The New York Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1858, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7829. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE AND ASIA IMPORTANT FROM CHINA. The British Ultimatum to the Chinese. AMERICAN MEDIATION ACCEPTED, ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN ITALY @pening of the French Legislative Assembly. SPEECH OF NAPOLEON, More Repressive Measures inFrance Trial of the Would-be Assassins of the Emperor. Bemands on the British Government to Expel the French Refugees. Will the Continent Combine Against England? WIPROVEMENT IN CONSOLS AND COTTON. Continued Increase ef Bullion to the Bank of England, &e., ‘The Conard mail steamship Arabia, Captain Stone, arrived at this port at balf-peat nine o’clock last night. She left Liverpool on Saturday, the 23d ult.—the hour not mentioned. Among her passengers we notice the name of the Hen. William Ballard Preston, the special commis- eéoner from Virginia to Europe to make arrangements fer @ steam line between Norfolk and some port in Eorope. It bas already been announced that he hw succeeded in effecting an arrangement with the Paris aod New Orleans Railroad in France. We see no allusion to the Leviathan, and therefore presume that the destina- tion of that vessel has not been changed by the mission of Mr. Preston. ‘The financial and commercial news is interesting. Congols bad advanced from 94%, a 94% to 95 a 9534 for money. Cotton had gone up one-quarter of a penny per pound, wmh pretty large sales. The Bank of England rates remain unchanged. The bul- ion had increased £1,080 000. The Bank of Pruseia hed furtber reduced its rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent. ‘The Bank of Be!gium had reduced its rates of discount to 404% per cent. The suspension bas been announced of Mesers. Chas. ‘Walton & Sons, shipowners and ship insurance brokers, Londen, with Nabi ities estimated at £95,900, The stoppage of Messrs. Clark, Plummer & Co., of New- eastleon-Tyne, i# announced The liabilities are esti- mated at £200,000, and the closing of their flax mill will throw 800 persone out of employment. Serious failnres had occarred at Marseilles. Tho princi- pal in that of the house of A. Duclos, in the South Amori- can hide trade, with liabilities estimated at more than £800,000. Marreities leyers mention further failures, including that of the hovse of Conte, Mes Aine Freres. The Chambere of Commerce of Austria have almost unanimously declared in favor of the abolition of the omury laws and for free trade, Advices from Constan‘inople state that it had been re- solved to este blish a credit for an issue of eleven milli pounds, 6 per cent stock, on the 15th of March, to redeem the floating debt of the Sultan and the government, with the exception of the paper circulation. The statistics of employment at Manchester and in the wanufacturing districts goneraily, shows a continued in provement In the operations of the various mills, &e. American recarities slow of sale, but prices unaltered There is a week's later news from India. It is coim portant except as showing the continued defeats of the redele. The dignity of a Baronet bad been conferred upon the eon of General Havelock, and bis (the General's) widow had been officially declared entitled to all the honors which sbe would have eajoyed had her husband sur. vived. The Court of Directors of the Fast India Company had drawn up a lengthy petition to Parliament against the transfer of the government of India to the Britivh crown. Eventa in China were reaching a bead, Lord gin had went bis ultimatum to Yeb. The London News of the 2ist alt. contains an editorial en the Kaneas and (Genera!) Walker imbroglioe in the United States. It says— Mr, Buchanan's Southern advisers, it is anderston!, die laim the policy of the “fire eaters,” and are loss anxious w the introduction of slavery into Kansas than to drivg democratic party completely under tocir yoke, tm preparation for a proslavery ¥ in the critical election of 1860. policy accordingly is to let down the subject of Kanuas as gently ax possible, while the northern republican party are striving to keep it up. ‘The Manchester Guardian of the the 20th ultimo, speak. ing of General Walker, says — General Care is enid to bave given Walker the frieuily ps be he, of Stave and to have dismissed him from custody. His so ie a virtual alight to and din- vowal af Oommotore Paulding; but the disgrace rests with the populace courting minister, not with the couse: eotious sailor. We trust the cext mail will bring ua word that Mr Buchanan bas been moredigoitied and nwre upright than his prime minister, and that the report of his intention to defend Commodore ing and repudiate tao ‘libusters will be confirmed. The French Legislative Assembly had been opened by Kapoleon in along speech, in which be alluded to more repressive measures, Four Italians who attempted his Hife are to be tried this month. In France, the Revue de Paris and the newspaper I+ Spectatenr (formerly the Assemblée Nationale) have been suppressed for the pub.ication of articles upholding re- publican principles. The conductors of the Fata/ette newepaper have been condemned to two months im- prisonment and 500 francs fine, “ for an outrage on public morale and religion.”” The Paris Monitewr announces that the Relgian govern. ment intends prosecuting the newspapers Le Drapau and Ls Crocodile, for their objectionable remarks on the at tempted agrarsination. In a bil! before the Belgian Chambers there are clauses which authorise the governm: ot to prosmoute ex officio, the accomplices of attempts against the lives of foreiga eovereigns The Belgian government has agree! to allow French Commisaton to ait in Melginm to inquire concern. ing the refugees there, and will compel the attendance of witnesses. Accounts had reached Paris of the landing of 200 ‘ari nians at Aucona, and of their attempt to surprise the Aus- trian garrison, Many were kAled and others mado &e., &e. Feauvities in honor of the approach.ng naptials of the Princess Royal were the dominant top. A great array of distingniabed visiters from the continent, including the King of the Relgians and numerous Prussian princes, were the gueete of ihe British Court. State batis, concerts and banquets at Frickingham Palace and fostival performances at Her Majesty's Theatre followed each other in rapid suc oeasion. The Prince of Prussia arrived in Englaad on the 19th ult, on his way to court to claim his royal bride. The Madrid Eepana says that Spain has detinitely re eolved to take part in the projected expedition against Cochin China, and that «he will employ in it 1,400 in’antry and a battery of artillery from the garrisons of the Pimlippine Islands, It i@ stated that the arrests which had boon effected, ant which were of men Coted for violent democratic opinions, took place in consequence of the seizure of letters from Vareneit, announcing that some deeperadoes were about to aseemble in Ma ‘rid, in order, im conjunction with the demagogues there, to create disturbances, From Vienna we learn that very acrimonioye correspon - MORNING EDITION-— Moco ia said to he taking place between the Fremch and Avetrian governments on the subject of the [rea naviga- tion of the Danube, Con iderable sensation had been created by the confiscation of a number of the Ovster- Te@chische Zeitung on account of an article cn th) com mercial academy—the said article being generalty re- garded as wholly inoffensive, and having beon written at the inetigation of the Ministor of Finances. The con Ysca- ‘thon is attritnted to Count Baoi’s efforts to gag the press, Tt i@ apmounced that a compromise, offered by the Emperor of the French in the aflair of the Danubian Principaltties, has been f orably received by the Powers opposed to the unfon, and it is ox) cted that it will bo adopted. The French government in this last preposition is #aid to bave considerably’ modified its original opinions, with the hope of an honorable conclusion to the diffloulty. ‘Tho Porte was about to concentrate more troops on tho Danube on account of the agitation which tho project for emancipating the serfs causes among the Christians of Turkey. A letter from St. Petersburg of tho 6th ult. states that the nobility of the governments of Moscow and Kharkov have made known that they are ready to realize the in- tentions of the Emperor as regards the emancipation of the peasants. The declarations made by these two go- vernments are the more Important as they give the sig- nal for emancipation in Russia properly so culled. The example of the nobility of Moscow will pu: an end to the resistance which these projects of reform have hitherto met with in the interior of the country. A French paper states it as a remericable fact that the emigration of French laborers, artizens and others, has almost been exclusively directed to Algeria during the part year, in preference to Kurepe and America; and even California and Australia, with all their gold attrac tions, seem by the statietics to have been almost over. looked. The majority of emigrants to Africa are of tho agricultural class, and their advent to that long neglected | soil will no doubt turn out to be not only beneticial to the natives, but also to the territoral revenues of France. From the budget of the State of Tuscany for the pre- went year, the expenditure t put down at 38,863,365¢., and the revenue 38,870,100f. ‘The funeral ceremonies of Marshal Kadetzky were cele- drated with great pomp at Vienna on the 18th January, the emperor heading the large body of troops which took Part in the proceedings. . Mr. Francis Sousada bas been appointed British consul at Boston. Mr. Trousdal!, American Minister at Rio, had arrived in Pugland. The first batch of African immigrants under the new contract made by the French government arrived at Mar tinique recently. Symptoma of discontent had been manifested amovg the Africans on the island, end an at tempt at flight to St. Lacia had been discovered oa one of the estates. ‘The Duke of Devonshire has dicd in England, of paralysis. The Countess of Morny had been confined of a son, in Paris. Heavy gales had prevailed around the Foglish coasts, aad sundry marine disasters ere seporied, bo! ne Ameri- can vescels igure in the list. The Ariel had arrived at Liverpool for repairs. The Persia arrived out om the 1th, and the Arago on the 21 at, The screw steamship Tweedside, from New Orivans ‘with @ cargo of cotton, arrived at Liverpool on the 20th ult. INTERESTING FROM FRANCE. Opening of the French Chambers—Napoleon's Speech—What is Thought of the Attemptod Assassination, den, . - SPERCH OF THE EMPEROR. Napoleon opened the Chambers on Monday, January 18, The Emperor spoke aa follows:— Gepvemen, & nators, aud Leputies— At the annual meeting of the Chambers I render you an account of What bas taken place during your absence, and Lask your support for the measures to be taken. nce last year’ the goverurent has followed and march, exempt from ail vain ostemmtion. nded thet to govern Francs it was ary continually to kee; the public mind alive with e great thea 8 reg lar md to de anfived to doieg what goverpmeut bas y afferent branches of the ad- most neceseary te of agriculture, the exporiation of and on from grain, have again been wuthorized supportof the bank has given support to th The cultivation of the landes has com- the ed interest 100 kilometres of y granted for construction; ng dock of S.. Nazaire, and the conal from Caen care: | surveye made to prevent (be scourge of inundations: improve- # of © and among others of Havre, Marseilles, Toulon end Bayonne; in the worth and in the eset of France the working of new coal mines: geration of the L wt Paris the inan. and of a wang at Vincennes; Ooally, sat Lyons, quarters thrown open for the first t juries to the light of day, and throughout France religious odifions are begag coastructed or restored. Tablie ins’ action, protected by the State, is being de- veloped by the site of freo education honorably protocted, The number colleges bas been increase? by 1,5¢ Education hecome More moral anc relly ur wi towarda sound humanities and useful ences, ‘ollege of France haa been re-organ'ved; elementary inetruction is spreading far. It is the wish of the goverpment that the principle of om of worship thal! be sincerely admitad, without otting that the Rowan Catholte reiigion is that of the great majority of Frepebmen. Therefore, this religion hag never been more r Ror moro lod. ‘The Mruielpal Goonelis meet without hindranee, and the Bishops epjoy the full plentitade of their sacrea office. The Tatheran, Protestant, aod Jewish confession rey their just Proportion of taxes to the State, and are equally x’ The inerense in the price of all necessaries Conte pelied us since last year lo augment the salaries of the lesger functionaries; tbe rations of the soldi *s have been improved and the pay of subalterns increased ¢ budget of 1859 provides for better oy for teachers and profeesors and for magistrates. 1 may point out an increase of charitable societioa—in the couniry those of the medical corporations, and in the towns the extablichment of soup-kitehers. One t.illion hag been distributed in relief of the populations which have suffered most from want of work The buoget of 1859, which will be laid before you, will show a balance In favor of receipts, and the action of the sinking fond can be renewed. On the close of accounts a the foatiog debt was assured. Commerce: ered a check, but the firm position it took op of what may be termed a universal crisis is, in the eyes of sti, an hororfor France, an economical principles advieed by the gove commerce, fhances and credit ‘The inerenee of direct and indirect revenne during the Fest year wae 30,000,000F, Among the varjone billg which will be eubmlited to you of general interest | may mention a law on patente, a new military and naval code, @ proposal to emptoy the 20,000,- 000f, remaining from the loans on works to guard the towrs against inerdations Algeria connected with France by the electric wire, bas afforded new glory to our troops by the submission of Kabylia, That expedition, ektifally planned and vigor- ovsly executed, bas completed our dc ainaven, ro army, which bas no more enemies to ororcome, will have to etrogele against new duficultios in constructing rail- Way s, 80 necereary for the devclopemcut of the prosperity of Our colony. In France the army will find in the camp of Chatons a grand school, which will keep up the military spirit and standard at the high level it py Pe a The Emperor Napoleon neathed to hin ancient companions mm glory his private and other pro perty. Under the Restoration it was absorbed by tho State. Tt i to carry out in some measure that pioua legacy that you, on the one hand, voted an annual sum of 8,060,000f, ol4 soldiers, but, nevertheless, 1 wished that a medal should remind all who had served in our armies of their former leaders. More than 390,000 men in France and abroad have applied for this medal, in re- membrance of the Imperial epoch, aad on receiving it they might exclaim with pride, “Ialso belonged to the ind army” —werds which, at Auaterlite, the Roperor fea’ reason 10 point out to them as the advent of a title of nobility. Our pavy is cecupied im ita arsenals with those novra- sary changes which wil enable it maintain the honor of our fing on every rea. In China it (e acting in concert with the Bnglish feet to obtain redress for common grievances, ard t avenge the blood of our missionaries, who have been crueily massacred. The relations of France with foreign Powers were never on a better footing. Our ancient allies, true t» the senti- ments which sprung from same confidence as usual straightforward and | make o8 almost regret 1 was enabled to be convinend at Osborne, as wall as at Stattgart, that my desire to keep up the intimacy of old relations, as well se to form new ones, was equally ebared by (he chief of two great Empires, If the policy of France tt appreciated as it deservos to bo in Furope, it t because we have the common sense only to deal -rith questions which concern ourselves di- fectly, either ae a nation of ae «great Porepean Power. This is why Tavotted interfering tn the question of the Dochiee which now agita Germany, for that question, @hich le exclusi ‘4 German one, will remain eo as tong as the integricy of Doumark is not threatened. iP om the oder band, | took up the Neuchatel question, it in because the King of Prossia acked for my bons officer, and! wae happy om this occasion to contribute to the ced In public works the most important results are 1,330 kilometres of raitw throwa open in 1857 to trattic, and fina) settiement of a iiference which might bare become Wangerous for the res of Europe. ‘As regards the ipalitieg, astonishment bas beea expressed at our disagreement with muny of our ailies. ‘The fact is that Frence, in her disinterested pol@y, hus omere be Mted, in s0 much as treation vanes her, the vshes of the populations which appesied tober. Never thelees, the conferences which will shortly open ge Paris will show in what conefflating spirit we work to altanuate pA ieee which are inseparaole from a difference of Such, gentlomen, is the résumé of our pasition; Imight ond wy addres& here, but I think it u/ i, at com. mencement of a new Legisiatare, to examine wXb you ‘what we are and what we desire. It is only well defined causes distinctly formulated that create profound convic ons. Itz only standards boldly unfuried which inspire sincere devotion. * What is the empire? Is It a retrogra’le government, an enemy Of prov ress, desirous of suppressing generous im pulveg and of impeding the pacific extension of the great and efvillzing principles of 1789? No; the empire inscribes these principles as the moto erever they Niet. Nor could we do anything that | been done, in vain, by our neighvors. ‘Phey do | can be dome by vexatious restrictions to } trol (he movements of the ith what | suecess i¢ now fern. Can we do more? {four neighbors | cannot protect themselves we cannot protect them; and ae eon SYS eto ton 8 por wo it has pot our to make the pt. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF NAPOLEON, ‘The attempted assassination of the Emperor had been the ail engrossing topic of the week. On the day follow- of ité constitution. Tt frankly adepts e ing of a pature to ennoble the neartor exait the mind for what is reer ‘Dut it is also the enemy of every abstract fiscey. it seeks a strong power, capable of overcoming the o} stacies which might stop its advances, for—let us not for- get %—the advance of every now Power is a iong struggle. Moreover, there je atruth inzcribed upon every pago of the history of France and of England—namely, that liberty without obstacles is impossible us long as there exists in acountry a faction which obstinately disowns the fundamgntal baves of the government; for then iberty, instead of catightening, controlling, ameliorating. is nothing else In the hands Tastions but & weapon of deatrnetion. Therefore, as I did not acocpt the powor of the nation with @ view to.acquire that ephem popularity, the try prize of concessions exacted from weakness, but with a view one day to deserve the approbation of pos . terity by founding som thing last in Franee, I do got fear to declare to you to-day that tue danger, no matter What is said to the -outr.°y, does not exist in the exces- sive prerogatives of powss, but rather in the absence of repressive laws. Thus, the last elections, despite their satisfactory result, offered in many localities a sad spacta- cle. Hostile parties took advantage of it to create agita- tion in the country, and some men had the boldness openly to declare themeelves the enemies of the national institutions, deceived the electors by false promises, and, having gained their votes, then spurned them with con- tempt. You will not allow @ revewal of such 4 scandal, and you will compel {oldiger) every elector to take an oath to the constitution before preseutiog himself as # candi. date. Ag the quietof the pwblic mind ought to be the con- stant object of our efforte, you will sist me im Gnding the mnsans to silence extrome and abnvying oppositions. Ih fact, ia it med too wad to bebold in a quiet, prosperous: cour‘ry, which ie respectea in Europe, on the one hand, mer rying down & government to which they are in’ debted for the sccurity which they enjoy, while others ouly take advantage of the free exercise of their political rights to undermine the existing institotions ? T weloame tily, without iaquiring into their ante- cedents, all those who recognise the national will. As regards the originators of dieturbaaces and con- spiracies, let them understand that their day is gono by. Teapvot conclude without aliud ing to the criminal at- tempt which hes just taken place. I thank Heaven for the visible protection with which it shielded the Empress 2 — myceit, and { deplore that so many victims should be made when only one life was aimed at. Yot those plots bring their lessons with them. Firstly, they prove the weakness and impotence of the parties who bave recourse to assassination and euch desperate means; eecondly, that ho assassination even, if successful, ever served the cause of those who hired the asgaagin’ Neither those who slow Cmsar nor those who assassinated Henry IV. derived auy advantage from their crime. Gel sometimes allows the just to fall, but He never silows the cause of crime totriumph. These at empte, therefore, neither ake my security in the it nor my faith in the futere. If 7 live the empire will live with me, and it | ehondd fait my very death would only tend to strepg hen the empire, for the indignation of the people and of the army would be au additional support to the throne of my son. Let us, (yen, look con idently towards the future; lot us atterd calmly to our daily work for the welfare aad great- ness of our country. God protects France! From the London Ti: ea, Jan. 19.) The speech of the Emperor of the French describes not Mere opinions, or sentiments, but a political fact. That fact ie the growth of the Imperial rystem in 2 country which now for a century has exhibited a violent but aver- varying tiruggle between the opposite principles of go- verbment. Indeed, whet the Einporor aiides to the re- suits which paturally and evidently followed the death of Jains ‘aT, ho fearlessly assumes an analogy between the ‘vo eras. If ths republican conspirators struck to the hear of liberty when they aimed only at the Dictator, the blows now «med at the throne and constitution of France only recoil on themse'ves Happily, in th's country we hare jong Ceased lodiecurstundemental principles and arethare. ith either the reign of license or the ealmotwos cf freedom, io Frauce there are always these who would push their principles to any extreme, and who would prefer the moet absolute and moet hateful despotism to any reasonable compromise or present truce. jt cannot be denied that guch men force upon the actual peesessors of power whatever lawful or tolerable mea sures may be pecessary for its retention. Ip the earliest history we read that the chief magistrate of «me balf sed State presented himself to his citizens, wounded or libelled, ag it might be, and demanded pro tecuon from clubs or wngues. Whether he obtained it or whethera body guare or the suppression of pabsic ora- became & p “manent institution, depended oa the pre: og temper of predomwant race of the country. But tomand ones conceded oF refused was a step in the nationar developement; and the State was accordingly cespotic or free, ip France it is manifest the desire for a strong ge crrment now carries the day, and ail the at tempts t we witness t reopen the controversy and send France wo #éek for her constitution, ead on'y in strengthening the hand of the extatipg reler. A po iti an | ueos the pub ie elections as the means of an idle protest; the adherents ot fallen dy nasties proclaim to all they meet. to whom their allegiance is due; meo in the class of statesmen avow that they hold no terms with the actnal depositaries of power; finally, conspirators perpetrate an abominable massacre in the vain hope that it may include the man who stands in the way of thelr schemes, In all these instances failure is almost inevitable, if not absolutely con templated, The consequence, however, ig the fame it 1. Napoleon IIL. claima ‘protection against turbers and copspiratora,” revolutioniste and. aesaseins, and naturally obtaing it. Were it possible to suppose the jate atrocity to have been got up for the purpose, we cao hurdly imagive « cleverer scheme, or a mote efficacious means for strengthening the lompertal throne wad eetaly ita the dynasty. So far the lessons of antiquity are lantly fulGlies! at this day in Francs. Uf course, We can only Wiah to Aee other countrina gov- erped in the way best suited to their genine avd their cir cometences lt their national temper ia upfavoradie to compromise, or if they happer to have lost the social elements of a mixed constitution, then wo can only dest: them to rost satisfied with @ ropublic or a despotem, whatever their choice to be. If there is stil! a confhet, and if there are factions or schools too weak to triemph, to» strong to be crushed, and incapable of moderation of repose, then we hear with- out Concern of the succersive defeats which their folly or their violence ia eure to draw down on them We haven! ready gone throngh these phases ip our own hisvory. Why do #¢ RoW indigpaDtly scout the pretensions of haniabed dynartios? Why do we believe it more folly to expect a repoblic on thie wide the Atlantic in the lvth century? Simply because, on the one hand, we have long since disposed of « dynasty that rested on right divine, or any otber foondasion than the will of the people: ant’ oon the other, have seen a commonwealth become on'y ® step to an odious despousm. We cannot hope © other countries like ourselves, and to plant Brit sh inetitutions on every part of the continent; but we ob- serve by actual instances what ia possible in Kore aod the imperial type of government ‘ not ae He, Dut js actually the most common in thie part of the world. France can at least be governed as Russia, at Austria, and several other countries, even if she can never completely: repose in @ system that represents but one idea. As wo have not, therefore, the of seeing our neigh bors enjoy ing the same institutions as ourselves, and froo in our Fense of the word, we naturally look for order where we cannot see liberty, end welcome political cou- tentment even in a loan dignified form. Hence it is that, simply in the interest of order and peace, and for the cake of those material advantages which do- pend on repose, we desire for France a government we could never tolerate or even imagine for ourselves, lta present sagacious tuler does but wtirpret our own feel. ings on this point when he informs his subjects that an al solute government founded on the declared wishes of the majority, is the best taing, and, indeed, a necessity for France. No arguments, however, drawn from the laternal con- dition of France, from the temper of her race, from ber conflicts of opinion, or the rivalry of hor dynastins, can apply to ber relations with ber neighbors, or to those in- fluences which all nations, even over so involuntarily, inust exercise One upon another. Nothing that has bap- pened in France, of that is likely to bay can affeot the jnterpal State, the getiue, or the ' institutions of poy neighboring people equally powerful, independeat and self reereot.ng. erbail not curions t inquire what is the particular country to which Frenchmen poirt as the refuge and nurse of cs against their ownconstitution. It is to observe that if Fiance har her natural end inevitable developement, other nations bave theirs also. Tf abe tande wid irreeiati bie force to the unity of ap imperial system, to the sim- plicity Of one will, to the mere reign of necessary order and beneficent force, we, too, for example, advance in a tradition of our own, which we should find it impossibie to renounes. It is part of oor identity t be the ra fuge of alt nations. Nature iteelf has given us with every aspect, and traMo with every clime. From our ancient fusion of many races and hospitality to many refugees we derive the precedent and the wapacity for —— with ali the tribes of humanity, and even all the phases of human » We cannot Prevont this metropolis from being even what Rome was described by iw ‘triste, the sink of the human race. We cannot rave « uoueton te the foods of viee poured in Uy neighbor: . For better, for worte, we have long been we to liberty, wa take it with all (ts evile for the aake of ite manifold bles What, then, if it be indeed that men are found wo abnae the right of asylum, afd plot within our shores for the setisfaction of their personal malignity or the Procecution of their political thearica? We eannot Prevent it. We cannot alter our social institutions, and the very attempt (o do so would be an experiment the perile J which would extend to all comntriss besid. omer own. Wa can only point to ofr own example, We find no dan. got in freedom. We allow all to goin and ent, and to ing the event, addresses were made to the Emperor by ntatives of the Corps Dipiomatique, of the Senate, the Legisiative body, the Counci! of State, &e., congratu- Jatiug him and the Emprees upon their escape. Some of the officials, in their addresses, hinted that the English government shouid be called upon to expel those refugees: ‘who abused her hospitality by organizing in their retreat of destruction and perfecting their conspiracies. @ Exoperor, in reply to the groat bodies of the State, expressed bis firm confidence and reliance in their sap- port and devotion. Me added, that at the same time he ‘was resolved to adopt such measures as might be deemed advisable; but shouid not depart from that path of firm. 1 ! pes moderation which he had hitherto followed. The French journals bad joined in the cry for the expml- Bion of the conepirators from Europe, and the Paris cor- respondent of the 2imes says it was positively stated that a communication bad been made by the in London to the English by hee frente ered the ex. pulsion from of five political refugees—one or two Italian, aad reat French The effect of the explosion of the three projectilee, proved on investigation to be far more disastrous than was at first lg er Tae number of persons more or less wounded, fell little, if any, short of one hundred and . and six had died of the injuries they austained. projectiles employed were of the most formidable kind, and it is seid that not less than twenty of them wore meant to be used. Five minutes previous to the expio- gion, &n Italian namod Pierri, who was expelled from Frapoe in 1852, was recognized by the police and arrested, He was with “a six revolver and a and was the bearer of a domb simflar to those exp Count Orsini, who was ar- rested at his lodgings upon information given by bis ser- yant, is said to have contessed that he threw one of the bombs. These parties and two o:here, named Gomoz and Da Silva. alias Rudio, also in Fomeget are supposed to be the chiefs m the affair, A police ofliver from London had arrived in Paris, for the purpose of ident:fying Pierri and Oraini a8 having’ boon connected with the affair of Toschi. ni, Who escaped from London sometime since. ‘The Emperor exhibited much solicitude for the wounded, end had distributed decorations among the Bumerous soldiers who received injuries. The adoption of stringent measures in regard to the Italians resident in Paris Was contemplated. Congratulations had been re ceived by the Emperor from nearly all the European go. vernments. A bill was to be presented to the Corps Legislatif for grantivg pevsions to the victims of the expicsions and their famitier The “instructions” againet the prisoners charged with the murderous attempt bad been Snjshed, and the trial was expected to take place early in February. Asecretsociety had been discovered in Paris, and gun- powder and arms had been seized, Developments by the police of Birmingham, England, show that Pierri and Ursin: had laia their plans while re- siding in that town. The Paris correspondent of the London Advertiser says that a formal demand has been made upon the British go vernment for the expuls.on of Victor dugo, Mazzini, Le- ry Rollin and Louis B.anc from the British territory. It ig stated that Rudio, the youngest of the Italian pri- soners, bas revealed everything connec’ed with the plot to assassinate the Emperor. Tho trial will take place about the th of Febroary. The correspondent of the London Heraid says that on the 2ist twenty-two persone were arrested in the gardens of the Tuileries, each with @ loaded revolver in his pocket, ORIGIN OF THE PLOT. {From the Paris Monitear. ‘The crime at which al} Paris stil! shudders, and which Will exexte the indignation 0! the whole wor!d, appears to de the result of a vast plot concocted in other countries. Tn fact, the government received from Jersey, so long ago a9 June last, the following joformation:—''Tae plot consists in the manufacture of fulminating grenades, invented by——. They are of a power hitherto unknown, and are intended tobe thrown underneath the carriage, whore their striking against the pavement will cauae their ex- plotion and the destruction of the carriage.” Oo the other hand, 9 freah mapifesto of Mazzini appeared on the 9a —<—» the falia del Popolo of Genoa. Last'y, the re- por recentty received from Londoa by the Freach gov- erament stated vs follows: A man named Pierri, who is a native of Florence, and formerly ap officer in the Italian Legion, has just quitted Kagland for the purpose of car- Tying into execution a plot concocted against the lif ot the Emperor. This Italian is a man of from 40 t 45 years of age, smail in slaturo, thin, dark, avd of a sick ly hue, He speaks French badly, with a’ strong [talian accent, but speaks Engush very well. He is a violeat, sapguinary and very determined man, who was obliged to fly from his own country in consequence of several morders, and avong others that of a oriest. Before leay. ing Eoglavd Pierr: bad several interviews Tefugeos in London A later accoun’ says:—Pierri has passed through Bruatis, where be vaw several refagees Pe bas proceeaed to Yaris by way of Litle, accompanied by an elderly man whom he took up at Brursels, ant bim 4 machine of hollow cast iron, mais on ® remarkest that chia mar trave's ia, carrying W whose descriptis is, Was arrerted on the evening of the ady at work, and it was y design THE PROJECTILES. [From the Pieoit.) The bombs were of cast iron, obiong, ant in the formot ® pear and In the wiles: part from four to tive inches in Mameter, The shock of one of the caps, of which ac! Dad neveral on a bard substance necowsarily caved an explosion. Tho bombs were loaded with detonating pow der. ‘The firct thrown at the carriage of the Emperor was just iter the vehicle entered the Rue Lepellever; it did not touch the Emperor nor even the vehicte, but it wound ed about twenty persone, On this the coachman whipped ‘up hia horses, but almost immediately a second bomb burst, and ore of the horses i struck by three pro Jrctiles fell to the ground. A chird bomb, throwa with more precision, fell beneath the carriage itse!f, and burst with tremendous force, amashing part of i'n pieces The eplinters of this bomb wounded the seront horse, whica expired some hours after. The couchman, named Ledoux, was wounded in the band. The only person in the with the Emperor and Empress wan General Rogurt, and be, aa tiready stated, received a «light injary. The crcape of their majestios waa quite miraculous. The Emperor received a slight cut on the siJe ® piece of gluse from the carriage Po eh Jags struck the Empress at the corner of the jeft eye, but Jef ne trace. Superintendent Hebert, of the police, who opened the door of the Emparor'a carriage at the moment of the third explosion, was dangerously ‘wounded. ep pin 3 iteelf was yesterday taken into aw yard of the Tuileries, and visite! by great num of persone. All the under part and front of the carriage the appearance of belag blown to pieces. ARRESTS. Five minuter previous to the explosions M. Hebert, » peace officer, recognized at the oorner of the Rue epelletier an Malian pamed Pierri, who bad lately re- turned to Paris, and who bad been expellet from France ip the BL 1862. Perri travelled with a led which Be had obtained in London. and entered France trough Ps. Although he spoxe English, and was disguised, M. Hebert, who had not seen him for five cars, recognized and arrested him. Piorrl was the nearer of a six barrelled revolver and & bomb similar to | those exploded, together with along dagger. After hav- ing lodged Piergi in the guard house, M. Hebert was in time to open the door of the Kimperor's carriage, when he received two severe wounds. Among the first persons ar- | rested are four foreigners. Three of them ware arrested in a furnished botel in the Rue Montmartre, and one in the Rue Lepelletior. A great number of policemen were sta. toned this morning at the door of the hotel in the Rue Lepellotior, It i said tisat the projectiies were thrown from the firet floor of that hotel. The number of arrests js creasing every Moment. Some police stations arc | overe ig with prionera, Shortly after the explosions jest, Who Was passing in the Rue |. ener, afforded epiritual aid to the wounded who voquitea. ee The persons arrested are ali in Mazas prison. They are ina mach} (Wer position in life then the Pianoris and Ti- baldis w Some of them are weil known of 7000 Fata 7 hig Ange all weil oressed, and bad plenty of money about Several Frenchmen, ae well aa italiane, are in custody. Very shortly after the commission of the crimo an Taian, named Count Orsini, was arreated in his iodgiogs in the Rue Monthabor, [Te confesses that he had been in the Rue Lepelletier, and had thrown one of ¢he shells, Whether he threw it from the stroet, or from the window of a furniat ed lodging house o ), which seams mere probable, + pot quite ciear, He wae himself wounded by the explorion. A sum of £800 to £400 in gold and bank acter was found in his . Oreinl was found out juence of an accomplice, who, by state of excitement in which he was, the attea- tion of the police. On dew arrested ne gave Ureiai direws, but called him by an Ly oy name Some bey that his passport bore the Portoguese name cee da Silva. The person named Orsini ia, it appears, the aame whose the Prison of Mantua, as ro 8 about a year ago, excited so been condemned to deat Lat at Rome. Orsini was inquire into the aseassinations and even daily in varions attempts at Reman republic, made his way to iit don anders where his guard house tho oxplosion two minutes, however, it He cried out to the guard, “Do whe you like with me, Tam content, the diow ia struck.” He appeared certain ihat it had taken eflect, but was dismay- ed when he beard of the Emperor's escape. ‘THE INFERNAL MACTINE. folowing xXtract from a private Paris letter received in Manchester:—'-The following account of the explosion of the infernal machine under the carriage of she French Emperor and Empress, reached me from an eye-witness early on Friday morning. It wax narrated to my informant prior to the delivery of the mor Bows. papers, and was confirmed by théaccount in the Moniteur yo ol) particulars, while it surpagses ali the accounts hitherto pudiigbed ip ite simple, exact and graphic de tails:—‘l was walking,” said this gentlemen, ‘down tho Rue Lepelletier towards the Boulevard, with my child, a ttle girl, holding ay hand. Opposite the door of the @ small crowd bad collected, waiting to witness the arrival of the Emperor and Empress. Histori, it had been announced, was to play ‘Marie Stuart.’ The im rial carriages soon drove up, attended by an escort of lapeers. While the Emperor and Rapress were deacead- ing from their carriage @ man in a blue blouse, who had been standing by the side of my child, advanced sudden- ly and threw something about eighteon inches long and tee breeding the Fold 0. ree careeces Fee a4 sucoessively, and a rid uproar arose, ami w the Emperor and Empress ran into the theatre. Confu- sion and horror paralysed everybody for some secouds, pom er pried from sues 2 saw Foe oareiege broken, two horses d,@ young on dead, with his ley Duke, and sever culockars wounded, Not merely the man in the blouse, but the bystanders who chose, had time to leave the spot before the soldiers marched up, surrounding and arresting the curious crowd which had been gatherod by the reports and uproar.” THE ASSASSINS. {Compiled from various sources, } Rudio, the youngest of the Kerpcingatl vg has turned Pmperor’s evidence and revealed all, rial comes on on the 8th or 10ch of February. A letter from Hanover of the 18th says that ihe at- tempted ageassimation of the Emperor of the French had given decupation to the police of that capital, A commoer- cial traveler, M Sch—, having on the 14th spoken at a table d’hote of the crime some hours before it was perpe: trated, the police questioned him on the subject, aad he eid that be bad received his information from M. 1—~, @ banker. This 1—, on aoe questioned in bis turn, nied, however, that he communicated anything of the kind, It is tated that on bis pomene through Brussels, the artassin Merri slept at the house of Colonel Charras, one of the French refugees, and oue of the most rabid dema- gogues In the Legislative Assembly broken up by the coup d’état. Twenty-two suspicious Woking fellowa were arreated ov Thureday in the Garden of the Tuileries ph of them had @ loaded and primed revolver in his pock: A curious fact is mentioned. Gomez, the servant of Orsini, and himself one of the principal actors in the dra- ma of the 14th, dined on the very day of the attempt with the servant of M. Emile de Girardin, at a restaurant in tho rue Lepelietier. Pierri was found in posscesion of an Opera ticket, and, from certain signals observed in the interior of the thea- tre, it ja supposed that a number of the conspirators were among the audience. The very last time an attempt wae made at a theatre, it was on Bnight that Ristori played; and the gathering of Italians was then, as well as on this late occasion, convidered quite natural. All these matters will be sifted at tue trial. Tn the sixteen districts, or quarters, into which Paris is divided, addresses are being signed’ congratulu'ing the Emperor and Empress on the failure ofthe attentat. RUDIO, THE ASSASSIN —HIS ADVENTURES AT NOT- TINGHAM. sn {From the Nottingham Journal.) As Birmingham has already claimed the “honor’’ of numbering Prerri and Orsini among her former residents, Nottivgbam may also lay claim to a like dis'inction with regard to another of the would be assassins of our im- perial ally. De la Sylva (whose real name, arcordin toseveral influential journals, is Count Carlos de Rurio, formerly filled a situation as translator to a French news- Paper published in Londop. About two years ago be Decame acquainted with a eharp, good” looking girl named Booth, a native of Nottingham, and employed as an overlooker at Mr. Misher’s warehouse, Sherthill. Although only about sixteen years old, a gir! of no education, not being able, it is said, to write her name, she attracted bis attention, and he succeeded in exciting a reciprocal attachment on her part. They were mar ried at Godalming church, in , Within @ short distance of London, Soon after ceremony the newepaper on which he was engaged not answering the expectations of its proprietors, died a natural death, and the count was thrown out of employment Ho utterly failed to get a a, in the metropolis, and, as a last resource, he came t) Nottingham, hoping to make some friends, through the infiuence of his wife, and in the expectation also that the latter would be able to ob tain work from her former employer. On coming to the tows the young woman was kindly taken again into the service of Mr. Fisher,and for several weeks the pair lived almost exclusively upon her earnings. The Count meanwhile bad been furnished with letters of introduction to abe or two gentiemen connected with sone foreign lace eolablishments. Berg pos eve of LO mean attainments, apd baving a knowledge of tive languages, besides pos: sessing & very geutiomanly mauner, bis misfortunes ex- cite 1 tome commisseration, and one oF two gentiemen set op foot a subscription to enable him to furnish a room and receive private paps Upwards of £20 was collected for bis purpose,aud accordiogly asmall house deing taken for him in Castie-place, Houndagate, he commencet husinsss with some half-dozen pupils fo one young gentleman and his wife, who were favored with an {utroduction on his Orst arrival ip Nottingham, he paid the most marked at- tenticn, and was @ continued guest at their house. He | Contided to them many curious particvlare of h« previous Metory. We learn, for instance, tha’ he was an officer in the Italian Legion at the time of the revolution in that | country, and that, beng of fiery and ardent wrn of mind, he was also involved in several private qv bie own account. The result of the revolution ie of pubhe history. Th eecaped beth the pistol: the | of the French Emperor. He was one of the victi | murderous Foseini, who, it will be remem)ei two years ago stabbed severa of his fellow compatriots in a public bouwre Draw! in London Rudio was struck in | several places, and for a considerable time his life was deepaired of. When in Nottin he expressed very viclent opinions to bis private confidantes on Political subjects, and on one occasion he showed a midable looking poulard to the friend above men- d, and the iatter became really alarmed lest he shoule at any time iscur the diapleaaure of bia quondam areociate, Ttneed not he said that the estimable Count did pot eeruple to avail himeelf to the utmost of bis friend's generous bowpitality. It may be mentioned to his credit that he punctually repaid several loans that were | sue when they have broken the power PRICE TWO CENT a trunks, which were fastened and locked, , tion, In one of these, which Mr. Stephens forced open, wes found « most voluminous correspondence with indi- viduals both in England and abread, and extenaing #0 far back as 1848, These letters my nant come foommaat, Shice were numerous enoug! @ cary ip WS once taken posseasion of and placed in the hands of the Home Secretary. Further investigations have given rise to the snepicien that Birmingham will probably be freed from the doubtful reputation of having fabricated the shells. Jt is by no means unlikely that by this time the maker haa been discovered. Last night another search of the house in Rath-row was made by one of the Metropolitan detectives, assisted by Sergeant Manton, of the Birmingham force, which resulted 'n what are considered to be some important discoverics. A table stood in one of the parlors, covered by a cloth which concealed @ drawer, Tn this receptacie were found another mass of correspondence, from individuals in Eng- land and various parta of the Continent, some to“ Major,” and others to“ Colonel Pierri.”’ Nearly al! of these letters, which were written in French, Italian, and English, are of recent date, and aro likely to throw some light upon the atrocity in whieh their rect; wes engaged. A book was also discovered, tr ef the construction of grenades, aud giving numerous receipts for the maveinaere of explovivesubstances. This was taken Possexe cn of. A great many numbers of the Sprctateur, & Paris paper, which the French government suppressed. on Monday, were also fonnd in the house. From other dia coveries it would appear that the Spaniard, Gomez, who is now in custody, as implicated in the conspiracy, wag like- wise one of Pierri’s visiters. Three of the principals have thus been traced to Birmingham, namely, Piorri, Orsini and Gomez It ja by no means improbable that some very lar facts connected with the secret meetings here wiil be placed before the public. The documenta above alluded to have, like the others, been transmitted to Sir George SPRECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THR FRENCH SENATE. ‘The President of the Senate addressed their Majesties aa follows :— Stre— After haying given vent to the painful emotions of our indignart hearts—a'ter having rendered thanks to Vrovidence which mirxcnionsly shielded the lives of your Majestien the Renate turned its thoughts to ‘Dot with a feeling of alarm, but to rally wil confidence round a throne beyond whi danger. Sire, dynasties are not founded withont trials, and we are all acquainted with the difficulties and trexbies of the first ten years of the glorious house which now site #0 firmly on the throne of England, Jt ts not in France that these conspiracies are hatched—not in France. whic three times gave you a popular ovation,and which has alwaye responded to your appeals. She perseveres in her resoln- tions, and rejoices wo nee at her head a Prince who while establebing her power at thesame time revives all the urces of her greatness. (etus continue, then, in the Prinerpie of authority which France has personified in you, Your Majesty wii! find the Senate ready to su ou in al! legitimate consequences; for it is Through the reach of wenkeved powers that’ revolutions rns, and France wishes to remain upright, firm, great and united, not to des end to party squabbles nor to degenerate into the raturnalia of anarchy But there ix something more than this, The revolutionary spirit baving been driven fiom France has settled down abroal, bas become cos- mopolite Tt is from foreign .trongholds erected u Eurepe, situated in the centre of Europe, that fanati- cal hired assassins are sence with fire and steel ‘against the Prince who bears on his ‘ul arm the buekler of European order; execrabie conspirators, whowe policy is assassivation, and who oven assault gentle women, une were that some of them bave the bearts of heroes!’ But nm ‘da the fature, how comes it that, as these implacable revelusionists ali the duties of hospitality under foot, and are dheir mad plans of im. foreign governments ami peoples do not take measures to give « lplimals soggert & the cause of order? The law of nations authorizes it; jus tice and common tntererts make ita duty. It is especially to the moderation shown by France, to the wisdom of her so! ign, and to the invaluable services rendered by her policy. Sach, Sire, is the cry now raised by France; such is the wish'of the Senate: The days are gone by DB Hations stood inolated in their egotism. Civihiza- tion bas #0 bound them vp together that the suffer- jes of the one are the snfferings of the other. Let them, then, avsist each other in carrying out tho common work —that is to say, the conzolidation of peace aad the sta- bility of society, so deeply stirred at tbe close of the last half century. It is on this condition that Providence wil? give them support in their turn in the difficulties from which pone of them are exempt. As far as we are con- cerned, sire, our most ardent hopes will be realized if God, who leadm empires, preserves to us the Prince whom the love of the people sought Iu a land of exile to intrust its destinies to him, and who has exceeded all the hopes of the country. Yos, sire, God, whose prophet exelamed, “Away from mo, yo bloodthirety men!” will not allow crime to interrupt, before it i completed, the mission sf order, restoration and progress which he has you, REPORT OF TRE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. Strom When an a * like that of the Mth eaddenly startles the world apd sh to | it ravage aDarchy would mpore iteolf oa France by Assassipation, every one expects that the go vernment will come Wo & serious decision to prevent @ re currence of such danger Without being carried along by public indignation it ia necessary to sFek, with firm and calm moderation, ener etic remedies adapwd to the gravi y of the evil, ® oon sider well the Canger and to be ready to act The flagrant danger, sire, ie to be fount th that pect of ascasting who recruit ia broad daylight ata few leagues from our frontiers atd send in. “ow hours into the very heart of Paris their hired assassins and inatraments of dea- troction. What encourages them—what expecially encourages: thoee who pay them and direct them—is the mad hope which they entertain that the insurrection which wit en- arm which hae Ady put \\ down, will band overtothem Paris, France, 4 portion of Burepe. This hope, whieh bax no founda’ ‘ion im presence of a resolute government, of a devoted army, 2f a ratified people, is caly kept up on one hand by the ation of demagogues who never Coane to conspire and spread agitation the other band, by the im Prudevt opposition of those fragments of ancient parties who, with equal folly, expect an impossible resurrection from anareby, To meet this emorgency various moasuros will be eub mitted to your Majesty, Ihere ia one, however, which Our exieting lowe adm! at once, namely, not Wo’ thlerale that certain journals in the hands of a few’ but indefatigs. be agilaturs shall continue to le the daily exponents of the toade whi, while part of the subscriptions were still unpaid. On the other hand,some gentlemen refused to take apy part in the subscription, becaase, while living exclusively on private cbar ty and op the ecanty earnings ot bis wife, close up to the time of ber confinement, he was to be seen lounging about the town smoking segars. In due time he became the father of a fie jittle bay, and the mother baying been compelled to give up her aitaa- von at Mr. Fisher's shorty after, took in lace work from Mr. Steegman’s and other warebouses. The pupils, how ever, dropped off ope by one, and iu the month of De. cember last, without consulting apy of hia benefactors or srpraing bis crediters, to whom he was indebted about £15, he ‘‘moonshined.’’ It was not long, however, before be communicated with one or two special favorites. There ie very little doubt that the Count 10 who resided in Nottiugham waa one of thore who are charged with the att mpt [0 araaesinate the Emperor of the Freoch, as he war Known to be closely coanected with Count Orsini, tne prime mover of the plot. In conversation with his friends ip Nottingham, Rucio frequently referred to Orsini, and the latter, in his celebrated pamphlet “Austrian and Prisons,”’ alludes in terms of high praise to the family of Rudio. The following is « literal copy of an epustio re cently addressed by Rudio to one OF hie Notingham friends — Poste Restate, Lox now, Loxnon, the 16t of Decembre, 1897. RST FRERb—You cannor pete atten my and every time that 1 our exemplar sentiments, freinde that 1 see T let him ser your letter, 2 I tell that sre not not many freind like you. Dew ——— if Was to die and see one O° your writing |t would make me i and get that would be the best wediein that Tc wan 90 gad that more think of my position, & it wae. if you heliewe jure that we had no bent but when Thad rand was ead, iM like I bad heats gooddinner. ¥ bat we may again Thope we shall; because: pot leave England, for all the world, if T have not befor shall sebachande with you: and If you will be # Rind to send me a Jeter of Fe. ein for Some good Genttemen like you. Wee you wire me. I hope to see you very goon, dear friend, because, if Lean eaiee th should remain withont 1 would ps Op zon and Mean ¢ Lady and re lear friend the Se, 64, and Tim Ferg shank fol so my unfortunate wife you teil it that you and Mra. Blakey Bad made a litle subscription for me and that 1 base recieve today a ponte order, but I did fre nothing Wil vow, bus I hope they wil come to morrow, 1 aba! be very glad because we aball take « furnish roome, and we rhail be happy, Falling ‘be holy goodness of our mirericorsious Lord we dont find other comfort now than vraiy Him, and every time that I do tt I feel happy hoping ys to pot be abbahdened of His if providence, bay don for me what a browher, a father, Lhope that vour truly religious ‘on dear ~—— that if y Count Carlo de Radio bas been living 116 months {n Nottingham having married his wif from Nottingham, and that T have reason to believe tlat he isa moat trustworthy and conscientious peraon and moat anions to obtain some employment to aupport himself and hia wife and child. Any ansistance that may be given him, will, I feel confident, ba well bestowed and resieved with the arativade 1.0. WRIGHT, Bank Notiinghaa If T coutd have a tetter from hin, self it wouid be better, roate that to my her, if abe for Top’ aes Tetamber moto food wite and fe Tremambar mo. t9 your ood w' \- ily 8a trlewde, Sr Rack and Mr Lwish to you go ion, letion & Christmas happy new year. 6 Always you most f ©O, CARLO DB RUDTO. Poste Restante, again but I hope not next weet, God bless on, and copterve an you the same good heart and principle for ever, good buy. er a the ing The Inquiries into the antecedents, pursuita and con- bections of the aseagein Perri are till boing prosecuted. and the result is some curious revelations, which for pra- dential reasone it i¢ not considored exporiont at present to divulge. The firet steps taken vere exceedingly creditable o— vigilance and Polder of oo ani by Chiet ‘intendent Stephens. Upon ” Dewapapers: that ® person of the name of Plerri was arrested as a con- Dirator, he, acting upon the convition that the Parisian doi t—almost the official organs of their direct or indirect attempts a! disturbance Nar toast, on the ovher hand, attacks be allowel tobe male, however well dieguised, incessantly against the new dynasty and the constitution which the country has chosen for ‘t gelf,ebowing an obstinate bope thal pretentions which bave fallen ior ¢ ince into utter oblivion may be possibiy and proximately realized, Among the French newspapers it i# very easy to die cern which are thoes whoee object, more oF lear bag uued , is to prepare the way, Iusomuch as they can, for other hopes than the duration of the empire. As long as free England feared fer the family which now reigns the attacks and the intrignes of the friends of @ Pretender that lioerty of which she is proud gave way to Most rigorous measures. Your goverhiuent, sire, ia at the present meiment what that of Fogiand was Ulla long tims aiter William Ill, in an evident position of legitimate fence; the attempt of the IMth of Jaauary only proves it too well. Weshould be wanting to our duty if wo did not atonce have recoures, in the interest of society, to theese weapons which the actual legislation places at ‘our disposal, an’ T ask your Majesty to decree at once the revere application of the jaw of 1852 on the press, A review which bas scarcely a two years’ existence as # political organ, on the very morrow of the day upon which I allowed ita publicstion, forgot all the formal promires mare by !ts editors, and opened its colamas wo the most detestable inepirations of the dk ogues. fhe Kevue de Paris now seeks to make itee'f the contre of a sore of ramMed agitation, the traces of which the govern ment has oiecovered in various departments; it, more. over adheres to fis work of propagandism, and ite Inet Bumber i replete with the gloridcanon or the reminis- cences and hopes of the republican party. More than once warned, ant ita publica ion suspended, during the last two years, it must now be suppresanc. ' The decree of the 17th of Febrnary, 1862, allowe this suppression, and 1 propose it to your Majesty. Another newspaper, which, under very different colors, bas never ceased fince the restoration of the empire ts wage a bidden but constant war against the new mativu- ons sanctioned by the national will—the Speetateur— (formerly calle the Assembl ¢ Nationale’ sting ia ite opposition, takes the oj tunity, while expressing ite horror at the attempt of the 14th of January, tw advoraw the priveiples which it upholds; and, without regard to history ignoring te aseaseination of Heury [i!., Henry IV , ard of the luc de Berry, it adds: Formerly those deterfiie paasiona found a check in that falutary law of the monarchy whieh, placing the principle of berec (ary Fight above ali changes and all ambitions rendered thore crities uselens, nnd in some measure Wook away Ali pre- text for their semmission, This is forgetting too much that the inhowitance of the crown in the Imperial f m/~ is (he fendamental principle inscribed by 8,000,000 of votes in our constitution. This paper, which has already received five warnings, and has been twiee suspended, ought, | think, aieo w “ . se mene ires of severity, Sire, are legitimate, The government of © great nation must not allow itaeif to bo nolecless!y urdermined by ekiiful pens 20 more thaa to be attacked openly by the savage brutalities of con- epiracies. ‘The decree whieh 1 to im oul @ jast pon ishmont on those upon w! Mt fatla; it will, moreover, be a warning to others. 1am, Sire, with profound respect, your Majesty's very faitsful and very obedient servant aaa sul . BILLAULT, ister, Secretary of @tate in the Of the Interior. A decree in the Wontieur follows the above report. After enumerating the offensive articles in the twoabore named publications, it says: — Act. 1 The Revue de Paris and the newspaper Le Spec- fateur (formerly the Assemblée Nationale), are and remain Art. 2. Our Minister ceretary of State im the department: of the Interior ts charged with the execution Oh oad decree Which is to be inserted in the Bulletin des Love. Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. OPINIONS OF THR PRESS. (From the London Times, Jao. 18 } Throvebout Purope the eifect of the crime of the Rae Lapel'etior will be great an? immediate. Brery vore reign—and, indeed, every peowe—will feel Rimeeclt {CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.)