FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 786, 12 February 1853, Page 3

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.

Notwithstanding the forced silence of the journals, both io Paris and the departments, tbe people are beginning to discover that tbe rntbu-

1 s iasm of which some glowing descriptions have "been given by the telegraphic despatches has never existed. People are at length becoming Sensible, from the falsehood of the accounts given by the government scribes of what has taken place in their own presence, that they have been deceived as to what has taken place elsewhere. $he violent means made use of by the prefects to force rural communes, however unwilling, to take part in the manifestations, have also given great dissatisfaction, and have actually produced a reaction in favour of a free press and representative government. It is generally reported in Paris that the coldness, (almost amounting to hostility) of the reception given to Louis Napoleon, made so deep an impression on his entourage, that General de St. Arnand gave it as his opinion that the " progress " should be cut ihort. ■ It is admitted by the Moniteur that cries of "■'Vive I'Amnestie' were raised at Montpellier.. The President said :— " I bear cries of 'Vive I' Amnestic* An amnesty is, more in my heart j than in your months. If you desire it, shew yourselves worthy of it by your wisdom and patriotism.'* The Marquis de Dummartin, mayor of Uzes, was assassinated on the 30th September, at six o'clock in the morning. He was shot while leaving bis own house. No -cause for the crime is known. Private account!, however, state, with emphasis, that M. Dummartin was at the head of a deputation, on their way to pay their respects to the President, when the event occurred. The council-general of the Loire- Inferieure lias passed a resolution expressive of their wish that the Government should permit Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau, natives of that department, to return to France. Orders have been given that the repairs and decorations at the Tuileries are to be completed by the 15th of October at the farthest. That is the day, or the day but one, before the President's return to Paris. The Revue Britannique states that an application has been made by the French Government to the English Cabinet for the original will of the Emperor Napoleon, which has* hitherto remained in the possession of England. Prince Louis Napoleon arrived at Bordeaux, October 7tb. The President's reception was most enthusiastic. The Times says :— " It was reported that • telegraph despatch- had been received, announcing that the President, when replying to one of the authorities of city, declared formally that he accepted the empire." The Prefects appear not to be relaxing in the arduous duty of calling- forth the enthusiasm of their administres dnring the progress of the President through the country; They leave nothing undone, or unsaid,' to An the flame >mbere it .slowly burns, or to blow it into life where it bad not existed or where it lay hidden. Like the mother ' of theGraccbi when summoning her sons for the inspection of the noble Roman matron, or like the Irish peasant at a fair, these zealous functionaries cryout "Comeforward.my/awik!" and the example set by the over-eulogistic Prefect of the Calvados has been since followed with more or less effect. The functionary who has a title to be considered spcond best in this race of devoteddess, which, we may presume, will not end whhojfcidvantage or. increase of honor to themselves,Tflhe Count d'Ornano, to whose care is intriifcwd the welfare and prosperity of the Yonne. On the occasion* of his opening the Municipal Council* of that department, be terminated a long speech by the following bold apostrophe :—": — " You will repeat- with me, on that solemn dty, the patriotic exclamation with which all France re-echoes, ' Vive Louis Napoleon!" 'Long live the heir of the Emperor!" 'Long live the man who has saved France !' " The Prefect in me was, however, outstripped by a M. Best, a member of the Council of Prefecture, and whom we may consider as • Prefect in posse. M. Best, decidedly opposed to mincing matters, threw all hesitation aside, and exclaimed boldly " Vive TEmpereur !' and his colleagues of the Corporation took up the cry until the roof of the Couucil Hall rang again. A considerable number of arrests for political causes have just been made in the Haute Loire, whether connected with the Marseilles affair is not stated. M. Audiard-Bonnet, former editor of the Ami dv Peuple, a Socialist journal of the same department, has been arrested at Puy, and lodged in the gaol of that town. Several arrests took place three days ago at Montauban. Most of them are men who have been condemned for political offences, or liberated prisoners. Four inhabitants of the town, known fir their violent opinions, have also been arrested. One hundred and thirty-three political prisoners from the department of the Herault have been pardoned, or their punishment commuted) by the President. The funeral service for Queen Hortense took place at the church of Reuill. By 1 1 o'clock the church was crowded with distinguished persons from Paris, and the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. After the mass the whole of the congregation sprinkled holy' water on the tomb of the Queen, which is placed opposite that of the Empress, her mother. The monument to Queen Hortense is surmounted with her statute in white marble, and bears>ithe following inscription — "To Queen Hortense, born on the 10th of April, 1783, died on the sth of October, 1837. Her ton, Napoleon Bonaparte."