And while the Doctors differ the presumptuous patient dies!
LOUIS NAPOLEON AT BOULOGNE.
It is said that "the authorities" are making extensive preparations for the reception of Louis Napoleon at Boulogne. As this is not his first visit, and as it is usual on occasions of great public ceremonials, to refer to "precedents," we may expect to find the "authorities" searching their annals in order to discover how Louis Napoleon was formerly received. It is not necessary to go very far back in making the inquiry, as it is as recent as 1840 that Louis Napoleon was "received" by the authorities of the place. On that occasion he was met by the National Guard, who, with great valour, fired a salute of loaded muskets on the present Emperor and his handful of almost defenceless friends. No other carriage being in readiness, a bathing-machine was provided for the reception of the Prince, who was conveyed, amid a detachment of soldiers, to the prison in the upper town. The Imperial eagle, instead of being displayed on banners, was present in person, and was removed by the "authorities" to the abattoir.
Having reached this result of an inquiry into precedents, we wait patiently for the official programme of the fêtes which will take place in honour of the Emperor's visit to Boulogne. It is quite clear from the events of the last four years that the watering place alluded to was, in 1840, wholly unacquainted with the real sentiments of the French nation. We must suppose that, in 1853, it comes much nearer the mark.
"Fresh, Marm!!! Why Trouts feeds on Insex, and the very flies fancies they're alive. See how they hovers about 'em, just as if they was now a-swimming in the River." [Verdict—Rayther Stale.]