Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-18
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J The French Chambers were opened by
t the Prince President, on the 29th ult. The
Prince President performing the ceremony il
I person. He was attended by brilliant staff O
general officers, colonels ofregiments, counsel
I lors OF state, &c. His reception was of the
t Warmest kind. He read his installation speech
standing In alluding to the FOREIGN relations
OF France, he says, at is for all our interests to
keep with them the most amicable relations .
lie next proceeds to explain what his conduct
will be In doing so. He disclatsls anu intention
Of dsctsring himself Emperor but if the restless
and dlsatfecfed portion Of the community, by
underhanded lntrlgues, endeavor to sap the ba-
Sis OF his government-if in their blindness,
they contest the legitimacy of the popular cleo
ton, or engender by their incessant attacks,
the future prosperity of the ministry then he
would demand from the people, n the name of
she repose of France, new title, which would
Iuevocably fix upon his head the power they
had invested him with. Immense applause
greeted the varieus salient points of his address,
and at the end, enthusiastic cheers were given
with cries of "Vive Napoleon" The Prince
President then took the oath of fidelity to the
constitution after which the members took
their oaths of fidelity to the President, &c
Neither Cen Cavaignac nor M. Carrot attend
ed. On the following day the Senate and Leg
lslative corps met in their respective chambers
Mr.. Secretary Walpole introduced into
= d
bill which, it 10 thought, win be favorably re-
celved by Parliament Its provisions aim at
raising force OF eighty thousand strong So.
600 to be raised the first year bv voluntary en-.
istment. The term of service to be five wears.
ana ehe bounty IA or Is in one payment or BY
monthly lnstalments. The time for discipline.
&c, to be twenty-one days in each wear; but
power is given IN case of emergency to increase
II to seven weeks or, on the contrary, to re.
duce it to three days. The estimated expense
IS E40O,O0 the first year, and E25O0O0 per an
mum afterwards.
An edict has been issued warning all
foreigners who may be residing in the Canton
OF Geneva, Switzerland, without papers of com
mission, that they will be certainly expelled,
unless they report themselves at the police
oiilce and obtain the necessary carte de sejour
For those who quit voluntarily, passports,
chiefly Tor America OF England would be given;
but they were not allowed to go to either
France or Germany.
The correspondent of the Londong Times
says that he has excellent reasons for believing
that all is ready, and that the Austrian govern
ment will secretly mature the territorial ar
rangement, and that Russia and Prussia will |
make common cause with them in the matter
Austria is still on excellent terms with France
1t IS said that Austria and Prussia have conclu-
dod n -treat5r nf naSisstion of the Danube, ao-
cofolng to winch the duties payable on that /
river are abolished.
Late advices from Bombay, &c., had |
been received in England The negotiations |
with the Burmese having failed, and the insults |
being continued, force of 6,OOO men. in eonaI
proportions, from Calcutta and Madras. was to
set out Tor Burmah on the 18th March A SQUAD
ron OF war steamers had left Bombay for Ran
goon, and would call at Madras to transport
the troops: Hostilites seemed inevitable. The
forces under Sir Colin Campbell had reached
Peshawaur.
"A statistical account Of pauperism in
the british Isles, recently published in the Lon
don Times, shows that it Is decreasing in Enc
land and Wales. The number Of the depend
ant poor In England and Wales, on January l,
1852, was less by I76O, than the number on
January l, 1851. This looks very well for the
English Government, but unfortunately, we
have received four or five times I76O Of Eng
lands paupers within the period referred to-
Near st. Sewer, there lives an old SOL
dier, with false leg, false arm, glass eye,
complete set OF false teeth, silver nose, COW
cred with substance resembling nesh and a
silver plate replacing paru OF his skull he was
unoer Napoleon, and these are his trophies,
A foreign correspondent writes to the
National IntslHgemcer that the "Bleak House"
has had the largest sale of any OF Mr. Dickens
serials so far. The first impression of twenty
I'VE thousand copies was swept up by the trade
II once twenty thousand were put to press
Immediately after
fenBurg; Terrrvrvr-
10Th ult., to state to the Chamber that he had
no intention Of making any change in the min
istry.
The present Shah of Persia is twenty
two years of age, and one of the hsndsomest
men in the empire. His great grandfather, who
had three hundred wives, had crowd of child
rem, who have had descendants in their turn,
until at length it is computed that the imperial
family comprises at least ten thousand persons.
Gen. Perczel has been liberated from his
detention at Broosa, In Asia Minor, on the IN
tercession of the Legation Of the United
States He is furnished with an American
(not as a citizen of the United States,
but as protected by them,) and with his family
will leave for the United States via England.
He is the last of the Hungarian refugees
Advertising in English papers is some
what expensive. The lowest charge for adver-
tsing in the London Times, ds about three dol
lars a square even line announcing mar
riage or death costs seven English shllllngs-
nearly two dollars
In the English Parliament, Mr..
MoncktOn Mines moved resolution express.
ing the disapprobation of the Commons at the
of Austria, threatening British ira
vellers with Inconvenience, in consequence Of
the refusal of the British Government to expel
foreign refugees.
A sample Of Irish beet root sugar has
been shown in Mincing Lane, London, and ex-
cited much interest. Specimens are dispatched
to America and the continent of Europe. They
are at present making beet root sugar In Ireland
at the rate of 30 tons per week
Martial law ceased from the 28th ult.
in all the departments of continental France.
The mixed commission ceased on the same
date, and the "Code Civi~ resumed its former
title of "Code Napoleon"
Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy, Of the Dublin
Nation newspaper, is candidate for the repre-
sentation of New Rosse. He is to be opposed
by Sir T. H. Reddington, late under Secretary
for Ireland.
A meeting of the citizens of Dublin has
been held on the subjecs of tenant rights. Mr..
Crawford's bill was unanimously approved OF,
and the meeting pledged itself TO support no
other candidates at general election but such
as were staunch supporters OF national tenant
right
A numerous and influential meeting has
been held at Lord Charlemont's house in Dub
lin, for the purpose of taking steps to erect, IN
Ireland, suitable memorial III honor OF the
lamented poet, Tom Moore.
Archbishop Cullen is likely, it is said,
to be appointed by the Pope to the archiepisco.
cal see Of Dublin, vacated by the death Of the
archbishop DR.. Murray.
A deputation from Havre had arrived at
Paris, to address protest to the government
against the imposition of additional duty on
foreign sugar. The announcement of such an
intention had created great anxiety 10 all the
French ports.
It was reported that the Presidents do
tation would be fixed at 100000 francs, with
an addition in the event of his marriage. The |
feeling increases that the Empire may be ex-
pected.
The progress of the rebels in China is
decided and unquesticnable. The Governor
General Of the Canton province had been be-
sieged in one of his own towns, and the rem
nant OF the imperial forces had been signaliy
defeated.