1844-09-26 · Journal des Débats

XVII. La chambre de l'abbé

XVII. The Abbé's Cell

The 1844 U.S. presidential race between Clay and Polk, the Morocco peace settlement, and a prisoner's sabre murder dominate this issue.

At rallies backing Democrat James K. Polk, processions six miles long were reported, while Henry Clay's Whig supporters staked wagers on their man winning the presidency.
The English journal The Spectator praised France's moderation after Isly and Mogador, noting that both the National and the Morning Chronicle were furious at being 'deprived of a war.'
Russia decreed that any new synagogue or Jewish school built in a street containing an Orthodox church must stand at least 600 feet away; Poland simultaneously added a Messiah clause to Jewish soldiers' oaths.

Prisoner Joseph-René-Napoléon Raymond, already serving ten years for theft at Embrun, freed himself from the 'piton' wall-shackle, seized a forgotten sabre, and ran a warder through — then cheerfully thanked the jury when sentenced to hard labour in perpetuity.
A Haitian-born fortune-teller named Sophie-Télémaque Geonroy charged a 17-year-old servant girl 16 francs for prayers and card-readings promising to identify her thief; a Paris court fined her under the article criminalising the trade of divination.

Of the ten students competing for the Grand Prix de Peinture on the subject of Cincinnatus, the critic singled out Bénouville and Duveau as likeliest prize-winners, while gently advising Cabanel — alone among the ten — for attempting authentic Roman physiognomies.

The third volume of Le Plutarque appeared at the Paulin bookshop, with an illustrated edition by caricaturist Gavarni announced imminently.

A revival of Les Enfants de Troupe at the Théâtre des Variétés drew praise for Hoffmann's drum-major and confirmed the comedy's power to restore the theatre's flagging fortunes.

XVII. The Abbé's Cell

The 1844 U.S. presidential race between Clay and Polk, the Morocco peace settlement, and a prisoner's sabre murder dominate this issue.

At rallies backing Democrat James K. Polk, processions six miles long were reported, while Henry Clay's Whig supporters staked wagers on their man winning the presidency.
The English journal The Spectator praised France's moderation after Isly and Mogador, noting that both the National and the Morning Chronicle were furious at being 'deprived of a war.'
Russia decreed that any new synagogue or Jewish school built in a street containing an Orthodox church must stand at least 600 feet away; Poland simultaneously added a Messiah clause to Jewish soldiers' oaths.

Prisoner Joseph-René-Napoléon Raymond, already serving ten years for theft at Embrun, freed himself from the 'piton' wall-shackle, seized a forgotten sabre, and ran a warder through — then cheerfully thanked the jury when sentenced to hard labour in perpetuity.
A Haitian-born fortune-teller named Sophie-Télémaque Geonroy charged a 17-year-old servant girl 16 francs for prayers and card-readings promising to identify her thief; a Paris court fined her under the article criminalising the trade of divination.

Of the ten students competing for the Grand Prix de Peinture on the subject of Cincinnatus, the critic singled out Bénouville and Duveau as likeliest prize-winners, while gently advising Cabanel — alone among the ten — for attempting authentic Roman physiognomies.

The third volume of Le Plutarque appeared at the Paulin bookshop, with an illustrated edition by caricaturist Gavarni announced imminently.

A revival of Les Enfants de Troupe at the Théâtre des Variétés drew praise for Hoffmann's drum-major and confirmed the comedy's power to restore the theatre's flagging fortunes.