President Carnot was, it is said, determined to pardon the
Due d'Orleans ; but the Radical Deputies took fright, declaring that if he did, he must amnesty the prisoners con- fined for offences committed during the mining strikes, even though they were nearly all ordinary civil crimes. A section of the Cabinet, therefore, pressed this view upon the President so strongly that he yielded, and the young Prince was con- veyed by night on Tuesday to Clairvaux, a prison one hundred and fifty miles from Paris, often used for political detentions. There he will be detained, rather than imprisoned, until July 14th, and will occupy himself in reading and reflection, with the probable result of making him a much more dangerous Pretender than before. The Radicals threaten to demand ordinary treatment for him ; but at present he has a suite of apartments, a large garden to walk in, an ample supply of books, and frequent visits from his fiancée and other friends. The strength of Radical feeling was tested in the Chamber on Monday, M. Baudin proposing an amnesty for the strikers, and being supported by 190 Republicans, a majority of the whole party taken alone. The Conservatives, however, voted with the Government, which assumed a determined attitude, and the motion was rejected by 325 to 190, the minority including, it is said, besides the Radicals, 80 or more Moderates who wished to conciliate labouring electors.
