The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-24 00:00:00

To the Director and

of the Industrie!.

Gentlemen,—The officers of the garrison of Saint Ger-
main (let Regiment of the Cuirassiers of the Guards) re-
quest, and in awe of need require you to insert in your next
number the following letter, which they hare jut waived
from their comrade, M. Roge, officer of the 9th Choosers:
(Signed) Captains DEIKAUTICHAMPS, OSUIPAVD,

Sci Loam, GVILLON, -
COLLOT, Di Buu.iy,
Diauza, irtizaaa,
exammairauta, Coaataa,
Du Botssmaola.
Lisatamats Da Varsaisa, SLOVEN
TRISTAN DE VIEZRAOLT,
LOUDIN, A. Pima
Hmaica, A. Ilasc4.
Di Maui.,
&lb-Lieut.:mita GAIERT DR BANTIRAR,
Baamaaa, Taisaay,
BRISSON, Mous,
Di Cot:moire, Paaxiox BAS,
Firm., Darmaol.,
LAMER DIRIATAIID,
LACLZDIBICQIIIT, CRATELATN,
LAPON, Lwow,
BIOOI7LIT Di TARRAGON,
Di SLANGY, GIODIRLIN.
" AbbavMs, May 20.

Gentlemen,—Figsro, In Its number of May 8, famited an
snide which was an insult to all the allows of the army.
In giving an account of a soiree this Journal said, ' Remark-
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able impinvement—the inevitable eub-lieutenant was not
there,' &c. On reading this article, M. Courtiel, *sub-
lieutenant of the 9th Chasteurs, in garrison at Audios, ed-
deemed a letter to M. de Pkie (the ' Nemo 'of Igoe),
the author of the article, calling upon him for
satisfaction for the insult. Almost simultensoualy
M. Hyenne, an officer of the same regiment,
in garrison at Abbeville, also sent a challenge to M. de
Pine. No answer was sent to either of these letters, but
Aggro, of the 13th, contained a second article, replying, in
scans terms, to M. Courtiel's letter. Thereupon this
diem came to Paris, accompanied by his tee seconds,
MM. Hymn* and Roe. The meeting between H. do
Pine and H. Coertiel took place in Velma wood. H.
Courtiel having received a wound in the fore part of Ma
arm was compelled to renounce the caged which had been
of very short duration (one minute). H. Hymns, then
approaching M. de Pane, &dimmed him with the meet per-
fect coolness, and the following dialect's occurred I
also, sir, wrote to you on the retbject of your article, and I
signed my name to my letter. Do you remember it t'
Yes, sir, I do.' ' Then you owe me satisfaction, and I
demand it of you." But it would be very difficult for me to
fight with all the officers of the army." You have insulted
them all, and they have all the right to force you to draw
the sword.' I refer to my seconds.' In this state of things
the seconds having intimated their intention to leave the
ground, M. Hymns urgently repeated his demand to fight.
He told these gentlemen that he was determined to
fight M. de Pine, and that if a meeting were
refused be should be under the painful necessity
of insulting him. M. de Pine and his seconds oen-
tinning to refuse, H. Hymns, after a last entreaty, which
produced no effect, used an insulting gesture (a ehinietsood)
towards his adversary, who thereupon asked his seconds what
he shotdd do. They replied ' You must fight.' But one of
them objected that M. Hyenne ought not to be allowed to
memo swords with an adversary whose method of fighting
he had just had an opportunity of studying. M. Hymns,
who bad pistols about him, insisted that M. de Pine
should choose the arm which he preferred. The sword was
ahem, sail. de Pine received two wounds. We think it
nsermary to give you all the details of this double meeting,
in order that your opinion may not be added by reading
the contradictory and malicious comments of certain
journals. For instance, in the inthattriel of St.
Germain, which first gave an account of the duel,
it was stated that after IL Caudal was wounded H.
Hyenne thought fit to take up the affair. This way of tell-
ing the story is insulting and incorrect, for M. Hymns did
not avenge H. Courdel, but the entire army. This Is the
proper place to mere in the most unequivocal manner that
M. do Pine woe respomible for his article, not only to an in.
dividual but to a thus. In the Apo" hq►esssss of the
17th, M. ds Viliwnessant, In allusion to the energetic and
calm intervention of M. Hymns, calls It an' bedew:Mehl*
some.' He takes care to notice only the provocation, sad
perm over the entirely proper conduct of that officer. The
army, which is each a good judge in affairs of honour, will
appreciate the faces. The officers of the cavalry and artillery
of the guard, as well as those of the 84th regbnent, have spon-
taneously assured me of their entire sympathy. Gentlemen,
my desire is that the army, to whom the original insult was
addressed, should know precisely in what way it was avenged.
(Signed) "Roos, one of the emends."
The above document makes a bad matter in-
finitely worse. The doctrine is avowed in cold
blood that the French army as a body ap-
proves of the system of calling out any ci►ilian
whom they may consider to have insulted their caste
until he succumbs. The forty-two heroes of St.
Germain think it right that a second, who is, I ba
leave, thought in England to have a judicial capa-
city, who should be cool, and, although a partisan of
his principal, impartial in all that regards conduct
on the ground--should be provided with various arms,
and ready to fight on the spot on his own account in
case of his principal getting the worst of it. The
ease is frankly stated. Do the armies of Europe
sanction the St. Germain principles?
This being Whit-Sunday the evening papers are
not published.

An Italian gentleman, named Dal-Oegaro, has'.
reoeived a perastelery order to quit Trews. M. Dal-Ougero
is the Italian trembler of Racine's neirs, which wee
reprimand at the Maitre Francais a few nights ago by
Madame BIM& A day or two after the mimosas:4 he I
twelve& a gammons to attend the prefecture of police; he
was then Wormed that orders had been girls for his expel-
-11408 from the Fres& Unitary. He inquired the rams, but
wee told that mem= for this mode of premising lasepitality
were not wally ghat; tMre was nothing for It bat sob- I
adeion. With teopeat to his passport, be wits Informed
that he should have on. for Algeria, or for any she
°angry that would not infuse to receive Wien teepee,
- inglaad.
The Royal Mail steamer Tamar, which left South-
ampton with the South Amertean sidle on the 10th bet.,
arrived et Liaises es the soornieg of O• lath and
started for fit. Timed on the evening of the mine day,
The Team had beeratital weather from Southampton to
Liam.