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Waooleoh X . were brought back to Paris , and his tomb decided to be built under the dome or the Tnvalids M . Leouzon le Due was commissioned to S a block of porphyry . He accordingly set ou Sn his travels at the expense of the State and Ker some two years' wandering , he . reported the Every of a suitable block , somewhere in Finland . A vote was asked from the Chambers to fetch home the norphyry , and when it arrived in Paris , it was found to be inferior , in size , quality , and hardness , to what might have been procured from Auvergne . Wow much M . Leouzon le Due ' s travelling cost the nation I forget , but at all events he made enough out of it to provide comfortably for the future .
CHARtES LEBBCX , DUC DE PL-AISA 3 S Ci .. One of the last military illustrations of the First Empire , and relict of the Great Revolution , has recently departed from among us . Charles Lebrun , Due de Plaisan . , General of Division , and Grand Chancellor of the Legion of- Honour , died the other dav at the ripe age of 81 . His death occurred after a very short illness , and almost without suffering . One by one , the . old die-hards wither away and leave no successors behind . Men who received the fierce baptism of battle in the wars of the last century seem to have been endowed , also , with long life . While others in the full vigour of manhood , who are tended with every care and wear india-rubber goloshes and comforters , sicken and perish if exposed to half an hour ' s draught , or have to sit in their damp clothes . ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. .:. ' ..
The late Due de Plaisance was the eldest of three sons born to Consul Lebrun , who was associated with Bonaparte in the triple consulate , and who subsequently became—when he forsook his republican faith to follow imperial fortunes—Archtreasurer of the . Empire , Governor of Genoa , Stadtholder of Holland , and Grand Master qf the University of France * receiving , as an additional recompense , the Italian'dukedom which his son inherited . It Syas while the . father was associated in the consulate that the spii became acquainted with the conqueror of Italy , and acquired that inclination for military life which afterwards determined his career . When about 25 years of age he entered ( 5 Nlvose , year 8 ) as sub-lieutenant in the 5 th llegiment he wrts
of Dragoons . In little more than a year promoted to a lieutenantcy and attached to the staff of the Consular Guard as aide-de-camp ( 14 Nivose , year 9 ) . At Marengo , Lieutenant Lebrun was orderly officer to the First Consul , and detached by him to Dessaix . When this last was mortally wounded by an Austrian sharpshooter , while charging at the head of the reserve division , it was young Lebrun that received the general in his arms as he fell from the saddle , and it was he who carried the intelligence to the First Consul . From that time the promotion of the aide-de-camp was rapid . After four years' service in all , he was named ( 1804 ) colonel of the 3 rd Hussars , and three years subsequently—in March 1807 , at Osterode—brigadiergeneral .
Generally attached to the person of . the First Consul , he narrowly escaped with him from the explosion of the infernal machine . During the campaign—1805-1807—Colonel JLebrun wasinalmost constant attendance upon the Emperor . At Austerlitz he behaved so as to earn the distinction of being entrusted with conveying the news of the victory to Paris , At Jena he commanded the brigade to which his regiment belonged , charging the Saxon squaros , routing them , and capturing the standards .
During the whole of the campaign of 1809 he was attached to head-quarters , and took a distinguished part in the battles of EclonUhl , Essling , and Wagrani . In 1812 he was named general of division , and followed the Emperor to Moscow , and ho is fluid to have been indebted for his preservation during that terrible retreat more to his courage and coolness than to the vigour of his constitution , Tug spring of the following year shows him at Mayence , engaged in reorganising the first and third divisions of cavalry which ho commanded during the following campaign , so fatal to the French arms . Dresden , Bautzen , and Wurtehen thinned the ranks of hia comrades , and it was on the evening of the last-named fight , while galloping in tho
siuto of tho Emperor in company with Duroc and Kergener , tltat almost the hiat ball firod by tho foe ricoched against tho trunk of a tree , shying Korgonor outright , and mortally wounding Duroc , leaving General Lobrun unscathed , who thus , by a strango coincidence , almost at the commencement ami conclusion of his military caroor , was present at the death of tho two most famous generals of Napoleon , Ueesftijc and Du-rou . When towards the orul of 181 « thoFrmnoh army was driven across tho Khlny , General Uwrun was promoted to tho first corps of tho great array intended for the defence of tho northern frontiers . On the 7 th of December in tluU ' v-onr ho was nornod Governor of Antwerp , and oivtliu 25 th of tho "Mowing- month ho reassumod his post of
aide-decamp to the Emperor , whom ¦ ¦ he adhered to until the abdication of Fontainbleau . With the restoration he rallied to the Bourbons , and was rewarded by them with the post of Inspector-General of HusBars . Jiut , on the return from Elba , he returned to his' ok love " and was successively appointed to command the second military division and third corps of observation . Waterloo led to his being set aside , with the return of the Bourbons ; but in 1818 he was put on half-pay , and in 1831 he was restored to the active ranks of the army , although his military career may be said to have ended with the fall of the Empire . 1 STHMCS OF SUEZ CANAL .
The aspect of political affairs has been wellnigh fatal to this project and was reduced it to a most dilapidated condition . Nevertheless , the promoters have issued a statement of the number of shares allotted . Paris figures for 90 , 121 ; the rest of France for 116 , 262 ; Algeria for 728 , lurkey and E ^ vpt for 96 , 507 , Austria for 51 , 246 , Russia for 24 ^ 174 , England for 5 , 085 , United States lor 3 , 000 , Spain for 4 , 046 , Holland for 2 , 61-5 , Tunis for 1 , 714 , Sardinia for 1 , 353 , Switzerland for 460 , Belgium for 324 , Tuscany for 176 , Naples for 97 ,
Homan States for 54 , Prussia for 15 , Dtnimrk and Portugal for 5 , and Sweden for 1 . Total 400 , 000 shares of £ 2 cfeacli , to make the capital of . eight millionssterlin" -. To France we are told is reserved the honour of subscribing half the capital , an honour which no other country is anxious to , contest , apparently . It is satisfactory to perceive that not more than a hundred thousand pounds worth of shares are allotted to England . Whether they will be paid upon is a different question altogether , but even if they should be , the loss will be but trilling .
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GERMAXY . February 16 th . Reports of ! the prohibition of the exportation of horses , and the rejection of the St . Helena medals , show that the national feelings of the Princes of Germany are roused ; and if the present unanimity should prove lasting after a ... declaration' of-. , France , even against Austria alone , would not find matters so comfortably arranged to her hand . , as at the commencement of the last war . Austria , whether right or wrong , has decidedly the sympathy of all Germ any , and it may be said that the threatening attitude of France towards her has placed her morally at the head of German States .
What Prussia has . hitherto been , Austria is at present ; and it strikes , me that a war with France would tend , far more than peace , to confirm her in the foremost rank which she now holds . Although at this rhoment there is every reason to believe that the Confederation would hold together in the event of a war , yet , I think , Austria would stand a fur better chance of success if she stood alone against France and Italy , Voluntary patriotic aid would do as much , if not more , than the Confederated Princes , and no danger of treachery or lukewarmness could arise . Against the Confederation , firmly united , Louis Napoleon , without a single principle or alls' to support him , has but a poor prospect of
coming out of a war triumphant . If he could , civil liberty , as well as sovereignty by the will of the people , the Princes of Germany would not now hojd up their heads so proudly ; but he has embraced despotism , and is no better , if no worse , than ' his brother despots . Better a despot of their own race than one of foreign origin , think the people-of every country . This feeling was made pretty evident directly after" the Laguerrouni <> ro pamphlet appeared , and , doubtless , hud some influence upon the Emperor ' s mind , while framing his Speech from the Throne . Tl « o Canstitiitfannel boasts of the strength of the French army , and states that the number will be , iiv April 1859 , 568 ; 00 O men , which , in June 1859 ,
will be increased to 642 , 400 men , including 8 : > , 8 OO cavalry . To this tho Allycmcine Zcitany replies , at the instigation of high authority , by giving a statement of the slrongth and format ion ' of the Fi'tleral army . The Allyeinoiiw Zeitumj says : — " Tho German arnjied do not now consist , as during tho old Empire , of figures upon paper only , but all the contingents aro so well equipped and effective , that they may be brought to the rendezvous lit tho shortest notice , as is satisfactorily shown by the Federal Commission of Inspection . Those Federal
Commissions of Inspection have nqvor beon sufnoieiuly appreciated . Tho two groat powers of Germany having submitted to those inspections , an obligation lias been laid upon the whole country , nnd no one dare withdraw from it . Such good results have attended tho lust inspection , and such considerable improvements have been eflboted , that ut no period or our history , was , tho army of Germany in so thoroughly effective a condition as at this moment . As regards the Htrcngth of ( . he Federal iirrny , ho German Federal roll glvos tlio following : —
1 , 2 , . Army Corps ( ) . , men 4 , S , and 6 Army Corps ( Prussia ) 120 , 392 „ 7 Army Corps ( Bavaria ) ; ....... 53 , 400 „ o . 35 , 933 ,, »;; : ;;; ::.. 28 , 054 „ 10 .... ...,... i . ' .- ... 20 , 045 „ Total strength of the-simple Federal . ) Contingent , with the , Reserve Div . i- > 452 , 075 men 6 ion ( 20 , 215 men ) .... ' . ) That is the lowest number of the German troops iit their obligation towards the Confederation , and is , of course , independent of the force which each State maintains for other purposes . If , however , we were to calculate , in imitation of the Constitutionnel , what force Germany could assemble by the month of June , 1 S 59 . we arrive at the following results
;—1 , 2 , 3 Army Corps ( 100 , 000 remaining ) 000 , 000 men in the country ) .. , 4 , 5 , li Army Corps 300 , 000 „ 7 Army Corps ( the reserve remamiug- ) 40 , 000 „ in the country ) - : •¦•¦) _~ mr . SArmyC ' orps ••••¦ " » ££ . " ¦ 9 Army Corps . , -A «« » lOArinyCorps ~} % ™ Reserve Division ^ - W ' " Volunteers ...... y 0 , 000 ¦ „ The above will serve as a warning to all those who imagine Germany defenceless , and will tend to impart confidence to Germans . Fortunately at present there is no fear that this imposing force will be this time disunited , and if an enemy venture to pass the frontier there will be a well discip lined army to meet him .
Another paper remarks , that this fine army may be a source of confidence and pride to the Khine countries and centre of Germany , but that if the Confederation were to be drawn into a war with France , it would be of little use to the coasts of Germany , which are entirely at the mercy of a naval power , and , hopes therefore , that an alliance maybe formed with England , that a guarantee maybe afforded to the seaports which are now all ports of the Federal union , that they will not be exposed to certain ruin in the event of a war with a naval power like France .
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I perceive that my remarks upon a petition , stated . as- coming from " Yorkshire , England , " presented to the Provinzial Stiidne ( or Provincial Assembly ) of Holstein , has excited painful astonishment among some -natives .--of'Qeririauy residing at Bradford . I do riot , however , see how my observations , which were directed against Yorkshiremeli , could , in reason , affectnatives of . Germany living at Bradford , or any where else . I admit that Yorkshiremen would be perfectly justified in taking me to task for presuming them guilty of a piece of folly , on no other grounds than a report in a German newspaper . To Yorkshiremen I owe an apology , and I tender it ; but with the natives of Germany dwelling at
Bradford , I have nothing whatever to do , further than to beg of them to state distinctly , in future petitions , or have it stated distinctly in the newspapers , that the petitions are expressive of the wishes of the Germans living in England , not of a part of the English people . I wrote my remarks under the impression that the petition had been got up and signed by Englishmen , and that was the impression , I suppose , made upon the minds of the members of the Assembly ; else , why the " loud laughter ? " It is reported that these petitions have made a sensation!—Let me ask , Why ? Does the mere circumstance of dwelling in England give Germans so much more importance ? Why should the wishes much sensation
of the Germans in England cause so , when there are millions of Germans close at hand whose wishes are much more loudly vented , and quite as well understood ? Whatever sensation there was , however , it has now { subsided , because it has been made public distinctly , that the petitions emanated from Germans , not from Englishmen , I do not question the right of foreigners in England to send addresses wherovcr they please , but I dispute their right to prefix tho name of an English town to it , as for instance , " The Bradford Addros 3 , " which naturally leaves an impression that tho address proceed * from the town itself , whereas it is but tho production of a low Ibreignors residing therein . As to tho strong assertion , that the rest of tho articio is full of mis-statements , I could only say it would ould
amuse me to , sec the proofs , which I think w up hard to find except in the term ticIilcsictj-Holstnin Diet . I ought undoubtedly to have written Wolstein Diet onlv , ' but tho term is so constantly used to designate either or both of tho Diichios that I never thought of making tho distinction in opening my letter . Sohloswig Holstoin was decidedly wrong , and in that I stand corrected . In future , til tho question is settled , I almll always take care to keep thy two separate , which I hope will satisfy my Gorman frk-nda , as I . ' am very sure it will the Danes . The communication , respecting tho Duchies , preceding tho lofctor from Bradford , has boon written from a very ultra Gorman point of view . As one proof of exaggeration , tako tho assertion that the > oople of fcbhloswlg and llolsteln comprehend
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2282/page/9/
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