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19 me Stecle ) , he has written a pompous eulogy of reprentative 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 . Undeniably 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 ad vantage 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 nothing better than one more episode in the terrible strugg le of kings and peoples !
Arrests , expulsions , and transportations continue . Twenty-five democrats have been arrested at Marseilles ; nine citizens of the Loire Inferieure have been expelled from their department . M . Biotiere , of the Allier , confined ( interne ) in the Puy de Dome , and M . Bouguenay in the Haute Saone , 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 .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Louis Bonapaete paid a State visit to the Theltre ^ ranqais , on Friday , the 22 nd inst . The play was Cinna ou la Clemenco d' Auguste , the usual dramatic dish set before an " Emperor" on these occasions . Mdlle . Rachel , dressed as the Muso of History , recited an Ode , entitled . " The Empire is Peace , " and composed for the occasion by the director of the theatre , M . Arsfene Houssaye . The lines do more credit to the parasite than to the poet . The audience chiefly packed , aa may be supposed , with functionaries , officials , and Bonapartist adherents , was p rofuse in enthusiasm ; but the composition of the playbill could not fail to stimulate the mocking propensities of any French audience . It was , Cinna . oti la Cl 6 mence d'Auguste ; L'Empire e'est la Paix ; followed b y 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 military conspiracy is reported to bavo been discovered in a regunont quartered at Fontaineblenu . A tow days ago , when General Larnoriciere passed tlirough ICohl , soveral o / Iicors of a regiment of pontooners , stationed at Strasburg , paid him a visit , for which they are likely to sufler .
M . do Montalcmbert has gono to the right source for a motto to his now work on . Parliamentary Government , llludod to by our Paris Correspondent . Tho words are lrom Tacitns— " Liccnt inter ahrnpbam contumac . iam et wforme obsequinm pergore iter jwrieulis vacuum . " Ceriiunly , the " contumacy" of M . do Montalcmbert is as abrupt as his obsequiousness wan degrading . inn Kx-Queon of tho French , tho Prince < lo Joinville , ll » d tlio ( Jmnd Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin , mother ° 1 tlio Duchess of Orleans , arrived at Frankfort on tho - > rd , from Switzerland . Tho Duchess of Orleans and her wo soiiH havo left Hasle for Hmlen .
ino troiit-y of Customs union between Austria and tho v " ' <> '' IWrnti and Modemi has just been published at •< inna . Tho Duchies accept tho Austrian Customs tariff , ,. ' Hlllm > duty , that on sugar , and all the system of inc , | | " " Vi < "" > <> f the' 22 ml , states that the Count v . » I 7 )(()< " > who wan arrested lust year at Cracow , and 7 , " ; Vi < 1 ' » " *> l"tn been sel , at liberty . I ,, i " -, v " l 8 ( 1 ' '"« ' ¦¦ ( 'ho anniversary of the battle of VVtvl ' r " i ll ( ' ' honours were paid to the late Duko of utwl ., " hy ( ll ° g '" -riHons of Venice , and Hilda , Peslh ; ri ' iri , !" V '" 11 Mh ' ' Miln " - A ( ' ' ¦ '< ' « ' » . «¦ ' »> " Wellington " h "K ' . nt . was laced in tlio front of the columns i'i * 7 t in i
p . ^• , | . . « . «« nn uom , <» i i . ne couiiiimm . Ki > n , ( ' 7 Kiilwer still lingo ™ at Rome . Cahinot mesnmiif- ' n '' 1 V" '" llol ; hlls '" - Tl "' »« l > "hot , of all this diploeurdinal '" ' "' '' ° <> mciouH ' * » voy is outwitted by Nofl w " l ' ONO weapons are Hooming acquiescence and Nixu-t 7 ' <" nn <" 0 ll l '' ig irn p laeablo animosities . With ro'"' ''iiivll » ( l " " V o 1 ' Kdward Murray , Sir Henry has iind I , ) ,,, . <> l > llli " "" assunuicol . liat his hfo will bo spared , 1 'rinoii , !"» '' - ' l > urUHbmont commuted into perpetual imll "tiou " ?¦ , ' ^ l ( l" 1 furthor probability of subsequent dirnijii ' o ,.,, ' . l () n fT term . No exertions havo availed to Whiei , \ i li ° * ( ll ° documents relating to Lli <« trial , ury ol 1 BtttL roaolllltol y Withhold by tho Cardinal
Socro-The Belgian Chambers met on Tuesday , and M . Delfosse , the Liberal candidate , was elected President of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies , by 64 , votes , to 49 given to M . JDelehaye . The defeated clerical and French parties arc 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 Turkishloanhasbeen 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 tho loan falls wholly ( so far as the subscribing capitalists are concerned ) on the Turkish
Minister at Paris , Prince Callimacki , and the Bank of Constantinople : its rejection is 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 Uussia . It is said , however , that the Turkish Government has , from private sources , placed at the disposal of the Bank ample funds to cover all liabilities in Europe . So far as the premium on the loan is concerned , it is thought that the Turkish Government will give an indemnity . Prince Callimacki returns to Turkey .
The Abbe" Gioberti , who was so closely concerned in the affairs of Italy in 1848 , has iust expired in Paris of an attack of apoplexy , at the age ot 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 . News has also readied 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 .
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CUBA INSULTING THE STARS AND STRIPES . Captain" Porter , 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 the 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 be allowed . " The steamer then put to sea at seven o ' clock in tho 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 the sloop-of-war Ci / ane , G . N . Ifollins , commander , to leave New York for Havana on Sunday . It is sitid that the steam-frigate Mississippi lias been ordered to follow the Cgane us quickly us possible . The treatment to which American vessels are 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 regjirds the attempt of the Captain-General of Cuba to induce the commander of the Crescent dig to dismiss one of her officers as altogether unwarrantable . The exclusion of an American vessel from a Cubun port is regarded as almost , an net of hostility .
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THK HliHAM I ) U 10 L . 'KUNHHATi OK < M ) UKNI 0 T . M . CoirifNlVr , the man who was whot , in llu ; duel af ; lOglnun , was buried on Sunday in Kgli : iin Churchyard . The body was borne to the grave and followed hy a lurgo body of refugees , among whom were Lcdru h ' ollin , Schuilchcr , Felix I ' yaf ,, Martin llcrniinl , Deleschrzo Rihoyrollcs , CuhnigiH * , I ' nnligaii arid Nuquet . Borne at tli »! bead off , he procession was Uie bannerol' tho Ked-Republican party , covered with crape , and inscribed " R /' , puhl . i < iue . ' Di ' mocriUiifiU ! el Sucittfu . '" The distance traversed was nearly two miles ; : iu < l crowds of sightseers lined the road . The French burial ceremony was performed by M . Delescluzc , who spoke the olot / a of the deceased . A translation has been published : -
" Citizens ! -In the presence of justice , thin day arrested * in tho presence of a legal process this < lay commenced , every one will understand the sentiment of hi ^ h delicacy which ohliges us to be silent , before this grave , round which so many regrets and sympathies are crowded . This feeling must , be very imperative which compels us to be silent . What , however , would be the use of breaking i (; > | , Hpon . k of the cruel loss which Democracy has pint sustained ? Was not ovory true Itopublican conscience fu »| unmt , <> d with Couxn . 61 r" thid grout hearts no proudly Byuaitftthotio , thin
daring so heroic in danger , which at the age of 19 illustrated one of the most brilliant careers in the . French navy P What truly Hepublican conscience does not know the eminent service which Frederic Courne ' t 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 the cause of tho people . On his deathbed one thought alone occupied Courne ' t—' the Republic and the Revolution . ' Let us give him then , the only farewell which is worthy of him in repeating the last words which fell from his lips— ' Vive la Hepublique Democratimie 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 Hepublique V The whole proceeding was conducted with the greatest decorum , and among the immense concourse of people that fol ? lowed 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 : — " Sir , —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 Blanc . " " 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 Prench duelling : — "Among gentlemen , tho privileged weapons are pistols and swords . It is seldom that both kinds of weapons are used—when they are , it is a duel to death . It is a general rule that the man offended has tins 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 tho parties i . s a good shot , tho seconds placo them farther off , so as to bring them to an equality . In a fair duel with pistols , tho parties are placed forty yards apart ; —thoy walk up to a certain distance , and / Ire when they
think proper . Another mode is to draw lots who i . s to firo tivst . The seconds nre charged with the loading of tho pistols—they show tho powder to the other seconds , and also hold up tho ball , 'l'ho general rule is , that the second loads the pistol of his own principal in the presence of tho others . It is always the custom to examine the pistols , and win if they are clean—then thoy draw lots for tho pistols . Generally the pistols are not , unscrewed when they are examined—that , is seldom done . Tho witness here begged to add , that hi a ease where one part y received the lire of his adversary , and had nothing further to fear , he might , unless it . were expressed otherwise in the arrangements , walk up to his opponent ., and shoot him through the bend that , is , he would have the right , to do So , but it , would be infamy . "
The coroner summed up the evidence , and told the jury Mint , all persons (> n « j ; age < l in a duel were guilty in the eye of the law . The jury deliberated about twenty minutes , and found all the prisoners ,---Mornny , Hnrfheleiny , Uaronet , and Alain ,-- guilty of " wilful murder . " CoMMTTTATi OK TMK VKINONKKtf . The magistrates af . Cherf . soy examined witnesses and committed f , he prisoners <» n Wednesday , If . was then
slated by M . l ' unlignn , who was present when ( . he pistols were lured by Alain and ISaronet ,, that , they were cleaned , not with tow , as is u . smil , bin * , with linen rag ; that both parties blew through the pistols ; that , when cleaned they were sealed Hie pistols being taken by Uaronef , ( he seal by Alain . Now , it is conjectured tli . it the ra < r was tho remains of the linen used to clean ( he pistols ; nnd tho keeper of the shooting gallery stated that ho thought it must have been designedly placed thoro . It i « mow churiUblo to Buppoeo thttt it
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October 30 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1033
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1852, page 1033, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1958/page/5/
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