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LETTERS FROM PARIS. Lettish XCVII. Paris...
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Tho excellent Paris correspondent of the...
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the hands of " navvies , " a complete Slough of Despond , but nothing in this country is allowed to prevent the Queen going where she desires , and so the company were prepared for her . Sir Joseph Paxton explained the plan , upon which the immense terraces and the other spacious arrangements of the grounds had been laid out . A beautiful model , placed ' near the west end of the building , enabled the party to appreciate more fully the magnitude of the works . But the outside of the building , and all the details of fountains , avenue , slope , and garden connected with it speak everyday more and more effectually for themselves . It is the prerogative of great material undertakings to be their
own beat exponents . Those who want truly to understand what the Palace and its park are must go to see them ; and when they are in the grounds they may take the opportunity , as the Queen did on Tuesday , of examining herself and showing her astonished guests the wonderful animal forms , which , with consummate skill , Mr . Waterhoxise Hawkins is , in a remote shed , building up from the vestiges and tracings of an earlier world . The gigantic Iguanadon , the Ichthyosaurus , with his singular screw-propeller tail , the toads and turtles of pre-Adamite epochs , created no ordinary impression upon the minds of the illustrious strangers .
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Letters From Paris. Lettish Xcvii. Paris...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . Lettish XCVII . Paris , Thursday Evening :, Nov . 3 , 1853 . The trial of the conspiracies of the Hippodrome and the OpeYa Comique begins this day . I have collected a few details on the subject . A former writer in La Presse , M . Jules Alix , inventor among other things of the Telegraphe Escavgotiqite , or in other words of a telegraph worked by sympathetic snails , had organized a small secret society of some forty individuals which
lie had christened absurdly enough the Cordon sanitaire . Alix is a man destitute of judgment but full of pretensions , which are only equal to his incapacity . He put himself in communication with some persons of La Chapelle St . Denis , and proposed to them a plan of insurrection . When he was asked if he had any arms ? he replied , that he had some cannons . When asked what sort of cannons ? he replied , zinc pipes , covered with tarred canvas , strongly bound round with a cord . These cannons in short were the
twinbrothers of those canvas-covered pipes which were said to have been discovered about a year ago . This was the degree of invention and progress to which Alix had at length attained . His cannons , however , were adopted , but his plan of barricades rejected . The men with whom he was in communication , soon submerged him ; and at their second meeting , it was proposed to put an end to Bonaparte by way of a beginning . After disposing of Bonaparte , his body was to be carried through Paris , barricades to be erected , the republic proclaimed , and Blanqui placed at its head ! This was on the 5 th of Juno . On the 7 th they Avere to declare themselves en ' permanence with two other
secret societies , one that of the Droits diu peuple , the other that of the Etndiarits , composed each of about fifty or sixty men , who would proceed to the Bois de 35 o \ uogne and to the Hippodrome to Htrike the blow . On the 7 th , in cfFeet , these men preHented themselves at the Htations aligned to them ; but the chiefs of the organization had omitted one trivial requirement—to give them arms . The conspirators in the Boib de Boulogne saw Bonaparte p ; iHH ; but finding themselves totally unsupported , and having only three piutolH to a dozen men , they let him pass without making any attempt . At the Hippodrome it " wan much the name . Ahout five o ' clock , jxiwt an the xeraents de mile were
keeping back the crowd to let Bonaparte pass out , one of the chiefs , by name Lux , clapped bin hands an a fii ^ nal for the attack . Kvery man eame forth from bin ainbiiHh , the ranks were cloned ; but an they had no nriUK , Bonaparte pawed on without accident . Two < layn after , on the 9 th of June , Lux , Alix , and one Joseph Bre " ault by name , a man of Home energy , it Hetsum , and n chief of the Hociety of the Droit . t d % Peuple , were arrested . Ah Boon aH they were taken , othern stepped in to their places . Thin time it wan a JBelgian , by name De MeVen , who assumed the direction of affairs . lie centralized in his own hands the throe societies and awaited events . On theflth of July a placard gavo notice that Bonaparte would visit the Opera CJomique on the following day . De Moron started his men and distributed among them eight piHtolH . They were in all about 170 .
Ho delected a picked detachment and ntutioned them round the Opera ( Jomiquo ; three men in the street ne ; ir the private ; door , six more near the principal ontniiioe , while nix others remained as an immediate reserve . The r « Ht of the conspirators remained without arms on the Boulevards . Bonaparte it appoarn was to have boon Htabbed and shot at oneo . The signal was to be a ory oi" Vim ' ¦ P Kmpcrmr shouted by De Moron . It appears that the three individuals posted near the private door excited ( he attention of the . wrgmfn de ville by their obstinacy in pressing close to the entrance . The m ' i' f / cntK de vUle wuro on the point of arresting them when a pistol fell in the scuttle . Mix men of the reHorvo rushed up to roHeuo their eomrudos , but three or four brigades of strgtnta de vUle fell on them , and ai-roMtod 14 out of 18 . Suoh in Hubstanoo wu-h the affair of
the Opera Comique . The police arrested in all seventyseven persons , of whom forty-four were subsequently released . There remain thirty-three who are to be tried before the Cour d'Assises de la Seine ^ on the charge of having been accessories to a consp iracy designed to make an attempt on the life of the Emperor , " an attempt , " says the indictment , " which was even partially put into execution . " The articles of the code cited by the indictment are precisely those two
articles ( 86 , 87 ) winch excited so keen an opposition last May in the Chamber of Deputies . The Government proposed the re-establishment of those articles , and consequently of the punishment of death for political offences . Thanks to the obstinacy of the Chamber the punishment of death was re-enacted only in case of an actual attempt on the life of the sovereign . In the present case , therefore , the accused have really staked their lives .
The examination of the Delescluze affair continues . The persons arrested in the provinces , among others ! M . M . Rocher , Masselin , and David of Nantes , have " been brought to Paris , and imprisoned in the Concierr gerie . Two hundred more arrests have been made this week . All these contretemps do not prevent Bonaparte from quietly advancing to his goal . He is not yet crowned , you know , and that is the summum of his hopes . The coronation is to be on the second of December next , I believe I may state with something like certainty . All the preparations for this event
were quietly pursued during August and September . Everything is ready now , even to the state carnages : a friend of mine has seen them . As it is , after all , simply a restoration , they have been content to furbish up the carriages of 1809 , which have since figured at the coronation of Charles X . The gildings and the paintings have been freshened up , and eagles put at the four comers of the roof . For old Jerome , too , the carriage which served at the baptism of the Due de Bordeaux , now Comte de Chambord , has been revived . Three other carriages are prepared for the rest of the Royal family . I think you may rely on this news as a Certainty . — .
Our foreign politics are beginning to be slightly modified . In the first place , Bonaparte has been studying divers plans of campaigns , which he ordered to be submitted to him in the prevision of a possible continental war . Two of these plans especially attracted his attention . The first proposed the creation of seven armies , to act upon our northern and eastern frontiers . In the second and more reasonable one , two armies are proposed for operating , the one on the Rhine , the other , to be called the " Army of the Var , " and to haye its head-quarters at Toulon , would be destined to operate in Piedmont and in Lombardy . Besides these preparations , Bonaparte , you may be aware , has just removed M . De Lacour from Constantinople , and has sent General Baraguay d'Hilliers in his stead .
This general is a soldier of great energy . He has storted for his post with an opposing military staff ofdifferent grades and branches of the service . As your Government discountenanced sending French officers into Turkey for service in the Ottoman Army , this is as good a way as any of waiving the assent to such a step . The news of the passage of the Danube by the Turks at Widden is confirmed . Only it is to be apprehended , that this fact has not the importance generally ascribed to it .
The Russians , by withdrawing their forces from Little Wallachia ( situated eighty leagues from Bucharest ) , laid a trap for the Turks . Their object was to decoy Omor Pasha into that district . They reckoned on his abandoning the route from Schumla to Bucharest to throw his forces into Little Wallachia , in the hope of operating on the flank of the enemy . But Oiner Pasha , without quitting his post , simply took advantage ! of the feint of the enemy to throw on that point a small detachment of 5200 mon , and not of C > 2 , 000 men , as has boon reported . By this means ho has secured himself a bridge acrosa the Danube ; and he has acted with equal decision and skill . S
Continental Notes. _ Tliory?»?<W»<?Oi'th...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . _ TliorY ?»?< w » oi ' tho week ' s intelligence from thoseat of war will ho found on our tirnt page . W <> have only to add the following notoH . It was not till the ' 22 nd lilt . Uiat the coinhinud flouts loft , Heujka Bay . It was blowing a gale of wind . 'I'ho Hteum-friguteH could not take the nailing vesm ; 1 h in tow , and the fleets , after having boon Home hours under weigh , were dispersed in the different unchorugoM of the Dardanelles , without one being able to enter the Men ojf Marmora . On the UiJrd , Jtear-Admiral le Burbier de Titian was able to ' reach Oallipoli with three sail of the lino . Admiral Dundnn could only roach tho anchorage of tho lirnt eautlo , -with tho liritannia and tho Htoam-fngato 'ii ' nriovit . 'I'ho Albion , two-deekor , mid tho Htoam-friguteH . Retribution and \' ent ) mnm , anchored under tho old cohUo . The rent of tho hIu ]> h , however , sustained no damage . 'The Carudoc despatch-steamer , which reached MurMullcu on IhoiiiMh , reported having fallen in with tho ilontu in tow of tho stcaiitoi-H , with topnmntn struck , and the French admiral leading . It wan said that the English shi p s would anchor at Laumuchi , and tho French at Gullipoli , at tho ontrnncn of tho Sea oi Marmora . Tho EngliHh steamer , Spifjlre . wan taking KoiindingM in tho JJonphoniH . When ' tho declaration oi' war was road to tho uBHOinbled troops at Schumla , Omer Paohu uddroBBod thorn ufl follow * : —
" Officers and soldiers , from Asia , Africa , and Europe The blood of your ancestors has more than once reddened this soil , which a powerful enemy wishes to take from you It has by your fathers been confided to your patriotic honour ; it has as yet no blot . Know , then , that you cannot move a step without a voice rising forth from the earth , and saying , * This dust that you tread under foot is our ashes , the ashes of your ancestors ; defend it . ' Soldiers let us all together swear to spill our blood unto th « loaf
drop to uphold the integrity of the throne of our Emperor and beloved Sovereign the Sultan Abdul-Medjid . " Nanuch Pacha , Minister of Commerce , is en route to Paris and London , to negotiate a loan , it is supposed of four millions . The new Minister of Finance Safeti Pacha , one of the old Mussuhnan party , is a ' of rare energy and skill in the financial department . There is a great want of workmen at Constantinople , all men capable of bearing arms having enrolled themselves as soldiers .
All the officials of the Russian Chancery , at Constantinople , had left the city ; and a steam-frigate was preparing to embark the Russian subjects . The Russian ships in the Black . Sea sail under the Austrian flag . The correspondent of the DSbats writes as follows , on the 15 th ult . j touching the " fanaticism" of the Turks and the dangers of the Christian population at Constantinople : " Constantinople is stili perfectly calm , and the Christians whether Frank or rayah , enioy the most complete security from tude
Far feeling any disquie , they laugh at the rumours which are spread in Europe . These rumours were the subject of general conversation at a veiy brilliant fete given last night at Therapia , in the house of one of the richest bankers of the country . During the whole night , caiques conveying ladies , to or from the ball , circulated without the least disquietude amongst the vessels of war , manned by thousands of the Turks , who are represented as animated ^ witli the most violent fanaticism against the Christians , and as ready to devour us . But these rumours are only fables . "
The Last Telegraphic Reports Are To The ...
The last telegraphic reports are to the effect that —• " The Danubian Principalities are declared in a state of siege . ' " Martial law is proclaimed . " All intercourse with the Turks is prohibited on pain of death . "A conflict is expected to take place at Krajowa ( capital of Little Wallachia ) ; 6000 Russian cavalry have arrived there . " Prince Gortshakoff had left Bucharest for Krajowa . A line of avant couriers was established between these towns . Hostilities have commenced we hear . A serious engagement took place on the 21 st . The following is the proclamaoion which , has been addressed to his army by Omer Pasha , previous to crossing the Danube : —
" Imperial Soldiers—When firm and courageous , w « shall engage the enemy . We will not fly , but sacrifice body and soul to he avenged . Look , to tho Koran ; on the Koran we have sworn . You are Mussulmans , and I doubt not you are ready to sacrifice body and soul for your religion and your Cxovernmont . But if there be among you a single man afraid of Avar let him . say so , for it is dangerous to face the enemy with such men . He who is under the feeling of fear should be employed in the hospitals or other occupations ; but ho who remains with us and turns his back on the enemy shall he shot ! Let tho devotednesa
courageous men who long to manifest their to their reljgion and the throne , remain . ¦ Their hearts are united with God , and if faithful to religion they prove themselves brave . God will assuredly give them tho victory . Soldiers , let us purify our hearts , and then put confidence in tho aid of tfod . Let us do battle , and sacrifice ourselves like our ancestors , and , as they bequeathed our country and our religion to uh , we ought to bequeath them to our children . You are all aware that the great object of this life in to serve God and the Sultan worthily , and thus win Heaven . Soldiers ! May God protect all who have tho honour to believe and to servo m these principles . " i Prince Stlrbey ( llospodar of Wallachia ) and his son luia arrived at Hermannstadt on their way to Vienna . Baron Prokesoh , President of tho German Diet , has en Vienna for Berlin to persuade the Prussian Government to a joint declaration with Austria on tho Eastern question . But Prussia refuses to accede to any plodgo .
Tho Excellent Paris Correspondent Of The...
Tho excellent Paris correspondent of the Morn ^ 't Chronicle gives tho following anecdote , current in 1 ' ° ""^ society in Paris . M . Thiors , in speaking of tho rucal oi < le Luc-our from Constantinople , ih reported to have nuiu "Tho Eastern ( mention seorua to ho an unpropitioun oi to ministcra and ambassadors . I foil because I wantuu ^ lie too firm . M . Lavalotto was replaced in IBM , \ ' ho demanded too much . M . do Lacour in w > now , I ) OC l , -j he hua not been firm enough ; and yot M . < lo Lava f . ,, ' , 1 not go beyond hia inutruetioiiH , ami M . de Lacour lollov . , oxaotly the courne proHC . ribod to him . I hope ( Joneriu _ raguay d'Hilliei-H will be morn fortunate than hw I"" '; '" 0 Hora , and that , above all , ho will not bo recalled l ™ much energy . " . , i a . | ,. General Jlurommy d'HilHerB , the newly "PI '" " . ' : ' ' , f biuwndor Jfoarnonlinary and ^ hunter Ploinpotonli ^ . 1 'Yiiiu-o at ConMlnntinopIo , in the place of M . d « ' " ^ J ,,. an oflic-or who him nerved in Al geria . Jloforo I / I "' " ( Ji 0 tion of ' 48 lie wan comparativel y unknown . vv" . Mt j . reaction not in h « - HJgiiulized liinwolfby hiH pn-sHiona o i ^ lily to everything republican , and wiw a loading ° 'k , , „ of the famouH eluh of the Kuo do l » oili « r « , <* ' * 3 ( j » - dmHoimnato OoiiHoi-vutivo triwlH . Whon tho * " ; " . j ^ ml vwnment hud doHtroyod tho Jtmnim Kopublic , tnw ' ^ i wiih went to oHCort tho I ' ope to Itoino , and there {() Coininandor-in-Chiof . Ife attached hniiHclf ™**)\ ^ tho ciiuho of LouiH Kapoleon , iumI , aftor the cowp * " rowaiiled with tho Vico-ProHidomy of tho ™ m * ° - m jHH jo » a niero mbreur in politica . Tho character of Jim » "
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1853, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05111853/page/4/
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