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FRANCE.—President Bonaparte commenced his Southern tour on Tues- day. He drove to the terminus of the Orleans Railway under an escort

of cavalry, and accompanied by Jerome Bonaparte and General St. Ar- naud. At the station he was received by General Magnan, the Parisian authorities, and all the Ministers exoept Magne and Du.cos. The people —or rather the officials, for, according to the accounts, the crowd seemed

composed of employes—cried " Vive Napoleon !" and " Vive rEmpereur " As the authorities have the press well in hand, no accounts have reached us except through them. But as far as we can gather from the narratives

of the journey, the effects have been obviously prepared. Throughout the earlier part of the day, 'demonstrations were not permitted ; and it was not until the President reached Vierzon that the stations were or- namented or the spectators numerous. But beyond Vierzon, great pains had been taken to bring up the peasants, by placing conveyances at their dis- posal, free of cost; and accordingly they showed in good numbers. Ins return for the courtesy of a ride, they gave the courtesy of a " Vive Napoleon !" ; while the more adventurous and exalted spirits ectioed the cry of" Vive rEmpereur !" raised by semi-official persons. At Vierzon the Duke de Mortemart and the Prefect of the Cher were received in the Presidential carriage; and the train dashed on amid got-up demon- strations of tricolours evergreens, and bonfires, to Bourges. President Bonaparte was greeted on his arrival by a discharge of can- non and a ringing of the great bell of St. Etienne. The station was lighted up, and decked with flowers and evergreens. Bands were play- ing, and a small army of officers ranged on the platform. He was re- ceived by the Prefect and the Mayor, and conducted to his horse. From the station surrounded by Ministers, Generals, Prefects, and Municipals, he rode through streets lined with soldiers, and highly decorated, towards the cathedral At intervals were tricolours, the initials "L. N." sur- rounded by an "imperial crown "; and on the Betel Dieu, the principal house of the Sisters of Charity, was the inscription "To Louis Napoleon, the saviour of families, the protector of religion." At the cathedral he

was received by the clergy and their chief, with holy water and incense. As all formal addresses were prohibited, the Archbishop spoke briefly as follows-

" Prince, we wished to lay at the feet of your Imperial Highness the sen- timents with which we are penetrated towards you. Silence is imposed on ; but read in our hearts, Prince, and you will there see a devotedness and a gratitude which can only be equalled by our profound respect."

President Bonaparte replied in the same brief enigmatical style—

"Monsieur le Cardinal, I am profoundly touched by the sentiments you express to me. They are a good augury for me at the commencement of the Journey I have undertaken. The wishes which are made for me by a pre- late so distinguished, and a clergy so excellent for their virtues, will have n fortunate effect.'

Then there was a procession to the altar, a chanting of the "Domine salvum fac Napoleonem," and other rites. This performance being over,.

President Bonaparte walked to the palace of the Cardinal ; and as he en- tered, casting his eyes upward, he might have seen over the main gate- way the significant sign of the letters "L N." surmounted by an im- perial crown " ; while his ears were saluted with the congenial cries of " Yive rEmpereur !"

The President gave a dinner to the Cardinal Archbishop in his own palace, and every official of any rank was invited. Next day he reviewed the National Guards, and then started forward. The Imperialist movement thus begun at Bonrges was continued at Nevers ; where the "peasants" shouted loudly " Vive rEmpereur ! "— at Jewit so say the telegraphic despatches of the Prefects.

When President Bonaparte was at Nevers, an address was read to hint by M. Charles Dupin, which had been agreed to by the Conseil-General of the Nievre, in favour of the stability of the Government; and he added that the people had that day given this resolution an unmistakeable sanc- tion [in crying " Vive rEmpereur "]. To this solemn farce the cunning adventurer contributed his share by a speech in reply, closing with these words, as reported by the .11foniteur- " When it is the .general interest that is in question, Ialways endeavour to anticipate public opinion ; but when it is an interest which appears to me to be personal, then I follow public opinion."

The cry for "the Empire" rings all along the line of railway—say the Imperial organs.

As the time prognosticated by political seers for the proclamation of the Empire draws near, signs of its advent, or what in the absence of authen- tic explanations may be regarded as such, become more undisguised. One of these symptoms is a petition to the Senate, now circulating in Paris, got up by the Usurping Government, but purporting to be from "fathers of families," and praying for the Empire.

This document begins by premising, that in France all interests are un- der the truly sovereign influence of the person who is the chief of the

state ' • and that who shall be chief ought not to be periodically questioned. Then follow these paragraphs-

" Considering that a father of a family, Under a presidency of ten, fifteen, or twenty years, cannot possibly know under what political conjunctures he will provide for the marriage of the son or the daughter that just now he fondles on his knee ;

"Considering, consequently, that a presidency of ten, fifteen, or twenty years, cannot possibly altogether and justly satisfy the loftiest and sweetest sentiments of paternal and conjugal love ; "And that, were it otherwise, the births ought in a very peculiar manner to correspond to the peculiar exigencies of this periodical renovation of the executive power;

" Considering,kewise, that under a presidency of ten, fifteen, or twenty years, the industrious and provident workman is equally troubled in his prudence, in his love of labour, by the uncertainty in which, under an un- stable Government, he finds the political conditions which ought at solve future day to promote him from the position of a labourer to that of an em- ployer." The petition goes on reciting its "considerations," for the purpose of showing that periodical elections would cause fatal disasters to fathers of families ; asserting that they will never be happy and safe, or provident for their family; that "our generation would violate all the duties it owes to succeeding generations, if enamoured of anarchy" that the "self- denial of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," who des:ired to reconcile parties, has produced exactly the reverse of the effect which the heir of the Emperor desired ; that old parties trouble all existing interests, because they may legally appear at stated intervals ; that the old parties abuse the great and noble disinterestedness of Prince Louis Napoleon ; and that hereditary power in France will "for the future have no other support than the people's love and—and so grandly within fifty years—its twice- merited gratitude to the family of the Emperor." And having massed to- gether these considerations, the petition closes with a prayer-

" That the father of a family may be at ease as to the future of his chil- dren, and remain untroubled by the uncertainties of our political future ; that industrious and intelligent labourers may not suffer from the same un- certainty in the legitimate hope of providing for their old days, for them- selves and their families, the just reward of their labour and their frugality. "For this purpose have the undersigned, confiding in your high wisdom and providence, the honour most respectfully to pray that you will make use of the right which the existing constitution confers upon you, for the interest of the future of the country, in order to reestablish political authority on its truly national and popular basis—the only one which suits our age—namely, hereditary tenure of sovereign power in the family of Bonaparte.'

Paris was startled on Tuesday by a revelation of some of the hidden thoughts of the Elysee. An invasion of England would seem to afford a topic for common Fossil?. The Constilutionnel published an article ac- tually menacing an invasion ; talking familiarly of destroying our ships, and calling the new war-steamer Napoleon "the first arch of a bridge that will put us [the French] on an equal footing with England." The sting of the article is in the following paragraph— "Invasion ! May the calamities represented by that word long be averted from theEnglish people, notwithstanding the frequent iniquities of their policy, and notwithstanding the oppression which her navy has so long exercised upon Europe. May we never be compelled to cross that moveable bridge which steam has thrown between that nation and ourselves, for any other pur- pose than to hold out our hand to the English, and to congratulate ourselves and them at seeing a little more moderation and equity prevail in their re- lations with other powers. But if ever the plague of war should burst out between us and them, London might tremble, and with some reason. It is not the fortification of her coasts—it is not the watchfulness, easily evaded, of her fleet—that could hinder fast vessels like the Napoleon from landing 1500 men from each ship upon the first fiat shore of the English coast that might be clear at low tide. The struggle would thus be transferred to the land ; and there, thank God, we should fight with advantage. England has always been conquered the instant that a foreign army has been able to set foot on her soil. The Romans, Saxons, Danes—the Normans under Wil- liam—all in turn landed and ruled in Great Britain. The existing dynasty of her Sovereigns, moreover, came from a foreign land. The deposition of James H. by William was a sort of fourth invasion. The day has come then the fleets of Great Britain can no longer prevent a descent upon her shores. Europe would then have to call her to account for the occupation of Gibraltar, taken by a surprise ; for the taking of Malta, Heligoland, the Cape of Good Hope, Aden, the Ionian Islands, and other important boulevards be- hind which a maritime despotism is sheltered. This despotism, had it gone on increasing, would by force of an incontestable maritime superiority have ended by provoking one of the weaker nations to take one of those extreme resolutions which are never adopted except when the only chance of salva- tion is to hope for none. Steam will save Europe from this despair and neces- sity. It will reestablish the equilibrium ; it will make our neighbours un- derstand the necessity of a more scrupulous and more prudent policy. In this way it will serve to consolidate peace."

NOVA Scoria. —The Canada from Boston and Halifax, with papers to the 3d September, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday ; and the Atlantic from New York, with dates to the 4th, on Wednesday.

The alleged settlement of the Fishery question upon the basis of reciprocity has given no satisfaction to the people of Nova Scotia. On the contrary, they are alarmed at the report that the fisheries are to be thrown open to the American fishermen on condition that the American fisheries be thrown open to the colonists. Memorials to the Queen and Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant their Lieutenant-Governor have been drawn up, based on reso- lutions agreed to at a public meeting held in Halifax on the 2d September. • The memorial to the Lieutenant-Governor, after reciting the restrictive provisions of the treaty of 1818, and pointing out the obvious conse- quence that if the restrictions be removed it will be impossible to prevent the Americans from using the Colonial fishing-grounds as freely as' the colonists themselves, proceeds-

" They will be permitted to enter our bays and harbours where, at all times, unless armed vessels are present in every harbour, they will not only fish in common with our own fishermen, but they will bring with them contraband goods to exchange with the inhabitants for fish, to the great injury of Colonial traders and loss to the public revenue. The fish oh- tamed by this illicit traffics will then be taken to the United States, whero they will be entered as the produce of the American fisheries, while those exported from the colonies in a legal manner are subject to oppressive duties. We need not remind your Excellency, that the equivalent said to have been proposed—that of allowing our vessels to fish in the waters of the United State—is utterly valueless and unworthy of a moment's consideration. We -would fain hope that the reports which have appeared in the publie..p.ress respecting the pending negotiations between the two Governments are with- out any good foundation. We cannot imagine that her Majesty's Govern- ment, after having taken prompt and decided measures to enforce the true construction of the treaty, will ever consent to such a terms as will render our highly valued rights a mere pr in common with foreigners." The memorial to the Queen is couched in stronge takes more of the character of a remonstrance. I rumoured settlement of the question, as being to them injurious and humiliating." 'fhey recite the claim to th upon the ground of international right, and upon the expag of the treaty. And they ask—

"Shall nations be absolved from the obligation of their contracts, and com- plaints be respected when madeby a people, which between individuals would be treated as puerile ? " " If conciliation, irrespective of right, be the principle on which is to be withdrawn the restriction against the entry of Americans into the bays and indentations of the coast to fish, limiting them alone to the distance of lairee miles from the shore, the concession of the privilege to fish within this latter distance must equally be granted,—as, indeed, has been already urged in the American _Congress : the restriction in both cases rests on the same authority ; and the concession in each would be demanded by the same principle. It may not be the province of your Majesty's Colonial subjects to suggest how far such a principle is consistent with national honour and independence ; they have a right to pray that it be not carried out at their expense.

"When the welfare of the empire is supposed to demand extensive altera- tions in the laws of trade and navigation, the peculiar interests of the Colo- nies are not permitted to disturb the general system by the continuance of conflicting regulations, however necessary, from long usage, and the competi- tion of foreigners, more powerful and more fostered by their own Govern- ments. In the present case, the possession to be surrendered is no offspring of artificial arrangements, falling with a complicated policy of which it formed a part. "No, may it please your Majesty, your loyal subjects in Nova Scotia raise their voice against the injury of an inheritance conferred upon your North American subjects by nature—connected with their soil by the laws and usages of nations—confirmed to them by solemn compact ; and which, practically enjoyed by them peculiarly, and as your other Majesty's subjects cannot enjoy them, can be surrendered only at their extreme injury and great loss.

"Surely, may it please your Majesty, your loyal Colonial subjects have a right to ask for some better reason for this sacrifice of their peculiar right and interest than the demand of a foreign power—the aggrandizement of a foreign people."

They reject the "proffered boon" of the American fisheries, as valueless to the colonists—as a boon they do not want. They pray that they may not be treated " as children, as imbeciles," by the grant of a worthless privi- lege. They "deprecate all negotiation—all compromise on the subject" ; and declare that the only security for the Colonies is the entire abandon- ment of the present negotiations.' They most earnestly entreat her Ma- jesty, "that the existing fishery-restrictions may be preserved in their letter, and that her Majesty's power may be put forth to prevent their violation."

Munn STATES.—Congress closed its session of 1852 on the 31st of August. During the three preceding days a vast number of bills had been disposed of. Interest in the Fishery question was dying away, and it was understood that the Asia had brought out despatches containing a settlement satisfactory to both Governments. Commodore Perry returned from the fishing-grounds on the 2d September, to New York.

Some important resolutions were ordered to be printed by the Senate on the 30th of August, respecting the Tehuantepec grant. The first reso- lution asserts that negotiation is no longer compatible with the dignity of the Government : the second provides that, should the Government of Mexico propose to renew negotiations, they should only be opened upon propositions not inconsistent with demands made by the American Go- vernment: the third is as follows- " That the Government of the United States stands:committed to all its citizens to protect them in their rights abroad as well as at home, within the sphere of its jurisdiction ; -and should Mexico, within a reasonable time, fail to reconsider her position concerning. this grunt, it will then become the duty of this Government to review all existing relations with that Republic, and to adopt such measures as will preserve the honour of the country and the rights of its citizens."

To these the following resolution was added-

" That the Executive be requested to inform the Government of Mexico, that unless the American holders of the right of way across the isthmus of Te- huantepec shall, on or before the 1st day of March next, be put in full posses- sion of their property and franchises, this Government will proceed to protect them in the occupation and enjoyment thereof; and that if this determina- tion should occasion a rupture between the two Republics, this Government will rely for justification in the eyes of mankind upon the obligation of every Government to protect the rights of its own citizens, and upon the flagrant and indefensible violation by Mexico of private right and national law.'

Emigration to Australia from the Atlantic cities of the United States, especially from New York, is one of the most striking facts brought by the late mails. A ship carrying two hundred and thirty-three adventurers set sail from New York for Port Phillip. Five other vessels were adver- tised to sail from the same port, and one from Boston. So largo is this emigration expected to be, that the Wesleyan Missionary Society have determined to send four additional missionaries to Victoria, "to obviate any danger of the settlers lapsing into barbarism through the paucity of spiritual instructors." This movement has originated through the glowing accounts received from successful gold-hunters. Great numbers of adventurers from California are also reported as having invaded the Diggings. Dr. Wren, a New Orleans agent for the Order of the Lone Star, and the reputed originator of the society, has been presented with a diamond star and other emblems of the order, at New York, by the "Empire Division No. 1 " of the order.

CUBA.-A great number of persons have been arrested for conspiracy, and the printing-press of "The Voice of the People" has been seized by the Government. Private correspondence, which has become public in the Hew York Herald, represents that a convict and a spy betrayed the Annexationists. Caiiedo and his officers are extremely active.