The Press. — London, England, 1858-12-04 00:00:00

1176 THE PRE S S, DECEMBER 4, 1858. the pecuniary and other embarrassments of the Go- /ortign nil (Colonill 3nttuip te . Emperor, in fortiga Carrespenlientt. vernment are augmenting ; in Candle, and other E t r a E t R t L places the Christians are arming ; in a word, every- --- PARIS, Thursday. thing indicates an explosion. It is even said that announces r n s o t u e n N c T e aL s FRANCE. M. Thouneval, the French Ambassador at Consign - Aix Paris has been astonished this morning by the tinople, has formally represented to his Government The Moniteu7 announcement in the o ffi cial Moniteur, which the that it is absolutely impossible a smash can long be consequence of the anniversary of the 2nd of De• telegraph will have already flashed to you, that, "on avoided. In all this there may be great exaggera- cember, relieves M. de Montalembert fr om lion, caused by the ill-feeling which France has for penalties of the sentence the the occasion of the anniversary of the 2nd December," passed upon him. the Emperor has pardoned Count do Montalembert. some time past thought fit to manifest to Turkey; Th e C ount M onta l em b ert has, however, as will be hut still, that the situation both of easinessand te seen by the following letters, rejected the Imperial A more skilful stroke of policy was never made by Principalities is such as to excite serious u, clemency. The first is addressed to the Cardinal his Majesty. It extinguishes at once all the sym- cannot be doubted. Archbishop of Paris : The French Government lately thought fit to pathy that was manifested for the Count as a political martyr. In order to appreciate fully forbid the journals from discussing religious clues - Paris, Nov. 29, 1858. C ance e terns, their polemics on the Mortara affair having Monseigneur,—The number of th e Independ B 1 ye received this day in Paris announces that. your Eminence, the wisdom of the Emperor's act as regards his own created considerable excitement. But this prohibi- after having attends taken v • in nen "' various steps my favour, in. interests, we have only to see the mortification which tion, contrary to custom, has not been strictly tended to intercede with the Empress in order to obtain a obeyed ; and even if it bad b een it w o u ld not h ave remission of the penalty which has be his political enemies manifest. The condemnation been pronounced sufficed to allay the excitement. So strongly hays against me. and imprisonment of the Count were " political the passions of different religious communities been lam aware that entire credit should not be attached to capital" to them, which they would have caused to stirred by that and other events, that Catholic and assertions of this nature, bat the immense publicity of the fructify exce-dingly. But every right-feeling Eng- Protestant pulpits have lately rung with vehement journal that contains them, and the emotion produced lishinau will, I Willi:, rejoice at what the Emperor denunciations of Protestantism and Catholicism, and among my friends, impose on me the duty of pointing out even with mutual defiance and threats ; whilst the this language to your Eminence, a n d o f p rotest i ng, i f need has done. The prosecution of the eminent Catholic be , against the intentions it supposes. Jews, deeply wounded by the attacks on them of the orator was, as we have seen, repugnant to the Eng- Ul tramontane news Proud and honoured by a cond emna ti on w hi c h proves papers, have made an appeal to my fidelity tothe po lit i c al principles of my whole life, lish of all classes, all parties, and all religions. The the law. This outbreak of religious animosity is the and which comes so opportunely to justify in the eyes of boisterous manifestation of repugnance which our more remarkable from the fact that, generally speak- E uro p e an d o f p ost erity all that I have said o r th oug h t on free press made in the name of the people, and which ing, in this country indifference to religion is de- the actual condition of France, I hav e a t t hi s moment no plorably great. other desire than to leave to my judges the responsibility the Parliament itself would perhaps have echoed, The world-renowned Charivari has, for the first of their acts, and I could only regard in the light of a real caused a very bitter feeling in governmental circles time since its creation, exactly twenty-six years ago, wrong (injure) the slightest favour eman a ti ng f rom t h e Imperial Government. here, and the consequence was that an estrangement •d its size, and amongst the novelties it has incteas , .. In the midst of the changes of which I have been the introduced to attract attention is the be gin nin g of a . between the two countries was not unlikely to ensue.witness, and of the trials of which I have been the victim series of satirical sketches of " Our 'own Correspon- my honour has remained intact. It is to preserve it from On Sunday last every copy of THE PRESS was dents " of foreign journals. Ou the principle of all attempt, even in appearance, that I take the liberty of seized at the Post-office, owing, I suppose, to your giving the first place to Jove, " Our Own " of the expressing to your Eminence a disquietude perhaps havinr , published some article on the Montalembert Times is first shown up. As regards the correspon- superfluous but perfectly legitimate. affair not pleasing to the Government. Almost every dents of London journals, it may be safely asserted I have the honour to be, Mons e igneur, that the Charivari will not have hisve much to say, Your Eminence's very humble and obedient servant, oue of your contemporaries, daily and weekly, shared for " they are all honourable men ;" but of those of Cu. DE MONTALEMBERT. the sane fate. Since the establishment of the Em- the continental press, how many are red-republican The Cardinal Archbishop replied to the foregoing pire, occasional seizures of one or other of the Lou- refugees converted to Imperial despotism—Jews, i n a l e tt er d a t e d th e 30 t h N ovem b er , to th e e ff ect don newspapers have taken place every week, but on -. who laugh at patriotism as they laugh at the Chris- th a t h e never h a d th e i ntent i on attr ib ute d t o hi m by flan religion—husbandsofactresses who keep t he I d pretty no occasion, I believe, was so large a haul made. carriages and livery servants out of 2/. a month (mi• The following letter has been addressed to the English residents were hugely indignant at being racles of economy !)—fellows who borrow money Moniteur : deprived of their dearly-loved papers, and the de- from everybody, and . pay i neverback a farthing, and M. le Redacteur.—The Moniieur of this morning con- who are more knowing than the most knowing • . • privation was the greater from the fact that they had tains in its unofficial part a piece of news which 'learn on Greek at every game at cards ! reading that aver. It is to this effect : :alculated on finding in them full accounts of the His Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome has " 11.31. the p Emperor, on the occasion of the anniversay Itlontalembert affair, of which the French journals arrived at a very advanced age, and has of late years of the 2nd December, has remitted, in favour of Count de dared not say anything, been more than once very seriously ill. He has, like M on t a l em b er t, th e p ena l t y p ronounce d a g a i n st him." a wise man, "set his house in order." He has even Condemned on the 24th of November, I have appealed, The Government has made its o ffi cial organ, the gone the length of having made the mourning which Pronounced against me. within the term allowed by the law, againstthe Constitutionnel, contradict the rumours that have hi s d omest i cs w ill h ave to wear w h en h e passes from been prevalent of late as to war being immin e nt be- amongst them ; and, if lam correctly informed, has, sentence No Government in France has had, up to the present, the right to remit a penalty which is not definite. to judge of its effect in au artistic point of view, tween France and Austria : but the Constitutionnel I am of those who still believe in right, and who do not s , has executed its task in such a clumsy manner as accept a favour. caused the domestics to parade in it before him. Apropos of this aged prince, he (though only the son 1 pray you, anti, if need be, require yon to be good enough appears in the eyes of many persons to confirm of a Corsican notary) being the brother of Emperor to insert this letter in your next number. rather than to contradict those rumours. Thus it Napoleon, uncle of Napoleon 111., and having been CHARLES DE MONTALEMBERT. for a time king himself, entertains very exalt e d Th e t erm a ll owe d f or a pp ea l ex pi re s to-day. proclaims that there is " no immediate prospe c t o f a notions of his personal dignity. "If I tell you to DUELLING. rupture " (rupture prochaine) between France and throw yourself into the Seine you must do it, and A double duel took place in Paris on Tuesday — Austria, from which it is assumed that, though not ' think yourself honoured in the command !" is an ex- one between two editors, and the other between an immediate, war is not distant. The fact is, th a t th e pression he has repeatedly made use of to the editor and the director of the Palais Royal Theatre. functionaries high and low who have obtained the They foughtwithswords, an d all were wounded, but relations between France and Austria are now, as glorious privilege of approaching his august person. none seriously. they have long been, very unfriendly; so much SO, The return to Paris from Compiegne of the Em- that the Emperor has abstained from extending to peror and Empress, which was to have taken place INDIA. the Austrian Ambassador the courtesy of an invite. this day, has been postponed to Saturday or perhaps IMPORTANT TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. lion to Compiegne, which was gladly acco r d e d t o a ll Sunday. The Empress, if she could have f o ll owe d A TELEGRAM was rece i ved at t h e F ore i gn - o ffice at her own inclinations, would have postponed it in- two a.m. on Thursday from Mr. Acting Consul- other foreign Ministers, and eagerly pressed on definitely,her dislike of Paris, owing to the many those of England and Russia. The fact, too, as I attempts on her illustrious husband's life which have General Green, and another at nine p.m. on Wednes- have before told you, is, that it is well known in the been made in it, being very strong. I have been day by the Under-Secretary of State for India from higher political circles that the probability of a wni told as a great secret by an official personage—hat it the Secretary to the Government of India with the never with Austria some day or other forms part o f Imperial is understood that a newspaper corresp ondent G overnor-General. The former brings dates from respects secrets— that the Emperor means in the calculations, and that accordingly, i n ol d er not to course o f next year to v i s i t Switzerland, taking with Bombay to the 9th ult., and the latter refers t o have the appearance of violating good f a ith, hi s him only the Empress, the I m p er i a l P r i nce, an d t h e even t s w hi c h h ave occurre d i n O u d e since the 14th Majesty studiously keeps on cool terms with her. few . of his servants who were with him in exile. His of October. We extract the most salient points. N . . Majesty's object is, to use his own language, to ss, The fact likewise is that agitation against Austria " show his wife and child " the scenes in which he THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION. t now prevails in Italy, it has however bee n grossly passed throughou t The Royal Proclamation was issued his youth and the early part of hi s man h oo d s to have exaggerated by some of your cont e mp orar i es , ant i —and to show them the château in which his mother appear India on the Ist of November, and that the Sardinian Government seems to be pushing lived and which he has purchased. given great satisfaction to all parties. as much as it can to a war with that power; and it is The newspapers are reporting that the Emperor CENTRAL INDIA. believed that if the Italians rise, or if the Sardinians of Russia has decidedly promised to visit both Paris TANTIA TOPEE'S DEFRAT. draw the sword, the French Emperor will pronounce and London early in the spring; but there is • • nothing for them. The situation, then, is full of' gravity, and like official authority for the statement. of the 10th Oct., that General Michel was on t hat not all the consolatory assuranc es o f t h e semi The notorious Emile de Girardin, after being day twenty miles south-west of Sullutpore. On t hat official organs will suffice to pre ven t peop l e f rom Or l eanist, Republican, Red Republican, and Socialist, day he the rebels under Tantia T epee, surprised , their present state for months without a crisis nominated a member of a Council of Algeria whichwounded, 4office rs and 10 men: natives pesos; • I arising , i s a b out to b e formed, perhaps even a Councillor of killed, 2 men ; wounded, 1 o ffi cer and 5 me n. The From the Danubian Principalities the news are St a t e . Th e access i on o f this fickle personage to the rebel s , after their defeat, fled towards Tull Behut oil I alarming : great agitation prevails ; an attempt h as Imper i al cause occasions just alarm to all honest th e r i ver Betwa. They seemed to have remained at been made to assassinate one of the Caimacans, at Imperialists. that place but a short time, and then to have doubled Bucharest, by means of an infernal bomb of thedirec tion, pur- P.S.—lt is said that M. de Montalembert has de- back from Soithpoora in a southern , , kind used by Orsini ; and a rising of the extreme termined not to accept the pardon granted by the sued by the farce under General Michel. The repel the democratic party is con-,idered imminent. From Emperor, but to app ea l to the Imperial Court against force reached Dayrodh, on the Saugor road. on - Turkey, too, we receive most deplorable accounts : the condemnation. It is added that he has this day 23rd October. On the 25th they were at Came, the animosity between Christians and Turks is re- executed the necessary formalities for making thewhere General Michel up with them. They 4 came Sa n. presented to be increasing in bitterness every day; appeal. made no stand, and fled in even' directio n. 1