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10 the Editor Of the London Morning Chronicle.
PARIS, Aug q. 1881.
SIR: Yesterday | passed day at the Sixth
Chamber of the Police CorrectiUnnelie. Do not
be alarmed. ! was not brought up for trial, nor
accused of vagabondage; but went to hear the
defence of my friend Barthclemy, the poet OF
France the genius, the VIII the satlriSt, the tea
ger of the BOurbuDs, and now the turmcnter OF
the j,iste n,ilieu. to fiscal charge made By the
commercial system If Pcrler :. Company against
this great and good man, foe not having call
ed his poems he newspapers, Tor not having mad them
stamped AT SO much per page; and Tor not having
deposited the caution money OF l.2OO francs OF
Rentes, as a security to the Government, that
any fines it might be able to inllIct on Barthelemy
should be duly paid. Yes, yes, we are come to
this told YOU some months ago, what was the
nature of this commercial system; and 50 YOU will
be prepared 10 hear the sequel Of this story. Yes
rerday it was pounds, shiitinSs and pence against
noetry-the Minister Of Commerce against Ge-
nius-the Renters against Barthelemy--and the
Procureur du Roi versus a Poet! Yet Casimir
Perer says he perfectly understands the nature
Of the July Revolution. He might as we'll set
himself up for professor OF Chinese, or Tor a
dancing master
But before the drama came al episode-a most
amusing one. | assure vou. | laughed till
wept-and meli,nes capped my hands; aud at
other tunes stamped my feet with delight. What
do YOU think it was which created ali this fun and
festiyity: | will tell YOU Well, then. imagine
a youth without beard, without mustachios, ESQ
much objected to By friend Casmr,) without
whisSers, or even long naiis--a youth OF nineteen
wears of age-a thorough youtii--a lisht-hearted
and CAV vOuth-a youth who sp0uts Greek .or
the hour together-and dreams of republics and
history, love and imagination. Imagine TIL.
youth brought through little door. out OF dark
and gloomy prison, in the custody oil two munich
pal suards-with swords, and bayonets, and he'll
NETS. and mustachios. and such like. And then
imagine this youth full of fun aud mirth, arraign-
ed before four elderly gentlemen. called judges,
who wore black caps and black robes OF Office. and
sat all of row Oh a bench, and were Judges; and
then imagine another grave character, who sat in
an elevated box, and wearing black robe, trim
med with white fur, and a cap with tassels on the
top and imagine that he was called "Procureur
du Roi," or, If you will, Kings Attorney Ge-
neral Aud now he rises, after the youth has
stated his name, age. address and profession. to
prefer the charge against this beardless student,
who could scarcely refrain from laughing. aud
thinks it must be clark" Well, what Is the
charge? .sWhy, that he. the said STRIPPING, hav-
inc formed part aud portion of certain mob or
procession on the l4th Of last July, and harlng
been arrested without cause and conveyed to
the Prefecture Of Police. did then and there de
mand pen and an inkstand, and did then and
there write and draw. and design, on the walls,
,le pY.I IL
lotine-I.ouIs Philip will one day lose his head
ON the altar of liberty. Long live the Sans-cu-
lottes! Long live liberty. and long live the pa
triots of l-g5 and 1880 And that he, the said
striplinr. did, by such drawings and words. then
and there intend to menace the lite OF the King,
a,d did. in fact. by such drawings and words as
aforesaid so menace him." Now. don't laugh
Don't imagine this is mere invention, mere
caricature on my part. No such thing. have
stated the charge to the letter-and the parties
are before YOU. The Attorney General contend
ed. first that the accused was the author--second,
that the words and drawings were menacinS-
and third, he required the imprisonment OF the
strinling for two years in st. Pelagle. Yet the
Attorney General says. she perfectly understands
the revolution in july" And now the young man
i called upon for his defence! What does he
sava Why, first of all, IL am the authOr9 aud
yLat them Why. after being arrested and taken
IN prison for nothing, but simply being IN the
street. on the l4th of July last--not having ut
tered cry nor pronounced an opinion,--Inor done
any thing more than run away from tbs National
Guards, when they tried to arrest hiu-he Ger
,ainy did. in moment of indignation, and win
feelings of excitement, draw the representation
of guilotne on prison wall; and did write the
words laid to his charge, which might have been
brushed of with hard brush, or rubbed over
nth httle chalk and water. This was the de-
fence! But where was the MANAGE? Who was
menaced? The King OF the French, elected by
thirtytwo millions of people. and with four mil
lions Of National Guards to maintain nun on Jus
.hrone. with civil list of eighteen millions. and
an army of $50. 900 men in time OF peace:--and
who menaced him? A student, boy, youth,
who studied Greek and medicine, VINO was IN a
passion, but in prison, and in passion tor hav-
Inc been nut into prison without any cause as
,bs ssoseF neyed, since no charge was preferred
sgainst lin. = the ground Of his e0mmittal to