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The ceremony of presentation was afterwards gone through by the Marquis de Povar , who carried the body into the ante-chamber , when Narvaez addressed the following words to the assembly : — " Gentlemen , —I come to fulfil a painful duty , in presenting to you the Prince of the Asturias , to whom her Majesty has just given birth , and who expired after beinir baptized . The King charges me to explain that the affliction which this unfortunate event has caused him prevents his Majesty from performing this duty himself . Here are the medical gentlemen who were present at the birth and the death of the Prince . " The household of the late Prince of Asturias is not to be dissolved . It is said that Senor Sanchez , first physician to the Queen , intends vindicating his treatment of her Majesty by a manifesto .
Other letters from Madrid describe the funeral procession of the Prince of Asturias , which left the Palace on the 16 th instant for the Escurial . It was headed by a picket of royal halberdiers , followed by a long train of servants and employes of the palace bearing torches ; then came the gentilhombres de camara and major-domos ; a long train of children followed , dressed in white , with head-dresses of flowers and plumes of feathers ; and four cavalry soldiers preceded the funeral car , which was drawn by eight cream-coloured horses . It was of great richness and elegance , surmounted by a royal crown , and covered with wreaths of artificial flowers .
Around the funeral car were the monteros de Espinosa , and equerries and gentlemen of the household ; four grandees of Spain , members of the household , officiated as pall-bearers ; then came the clergy of the royal chapel , bearing torches , followed by the chief members of the household , presided over by the major-domos of the Queen , accompanied by the Patriarch of the Indies , and the Under-Secretary of Grace and Justice , as delegate of the notary-in-chief of the kingdom . The procession had been announced to leave the palace at five a . m ., and by that hour
every part of the road which it took was crowded with spectators : great order was , however , maintained , which was not the case with the public view of the royal corpse at the palace chapel the preceding days , during which much noise and confusion prevailed , several women fainting ; and on the last night about twenty arrests were made for vociferations not at all complimentary to a high personage . On the present occasion the procession moved off in perfect silence , the usual military honours not being paid , on account of the state of the Queen .
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A NEW RELIGION IN PIEDMONT . A case of some importance was definitively judged on the 15 th , at Casale , Piedmont . It appears that a priest , named Don Grignaschi , had succeeded in secretly persuading some females and priests that he was either Jesus Christ himself , or directly inspired by him . This doctrine used to be imparted to the neophytes as a sacred mystery , and demonstrated by visions and miracles . The matter having at last called the attention of the authorities , Don Grignaschi was prosecuted , together with his dupes or accomplices , on the counts of swindling and immorality . An able defence was made by Advocate Brofferio , who founded his arguments on the facts
that Grignaschi did not teach his doctrines publicly ; that he did not attack religion , since his assertions were founded upon it ; and that his principles were not contrary to those of the Church , since they were the same as those of the Millenarian and St . Simonian sects , which had been professed by bishops and saints , and never before condemned by the church . Notwithstanding this defence , Don Grignaschi was condemned to ten years' exile ; five priests , accused of complicity , were condemned to exile or imprisonment varying from eighteen months to three years ; two women to two years' imprisonment , and a notary and another person to a month ' s imprisonment . Two other persons were acquitted .
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THE NEW LAW ON THE FRENCH PRESS . The Bulletin des Lois and the Moniteur publish the new law on the press , with the signature of the President of the Republic . We subjoin a summary of this law for the information of those persons who may not have paid particular attention to its clauses during the discussion in the National Assembly : — Article 1 orders the deposit of caution money , the legal interest of which will be allowed for all political journals and periodicals . In the departments of the Seine , fceinc-ot-Oise , Spine-et-Marnc , and Rhone , the amount is fixed at 24 , 000 f ., if the publication appear more than three times a week , and 18 , 000 f . if only three
times or less . In towns of a population of 50 , 000 and under , the caution money of journals appearing more than Jive times n week shall be GOOOf . In the other departments it shall be SGOOf ., and respectively the half of these sums for journals and periodical publications appcuriiii ; live titm-H u week , or ut more distant intervals . By Article 2 , a di lay of one month is granted for compliance with these conditions of the law . Article 3 orders that every article of political , philosophical , or religious discussion shall be signed by the author , and that a penalty of fiOOf . for the ihst offence , and lOOOf . for the second , shall be imposed for every false signature , not only upon tUc person who has signod , but also the
author who has permitted a false signature , and the publisher of the journal . Article 4 orders that this clause shall also apply to all articles in which the acts and opinions of citizens and individual or collective interests are discussed . By article 5 it is ordered that , where a second prosecution has been commenced against a journal before a first prosecution has been brought to trial , a sum equal to one-half of the maximum of the fines determined by law shall be added to the caution money . Article 6 declares that fines inflicted by a court of law shall be paid in three days after the sentence . Article 7 regulates formalities to be observed ; and articles 8 and 9 order the suppression of the journal , if the pecuniary clauses be not canformed to . By article 10 it is declared that , during the circulars and addresses
20 days preceding an election , the of candidates , after copies have been deposited with the Procureur of the Republic , may be posted up , and distributed without authorization of the municipal authorities . Article 11 declares that the laws of June , 1819 , July , 1826 , on the press remain in force on all points not contrary to the present law . Article 12 states that , from the 1 st of August next , journals or periodical publications , or periodical collections of engravings , or political lithographic prints of less than 10 sheets of from 25 to 32 decimetres square , or of less than five sheets of from 50 to 72 decimetres square , shall be subject to a stamp duty of five centimes per sheet of 72 decimetres square , and under , in the departments of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise , and of two centimes for journals , engravings , or periodical publications published in any other
department . By article 13 , non-periodical publications , treating of political matters , or of social economy , which are not now in course of publication , or which , prior to the present law , had not fallen into the public domain , if they are published in one or two numbers , having less than three sheets of text , of from 25 to 32 decimetres square , are subjected to stamp duty of five centimes . For every additional 10 decimetres , li centimes extra is charged . This clause is also applicable to non-periodical writings published in a foreign country , which , on importation , shall be liable to the same duty as if published in Prance .
Article 14 provides that every romance or novel published as a feuilleton in a journal , or in its supplement , shall pay a stamp duty of one centime each number in the departments of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise , and half that sum in other departments . Articles 15 and 16 declare that the stamp duty charged shall free the journals from postage on the following conditions : —The stamp of five centimes , for the transport and distribution throughout the whole territory of the Republic , and that of two centimes , for the transport of journals and periodical writings in the interior of the departments ( other than
those of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise ) where they are published , and those adjoining . Journals or periodical publications which pay a duty of two centimes must , in order to be transported and distributed beyond the abovementioned limits , pay a postage of three centimes . Article 17 states that the franking resulting from the payment of the stamp duty is only available for the day on which the journals are published ; the editors of journals or periodical publications will , however , have a right to send to a subscriber , on the same terms , the back numbers for a period of three months .
Article 18 declares that a supplement which shall not exceed 72 decimetres square , published by journals which appear more than twice a week , shall be exempt from the stamp duty , on condition that they only contain political news , the debates of the Assembly , the proceedings of the tribunals , and the reproduction of and discussion on Government documents . The supplements of the Moniteur , whatever may be their number , are exempt from the duty . According to Article 19 , whoever , except the editor , shall send a journal or periodical publication by the post must pay the postage of 5 c . or 2 c , as the case may be . In the event of its not being paid as above , it will be charged as a single letter . Article 20 provides that an allowance of 1 per cent , will be made to the editors of journals for spoiled stamps . An
allowance of one centime per journal will be made to editors who distribute their own journals in Paris and the banlieue . The conditions to be observed to obtain this reduction will be fixed by a decree of the Minister of Pinance . Articles 21 , 22 , 23 , and 21 relate to the carrying the law into execution , and the measures to be observed in case of contravention . Article 25 orders that the stamp duty on subscriptions entered into before the operation of this law shall be reimbursed . Article 26 allows a delay of two months for compliance with the provisions of the law ordering all articles to be signed by their authors . Article 27 states that all journals or periodical publications printed in France in a foreign language , but destined for circulation out of France , are exempt from caution money and stamp duty .
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THE DINNER TO LORD PALMERSTON . The members of the Reform Club entertained Lord Palmerston at a grand banquet at their club house in Pali-mall , on Saturday evening , to celebrate his late victory in the House of Commons . In consequence of the limited accommodation in the club-house , the number of guests was strictly limited to the first two hundred noblemen and gentlemen who had signed the requisition inviting the noble lord to a public dinner . The tables were laid in the coffee-room , a long , narrow apartment , with enlarged ends at the back of the hnll , and much ingenuity was displayed in arranging the tables so as to afford sitting room for even the ; prescribed number of guests . The principal table was plueed in the contrc of the room , so as to afford all present the best chance of seeing and hearing the proceedings . The company began to assemble about seven o ' clock , and remained in the large
central hall until the arrival of Lord Palmerston , at half-past seven . The noble lord was , on entering the hall , greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheering , the band of the Coldstream Guards , under the direction of Mr . Godfrey , which was stationed in the centre of the hall , playing a grand march . The company then proceeded to the dining-room . The chair was filled by Ralph Bernal Osborne , Esq ., M . P . for Middlesex , and the vice-chair by Lord James Stuart . The list of the noblemen and gentlemen who were present does not contain the name of a single member of the Cabinet . The chief speakers were the Chairman , Sir De Lacy Evans , Admiral Sir Charles Napier , the Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , and Sir George Strickland .
Sir Charles Napier , m a characteristic speech , passed a high eulogium for the boldness and skill which Lord Palmerston had displayed in his management of the affairs of other countries from his first connection with the Foreign-office till the present day . His first triumph was in the measures adopted with regard to Holland and Belgium . " No sooner had the noble lord settled that question than he was called upon to settle a much more delicate one—to settle a question between Dom Miguel and Donna Maria , between a usurper and the Queen of Portugal . The noble lord carried * that through also in the way in which he has always carried through every enterprize he
undertook . He was a bold man to undertake that enterprize . Dom Miguel had a large army of 100 , 000 men , while the Queen had only 4000 or 5000 . But the noble lord persevered and carried the question , as he did the question of Belgium . Well , let us afterwards follow the noble lord a little further . He then called the navy into operation again , and he also called my friend General De Lacy Evans to settle the question of Spain , and he did settle the question of Spain , and preserved the peace of Europe again . { Loud cheers . ) I will now take the noble lord from there into Syria . { Much cheering . ) There he found a question that had puzzled all the Ministers of Europe ; but the noble lord , with his talent
and energy , succeeded in settling that question . Well , he got the signature of the Allied Powers to assist , but the devil of a soldier or sailor would they give him . { Laughter and cheers . ) But the noble lord , with a handful of sailors and marines , and a few Turkish troops , did what perhaps no other Foreign Minister in the world would have done—he undertook to satisfy and to settle the peace of Europe , by destroying the power of Mehemet AH , and establishing that of the Porte in Syria . { Much cheering . ) He succeeded in that , as in all the enterprizes he undertook . I had the good fortune of serving under his lordship for many years . I am quite sure there is no officer in the British navy who ever served
under the noble lord who will regret for a single moment that he has been employed by him . If ever he gets into a difficulty—and I have the authority of the noble lord for saying that during the time he has been in the Foreign Office he never found an officer of the navy to bring him into difficulties { hear , hear ) , it will not be by a naval officer . { Cheers . ) Well , Sir , as I said before , the noble lord finished the war in Syria as he did the war in Belgium , in Portugal , and in Spain . I happened to be at that time employed under the noble lord , and I must say that when I had , perhaps improperly , extended my powers too far , and signed the treaty with Mehemet Ali for the expulsion of his troops from Syria , I was
opposed by all the ambassadors of Europe , but maintained by the noble lord at the head of Foreign Affairs ( ' hear , hear , " and cheers ) , who said that I had done my duty to the best of my ability . During the time that the squadron was in the Mediterranean , with the promptitude and gallantry with which the noble lord does everything , when there was a question to seize the unfortunate Poles in Turkey , the noble lord ordered the English fleet up the Dardanelles , and at once put an end to the question . { Loud cheers . ) The noble lord , as all people in his position are liable to , was blamed for sending the English
fleet into the Dardanelles . Whether he gave orders to go through the Dardanelles or not , of course , it is impossible to say ; but all I can say is that the admiral commanding the squadron was perfectly right in doing so , because the British fleet was not safe outside . It may be easy to say , ' Why , he broke the treaty ; ' but the duty of the admiral was to take care that the fleet was not lost . { Hear , hear . ) I know what the position of the fleet was outside the Dardanelles , and if I had commanded it I would have done as Sir W . Parker did , and have anchored inside the Dardanelles . " { Cheers . )
Sir De Lacy Evans , taking advantage of the slight allusion to Spain in the previous speech , made some remarks upon the state of that unhappy country . " Considering the state of extreme and calamitous depression she has passed through , no country in Europe , " he affirmed , " and perhaps few countries recorded in history , have made a greater progress in rational liberty , in moral and political improvement , than Spain has done during the last four years . " The Chairman , in proposing the health of Lord Palmerston , said he rejoiced in the present demonstration because it would show to the world that the Liberal party in this country were not prepared to see a Minister calumniated and misrepresented because he had been firm to a liberal course of policy .
The toast was drunk with tho utmost enthusiasm , all the company rising and cheering vociferously for several minutes . Viscount Palmerston , whoso rising was the signal for a fresh burst of enthusiastic applause , after silence had been restored , spoke as follows : — ?' My lords and gentlemen , when I think of the honourable and flattering reception which I have received from you this day , and when I think of the terms
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Leader (1850-1860), July 27, 1850, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1848/page/4/
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