A POLITICAL JUGGLER.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 21, 14 September 1848, Page 3

A POLITICAL JUGGLER.

(From the Patrie) It is a long time since any one has considered anything done by Lord Brougham as serious; it must, however, be admitted that he never on any former occasion carried his absurdities and burlesque eccentrici'ies so far as in bis recent conduct with respect to the French Republic. Some days befure ihe faiure of the great Chartist demonstralion in London L"id Brougham demanded (we eive antlieutic proofs of it below) letters of grand naturalrzition from the Provisional Government of France. He went so far as to propose himself a candidate for our National Assembly in the Department of the Var: and no sooner is the alarm created by the Chartist demonstration dissipated, than this same Lord Brougham ntter. in his place in Par. liament a long tirade against France and her insiitutions. In truth we aie afraid, on Lord Brougham's own account, that there is sum'thing in all this which is more than eccentricity. We fear that the noble is one of those who, invariably on his knees before the guccesslul, spit to-day on those whom they adored yesterday, like those traffickers who trcde upon the figure of Christ in order to traffic uiih Jabtui. We are besides stiuck with the ignorance shown by a Legist of the presumed ability oi Lird Brough«m, in the naivcl& wh-ch abound in the letters wri.ten by him to our Sliuist r of Justice. The following are textujlly the letters, with then answers:— FIRST NOTE FROJI LORD BIiOUOHAM TO THE MINISTER oF JUSTICE. " Lord Brougliam has the honour of ] resenting his comphnienis to the Mimsier of Justice, and being desnuus of being natural zed in France, he has demanded certificates from the mayor of Cannes, where he has resk'ed for thirteen years, and in which he possesses a property upon which he Ins had a chat.-uu built. Those certdicaies ate to be sent directly to M. le Mtnistie, and Lord Btoughom begs of him lo have the goodness to have the act of naturalization passed wi.h the shortest po-siole delay. '• Paris, April 7, 1818." FROM THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO LORD BROUGHAM '• My Lord,—l must make you aware of the consequences wh ch wilt be produced if you obtain it by the naturalization which you duuind. If France adopts you, you lease to be English ; \ounreno longer Loid Brougham, yu become the citizen Bmuitham You lose in an instant all your noble titles, all the privt- 'ge», u:l the advantages, cf whatever natuie they ma be, which you hold, either from >our quality ot English man or tiom the rights which the laws aud customs of your country have conferred upon you, and which caimo- he reconciled with our l«ws of eq >ahty among a 1 citizens. This would be the case, my lord, even if the English laws had not that rigour «tllh regard to English citizens iwtb their naturalization in a foreign country demand aud obtains. It is ill this tense that it will be necessary to write to me. " I certainly imagine that the .ate Lord Chanet-llur of England knows ihe necessary consequences ut so important a step ; but it is the du'y of the Miuister of Justice of the Fundi Kepublic to warn hun of it officially. Woen you shall lnve made a demand, including these declarations, it will be immediately evaintued. " Accept, &c, " Ad. Cremieux."

LORD BROUGHAM TJ THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE- •> London, April 10, 1848. "Munsieur le MinUtre,— I have the bjnour to acknowledge tlie receipt of your obliging letter of the S;h. *' I never could have supposed that ia getting rayself naturalized as .1 t'rtiith a iz c u, 1 bhouUl lose fill my rhiuts as an English pei r and an English subject in Fiance. I shuuld only retain ruy privileges in England; iu France 1 should be ail that the la*s of France accord to the citizens of the hepablic. As abuve all thu>°s I desuu ilie happiness of the two countries, and tbeir mutual pea. e, I thought it my duty to give a projf of my confidence in the institution of Frame, in order to encourage my English compat notes lo trust iu them as I d<> " Receive, &c, •' H. Buougu\m "

THE MINISTER UF JU.TICE 10 LOUD BROVOH \M, "Paris, April l-\ Ibi3. "My Loid,—My letter has u. t bten well understood ; yours, ti> my great regret, dots not allow me to de iiit-' upon your ivoiaud. '■ You do me the honoui to write to me : '" 1 never could have suppled thu, in Rettt-i? toyself naturalised as a F.vmh citizen, 1 »bouU io s e all rjsht-. as an English eubj.ct in Fiauce. I i-iWu cnly rt-taiii my privileges in kn*;Und ; in France, I should he all that the laws ot Fi*uce accord to the citizens o 1 th; lei'iib-IL-.' " 1 hid [ ut in my letter the clean it ami most positive Cipie«.»u>us. France admit-, ot nu divisum. Stie does nut udiuit that a French citizen cj» at 'he siuii' tune be a ci iwn ot another country, In ciJa to be

come French, it is necessary ibat you «bou!d cease to be Euglish. You cannot be an Ewtliihman in England and a Frenchman in France. Our lons are utterly opposed to it. You must choose It is on that account that I took pains to explain to vou the consequences of naturalization. '• In the present state of the case, then, and as long as you wish to remain an Englishman in England—that is lo my, an long as you do not choose to abdicate completely and everywheie your quahtv sis an English su ject, and to exchange it for lhat of u French citizen —it is impossible f„r me to grant your request. '' Receive, &'•.. " An. CnCMici'\." The Patri' adds.—" At the moment of go'ng t0 press we learn that Lord Brougham, m a later deceived to-day iu Paris, formally renounces uatutalizi-' tion in France.