XCI. La mère et le fils
XCI. Mother and Son
Marshal Bugeaud's leaked letter on Algeria, a Paris attempted-murder trial, and a French explorer's Red Sea journey dominate this issue.
- Dispensary-boy François Sicre was sentenced to perpetual penal servitude after twice trying to shoot bookseller Germer-Baillière and his wife — both pistols misfired.
- A gang of eight confidence tricksters who ran the vol à l'Américaine scheme across Paris were convicted, with ringleader André Prévost — six prior convictions — receiving five years' imprisonment and a 3,000-franc fine.
- Marshal Bugeaud publicly denied that his confidential letter to the prefect of the Dordogne — leaked by an unnamed indiscreet party — accurately represented his views on the Algerian disaster at Djemaa-Ghazaouet.
- The Ottoman Sultan issued a firman authorising construction of the first Protestant church in Jerusalem, within the grounds of the British consulate.
- Berlin's Prussian High Court of Censorship banned Louis Blanc's Histoire de Dix Ans and two other French works from import or transit through Prussia in any language.
- Explorer Charles Rochet d'Héricourt recounts how the Sherif of Mocha extorted a French double-barrelled gun from him, while a Turkish pasha at Jeddah threatened to tax royal gifts meant for the King of Shoa.
- At Hodeidah, a Persian pilgrim nearly beaten to death by a mob was accused of starting a fire that destroyed 140 homes — by casting the evil eye on houses.
- Actress Mademoiselle Déjazet is to give her farewell benefit at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal with a seven-item programme including songs, comedy, and a rare revival performed on that night only.