NEWS OF THE WEEK. .
IT' seems that at length the Government of Louts PHILIP is determined to proceed, or to appear to proceed, with vigour against the little Italian intriguante who has contrived for some months to-hold the district of La Vendee in a state of agitation; but, as is commonly the case in such proceedings, the measures of the Citizen King seem not a little calculated to injure freedom, on the stale pretence, that for the purpose of vindicating the rights of the people, it is necessary to merge them in the rights of the Government. The first formal act in consequence of this reso- lution to chase the Dutchess of -BERRI out of France, or to arrest her in it, has been to order her to be tried in default, or par contamace, as it is called. This order has called forth a very he- roic epistle from a certain M. PARIGOT, President of the Royal Court of Poitiers,in which he resigns office rather than be a party to so atrocious a proceeding as trying a Princess. :A Councillor ROGUES, of the same court, has also resigned, although he was within six months of his pension, rather resigned, concur in so monstrous an inversion of the order of things as doingjusticeupon one who bears the name of Royal. The Quotidienne is most sen- timental upon the decree of the Chamber of Accusation; for, despite of MM. PARIGOT and ROGUES, the decree has passed. It says-
" Thus the unfortunate decree of the Chamber of Accusation has been carried by a majority of three to iwo! Three voices have, therefore, condemned to -a trial before the Court of Assizes, the illustrious widow of the Duke de Berri, the mother of Henri Dietulonne,' the daughter and the sister of the King of Naples, the cousin of Louis Philippe, the .niece of the Queen of the French,-she who came, in peril of her life, to place herSelf between the armies of France and united Europe ! This is the- first time since the trial of hlarie Antoinette, in 1793, and that of Madame Elizabeth, in 1794, that a Princess of the Royal blood has been brought up for judgment."
One would have thought that the cases of MARIE ANTOINETTE :and the Princess ELIZABETH might have taught the Royal Blood -a little common sense.
Two nunneries of Nantes were searched on the 12th instant, for .concealed Carlists ; and in one of them were found secreted four well-known partisans of the exiled King—one of them a rector,noto- rious for having killed and wounded several National Guards. There were two priests also found in the convent, but they were privi- leged visitors.
The correspondent of the Globe speaks of a traitorous cor- respondence between M. DE SE nONVILLE's the Grand Referendary, and the Exiled Family, as recently discovered, and the flight of X DE SEMONVILLE to Naples in consequence. Of the flight there is no doubt; but it is strange that a discovery of such matters should-be made, seeing that they are carried on from day to day with publicity and confience. AM. PALMIERI DE Miccicni, an Italian refugee, was tried on Saturday, for a gross libel on the King : it was contained in a. boOk called the New Garagantaa. The refugee was sentenced to a fine of 500 francs, and six months' " imprisonment. He said the libel bad reference to the late King of Naples, not to Louis PHILIP. Such a defence deserved a heavier punishment. -The Duke of Brunswick—the exiled Duke—between. whom and the Police authorities there has been a dispute for some weeks past, was on Tuesday very politely put into a coach for the pur- pose of being passed over the Swiss frontier. A gendarme ac- companies 'him. • The correspondent of the Morning Herald 4-speaks of the Prince par excellence under the tender name of the unhappy young man." The unhappy young man is very generally known as one of the most unprincipled scoundrels in Europe. The 'Parisian Board of Health have furnished a second state- ment in reply to the. exaggerated accounts of the ravages of the I cholera. nstead.of 30;000, 50,000, and according to one account, 70,000, the 'guard declares, that from the nicest inspection of the
Hospital-books, the records of burials, and every- other authentic document, it does not appear that the deaths in Paris between the 26th March and 31st August much exceeded 18,000.
The Constitationnel speaks of another expedition, in order to insure the permanent possession of Algiers and Bona, and for the subjugation of Constantine. The districts of Bona and Constan- tine are described as much better adapted for settlers than Algiers.
