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/an rf.—The report that M. Walewski is about to retire is again renewed. It is also stated that M. de Persigny will resign, and the Duke de Grammont is spoken of as his probable successor. M. de Per- signy is to succeed M. Walewski. M. Pietri has resigned the office of Prefect of Police, on the plea of ill-health. His successor is M. Boittelle, the son of a banker of Cambray, formerly a cavalry officer, educated at the School of St. Cyr with General Espinasse, and one of M. de Per- signy's intimate friends. The Honiteur of Thursday contains a denial of some stafements made last week by the Times. The French Police was "never less inquisito- rial " than it is now. If its zeal has been doubled since the 14th Febru- ary, those only who regret the failure of the attempt then made have a right to complain. The Emperor has " made no change in his daily habits, and drives out daily without an escort." [A letter from one of the refugees in Guernsey shows, however, that the Police are tolerably inquisitorial. A M. Robert, it appears, was em- ployed by Pietri to obtain by threats or bribes from a ledginghouse- keeper in Guernsey information incriminating certain refugees, her lodgers. The woman refused his gold, showed him the door, and placed the letters he had written to her in the hands of the refugees ; one of whom, M. Colin, has made this attempt at espionage public.] The official journal vindicates the conduct of France in requesting "Con- tinental bordering powers to send dangerous refugees from their fron- tiers." France has acted on the principles of international law. We are reminded that Switzerland requested the removal of the Neuchatel Royalists, and Spain of the Coasts. Mr. Disraeli's hustings speech has scandalized the Univers- " Mr. Disraeli remarked.in a recent speech that the Emperor Napoleon is perfectly acquaintedwith the strength and resources of England. But there is something else of which the Emperor is likewise aware, and which the statesmen of England, who calculate too much on our discord and mis- fortunes, are apt to forget. We speak of the national sentiment, of the public and unanimous sentiment, experienced by France on the subject of England. Therein exist far greater resources than those depicted by Mr. Disraeli. If England is prudent, she will not provoke this formidable sen- timent ; she will not incur thb risk of learning what France can effect in the hands of a Bonaparte. Frenchmen do not like England. They have their reasons for this dislike, reasons of which the English may be proud, but which should not be met with too great disdain. Amidst all our discord and divisions there exists a word—perhaps it is the only one—which speaks to all hearts—' Waterloo '—which would excite the same eagerness, the same inexhaustible vigour." The Bieck rebukes the Univers, and asks— "How are we to interpret the language of the Univers ! Is it not repre- hensible to awaken slumbering animosity ? Ought a religious man to ap- peal to passions, or is the moment well chosen to menace an allied nation with the public and unanimous sentiment' ; We attach the greatest value to the English alliance, and should consider its rupture as an evil. But were unforeseen events to lead to a cessation of the good relations be- tween the two countries, we should be seen faithful to our past traditions, and should be found devoted to the cause of. France, without seeking to dis- cover where existed the fault which had led to the rupture." The Moniteur of Saturday contained the following amusing paragraph. " We record with pleasure a fact which proves the honourable feelings with which the English officers who took part with the French in the war in. the Crimea are animated. The Committee of the Army and Navy Club in London, having heard that a caricature at the bottom of which were some. offensive remarks, with a pretended message from the Club, had been sent to some colonels of the French army, has offered a reward of 501. to any one -who will make known the author of it, thus showing how in- dignant the members of the Club feel at so shameful an insult." Had the ordinary course been followed, Orsini and Pierri would have been executed on the morning after the rejection of their appeal by the Court of Caseation. But last Friday followed the Thursday of Mid-Lent, and it was thought unseemly to execute two men in the same suburb
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whe masks and revellers abounded, and where the streets would be filled with crowds returning from festivities prolonged until dawn. So the execution was deferred until Saturday morning. The prisoners had been confined since their trial in the Nouveau Bicetre in the Place de la Roquette. The site of the execution was a space between the Nouveau Bicetre and the prison des Jeunes Detenus. The morning was cold, and the ground wet with dissolving snow. Nevertheless, thousands of persons, coming all-night from all parts, had collected in the narrow and gloomy street, and at the entrances of the adjoining thoroughfares. Some had food, many pipes • a dull quiet reigned over all. The number that got together is estimated at between one hundred and two hundred thousand. About five o'clock, while the as was yet burning, squadrons of light and heavy horse and columns of infantry, preceded by squads of Sergens de Ville, entered the Place de is Roquette, and by a series of movements pressed back the crowd almost out of sight of the scaffold. There were 5000 soldiers under arms, commanded by a General of Brigade. The Times correspondent seems to have been more favoured than his contemporaries. He thus describes the scene within the prison, and on the scaffold- " Precisely at o'clock, Orsini and Pierri were awoke from their sleep by the governor of the prison, who announced that their last hour was come. I am assured that they heard mass and received the communion with respect, if not devotion. When the convicts entered the chambre de la toilette,—a small room containing about thirty persons, officials and po- lice,—they were placed at different extremities of it, with their backs turned to each other. When the executioner was pinioning Pierri, he asked that the fastenings should not be drawn too tight, as he had no intention of escaping. The cold touch of the steel on his neck when the scissors cut off his hair, so as not to interfere with the guillotine, for an instant appeared to thrill through him ; but he recovered himself when ho found that his beard was left untouched. He was admonished by Orsini, who was him- self undergoing the same operation with the same sang froid as if he were under the hands of a valet dressing for a party, with the words, ' Be calm, be calm, my friend.' Pierri's tongue ran on, however. Finally, he turned towards the turnkey and asked to be allowed to embrace him. This request was complied with. The moment of moving now came, and the Abbe Hu- gon cried. out ' Courage !" Oh ! I am not afraid—I am not afraid !' he said, we are going to Calvary !' and in.a sort of feverish excitement he re- peated to himself, Calvary, Calvary!' Orsini was, on the other hand, as calm and tranquil as his fellow convict was excited. He spoke little ; but when the governor of the prison and some of the officers approached him he bade them in a low tone of voice farewell. The turnkey of his cell an- nounced to him, in a tone of regret, that his last moment was come. Orsini thanked him for his sympathy. His hair was also cut away from his neck, but he underwent the operation without flinching. At the moment when the hood was put on his head, his face, which up to that moment was calm and impassable, became flushed for a moment, and his eye lighted up. " The prison-clock struck seven ; before the last sound died away the door leading to the scaffold opened as of itself. Leaning on the Abbe Hu- gon, Pierri mounted fifteen steps of the scaffold, still repeating the verses of the song Mourir pour la patrie.' Orsini was supported by the chaplain of the Coneiergerie, and his calmness never abandoned him for a moment. When he appeared on the platform, it could be seen, from the movement of his body and of his head, though covered with the veil, that he was looking out for the crowd, and probably intended addressing them. But they were too far off. After the sentence of the Court was read by the shiver- ing greffier, Orsini and Pierri embraced their spiritual attendants, and pressed their lips on the crucifix offered to them. They then gave themselves up to the headsman. Pierri was attached to the plank in an in- stant. He was executed first. The moment his veil was raised, and before his head was laid on the block, it is affirmed that he cried Vive Phalle !— lave la Republique ! ' Orsini was then taken in hand. His veil was raised, and his countenance still betrayed no emotion. Before he was fastened to the plank, he turned in the direction of the distant crowd, and, it is said, cried Vive la France ! ' It was but five minutes past seven when the se- cond head fell into the basket. A. cold shudder ran among those whose at- tention was fixed upon what was passing on the scaffold, and for an instant there was deep silence. It passed off, however, very soon. When all was over, men went to their work, and parties who had gone together to the spot from distant quarters of the town hastened home to breakfast. The morning was becoming clearer every moment. The troops began to move as if about to leave the ground. The guillotine was lowered and taken off the crowds gradually thinned ; some few groups still lingered about the spot ; but the cold was bitter, and the snow began to fall, and in a few hours the place was deserted." Carlo di Rudio has been reprieved. The capital sentence has been commuted into that of hard labour for life. It is said that he will be sent to London to give evidence against Bernard. SmitIrrlanir.—Federal Commissioners sent to Geneva have dis- solved a suspected society called the Italian Mutual Benefit Society, and have expelled twelve French and seventeen Italian refugees. Two new Consuls have been appointed by France, but it does not appear that they been en recognized by the SwissGovernment.Dr. Kern is at Paris engaged in arranging differences between the two Governments. Stab!.—The Committee of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies ap- pointed to examine the penal bill brought in by the Government in de- ference to the request of the French Government, has decided, by five to two, to report that it should be rejected. According to explanation, however, it does not follow from this that the Chamber will reject the bill, though the occurrence makes its passage very doubtful. The trial of the prisoners captured at Sapri and of the crew of the Cagliari was resumed on the 2d instant. The evidence continues to show how unfairly the ease has been.got up against the accused, and how in- famously they have been treated, not only in prison, but at the time they were arrested, when thirty-fisamen weremassacred in cold blood. Mr. Lyons, acting on instructions from home, set out from Rome for
Naples on the 9th, to watch over the English engineers. He arrived at Naples on the 13th. A telegraphic despatch from Naples states that a decree signed on the 18th by the King, and officially communicated, allows Watt to return to England immediately.
Sllt{IH.—Intelligence from Bombay to the 24th February has been received by telegraph. From Calcutta there is no direct news, because the Ave, carrying the mail, was totally wrecked off Trincomalee, on the 16th February. The passengers and crew were saved, but the cargo, mails, and baggage, were lost. Hopes were entertained that 253,0001. intended for the Bombay Government would be recovered. From India there are several items of news. Sir Colin Campbell visited the Governor-General at Allahabad on the 8th February, and re- turned to Cawnpore on the 13th. A movement upon Lucknow seems to have been resolved upon. The army was collecting at Cawnpore, and one division had crossed the Ganges. It was supposed that the siege- train from Agra would arrive on the 20th, and that then Sir Colin him- self would cross. His force is estimated at 20,000 men (?) and 100 guns. Sir James Outram had not been again attacked up to the 7th February. Nana Sahib is reported to have quitted Oude, and to have made his way into the Doab, bound for Bundelcund. The Calpee rebels had attacked a post at Bhognepore, and had suffered a repulse. Lieute- nant Thompson, commanding the post, was wounded. Jung Balladeer was to cross the Gogra on the 14th February. In Central India, Sir Hugh Rose intended to move upon Calpee by Jhansi, and General Whitlock had marched from Jubbulpore for Cawn- pore. In Rajpootans, Major Raines was marching upon Kotah, where there was a rebel force of 7000 men.
The Rajah of Siogheera has been hanged at Indore, and the Rajah of Shorapore has been captured at Hyderabad. His troops had been de- feated and his fort taken. The Bhecls had been defeated by Captain Pottinger. The King of Delhi has been found guilty, and adjudged to be banished for life to the Andaman Islands.
�Altth §i8tf5.—The City of Washington arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, with advices from New York to the 4th March.
The Kansas Investigating Committee of the Rollie of Representatives had adopted a report expressing the views of the majority. It sets forth that authority was legally conferred upon the delegates to the Leeompton Constitutional Convention to frame a constitution ; and that absentees from the Convention were debarred from finding fault with the result. And it urges the speedy admission of Kansas into the Union, as the best means of pacifying the country and putting an end to the agitation.
The Louisiana House of Representatives had passed a bill authorizing a company, already organized, to import 2600 free Blacks from the coast of Africa, to be indentured for not less than fifteen years.
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