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      saviour and her grlory , proclaims him Emperor by the style and title of JSTAPOLEON" III ., and confers upon him and his descendants the hereditary Crown . Observe , at the date of this proclamation the town of Sevres had not even voted . At Belleville , too , registers of votes have been opened to proclaim Bonaparte Emperor Napoleon III . A word , apropos of . this " style and title . " A serious discussion has taken place in the Council of Ministers on the subject . The old Bonapartists ( de la veille ) , with Persigny at their head , proposed the title of NAPOLEON III . The adherents lately rallied to the

      cause ( Bonapartists clw lendemain ) , such as Fould , Drouin de l'Huys , Baroche , proposed a new title , one which would entail no traditional engagements , and , in short , get rid , once for all , of the heavy baggage and lumber of the old Empire . They wanted Louis Bonaparte to take the title of LOUIS NAPOLEON I . The votes of the Council were equal ; but , to cut the matter short , Persigny sent his instructions to the Prefects and to the Moniteur , and since that day the Mayors have opened registers of votes in favour of Napoleon III ,, and the JMonUeur , ceasing to register the cries of Vive V Empereur , has no cry but Vive Napoleo ? i III .

      The form of reception to the President on his return to Paris has also created discussion in the Council of Ministers . The pure Bonapartists were all for a reception of a military nnd warlike character , while the rallied adherents feared that a purely military spectacle would revive , all the old bellicose traditions of the Empire in the heart of the ? army and of the population . To escape the risk of being carried away by events , it has been decided tlir . t the reception shall be pacific .

      Instead of twenty triumphal arches , representing each one of our grand and immortal battles , there will only be one of that character on the Pont cFAustcrlitz . The course of the triumph is also changed . There will be no " Te Deum" at Notre Dame , and the procession will pass along the Boulevards instead of the Quays . As the National Guard of Paris , purged as it is , is still disaffected , the National Guard of the hanlieue of the Seine et Oise , and of the Seine et Marne , composed of the most barbarous peasantry in France , is convoked to stiile any manifestation of the city force . All the mayors of three departments are summoned as in the provincial programmes .

      Bonaparte will make bis triumphal entry on Saturday , October 16 , at the Lead of fifty-two squadrons of cavalry . These fifty-two squadrons , making a total of 7 , 000 hor .-e , are announced by a loud llourish of trumpets in the oilicinl journals , to excite ( lie ardent curiosity of the populace , and to iix the public gaze on the passage ; of the I Tito with : i \ vc , and wonder . The rest of the army of Paris , namely , ' 115 , 000 infantry , will keep tin : ground , with 3 00 , 000 national guards of the three departments . The Society ol ' ihe Tenth of December is summoned

      to attend in full numbers . A coup < le theatre is expected from these gentlemen . They burn lo proclaim Bonaparte iOmperor oil-hand , and , it . is believed they will take ( lie horses out ) of iiis carriiigo and drag i 1 ii * triiimpliid car of their hero to ( . Ik ; Palace of ( he Tinier ! .-.

      'J'hi . ' Senate is convoked (<> assist at , the ceremony . There are sonic who allirm ( hat immediately alter tin proclamation by ( he J / eeeinliraillards , the Senate without any further deliherai ion , will declare the Empire to he the national will , and that , I ' onaparle should henceforth as : nine ( he title of Kmpcror . In that case his carriage would he dragged to Xolre Daiue , where indeed , notwit hsfanihng counter-order : ! , great , preparations are continued . There a " Te Deum" would be chanted in honour of ( he proclamation of the Empire . The Corps 1 iegisln ! it' has not been summoned : what <* on ]< I it ilii ? its service 1 .-: are not , required . The' Senate alone has a part , to play in the e'oinedy . Ccla .

      At Lyons , eluring the 1 President ' s visit , . seventy-seven persons wen arrested , of whom thirty-five' still re'inain in prison . At , Mont auhan , eighteen ; all persein-t under political surveillance . Hesitles these eighteen , four ol . lu'r persons in that ( own wire arrested on account of I heir known advanced opinions . At , CtireMssonne twenty v ( ive muskels and ( we'Ive individuals were seizeel . The journals of the Puy elt 1 Dome inform us that a great , iniinher of

      political arrests have taken place' in the Haute Loire ! : aiming others M . Audeiirel , arrested at hi .-t house ' , anel Al . St . Kerri . il , brothe ! of the representative ! of the people Four persons in the Mure have ! bee-n severally confined ( i / ifrn / r . s- )) al , Dijon , Me / . ieivs , St . 1 Sriene , and Napoleon Vendee . These hielividuals are three attorneys and a bookseller . They were under . v / trriilhinrr , nnd consequently uneler e > blig ; dion to appear r . e'erliiin iiuinheT ol tiimm in the ) month at tin ; Prefeed-ure . Tlmy are ! guilty

      of having had enough of personal dignity to refuse to submit to such an inquisition . A man has been arrested in Paris for having threatened to kill Bonaparte on his return . In a Cafe on the Boulevard des Italieng , two young men took the liberty to talk politics audibly . The police warned the proprietor of the Cafe that his establishment would be closed if he continued to allow politics to be talked at his house . So that the cafetiers are converted into police agents ! Many more municipal councils have been dissolved for having refused to vote an address to Bonaparte on the occasion of the Marseilles conspiracy . S .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . Bordeaux , tlie most servile and politically corrupt city in France , has only been faithful to its traditions in falling down a prostrate worshipper before the rising sun . It ; was Bordeaux that in 1814 welcomed the English with enthusiasm : Bordeaux , the legitimist city , that teted with ardour the princes of the House of Orleans in 1845 . Bordeaux , that in 1848 accepted the Republic like a crouching slave , and then was the first to sow reaction and distrust . Bordeaux in 1852 , is fiercely Bonapartist . In the spring of ' 48 there were merchants of Bordeaux who deliberated whether to place the Gironde under the British protectorate , or to establish a federal republic . The political creed of Bordeaux is—open shops and plenty of business : material comforts : vive anything or anybody you will ! At no niore fitting place could Louis Bonaparte have thrown off the mask , and accepted the Imperial crown . The President ' s really able and dexterous speech at the dinner of the Chamber of Commerce was as follows : — " I accept with eagerness the opportunity afforded me by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce for thanking- your great city for its cordial reception and its magnificent hospitality , and I am happy at the end of my journey to communicate the impressions I have received . " The object of my tour , as you arc well aware , was to make myself acquainted , by personal observation , with the beautiful provinces of tliej south , and to ascertain their real wants . It has , however , led to a far more important result .

      "I may say , indeed , with a candour as far removed from pride as from false modesty , that never did a people more directly , more spontaneously , more unanimously , testify a extermination to free itself from all uneasiness respecting the future , by placing in the same hands as heretofore a power which , sympathizes with its feelings . ( Applause . ) " The people has now at last learned to value at their price , the false hopes with , which it has been cajoled , anel the dangers with which it was threatened . It seems , then , ( hat in 1852 society approaeheel its dissolution , because cicli party consoleel itself with the belief that amid the general wreck it might , still plant its standard on the ( bating fragments . ( Sensation , anel cries of ' Vive W . mvere-itr / ' )

      ' ¦ Now that , its eyes are opened to absurd theories , the people ) has acquireel the conviction that those pretended Reformers were mere visionaries , inasmuch as there has always been a elisproport . iein and a want , of consequence between the'ir expedients anel the premiised result . ( Le ) ud applause , anel e-ries of 'True , true !! ' ) " At preseiiit , the nation surrounds me with its wympiif . hies , because I elo not , belong to the family e > f tin ; Ideologists . To premiole ! the welfare of the eemnfry , it , is not necessary to apply ne-w systems , but , the chief point , above all , is to produce e-onlidenco in the' pre'sent , and security lor ( he ! future . For lhe . se reasons , it seems France ; desires a return lo the ) Fmpiro . ( 'Yes , ye ; s ! ' prolonged applause , I'iuc , / ' I'hiipcfcitr ! ' )

      ' * There is e > ne eibjocl ion to whieih \ must , reply . CeTtain minds seem to e'litertain a dresael of win *; certain persons . say , ( hi ; lOnipire is only war ; hut I say , the Kmpire ! is peace ( sensation ) , for France desires it , and , when I ' ranee is sat islied , the world is tranquil . [ These words , utlered in ; i firm voiee , and with strong emphasis , produe'cd a niagienl elleel . Knl liusiasl ie bravos were ; heard from all sides . | " ( , 'lm- v descends !> v inheritance , bill , not , Mar . Diel the ) princes , who justly fell , pride ! that they were the ; grande-liilelrou of Louis XIV ., recommence InH wiii'H ?

      " ¦ War is not made for pleasure , but , through necessity ; and at , this epoch of transition , where ! by the side ) of so many elements of prosperity spring no many causes ol eliuidi , we may frtily sny , VV'oe be lo him who gives the I i I'M I signal to a collision , I he consequences of which would bo incalculable . ( Long and profound sensation . ) ' I confess , however , that , like the Lmperor , 1 have ! many conquests lo male ' . I wish , like him , to e-onquer , by eimcilial ion , all hostile 1 parties , and to bring into the grand popular curre-iit those hostile hi reams which now lose themselves without profit to any one . ( Applause . ) U I _ * . 1 . J i -- i . . _ .. ! . .-. < .. i t hkhjtiviftllfir I I I / I f kl kll likllilit wish lo restore to reliionmoralit and opulence

      * " I g , y , ; , flint still numerous part , of the population which , though in ( lie bosom of the most , fertile e-eninlry in fli <; world , e : in Hcnreely obtain the common noeessarie's of life . ( Soni ' . ill ion . ) " We have immense waste territories- lo cull i ' vule , roads to open , ports lo dig , rivers lo render navigable , a system ol' niilronil : 'i ( o cnniplele ; we have opposite to Marseilles a Mist , Kingdom which we must assimilate to France ; we bine Id Id-ing nil our great , wentem ports info eexineixion with the A merienii conl incut by a rnpiehl y of e-ommiiinca-Ihiii which we still want ; lastly , we have ruinn fo restore , I ' iiIho gods In overt 11 row , and I rut lui to be made ; triumphant . ( Prolonged npplunse . )

      " I 111 m i . i the sense which I attach lo the Lmpire , it Hie Kin pin ; is fo bo restored . ( Cries of ' I'iiu : /¦ ' I'Jiii / ivi'tncr / ' ) ' Such are the conquests which I contemplate , and all you who tnuTuunel me , uuel who , like me , ele-wiro your

      country ' s welfare—you are my soldiers ! ( ' Yes vp « ' t , longed applause . ) " . 7 " ~ pro ' This speech has been placarded over Paris , and in oil the communes of France . aU The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes — "I learn from a gentleman who was at Bordeaux wh ' Pn the speech was delivered , that the published speech is not precisely the same as the one spoken . One very important modification has been made . Some allusion was made tt Bordeaux to the treaties of 1815 , every word of which has been suppressed . I may as well mention also that in the co Py given last night by the Government agent in Paris the words occurred of ' 3 Ialheur a celui qui le premier donncralt en Europe le signal d ' une coalition ; ' while in the speech published in the Moniteur the word coalition '

      is changed into - collision . ' If the Government scribe made a blunder , it must be said that he chose a blunder which was likely to g ive satisfaction . It will be also remarked that Louis Napoleon , in speaking of Algeria , speaks of it as un vaste Royaume . This wore ! seems to confirm the report to which I alluded some days ago , that the title he is to take is that of Napoleon III ., Empereur des Franqais et ! Roi d'Algerie Louis Napoleon has not said one word which , can be considered as binding upon him . with respect to the European Powers . His language towards them is pretty much like the

      Constitution which he published after the coup oVUat , as regards France , and in which all the guarantees were in his own favour , and none in favour of the liberties of the country . He now tries to place the European Powers in the wrong if they should attack him , but he does not say one wora which guarantees them against his aggressions . In truth the Emperor Napoleon went further in his promises in 1801 , when he assumed the Empire , for lie declared that not one of the States of Europe would ever be incorporated in the French Empire ; and every one knows how the promise was kept .

      The Indepeiidance of Brussels ( Tuesday ) says , "Nothing has as yet been settled respecting the new Cabinet ; it is therefore an error on the part of a contemporary to announce the Ministry constituted on the 8 th . " The Pays gives a hint to the new Belgian Ministry that it will be expected to control severely the Belgian press , and to prevent attacks on Louis Napoleon . The Cholera in Central Europe seems to have almost disappeared . The last accounts from Silesia , Posen , and the province of Prussia are satisfactory . It was everywhere decreasing . The King of Hanover has undertaken to mediate between the Cabinets of the Coalition States and Berlin , and to endeavour to prevent a total break up of the Zollverein . At all events the King has resolved to adhere to the treaty with Prussia .

      Queen Marie Amelie of Orleans and her son the Prince de Joinville have been received at Mayence with , royal salutes . The Prussian Minister at Florence , M . de Reuinont , 3 ia « been making efforts to obtain the release of the Madiai . The Grand Duke affected to feel great indignation at this interference with his prerogative . The Grand Duke , says a recent letter , remained silent for some time , and then changeel the conversation to—what think you ?—the wonder working powers of the image of the Santissima Annunziata ; upem which M . elo lveumont , finding he could

      obtain no further answer , took up his hat , and with a profound bow left the palace . You may judge from this what chances e > f success await the deputation coming hither in the hope of awakening in the mind of the Grand Duko some re-speet for the ; rights e > f ce > nse : ienc <\ The Grand Duke lias surrenelere-d himself bod y and soul to ( lie . results , and is now little ; ine > re ; than a pejlie-o agent to the Papal Court . In fact , but a short time ; ago he ; astonished his Cabinett by pre > pe > sing ( o becemie the ; first ; sbirro of lu . s own elemiinions , anel fake the on tiro direction of the ; polie'i ; info Ins own hands . This projeu-t , was onl y defeated by tli « Austrian Minister , whom it elid not suit to part with Ins

      whan ; of that department . - . The ; ( iiie'i-razzi trial drags its slow length along , and is felt to be ; an ogre-giema blundor . Had the proHueiutiem been ejonfineul to acts eennrniUed affe'i- ( lie ) flight of U" > ( Jrariel Duke ; , anel the formation by G uerraz / i etf a 1 nivisional Gove-rnment , a plausible ! e-ase mig ht huve lien got , ill ) , but , the ; oliargi ) ngainsf ( iuerrazzi is , that lit ! e'onhistry 'fin

      spired le > overthrew tho Constitution ; and no sop e blind ( . lies world to the ) fact , that , this very dwrgo is Hitone ( o which fho G ranel Duke himself is ( ho me )« t mmliable . Kvery ve-stige ! e > f the Conslitut ion which Leopold 11 . swore on flu ; crue-ilix to maintain , hari , sine-e his re'turn u ¦ lite Jiciiel of an Austrian force , been formally abolis ! " ; " - In like ; violation e > f solemn engageme'iit , the ! Auntrian Oovernmeiif e'ontinues fe > pour fresh troe > ps into ' ^ " "" - i and it , is now imported that , if has obtained from the """ Duke ; tin ; accession of Tuscany It ) the Austrian ( . ust , f > in » horn

      League ! . I f ho , farewell lo our ( ratio with Leg . Tho hilling e > f fht ) Koyal Court e > f Florence , ol' the fitli was enfireily taken up with ( hiemi / zi ' H expedif ion » tf . ' Ge-neral tie ' Laugier , in Fe-brm . rv , IHli ) . Tl "' . ''' " * ' ^ incident on Ihiselay ' H trial e ; xcifed Homo attention . ' I ' reMiileiiitubje ^ totUo ( Juerni / . / . i that his military l > n'I » " ^ lioiiH against Austria might bo considered , lnturct ! y ^ Kmi . hI ., as intended to prevent the nsntomtieni of Loopoiu •• it , brin . ' natural to foresee Mint A uh ( ria , on <) 1 )(""""> n ( . victory , would have replaced ( . hat I ' riiice on Mi <> '" ' ,. To this Uuornr / zi replied "Sir , allow me not . to n ¦ this miestion , for I did not . behove ( bat , ( bo r « nlom ¦¦ , fht ! ( In . ntl Duke was lo be ouerted by Austria ; "" " ' ' , believed if , 1 hIiouIiI have thought if iny duty lo tu . v did . " The ; court then adjourned . . j ) l 0 The examination of ( luerruz / i wan concluilea

      (> lh iusf . Count . Ne'sHolrodo has arrived at Vienna . The MHceesHion lo ( lit ) Throne e > f ( -reeeo w tix « " l (| i ( Prince Adalbert e ) f Havaria , Mio youngest . '"" . "' . ' ¦ l foV ivigning King , who has iwlo , » l . i « l the < . n « 'U r <' . ! B '") i io \> e < l , iH I ' rnice the , Juinel of tho I ' rincosH Wana w » awl roBorvud-

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      984 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1852, page 984, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1956/page/4/