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      vareur . These deputations , it should be added , were severally composed of a very few persons . Following them came an extremely numerous deputation of the old soldiers of the empire , in uniform , bearing a magnificent banner of gTeen and gold , with the superscrip tion Vive I'JEmperenr . At two P . M ., the special train containing the President and his suite entered the Terminus of the Orleans Railway . The station was profusely adorned with flags , streamers , and oriflammes bearing imperial emblems and inscriptions . The orand Salle des Voyageurs was turned into a hall of recep tion , where the great bodies of the State had

      audience . At one end of this saloon a platform had been erected , on which a throne covered with velvet and richly embroidered with gold was raised . To the right of the platform was the Senate , to the left the Leg islative corps ; the Ministers and the President of the Council of State stood on the steps of / the platform with the Councillors of State to their right and left ; the household o £ the President were placed behind the throne ; while scattered through the room were seen the Court of Cassation , the Cour des Comptes , the grand officers of the Legion of Honour , the Institute , the Staff of the National Guard , and of the army of

      Paris , the Court of Appeal , the clergy of Paris , headed by the archbishop , the Prefect of police , the Tribunal of Commerce , the corps of Civil Engineers , and of the Mines , the Polytechnic School , the Ecole d'Etat Major , the consistories of the Protestant and Jewish Churches , the juges de paix , the prudhommes , the commissaires de police , the scientificbodies , the chambers of notaries and attornies , the syndicates of bailiffs , of stockbrokers , of auctioneers , of commercial brokers ; in a word , all that belongs far or near to the

      Government . At the moment when Bonaparte stepped out of the ' train of honour / a salvo of 101 guns saluted him , and all the bells of all the churches began to ring out a sudden peal . The instant he entered the grand hall of reception , all that vast crowd of official personages set up a tremendous shout of Vive I'JEJmpereur . It was observed that the very men who impeached Bonaparte on the second of December ( when the fate of the day trembled in the balance ) now shouted the loudest ! Another and as loud a cry saluted him as he came forth from the building .

      Bonaparte then mounted his horse , richly caparisoned , and proceeded in the direction of the Boulevards , accompanied only by his aides-de-camp , and an escort of officers . He was preceded and followed by the whole cavalry of the Army of Paris . At certain points in the line of the procession , groups of Decembrists were scattered among the crowd of sight-seers—notably , at the corner of every boulevard ; at the Boulevard

      Beauniarchais , the Boulevard Bourdon , the Pont d'Austerlitz , the Boulevard du Temple , the Boulevards of St . Martin and St . Denis , as far as the Boulevard Bonne Nouvellc . As Bonaparte passed abreast of each of these groups in succession , a formidable shout of " Vive I'Empereur !" arose , with all the discipline of a chorus , as the chef ( V ' oi'clw . stre lifted bis hat for a signal to give tongue . These groups contrasted strangely with the rest of the crowd , who remained gazing in perfect silence .

      Bonaparte was received on the Boulevard Bcauinarchais with numerous cries of " Vive VAmnestic !" from workmen of the Fuulxmrg St . Antoine . Many acts of arbitrary violence were committed . Some working men were arrested for having cried " l- 'ive la llepuLlique . '" I saw with my own eyes one man arrested ut the corner of the Faubourg du Temple . The poliee agents compelled the crowd to raise their liiilis , but the vast majority remained covered . M . de ( -inn-cellos , a Legitimist nobleman , wan arrested Cor not 'laving uncovered his head in the presence- of Bonaparte . We have returned to the days of the tyrant Messier ! Another Legitimist , who attempted to prevent a Decembrist from bawling out " Viva I Rm-V' -rrur ! " was also arrested . I should add , that the crowd was punned by detached groups between double l " quel , s <> f troops , who intercepted all communication . '' hall-past three , i * . m ., Honnpurto made- bis entry into the Tuileries by tbe Place do la Concorde . ¦ I he Senate is to be immediately called to discuss ' ¦''« ' question of the Empire : tbe ttonntus-Consulte is »< ady prepared ; it is drawn up by M . Troplong . It

      W : «* proposed to publish it the very livening of tbe ¦'" imphiil entry , but Honupnrto refused to sanction it ( j" I ho p i ,.,,, f extreme fatigue , " that be desired to ? Wot , ; two whole days to rellection and repose . " lie Wl" take the title ; of Kinpuror anil King , just like Iuh iuicl ,. -- » Kmperor of tbe French , mid King of Algeria . " ¦ Alt jfirir . rhymes with Italte at all events — in tbe ' 1 'ial syllable . Murat , son of the Hometime King of n » I » 1 uh , will then be Vice I toy of Algeria .

      '" ' eat questions , however , have arisen im tbe iHsciihm <> i > H about tbe Empire . The ftlysee is divided on the " «»» joi ; t of the Constitution . One party ilccliireH that 10 c * intuig pu < jt i , j incoinputiblo with dyuagtic condL

      tions of hereditary power , and are afraid of the dangers and surprises of universal suffrage . They want the suffrage to be cb deux degres ( indirect ); and by a Jesuitical equivocation , they pretend that the municipal councils should be considered the veritable delegates , in trust to act for the mass of citizens , and as such , the sole electors . Now the Government dissolves and recomposes these municipal councils at its will and pleasure : hence the Government would , in such a case , nominate the electors , and the population would go for nothing in the choice of their representatives ! They call to mind the scandals of the elections , and insist that the legislative body be further modified , so that there may be no more of M . de Montalembert ' s

      speeches . They wish too , to declare the chief of the State no longer responsible before the country . These are the opinions of the Persigny coterie : the Fould and Baroche coterie , on the other hand , insist on tbe maintenance of the existing Constitution of 1852 . They allege that the Constitution was made expressly in contemplation of the Empire , and that for the Empire it is sufficient and complete . Besides , they say , the country may very possibly not sanction a new Constitution by a sufficient number of votes;—that , in short , to meddle with universal suffrage would be to avow publicly that all past acts and professions had been but a mask to hide the ruling ambition—the lust of a Crown , and nothing more .

      We do not yet know which party will carry the day , but I incline to think that Bonaparte will adhere to universal suffrage . Bonaparte , however , has not waited for his coronation to perform an act of the most absolute sovereignty . Of his own sole will and act , without consulting the nation , of whose powers he should remember he is the supreme depositary and delegate ; nay , without consulting even his immediate counsellors , he has set at liberty Abd-el-Kader ! on one condition and with one guarantee only—that he has solemnly taken oath never again to bear arms against France . We may well

      believe , that at the mention of an oath demanded by Bonaparte in person , Abd-el-Kader , the Moslem , smiled . He did swear to all that was demanded of him ; and so , while the Sultan is preparing a suitable residence for him in Anatolia , he is to sojourn at Trianon , near Versailles . For my own part , I only hope that Bonaparte may not have to wait long for the penalty of this political rashness . I only hope that Abd-el-Kader , breaking his oath after the manner of Bonaparte , may once more summon to the Holy War the populations of Algeria ; the more troops there are employed in the war in Africa , the fewer there will be to enslave France .

      The ruling despotism does not abate . Warnings continue to shower upon the press : only now the journals are warned for not divining in good time the new theories of authority . The Government actually pretends , that all persons under political sentence or suspicion , whether confined to special districts , or merely under surveillance , or pardoned , are incapable of holding public functions . The Journal de Maine and the Journal de la Sart / te , having supported a

      contrary doctrine , bavo received warnings . Several municipal councils have been dissolved in consequence of this extraordinary . stretch of arbitrary power , on the pretext that the names of citizens politically condemned are often found in those elective bodies , as , indeed , was recently the case at Koanne . Tn the South , arrests and domiciliary visits are becoming more frequent again . Forty arrests in the Gers , the Herault , and the Gard are mentioned ; and a certain number in tbe Calvados . S .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . Crvio courage in not quite dead in France . M . do Ga . sto , u nnval engineer , lias addressed a petition to tho Senate , ( mowing cnu . se against Uic restoration of tlio . Empire , llo n . skti permission to noihI round this petition lo all tho ;{(> , <)<)() coiiuimiMis , by " energetic men , " with thn needful Halo-conduct , to accompany the demand for signatures to tho pot . it ion for tins Empire , and ( bus to test tho siiifrago of tho people . " If France ( nays M . do Haste ) nn the vory Empire mgiiitieH , ' has always tho right to rcmirno her Noveroignty , ' wliat . aro tho guarantees of ntability that can be oiforod by t . ho . Empire ? Communications between nations and individuals are nowmoro rapid Minn they wort ; fifty yenrM ugo ; all tho material and intellectual forco of martuiiid ban increased everywhere ; but all i « nioro speedily exhausted , mid in of far shorter-chiration in our diiy . H . Tho Hccond Republic , did not ; last halfM | ii » timo of tho first ; if tho Prem < leiiey for ten yearn bun notr ^ Ualf the existence of tho Coimiduto , is thero not rea . soii to fear thut thin second , hereditary Empire , which you aro to ho called upon to proclaim , will not lust half ( ho timo of tho litHt Empire P '

      Tho Nenalo in convoked by deoreo for tho fourth of November , lo decide on tho oliango in tho form of Uovenimeut . Tho Hmtat . ils ( loiisiil . f . n will ho mihmittnd to tho people , and tho result of tho appoul to universal HuflYugo will bo Horutinizod and proclaimed by tho Loginlativo Coritn . Uonoruf iiomoriciiro , under a olricfc incognito , itf at

      Frankfort , where he had obtained permission , savs the Correspondent of Hamburg , to pass fifteen daya longer , in order to have an interview witli tho Prince de Joinville and the Ducheaa of Orleans . The French Minister had demanded his expulsion , but without effect . We believe , aays the Times , that previously to the liberation of Abd-el-Kader b y Louis Napoleon Bonaparte , negotiations had been , carried on by the French Government with the Porte for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the Sultan to the reception of the Arab Chief in his dominions . Broussa had , accordingly , been named by the Porte as the most suitable place of residence , that being the city to which prisoners of State and disgraced

      officers of the Turkish Government are usually sent ; but it would appear from Louis Napoleon ' s speech at Amboisc , that Abd-el-Kader is to be considered as a free resident at Broussa on parole . It is a remarkable ciceumstance that the intention of the President to liberate the Emir had been strongly opposed by all his advisers , civil and military , and they imagined that he had yielded to their remonstrances . It was only a few minutes before the interview at Amboise that Louis Napoleon informed General St . Arnaud , the Minister at War , that he wae going to set Abd-el-Kader at liberty on the spot . Such is the tenacity of purpose and the secrecy of resolution which characterizes the present ruler of France .

      Abd-el-Kader is represented to have been watching tho arrival , at the station of Amboise , of the special train containing Louis Napoleon , from , the terrace of the Chateau . The President ' s address to tbe prisoner is thus given by the Moniteur : — " ' Abd-el-Kader , —I come to inform you of your liberation . You are to be taken to Broussa , in the States of the Sultan , as soon as the necessary preparations shall have been made , and you will receive thero from the French Government an allowance worth y of your former rank . You are aware that for a length of time your captivity ha 3 caused me real affliction , for it incessantly reminded me that the Government which , preceded me had not observed the engagements entered into towards an unfortunate

      enemy ; and nothing m my eyes is more humiliating for the Government of a great nation than to misunderstand its force to such a point as to fail in its promise . Generosity is always the best counsellor , and I am convinced that your residence in Turkey will not prove injurious to the tranquillity of our possessions in Africa . Your religion , like oura , enjoins submission to the decrees of Providence . But if France is mistress of Algeria , the reason is that God willed it to be so , and the French nation will never give up that conquest . You have been the enemy of France , but I am not the less willing to render justice to your courage , to your character , and to your resignation in misfortune . That is the reason why I consider it a point of honour to put an end to your captivity , having full confidence in your word . ' "

      The Q-enoa Corriere Mercantile of tbe 14 th states that the trial at Sinigaglia would be shortly followed by similar trials at Ancona , Jesi , Pesaro , and Fano . The persons to be tried were implicated in tho political events of 1848 and 1849 . Letters from Verona of tbe 12 th . mention that a funeral service was celebrated there on that day , by order of Marshal lladetzki , in honour of the Duke of Wellington , who was Marshal of tho Empire . The Duke of Parma arrived at Venice on the 12 th . The editor of tbe Avenir , M . Damcth , has been banished from Nice , at the instance of tho Fmnch Government .

      The Ministerial crisis in Belgium is still unsolved . M . de Brouckere , the hope of tho clerical party , is reported to bavo given up tho attempt to form a Cabinet . M . Munteuffol has forwarded to tho Prussian Ministers at foreign courts a second document , explaining tho circumstances which led to the sudden breaking up of tho recent conferences at . Berlin . Ho takes more than ono occasion in this circular to remind tho coalesced States that tho way is still open by which they may honourably resume their old relations with Prussia . Tho Berlin correspondent of the Allijemcine Zeituny has been arrested and expelled from Prussia . The Senate of Frankfort has given effect to ono of tho latest resolutions of thn ( Jermanic Diet , and abrogated tho political equality of tho citizens proscribed in the now constitution . JVew elections aro to tako place , and only Cliristians will bo allowed to vote .

      A Customs' Congress has been summoned for the 20 th inst ., at Vienna . Austria is about bringing tho Zollvcrein question before tho Diet of Frankfort . Count Maurice DichtricliHtcin , Into ambassador in . London , died at Vienna on tbe lf > th inst .

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      THE FUNERAL OF T 11 M DUKE OF WELLINGTON . Wk believe that tho following programme of proceeding . * at tho funeral of the Duke of Wellington will prove lo bo in tho main correct . The reiMiiin . s of his Grace will remain at Walmor until four days before the funeral , which will take place between tbol 7 tiiai . il l !) th of November . They will then bo removed to Chelsea ItoHpittd , where tho body will lie in Htuto for threi ) days , and on tho evening before tho solemnity , it will be removed to tint llor . se < Guards . On tho morning of the funeral , tho funeral cor / t \/ r will bo

      loriued at the I lorso ( i uardH , and will proceed by ( baringcross , tho Strand , l < 'leol .-ntreot , and Ijiidgate-hill , to St . Paul ' s . Si \ regiments of infantry , oight squadrons of cavalry , and seventeen guns , will lalut part in tho procession , that being tho number of tniopn to which Iuh Graco was entitled by his rank in tho army . A . body of Marines will iiIho form part , of tho cortii / i ' , which will bo headed by eighty-three votcraiiH from CholHca II o . spital , who shared in tho Duke ' s campaigns , the nuuilior ei g hty-three rolU'tiMontiug tho yearn to which his Uraee had attained . Wo have uIho reason to bolicvo that tho Field-Marshal ' h baton of tho doooaacd Duko will bo borne on tUo occiwion . by tho

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      October 23 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1009

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1852, page 1009, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1957/page/5/