Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various
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midst of those_;' I then drew the pistol from under my shirt,
and discharged it with my left hand _in the direction I was desired_." O'DONNELL, LEON, ORA, BORIA, FULGOSIO, drew their pistols at the order of LOUIS-PHILIPPE and CHRISTINA, and merely fired in the direction they were desired! "Where was this society (the Ouvriers Egalitaires) held?"--"Generally at the house of Colombier, keeper of a wine-shop, Rue Traversière." "What formed the subject of discourse in these meetings, when you were there?"--"_Different crimes_. They talked of _overthrowing the throne, assassinating the agents of the government--shedding blood, in fact_!" For the Rue Traversière we have only to read the Rue de Courcelles--for Colombier the wine seller, CHRISTINA ex-Queen of Spain. As for the subject of discourse at her Majesty's hotel, events have bloodily proved that it was the overthrow of a throne--the murder of the constituted authorities of Spain--and, in the comprehensive meaning of Quénisset--"shedding blood, in fact!" At the wine-shop meetings the French conspirator tells us that there was "an old man, a locksmith," who would read revolutionary themes, and "electrify the souls of the young men about him!" The locksmith of the Rue de Courcelles was the crafty, sanguinary policy of the monarch of the barricades. We now come to MADAME COLOMBIER, _alias_ QUEEN CHRISTINA.-- "Do you know whether your comrades had many cartridges?"--"I do not know exactly what the quantity was, but I heard a man say, |
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