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putting down a Republic in a neighhouring country at 51°
point of the bayonet—a Republic, born of the Parisian bar
ricades, t60,~i8 8 monstrous outrage upon decency and com
mon-sense. There is a certain retribution for these sins
against the moral laws. They verry in them the seeds of
their own punishment. When the French army is in i
tion of Rome, then will begin tie difficulty of the sitmation.
When the session was over, Cobden with indefatigable
zeal pushed his propagandisia in new fields. Though not
member, he accompanied his friends of the Pesce Society
to the Peace Congress, which was this year held in Paria
“ Paris, Aug. 19. (To Mrs. Ucbden.)—I have had my usual
fate in passing the channel. Scarcely were wo clear of the
arbour at Newhaven, when I was laid on my beam-ends, and
for six hours I never moved hand or fot. It was rather cold,
and rained a little, so thai I was obliged to be covered over
with a conple of connterpanes, aud there I lay like a pnuminy
kill unrolled in the harbour of Dieppe, at about half-past six
o'clock. It makes my flesh creep to think of it. I tried to
get a bed at the hotel where we stopped, but ii was full,
rnd I was therefore obliged to pus up with the discomfort
and bad odours of & sccond-rate place. The following
morning at half-past eleven I started for Paris by railroad;
which goes through Rouen and slong the valley of tB9
Seine, and is decidedly the most picturesque scene of all the
railroads I have traversed. We reached Paris ab half-past
four, and I am very comfortably installed at this hotel along
with the Peace Cormmittes. There is every prospect of &
large attendance at the Congress, but we shall not shine 80
brightly as I could wish in French names. Our friends
had calculated upon the attraction of Lamartine’s name
but they are disappointed. From all sccounis he appears
to be prostrated in mind, body, and estate. We have
choren Victor Hugo for chairman, Ie stands well somali