1845-10-22 · Journal des Débats

XCIV. L'aveu

XCIV. The Confession

Marshal Soult's rumoured resignation, the Spanish navy's collapse since 1765, and the Rouen meteor disaster dominate this issue.

Spain's once-mighty navy of 178 warships in 1765 has shrunk to just 3 battleships by 1845, two of which at Ferrol would require over 2 million francs simply to make seaworthy.
Commander Fournier ended insurrections at Gabon's Glass village — where locals had repeatedly torn down the French flag to raise American and English ones — by blockading the coast and seizing local chiefs, allegedly incited by US Methodist missionaries.

King Louis-Philippe made an unannounced visit to the Duc d'Aumale's château at Chantilly, reviewed the National Guard on foot, dined with thirty guests, and left 500 francs for the town's poor.

Vienna's chancellor de Borr and his wife were arrested for circulating forged 100-florin banknotes; the bank had already paid out 6,000–8,000 florins' worth before the scheme was discovered.
A tinsmith named Caillaud was acquitted after entering a wine merchant's shop with two loaded pistols — one cocked but missing its cap — intent on shooting the man he suspected of seducing his wife; the Advocate-General himself admitted the charge of attempted murder was insufficiently proved.

Naval ensign Bourgois's systematic experiments with a single rowing-boat and interchangeable screw designs led the Académie des Sciences to predict that paddle-wheels will soon be wholly abandoned in steam navigation, with M. Poncelet urging the Minister of Marine to give Bourgois a large vessel to prove it.
Alexander Bain demonstrated before the Académie des Sciences an electrical clock system capable of keeping every dial in a city synchronised from one master clock, potentially powered indefinitely by buried zinc and copper plates.

M. Bordas Demoulin, author of the Histoire du Cartésianisme, has published Mélanges philosophiques et religieux at Ladrange, reviving his earlier sensation-making Éloge de Pascal and Discours sur Voltaire in a volume aimed at founding a broad philosophical reform.

XCIV. The Confession

Marshal Soult's rumoured resignation, the Spanish navy's collapse since 1765, and the Rouen meteor disaster dominate this issue.

Spain's once-mighty navy of 178 warships in 1765 has shrunk to just 3 battleships by 1845, two of which at Ferrol would require over 2 million francs simply to make seaworthy.
Commander Fournier ended insurrections at Gabon's Glass village — where locals had repeatedly torn down the French flag to raise American and English ones — by blockading the coast and seizing local chiefs, allegedly incited by US Methodist missionaries.

King Louis-Philippe made an unannounced visit to the Duc d'Aumale's château at Chantilly, reviewed the National Guard on foot, dined with thirty guests, and left 500 francs for the town's poor.

Vienna's chancellor de Borr and his wife were arrested for circulating forged 100-florin banknotes; the bank had already paid out 6,000–8,000 florins' worth before the scheme was discovered.
A tinsmith named Caillaud was acquitted after entering a wine merchant's shop with two loaded pistols — one cocked but missing its cap — intent on shooting the man he suspected of seducing his wife; the Advocate-General himself admitted the charge of attempted murder was insufficiently proved.

Naval ensign Bourgois's systematic experiments with a single rowing-boat and interchangeable screw designs led the Académie des Sciences to predict that paddle-wheels will soon be wholly abandoned in steam navigation, with M. Poncelet urging the Minister of Marine to give Bourgois a large vessel to prove it.
Alexander Bain demonstrated before the Académie des Sciences an electrical clock system capable of keeping every dial in a city synchronised from one master clock, potentially powered indefinitely by buried zinc and copper plates.

M. Bordas Demoulin, author of the Histoire du Cartésianisme, has published Mélanges philosophiques et religieux at Ladrange, reviving his earlier sensation-making Éloge de Pascal and Discours sur Voltaire in a volume aimed at founding a broad philosophical reform.