The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-26
TIE New French Premier.

NJ. Olivier announced on Tuesday to the
Corps Legislatif that he and his colleagues
had rendered their resignation, and that
the Comte de Palikao had been charged by
the Regent with the formation of a new
ministry.
LIE COMET DE PALIKAo.- Charles Gull
laume Marie Cousin de Moutauban, Comte
de PalikaO, the French General and Sena-
tor, was born on the oath of June, 1876.
He was employed at al early age in Algiers
and distinguished himself there as a cav
airy officer. On September 4, 1886, he was
made chief of a squadron of horse; on the
9TH of May, 1913, Lieutenant Colonel; and
on the I'd of August, 1916, Colonel of the
I'd Chasseurs. He became general of brig
ade on the 21st of September, 1851, and
commanded the division of Tlemcen; gen.
eral of division after 18th September,
1855, he commanded the division of
Constantine. Recalled to France he was
put at the head of the Twenty-frst Militia
~ Division during the siege of Limoges.
The year 1860 was marked in the life of
General Couis Montanban, by one of the
most extraordinary events of modern histo-
~. Invested with the chief command of
the French expedition in China, he had the
honor of accomplishing that almost fabu-
lous invasion, which brought the arms and
banners of the French and English even to
the capital of this vast and distant empire.
The capture of the forts at Takou at the
mouth of the Peiho on the Doth of August,
the great victory at Paliako, over General
Sang.ko-hio-sin, on the 21st of September,
the destruction of the royal palace, the en-
try into Pekin on the 18th of October,
forced the Chinese to accept the treaty
imposed by the allies, and assured, atleast
temporarily, the respect of European inter
ests in the extreme East. The General
left there at the end of the same year, and
returned by way of Japan, many of whose
principal cities he visited, and re-entered
France in the month of July, 1861. In
recompense for these great successes, the
Emperor had already elevated him TO
the dignity of the grand cross of the
Legion OF Honor on the 26th of December,
1860, and had made him Senator on the
4th of March, 1861. On the 22d of jan
uary, 1862, he conferred on him the title
of Count de Peliko, and submitted to the
Corps Legislatif a project of p~ensioning
him, which excited a lively opposition
there. The General demanded its with
drawal; the Emperor opposed this, and the
project was accepted by the Chamber with
a modification. On the 22d of June, 1866,
General Cousin Montauban was made Tin
place of Marshal Canrobert, who was called
to Paris) commander of the Fourth Army
Corps, of which the headquarters are at
Lyons, and of the Eighth Military Division.
He was made commander of the Legion of
Honor on the 23d December, 1848, and
Grand Officer 28th December, 1853. In
1850, when he was given the grand cross
he could count forty-two years of effective
service, t~wenty-eight campaigns, and one
wound.
At the breaking out of the present war,
Gen. Montauban was in command of the
Fourth Corps, but he was not sent to the
seat of war, owing, perhaps. to his age,
he being now "a years old. His years bet
ter fitted him for the Senate, of which he
Is a distinguished member, and in which
all the marshals Of the Empire are entitled
to seats.
1t does not appear that Gen. Montaubun
has much political experience, but he
seems to possess the confidence of the En-
press, and, no doubt, NJ. Olivier has adj
vised her to send for him He has been 9
years in the Senate. 1t remains to be
seen whether he will succeed in forming a
ministry that can carry on the government
in these stormy and critical times in which
France is now placed.-MiSSOuri Democrat.