The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-26


princes never exercised such power--it belonged
exclusively to sovereign families actually reign
ing. Besides, Louis Ill, the last Prince of Con
zague, did not call himself Grand Master Of the |
Order of the Redemption, and the order became |
extinct at the same time as the duchy, and since
then no one had been nominated to It. As to the
Order of the Immaculate Conception. il the
same as that of the Redemption. The Order Of
the -Four Empcrors had no serious existence, and
that of the Lion Of Holsten was extinct.
Among the witnesses was M. Iestrelat. lie |
stated that he had given Lardin, an agent of Con
zague's, 500 francs and cigar-case on being cre-
ated a Knight of Prince de Gonzagnes Order Of
the Redemption. M. Lagarrique, schoolmaster,
said that the Prince had visited his establishment,
and, as mark of his gracious appreciation, had
raised him to the dignity of Knight Of the Order
of Merit and Devotedness. He had not paid any
thing, but Lardin had told him that he ought to
give 200 francs. M. Laroue deposed that he had
been created Knight of the Redemption and OF
the Lion Of Hostein, as remuneration for some
writing he had done for the Prince. M. Norbert
said he had accepted the Cross of the Order of De-
votedness and had paid 900 francs for it, also that
he had procured it for friend named Thorel, and
had paid 500 francs for it, but that Thorel had not
accepted it, he could not obtain authorization
from the government to wear it. nj. Chevaer, a
manufacturer of kitchen utensils, said he had given
600 francs for the decoration of the Lion Of Hol-
stein, had supplied goods to the amount of 100
francs for that of the Redemption, and, to oblige
the Prince, had endorsed bill of exchange for
| 5000 francs. The witness added that his father
some years before had been created Knight of
the Redemption and baron by the accused. M
Detouches, jeweller and matchmaker, stated
that the Prince had visited his establishment
and, as he said, in accordance with the custom OF
his ancestors, had created him Knight of the
Redemption, for which he paid 800 francs and
made present of jewelry. M. Jorgeon, trades
man, said that he had been created Knight of
the Redemption in return for box Of gloves and a
dinner at the Maison d Or; he had, however, the
weakness to endorse bills to the amount Of 1000
francs to pay the expense of bringing the Princess
Gonzague from Italy. A halter named Allan,
and dentist named Darboville, stated that they
had severally been created Knights of the Re-
demption on the payment of 500 francs and 300
| francs
| In his defence, Gonzague peremptorily denied
that he had received money for the grant of his
decorations, and expressed establishment when a
tariff, fixing the price of the different grades of
| his Orders of the Redemption and of Devotedness
was produced, and proved to have been drawn up
| by his secretary.
| He denied many other things; and when in diff
| iculties about his name, he said, 'You sometimes
say that am not Murzynowski, and sometimes
that am not Gonzague; then suppose am
the son of the devil?' The accused then went on
to declare that he had received the Cross of the
Legion of Honor in 1914, though he was not in
scribed in the official register. He demanded that
a horse should be brought to the courtyard, that
he might give proof that he knew how to ride as
an officer of cavalry.
After very full trial, he was condemned to
three years. Imprisonment and 1900 francs fine.
| The completion of the Place de la Concorde
has been decided upon by the municipal council.
New lamps are to be put up and better facilities
for lighting this immense space are to be obtain
ed. The parterres, which have taken the place
of the sunken gardens, filled up, are to lie
planted with shrubs and flowers. 10000 francs
were voted for these improvements. This the
city of Paris pays. The State is to pay for plan
by which the public may be admitted by means of
steps from the place to the terrace of the Garden
of the Tuileries, from which 1000 people may
witness ceremonies upon the space below.
The budget for the year is $l1 900, 900, and in
some way or other it has been made to balance
The public authorities have an arithmetic of their
owns a multiplication table that bends to crcum
stances; figures of which do not wish to say, in
denial of the proverb, that they lie, but which
certainly prevaricate; columns susceptible of any
footing up; operations which yield any result de-
sired-divisons which produce the most unexpect-
ed quotients reductions to the lowest terms which
stagger an outsider; equations which set algebra
| to nought; and generally, system of financial
procedures which confound the ancient traditions
about divisions and dividends set down six and
carry two, multiplicand and decimal fractions to
such degree that figure does not know whe-
Their it is standing its feet its head, whether
it is or 8. However, the budget of the city
balances The total alone concerns us; with the
items and the details we have nothing whatever
to do.
When the Pope fled to Gaeta, in 1848, the
clergy of Notre Dame DIES Victories, in this city,
offered up prayers and instituted perpetual mass
for the restoration of the Papa person and autho-
rity. The Pope, when he got back to Rome, or
dered two gold and bestudden crowns to be made
for the statues of the Virgin and the infant Jesus,
at the church of Notre Dame. The ceremony of
offering these crowns to the cure Of the church has
taken place this week with great pomp. The
church was magnfcently decorated, and all the
princes and dignitares of the church in or any
where Paris present. Addresses were
delivered and tears shed. The crowns were then
placed upon the heads of the Virgin and Child,