The French Papers are occupied with the details of some
rioting and duelling between the partisans and editors of the Carlist papers on one side, and those of the Mouvement party on the other. These discreet politicians have been fighting about the virtue of the Dutchess DE BERRI. The Carlists of course maintain her to be immaculate, while the Liberals have been prompt to insinuate that the cause of her late illness proves the reverse. In the first duel, the editor of the Corsaire was wounded by his Carlist antagonist. In the second, which took place last Saturday, the editors of the National and the Revenant were both wounded, the former seriously. The Mouvement party were enraged at this result, and forthwith proceeded to storm the offices of the Carlist journals; from which, however, they were driven back by the Police. On Monday, another duel was fought between a writer in the Quotidienne and a friend of the wounded editor of the National. At first the bullies of the Carlist faction insisted upon having twelve duels—they subsequently were contented with three. The Parisian public, instead of laughing at the blockheads, or hooting them, take a lively interest in their squabbles, and will not suffer them to run each other through the body in peace. The whole of this ridiculous business reminds us of Dr. Mooax's admirable description in Zeluco of the duel between the two serving-men, Buchanan and Duncan Targe, about the virtue of Mary Queen of Scots ; which, we suppose, is about as problematical as that of the Eery little Bourbon Dutchess, and not more so. The Police at length interfered, and arrested almost all the champions of the Dutchess, and some of the Opposite party.
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