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London, England, 1858-08-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST $O.

A SPECIAL EDITION of the " REPRESS,*
containing the molts of the day's Rams, is pub-
Ilaltad iivevy eveuiNg daring amp Spartan &moon, at
nix .'.look.

Tut mission of the Emperor of the Fuenun—al
expounded by himself—is to supersede Parliamen-
tary Governmeot. The benefit whisk be talls the
world is to be the remit of this supersemion is the
destruction of Government by Parties. So long as
Parliamentary Government is allowed to exist, able
and ambitious men will, according to the great
legislator of the nineteenth century, wage an anax-
tingniehable war for the pommies of place by ora-
torical appeals to the public ; and office most thee
become the prise, not of the most capable ad-
ministrators, but of the most 'petiole team. We
Majesty has never condasoended to meet the ob-
jection of some captious critics, that if Parliamentary
Government gives at times an undue advantage to
mere eloquence, its sappreelion may bring Out an
equally undue ascendancy of supple parasites and
dexterous Intriguers. Nor is it our intention at
present to ventilate this objection. Some recent
demonstrations is French political life suggest
another inquiry ; whether the ambitious politicians
of the Empire are not at this moment waging a con-
test for the pause= of power by oratorical appeals
to the public ? Whether, in short, the grand Im-
perial constitution bas not failed to put down that
rivalry of spouting demagogues which 'was repre-
sented as the bane of the Parliamentary System ?
There are perhaps no two men in existence to
wheat the EMPENOII is more indebted for the ulti-
mate neon, of kis long struggle to obtain the
throne of France than M. DI PIIIIONY and M. DE
Moiosy. M. Di Pr.acionv has devoted to him the
service of a lifetime. When all ethos laughed at
Louts NAPOLZON, or at beet monied him with a
pity bordering on contempt, M. nu PmtMorr still
was faithftil. M. DE PEISIOET lived bat for one
object—the elevatioa of the chief of his *Mier. We
may go further; it would not be easy to suer-
kin whether M. DI PIIISIONT or hi. Im-
perial master has the better claim to the
honour (if honour it be) of devising the Im-
perial system of Government. It Is unquestion-
able that M. DI PIRSIONT contributed many of its
most pregnant ideas, and that ha we an inde-
fatigable usiatant of the putative father of the
theory in licking it into shape. M. DI PEISMIT
one of those rare characters who, partly from devo-
tion to an individual and partly hum devotion to a
system,—they themealree might find it difficult to
decide which of the two punned the larger share
of their affectione—ean sacrifice any selfish craving
for approbation ; can labour and rejoice In tee-
ing the laurels of the victoria@ they have mainly
contributed to win bestowed =elusively upon
the object. of their selfusorifleing anal. If
Louis NAPOLEON be the Moses of the Wu Nepo-
Weisman, M. DI PRIXIONT his been the Aaron; and
he has not nett claimed the honour and emoluments
of the priesthood as his reward.
M. na MORIT'II services to the EXPEIOI hap.
been of a different kind. He was a convert to
Imperialism at the eleventh hoer. Yet wen
his peculiar services of a nature not to he
despised. At am nay age M. Da MOINE ahem-
domed the peed in of arm, for that of jobbing
in shares. When the Revolution of 1848 broke out
M. DI Morn we already one of the great powers
of Parisian speculation. A favourite in the fashion-
able oinks, a aoteriety—ina small way—in the Cham-
ber el Deputies, a venturous and successful player
at the game of sua,jobbing, M. Di MOINY exer-
cised * wide), Mailed intones over that numer-
ous, eraftp, sad mmerapnlous section of French
society in whisk weassioth fortunes are made and
lost in a day by what I. punishable in gambling
houses and mend on the Bowes. The scomeion of
M. DX Stoury to the Imperialist canes was a great
coop foe the yodng Empire, the peceniary rumen
of which were of the slenderest. Add to this, that
in carrying out the Coup d'Etat M. DI MOIST
displayed a remarkable amount ef F.:J*1164, ant-
new, end promptitude. Other claims to the sot-
&leaps of the Uremia an princely spoken it;
bat the serving whisk M. Di MOIST did and nuld
render to the new dynasty were nasient to account
for 64 bosowiag me of the met regarded and in-
fluential of It. mrpperters.
Hese, thee, we have two man. seek eanseiome that
be has great Ulises upon Imperial gratitude ; each
ambitions of shaping Imperial peliey eiocirdiag to
his urn views. Add to this that these two men
are so essentially different in character that it is
utterly impossible either of them should be aide be
comprehend or appeeeiste the peculiar merits of the
other. M. de PLISIOXT, the devisor of endow
theorise, the faithful adherent who hes been
proud to share his master's dungeon and im-
poverished exile, naturally despises the osten-
tatious man of feahlon—tbe man to whom every
task or aspiration I. life is merely on great game of
rouge se noir. And M. tie Mom repays the
enthusiastic dreamer with double contempt. Be-
tween then two Mentors stands Louts NA.POLIOX,
like 1111.CITLIS at the eros-ways. There can be no
compromise between them. Only one of them can
hope to be the guide, philosopher, and hind" of
the EMPEROR they have helped to make. And
neither of them I. disposed to give way to the other.
What is the esosequene !, The believers in Im-
perialism would hare expected that the owns*
intelligenee which guides the State would prove
anfiledent to discern which of the rivals was more
trustworthy, ead to esopel his aarnermiet to
make way for him. Cinealesa annum with regard
to the faith as it is in Loots NAJOANON—Iika

ourselves—would have prognosticated that under-
hand Court intrigue must lead to the rise of
one and the fall of the other. Both parties
find themselves mistaken. M. Di PICREIGNY and
M. Di Mowry are fighting their Rolglool dual
with the weapons of rhetorio—me ineg the
support of public opinion by oratories% appeals. The
motive power of the Imperial system of Government
has already proved inadequate, and its very inventors
and patentees have betaken themselves to the much-
decried motive power of Parliamentary Government.
In the early history of steam looometion we read of
an inventor who, after he had succeeded in dragging
a carriage for a,few yards along a common road by
his engine, was obliged to resort to horse power to
drag both carriage and engine back. M. DE Pla-
MST and M. DE MOINE are the exact 000ntorpouts
at this luckless genies. After puffing the Empire
as the greed soccedaneum which was to enable
French statesmen to dispense with demagogic
arts, they are themselves playing the part of
itinerant demagogues. M. DE PEISIONT has struck a
blow at M. DE MORNY, by delivering a long speech
to the Council General of the Loire—exactly in the
same way that Lord nuisance might have made
an onslaught on Mr. DISRAELI by addressing his
constituents at Tiverton. And M. Di MORNT has
parried and returned the blow by an address to the
Council of the Puy-de-Doese—just as Mr. Maseru
might have done by a speech at Slough or Aylesbury.
We hasten to lay before the footstool of the Imperial
throne our congratulations on th'i splendid demon-
stration of the practical working qualities of the
ides, Nopokoniennes. NAPOLEON M. is probably
watching the proceedings of the rival custom
with somewhat of the same feeling that may be sup-
posed to animate a hen in charge of a brood of due-
liege whim she sees the wayward creatures taking
to the water.

We cannot in conscience say that we wish or anti-
eipate emcees for either the one or the other of the
combatants. M. Da MORNT is too much of the
bloat man of the world for oar taste; sod the
nitely more estimable M. DE PERSIONT Set! Ural
views of society in general, and of modern Franck
society in particular, too fantastic and unreal to com-
mand our unqualified sympathy. M. DE MORNS
like all his class, can, under any circum-
stances, only obtain an ephemeral encores ; and
M. DR PENSIONS, living, like another Don
Quir.otes in • world of his own imaginings, will
soon be bustled off the stage by the stern realities of
actual life. Bat the mere fact of the speechifying
and counter-speeehifying of these props of the Im-
perial throne, affords a gleam of hopo to all the
indomitable worshippers of French liberty who—at
home or from foreign shone--are waiting for
opportunities to assert its cause. The remits of
the first attempts to convert the nominal Representa-
tion of the French people in the Legislature
into • reality have been far from discouraging.
The appeals now making to public opinion by
the very men who have most materially aided to
fetter it are a confession of its undying power. There
is still a public opinion in Franco which may be
gained by honest, judicious, and persevering agita-
tion ; and that public opinion, if skilfully turned to
account, will be found sufficiently strong to replace
France in the proud position among free nations
which she has fees • time forfeited.

" SOME demon whispered, 'Vista have • taste.'"
It most have been a malitiowl demon indeed that
breathed the same insidious whisper into the ears
of Mr. Roams lizaaira Perim For **ring to
the character of a connoisseur in pictures, he has
been amerced, we are told, in • sum of 16,0001.;
and his only prospect of obtaining a remission
or restitution of the fine is earned at the price ;If
his doing public penaace by proclaiming his own
folly at Guildhall, before the Reporters of the news-
paper press, in solemn conclave assembled. We plead
guilty to mighty little sympathy for thosevictims of
their own vanity who seek for distinction by affect-
ing enjoyment of what they are by nature unable
to appreciate. We admit, however, that thig gentleman
will have been suflicientiy punished by his publie
exposure, even though he should succeed in recover-
ing his 16,0001. ; and we sincerely hope that none of
those " mad doctors" may pounce upon him who deem
what they all " profligate expenditure" a sufficient
cause for shutting a man up in a madhouse.

Mr. Romer Hettures Pain's picture gallery
moat be a gem of its kind, if we are to judge of it
by the ROSA BONITICR that was exhibited at Guild-
hall on Saturday. His Toaszu and Rimemsaa,
if worthy to stand beide it, may take rank with
tie HoLunt and Palm VlROltEba purchased under
the aupiess of a distinguished artist for the National
Gallery. They would be in place among the ?deb-
tor Von Dal WiRDR.SB which adorn the left band
saloon at the top of the stature of that inatitti-
dee. We 4. not see why Mr. ROBERT
Hawn Para should not be appointed sue-
cessor to Mr. MIIIIDLIOL There would be a
chance of his purchasing the ideas et works
which they both admire at a somewhat lower figure.
It is evident that though Mr. Roust RZIRIZS
Petal loves Art well, he does not love it dea►ly. He
has a better eye for a bargain than for a picture.
Among a lot of paintings, which he acquired for
some LOOM, was cue attributed to Mumtaz, which
he was assured had been perohaeed by its lab owner
for 6,000 i. Mr. ROBSRT Hwie. PETER had no
scraples in soaking inch an acquisition at the ex-
pense of a widow " in great distress, on account of
the extravagance of her two sons ;" or in ac-
cepting from the unfortunate lady " various
" hale peassob•--ameng others a "silver gilt sup
" presented by a dear and beloved friend' "—as a
Mao of her gratitude for his munificent charity.
What an exquisite mixture of seatiment, bargain.
making, and pictorial taste this geetlemaa most be I
What relation is he to the sainted Cludy f There is
secuthiog tragic in the idea of his awaking hem
his vision of profit, irathetiesi enjoyment, and
reputation for benevolence, to find it all a dream.
He is the very moral of Bottom when dismissed
by Peek—of Christopher 81y when restored to his
aid haunts by the hotattroue Lord.

The moral of our tale is, that if there were no Mr.
ROllll7 HAWES Fames, then "mild be fewer
soceessfsi plows-dealers of a certain class. We
will not take ups u, at this stag* of
the cue, to &NW whether the parties eoss-
plained of by Mr. Pam are guilty or not of what
he charges theca with. Bat it is certain that there
is a numerous class of dealers who make enormous
profits by trading is spurious works of art; and it
is gistifying to have a prospect of obtaining a
glimpse of the amens of their nefarious professios.l
It is a questionable system of ethics that would
attaadaa the vain and weak-minded as a prey to
sharpers, emu though folly should be dashed in
them, as it generally is with snore reprehensible
qualities. That would be but to punish faults by
wham But the harpies of the ramped picture trade
emstrive at time to prey upon some who are too
geed is be their victims. There is a clue of
paintings saMeiently meritorious to laird legiti-
mate pleases, and which are yet full of defeats.
Pm enemy* he mast be a bomber at hi tai
hand see ow make a oopy of a as work by e
pest meter from which every vertiiseir theta/est

of the original shall have disappeared. The content
plation of works of this kind may afford rem
enjoyment to thoss in whom tha taste for Art
i. imperfectly developed, or who cannot afford
to pay foe better. If eqd for what they really ink
and at their time value, they would teftect no di►
credit on the parasitise's. But wham theg are sold
under false macs, and at undue prices, ID these who
have a genuine though uneducated genes of beauty,
honest and deserving men are plundered, and the
sellers are neither more no: less than swindlers.
They wrong not only their immr diets victims, the
purehasers, but the meritorious artist, who sees the
fend devoted by the public at large to investments
in Works of Art diminished by being devoted to the
purchase of interior productions, or who perhaps has
his fair fame compromised by the attribution of erode
and imperfect pictures to his pencil. If Mr. REIIIIIII
PrfEll aneoeeda in =masking a horde of fraudulent
picture-dealers, we shall feel more than half disposed
to forgive his foible., and even to regret that we
have spoken the truth of him.