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      "It behoves us therefore at once to take our stand , on the ground adopted by this tTnion in December last , and say that , whatever may be the excellencies or the dangers of this measure we do not tliink that Parliament should deal with it . And we should do our utmost to obtain petitions , signed as extensively as possible , praying for the formation , by means of the existing convocation , of a Church legislature , in which bishops , clergy , and laymen may by tommon accord settle their own affairs , and recommend to Parliament such changes concerning church property as may be needful . " They add , that " under the present system of State interference , the clergy as a body and by representation , have no voice at all in the management of Church prdpei ' ty ; " and they " desire to see the internal reform of the Church referred to a synod , and the external defence of the Church left to Parliament . "

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      LETTEKS FEOM PARIS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Letter XX . . Paris , Tuesday Evening , 11 th May , 1852 . The ceremony of the Standards took place yesterday at the Champ He Mars . The Empire , as 1 had already advised you , was not proclaimed . On the whole , the affair went off coldly , and without enthusiasm .

      People felt there was a threat hovering above each head . The official world looked grave . The surrounders of Louis Bonaparte were sad . The ceremony was more like a funeral than the inauguration of a new reign . Even the soldiers showed no signs of enthusiasm , for , with the exception of the heavy cavalry , the cuirassiers , and carabineers , who cried Vive VJSm pereur , the infantry and cavalry generally , contented themselves with here and there a Vive Napoleon . As

      for the people , it was represented by the ten thousand Decembraillards , who took possession of the ground by six o ' clock in the morning , and presented an impenetrable hedge to the crowd . But the Decembraillards were silent . The greatest precautions had heen taken , to ensure the personal safety of the President . The police had , overnight , effected a considerable number of arrests , including both Germans and English . The latter were seized at a cafe , in the Place de la Bourse , and have not yet been set at liberty . Dr . Recurt , of the Faubourg St . Antoine , who played a conspicuous part in the Revolution of 1848 , but who has

      since been living in retirement , has been expelled from Paris . A good many inhabitants of the Faubourg St . Antoine , among whom figures my furniture dealer , Launette , were also arrested . It was Launette who commanded the patrol of the National Guard , which on the 23 rd February , 1848 , at the time of the massacre on the Boulevard des Capucines , stood the fire of the troops- of the line . He was taken away from his home last Friday , and thrown into a dungeon in the prison of Mazas . Nothing was omitted to kindle the enthusiasm of the troops . Before the ceremony , each man received an allowance of wine and brandy ; and the theatres

      were opened free to a . considerable number ot them . Wholesale promotions have taken place in the army , commencing with nine generals of division , and fifteen generals of brigade . This morning , fivo-aml-twenty columns of the Manitenr are taken up wrth nominations to the Legion of Honour . Never since the foundation of the order has there been such a shower of crosses . The ceremony commenced at noon . The clergy reached the ground in grand procession , with " bell , book , and candle , " crucifixes and banners ; Kinging hymns and psalms on the way . Such a sight had not been soon Hinco the clays of the Restoration , before tho fall of the Jesuits . The procession consisted of more than a thousand priests , without reckoning tho choristers , large and small . It is needless to add that this motley of black and white was received with shouts by the soldiery , and with ironical cheers by the crowd . As soon as tho Mass commenced , tho bands of the Huvenil

      rogimonts , numboring in all about 1200 musicians , executed symphonic ^ and other appropriate music . Then came tho blaming of tho standards . The standardbearers surrounding tho altar erected in the centre of tho Champ do Miu-k , whoro tho Archbishop of Paris w » w singing high - mass , came ono by one to kiss the patiiie , a small golden vchkoI used at t'lio mass . Tho standards wore then Hprinklecl with holy water , and

      carried by tho officers to thoir respective regiments . Tho troops afterwards defiled before Louis Bonaparte , who was placed on a platform covered with red velvet and gold fringe , and whereon was written tho figures 7 , 500 , 000 ( tho number of tho votora of tho 20 th of December ) , and tho word * Vox popull , Vox Bel . Tho infantry defiled first , nnd wore followed by tho three divisions of cavalry . At three o ' clock till was over , and tho President was returning to the Kljrsco . By command of tho Government ( ill tho public offices were

      closed , including the Post-office , the Bourse , and the Bank ; the theatres alone were allowed to remain open . The crowd assembled in the Champ de Mars , independent of the population of Paris , was very great ; there were not less than 200 , 000 to 300 , 000 persons from the neighbouring banlieue . An immense disappointment was the impression of this crowd . To-night the second act of the farce will come off , but the crowd will be indoors .- There Will be 17 , 000

      persons at the ball . A souper monstre had been ordered of Chevet for 15 , 000 guests ; a supplement of 2000 covers has since been added . On Thursday the 14 th the grand . fireworks will take p lace on the heights of Chaillot . They were to have been fired to-night , had it not been for a trick played by the artillerymen , Who are mostly republicans , by whom they were prepared . The entire battery of the 7 th regiment have been thrown into prison for this affair . ' '< r

      Although Bonaparte is riot Emperor , he does not the less reign absolutely . He possesses all the attributes of royalty , and enjoys its privileges . His effigy is on all the gold and silver coin , and a recent law of the legislative body enjoins it to appear on the copper coinage . It already figures in all the official stamps , ; it is to be put on the facade of the Pantheon , - Orders have already-been given for the removal of David ' s fine fronton , representing France , aided by Glbryy receiving her great men , to be replaced by another group , in which will figure the bastard of Admiral werhuel . In the middle of the new fronton will appear the figure of Christ , supported on the right by Faith ,

      Hope , and Charity , who will offer him St . Genevieve , the patroness of Paris ; on the left , Religion will be receiving from the hands of the Prince President ( official style ) the keys of the Pantheon , restored to public worship . M . Bonaparte is not a mere monarchical effigy , he acts as if he were a sovereign in reality . Following the example of Henry III ., who provided dowries for the marriage of his favourites , Louis Bonaparte is marrying Persigny to the granddaughter of M . Lafitte and the Marshal Ney , and gives her a , dowry of five hundred thousand francs . It is not said where the funds of the dowry are to be taken from !

      It appears also that Louis Bonaparte is not unmindful of his own little affairs . Before the 2 nd of December he was crippled with debts ; Rothschild and Fould held more than three millions worth of dishonoured bills , with which they laid down the law in their own fashion . The . . purveyors . ., ' . to . the ., $ } Jys , < < e ,, jhad not been paid for three years ; and many a time had the butcher and the baker to be changed owing to their refusal to give credit . Bonaparte , in fact , was so short of money , that a horsedealer refused to sell him a horse , excepting on the understanding that if it were not paid for at the end of two months it should be

      returned to the seller , —and two months afterwards it was actually taken back by the dealer on that account . But all tiiebe things are very much altered now-a-days . Louis Bonaparte lias plenty of money ; General Magnaii , whose debts amounted to 500 , 000 francs , has paid all ; St . Arnaud , who was overwhelmed with protested bills , does not owe a penny ; Louis Bonaparte , who had been compelled to part with all his horses , has just replenished his stud at Creniienx ' s , the great , horsedealer in the Champs Elysoos , by purchasing sixty horses at an average price of GOOO francs each . But this is not all . With a prophetic eyo on tho future , M . Bonaparte is investing money in foreign

      securities and land . The other day ho paid 1 , 600 , 000 f , for an estate and chateau in Poland , formerly belonging to tho family of Beaubarnais . Neither does he overlook his pleasures , for he has taken possession of all the royal hunting grounds , and is preparing a sporting establishment on a footing of incredible magnificence . A falconry is being established at ltauibouillet ; there had not boon such a thing in Franco for two hundred years . We are going back to tho Middlo Ages , as yon nee . One of these fine days wo fihall -bo having a pasHiigo of arms—a tournament—like that of Lord Eglinton . We shall hco Louis Bonaparte playing tho character of a preux cJi ( ivalier , —a . farce like all tho rest , where he appears , but is not .

      While M . Bonaparte in purchasing estates , thono of the family of Orleans are being sold . Within tho last few days tho domain of Hainoy , near Bondy , has been seized . This , week , Ramlon , in Auvergno , will , bo taken ; and tho Chateau d'Eu , in Normandy , whore Louis Philippe entertained tho Queen of England , will bo brought to tho hammer . Did I say we wore returning to the middlo ages ? it is hut too true . Tho monies are coining back . Tho friars have left their friaries to begin their crusade . This year they will recommence tlroir preaching iu tho churches of Paris . Wo already had tho Jesuits and Dominicans , now wo have come down to tho friars . Decidedly wo are a nation falling to decay .

      The budget of 1853 has been submitted to the legislative body . The expenditure reaches 1 ^ 4 . 86 , 955 348 francs ( 59 , 478 , 215 ? . ); the receipts , I , 436 ' s 63 ' francs ! The deficit is therefore 5 b millions ( two ' mil lions sterling ) . In this budget the salaries of the President , t ^ e senators , and the expenses of the legislativ " body , represent 15 millions . The maintenance of the national palaces is put down at more than four millions j in . fact , Bonaparte ' s . civil list amounts to 20 millions . The deputies are alarmed at this enormous expenditure , particularly at the large salaries of grand functionaries , while they , the deputies , get nothing It is said that they are disposed to pare down the items of the budget ; and are coming to an understanding with the minority , on this subject , in the council of state .

      These poor deputies do all they' can to form an opposition . They have played Louis Bonaparte another trick ; they have rejected one of the articles in the biU for the rehabilitation of convicted persons ; and as you are aware , by the forms of the constitution , this article rnust again be brought before the council of state before it cari'be submitted afresh to the legislative body , from which considerable delay will occur . The deputies ,, it is reported ,, are . resolved to multiply these delays , fvith a view , to expose r all the absurdities of the constitution of Louis Bonaparte .

      Serious thoughts are being entertained by the government to bring in a bill , for the expulsion from Paris , of all workmen out of employment , and persons having no recognised means of subsistence .. This projected law cannot fail to excite the indignation of the ouvrlerL The severities against the press continue . The Prefects appear to rival each other in giving notices ., . The Fayswadi . the Public have each been served with one . The grounds of these proceedings are the most absurd . The Prefects arrogate to themselves the right to judge of the intentions of writers , and proceed , without further ceremony or trial , to inflict upon them the penalties of the law . This is justice expeditiously administered in the Turkish fashion , with a vengeance .

      The pi'otests against Louis Bonaparte ' s government stilj continue to increase , but are not now confined to individual members of general councils . Entire municipal bodies refuse to take the oath to Bonaparte , prescribed by the constitution . Thus the municipal council of Evreusc has resigned in a body . In the department of the Meurthe , the Loire inferieure , the Pas de Calais , the Bonchesdu Rhone , the Gard , the Charente , and the Chpr , v a great number , of members of the general councils * ' ( somewhat resembling the grand juries of counties in England ) have' refused to take the oath .

      Among them we notice Messrs . de Broglie , Beugnot , Casimir Perier , Joseph Perier , General Count Segur , Odilon Barrot , Dufaure , Havin , Victor Lefranc , Marie , and Barthelemy . The refusal of so many persons of consideration , who have for the last twenty years been constantly looked upon by tho departments as tho political leaders of the country , has produced an extraordinary sensation in the provinces . The most ignorant of the peasantry ask why these men refuse to take the oath . There is never so small a village to which tho influence of these resignations does not reach . A political reaction will inevitably follow . S .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . TncPcto of the Distribution of tho Eagles absorbs all the interest of French news this weok . Our amazing daily journals havo exhausted thoir productive onorgica in thoir forty column power " Special Correspondents ) , who must havo had a superhuman job of it . Tho impression of " an immense disappointment , " which our own correspondence record * , pierces through the morei highly-eolouroa and glowing descriptions of tho English sig hi-seera . J . " ° accounts of tho number of troops actually on tho * lain » diner materially , oh do indeed all tho other facts ot tiw celebration . Eighty thousand is porhaps tho correct ostjmato , independent of what wo may call the municipal troops . Even the colour of tho President ' s horse w variously given : in ono account it wan «¦ dark » ny > another " a black . Oest ainsi quo s'Sorit Vhiatoirei Tho whole econe , assisted by lino weather , was cJouducs * striking and mngnificont as a mere military spocl . ^"' Hero iB a' bit' about tho Prince from that p liant , chronicler , Galiqnani : —Tho Prince was droflsoci in thVinlt 0 £ ™ ° a gonomi officor , with doeskins and largo military , doouj and woro tho grand cordon of tho legion of Honour . Jrode in front of his brilliant cortfye , on a dark-bay cliarg «»> which ho managed with great ) skill . This boautitul oniinw , which is English bred , was bought by tho President , im 1100 guineas , and is considered by competent judges io « cheap at that price . The naddle-cloth of tho Prince wa » ono mass of . gold embroidery , ' and well ^ oUtto , j , tllO T Se animal which boro it . and tho occasion . Uio ir » . occasionally took ofF his plumed hat as ho V **™" , * different regiments , and after coming up at tho rig i *> n s tho front of tho infantry , ho whooled round ftnci jm down the field , before tho . line ? T cavalry . Aj ¦ £ ¦ " D

      returning once more to the J'Jcoio mmwj" « »• . " nor 0 . with all his suite , and took his place in tho tnbuno V pared for him . _ ., . i in va « Immodiatoly aftor tho arrival of tho President , tuo ?

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1852, page 458, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1935/page/6/