The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INT ELLIG EN CE.

Exhibition ; they are not authorised to wear it,
because their:services, however useful to society at
large, were not of a military nature ; as if the
merits of such men as Brewster, Stephenson,
Faraday, and others eminent in those arts

PRANCE.

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which promote human happiness, were not equal
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The 211- • or far superior to several who have received such
The t onteur has the following announcement : honours under the pretext-of " military services."
rsperor will, on Monday next, atone o'clock, open In making the exceptions to the general rule in
in Person
the Senate4ions
of a, in the Salle des Marechaux, the Legislative Ses- favour of those civilians of acknowledged merit,
57, and receive the oaths of such members of the utmost strictness might be observed. The
tiiroughth atnfd the Legislative Body as have not yet gone services for which the honour is conferred might
Dart of the that
ormality. All the persons called on to form be carefully examined, so as to preclude the
Katie no curiee of their Majesties, as well as the Diple-
possibility' of favouritism' or interest having any-
bee......aY, the Cardinals, Ministers, Marshals, Admirals, • .
anat'a,,L tions of Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honour,authorization of the
thing to do with it. The .
~,ii`;, L_ne officers not belonging to the Imperial households, British Crown might be exclusively granted
the' enter by the staircase of the Pavilion de Fiore; an to the comparatively few vrho can show
00:::rbers of the Senate, of the Legislative Body, and of substantial claims, and there will be no fear of
loge. I,resf State by the staircase of the Pavilion do l'Hor- abuses. The Moniteur of yesterday contained a
isuat
late The persons who are to be present at this ceremony decree granting the Cross of the Legion of Honour
ths late Let the Palace of the Tuilerie3 at half-past twelve at to two individuals' of Honfleur, one a mariner and
t5,,,,....5eh0• Salvos of artillery will announce the cola- the other a custom house officer, for saving under
I,'l t and the conclusion of the ceremony.
•':- eoPle are . appalling circumstances the crews of two English
the thr all already speculating on the speeela from vessels, who but for them would inevitably have
babilit "e.
It will, it is said, announce the pro- perished. These are acts the rewarding of which
Ti,,tieYn ef a pacific solution of the Neufchatel all will applaud. Had those persons been British
ersia. , as__ also the settlement of our dispute with subjects who had rescued Frenchmen from certain
Will be Much reserve, if not complete silence) death, I hardly think that the same honour conferred
I%'hothe maintained on Naples. It is doubted by the Emperor would bethought excessive, or that
long,'' any allusion will be made to a new Freneh the authorisation of the British Government to ac-
Two - • cept and wear it would be attended with any mis
.),p,orn or three days ago circulars were sent to the chievous consequences. It has been remarked, that
elle'
tat 0
..
tahti c agents announcing that Paris is to be they who in Parliament always strenuously iind in-
and
s.l. e Conferences on the Neufchatel question, variably resisted a less exclusive distribution of
to
finder more
are going on in the meantime so as honours to the veterans who fought and bled for
tfircier more speedy and certain the settlement England in the great warsUf the present century,
the were precisely those whose breasts were covered
aso ,tt_o subject of the Danubian Provinces we with decorations from almost every crowned head
glades- in rrned that a communication has been
• '`tei- to the in Europc:
isent
~. . e -Emperor by the English Govern- The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes albtter from
coenta_ its opposition to the union of these the Pacific Ocean, which gives some curious details
The k relative to the progress of civilization in the Gambier
og:__ oniteur de la Flotte contains the follow- Islands. The writer contrasts the happy condition
of the inhabitants with those of the neighbouring
All th
Alse,, a arrangements for the evacuation of Greece by the islands, where the unfortunate people, plunged in
uoon•it troops having been made beforehand by Admiral stupid and barbarous idolatry, destroy each other
"1 all ,13, ()net Willaumez, it is thought that the embarkation in continual wars, after which the vanquished are
the .18Iinse men and stores may be completed by the 115th to sacrifitied, and serve as food for the conquerors.
Toillo„uLinst., and that the troops will have returned to The change from barbarism to civilisation has been
dition;u3r the Ist to the 3rd of March. The French expe- accomplished by Christian teachers within the last
of nias_Yeeorns in Greece amounts to 1,800 men, consisting 25 years. A convent has been established in the
esons,"_u„ 'marine artillery, and half a squadron of dra- ,
largest island, where all the young women are
Willa:fie under the superior command of Admiral Bonet
assembled. They are not confined within the walls,
bassi T ; who at the same time commands the French
tr a division of the Levant. After the departure of the in cultivating a
but they occupy their spare time
Qs, Admiral Bonet Willaumez will remain at the tract of land on which several vegetables brought
fe
havirg his flag on board the Pomone screw steam from Valparaiso or Tahiti are grown. In the Island
gate.
of Aukena a boy's school is directed by two French
4- lette • from • laymen (one a former professor of the college of
Rives 1 the Romagna, of the 6th instant,
it, „ : fresh example of the anarchy which prevails Rochfort), who act under the direction of the two
They are
missionaries, MM.Henri and De la Tour.
the'd.,,, Papal States. For some years past many of
.klikr,°Pe's subjects have been arrested by the at present building a college to which a monastery
ten-;;r`arls, imprisoned, tried by court martial, and is to be attached. Several of the natives whose
een'etd, the Papal Government maintaining the education has been completed in the boys' schoold
ls,hr :;vretches in prison. Since the amnesty pub- speak and write French, and have acquired a goho
auti'l Y the Emperor of Austria, the Austrian knowledge of grammar, geography and ma t e-
a6onorities have ordered the discharge of the pri- rnatics. With respect to their material comforts,
ttale,,r.° Who were in prison under sentence of court the natives are well clad, and lodged in stone houses,
ord 'l4l- The Papal authorities have resisted this built and furnished by themselves. -Many of them
eser,' which is, in fact, an act of sovereignty have become, unaer the direction of the French
bw:elEied by the Austrians in the Roman States, colonists, good carpenters and masons, They have
slid 's the
the Austrian Generals we're peremptory, acquired the habit of daily labour, which is some-
the „ttle Roman authorities submitted but with times interrupted by their popular festivities. Thei
804 rierst grace possible. For instance, the pri- land is well cultivated, and orange, banana..an,
the ers detained in the Castle of Paliano received other fruit trees are found in abundance. In
s,ita. 81vs of their liberation, but, in place of simply some places the mountains are cleared and planted
Item, them free, they- were carried in chains to with useful trees. A screen has been planted on
Ope-`„'' aecompanied by thieves and assassins, in the sea coast to protect the internal Illautatior.s
111,7 Carta, exposed to the severity of the season. from the pernicious breeze. The cocoa nut tree is
the 'l' na.ust have died of cold and hunger but for multiplied in every direction, and will become a
lvc. har i ty source of future wealth to the inhabitants, more
of the gendarmes who escorted them
dussill„-g arrived at Rome, they were placed in a valuable than the mother of pearl, whichis beco. in-
Ges7,-", and it was only after some days that the iug scarcer every year. A. spinning and
which
helie-rnluent resolved to discharge them. 'lt is factory is established at Mangavera, in geed.,
co ved that 'the assassins of the unfortunate substantial stuffs are manufactured from.. the woo.
,flunt L„,„ . and cotton of the country. This establishment is
lhe atelli have been arrested.
libers, s Grand 'Duchess and Regent of Parma hasthe missionaries, and is
sander the direction of
oone,t`e't the political prisoners in the Duchy on worked by young people who live in common,
bes,„l°Tl that they shall expatriate themselves and who possess a tract of landin the. north
• ;lie lhe eeas' part of the island, which is well cultivated,
e Jo •
tainee ssurna/ des Debate, on Wednesday, con-Drunken
and supplies them with food.. .
teettiasis''llle remarks on the strictness of the ness: theft, and profligacy are unknown in
le.;:es ;,-09 Which in England prevent British sub- the islands. The government is quite patriarchal,
ersifs ‘.°4l Wearing foreign decorations unless and modelled on that of a family. King Gregorio
• trred for, services in the field ; and it points is a cold timid man, who frequently asks advice of
1:;.,,,..1e , Contrast presented in this respect by the missionaries, which he generally follows ; but
lio,:". • France, an essentially military na- he is very often obstinate, and when once he
1,r,",, Placing—if not in. theory—at least in adopts a resolution, he will never abandon it.
vet-(4'ee, military. glory above all other fame, Justice is administered by the King. He generally
ii,Tr;grants her highest distinctive signs of honour, takes counsel of the Chief of Rakitea if the
Isfisel,ses, stars, medals, and ribands to those accused be of another Island, and if the case
clef
tits '''ave• not distinguished themselves on the very serious he calls in the head of the poli d
hete' of battle, and she permits her citizens to the island in which the accused resides as third
whie,pt similar honimrs from foreign governments; --
judge. The offences to be tried are generally
host,. e England, an -essentially commercial nation, personal quarrels attended with violence, and theTheflues
es,erY, and civilisation, far more than military moral condition of the islands is improving every
rewtt„Zie, will only permit the latter to be day•
iiesasu.'lears "It may be a wise policy to prevent an - The following telegraphic despatches have been
Minnie'
of foreign decorations, accorded indiscri- received :
of ma.,e'Y to men devoid .of any known merit, many
I,esio'prll perhaps hardly know the geographical
its,i4'.ll, still less the history, of the States whose
the ',Ol. they display.; yet there are cases where
\vith
a`r,lettless of that prohibitory regulation may
vivisiti 'vdu'age be relaxed in favour of eminent
Asbioi,4B. Military merit is not the only merit
tihew't a Country like England should reward or
aelttlot,), be rewarded in this way. Where men of
0. u7edged excellence in the arts and sciences,
eonfer'°°-,ean celebrity, and whose services have
thane:rel. vast benefit,not on one conntry, but on
is
`he shape
at large, are presented with a testimonial,
to
Avtleaaltape of a riband or a cross, the permission
their 1' it would hardly diminish theirloyalty to
()rte c°wo Government or affect their patriotism.
sues, tlb4. understand objections in the abstract to
they ,21ga as decorations at all; but so long as
value ,siBt, and so long as human vanity'attaches
tf co `0 them, there is no reason why the rules
ersetrilllllert justice should not at least be oh-
hit of • There is not much intrinsic value in a
the i metal or enamel worked into a cross, and
pinknell orofribandwhich is displayedat the
spite
two
. e uol
~ o may be purchased for 10 sous e but, in
la a 3°l all that can be said, men will, whether
to ti.,lVage or a civiEzed state, attach importance
few
_7.80 things. It is certain that there are
litive7 these institutions in any country which
Yet thu,,een more abused than the Legion of Honour,
411(1 th croix d'honneur is still prized by the soldier
le sub ° Civilian as if it had never been prostituted
the fiollritisin or lavished in corruption. Under
int . • elteratioevery effort was made to bring it
1 0 die n
'I Pllt,, • and to avoid the penalty attached
1131aW t -
,iavo 0 those who wear insignia to which they
131 11° title, many wore the leaf of a flower in the
14011,
libs,o'nole, which, at a distance, resembled the
\'•%t '°f the croix d'honneur. In addition to the
Ci_ove,,uelnbers on whom it was conferred by a
oilev t'unent that omitted nothing to throw discredit.
er •
. eoreu 37 Institution of the Imperial regime. a perfect
I'"It under
of crosses was indiscriminiately poured
6'l fr the Orleans dynasty;
.they were lavished
tiectos'vourites
, or given as bribes to deputies and
ttlnpisi!: The distribution has been, no . doubt,
'ell, sl'rtcle
r the present reign, and there are not a,
Mt ' I° stall
es t about with red ribands and stars,
i -"el • •
Lay ° Merit. is political apostacy or servility.
Itla e been eminent
, tti, assured, however, -by an
‘4lt() aCtu
li • rer of those - articles, that, all things
ably lento co 'd t" the abuse is proportion-
I y
~.um era len,
t4.tes, ' tinder the present , regime than under the
It • government.
11 1%
1 believe,not a
' ty, sil . merely a regulation, and. .
°I 1,7 'ltch refuses to British subjects the privilege
th( T earls .
b Atilt g foreign decorations , • but whatever be.
s'lieht , of the principle of that rule, exceptions
gli• L.) 0 principle - distin-
I, 'llea i made. in the case of some very . .
ot 1,, individuals; moreover, that regulation is
Ivill vatiab
b,l, is ~ ly adhered to. Prince Albert, to begin
4ttly night of the. Golden Fleece, and pro-
eet as,arlllanY other orders of chivalry, and I am
'Vess e that there multiplied honours have been
Tile ed fs) •
here„ ~. g 8 of Englaud, as Sovereigns of Hanover,
ou;•:11,weont to confer the Hanoverian Guelphic
b loetion numbers of persons, British subjects. No
fe liret ri 1136 ever been made ; though it will not
seteies ended that it was not, in point of fact a
AO. co 4 Ora
•„. red .er. The Emperor of the- French con-
Lii on a
Lep; few British subjects the decoration of
Etch of Honour, on the occasion of the Paris