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subject was the criminal jurisprudence of the canton , which was treated historically and in an interesting manner by Professor Rigaud . The rector then addressed a few words of compliment and congratulation to the several orders of his assessors , and the whole was concluded by a benediction ; after which the professors , council , and clergy , walked back in procession to the Hotel deVille .
In the AcacMmie there were , during the last session , forty students of theology , thirty-three of law , one hundred and nine of philosophy , fifty-five of belles lettres ; total , two hundred and thirty-seven . In the College there were 560 boys ; they are instructed in French , in ancient and modern geography , in arithmetic , in Greek and Latin , in Latin prosody and versification , in the catechism , and in French recitation and composition .
On the following day I attended at the College and saw the prizes for bonnes notes given to the boys . These were books awarded to those who had gained the greatest number of marks for good behaviour in the last year . The distribution was accompanied by a distinct character of each boy , which was read aloud by the rector in presence of the class , and of many of the parents and friends who were assembled to hear it . The individuality of the characters , and the freedom with which defects were noticed , were an assurance that they were drawn from the life ; and along with the publicity which was given to the whole , would , I have no doubt , have an excellent effect .
This week was held at Geneva the annual meeting of the Swiss Carabiniers , or Riflemen . This is a voluntary association for the purpose of practising rifle-shooting—each canton taking it in turn to form , a central committee for the management of the affairs of the society , and to receive the deputations from the rest . Last year the meeting had been held at Bale , the
central committee of which canton arrived at Geneva on the evening of Sunday , June the 15 th , in this year , and the next morning their president gave up the federal flag into the hands of M . Masbon , the president of the new committee . The latter made a brief but energetic speech on the occasion , from the report of which I copy the following spirited passage :
" Tres chers freres d'armes , cet etendard federal , qui etait plante sur les bords du Rhin , retrouve sur les rives du Rh 6 ne des Suisses loyaux et fideles . II vient presider a . notre fete , et aux nobles jeux , qui nous instruisent dans Part de le defendre ; il rassemble un grand nombre de Suisses dans ces jours de joie et de bonheur : mais au moment du peril , il reunirait tous les Cantons , et il les guiderait aujourd'hui com me autrefois , dans le chemin de la veritable gloire , et de l'honneur . " *
The firing then began on a piece of ground which is , appropriated to these exercises . It continued the whole week , for there were near 2000 strangers present from all parts of the country , except from the Cantons of Shaff hausen and Tessen ; the only two which sent no deputation * One day no fewer than 900 persons sat down to dinner under a large booth on the ground , and these were succeeded by 600 more ; and at these social meetings no
invidi-* Dear brethren in ariMB ! this federal standard , which was planted on the shores of the Rhine , finds on the banks of the Rhdne other Swiss as loyal and as true . It will preside at our fete , and at those noble exercises which teach us the art of defending it . The number of Swiss whom it assembles in these days of joy and of happiness , is great ; but in the moment of danger it would bring together all the Cantons , and would lead them forth again , as in . the times of old , iu the path of true glory and honour .
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Journal of a Tour on the Continent . 311
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/15/
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