1845-11-12 · Journal des Débats

CII. Valentine

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France's ultimatum to the Ottoman Porte over Syria, Marshal Bugeaud's Algeria campaign, and Marshal Soult's resignation as War Minister dominate this issue.

French ambassador Baron de Bourqueney issued an ultimatum to the Porte after Ottoman commissioner Chékib-Effendi acquitted and paraded in triumph Sheikh Hamond, accused of murdering a French missionary and sacking two convents in Lebanon.
Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, stepped down as Minister of War on health grounds, retaining the presidency of the Council of Ministers; Lieutenant-General Moline de Saint-Yon was appointed in his place and immediately raised to the Peerage.
General Jussuf's light column, after a march of sixteen leagues in fifteen hours, fell upon the rebel encampments of the Ouled-Krelif and Beni-Meida near Tiaret, killing approximately 300 and capturing 10,000 sheep, 1,000 cattle, and 150 camels.
In Genoa, Tsar Nicholas I snubbed the Carlist pretender Don Carlos at the Sardinian court: the Emperor went to bed rather than receive him, and pointedly bestowed decorations on every royal prince present while passing over Don Carlos's sons.

A released convict named Doléance confessed to beating pedlar Claude Thevenet unconscious with a stone near Moulins, then dragging him under a bridge and stabbing him repeatedly with a two-inch knife to steal the small fortune Thevenet habitually boasted of carrying on his person.
Thief Rioustel's arrest unravelled a network of receivers: a jeweller-woman, a furniture dealer named V. (who accepted stolen watches for 100 francs and a dozen bottles of kirsch), and a convict-linked fence named F. were all taken into custody.

Jenny Lind arrived in Berlin and was set to make her reappearance at the Royal Grand Opéra on 9 November, singing the title role in Bellini's Norma.

A Science column argues that Napoleon's Civil Code contains only six incomplete, incoherent articles on water use, and that Sardinia's 1838 Civil Code — which compels landowners to grant passage for irrigation canals with full compensation — has visibly enriched Piedmont in just six years.

CII. Valentine

France's ultimatum to the Ottoman Porte over Syria, Marshal Bugeaud's Algeria campaign, and Marshal Soult's resignation as War Minister dominate this issue.

French ambassador Baron de Bourqueney issued an ultimatum to the Porte after Ottoman commissioner Chékib-Effendi acquitted and paraded in triumph Sheikh Hamond, accused of murdering a French missionary and sacking two convents in Lebanon.
Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, stepped down as Minister of War on health grounds, retaining the presidency of the Council of Ministers; Lieutenant-General Moline de Saint-Yon was appointed in his place and immediately raised to the Peerage.
General Jussuf's light column, after a march of sixteen leagues in fifteen hours, fell upon the rebel encampments of the Ouled-Krelif and Beni-Meida near Tiaret, killing approximately 300 and capturing 10,000 sheep, 1,000 cattle, and 150 camels.
In Genoa, Tsar Nicholas I snubbed the Carlist pretender Don Carlos at the Sardinian court: the Emperor went to bed rather than receive him, and pointedly bestowed decorations on every royal prince present while passing over Don Carlos's sons.

A released convict named Doléance confessed to beating pedlar Claude Thevenet unconscious with a stone near Moulins, then dragging him under a bridge and stabbing him repeatedly with a two-inch knife to steal the small fortune Thevenet habitually boasted of carrying on his person.
Thief Rioustel's arrest unravelled a network of receivers: a jeweller-woman, a furniture dealer named V. (who accepted stolen watches for 100 francs and a dozen bottles of kirsch), and a convict-linked fence named F. were all taken into custody.

Jenny Lind arrived in Berlin and was set to make her reappearance at the Royal Grand Opéra on 9 November, singing the title role in Bellini's Norma.

A Science column argues that Napoleon's Civil Code contains only six incomplete, incoherent articles on water use, and that Sardinia's 1838 Civil Code — which compels landowners to grant passage for irrigation canals with full compensation — has visibly enriched Piedmont in just six years.