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    0Z THE I ^. EJ A JE> E 1. [No. 302, Sato...

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    THE FRENCH EMPEROlt AND HIS GUARD. For. ...

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    Our Civilisation. Cruelt Y To Awimals.—S...

    postmaster is cousin to Mr . Headlani , M . P . for Newc astle . * Mb . Jackson , the Doncaster Pawnbroker . —The meetings'in favour of Mr . Jackson , the pawnbroker , who was arbitrarily committed to prison by the . magistrates , continue to extend . Manchester , Liverpool , Bristol , Nottingham , Leeds , Leicester , Halifax , Carlisle , Paisley , and' other places , have expressed th ^ ir sy mpathy with the victim of judicial haste and incapacity ; and subscriptions have been commenced for the release of Mr . Jackson , towards which end several members of Parliament have promised their assistance .

    Affbat with Poachers . —A . fight with poachers on the grounds of Lord "Wemyss , Stan way Court , Gloucestershire , has resulted in . so serious an injury ¦ wi th shot -to the arm . of one of the keepers that the liznb has since been amputated . The man -was also tea-ten ab-cmt the head . The poachers have been arrested . ' * The Judge awards it , akd the Law allows it ; " —Moses Hart and Elizabeth Ash—both belonging to that body whom the penny-a-liner 3 delicately de scribe as " of the Jewish persuasion "—undertook to be married . The lady ivas not young , hut she possessed money ; and the ceremony apparently took

    place , only in a pecxiliar manner , which Elizabeth Relieved at the time to he lawful . She then lived with Moses , and , selling all her property , gave the proceeds to him . But the marriage was Tiot legal , as Elizabeth ultimately found ; wherefore , she appealedto Mr . Alderman Carter for redress . Moses , through " his lawyei" , asserted tliat he had . offered to return the money ; but this the woman denied . The Alderman believed Elizabeth's statement , " and had no doubt she had been cruelly -used ; but the act on the part of Moses did not amount to fraud , and he . was therefore dismissed . The woman was recommended to bring the matter before the authorities of the Jewish Church .

    A Courageous Crist . —A girl of eighteen , the daughter of a skin dresser , at Hackney , coming ho-ine in the evening , found a strange man in the house , and tried to secure him . A desperate struggle ensued , and at length the man broke aw ay , but was ultimately secured avith great difficulty by a policeman . He is now under remand a . t Worship-sti-eefc . AGriRL wjth a Chabm . —A . girl , fourteen years of age , was charged before Mr . Yardley , at the Thames police-office , with stealing a sovereign . A policeman said that , when he took the girl into custody , she said she had stolen the sovereign , and had given 7 s . 6 d . and a shilling to a Gipsy woman for a charm , spent 5 s . for , two novels , left 2 s . 6 * d . at a bookseller ' s shop

    for another novel , and spent the rest in ribands and finely . —Mr . Yardley : " Where is thi ^ charm ? " The policeman : " This is it , Sir . " He handed to the magistrate a dirby and greasy card , of a yellow colour , with six crosses upon it , and said , that light was the charm . The girl : " I met the Gipsy woman on the Hhodeswell . bridge , near the Stepney Gasworks , and she said the charm would aayce me from all harm . "Mr . Yardley ; " And this is the precious charm , is it ?" ( holding up the card ) . The girl : Yes , Sir , it is . "Mr , Yardley : " Despair thy charm , for I shall certainly punish you for this robbery , and I wish the impudent Gipsy was here , as I would punish her too . " It was shown that the girl was a notoriously bad character ; and was sentenced to two months' hard labour .

    Garotte Robbery . —An omnibus conductor was going to his home in Long-lane , Bermondsey , about two o ' clock in the morning , when , in passing along Newington Causeway , he was accosted Toy a woman . He took no notice of her ; but she followed him , aud at length a man rushed up , knocked him down , aud ran off , while the woman took from him a bag containing money . Sho then ran off also , but was seciired by a policeman . She was brought up at the Southwark police-office , and , having confessed her guilb , was sentenced to six months' hard labour .

    A Eeligjous Tract seller , and his Temper . —A ferocious assault was made on "Wednesday , in a Spitalfields lodging-house , on the person of a Mrs . Thomas , who resided there . Morgan Davis , tlio offender ,, ordered Mrs . Thomas to move from the kitchen fire , and used suoli offensive language that Mrs . Thomas told him , if aho was a man , fiho would kick him out of the place . Upon this , ho raised a plate on which he was carrying sprats , and broko it over her head , and then , drawing a kaifo , out hor in several places over the fnoe and arms . Before tho ¦ Wp rshiji-streot magistrate , Davis , hearing himself described as a beggar , denied that he was bo , andBaid he sold religious tracts , aud had been a , marinor . Mrs . Thomas fainted in tho ¦ couiwa of giving hor evidence ; and the case was remanded for a week .

    Bank-note Bo » Bj 5 UY . —Rowland Henry Withers , a youth obout eighteen years of age , baa boon committed for trial on a ohargo of robbing hia employers , banker * o ™* t ° » Buzzara , of bank-notea to tho amount of ifcUoll . «* T"V £ " 'l OCTom > .-, The body called ' , Druida , " at Oxford , has boon celebrating Now Year s Day with a dinner ; and , in tho course of tho evening , Mr . Cixrclwoll , M . V ., and n workiug man

    named Johu Bacon , delivered speeches in favour of the war . Juvenile Reformation rir the Nobth . —A meeting of nobility and gentry residing in the counties of Durhnxn and Northumberland was held on Wednesday in the Assembly Rooms , Newcastle-on-Tyne , to take into consideration steps for the establishment of an efficient reformatory school for Northumberland , Durham , Newcastle , and Berwick-on-Tweed . Earl Grey was in the chair ; and resolutions iu accordance with the desired objects were carried .

    Joh ^ 13 allai > Ll « . yd , the man who threw two oranges at Mr . Commissioner Evans in the Bankruptcy Court oil Friday week , has been examined at ( jriuldhall . He throw the two oranges successively , aud with great deliberation ; but it does not seem certain that either hit . For some time past , he has been hanging about the court , aud has threatened the Coinmissioaier with violence , unless he shoxild relieve his necessities . He was guilty of a similar assault as far back as 1846 . When he threw the first orauge , he exclaimed , according to a witness , " JEvery oue ha 3 his fault , aud so have you , aad take that ! " Hia own version is that he said — " A mortal who cannot

    forgive should be without sin . Are you bo , Joshua Evans ? " On being searched at the station-houcse , he observed— " I have thrown oranges that are pretty sof t this time :-1 will try stones next time . " Ninepence , a knife , a razor , and two papers , were feiimd on him . Lloyd , in defence , read from one of the papers a statement to the effect that he had a wife and three children depending upon him for support , who were , with liimself , in the greatest destitution : that he was

    willing to accept any employ , but that Mr . Commissioner Evans , wh _ o , he admitted , was a very just man , though merciless , had refused to assist -him in any way , notwithstanding he had been iutimate with the family in early life . The rest of the statement reflected , in very strong terms , upon the Coniniissiouer , and was of such a libellous character that Alderman Copeland found it necessary to interrupt him . He then said he had been made the victim of a most

    unjust proceeding . An illegal seizure had been made upon the paltry remnant of goods he possessed , and the paii / ies who had done it had not only seized -everything moveable in the rooms , but had taken out the windows and carried away the doors , the consequence of which was that he and his wife , with an infant one month old , and . two other children , were compelled to sleep upon the bare boards , with nothing to protect them from the cold . It was for the purpose of obtaining some relief from his necessities that he

    committed the offence with which he was charged . The Alderman required Lloyd to find two sureties iu £ 100 eacl ) , and his own recognizances in £ 200 , to keep the pence for t . velve months . The poor man replied that the Alderman might as well ask the stonea iu tho street to give bail . He should not attempt to get it ; but let the blood of his children be on the head ot the Commissioner . Ho was then committed to j ^ 'ison . Ou the face of it , the case seems one of great hardship .

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    0 Z THE I ^ . EJ A JE > E 1 . [ No . 302 , Satobdw-,

    The French Emperolt And His Guard. For. ...

    THE FRENCH EMPEROlt AND HIS GUARD . For . the last half century , the Imperial Guard lias presented to the minds of Frenchmen a perfect ideal of military virtue and graudeur . The traditions of the First Empire have associated with this picked corps recollections of heroism , of devotion of romantic daring , of brilliant successes , and of pathetic downfall . It existed before the reign of Napoleon the First ; and , under the Consulate , it returned in triumph to Paris after the victory of Marengo . The various divisions were with Bonaparte in Russia ; they received the last words of their fallen chief on his departures for lillm , and wept as they saw him kiss the ragged standard they had borne in battle , and embrace the eagles they had upheld : and they sought with desperate courage to change the fortune -of the day ut the fatal climax of Waterloo , With the return of the Bourbons , they fell into obscurit } ' ; but wove reconstituted by the present Napoleon on hia nccessipm to the Empire . The Guard thus resuscitated was sent to the seat of war in January , 1864 . On the 8 th of ( September , the Zouaves of tho Guard and Chasseurs of the Guard took purt iu the capture of the Malakhoff , but in doing ao suffered a severe losa . * ' Two of their Generate , " says tlie Morning Post ,, * ' were wounded , and died in consequence . One Colonel was killed , and another wounded . The commander of the Chasseurs was lulled . Having set out with two colonela and ( six . Generals of division , Ulriek ' s brigade saw but one of these officers return , anil he was badly wounded . The Imperial Guard haa lost , during ; tho year it passed before Sevastopol , two General a of brigade ( Pontercs and Marolles ) , two colonela , fiye chefs da bat tuitions , and several other officers of all ranks . " The four regiments of

    Infantry of the Line , which on Saturday last returned to Paris in company with the Guards , have been , equally distinguished for gallantry and devotion . Saturday was a perfect fete-day in Paris . The holiday spirit overcame every other consideration . The Bourse "vvas closed ; shops were shut ; men , women , £ \ nd children crowded to the windows , or stood for hour after hour on the pavement aloiv tlie route , massed into a solid phalanx ; and the

    feverrand tumult of enthusiasm peculiar to Frenchmen boiled soul hummed over the entire city from morning till night . It was so complete a holiday , that those who sought for refreshment were frequently told it could not be had , as the 'kitchen was shut up and the servants off to see the sight ; but the spectacle and its associations seemed almost to staml in the place of food , and the day passed off with the utmost good feeling on the part of all .

    An immense crowd had assembled at ten o ' clock in the morning ; but battalions of the National Guard aud regiments of the Line kept an open pathway from the Place Vendoiiie to the Bastille . The route , as may be expected , was adorned Hvith that combination of grace and splendour in which the French excel . " Near the Place cle la Bastille , at the entrance of the Boulevard Beauuiarehais , " says the Times correspondent , " a lofty triumphal arch was erected , coloured so as to represent- a structure of red granite . On the frieze of the monument were inscribed the words , 'A la gloire de VArmec d'Orient . ' A . shield

    with an azure field bore in letters of gold the name of St-bastopol , and was encircled with , various military euibleui 3 . Qn the summit were tlie Imperial , arma , surrounded by a cluster of flags , and four golden eaglo 3 , with outspread wings , occupied the sides . Two gilt statues , representing Victory , appeared ou the ri ^ lit and left of the two facades of the monument , and held in their hands crowns of laurel- On the frieze were inscribed the names of the diflerent corps d'Armee ; a bas-relief which adorned the arch represented France and . tlie Muse of History . On the sides were inscribed the names of

    the principal , battles fought and won against the Russians—namely , Boniarsund , Kupatoiia , ICertch , Kiiburn , Sweaborg , Balaklava , Kainiescli , Alma , Inkerinanu , Traktir , Koughil , the Malaklioff , and Sjlistria . Four lofty poles , with oriuaniuiea floating from the summit , were planted in front of the triumphal arch . The whole line of the Boulevards was adorned with flags and streamers , and at regular intervals Venetian masts supported trophies and shields , and immense banner . * with tho national colours , on which glittered in gold the initials of the Emperor ami Empress , aud inscriptions in honour of tho victorious troops .

    " In some places , platforms richly ornamented were erected , which , from an early hour of the day , were occupied by . crowds of operative * eager to behold the spectacle , which appeared like one long triumphal avenue . Opposite the theatre of the JL orfce St . Martin a second triumphal arch particularly attracted the attention of the crowd , from the richness and elegance of its docorationa . Like that ou tho Boulevard Beaumarchais , it

    displayed emblems aud dovicoa illustrative " of the great event of the day . The Cirquu de l'liuporatrice and the other theatres along the line of march wero also discomtou * . Thu Hue de la l ' uix , through which tho troops \ v « ro to pass , and tho Place VencW me were dressed out with banners ; aud two trophies , surmounted by tho Imperial eaglo , nud formed of clusters of Hags , arranged iu tasteful symmetry , decorated tho Bazaar at tho entrance of that uoblc street . "

    The Morning Post siiys that , looking down the Boulevards , it seemed as if the streets were positively made of bright drapery . Tho weuthcr was mild aud tine , though not Huuuy . Windows were thrown open , and the balconies were tilled with ladies , gaily dressed , gaily talking , and Ixuvmingon the scene beneath 5—• ' Some looking down , some forwards or aside , Homo ro-acljuiHtiug tresses newly tied , Soino tunning a trim waste , or o ' er tho flow Of crimson cloths hanging a hand of snow ; But all with tsiniloH pjroparou , aucl garland * groou , And nil iu fluttoriuy talk , impittiont fur tho soono . "

    At a quarter to twelve o clock , the spectacle began . The Guides with their band issued from the Hue du la l * aix , oml the Emperor made his appearance , dressed , as usual on these occasions , in the costu , me of a General of Division , with the Grand Cordon and St » ir of the Legion , auul mounted on a bny charger with rich housings . Tho Imperial cortege was thuu composed : " Tho r « Jgimont of Quidoa , procoilod by it »

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 5, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05011856/page/6/