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Russia and Austria are watching intently the Eastern coast of the Adriatic . The strugg le between the indomitable mountaJB # ers &nd the Turkish Generals is as far from Ml iffue as ever . The accounts of the savage contest are conflicting and confused ; but as yet they decidedl y favour the Montenegrins . Turkey is altogether * verv
critical position . Austria if imperiflUP * n her exigencies , and threatens an active support of the persecuted Christians . Russia , too , cannot look on indifferently . All this time " England" has no voice at Constantinople , however dearly we may pay for an ambassador to the Court of the Sultan .
On Monday Dr . Newman appeared in the Queen ' s Bench to receive the judgment of the court , before which his counsel were allowed to urge in his favour those mitigatory circumstances which we mentioned here last week . Affidavits showing that he had no personal knowledge of , and could have therefore no personal malice towards Achilli , were put in , as also were medical certificates showing the state of the " criminal ' s " health to be such , that to imprison would be to
murder him . Further affidavits showing that the defendant believed he had reason for bringing his charges against the prosecutor , were also received , notwithstanding the strenuous objections of Sir F . Thesiger . The Attorney-general , and Mr . Serjeant Wilkins , and the other Counsel for the defence , then addressed the court in mitig ation of punishment , and Sir F . Thesiger , notwithstanding his assurance that Dr . Aehilli had already " most triumphantly vindicated himself , " in
aggravation . Mr . Justice Coleridge , as senior puisne judge , then pronounced the sentence , a fine of 100 / ., in a lengthy speech , taken up principally with professions of his own belief , and exhibiting , on the whole , a suspicious over-anxiety to obtrude upon this public occasion the assurance of his lifelong attachment to the Church of England . He pypmirjpA Ki « i *« lf aatiwf ted tln » t 3 > r . Newman
believed all that he had said , and was incapable , indeed , of uttering or publishing what he knew to be false or untrue , and that he had been actuated by no feeling of personal malice towards Achilli . The sentence was received with laughter : its absurd inadequacy to the alleged offence , and the incongruity of so solemnly imposing so ridiculohs a fine , being too much for the good manners of the crowd .
Another of those interesting little domestic dramas which only carent vate sacro to make them immortal , turned up on Thursday , when the " Leading Journal" was requested by Maria Potts , of 115 , Warwick-street , Ecclestonc-square , to be kind enough to inform all Europe that she was the lawful wife" of Mr . Potts , and that the lady about whom lie quarrelled with Mr . Burgess , aud appeared so chivalrously at Bow-street the other day , had notthat agreeable honour . This is what the
penny-a-liners call "important , if true . " But who is Potts ? The case , it will be remembered , was beard at Bow-street , when it appeared that whilst the alleged Mrs . Potts was awaiting Richard Ormerod Potts ' s exit from his club , Mr . Burgess paid her his impromptu addresses , and that au the injured protector came up during his demonstrations , what began in amiability ended in an assault .
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LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Oobbkspondent . I Lktxjbb LVIII . Paris , February 1 , 1803 . Decidedly the 2 nd of December hua transformed the French cliuroctor . For the first time in his life Jacques Uonhomine is sulky ; tho national disposition seems to
liavo sutVeitKl a complete revolution- More than a niil-^ grrwop \ T * $ * % ! fc f UU ! n lmv 0 . i beheld till tho sp lendour , nil the ^ f lrrTx glories of the Imperial cortege pass by , and f ^ \\^ Ji ^^ S ! was ruiH 0 < 1 m "M tlmfc crowd ia shout Vivo ~—* . VV ' - *^ $ zy Wr , Hcarcoly a voice to cry Vive I'lmpSratrice . * - ( \ iM' ^ iaj reHt wel 1 UBBUred thftfc tlu ) population must Yi " '; ^^ P J ^ e mortal grud ge rankling ut their heart , some . -. ' ^¦ 1 f "J & 5 * f »* ° f injury , not for that one moment , if for ^ J * « v "
that moment only , t § have departed from their sullen , cold reserve , as tb # y gazed upon the wonders of that gjagnificent spgptocle without emotion and without Interest . AJmflfit a million of spectators witnessed with a bjjpik and undemonstrative curiosity , one of those ceremonials i » which royalty displays aU its pride and aH 1 | b cost . Such a change in tb , e tempe * and habit of a nation is surely of up light significance , Tf ever thene ffn » a fSte in the wofld sumptuous is its appointments and lavish in its grandeur , it was the celebration of the religious marriage on Sunday last . All that cumbrous apparatus of monarchy , with its
pomp and circumstance—all that sovereign and majestic luxury to which the greater part of the gazers had never been unaccustomed * was made to captivate the eye and to arouse the transports of a people more at ease . The cortege was really a noble sight . The liveries , the equipages of the grand officers and dignitaries , all newly worn , were perfect in design , and of rare elegance . The carriages of the Imperial Household were magnificent ; that of " their Majesties" of dazzling brilliancy . Nothing has been seen at Paris for the last twenty-eight years comparable to these state carriages , all lined with white satin , surmounted
with galeries and rich emblems , laden with gold . Colonel Fleury had been over to England , with two draftsmen to take the model of those of your Court . You had to go hack to the old Empire , or , at least , to the coronation of Charles X ., to retrace the souvenir , of these splendid equipages , in which every detail , from the wheels entirely gilt , to the horses richly caparisoned , revealed a marvellous luxury and a fabulous expenditure . The rococo style of the Imperial carriage was the only disfigurement among all the fresh and new decorations of the cortege . You know well enough the spirit of imitation that reigns in our « highest circle /'
You know the obstinacy with which the Small copies the Great . The identical carriage that served for the coronation of the great Emperor , took his present Majesty to Notre Pame last Sunday . It was a little dejetee ( warped ) , as we say in France , decidedly out of fashion , and rococo . The poor old wagon took eight days to furbish up into a condition to make a decent figure in the show ; and notwithstanding all the attentions lavished on its toilette , it looked rather faded and worn . An enormous Imperial crown , all gilt and
sculptured , Burmounted the carriage , which was drawn by eight cream-coloured horses , crowned with plumes of feathers , and nodding crests . The new sovereign was seated on the left of the Emperor : all eyes were fixed upon her with an ardent curiosity , and an evident good-will . Her dress was resplendent , and beyond all price . She bore upon her head the diadem of Marie Louise , and under her arms ( sous les aisselles , mode imperial ) the cincture of sapphires and diamonds of Marie Louise !
In this cincture gleamed the famous " Regent diamond , believed to be the finest in the world . The Empress wore a high dress ( robe montante ) a basques , of white velvet tpingle , over which fell a robe of lace , which is said to have cost 30 , 000 francs ( 12 . 001 . ) A veil of pointed Alenconlace , of inestimable price , dropped over her shoulders from ajbuillis of orange flowers and diamonds , disposed with admirable artistic effect . The edges of the basques of'the Imperial robe were hemmed with diamonds , and the arms noshed with light . Bonaparte wore the uniform of a general-in-chief , with
the white culotte and jack boots . Some said that ho only wanted a whip in his hand , to ' make up' a Louis XIV . walking into the Parlement , to bring the deputies to their senses . On his shoulders he wore two collars of gold and enamel : that of the Conception , of Piedmont ; and the Grand Collar of the Legion of Honour—the same that the Emperor Nai > oleon wore at his coronation . You observe this fidelity to the mania for the old Imperial wardrobe . Hut aa if two decorations were not enough , Bonaparte wore two of the same order . Besides the Collar , he wore the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour .
In going to the cathedral tho Imperial couple seemed absorbed in uileitco , and the Emperor not fr ee from disquiet . A ridiculous rumour of a plot to seize him had [ been current tho day before , and extensive military precautions wore taken . One half of the troops formed the line of the cortege , tho othor half hold Paris . The corUge traversed the Place du Carrousel and tlio Louvre , which were magnificently decoruted with immense corbeilles of flowers und shrubs ;
theneo it proceeded by the new Rue Rivoli to the Hotel do Ville . The old municipal palace was profusel y decorated , from roof to basement , with thousands of pendants , streamers , and flags . Every window ol the 1 lfttel do Ville was occupied by a crowd of your countrymen , who were known by thoir whiskers , en cStelattes de mouton , und of your countrywomen , distinguished by the Parisian eyo for their toilettes aux coVileyrs hvwt&ett ( of discordant colours ) .
Every sfc ?» t , WM laid with gravel , and , in some places , strewed . witfe flowers ; every street was adorned with tall Venetian jnasfes , from which streamed K > ng pendants of all colours , of a most picturesque effect . Unfortunately , \ % cannot be said that the population Heconded tho efforts of the authorities . No flags adorned private howes . This general abstention lent to theftoe a purely official character . Notre Dame , in Which the marriage was to he celebrated , was surpassingly brilliant in decorations , externally and internally . On the two old towers were raised masts of a prodigious height , from which hung pendants more than four hundred feet long . From the same towers were hanging colossal decorative painted scenes , repre-. . . . * * ¦* , ¦ % . _! _ w ** 3 m UrtTtlO
senting ancient tapestries , on which pages of the history of old France were rudely delineated . An additional porch was thrown out from the grand entrance of the ancient church to the middle of the Place , to receive the Imperial cortege . In the interior , vast hanners fringed with gold , and bearing the Imperial arms , descended from the lofty windows of the nave down to the gallery , which was adorned by a circular banner of crimson velvet , embrpidered with bees , turned up at the sides , and lined with ermine . Immense garlands of decorative flowers ran along the velvet hangings in bold relief . From the whole vault of the roof fell many-coloured oriflammes , embroidered with the arms of all the cities of France .
Above all sparkled the blaze of a thousand lustref , —a line of fire beneath a line of all the colours of the rainbow . The tribunes of the gallery had been inverted into amphitheatres , furnished with benches . Belpw each side of the church was similarly occupied by estrades throughout the length of the nave . It was on these platforms that the official bodies , the law officers , the military staffs , the high corporations , were seated . Every corps wore the uniform of its grade and of its function . In the centre of the transept ,
between the nave and the choir , the high altar was raised . All this reminded the spectator of the coronation scene in the Prophete , for its theatrical effect . Before the altar , a small platform , approached by one step , and entirely covered with a vast carpet of ermine , received the two imperial fauteuils of crimson velvet , fringed with gold lace , cut after the pure style of 1810 ; and the two prie-Dieu , also of velvet , fringed with gold , with cushions to match . An immense dais overhung this double throne and these prie-Dieu . This dais was sustained aloft by a gigantic eagle , with outspread wings . At the four corners appeared four smaller eagles . The dais was of green velvet , adorned with
golden arabesque , from which hung four gigantic cu » - tains o crimson velvet , spangled with golden bees , and lined with ermine . Hangings of excessive richness separated the Altar from the Choir , which remained vacant . To the right and left of the altar were raised the platforms devoted to the grand bodies of the State and the diplomatic corps . Side by side sat the Papal Nuncio and the Turkish ambassador , and the two representatives of the Cross and the Crescent were ob * served in friendly conversation during the ceremony . At the foot of the estrades were placed ottoroanf ( tabourets ) for the Marshals , the Admirals , the Ministers , the Cardinals , the Grand Corps of the Legion of Honour , and the high dignitaries of the clergy .
Towards one o ' clock , p . m ., the bourdon ( great bell ) of tfhe cathedral announced the approach of the clergy ; the assistant masters of the ceremony threw open the grand doors , the Archbishop and his clergy advanced to receive the cortSge , aud t o throw incense before tho Emperor and the Empress . The Imperial couple appeared , preceded , encompassed , and followed b y a flood of high dignitaries and dazzling officers . Tho scarlet liveries of tho equerries , the crimson uniforms of tho Prefets du Palais , the violet dresses * of the officers of tho Empress relieved tho ensemble of tho picture , presenting u spectacle now only known to tho Opera . Every glanpe and every lorgnette was fixed on the Empress ; and it was the unanimous opinion of all admitted
to the ceremony within tho cathedral that her bearing was a happy and graceful union of modesty and dignity . The Emperor givinp her his left hand , conducted her to harjauteuil , and took his seat to liar right . Then begun tho mass . When tlw moment came for tho nuptiul benediction , tho grand master of the ceremonies could not find the marriage ring , and was obliged to borrow one from the Princess Matjuldo . Tho Archbishop blessed the borrowed ring , and put it on tho finger of tho bride . It wuh only at tho Tuilerie * that this circumstance was mentioned to JJonaparty , who turned pale at ho unfortunate tin augury . Ho I » tt 4 the ring in hia own pocket , and hud forgotten to hu » d if ; ovor to tho grand master of tho corcmonios . SouW Bay that the beautiful Spaniard was for a moment uM ' uctvd , and said , " Jfanneau n' 4 P »* ^ te linif celp
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122 THE L&ASER . [ Saturday ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1853, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1972/page/2/
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