels employed by foreign nations in diplomatic service may be allowed to pass the Straits ; now the _Cfiarlcmatjite is to fetch home the French ambassador from Constantinople , and is , therefore , evidently on diplomatic service . The second reason given is , that she will prove a means of instruction and improvement , as well as an object ol' curiosity to the Turks , being the first screw steamer that has ever appeared on the waters of the Uosphorus .

    At the grand farewell dinner given to Lord Stratford by the English residents at Constantinople , the departing ambassador made a very interesting speech on tho state and prospects of Turkey , from , which wo cut the following passage : - " It is true , gentlemen , that , the obstacles I have had to combat , were sufficiently formidable . Their nature is such I hal a man of my principles must expect to see them arise in Turkey as certainly as in the other countries of tho Fast ; they are—corruption , which undermines society to its foundations , and cupidity and intrigue , which obstruct the march of progress , ami poison ( he atmosphere whomever they exist . A good deal was to be expected from fhe generous and benevolent disposition of the _rciiniing

    sovereign , and from the salutary changes which havo taken place in the administration of the country since the . adoption of the new system . A good deaf was also to be expected from the counsels aud policy of a . minister who bad wisely contributed to the introduction of a system , on I lie continuation and extension of which depend so entirely I lie renovation and subsequent , security of this noble empire . A great deal of the expected good has , no doubt , been accomplished under these auspices ; but , more , much more , remains to bo accomplished ; and I must add , with Ihe most profound sorrow , thai , indications of errors and weakness are seen in more than one place , that , the energy

    ot tho Government , is embarrassed by ( iuuncitd complications , uml that , even the great charter of Ottoman progress is to a certain point discredited by negligence in fhe execution , or rnl , her the non-execution , of its promises . I do not , any _fliis to p lace in doubt , the intentions of the Government , nr lo insinuate that 1 despair of tlie final restoration of the Empire I . o a more prosperous position . A state of transition in always more or less a . stale of weakness ; and I entertain the hope that . cflicucioiiH measures will be adopted before it , be too late to dissipate darkness , and cause to shine unclouded Ihe rays of European eivili / ati > n . "

    Lord Strafford concluded by calling attention to the importance of establishing railways , and introducing other improvements into Turkey ; nod by proposing a least , fo the prosperity of llritish commerce . A curious article ( writes the correspondent of tho Morning Ohronicle ) appeared in a recent , number of the Wanderer ( Vienna paper ) . 'Xhu _following extract may _uuflico

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    to show its tenor : — " Not till 1847 , and the days of Lord Palmerston , was the name of Whig associated with a party whose relations with the Continent were not quite unexceptionable . An agency seems , however , to have been found at last , which , though not new , is highly deserving of attention ; we allude to the new Austrian loan , rapidly sinking al pari . As soon as English capitalists are interested in any country of Europe , the City and tho London Exchange keep a vigilant eye on the Foreign Secretary . If Lord Palmerston had ever gone so far as to endanger the status quo in Spain , Portugal , or the South American Republic , there can be no doubt but a call to order , mightier than the Speaker ' s , would have been heard in the City , and have roused him roughly from his martial dreams . The more English capitalists become interested in the prosperity of Austria , and the more they hope to gain from her stability , the less prospect there is of a return to the Pahnerstonian policy . "

    Baron Rothschild is , we believe , a Liberal candidate for the city of London . The Grand Dukes Constantine , Nicholas , and Michael , have left Berlin for St . Petersburg . The reception of the King of Denmark and his consort in Jutland is reported by the Morning Chronicle to have been most enthusiastic . The following is the short and characteristic reply made by his Majesty to the speech delivered by the president of the committee , at the grand banquet given to the Sovereign at Aalborg : — " My friends , " said the King , " what I have done for my people emanated from Danish hearts . My father , who is with

    God , laid the foundation ; what I carried out , and have done subsequently , occurred because a Danish man must stand by his country in weal and woe—in evil as well as good days . " After this answer , received with loud acclamations , a song , composed by a Jutland poet , was sung in honour of Countess Danner , the King's morganatic consort . The countess ' s health was then toasted , for which she expressed ber thanks , and the King added , " I thank you for this toast . I know what my wife has been for me during grievous times ; and I say , also , God bless thee , my wife ! I beg of you , gentlemen , one more cheer for Countess Danner . "

    Neufchatel , as we know , was recently disposed of to tho King of Prussia , under the auspices of our Foreign Office , bv the Four Great Powers , without consulting the people of that canton , who , it might seem to plain thinkers , have some right to be consulted in such a case . Here is their opinion on the matter . A letter from Neufchatel , of the 22 nd , says— " The royalists have met with another check ; the burgesses have selected for the council of administration seventeen Republicans and eleven Royalists , so that the financial administration of tho place has now passed into the hands of the Republican party . " The Count de Cavour , late Minister of the Interior , has left Turin on a visit to Paris and London .

    A monk , named Christophoros , is creating a fanatical excitement ( only _comparable to the Anabaptists ) throughout Greece , by his eloquent denunciations of the Government for having sacrificed the independence of the national Greek Church b y a recent convention , giving a modified authority to the Patriarch of Constantinople . lie is rather a violent advocate of what our more sober Ifigk-ehureh party call " synodieal action . "

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    HAVE WE THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC MEETING ? Me . _Waxpole , Lord Derby ' s Home Secretary , seems to think not . It will have to be shown to him that wc have . Our readers will remember that we published , two weeks back , a correspondence between Mr . Savage and Mr . Secretary Walpole , respecting the suppression of tho open-air discussions in Bonner ' s fields , by police , armed with swords . The publio has not permitted the subject to drop , we are happy to see , for on Monday a very full meeting took place , under the presidence of Mr . W . A . Hows , in Bonner ' s Fields , to take it into consideration , and come to some resolve .

    Mr . Hows said , that the birth-right of Fnglishmen had been invaded ; the right of assembling for the free expression of their sentiments bad been interfered with by the Home Secretary , on the plea that , their meetings , which had been held in tbe same place for many years , were obstructions ; and tbat , indecent and blasphemous language had been made use of . He bad frequently attended the meetings , and never beard any such language uttered . It was not the disposition of the people of fhe Tower IInutlets thus fo act . Ilehnd had forty years' experience in the locality , and could

    testify , with feelings of pleasure , to the stead y advance which had been made by the working classes . I . t had not , been shown that there was any act , of l _' arliament to warrant , the police in the step ( bey had taken ; they were not , to be bludgeoned as tbey had been , and were prepared to prove that public opinion would now send back the swords of those who attempted to interfere with freedom igiioiiiiniously back into their scabbards ; and that , those who had been so maligned by the Home Secretary were worthy of possessing the great ,, rights of Fnglishmen .

    Mr . O . F . Nieholls then moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting , composed of all shades of religious , and political opinions , hereby testify to ( -ho peaceful and orderly assemblage of her Majesty ' s subjects , in Uoimor ' _s fields , on Sundays , for several years past , such assemblages having met to discuss questions affecting their social improvement , fo advance the cause of temperance , and fo hear addresses influencing their earthly amelioration and their eternal welfare . That these quiet and calm uhsoiiiblwgoa have , without any _cuutiou given or warning used

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071852/page/8/