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MARCH 11, 1858

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been defeated by the police, came likewise from Lou on. it —she merely asks of other States to do what she is rot de-
Information proves that ho was sent and paid by the cen-
tral democratic committee, of which Ledru Rollin and tondo But the right of asylum which pro
re representa-
Mazzini are the principel chiefs, Being transported to tives or the defenders of causes that are lost must not be
Cayenne, he obtained his pardon from the clemency of the conform led with the right of refugee which shields as-
Emperor. Some months later the ee_Sergeent Boichot saseies from the reeponsimity
arrived in France ; the police captured him_ justice con- the confusion of two tellies so distinct, not only a violation
of their crime. There is in
victed him. Boichot came from London like the others, of merals, but a danger for society. Will it be said that
In 1854, gegen, one of the most active instruments of the right of asylum exercised in England protects men of
Ledru. Rollin, invented bombs which were to explode by a 1 parties, and not the authors or the accomplices of assaesi-
simple shock. Convicted in Belgium by default, he fled 1 nation ? We have already shown whence cerne the con-
and took refuge in London, with his accomplices, Sanders i spirators who attempted the life of the Emperor ; we have
and Brunet, in the midst of conspirators and assassins, also shown who were their accomplices, from what quarter
who received him as a brother.
proceeded the excitement to crime, in what country the
" Some time after the conviction of Magen the police apology of that crime was free and public,
arrested at Batignolles a man carrying a grenade of the "If, as Mr. Gibson said, Count Walewski deceived the
same model as that of Magen. This was Carpeza, a English people in pointing out to their good faith and probity
member of the Universal Fraternal Society formed of the those public apologies for assassination, which take place
remnants of the society organised by Ch. Delecluze, the every day under the tolerance of this generous hospitality we
emissary of Ledru Rollin. Carpeza had already been con- pass condemnation. But is Count Walewski in error? We
victed of having been affiliated with secret societies. Con- have made quotations which suffice to establish these facts.,
victed again the 4th August, 1855, he was sent to Cayenne
We could multiply them, and quote still more horrible
whence he managed to escape. words, and still more horrible writings, but we should fear,
"Even before the conclusion of the trial of Magen and by mingling with such a statement the echoes of the most
his confederates an infernal machine was discovered by savage
passions, those appeals to murder, those outrages
chance on the Northern Railway, constructed on the same against all that is most sacred in the world, to disturb its
principle as those which were to have burst under the Im- calm and impartiality. Is there any need to give evidence ?
penal train. The investigation commenced completely In London there are held meetings where assassination is
proved the guilt of Deron, Louis (of Lille) Vaudomme, the glorified. In London are sold atrocious libels in which the
brothers Jacquin, of Brussels, of D'Henins, and of Doe' murder of the Sovereigns of Europe is elevated to a aye-
quiens. The first four wera sentenced to death by contu- tam, to a right, to a duty, in which thrones, altars, armies,
mace'. Deron, the principal instigator of the plot, fled to laws, the magistracy, society, and God himself, are dragged
London, whore he lived in intimacy with Ledru Rollin, of through blood and mire ! Such Saturnine surpass even
whom he afterwards became the most constant companion. barbarism. There is not a law in ancient or in modern
" The 23th April, 1854, Pianori fired almost point blank times which tolerates them; and can it be pretended that
two shots at the Emperor. He arrived at London, and it this tolerance is on the part of England merely the exercise
was Mazzini who placed the wages of crime in his hands. of the right of asylum ? Asylum is due to vanquished
But that is not all—the democratic societies of that capital parties '•it is due to all without exception ;it is due even
struck a medal commemorative of the act of courage of to rebels who, after having attacked the laws of their
Pianori—a meeting was held in September, and there were country, put the frontiers between them and their rebel-
found orators there who amidst the applause of the lion. That frontier is inviolable. But it is not due to the
assembly pronounced the apology of the attempt in the monsters who are of no party, except it be the party of as-
Champs Elysoes, and deplored the death of Pianori as that sassination !
of a martyr.
" England cannot thus understand the application of the
"A short time later Tibaldi, Grilli and Bartolotti were noble right of asylum. She cannot cover with this principle
arrested before they could carry their designs into execu- of humanity crimes which have nothing human about
tion. These wretches were merely the servile instruments them. Here consciencehas already revolted against such an
of implacable perversities. It was again from London that interpretation, which is alike disowned by her own history.
the impulse was given to this new attempt from the centre "It is not the first time that the right of asylum has
of those refugees where justice found the guilty, been abused in London, and that it has been attempted
thembranded
to them, convicted them, without being able to reach to shelter there the provocation to crime. In other times,
or strike .
which are not far distant from us, odious pamphlets had
"Finally, on the 14th of January, 1858, four Italians been published in England under the cover of her hospi-
threw their bombs under the Emperor's carriage, who was tality, against the Chiefs of foreign Governments. We
miraculously saved, as well as the Empress. These hasten to observe that those pamphlets, though very vio-
bombs killed 10 persons, and wounded 15G. - The new lent, might pass for moderate on a comparison with those
assassins arrived from London. These terrible projectiles, of the present day. Those publications were, nevertheless,
which, in missing their aim, struck so many victims, and proceeded against, and condemned by the
lids of Jus-
chariged the scene of murder into a frightful carnage, were tics. The details of those proceedings have at this moment
manufactured in England. Two Englishmen, Alsopp and an interest such as to induce us to make a search for them
Hodge, figure in this plot, at the same time as Francis in the records of English jurisprudence. They will be read
Bernard, a refugee, living in London. with advantage on both sides of the Channel."
"To these numerous attempts must be added the agita- The writer here gives an account of the trial of
Lion which incessantly provokes them. The revolutionary
associations, composed of refugees, join theory to practice. Peltier,
Those associations are possessed of indefatigable activity, published in a French journal, entitled L'A.mbign,
Sometimes divided by personal differences, they always ou Varieties Atroces et Amitsantes, against the First
agree to encourage and glorify attempts against the Em- Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte.
peror. They hold choir meetings, they deliver speeches, He gives extracts from the speech of the A.ttor-
they publish and circulate writings. Some of them suc-
i
teed in penetrating into France, either in small pamphlets ney-General, and from the charge of Lord Elton_
which escape all search, or through the foreign journals. norough to the jury, who returned a verdict of
In that case, for a few madmen who admire these eangui- Guilty. He then proceeds :
nary follies there are an immense majority of honest men, " Stich is the way in which Old England, oaths morrow
whose interests are alarmed, whose conscience is excited, and on the eve of an implacable war, reproved and punished
and who ask each other with surprise, mixed with un-
anlelayr
than
ongof barookeennemtyh.at
Butthis
outrages against the First Consul, whose glory, neverthe-
easiness, how such infamies can be freely and publicly cir-
i thatt worifs
an
ao
less, she did not love. Although the peace of Amiens had
culated in a civilized country.
"To explain these impressions it is necessary to state to jjausstticbeeewnassignlesesd
what extent the violence and madness of these revolu- that enemy was a great people, who knew how to elevate
tionary preachings can be carried. The following fact re- their conscience above their pride, their honour above their
firs to the date of the month of November, 1857, and resentment or their jealousies. For six years past England.
it will be seen from it how direct provocations preceded seemed to have forgotten the traditions and examples
the bombs of the 14th of January. There is a coffeehouse which we have been happy to find in her history. She has
near Temple-bar, in London, where the question to be dis- remembered them however. Lord Derby was not less
explicit in the firat words he spoke as head of the new
cussed in the evening is announced in the morning. The
public are invited to take part in the discussion. This Cabinet than Lord Palmerston in the last speech he coffeehouse is is called Discussion Forum. People eat and livered as Minister of the Queen. Lord Clarendon took
drink there, and at the same time talk politics. A man, upon himself in turn to establish the complete exact-
paid by the proprietor, presides and directs the debates. ness of all the facts stated by Count Walewski in
In the month of November the following order of the day his despatch of the 20th of January. There is there-
was publicly posted—" Is Regicide permitted under fore nothing more to prove. All is henceforth ascertained
certain Circumstances ?" The question was publicly and admittd by the eminent statesmen of the present
discassed.
Cabinet, as by the honourable members of the preceding
"This is, moreover, not a transitory or isolated fact, and Ministry. We are then certain that they will agree, amid
that which has taken place since and takes place everyday their divisions, in giving to the alliance, the greatness and
aggravates it still more. On the 9th February last the benefits of which they admit, all the guarantees necessary
French club, which meets at the Wyld Reading-rooms, for the dignity and interest of the two peoples. Leicester-square, held a sitting, at which Simon Bernare, " The precedents which we have quoted have, moreover,
the accomplice of Orsini, expressed himself with the great importance. They will not, perhaps, be without in-
greatest violence. He declared that the Emperor his terest for the Ministers of the Queen. They prove that the
laws of England, her policy, and her history, speak out as
Ministers, M. De Persigny—all the high French function-
trios, ware out of the pale of the law, and ho invited all much as the general principles of public right among all
those listening to him to rash upon them by all means in nations, against the unworthy abuse which has been made
of their hospitality. They completely authorize the ap-
their power. This speech, in which the ignoble contends
with the horrible, was hailed with enthusiastic applause, peal which the French Government has felt bound to ad-
In fine, a few days since, on the 24th February last, Felix dress to an allied Power in the interest of social order at
Pyat published, under the title " A Letter to the Parlia- large. That appeal has had no other object than to con-
vince allied or neighbouring States of the necessity of cer-
meat and to the Press," the true manifesto of assassina-
pit
Liar ialoicrtdi e
er guaranteesatsossucceed
ssin
atoti soeinoc, uai
their•
and
dc i
wvoiht civilization i, opnl
o tagainstproclaim,are enonoregtmansitieruzsewigahlnotad,
tion, a worthy corollary to all these excitements to that
crime.
" More than 50 pamphlets have been published, and the
most of them in London, since 1852. We might give quo- but murders.
cations hero which would prove that during six years past
We need say no more. Enough has been said to justify ~
the apology for assassination has been permanent—almost
the profound pc ini. With the whole
daily. We shall confine ourselves to some lines borrowed of these facts before usmovement in
whichubli wope have rapidly sketched,
from a pamphlet published by Felix Pyat in 1857. They with that prolonged tolerance which their authors so nude-
will be more than sufficient to prove what we assert : ciously abuse, France has refused to believe that the exist-
In
walls of China, yourline of Customs, your cordon sanilaire disquieted and irritated at it, As to the Government of the
—we pass, we penetrate, we arrive in the cottage, in the Emperor, it limits itself to explain the situation of affairs,
hands, eyes, hearts, of the operatives and peasants, and the
to explain the causes oft he irritation which the country
people read us notwithstanding all. From Bordeaux to manifested, and in other respects trusting to the loyalty o
Lille, from Angers to Lyons, the silos of the M.nne ex- the English Government to give satisfaction to justice, to
tend her mines and her saps, and her train of powder, morality, to the interests of society, to international rights.
which the smallest spark may explode. . . Yon know .. we have explained our conduct with respect to Eng-
that our letter to the Marianne was published in London land ; we have shown what the Emperor Napoleon 111.
—that it is from London we date our thunder. . . Yes, has been for her. We may boldly say that England has
-the authors-of evil live in England; England is the guilty never found an ally more loyal, more persevering, and more
secretor that shelters us, and which prints our wrtings.' independent of petty passions and rancour That justice
It is thus that they themselves denounced England to was rendered to him lately within the wall; of the En bah
public mistrust as a reward for her asylum. Because she Parliament, as it will be rendered to him by history 'gaud
was generous to them they endeavoured to render her Cu,- we accept that homage for France and for her sovereign as
pected. In this manner they themselves prepared the an honour. Wherefore we have every confidence that the
movement of opinion which was to burst out after the at- English people will not allow themselves to be led away, as
tempt of the 14th of January against that mistaken tolera- difficult to explain as it is impossible to excuse, and that,
tion, of which the cause was in the chance of circumstances their good sense, their patriotism, rising above false in-
in the embarrassment of the legislation of England, and by terpretetions, the alliance of the two countries will stand
no means in the intentions of the Queen's Government. the trial of those last incidents.
"Nearly at the same time the author of that odious "We have the firm hope that it will be se, for it is ims
pamphlet pronounced a discourse on the grave of a French possible that some misconceptions, exaggerated by an refugee, and and it was on the edge of the tomb, profaning foreseen incident, can weaken the accord of the two eat
death itself, he dared to make this appeal to revenge : nations whose alliance is indispensable to future prosperitygr
of the civilised world. That alliance, in fact, seta aside " ' When, then, shall an heroic hand settle the account
of blood ? Is it not time to revenge the dead and save the ideas of conquest. It guarantees the security and liberty
living? When a man raises himself above public justice, of Europe, the interests of England and France being iden-
he ought to fall under the hand of an individual. tieal in every quarter of the glebe, wherever humanity and
"More than 10,000 persons hailed these impious words, civilisation are in question. It is for these reasons that it
and the English press, in giving them publicity, either to was wise to form that alliance, and it is useful for the in-
The reprobationrove or to stigmatise them, d
carried themra tob minds
all parts. terest of all to maintain it. After this explanation, pub-
easily in honouis lie opinion in Europe will judge if France has understood
which tolerated them.
changed into complaints against the Government this obligation, if she has fulfilled it, if she has the indis-
iitable right to say that she is without reproach, and
"The attempt of the 14th of Jan. gave to these corn- consequently without fear before the tribunal of public
plaints an opportunity of being made public. In learning conscience."
whence the bombs came, whence the murderers set out, With the exception of a page or two of minor
everything that we enumerated was recollected—the num-
ber of preceding attempts, their origin, the bond which importance, the above is the whole of this anxiously
attached them to the revolutionary affiliations, the inces- expected and much talked of pamphlet. Our
sant appeals to vengeance, which were replied to by death- readers will not be much in the wrong if they look
giving explosions. Then, without taking into account the upon it as a State paper, or manifesto, addressed
fatal chance which had collected the most violent refugees
alike to the people of France and England. It is
of all countries in London, and the consequences of this
the
meeting in a country so free as England, with institutionscomposition
of a publicist whose "fine Roman
so comprehensive as hers, public opinion, sensibly affected hand" may be easily detected; the thoughts are
by a collection of facts which all had the same origin, ac- derived from a higher source.
cused a tolerance which disquieted it for a long time past.
In its just indignation against those who had excited or
perpetrated thecrime it attributed to that tolerance a part
of the responsibility which it would not have been more
fair to attribute to England than to Belgium, to Switzer-
land, or to Piedmont. Public opinion, justly moved by
appearances, yielded to an irritation which was only the
effect of its devotedness and its respect for the Empfeorrole
same in a ques-
tion which was in some sort personal, which
—but it is right to observe that, ever the
affected
his
The Sovereign could not feel otherwise than grateful it
Lim, escaped death
life and that of the Empress, who, like
11 the calm which he owed to himself.
he did not for an instant forget the justice which he owed
to a ,
" We must, however, observe that in France there is
more of indignation than disquietude with regard to these
organisations of refugees, who, as has already been seen,
aim at the Emperor's life, because they regard him as the
shield of social order, and an obstacle to universalanarchy.
If they are regarded with horror by all the world, they in-
spire only the weak with fear ; but they cause no terror to
society or to the Government. It must be remarked that
of the plots which we have enumerated only two have been
carried out—thank God ! without success. All the others
were baffled by the energetic vigilance of the French
police, as active in preventing evil as the revolutionists are
ardent in making it triumph.
"As to the English people, they profess, we are aware,
a horror equal to ours for those crimes which are prepared
among them to be executed among us. But, without under-
valuing their sentiments, without touching in the slightest
degree the independence of their institutions, it is permitted
to consider these attempts so often repeated as warnings,
and to find in them the indication of great duties for all Go-
vernments. Thus, after the 14th January there was but one
single cry throughout France for two things ; first, the re-
moval from our frontiers of the assassins condemned by the
Courts of Justice ;:secondly, the interdiction of the public
apology of assassination in journals or at meetings. Thatsof
wish was conveyed in the speeches of the great bodies
the State, in the addresses sent up by the magistracy, the_
Municipal Councils, and the National Guard. The ad-
dresses ,
of the army were naturally more animated (plus
vives)—they expressed with an energy peculiarly military
the feeling of France. A few of
and P them pnlyweeuvoeonftana
na-
ture to wound the susceptibility of
England.
Wa-
lewski has given on that point an explanation, the per-
all.
feet good faith of which ought to have effaced and repaired
"In London it was made a
pretext
tions of the French Government.nrepres People were made to be-
the conduct and inten-
to awaken national
de of England and of the neigh-
bouring countries to
which misrepresent
n ounce the right of asylum, a sacred
susceptibility, and to
ent
lieve that France dem
practises, since she affords a
refuge to more than respects
10,000 Italians, Spaniards, Germans,
Poles, and even a renounce
right, she
subsidy to a
great number of them.
" The right of asylum then need not be defended againsttacking, we respect it as one of our tradi-
partisans, betrayed
Far from a
by fortune, injatreesholslPiatanldityhiosf
com-
pensation for Louis XIV. a tiso.nal institufottianhoe
institutions.
country they had lost. Charles Edward,
the vanquished of Culloden, returned to France, and if un-
fortunately the right of asylum was violated in his person,
it was because the weakness of Louis XV. could not pro-
tect him against the demands of England. Charles Edward
arrested on leaving the opera, was obliged to conceal him-
self in Italy, where he died. It was a shameful exception
which shows to what a depth we were fallen, for it must
be said that under all Governments France has opened her
doors to the foreigners whom political causes drove from
their
the Emperor Napoleon 111. who would aban-
don
the tradition of our history, in which arc blendedthe
recollections of his own destiny. He cannot forgot that
during his exile he profited by the rg • ht of asylum boldly
maintained in his favour by
Switzerland,
i and loyally prac-
tised by England inhisadveraity. Ie has no thought then
of disturbing a sacred right which was his safeguard. The
representatives of ancient dynasties live in countries which
are our near neighbours. The Emperor has never thought
of being alarmed by their presence near our frontiers, ileFefrl,
demanding their removal, as was done with respect to
him
in 1833. He respects misfortune more than othersf asylum
is sacred for us. France, who would not
t havelin
respected his own. No w more than ever the right 0
sacrifice it to any
QUO, (Weil not Mk allied or neighbouring
Powers to sayrifios

ITALIAN OPERA.

(Front the Edinburgh. Caledonian Mercury of March 9 )
The Italian Opera Company gave their second and
last performance at the Theatre Royal last night. The
house was completely filled ; and as both the upper and
1 lower tier of boxes were crowded with ladies dressed in
I
every variety of variegated costume, the effect was un-
usually brilliant. The performances commenced with
Donizetta's opera " La Figlia del Reggimento," the part
of Maria being assumed by Mdlle. Piccalornini. The
character is one eminently adapted for the display of
this lady's peculiar powers, and her first appearance at
the back of the stage in the picturesque dress of a vivan-
diere was the signal for an outburst of enthusiastic ap-,
plause, the audience rightly divining that the dainty
apparition was the prelude to a most finished
p•ece of operatic impersonation. The lively reci
tative between Maria and Sergento Sulpizio
(Signor Vio!etti) toned the house for the due apprecia•
tion of the first air, sung by Mdlle. Piccolomini, the
of" Ae py pc) au rnvgi
,atlaL lightedu'i'
heartedi n
whichthe ir
spirit
e
tone and gesture of the fascinating artiste, The sympa-
rLeaPlreeci aliltbsiee lfbiunoyeavnercyy
thie3 of the spectators were henceforth invited to the
fair prima donna ; her every note was eagerly listened
to, and her slightest gesture was most carefully noted.
"
Her second triumph was in her animated rendering
of the air "Ciasoun lo dice," which was given wits
taste.Ts hesubsequentduet, 41- voti cosi
and
Torii°
(Signor
L exquisitearucihentseiP)which i sung by Maria
overflowed with genuine feeling, at the same
eqPuaiellcy°l"neixnciellheil
time that every detail was rendered in a style of the
tmhoest
iafirneishcaedpaebxielictuytiono.f
being equally
in themes of a lively and of a ca
nons The transition transition was great indeed from the airussincathe
early part of the piece to the " Convien Partir,"
which preoedes the close of the first act. The latter,
however, found as perfect an interpreter as its more
sprightly predecessors, since nothing could be more
touching than the plaintive expression which the fair
singer gave to this beautiful melody. In the second act,
the scene in the drawing-room of the Marchese (Mdlle.
Sanncio), when the petulant Maria rehearses the new
song, was a masterpiece of refined humour ; Mdlla.
Sanncio and Signor Violetti, by their judicious acting,
contributing greatly to the completeness of the success.
The second act was no less meritoriously perfumed
than the first ; and the delight of the audience was or
cs
oe
ivoemr al i n
i occasions
throughout
m ots
the
eweavremnliy manifested,
evening
exhibited
unuMsudalllei.x,Pwiecra
ernortess wereti
She dewciadsed
a, 1 asgc
iwnehilerassinsginingg. il
singularly clear
very ably supported. Signor Luchesi was a very
creditable Tonic, while Signor Violetti made as much
of Sulpizio as the character would permit.
The part of
Ortensio was well filled by Signor Castelli. The orchee•
tral portion of the performance was skilfully condueted
by Signor Arditi. The chorus was weak, and the famed
"Rataplan " was not given with all that ringing effect et
which it is capable. .:
f ig La 144 The, opera was succeeded by the last act. of "La
time, had
vorita," in which Signor Violetti, for the first
bledepth and
an opportunity of exhibiting the remarakts wog
fulness of his voice. Signor Guizlilni Fernand,
arg'sVOlldrous " piritc
the great triumph of the evening:
the perfection of vocal
Gentil " is above criticism.
Ita;tured by it, and Signor
melody. 'The audience were suitor
responded the enthusiastic encore
Guiglini readily
edi Sanncio threw extraordinary
which it elicited.
31 ;and both artistes re.
Leonora,
into the part of
energy
ccived a unanimous call before the curtain at the close
if the performances.

THE TOTAL Ecursz OF THE SON.--The Earl of Derb_yl
iuduciog Lord Stfuley to Nil aTgry Milaistry.--Punc3/4.