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      PRANCE . ( FEOM OUK OWK COEBESPONDENT . ) Paris , October , 19 . Considering the unwearying exertions of the Government , and the EBcBonapartist propagandism that has for some months been energeticcabally carried on in the faubourgs , the demonstration on Bonaparte ' s eenentry into Paris on Saturday may be considered-a decided failure ; Htltistrue there was little open hostility displayedjjrjut hb ' w was nninuch of that possible under the circumstances t- There were

      ip l plenty of triumphal arches , with Bonapartist mottoes , and eagles , carand imperial crowns , and it was endeavoured to show that these wiwere tlie spontaneous dedications of the people of Paris . But they vwwere unable to effect this . Before the hour at which I now write , re-jeverybody in Paris knows that these triumphal arches were raised mmnder the direction of the ministry . Some adornments were got up lbby the proprietors of the theatres , and by some servile tradesmen , ( e'jeither in receipt of , or m hopes of obtaining , the custom of *? Son . AAltesse Imperiale" -By " Vive I ' Empereur" these , of course immeant Vive la boutique .

      Two hours before Bonaparte ' s arrival , the streets were occupied bby the deputations from the banlieue of Paris , those of the departments of the Seine-et-Oise , and of the Seine-et-Marne ; the corr porations of the Halles , & c , and the men employed on the _ public i works . Those poor devils who had been pressed into this evidently ( disagreable part , looked as serious as if they had come to take part i in a funeral ceremony , and their whole deportment was so . clumsy i and ridiculous , that their appearance was greeted with shouts of j laughter from the crowds on the pavements . The poor fellows did : not raise a single cry ; they seemed utterly ashamed of the position in which they were p laced .

      Bonaparte ' s arrival was notified b y the discharge of cannon . After the official receptions had taken place , the cortege set out . Bonaparte was preceded by the mounted National Guard , one regiment of Hussars , a squadron of Guides , and two regiments of Chasseurs . He himself followed at a short distance , and the rear was brought up by two regiments of Lancers , two regiments of Dragoons , two regiments of Cuirassiers , the Gendarmerie , and the mounted Republican Guard . '

      He bowed very graciousl y to some ladies who waved their handkerchiefs at the windows , and , indeed , he mig ht well salute them graciously , for he had no excuse for bowing to anybody else . There were almost no cries . Even the soldiers , who , it is well known , received express injunctions to cry Vive I Empereur , were silent , and merely presented arms . Probably each man thought that amidst the * shouts of others , his own silence would not be remarked . This fact of the silence of the troops , taken in conjunction with the recentl y discovered democratic conspiracy in the 43 rd regiment of Infantry , is significant .

      From the Bastile to the Faubourg du Temple , there was no cry Y / hatever . In the Faubourg du Temple , there were loud cries of Vive I Empereur . On the Boulevard , between the Faubourg du Temple and the Faubourg St . Martin , there was an evident desire to cry VivelaRepubliqiie ; but those who ventured to do so , as was done by several working men , at a short distance from where I stood , were instantly pounced upon by the sergens de vili who struck the offenders brutally . The Republicans had recourse , in many instances , to the cry of Vive le President de la JRejmbli

      que , strongly accenting the last word . From the Port St . Denis , the cry was Vive Louis Napoleon . From the Port St . Denis to to the Faubourg Montmartre , there was no cry . Along the Faubourg Montmartre there were occasional cries of Vive V Empereur , but these were by no means numerous . You may take this as a sample of the " enthusiasm , " which the government journals say was displayed along the route . The barefaced falsehoods contained in their descriptions of the entry into Paris enables us to judge of the veracity of the reports of the journey in the provinces .

      Since Saturday , I have been told by several persons resident on the Boulevards , that police-agents called at every house , to collect subscriptions for the " spontaneously" erected triumphal arches . The names of those who refused to subscribe were entered in a book ; so that without doubt they will hereafter suffer for their contumacy . The same trick was resorted to with respect to the illumination at night . The inhabitants were called upon individually , and told that they must illuminate . Some of my friends had their houses brilliantly illuminated b y the agents of the police . These were not quite so hardly served as they who had to procure the lamps at their own expense .

      Some little things have turned up to prove how false is the boast of the Decembrists , that the man of the coup d ' etat was greeted enthusiastically b y the whole population . The occupiers of the houses in the streets through which Bonapartefwas to pass , were previousl y given to know that they would be held personally responsible for the conduct of every inmate . They were informed , also , that their windows must all be kept open , and it would be all the more pleasing to the authorities if onl y women appeared at them I This will show the terror the rascal lives in . And lie has

      reason ; the Republicans count amongst their number men brave enough and devoted enough to sacrifice themselves , in order to rid their country of such a monster . Besides the vile placards of the Decembrists , there was last week posted up on the walls in the revolutionary faubourgs , the following verses;—" Tils fiatteurs , en avant , ne vous arretez pas , De drapeanx sur sa tete elevez une voute , Brulez t ous les parfums du monde sur ses pas , A pleines mains jetez les bouquets sur sa route .

      "Vos drapeaux ne sauralent voiler tous nous malheurs ; iNous ne purifirez avec la turn-he et l ' ambre Tant de corruption , pas plus qu ' avec vos fleurs , Tous ne pourrez cacher tout le gang de Decembre . * Persecution and arrests continue in the provinces . A citizen , named Julian , was lately arrested in the Commune of the Gers , and I learn from the Courrier du Gers , that Madame Pujos and her two daughters , have also been arrested . ' A Government that stands in fear of woman , must be weak indeed '

      The Bourdeaux speech , placarded on every wall , has given occasion to our wags to exercise their propensity for punning , at the expence of "VAltme " . From the passage in which he says . " whs tons qui voulez comme moi h Men de la patrie , vous etes mes soldatsS ( All you who surround me , and who desire * "Forward , vile flatterers , and raise an arch of banners above his head . Burn every perfume along his path , and scatter bouquets on his route . Your banners--will not veil all our -noes ; you will not purify so much corruption with rayrali and amber ; neither with your flowers will you conceal the blood smlt ia December . "

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      like me the good of the country , you are my soldiers J , the u of the voulez was scratched out , making it voUz , so that the passage read thus : " All you who surround me , and who steal like me . " What I stated some weeks since , relative to the " appeal to the people" for the empire , and the election taking place on the 2 nd of December , will be found to be in the main correct . To-day * s

      Moniteuf contains a decree convoking the senate for the 4 th . of November . ; The preamble of the decree states that : " If a change 6 f Government should result from its deliberations , the senatus eonsidtum , which it shall have adopted , will be submitted to the ratification of the . French peop le . " On the legislative bod ' ywill devolve the duty of casting up the votes . Dignified duty for the legislative flunkeys that !

      M . de Gaste , a naval engineer , has addressed to the Senate a petition against the empire , wherein he shows that a revolution will assuredly follow its proclamation , since the peasantry will naturally expect Louis Napoleon to at once deliver them from all their ills when he is Emperor , and nobody to dispute his power . He will not , - and cannot do so , so that his popularity and his empire will inevitably fall to the ground , and that in a very short

      space of time . ^ Bonapar te has liberated Abdel-Kader , who has to reside at Broussa , in , Turkey . The Sultan will , therefore , be again the jailor of a victim of European despotism . The Emir swore on the Koran never to disturb the French in Africa . He pointed out to * Bonaparte the verse which forbids the breach of sworn faith , even when the oath is taken to infidels . What said Bonaparte to this ? He who broke all his oaths , even to the "faithful ?"

      GERMANY . Prussia . —M . Manteuffel has forwarded to the Prussian Ministers at foreign courts a second justificatory document , explaining the circumstances which led to the sudden breaking up of the recent conferences at Berlin . He takes more than one occasion in this circular to remind the coalesced States that the way is still open by which they may honourably resume their old relations with Prussia .

      Tbe ^ correspondent the Cologne Gazette states that the ministry had resolved to send to the Kreuz Zeiiung a notice , once for all , that its hostile treatment of M . Louis Bonaparte would not be permitted . The Prussian minister to the French Republic , who has been absent from his post on account of ill health , returns to Paris immediately . The Kreag Zeitung of the 13 th states that in future all matters of purely provincial interest will be discussed only in the provincial diets , and then executed by royal ordinance . This report , notwithstanding its respectable orisin , needs confirmation . Such a practice would reduce very materially the functions of the chambers .

      The Berlin correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitwig has been arrested and expelled from Prussia . Frankfort . —The Senate of Frankfort has given effect tooneof the latest resolutions of the Germanic Diet , and abrogated the political equality of the citizens prescribed in the new constitution . New elections are to take place , and only Christians will be allowed to vote .

      Hesse Cassel .- — -We continue to hear of the oppressions of Hassenpflug at Cassel . His last feat has been to ruin a number of inn-keepers and other trades , obnoxious for the part they took in the general resistance to his arbitrary measures , by depriving them of their licenses .

      DENMARK . On the 9 th , the President of the Ministry submitted , to the Chamber their hudget of the whole monarchy for the ensuing year . It shows an income for the whole monarchy of 13 , 821 , 736 It . thalers , and an expenditure of 12 , 960 , 400 K . . thalers , or a surplus of 861 , 336 II . thalers . Under these favourable circumstances the finance minister intends to defer the introduction of an incometax . ITALY . Rome . —Letters from Romagua state that the Singigaglia trials will be followed by similar prosecutions at Ancona , Jesi , Pesaro , and Fano .

      Piedmont . —M . Henry Dameth , editor of the Avenir of Nice , had been ordered to quit the Sardinian dominions at the request of the French Government . The Avenir of Nice of the 13 th states that a considerable number of French refugees , who had stopped at Nice after the events of the 2 nd of December , have been removed into the interior by order of the Piedmontese Government .

      Tuscany . —A letter from Florence of the 12 th , in the Risorgimento of Turin , states that the reading of the documents produced by Guesrazzi in his defence still continued in court . The correspondent observes how surprising it is that Guerrazzi should have gained the confidence of the republicans so as to make them believe that he entered into their views , and would be their instrument , when it appears from the documents produced , that he kept a sharp watch over them by means of the police , and that he carried his distrust of them so far as to require the reports of the proceedings of their clubs and conventicles to be brought to him every evening regularly . The correspondent is of opinion that the inability of Guerrazzi to dominate that party is clearly proved .

      Naples . —A letter dated Naples , of the 10 th , addressed to the Mediteraneo of Genoa , states that none of the persons capitally convicted for participation in the events of the 15 th of May , lii 48 , would be executed , and that it was yery probable the King would ere long grant a general amnesty . Persia .--A telegraphic despatch from Trieste , agreeing with the tenor of letters from Syria , states that the Ottoman troops and the Druses have come into open conflict . The first combats have had no decisive result . The Seraskier has advanced with his forces to Kleiba .

      Algeria . —Accounts from Algeria state that on the 18 th ult , a strong force was marched against the tribe of the Ouled Mahbouq , at 12 leagues to the south of Coustantina , who had given frequent cause of complaint to the French by their revolts , and their , refusal to pay their taxes . The tribe was completely surrounded , ft resisted , but after a combat in which it lost 50 men killed or wounded , it was entirely defeated , and several thousand oxen sheep , and camels were seized . The loss of the French was two killed and four wounded .

      UNITED STATES . ( from our own correspondent . ) New Tork , October 6 th . This week 1 have no domestic events to record , and the intelligence from abroad is altogether uninteresting , except that from Cuba , which is important and exciting , Fracciola , the printer of

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      the Vox del Veitbh , was garroted on the 29 th ult iv ^ so affected his mother that she died next day of 0 r ; ef i exe cuti tion so disgusted the commander of the British w ^ ' ^ eJ mond , that when that vessel left the harbour her ' ^ slGf Un er ]^' hoistpcl . It appears that the number of jud ges who ° " Wei ' C his execution was equal to those who voted for it- D V ° * a ' ^ ii ! decency under these circumstances could not induce ^ SeilSe of lQcfor « go their revenge . le ' dul WiiUlj iMuch emoiion ? has been awakened here b y the virile duct of the Cuban authorities towards the Am 0 UCfUlVe con d i £ i l American

      - ,. _ . ' .. u : „ __ . v n « ... Several vessels from this country have been detained a 1 ^ the crew and passengers being treated with considtrabl ^^ The Crescent City was lately boarded b y a number of n i '" ^ ^ of them , in their proper character , searching the vL ° -i , Soil , e dressed in p lain clothes , acting as spies . On his last v ^ ^ captain fof the Crescent City allowed them to search r ^' lilQ but told them that if they did not make considerable hast ^ ^ shore , they would stand a very fair chance of beim // 1 , * 011 New York , as his time was quite up . s onve . d to

      Several similar outrages have been committed . The f was stopped , and search was made for an American en * ' ^ was said to be on board . None such was found ^ but a " ?^ man , a passenger , who had a passport , was taken ptisont-r ' * ' i *" - ' remains in confinement : and the letter-bag of the vessel \ '„ ^ to the office of the Political Secretary , where it Was J *^ Immediately afterwards , the Count de Pozodalia , and his ? i Mr . Jose Frias , were arrested and imprisoned ' in the M t ' whether in consequence of the discovery of any papers ( letter-bag of the Cornelia is not known . Both gemleme ' - highly respected by the Cubans . ° ' " c re Immediately on the arrival of the American hark the C / 7 ) Harold , two bodies of police were placed on board oi' her " i she was ordered to be unloaded at once , it having been susne-M that she had arms on board , However , none were found '

      The haughty Spaniards go so far , it is said , as to threaten refoi to allow the Crescent City , when it arrives , to enter the harbour f Mr . Smith be retained as purser . They had better be a little mocautious , or they " ys ' iW get Jonathan ' s [ dander up ; and if thev / they may soon have occasion to sing small . ° '

      . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The General Screw Steam Shi pping Company ' s Mail packet Bosphorus , Captain Benson , arrived on Saturday mominij . si left the Cape on the 6 th of September . A correspondent " at tile Cape writes :- — " General Cathcavt's expedition beyond the Kei has returned , after buvniix-fte kraal of the chief Krili , and capturing 10 , 000 head of cattle , some horses , 4 ts Sec . His Excellency has expressed himself highly satisfied , not only with

      ^ result , but with , the conduct of the troops , burghers , and others ; his object fe declares , has been fully attained . The Waterkloof and many of the frontier <& . tricts are still infested with Caffres and rebel Hottentots . HithaWer , their clii « f and the celebrated Macomo , have , it is said , made overtures of peace , and iiutj opinion of those best competent to judge , the war is now on its last les . "

      Hews From The Grold Diggings. —: 0- Aust...

      HEWS FROM THE GrOLD DIGGINGS . — : 0- Australian advices have arrived b y the overland mail , ftm Sydney they reach to the 29 th of July , being four weeks later than those previously received . From Port Phili p they are to the 17 th of July . In each case they full confirm the recent statements regarding the yield of gold both in New South Wales mid Victoria . As regards the Mount Alexander Mines , in the latter colony , il appears that the escort for the week ending the 3 rd July was expected to bring 100 , 000 ounces , leaving 40 , 000 ounces iutheConv missioner ' s tent to be brought on the next occasion . From the

      influence of tiiese supplies the price had fallen to 60 s . or G 2 s . per ounce , aithougli the miners , being now rich , were generally indisposed to press sales . It was estimated that there was at least 1 , 000 , 000 / . of unemployed money in the hands of labourers . At the various mining localities of New South Wales the result continued to be increasingly satisfactory , although the reports from the sister colony caused everything like ordinary success to he treated with indifference . Several parties connected with the companies formed in London had arrived at Sydney , and had proceeded to the Bathurst district . The markets were cleared of most kinds

      of provisions as fast as arrivals took place . Wheat was &\ 6 d . per bushel , flour 23 / . per ton , and hay 6 / . per ton . Cold at Sydney was higher than at Port Phili p , the quotation being 64 s . fortheTuron gold , and 65 s for that of Mount Alexander , The Port Philip accounts of the prospects of the wool crop are very unfavourable , and corroborate the remarks in a letter quoted a few

      days back . " Whole herds / ' it is said , " will be driven to the diggings for slaughter , and the fleece and the fat will he burnt . On many stations next season no attempt to shear sheep will he made , In fact , it seems that labour of any kind was almost wholly unprocurable . Among other curious circumstances connected with the state of the markets , it is mentioned that the price of bricks at M elbourne was 10 / . a thousand , and it was believed that both bricks

      and coals would be profitabl y imported from England . The editor of one of the local papers states that it only requires proper machinery to work the quartz , in order to develop the Mir ^ ¦ passing richness of this portion of the Australian gold fields . 'Ajw : total shipments of gold to the 26 th of July had been 1 , 759 , 74 a / . » , reckoned at the price of 65 * . per oz . Gold was selling at C 3 s . 0 d . w J 65 s ., and the exchange against gold was 12 percent , discount , ' m a Legislative Council was occupied with the New Duties ^'" - ? . ' the letters from Adelaide , South Australia , are to the 2 Gil | i oht June , but they furnish little news of importance . A person m claimed the reward of 1 , 000 / . for the discovery of a gold helo a -x Broughtdn , about 110 miles distant , but an expedition t 0 | " ? j ^ e e had proved his statement to be a fabrication . The Adt wk ^ market was entirely . drained of goods , and many articles letc i' . higher nominal prices than at Port Philip , owing to the fe culation of the gold assayed in the colony .

      Earthquake At Santiago De Cuba. The West...

      EARTHQUAKE AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA . The West India mail in October invariably brings an ac ^ ° . ' some terrible convulsion of the elements in the West i » . ^ . Whirlwinds , hurricanes , or earthquakes , always visit that tr |^^ region in August or September , and so thickly studded is ti ribbean Sea with islands , that the full force of the destruense ^ ^ tations is usually felt on land , and on some unf orluim 1 le ^ te ot ob other their whole force is generally spent . This year the \ ^ ^^ the northern islands have been subjected to earth quakes o ^ y ^ alarming nature . At Jamaica , in particular , several terrime ^ ^ have been experienced ; but it is at the western end ot we

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23101852/page/2/