Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has made his appearance in the
National Assembly of France, with a speech decorous in lan- guage and rather of the royal stamp in its brevity; so that he has at once conciliated and alarmed. Individually, no man could be more harmless ; but he is evidently a tool, and the real intriguers of whom he is the puppet remain behind. Colleague of Raspail the crackbrained chemist, and of Bugeaud the dynastic veteran, M. Louis Napoleon is the nominee of some coalition of parties whose schemes are not avowed by themselves nor denounced by their antagonists. The importance of the move is shown by the hesitation of the actual Government to bring the contest to an issue with an open challenge. The new Deputy's self-possessed, subdued, and deferential manner, is a fresh cause for alarm : if he were rash, boastful, and pugnacious, he might soon be led on to his destruction; but he is in the hands of advisers, and willing to act on instruction.
