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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 299, 18 August 1875, Page 2

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(from oub own correspondent.) 10 2 -Zl. Thebe is nothing very sincere on < either side, in thu resumed debate on superior education. The Clerical and partiesfalike dppiand the liberty to teach, provided the* conicofistoH bei Uistl gmntedite.thp otfie?,,;r the former is rich and prepared at once to found additional universities, in such a position. It is not altogether a queWfoif betweeni" Voltaire and the Syllabus; it is the demand of the ilbAtehf in' bdupatioin, ; and tuhoug. .thei extrpme liberals for less control. Moderate men know I that jsu«itipa in France aaiundefcjthiiiflnenCfi, jbut.not undeii the direction of the church ; the State degrees; apd tbejninisters of ’ education arfe Catholics Sat not clerical. FrtititO does not object to the foundation of bona but does not |ike giye the of conferring degrees ; at the same "time a similar disinclination exists to allow -wild theories to beinculcaied as useftil knowledge. the Bonapartists tiy to draw attention to their .griefs; they are little feared'and lesß minded. Occasionally they come in for a kick ; the “due 'Tastier, Assembly; fer-exaniplej-in pronbunetng some words on the regretted death of the estiniable Remusat, said, “ the Umpire,.honored hipi, in exiling him.” -This-explains why the Imperialists , abstained the f uneral; as a rule they do not attend the burial's of the victims of the coup d'etat. The trial respecting the ownership of the journal i le Palys, will give rise to some curious “revelations, that especially of Napoleon 111 patting Emile Ollivier’s liberal reforms, while 'subsidizing a leading newspaper to overthrow them. A curious incident has occurred in the Seine; a gentlemah was bathing, and performing some exploits to astonish the datives, when a passing Newfoundland dog believed him to be drowning, swam to hiin,. and despite the swimmer’s resistance to be left alone,he.had to submit, and was landed by the faithful animal, that will thus become entitled to an “honorable mention ” from the Humane Society. The death T>f Counte de Remusat, at the age of 73, was not an unexpected event. Politically, his decease becomes important in so far as it tnay affect his bosom and life-long frieud—M. Thiers. These two gentlemen were like Juno’s Swans, “ coupled and inseparable,” “I will never do anything without Remusat,” Said Thiers ; “ I will never det contrary to the wishes of Thiers,” said Remusat. Thus Saul and Jonathan were lovely in their lives. He was a lawyer, and' voluminous writer, on voluminous subjects, and bis works on “ Bacon’s Philosophy,” and “ England during the Seventeenth Century,” are the most solid of his sreductions.5 reductions. In politics he might be escribed as a Whig, aud a doctrinaire, which meant, a : timid, well-meaning man, with crochets instead of principles. He was an elegant writer, and was ever chosen by his party to draught manifestations, which subsequently wer,e so filed and polished, that none of the original work could be detected. In David’s great picture of the cornation of Napoleon I, both his parents figure therein, and though Remusat’s father held high office under the first Empire, he himself protested against the coup d'etat and. was imprisoned for bis pains. He was a gentleman, with the manners of the olden time united, to the ideas of the new. The running for the “ Grand Prix ” on Sunday last, “ will ne’er be forgot,” like Billy O’Rourkes feast by those who were, there and those who were not. There was no mistake the best horse—Salvator, won. From the outset, nothing was expected from the English horses, and but little

money was placed on them ; they did not even struggle for a place, which is unfortunate at the moment, when John Bull has resolved to hold up bis head on the continent. England will be fully justified, however, in not putting on sackcloth and ashes as a consequence of the event. One of her sons—Wheeler, a lad in his teens, rode the. victor ; she herself has thus nursed the fatal arrow. The owner of Salvator is M. Lupin, whose Glaneur iu 1869, won also- -the - Grand. -Prix, agaiust the English favorite, Drummond. It is ihis, second famous victory, and Salvator has won for his owner no less than 180,OOOfr. within the last fortnight. He will contest the St. Leger and Doncaster against Galopin, aud thoqe yvho have made good books Can offord to purchase an old slipper aqd thri?w it ; after .hitp. The struggle for the International Prix • just ended gives seven innings to the French, and five to the English, so that not only 'Waterloo'is avenged, but Fontenoy also. The most interesting part of the ceremony is ever the . crowd, and never, even ,in exhibition year 1867, when the’stand had so many crowned heads and big wigs, was such an assembly of people' tb be Witnessed.' ’ The course itself was as crowded as the Grand Stand,and the latter was l aken by assault by the ladies, each of whom .had a toilette representing a fortune. Such luxury, such wealth; aud to thinL we are a cofiqured ’nation -arid in Republic. Except the Germans no one believes we are beaten, hence, their anxiety to ■ooffie back ani gite Ms the coup de grace, but England and Russia forbid.. ' ilrcifri..-F: --,'l rm- 'I- - I ’ I'Hi

Amohgst otheh Symptoms of progress; a tubefpbst is to be laid 'down between Paris and Versailles, so that, the evening journals will- no longer hate to depend on pigeons for special despatches. A story is jcWtent pj a Senator of the exlEmpire, who is at present the tenant of one of - the - handsomest apartments in’ Paris and' -also the' cheapest; the rent demanded was excessive-;- the- Senator consented, stating the salary of his office was bis chiqf -Boprce, of revepue,, only in ‘care thp Empire came to grief, his rent shjould be reduced by two-thirds. The landlord believing be; had, «in affair; with a harmless lunatic, consented aild now fearnSito hiS eostpthat those lapgh best who laugh last, The’’ tenant has sublet the ApaMfaaferit’ 'for exactly double what he has to payifor the next 15 years. The Tribunal of the Seine has just disposed of a revolting case. A man has been accused of violating the dead wjfe of his intimate friend. The -ineidents are too horrible to relate, Salve, that left alone in the mortuary chamber, the inhuman wretch perpetrated his imfamous deed. The Code never anticipated such a crime, so that the judges had to construct the outrage as. looming within a violation of the sepulchre ; they concluded that tqe Woman laidlopt iti h’ergravq clothes, with a cross on her breast, and candles burning by her bed side was the same as if she were in her coffin ; So coiL demiied the prisoner to six months imprisonment and 10 francs fine all the Code inflicts as punishment. ! A bathing establishment advertises that it keeps costumes for its military clients, whereon rank is duly set forth, and easily recognisable while bathing. The Luxembourg garden is "Famous for its venerable orange and pomegranate trees; some of the former are 182 years of age, and the others nearly as old ; they bear a great deal of flowers, but not much fruit.

There are three men lying under sentence of death, and who may be guillotined any morning, Friday excepted. One of the condemned has succeeded in training a mouse, that comes when called, and that will eat out of his hand. He requests to be allowed to have the pet buried with him.