Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

FATAL DUEL.

•
We find the following in the Paris e erresponlence of the Indepen.
• dente Beige: —"Every year at the time of the vacations several duels
take place Letween the pupils of the sch tol of St. Cyr. This year the
• duels have been .mere numerous than ever, n early eighty having
taken place since January last. One of them. which occurred at the
close of last week, bad a lamentable issue, ald originated in motives
the most frivolons. A fact, insigniticant in itself, connected with this
duel, testifies to their fraquen y. When the actors in it engaged a
'fiacre at Marseille, to to cc them to the ground, they mcntioned a
, spot li'tle suited fr a draea of that kind. The coachman, well
'versed in such matters, hearing what was being said, observed,
Pardon me, Messieurs, bat I think you are choosing a bad place. I
usually drive to Moulin's ildl on such occasions.' Thither accord
&ly they went. The combatants and the a itnesses were all minors.
The principals were M. L—, son of a former prefect, and M. de
son of the colonel of the 14th regiment of the line, an officer
Who greatly distinguished himself in the Criniea, who is th friend of
Marshals Canrobert and Pelissier, and whose promotion to the grade
of Genera' of Brigade has been announced in the Motgteur . The
duel came cff, and young L —, mortally wounded, was taken to the
hospital of Versailles, where he died the neat day, Oa Sunday last
his burial took place. Nearly all the pupils of the school were
present at the ob,eqeles. The sister of young L— was about to
%desvito be married, and her Journey had been delayed a month in
'Order that this unfortunate young man might be present. His
-soother, summoned by telegraphic despatch, hastened to Versailles,
but Wks too late to receive his dying sigh. The pupils of the school
show a certain amount of irrigation azalnst Negrier—nej istly, how-
-ever, for that youth is in despair at the result of the duel; and his
military career will be, if not altogether lost, very much retarded.
.There is some question of bringing him before a council of war, or
ceding him to his regiment. You are aware that every pupil
received at St. Cyr esntrActs a vo'nntary engagement, and is then
sent to the e hcol with the grade of non-commieslone 1 officer."

MATRIMONIAL GOVERNMENT.

The anxiety of the authoritias to provide for the welfare of the
Foreign Legionaries whom they established at great expense on the
!skirts of Caffrarla contrasted etienely with their insensibility• to the
'fate of the m litiamen vOom they turned adrift a year ago. Onr
Paternal Germanisers have not concluded their bestowments upon the
*CePe Mercenaries. Those brawling heroes snugly settled in the
'IOIIY, and furnished wiai an interest in the soil, there remained but
one thing necessary to complete their bliss, and this was, to supply
'Mena with Irish wives. Not wishing to leave the paradise imperfee,
thsealtr Patrons have now magnanimously reselved upoi making up this
jadite (Mine indispensability. Happy Germans; what more could any
JiPleof Mars desire than a free sword and the smiles of a Munster
711' Lori Pa'rnsrston complains that her Majesty's lieges will no';
take the shilling. Let him throw a Hebe into the bargain, and he
heed not go to the taverns of Deutschland for valour. One Chaunt
--virtnneful blade--apeeared b fare the. Cork Board of G tardians on
In'etsi,lnoe""' and announced that the Goeern Dant Enfg,-ation Com
ners had
authorised h m to proceed to Ireland for the purl:ore
Loseiecting from the workhouses of Limeri, k and Cork no less th in
36, 'jingle females—gallants, look to't —" between the ages o' 18 and
',(;"Creat impertinence the Government have to limit the period
e
-"gibiltY), to be sent to "New London, month eef the Buffalo
north of' the Cape"—as Channt's canticle proceeds! :
4Where the German Leeion has beer recently located, to serve
I'l Pr°tecting barrier between the C iff es and the Co onists
of ety tvould be under the protection of government from the moment
settle departure tilt employment was provided for them in the
, ernent, ei her as wives of the German Legionaries, who would
-118 ve the privilege of making a sel-ction from the lot, or in some other
~,:r he hearts
if all should not be s o fortunate is to make an irnprepion upon
hearts of the Germans." Is Chennt a wag ; or have his masters
nerve
an apprenticeship to Circassian sieve. vendors? He, very tin-
treu:kbra!ticillY, terms " the holy state of niltrieneny" a service!
et that, strongatinded women of the Wiglield stem,. What a
wretch" is this Emigre 16nsecretary—first to mention thirty-six
a_YPhaticaly es the ne plus ultra of attractiveness, and then to rive
.itirrt,sh beauty "as a barier" between to r ahawking savages and smoke-
d fdYnheer. Out' upon him! The' man—he in no' chivalroes
forernian —goes farther in his insults' talkS again of "employment'!
Ir
that sir!" girls in wifejom "lots" them, and has the audurity tO hint
-e would fail to charm! Could any set of Irishmen indulge
Mich hints Tara an unromantic stranger even in refere •ce to pauper
Rielhoo I,•-
which, like everything else in th's gem of the sea," 15
esPrinitled with the tints of native love'iness? Yes, the Cork
o ,diane, led by the Mayor, have decided the advisability of sending
futy e
lasses
en 'Peculat'on to the Inver Buff, o poscioly flattered by
.e attention of her M Emigration Commissioners. aelect-
.eantagi Cark as the first place for the cholla of the fair
tie grt3. One gentleman only objected to the project because
Guardian i had no precise information as to the nature
of the plan, , but an economy argument prevallel, and the girls were
sneered on foie'
gn service is obedience to the scheme of bar. Chaunt.
' Of course the government will look after them, was the Wye which
the Board applied to their conscience and a committee was atepoin ed
to fit uP the damsels for the German market. A.cco:dlngly, the
Cornmis,ioners reverse the coup'et—
" In love the heavms themselves do guide the state,
Money buys land, and wives are sold I y f ate."
It will to well if the Cock fair ones are not, to use an expressive
vulgarism, soli on their arrival at the Cape. Their guardians.tcok
the re ppnsibili yof ren lering them Up with amazing ease. Were
there one hundred and twent: cracks of butter in the case, they could
tot have diselaye t more callonsna s. But it will be, sai 1 that tht&
Pauper girls need not
deceptive - perhaps a dgeoluusniloen.'3; they
yd
a=l7venrtisieth:ffer, ho ,vever,
guareiens should
have demanded some specific guarantee as to the protection. of the
helpless emigrant, and the amoent of interest the government were
Prepared t 3 take in them, before sacrificing them to what may be a
rattly freak of officialism. We trust that if Mr. Chauat goes elsewhere
In quest of I. ish wives for German eirelings, he will find Poor Law
Guardians more considerate of the honour of the country than to
comply with his requisition in its present vague and dangerous
Shape. • Coutd our voice reach the Munsier girls we should control
.thena to ' evitate and shun' the rroffared honour of serving in the
Alas of the Ceffir b niers. Better a cabin at the foot of the Galtees,
:94th the classical Ir sh root for its luxurious mealier In die, than a
...
"citing On Buffalo river, the very name of which is unportical
ene °nigh to frighten any colleen from Kerry. to Killybegewbo flourisheg
oetween the budding ages of eidtitoeu to thirty-six.—DUOlin Paper.

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1857.