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

      gubmitted to its judgment : no doubt it will obey orders . This crew would lick the dirty boots of their master to do him pleasure . You may expect any depth of servility from such men . Yet , as I write these last words , I am assured that the Senate has timidly hesitated a desire to be consulted by the Emperor in all Jiis acts . If this be confirmed , I will most gladly make the amende honorable to these , servitors a plat venire of all regimes . For the present , I adhere to my expressions .

      The recognitions of the new regime by foreign powers arrive in succession . Great Britain was one of the first to recognise the Empire . The three Powers of the North will , I am told , present theirs simultaneously , and in exactly * identical terms . Perhaps this is an indirect and delicate hint to Bonaparte to be a good boy and not provoke a whipping ! The official journal of Vienna formally threw out this sort of menace ; and I hear that Bonaparte was for a moment bitterly piqued . He even allowed an exclamation to escape him in company of several of his courtiers to this effect , " If Prince Schwarzenberg were still alive , ¦ we should understand each other better . "

      Another vexation for this great man incompris . You remember , I told you that Bonaparte had the pretension of composing his household exclusively of personages belonging to the old noblesse . This gentleman modestly designed the descendants of the Crusaders for his valets de chambre . He addressed himself successively to M . le Due de Mortenmrt , to whom lie proposed the title of Marshal of Prance , and Grand Marshal of the Palace , to M . le Due de Mouchy , to M . le Due de Bauffremont , and to the Due de Guiche . All the four successively declined the honour .

      Bonaparte then , unmasking the secret object of his wishes , simply proposed to the wives of these gentlemen to be ladies in waiting to the Empress . The beautiful Duchesse de Mouchy sharply replied to him " that he should have waited till he had an Empress to make the proposal . " To appreciate all the mordant of this reply , you should know that on that very morning the report was current , and is so still , that the marriage with the Princess Wasa was definitively broken off , and that Bonaparte was obliged to lower his pretensions , ( de se rabattre sur un plus maigre ffibier . )

      An immense activity is observable at the Ministries of War and the Marine . Orders are being sent off every day to all the chefs de corps to get up the warlike spirit of the soldiers . In all the military and naval arsenals all is movement . Just now , a new system of artillery , devised by the Emperor , is being experimented upon in the various polygones . This system consists in reducing to a single calibre all the various field-pieces , which are now composed of four different

      calibrespieces of four , light artillery ; pieces of eight , artillery of the line ; pieces of twelve , artillery of reserve ; and six-inch howitzers . The uniform calibre proposed by Bonaparto is to be that of twelve . Now to make you understand all the importance of this change , I should add , that these pieces of twelve carry 1600 yards , while the other pieces carry only from 800 to 1000 yards . These experiments , I repeat , are being actively carried on . Don't bo too confident in our veracious

      Emperor ' s pacific assurances . It may l > e that , some morning , all Europe will awake ( an Paris did on the 2 nd of December ) to find tho army of Paris on the frontiers of tho Rhine . There are sober people who believe in this eventuality , as they do in to-morrow ' s sunrise . Besides this change of system in tho artillery , an equally grave modification is proposed in our present recruiting system . According to the existing law , 80 , 000 men are enlisted every year , for seven years service—juHt one quarter of the actual male population , hi tho new system , the entire male population would bo called ' upon to servo ; but instead of serving for a period of seven years , the men , destined for the

      infantry would only serve ono year . As to the men destined for special corps , such as cavalry , artillery , < 'ngineei-N , grenadiers , mid imperial guard , they will remain in service , some eight , tho others seven years . Tho soldier * discharged will be liable to be recalled to h < m-vc until they are thirty-three years of age . Here ' « the fonnidabio l » -vy wo should bo able to take the f'uld witli at any given moment : 1 st , Tim army nctuall y in service , 400 , 000 men ; 2 nd , Reserve of twelve ' clauses , from twenty-one years of » g « to thirty-< l » eo , 280 , 000 men , in each class : 3 ,: » G 0 , 0 < X > soldiers f » r Hie twelve classes ; general total , 3 , 7 <> 0 , <> 00 »«««> - There is enough , and more than enough , to nvveep the

      world ! Meanwhile , Bonaparte and his friends are not horl « ' « Uii their little pecuniary interests . The projeel ' > '" MMwlubliahiii tf ( . ho gambling-lio "* " * and tho lotteries , Av l > ieh I mentioned months ago , hikI whi ( 'h WMrt ° " - amwtud liy the remonstrances of the clergy , has been resumed . ' Doctor Ve ' ron , who wuh the promoter , oi the ° > ' » 8 « unl Hohcme , is to have no shave in tho present one .

      The immediate entourage is to have all the secret profits of the operations . The State will have the remainder . The company is already formed : it is to be worked in shares . A subvention of seven millions ( of francs ) will be paid by the company to the State for the exploitation , which ( subject to intervening arrangements ) will commence in January next , at four chief establishments : —1 . 113 , Palais Royal . 2 . In an hotel in the Place Vendome . 3 . In a house on the Boulevard des Italiens . 4 . In the Faubourg St . Honore . The details are precise , you perceive .

      A provisional commercial treaty has been signed with Belgium . Belgium having , as you are aware , consented to prosecute judicially the press for attacks against Bonaparte , the Emperor has condescended to take off the surtax of ten per cent , on Belgian coal and iron . A commercial treaty with England is also spoken of . Bonaparte only waits for the promulgation of the Senatus-Consulte , which is to accord to him absolute omnipotence in matters of commercial treaties , to sign the project with England . English coal is to be admitted into France at a minimum duty . We are not yet informed whether there will be any compensation on the English side in the shape of a reduction of duties on French wines .

      The system of severe measures is still in force . There has been * an amnesty , on paper , for offences of the press . Meanwhile , two editors are still in prison . As to " warnings , " they have begun again . A legitimist paper of Angers , L'Union de I ' Ouest , has been the first to enjoy the honour . Domiciliary visits are paid to all the printing-houses , in the hope of se izing certain clandestine writings which annoy his Majesty the Emperor . Printers , masters and workmen alike , are whisked off from their homes in the dead of night , thrown into solitary confinement , and examined separately .

      Such municipal councils as omitted to keep holiday on the 5 th of December , the day of the inauguration of the Emperor , are dissolved . This has been the fate of the municipal council of Frontignan , who took the liberty not to vote a distribution of bread to the poor on that day , after receiving express orders to that effect from the Minister of the Interior . S .

      December 18, 1852.] The Leader. 1203

      December 18 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1203

      Continental Notes. M. Chavoix, Ex-Repres...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . M . Chavoix , ex-representative of the people , has written to the Fays to deny the authorship of a letter imputed to him , accepting m very humble and submissive terms tho gracious " pardon" of the Emperor . This letter , which was published very conspicuously in all the Government journals , was a forgery . " I neither wrote it nor signed it ; I know not who is the author , " says M . Chavoix . Not a single person of note has yqt accepted tho general conditional amnesty of the Government . B y a decree of tho Emperor , the administration of tho Civil List and of the dotation of tho Crown , is confided to M . Acliillo Fould , who takes tho title of Minister of State and of the Household of tho Emperor . He is charged to establish , on the proposition of the hrgb . functionaries of the household , tho general budget , and submit it to tho approbation of tho Emperor , and all tho expenses of the household will bo paid by tho treasurer on tho order of tho Minister . Ho will have tho general management of the revenues of tho Crown , and of the Civil List , of

      whatever kind they may be . On Sunday , tho 12 th inst ., tho Emperor gavo a grand military dinner at tho Tuileries to the marshals of Franco and tho gcnoral and other officers commanding corps in tho army of Paris . All tho Ministers were present . Abd-e ' l-Kador lias loft Amboiso . Ho arrived in Lyons on tho night of the 12 th inst ., and was to reHiinio his journoy without delay for Marseilles , but at tho instance ; of General do Castolhwio , lie consented to pass Monday in that eit . y . M . Ducos contradicts tho report of his reply to a deputation from tho maritime departments , on tho increased naval armaments of Kriglund . In like manner tho speech of tho ehaiiimm at tho dinner of the Erolo Militairo is

      pronounced to bo a lubrication . We cannot , however , forgot that the denials of tins present French Government have proved as trustworthy as its assertions and its promines . At present it is convenient , to deny—that is all . Tho Pans correspondent of the Globe , writing last Wednesday , tolls a pretty story of Louis Napoleon , which will win tho hearts of all mothers ; and to prove our willingness to give evon---lho Kmperor his due , here is tho story , for what , it , is worth . It rends well . "A curious incident occurred yesterday in the garden ol tho Tuiloiie . s whilst ( ho Kinporor was walking there . A little girl , who was with hor lather , exclaimed , ' Oh , how I should like to touch I ho lOmporor ' s lminl ! ' Tho Kmperor hoard hor , and called her to him . Tho lit . tlo girl was led to him by tho father , and tho Kinperor , taking hor by tho Jumd , walked willi her to tho T . uilorien , where he made hor a present of an elegant bonbon box as a souvenir ot their acquaintance . "

      There luiu been an important dolmto in tho Belgian Chamber on the budget of public instruction . M . Verlmegen , ono of the founders of Belgian nationality , in-Hintod that , iih'Micro was no stato religion in Belgium , tho national schools should not be under exclusive Koinancatholic direction . During Miis diseuHsion , M . do Montulomhort was in ono of the reserved galleries . Tho Second Chamber of tho Statos-Goneral of Holland has adopted tho conversion of tho Four per Cent . Itontos into Throo-und-Three-Quarters , at »» , or Threo-and-a-llall at 07 , at tho option of the Government .

      The Parisian correspondent of the Independance Beige pretends that the reason of the precipitate recognition of the Emperor b y Naples , was the desire of Naples to secure French aid against English designs on Sicdy . Meanwhile , it is reported that Lucien Murat has made a demand on the Neapolitan Government of twenty millions of francs , and already talks of the " throne of his ancestors . "

      Important Modifications Of The Constitut...

      Important modifications of the Constitutional system in Prussia have been submitted to the Chambers . The intention of the Government is to abolish the principle of annual Parliamentary sessions and of annual budgets , and to remodel the First Chamber upon a normal basis of prerogative , by vesting the right of nominating members , hereditarily or temporarily , according to birth , property , or position , exclusively in the Crown . A quasi-restoration of certain feudal provincial privileges abolished in 1848 , by a completely new code of provincial , district , municipal and communal law , is also announced . These measures were signified to the Chambers , with very little paraphrase , by the Minister of the Interior , on the 6 th inst . It is said that in consideration of eventualities , Austria and Prussia have come to an understanding to sink their commercial rivalries for awhile , and the maintenance of the Prussian Zollverein for the next twelve years is

      considered certain . The Austrian musket , writes the Roman correspondent of the Daily Ncws , ^ continues to enforce attachment and fidelity to the imperial banner . Five more soldiers of tho Hungarian regiment now in garrison at Ancona were shot on the morning of the 4 th for desertion . Thus a considerable number of men have suffered death since the arrival of the regiment from Bologna , where many had already been shot for the same offence . The poor fellows apparently serve the chivalrous Emperor with no great good will , since they risk and frequently meet their death in order to escape from his trammels . The wine shops resound with their revolutionary songs , and cheers for Hungary and Italy—a spirit which , excites such , distrust in the Austrian general , that he allows none of the soldiers to quit the town singly , only regular parties can pass the gates .

      The State Of Affairs In Spain Is Becomin...

      The state of affairs in Spain is becoming , to use a French expression , " very strained . " The Due de Sotomayor has been prevented holding meetings at his house . General Narvaez has been sent out of Spain into honourable exile , to " examine military archives at Vienna . " Pronuneiamentos at Barcelona and other important towns , are apprehended .

      The Roman States Are Infested With, Brig...

      The Roman States are infested with , brigands .

      The Bank Of Constantinople Refuses To Re...

      The Bank of Constantinople refuses to receive the paper money of the state . This decision has produced an immense sonsation . A monetary crisis is considered imminent . The Turkish government has prohibited navigation of tho Bosphoms by foreign steamers . The service is to bo exclusively performed by Turkish steamers . Tho Austrian Lloyd ' s Company has protested against this measure . It is said that the Turkish government has purchased ten steamers in England . Piracy has become so formidable in tho Archipelago , that trade in those waters is almost at an end , the maritime insurance companies refusing any longer to insure vessels .

      A Turkish ship had been seized by pirates within sight of Smyrna , and all the passengers and erew had been put to death . From Syria wo learn that neither tho Seraskier nor the Druses being able to claim tho victory , after much marching , and some fighting they had concluded an armistice . It was proposed to roduco tho Druses by

      negotiation . Tho Prince of Montenegro has issued a decree throatcning oxilo to all those of his subjects who should refuse to take arms against tho Turks . Various skirmishes had taken placo with tho Turkish troops , and a decisive battlo was expected . Tho Paolm of Scutari had taken the field , ut the head of 10 , 000 mnn , against the Montonegrines .

      American Gossip. In The New York Tribune...

      AMERICAN GOSSIP . In the New York Tribune , of tho 1 st instant , wo have a detailed account of Thackeray ' s third lecture , on " Stei'le , and the Times of Queen Anne . " As before , the audience was crowded , and an announcement was niiide previous to the lecture that tho course would bo repented , so that those persons who could not obtain tickets for tlie first delivery might have an opportunity of hearing them . We conclude that the critic in the New York Herald , who fell into a lit of abusivo delirium on hearing Mr . Thackeray ' s first lecture , is in a very small minority . Mr . Gordon Honnott was in Kuropc when Thackeray sailed ; did he leave instructions to abuse the great novelist ; or has the eritie acted without orders ?

      Another of our Kuropean celebrities , Nontng , is dm wing crowded audiences in New York- That so accomplished an artist has found her concerts really popular in that city , augurs well tor the decay of musical clap-trap them as u lucrative branch of commerce . We quote the following from the Tribune •— " Mr . l \> re . 7 . el , who was deputed by ii largo number of Hungarians , in Jersey , England , and Paris , to net for them , made : \ purchase hint month of two townships , situated near Davenport , in Iowa , for a Hungarian colony , and in the spring the great body of tho purchasers design , emigrating to this country and settling upon their purchases . Among tho number is General JVloritx I ' erezel . Ench portion in indieont circumstances will

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18121852/page/7/