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      stinted from his heart , in clear and graceful language , and while faithful as all true Moslems to the precepts of his grand and simple faith , he drops the knee at the hour of prayer in the midst of a Parisian crowd , he does not fail with a largo and liberal spirit to do homage to the symbols of another faith , to examine with lively intelligence the marvels , the graces , and the refinements of a new and strange civilization . lie has visited the principal churches and public buildings , and has ascended the tower of Notre Dame . Everywhere he has been received with unfeigned respect . He went to St . Cloud last Saturday , to have an audience with Louis Napoleon , who happened to be engaged with the Ministers in Council as ho arrived ; but the grand saloon had been prepared for his reception , and coffee , pipes , and cigars were served to the guests . As

      the hour of one struck , Abd-el-Kader suddenly became silent , stood up , and apologising rather by gesture than by words , unfolded his burnous , placed it on the ground , and knelt upon it . He bent his head , and in a lnonient seemed as completely absorbed in mental prayer as if he was unconscious that any living being was near him . He soon rose , folded up his mantle , and with the most perfect ease resumed the conversation which his devotions , always , it seems , practised by him at that hour , had interrupted . A message soon after arrived from the President , to say he was ready to receive his distinguished visitor . Louis Napoleon stood in the middle of the large saloon , near what is called the G-alerie d'Apollon . The Emir approached , took hold of the President ' s hand , and bent his head to salute it , but Louis Napoleon opened his arms and cmbraced him—Abd-el-Kader returned the embrace with

      inuch warmth . After the ordinary compliments , and some conversation , the President proposed to show him over the palace . The Emir , however , intimated , through his interpreter , that he wished first to repeat in form the oath he had pledged at Amboise , and asked permission to say a few words . He spoke nearly as follows : — - " Monseigneur , —I am not accustomed to your usages , but I long to say some words to express to you , and to all these Lords assembled , the nature of my sentiments . You , Monseigneur , have been good and generous to me . To you I owe the liberty which others had promised to me , but which you had not promised , and which , nevertheless ,

      you have granted to me . —People have told you that I will violate my promises—have no faith in those that say so . I swear to you never to break the oath that I have made to you . I am bound by gratitude , as by my word—be assured that I will never forget what both impose on a descendant of the Prophet , and on a man of my race . J do not desire to tell you so only by word of mouth . I also desire to leave in your hands a writing which shall be for you a testimony of the oath I now come to repeat . I deliver to you this paper—it is the reproduction of my thought . " These words were delivered with much emphasis , both in accent and gesture . The President replied : —

      " Abdel-Kader , —I have never doubted your faith . I did not want this written paper you so nobly offer me . You know that I have never asked from you oath or written promise . You have desired to deliver it to me—I accept it ; and the spontaneous manner in which you have explained your thoughts is to mo a proof that I was right in having confidence in you . " The President then showed the Emir the apartments of the palace , the grand gallery of Apollo , adorned with the masterpieces of Lcbrun , the chapel , the orangery , &c . He then visited the stables , aad Louis Napoleon pointed out his favourite horses , which the Emir much admired . The President informed him that one was placed at his disposal whenever he wished to ride , and that he . should give him a beautiful Arab horse for the approaching grand review of cavalry . The htables particularly attracted bin attention and excited his admiration , and bo pronounced

      them to be "like unto a palace . The Minister of War presented to the Kinir his colleague , the . Minister of Justice , and explained the difference between their respective functions . Abd-el-Kader replied , " A good government reposes on two things on justice , " bowing to M . Abbatucei , " and on the army , " . saluting the Minister at War . It was remarked , that on several occasions Abd-el-Ivader alluded in mi emphatic manner to what hit declared to be an error generally entertained about a MuMHuhnan not being bound by ati oath pledged to a Christian , and he protested in the strongest , manner against it . On taking leave of the President , he said , — - " My hones arc old , but the rest of my body lias been renewed by your benefits . " . He ( hen pressed ( lie 1 ' residcnt ' s hand ( o bin lips , mid withdrew with his ut tendnnts . The visit had lasted an hour mid a half , and ( . Iks Kmir returned to I'uris at four o ' clock . On Tuosdny , Abd-el-Knder was present on horseback at a grand review given in his honour ut . Versailles . After the review the grand waters played , and in the evening he returned to 1 ' nrin , to a dinner given by the Minister of War . On Wednesday he paid visits to the principal Ministers and to the Archbishop of I'uris , to Jerome Honitparle at tint lnvahdcs , where lie \ isilod Napoleon ' s toiult and the Infirmary . He also went to see the Menagerie of M . lluguet < le MiiHSilin , whose courage in entering the don of lions had not , bo Hiiid , been Heen since the time of Daniel .

      When lie was riding out in the Park of St . Cloud , on M . ondav , with the President , he was asked how bis aged mother ' wan in health . ' " When I was a captive , she _ required n stick to support her step ; since my liberation , she eiin walk alone , be replied . The Arab chief is the idol of the ladies in Paris , and is quite beset , with bilUts-< loita \ The Senate mot on Thursday . Ten members demanded an appeal to the people in favour of the re-establishment of the Empire . M . Kould , in the name of the ( Government , consented , and the report is to be presented this day . The Courts of Appeal and of I ' rumihre lnstuncc have petitioned lor tbo Empire , Urns adding the last sanction of tho law to tho forthcoming popular demand . Tho proaocution of tbo persona charged with taking part

      in the processions of 1848 and 1849 , in memory of Robert Blum , at Leipsic , has only just concluded . They have been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment ; four of the accused are members of the learned professions . St . Paul ' s Church , at Frankfort , in which the German National Assembly of 1848 held its sittings , was opened for public worship on the 24 th . Lord Eoden , Captain Trotter , and the other gentlemen of the English deputation which was to wait upon the Grand Duke of Tuscany in order to obtain from him the release of M . Madiai and his wife , arrived at Florence on the

      22 nd . Lord Roden writes to Lord Shaftesbury that the reply of the Tuscan Minister to his letter announcing tho object of the deputation , gives him some hopes at least of a partial remission pf the Madiai ' s imprisonment . The prisoners had suffered already in health , from the effects of confinement . The deputation is said to cause a great sensation at Florence ; but the letter of the Due de Casigliano reads like a rebuff . Funeral military services have been held in every garrison throughout the Austrian empire , in honour of the Duke of Wellington . The Duke having been a Protestant , the religious service was omitted . At Venice , 4000 men were drawn up in grand parade , the officers wearing crape round their left arms . The vessels in the port had their flags half-mast high .

      The King of Prussia has named the deputation of the Prussian army to the funeral of Wellington . It consists of three veteran comrades of the deceased , who served under the orders of Marshal Bluclier in the allied army . Besides , the Duke ' s own regiment ( the 28 th infantry ) will be represented by a deputation of officers . The Duke of Parma , that interesting young potentate , who lately issued a decree against civilian beards , moustache and imperials , and whose prime minister , ambassador plenipotentiary , and representative at the court of Austria , is Thoma 3 Ward , once a Yorkshire groom , and

      now Baron Tomaso Ward , decorated with we know not how many orders , stars , and titles , has just recognised Queen Isabella II . of Spain and her dynasty . Baron Ward was presented to the Queen on the 26 th ult . as the bearer of a formal declaration to that effect , signed b y the Duke of Parma . The legitimist obstinacy of the Duke is explained by the fact that he is the son of Don Carlos Luis de Bourbon , Infante of Spain , and is married to the daughter of the Duke of Berri , sister of the Count of Chambord . The Queen of Spain has , in return , granted to the Duke of Parma all the prerogatives and honours of an Infante of Spain .

      The Madrid Gazette publishes a Uoyal decree providing that French vessels , in Spanish ports , shall not hereafter be required to pay higher dues than those to which Spanish vessels are liable in the ports of France . General Concha ( late Governor of Cuba ) is reported to be appointed to represent the Spanish army at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington . It is said that the salt-works of Spain are to be offered for sale .

      Sir Henry Bulwer returned on the 23 rd instant to Florence , from his mission to Home , and , we are told , is satisfied with the results of his last interview with Cardinal Antonelli on the 2 j . st inst . He is said to havo obtained the eventual pardon of Edward Murray , the Pope ' s disavowal of Archbishop Mat ; Hale and tho more violent of the ultramoiitunists in Ireland , and the removal of the Papal anathema from the throe Colleges of mixed education , at Cork , Galway , and Belfast . The intrigues of France in Belgium and Piedmont have borne their fruits in protracted Ministerial crises in both countries ; and in both , the clerical and refugee questions have been tbo difficulties of tho " . situation . " In Belgium the crisis has been solved by the election of M . Delibrce ,

      the Liberal candidate , to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies , and the consequent acceptance of office by M . Henry < le JJrouekere with a Liberal Government ; of which M . Itogier , the representative of more decided liberalism , and of the pure national party , and peculiarly obnoxious to the French Government , does not form a part . Hut Al . Piercot , the burgomaster of Liege , one ; of the new Ministry , is considered a personification of M . liogier ' n policy , and quite an extreme a Liberal us M . FW're Orban , the Into Alinister of Finance . It is not expected that the new Cabinet will satisfy the exigencies of Franco either a . s regards the tariiV , or t he press , or the refugees . The posi lion of the Iving i . s very perplexing . lionaparliHt agents an ; everywhere , and it is suspected thiil even , in the army then ; are officers in receipt of l'Yoneh gold .

      In Piedmont , after tho resignation of M . d'AKegho , whether from desire of retirement , or from the difficulty of resisting I'Yeneh threats , or from a misunderstanding with tho French ( and if . is even said tho Knglisb ) ambassador , Count Cuvour was soul for by the king . Count Cavour , an able finance ; minister , had been more decidedly liberal than D'Azeglio ; but since the marked attentions of tho KlymV . during his recent visit , to I ' uris it . may bo remembered ( hat lie ( lined with Louis Napoleon , in company with ItutuK / i , the liberal President of the Chamber—hois reported to havo returned to Turin less enamoured of

      I'liigliwli Parliamentary government , and more disposed to court tho lioimpiirlist alliance . . However this may be , b <; bus found it impossible to form n ministry " off bis own hook , " having received several refusals from distinguished men . Count Ccsuro liullio ( oik ; of 11 k ; clerical parly , and a strict conservative ) lias boon Minco invited to form u cabinet , but by the last accounts had not succeeded in forming an adiiiin ir . lral ion . It in thought probable that . D'Azoglio and Cuvour may coalesce . The Civil Marriage Hill and the ecclesiastical ( picntion generally are the prevalent obstacles .

      Arrests have recently been made at M ilan . Como , and Lodi , by tho Austrian police . At Aneoiiu wholesale executions are expected . Tbo Austrian Union treaty between Austria and the duchiotj of Modunu and Purina haw boon pigrnod .

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      THE LAUNCH OF THE BENGAL . Titk Bengal , a huge screw steamer , belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental fleet , intended for service in tho Indian seas , was launched at Glasgow on Monday . She i . s ten feet longer than the Great Britain , nnd of 2300 tons burthen . A fatal accident nearly happened The supports gave way before the proper time , ond the Benc / al careered off into the water . The workmen hud just time to runout of danger In the evening there w : ih a banquet in honour of the event ; there the health of Mr . Anderson , the managing director , was proposed , and in reply ho gave an interesting account of tho formation of the company .

      " The origin of tho company mig ht be dated about tho close of tho year 1835 , when a few private persons hired one or two steamvessols , and ran them occasionally to Lisbon and Gibraltar , in order to test tho feasibility oi establishing a stoam communication with tho Peninsuin . They at first ldwt about CAH ) l . in each trip they made ; which , however , did not discourage them from persevering ; nnd they resolved to construct some vessels of an uaprovcu description for establishing tho communication , llowoulfi not then dwell on tho various difficulties with which Uw originators of tho enterprise had to struggle , but woui < merely Hi ate tho fact that before it became remunerative the parli . K concerned had sustained a loss to the amount

      of soinetbing upwards of aO , OOO / . Such was tho origm of tin ; company , and he would now coino to its prowui . position . It hiul now in active service and in progress construct ion a Hoot of 41 steamships , of the aggregate tonnage of f / J . tons , and of about 1 < $ , O ( K ) horses' power oi machinery , and being in value ; upwards of 5 * 5 , 000 , 000 / . s - - ling . Tho company was incorporated by royal charter the ; ns (; of December , IH 4 O , and since that iimo y" 1 ™ dividend of 7 per cent , for tho first two or * ft « " J " , ,. ' and , sin ,:, ; then , of H per cent ., to its v l . nrohoUlorH . J- ° ann , ml . liHlanco wl . icb its ships n-vlgato m ™ " 7 >» K < annual iliHlanco wlucU Us snips r >«» >( - ;• . " — . ¦ < ' „ , „ ! which it onfi

      the various communicate * i « , s « g ^ amounts to very »«~ rly ] , () 0 (> , 0 U 0 o miles-a « U « J which h , « .:. M 1 Hcam . ly tell any schoolboy woulc bo n « « u / oiiuil to 50 times tho circumference of tho glolm . J . ships required for the extended ^ nm ^ nu ^^ J l ' mouco the ensuing year , would require- about . 11000 hciui £ A ..., to navigate them ; nnd , in addition there to , : t « ££ employment to 00 , 000 tons of . sailing nhipH « " «» •« ' !* ' ' , t men in llio transport of coals to its various ^ atiom ^ homo nnd abroad . Its annual expenditun . ior cuff . c disbursements and outlay « , f capital for now sin » « < not loss th « in 1 , , 000 * . sterling , and may bo osti mj t « ^ afford subnistoneo to 100 , 000 persons employed « n « " fainilioH . " ( Appluuuo . )

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      THE ELE C TRIC T E L EG R A PH CO MPLETE FROM LONDON TO PARIS . Monday saw the opening ^ of complete telegraphic com munication between London and Paris . At the offices in Cornhill a large party of notables assembled , amone whom were Earl Cadogan , Lord de Mauley , Mr John Masterman , M . P ., Mr . Samuel Laing , M . P ., Mr . W Chaplin , M . P ., Count de Flahault , Baron Kubeck Count Streleski , C . B ., Ernest Bunsen , Esq ., Mr ' Samuel Gnrney , Sir James Weir Hogg , and ' many others . From one o ' clock , messages of all kinds were exchanged , of which the following are specimens , a message by Brett ' s Printing telegraph was transmitted by the Submarine Company's superintendent , Mr . G . V . Robinson , at 7 . 30 p . m ., to Calais , as follows : —

      " Cornhill to Calais . —Permit the endorsement of the sentiment— When France is content , the world is tranquil . Vive la Ligne V " At 10 minutes past two ( London time ) , the question was asked of Paris , "What time is it ? " The answer was " 2 . 10 p . m . " A quest on was then asked of Arras , a French town between Calais and Paris , as to the state of the weather . The answer received immediately was , " overcast and dull . "

      The inquiry was made of the name of the transmitting clerk . The reply was " Brassard . " A farther message was forwarded : — " Lord De Mauley presents his compliments to M . Foy , and begs him to allow experiments with the needle instruments between Paris and London . " [ Lord de Mauley , it should be stated , is the chairman of the board of directors . ] " From Paris to London . —M . Foy ( director-general of French telegraphs ) presents his compliments to the Hon . F . Cadogan . " But the most extraordinary proceeding of the daywas the following message with which the experiments closed : —

      " The Directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company beg leave to approach his Highness the Prince President with the expression of their best thanks for the assistance which he has uniformly given towards the establishment of this instantaneous means of communication between France and Great Britain . May this wonderful invention serve , under tho Empire , to promote the peace and prosperity of the world . —Dated Nov . 1 , 1852 , 30 , Cornhill . " M . Bonaparte did not deign a reply . But here is a public company , among whose members there are some persons calling themselves Englishmen , officiously recognising- the Empire !

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      1058 THE LEADER . * [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1852, page 1058, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1959/page/6/