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      toriously belong to the demagogical party , etc The m unicipal counc ils of the communes of , etc . . . are suspended . " It is the same in many other departments ; and this is what is called the reign of universal suffrage ! Another circnlar , more rigorous than ever in its terms , has been launched against the hawkers of books . It appears that Victor Hugo's brocJmre is committing Persi has turned to Paris

      most serious ravages . gny re he went as far as Roanne , to do the honours of his native town to Bonaparte , and then came back at once to Paris where his presence is absolutely necessary . He returned to Paris immediately after the affray at Lyons , to keep things in order . The Ministers in Paris who had received news by telegraph of the aidede-camp , Colonel Fleury , being unhorsed , were found in a state of fear and confusion . S .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . According to the Moniteur , the President arrived at Toulon at about one o'clock on the 27 th . He was received by a salute from the fortifications and the fleet , which shook both sea and shore for ten minutes consecutively like an earthquake . He received the municipal authorities in the arsenal , and at three o'clock mounted on horseback to review the troops . Louis Napoleon has decreed royal honours to himself from the fleet , and is at this moment enjoying them at Toulon . He provided for this by a decree , which has been in M . Pucos ' s pocket over since September 4 , and has only just been made public in the Bulletin , des lots . The reception of the President of the Republic by ships of war was regulated by the 711 th Article of a decree of Aug . 15 , 1851 . This article is now abolished , and the honours to be rendered to the head of the State are to be those mentioned in a decree of Charles X ., dated October 31 , 1827 . It is further ordered that the President is to be saluted with the cry of " Vive Louis Napoleon !" The two Government candidates have been returned for Paris , in the room of General Cavaignac and M . Camot . ' There were barely number of votes sufficient to make the election valid . The Government candidate has been also returned for Lyons , in the place of M . Henon . It would be a grave error , considering the extreme scarcity of electors who voted , the apathy of many , the fear of all , and the pressure of the terrors and influences of the Government , to consider these elections in the light of a triumph for the Government candidates .

      A private correspondent in France writes as follows , on a subject which had not escaped our attention : — " I know for a positive certainty that M . Napoleon Jerome ( son of old King Jerome ) is endeavouring to take up a serious position in the ranks of the democracy . He insinuates himself everywhere ; at one time with a pardon or a commutation of punishment in his hand , at another with the offer of a situation to some starved or recreant democrat ; to all with complimentary words of condolence . His father , too , taking advantage * of liis official position , and of the immense authority which his rank and his name give him , perhaps one may fairly say his bonhomie also , pursues the programme with perfect consistency . Every one remarked hi . s quasi-republican speech at the opening of the Senate ;

      many persons are disposed to question tho objects of his Just journey . People have even asked how it was that M . Bliiiiqui , tho economist , was by his side as historiographer P wh y M . do Girardin , whose ; sustained intimacy with N apoleon . Jororneis no secret , bravely opened the columns <> l liis journal to letters which had tho only merit of be raying a vAc . lame in favour of a new younger branch ? I have even heard it , said , quite recently , that certain Generals ire ready ; and ono might almost assert that there- are democrats , in the enjoyment of an honourable reputation hitherto , men and women , wlic > , without being disposed to » _< 't beforehand , would abet if required . I must tell you a lit Me anecdote , inedited , but not the less important .

      Jerome Bunupurte was lately on a visit to a lar ^ o town in till ! west , where a well-known republican resides . Jerome despatched bis secretary to him to beg him to accept u rendezvous on such a road , at such time , and place an mentioned . ' | ' | u , rendezvous was punctually kept on both J'i'les . Jerome Honaparte , it is said , warmly congrutujiiled ' one , -u > hose acquaintance he was no happy lomalcc , on 'living escaped the proscription , ' etc . In a word , both the () "e and ( . lie other were expansive in mutual compliments ; l "d , at last , . Jerome , taking up ' the Republic , ' spoke of jls organization , and expressed wishes for its future ' ¦ 'iiiuph . () voreome by such princely generosity , the proud - " ' piibliean could scareely contain himself , and returned '" the town happy and content . "

      * v e ought , to remind our readers , by way of comment "l" > n ( his letter , that Napoleon , the son " of . Jerome , resoin' es the Kiuperor more than any of the family , and is not eMiluie of abilities . No man spoke more frankly or ' " . " '" temperately than ho of Louis Honuparto , even in t !' , '" ' " , " " . ?''»« ' cou p d ' etat . lie bun now been reconciled ( jJ lll ( ' ' ' resident , but never intimate . M into he hoped , ° e \< : r , that when Louis Honaparte has run his course , ' jiiicc wi || | , ( , , ii ,. | t ,, (¦ ,, || Ho , . j ) u ,. | , j Hn , and fill HoimpuH . es . . ll 'ho interview which took place at N overs between I " ¦ » H 7 VV > VIl | tll LOOK | M 1 UO III' m'VIM IMM'WI'UII 'iron

      Dupin , ( who was IVcNidcnl , of one of the juries of ¦"'( . real , National Inhibition of last yenr ) as President of > r <>«« iieil- < i ( , . | . | () fUl ( , Niovrc , and Louis Napoleon , he (] a long report to tint Prince of the industry of the N ' , ' . " , ' "" ' " . ' ' « ind , alluding particularly to a foundry at of iT " ' ""' "After tho examination that I have inudo feu- I "' ° ' I " ( "" (' Pr <> duets for the Hritish navy , I do not , ' ¦•> allu-in Unit the best- workshops in ICngla ' nd do not ri . il'V" ' lloU ( ' " ¦ '" •¦'"' c-s , and that , although the raw niiitei ,,,,, mo ><> expensive , there is in I'Yuneo irroalor economy b " }! 1 J " ¦ ¦ ff . inlH labour and fuel . " liorm ' i i ' ' ' 1 ("" 'y WIIH H <) much hurt , by the fall from his t \> ^ ' . yuu » * W ho was obliged to return inuuediatoly

      The Prefect of the Pas de Calais has ordered all the mayors in his department to purchase a portrait of the President . The proprietor of Tortoni ' s has been warned not to allow any political discussion in his house . During the stay of Louis Bonaparte at Marseilles , he laid the hrst stone of the new Exchange ,-and decreed the re-building of the cathedral . This decree was placarded over the city the day after his arrival . To the address presented to him by the President of the Chamber of Commerce , "his Highness" replied , that "He was well pleased to be able to give that testimony of interest to the commerce of Marseilles , and that his desire was that Marseilles , more and more flourishing , should co-op £ ratc in realizing the groat idea of the Emperor—that the Mediterranean ought to be a French lake . " Surely "bis Highness" forgets Malta and Gibraltar !

      The theatrical censors have of late become unusuallystrict in Paris . This week a piece was to be acted for the first time at the Porte St . Martin Theatre , which has been so often altered by the censors , that very little of the original work of the author remains . The drama is called Michavd III ., and the author is M . Victor Segour . The principal objection made to the piece was , that the character of the hero was drawn in too strong colours , and more especially , that be was represented as too ambitious . The words tyran and tistirpateur , which occurred in some of the scenes were ordered to be struck out ; and at the end of tlic piece , the cry of " Vive la Rose blanche , " was suppressed , as an expression which might be misunderstood .

      Perhaps it may not be known generally to tho public that , a few months ago , a French Vice Consul was sent down to Jersey from London . So far as commercial affairs are concerned , his presence is absolutely unnecessary , for bis duties in that particular line bad always been hitherto most satisfactorily fulfilled by an inhabitant of St . Holier . The nomination of this new functionary could , therefore , seem to have no other object than that of establishing a French superintendent of refugies—a rather dubious office , and one which no foreign government should be allowed to appoint on British ground . But the good people of Jersey were not prepared to find that the expenses of this agent were to be defrayed out of their pockets . They are in the habit of continually going to . and coming from France on their traffic or business , and formerly could enter and leave that country with a simple passport , delivered by their

      own constable of St . Helier , and which cost only seven sous . Now they are obliged to pay this French Vice Consul five francs . Tho French themselves arc mulcted in ten francs . All this , of course , does not tend to render the residence of the new official popular in the island . General Castanos , Duke of Baylen , an old companion in arms of the Duke of Wellington , died on tho 24 th , at tho age of 05 . The battle of Baylen , from which the general drew his title of Duke , was one of the most memorable defeats of the French in the Spanish war of independence . Castanos was free from the jealousies entertained by

      several of tho Spanish commanders towards their foreign allies . He cheerfully served under English commanders , and was best of all liked by Wellington and his army . The Military Gazette states that the Minister of War has ordered that his funeral shall bo conducted with all possible magnificence at tho expense of the state . The Queen , who greatly esteemed the old -Duke , has given orders that be shall have a public funeral , and that the Court ahull go into mourning for three days . JIer Majesty lias also intimated that sins would attend the funeral , which is to lake place at the church of Atocha . The precise age of the distinguished soldier was ninety-five and u half years .

      Tho ' Epom says that the Queen has ordered that all tin honours due to ' a Marshal of the Spanish army shall b < paid to the memory of tin ; Duke of Wellington , with tin exception of a religious service , which cannot tako plac < on account of his having been a Protest ant . On Thursday , tho 2 . 'h-d hist ., the King of the Belgians , with his oldest son , the Due de Brabant , was entertained by the Burgomaster of Brussels . The session of tho Legislative Chambers of Holgiuin was opened on the 127 th by commission , without a speech from iliri throne . The Chamber of Deputies elected M . Deleluiyo President by 51 votes . M . Verhngon obtained but l (> . In consequence of this void the Ministers resigned . The Chambers were adjourned to the 2 (> th October . intri

      Tin ; French Government pursues its gues in Belgium , aided and abetted by the ultramontane clerical parly , who are incensed at , the recent curtailments of their overweening privileges by the liberal measures of the Belgian Government . The decree raining the duty on Belgian eoal and iron , which we reported last week , is regarded by the Sicclc as the ronnnenoeinenl , of the win- of fa rills wilh which Belgium was menaced by the memorable article of Grimier de Ciissagnue . It ban been lately staled by a Belgian journal that the I'Yoneh Government threatened to impose an additional duty of ten per cent , upon all Belgian produce , unless Belgium would accept all I be modifications in tint tariff of lNlt > proposed by France . These modifications are understood to extend not only to . silks and wines , but tooottons , woollen l , insues , printed wools , ribbons , fancy article . ' ! , elothn , and sea Halt .

      This fall of the liberal Ministry , for want , of a , working majority in the < Miunibor , is a fresh conquest , of Itnnapnrtisl , intrigue , a fresh rebuff to the King , and a fresh danger to the nation . kver . since the beginning of the year Louis Bonaparte has incessantly t hreulencd and harassed Belgium with vexatious ami unreasonable demands for the expulsion of refugees , tho pronccul ion of newspapers , the modification of larili ' n , in a way to alarm Belgian producers , and to bring the Government into contempt with the nation . Will I'lnglund , no closely bound to Belgium by dynastic and diplomatic ties , by the guarantees <> l treat ion , by similarity of institutions , allow Belgium lo be abaorbed or annexed by her overpowering neighbour r

      Will Queen Victoria allow her royal uncle to be sacrificed to the insolent caprices of her Foreign Secretary ' s intitimate personal friend ? These symptoms of reaction , political and ecclesiastical , and the evidences of despotic pressure upon what was so lately the most prosperous and contented constitutional state in Europe , demands the earnest attention of the English Government . Louis Bonaparte is not the only bully that threatens Belgium . , -. The Vienna Presse of tho 22 nd inst . contains a monitory article on Belgium . The youngest of European states is reminded that it is not entitled to play tho moderator

      in European politics , but is bound to conform itself to the order-policy of the greater states . It adds that Belgium is not in tho number of those stales whose existence is guaranteed in the treaties of 1815 : its later independence is only an indulgence granted by the great powers , and one of tho most essential conditions of the prolongation of that indulgence is the removal of all persons whose presence on the soil may be prejudicial to Belgium ' s neighbours . Certainly when despots do agree , their unanimity is wonderful . Constitutional and contented Belgium is an eyesore to despotic , down-trodden , and bankrupt Austria , as well as to Napoleonic France . What is the attitude of

      England in this matter ? Is Belgium to be annexed , or not ? A letter from Berlin , of the 24 th , states that the less elevated state of the temperature lias checked the progress of the cholera in that city . An official report which has been just published there has tended much to reassure the public mind . Only three new cases bad occurred on the 23 rd . The news from Posen and Western Prussia was

      also less alarming . The sanitary congress at Brussels , which has been attended by distinguished foreigners from all parts of Europe , and honoured by the presence of the King of the Belgians , lias just terminated its sittings . The facts and calculations advanced by our sanitary reformers during the debates of the Congress , and characterized by Mr . Ward by the phrase , " Circulation v . Stagnation , " are to be made the subject of inquiry in this country by the Belgian government engineers .

      It is well known that the Sultan had made a concession to M . Lamartine of an extensive farm in the neighbourhood of Smyrna . M . Lamartino has leased it to an English gentleman on certain conditions , which have not been accepted by the Government . A _ n Armenian coinpany , however , offered a sum of 800 ? . per annum for twenty-five years , on the Government conditions , which lias boon agreed upon , and ratified by all parties . The result is , that the Sultan ' s grant has been converted into an annuity of 800 ? . for twenty-five years , for the exclusive benefit of M . Lamartine and his heirs .

      Tho passion for obtaining titles as a preamble to names in Germany , is proverbial . Kotzebuc , in bis Klein Slddter , ridiculed this mania in a pleasant manner . His satirical fancy went far , but it has boon outdone by the reality in tho person of a Silosian gravedigger , who signs the l-eceipts for his labour , ' Lowering-down Councillor" ( Verscnkungs-ivalh ) . At the grand imperial review at Pcsth , on the 20 th , Lord Westmoreland wore his uniform of a British general , with the cross of the Austrian order of Maria-Theresa , presented to him in the year 18 . 1 o . His lordship was a very conspicuous object , although surrounded by nearly . ' 300 princes and officers of high rank thai composed the escort of tho young Emperor . Austria is making urrangomeiit . s to negotiate ; a concordat with the Holy Nee .

      Tin ; new law of marriage , which is to b <; submitted to the Pope , transfers from the civil lo the spiritual jurisdiction all divorce eases , besides ( "renting fresh obstacles to the marriage of Catholic and I ' rotcsfauf . Marshal Kadefzsky , now in his Hol . li year , passed through Trieste on tin ; 22 nd m . st ., on bis way to Kiuuic . Tho official Austrian papers extol the . Duke of Wellington as a . statesman , but are singularly . silent as to bis military career . It is computed ( hat , about : )~ > , ( H ) i ) emigrants have left Germany within ( Ik ; year , from th <; port of Hronion alone , chiefly for North America . Tho reports of the inundations in Switzerland , and tho ITpperas well as Hie Lower lthino , continue deplorable . 1 ' iVen as low down as Dusscldorf the waters bad risen fifteen feet , and continued to rise lit the rate of two foot 111 the twenty-four hours .

      Advices from Berlin of tin ; 2 (( tli instant stalo that all the governments of tho coalition have signed , at Munich , their answer to the last , I ' russiim declaration . They no longer insist on the simultaneity of the negotiations with Austria , and those for I lie re-const Rut ion of the Zollverein ; bill , while giving way on this point , they persist in demanding Unit the basis of the t ' ufure treaty wit h Austria shall lie assured before I he roconst met ion ot I bo customsunion . They also refuse to renew their present , engagements for I'J years , as demanded by Prussia . Ministerial conferences wore held lit Berlin on the 2 i > fh and 2 ( ilb , and it , was believed at Berlin ( -hut the government liiid refused to accept the answer , ami that the oiihloius conferences , and not the union ilself , were on tho point of dissolution . The . Zollvereiii dispute i < grotviiitf angrier , and shows no symptom of a . roconcihal ion .

      Austria , on her . side , i ( greatly incensed , and , through flic official journals , complains bitterly of I ho intolerable proiiiimplioii of IVussia , creating doluys on frivolous pretexts , aspiring to the Protectorate of a North Gorman Union , and plotting the dismemberment of Germany . Hut , adds the Aunt rian Correspondi ng , it i . i a matter to bo ptutctutfily arranged . Tim I ' ope visited Porto d'Anzio on tho I ( Sth , whore , after receiving I be authorities , hit inspected two steamers intended for Hie Navigation of the Tiber ; one of thorn commanded by a Pontifical officer , and the other by Captain Olivier , of tho French nuvy . Ilia ILolinowa ombiukod in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 937, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1954/page/5/