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      From Our Own Correspondent. Pjeace Ob Re...

      mM ~^ lere brought back to ± * aris , and his ^ SLd to % St under the Some , of- the tomb decided to ^ ag commisS 1 Oned to tor ah Work of porphyry . He accordingly set out firid a . . ^ O e \ s ° t the T expense of the State and " ' K" ~ Sei £ . S ^ KM r ^ K "'^ - ^ " ^ § S £ ^ "ifetrrSe ^^ So ? ittoP rovide comfortably for the future . CHARtES LEBRUX , DVC DE PLAISAKCE . One of the last military illustrations of the First T-mSre and relict of the Great Revo ution has SS ly departed from among us . Charles JLebrun Dne deWsance , General ^ Division , and Gr . "d Chancellor of the Legion of- Honour , died the other dav at tie ripe age of 81 . His death occurred after a very short illness , and almost without suffering . Oafby one , the . old die-hards wither away and leave no successors behind . Men who received the fierce SapSof battle in the wars of the last century seein to have been endowed , also , with long lite . WhTle others in the full vigour of manhood , who are tended with every care and wear india-rubber goloshes and comforters , sicken and perish if exposed to half an . hour's draught , or have to sit in their damp C The ' late Due de Tlaisance was the eldest of three sons born to Consul Lebr ^ in , who was associated with Bonaparte hi the triple consulate , and who subsequently became—when he forsook his republican faith to follow imperial fortunes—Archtreasurer of the . Empire , Governor of Genoa , Stadtholder of Holland , and Grand Master pf the University of France , receiving , as an additional recornpense , the ' . Italian dukedom which his son inherited . It was while the . father was associated in the consulate that the son became acquainted with the conqueror of Italy , and acquired that inclination ior military life which afterwards determined his career . When about 25 years of age he entered ( 5 Nivose , year 8 Y as sub-lieutenant in the 5 th Regiment of Dragoons . In little more than a year he was promoted to a lieutenantcy and attached to the stall ot the Consular Guard as aide-de-camp ( 14 Nivose , year 9 ) . At Marengo , Lieutenant Lebrun ^ was orderly officer to the First Consul , and detached by him to Dessaix . When this last was mortally wounded by an Austrian sharpshooter , while charging at the head of the reserve division , it was vounff Lebrun that received the general in his arms as he fell from the saddle , and it was he who earned the intelligence to the First Consul . From that time the promotion of the aide-de-camp was rapid . Atter four years' service in all , he was named ( 1804 ) colonel of the 3 rd Hussars , and three years subsequently—in March 1807 , at Oste rode—brigadier-E 6 ncr £ tl » Generally attached to the person of the First Consul , he narrowly escaped with him from the explosion of the infernal machine . During the cam paign—1805-1807—ColonelLebrun wasinalmost constant attendance upon the Emperor . AtAusterlitz he behaved so as to earn the distinction oi being entrusted with conveying the news of the victory to Paris , At Jena he commanded the brigade to which his regiment belonged , charging the Saxon squaros , routing them , and capturing the standards . . . During the whole of the campaign of 1809 he was attached to head-quarters , and took a distinguished part in the battles of Eckniuhl , ksshog , and Wagram . In 1812 ho was named general of division , and followed the Emperor to Moscow , and ho is said to have been iiijlobted for his preservation during that terrible retreat more to his courage and coolness than to the vigour of his constitution , Tug spring of the following year shows him at Mayenoe , engaged in reorganising the first and third divisions of cavalry which ho commanded during the following campaign , so fiital to tho French arms . Dresden , Bnutssun , and Wurtcheu thinned the ranks of his cotnrades , and it was on the evening of tho last-named fight , while galloping in tho suite of tho Emperor in company with Duroc and Kergener , that almost the lust ball firud by the 1 uo ricochod against tho trunk of a tree , shying Korgonov outright , and mortally wounding Duroc , leaving General Lobrun unscathed , who thus , by a strango coincidence , almoat at tho commencement and conclusion of his military caroor , was present at the death of tho two most famous generals of Napoleon , Deesnix , vnd Durou . When towards tho ond of 18 K tho French army was driven across tho Hhino , General Lobrun was promoted to tho first Corps of tho great army intended for the defenco of tho northern frontiers . On tho 7 th of December in that ' your ho was named Governor of Antwerp , and on the 25 th of tho following- month ho reassumod his post of

      uldo-demmmm zmsmm the Empire . ISTHMUS OF SUEZ CANAL . The aspect of political affairs lias been wellnigh fatal to thS ; Project and was reduced it to a most Sanidated cSmlition . Nevertheless , the promoters h ve tod a statement of the number of shares Sotted " Paris figures for ^ V ^^ France for 116 , 262 ; Algeria for 728 . lurlcey and S ^ vpt for 96 , 507 , Austria for 51 , 246 , Russia for 24 ° i 74 England for 5 , 085 , United States lor Vooo Sn-tn for 4 , 046 , Holland for 2 , 615 , Tunis f ^? 714 Sardinia ' for i . 353 , - Switzerland for 460 , Belium for 324 , Tuscany for 176 , Naples for 97 , Koman States for 54 , Prussia for 15 , Denmark and PoEJSal for 5 , ami Sweden for 1 . Total 400 , 090 shares oSo ^ ach , to make the capital of eight mi lions ster-Hn t To France we are told is reserved the honour of subscribing half the capital , an honour which ¦ no other country is anxious to . contest , apparently . It is satisfactory to perceive that not more than a hundred thoiisand pounds worth of shares are allotted to England . Whether they will be paid upon fs a differe nAuestiou altogether , but even if they should be , the loss will be but trifling .

      Tsto 465, February 19, 1859-]

      TSTo 465 , February 19 , 1859- ]

      THE LEASER

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      Germany. February 16th. Reports Of The P...

      GERMANY . February 16 th . Reports of the prohibition of the exportation of horses , and the rejection of the St . Helena pedals show that the national ftelings of the Princes ot Germany are . roused ; and if the present unanimity should prove lasting after a declaration of , war , France , even against Austria alone , would not find matters so comfortably arranged to her band as at the commencement of the last war . Austria , whether right or wrong , has decidedly the sympathy of all Germany , and it may be said that the ¦ threatening attitude of France towards her has placed her morally at the head of German Mates . VVhat Prussia , has hitherto been , Austria is at present : and it strikes , me that a war with . France would tend , far more than peace , to confirm her in the foremost rank which she now holds . Although at this rhoment there is every reason to believe that the Confederation would hold together in the event of a war , yet , I think , Austria would stand aiur better chance of success if she stood alone against France and Italy , Voluntary patriotic aid would do as much , if not more , than the Confederated Princes , and no danger of treachery or lukewarmness could arise . Against the Confederation , firmly united , Louis Napoleon , without a single principle or ally to support him , has but a poor prospect o coming out of a war triumphant . If lie could , civil liberty , as well as sovereignty by the will ot tlie people , the Princes of Germany would not now hold up their heads so proudly ; but he has embraced despotism , and is no better , if no worse , than his brother despots , better a despot of their own race than one of foreign origin , think the people of every country ^ . This feeling was made pretty evident directly after the Laguerrounioro pumphlot appeared , and , doubtless , hud some influence upon tho Lmperor ' s mind , while framing his Speech Irom the Throne . The Constitutionnel boasts of the strength of the French army , and states that tho number will be iiV April 1859 , 568 , 000 men , which , in June 1859 , will be increased to G 42 , 400 men , including 8 . i , 8 OO cavalry To this the AlUjemcim Zcitung replies , at the instigation of high authority , by giving a statement of the strength and formation " of tho FfUeral army The AlUjemcliw Zeitung says : — " Iho uermiui arniiea do ' not now consist , as during tho old Empire , of figures upon paper only , but all the contingent * aro so well equipped and effective , that they may bo brought to tho rendezvous ait tho shortest notice , as is satisfactorily shown by the Federal Commission of Inspection . Those Federal Commissions of Inspection havo n qvor beou siifflciently appreciated . Tho two groat powers ot Germany having submitted to those inspections , an obligutjon has been laid upon tho whole country , nnd no ono dare withdraw froin . it . Such good results have attended tho last inspection , and such considerable improvements havo boon efl ' ucted , that ut no period of our history , was , the army of Germany in so thoroughly eflVctlvo a condition as at this moment . As regards the ntrvnutfi oftlio Federal army , tho German Federal roll glvos tho following : —

      1 , 2 , and 3 Army Corps ( Austria ! ¥%%£ , 4 5 and 6 Army Corps . ( Prussia ) . * % >&** » 7 Army Corps ( Bavaria ) ...............- 53 , 400 „ 8 ¦ ' ll idi " c , . . is , yp 4 i , 10 .... ¦ ' ¦ . ...... __^ 0 *> „ Tntnl RtrGno-tli of the-sivnple Federal . ' ) ' ' . Conttnffcnt , ^ tl ) the , KcWveDiv , ! - 452 , 075 nlcti 6 ion ( 20 , 215 ' men ) > . That is the lowest number of the German troops i * their obligation towards the ^ Confederation , and is , of course , independent of the force which each State maintains for other purposes . H , however , we were to calculate , in imitation of the Constitutionnel what force Germany could assemble by the month of June , 1859 . we arrive at the following results ;—1 , 2 , 3 Army Corps ( 100 , 000 remaining ) 000 i 000 men hi the country ) . ¦••) 4 5 ( 5 Armv Corps r •• . - . v - uuu » 7 ' Army Corps ( the reserve ¦ remaining- / 40 , 000 „ . in the country ) ...- ••••¦> _ ono 8 Army Corps 20 , 000 „ 9 Army Corps .... ¦•"'" . *;; U-j 000 . „ 10 Army Corps ... 00 ' o . of ) „ Itescrve Division . 00 ' „ Volunteers ' The above will serve as a warning to all those . who im-f-ine Germany defenceless , and will tend to impartconfi ^ nce ' to ^ erinans . Fortunately ^ at -present ¦ there is no fear that this imposing force will be t s time disunited , and if an enemy ventureito pas .. the frontier there will be a well disciplined arnij to ni ^ oSeV paper remarks , that this fine arm ^ may be a source of confidence and pride to the Knine countries and centre of Germany , but that 1 f the assrsvs- 'TK z ^^^^^ L formed with England , that a guarantee « a > be . sss ^^^^ f ^^ Ss certain ruin in the event of a war with a na * al powei like France .

      I Norceive That My Remarks Upon A Petiti...

      I norceive that my remarks upon a petition , stated the Provfnzial Stiidne ( or Provincial AssemWj ) . of Holstein , has excited 1 ' ^ iiful astonishment . among some natives of Germany residing at Bradford ; I asss- S be perfectly justified in taking me to task for presu , S them ' guilty of a piece of fully , on no other grounds than a report in a German ne ^ paper . To Yorkshiremen I owe an apology , and I - en , der ^ , but with the natives of Germany dwelling at Bradford I have nothing whatever to do , further than to fSK ofthemtostate distinctly , in future petitions , ¦ or have it stated distinctly in the newspapers that the petitions are expressive of the wishes of the g = i o ^ « JSS ^&^ 1 £ t ! S is reporte « l that these petitions . havo made a sensation-Let me ask , Why ? Does the mere circum-Vtanco of dwelling in England give Germans so nch more importance ? Vhy should jlwJ V »» s of the Germans in England cause so much sensation , when there aro millions of Germans close at ha d whose wishes arc much more loudly vented , and quite as well understood ? Whatovur sensatio ^ hore was however it has now subsided , because it h « bin maS public distinctly , that thej pctiUons emanated from Germans , not from Ln « shmon . I do not question the right of foreigners in l ; ngl « u » d to send addresses wherever they please , but 1 ™* V * £ tiioip right to prefix tho name iff an English town to a . tor 1 nstwice , " The Bradford Address , " which naturally leaves an impression that tho jaOrQM proccod ; from tho town itself , whereas t is but the production of a low foreigners residing t ho re in . As to tho strong assertion , that the res of the ai t ^ o is full of mis-statements , I could only ¦« ' ^ J ^ amuse me to , sec the proofs , which I thii lw wouia up hard to find except in the term bcfil < w f ^ ' ste n Diet . 1 ought undoubtedly to havo j » r Ituyi ^ JJ ° »; stilHliillii nnri in flint I Btuiul corrt'ctoil . In tuturc , uii niu s ; ; s s ^ ru- ^ r rr

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19021859/page/9/