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EUROPE.
BY TVS NIAGARA'S MAIL*.
The iteamef Niagara arrired here from
Lirerpool and Halifax at 6 o'clock on Sat u
?Jaj morning. We give below what is impor?
tant in eur fi'es ?f European journals re?
ceived by her, along wi'Ji the letter of our
Paris correspondent
FRANCE.
rretrtss cT tbr fsnrpatloa an<l Other Matter.
CVrrMp< ??i?i.' f <>i Th* N. Y. Tribune
V Tauraday, Jan. 15, MM
. The Constitution appeared in this mor?
ning's M<j: "'*t. Without entering into a de?
tailed discussion of this document, it is era Mont
st once that the Oov eminent will not be i
least degree less dictatorial or irresponsible un?
der the new Constitution than before it. Not ft
whit less. The Praaidonl does not sign a way
one jot ur tittle of his extraordinary powers,
lie invests hie Senate and his Legislative Body
with no prerogatives which hi rnay not recall,
no powers which he may not revoke. The su.
presac authority rests with thd chief of the
State. It sutlers no interference, no let. M
rebuke from either Senator or Legislator. I
give the more salient points of this instrument,
without further comment, aa you will receive
it in fu'l ii> the rtrantat winch conveys this j
letter.
The I'KKsn-fcM can always appeal to the peo?
ple. Jle commands the land and sea forces, dc
clarea war, makes treaties) of peace, alliance and
commerce, appoints to all offices, ami makes all
the decrees nccesaary lor the execution ol th?;
laws. Justice is rendered in his name. He
alone am arayeii ?ste. Kvcry body in oflicc. ex?
cept the President, is to swear lidelity to the
Constitntion The President has the right to
designate, upon a secret record, the citizen
whom he recommends to the confidence of the
people, as his successor, in case of hi* death.
The Si'.na ri . which may consist ol one hun?
dred and ftlty inert.hers, but tor the first year
will contain only eighty, ? is composed of
the cardinals, the admirals, the marshals,
ami of such citizena as the President thinks
proper to elevate t<> the dignity ol Senator. The
Senators receive no salary and uro im novaMe.
fane* eeeesooM aria! nut i> asalssr. No law can he
passed without tin ir ( nope ratet o.
The 1 k<.i^i.ati v i Body is to be elected by uni?
versal sufl rag?1, aid by the secret\ote. There Will
be one deputy for every 35,000 voters, (about 2M
in all ) They are elected for six years, and re?
ceive no sitlaiy. Their sessions are public, but
may become private 01 the dOQtaad ol five ot the
ongaaheil They gag ontgttaMt 00 petitions frtuii
the people, which are to be addressed to the
Senate only. The PieSIBQBt convokes, ailiouriis.
?prorogura and daandtOI the Legislative Body
at his p'fastire.
The Cot at ii. ok Mi 11 consists of Irom tOtOofJ
mernbera appoint" tl by the President, and revoca?
ble by him Their sessions are preceded over by
him. They prt-pare the laws, aaata ail Jwvett'sw and
support them before the Senate aud Legislative
Body, in the name of the Govenuaent. The
Ministers taskaaj -1 i I., |o lac ('on m ii ol State.
The Caaatjtutioe will entei into force ami vigoi
on the tlay when the various bodies created by
it hold then iir*t aa don,
1 prefer lo leave the preenabU to its, Oueeti
tution to ho rend entire. It ]>. ijnite too remark?
able to sutler abbreviation or digest. Lotus \.i
polcon takes- in u Ute groined, thai as Fran
has lived lor fifty yearn under the administrative, I
?ulnare, judiciary, religious anil flnaarflal ?u
gam /.at ion of the Empire, it ought to return lo
the' political institutions ol that period
You heard fey th" leaf steamer ol the pros< rip
lion of about 90 members a( I he Ute National
Assembly. I could i\M lind, savin? the first day
or two alter ?he tippeaianc. ol the decree. that
it bad roused fejej deep sensation. Bui 1! canned
lie iicincii that apoa reflect ton, niter havings leal
upon it, the people begla to ?ppraehrta the act m
a ehflerent light, nml to look beyond the imme?
diate future to the remote COttOi um ncoa of the
inauguration ol such a system. The banish?
ment ol these cx-iepresoni.ttivcs has produced a i
pninfiil impression llvt r\ 0M buds some friend
oi acquaintance among tbe proscribed, and all
can pick out some one exile, whom daaaocracy,
or even socialism did not de- tie bettUhjaMl for
ita rebuke. The Iiovctn netit Organa akleg, mk
other motive than dire noooiaity, and the Crash'
ttdtonntl sympathizes earnestly N Ith the p ogu igt
gnel hat the " gOBQIUCS heart" ol the Pn si
dent i.iiisi have siirterivl when he found himself
compelled to ? xile a aeetaott Oj hil lel!o.v-cit
iz.ena. Several I Wfel 111 III Who h.r g Ihveaad
l.onle Napoleon throughout, hate deserted lOthe
enemy, 01 the pioinulgatioii of this me tsure ol
vengeance. Tbe aofeadari ol the Pro. lent
hii\e but one aigutiunt upon this Mib oct-that
he would nol banish men aaajsaet wlum no ac?
cusation could be brought or no guilt proved, an I
that wc may be sure that these M > \ laptoeflnla
tivos were involved m some horrible conspiracy
against seen ty or religion, or we should no: M i
Ihein figuring in a list ol i re>scrij>t.ons iaVlhe M n
Urn. Now, although a dictator is net agnectod
toaubuiil to the Joint s m civil courls or inilit.uv
councils, lie might at least aaafaaaj the decree ol
exile with his aaatiaea or In? proots When lie
puls e Department m a slate ol soigo. he wr.tos
thus: Consideuiig thai disturbances l ive
broken out m auch a place, ami that the civil
law? are insuibcienl tor the ft Mattel ban ol ei?
der, tho lVpaitmeiit is placed undor then'*/./^
of the state ot seige '' \Yhv does not Mr. Bo?
naparte gist- his reasons m like manner, foi the
eaile ol his countrymen, if lie haa any teas-sag '
t an he tu t sav ? ? Consttaring that Mr. So-aajuV
ao was cometn?d In a conspiracy agam>t the
State, ami that he can't dean it . considering
thai Mr Such on one had sworn to camun: m.c!i
horrible deeds that he is unlit to stay in the
country?the) are Mb of then I snished " But
the decree aajej y i atthai motive uor paagC M The
Council ol Ministem hnvmg heeji heard, these
pe^oris ?m rxr-.! . ?: li ?. \ c i.e ;> -ck .t. . ::
without leave, they will ho sent to Cayenne.*'
??i Course the- Government has no proofs ot" the
complicity ol these men in any crime eg iin>t
the S-.itc fast i ris, ?). ?-.v 11 n were lo be
brought te: trial fi r CQaWffjngj a^aui.-: the Pres
jth i.t . hut it was soon diacOTered that there
w?re no aroedg ?hatevei of the existencg t>f
auch a ctcspiracy. unit liny wore all teleeood
from tonlii.ei.il nt. \\t tiny are ucvrrlhcless
euleeJ. ami notoriously from juraoiial liislike, as
in the ca^e ol Changarnier. and pcrseinal tireail,
as in the cjsc ol Lamorivit re. Put as t fit r.s
of prosini? that sagfe ha>e been and wiil |aj ex
tied for the crime e?l having been rcoui'licaiis un
?Ii r a republican rt'^nue, ami of retaining their 1
lepullicanism through that r>gimr, let me re?
late the case of an liniiwduriJ. w ith which 1 hap
I en to be acquainted of my own personal
knowlceJge.
ThB jenlleman hj queation heltl a high and re
sroriMlIc office uneler the Provisional G.ivero
MMut. ar.i! rc ian.n! his aeeatioa for aoaae montha 1
nadai Leu.* Napoleon. But when the reaction
commerced, and the choking system of reprea. j
an n, a'ttrwara so fully carried out by M. Leon
Faurhf r.wasinantrurated, he reeigned.and cased
all relations with the members of the Government.
Offers were from"time to time made to him to in
duce him to join the Bonapartist party, but he
uniformly refused, and act to work to resumt*
the practice ot the medical profession. He has
learned, within ten days, that he is to he spe?
cially em'cd. and that hia name will either Bp.
rjf ar fan the next list of proscriptions published ,
in the if'T?t'ur, or that his banishment will be
? fleeted under the rose, and that he will be se?
cretly (onducted to the frontier. On receiving
tins intelligence, he went immediately to the
Minister ol the Interior, obtained an audience of
M. <ie Morny, who was many years ago hia
sehool-fdlow. The Minister told him frankly,
that he would not he allowed to remain in the
country unless he gave in bis adhesion to the
Prt ..lent and his Government. In order to give
I im a pecuniary motive to desert to the new or
der of things, and thus obtain sufferance to in?
habit hia native land, de Morny offered bun a
position as Censor of tl.e Press, with a salary o>
foTj, thousand francs a year. The gentle an
placed his hat upon his head, and left the room
'without cither word or sal.itat.on. It was bad
enmieh to receive the ofler of a bribe at all, but
employment in the infamous capacity of Censor
wa* worse than street-cleaning or rag-picki'i:\
So the exile, in anticipation, is squaring his
accounta a.id rni.kin;: his preparations for a
forced exit. The Government owe hnn lorty
ihoussnd francs, which they are extrem'*
ly loud to pay. But as he has the title
deeds in his possession, he hopes to he able to
raise perhaps twenty thousand francs upon them,
which will enable him to transfer his family and
his household gods to some growing and prom?
ising city on the bank* oi the Mississippi. His
wite, two daughters, and son not yetui bis teens,
hold themselves in readiness to follow the gen?
darmes that shall be senl to conduct UhSSfl across
the line. They might anticipate the decree ol
banishment nod fly of their own accord, hut they
preferth.it their exile he constrained und not
voluntary. I give Uns case as proving that the r
measures of proscription, so lar from being ne?
cessary and unavoidable, are merely retaliatory
and Mfsajftftti, as being directed against po?
litical opponents and open dishchovi rs in Mr
Bonaparte's " Heaven blest mission."
I find the following interesting details upon the
Royal families of F.uropc m a journal published
at Leipsic : There are forty-six sovereigns upon
the Continent, including the Kmperor ot Brazil'
who belongs to a Euiopean house. The Grand |
Duke ol Mecklinburg-t-trclitz is the oldest, j
having passed his 79d year. There is bit
one other who has entered hi* TOih year?the
King of Wirten,berg. Seven are betBreaa BO
and 78 years of age . thirteen betw M and 0 ?.
seven between-to and *>o ; ten between :t0 ami
?in, and seven between 10 and do. The average
age of the whole forty six on the 1st ot January.
IB9S, waa M yeara and 7 month-*. The sove?
reign who has reigned the longest is tho Prince
of Bchaumburg-Lippe ?M years in all, or 19 years
linos his majority. Eighteen have come to the
throne in the last ten years, ami two, the Prince
Ol*Lipps and t h'"K nig of Hanover, SQCCOOds I to
power in 1851.
?Seven out of the forty-six have never been
inarru d?namely ; the Pope, the Kmperor of
Aanrtrha, tin DwBm ,.i Bi ?mlik. eh* Prinoo? of
Reuss Sehlen/, oi Waldeck, and of Lipps, and
tin 'Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among the
rswsining thirty ains. ihsrsti are widowors: the
??'rund Duko ol Oldenburg lor the third time, the
King of the Belgians lor the second tune, and the
Daks ol Anhalt Dessau for the first tune, Two,
the King of Denmark and the Elector of IL - sc,
are married moiganaticaliy . and one, the Sultan,
ivcs in polygamy. I ate, the King ol Hanover.
s hopelessly blind.
Ten out of the th.rty nine sovereigns who are
mamed, or who have been so, have no children.
Twenty-six have sons who are heirs presump?
tive. Two thrones, that ol Brazil and that of
Spain, will dose, ml to daughters, as the Empe?
ror oi Brasil and the Queen of Spam have no
sons.
Ol the twenty-six hereditary Princes, several
are niained. The oldest is M years of age, and
the youngest?-the hereditary Grand Duke of
Meckuaaanj Schwerin?is nine month* oli
The PrioCQSa expectant Ol Spain is younger
still, how ever, having been onion the MXB of
December last
Eighteen of the toity-six sovereigns have no
descendants who can succeed them. Eleven
will ho succeeded hy their brothers; two-thc
King of Denmark and the Duke ol Modotta-'-by
their uncles, and one?the Elector of Hesse?by
Bis covain. Four-the Pope of Route, ths Dukes
of Brunswick and of Anhalt-Bcrnburg, an 1 the
Landgrave of Hesje Ho.i.buri: -have no eiescr:: 1
anls or collaterals who can succeed thorn.
It will be notici d th.it th' President o.' the
Fiench B Sp?hest is not Bacladad in this list. 1
hasten to repair ihe emission. Loail .V.poh\ i
Bonaparte was bom in Paris, in I SOS. and is
thereloro i.i years of age. No one knows wh i
bis successor will be. He has never been mar
md, though he has several children. He has
b st a child within the jiasl year. Mrs H >.v.ir 1,
I presume, i? tJasil .i.oiktr. He is understood i.,
ba looknip about tor an alliance with aoeaa royal
family, upon lav,.ruble term.-, it is tnpfOSt I
that he w ill ?ooii be <!, c an 1 BagperSf by the
army, upon the Champ de Mars, but this is not
offsaiaL He lodges at the Etyse'e, and uives par?
ties at the Tuilerics He ha.- a bag n. OOStac I i,
and when as is at the opera or the theatre, he
aarees H with his thumb aad li.-.ger. Neith
he not aajbejdy else i- sure whose aoa be is.
He psasas fot tats sob of Louis Bonaparte md
Honen*? . Imt many suspect that he s the lineal
descendant of NapOtBOB himself. If it take- ?
j B Be child to know its own father, how could
I 1*0 expect M. Bonaparte to know :.is |J4
an illegitimate brother, known to fame as If, De
Morny. Mnu-ier oi the Interior. Ii the geaea
logical tree oi the President were made out,
what a collection ol bare sinister, of blotted
scutcheons, and o't lozenges upside dow-. it
would be. Priam, or John of Leyden. eaald
' restSTBly ShOW as .air a bill of descent and de
sgayad
i The Coinn i-siom r dispatche! by the Enrich
I Government to San Francisco to superintend the
sxnu.g and establishment ol tho amisjiaals BSill
out l y the lottery o: the golden in-ots. was on
board the Amazon, and is among the BBasiBg
There is tiaw cnorgh yet. however, to Baad
anothe r in bis place, be lure the tu.c -hi, I ,., :
shall anive at the Golden Gate.
Since the suspension of the ^yaaiiB PM^r,
the iournala are at coming timorous, or in official
laugu-ge, prudent. The D<t?i, takes its leaders
regularly Horn BBS aBBaSBB* ol the day Before
snd La the P^U of yesterday, I noticed a rigor
ous editorial article taken bodily from the Rtvut
awBssiai'|iia,af April, J8?o. Lo.d Psaaarslugti
Bai was a god send to the French oun.i!?ta
and I am not sure that the gold mines oi Aus! j
trsha are not as fecund to the editors as the '
d?gcf i?. We have geographies of countries that
were rarely before heard of, and biographies of
individuals that have been long since forgotten.
The feudi, tons are fast getting unreadable from
their length, and police reports aud advertise
mentaare last inradmr tho '<?acubt*
page. Chinese lit* ature. politics in the Sand?
wich Islands, Califomn legislation, the climate
of Noukabiva. the atmosphere of Cayenne, are
now daily subjects of editorial treatment in the
Paris ournals.
This would scarcely seem a propitious moment
for the establishment of a new journal, but it i*
positively announced that M. ele Lamartine is
to return immediately from Macon ; that he is to
commence the publication of a weekly paper in
the place of the Conml'.'r du Pruple. It is to be
entirely historical, and lor the instruction o! the
least educated clas* ol the people. It will bear
the title of ihe Cimilitmtemr.
The Editors of Galignani's ?frt$'ng'r have re
ceived pc>sitive injunctions to copy no trlicles
from the English journals except such as arc fa?
vorable to Louis Napoleon and his COVTM. A
leader now and then from The ytnrninc Pott U
therefore the only London criticism trial I
are permitted to transfer to their col'i runs.
A notoriously Napoleonic journal states thai
during the removal oi the desks of the ex-Re
prcsentatives from the late National Assembly,
some rather curious papc-ra were found. In that
of a member of the Mountain, proposed by a
certain journalist as a candiJate for the Pre !
dency, was discovered a sort of prif>s<siondi foi,
in the handwriting Oi that gentleman? M. Efa>
daud, the carpenter, is meant. The spelling was
outrageous, and I hardly know how to imitate it
in English. The following is something like it,
however, "i air. a mann ov conviksimns: I
hav newer drunk the swott ol the people."
This is doubtless untrue, but as M. Nadau J is
exiled and cannot deary it, and could get nip.
per to publish a denial even if he wore bare, the
coiners of libels and slander ha\c a fair field for
the exercise of the ir profession.
Within the last fortnight, 1,200 Liberty trees
have been uprooted by tiie police an 1 the gen.
d'mnerf. in Paria Had the suburbs. Thelargeei
and finest was that planted by Louis lilanc in
the garden ol the Luxembourg. About 1,000 Ltt
i scriptions ol the Republican motte hive been
efTaced.
The Hotel de Vi le is to he brought int > im n >?
diate communication with thi Pfefi CtUIO of Po?
lice and the Ministry of the Interior by DJtOM
the electric telegraph.
The new coins hive appeared. l ive Crane
pieces are selling in the streets at ten s jus pre
mium. They do not give satisfaction, 1, ... ?
the head of Louis Napoleon is poorly done, an I
I understand that no further breite of the D v
currency will he made until another die can he
engraved. If we are to have the Empire in tb. i
course ol a fortnight, wc should think it as .\ I
to wait that event, instead of estab'i -hi ig ? 0OIQ
age which will so soon he out ol date.
The Directors ol the Custom-Ho'isp have (net
published a general mow of the coasting tn le
of France during the ye ar 1890. From this do ?
umcnt I extract a few of the more important de?
tails. The merchandise transported during the
j year 18?0 by coasting vessels Irom one part of
France to another amounted to J.OO'J.iKiU tuns,
being an increase of I per cent, upon the year
l?-W, and a decrease of 8 per cent, upon the ave?
rage of the five preceding years. This decrease
was at first attributed to the competition of the
\aiious lines of railroads which have been con
structed or opened during the la?t five years.
Out as no one instance could be found in whi :h
the dimi>nHffW could be traced to the action ol
any competing railroad, the cause was sought for
elsewhere. Owing to the scanty harreetgof I i
years 1845, 'lf>, and '47, the coasting vcisels
were largely employe! in cirryiti- brer" ">.is
freaj the points which were well supplied to
thome where the dearth was in ire severely lelt.
In'!!? and oil, on the contrary, th yield was
large? in all psrts of the territory, and the ( last?
ing trade in conseipionce appear-, to fall off.be.
cause ol this field ol usefulness being no longer
open.
Out of the IfitBfiOO tuns, repiaienlaaf the
whole shoie trade of the year, l,87o,(XK> were
carried by ships trading between ports in the
same sea, and IMyOOQ by vcssela plying between
poits in eJifTerent spas, as between Hfevge and
Bordeeoz, The trade (rem the ports oi the Day
of Biaooy to ihoaa oi the Mediterranean is on
the inciease, while that from the Mediterranean
to the Hay is sensibly declining lb per cent, of
the whole trade was tu wood for fuel, 11J per
i cent, planks and wood for building purposes
wive II pi r cent . breadstulis In per cent., sea,
salt !i |cr ceoat,eOaJ oj per cent , the. The
I titiinber ol teasels employed in the trade during
the year is not given, but the number of ship.
I loads is set down at Tl .Too, nnd the tu image of
the veaeele engag 1,447,000 tuns. atJMlLc
ui.ih i -loo,! that in this l.i-t item, the t iraaggV oi
aaejrivooet'l i-rei t .itc.l ^s oiten a.-it leaves the
; harbor with a fresh tmrgo. The coasting trade
in Fiance is an inapertanl clement in the oduca
i. "i Sailors for the high seas, and in the re?
cruitment of tin- navy. c B. r.
The \ew Can,iltntlaa.
The following is the ne w Constitution,
with its programme, as promulgated in tiie
MeenhaetJ of Jan. LV
Fane an ana ?Vaee, m aay greoiamatioa of the
Dacaaabar, I loyally expressed to you ?-:a: were,
iu iny opinion, tec viUl o.-.dit.ons of p.atr m
Y r?ine. I ha I not ihe preler. sion. so common in our
day a, of substituting a aereoa d theor\ to the ext?
ricate of ages. 1 ?cunnt. ob the contrary, svaat in
the neat were the best examples to follow, * itt
nun Lau gutu ihcui, wh ,t g^o? h ,d ro.-u.Md froiu
the ?
Hence 1 believed It logical to prefer th- prevjts
of p.nii;- to the ipecioi s egetnaM of men imbued
wnh abstia, t iJeas. [havetaken ?s a no 'e| thsse
aoltUeai institutions ?Lieh already, at the cam
mei.ceneitt ol this cent try. usder ana oK lusctreuai
star, es. have sUer.gin^red soeiat) whan shaken in
tu foaageatne, anu r.neu Fiuiicutoa litk-i deeree
of prosperity and ?randeur. I have uxen as a
tm eel thoie institutions nb- h, b stead of vannhme
..; tie erst breat of popular agilati-n, ha.e only been
oter-t.roni. ii;c ?hole of L ir-ve cult c na
ataitst us. 6
In a word. I have said to myse f, since France has
fjr the tart 30 years p-c,-ressed o> virtue of the ad
aateaWativa,asiatary.jadi bat religious, sodflnan
i cialertaniaati in of the lonsulvo a d cf i.u
pire. why should s.te not also dopt then . ,
stituttri s o: tbat ep>ca' Created by theexave m,nd,
it,niu,t 'o,:,.* that they bear ia thnaaelvesthasame
c! ara.-ter of aaliiaaelllj and pracu-al utiii'r.
j Indeed, a< i hare recalled to in^d ia my proi la
matiet our ex stirg society (aad it ts essential to
estash'bthe facti ? toUiag else than France re?
generate'! by the Kevo.uuou of 'eS. aad erganued
by the Emperor. Nothing ravare reini.es of the
aaycara rigutm than great rcuvuiac?n-ee and gveat
? twi.t'jtt. retail that wee team avgaataad has been
de.--.. \ t i bv Pie Hevoluti -n. a::d all wh:. h hae ->?ea
oigai.izfd sirce the Revolution. ea4 which is still in
eiisterce.fcas heen so through M aj raMB.
We Late no icnge: lj* eiuer jWJUtees. or p*yt
J'etat. or pa/iianictits. or uUeadants, or fanrers gen?
eral, or cutrs eat tome, Ol fe:d..l rights ?rpuril
egtd classes in the rx imstve losiessjon A civil -acl
military efEee?. or nOrent raligtoua jurisdiotioBs
, All tteia lafaiga, iaoompanble aim it.eJ.the Rev
olutn :i LiA lutjicted Ui a radical rtf irm. but it hvi
foutdtd nctlibg cefiaiuve. Abne trie First Coaflul
rentsblished uaity. nierarehy. and the tree princi?
ples of Coreument. They are agil] m lig r.
1 hua the aroaautratic . af France was conti lei
to prefect!, to sub-rnefects. to majors, r.i,o sajati
tilted aedtj to the Dtr? ctcral CommiMto:t. The de?
cision of affairs, en tne cintr^i v. etaaiartut Co in
cils. (rem Untre of the commune to thoie of toe de?
partment. Thas the magutracy wai atrengtheaad
bv the principle ef non-removal of jalgra, by the
aierveJiieal aracationof bat tnaaaalt Jutiics, reav
deit'i saner by the ex-u Cebbuio? of ihe au.i.ate
of each, rurvive- still. from the justice of peare np
ward to the Court ot Cassation.
In the same manner our admirable an v.-ial ty?
tctn the Baik i f France.the Badge! -ysew. tK.e
Court of Account*, the organiralon of tue ponce,
lid our military regulations, date iro n thieepoch
Forthe last titty rears it u the Cod* .\jpilt?u whi h
rules the intercuts of the cttircn? amora: tb*rn?elvee .
1 it is still the Cot i ? r I it welch rules tt?e relations no- ?
trteen the State and the ? h"r. h I
La'tlv The greater part of the mea?uret which,
deal a 1th the pr- greis of in urtn . cf commerce, of ,
letters, of the sciences, o' the ails, rom the reiiula- ;
tions of the Theatre Fr?.- ii? to ho-v of the Initi- I
tut?from the lnstitii'ion of the Pro hommes to the ;
creation of the Leg'on of Honor?hare been settled (
bv the decrees of t.iat thae
It may.therefore, be af?r nH thai th* rrime VOra
of our social edifice is the work of the F.mperor. and
has survived his fall and three revolutions
I Why then, sir.ee the-ir origin is the sime, should
rot the political inetitiithSBS hare an e^ual ch inre
of enduring'
My c-uovic'ic.n was lur.g since settled, and that is
-?by I hare sahmttted toc*nr Jodg ? -nt the pr-u ipal
bases of a Constitution norrowrd irom that of trio
Year VIII. Having received your approval, ther
are about to become the foundation cf our posBstiBl
Constitution.
Let ui examine in ?hat spult it is "ra'ire 1.
In oar country-, which has been monarchical f?r
the last N-0 year's,a centerof power nas alwajs I -en
on the increase. Royalty Beettoyad thai great v.i?
tals. revolutions have * at'ered the obstacles wht-h
ito^d tip sgain?t tre rar 1 and umfo-in exer. ise of
authoruy. In this cenraiizn-g rouutry publn opin?
ion has eonttaoally referrei even thin;, sooi or
evil, to the < Met of the Covernrneiit. Thus to
i write at tio heao of a oaa'ter 11 tt this Caief is lrre
rronnble is to teiie the puhti I fee n e . it is to desire
the establishment of a fiction which his tlree times ;
vani.-hed amid the am of re vol lti.ma.
Trie present CoastitUtKHt, o-i toe coiitrary pro?
claim* that the Chief whom von have elected stands
total you in a position of responsibility, that he Has
alaaya tie right cf appeal.nr SO >our soexreirn
u rr'netit in on er that, la t -iemn circumstances,
you may continue to n.n . or withdraw fixnn him,
your confidence.
Being responsible, his ic'iw mu-t be free aud
without uxpediaaeal. lie.1 -f re-u is trie o'digauon
of baviag Ministers, "ana t-tm.ll oe the honored and
pawa .-Ml ..u.:.i in .- ?>' t. - v e? -. h it who no lon;er
form a responsible council, composed Of mermers
answers ie 1 r ? ? h Other, %vi.o ?re a daily obstacle
to the priraie Impulse of the Chief ?f the Sta'e, the
axpgtsSsk i of a polity eaaaaatisg fr-.m the Chess*
bers, and therei ? ? 1 to frequent changes,
which an an obetaola to all ooosocatfyoBaeasaatto
the spplii atron <>r a regular systsaa
Nei tithe less, the higher a man it plated, the more
iiio? p ltd eat be is. The preaur the co.iSJeiice
plaoael la him by the | ? a e.ths ? its need has he of
enlighte i rd and ecnacientions advice. Hence the
creation i .' a Council o- Mate, h n cfortii tue real
soossOal of the G rrernueat,the fir>t viicel m the
machinery of our new organization, a reu lion of
practical man prepa ii.g laws in special comiuis
sior.s. dtSeUSaiBg them with closed doors, without
oratorical osteatatfoa'ti s goal ral asssmaiy,asrd pre?
senting them subsequently to the approbation of the
rsgtslattri bedy. I .ois the Got irnmsnt is free in
I iir u.nveuicnt ?aid caUahtOBOd in its pro-rev.
What now shall be las control exurcsed by the
! aBSCBtbllClf
I S t h ? i r w'. ?.' on. c? ?V ?:'> Leirishtiv?
I Body,Totes Itaxes It is elect*I by nai
; venal ii Brass without strafM it littt. Tae people
cBooeh s i ich o n 11 sts senar itely e in more satlly
appree a <" t>'e rastit of each ol lb
*nra Chamber il in fu!u*e t" b-r e n oaed of no
more than C^o rnembers. The*!* a fir* gua'antee
'or the traaqatlity of their dellb rrations, or '%e have
too often seen rtov.l ;> and the ardor ? f pvujns
mere, i !.. ?. in pro pot Ban to thair aaaaber.
Tic reports of the proesodtsgs of ths Chunber,
which enght to bastnict the nation, is no longer sab
muted asfi nnerlytet'ie party spirit of each to ir
ra! .the pubHcstic o Ol the re ord made by the Pr?s?
ident of the Chamber, is alone permitted. The Leg?
is, .tive Body freely discusses the law, adopts it or
rejects It: but it ear not introdaoe htsTrteeuy these
"UBeadmsBts wWch freqeeatly displace the eatirn
econorty i f a lyatem, uncl the while of ths prtmfive
project I'. r s'r' :^er reas m, tt has not t i
nsmcntsry inltlatl*ra, which sai the source >!
serfams abosi l, and which p."n;i::tcJ every d i
nbstimts himself oa every occasion for the
ment.t.t j r< leattog plana winch wereneitiie
nor matured
The Chamber heir-no longer in presence of t
Miii.su is, i Ld the bill being tupp mod by theorat ws
of the Council of Stite, time will not be wasted in
vain interpellations, in frivolous aceuaatioss, in pas?
sionate contests,Ol Which the only object was to
overthrow Ministen in orccr to supplant them.
Thus, then, the deliberations of the legislative bo \y
will be incapettdetu . but the causes of sterile agi?
tations will have bee n auppiesse-J by salutary delays
for even modification of the liw. The represen?
tatives of the nation will execute serious matters
matsroly.
Another Arsxn.blv t^tre" the rame of Senate. It
will be cc.ijH ltd of I hoes SlSBiSBts winch in ere-ry
country are cie?.,d Ii) lebitiuiiile iii'luences, an il
lesttioas same, fortune, talent, aiid amlnsnt aer
vices. Tne rsenate is no longer like the Chamber of
Peats, the pale rsflsotlon ot the Caasaaerof Depu?
ties? rape .t:hk at sa iuterval of sorno days the sa-ne
debates ii. aiiotiier kt-y. Ill t'.e de.o -itory of the
fUBdamsnti I Pact, sad <>f the liberties compatible
with the Ci nailtuiioi And it is only with respect
to the great pels iples an which oar -o--.etyiej.oiea
that n riaminei a 1} the laws, s d sroposst aew
oast I > thi Bzi niii; Po ver. it lataiferes eitncr
to solve t vtry gr^ve and difficult nnostfoa which
stay arise dunas the abseaos af the Logisbattrs
llooy. M to , gpuln ihe text of the Constitulion, and
to sei ore wh a H nect-s ary fonts progress. It has a
righttOannulSTSry arbitrary . tid illesal act, sad
thus enjoying that coMttUratioa which" is attached
to a boos exclusively oc upied in the examination of
great inter?s's. or the application of great p-incipler,
it fids in the t tat.- the in :rpendent salutary andean
ssirstivs part ej the SBcieal ParliaaasaAs
The nraate wOinot, Use the Chamber of Peca,
be trartfarn.ed into a Court of Justice , it will prc
stivc its character el Supreme Moderator, for dis
credit always attache? to political corps, when the
sanctumj ni the Lsaialatina boeomss ? arlssfaaal
tribunal. The impartiality of the judge is too often
culled in question . and he loses his pieilige in ptab
1 lie opinion, Which even sometimes accuse hi u of
betes tie lastnuBSst of passion and of hatred.
A High Court of Justice, chosen amongfjttic hirh
M-afiatrsey, hSTlsg fcr Junes the members of the
t o-ji.ci 0ticr.eralof.il Fran c, will aloM rsptaas
?tuti:|.-:s agaurst the Chief of the State,and public
safety. The Emperet said, to the Council of Brats,
" A Constitution is awash of ttma ; too large a apace
fog rreliorations cannot be left." Thua the pr as ll
ConstiliitKoi only fixe? what it w ts impossible to leave
' uncertain, h has not inclosed the destinies of a
j great people within a narrow end ISSBassahlS circle.
Ithositfta iiiffctcntly l.rre rpace for changes, In
I older that, IB moments of great eiises, there sfiall be
fi ad other atga iof sefsty than the ihtsatrous sz
I pedients cf r< voluticns.
The Senats n.:.y, in concert with the Oovermro-nt,
modify whatever is not fundamental in the Constitu?
tion hut aa to the modifications to he ntrodecod :a
the p'imsry bares, sanctioned by your suffrages, thry
I cannet beeeSBS ccr.nitivc until they have received
>our ratif; ution. Thus, the people rsmalas always
masierbf itst'ettmics. Nothing cf a f ndamental
nature is done independently of its will.
Such are the ideas, and such the princip'es, which
>ou aatborixed me to apply May this ( oasllintlos
pive our i oin.try Ir u' i'iilard prosperous davi' May
it prevent ih* re'".rs af those incttsantlnward. trug
gles. wh sa it t ries, however legitiuute, are al?
ways fcarlv purchased' May the sanction you
have g.ven to my efforts be bleised by Heaven! And
waeapencsshs 1 be rccurtd within and without,
aar Wiehes will be r-alSllc-d. my misalon a. -.?m
pltiihed ! ],()(is N ai oleom Bo.VAraHT!.
Pa.Ve o/ the TMiltnes. Jaa 11,1*52.
The iiliiwing is ?bt text of the * C'onstituMoii'
framed in virtue ot the powers delegated by the
Franca people to Lou.s Nssmlaoa Honaparte by
the vote of the SjBSJh. and 21st December, M6I
Tbr> Pn Mdent of the Repub'te, i-oaaidering that
the Frei ch people has been called to p:on< Jiice on
the followbsg resilntton. vz '-The peop'e wtsbas
I the malnter.arceof the authority of Louie Xapoieon
; >r-. u I r-"es t.-i.i ?b- ? e--e*?.rv p iweri to
te a CoreUtution i n tr.e btues eatabltshed in h:a
pn e imtti n of the id Desessber '? cons.deiing that
. the lasses proposed fag the acceptance of the people
! were
I A re ponnble Chief named for 1C years
I Miaisttis ettpendtnt on C.c Executive Power
I alore.
3 ACouaellef State formed of the most distin
prtdSBcd men, prepn.nrg tae lews and maintaining
t :e on ? -,-.L i oa thua in the Lagiatattva corp
4 \ L- ? .-'.re Coepe, d:- : ie?.ng and voting the
la-?.?, i.aroed by univeraal tuflrape.wlUuut tae s-rutm
ir ittte. wiieh faiai&es the election .
5. \ Be* i i tsscsahly, tamad of all the distln
gualed men of the loia'ry. a balancing power,
guardian of the fundamental pact, aad of the publr
nterrs s And ccnaidtrirg that the peoole have
arrwer'd rffirmatively by 7 W.OOO sutTragef.be
preomu .ates tae Consutui.on, the tenor of avhSch ta
as folio as. -?sw
BBCTION I.
Art. I ''"neCrnstitntionreco^r ^sg.c^Bjya,,,^
?? ax-tj-eea the utat ; r.i.c,pr'c'ajmed in l'b'j,
sasi wf: -h fr;m the tisii of tae p-iblic tigtls of the
Fru.ch recple.
BBCTlOlf q -i'oE"SOK the Co-.Ea.VJiEaTOI-- the
?BI*BBa?A
A;t 1 The Goverrmettof tae Fre-.ch Republic is
satruatig to lm ce Louis Nstsossoa Bonanaito ac
tual Prsstdentol the Republic, for 10 years
Art. 3. The Prendert of the Republic governs bv
qteaie cf the Minister-, the CeoSastl of State the
Baaate, and taafLa^rhuaaivt body '
.Vrt 4. Tt? Legulaure po* er n exercnal eollec
uvelj by the President of tat Repv;biic, the Senate
and the Legislative body. '
SECTION III-Of the PatsfDEsr or the
RErtBiic.
Art 5 The President of ti,e Repuh'.i ? ig responti
ble to the French pecpla to whom he has a'.wats a
right -o : I-reaL 1
AM t The Prendrat cf tLe Rep'.oiic is the Cnief
?f ihr State. He rr.rrm.ii c? l.e : n.J ?ad Mi forces,
der .kr?* war. rcueiuc?s "tatres ?f ftmt e, eo,.ti il
?i,<; ii n u eiru! aoisn- es. m.d u.aees lue mies eni
Ceercee for ihe eieculi n of the li*i.
All T Justice 11 ren r re 1 is his narre
Art K He ah ne he? ihe Utttettee of ihe le<*s
Alt V- lie hu tile rigij'. to pardon.
Alt 10. He sanctions and pteuulgates the iaws
and the Smaiu* ? untutta
Art II. He presents the Statt of affairs of the Kp
pti> o even yeat to Mm Senate and Loglalasivo
tons bv a rueieage.
ah It, He haa aught i? ' e-Iare the state of siege
in or r it several ? ? p irt. < ? ts, on ihe c >odi en of
Ieferring to the Senate v.i.i Itae shortestdelay Trie
rinscqtiefacee of the Itata of siege are regulated by
tbe law
Art IS. The Miniiters depend solely oa the Chief
rt 8ta*e Each is 'esp ipslb a OBll as tar as the acts
uf Ihe CeietanaH lesaiil him There is no solid
aritybetween them Teer eaa cnlyhe impeached
(mts en acvsitt;*n) hv the Senate.
Art. 14 The Ministers. Meuibersof the SenUe. the
: tire bo y,aadtheCeeedl of State, the of
c ersofite land and sea forces, the Masistrate?,
an! the public functionaries, tike the follosving
oath
I swear obedience to the Constitution and fidelity
to the Preesdeat.
Ait 15. a ffiaorai least i Ixet the sum allowed
annually to the Preident of the Republic for the en?
tire duration of his functions.
Art 16 Should the President of tiie Republic die
before the i ipiration of his olliee (mandcti.) the Sen?
ate eeerokea the nation to proceed to anew elec?
tion.
Art. 17. The chief of the State hv? a right by a se?
cret act deposited tn the archives of the State to
point out to t>ie people tue name of the citizen he
rr . I Beads :n tae interest of France to tbe confi
ttr.ee of the people srd to Its laHagQO.
\tt Is 1 DU] IM e.e> tun of tkeaea President of
ine Republic, the President of tbe Senate governs
with the concurrence of the .Ministers in office, who
form tr.eicatltes int.. a flillOfmiaaal Council, and de
lite talc by a n::-jor?ty of totes.
SECTION IV.-Or the Semite.
Art. 10. The ri.mber of the Senators ovaiiot ex
M ed IM It i? I\ec at N' f>r the first year
\rl ?." The Senate is composed ?1st, of the Car
(in a ?, Marshals. Admirals, 2d, of the Citizens whom
the I'lese'eu' of the Republic deems fit to elevate
to ihe dignity of Senator.
Art II The Senators ate not removable, and are
fcrlt'e.
Ait. at The functiona of Senator are grata
ttsr > aerertheleas, the Preaedent oi the Rspuniu
n .\ ice ord the Senators, by reaaon of the services
reads rt4( and of tlmr pout ion a>reipects fortune,
a personal conation, which shaR not exceed 30,ooof.
jearlv.
Ait Tie President aid Vice Presidents of the
Si: te are Bami d by the President of the Republic,
and chosen among the Senators. They are named
ferine \f r. 1 lie silary of the President of the
Senate is fixed bv a decree.
Art.'it The President of the Republic convokes
and proregves the Senate. He 1'txej the duration of
its icssioii by a decree. The sittings of the tea <'e
are not public
Art to. The Senate is the guardian of the funda?
mental pact and of the public liberties. No law can
he publ shed before bting submitted to it.
Air 2G The Senate oppoaes the publication?1st,
of lav s wir h mal I e eoi trarv to or affect the Cots
ttitntion.rt bjioa,morale,the [inert] of worship, the
',;? v ofpt tone, equaliij of cm/eiis bet?re tue
btwi inviolability of property, and the principle of
the imnaei htah'rv of the magistracy. 2. of those wh'ch
may er.i'ajiger the sa'fetv ol the territory.
lurl 17. The Senate regulates by a aTaaafai Can
*uitv? : 1. The Constitution of the colonies and of
Algen? 2. All that has set been provided for bythe
( on?t ttition, an t winch is necessary to its mainten
ai ee I he i igelt, lalioa of attielee of the Consti
Intian which may give rise lo various luterprela
tlOl s.
Art H Theie Isaann Cemeultet sha'l be submit
tni to the tai.ciu ;i of the Piesiuent of the Repablte,
sad i romuhteted bv hum
\t\ ya (he Senate maintains or annuls all the
acts which may be submitted to it as naconstttatioa
alb) tot Government, or doBOUOKOd for the same
eaaae la petitions from tue citizens.
Art.30. Iba Senate can. in a report addrensed to
? - President ol the Republic, fix the bases of pre*
? i ?? of law of great national interest.
\ t U. it cm alee props as moiideations tothe
itltuUon. If the preposition is adopted by the
i.l.ve Power, it is staled so by a tree fat I -
\ rt. H Ne vVajtaatlaM all rcodiricatiortof thefur.da
Bsoata) bases of tne Consttttltion snail bo subimtte 1
j to aaircnsJ raffrage, snsh ai they have boon pawn
; c .'.i d in tl e pri.e'.uiintiou of the 21 December, and
ai't pted In the Frerch people.
Ait HI! In care of the dissolution of the Lefftala
ttra Corpa,aad tiU aaotaai convocation, the Senate
on the p. opontion ot the President of the Republic,
provide by meistirei of urgency for all that la 00000*
.'ary for ci'rryfnj? on the miteiasaeat
SECTION V?Oc Till LlOMtVATtYt Coafs.
Ar'. ."J. The election has the population for
bass.
Ait. 3? There wi'l be one ttaputy to the Legisla?
tive Corps for e vi ry M 61 0 electors
Alt, SO The deputies are elected by umver?al suf
frage withniit theaeral?t ae hete.
Art .IT. They t o uoi rci eive any salary.
Art 3s. Thev are rsnied for mx years.
Art 3t?. The Legislative < 'ort a diet usseaand fatal
the pi ejects of law r.cd the tmpoits.
Ait.t'. Every aase neat aat adopted by the Com
?ion charged with the examination of a project of
law shad be sr;.f, ?* 111 out disCUMioa, to the Council
of Slate by the Pres! < ill of the Liais'attve Corps.
If ifce ami i mt al I ?? m t adopted by the Council of
Stale i' ? submitted to the debt eraltou of
the l.es'slative i orps.
Art II The orrlinsry ritthtff of the Let; -litive
Corps I Its lim i DKmthe . us sittings are puolin. but
the cemund eif Ire araaaherefe eaiBrleat for its re
sol vii ^ ltti II Into a secret i flOf itteo
vn The acooUBt of ihe proceedings of the
tttlfjgof the rt"t;isl live Corps given by the Jour?
nal?, or a: v i the r eh utael of p iblieation, shall c m
slat only of the rtprodaction at the miastte* fereels
i trial, area n oat a, the I lose of etna -ittinar by the
e 10 ' fthe Pretidenl Of the Legislative Corps.
Art ill. 'i he President aad Vice-President of the
Legislative i orps .ire named by the President of tho
Rei i bl e for er.e tear . they are chosen from among
the Depattee. Tne salaivof the President of the
LtgisUtivc Corps i> rxed bv a decree
ah.4i. Tim Htnisttrt ffeaaet be ateaaeereof tae
Legiilative Ccrps.
Art. 4j. The rifcht of petition is exeri ised as re?
tard! the Spi.ate. NopadtsOl eaa be addressed to
the Legislative <'err s.
Art 4'?. The PreateOasof the Republic convokes,
a'ljouirs. prorogues and dissolves the Legislative
Corps. In rare of dissolution, tho President of the
Republic is bound to convoke a new one within the
tenn of month*.
SL'< TION V*L?Of TUM COOWI iL oi Srsrit.
Kr< 47. The BfJtribet of Cio Councillors of State
inonl.nary sen.ee Is frees, into 50.
Art. IS, The Councillors oj Slate are aaaaed by
the Ptaetdeat of the Hepoblie, .<nd areJltaWe to re
?oral by him.
Alf.ee The Councilef State is presided over by
the Pre .dent o! thl Republic, and la his absence
by tbe person whom he iadicatOl as Vice-President
of the Ceaacil i f s.at*.
Art. M. The Council of State is chirged. under
the iireetteti of the Preaideat of the stepablle. to
draw up projects of law, and rejulttions of public
admiiiistiatloi, ;-td to resolve the difTi iultie" that
may arne in tnsttirsof k Iraiaiitrc.i ,n.
Ait si. It mafntalas, ha the aaeag of the fJovera
mer.t. the dieeasslofl of the projeetg of lew before
the Xirmte and tho Legislative Corp?. The Coun?
cillors of Stats charKcU to speak in the name of the
Government are apt ilntad hi the Pres.dentof the
Fepuilic.
Art yi. The salary oi' ca> h CaaaafOas of S:.,te is
25t< if.
Art U. Tho Mlaiaten have r^.nks, right of sitting,
and a dcfJbera'ive voice ia the Coum il of .S ate
SUCTION vii.?o> rantHrea Cocar or fvartee.
Art j4 A High Court of Justito judges without
appeal, or recourse to casra'.ton, all persons who
I hall be tent before it aeoutcd of crimes, attea.pt* or
plo's agairst the President of the Republic, aad
against the internal and external sa'ety of t??e si .ate.
It eaaaet he oonrcaed. fcut in vutueof aI).;ereeof
the President of the Republic.
Ait 15. t. bei.atm-Co.itulte shall de'.erm.nc t'.:
orgar irat.on of that High < ourL
SBCTIOJI WU.-cenebil A> D TbaV-ITOEY PbO
risioss.
Art. Tha proviitona of the codes, rules, aid
regulations now exn-tmr wlj .ii are not oppoaed to
the pretent Constitution, reman in vigor until ncy
be legally abrogated.
Art. 57. A l/.w ahail determine the municipal or
.'?i i Ith n. The Mayor ah 1 :>e na nel by 11< Ii .
et'.lite Power, and shall be taken froai w.thoit the
Municipal Ceanctl
Art. SB. The prerect ronsllluthaj shall Le m vi^ror
to cat* from the day when the Great Powers of ihe
State organized by it shall be constituted. The de?
crees irsued br the President of the Repubbc it
comrrrnce with the U Deeeaaher. to tha preier.t
ifiio?:. ih..:i have all the for^e of Un.
Done at the Palaee of the Tutleries 11th Jaaatary.
Lot iv MxroLcos B i.vArABTE
Seen and signed w.tb tie Great Sea!,
E. Roiiier, Iiee;>er of tae Seals.
Louis Napoleon"! .'?larrisse.
J"reia The Lon?e a Times.
i or toriie time befejn; the late coup d tUU
con mir,:c?t;oi.?.h.iabc*ogo:!ig 0n between the Prat
itftnt and titietn Coiiitiiaof Sp un, with a view na
rrmiage between himself aad one of tne daughte r of
Her Majesty br her second hesband, Munos ; an 1 if
v e are not avisinformed. some peeiiniary advar.eej
had actually preceded this matrimonial eootract
Hcwtver this may be, the negotiati-m has now been
LXv?? cff?the fuor.ey rtpatd, and the Elect of the
.'Ctn December now looks for a consort among the
legitimate iisue of the crowned heads of H
Ihe Court to whicn the attention of Louis M ,
haa been nsturally directed is th.itot ' ,foi
l^ueen of Sweden is a daughter of Eugene liea i tat
nais. married to Kief Oscar, the son of Bern .d .t;e
ud their d.r.ehter, the Princees Charlotte Lueeaie
I
rf Sweden, ?* ?ai.! V. br^he obyect n f ih ? pro oeae!
We e'o tot pro era t- br iMitatcd i . t .? se ret* of
the Tu:ioii?s, ami ?? always receive mUa asset |L)V
puion repeim w hich are ?o p a imo i .- ?jfI#..
ihcmsel'ct r?a ni? to the lua*- nation. But at tuia
grotitu * lor beUe vug that la ininft?ujL, -.at ?,?
tutu nmactaallt r* foot; ?aj rorteii ? | w00\.
fce Clff ; Vill for I Ml;? N ? e*>o ?.. ?? { 4 m
imitaSle mam* *e Tai pris ???? ttto toe leeatv
teccnd >< ?r, and tin* b? c..i..<red to ? t . eich i?
Iktt de# ?? it frota beak father tutet ? -.t,.- s,aoirt,
B<r n>iA :othes i e servitor oe tl.e Imp*:!*!ortuets
who presemd h.? t.'ir i e> tt the expert- ot nie ei'
legiaace to the Prenca B aspire; tad ? t .* rreten"
rime of the Imperial dyaeety are to t. renvadba
our generation it *???>?: i. > agon ton ^ucai
justice that they shoaid l- r- , r. . - the .le
aceaahuHe of ttoi re pa iatrd Joeeokto? Pottujaaajja
not often gorerted, ho*t ?er, h? aaeh rnaalBllg coo
an'traikn.-. iLi in ratotuca that ston as it reaches
us aro await ita fartaer coaf i i oas at least
the merit of eiTorcmg aoaie little variety to the
dreary an! rotwM Bl lOOOtdaof opnie- UM and er
!itrary poaer aalcta te*; Utereaatog B r le.ie dar
b> day upon every u -e ligeSH profession and every
independent ciais la the Frcnh BCvUaa; ..ml we
ahaliwatooaaa tha mairiafe i>f L >u:> N . .'.eon if it
induces h i,i to ai.<? .-ri.aiera'iou and iuoUUy to Bar
Coveminent Laataod ol maintalaiaf its rrsohitioa
ary erharacier by domestic proscriptica* aal ty foc?
ean aggiras.i n.
? e
Dupin ih* Informr-r
WiPMt?OAV K aaivo.
I havr heart! to-dav, from .1 (>ertiou\
reliable source, a tinguUr and highlr taa 1 >rtant fact,
but so etrange a* to siarile be'ie*. Pat trar?i a time
wbos Baarrau are eke p. nut ir 1 rui rajeaytaai ad
the reports WktoS hnve reached rue on acco int of
their extraorCinary nature. I shoi t.l ka?e o rutted
much that has tinned out riuKe true Oi the morn
irg of the C'n.ji d'rtut Monsergaear * h A ch
bishop of Pari?, aud a Mcactast tu;; ru-rof tae
moderate rOPOb M n party, is sa d to Save oddresaed
a letter to If.Dupin, wherein he oft-rid h m tha
churrh cf Notre Da ae for the Asre nbly t-^ neet a.
The isolated poottk B?I iBlo cathedral wo ild have
rendered it a hich:y rateable post If the nstioial
guard or any petttotl Of IhetVtsWM hat << ??Ier?*?l m
favor of the As-cniMy The Ar hblsho,- or!end
to meet the Board ol the Aaaaaahly an4.'a* Iteore
tentative* as a ?overtt^n pa wer, at tha I *ad of his
clergy in process-on, at the iinnc'pii 'ioorof the
church, ar. Dupm retoraed no ac*?er * Caterer to
these overflies u hi' r'? \ \ -. u -t-cepted,
might have given o lite a ditfereDt turn to the
events cf the day 1 regret to luve? to report the
eeeiuel but of 1 -11 lathi ItttarV tu ??nuttoo
little reason to Count. M Daptn li tarn '?? hare be?
trayed the teuer of lb.' hit ftbnhop to I.outs N?.
poleoD, and thus 1 . ?' >!'.- -<-o w.t'i the power to
which he had dottag Ike past year atarUfeeted .
siderable opposittoo,and seemed bis m? nteaaaee
in the post of Projureur Ceueral of tr?r? t'eartef
Cassation, whn li ig in the gifl oi the I 1-14 .cut. U :t
the itory of treuchfrr doeaBOtead l"-i? I' e !??,
ter is sai l to ha\e been tent to Rome, hi ? \ re.,4eit
from the Kreuch goveramei 11? tie I've, to appoint
aeoaaUutorto sttparw lethepreaeal Ar.'hbiaaS?aha
the administration of h s diocese. Tan raqaestB
motived up. n the ftrouud thit Mont i-ii^ur Sibour,
la writing auch a letter to the Pre si-tent of thi As
aaaably. oaoeedod the faactlema of hie opt it.nip*,*,
er. and encroached upon the t? inporai a ithority of
the State \\ h t may be the answer of h*l Ho iness
to this leqoeet is net yet Known. But it is said to he
mpported by ell the leioeaee of the Jetatte, who
heartily detest the liberal doetrtBCe and i .di'j eodent
nkaracter of tue Arckoisho? of Paris
Miai ellanenna.
aaroai n rut pbbbibbbt otthk aartauc.
|f. LB PBjBBIMBT In virtm- of |hj ordi?
nance of the B9th Decen her, lt-3:. the oil: lersa Uh?r
lied to pnx-eed abroad 1000 all right t?tin-ir pay
C( naidennn the*, t. al pn-i'uui o( (.r ,-raia Plun
garner, De Lanier n-n re, Dedeau, and Leflo, rennved
t re femj era from the r*reM b tarrtton m . irtue of the
deeree ol the y-h ins:, 1 have the honor to presoee
to you to decide tkal thoaa general oilkertshall re
ceive, as a matter ot caceptton, (run the '.'it llecem
bt r last, the pay of tfisswM*i itr ol their raoks, in the
eonntrtei usigncd to them, or ?hicri ihey toay
have> chosen for their retnience
The payment shsll boetfected intTth-i hmdtof
the persons furnlsbad with their powers of vuorney.
(BlgBOd) A OBBt. Aatei 11. MinUter of War
(Approved) I. .N \ 1 011 on, Presiiintof the Repohlle.
7'iori, Jon 11 ij)ij.
The Muuttcurcontains 1 dt CI l< '<f which
the prBtefples of the law of 1'ranee, regarding tue
expropriation of priva'e property NM stats pir
poies, are e xti nded to the 1'rench col-uir of G01 >ua
iin (irociaination of the PrBSlJasBj of
the Re,"if>lic and the 1 onstiiution were posted up
wph pn fiinon tfl all theqesttorsOf P.'.ru, which
continues p-rfectly Iran j-i-l.
Antoii: other leporfs of* the ?iav, BBB is
that Ihfc Pie' dei-ey of the Seiiate'w.ll?he guen to
? Port a' is, in ot Pre?, lei t of the Court ot Casaa
tion who in such ease will be loecceded in bis im
poitimt fuccuoi s I v 01 e of the mov. eminent j mi
conioJta oi Prance, M. Troploag, setasUy PhB
PresUeat of lae Cowl of \pp*ui u. Pans. Itn
also believed that the ofl e of PrasldSSIt of the Le?
gislative Corps will be conferred on M It troche,
who was placed by the Pre .debt at the btsd cf the
Coi iiUtative 1 lommisatoa on the 3d uln
Dutinfl the whole of this day and yester?
day, the Nctional Qoards (out of uniform, of course)
were emplovrd in deltveainir their arii? at th*
?tallies ol their r. . tiv.: .orondisimente. in pur?
suance of the decree of the President ol ihr K?pu>
lie to that etlrct. 1 he operatt .11 continues to bs
performed witn regularity.
It is stated that M. BmUa Girrardin, who
ia in-hided in the list of persona temporarily ex?
pelled from France, leaves Paris this evenlug.ta
pursuance of an official rotifVatron ma In to hi en to
that effect. Pe proceed* first to Belgium, aad
thence, it is IBM), to London.
Tm MotUttMV |iub!ia!ies the tetums of
the dire et sad il dhri ot t...xer and re*emie*of l-'raBi-*
La IUI, of whnn the foliowuirf are the unfereat
m mr
Rigiftrv ; id roo.-tga^aduties, A;c.fPO.Vlh000
Stump duties. SI,H73,iaW
Import duties on corn. O.OSI
In port duties on n erchnni'ize. M.HTO.OOO
Import <li tie* I'll < blamial aogara. tl0.3?,i>*?
I? portduties on foreign sugars. . lo.triO UOf)
I m ort duties. 3,o7i,000
Navitation duua. 2,95UJkl
MlaeellaaeOBS i uaioms duties aud MV
er.res. ?i.Ttrft.OO?
Halt dattos. MaotJg
Duty on li-;iioiff. . 101 35?,iJf?
Duty on damcal far. 3n 504,otx>
Sundry duties ar.ei rece pts. io|:i7,000
Sa e of Tobaoeo, Ac. IM JoJ.Oto
sale of gaapowder. f?,o7<, w)o
POStSgeM lttterf. 3t?,.VW,000
Duty of i per cti t on ?be transmiftioo
0l money through the Pott office. \,M2,M
Duty cnn.erchandize.a.id gold and tdver
aitieles,by mail psaSketS. 12S0S0
i- area in mall coaches. ^-JJJ
Parts ia mail packata.. i,oaa.ws
'' rar ?itduty on forugn corie'pondence. ^MaaO
i- tdry raosapsi. ISfiS
Total.f.::i7"8l.10?o
The direct am Indirecttaxea am! revenues had
1 ?? -.. <?'!. in isi?. 7m ret ? : t.i
l(.Of. There was, accm- ir-a'v. an intno-e ?n ISM,
<t mpared with if to, of 3fl,l3oj30i?f, and, atrefBSOB
|fJM,eo1mtoutien of tSB.OOOf The if--..var. aoe>
ever, observes that a sun of fl IW.seBf ?tili remained
t<> he rerovered on th- .Hit December Ift.sothst
the- whole of ..r reeeipti r?r l*ol ..ill aimwalt?
: i tei.ofjsf. ,
Theeurmer-' ' n Curing the I ret months ef aBa
< "iilcn p| 1--0 e .-'rir. , r.nr. n-ie during the
the last qn -i r there was a diminution In the re
r;;jt.?of I lOO.COtThe diminution du'irg the test
qoarter.aseomparod with 1150, was atill grciter,
asBoeaatiagto i...;^11''.. while there h?d been ak
aiiasseatalinn, curiag inc lir^t tine montr.s, of It,*
.?.'.3,i r> r
Tr e cirri I tsi. e. Ueeted down to I'nr 31st l)e?iee>
ber. Ikel, amoarted toK0Bih9,00Of, leiring 3-J.aiSe
Ui f to te rrcor'- ed at that date in <-r.!er to COST
j fete the mm tctsl- 4P2,H7 CTOf.
i I A I.V.
We. Icani fr B !sQrjnof UUl]Cf j4t# Ja?.
4 tkaiOh tad OceSaSoB Of Ke? Year ?'ay. i'eneral
Gemaau pretested the cBlears ef tta Fpnca armr
to the Papa, gad v.dreastd to His ii^lintu the fol?
lowing speech
"For the in ad i .,e I obtain Xu'. hinor cf
preientisg to the Sovereign PoBtifl the respeslaraf
di roti -i.eij of the nxr-y of o^cupstim ; I nay so a*
sod to it the axpra 1 net Ha sincara i.r?tiiude for
the paternal toll, iti.de witu which roar HeUee?
has honored the French acldior. Trie diriatoa ef
OccopsBon is Sjuioru io abotv ittelf worthy of ae
high a lav01 b. the 1 ..u set :u srsj >i it .mderstavls
its tutu-. r-no 1 , ts ertih ti perform u<ai wed.
Both ckiefa and soldiers kaow thsl the eyes of the
whole word ar<- fjicd on tm- Frei, h in. i> a; Koni,
and thiaideacaila for the s?est ?-?noui ssfaaBBBBa
I very ore Isperseadesl Uat, whatever way Use
p'acel erea u r. Fiance will always preee-re asoae
of B01 v - n pr?cii U glo.ica '.hat o' l.arirg SS<>
la Itakcd the Pot e .a tn< ca^.ul of the faria:I*a
an t'.' and that i > eoinpiet-? *i:i*jlory. :a? *r uy af
i.i',. -:oa .0. . ? ? r.s at
Unuveand vi : im tinel.whohas sahwtrs*sB>
word "ptudence si 11 ri*,.?-i, tevotedrxai and vea
erallot ' V.? c 1 remain firm In th?
which this eor.v 'l-n h<rs marked ont for US. Iftas
everts * n .-o 1 fri | ? tea place v- .uld csow
any agitat .n l e i. we are r-ady, and we waBsTBtB
c.Jnr.ifs, bat wrh resolution, sin*e France ?ss
confided toe* at K..i 1 ? Ih t '. witai n of *e uriai.
ev,nat the pel e esf ear r,?.. l. the p-r-ierration01
tiegreetett print l; ?i wbh aihce 1? in the wsrss.
If this mir tion :'. ' :d heeoa-e d,tli -utt, it ttillsBsa
(*ee'e aasis nee fcc we't fuliilled. It t? *tith mx*
senthneLte ti.. r, . r.ne^ the wisass
which we capri 1 it 1 ear on the sasse day-^g
' ' ? -i world may losg
jie-?iie 1. il ,. of Pias IX, areaa
ehe,by as irai j > cm s, Laited to the ssestaBBBa*