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      Letters From Paris. [Fjsoji Our Own Corr...

      TQ me Siecle ) , he has written a pompous eulogy of representative government , and of freedom of discussion . Ware Hawk ! we may well cry now . When the Legitimists babble of liberty , they mean , no doubt , the re-organization of their party upon a new basis . Und eniably it is a skilful manoeuvre , since it rallies three classes at one stroke—the noblesse , the bourgeoisie , and the working people , to the common programme , Liberty ! If this were realized , we should be destined to assist at a singular spectacle . Bonaparte would be forced by sheer competition to demolish with his own hands , stone by stone , the edifice of despotism he has laboriously reared . In this competition to the death of the traffickers in human cattle , Henry V ., retaining

      the advantage of having taken the initiative , would gain ground daily , more and more ; and Bonaparte , for very rage and fear at seeing his rival near the throne , would himself commit it to the flames , by recalling the people to the exercise of their sovereignty , and by restoring the nation to its rights , won and lost again in 1848 . All this is possible . It is said that the Comte de Chambord is decidedly rallied to the programme of Liberty . I have even heard the name of the writer who was summoned to Frohsdorff , to draw up the Protest , and to make it the manifesto of the universal opposition that is to come . So the Empire will be not hing better than one more episode in the terrible struggle of kings and peoples !

      Arrests , expulsions , and transportations continue . Twenty-five democrats have been arrested at Marseilles ; nine citizens o £ -the Loire Inferieure have been expelled from their department . M . Biotiere , of the Allier , confined ( interne ) in the Puy de Dome , and M . Boueuenay in the Haute Sadne , have been banished from the French territory . On the other hand , I have the pleasure to announce the escape from Cayenne of twelve of our unhappy brethren . They escaped by sea , in a boat ; and after 104 hours at sea , under the burning sun of the tropics , gained the shores of Dutch Guyana , and found a most generous welcome . S .

      October 30, 1852.] The Leader. 1033

      October 30 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1033

      Continental Notes. Louis Bonaparte Paid ...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . Louis Bonaparte paid a State visit to the Theatre Iranqais , on Friday , the 22 nd inst . The play was Cinna ou la Climence d' Auguste , the usual dramatic dish set before an " Emperor" on these occasions . Mdlle . "Rachel , dressed as the Muse of History , recited an Ode , entitled . " The Empire is Peace , " and composed for the occasion by the director of the theatre , M . Arsene Houssaye . The lines do more credit to the parasite than to the poet . The audience chiefly packed , as may be supposed , with functionaries , officials , and Bonapartist adherents , was profuse in enthusiasm ; but the composition , of the playbill could not fail to stimulate the mocking propensities of any French audience . It was , Cinna on la Clemence < FAuguste UJUmpire e ' est la Paix ; followed by the proverbe , II ne faut jurer de rien . A fatal , though certainly unintentional , allusion to the past , and possibly to the future career of the hero of the night . A State visit to the Grand Opera is fixed for Thursday night next . A military conspiracy is reported to have been discovered in a regiment quartered at . Fontainebleau . A few days ago , when General Lamoriciere parsed through Kehl , several o / licers of a regiment of pontooners , Nlationed at Strusburg , paid him a vibit , for which , they an ; likely to suffer . M . de Montalembert has gone to the right wource for a motto to his now work on Parliamentary Government , alluded to by our Paris Correspondent . The words aro from Tacitns— " JAeeat inter abruptam contumaciam et tI ( - /<» -ma obsaqniwn part / tire Her periculis vacuum . " Certainly , tho " contumacy" of M . do Montalembert is as abrupt an bin obsequiousness was degrading .

      • be Ex-Queen of tho French , the Prince do Joinvillo , and ( ho Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Sehwerin , mother ° 1 < li (! Duchess of Orleans , arrived at Frankfort on the ^ » ' < l , from Switzerland . Tho Duchess of Orleans and her <«•<> sons have left Banlo for Hadon . I lie treaty of Customs union between Austria and tho I'uchjea of 1 'arina and Modona Iuih just , been published at > k'niui . Tho Duchies accept the Austrian Customs tarill * , •¦'"¦ Ntntuj ) duty , that on sugar , and nil tho system of in-On'eel taxes

      , established in Austria . Tim treaty , which is ' ' " •¦ eluded for four yearn and nine months , will come into '"'• ' eon the Int . February , 1 H 5 M . A lett er from Vienna , of tho 22 nd , Hl . at . ffl that the Count ( lll 'n I ' otoeki , who wuh urren » , ed bint year at Cracow , and amoved to Vienna , ban boon , ho I , at liberty . () tho lHt . li iiiHt . ( the itnnivortmry of tho buttle of ¦ iv'lp"' ) ' niII ( ll" « -l honours wore paid to tho lato Duko of W ellington by tho garrisons of Venice , and ' Budii , I ' osth ; "HI on the i ()( , | , , a ( , Milan . At I ' onMi , tho " Wellington " '"Kiiiu-iit WlH placod in M , fVon | , of the columns . rtir

      Henry Hulwor H < ill lingoi-H at Komo . Cabinet , mos-( 1 "K"rs arrive in hof husfo . Tho up-shot of all Mum diplo-« ! , " , ! !¦ I '" ' ' " in , that our oflicioun Envoy is outwitted by not ' l' " H " W (> ft l ) onH wo scorning acquiescence and nii ' , "" . " '" ( ' " < 'ouling implacable animosities . With roll ' .,, ii < llu > ( U ' . . y ° ' Edward Murray , Sir IIonryhaH and'Vl l " . ol ) la ' n lln assurance tbat his lifo will bo Hpared , ,,..: ' < " ' M'ital |> uninhmont commuted into perpetual im-! , , ( W > ni " !' ' with u further probability of mibHoquent dimi'on ot | , | , j H | orijr (< irm . No exertions bavo availed to ' ' . rr ' ' ' Ul ° documents relating to the trial , ui-J \'' u boou ro » olutoly wiMiliold by tho Curdiiml tiocroui y oi wuto .

      The Belgian Chambers met on Tuesday , and M . Delfosse , the Kadical candidate , was elected President of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies , by 54 votes , to 49 given to M . Delahaye . The defeated clerical and French parties are in a fury ; threaten a rupture with France , and all sorts of political and commercial difficulties . It is said that M . de Brouckere has again been sent for by the King . The Turkish loan hasbeen definitively refused . The rumours from Constantinople to the effect , that the French Minister had threatened to strike his flag within a week if the decision of the Turkish Government be not reconsidered ; and that an insurrection had broken out in the city , are contradicted . The responsibility of the loan falls wholly ( so far as the subscribing capitalists are concerned ) on the Turkish

      Minister at Paris , Hrince CaJlimachi , and the Bank of Constantinople : its rejection ie / due to the new ascendancy of the old fanatical Turkish party , aided and abetted by Russian diplomacy , which has more than one " bone to pick" with France just now in the East : notably as to the " Protectorate of the Sanctuaries , " to which France presses an exclusive claim inconsistent with the vested rights of the Greek Church , under , the tutelage of Russia . It is said , however , that the Turkish Government has , from private sources , placed at the disppsal of the Bank ample funds to cover all liabilities in Eiirrope . ^ Sb far as tho premium on the loan is concerned , it' is tWrtigbti that the Turkish Government will give an indemnity Prince Callimachi is recalled . , •¦ i-mo

      The Abbe Gioberti , who was so . closely concerned in the affairs of Italy in 1848 , has just expired in Paris of an attack of apoplexy , at the age or' 45 . He was President of the Council in' the Cabinet of King Charles Albert , and after the battle of Novara , in March , 1849 , was sent to Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary . J 5 fews has also reached of the death of Count d'Appony , who was so long Austrian Ambassador in Paris . Four steam frigates arrived at Marseilles from Toulon on the 24 th , to take on board two regiments of infantry , and convey them to Civita Vecchia .

      Cuba Insulting The Stars And Stripes. Ca...

      CUBA INSULTING THE STARS AND STRIPES . Captain Poetee , of the Crescent City , arrived at New Orleans on the 6 th of October from Cuba . He says , that as the Crescent City approached Havana , she was met by the boarding officers at'the mouth of the harbour , who motioned that she should not enter , which Captain Porter disregarded , and proceeded to the anchorage . The boarding officers then came on board the steamer , and finding the name of Mr . Smith , the purser , on the ship ' s articles , handed Captain Porter an order from the Captain-General that he should leave the port immediately . Captain Porter refused to obey the order before landing his passengers and the mails , and sent a protest to the Captain-General , but he refused to receive any communication except through the United States Consul . This gentleman , however , was absent , and , in the meantime , the order to leave the port was repeated . To the officer who brought tho order Captain Porter said , " Then you refuse to receive either the mails or the passengers ? " The boarding officer replied , " No communication of any kind can bo allowed . " The steamer then put to sea at seven o'clock in the evening .

      The people of New Orleans and New York have held indignation meetings , and demanded satisfaction . The Government were urged to act , and they instantly ordered tho eloop-of-war Ci / ane , G . N . Hollins , commander , to leave New York for Havana on Sunday . It is 6 aid that the stoam-frigate Mississippi has boon ordered to follow the Ci / ane as quickly as possible . Tho treatment to which American vessels aro now systematically subjected is the cause of this movement . A strong United States naval force is deemed necessary for their protection . The United States Government regards tho attempt of the Captain-General of Cuba to induce the commander of the Crescent City to diHiniss out ) of her officers us altogether unwarrantable . Tho exclusion of an American vuskoI from a , Cuban port is regarded as almost an act of hostility .

      The I-Ujham Duel. Funk It At, Of Oournkt...

      THE I-UJHAM DUEL . FUNK It AT , OF OOURNKT . M . OooitNiVr , the man who \ v ; is shot in < h proudly sympathetic , tbia

      daring so heroic in danger , which at the age of 19 illustrated one of the most brilliant careers in the French navy ? What truly Eepublican conscience does not kDow tho eminent service which Frederic Cournet has rendered to Democracy , and that which he would have rendered her still ? Yes , Cournet was a great and courageous citizen , and the name which he leaves to his son as his only fortune is one of those which will remain as the symbol of political honesty and of unlimited devotion to tho cause of tho people . On his deathbed one thought alone occupied Cournet— ' the Republic and the Revolution . ' Let us give him . then , tho only farewell which is worthy of him in repeating the last words which fell from his lips— ' Vive la Mepublique Democratique et Sociale ! ' "

      " At the termination of this speech , which was listened to with the most profound attention ( says the Times ' reporter ) , the deceased ' s compatriots exclaimed in most enthusiastic terms , ' Vive la Republique V The whole proceeding was conducted with the greatest decorum , and among the immense concourse of people that followed the corpse to the grave we observed many welldressed women who appeared greatly affected . " The procession returned to its starting point in the same order . The following letter has appeared in the Times : — " Sie , —In reference to the recent duel at Egham a communication has appeared in the Times , in which I have been very much surprised to find my name mentioned .

      " It is true that some of the persons are personal friends of mine , but this has nothing to do with the melancholy occurrence alluded to ; and I leave to the English , public to judge for what purpose my name has been implicated by your correspondent in an affair to the motives and fatal result of which I am an utter stranger . " I am , Sir , your most obedient servant , " Lotris Blakc . " " Saturday Evening . "

      THE INQUEST . The inquest was held at the " Barley Mow , " near the scene of the rencontre . All the accused were brought up from Horsemonger-lane Gaol , and Barthelemy was generally pointed out as the principal . Evidence was tendered to the effect that the pistols had been hired at the shooting-gallery , Leicestersquare , and the man to whom they were returned , on examining one of them , found that a piece of rag had got between the nipple and the powder in the barrel , so that , in fact , one of the principals did not fire his pistol at all . This discovery created immense excitement ; the explanation will be found below . In the possession of Alain was found a printed bill similar to those used by the master of the shooting-gallery to advertise his establishment . Evidence was also taken

      to show that Barthelemy and Cournet were known to be about to fight a duel . One of tho witnesses—M . Soulie—an advocate , gave accidentally some interesting particulars relative to French duelling : —• " Among gentlemen , the privileged weapons are pistols and swords . It is seldom that both kinds of weapons are used—when they are , it is u duel to death . It is a general rule that the man offended has tho choice of arms . It is difficult sometimes to know who is the man offended—then they act according to the law of equity—that is to say , if one of the parties is a good shot , the . seconds pluco them farther off , so as to bring them to an equality . J . n a fair duel with pistols , the parties art ; placed forty yards apart - —they walk up to a certain distance , and fire when they

      think proper . Another mode is to draw lots who is to fir © Jirst . The seconds aro charged with the loading of tho pistols—they show the powder to the other seconds , and also hold up the bull . The general rule is , that the second loads the p istol of his own principal in the presence of tho others . Jt is always tho custom to examine tho pistols , and see if they aro clean—then they draw lots for tho pistols . Generally the pistols aro not . unscrewed when , they are examined—that is seldom done . The witness here begged to add , that in a ease where one party received the fire of his adversary , and had nothing further to fear , he might , unless it were ; expressed otherwise in tho arrangements , walk up to his opponent , and shoot , him through the head that , is , he would have ; the right to do

      ho , but if would bo infamy . " The coroner . summed up the evidence , and told i . he jury that all persons engaged in a duel were guilty in the eye of the law . The jury deliberated about twenty minutes , and found nil the prisoners , Mornay , Itart . heleiny , HanmoL , and Alain ,- guilty of " wilful murder . " COMMITTAL OK Tit 10 l'UIHON KUS . The lrminstmfeH id , Chertsey examined witnesses and

      committed the prisoners on Wednesday . It . wns ( hen Htuted by M . l ' ardiguu , who was present when the pistols were hired by Alain and liuronef , Mint they were cleaned , not with tow , us is usual , but with linen rag ; ( hat both parties blew through the pistols ; ( hut when cleaned they wore Healed the pistols being taken by Baronet , tile seal by Aluin . Now , it is conjectured l . hul , the rag was the remains of the linen used to clean the pistols ; and the keeper of ( he shooting gallery Hinted that , he thought iL must have been designedly placed there . It in more churilublo to Hiippoao thut it

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30101852/page/5/