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Our Parise Correspondence. deceived ye Se fiends ond bie ie Panis, December 12, 1860. | tresses—cheated them,—and Poice—The Sabbath—Urary—Money Jor the | Seeod Onines whete the: myatenee ef the Hd Prendent—Chartty—Persigny— Troops om Pa- | nous goddess are celebrated, Azael us condemned rade—The Republican Plot— Orleans Plot—Spain | to be thrown i to the Nile, and thes seasence fe —Predmont—Twscany—Humgarian Refugees— py geants ever invented and exhibited 5 Cholera, $e, He-5 He where. You must imagine the i of Our politics are dull, and so much the better, if such a state of things could last. But, with a peo- ple like the French, with our excitements and dis- position to change, nothing can be said of the actual permanency of the mode of government. The session of the Legislative Assembly has been very quiet, and nothing of much interest has taken place, with the exception of M. de Monta- Jembert’s proposal to vote a law by which the Sab- bath-day shall be observed by the whole nation, under penalties of differeat kinds. The report of the honorable representative was written with great talent; and, taking the example of the repub- lic of the United Statee, where the seventh "day is given to the Lord, he observed, with much reason, that the proposed law, instead of being in opposi- tion to democratic government, was, on the con- trary, in favor ofit. He said alse:—* If the Social- ist reformers are claiming, ia their speeches and writings, the right to labor, | come to this tribune to claim for the people the right to repose.” This Teport was listened to with the utmost attention, | and was often interrupted by deafening applause. | The Montegnards were, of course, very angry. A Voltairian smile was on the lips of each of these men. One exclaimed, at the end of the speech, “ Amen!” and another requested the president of the house, to send the report to the “ lunatic asy- lum.” The majority kept a most dignified atti- tude. This important question will Be resumed, imagine immense stage the Grand Opera House open to the back wall, and terminated by an immense geairoaes, 00 Se ate] which are lying, intoxicated, a , es in the most = style, shining with gold, glittering with ilver, and bright with erim- D. je, and azure. ? *orre fourth act represents the wide desert, with ite caravans. The unfortunate “Enfant Prodi- .e” igseenin the humble positien of a camel Siver. Beaten by his master, exhausted by thi and hunger, he ;falls on the ground, die, when suddenly an angel and shows him, in a dream, the road which leads to his father’s house. ‘The rebellious son arises, and walks in that direction. as ‘The last act represents the return of the prodigal eon, and the opera ends with an apotheosis, in which the hty is seen receiving at his feet the angels carrying to him the pardon of their pro- tege. This last tableau is really sublime to the minds of many Frenchmen. = Messieurs Deeplechin, Sechan, Cambon, and Thierry, who have related the scenes, have done wonders, and their talent has added much attrac- tion to the great work of M. Auber. The music belon, oe ee best style of the famed composer, and the melodies contained in the partition are charming, and stamped with elegance and dis- tinction. The music of the ballet is, indeed, be- witching. Z M. Massol, who performed the rove of the father, and M. Roger, who played the part of the Enfant Prodigue, Azael, were received with the highest marks of approbation. Madame Laborde, in the tof Nephte, displayed her best vocalization. Mesdames ameron and Plunkett, the charming dancer, won their part of the laurels The sight of the house, om Friday last, was after a short period, and it is to be hoped that a favorable solution wil! be the result of the general demand. Another proposal was made by M. de Saint | Priest, relanve to a law against usury. It was | presented to the Assembly, but nothing, as yet, has etn decided. Iu political circles, it is said that | another demand is to be made, in a short time, for a new allocation, of several millions of francs, to the President, Louis Nepolean. | am told that his ministers are rather afroid to try the attack on the patioval chest, and that they will only do it when pressed by the force of circumstances. But this will soon happen, for the purse of the Elysee is emply Louis Napoleon, on the anniversary of the 10th December, sent to the thirteenth ward of Paris asum of 1.000 francs, to be distributed by the meyor of the city among the poor. Such a cha- rity is far trom being blamable; but you know well thal under our republican government the Minister of State, the Governor of the State, mayor, and common council, are the only persons authorized to give to the poor, whilst Mr. Fillmore has no power to do it, except with his own money. Why does net Louis Napoleon be a republican president, insteed of daily endeavoring to be a prince in a Teyublic ? M de Persigny, the bosom friend of the Presi- dent, 18 on the eve of being sent again on a mis- sion It ig said that the diplomatist resists the offer made to him; bat, if the position requires it, he will go. Germany will the place of his mission A great excitement arose in Paris, a few days ago, on account of the display of troops,which were ordered out by General Chaagaraier. The orders Were so secret that the alarm was general. “* What is the matter? What is the cause of all this?” Such were the questiops all over Paris, and the public mind was only relieved when a communication appeared inthe French papers, stating that the troops were engaged in their autumnal exercises. he republican plot, in the southern parts of Freee, has taken a character which is more fear- ful than it was previously thought. It is now cer- tain that the departments of the south are the focus of an ac\ive propaganda, and that the rouges bad prepared there a movement of insurrection. No doubt a majority of the honest people are adverse to such @ hostile demonstration against the government ; but it is true that the hopes of the demagogues are struggling against all defeats. I 4m told that some other ramifications to the plot discovered at Lyons, have been discovered in the | deputment of War. A large number of persons have been arrested and sent to the prison of Fort Lama'que, near Toulon. Apropos of plots. You remember well that I Wrote, that on the 2d of November iast, the Orlean- ist party had plotted to overthrow the President and the constitution, and to replace the Count of Peris on the throne of France. The fact has been corfiimed. [tis mow certain, that on the said day | the Duchess of Orleans was at Versailles with her sep, aod her brother-in-law, the Dake de Mont- aes, they were concealed in the house of Mr. +ypreu, formerly architect of King Louis Philippe. This was kuown to Louis Napoleoa, who sent fo Genera! Count Dariale, ex-Peer ef France, who was the friend of the Duchess of Orleans, and told him, **| koow that the Count of Paris is at Ver- sariles, with his mother and his uncle. I have been proseribed out of France, and I have entered the country aginst the laws. Therefore, I fully Sppreciste the sentiment which brings thither these members of the Orleans family. But I am, by my obliged to stick to my duty. Therefore, Jles, and do all in your power to induce of Orleans to leave France. I must tell you, that if within two days she has not re- turned to England, | shali be forced to inform my Ministers, and thea it will be too late for the Prin- cess to be in eatery " The plot being thus koown, the Duchess was | forced to leave France The President, thus for- gett.og the revenge he had to take on the Boulogne and burg eflairs, gave a noble example of magnanimity To Spain, a change hi aken place ia the minis try. Don Juan Bravo Munilo, Minister of Finances, bas resigned Hie place has been taken by Don Manure! Serjas de Lozano, Minister of Commerce, who hes been repleced by Don Saturaino Calderon Colleates. All thie ministeriel change has occa- sioned no trouble, and everything was quiet at the arrival of the courier from Madrid 4 Piedmont, the king has decreed chat the mili tary command of the country shall be divided in three perts, and the journals of Turin have givea the order In Tuscany, the ministry has decided that the ¢xemption for the conscription of 1850 would be lunited to a eum of 700 florins, on consideration thatthe men who would ask that favor would prove that their presence is useful to their families. The Hongerion refugees from Shumia, amouat- ing to about two hundred, are on the eve of being sentto Liverpool! in a Turkish man-of-war, fur- hisbed with a sum of money sufficient to take a peeeege in & paeket bound for the United States. The Western mail nae arrived ia Paris, and we recrive the intelligence of the appearance of the cholera at La Meeque, on the 30th of September fast. Che death yunted to 200 4 day; but oa the I6th October they amounted to 4,000; on the 17th, to & 000; aod on the 18th, only to 3,000, dimi- oehirg on account of the immediate retreat of the pilgrims out of the erty. Lord Normanvy, the present Eaglish ambassa- dor, is on the eve of leaving Paria’ He has been pamed Govenor Geaeral of the E vst Indies. A Charge @’ Affe Paris in his piace ree, Mr Pattimore, will be left in B. H.R THE GOSSIP OF PARIS, Panis, December 12, 155) Niw Opera L’ Enfant Prodigue—Grand Ball in romer of Lows Napotoom—Forst Presidential Soiree— The variows Theotres and mew Plays in Pare—- The Electric Telegraph—-Statwary-— Lola Montes, &¢. §F Two very important events have excited the whole city of Pore The tirat, is the performance of the mew opera of Mesara. Scribe and Auber, * L "Enfant Prodigue,” end the second, the jt ball by M Berger, prefect of the department Sib Seine, to the President Li Napoleon, on the oc- casion of the auniversary of his election, in 1848. L’Enfant Prodigue” was performed on Friday lest, (6: inst ,) and it was received with the ut- Most enthusiasm Never had any direct before M. Roqueplan, the actual manager of the Academy of Music, dared to venture eo much money on the ma. The scenery, com the ne plus ultra of splen- chaoces of a musicel 4 tumes and properties, er de magnificence The utmost accuracy has been eyed by the painters and coatumvers; and one Who witnesses the pe mance of this opera, is aseured the hatte and dress of the Hebrews are stil before his eyes. The lows! sapect of the 0 well rendered by the scene who bave visited the Holy eported to the vid again t country of the Jew The plot of the Enfant digue” ia taken from the lloly rihe heen faithful to the acted vd be has dowe weil, for he bad not th oseibility of giving a truer aspeet tothe dram eflecte of the opera The first act opens in the dwelling-house of Reube The con of Reuben, having his mind excited oy the picture given him of the grandeur of the city of Memphis, requests hia father to let him go there, in company of two traveliere, who came to take repose under the patriarchal roof of the o sgriculturiet. Azacl abandons his father betrothed to go where his him. In the second act, he the libertines of the great already among a city,—-spending the money which was given to him by his father= | vate box, with the Prine | and three ministers really magnificent. The President was ia his pri- fis Mathilde Demidoff, Madame Aguado, throned also in her saloon box, and the most prominent men in the diplomatic corps, or in the republic of belle lettres, had seats. ‘his event will long be remembered in Paris, and the ** Enfant Prodigue” is destined to have a long run. Despite this suc- cess, M. Scribe is already engaged in writing a new opera for Alboni, who will reappear next year in the month of April, and will sing a part in that nevelty, which is entitled ‘La Corbeille a’Oranges”’—the Basket of Oranges. _ The second event | have to mention is the grand ball, preceded by a dinner, given on Tuesday last, at the City Hall, in the ancient salle dutrine. At half past six o'clock, Louis Napoleon arrived, ia company with several of his ministers, and two officers. M. Berger, the prefect of La Seine, and M. Carlier, the Prefect of Police, were in at- tendance at the great door of the City Hall, and welcomed him in the most polite manner. At seven o’clock, the President entered the hall of the banquet, which was illuminated in the most gor- geous style, and gave the most brilliant coup dad. A profusion of natural flowers had been scattered all over the building, and the fragrant smell of this improvised garden was really oriental. One hun. dred and eighty guests took seats around the tables, which were three in number. The President had, of course, the place of honor, and at his side were seated M. Dupin, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and M. Lanquetier, chief of the Com- mon Council. Among the other guests were a great pumber of representatives, several members Of the, Bonaparte family, and amongithem, M.Napo- leon Bonaparte, a representative of the Montagnard party, and Colonel of one of the legions of militia of the banlreue; the Archbishop of Paris, and two of his grand vicars. The French army was repre- sented there by the Generals Changarnier, Carre- let, Guillabert, Foret, Samboul, Julien, Perrot, Petit, Reibell, &e.; the magistracy, by Messrs. De Portalis, Trop Long, De Belleyme, Lascour, &e. M. Dargout, Chief of the Bank, was also present, with all the dignitaries of our French re- public, Messrs. Thiers, Guizot, Molé, &c. At the end of the banquet, M. Berger rose, and, after having bowed to the President, delivered @ very neat speech, which xpreeees the sentiments of hope and confidence which were relied on ia the person of Louis Napoleon. ‘The city of Paris,” said he, “is the principal artery of France, aad it is to be desired that the owe capital of France will be forever in a state of prosperity.” The answer of the President was concise, and well expreseed. In his speech, as well as in his message, he gave a solemn oath to maintain his eigen end to wait the decision of the people. he speech was received with the utmost en- thusiasm. The dinner ended at half-past eight o'clock, and immediately after the door of the private saloon opened, and the President entered the galleries, in which were already assembled the ladies and gen- tlemen invited to the ball. The heence of the preparations made for this event—the admirable architecture of the city hall, which has just been renovated and regilt anew—everything rendered the ball equal to any of the scenes invented by the author of the ** Thousand and One Nights.” The toilets of the ladies were irreproachable, and the number of those whose charms were still at mented by a profusion of diamonds was really im- mense. it weuld be necessary for me to have balf of the New York Herald at my disposal to describe the thousand robes worth being men- tioned. It will be enough to say that these fair charmers were courted by a host of gallant men, who stayed from nine to four o’clock, in the midst of thrilling music, the raptures of polkas and ma- zourkes, and lest, not the least, the delicacies of the choicest refreshments, and the luxury of a refined petit souper, on a large scale. | was told, by an arithmetician of the highest | fame, M. Ampere, who was present with me at this festival, that he had culated the num- ber of guests at 5,000—a pretty large party, as you may see; and, | may assure you, that | never 8a thing equal to it. : Whilst we are enjoying such a splendid dream, is it not terrible to think that we are asleep cn the brink of an abyss, and that the rouges are watch- ing for the moment to annihilate pea This ter- tific thought has often been present to the minds of our statesmen, and they have often deemed it prudent to avoid the danger. In order to reach the aim, another city has been named for the future seat of government. Paris has eecaped a danger really terrific. This was “ to be, or not to be.” The question was pre- sented, the other day, to the National Assembly, and the “life” of Paris was very low for about half an hour. The great capital of La Belle’ France was undoubtedly the following, which is a criticism of | they dispersed in moody silence, and left Manteuf- the way of wrt of several authors belonging to | fel Toaster of the field. y the school of E: ‘Sue:— The Parliament 1g disposed of, the next move nos drames ¢’est ls blouse ine political aase = be the “free coaferences,”” ui emporte sur | it; which are to held at Dresden, and will com- Les vertus sont sous ls blouse mence about the 15th of this month. Whether hey Biles cxiges soa Vhabit ; will lead to f meaniive eottioment of the aoermes ‘our faire uestion is still problematical. Many people are 3 Sab eecuoe Vaan, Opinion that Austria will be satisfied with nothing ned in the te subjugation) of This verse is nightly encored, and excites the most energetic applause. At the theatre des Varietés, a vaudeville, in one act, by M. Paul Vermont, Eugene Guinot) en- titled “Le Maitre D’armes,” was performed oa Sa- turday last, and proved very successful. The actor, Bardox, who plays the part of the master of fenc- ing; Neuville, who is one of the best comedians less complete russia, and that all the concessions of the latter will only increase the arrogance of her haughty rival. The conquest of Silesia is openly spoken of at the court of the young emperor, and Saxony is casting a long- ing eye at the prewianes torn from her by Prussia preseioa thay hootilides are only postpontd and that esion are post 1, at oe short time Prussia will be forced into a war, which she has evaded for the moment at the ex- pense of her honor and dignity. Meanwhile the immense armies kept up at both sides are exhaust- ing the resources of the country; and the towns and villages are filled with soldiers, who are quar- tered upon the inhabitants, and add to the burthens and losses occasicned by the complete Stagnation of businees, and the depreciation of all kinds of pro- the | aia perty. of that theatre, and Mile. Virginia, promising | "Altogether, the prospects of this country are most actress, have won much applause. The ‘Maitre Mining and enemas The por -stf omnipo- d’arme” will have a long run. At the Odéon, a comedy, in three acts, by M. Camille Doucet, has been received with much ap- ag Itis called “(Les Ennemis de la Maison.” . Moreau Saints and Mmes. Sarah-Félix, Sol- hié and Billault, have shown real histrionic talent and great progress in their preeeenion. Last, not the least, I will mention here the cu- rious performances exhibited by Sconeeeay. of dogs and monkeys, at the theatre Du Bonne Nouvelle. sers. Segrint and Auriol, who have taught these inte animals, have doubled their instinct. It is, indeed, very curious to see them representing the little drama of “The Desert- er,” and appearing under several disguises. They pum, also, the most astonishing feats of equili- rium and elasticity. One of these animals, a baboon, is, among the troupe, the most skilful I ever saw. He drives a barrel on an slanting board, with only the strength of his feet. This tour @adresse is really surprising. 1 never saw it performed before, but by a few clowns in the am- phitheatres. I am sure that Messrs Segriat and Auriol would make a fortune in the United States. The husband of Mdme. Taglioni, M. Gilbert du Voilins, has been attached, by M. Barroche, as commissary to the Italian opera, in Paris. ‘This nomination has been much criticised by the French press, for the gentleman who has been named had no title whatever for such a sinecure. “Give unto Cesar what is Cwsar’s Wc.,” and this well known phrase of the Bible is quite proper to be placed at the head of a paragraph, which will claim for France the priority ot the discovery of electricity for the magnetic telegraph. An old manuzcrip', dated 1765, and entitled :—Dissertation sur Uévetrwité, appliquée wa transmission des now velles, written by a French savant, named Louis Lesage, and annotated by the celebrated Bonnett, has been sold at private sale, and will be pub- lished in a short time. Lesage established in 1774, a small apparatus of his machine in Geneva, which was afterwards‘abandoned. Thus [ am sorry for Mr. Morse, Mr. Bain, and others. They — came after M. Lesage. Well! what of it? ‘as not Salomon de Caus, a Frenchman, the inventor of steam before Fulton, Franklin, and other American savants? We, Frenchmen, have the priority of invention, but you Americans, you have the auda- city of execution, and itis the best part of the busi- ness. The colossal statue of Bavaria is finished. Itis a curious fact to mention, that M Muller itsauthor, has spent eight years of his life to achieve that mammoth figure, weighing 15,600 quintaux of cast iron, and worth 234,000 franes for the material only. The celebrated Lola Montes is about publishiag her memoirs. She has made a bargain with one of our best writers to look over the copy of her manuscript, and, it_is said, it will be out at the end of the camival. No doubt it will be a racy and spicy book. Rubini, thei llustrious singer, is said to have been ill, at his villaof Romano, near Bergamo. You remember that I wrote to you in one of my letters, that the well known alms distributor, e man with ¢he blue cloak” was dangerously ill. I saw him fay morning, at the Place des In- nocens, distributing his soup and loaves of bread to about 10,000 people, who were assembled by his orders. M. Champion has thus devoted his life to help the poor for the last thirty years. Is there more noble way to spe: nd a large fortune than to share it with the poor? B.H.R Our German Correspondence. Berwin, Dee. 9, 1850. The Congress of Olmutz--A/fairs of Hesse- Cassel— Manteuffel’s Mancuvres—- The Chambers and the Mimistry--Condition of Affairs—Probabilities— Results-~Civil Liberty--The Reign of Tyranny, c., Fe. Another eventful fortnight has elapsed since my last communication, and during this period affairs have taken the turn which I always predicted. We shall have no war, at least for the present. The Congress of Olmutz has been a second Jena for the Prussian monarchy—less bloody, but more di graceful, and, perhaps, more fatal. M. de Man- teuffel has laid down his arms before Prince Schwarzenberg, and surrendered at discretion. The constitutional union of Germany, to which Prussia had pledged herself by the most solema and reiterated promises, is completely abandoned; the sot-disant free conferences have been agreed to asa preliminary to the renovation of the old Diet in a more obnoxious and oppressive form than ever. The “pacification” of Holstein is en- ttusted to Austria, and the Bavarians are allowed to occupy Cassel, to restore ‘order and tranquillity” in that capital, or, in other words, to overturn the Hessian constitution, and punish the inhabitants for their resistance to the arbitrary will ofa tyrant. Henceforward, Germany is to be a t prison, of which Austria and Prussia are the jailors. It is impossible to describe the consternation and disgust with which the intelligence of this nefari- ous compact was received, as it slowly leaked out, itern by item, from the veil of mystery under which it wae first concealed. When, in a private inter- view with the President and the leading members of the second chamber, M. de Manteuffel first in. to be no more a capital, and Versailles had been se- lected in its place. sar, the Sen and the knights of the republic, were about | ing Rome, and transporting their penafes in the ban/ieue. For- tunately, wisdom preponderated, aod Paris still re- mains ‘he great metropolis of the world. In order to retain the fame which is attached to its name, Paris will do its best this winter to be very gay;and,despite the shocking position o! incerti- tude in which we ere, | am persuaded we ehall have a jolly winter. The President has opened his saloon, and the firet reception, on the 5th inst, was at- tended by more than three thousand five hundred reons. The sotrée began at half past nine o'clock, by the presentation of several guests to Louis Na- poleon by the ambassadors. Among those who had the most to do, wae Mr. Rives, who introduced te the President more than fifty Americans, for each of whom the chief of the government found a polite and kind word, remembering “ that he w little Yankee, having been the host of the Un States for sometime.” The ball room of the Elyeée has been changed. A new dancing floor has been erected in the garden, and it is much preferable to that used last winter for the same purpose. A pro- fusion of flowers has been scattered every where at the Elysee, and it gives aaimation to the simplicity of the furniture of the presidential palace. The re- freshments and victualings were of the most re- cherché order, and the orchestra, directed by Tol- becque, executed the best quadrilles of the famed composers. The President of the Republic visited all the parlors, and he enly retired at half past twelve. M. Dupin was there, as well as many re- preeentatives of the National Assembly, Lord Nor- menby and lady, Prince and Princess Kailimaki, Prin Mathilde, M. Lucien Murat, M. Charles Luewn Bonaparte, Gen. Schram, and a great num- ber of officers of the my. Among the Americans there, | remarked Mrs. Blacque, formerly Miss Oli- via Mot, Mr and Mrs. Phalen, Mr. and Mrs. Mor- gan, Mr and Mrs Peabody and children, Mr El- not, etc. Madam Rives, and her pretty daughter, of couree, were present; and Mr. Sandford, the emieble attaché and secretary of the U.S. minister, did oi) he could to make his covatrymen pleased the Elyrée oO evening, andl em indu equal, 1 not superior, to the first The theatres have not produced many novelties during the past week At the comic opera house Madame Ugalde at- tracts every night @ numerous audience, and she eppeers alternately in the Toreador and in Le ed to believe it will be | formed them of the result of his diplomatic labors, they almost refused to credit the evidence of their own senses. The nextday (Tuesday) when the Chamber met in open assembiy, @ scene took place which would have hardly been expected from the antecedents of that body. You will recollect that the present Chambers are composed entirely of conservatives, the democratic party having ab- stained from voting at the last elections, on ac- count of the abolition of the right of universal suf- frage, and the introduction of the “three class system,” of which | gave you full particulars in a former letter. During the whole of last session, therefore, they were characterised by nothing but the most abject servility ard a blind submission to all the dictates of government; one by one the dearly bought privileges of the nation were voted away, and every act of injustice and despotism commitied by the ministry was approved of or coa- name of personal liberty will soon be unknown. The ites is subjected to the strictest surveillance, and any writer who ventures to criticise the actions of the government runs the risk of exile or imprisonment. The editor of the Constitutional Gazette, the organ of the moderate liberals, was expelled from Berlin, a few days since, and that party, whose assistance during the mo- mentous crisis of November, 1848, alone enabled the present ministry to withstand the assaults of the democracy, is now the ebject of their uarelent- ing persecution. Togive you an instance of the interference of the poliae in the most ordinary con- cerns of social life, I will only qucte the foliowing fact:—A few weeks ago, a citizen of Berlin had a child born to him, which he wished to be baptized by the names of Waldeck Jacoby, in honor of the leaders of the democratic party, whose trial and honorable acquittal 1 mentioned to you this time twelve month. The officiating clergyman refused to christen the child by these names, alleging that they were not to be found in the calendar, and the police informed the parents that they must select some other appellation for the child. The father demurred, and being apprehensive that the police would proceed to violence, he sent the mo- ther and infant to a village some distance from the city. A gensdarme was immediately dispatched in pursuit of them, who, after some difficulty, sue- ceeded in disonvering. the objects of his search, and seizing upon the child, carried it off to church, and bad it baptized by some name of his own selection. This is only a slight specimen of the outrages that are continually occurring; and you may imagine the curses, “not loud but deep,” that are uttered by the victims of such petty tyranny. For the preseat the strong hand of power suppresses all outward signs of discontent; but the time will surely come when the wrongs of an injured people will be avenged onthe heads of their oppressors A. B. Extraordinary Poisoning Case in France, TRIAL OF THE ABBE GOTHLAND AND MADAME DU SABLON, FOR POISONING MADAME DEGUISAL. {From Galiguant’s Mestenger, Dec. 2) The trial of the Abbe Gothland, curé of St. Germaia, near Angouleme, and of Madame du Sablon, wife of a physician of the same place, for having poisoned the widow Deguisal, servant of the former, commenced on Thursday, before the Court of Assizes of the department The case ex- cited the most intense interest, and the court was crowded to excess, a vast crowd assembling in the streets to see the prisoners pass from a ara which is at some distance from the court. The fa- mily of the female prisoner had solicited that she should be allowed to go in 4 carriage, but this was refused. Madame du Sablon walked first, elegant- ly dressed in black, and wearing a long veil; she feaned on her husband’s arm, and was accom- panied by her sister and brother-in-law. The curé walked alone, but was followed by groups of his parishoners. Both were in custody of policemen and gendarmes. They were placed side by side in the dock, and the male prisoner stated his name to be Laurent Gothland. age 29, and his pro- feesion that of a priest ; the woman, that her name was Marie Laure de Sablon, and her age 30. Ma- dame du Sablon’s features were thinned by a long sickness and anxiety, but were delicately beauti- ful ; the curé is a short thick-set man, with rather a sensual cast of face; he was dressed in plain black clothes. Ona table were vases containi the bowels of the deceased, and the arsenic whic! had been extracted from them. The indictment was read. It stated that on the evening of the 2Ist of December last, widow De- guisal died at the house of the curé of St. Germain, after an illness of six days. At six o'clock the next morning the curé went to the mayer to de- mand an authorization to bury her at once, as he said the body was in state of putrefaction. The authorization was granted, and the curé caused the body to be interred on the same day. On his re- turn from the ceremony, he wrote to the deceased's son, to say that he had died of congestion of the brain. Surprised at the sudden death and hast bunal of his mother, the son, Edmond Deguisal, suspected that there had been some foul work, and onthe 25th he communicated his suspicions to the Procureur of the republic at Angouléme. That functionary went the next day to St. Germain, and had the body taken up. On examination by m J men and chemists, arsenic was discovered, and eared probable that it had been adminis:ered at diflerent times. It thus became evident that the deceased had either committed suicide or been peened. But she had no reason to feel disgust of jife, as she was in no danger of losing her place, (the cure having just increased her wages, an written to her son to say that he was much please with her,) and besides, the place was of no conse- quence to her, as both her son and daughter were tenderly attached to her, and were in a posi- tion to supply all her wants. [t was, moreover, shown that she had never on any occasion procure poison. Thus, then, said the indictment, she could not have commtted suicide, and consequently slie had been murdered. But by whom? Evidently only by the curé Gothland and Madame Sablon, for they alone had approached her in the sickness of which she had died, and they alone had interest in her death. This interest arose from the fact that the honor of both was in her hands, she hav- ing discovered that an adulterous connexion e: ed between them, Gothland, it appeared, had at first been curate at Sémur, but had been interdiet- ed by the bishop of Autun, on account of immoral conduct. On the prayer of the superior of the semi- nary, the bishop consented to appoint him curé of Charolles; but he there caused such scandal by his relations witha Madame Allier that he was ex- lied. after a while he presented himself to the shop of Angouléme, and, having deceived that — as to his past ‘conduct, was im curé of the parish of St. Germai Germain, Madame du Sablon was his nearest neighbor, and they soon became very intimate. This lad: 8 of rather light conduct, and it a peared that some time before she had sent some li- cen'ious verses to 4 young man of nineteen. A cri- minal connexion having been established between them, it appeared that almost every day they in- dulged their passions at the parsonage, and besides, they constantly ex hanged ‘letvere, The wido' Deguisal suspected what was going on, but to con- vince herself ehe enlarged a hole which happened to be in the ceiling of the curé’s bed room, and placed herself in the garret above. Peeping through the hole, she distinctly saw the parties on the bed. Greatly shocked, she notified to her son her inten- tion of leaving the curé’s service, but he told her to take no not After a while she had a q tent, and the very dat. Perpetnally haunted by the grim epectre | ; wee. Of revoluiion, they were shortsighted enough to | Nate cave Setestter te cert ld cee, i applaud measures that, fer from laying it to rest, | poow something! yl only rendered it inevitable by a momentary fe- | cried he, “tell me, tell me!” “Well, thea, I pression in this critia, however, their former ap- | know that you carry on ry po rh fodoon J ein prehensions eeemed to have vanished at the sight | Madame du Sablon. ~ on he diegrace and ruia | of @ more imminent danger: of their country. M. de Vincke, who, although a member of the coneervative, or constitutional | party, as they call themselves, had kept aloof during the last session, considering the Chambers illegaily elected, now appeared as the leader of the opposition, peoposrd an address to the King | condemnatory of the line of policy adopted by his ministers, ead concluded a powerful harangue the exclamation, ‘‘Away with this ministr M. Riedel, one of the juste-mifen, and M. Ulfert, an ultra-royalist, followed in the same strain. Baron Mantewflel endeavored in vain to reply to the torrent of invective that assailed him on all | side Ne one took his part but the extreme right, or the red—reactionists. “I had rather,” said the unfortunate mi “T had rather listen to the whis'ling of bullets than to these cutting speeches.” It wae finally resolveed to refer the adddrese pro- posed by Vineke to a committee, to be reported up oo the next day The Chember and the ministry were now fairly pitted egainst each other, and it was evident that one of the two would have to give way. In a really constitutional country the issue would not have been doubful; but in. Prussia there things are managed diflerently. M. de Manteuffel, who | had twice diseolved parlimaentary assemblies Cod At the ltalien theatre Madam Sonteg hae won soother wreath by her performance of Rosina, | m “I! Barbiere di Sevigha.” The talented pri- | ms doruwaeings the muse of Norma with a talent nd brilvency of execution which cangot be sur- | pereed Loblache is 8 powerful ashe has ever | been, etd Cu lsolar gives due eredit to the part of Almevava. Mr Lumley will coin much money, l chy ky end besides his, will ecquire the fame ofa fechsoneble manager The éite of our society have taben his theatre under their patronage Lopres ard bis devghters, Ivannoff and Gardoni bere been engaged, and will shortly make their theatre coniinves to be well at | new play of “de Rignes des Eee ‘te nightly received with much applause the beet couplets delivered by the actors is elected and supported by the voice of the whole nation, was not the man to bow to the dictates of a body that bad rendered itself the mere organ of the privileged clasees, and was without any hold on the affections of the great mass of the people. He had foreseen the storm that would be raised egainst him, and had formed his resolution accord: | ingly. When, therefore, the Chambers met the next day, to ive and consult upon the report of though not wholly un- | expected, made a profound impression on the mem- bers, who had buoyed themselves up with the hope that the unaninmeus disapprobation expressed by | the representatives of the Most conservative and loyal part of the pop..tation would not be without me effect upon the King, if not upon his advisers; | by Mademe Allier in her house. Through that hole I taw | you!” On this the curé became calm; he offered wr Toney, which she refused; and he then wrote to her eon to say how pleased he was with her, and that he had increased her wages. Whilst he | was thus engaged with Madame du Sablon, he kept up his correspondence with Madame Allier at Charoiles, and; he protested to r that he loved her better than he did Madame du Sablon, and that he had to resist the advances of the lattert He once, on pretence of visiting his family, went to Charolles, and for fifteen days was secrsted During his ab- sence Mademe du Sablon was jealoua, and opened letters which arrived for him. On the 16th of De- cer ber, the widow Deguisal was suddenly seized with violent vomitings after dinner, and these con- tinued on the followmg days. Mu e du Sablon sent her broths and medicines from her own house. The cure prepared her sugared wine, and sat wu with her. She took nothing except what paael through their hands, and during five days they kept administering poisonous substances. The way ia which the poison was procured was this:—Dr. du Sablon had a collection of medicines in his house, i ona! capacity. Among them was a containing 0) grammes of arsent Of these d been employed in killing rats. When the phial wee examined by the magistrates only 25 grammes remained, consewiently 21 grammes were missing, and ae could, it was asserted, only have been taken by the female prisoner, she alone hed the key of the chest in which her husband kept the poison. The indictment dwett on the fact that the accused had the strongest poasible inter- est in getting rid of the deceased, inasmuch as a | word from her would have caused the foriner to be ignominiovsly expelled from the church, aad the latter to be dishonored as a wife and mother. The interrogatories of the accused then cem- menced othland, in reply to the ntained that ‘émour and Charolles on account of ill conduct, but because he had from diflerent causes excited the ill-will of the curés, to whom he was assistant. Tle attempted to explain away his intimate relations juestions pnt to him, ™ he had not been dismissed from jadame du Sablon, that he had refused little presents which she had wished to make him. He said that he had resolved to dismiss his servant on account of her violent conduct. He denied that he alone had attended he became indisposed, and said she first after eating the same dinner as he had Dr. du Sablon, on soning her ill, recom- mended her to take tea, and had sent for some drops of laudanum. He admitted having given her some sagared wine. He said that just before she died ‘he heard her pronounce the holy names of Jesus and Mary ; that that was a great consolation to him, and that he immediately administered the sacraments.” He added, that Madame du Sablon and her husband had come to the bedside of the deceased. Madame du Sablon, in answer to the judge’s questions, said :—She had been married 11 years, and had ason. She had sent some songs toa young man. She had known the Curé Bissette, the predecessor of Gothland. She had visited hin sometimes, but never alone. Had never been to rties with him. On the arrival of Gothland, her jusband forbade her ever to enter his house ; but that did not cause her to reflect on the causes for which Bissette had left the parish ; neither did she know for what cause he had left. Although her husbend hed forbidden her to visit Gothland, she had taken him for her confessor. She had gone to the parsonage when the cure’s servant was ill, but on other occasions she rvays been accompa- nied by her husband. It was net true that she had opened any letter of Gothland ; as to the little pre- sents which had been referred to, she had sent them with the knowledge of her husband. She did not know thet her husband had arsenic in his possession. He did not leave his keys with her, though he sometimes Jeft her medicines to distri- bute to his patients. She had, however, seen a phial containing arsenis. It-weo-her servant, not she herself, who waited on and prepared things for the deceased. She had, nevertheless, prepired soup for her, but she denied that she had given orders that a basin used by deceased should be broken. Some days after the death of the servant were you not taken ill, on hearing the death alluded to at a dinner party 7—I was indisposed, but I did not lose my coneciousness. When the authorities made a descent into the curé’s house were you not seized with terror, and did you not send to seek your husband !—Any other person would have done so. But, although your husband said, ‘ After all, if the Abbé Gothland be arrested, that does not con- cern us,” did you not continue to feel fear ?-The accused made no reply. Some procés-verbaux and documents, establish- ing the poisoning, aod the c:rcumstances which ac- companied it, were read. Extracts from the pre- liminary interrogatories of Gothland were also read; they contradicted several of his assertions now made ; they also stated that the soups, we , taken by the deceased were prepared by Madam du Sablon. This, it will be seen, isin contradiction to the statement of the woman. When Dr. du Sablon heard that his wife was ac- cused of the double crime of murder and adultery, he proposed (as hes already been stated in the Mes- senger) that both should commit suicide, aud that their child should be made to die with them. They ail three fastened themselves into aroom with pans of charcoal, and weuld have died had not the hus band’s courege failed hum on seeing bis son strug- gimg in the agonies of death Letters written by the doctor on this occasion to his sister and his pa- rents were produced. The letter to his sister was as follows :— My dear Sister—You know that in my last letter I said, that if God reserved for me more terrible trials than those 1 had suported, I should require greater strength. Well, the misfortunes have arrived, and the strength faile me. I ree my wife and myself—perhups although perfectly innocent—menaced with an infa- mous condemnation. I know not why we, innocent as we aveur we are by our hope of salvation, which our act will compromise, should give ourselves as a sight to the stupid populace, who would not fail to rejoice at seeing us sent tothe hulks orthe scaffold A vol- untary death appears to me preferable. and I hope that [and mine will be delivered by it from an ex erable world, in which calumny isso powerful. that no honest man can be sure of not sharing our fate. I die with the conviction that sny wife is pure and inno- cent— my resolution proves this. I have only one ret, and that is to be obliged to Bai g who is so dear to both But reassure yourself, al- though very young, he bas firmness, and accepts our proposition with cowrage. Strength fails m only tell you that I regret you all, and tl ‘ou to pray to God for me. I desire that eut of U ttle we leave behind a sum, destined to saya every year forthe repose of our souls. Be more happy than we! Adieu tor ever. COQUET DU BABLON. The following was the letter to his pareats :— My dear Parents.—Preferring death to infamy, and seeing that I cannot avoid the latter, I have recourse to death, Iregret toabandon you thus in your old age. but the conduct of the magistrates prover that my Wife is judged in advance, so I prefer to make an end. Igiveto Edmond, my nephew, all that! may leave after me. Remember, this is the wish of » dying nd respect it. I owe nothing to any one. ex: cept what follows:—(Here he gave some details of his faire). Iam very unhappy at being obliged to take such a determination, especially a# regarus my poor child; but | hope God will pardon us. We are inao cent, and we can swear that at the moment of appear- ing before God, who sees our conduct, and who. I hope, will be merciful to us. I request that we all three be interred in the same grave—my wife and I side by side, and our child placed en us. Poor creature! my heart breaks in thinking on the lot which I have brovgbt on him. But I prefer it to that which would otherwise be reserved for bim as well as for his mo- ther. If he lived, infamy would follow him every- ¥ at least we prevent that for him—he will not support it. God pardon us, end you also. But cour- oe failed usin seeing ourselves #0 overwhelmed. al- though tpnocent. @ enemies who have driven us to thie ead necessity will not fail torejotce to call us guilty. But what will that matter to us’ Iem- brace you all, and beg of you all to believe that I suffer greatly at having recourse to such a remedy Your Son, COQUET DU BSABLON The Court then proceeded with the examination of the witnesses, and was so engaged at the last accounts. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with ex- tenuating circumstances, against the Priest Goth- land, and acquitted Madame du Sablon. The court sentenced Gothiand to the galleys for life Vintage In the South of The labors of the summer over, let us now sup- pote that the crowning work of the year—the graud rustic carnival of Medoc—the vintage—is at haud For weeks every cloud in the sky has been watched —every cold night breeze felt with nervous appre- jon. Upon the laat bright weeks in summer, the savor and the bouquet of the e depend Warmed by the blaze of aa unclouded sun, fanned by the mild breezes of the west, and moistened by morning and evening dews, the grapes by slow de- grees attain their perfect ripeness and their cul nating point of flavor. Then the vintage imple- meats begin to be sought out, cleaned, repaired, and scoured and sweetened with hot brandy. Coopers work as if their lives depended upon their induatry, and all the anomalous tribe of lookers out for chance jobs in town and country pack up their bag and baggage, and from scores of miles around pour in ragged regiments into Medoc. Meaawhile the wire men nominated by the “ authorities” are at work. Vineyards are inspected, grapes tasted, and grave reports deposited daily official ar- chives. At engi, some fine morning, the ban appears, settling the important yand by the gra light of the dawn all haad: work. ial There have long existed pleasing, and in eo sort poetical associations ‘connected with ine tas) of securing for human use the fruits of the earth, and to no species of crop do ‘hese pictureegae as- socittions apply with greater force than to the in- gathering ot the ancient harvest of the vine. From ume immcmorial the season has typitied epochs of pleniy and mirthful-heartednese ot good tare and of good will. The ancient types and figures de- ecriptive of the vintage are still Ineraily trae. The march of agriculture! improvement seems never to have set foot amid the vines. As it was with the Patriarchs in the Kast, so it is with the modera children of men. The goaded ox still beara howe the high-pressed grape tub, and the feet of the treader are still red in the purple juice which maketh glad the heart of man The scene is at ence full of beauty and of tender and even asered associations. The songs of the vintagers, quently chorased from one part of the field tot other, ring blithely into the briyht summer ay pealing out above the rough jekes aad hearty peata of laughter shouted hither wnd thither All the green jungle is alive with the moving figur: of men and women, stooping among the vines ro bearing pails and baeketfuis of grapes out to the grare-grown croserovda, along which the liber ig oxen dreg the rough vintege carta, growninw and cracking as they stugger aiong beneath therr | weight of purple tubs, heaped high with the tam- bling macses of luscious fruit = Tae congrega ion of every age and beth exes, aud the carchss | variety of costume, add addiional teaures ot pietureequeness to the sene The white haired | old man iabors with shaking hands to f basket which his black-eyed imp 6 grand-child Quaint broad: brimmed Carries rejoieingly away straw ond felt hate—hondkerchiefe twisted like turbans over stroggliog elf lockts—awarthy skins tanned to an olive brown—black fishing eye and har de ond feet stained in the abounding juices of the precious fruit—all these southern peculiati- fies of costume and appearance supply the vintage With its pleasant characteriet fhe clatter of tongues is iweessant. A fire of jc ad jeers, Of saucy questions, and more saucy retorie—of What, mn foct, in the humble and wnyortic bat ex breseive versocular, is enlied “chafi” is kept ap close of a cl strikes thi arg ithe’ lisa master wine grower moves observing]; from rank to ran. No neglected buneh of fruit escapes hie watchful eye. No careless vintager shakes the precious berries rudely upen the but he is promptly reminded of his slovenly work. Sometimes the tubs attract the careful superinten- dent. He turns up the clusters to ascertain that no leaves or useless length of tendril are entombed in the juicy masses, aad anon directs his steps to- the pressing-trough, ous to find that the lus treaders are perse munfully in their long» continued dance. stal Palace: The Cry: Hyde-Park. [From the Loudon Times, Deo. 6 } Bince our last uotice of this great building, the gress made in its conrtruction has really been wonder ul. The rapidity with which the work is pushed for- ward beats every thing of the kind that hee beem at- tempted even in this lund of industry, and we know of nothing which can at all compare with it, except, per- haps, the growth of particuiar branches of our manu- tactures, developed by the full force of successful en- terprise.’ Only atortuight ago, though extraor: progress had been mude lictle more had been done thar arranging the bones and vertebra, so to speak, of the vast skeleton ; but now the details have been filled up over @ large portion of the edifice, and the realisa- ton of Mr Puxton’s derign is breught within the lim- its of a few days There now remains no room tor doubt that before the close of the year the Crystal Pa- lace will be completed. snd that what Messrs Fox and - Henderson, the contractors, have undertaken they will fully perform, Looking tothe magnitude and novelt; ef the enterprise, one cannot help being struck with the extraordinary energy und skill of which this build~ ing will be » lasting monument, and. great as unques- tior y is the merit o1 thet happy idea which first suggested that the ma-'erpieces of the world’s indus try should be enshrined in # gigantic glass case, ever: that splendid suggestion ie slmmost lost sight of tm the presence of those wondertul executive powers, those Dice calculations of propoction and forces, that ous application of mechanical facilities, and, above all that organized distripution of labor, by which in little more than three wou‘ hs »o vast an amount of difficult and untried work bas been wohi It is but right, now, while the undertesing is in process of oomple- tion, while the busy bands of more than 2,000 mecha- nics and artisans ire engaged in the actual labors of conttruction. to stamp with its true oter that en~ ergetic execution which bus here been so remarkabl: displayed. ‘Tbe uninirinted can form no idea of the task: which the contractors for the erection of the Crystal Palace have underiuken, and the public, when’ thie great work has been nuis eo, will with difficulty recall the exertions requisite Wy tilup ascheme not planned by @ regular erchiiect’ (tis uafertunate, in seme re- fpects, (hat wheu such # structure is completed the energy Which created i) cannot be very forcibly real- faed; but if, in the «pyroaching exhibition, @ rare proof be required of what within given time English enterprize wud Epglish eapital cea do, the great builds ing in Hyde Park wiil turniah that evidence, Its pil- lared teraces are now 4! leogth to be seen in their full proportions; tor of the tour extreme corners, east and west, three have been reached The transept too begin to be crowned wiih its epacious arched roof, the happy suggestion or ‘iy Barry, who, it should be known, has introducea several very important fea- tures into the deeign of the buildivg. by which the general effect will wo woud, be ygreatly Enghemes ‘The raising aud placing ot Lor ribs which sce to form the roof bas only just been commenced Taw operation is one of great nicely. and invoices perhaps, agreater amount of mechavicai skill thau any other part of the work. Bome aceount of the p coves may be interesting, and We interrupt our parratrve of Che ectual progress made in order te supply it fer the last two monthe th most remarkabie locking objects in the by pi material collected Upon Lie ground have been a mum- ber of buge semiciroulvr woodea ribs, which one might have thought bad beea crigiwally intended Waitt ofa man of war Totes are raised wp ed in, distance pieces gutters, and » whole sufficiently Ld set up in pairs, wich pustuss te toeupport the ietermed cross bracing to m Ropes are then atta: « thie Iramework from scaf- folding on eitber side transept, at the point of interception with thr cen re aisle, and the power used in raising the ribs consis crabs, ro disposed that the men working actly the extent: to which the rope affixe crabs should be pulled. Ar the framework ix 0; ly broader than the transept, one side is raired adour 26 fest higher than the other, until the whole mes is raised to the desired elevation. It is then m.viden roliees to its proper position in the arch god dropped into a socket four Jeet deep, formed for ive mr eepiion at the top of eack cast iron columa ic that pact of the third tier, The whole of this arrangeluent is exceedingly ingenious, and the rimplicity or it i not less admirable than the strength aud stability wieo ace meured, Bight of ribs are required to co and Messrvs fox « ill be raised and pin , two pi ¥ io about ten days. Yes- had berm mounted. and on one of very crown of tue arch, the union jack w as if in Cohen of tne triamph thus achieved. The travsept and the patcs of che building adjae it bave supplied the chiet difficulties of construction with which the cont + have bad to contend, but t in proportion to the obstacles overcome will be plendor of the effec: produced. This airy and vaulted compartwent wil euctose within it @ row oft lofty trees, withouc «cy violation of the rales of and in harmony with the green leaves reading bougis in the centre. not only of the transept ; but aieoor toe whole building. be placed asplendid fountain Jo feet high. In anticipating the effect which will be p vduced by this portion ofthe bew builuing it cauno. bul ve regretted that the roofs of the transept and the wave of the same form, end pitch, Mr. Barry proposed t the arched roof thould be carried aioug the whole centre aisle, and, had bis tuggertion beeu auopted. the coup dei, would probably bave been cue ct ine in the world; but by the additional % adout 7000!, We ides of the transept wag »a Returning to the pro- grere made in the co jon, as tar as the bi r3 bas been carried, the galleries are prepared for the of the Hoor-boarcs A very large proportion of 1g, also, hae beew cone. and chis part of the former nott: may bere mention th. originated by Mr Hed painters and glaziers rome portions of th ted in such num heir operations. Im sag (hess are Dow congre- lool Lim J of all kinds columas, & Dare, gutters, &e —hare where they piled in eaiott Yet the wants of supplied. The tors spesk w arristance which they th of the goalous from the North- least curious exam! this age and country © in the foundry of & mingham, asrigned places in the Uryr'al Palace, Hyde Park. viniter to the bury neene w he hi in what hi 68. entrance fee which is wt pre harged, The orderly arrangement, the totelligeoce, and unflagging aral with which the work is pressed forward, the tunity oft watchiug how great Accordingly. the pumber of visitare: ally is courhd * and as much es newaliy takea at the doors, The money thun, collected is, We are intormed. applied a8 an accident fund for the benefit or the workewen In this reepect hen the dangerous character of the operations ls'eon” ridered, vd have been very fortunate. Pe Mw mis-iom beld ite feat ait y sow. awd #an preside his royal I gnene Prince Albert, wh Jacrived there 4 tarlyas llo’ciock aud bavieg minately examined the works. expressed bimswir greatly pleased with the Progre sade One of the cuiet subjects under die cusslor vetore the cwieriousrs was the manner ich the new buildivg rhouid be 4. ahoe rated, 1a onder to tsetse them Ia forelar aris m this point, fags were placed at the exterior, and drapery runpeatiag eenygeaee oo tion of the principal tacade 6l- segs gtted with tue wee Bamental castings *use~ cog by Me. Darry. aad ‘Mr Owen Jones bad pre cae Oy “A ‘ed yared by way of experiment seme mt a. in which the imterior might be a exterior, t missioners de - Ched that it rhenid be painted plain stone color. ‘the laterior Mr Owen Jones prepo-ed to paint as follot ~Wlue, white nod yellow and red for ths giruer perspective of ths o aod finiebed in th tix days There picin enlculated to do away » Ou the aptg eted. bi id hie betng ined amd just auftele reduce the effeet of the whole toa i Inige & body of peopl ny Oferent © Lge od on royal supply was for them Gray with cheers Hix The Censns. With @ Vigor which seldom floge, except new and then, when the buttend of a song, or the tranging Naw Yore —The Usica @ te hag bee a nished with the following actditionsl returns aad rt) 1850 Pay eet Before reported..686 189 ey 114 wane ag oy Bt Lawrence..... 6.64 8604 6993 in yar Broome... ... 22 548 68006 «9407 oom Montgomery. iat 5808 . 208 4en Chautavque » 6.978 HH Onweg 4682 11.086 258k We