1845-08-24 · Journal des Débats

LXXII. Madame de Saint-Méran

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Madrid protests against a new taxation system, a Bordeaux warehouse fire causes 5 million francs in losses, and a carpenters' strike trial continues in Paris.

In Madrid, cavalry charges and musket fire dispersed crowds after all shops closed in protest against Finance Minister Mon's new uniform tax system; two people were killed and officers wounded.
Ibrahim Pasha, son of Egypt's Viceroy Muhammad Ali, is to winter in Tuscany under the care of the celebrated Montpellier surgeon Dr. Lallemand, then visit France, Paris, and London before returning to Egypt.

A fire in Bordeaux's Chartrons district destroyed wine warehouses containing thousands of casks; a collapsing wall crushed a commanding officer, an adjutant-major, a lieutenant, and three firemen, with total losses estimated at 5 million francs.
Two smugglers named Agniel and Goullé were convicted after customs officers discovered a tunnel beneath the Paris city barrier, barely 65–90 centimetres high, operated by two children aged about twelve to bring oil into the city duty-free.
Celebrated advocate Berryer defended striking Parisian carpenters seeking an increase of 10 centimes per hour, arguing that over 230 of roughly 300 master contractors had already accepted the workers' 5-franc daily wage demand.

Racine's Phèdre, in Schiller's German translation, was staged at Berlin's Royal Theatre for the first time in 28 years, with entirely new scenery, Mozart and Beethoven performed between acts, and two of Germany's most celebrated actresses in the lead roles.

A precisely documented hurricane near Monville, Normandy, cut every tree at the same height across a corridor only eight to ten metres wide for roughly one kilometre, stripped wheat ears cleanly from stalks, and destroyed multiple spinning-mills in under a minute.

The municipality of Aurillac voted to erect a statue to Gerbert d'Aurillac — later Pope Sylvester II — claiming the tenth-century scholar had, in his Latin treatise, anticipated the motive force of steam nine hundred years before its practical use.

LXXII. Madame de Saint-Méran

Madrid protests against a new taxation system, a Bordeaux warehouse fire causes 5 million francs in losses, and a carpenters' strike trial continues in Paris.

In Madrid, cavalry charges and musket fire dispersed crowds after all shops closed in protest against Finance Minister Mon's new uniform tax system; two people were killed and officers wounded.
Ibrahim Pasha, son of Egypt's Viceroy Muhammad Ali, is to winter in Tuscany under the care of the celebrated Montpellier surgeon Dr. Lallemand, then visit France, Paris, and London before returning to Egypt.

A fire in Bordeaux's Chartrons district destroyed wine warehouses containing thousands of casks; a collapsing wall crushed a commanding officer, an adjutant-major, a lieutenant, and three firemen, with total losses estimated at 5 million francs.
Two smugglers named Agniel and Goullé were convicted after customs officers discovered a tunnel beneath the Paris city barrier, barely 65–90 centimetres high, operated by two children aged about twelve to bring oil into the city duty-free.
Celebrated advocate Berryer defended striking Parisian carpenters seeking an increase of 10 centimes per hour, arguing that over 230 of roughly 300 master contractors had already accepted the workers' 5-franc daily wage demand.

Racine's Phèdre, in Schiller's German translation, was staged at Berlin's Royal Theatre for the first time in 28 years, with entirely new scenery, Mozart and Beethoven performed between acts, and two of Germany's most celebrated actresses in the lead roles.

A precisely documented hurricane near Monville, Normandy, cut every tree at the same height across a corridor only eight to ten metres wide for roughly one kilometre, stripped wheat ears cleanly from stalks, and destroyed multiple spinning-mills in under a minute.

The municipality of Aurillac voted to erect a statue to Gerbert d'Aurillac — later Pope Sylvester II — claiming the tenth-century scholar had, in his Latin treatise, anticipated the motive force of steam nine hundred years before its practical use.