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      TiTjorHfc in general ; but when thej- give these ideas as + k Baiticular expresston of the sentiments of the Chief of t ^ p Sta te they expose themselves to the reproach of infi-ATlitv or exaggeration . $ hey thus adopt , in fact , an offi-VI tanffuaffo which gives to their articles an importance Sch tiey should never have , « Wnen the Government -wishes to make known its va'¦ able thoughts , it confides them to the Moniteur , its only " irati Any publication in any other paper cannot engage ^ responsibility . The article of the Constitutidrmel " of tta 3 day obliges us to make this declaration / ' ¦ observed that this evasive

      It will be answer tacitly avows m uch as ; it deniesj it leaves Granier de Cassagnac ' s assumption of direct reference to the President ' opinion untouched . Thereupon the \ Constitutionnel , in the person f Doctor VeYon ( whose style of journalism preserves the character of his Pate Begnault ) , maintains the accuracy of M . Granier de Cassagnac ' s statement , in spite of the official denial in an article composed of a curious mixture of ppm-Dosity ' bitt erness , snivelling , and servility . It appears that since the re-election of the President on Dec . 20 , Dr . Veron had ceased to have any / personal interviews with the President- but in his place' M . Granier de Cassagnac had con-« fantlv derived from conversations with Louis Napoleon the

      ideas which regulated his policy , and these were faithfully reflected in the articles signed by M . Granier in the Gonstituiionnel . Upon one occasion , notwithstanding the high source from which these communications issued , an article ¦ w as refused . But he had not the least doubt that all of those productions had been authorized by the head of the state . Such , at least , was the statement of M . de Cassagnac " whom h e implicitly believes , notwithstanding the Communique' of the Moniteur . The Doctor then declares it to fee high time to clear up the mystery attending this official signature , and to find out whether the notes that are stamped therewith emanate from the President or from the Cabinet . .. ¦ . __

      .... „ This article Was followed by a paragraph , signed by M . Granier de Cassagnac : — " It will be remarked that the Commumque in the Moniteur in no respect disavows the policy which we think it the interest of the Government to pursue with regard to Belgium . . A » Gbaitiee de Cassagitac . " For this perseverance on the , part of Dr . Veron , the Constitutionnel received a first " warning" from the police . Dr . Ve " rqn does not let slip such an occasion of lofty pathos as a " warning" to the Constitutionnel ; but , acknowledging the pain he feels at a reprimand which

      menaces the existence of a JournaLhitherto devoted to Louis Napoleon , still persists m the expression of his belief that M . Granier de Cassagnac ' s articles , objectionable in themselves , were dictated by the Government , and on that account alone admitted to publication . In corroboration of his belief ho appeals to a note addressed by M . Macquard , secretary of the Ely 6 e " e , to M . Denain , the gerant of the paper , for 100 copies of the number of the Constitutionnel which contained the first article directed against Belgium . However , in obedience to t he warning ho has received , ho closes the Constitutionnel against M . Granier

      de Cassganac . But the tragedy is not yet played out . To prove the gratitude of princes , tho Constitnti ' onnel receives a " second warning" from the police , in conseq uence of the second articlo of Dr . Veron ' s : and at this moment , the broadsheet , par excellence , of the coup cPe ' tat is exposed to immediate suspension , or even suppression , like any mere independent journal . What a lesson for tho drudges that do tho dirty work of despotism ! So much for the " oily gammon , " of Dr . Veron , and Granior de Cassagnac , the Jonathan Wild of Napoleonism !

      Tho Chateau d'Eu was seized by tho local functionaries on tho 5 th inst ., in virtue of the decree of Jan . 22 . Tho officors at first knocked and demanded admission , which was refused by tho steward of the Duke of Nomours , who had given him peremptory orders not to open tho gates . Forcible ontranco was then obtainod , the objec t of which M'as to prevent tho sale of the furnituro announced to bo sold in two days by command of tho Duko . M . Bartholomy Saint Hilairo , of the College of Franco , has refused to take tho oath .

      Tho President paid a visit some days oro to tho Invalides to examine tho tomb of tho Emperor . Ko remarked with much surpriso that two of the bas-reliefs represented subjects connected with tho Orleans family . In fact , upon ono of those slabs was sculptured tho Princo do Joinvillo receiving tho romaina of tho Emperor at St . Helona ; and on tho ot her , Louis Philippe receiving tho samo remains at Paris . On a proccding visit , Louis Napoleon had remarked to M . Viaconti , the architect of tho tomb , that the bas-roljofa in question woro anything but indispensable . M . Viaconti replied that tliey figured in tho programmo flottlod by tho Council of Civil Buildings . Tho Princo * hon oxproBsod his desire for their romoval- ilo wft 8 th proforo not a little displeased , upon returning to tho torn }) , to find that his wish had not boon comphod with , and loft the chapel in no very pleasant mood . Wo loam from Vienna that tho ordinances on tho proHfl ba voboon published , andaro less sovoro than waa oxpoetoci . and religious

      Tho princi pal articles are—first , that political journals must dopoiut ; caution-monoy "to tho amount ot 10 , 000 florins : and secondly , that journals of a dangorous and hostile character can bo aupproMod nftor two waviunga . . Tlio jouvnoy of tlio Empress of . Russia to SehliutzonUucl is ddHopbod by loyal journals as a continued ovation . .. M . JUmilodo Glrardin , in tho Fressd , reiterates Iuh uHsor-* wn that in March , 1818 , Q-ohoral Oliunfeuriiier proponed Jo T ^ odru-Iiollin to put himself at tho howl of 12 , 000 troops , w > mvftdo England , and to proolaim -tho republic , no Ju rthor aasorta that , tho general frequently boosted on mo nonohoB of tho National Assembly of having inado tiro proposal , a foot that iH oortiflod by tho disinterested tes timony ofM . Mathiou ( do In Dromo ) . Tliufl tho etory routs . . Tho Bolgian oloctions aro hitherto in favour oi tho pio-Bont liberal Government . .. , . The trial instituted by the govornmont on tho deman < J of M . Loom Bonaparte agauwt the editor and publisher of

      the Watioti , took place at Brabant on the 7 th . The defendants Were charged with writing and publishing an article characterized as an outrage upon the President . The jury acquitted both the accused . . . The Moiiiteur contradicts a rumour that the government had determined to forbid work on Sundays . It will only set the example of i » pose . The Berlin correspondent of the T > aily News reports the increase of Jesuitism in Protestant Prussia , whilst all free dissenting congregations are rigorously prosecuted .

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      SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF ITALY . The first annual meeting of this Society was held in the Music Hall , Store-street , on Wednesday evening last—Mr . P . A . Taylor , ttieTreasurer of the Society , in the chair . Notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the evening , the meeting was exceedingly well attended by members of the Society and their friends . The chairman having opened the meeting , called on the Secretary to read the Society ' s First Annual Report . The Report gave a full account of the proceedings of the Society during the past year , and contained also a balance-sheet of the Society ' s receipts and expenditure . Dr . Epps then moved , and Mr . E . Craufurd , barrister , seconded , a resolution to the effect , " That the Report

      now read be adopted j and that the gentlemen forming the Society ' s present council be re-elected members of council for the ensuing year , with power to add to their number . " This formal resolution having been put and carried , M . Mazzini presented and read an address of thanks and congratulation to the Society , drawn up in the name of the Italian National Committee , composed by himself , M . Jaffi , and M . Montechi , and signed also by M . Quadrio and M . Agostini , as secretaries of the committee . M . Mazzini , before reading this . address , explained the origin of the body from which it had emanated . The National Italian Committee , he said ,

      fiad been formed on the very day when the Roman Triumvirate resigned their powers , the very day in which the French entered Rome j it was destined to be a perpetuation in exUe of the activity of the Roman Republic , a kind of link between the past and the future ; and it had been , ' at the very moment of its institution , accepted and empowered by a large number of the representatives of the Roman assembly , and by a large number of the most influential men in the Roman dominions , These explanations and the address itself were received by the audience with the most enthusiastic applause , —the appearance of M . Mazzini being hailed with long and continued cheering , which was repeated at the close of the address . Professor Newman then moved the second resolution , as follows

      " That the recent alarming successes of despotism , civil and ecclesiastical , make it the duty and the interest of England to bo ready to incur sacrifices for continental freedom , and especially for the freedom of Rome , which has been unrighteously overthrown by foreign interference , in order to keep up the temporal Papacy . " In moving this address , Professor Newman made some highly valuable and interesting observations , which we ' re all the more effective from the evidence afforded by them of tho extreme fairness and candour of the speaker , in tho midst of his strong feeling . Tho resolution having been seconded by Mr . Henry Jeisen ,

      A . M ., was unanimously carried . Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., of Birmingham , then moved tho third resolution , which was as follows : " That it is incumbent on tho constituencies of this country , on the eve of a general election , to bo prepared to test tho opinions of candidates with respect to tho leading questions of our foreign policy and relations , und to requiro from them declarations on these topics , » s explicit as thoso they are in tho habit of demanding on homo questions . Mr . Dawson addressed tho nadienuo . on this resolution in his usual striking and happy manner . One of his hits told with particular effect . Speaking of tho pecuniary compensation in tho Mather ciiho , and of tho conto that he

      duct of Lord Mohnoabury in regard case , compared England nt tho present moment to a dog who first presents himself to bo kicked , and then turns round to the kicker , holding a tin canister in liisinoutli , that halfpence may bo dropped into it . . Mr . W . Shnon lmvinir socoiidod tho resolution , it was earned , and the meeting thereafter separated . Tho Society of tho Friends of Italy now outers on tho second year of its existence with ronowod energy . It w to bo hoped that , in tho words of tho Ifcoport road «< t tho mooting , tins Society may continue to exist and to Honrwh as long as if ; Is needed , and that it will not- bo diwolved til that hour when Italy shall no Ipngor requiro foreign frionds , and when tho national Italian tricolor ulinll wave , a * it did before , over tho walls of Koine .

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      PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION . TUB SOCIALIST UNION . / Articles of Agreement ( Acle do SoouUS ) . Tim uuderHignod , j Lours Umnc , Mtiknnb Oabut , Pncmui LbbOux , yielding to the desire of many of their brethren in proscription , actuated by tho hope of

      being useful , and thinking to accomplish a duty , have agreed to the following : — Aet . I . They wish to form a Society for the publication of a weekly journal , under the title of " Free Etteope , " a quarterly review , under the name of " The Socialist Uniosv" and occasional pamphlets . Aet . IT . The purpose of the Journal , the Review , and the Pamphlets in question will be—rl , To encourage the peoples to brotherhood , and to record the social progress in Europe . 2 , To defend France , and to publish interesting facts respecting her state . 3 , To expound French Socialism . 4 , To make Socialism known among the different peoples , and more particularly in England . 5 , To assist the proscribed in finding work .

      The Society will publish a Socialist programme in concert with a council of co-editors . Aet . III . Every article of the Journal , and of the Review , will be published simultaneously in French , English , and German . If , however , at first , the publication in German should entail too many difficulties and too great an expense , the Journal and the Review would appear in French and in English ; but the German Review would be added as soon as feasible . Aet . IY . The three associates will manage and direct in common . The FieSi will be Louis Blanc , Etienne Cabet , and Pieeee IjEeoitx .

      The signature of the firm will belong to the three partners conjointly . In case of the absence of one or two of the three partners , the signature of tho two partners present , or of the one present , will suflrce . Art . V . The partners will engage regular co-editors for the editorship . They will accept articles that may be remitted to them by any person giving his name . Art ^ VI . The place of meeting for the Society is the office of the Journal . Aet . VII . The Capital of the firm is fixed at a Hundred Thousand Francs , or Four Thousand Pounds sterling .

      It is formed by all persons willing to facilitate the enterprise . For that purpose 2 , 000 subscribers' warrants ( bulletins de sotiscription ) are created , of 50 francs , or 21 ., each . These tickets will be extracted from a stock-book , and will each bear the number of the order . They will be signed by the firm , and attested by one of the trustees hereinafter mentioned . Aet . VIII . The undertaking is for none concerned a speculation of self-interest , but a work of sympathy , of generosity , of devotedness , in behalf of which the associates invite the concurrence of all friends of progress .

      The subscriptions , although they give a claim to tho premium indicated in Article XIII . below mentioned , are considered as donations , and arc , consequently , not reimbursable , except in the case provided by Article X . Aet . IX . The list of subscribers will bo published , omitting tho names of such persons as may desire to remain anonymous . Art . X . Tho journal will not commence publication until subscriptions to the amount of one thousand pounds ( 25 , 000 francs ) shall have been paid up . If the journal should not appear before tho first of August of the present year , the subscriptions would Ixj returned to the subscribers .

      To that effect , the total amount of subscriptions will bo deposited with a banker , in the name of tho trustees , and will remain inactivo till the publication of tho journal , which will consequently tako place before the iirst of August . Aet . XI . Independently of tho capital of 40002 . ( 100 , 000 franca ) , 500 foundation warrants ( bulletins de fondation ) , of 11 . sterling each , aro created , constituting a sum of 500 / . sterling to provide for advertisements , prospectuses , and all other preliminary expenses rolating to tho undertaking , which forms tho object of tho present association . Tho subscribers of this class will bear tho title of Founders ; the bulletins which will bo delivered to them will bear tlio name of Founders Warrants , bulletins de fondation .

      Theso bulletins de fondation will bo , like tho bulletins de souscripiion , drawn from a atoek-book , re ~ flislre < l souc / te , and stamped with the signuturo of tho linn , and the visa of the trustees . - A correct statement will ho published of tho disposal of the last-named fund , which can in no caso bo reimbursable ' . ¦ t Auv . XII . Every subscriber of either class will rocoivo tho jourmil , gratis , for one your . Aitr . XIII . All tho operations of the society will bo for cash . , AitT . XIV . All oporutions of tho society will bo entorod regularly into u rogistor , or registers , daily . Amt . XV . Statements of receipts and expenditure will be published in tho journal overy three months .

      Aut . XVI . Tho iiHHoeiation will exist till the first of May , 1854 . It may bo prolonged , by the consent } of three associates .

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      Jpyfc 12 , 1852 ] THE IE AD E R . W

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 557, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1939/page/9/