1844-10-04 · Journal des Débats

XXII. Les contrebandiers · XXIII. L'île de Monte-Cristo

XXII. The Smugglers (cont.) · XXIII. The Island of Monte Cristo

The École Polytechnique curriculum debate, the Spain-Morocco treaty, and a fatal Durham coal mine explosion dominate this issue.

An explosion at the Haswell colliery in County Durham killed 95 of the 99 men working in the smaller shaft; 50–60 hearses carried the dead to burial, with some families losing three or four members at once.
Antoine Pont, convicted of poisoning his wife and shooting his servant-mistress, lost his appeal before the Cour de cassation; all three grounds of nullity argued by his counsel were rejected after brief deliberation.

The Spanish plenipotentiary landed at Tangier on 17 September, escorted by British warships Vesuvius and Scout, to begin negotiations restoring peace with Morocco and fixing the frontier at Ceuta.
The Journal des Débats marshals historical evidence — including figures showing Monge's original curriculum allotted only 8% of study time to mathematical analysis, versus 34–36% today — to rebut Le National's charge that reforming the École Polytechnique amounts to Vandalism.
Osman Pasha, Ottoman governor of Arabia, has stirred up coastal tribes against the Sublime Porte near the holy cities; King Ubié of Tigré meanwhile eyes the port of Massawa, which Turkish forces are too weak to defend.

A 32-watercolour album commemorating Queen Victoria's 1843 visit to the Château d'Eu — 80 cm by 60 cm, bound in carmine morocco — is nearly complete for Louis-Philippe to present to the Queen at Windsor.
Berlin's King invited the Chief Rabbi Dr. Oettinger to a royal dinner alongside senior Christian clergy — reportedly the first time a rabbi had dined with the Prussian monarch in his clerical capacity.

Editor Monmerqué publishes for the first time an autograph note written in Italian by Madame de Sévigné to the marquise d'Uxelles, dated around May 1655 — believed to be the only Italian composition by her known to exist.

XXII. The Smugglers (cont.) · XXIII. The Island of Monte Cristo

The École Polytechnique curriculum debate, the Spain-Morocco treaty, and a fatal Durham coal mine explosion dominate this issue.

An explosion at the Haswell colliery in County Durham killed 95 of the 99 men working in the smaller shaft; 50–60 hearses carried the dead to burial, with some families losing three or four members at once.
Antoine Pont, convicted of poisoning his wife and shooting his servant-mistress, lost his appeal before the Cour de cassation; all three grounds of nullity argued by his counsel were rejected after brief deliberation.

The Spanish plenipotentiary landed at Tangier on 17 September, escorted by British warships Vesuvius and Scout, to begin negotiations restoring peace with Morocco and fixing the frontier at Ceuta.
The Journal des Débats marshals historical evidence — including figures showing Monge's original curriculum allotted only 8% of study time to mathematical analysis, versus 34–36% today — to rebut Le National's charge that reforming the École Polytechnique amounts to Vandalism.
Osman Pasha, Ottoman governor of Arabia, has stirred up coastal tribes against the Sublime Porte near the holy cities; King Ubié of Tigré meanwhile eyes the port of Massawa, which Turkish forces are too weak to defend.

A 32-watercolour album commemorating Queen Victoria's 1843 visit to the Château d'Eu — 80 cm by 60 cm, bound in carmine morocco — is nearly complete for Louis-Philippe to present to the Queen at Windsor.
Berlin's King invited the Chief Rabbi Dr. Oettinger to a royal dinner alongside senior Christian clergy — reportedly the first time a rabbi had dined with the Prussian monarch in his clerical capacity.

Editor Monmerqué publishes for the first time an autograph note written in Italian by Madame de Sévigné to the marquise d'Uxelles, dated around May 1655 — believed to be the only Italian composition by her known to exist.