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' $ & MASSACRE ON TAB BOULEVARDS . qje following statement respecting the slaughter the Boulevard Montmartre—most interesting Snathe individuality of its main story—is given in ' Piter bv a British officer to his brother in Lon-{ o which has been placed at our disposal : _ 1 'ivist Vcc . G . —l sit down to give you some ac-» B nt of myscl ' i lest jou should think I have gob - » to the way of a stn , y bullct - T ° u will , of course , ^ ,. od deal about the late emeute in the London ** , butl suspect there will not be much of the PL , jn them ; one must he in Paris to realise the ^ Tni nTTT r
;; is 0 f this unioixumue city , ui course the mi-: i « rv wcre completely successful ; it could not LV ' been otherwise against a half-armed and halftlinned peop le . Rut a more cruel , barbarous , " 5 inhuman slaughter I suppose was never commit ted . 1 do nDt al ! ude t 0 the taking of the barri-£ & ,, but to the massacre on tho boulevards , of j ., ; T i there is no mention in the Parisian papers jjMd a fortunate escape myself . At about thr ^ e . ' clack 1 was in theRouIevard desltalicns , and saw - . © is-anse iorcfi—I should taink between 10 000 anl l-V ^ aien pas "" ig up the boulevaids . lacrt Oj'aiu ' ed them as far as the rce Vivienne , to see ; f 1 could find my American friend A ., whom 1 j ^ i I mentioned in my last letter . I did not jn 0 w at the time that the troops w « e advanCi ; , < r j 0
„ ; k a barricade at the Porte St . . Deuis . Sot b ? m able to find my friend , I returned up the rue tissue , intending to go again on the boulevards ffjienl . sot to the top of Ihe street Ifonnd a corion 0 F soldiers across it , who would not ailow anv on to come within fifty yards of them . Just about { his time ( half-past three o ' clock ) the firing recomffiti ; cedin the Boulevards Montmartre and Poissonsirre ; and the sentries at the top of the rue Virieane fired deliberately down the street at us . The rush was tremendous ; but I got clear ronnd 3 corner , and departed for my hotel as soon as possible . I went out again afterwards , and went io the bottom of the boulevards near the rue du Tklder , to watch the firing . The regiments of the
iine fired at the -w indows of the boulevards for sveral hours , but I saw no fire returned from the windows . I then went home to dinner . « A' had 30 t arrived ; and we were hoping that nothing bad iap pened to him , when a woman came in , pale and treuVolinr , and asked for me . She had brought ooor A . ' s card ; he was lying wounded in » porter ' s lodge in the Uoulevard Montmartre . Of course I started immediately for the spot , i hud much difficult ? in getting there , as the streets were all ocenpied hy soldiers , hut the officers were generally civiL When I got to the place the boulevard was 5 g hastly si g ht . There were no wounded , but the dead were lying in dozen ' , most of them justas they fell , and the pavements were slipperv with blood .
They were almost all bourgeois , and not ouvriers . Two or three women were arranging some of the corpses , and placing candles at their heads that their friends might recognise them . The soldiers were standing at ease in the centre of the street , very quiet , but perfectly unconcerned ; there was nut a hving man to he seen except them . I foaad pDDr A . in good spirit- " , but badl y wounded . He described tne whole thing as a wanton massacre . He was walking along the boulevards in the same direction as the troops , and when lie heard the firing commence in the Porte St . Denis he turned bark , thinking it was no place for Lira . Almost at that instant the whole of the troops , in the Bealevards Montmartre and Poissonniero fired at
tie windows and at the people walking in the streets , who were without arms and making no resistance . There wero crowds of people at the windows , but few were hurt , as they had time to tLrow themselves back when they saw the muskets § o op . Bat for the promenadcrs in the streets there was no escape . The first bullet struck A . on tbe left band , knocking off the fore-finger ; he then went down on one Knee , and held up the other to ! , hoping they -would spare him . Another ballet struck him ia tho centre of the left shin , smashing the larger bone , and a dead man fell heavily across him . As he lay on the ground he saw one or two officers endeavouring to make the men fire at the windows , but some continued to
are at those on the ground . He managed to crawl into a porter ' s lodge , where the gate was open , and toe woman assisted him . Bo described it as a perfect storm of balls . Another bullet struck so close to him on the wall that it spattered and cut bis face like small shot . As he lay in the lodge the woman had to leave him and get a safer p lace , 13 the bullets \ vere coming in there . The firing was kept up almost without ceasing for two or three hours , although there was no resistance whatever , I never saw such wanton destruction ; tbe fronts of ths bouses were perfectly riddled with
shot . I went out to endeavour to get assistance , but the officers resolutely , though politely , declined to afford any . I asked one captain , in ' tbe name of common lmmanity , io let me hare three men to carry A . He said 'Look ronnd you , my dear Sir , do you think we have got humanity enough for all these V I said , They are dead , and do not want it ; " but he shrugged his shoulders , and said , « Tant mimx . ' I think it * I had had sufficient command of language T should have lost my temper . I at length got an ambulance and three workmen , and we carried A . down to the rue St . Honore on our shoulders . He suffered dreadfullv . and vou e . * . n
MMj > roe -what a horrible job it is to carry a badly wounded man np a French staircase . It was nearly ten o clock before we got him home . I then had to go out again as far as the rue Montmartre in order to get surgeons , bandages , & c . I was often challenged , but got all I wanted without being fired at . " . . . —Spectator .
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t Paisley Sisters asd Saot W-m-eh . — Jenny , " said a lively Paisley spinster to her sister , "' we must get to the saut water , for my cheeks are as pale as milk , and so viere Betty Tavasotfa , but aiie gaed to Gouroek three weeks ago , and cam ' name as red ' s a rose , and was married four days ^ er . "— "ISnt how can we drink the nasty saut * a * er , Kate ? " replied Jenny . — " Toots , lassie ant or fresh , sweet or sour , I'll drink ony thing j «; a laddie . ' "—" flaith , andsae wid I Kate : sue « t ' s affto Gouroek the morn , lor everybody ' s there steady , andtkerffl . no leave a drapihaifs drinkable . " —Gl'Mgmo Paper . ihe Holidays . —At a school examination in the
oantry , previous to the vacation , the master determined to give a finishing touch on the last day , a show off the proficiency of the scholars , as well > 3 to give the parents and visitors a touch of his 93 ajty , as a superfine professor of penmanship shows ^ '" copper-plate style , " and propounds and es-F ^ - . s the questions toil ' s dear scholars , conclude s with ibis grand question and key to the art of "Hting , " "What ' s the three first requisites of penfflinship ?"—A shock-headed and auburn , with a osatJed touch , of the vermilion at that , too , burning w ^ ae distinguished as a prize-holder , shrieks out , taaness , legibilities , and dispatchitiveness
!"—Wsthat ? " savs the Professor . — " ! , Billy U- aeis /' -Old Mr . ' Vickers , with a tear of pride ai the achievements of his son Billy , exe aimed , y ell , Bih y , after tbat , you must go to college , « m learn aigebragy . " 0 M TiSMcs 0 F Voxncrs is Van Diemen ' s Lasd . — ^ iloiiday some interesting returns were given . P ^ rliameutarv oaper , respecting the condition « convict * in Tan * Diemen ' s Land . Since Jul y |^ J , l , 92 e convicts arrived in the colony . On the , : */ January , 1845 , there were 29 , 191 convicts ; - » an Diemen ' s Land , of which 9 , 392 were « - ; = ers of tickets of leave . In April , 1847 , the ^ saib t-r was 30 . 701 . In the following year the Bcmlier was 2 G , dl 4 , and in December , 1848 , the £ uaber was fur ther reduced to 25459 whilst in
. : kcember , 1849 , the number was 22 , 437 , and on ^ " of December last the number was ^ , 4 i > 7 . On the 30 th of December , 1849 . there * ere 10 , 744 persons who held tickets of leave ; * sai on the 30 th of June last year 10 , 937 , of whom * v ?' 5 Were not maiataintd " by government , in )> Sch number there were 9 , 415 males and 11 G 3 « njales . In 1844-5 the expense of the convict Se'T . ce in y au Diemen ' s Land was £ 179 , 466 . 2 d 9 d ., * 5 i . cpnvicts' labour and sale of old stores , *" 'f-2 l 5 14 s . 7 d . ; leaving the expense ^|* 5 , 250 Ss . 2 d . Last year ihe gross expense was "J- 'S-USO Is . 6 d . ; and the convict labour , & c , proceed £ 13 , 935 13 : ? . 6 d . ; leaving the net expense Kl & .
. ^ cbuc EnucATios . —The National Public School ktot ty have been induced io make a few altera-^ 1 ^ 3 in their scheme—slight iu themselves , but ^ calated to remove some of the objections urged ° J " practical" men to it . The changes are inwpded chiefly to facilitate the entry of existing * caoul into the new organisation . The resolution i « ej y adopted by the Society declares , that schools ^ ad y in existence may become free schools under ^ direction of their present or future managers , "an ree ^ g ter , am £ nm _ be named hereafter J'per weok for each scholar educated in them . - rov ided-1 . That en inspection they are found " a satisfactory condition . 2 . That "the incul-^ uoz f doctrinal « v . o . r . n " Khali not take place
nw beIw een certain specified hours in the of a and afternoon . 3 . That the attendance liD }„ " / fholars on the «« inculcation of doctrinal re" in , Bha ! l n £ * be compulsory . 4 . That the Par ? r * i . tion of doctrinal religion " shall not be a 5 T } he " J of the teachers under this system , fro ™ « no art of the school pavments derived to j ? tl , « te shall be directly or indirectly applied c « ano * nculcaiion of doctrinal reli g ion . "—These tjjH ° . ° f programme remove the national scheme i- , j ur uer from the municipal scheme , —and « d- r . future combination of the two Manchester
rauonal projects still less probable . tu ^ . f ^ J-TURAi . LiEODB . —The demand for agricnlffc snl m Yorkshire is greater than it has been ? H d obt ' TV & pB 6 t ' > d Wglier Kages are asked 5 i tn *^ T " Pl > IKECT 0 3 ! S was leld on "W ednesday t 5 q np 1 ^' - ^ house , when Barnes Peacock , fl tfaL ^ ' * a PP ° inted fourth ordinary member lfle Council of India .
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THE CHAHAGTER ASD PROSPECTS oi ? THE FftESCU USmtPER . ° ( From the S pectator . ) Mwaaa ^^ - ^ - ^ " - to tK ^ Z ' tbatL ° l Na le « n was compelled UinS W uT > ° xT ei * t 0 defetlt a Plot hatched against htmselt by the National Assembl y or some ot its laembera , is not believed b y the veriest gobemouchein Pans This story . „ W first told by the audacious tools of Louis Xapohon in the press , venture o n ^ J ™ ^ B '" : 1 , e diS " «* 2 nd of D ? f i : t i ^' i gr 0 Und of acdon 0 « ^ c -naot Deccmbev ; he t-, ke 3 no steps to have the plot unveiled and its authors brought to trial ¦ iu t 0
. r , , . " ** ¦ " -v—suu Lxiaj . mu ^ I \ I orln ^ lj £ ut llew atrocities commuted by the soldiery , as vouched by witnesses aW * M » ? Mfto » . Ihe attempts to raise barricJSc ; —lew , iso lated , without preparation , and manned by intonsidei-abie numbers-served as a pretext for bring upon the peaceable bourgeoisie in the streets ana battering their houses with cannon . One after another , the assertions that the troops had been nred upon from the houses of respectable citizenare retracted , it now appears that the masS of tlie numerous victims were of the middle and wealtlii' -r classes , and that groups of well-droned women w ere hred upon as readily as men . The cowaidice ot these mditary executions was only exceeded by the callousnc-s and levity of the executioners . Tho ob ject has been unmistakeably to strike terror into all ranks above tbe lower .
Tbe suppression of evidence is systematic . Neither the provincial journals of France , nor the English and Belgian newspapers , are allowed to circulate in Paris ; the Parisian papers , with the exception of a few devoted to Louis Napoleon , are either suspended or ga « ged ; and false or garbled accounts of tbe state of opinion in the provinces and in foreign countries . are published by the government . No pains ' are spared to distract public attention from the crimes of the usurping power , by throwing open tho theatres and other places of public resort , and by receptions at the El ysC's . The British Minister is said to have been present at tbe latter . The value of his presence , however , would be somewhat depreciated by the known exera-offioiat intimacies of Lord Uormanby and M . Bonaparte , which previously existed , and had been open to censorial remarks .
For the present , this last violent revolution seems to be completely successful . There is no show of combined or resolute opposition , and a disposition to submit appears to pervade a large proportion of tbe proprietary and industrial classes . But many things concur to warrant the belief that the power of the new government is not very substantial . Louis Napoleon reigns by the army ; or as his own writers for the newspapers express ft , rests on '' the vote and on the sabre . " But the means by which he has bribed the army to his interests have not been of a nature to render its devotion universal or permanently reliable . The regiments attached to him have been favoured and placed in the most
agreeable quarters ; the mere suspicion of Itepublican sentiments in a regiment , or a leaning to any of his political rivals , has been promptly punished by relegation to Algeria , There are many moody and discontented men among the soldiery . The vote of the army on the continuance of the Presidential power in the person of Louis Sapoieon was taken openly ; ewry officer or soldier who voted against him knew that he -would thenc . forth be a marked man ; jet & is admitted by the government organs , that out of * 65 , 000 votes already ascertained , nearly 4 , 000 were recorded against him , —and this although the generals known to be hostile to tho President ' s schemes have been shut up in prison .
Little wei ght is due to tbe alleged symptoms of reviving commercial confidence . A trifling and temporary rise in cotton at Rouen is ostentatiously recorded ; but in all other branches of trade it i < only asserted that they will improve . At Marseilles , it is admitted that all business is at a stand . As for tbe public funds , their condition is too good . The arrangements of tbe French stock * exchange are extremely favourable to the operations of a reign of terror . There are only twelve licensed " agens de change ; " their books are hy law constantly open to inspection , and thus every transaction is known to government , and every banker or private individual who should make a bargain indicating distrust in its stability would be exposed to Us vengeance . Gold , the value Of which before the coup d'ttai had indicated a slight downward tendency as compared with silver , has since risen six per cent . ; and gold is notoriously better adapted than silver for hoarding in troubled
times . Moreover , every man o ! note and respectability in politics and in the profession of the law continues to stand aloof from Louis Napoleon . The majority of the Assembly , and the members of the High Court of Justice , refuse to become his accomplices . No longtime willberequired to show whether the usurper can in any degree preserve appearances . The finances of France have not yet recovered from the shock of 1848 ; the public expenditure 18 permanently in excess of the revenue . Where or how is he to raise the money ?
Meanwhile , a systematic despotism and terrorism become daily more completely- organised . The proclamation respecting parties subjected to the surveillance of the high police , or who may be accused of having been at any time connected with secret societies , holds over the heads of indefinite numbers the prospect of banishment for lengthened periods to a penal colony and pestilential climate . Military tribunals are organised for the trial of political offences . Marseilles , Bordeaux , and Lyons , are kept quiet by ihe same overwhelming military force as Paris . The provinces are quiet wherever there are troops in sufficient numbers ; where this is not the case , partial and desultory insurrections are breaking out in succession .
There lacked but one feature to complete tbe odious character o f the usurpation—the hypocrisy of reli g ious pretence—and that has been added . The man who expelled the Assembly from its hall b y bayonets , imprisoned its leading members , and suspended the High Court of Justice—the roan who violated a solemn oath and repeated voluntary professions , in thus acting , has restored the church of St . Genevieve to the priesthood .
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The death of the Rev . George Hobson , of Erbistock , neav Wrexham , will causo a number of vacancies in this neighbourhood in situations which he had held for a number of years . It is supposed that since his nomination by Bishop Uaseley he has raised £ 100 , 000 from tha livings he held . —Carnarvon Herald . Sub-marine Telegraph between Esglakd axd Irelaxd . —Active measures are about to be taken for carrying out this species tf Communication between England and Ireland . It will require about sixty miles of cable , or three times the length of tbat between Dover and Calais . A letter from Constantinople o f the 25 th ult ., in the " Cologne Gazette , " states that tbe governor of the Dardanelles having caused the bastinado to be administered to a dragoman of the Austrian consulate , all the consuls immediately struck tbeir fl < cs .
UxivEKsnr Police . —According to an annual statement issued by the Vice-Chancellor , the expenses of this establishment amounted to £ 1 , 409 . — Oxford Herald . Further Search tor Sib Jontf Franklin . —The public will learn with great satisfaction that the next expedition to the Artie Regions in 1852 , in search of Sir John Fianklin and the missing officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships , will be made as efficient as possible ,
and that , in addition to the Pioneer and Intrepid screw steamers employed in the recent expedition , the Pi . oenix , a much larger screw steamer of 2 G 0 horsepower , which was taken up from Woolwich to Deptford about a week ago , is ordered to be fitted and strengthened at the latter dockyard for service in the Polar seas . Five Hd . nd 3 ed Persons destroyed bv a Waterspout . —On Satmday intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s under date Malta , the 8 th inst ., of a most awful occurrence at the island of Sicily , which had
been swept by two enormous waterspouts , accompanied by a terrible hurricane . Those who witnessed the phenomena describe the waterspouts as two immense spherical bodies of water , reaching from tbe clouds , their cones nearly touching the earth , and , as far as could be judged , at a quarter of a mile apart , travelling with immense velocity . They passed over the island near Marsala . In their progress houses were unroofed , trees uprooted , men and women , horses , cattle , and sheep , were raised up , drawn into their vortex , and borne on to destruction . During their passage rain
descended in cataracts , accompanied with hailstones of enormous size , and masses of ice . Going over Castellamare , near Stabia , it destroyed half the town , and washed 200 of tho inhabitants into the sea , who all perished . Upwards of 500 persons have been destroyed by this terrible visitation and an immense amount of property , the country being laid waste for miles . The shipping w the harbour suffered severely , many vessels being destroyed , and their crews drowned . After the occurrence numbers of dead human bodies were picked up , all mutilated and swollen .
frightfully Pres ebvatioh of Mil * and CP . EAM .-Put the ; it info bottles then p lace them in a saucepan ^ h cold wSr and ^ dually raise it to the boil ing S- take it from the fire , and instanlycork tlie u l . ioL tilm raise the milk once more to the boil-KomS hTa minSe Finally , let tto boltte eoolTn thewaterin which , they were . boiled . Milk Seated will remain perfectly good for s x month . v ;„« r . VB esoec ' all y those having children , will SSSS ^ BSSi mnch to their comfort while oa their voyage ,
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THE FBBXOH ' AFRICAN ' GENERALS . Under the title of ' the Africans , ' the correspondent of the ' New York Commercial Advertiser' gives a gra phic descri ption of some of the Generals whom Louis Bonaparte , has shut up in Ham : — The Africans ( says the writer ) is the name familiarl y applied to that knot of generals who , after serving with distinction against the Arabs , Turks , and fctoors of North Africa , aro now sitting in the Assembly , their swords half unsheathed and ready to start from the scabbard , at tlie first invitinp gesture of ambition . Avnaud , Changarnier , Lamonciore , Cavaignac , St . Angel y , Leflo Bedoau , Tar . tas . Magnan , and others of less note , have all gained their grades under a tropical sun . Thev grew up to power and fame and rank under the guidance of that remorseless soldier , Marshal Bngeaud , a man whose heart never knew fear or pity , and whose hand was as prompt as his heart was ruthless .
Lauioriciere and Cavaijrnac alone , anion" the African Generals have exhibited , in their military career , any disposition to leniency , and of tho two , Cavaignac has exhibited the most . Neither of them hf . ve ever hesitated , so far as 1 know , to treat the subdued Arabs with tho least degree of rigour ; Lauioriciere has evon the credit of having invented some new and terrible method of punishment ; neither of them has hesitated to lay waste the country , to burn towns , or , in the heat of victory , to let loose the passions of the infuriated soldiery . But
they have refused to order , in cold blood , the destruction of villages with their entire population . On one occasion . Cavaignac held , for several days , a large troop of Arabs blockaded on the sea coast , waiting for them to surrender ; and resisted nobly the advice of his officers to cut them to pieces with tho sabre . For this exhibition of weakness , he was laughed at b y Changarnier and censured by Buge . md ; and for this arid one or two others of the same kind , the Arabs gave him the nick-name of " The Eendinsr Rose Tree . "
When Lamoriciere left the Pol ytechnic School , he was thrown by circumstances under the influence of tbe St . Simoniana . lie became deeply imbued with their notions , . joined them , and , after ho went to Africa , raised a cenotaph to the memory of Bettouret , one of the most enthusiastic propagators of the doctrine . As to Cavaignac , the active part his father took in the revolutionary excesses of 1793 . as a commissary of the Convention , must have clouded all his youth and been ever present with him in his manhood . It was a similar cause that gave Louis Philippe such a dread of shedding blood : he pardoned Blanqui , Barbes , and other political convicts
under sentence of death , and in February , 1848 , preferred resigning his throne to giving General Bugeaud the orders he asked for extinguishing the revolution with Wood , or enveloping it with the flames of a general conflagration . The repugnance to taking human life , growing out of family reminiscences , was strengthened in General Cavai gnac b y the course of his elder brother Godefroy , who was for several years , in the first part of the reign of Louis Philippe , the able chief of the republican party . His brother ' s able essays in the '' National , " turned his attention to questions of progress and reform , and he became noted , among his military associates , for his opposition to royalty .
When ; Godefroy died , the republicans turned their eyes toward Eugene as their future general . He deserved their confidence by his integrity , dig « nity , courage and ambition , but not by his attainments in political science , for , though a good spenker on the general principles of interna ! ional policy and reform of flagrant abuses , he was wofully ignorant of all questions regarding the interests of labour and the development of national industry . The little he knew of politics , by making him more humane , only served to retard his military advancement . In spite of several brilliant actions , he never could rise beyond the grade of colonel , until the revolution of 1 S 48 came to place him at once in the front rank of the army
Half politician and half soldier , he ever vacillated between humanity and severity . The Arabs were riffht when they named him the bending rose tree ' . This wavering disposition has shown itself in every great o- i is of his fate . In the Juno insurrection he lost entirely his presence of mind , sat buried in stupor , his face covered with his hands , while his officers waited his orders ; then starting up , be gave the fatal order to withdraw the troops from tho Eastern part of the city , adding that if a single company should be beaten , he would blow out bis own brains . Baving recovered from his agitation , he mounted his horse and gave proof of the most heroic contempt of life , in clearing the Rue St . Benis . But during the whole struggle , he did not recover his serenity of mind : he left the generals sometimes without orders , and the Executive commission and Assembly without information ; and his promises
of amnesty did not prevent more than nine hundred prisoners from being shot behind the Eoole Militaire , and as many more in other parts of the city . His arrest of Emile de Girardin and other promiment men , only to release them a few days afterward , is another illustration of tho fluctuations of resolution to which he is subject . After the insurrection was quenched in the blood of more than eleven thousand brave men on both sides , Cavaignac threw himself into the arms of his enemies : under the advice of de Falloux , Thiers , Montalembert and others , he transported many without trial or judgment , crowded the prisons with men arrested on suspicion , suspended several journals , placed ; iarge portions of tbe country under martial law , and , in a word , adopted all the measures which enabled the reaction , ia five months , to break him like a bruised reed .
Even wlr'la exercising this rigour , he showed his hesitation and doubt ; his speeches at the tribune were full of recrets and melancholy ; he seemed not to be executing what he approved , but to resign himself to a terrible fatality . His administration was a most sterile one . I can count scarcely a single law of general utility among the great number of bills presented by his AJinislry . The fact is , his political knowledge was chiefly negative , having been confined to criticising tbe measures
proposed by Louis Philippe ; when the King was gone and Cavaignac was called on not to cavil but to create , not to criticise but to originate , he found himself wholly unprepared to do better than his royal predecessor . The only excellent bill prepared during his term of-power was one for the better organisation of the National Guard , and the reduction of the army to about half of its present force . Lamoriciere was its author , but Cavaignac never bad the nerve to present it to tbe Assemby , against the advice of his monarchical councillors .
This notice has grown to such a length that I must pass over the names of the eig ht brave generals who died in storming the barricades in June ; nor can I do more than allude to all the living ones , with tho exception of General Changarnier , who bids fair to play a principal part in the great drama now going on in France . Chanirarnier is the type of tbe carpet knight soldier . He is a work in two volumes , of which the first is a boudour novel , and the second is a history of battles . Nothing can be more unlike the general , whose name alone makes the Arabs tremble , than the slightlv built , slendor-faced , finger-ringed , scrupulously , indeed finicaliy , neat and
soft-mannered gentleman one meets in tbe saloons . His cont has evidently been made at Humanns ; the ruffles of- his shirt bosorn are in the newest mode , and tho scratch which conceals his baldness is nicely brushed and coqucttishly arranged . There are delicacy and purity in the outlines of his face , which harmonise well with his general appearance ; as ho is about to sit for his portrait to our countryman , William H . Powell , you will be able to judge of them better than from any description I could » ive you . In conversation tbe three most prominent of the African generals differ greatly from each other . Lamoriciere is impetuous , faery , and not uufreauently abrupt , hut has withal a certain
geniality and good humour . Cavaignac is serious almost to gravity , when the occasion is one of a formal nature ; as in a reception or great ball , but he unbends and makes himself very agreeable at dinner parties and among his personal friends ; at no time , however , does bis conversation sparkle with the scintillations of wit or rise much above the prosiness of an intelligent man , whose nature has no sympathetic qualities ; Changarnier is not genial , but he is nitty . It you meet him in society without knowing him , you remark that the delicate-looking gentleman , who
appeared to appreciate every good thing that was said , contributed some very sharp things to the conversation . On reflection it occjin to job that these sharp things were about all he did say . The second time you meet him-without ^ oW ' ] and this is easy since the French do not introduce their guests to each other except tor some particular reason , you regard him more closely , you remark a quiet dignity about him that had escaped your notice , and , under the gracefully worn mask of levity , an undefinable air that makes you feel he never loses possession of himself and is not the lop he seems , you observe tbat his apparently s P ork , v ^ conversation always has something ironical or harsh at the bottom : that his phrases are short , sharp , and incisive as poniard thrusts , and that his wit is not cheering , but dazzles like the cold , bright , metallic gleam of a scimitar . Tou quit him with an uneasy sensation or
somethin" dark and mysterious about tue man , < um o « not soon forget the dozing-panther expression of those blue eyes , whose leaden hue is that of tbe extinguished cinders of tbe mouth of the velcano . The ladies , however , seem to like him very much . He rarelj appears at the tribune of the Assembly ; when he does it is to make the brief sententious speech of a general at the head of his army . His last closed with the famous apostrophe : = Kepre *
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sentatives of the people ! deliberate in peace 1 " which his enemies thought savoured somewhat of the dictator . As a military leader , he has no superior in France . The soldiers and officers who have served under him admire and confide in him ; that they love him , I will not say . Those who have been witn mm m Africa are enthusiastic iii praise of lii- > courage , presence of mind , fertility of resource , perseverance and indefati gahleness . ' His soldie > y qualities command , also , the confidence of the le . > is . lative majority , which has , on more than one occasion , designated him as its favourite
When Marshal Bugeaud wished to characterize lits principal subordinates , be said : "When I send Oavnignno to a certain point , I know he will go as stealthily as a leopard ; when I send Lamoriciere , I don t know whether he will creep like a leopard , jump like a lion , or go straight like a bee : but , as for Changarnier , he always takes the bee lino . " On one of his expeditions in North Africa cUniarnier had taken Arab guides , but , distrusting them , had posted men near them to shoot thein down , on thn first sign of treachery . As soon as tho party had become fairl y engaged in a long , narrow pass between two hills , covered with undergrowth , a murderous fire opened on fchem from above . The guides were shot , but Changarniov lost two-third s of his men before he could extricate them from the pass , and re-form their broken ranks , on a small plain several miles distant .
Fifteen minutes were given for repose , eating nnd binding up of wounds ; the cry "To horse !" was made , every man took his place , and the general voile up and down tho ranks to tell his men what they had to do . Ilia speech , as told me by one who hoard it , ran in this way , — " Soldiers , we have been well whipped . Out of every six battles with the Arabs they wh ' p us once . This is once ton many . I am going to teach them a lesson they will never forgot . They are now rejoicing . over their Victory , Wo shall find them dancing in their tents and houses , and unprepared for resistance . I know , my braves , that we shall cut them in pieces . " The little troop advanced in silence towards the Aval )
village , by the same defile where so many of their comrade ' s lay stiffening in death . It was as the general had said : the Arabs were in the hei ght o ! their mirth-making . The music sounded a terrible charge , and the French horsemen dashed in upon tho multitude Of their enemies . The hour , the surprise , the blast on the bugles and the charge spread a panic among the Arabs . The victory of f-e French was complete . Not a soul was spared alive ; men , womenv children , infants at tho breast , were killed ; the village , with every house for a league around , was burned to the ground ; The fields were destroyed , and the place left a blackened spot of desolation . This was Changarnier ' s lesson to the Arabs .
His personal courage and energy are unsurpassed . An eye witness has described to mo an incident of the prevented insurrection of the 13 th of June , prevented b y the decision and masterly precautions taken by Chan * arnicr . As the general was scattering the unarmed crowd on the Boulevard , a man sprung at him , or attempted to drag him to tho ground . Changarnier seized his enemy by the throat , and making his horse leap forward dragged him . ^ ome distance , and dashed . him with great force on the pavement , just before one of his aidde-camps , crying , " Finish that assassin . " A sabre flashed through the air , and , a moment after , the
brains of the rash assailant were scattered on the Boulevard . The same day that the insurrection was put down , nothing but the active intervention of the President prevented Changarnier from arresting and shootingseventeen of theprincipal Socialists . Emilie de Girardin figured at the head of the list . Such is the man LouisBonaparte may yetfind in h s path . Such is the man the National Assembly may yet have for master , and France for dictator . His time , however , will be short , for force and resolution , without genius and intelligence to gaido them , cannot prevail over the democratic tendencies of a whole nation .
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THE EECENT MASSACRE IN PATHS . Tlie following letter ia abridged from tho columns of the * Tiroes . ' The writer ( Captain Jesse ) is known to the public as the author of a well-written biograp hy of Beau Brummcl , which although a trifling subject , yet was handled in such a way . by the Captain as to make it most interesting to the student of history . Tha writer coinmencE'S b y stating that business called him to Paris , and then goes on to say : —
Tuesday , Dec . 2 . —This morning ushered in Louis Napoleon ' s coup d ' etat , which took every one by surprise . His scheme had been admirably planned " , and was carried out with all the address ot a Foucbe ; it is said that only one Minister , the Minister of War , was entrusted " with the secret , Ther" . had been a reunion at the Elysee on the previous evening , and the President , usually reserved and pre-occupied , it is said , seemed to epanchee himself , was rather gay than otherwise , seeking out with more thnn ordinary empmsement persons for wbosesupport and adhesion , or otherwise , he oould have cared very little . His reply to a colonel of a regiment who spokewithequivoc . il approbation of his quarters in one of the forts , " Je
vous rapprocherai hienlot , " was on the following day interpreted into a sigtii & caTit , meaning . The troops on all arms , preceded by their bands , and accompanied by detachments of sappers and engineers , paraded the streets during the greater portion of this day . 1 walked to the E ! y ? 6 e in the afternoon , and thence over the Pont de la Concorde by the quays to Notre Dame , thence home by the Hotel de Yille , the Halle and the Tine St . Denis . Infantry were bivouacked on the stops of the Chamber of Deputies , . "'nd in the enclosure round that building . Towards evening the Boulevards became more crowded , and knots of people wore to be seen collected at almost every corner of tho streets which lead into them , and at those points where tho President ' s proclamation
appeared . The shouts from these groups of " Vivala ligne , " and sometinies of " A has la Jigne , " were frequent , but the troops paid not the least attention to the clamouring crowd . They looked in admirable discipline , and much as French soldiers generally do , gay and insouciant . Tho expression on the countenances of the officers indicated a serious view of the subject which occupied all minds . The Boulevards continued crowded at night , and the movements of the troops , together with the murmurs of tho people , occasional shouting , and tbe Marseillai-o roared from a hundred throats , formed a sufficiently disagreeable concert , ' and dispelled all ideas of repose . There was , noweror , up to this time no indication of the approach of an appeal to arms .
Wednesday . —The excitement that prevailed yesterday increased to-day ; about raid-day I of-goryed a man in a white blouse and a red cap of liberty , accompanied by about thirty other men in blouses , parading the Boulevard and walking in the direction of the Porte St . Denis , but their shouts and Ianjjuasie met with no sympathy from the bystander-. The tragedy had , however , already commenced in the Rue St . Anloine , at ten o ' clock . In the afternoon some tro < ps again showed themselves on the Boulevard ? , but . this time they had left their music behind them . Generally speaking , however , tbey were kept out of sight . In my walk across the Carrousel and other open places in that nei ghbourhood there were only strong pickets . ' All this quarter was perfectly quiet .
Thursday . —Before proceeding to relate the details of the events of this day , I will endeavour to explain the exact position of the apartments I occupied , and the extent of STOmiu comprised wtMn my view , nnd state the distances between the extreme points . From the northern extremity of the Rue de Richelieu to the Boulevard du Temple , _ the several Boulevards Mon'emartre , Poissonniore , Bonne Nouvelle , St . Denis , and St . Martin , form one unbroken line of 2 000 yards running nearly east and west . The Boulevards westwards of the Rue de Richelieu turn from that point to tbe southwest and the Boulevard Italien with that of Montmartre form at that point an obtuse ane ' e , so iLab
a person in the Cafe Cardinal , at the west corner of the Rue Richelieu , could only see a very few houses , and those on the north side , ori ' the last" mentioned boulevard . From this cafe to my apartments , on the south side of tbe Boulevard ; three doors from the Rue Montmartre , the distance is rather more than 200 yards , and from this spot I had ah uninterrup ted view eastward for almost 800 yards—in short , nearly as far as tbe Porte St . Dennis , where the more distant Boulevards retire a little from the direct line . It is therefore with these 1 , 000 yards—that is to say , from the Rue Richelieu to the eastern extremity of the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle—that my remarks apply . . _ . _
" Opposite my apartment is the Restaurant Bonnefoy , and leaving this about half-past ten , a countryman on a cart-horse was pointed out to me as having just bad his waggon taken from him to hel p to form a barricade near the Porte St . Denis , The circulation of carriages in that direction very soon ceased , and at eleven the shopkeepers commenced putting up their shutters . Between this hour and one o clock I was at the Minister of the Interior ' s , Rue de Grenelle , and both going there and returning everything seemed quiet ; there was no ap .
parent movement amongst the troops withm the . iron railings of the Tuileries , or on . the Carrousel ; the ;> shops , however , were closed in the Rue Richelieu . At two o ' clock , when approachin g the extremity of the Rue YivJenne , I observed troops passing along the Boulevard , which they cleared , driving the people into- tbe side steeets , who ran down it crying , " Saavezvous . " I sought refuge with my wife iu a shop ; and subsequently reached my own house . At th *? o o ' clock returning from the Place de la 3 » ure » , ib vias with the greatest difficulty I got bank again- The guns bad been
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disl ' mcHy heard for some time in tho direction of the Faubourg St . Denis , and the passage of troops that way continued for a quarter of an hour after I came back . Having written a note , I went to the balcony at which my wife-was standing , and rP--nained there watching the troops . Tho " whole Boulevard as far as the eye could reach was crowded with them , principally ' infantry , in subdivisions at quarter distance , with here and thc-re a hatch of twelve-poumiers and howitzers , some of which occupied the rising ground on the Boulevard P . iissnnniera . The windows were crowded with people , principally women , tradesmen , servant * , and children , or , like ourselves , tho occupants of anartments . The mounted officers were smoking their cigars—a custom in trod need into the armv .
as I have understood , by the Princes of the Orleans family—not a very soldier-like one , but , at such a moment , particularly reassuring , as it forbad the i lea that their services were likely to bo ealh > d into immediate requisition . Of the Boulevard dea Italians I could see but littlo , on account of . the anule I have mentioned , hut in the direction of the Pt > vte St . T » ni * I could see distinctly as far ns the end of the Boulevard Bonne Nouvolie . Suddenly , and while T was intently looking with my glass at the troops in tho distance eastward , a few musket shots wero fired at the head of the column ,, which consisted o a ' -rufc 3 , 000 men . In a few moments it . spread , and after hanging a little , came down tho Boulevard in a waving sheet of flame . So regular , however , was the fire that at first I thought
V WaS a fpu . do-joie fw some barricade taken in advance , or to signal their position to some other division , and it was not till it camo within fifty yards of me that I recognised the sharp ringin ? reoovfc of balUoartrulEO i but evon then I could scarcely believe the evidence of ray ears , for as to my eyes , T could not . discover any enemy to fire at , and I continued looking at tho men until the comntny below me were actually rising their firelocks , and one vagabond , sharper than the rest—a mere lad , without either whisker or moustachebad covered mo . In an instant I dashed my wife , who had ju « fc stepped back , acainst " tho pmr between the win / lows , when a shot struck' the ceiling immediatel y over our heads , and covered us with dust and hrnken pHster . In a second . after I
placed her upon thn floor , and in another , a volley Came Against the whole front of the house , tho balcony , and windons ; one shot broke the mirror over the chimney piece , another the shade of the clock ; every pane of class but ono was smashed , the cur . tains and window-frames out ; tho mom , in short , was riddled . The iron balcony , though rather low , was a great protection , still five balls entered tho room , nnd in the pause for reloading I drew my wife to the door , and took refuse in the back rooms of the house . The rattle of musketry was incessant for more thin a quarter of an hour after this , and in a very few minutes the euns were unlimbered and pointed at the magnum of M . Salandrouze , five houses on our rieht . What the object or meaning of all this might be was a perfect enigma to
every individual in the house ,. French or foreigner ; some thought the troops had turned round and joined the Reds , others suggested that they must have been fired upon somewhere , though they certainly had not from our house or any other on the Boulevard Montmatre , or we must have seen it from the > bataonvs . Besides which , in the temper in which the soldiers proved to be , had that been theca ^ e , they would never have waited for anv signal from the head of tho column 800 yards off . This wanton fusillade must have been the result of a panic , lost , the windows should have been lined with concealed enemies , and they wanted to . secure their skins hy tha first fire , r > r it was a sanguinary impulse—either motive being equally discreditable to them as soldiers in the one case , or citizens in
the other . Asr a military min , it is with the deepest regret , that 1 feel compelled to entertain tho latter opinion . The men , as I have already stated , fired volley upon volley for more than a quarter of an hour without any return ; they shot diwn many of tbe unhappy individuals who remained on the Boulevard and could not obtain an entrance into any house—some persons were killed close to our door , and their blood lay in the hollows round the trees tho next morning when we passed , at twelve o ' clock . The soldiers entered houses whence no shots ever came , and though " La Patrie , " the newspaper of tho Elysee , pretended to specify thorn by "ame , it was in a subsequent num « her . obliged to deny its own scandilous imputations But let us admit that a few shots were fired from
two or three Ikiisps on the other Boulevards—that a few French soldiers were killed—was that a reason for this murderous onslaught on the houses and persons of their fellow-citizens , to the extent of nwlv a mile of one nf their most populous thoroughfares ? The loss of innocent life must have been great , very great , more than ever will he known , for the press is now more free in Russia than in France . The Boulevards and the adjacent streets were at some points a perfect shamble , hut Ido not mean to state what I have heard and ascertained of that loss , for I do not wish to make the picture darker than it need be ; it has been engraven by the bayonet in the minds of the people inhabiting this quarter of Paris , who cinnot but dread for the future the protection of their own soldiers . I say for the future , —
but the very Frenchmen in the house we were in had then so little opinion of their humanity that when I proposed to call one of the officers to search the hotel and thereby remove the suspicion that any of us hid fired , thev resisted and prevented me , . aying that I did not know Freoch soldiers , and that if any of them ever got in they would put every soul to dealh , as they had don . - ; in the Rue Transnonain , in June , 1848 , and as they did in several houses on the present oeeaslon from which shots were , fired or said to have been so . The anxieties of the night that followed the afternoon and evening of Thursday , destitute of any assurance from without m protection , may be more readily imagined than described . Your correspondent appears to have a favourable impression of the conduct of the troops ; they deserved it , no doubt , in carrying the barricades , but on tbe Boulevards H was a disgrace to the French army . Their discipline , however , was unquestionably bad .
for I never heard any order eiveu to fire , though standing ' where I-could not have failed to hear it had it been so ; and if the fire was impromptu , had the officers no power to check it after the first volley 2 If they had and did not use it , what was the reason for this strange indiff rence to the wholesale shedding of innocent Wood ? and if they could not restain their men , what is their discipline wnrth ? Certainly , within the range of my vision , noofficer ' s hand or voice was raised to check them » or warn the confiding lookers-on from the windows , as described in the columns of your paper . Whether the foregoing opinions are just or not , theanralling facts cannot bo denied , and the President ' s most partial admirers must , perforce , admit tlia ' - his military supporters will not be restrained by any sense of mercy or discretion from carrying his wishes into effect . I am , Sir , your obedient servant ,
WILLIAM JESSE , Late Captain Unattached Maisonette , Ingateslone , Essex , Dec 12 .
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LYCEUM . . This theatre opened for the season on Monday evening ? . No novelty " ' as produced on the occasion ; the entertainments being The Game of Speculation , Forty and Fifty , and The Practical Man . The fair manageress did not perform in any of the pieces ; but appeared when the whole strength of the company mustered for the performantw of " God « ave the Queen . She looked exceedingly woJi . Charles Mathews , on his appearance in the character of Mr . Aff . \ ble llawk , was greeted with loud and prolonged cheers from all parts of the house . The performances went off with much spirit , and were received with much applause . The theatre has been re-decorated and embellished during the recess , and looks ex cecdingly l'ght and elegant .
NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE . ' The entertainments at this popular , place of amusement continue as attractive as ever . During tho past week ,, The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green has been performed in a highly , creditable and praiseworthy manner . The part of Simon de Montford , the Earl of Leicester , disguised as , the blind beggar , was -welt played hy Mr . Lyon , MossrSi Rayner and Pennett in their respective parts , were all that could be desired . Bessie , "the blind beggar ' s daughter , " was pjayed with great feeling b y that heroine of domestic drama , Mrs , R , Honner , . The comic parts were well sustained v . hj Messrs . Lewis , . Gates , and Miss B . Terry . This piece is followed by the favourite nautical drama
called Union- Jack , in which the inimitable John Douglass a ^ wed > as Joa Hsvtehway . Mrs . Camphell ' s Mary Twyfprd was well performed . Alessrs . Rayner , Gaston , Lewis , and Miss Terry , played with considerable ability , the two latter keepingthe house in a roar of laughter . The performances wereconcluded by a very celebrated drama entitled Peerless Pool , j This piece abounds with democratic and just sentiments , which were loudly applauded . The house was thinly attended , owing to the neir approach of the Christmas holidays , This etablisbment , which since . the present
management has been so justly celebrated for its pantomimes , will this year offer to its patrons a most excellent one , replete with splendour , and upon the production of which the expenditure has been most profuse . It is entitled Hoddy Toddy all Head and Nobody , or IfarZeo ^ tin and the Fairy of the Magic Pippin . The opening is written by Mr . John Dolphin ; and the pantomime and . the whole of the comic business invented and produced b y Mr . John Douglass . It commences with lane Gurtle ' s cottaae , in the land of Youhowhereimean , with tbe Fields of Golden Corn , in the joyous I summer time . Extensive preparations are being ' made by the Dame , ( Mr . C . Pitt ) for the W « dding
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of her daughter Babestra ( Miss Eliza Terrv ) with young Tom Tit ( Mr . H . Lewis . ) The wedding bells ring merrily . The tramp of King Nobody ' s train is heard ; the D . imo mistaking it for tho Bridal procession , hastens to apprize her'daughter . Tho King ( Mr . John G . ites ) and his guard ( all Heads and Nobodys , ) appear , to claim the hand of Babestra—he is rejected by th « Dame—the Kin ? incensed , is about to drag Bibestra aw . » y , when Tom Tit suddenly enters upon the field of ' action ' , and a horrible mock heroic conflict ensues , in which Tom , by the aid of Babestra , triumphs , Kins Nobodv summonses the Fire l- rhnl ( Mr . G . Pehiiett ) to assist him . and tho old adage of " too main-lovers will piizzle a maid" is voalisod bv th » ( -u ' lden appearance of another rival in _ ihe person of Truce Icicolia ( Mr . Folo . ) Ho a ' si is ' rcjontod , when the
snow sprite ( Master Garcia ) in revenge , changes the scene to dreary winter . The lovers are immediately frost stricken and benumbed with cold ; but the Fire Demon conies to the rescue , and a patent safety cab , at the reduced fare ( fourpence ) , conveys the unfortunates to the Demon Haunt ,, and Glen of Mystery on Boaic ' s land . A right merry demon dance lakes place to welcome the new comers . Babestra is claimed by Kim ? Nobody as his bride , and borne away , and p »<> r Tom Tin ' s left to perish in the dismal swamp ; but lb * fairy bloomer ( Mrs . Walcot ) suddenly appears' in her Atrial Translantic Car , and another grand changetakes place . Tom is transported ' to tho Palace SbiLiorites and Pniry Home " the fairy presents Tom with the Magic Horn , informing him that , -by eainins the Magic Pippin , ho can rescue Babestra from K-nj » 2 Jo ody .
The ear ia converted into one of Crawford's , cheap omnibuses ; Tom d-parts and rescues Babestra ; but they are again overtaken in tha Toad and Serpent Glen by tbe prince and his myr- - midons : all is despair when " tl ? e fairy transports them to the dell of eolden palms and valley of peacocks—a most dazzling and beautiful scene , ciirryins the spectator back to the fable and tales of Oriental Magnificence . B-ibpstra is all amazed , and Tom Tit apprizes her that ho has gained the magic pippin . His foes advance , but with the magic hora h « places tbem at defiance , and with a blast he seta them all dancing ; the lovers effect their escape , hut are again overtaken by their foes in the coral grot , andtho tables are turned , by the prince
gaining the mitg ' tc horn . He is about to secure the enchanted pippin , when a most magnificent change occurs : —Tho lovers are transported to the glittering palace of Koh-i-noor ? , or the Temple of Prisms * encircled by revolving globes of a . million ofdiamond lights . This scene is the most beautiful ever witnessed . Tre coral grot passes away , and a grand moving tableau , represents the ' descent , of Phoebus in his sunlit car , with upwards of sixty figures , the whole encompassed by myriads of lights . Tho gorgeousness of tbe painting , the novelty of design , and the countless jets of oas by which the scene ia illuminated , surpasses all previous scenic effects . It is alone sufficient to ensure tho success of any pantomime , and is highly creditable to the
manager , who was the first to introduce gas on the stag © in the shape of ornamental design . The pantomime change now takes place : Mr . Tom Petlnnd , familiarly called Tom Cockles ( tho Tim Bobbin of the ¦ North , and a vast favourite there ) , and Mr . Dol > phin aro the Clowns ; Ilarleqiii \ Mr . T . Liveeto ( of whom reports speak highly ); Pantaloon , Mr . Bird ; Sprite , Mr . Saferini ; and Columbine , Madl . Pauline . The comic business is also upon a most extensive scale , and embraces all tho hits and skits at passing-events , among which is a'firework repository , with a balloon ascent , which takes the wholeround of the theatre ; a card maker , in which
knowing cards and downy cards figure away , and front the fun which occurs in the scene will most likely prove a trump card . There arc various others all good , bud too numerous to mention . The scenery by Messrs . Fenhoulet . Neville , Morris , Buck , and Co ., la of a most elaborate nnd beautiful description , as are also the dresses by Mr . Blake , and properties by Mr . John Lumh . That it will provo a " palpable hit '' is beyond all doubt , and too much praise cannot be awarded to tho spirited proprietor for the liberal manner in which he has endeavoured to produce for his patrons tho gem of all the pantomimes .
QUEEN'S THEATRE . The enterprising lessee of this establishment has not been behind hand in furnishing his bill of fare for the pleasure seekers of this festive season , and the present pantomime bids fair to surpass all previous efforts . It bears tho welt-known title of Beauty and the Beast ; or Harlequin Prince Azor , ihe Queen of the Hoses , and King of the Thorns , and is written by Mr . C , Stanfiel ' d James , the author of the previous pantomimes here . The first scone introduces us to tho Maze of Silver Thorns and realms of the Thorn King , who , with his attendant Thorn Sprites , are consulting on the probable success of various schemes , when a sudden peal of thunder and the arrival of an imp , Funny Fri ght ,
puts an end to the conversation . The imp announces tloe arrival of Rumpbiz , the demon of tho ugly dominions , a friendly wizard , who enters in his ear of drat > ons . We then ' earn that the Thorn King is the enemy of the young Prince Azor , and seeking to revenge himself upon his foe , has maliciously desired Rumphiz to alter his personal appearance to such an extent that all may behold him with disgust . By a few passes of his magic waOd , Rumphiz shows Prince Azor in the thorns , transformed into a beast , but at the same time informs his demon friend that the Prinoo is protected b y the Queen of the Roses and her flower spirits . Tho Thorn King VOWS destruction against the fairy band , and the two wizards depart to work their
plans . The scene changes to the Shadow Swamp in tho Yalley of Desolation , in which two faries , Couieur de Rose nnd Belle de Nuit , meet , and having heard of the demon ' s plans , they determine to acquaint the-r Queen , who on that day holds a Court of Roses ; when the scene graduall y disappears , disclosing the Flower Palace of the Fairies , and Esprit de Rose . The Queen being conmltod in . the emergency , resolves to detent the fiend , and , hy a roses mediation , restore the Prince to his former rank and station , and the fairies depart to do her bidding . We are now introduced to the interior of Alderman Mockturtle ' s house , where a letter of importance arriving for the said alderman , he takes leave of his wife and daughters , and with his man ,
Colly Whobbles , sets out on his journey to ascertain the truth of the information received , but is benighted in a frozen forest in the midst of a snow slorm ; which , however , by the intervention of the fairies , is changed to the Gorgeous Palace and Gardens of the Beast . . Then follows the plucking of the rose and the arrival of the fearful owner of the flower . There is but one alternative by which tho Alderman can save his life , viz ., to sacrifice his daughter Beauty ; and ho departs in a fairy special tr-un to propose this condition to her , On his arrival at home , overcome with his frightful intelligence , Beauty faints , and all rush off for assistance , when the fairy Queen appears , and , informing tho maiden of the true facts of the case , tells her that
it is in her power alone to restore the beast to his original appearance , and that if she fails to do so he will die . Beauty wakes in a fright , and finds herself in a grotto in the palace gardens . The beast is then insensible , but a touch of tho magic rose restores him , and ho appears as Prince Azor , and instantly offers the bewildered beauty his heart and throne , when the arrival of the two demons blig hts their happiness , which is , however , restored by the sudden appearance of the fairy court . Enraged , the fiend utters a fearful spell , and a scene of destruction ensues , which gradually disappear , and bursts open to the Glittering Throne and Court of Prince Azor in the Pali-. ee of a Thousand Stars .
Of this especial mention must be made , as it will , without doubt , surpass any effect of the kind ever produced , and one upon which all the artistes of the establishment have been for some time engaged . The transformation then takes place , and tho Harlequinade bcnins . Tho follies of the day am hit oil with great humour , and tho fun becomes fast and furious . The present topics aro happily introduced ; amongst which we may menticn tho Bloomers—the Great Exhibition—tho Lock Picking —the- Emigration Offices—the Australian Gold Discovery , < Ssc llarrkon is the Clown ; J . Matthews , Pantaloon ; Ambrook , Harlequin ; and Miss C . Gibson , Columbine . Tho scenery , by Mr . 0 . J . James , the talented lessee , is excellent .
ROYALPOLYTECI 1 N 1 C INSTITUTION . The lectures by Dr . Bachhofiner and J . II . Pepper , on the Phi ' osophy of Scientific Recreation and ' Agricultural Chemistry , are delivered dail y fit tlie establishment . The . learned doctor has chosen his subject forj ) the instruction , and amusement , of the more juvenile portion of his audience ; while . the subject of Agriculture , by Mr .. Pepper is intended for those who , visit the metropolis lor the purpose of viewing the Cattle Show . -In the model department we observed jmany articles lately deposited , here which had h > en exhibited at the Crystal Palacesome being mechanical instruments and woiksof art , all selected for their use * and highly " attractive qualities . - Of the latter are some beautiful , works of Messrs . Rowney and Co , ftorh their admirable process of printing in colours ; the whole forming ; a most excellent day s treat at little cost .
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. Fas * Tbadi . whh . a Ybng-uncb . — . Tie true ' * system seems to have found favour in the si ght ox the Free Trade . Earl , of Car isle , and by . way . wj auppoae , of illustrating his admiration for , aud devotion to , the gn . at princip le of freedom of co-u- ; merce his lordship compels some forty of his tenants in the district of Greenhead or thoreab iirts to buy : . their coals at his collierio 3 , obliging them it discontinue their custom in more favoured quarter * where the successful rivalry against his lordsh p " s coal mines w- ! S tco much for . his lordship ' s consistency . — Carlisle Paper ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20121851/page/7/
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