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August 27, 1853.] THE LEADER. 819
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LETTERS FROM PARIS. [FltOM OOR OWN ConUK...
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The Rival Yachts. " One Of The Finest Ra...
vie weathered the Aurora Borealis in a style that excited admiration , and if was even now thought she might tarn out to be worthy of her fame . At seven minutes past three o ' clock , the required distance of eig hteen miles , from the ; Nab Light to sea , having been run , the steam-vessel , On board of which were the committee of the squadron , was brought to anchor . In the progress to the steamer , in consequence of the very great drop in the wind , the Alarm had ftllen considerably astern—the Julia maintaining the lead against the Sylvie , who made a desperate effort to overhaul her , but all in vain . The two vessels , containing the latest embodiments of the science and modern improvements of both England and America , were
now fairlv pitted against each other , and never was tliere a greater proof of British superiority , even admitting for the moment that some of the best points of the Julia were obtained from . American lines . When it is known that Nicholls , the captain of the Mosquito , had charge of the Julia for the day , with some of the crew of that successful yacht , no doubt whatever could exist that , with the advantage of his superior handling and experience , it would tell fearfully against her American opponent . She had it all her own way , running away from her , as did the old Arrow , which will be seen by the following order in which the steamboat was rounded : —Julia , Arrow , Sylvie , Aurora Borealis , Osprey , Alarm , Aurora .
On the return to the Nab , when off St . Catherine's , the Julia was leading the Arrow by about three-quarters of a mile , the American at this time being a good three miles astern . When off Ventnor , at half-past five o'clock , the Julia had obtained a lead of the Arrow by nearly a mile . Off Culver Cliff , at two minutes past six , the wind freshening from the south-east , the Arrow , with her immense balloon jib , began sensibly to draw upon the Julia , who , throughout the entire race , was sailing under her ordinary going sails . Prom the time that the American had been observed so far astern , but little attention was paid to
her ; and as to her chances of obtaining the prize , or even a second place , they were never for a moment entertained . Great was the surprise , as the steamer was waiting at the Nab , watching the progress of the Julia to it , which was to be the winning-post of the race , when the supposed almost lost Sylvie was observed so near abreast of the Arrow , as to be a question of very great doubt which of them had the lead . The light wind that had for some time prevailed had been turned by her to good account ; and , although it was not ascertained at the time , she would most likely then take advantage of her novel construction , by hoisting
up her keel , and leaving nothing but what has been aptly termed her " skimming-dish" upon the waterthus drawing but throe feet at the fore and six aft , she was able to appear in the extraordinary manner hero described . The Julia could , however , never be overhauled , and on her appearance at the conclusion of the race was greeted with loud and hearty cheering . The following statements of the time of the arrival of the respective vessels given below are those taken by the sailing committee on board the Nab Light ship , and by those persons who remained on the steamer , the difference mainly arising from the variation of watches : —
Committee ' s timo . Onboard the steamerit . it . s . it . ir , s . Julia 7 7 3 J- 7 5 12 Sylvie 7 13 42 7 11 4 () Arrow 7 14 29 * - 7 12 M Osproy 7 18 3 ( 1 7 1 ( 5 45 Aurora Boroalia 7 10 C 7 17 32 The Julia was then declared the winner , after one of the finest races , evor witnessed . Tho winning vessel was built by Mr . Kutsey , of West Cowes , and wan only hunched about three months ago . No restriction whatever was placed upon tho Sylvie , cither in tho uso of her dropping keel , the number of men , or in any other respect , and she sailed here perfectly on her own terms .
August 27, 1853.] The Leader. 819
August 27 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 819
Letters From Paris. [Fltom Oor Own Conuk...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ FltOM OOR OWN ConUKSl'ONDKNT . ] Lbtteic LXXXVIL Paris , Thursday Evening , August , 25 , 1113 , Vy jrtniB it not for our foreign , especially our English visitors , Paris would now bo n desert . The whole population i « off to the country , or to the seaside ; all «>« i « t y iH broken up . All sort ' s of business nnd ' r . cw .
«• ' - tj-opoliH i « become n vast Necropolis . Inhabitants «»« ro nro none : only wandering Shades . Tho fow Political men that remained in Parin arc dispersed . It » " impossible jnst now to get at any information ; wo wu reduced to the public ; prints for news , nnd they »» V"iff nouo t () teMj tell nom , _ SUmh ) tho 1 Ofch hiHj J no iteur has not opened itn official lips . Not a ynulo lm ,, it brcntliod of lato about the Eastern
Question . It is understood that the French Government has received two despatches—one from St . Petersburg , the other from Constantinople . Bonaparte put these two despatches in his pocket , and the public has not known a word of their contents * . You in England , by the bye , have little cause for boasting the superiority of your regime in these respects . Your Government , which , you are always pretending , does nothing but with the consent of the nation , has not , it seems , told you a word of what is going on . You are as much in the dark as we poor imperialized Frenchmen are . We , however , have good reason to believe that the first of
these two despatches announced the adhesion of the Czar to the propositions of Vienna , and that the second , on the contrary , brought the refusal of the Sultan to assent to the terms imposed upon him . The Divan , it would appear , was assembled on the 11 th , 12 th , and 13 th of this month : the Sultan himself brought forward the propositions of the Vienna Conference : opinions were not merely divided as to their acceptance : the great majority of the Council pronounced themselves against . Rescbid Pacha and the Sultan ,
to appease the anger of the national party , were obliged to declare that , although approving the note of Vienna , they would not consent to send an ambassador to St . Petersburg before the evacuation of the Principalities . As soon as he received thisdespateh , Bonaparte sent orders to Toulon for the Chaptal to prepare to take letters for M . de Lacour , the French ambassador at Constantinople . It is whispered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that in these letters M . de Laconr is instructed to proceed to the Sultan , and to prevail upon him to send an ambassador at once to St . Petersburg .
On the other hand , we know from letters received by the Vienna route that the Turkish army is all but in insurrection . The Eedifs ( national militia of veteran soldiers ) have sent deputations to Omer Pacha to signify to him that they would not stand being called away from their households and fields to be made fools of as in 1849 ; . that- if Omer Pacha would not lead them against the Bussians , they would march without him . I have told you repeatedly during these last three months that the internal condition of Turkey is not sufficiently taken into account . I am only afraid lest great complications should arise in this quarter , and the whole affair have to be gone over again .
After the battle of Wagia : n , Napoleon said to General Marmont , that he had manoeuvred like an oyster ( comme une huitre ) . I fear this description may even be applicable to your own Ministers . I must do this justice to Bonaparte ; if he becomes entangled in the consequences of a mistake , it is your Government that paralyzed him . He at least saw clearly , while your Cabinet had the sight of a mole . Another grave circumstanco is , the declaration of independence of the two governments of Moldavia and Wallachia .
The Sultan had suspended the two Hospodars from their functions . The Boyards , at the instigation of Russia , compelled the two Hospodars to remain at their posts . The consequence is , if tho Russians evacuate the Provinces , the Hospodars , finding themselves exposed to the' fury of the Turks , will rise in insurrection , and recall the Russians , This follows as a matter of course . I shall wait with considerable ' anxiety to seo what grimaces your Lord Clarendon will put upon that I
If that single affair goes ill with you , however , I don't mean to imply that matters in general are going on bptter at all with us . On tho contrary , tho status quo continues , and that is saying a good deal . -The result of tho Appeal in the affair of the Foreign Correspondents is now ms \ de public . As I had told you was probable , tho Government , stunned for a moment by the formidable decision of the Court of Cassation , would not consider itself beaten . Tho Court of Rouen lias
been found a complaisant instrument of its will . That Court has condemned MM . Cootlogon " , Virmaitre , Flandin , imd Planhol for the third time . But tho remarkable fact is , that it has condemned them by treating tho decision of tho Court of Cassation a « absolutely null . Interpreter of the arbitrary will of the Government , it has eroded in thin case a now jurisprudence which threatens to upset altogether the whole system of jurisprudence in force hitherto . In other count rice , perhaps I may
say in all civilized States , tho legislature has carefully separated the judicial power from administrative functions . In France , hitherto , the judge had been carefully distinguished from tho public functionnry : tho judge charged with the rendering of justice wns never confounded with the Prefect charged with the administration of public affairs . The decision of tho Court of Rouen , in it « oagornesH to ascribe to the Government tho right of violating the secrecy of letters ( m if a violation could ever become n right ) lias just destroyed all those olomontary distinctiono , Tho Prefects aro declared
to be charged with'the examination into crimes misdemeanours , and contraventions , and , consequently , vested with the right of reading letters committed to the post whenever they suspect a crime , . . misdemeanour ,. or contravention . Now , as they are paid to suspect , it follows that , they are henceforth- ' entrusted : with the right of opening just what letters they choope to suspect , whether there be any delinquency proved or not . It is a Norman advocate , and in that quality , craftiest of the crafty ( trois fois retors ) , who hs ' . s discovered all these beauties in our Code . His naure deserves to be handed down to remotest posterity .
Bonaparte is : gone at last to Dieppe with the Empress . The poor town of Dieppe , siupified by such an honour , has acted with pardonable extravagance . It had voted in the first instance 100 , 000 francs ( 4000 J . ) for the reception ; then , for fear of that sum being insufficient / it had given carte blanche to its Mayor . Finally , being quite at its wits end , it offered to Bonaparte and to the Empress in perpetuity the Hotel de Ville , where they are at present residing . The good town of Dieppe omitted to mention that in 1825 it had given this same Hotel de Ville , in perpetuity to tho
Duchesse de Berry . Indeed if I am not mistaken , it gave the same Hotel de Ville in perpetuity to the Empress Josephine in 1805 . Unfortunately the good town of Dieppe has forgotten this time to give in perpetuity to its " august" visitors a few days of fine weather . Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday it rained torrents , and Bonaparte had plenty of leisure time to examine his new property within . To-morrow or the day after , I hear , he is to leave Dieppe for the camp at St . Omer , where great manoeuvres will take place , and he may even gladden the eyes of the loyal population of your countrymen at Boulogne . S .
Continental Notes. M. Visconti, The-Impe...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . M . Visconti , the-imperial ; architect , was senfc to Dieppe to prepare the Hotel de Ville for the reception of the Emperor and Empress . He is said to have astonisEed the population b y the magic celerity with which he transformed the dull and rickety old inuiluipal fabric into a palace . He brought an army of workmen from Paris , and superintended the operations by day and night . The Emperor ( remembering perhaps the traditions of the place to which , our correspondent alludes ) has , it is said , declined the handsome offer of the Hotel de Ville , alleging that tho demands on his civil list do not allow of bis increasing tho number of his palaces . What will the present expenses of mere lodgings cost may be asked ? "VVe have been informed by an English gentleman , just returned from Dieppe , that as soon as the Emperor ' s visit was positively announced , many of tho old French aristocracy took their depart ure . Mti revanche , our Ambassador ,-Jjord Cowley , has arrived at Dieppe , and has visited the Emperor . General Montholpn , who shared the Emperor Napoleon ' s captivity , has died in Paris . It is reported that he will have a State funeral . The annual meeting of tl e French Aendcnvy , f < r tho distribution of prizes , was hold ou tho 18 th instant , M . Viennet in the chair . As usual , a largo assemblage of literary , artisfcieal , and fashionable personages were present . Amongst tho adademicians in their scats was M . Guiz < t , whoso son , M . Quillaume Guizot , divided with Charli s
Bonoit , agr 6 t )& of the faculty of letters of Paris , tho Moi - thyon prize of tho year ( 3 , 000 fr . ) for the best historical and literary paper on tho comedies of Mcnandcr . No prizo was awarded for poetry , none of the compositions sent in being thought by the judges of sufliciont merit . Tl . o subject proposed , the " Acropolis , " remains over for the year 185 < t . M . Villemain , the distinguished writer , Minister of Public Instruction under Louis Philippe , in his capacity of perpetual Secretary of tho Academy , delivered a bnlliunt report on tho compositions to which prizes had been udjudged .
Lho Pans Papers Relate With Groat Gusto ...
lho Pans papers relate with groat gusto an adventure which befell two Englishmen—" eccentrics , " of course ;—on tho Quai do Sdvres . Those two eccentriqites , who were Booing all tho curiositds , felt in that neighbourhood a sudden thirst , and , to satisfy it , entered boldly a wino ahop . Having seated themselves , they asked for a bottlo of Bordeaux , and a bottle of Seltzer water , with which they were immediately nerved . The two islanders were , however , soon neized simultaneously with a frightful colic , which they did not hesitate to ascribe , with a belief in the
old international enmity , to poison . They didn't conceal thoir opinion , and caused an immense uproar . A crowd rapidly collected round tho door . A doctor was nout for , and speedily arrived , to whom they made a complaint , and who , on their demand , examined tho bottles . It was found , that instead of . Kan do tialtz , Mnt -tic Sedlits had been given to thorn by mistake . Tho Kiif > IiHlnni > n went homo in a voiture , amidst tho profu . se o . vcuhch of tho murv / ianil du vhi , nnd the hilarious hooting * of tho crowd .
A Hchool of religions music , vocalnnd instrumental , with n Hulvontion from tho Ministries of . Public Worship , and of Btato , has boon established by tho Minister of Public Instruction , under tho direction of M . Nicdcrmnyor .
Madllo. Rachel Is Reported !•<> Ho About...
Madllo . Rachel is reported !•<> ho about to noil her magnificent houHo iu tho Kuo 'J ' t udoii . Tho house , with all its furniture , is oHtiinatod at < t () , 0 H ) l . ^ Tho . 'Itoynl Families of Austria and Belgium have just boon unitod by tho rufirriago of tlvo I ) uk « of Brabant , u boy of eighteen ( but of precocious manners , tall Htuturo , nnd a ' Bourbon faco )> and tho Archduchcs » Mavia of
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27081853/page/3/
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