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THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.

Not many months ago, a man devoid of the fear of God, and standing in dread of pistol-shot and horsewhip, dared insult his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale's august family, the Royal House of France. Taking up his pen. Prince Henry de Valori, aide-de-camp to General d'Azémar, reviewed the acts of the Second Imperial Administration, pointing to the following facts:—

We scarcely realize that after the Crimean War, undertaken to diminish the power of Russia, this Power in ten years has in the East reached the British frontiers, and is threatening the