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      A Story Of The Passport System. We Find ...

      • la and workmen who were sitting for their pen-and-ink g f . a ; f « shrinking back to let us pass , as if we had just P e out of a cholera hospital . The Prefecturo of Police c u 3 is not a public building of any great pretensions fc all events , the department of it to which we were " ^ ducted was situated on the second floor of a very dirty f ° g faein 0 " the quai , the ground floor of which was occud by fti ° unsavoury sausage establishment . It was a f ^ o-e whitewashed room , decorated with a portrait of the Trident ( why does he not stop these frightful libels of i ¦ ''' person as lese majestS ?—they are never accurate in vthinff but the moustache and cocked hat ) , an almanack , d the picture of a French soldier in the act of putting a Arab tribe to flight ; with a desk at one end , at which a sOated a police ' authority , ' and a three-legged stool , " vliich greatly required a course of Hollowa / s pills , though ... ijmb 9 never could have stood as long as the Earl of lrlbovou ^ h ' s . The authority having heard the object of

      the visit , drew forth a sheet or printed paper , and , having xplaincd the nature of it to me and Mr . ' s brother , xnd having inspected our passports , he gave it to us to sio-n which we did with a very good conscience , inasmuch as the gist of the declaration we made was , that we knew our friend to be the person he stated he was , and that he had a passport when he started from England , but that lie had lost it , under the circumstances set forth , going down the Saone . The landlord of the hotel at which we intended to stop , further attested his belief of these things , 'vncl the authority having perused the contestation letter by letter , drew forth a pen , and with a great flourish gave it the value pf his respectable signature . This seemed a considerable step made towards liberty , but it was in reality but a small one , for ' Now , Monsieur , ' said ' the authority , ' ' before this can be of any value it must be signed by my

      chef ; he , unfortunately , is at his country-house , some distance from this ^ but it is probable he will return to-night , or , nt farthest , to-morrow . ' Again we groaned , for now indeed the affair began to grow serious . Rousseau could not have hated Lyons more" than we did . However , by dint of great eloquence , and a small consideration in francs , we got a police ' authority' to take out the contestation to the chef for his signature , and repaired anxiously to our hotel to wait the result . It was now near one o ' clock , and the diligence for Geneva was to start at six ; but still we had hopes of getting off in time , or , at all events , of being able to go on the following morning . A weary Avait ; and the policeman came back to say the chef was not at home , but that some one else , acting , I suppose , for the chef , had signed the paper . Joyfully we rushed off to the passportoffice once more , and laid the contestation with bumble confidence before the chef'of that department . He read

      it carefully , and seemed much relieved in his mind . ' Here , Monsieur , ' said he , is a fact done ; here is a fact to go upon . Wo are now in a position to take notice of your statement and existence' ( a slight groan ) , ' and although this document is not en regie , still it is a document' ( we brightened up ) ' which I can submit to the chef of my department as a fact to bo decided upon ! ' Here was another awful disappointment . This chef hud a chef ( as , indeed has every chef in France ) , and ho was a man perhaps more sceptical than nil the others ; but we could not help it , and so we demanded to sco this chef . But , no—things were not to be done in that simple way , and the result of half an hour ' s colloquy , during which the chef ( with tho skull-cap ) became very much excited on several occasions , was this—that we must wait in Lyons till tho matter bad been duly considered by bis superior ; that tho circuinsfimces of the case would no doubt be forwarded to Paris

      by telegraph , for the ultimate decision of tho Minister of 'lie Interior ; that meantime he ( the delinquent who had lost , Iuh ])( is *\) ovt Jlaj / rante deli c to ) would be free to inspect < hc various objects of interest in Ly ons , though , it was hinted , lie must necessarily bo under the surveillance of I lie police ; || m ( , he would have to present himself nt thoofiico at ( en oYloek on ( Ik ; following , and , it was to be presumed , on the subsequent ,, morning , to receive a provisory passpi'H lor the day ; but that he was not , under fearful pains n'i' 1 penalties to leave the city , and Mint any persons uiel-! " £ liim in his ( li ght would be looked upon as accessories in tlui ( h \ sl , degree . A position so unpleasant required lespornfo measures . Hero was tho whole autumn holiday ( > f three hard-working people , who could not tell Ledm Ivillm

      Iroiu Louis Napoleon in principle , going to bo M' <| iie . slr ; a , ; d by a waspish little ' authority' in a dingy jx'lice-ofliee in Lyons -those precious hours were going ( o " •' clipped and pared down , and the Hlireds thrown into the K'lUers u | - | , | , | H , ij ,. | , y ( . ; ty _ n () |)( . | , t , (> r run the risk ol { "' "" It . ies and all , and make a bolt , of it . So let , us oil" to I lie dih genee-ollice , and take our places . There we saw a '""' -I intelligent , and impressible conductor , and in a "' mute l . lie roit />/ t was ours to ( lenevu . A . s we slnrl . ed a |>< mcleroii . H geiuiurine einne up and stared into the window . |{!|| "" qnestions , and ho we told him no lies . 1 'cgiirde , the French frontier , was passed in safely , and *"" y ncxi . morning , over a good breakfast nt I he (' oiironiie , V ( l '"joyed a hearty laugh ut , Mki little ) ' gentleman of ¦> O 1 IN ' "I ( he passport , system . "

      I 1 ' > " writer is of opinion Unit the . sy . si . em utterly fails - 'iisw-er the end proposed . ( ireid , criminals , be suys , . "' "' d soeiiil , enter and leave , and move up : m « I ! ""¦ ' ! will , equal facility nay , with far greater ease !" j ¦^¦ ' •• iiil . y than in Unglan ' d . lint despotism iin-I ' ¦ ¦• -lonahl y finds its account ; in maintaining a system " ''i cnUn-iils all t . ho frank and hones ! ., stamps every 111 slave , and works t , he demoralization of all .

      October £3, 1852.] The Leader. 1011

      October £ 3 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1011

      Imtocjiiknn Of Association. „. ', Lt '''...

      IMtOCJIiKNN OF ASSOCIATION . „ . ' , lt '' ' ' ' '' •<> be unable , from extreme pressure on our , '''' . " "" lie" this week tho Itcport of tlio Horii'ti / for o ,,,,, "' ,, !' - '' f '"'/" ' " // Mrn ' s Associations , and of tho Co-, lll (| " (• ""! . ' ' "" f < " >' t <> ic <; which him recently been published , "ver ° | '" ' ' . w < 11 * mv ' received a copy . We pur |) oHe , liow-1 "examine this report , extremely HUggestivoand ctujf

      nificant as we find it to be , with great particularity . Oui first paper on the subject will appear next week . consumer s protection society . We mentioned some weeks since that a Provisional Committee had been formed to consider the project of a Hoard of Supply and Demand , or , Consumer ' s Protective Institution . We are now enabled to state that the first efforts of the committee have led to a subdivision of the work into two sections . The moral and spiritual objects of the plan are to be carried out by a society entitled the Consumer ' s Protection Society , quite independently of any commercial operations ; while the " Board of Supply and Demand , " acting as a general commission agenc } 7 , will be provisionally conducted as a commercial firm , until it shall become a duly chartered company . The basis of the firm is settled , and the deed actually in preparation . As to the " Consumer ' s Protection Society , " a preliminary prospectus has just been issued , under high patronage , if we may judge by the card which accompanied the copy sent to us . While we fully admit the expediency of a society formed for the purposes of moralizing trade and industry , and of procuring and circulating useful information for that purpose , we may be permitted to suggest that the idea of a penny journal issued by the society , as hinted in the prospectus , would be an incumbrance to the Society , and a useless application of the best part of its resources : especially when we find the necessity of moralizing trade , and counteracting the adulterations so commonly practised , already discussed as a prominent topic of the day in many widely circulated journals : notably and specially in the Lancet . It does not follow that every man who wants to go , and to have a short cut and a cheap passage , to Australia , should build , man , and fit the steamer at his own cost !

      Fatal Duel At Egham. William Herbert, A ...

      FATAL DUEL AT EGHAM . William Herbert , a labourer , walking up Priest ' s Hill , near Eghavn , on Tuesday , heard the report of a pistol , and , running- across the meadow , saw a man lying on his back , and another bending over him , trying to staunch a severe wound . Mr . Hayward , a surgeon , coming along the same road , met three foreigners , who told him , that his friend had been wounded . Mr . Hayward went into the field , and found the friend , lying on the ground , with the blood flowing from a wound . He immediately had him removed to the Barley Mow . A ball had passed through his body . He died about six o ' clock in the evening . The superintendent of police was quickly on the spot . He stripped the body with Mr . Hayward , and found that a ball , which was much flattened , had passed through his coat , waistcoat , waistband of the trousers , and shirt . The bullet was found on the sheet of the bed . He examined the pockets , and found 2 * . Gd . in silver , 3 \ d . in copper , three keys , a pair of gloves , and a passport in the name of Richard Fknikett , dated the I 8 th of May last . He also found a life-preserver in his pocket . Four foreigners , named Baronet , Edmond Alain , Philippe Mornay , and Emmanuel Barthelemy , were arrested , and examined on Wednesday , at Chcrtsey . But the inquiry before the magistrates was adjourned till Friday ; and no evidence came out as to who were the principals , or why the duel was fought . The name of the victim was Cournet . As be made a dying deposition , no doubt the real facts will appear in due time . Cournet was an officer in the French navy .

      The Murder In The Rue Vivienne. Paiuh Is...

      THE MURDER IN THE RUE VIVIENNE . Paiuh is tho theatre of romantic murder ; look then ! if you want the revolting crime- in all its atrocity of . sentimental coolness and horror . One of Mie . se murders was perpetrated last August , in the Rue Vivienne , and the murderer was tried last week in Paris . . He is a Spaniard , by name Navarre ) Perez . In 1 H ;"> 0 , lie fell in love with Dolores , a beautiful countrywoman , and they lived together i \ s limn and wife . This year they made two visits to Paris , and on the second Dolores was left behind . She had by this time become ! wearied with the violence of her lover . Having to sustain herself , she turned her attention to the circus . TVavnrro returned to Paris to seek her , in August , and perNiin . de her to return with him to Spain . He gave this account of his efforts , and of the catastrophe , in his evidence : — " 1 could not leave "Paris without some assurance of being again united to Dolores . I begged of Mdlle . Rosa Mauri to go to her and gyt an assurance from her that wo should again live together . She went , accompanied by Mde . San Pallaio . Those two women afterwards caine tome , at the hotel , accompanied by Dolores . I ordered dinner . I passed the morning in looking out of I he window , in breakfasting , and smoking . When 1 was left , alone with Dolores I reminded her of our former connexion , and requested her to return le > Spain with me . She replied thai , everything was at an end between us ; thai , she had for inn

      the affection which a sinter feels for a brother , but , that , she did not love me ; Mint , she never loved me , and hud deceived mo . She afterwards asked me to convey a letter for her to her sister . After she had spoken to me in ( hat way , I felt , something warm in me which I cannot explain . I do not . know what occurred . I was distracted . It , seeniH to me that . I still hear the words , 'Valentine , I love you . ' I do not . know the direction of the lirsl , blow . She ' wiih not seated at . the time . I do not remember the direction of any of the slabs . 1 do not . know how many I struck . 1 do not . remember having broken the blade of one of the weapons by a blow on Mio skull . 1 attempted to kill mvself . " " y Shortly after tho two women hud left tho dinner table

      Madame Lafolie , the keeper of the hotel , fancied she heard a strange noise , as of a person suffering , in JVavarro ' s room ; and at tho same moment I ^ avarro , descending the stairs , passed before her , calm and tranquil . She sent a servant to the room . The door , which was fastened , was opened . Dolores was seen lying dead on the ground , just before it , in a pool of blood . The wall was marked with blood , as if , after having been stabbed , she had attempted to grasp hold of it . On her hands , breast , and bead , were eighteen wounds , ; and the right hand was literally fastened to the shoulder by a sword cane sticking through it . This sword had been plunged with such force , that it was difficult to remove it . One of tho stabs in the head had been so violent that the point of the sword had broken off Some of the wounds had been inflicted by a poniard knife . One of them in the breast reached the luugs , and must have caused instant death .

      The murderer went calmly to the residence of a fellowcountryman , named Lima , * rue Lamartine , 39 . He told him that he had just arrived from Spain , washed his hands , and sat down to dinner . At dinner he made jokes on one of Lima's friends . As Lima was unable , in compliance with his request , to give him a bed , he went to the rue de Buffault , and hired a chamber in an hotel . Having passed four « lays after the murder in debauchery , he was apprehended on the 8 th of August . In the teeth of this evidence , the jury found him guilty of murder , with " extenuating circumstances ! " and tho judge sentenced him to imprisonment for life , with hard labour .

      Is A Railway Station A Cab-Stand? Mr. Gi...

      IS A RAILWAY STATION A CAB-STAND ? Mr . Gilbekt A'Beckett has had to decide this " momentous question . " Some time ago a cabman was summoned for refusing to take " a fare" from the Brighton Railway terminus because it was not his turn . The company defended him , alleging that cabs in the railway yard are not hackney carriages within the meaning of the act ; that the cabman was not plying for hire ; and that the railway yard is not a public stand -within the act . Mr . A'Beckett decided against these pleas ; and fined the cabman forty shillings .

      Taking advantage of tho plea set up by the company , that the yard was not a public stand , and also of the fact that it was not one of the places appointed by the Commissioners of Police , a cabman named Williams summoned one of the privileged cabmen named Hall , charging him . with plying for hire inside a railway terminus , that not being a place appointed by the Commissioners of Police . The matter was argued for two hours by professional men . It was urged that the Commissioners have no j urisdiction over the railway termini , as they are private property . Mr . A'Beckett decided as follows : —

      " This is a summons against the defendant , as the driver of a hackney carriage , for plying for hire at the London and Brighton Railway station , within tho metro - politan police district , the same not being a standing or place appointed for that purpose . Having recently decided that the driver of a hackney carriage standing at a railway terminus is plying for hire , unless he is already hired , and there being no standings for hackney carriages appointed by tho Commissioners of Police at the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway—the Commissioners having exclusively the power of appointing . standings for hackney carriages within tho metropolitan police district—I can have no hesitation as to the law with reference to the case before me . It has been argued that I should not

      adhere strictly to the letter of the law , but I think I am bound to follow the words of the net of Parliament when they are clear and definite . It is inconvenient enough to be compelled to / is : a meaning when there is any vagueness of the expression , but when the words are clear I am to presume that the Legislature ! has meant , precisely what it . has said . The words are thus : — 'JOvery driver of a hackney carriage who shall ply for hire elsewhere than at Home standing or place appointed for that purpose shall for every such offence forfeit , 20 s . ' It has been . submitted that , defendant was plying for hire at the terminus , which is , certainly , not a place ! appointed by Mie Commissioners of Police as a standing for hackney carriages , arid , consequently , the provisions of the act of Parliament have ! been

      infringed . . 1 he ! objee't of l . he e-ompluinunl , is the abolition of what , he ! calls an unjust , nioneipoly e > n the part , of the railway company in giving to a certain number e > f privileged cabs the exclusive right , of profit-ing by what may he called the ! railway cub trallie- e > f the me-tropolis . Now , there ! is some ! reason for leeling there is a , grievance , inasmuch as every nib pre > priet . e > r is calleel upon to pay a large mini , amounting to . ' !()/ . a-year , em eue-h hiu'kne-y ¦ carriage \ ui eiwns , and the ! cenisielerul ion lor which lie pays thin sum is that , he ! shall he entitled le ) such a share as fair competition would give ! him of Mie whole ) of the cab trallie of the metropolis . It certainl y elocs seem very unfair that , a nmst , impeirlant , anel perhaps the- ine > st , profitable , portion of thin frallie ; should bei give'ii e > ve-r by the ! railway companies le )

      pnvilegeel hands - a practice whie-h , ( hough it has lor . seano time ! existed , I know of m > law to justify . I must , Imwe \ e ! l % say , that semie ! ( -oiisieleTittion may be due ! to the railway company in t . hei preKcut case ' , us it is Hit ! lirsl , in vt Inch , as far as I know , such a eemiplu . ini , Iimm been made uh that now brought before inc . Tho . se in the position of tin ! e'eHuplamant have se > hmg deluyeei to eouiplain of t . ho wrong that there ! is no reason for any hnsle 1 , which might . Iliad lei very serieuis reuiNeqiie'iiee-s in applying thei re-iiiedy . It . woulel he ) uiireiiNomi . hlo to e'xpee't e > f I lie mil way company that , it , nhoulil Hiidde'idy alter or put an end ( e > a syste'in of nrrniige ! inents which have le > ng be'ewi suffered to continuo , and which has no doubt been made with a view to the uccemiineielation of the public . Taking into consideration Miese eireiiinsl ii ncei , iim we'll as I In ' e \ I reino i neiin veiueneo

      < i > which Mie ! public would be put by the sudelcn termination of the' existing ivgiilat ieiiiM as to hackney e'arriageis at , the ) liondon-bridge le'l-ininus , I have delermiiieel on following the course not iiiil ' reqiieiil ly adopted in othe-r eiuuiH , anel giving time for l . he law fe > bei e'omplied with . I shall nut . ul prcNemt inflict any pe < nttlty on defendant , but 1 ahull

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23101852/page/7/