LATEST FROM FRANCE.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 716, 23 February 1853, Page 3

LATEST FROM FRANCE.

(From the “Times’” Correspondent.)

Paris, Friday, October 8, o p.m. —lt would now appear to be beyond doubt that the manner of proceeding with reference to the establishment of the Empire (which may now be regarded as a fail accompli) has been decided on. Counting with certainly on the ready assent of the Senate to the projected change in the form of government, the President or his Ministers w ill not he under the necessity of making any formal communication to that body on thesubect,and they, the principal condition of whose institution is the maintenance of the Constitution, will ot themselves anticipate all such advances and declare, by perhaps an unanimous resolution, that the 1,1 fundamental code,'’ as it is called, is defective or vicious. The senators will, in all probability, form part of the cortege on the entry of (he President inlohis “ bonne ville de Paris,” and that act of early acknowledgement of the Imperial sovereignly of Louis Napoleon will be followed without delay by n Senate Consulle, inviting him in the most respectful terms to do a gentle violence to his feelings, and yield gracefully to the popular w ill. The senate will, in all likelihood, allow no idle time to pass by; in familiar phrase, no grass will be suffered to grow under their feet. The day for that body to meet will, perhaps, he the one after the return to Paris, and I am still more disposed to believe that the wording of the decree for summoning them together, as also the motive for Senatus Consulte, will be finally and irrevocably decided at Tours. A decree will follow theadoption of the resolution of the Senate, making an appeal to the nation for its consent to the change; a Plebiscite will he forthwith promulgated for that purpose, nearly in the same manner as that of the 2nd of December : and the Imperialists even already declare their conviction that the total number of votes will exceed those that followed the coup dc elal. Whether the actual Constitution will undergo a total or a partial change I am not aware. It is considered probable that it will only suffer those modifications necessary to adapt it to the Imperial regime. No.substantial change could, indeed, add to the absolute power already possessed by the ruler of France ; and the President may not be disposed to incur the risk, or the trouble, of an act of mere supererogation. Thus, then, the name of Republic, as its substance has already done, will before many days have passed away—completely vanish. The proclamation of an hereditary imperial regime in France will be quickly followed, it is said, by a protest from IheCountde Chambord, addressed to the European Powers, and there is reason to believe that the document is even now prepared. This was to be expected : but so confident do the imperialists feel, that they affect not only to attach no importance to the act, but even to wish for it. Some would go further, and demand its publication in the Moiiitcur. And in official quarters assurances are given that the establish-

incut of the Empire will of itself produce no unfavourable change in the diplomatic relations existing between France and oilier countries. On the day (he President returns to Paris a Council of Ministers will be held, and arrangements have been already made that none of them shall be absent.

Jn the mean time the petition movement, under the inspiring action of the prefects, is going on as rapidly as the most impatient imperialist could desire. Letters from Metz state that the signatures obtained in (he four arrondissements of (be department of the Moselle, as transmitted to the office of the Minister of (he Interior, demanding the establishment of the Empire, amount to 56,174. They add that there still remain some communes* and that when completed the names will amount to 65,000. The prefect of the Herault, on the President's arrival at the Prefecture, deposited in his hands 294 addresses from municipal councils, demanding the establishment of the Empire.

The Journal da Pay de Dome confirms the fact 1 mentioned yesterday, with reference to the discovery of papers said to be of the most compromising character, and connected with the Marseilles plot. Active searches continue to he made in the Haute Loire. A visit was made by the police at the residence of a former inspector of schools at Puy and Agen, named Badal. He was absent at the lime, but his papers were taken possession of by the Juge de Paix, A letter from Nimes announces that a mason, named Cadct-Mounct, a former municipal councillor, and late standard-bearer of the ex-National Guard of Uzes, was lodged in the prison of that town at five o’clock on Monday morning last, charged with the assassination of M. de Dampmarlin,

Courier de Lyon has received a preliminary warning from the Prefect of the Rhone for publishing two articles on the subject of Rome and the Pope, which are denominated as being the “ republicalion of false news, and of a nature to affect the honour of the French Government .”

The President, when at Marseilles, accorded pardons or commutations of punishment to twenty-seven political offenders condemned by the Commission or the Bouches riu Rhone. In the Card twenty-two offenders have been pardoned, and sixteen have had their sentences commuted ; in the Locere seven have obtained pardons and one a commutation of punishment. Thirty-two persons belonging to the Basses-Alps, who had been sentenced by the mixed Commissions to various penalties, have also been pardoned.

The President has sent 12 magnificent armchairs, from the manufactory alßeauvais, to the Cathedral at Bordeaux ; and he has given oOCOf. for repairs to the belfry, &c., of the Notre Dame de Verdclais near that city, lie has also promised a magnificent painting to the church of Saint Andre, of Bordeaux, and another to that of Saint Geronce, at Bourg. The Duke do Mouchy, Vice-President of the directing committee of the Orleans Railway, the Baron Richemont, and M.M. Boulon and de Bousquel left yesterday for Bordeaux. They have been delegated by the committee to accompany the President on his way from Bordeaux to Paris.

Thelrish Roman Catholic Bishops, Dr. M'Hale, Dr. Murphy of Cloyne, Dr. Derry of Clonfert, Dr. Denvir, of Down and Connor,and Dr. Keane of Ross, left Paris on their return to Ireland yesterday. On announcing their arrival I mentioned that the object of their coming to the French capital was the “ visitation” of the Irish College, which She statutes of the establishment require shall take place at stated periods. It appears that previous to their departure they expressed themselves satisfied with the results of the management of the College. The Archbishop of Paris also visited the College on Sunday last, and it is understood, expressed himself to tho same effect. The day previous to the departure of the Bishops a farewell address was delivered to the professors and students by Dr. M‘Hale. The College is under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Milev.

A rumour was in circulation this afternoon, hut for the accuracy of which I do not vouch, that serious disturbances had broken out at Home.