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London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

of French soldiers ? Setting aside the difficulty pre'
seated by the language, we will answer for it that the
few Frenchmen, resident in France, who contrive to
benefit by our lucubrations, belong to the class which,
if permitted to speak out, would thank us for thete.,
We wish it were otherwise—we wish that the whole el
the French people, civil and military, could be made ac:
quainted with the opinion which is entertained of their
President's projects and proceedings by the best
informed and moat intelligent persons in eveny
quarter of the globe. But as this cannot be whilst,
he retains the power of gagging the press, we must
rest satisfied with upholding the standard of politics.'
morality beneath the protection of the British constv
tution, and with warning our own countrymen to he
equally on their guard against his friendship and 10
enmity—his amicable professions and his threats.
There are two distinct modes in which a mistaken 01,
perverted view of Louis Napoleon's chants er sou,
career may be fraught with an incalculable amountoi
evil. In the first place, the tacit approval or the
boastful vindication of perjury, rapin-, and bloodshed
—tor whatever end they may be employed—implies
or induces a low tone of thinking, which has invaris'
bly proved fatal to the permanence of free institutions.
Any community which can contemplate the perpetrr
tion of an enormous political wrong, or the foci
oppression of a neighbouring State, without a flush°
indignation, is in a fair way to become the victim Of
similar outrage, and would richly merit its fate. 11°`
is it merely a well-founded apprehension lest the
moral taint should spread, that renders us reluctant to
believe that the French have freely acquiesced in the,
new despotism. " I rejoice," exclaimed Lore
Chatham, " that the Americans have resisted. Threemillion subjects of the British empire, so dead t°
every generous impulse as to submit their necks is
such a yoke, would be fit instruments to make slall
of the rest." A fortiori, a nation of thirty-two gel:
lions, in the heart of Europe, tamely enduring such'
despotism as that of Louis Napoleon, would be fit ier
struments to tread out every spark of liberty on the
side of the Atlantic, unless they were sedulousli
watched, and timely preparations made to resist them
in case of need. This brings us to our second rease'
for protesting against the partial and false construe'
tion so systematically put upon all the Prince PreieV
dent's acts by his partizans. The effect of the°
misstatements and their sophistry, be their purp°,
what it may, is to induce a dangerous confide/3e;
in his dispositions and intentions. The Engli'
public are requested to believe that he has bee°'
and is, the sole barrier against a flood of Red R,epo.,h.
licanism, which, if he were removed, might speedo;
re-enact the terrible doings of the early years ,
the revolution of 1789 This is about as true;
that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli have saved ills
devoted land from being devastated by " democranid
If ever there was a time when the Red Republican! ,
Socialists were truly formidable, it was in the sprier;
of 1848, when M. Ledru Rollin's commissariesWeu
hard at work in the provinces, whilst MM. LI,
Blanc, Albert (ouvrier), and Co., were preachingi.,o
organization of labour at the Luxembourg.
what was the result ? The moment the French 00
tion had an opportunity of declaring itself througbeei
Assembly elected by universal suffrage, it pronounc ,
decidedly in favour of what we should call Conserl
cave opinions. The most violent of the dissentisci
minority were crushed and decimated by Cavaigtt
and when Louis Napoleon took the oaths as Ylvel
Magistrate of the so-called Republic, the majoritY
the National Assembly was notorious for its mon
chical tendencies. Tne real contest thenceforth eo,
between him and the leaders of that famous " niely
ray." He himself was the chief conspirator from
very commencement of his Presidency ; and theil;
defined dread with which timorous people looked fle,
ward to May, 1852, may be clearly traced to
over
intrigues and his well-known determination to ove'llo
ride the law. Apart from his illegal pretensions to
immediate renewal of his lease of office, there Were
no apprehensions whatever of an outbreak ; and '0
best mode of " saving society ''would have heed
not to trample on its most sacred obligations,
to imprison or banish its chief ornaments, buts
take ship himself—with his Persignys, St. Arne°
de Mornys, and Maupases—for California or 010
enne. The plain truth is, that Louis Napoleon-1A
ads, at least, imitating the Imperial founder of!,
family—has been guided, throughout every shifted
phase of his adventurous and chequered life, by P
selfishness. He will stick at nothing to forward
own interests; and the notion of his being restraleo
by gratitude for kindness and hospitality received 4
England, or by personal regard towards Englisbnivy,
is preposterous. He will attack us without scrncof,
and without warning. whenever the state of Ws ,A,
fairs require him to find employment for his troorii
or to keep up the prestige of his name by a coif, 0
main. Far from expecting that the crisis
averted through the influence or the statestne°Boo
of the Earl of Malmesbury, we must confess that
fears will be most materielly aggravated so 110
that incapable and self-sufficient nobleman she' 01
entrusted with the seals of the Foreign-office.
is just the description of Minister whom
unscrupulous adversary would desire to set,'
such a post; for nothing would be more easy t. 1300
to hoodwink his Lordship by a little judi°lol
flattery. The facility with which he may be 14
into a trap was sufficiently shown by his simplioitticl
assenting to the proposed extradition treaty, in WP ltl
absurd and dangerous scheme he persisted until 0
true purport was explained to him by Lord BrougOs
Under these circumstances, it most especially beh°,4l
us to keep alive the national vigilance, and to colt)
attention to the hourly increasing indications of 0
gathering storm which threatens to break upon „1
shores. Ship after ship—each announced as ane.;;o
more of a projected bridge across the Channel--"l'd
been recently added to a navy, the available felt
which, we repeat, has been sedulously mystified; het
within three months the completed railway to volt
bourg will enable the new or embryo Emperor Loco+
centrate and embark an invading army, joefore4
news of its having left Paris can reach the Admit')
or the Horse Guards. There is yet time for edill
preparation; but it will be little short of insacitt
our rulers to trust to Louis Napoleon's sense 00 ti
tice and respect for international law, or to hopej
avert his calculated hostility by repeating w.
cowardly and unjust censures of the Press.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS
es 6,,
EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, OCT.
Oat straw, from bs Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones Ili
wheat ditto, bs Od to Os 6d ; barley ditto, 4s Od to Al
Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone. 0
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. s.—There Wm"

1.0/
the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, each WI 5 r
2801bs imperial, whereof 5 sold thus:-2 at 1/ lOs 6d, tin.untllt
1/ lOs Od ; average price of the whole 111 s 2d 4.3'0
DALICEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 4. —There well..isf,
the market to-day 7 I bags of oatmeal, and 6 bags of btal
barley sales were dull. Top price of oatmeal the saw vti
last market. 6d per bag down on the second, and 9d per
down on the lowest quality. No pot-barley in market. ,4
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. Ernst Second .IP,
imperial .. ••• 395 Oct 28s 6d 2i :
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s Oct —s Od
Peaserneal Od —s Od
Flour ... ••• —s Od —a Od ^--41 01
Potbarley —s Od —s Od 004

COAL ,t4Art tiE I'. YE.szEnDaY.
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :0' 6;
Bate's West Hartley.. 16s Od Haswell lle9ig
Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16s Od Lambton ......... ....
Carr's Hartley ..... ... 16, Od Pensher .
Davison'sWestHartley 16s Od Russell's Hetton OP
Hasting's Hartley ... 16s Od Richmond
1600
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth l6s Od Whitwell
Hartlepool W. Hartley 16s Od Cassop
South Peareth l3s Od Hartlepool ll9
ranfield Moor Butes... 14s Od Kelloe
West Hartey
Wylam
Wall's End, &c. Thornley
Acorn Close ....... ..... 16s 6d West Belmont lO pi
Gosforth ...
Hedley .....
Lawson lss 9d! St. Helen's Tees ..... 118 g
Northumberland
Eden Main ...... ...... 16e 9d Woodhouse Close lO pi
Belmont l6s 9JlCowpen Hartley ...... i 6 Oi
Braddyll
Eletton
Ships at market

;,113 Sold, 72.

The Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital was opep
on Tuesday, after having been extensively enlarged.
Romney presided.

BiliTllB.
OF A SON.
On the 2d inst., at Hinton Abbey, Somersetshire, the
of Theobald Theobald, Esq. td
On the 3d inst., at Stratford house, Stroud, Giotto'
shire, the lady of Captain Ilallewell, 28th Regiment.
OF A DAIJMITIR•
Oef°
On the 4th inst., at Radwell-house, near Baldock,
the wife of Fraocis Leslie Pym, Eq. rt,
On the 3d inst., at Adelaide-cottage, Haverstock,
stead, the wife of J. Brookabenk, Esq.

MARRIED.
On the 2d inst., at St. John's. Yo-ton, Augustus Po d 6
Eq., second son of the late Sir George Pocock, 13‘tirt'iV
Hart, in the county of Durham, and of Winkton Sloot
Hants, to Eleanor Jane. eldest daughter of W. Richard
Esq.. R.N., of Gosport, Hants.
Oo the 4'h inst., at St. James's, Westminster, „4
Aylmer, ,of Altadore, near Dublin, to Ellen, VIP"
H. Vanhee, Esq.

DIED.
vill'l
On the 2d inst., at Harby, Leicestershire, the Rev. N.
Evans Hartropp. Or
At Woolwich, on the 3d inst., Anne, wife of Lieutee
Colonel Wilford, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. /DO
On the Ist inst., at Albert-road, Regent's-park, "
Main, Esq. aged 64.
On the 29th ult., at Milton Damerel, Devon, the
cltiOlai
Thomas Clack, aged 78, upwards of 51. years rector o&
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parish. ititl
At Kingstio4 n, on the 28th ult., Anne, relict of the
Rev. Samuel Kyle, D.D., la e Lord Bishop of Cork, Li''''
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and Ross.

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