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Show AVUO IS LAMOKIOIEUE? AVr. nfd oiteu psktd wlto Lamiiriei U. Uritiilyils is the hi&tory'of, the t uehioted groat dbtinctiou- In tho 1'Ve war agaWst Abd-el-Kadcr In Algi lie belongs to n resreeta'ile but jioi wealthy wlnily, ami, in 1830, was. v. t p)e olliter in the I'reneh army. Ily own-courage; and ability he forced hini forward, and the war in Algiers is bn record of his many and great tnllit f ncliievctuents. r It .was to Lnmorlelcrc that tho gall s but nnfottuiinto Abd-cl-KaJvr, after 0 cniific had become hopeless, surrende himself, Tlie French general .proml !" that the great Arab chieftain should l)ilcioiBtii in France, but sent to Kg ll or Syria. Louis Phillfppe, however, K aside theolemn engagements of his d ficer;, and the I-'mir was keptin' a Fre prison from 1813 till l5t, wheu ho lv released by Louis XnpoJebu, at the, ts gent request or the late Lord Lent dtrry, u'tid sent lo Damascus, where now resides.' Tli? fume, that Lstrtorieicre achicvet Algiers was greater than that of anj 3 his fellow-generals. He was a great vorile with his boldiofs for his ilush bntvery, and amongst military men I- highly esteemed for' his extensive kt V- ledge uf his profefssion.. a After tho conquest of Abd-cl-Ka is Laoioriciere retired Jroin tlie army ft short time, anil was elected a tnembei ;- tho French- Chamber of Deputies u which assembly he acted witlt the -' r centre" or moderate reformers, r-' When Iouis l'htlippo resojved tos: !S ficeil. Uuizot, anil yielded to this p lar cry for reform, Lamorklero was ll pointed commander of the' Xnti Guard of Paris, Tliis was in Febrn y I84S, Ouly a few hours before tho re :r tioii broke out. Tho. appointment of )f popular general it wa thought w 1. please the populace, and alloy the ri a storm. It did not, however, do sa, 1 y. Laraorieicre althougli lie strove bar ig do it, could hot save.hiin. Id During the republic Lamoricicro a, always u member of the assembly, ts more than once in officii under both e, marttuo and Cavalguac. ie , On the bloody uiglit of Deccmb is 1851, he was seized In his. bed by ore id Louis Kopolcon, and with all thegre le French generals Cavaignac, llei of Lcffo, Chaugarulcr, Charras, and p to. thrown Into prison for a short tlrai c r then exiled. e, He has lived In Dciginm since then ur though repeatedly invited to rctui es .France nail again take service in m army, he has honorably nud consist lie refused to take the oath of allegiau't ty tho present ruler of that country, v :e, he regards as a usurper and a tyrant ;o- He had but scanty means of li? tng lio he burp his cxllo honorably and with ii titty. Worn out by wftnt of aetivt nl I pioyroent, and sick at heart with the iU- cess of Napoleon, whose character I ch strongly detests, ho Bought cbnsotetf ly ofliccs of r,t-llgliin, .Decerning tin i- well nctjufthitcd with several, lot ig. Catholic clergymen, ho was induce 'ul their rvpruuiiiat!oiis, to comniatnl ud PaiKd army when Napoleon's strong er ucetion with PletlntOnt, nnd rather ng ocal support of his, Holme, becatt ofjnppartnt last year. &urnft Olrsctci |