The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-19 00:00:00

SKETCHES FROII PUNCH.

ETIQUETTE FOR EVENING PARTIES.
Recollect, punctuality is the soul of evening parties. Be
careful, therefore, always to arrive to a moment at the
time you are invited for. If the hour be not specified as is
occasionally the case, it is considerel good breeding to call
the day before, and make inquiry of the servant.
Your conduct in the supper room must depend on cir-
cumstances. If it be a half stand up affair, ladies business
first and gentlemens' pleasure afterwards, you will be ex-
pected daring the first part to do duty of course as an
amateur waiter ; when, unless you- practice well beforehand,
you will no doubt contrive to cover yourself with jelly and
confusion. But if the repast be a sit down altogether one,
you may eat and drink in comfort, if you only take care not
to have a lady next you, otherwise, of course, you will have
to minister to her wants instead of satisfying your own.
In taking your departure, don't forget to mike an offir
of your thanks for the pleasant evening you have spent ; and
if you then proceed to shake hands all round with such of
the guests as may remain, you will do much to confirm the
favourable impression which previous behaviour will doubt-
less have produced. In fact, it you act strictly in accordance
with the advice that we have given, you will soon be
esteemed quite an acquisition to society ; and, in short, to
use the language of the advertisers, no evening party will
be thought complete without you.
It is a point not yet decided whether, in conversing with
a girl you have not met before, it be be etiqaiette occasion-
ally to use the word " Miss." We think ourselves it sounds
respectful to do so, but we cannot state with certainty
whether the practice has obtained at ALMACK'S.
On going to a house, where you have not previously
visited, and where your person might not be immediately
recognised, it is usual before making your entree to the
drawing-room, to hand the footman your card and note of
invitation, which, as proofs of your identity, he will carry
to his mistress, and you may then be assured of being
smilingly received.

QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET.

IforrmAN's ENTERTAINMENT.—The more we become
acquainted with this entertainment, the better we like and
appreciate it. At first, we saw it was an entertainment
never before introduced, and what we ventured to predict of
its excellence the public have amply endorsed, by the crowded
and fashionable attendance at the beautiful hall every night..
Mr. Hellman appears to be a prophet in regard to
taste, and therefore knowing the wants, be supplies them
with unsparing hands. In addition to the intellectual viand°
already to be found here, he has introduced a piece ciged
the " Smiths and I'illberr3s," in which the surprisnag
genius of Mr. Tlaurton appears to perfection. lndee.d, wee
only express the public opinion, when we say this portion ni
the entertainment is lir and away the best of the sort, ever
witnessed in Liverpool ; and, in the hands of Mr. 'Murton',
ers
it partakes of all the characteristics of life, in its .
amusing and classic shapes, without any of its vulgarities.
The human band continues to possess its great magnelsill:
and the best proof of the value of the whole is the erowden
and respectable houses that nightly witness the perforna!oc:l;
Early next week, the new and attractive Monodrama will "
perfect, and will offer one of the richest public treats, Per
leaps, ever presented to a Liverpool audience. publics

ALLEGED STARVATION O 1 A CHILD II"

BOARDING SCHOOL.

On Wednesday, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for -
Surrey, held a long enquiry at the Swan Tavern, Battersea
Bridge, on view of the body of Maria Bailey, aged ninearl
who it was alleged had been starved to death. The leebe.
coroner, in opening the proceedings, said, that he hoped%
jury would dismiss from their minds anything they mighthaTe
heard out of the court respecting the case, and be guided soe':
by the evidence that would be laid before them. The Oren r,
and jury then proceeded to view the body, and upon their
tuin to the inquest room, the following evidence was taken' ai
Mrs. Hannah Bailey sad, fer
that she was the wife of a generi4
merchant, having offices in Crutched Friars. They am.
resided at 21, Townsend row, St. John's Wood,
r husband became a bankrupt, and the deceased was Piave
under the care of a Mrs. Meeres, in August last. She 0
l
then living at Wellman Green, in Middlesex.' She madetaa
arrangement with Mrs. Meeres to take the deceased to sari ear e•
and educate her. She was to give her 18 guineas Per ee
lot
and, with the extras for washing, music, &c., it would aroesent
to 25 guineas per annum. The deceased, when she Wee
°per
to Walham Green, was perfectly healthy, and had I?,r got
change of clothing. From the time she went, witness daiolos
see her till Wednesday last. The day preceding, she
re:f the
a message that her child was dying, and, in consequence di
information she received, she proceeded to 26. Farnbor
terrace, Battersea, when she found the child lying on
!der
sofa speechless, dressed in an old dirty nightgown, and aoa lf knete
tain only over her. The deceased was eonscious
.own o
old,
witness. Mrs. Meeres, her two daughters, and two g.
,aojl4
sons were in the teem at the time. 'Witness took thel roloi
out of bed, and found her very thin. Witness 435e,,apaido
that she had murdered her child, when she laughed an` she
"Do you call that gratitude for nursing the child ?:ot
the
received a letter on the previous Monday, stating to 8061
quarter was up, and asking for the schooling. She sisr°,flittee'
in the letter that the child was suffering from We' goats
fever, but that no danger was apprehended. Witness dirt be
Mr. Richardson, a surgeon, who saw her, and be said eit ei
had seen her two days before. She hired a nurse tote tee
with her for the night. She sent several night gown°
house, but when she asked for a clean one to put on U"
and examined her clothes, she could find none, "'heti
Meeres replied that they were somewhere about the Wised' .00,
deceased died on the 14th. She made search and for
osee•
of her clothing in a dirty condition in the kitchen, and,nl).o
epd
'Witness said to her, " Fetch the remainder of my clotue:ob,
one of her sons brought in two or three things,which she ll' 00,
out of his hand, She gave Mrs. Meeres four sovereigl, sent
she west to see the r'.eceased, and she had not previelesieerese
any account in. Witness received a letter from gra' e 0
informing her that lthe had removed to Chelsea; w"tibese
wrote to know how she dare 1 to take her child to such an no obi
thy neighbourhood. The beds in the house were all l 0 a ,fit>
state, and so was the deceased, and her head was em/ere
sed
vermin. Tle re were other children there, all verydutoste,
one seemed to be dying. There was a full growng Thei
also very dirty, and she begged her to protect hel'iieeees
deceased was in such an attenuated condition that she ved ese
she had been kept without sufficient food. Her 11107;00Y
been away only six weeks, and the deceased was Pig lintel
Mrs. Meeres' care before he was declared a bankrupt. "6110(11
wrote to Mrs. Meeres to bring the child to her, hittstsieed,.l
not. She did not know how the child had been °did few
The full grown girl was a hoarder, aged 25, but She gee%
appear to be more than fifteen. Witness saw 1%1°40,
last on Saturday night. Thos. Becking, police sergean be feet
V, said that from information he received last ThursdaPtbe deer
to 26 Farnborough terrace Battersea, when he found erase e 1
open. He went into the lower room, and iu one c•th Tioa
found the deceased lying on an old sofa covered wis teceed
appeared to be rags, and in another corner he easy deceeeei
child. Both were very dirty, more especially the eeeiefft
whose head was coated with dirt. Mrs. Bailey Inadeb-sd be,
in the presence of Mrs. Meeres, that her child
say tbeteile
murdered. Mrs. Meeres said, " How can you sed,aba
Witness asked her if she was the owner of the borne, 1,0
replied that she was, and added that she was a vi,je° efit:be
children appeared to have been grossly negleetee•
soicha'retl
said that ho should search every room in the image, 110 d po,
objected to, and wanted to know by what authoritithe
even to enter her house. He, however, search
ecd•
and found five other children, and a girl named 05 Peg
said that she was twenty-five years of age. Sbie, the f',4tel
ingly dirty, and so were tee other children. 00
of Mrs. Bailey he took Mrs. Meeres into Cuetoblo.l:sBo je
were also two other girls and a young man in the
~m, icifooo
appeared to have been fed well, but all dirty. :hetes t
the other children, except one, which was Airs. -a`rai issebed
child, appealed half starved. There was a gene, Wretcersi
clothing and comfort—in fact, ho never saW
t.su: theirec°lo!
place in any part of the metropolis. ere-bat te,viaiies
appearance of the children, he should sal The fce,'-eseb
neithercircalar beenwas
handedp roperl ytofetdh
the
ocraraotateerndbeyd
tthoe•
pc4iceed. seniforto
showing by what artful means the pupils were ohtlacated theta
Meeres receives twelve young ladies to be e" thOm
her own daughters ; it is her anxious ea led ied flve
tender plants intrusted to her care may be earliteligiPitiise
grace of God) to feel the deep importance of vitielto streitterg,
that the course of instruction pursued may te" f the hP
the mind, and to form the character and man.i.ners°ll.lerretset,sl/
been partly educated on the Continent. Fre°
elegant and accomplished gentlewoman. manure
is 01081-,
tteod
spoken by her young friends, and Professors a old 6,4
instruction in the Latin, Greek, French, Gernaa.7,, aod 09
languages. The harp, pianoforte, singing, drawil :jessur-00,1”
painting, are cultivated as delightful sources 0 jot bl
amusement, and the hours of recreation are Taeotsof till°
little and instructive pursuits. Reference to Par refer OP
and many Christian friends. Mrs. M. hegan°,,elide,
letter from the Dowager Lady Waterpark, Ar'`,lo(`',
Derbyshire." The letter was dated 18, Ileer;t:terre3seife:t
Fair, signed J. Waterpark, and spoke in n'g the stl".e;
Meeres. Mrs. Eleanor Bell said that she wahe otee elotj
medical assistant, and was residing in Sent':d I°tcleet j'he
Euston square. She placed a daughter, pan'. aosreteri,
Mrs. Meeres on the 3rd of last September, e° daer
scholar, at sixteen guineas per year. 5he.,,5a,„,3 gro ,00 00
last time yesterday, and had seen her at NY a`u-iii ths"obs he"
last time she was in the Union. She was n°4-eeos oeo -00
of body as when she placed her with Mrs. „jell she itie•
much thinner. Vs hen she went on one 1)0°001'0e
she had to wait three quarters of an hetsurbied hheetif ed'esel
brought to her, and then she appeared as if e'deee be"ight /The
By Mr. Reynolds, the solicitor who attendela teas „et,
parish authorities. Witness said that her eh' • Erb° orio
ding 'ell • t
of age, and had been previously at a bear st sat ate tekete
Coroner said that the case was assuming a °la reel;etfe'tedo
and he would recommend that the child sheuatit ee/regeeh'eo/0
union until they :ant again, which would Pre' do '5. o sc'
ould flor
tampering with her. Mrs. Bell said she W,boo La ieete:
for she was better taken care of than she ha", eresi`-rs. P-
ace;
Hannah Maria Ribton, aged 13, said that slot gd treat' °
maker street, Cripplegate. She went to och bs,rotoritoo,
at Walham-green. She deposed to the ;Tell aolipthitfrifte
given by the previous witnesses. 00 -at
and want of food, her evidence being. str°4o%abet,.,pt de: 00
hthoautse,
tn. s 00 cot
and let a room to a person named •'beese, as ° for
of No. 20, Duke-street,
Chelsea,
meele ' ,be
six weeks ago. Mrs. Meeres came to her be ieedn' 00. ,De''
dren were brought in at night. She Maret. :a. a geisha
given to understand, to put some furnciold oeeshe
j 0
school. The children were miserably tlecnl rall6f"
They appeared hungry, and witness ga`let. the ehrlj,r.etlice:.
. Volt
could afford it. She bege,ed and praYed ea„mre
to
to take them away when they came
saw bread, rice, and potatoes only broug race% 000 t
had seers the children huddled together, sad
r 0 le oor:
potatoes with the peel on. The children sure th
. Sho "'out the
120,,et
and uncombed. By the Coroner •
ey went Were t
Aste
children were half starved, and when the ot vtil
each other's clothes. She had spoken ,Jo cola een4al,,ol)
e b
condition of the chtldren, and she said sloe col
esquire
into tl7_oolY4,le,
money in. At this stage of the proce ch
adjourned for the attendance of sortie t
been in the school.

other an adult. Inquests will be held tu°
reported at the coroner's botoi:41:0:°,
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court,
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011EIGN INTELLIGENCE

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FRANCE.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
leilrnhedaY's news is not unimportant. First, I
that ,
my
iro -
own peculiar sources of information,
ma new and very artful attempt is being made
sfeParate France from England. The King of
toappirnes' it appears, has been advised to propose
trt4kea oe—and he has done so underhand—to
finsuch
concessions as will satisfy her, and will
able her to re-establish diplomatic relations with
1341' leaving England to act as she pleases. It is
Revs-uut of th s I am not sure—that the French
fa, erhment has received these overtures • not nil-
. 'altrabl
Sow
fere eof the Belgian papers say that the Con-.
aa„ace will not meet until the first week or
of",kaarY ; but I am again told that the intention
Plaoe
the different governments is, that they shall take
at the, latest, in the last week of this month
laatear too, that its sittings are not expected to
One than three days.
letneo! the principal morning papers publishes
Aerst,,„
from Constantinople, which says that the
to t 17.411 Ambassador, Ferouk Khan, will not come
perris
city.ci He, I am told, will come, though the
tad his arrival is not fixed
.grapiiht thy' most important news comes by tele-
(t is the The 'Journal de Constantinople of the Sth
tinderorgan of the English embassy) announces
cinder the head " grave news," that the Russians,
/Wei; General Philipson, had captured Soujouk
4.'r°lll the Circassians, after a desperate
a ir,,la,‘; and, Avhat is far more grave, had captured
trete- ."sh brig and eighteen smaller vessels, on
Ilaci rice that the papers were not in order. Persia
Published a proclamation accepting war with
el lit". The English had taken the isles Ormuz
Ara $o rraCk.
The Russians were collected at
be~be 13erlin telegraph says that it continued to
,eved that the government would make an
the te‘-, intervention in Switzerland, in the event of
one "ast prisoners being condemned, and that
p: its organs, the Kreuzzeitung, had published
viol
article against England,
Pretend Petersburg letters received in' this city,
tileeult that an intimation of the Russian govern-
is to had been made on behalf of Persia, that
say, in plain terms, war with England
kticiu.neidered not at all improbable. It is even
Thousln ,one of the letters, that a corps of forty
on o,__au Men has already been ordered to collect
Alan
Persian frontier, and that a complete
bhagOefn CaraPaigr, for the defence of the country.
111.1cicis tha-ilt. drawn up for, that corps. It even
theonsth-e",., Russia:Lis were to commence opera-
°, the —"ner'etheir general should beinformed
-1: • ar.ation of the English in Persia.
Lgenti, -4e, t is stated, alarmed at these move-
-15;rato-01.°11:, the Russians, has collected troops to
`Ahhis own territory. a
?aria,Berman ambassadors are :about to leave
bloat de Salvandey, for many years Minister of
3,4ll4,°,,lnstruction under King Louis Philippe, died
liai"..rullY morning, aged sixty-one. He was an
)!lame Politician, not undistinguished as a par
fatt4nr Mary orator, and was for some time ambas-
Ilete. ill Spain. He was also an author of some
' T t
Thhe °urea has again declined to-day.
that semi-offfcial Patrie of this evening, asserts,
'601E,". ranee has not changed her opinions on the
Ileittr„sci and Isle of Serpent questions, and that
enga-t.e neat to vote in a particular way.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
..1:1111111.re °Vent of the day is, a declaration in the offi-
,that'foiliteur against Switzerland, in the Neuf-
'Afte:t affair. ' Whilst the Moniteur,
lbri a recital of what has taken place,``p has found in
4818;14 moderation,—a sincere desire to terminate
;Aro -cate question, and a courteous deference,
A.ipt el: political situation—she has found in zerland, on the contrary, obstinacy, exagge-
• Iv
he'rd susceptibility, and complete indifference to
4e, Counsels. Switzerland need, therefore, not
the: surprised if, in the course of events, she
.tcellid not find the good will which it was easy to
,rll.l-`3 for herself at the price of a very slight
lce. This declaration against Switzerland
Or "Pected—the French Emperor owes a debt
gratitude to that country for having nearly gone
Ilher to preserve him from the clutches of Louis
i)ear,PPo,—and gratitude is a heavy burden to
`1111i„'---Ile has conceived a very y sudden friend-
,te for the King of Prussia, and
des us to oblige him ; and he is a despot, and
losbsi,P,.°t' naturally sympathises with a brother
against a free country—so, of course,
kreet4ertand
is sacrificed. The Bourse has
zed the language employed by the Moniteur
floheVe ; in its eyes, Switzerland being aban-
-1337 France, will be obliged to, cede to the
°f c 0 a' and so there will be one chance the less I
I h 17"tima in Europe.
has ear that the trial of the Sicilian insurgents
therne°mnienced at Palermo, and that some of
king be condemned to death, but that the
'l.lter'd."`El given orders that none shall bo exe-
• 'congr It is said that the French Emperor has
ti
4144_
si na atnlated the King upon his escape from
tion.
~
a
Lry, A.
--and review of the Imperial Guard, infan-
ralrYs and artillery, has been passed tho-
:Nip)! the Emperor, in the court yard of t
vrhe"::'es) in honour of the Prince of
of is'ina• It was, as usual, very brilliant. Upwards
being-°° men were under arms. The weather
*itrle's -pe, though cold, a crowd assembled tod
h d• A good deal of enthusiasm is state
ha been •
41Peror n manifested by the troops for the
1:01,
0-ereM. Hubner, Austrian Ambassador
-onfei,,- t 0 represent his Cabinet in the approaching
t he has not yet, I hear, received powers
o de
The •
'4)3" arrival of the Persian Ambassadar is expected
he the 22na.
ost French Emperor has ordered General
I,"° Ett7,11.m., who commands the 9th military division,
'ice, to offer his Majesty's respects to the
, The-8s of Russia.
'44\ t 0 feast
of Brest has voted 10,000 fr.
Who al ~"3 feast the officers of the Russian squadron,
•A. Shortly expected in that port.,
king °f
letter says that the Emperor of the_
"`kinlige(ci• Prussia
accepted an invitation to visit the
-rrussia in that city next spring.
"e°llno-,2"ircling to a St. Petersburg letter, militarey.
ratic,;"B Were being held to devise a plan of op
nst xitlii.Persia, or, as some persons supposed,
l‘ta " va,
on , d
despatch announces at last thateM.
ae been nominated ambassador at Rom .

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another source we learn, under date of
The PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
Emperor, through the channel of the Illoni-
Nth,:eads a lecture to-day to the Swiss, and
for th-r severe lecture it is. It was first intended
Ingti ,ritt Ordinary reservoir of semi official outpour-
and' Coustitutionnel. It was then withdrawn,
°N,D,PrePared to suit the regular goiernment
IvitG• It was again withdrawn, and this second
nient"rtawal led some to suppose that an arrange-
not between the Federation and Prussia was
f3llol4aProbable. Its publication this morning
s:s that that chance is for the present postponed.
144111 s curious thoughts are suggested by a Pe
tubd of this document, which is certainly less
114eci than if it had to be addressed to a power
/
°ld ansSia, and it is the more remarkable from the
aidd friendly associations between Switzerland
stre the Emperor of the French. Considerable
rlietfB is laid on the fact that the Imperial Govern-
?f Prance cannot, in spite of the interest
fait ch 't feels towards Switzerland, disregard the
Fr of treaties. One would suppose that the
Peo°,l7h Moniteur is not the best authority to lecture
on the immorality of violating solemn
tre,-„genaents, whatever form they may take,whether
lia","s • or otherwise. The crown the Emperor
as P°teon wears is in defiance of treaties, as soleMn
anY on record, so far as relates to foreign policy ;

and the obligations incurred on the 10th December
1848 are, historically, too recent, and the coup d'etat
still more so for the display of excessive puritanism
on the violation of solemn obligations. The tans
,fagon manner in which the revolution of 1848 is
alluded to, savours a little of ingratitude. But
for the catastrophe of 1848 where would the Em-
peror of the French now be, or what would he be ?
If Prussia, as the Moniteur implies, is justified
in employing intimidation to prevent men from
being legally tried who had unfurled the Royal
standard against the de facto Government, on the
ground of their having fought for " right and for
legality," a legitimist or Orleanist insurrection
should not be condemned. True, the King of
Prussia, as the Moniteur states, has protested
against the revolution of 1848; but Louis XVIII.
protested with no less solemnity against the first
Empire, and his protest did not save the Vendeans
or Bretons from the doom of rebels when taken in
arms. Charles X. protested against the " usurpa-
tion" of 1830 ; but that protest did not prevent
Louis Phillippe from detaining in captivity his own
neiee, nor from exposing that Princess to the scuffs
and derision of the world.
The Orleans Princes would no doubt pkotest
against the revolution of 1848, did that protest
afford a chance of success to the cause; a collec-
tive protest did not prevent the confiscation of the
(Means property.
The Legitimists regard Henry V., and none other,
as their King ; and in him alone are centred
" right and legality." Supposing the Marquis de
Pastoret and the Marquis de Larochejacquelin,
under some sudden inspiration from former con-
victions, rising to morrow in their place as mem-
bers of the Imperial Senate, unfurling the white
flag, and shouting, instead of as now " Vice
Napoleon 111. ! "—" Trifle Henry V. ! " I wonder
whether the consciousness of their having pro-
claimed "right and legality" would save them from
imprisonment and trial? And if it did not, would
the Emperor Napoleon admit the right of Henry
V. himself to interfere ?
The liberation of the prisoners on demand is in
point of fact the whole question. The eagerness
to save them cannot arise from any apprehension
on the part of Prussia that they will be treated
with inhumanity ; if they had a " right," as the
Moniteur all but declares, to revolt for the over-
throw of the de facto government, the de facto
government has a right to put them on their

trial.
The concluding passages are still more harsh
than the opening. All this compliment and flattery
to the King of Prussia, the heir presumptive to
whose crown is now feasted at the Tuileries, and
whose long desired visit to Paris is not ye
despaired of; and all is cold and harsh to Switzer-
land. "On one side," says the Moniteur, " France
has met with a sincere desire to terminate a deli•
cate question ; on the other, on the contrary, an
obstinacy is to be regretted, an exaggerated
susceptibility, and a complete indifference to her
counsels." From thik crime of obstinacy I' fear
there is no way of defending poor Switzerland.
The reproach of the , Moniteur is, alas, too true.
Switzerland has before now displayed her obsti-
nacy on other matters. That characteristic fault
of hers has brought her into trouble more than
once. It is proved by the following letter addressed
by the Duke of Montebello to the Federal Direc-
tory in January, 1838 :
After the events of Strasburg and the act of generous
clemency of which Louis Napoleon Bonaparte had been
the object, the King of the French could not expect that
a friendly country like Switzerland, and with which the
ancient relations of friendly neighbours had lately been so
fortunately re-established, would suffer that Louis Bona.
parte should return to its territory, and, with a contempt
of all the obligations imposed on him by gratitude, should
dare to resume there criminal intrigues and avow loudly
insensate pretensions, of which their very folly cannot
absolve him since the attempt at Strasburg. It is notorious
that Aranenberg is the centre of intrigues which it is the
right and the duty of the King's Government not to
tolerate. Vainly would Louis Bonaparte deny the
pamphlet he has published both in Germany and France—
that which the Court of Peers has recently condemned—
to which it is proved he had given his assent, and had
distributed it. Facts, which prove that the object of his
return from America was not only4o pay the last duty to
a dying mother, but likewise to recommence plans and
announce pretensions which, it is now demonstrated, he
never renounced. Switzerland is ton honourable and
faithful an ally to permit that Louis Bonaparte shall call
himself one of her citizens, and the pretender to the
Throne of France—that he shall call himself a Frenchman
whenever he may conceive a hope of convulsing his
country for the furtherance of his plans, and a citizen of
Thurgovia when the Government of his country wishes to
prevent a repetition of his criminal attempts.
How Prince Louis Bonaparte felt on that oc-
casion may be seen by the following :
Aranenberg. September 22, 1838.
Monsieur le Landamann—When the note of the Duke
of Montebello was addressed to the Diet I would not submit
to the exigencies of the French Government, for it was
necessary for me to prove, by my refusal to retire, that I
had returned to Switzerland without violating any engage-
ment ; that I had a right to reside there, and that I should
find there aid and protection.
Switzerland bas demonstrated, daring a month, by her
energetic protests, and now by the decisions of she great
Councils which have assembled up to the prssent time, that
she was prepared to make the greatest sacrifices for the
maintenance of her dignity and her right. She has done
her duty as an independent nation. I shall perform mine
and remain faithful to the voice of honour. I may be per-
secuted, but I shall never be dishonoure d.
The French Government having declared that the
refusal of the Diet to comply with its demand would be the
signal of a conflagration of which Switzerland might be-
come the victim, it only remains for me to quit a country
where my presence is the subject of such unjust pretensions
—where it cifoull be the pretence for such great calamities.
I request you therefore, M. Is Landamann, to announce
to the Federal Directory that I shall leave as soon as I shall
have obtained from the Ambassadors of the different Powers
passports necessary for me to proceed to a place where I
may find a secure asylum.
In voluntarily a uitting to-day the only, country in-
Europe in which I found support and protection—in with -
drawing from places which had become dear to me in go
many respects, I hope to prove to the Swiss people that I
was worthy of the marks of esteem and affection they
lavished on me. I shall never forget the noble conduct of
the cantons wbo declared so courageously in my favour, and
particularly the recollection of the generous hospitality
accorded me by the canton of Thurgovia will remain pro-
foundly en graved in my heart.
I trust that this separation may not be eternal, and
that a day may come when I shall, without compromising
the interests of two nations which ought to remain friends,
recover the asylum where a residence of twenty years and
acquired rights had created for me a second country.
Be, Monsieur le Landamann, the interpreter of my
grateful feelings to the Councils, and believe that the idea
of sparing Switzerland from trouble can alone assuage the
regret I experience in quitting it.
Accept the expression of my exalted esteem and of my
distinguished sentiments.
NAPOLEON LOUIS BONAPARTE.
To His Excellency the Landamann Anderwert, President
of the Lower Council of the Canton of Thurgovia.
The fact is, a taint of ingratitude runs throughout
the whole of this business in Switzerland. In days
of destitution, danger, and exile, it was in S witzer-
land that Louis Phillippe found shelter. The Duke
of Montebello, whose family now occupy some
highpand, I hope, lucrative offices in the Imperial
household, might have been an industrious black-
smith, instead of the son of a Duke and Marshal
of France, but for Napoleon the First, the expulsion
of whose nephew from that neutral ground of the
exile he insisted upon. It is true the Prince ended
the difficulty by voluntary retirement ; but from
no one less than from the Emperor should come
words of reproach and lectures on political morality
to Switzerland.
The people discover in the article in the Moniteur
a fling at the English government, or at least at
Lord Palmerston. The allusion about " dem•
gogues" is thought to be to his address. Others
believe that the attitude thus assumed by France
will bring the quarrel to a speedy solution. Against
Prussia and France what can Switzerland do.
about two or three months ago the Emperor
certainly took the Swiss view of the question. It
was only after M. Hatzfeld had arrived at Biarritz
with an autograph letter from the King, that a
change was perceptible. That change has gone
on since then. After the article in the Moniteur
surely the King of Prussia cannot refuse visiting
Paris. I just learn that the probability of an
arrangement is again spoken of, and even that
the Confederation will send a special agent to
Berlin.
A private letter from Turin of the 14th inst. ob-
serves that it is now eight months since the Italian
question was introduced to the notice of the Paris