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800 THE Ii.B APE R. [No. 387, August 22,...
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THE ORIENT. CHINA. The Times special cor...
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THE COMPLETION OF THE LOTJVRE. Turn new ...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. FRANCE. The birthday ...
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and sick as he has been for months past , his heroic wife refused , nevertheless , to surrender him to the care of strangers ; and it was not until Friday , when it was apparent that his reason was gone and he was utterly unmanageable , that she consented to his removal to the asylum . Mrs . Patifcen herself is slowly recovering from the effects of fever . She is still quite feeble , but the patience in suffering and the energy in emergencies Which she -has hitherto displayed may carry her over this , which she regards as the greatest of her sorrows . " The expedition -which has been fitted out by the Colonial Government of Canada for surveying and exploring the Canadian route via Lake Superior to the Red River settlement sailed from Toronto on the 24 th ult . It consisted of twelve or fifteen persons . In the New York market , money continues abundant and easily obtainable at the moderate rates of eight to nine per cent , on high grades of paper , according to maturity , and eleven to fifteen per cent , for second-class double and good single acceptances .
800 The Ii.B Ape R. [No. 387, August 22,...
800 THE Ii . B APE R . [ No . 387 , August 22 , 1857 .
The Orient. China. The Times Special Cor...
THE ORIENT . CHINA . The Times special correspondent at Hong-Kong has contributed to the leading journal a letter full of interesting gossip and picturesque writing , reminding us in vividness and buoyant style of the world-famous communications from the Crimea . He thus writes of the strange , barbarous English invented and used by the Coolies : — " The elegant Greek slave imposed his language and his modes of thought upon his barbarous Roman master ; our civilized Chinese attendants have communicated to us outer barbarians the syntax of the Chinese tongue . They have made for us a new English language , wherein sounds once familiar to us aa English words startle us by new significations . My friend introduced me to his comprador thus : — ' You see
gentleman—you tawkee one piecey coolie one piecey boylarnt pigeon , you savey , no number one foolo—you make see this gentleman—you make him house pigeon . ' This was said with great rapidity , and . in my innocence I believed that my friend was speaking Chinese fluently . He was only talking ' Canton English . ' Translated into the vernacular , it would stand-. —' You see this gentleman ; you must engage for him a coolie and a boy people who understand their business , you know , not stupid fellows ; you will bring them to him , and then manage to get him a lodging and furnish it . ' To whom , the polite comprador , leniter . atterens caudam , replied : —* Hab got . I catchee one piecey cooley , catchee one piecey boy . House pigeon number one dearo , no hab got . Soger man hab catchee bouse pigeon . ' ' Must got . ' 4 Heuigh . ' The basis of this ' Canton English 'which is a tongue and a literature , for there are dictionaries and grammars to elucidate it , consists of turning the r' into the ' ! , ' adding final vowels to every word ,
and a constant use of ' savey' for ' know , ' ' talkee' for 4 speak , ' ' piecey' for ' piece , ' 4 number one' for ' first class , ' but , especially and above all , the continual employment of the v » ord ' pigeon . ' Pigeon means business in the most extended sense of the word . ' Heaven pigeon hab got' means that church service has commenced ; ' Jps pigeon' means the Bhuddist ceremonial ; Any pigeon Canton ? ' mean ' s Have any operations taken place at Canton ? ' ' That no boy pigeon , that Coolie pigeon , ' is the form of your servant ' s remonstrance if you ask him to fill your bath or take a letter . It also means profit , advantage , or speculation . ' Him Wang too much foolo , him no aavey , vely good pigeon hab got , ' was the commentary of the Chinese pilot upon the Fatshan Creole business . Until you can not only speak thia language fluently , but also , which is fur more difficult , understand it when spoken rapidly in a low monotonous voice , all communication with your servants is impossible . "
The only news contained in the letter is the following with respect to the poisoned bread : —' Mr . Tarront , of this city , has revived the subject by bringing an action against Allum for selling unwholesome bread . On Monday , the case came on for trial . The Attorney-General , abandoning all suggestion of guilty knowledge in the defendant , rested his case upon the common law obligation coat upon a baker to noil only bread fit for the food of man . The presence of arsenic wa 8 fully proved , and the jury returned a verdict for one thousand and ten dollars . The point of law is of course reserved . "
The Completion Of The Lotjvre. Turn New ...
THE COMPLETION OF THE LOTJVRE . Turn new buildings at the Louvre , connecting that palace with the Tuileries , wore inaugurated at two o ' clock 3 P . M . on Friday week . The edifice was magnificently decorated for tho occasion ; and the Emperor and Empress , the court , several of the most distinguished of the French Generals , and tho chief persons engaged in the works , were present . Thrones for the Emperor and Empress , and fuuteuila for tho rneinbera of tho Imperial family , were provided in tho gallery where the ceremony was to tnko place . All having arrived , M . Fould , Minister of State , read from a paper the following speech : — . ' * Sire , —When your Majesty ordered the junction of
the Louvre to the Tuileries you expressed a desire that it should be completed in five years . The desire of the Emperor has been accomplished . The first stone was laid on the 25 th of July , 1852 , and now , on the 14 th of August , 1857 , the Louvre and Tuileries form only one palace . ¦ . ' " Neither the war nor the other difficulties which we have had to go through have interrupted this work , the dream of so many kings , and which Would suffice for the glory of a period of peace and prosperity . It has not itself formed any obstacle to those vast and useful undertakings which under the inspiration of your Majesty have been formed throughout the whole of France . The network of our railways has been rapidly extended , our
ports enlarged and fortified , our large towns rendered healthy and enriched with splendid and useful buildings , the capital transformed , large streets opened , a magnificent promenade formed on an ungrateful soil , and everywhere progress for the welfare of all;—such is the spectacle which the country presents since it has placed its destinies in the hands of a sovereign whose genius has known how to comprehend and to satisfy the true wants of France . Thanks to the zeal of all the agents of the Administration , to the activity of the contractors , and the skill of the workmen , the works have gone on without any interruption ; and the execution of the Cakier des Charges , although the prices had been established before the rise in price of materials and of labour , has not given rise to any disputes . The Administration
has shown itself just , and has only had to praise the good faith of the contractors . Your Majesty , whose presence at the work has frequently excited the ardour of the workmen , wished once more to see them assembled around you , after the completion of their task . All press with happiness round your Majesty , all are conscious of haying done their duty , and are proud of having had their part in this truly national work . Your Majesty no longer sees at their head the eminent artist whom you had selected to complete the Louvre . A premature death , striking him four years ago , at the commencement of this great undertaking , deprived him of the honour of completing it . M . Lefuel , who was designated by your Majesty as his successor , has the glory of having finished it , and his name will remain attached with that of Visconti to the monument which
we now inaugurate . The death of Visconti is not theonly circumstance" of which this ceremony reminds us . This year oven we have lost Lemarfr , an artist at once bold and correct , and v . hose last compositions are the caryatides of the Pavilion de l'Horloge and the handsome pediment of the Pavilion Deuon . " During the course of those works I have more than once pointed out to your Majesty the intelligence and the zeal of all those who have taken part in them . I have been permitted again to mention the names of those who have more particularly distinguished themselves , and to whom your Majesty has deigned to accord recompenses .
44 These recompenses will not only honour those to whom they are awarded ; they must also flatter the branch of industry or the bodies of the State to which they belong . At once personal and collective , these medals , distributed by your Majesty in person , will be for those who have completed their task a precious testimony of the august satisfaction of the Emperor . " A list wa 3 then read of those persons engaged in the works whom the Minister recommended as worthy of special marks of the Emperor's approval . The names ranged from the principal architect , sculptor , and painter , down to the working mechanics . All those persons were rewarded with the Cross either of Commander , Officer , or Knight , of the Legion of Honour . The Emperor and Empress then stood up , and the former read the subjoined address : —
" Gentlemen , —I congratulate myself , with you , on the completion of the Louvro . I congratulate myself especially upon tho oauses which have rendered it possible . In fact , it is order , restored stability , and the over-increasing prosperity of the country , which have enabled me to complete this national work . I call it so because tbe Governments which have succeeded each other have made it a point to do something towards the completion of tho Royal dwelling commenced by Francis I ., and embellished by Henry II .
11 Whence this perseverance , and even this popularity , in tho building of a palace ? It is because the character of a people is reflected in its institutions as in its customs , In tho events that excite its enthusiasm as well as in tho monuments which become the object of its chief interest . Now Franco , monarchical for bo many . centuries , which always beheld in tho contral power tho representative of her grandeur and of her nationality , wished that tho dwelling of tho Sovereign should bo worthy of tho country , and tho best means of responding to that sentiment was to adorn that dwelling with tho different masterpieces of human intelligence . 44 In tho middle ages , the King dwelt in a fortress , bristling with defensive works ; but soon the progress of civilization superseded battlements , and tho produce of letters , of tho arts and soiencea , took the place of woapons of war . " Thus , tho history of' monuments has its philosophy , as well as tho history of events .
" In like manner that it is remarkable that at the time of the first Revolution the Committee of Public Welfare should have continued , without being aware of it , the work of Louis XL , of Richelieu , of Louis XTV giving the last blow to the feudal system , and carrying out the system of unity and centralization , the constant aim of Monarchy—in like manner is there not a great lesson to learn in beholding the idea of Henry IV ., of Louis XIIL , of Louis XIV ,, of Louis XV ., of Louia XVI ., of Napoleon , as regards the Louvre , adopted by
the ephemeral power of 1848 ? One of the first acts , in fact , of the Provisional Government was to decree the completion of the palace of our Kings . So true is it that a nation draws freni its antecedents , as an individual derives from his education , ideas which the passions of a moment do not succeed in destroying . When a moral impulse is the consequence of the social condition of a country it is handed down through centuries , and through different forms of government , until the object in view is attained ,
" Thus , the completion of the Louvre , towards which I thank you for your co-operation , given with so much z « al and skill , is not the capr ice of a moment , but is the realization of a plan conceived for the glory , and kept alive by the instinct , of the country for more than three hundred years . " The ceremony lasted about three quarters of an hour ; and the Emperor and court then departed . In the evening , a banquet took place in the same gallery , to which four hundred and twenty persons were invited by M . Fould . These were chiefly the workpeople who have been engaged about the building . Among them was the widow of a stone-sawyer , who took her husband ' s place , to support herself and her children . Several toasts and speeches , proper to the occasion , were given ; and M . Riffaufc , a stonemason , thus spoke for his fellow-workmen : —
" Gentlemen , in the name of the assistants and operatives of whom I am the interpreter , I come to express the gratitude with which we are penetrated for the rewards which have , been decreed to us , and ; to propose * The health of the Emperor , whose generous heart has given so many marks of sympathy for the working classes ; 4 His Excellency the Minister of State , a worthy interpreter of the Emperor's ideas ; ' M . Lefuel , the architect of the works , a worthy cpmpleter of the undertaking commenced by M . Visconti '; ' , finally , * The Contractors , our patrons , ' whose intelligent activity never ceased to guide us , and of whose kindness we shall ever preserve an agreeable recollection . Vive VEmpereur . ' "
Continental Notes. France. The Birthday ...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . The birthday of the First Napoleon was celebrated last Saturday in the usual manner . There were state receptions at court , and promotions in the Legion of Honour ; the public offices were closed ; and the people were amused by gratuitous admission to the theatres ' , by feats of horsemanship , grand military spectacles , concerts , regattas , balloon races , maypoles , illuminations , fireworks , and salutes from the cannon at the Invalides . ^ A grand mass was celebrated at Notre-Damc , concluding with a Te Deum , at which the chief functionaries of the state were present . A similar service was performed in tbe other Parisian churches , to assist in which ( or for some other purpose ) detachments of troops were placed ! at the disposal of the parish priests . Distributions of provisions were made to the indigent portion of the population of the twelve arrondissemeuts ; and the Emperor granted pardons , commutations and reductions of punishment , to 1142 persons confined at tho bagnes and other penitentiary establishments . A double ration of wine was distributed to tho troops , who also received an addition of half a day ' s pay . The weather was very
bad , rain falling continually . , M . Laity , ex-Prefect of tho Basses-Pyrenees , and General Dumas , Councillor of State and Director of tno Affairs of Algeria , have been raised to tho dignity oi Senators . Cardinal Morlot , Archbishop of Fans , nas been named Grand Almoner to tho Emperor . Monseigneur Menjaud , Bishop of Nancy and First c »» aP 1 ( "u to the Emperor , has been promoted to the rank ot « - ommandor in the Legion of Honour . . Tho Emperor and Empress left St . Cloud on Monday at four o'clock for Biarritz . It is said that a note has been presented , in Uie name of tho French Government , to tho Court of Homo , urging tho necessity of political and administrative relorms , and that M . do Raynoval and General Guyon have oeon instructed to suffcest to Cardinal AntonelU tho pr ° P * J
of losing as little time as possible ia promulg «» "b «•«« promised amnesty , and granting tho concessions o » which frequent mention has boon made , but wincu bum remain to bo completed . f ,, __ , „ In consequence of a report made by M . do Monugny , French consul at Shanghai , who was commissioned w visit tho kingdoms of Slam and Cochin-Ohina , tno attention of the Government was directed to tho 0 XPQ " \ oncy of founding a commercial settlement m « " »» countries . It . is contemplated to found a maritime ana commercial settlement la tho bay of Toura no , ono « tho most advantageous positions in Ooohin-Chlna . *"
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/8/
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