The Express. — London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

----- The of LLANDAFF,having replied, withdrew his motion ; and their lordships then adjourned at a quarter to 8 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FHIDAT, MAY 19. The Sigmas& took the chair et 4 o'clock. PRIVATE 813811IVAL avorto ; Lanark and IMPORTS CONSlDERElL—linaragn'a L Plamilton Court-bonne and County-ratan; Quereeterry ravage ; Bala ar.otiN U KMLtiIIYU.New R Port and Harbour Rill. THIRD Ith tilt:W.—Great Yarmouth (bal-duttra Bah LORDS' ANth.NUMLNIS CONOWEREth—purer Laultng Pier 1115: TV SLIC RIMINES& COMMITTV:ii.. -Public Health MIL PR f N s.—lq Mr. SRO I'IIEIOIIN, from 911 font ; Mr. RWART, from Wigan, tavour ',Menial edertation.—Mr. CALLAGHAN, roes Cork, Lir repeal of the 1113400.—Mr. 0. CRAW (9), from Edin burgh, in (occur .4 sits. for churches (Mmtland) Mr S. CRAW FOKM, from itochilale, fur the inseettea el certain Mauer* in the public alth hilt — Mr. f, from a slate in Ayrshire, matte t diplo ft•LNANN with court of Rome MIL—LA d ASHLEY, from several slams in our of sanitary Worm NATIONAL LAND COMPANY BILL. Sir B. HALL b l ifted to ask the hon. member for Not tingham (Mr. F. 0 CJnnot) whether he wood,' have any objection to more fur a select committee to inquire into the nature and objects of the above bill. Mr. O'CONNOR would prefer that the hon. baronet should noose for the committee. If he (Mr. O'Connor) made the motion he would lose a whole month in the pro ves of the MY bill. AR ESTIMATES—TIIE MEDALS. In answer to a question from Sir D. L. EVANS, Mr. F. MAULS stated that he could nut fix a time for the production of the report of the committee on the with army a nd nosy e mimates. The committee hal begun the navy, and hail not &I yet tinishea that brauch of the inquiry With reference to the m*dols, he regretted very much that any delay &hoof,' hove °altered in earryiug her Majesty's gracious intention into effect. Ile had, however, seen the Muter of the Mint, who had promised him that the die would he ri ad y in a very short time. Lord 110TH AM asked whether it would not be expe dient that the committee ou the army and navy estimates should publish their evidence horn time to time. If it came all toget.:er at the end of the ii.quiryin the shape of an enor mous bloc-book, the half et it would ni err be perused. Mr. F. Id AU LE said that the publication of the evidence was a matter sunray b.r the consideration of the committee. The noble lord nowt be aw He that estilitnce was sometimes given before committees w elch was p u blished at all. NATIONAL LAND COMPANY BILL. Mr. F. O'CONNOR stated that, in eousequence of an in terview he had had with inc right bon. baronet the ti non tary fur the Home Dipartment. it was his ieten Tuesday next to move for a sett et committee to inquire into the character and sbj. eta of the bill. BO ROC II GAOLS. In answer to blr7Furwev, Sir G GREY stated that it was not tho intention of go vernment to orient in any bill for the better regulation of borough gaols. The prasent law was sufficiently stringent for the purpose. HEALTII OF WF.STNIINSTER. Sir R. INGLIS said that great alarm existed in the neigh bourhood of Westminster Abbey in consequence of a state ment which had been made by the hon. member for Sussex, to the t fleet, that, in consequence of certain ecodorising ex periments practised on the sewers of that locality, the pat lie health hid been eudanger,d, sod fever had broken out. Now he (Sir R Inglis) had b..n informed that the h,slth of the parish of S.. John w is int ver better than at present; and that so far from there b.int a great mortality within the pre cincts of the abbey, there had been but one death in the school and one within the precincts. Al to College street, be had he • n in.ormed by a chrgyman that the only ease ul illness in that locality was one of toothache. (A laugh.) Mr. FREW EN regretted if he hail misled the house in the statem. nt ailudtd to. Ile had spoken on the authority of a me.;ity .1 gentleman of the neighbourhood. Mr. HENLEY was glad to h ce the satisfactory state of the health of Wietmiuster, the more especially as he was an inhabitant of the distri t himself. Ile should be glad to know, however, whether any process with regard to the sewerage was at pre•eut going on, as he had been informed be a member of h s family that last night, in consequence of the opening of a sewer in the rear of hit house, the fcctid odour MO so strong u to rouse all the inmates from their sleep. (A laugh.) PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. The house having re-Weed itself into committee, clause 3, which es'ablishes the general board of health, was put by the chairman. Lord MORPETH m,ved to add a proviso at the end of this clause, to the following effect : " Provided always that the said g. octal board of health shall continue only for a period ot nee years from the date of the passing of this statute, or Vi the end of the then next ensuing session of parliament." The proviso was adopted, and the clause, as intended, passed,—as did clauses 4 and Oa clause 6. " S ilsries," bring proposed. Lord MORPETH proposed an amendment, assigning a salary to one member of the board, not being the president. Mr. HENLEY inquired wnat amount of salary would attach to the offices of paid commissioner and secretary, re spectively ? Lord MORPETII replied that, under the Cohmoss En closure Act, the salary of the commissioner was 1,500 f., and it was not proposed to assign n larger salary to the commis Boner under this biil. Theueretary's salary also would note& teed that of the secretary to the health of towns commission ; but the se/rules, whatever they might be, would be annually brought before parliament, as they would have to be voted in the estimates. The amenument was inserted, and the clause as amended agreed to. Clause 7—" Local inquiries to be made on petition of a certain nuinber of the householders"—was agreed to after a convenatioa av to the proportion of the whole number of housekee, , ers from wh -Ku application should be required previous to instituting inquiry, the clause stipulating for one tenth, and after the insertion of an amendment giving power to examine witnesses. Clause B.—" Notice of inquiry and report to be given and published." Lord LINCOLN moved an addi•kn, requiring that notice should be pine nto the clerk to the board of guardian , of any uni..n etf.cted by the ,e•., which wad agreed to, and the clause as amended ordered to stand part of tee bill, as were clauses to 14 incluidre. , uale verbal a m e ndments having been made. Clause I:i.—" Qualification of elected membere of local boards." Sir W. JONES moved an amendment, making a three years' residence an element in the qualification, Lord MORI'ETti had some doubts whether they had not already narrowed too much the held of selection. There were p. rsons, as pby.ici.ins, whom it might be desirable to here on the horirJ, and who yet might not have resid, three years in the place. Sir W. JONES was only missions that the board should not be composed of mere temp .rary residents. lie would not press his amendment. Mr. S. CRAWFORD suggested that the property quali fying a person to be a member of tho lace' board should be within th^ district for which he was elected. Lord MORPETH obj ctid to this on the came ground on which be had opposed the last am' ndmrnt—viz., that it would narrow the field of selection, and might exclude persons in all other respects peculiarly qualified. Clauses PI, 17, and 18 were agreed to; and on clause 19, Captain PECIIELL, obji.ctiog to the inequality of voting provided by 1, , . proposed lie omission or postponement. Lord MURPL 10 said that the clause was framed on the same prin. iple as that which prescribed a similar mode of voting under the poor law—namely, that as property would be locally taxcd it should have a proportionate influence by voting. After a conversation, in which Mr. S. CRAWFOND, Alder man SIDNEY, Dr. Bowman, and Mr. 11 ellE opposed, and SLANEY and Mr. HENLEY, supported the clause, Col. SIBTliORI" declared his intention of not taking any further part in the committal of the bill, but would oppose it on tee ri port and third reading. Mr. GRANCiEIt proposed to limit the number of votes, in any instance, to four ; and therefore he should move to substitute for the scale now in the clause the fullowine : For every holding of 1101., one vote; for 1001., two votes; and for 2001 and upwards, four votes ;—thus makiag four votes the maximum. Alter a few words from Mr. 11. DUEMMOND, which did not reach us, Mr. 1K EWDEGATE contended, as the bill interfered so much with property, that property ought to be properly re preeenta d •, and ou that ground he thought the distinction made in the clausw, as framed, was necessary. Sir 0. STRICKLAND opposed the clause, on the ground that the system of plurality of votes was a most objectionable principle, and was unsatielactery to the country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the system of voting adopted in the new pour-law act had worked satie factorily, and that wits the system introduced by the present clause iato this bill. Much of the duty of the local boards so t Le elected would cunelst in making secure and perma nent improvements; and i: a preponderating voice was given to the Dover classes, it was to be feared that with a view to lessen their own rates, they would only execute the works in such a way as just to satisfy the provisions of the act, but without any regard to their permanent durabili t y. Mr. BUCK concurred, and trusted the government would not give way to any of the suggestions made, but would re tain the clause in its present form. Mr. RU ME was decidedly opposed to the system of cumu lative voting. lie wished the principle adopted by the bill introduced by the right hon. baronet, the member for Ripon (Sir J. Graham) with reference to the Scotch Poor-law Act to be followed in the bill, namely, that every rate-payer should have one vote and ao more. The principle of that bill had given great satisfaction in Scotl.,nu, and as it was the last legislation un such a motinn, it ought to be Johowed in the hill now under consideration. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that, speaking only from an im perfect recollection of the prosiaions of the Scotch Poor law Act, he thought there was a distinction between that measure and the clause now before the committee. This clause gave the elected body large powers of taxation, whereas, in the Scotch Bill no taxing powers whatever were conferred upon the elected board. Under such circumstances he was disposed to support the thiuse as it stood at present. Mr. M UNTZ opposed the clause, and said that, although he was the largest rate-payer in the borough ho represented, he should be quite satisfied with one vote under this bill. Lord MORPETII said the object ht the government was so to constitute the local boards as to avoid, es much as pile dole, any interference with them by the central authority. lie had had many interviews and much correspondence with parties front all districts of the country in the subject of this TAU, and yet he had tiM received a single remonstrance with rererr nee to the clause se now prt.pricd. near, hear.) After a few words from M. Rice., which were wholly inaudible in the gallery. kr. Aid. dilnlia etateada4 that ea mil principle of L THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1848. ELECTION COM hiTlTEE—Yawritatat. Lute-maim —TM wrung iwooeeded with, end ono dote muck ulf the *WANT everabei'e majority. Vie elPrefifS• MAILS.. The onn i an d closed mane, ;;;11;:reetfiee, In the bleallterrnenn, e gys. A d. a. c e ywa. Moog-Kong, Me, will be made up ou the evening of the Sith Ile,. Tye malls for Britioh North Amerks, end the United States, will be made up en the evening of the 26th May. The malls for Vigo, Oporto LIMON M 411 1 .1111, cndla, an d °w ra p." will be made up on the morning of the 27 th Slay. The mello for Now South Wale", Van Diemen . % Land, and New Zealand will be mule up ou the eVOIIIIIS of the 31ot fd ,y. The mail. for the Weed ,lotot Of Africa and Mothim will be made lip Gs the oventrupd the Slot May. The Weal India Mail*, including Iterniuda, Nalt,llll, Holum Hendon's, Now Orleans Vera (rue, *lemineti, and P o rto Rion, and excluding (hem for Madeira, deemed, Otribageim, Santa Martha, Chasm, Panama, Meet Coast of South Alfieri., oil St. JunnAle fokaragua, will be 111•40 up on the moaning of the god Julie. The mails fur the limits tie River 1.14Ae, Monte Video, Vermeil bum. Bahia, Madeira, anti Baotou Ayres, will be made up ou tics evening of the 3rd June. The overland mails foe (fibralter, Malta, Ounce, the lonian lolanda, ggypt, _Aden, Ceylon, DWiu, Hung-Kong, und China, rw Southamp too, will be made up on the morning of the 20th Juan. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The number of STAMPS trued by the authorities of thr Stamp-other, during 1547, to the DAILY NEWS was 3,447,009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the number , issued to the Morning Noma, Morning Chronic k sod Morning Post, ALL PUT TOGYTHAR. In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEW S, Morning Paper, there were issued fur the horning Edtt ion , TUE EXPRESS 778,714 Which was more, we believe, than were issued tither to the Oioers or Standard, Evening Papers. 1110E1 WITIR AT U)UUS SUPOZ. T 2 2. U 33-311•2•12/. al. NM 3. Altenrs. 22 ml 2. 'ma 3 T. 111233222.42 min poll MINIMS w•. p.m 2. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20. Tne bill to facilitate the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland has at length made its appearance in the Commons House of Parliament. Alb r a two months' trance it has recently been hurried through the I louse of Lords without much deliberation, and still less dis cussion; and now it appears in all the helplessness of immaturity to meet the scrutiny and the criticism of the elective wisdom of the legislature. Confessedly the lords have made nothing of the measure. How far their hereditary prejudices and selfish pusillanimity may have contributed to this result it were difficult to say. Sympathy with their bankrupt brethren on the other aide of the Channel, who do not wish to bo compel' d at compellable to dispose of their rack-rented and I I unimproved estates, may have had its influence while none or few of the oppoteite and counter-active class of motives were likely to be felt to any great ex tent in the gilded chamber. Nlurtgagees, anxious to retain their gripe of six per cent. as first incum beancers on Irish properties,do not abound in that high place where deice far tolerate is constitutionally wor shipped. Thatdanger awaitstheb ill rather in the house I of moneyed men, to whose cash mercies it is now com mitted. But strange though it may seem, it is ne vertheless true, that had the measure as it now stands conie out of the hat de :of a select committee of in surance companies, and private lenders of money on Irish mortgages, it could not have been framed with a more one-sided a' 't and tendency. Its whole scope and tenor is to limit strictly to the class of per sons we have named any and every facility which it professes to give in the way of bringing landed pro perty to sale. No mortgagee or holder of other secu rity attachable to land is given the ri g ht to initiate proceedings by petition for a sale, erupt the first incumbrancer, having the title deeds in his pos session. Why, this is just the party who is el V 1 Apr sure to have the least interest in forcing a sale. lie, or they—for it is very often as affiucut public com pany that stands in this position—having the first chump', is satisfied a ith the high interest for the sum lent. The parties who would press fur a sale, either partial or entire, are the lanirrie creditors, as they are called, who rank in a liquidation account according to the date of their securities, whether bond or mort gage ; and even whose cosy., where they are compelled to sue in Chancery, are marshalled in similar order. Frequently the fund to be realised by sale is not expected to be adequate to meet all these charges. In that case the toil creditors -that is to Pay those at the bottom of the list—arc in jeo pardy ; and many of them would gladly avail them selves of lbcrty to tile a petition for a sale of as much as would pay them off before the estate became irretrievably deficient by protracted neglect and decay, did the law enable them to dose. But the es tablished practice of the Court of Chancery in Ireland has always been not to allow the palm , creditor to obtain a decree for a sale until he has u ndertaken to redeem the prior mortgage. Lord CUTTENHAM'S bill does nothing to mitigate this evil. It leaves the majority of creditors as it found them. It profeese a to simplify and cheapen the mode by which the first or chief incumbrancer may sew for a sale, by . allowing him to present a pelition, as it is termed, instead of filing a bill. The change, we are very strongly disposed to believe, will prove anything but efficacious. The compara tive expenses of the two processes have been nicely measured and balanced by the legal profession in Ireland, and the impression is that no saving will in the end be effected by the change, while, in point of principle, there are serious grounds of objection to it. But of these more another time. The cardinal fault of the b.ll as it stands is, that i preserves the obsolete and unjust distinction between real and chattel property. It seeks to guard and screen the possession of land in a manner :in which no other kind of property is protected. The merchant who has houses, factories, ships, goods, or bills of ex change, is liable at any moment to have any portion of these taken by his lawful creditor to pay the debt he owes. It does not signify whether he be the first or the greate-t, or the last and the least of his creditors. His claim is irresistible; the debt must be paid. But the landlord need not pay it he does not like to do so. The mysterious sanctity of landed property must not be infringed. A very large creditor—the Met mort gagee having the title deeds in his possession—is, in deed, regarded by Lord COTTENIIAM as worthy of some peculiar privileges and facilities; so he is to have leave to tile a petition instead of a bill in chan cery, in order to enforce a sale—if he will. But for the luckless residue, they are to be left to their fate. Feudal tenures, settlements, and entails aro more sacred than right and wrong ; and the noble or most noble spendthrift, whose only honest position would be the Gazette, because he is noble or moat noble is left to enjoy his ancestral domains—the entire fee thereof being due to other people by him notwithstanding. This is the constitution and the law ; but is it commonly honest as between man and man ?—or is it possible to conceive that any hapless country can emerge from penury and distraction, when such is the established and, as it would seem, unalterable, practice of land holding ? We perceive that the government are at length be ginning to be ashamed of this miserable and abortive production ; and that a pledge has been given on the second reading that large and efficient amendments it will be introduced in committee. We sincerely hope , a t so; for in its present shape it were far better the bill „ a l; did not pass at all. these THE most wonderful specimen of eloquence that ever astonished a political assembly was certainly the speech of M. CAUSSIDIERE, late Prefect of Police, to the national assembly. The language of the honour able member was a species of argot, a dialect pecu liar to the Parisian vagabond, which renders any sentence that he uttered completely unintelligible of itself. Still there was in the midst of the speaker's obscurity a significance, in the midst of his rascality an honesty, and in the midst of his vulgarity a certain talent—these good qualities redeeming the bad , like the Chourineur in EUGENE Sas novel of the " Mys t&es de Paris," which made every one disgusted and interested with the singular ruffian. The history of Paris during the months of March, April, and May—an important epoch in French annals—can be read or understood nowhere or nohow so well as in the ample spcech of CAUESIDIERE. This strange p: Auction of the age is a Swiss by birth, and an auarchibt by profes sion. lie told the assembly that he had passed his life in conspiracies—not tho most regular mode of livelihood, he admitted, but one by which he had gained experience in politital agitation. C te.s 4IDIERE was amongst the combatants of antaary. Ito led a chosen and a daring band, and 11,r his part of the booty be took with them possession of the l'i:ft.cture .------- _ et police, when he installed himself as delegate of the barricades. He kept around him between one and two thousand daring and determined followers of his own complexion, or rather of a deeper hue, for if ho was an anarchist by trade, his followers had been robbers by profession. He called them at first his Mon- Gionards, but latterly they assumed the less formidable title of the Garde ROpubliviine. MI the attempts of the Provisional Government to dislodge CAUSNIUIERI having failed, they were fain to employ hint in the office which he assumed — that of chief of the police. And in this ho did excellent service—not only putting an cud to robbery and repine, and rendering Paris inure secure than even his predecessor DELY.FISVALT made it, hut also keeping down political turbulence through the important interval before the opening of the attfit mbly. It will be remembered how the worst of the clubs was put down by CAUSSIDIERE. Ile sent thither his montoonords, who got themselves received us members, ar,d soon made such extrava gant proposals as to carry off all popularity from the ' original members, whom they ousted from the lead, the presidency, and finally from the club itself. Causer:imam describes his "'Minion as chief police magistrate to have been Louie de (onciliation. No one, according to this personage's doctrine, is an anarchist or a robber from choice. Interest any of such men u in the preservation of order and of property, nd they will prove its beet protectors. Thu proof, says Cat:astute:Re, is, that Paris has b. en protected for three months from rapine, insur rection, and bloodshed, by the greater part of those likely to commit such crimes having been enlisted to prevent them. 'The most dangerous Nen timente, argued Cat; ssi DI ERE, at such a moment as this, are reaction and fear. Your good citizens are dan gerous men, continued he; " their brains are shaken by panic. lied I, as prefect of police, listened to the i xhortations 1 have received from all sidi it, one half of Paris would have been luded) during the last three mantle arresting the other half." We think it quite evident, from CAUSSIDIERR'd simple account, that there was no deep or general conspiracy on tho Ibth of May to dissolve the chamber and the government. The only conspirators were probably liattites and BLANQUI, whom Csesslnteue begged to have a warrant to arrest two days before. Had this been done, he declares that the attempt upon the Chamber would not have taken place. Ninety-nine of the 1 hundred who marched to the assembly, had no idea of more than petitioning it. General COURTAIR' fully, the cowardice of the president of the assembly, and the fully of the 'trembly itself in entrust ing the command of the armed force around it to the president—instead of leaving it to an experienr ed and trusty officer—this enabled, not any large party of anarchists—but a 1 st: sv 'core of idle ruffians, to outrage the majesty of the assembiy. unto they burst in, the revolutionary fn nzy of come ultra-dernocmtic'rnembers carried them into ex ulting sympathy with a state of anarchy to.) congenial to their minds. As to 14:hity•Itours, or any other republican leader of influence or consistency having joined in the design, or known of it, there seems not the least p.obability. A real democratic insur rection would have been much more serious. The policy of L‘stAttrixe is, however, like that of Caessintene, tofu* de ,(mediation. Although he may put down the anarchists, he thinks it unsafe to offend republicans or ultra-republicans, and thinks him se If and tie government evidently much safer under the wing of 1..E10w-Itati IN, than under that of tither NI. listeitor or M. Tutees. This may I. ad to bad consequences, to further ruin. The moderates, annoyed at LAMARTINE'i in dulger err to what they consider anarchy, may eclat ' diate him, and may repudiate with him all the old republican party. Such a schism between the repute Mans fs:tOre, and the republicansqller the revolution, would be fatal, and will, we trust, be avoided. At the same time M. LAMARTINE and the execu tive government must, by this time, be conviric.d that the duties of their station extend to something inure than the mere preservation of order. 'there are statesmanlike qualities and necessities which mere mob ministers cannot meet. The fiae.neial interests of the country have been most deplorably misma naged and destroyed, private industry paralysed, all the elements of wealth and of force destroyed. If the thorough republican party, with all its zeal and address, have not the knowledge requisite to set all this right— if M. (lARNIER FAeces and M. LA MARTIN?. still persist in pursuing, or rather awaiting, the realisation of visionary and impossible schemes of financial and iiidustrial ad udnistration, they will perish by the practical and material ills which their obstinacy perpetuates. Nor is there the least use in their retaining the adhesion of the lower clasws, if, in order to gain it, they sacrifice the welfare, industry, property, and peace of tI/e middle ranks, the manufacturing and the trading portion of the population. MINISTERS have consented to postpone the debate on their measure for reforming the Navigation Laws. This is a sad mistake. The tactics of the protectionists are Fabian; they at k to conquer by delay ; and this being obvious, no delay ought to have been granted to t hem. They have begun where most other oppositions have ended—by a factious and unscrupulous use of the power which the moving of repeated adjourn ments gives the smallest minority of arresting the progress of business. No doubt, had minis ters remained firm on Thursday in their original determination to bring on the debate on Monday next, this device would have again been resorted to; but this captious and unreasoniug mode of proceeding ought to have been resolutely met and put down at first. Ministers and the friends of the measure ought to have let their antagonists know that if they were for trying to defeat it by sheer unreasoning obstinacy, its supporters were quite ready to try who could be most obstinate. There are certain limits beyond which the public will not tolerate such factious pro ceedings—limits beyond which even Lord GEORGE BENTINCR, Mr. HUDSON, or Col. SIRTHORP, will not venture to push this game of moving adjournments. By the yie!ding to the mere apprehension of this trick being played again, the protectionists have been en couraged to resort to it at every future stage of the measure. No more information is either wanted or ex pected, to enable members of parliament to make up their minds on the subject. No committee of either house ever elicited new infor mation on any subject. Committees, appointed to examine into yet unexplored fields of inquiry, go blandering on, and come to nothing. The only use ful committees are those which are obtained by one or more persons fully acquainted with a subject, for the purpose of examining witnesses conversant with it, and papers, in such a manner that the report, with the minutes of evidence, shall be a digested compen dium of all that is necessary to be known on the sub ject in order to (mina judgment of any measure brought forward. This has been done by the House of Commons committee on the navigation laws of last session. Nobody expects that the I louse of Lords committee now sitting will add one iota of information of the least moment to what was elicited by that of the Commons last year. The House of Lords committee was not appointed for any such purpose, but merely as a pretext for postponing Every day gained by the protectionists will be employed in devising new pretexts for further delay, and in gaining new allies among the majority of re presentatives who represent a minority both of the population and the electors.' Among the thirty mem bers (tellers included) who voted for delay on Monday last, there were sixteen representatives of boroughs which the smallness of the constituencies renders mere nomination boroughs in the hands of some great land owner or organised shipowners—in which the opinion of the public, through the agency of our une qually distributed representation, is overpowered by the opinion of the few. A numerical majority of the members of the House of Com mons we have repeatedly had occasion to show are returned by similar individual or corporation in terests. Every moment of delay, not required for the purposes of deliberate argument, will be used by the protectionists to form an alliance among these nume rous petty interests. to overpower the representatives of the public interest. The ends of justice iequire that discussion should be ample and deliberate; but every proaastination not .squired for debate will be asked for, and turned to the account of chicanery and in trigue, and ought, therefore, to be resolutely refused. The postponement of the dieeussion on the naviga tion laws, conceded on Thursday evening, must be tho last concession of the kind, if it i I really intended to carry the ministerial measure this session. justice the owners of property ought to him so more bans single vote just s the mere occupiers, Sir W. CLAY was dissatisfied with the clause pro posed, and could not unde rs t a nd why the MIN principle which governed the elections In moan:lint corporations should not be adopted in this measure, which was to rule towns not incorporated. It was inconeistent to have • system of single voting in the one, and of plurality of Yotas in the other. Lord DUNCAN elm sup s ported the proposition for single voting, and remarked that in Bath the operation of Sturges Bourne's Act had produced the greatest disestisfaction. If this clause was adopted, the measure would no longer be • poor man's bill, as dated. Sir R. U. INGLIS supported the clause as proposed in the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL remarked that the noble lord the member for Bath (Lord Duncan) teemed to think that the bill, called n poor man's bill, should give franchise and pri vilege* to the poor man. If this was a political matter, ao doubt such ought to he the case ; but this was not • bill re lating to political rights and privileges, but • measure to Wert certain sanitary improvements fur the sake of the health not only of the poor man, bat of every other member r er of the community. T he q uestion simply was, wheth those improvements could be better secured by the system of single voting or by the adoption of the principle of plurality of votes. That principle had been adopted in 1817, in the case of Sturges Bourne's act ; it had been further eisperi in 1818 by the legislature, and on every review of the poor laws, up to the last in 1814, the principle had been adhered to. The act of 1844 contained • clause exactly in terms nor- responding with the prevent clause, and therefore he did not see that the principle a plural votes , so often recognised by the legialature, ought now to be coodemned. Mr. BILOTEFILION supported, and Mr.Wonre opposed, the elastic as it stood in the bill. Capt. PECHELL submitted that the clause had better be postponed, in order that the government might reconsider this point. especially as the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) had fairly toil the committee that this was nut a poor man's bill. Lord J. ItUSSELL —I said no such thing. (" Hear," and • laugh.) Capt. PEC HELL had misunderstood the noble lord. lie must observe that Sturges Bourne's act only gave plural votes to occupiers, and not to owners, of property. He must therefore oppose the clause. GItANOEK said that, geeing the disposition of hon. members around him, he would, with the permission of the committee, withdraw his amendment. T he amendment having been, by leave, withdrawn, Mr. HUM It again urged Isis former objection to the clause, and called epos the committee not to stultify previous legs re in respect of the Scotch Poor Law Bill by consenting to the present proposition. Sir J. GRAHAM said since he last had addressed the committee he had looked at the Scotch Poor Law Act, and he found that go far from the view taken of that measure by the hon. member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) being correct, • distinction was ossile between the burgbal and the rural parishes. In the homer, every rate-payer, whatever the value of his holding, hail a vote, bas' the owners of property had votes in this scale: above the value of 201. two votes, shove 401. three votes, above 601. four votes, and above 1001. live votes; to that both as regarded England and Scotland the legislature had been consistent, and wherever power was given to a body to raise taxes, plurality of votes, to a err tam amount, had been given. As the present clause was drawn verbatim% from the English bill of 1844, he (Sir J. Graham) should adhere to the principles so recently adopted. Mr. HUME said he had made hie statement on the authority of the hon. member the Solicitortleneral for Scotland, (A lough.) Sir .1. GRAHAM wished to add to what he had already stated that whatever was the principle of the Scotch poor law, the hon. member (Mr. Hume) had himself admitted that its operation gave the greatest satisfaction in Scot land. (Laughter.) The LORD ADVOCATE, in the absence of his bon. friend the Solicitor Genera for Scotland, must remark that his opinion must have dependedupon the mode in which the hon. member tor Muutrate had asked the question. (Renewed laughter ) After • few words from Mr. letesrc and Mr. Farts! Yr, the committee divided. Fur the clause Against it Clauses 20 to 26 were then agreed to with very little disciesioo. On clause 27. Mr. 11EN LEV moved to strike out te roviso rendering the appointment of the surveyer subjec t t o the approval n o the general hoard. Mr. HUDSON supported the amendment. Viacuunt hIORPE*III said he had given up many of the pow. n which he bad proposed to vest in the general board, and, willing to show as much confidence as possible in the local boards, he would concede this point elm. Mr. HUME regretted this concession, which would render the surveyor the mere creature of the local board. Mr. FLANEY believed that many of the corporations were sincerely desirous to have larger sanitary powers ; and he thought they would be anxious to exercise them in such a way as would be beneficiel to the public. The omission of the proviso was then agreed to. Mr. RICE proposed another amendment in the same clause, making the town clerks and treasurers ot corporate boroughs, clerks and treasurers of the local boards. Mr. Ald. SYDNEY supported this alteration. Viscount MORPETH resisted the amendment, which was withdrawn; and the clause, as previously amended, was agreed to, as was clause 29. Oa clause 30, directing the appointment of an officer of health, Lord MORPHIA j roomed to insert the words , " & le g all y qualified medical practitioner," in lieu of "a member of the medical profession." The alteration was agreed to. A conversation followed as to the mode of appointment and rimeri ration of this officer. Mr. AN STEY thought he ought to be paid in the same way as the inspector, out of a public Mod. Viac , iuht MoItPKIM said the cases were not parallel. The officer of health would be a local officer, employed in the district; and c onsequently ought to be paid by the district. Mr. RICE suggested that the removal of the medical officer should ire% with the local board. Lord MORPETII said that as the medical offieer might often have to tome into collision with the local board in the discharge of his duties, it was better that his removal should rest w,th the general board. Aft, r a short co.,versation, the clause, as amended, was agreed to. On clause thempeg the local board to send maps of the sew. rs to general board, living proposed, Mr. HENLEY thought that the clause would be useleas, because the local board could send up plans which t ey knew would be rejected by the general board. Ile thought is would be better to leave out the clause altogether. Lord MOKPETH consented to the introduction of words which would not make it compulsory on the local bonds to se..d plans. The clause was then agreed to, as were the clause* up to let Os clause 39, requiring the report of the surveyor with respect to the sewers when a new house is to be built, being proposed. Mr. GRAINGER thought it would create confusion to re quire the thirty to have the report of the surveyor atter his plan had been approved of. 'I he ATTORNEY.GENER AL did not think they should allow the party building the house to be the judge of the sufficiency of the sewer. Mr. HENLEY hoped that the surveyor was not to receive mast tor making his report. The ArfORNEY.GENERAL said that the local board might discharge the surveyor if he made any charge. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 40 to 49 were agreed to, with verbal amendments. On clause 30 (relating to smoke consumption), Mr. FOLEY moved to exempt trout the operation of the chose " mines and works for the manufacture of bricks and other saheb sot clay." Dr. BOW RI NG supported the amendment. Mr. THORN LEY said it was also very important that iron sulks should he excluded. Capt. I'ECIIELL hoped public baths would he forced to consume their own smoke. Dlr. SLAM EY said that their object was to get rid of nui sances arising from smoke, but he hoped collieries would he exempted from its operation, as in any other case the owners would a. t their facts arinst the bill and impede its operation. Lord monrEnt said he had had much doubt whether he ougut w make say exemption front the operation of this clause ; but as a general law was said by practical men not to be practicable, he thought he bad better make some con cession 111.• could not, however, make any exemption in cases of premises worked by steam-engines; but in the cue of the mines and works alluded to be should be happy to inert the hon. member's views. After some conservation, S.r J. WALNISLEY expressed his hope, that however stringeet the clause might be made as regarded towns, it would be more lenient as regarded rural districts. The noble lord was not perhaps aware that a large quantity of coals was consumed in what was called open burning, and if these were operated upon by the clause a great quantity of coals mu. tbe destroyed. lie (S,r J. Walmaley) had had several communications from Staffordshire on the subject, all deprecating the clause. lie trusted that the noble lord would give it wine further coasictmation. Mr. BAILEY thought that there world ba great diffi culty in carrying out the clause in many districts. Ile con bowed 1,100 tons of coals per day, and employed 10,000 men, and he feared that these extensive transactions would be greatly impeded by the shortniaa of the notice. Mr. MUTT hoped that Sunderland would be exempted from the op ration of the bill. In its present form the mea sure would wholly destroy the manufacture of coke. Lord MORPETH entwined to postpone the clause, and in the mean time would give the suggestions tit hon. mem bers the fullest consideration. Clauses 51 to 36 inclusive were agreed to; upon which the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again ou luonday. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE moved that the select committee on the Lunatic A .yhams (Scotland) Bill do consist of 21 members, and that the following members be the committee : The Lord Ailvoc.ite, Lord Ashley, Sir J. Graham, the Secre tary at War, for. Train, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Soli citor General for Scotland , ' Ccl. Mare, Mr. J. Loch, Sir G. Clerk,Viscount Nielgund, Mr. E. Eliice, Mr. S. W o rtley, Mr. 0. Craig, V ism.unt Drumlanrig, Mr. Bouvet* Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. C. Howard, Mr. Fergus, Mr. Smollett, and Mr.Fordyce. On tho motion of Mr. FORBES, Mr. M'Neill's name Wel substituted ter that of the Solicitor General for Scotland, and the motion agreid to in that form. I'ne Louse saljourited at half-prat 12. FRANCE. REPORT OF THE MAYOR OF PARIS ON THE LATE INSURRECTION. PROPOSED UNION OF LOMBARDY WITH PIEDMONT. PARIS, FRIDAY, HALF•PAST 11 A Y. That the present executive government will cause orpeimit to be instituted a real investigation, with the view of discovering and making public all the agents and accomplices of the plot of Monday last, is what no one here seriously believes. In a proclamation proposed by M. Berard yesterday, to be addressed by the assembly to the nation the misgiving of the assembly itself respecting the good faith of the execu tive government iu this matter, is net attempted to be disguised, and although the terms which express this misgiving may, from comiderations of conrenance, be modified or omitted, the sentiments of the great majority of the assembly will not be the less c ertain. Every day brings to light new evidence of the character of the plot which fortunately was frus trated by the national guard, on Monday, in spite of the supine inertness of the governmental authorities. We have to-day a mass of documents and a narrative of facts of the highest interest. I will endeavour to reduce them to as concise a form as will be consistent with clearness. M. Armand Marrast, the Mayor of Paris, has made the following report to the commission of the executive government: RRPORT OP THE MAYOR OF PARIS. TO THIS YllOlll2llll OT THIS comurrss or Tea EXACC- TIRE POWER. Citizene,—According to your desire, I think it my duty to present in writing the verbal rep.irts I have already re turned in to you concerning the (nets which occurred at the 116tel-dc.Ville on the 15th inst. By so doing I shall rectify the numerous errors which have been spread abroad. At the moment the tribune was invaded by the authors of a criminal attempt against the sove reignly of the people, I was informed they intended to direct their steps towards the Hotel.de-Ville, in order to establisb therein a provisional government. My duty called me to my post, and I n paired thither immediately. I mashed that spot two hours before the rebels, and I in stantly gave orders that all actuary measures should be taken to prevent their entering its gates. The first legion was ordered to piece its columns at the entrance by the quay, rind the colonel who commanded at the hotel-de-Ville took every ni misery measure to defend it. The columns, preceded by their standards, soon arrived in front of the oth Legion. The leaders announced that the assembly was dissolved, that the executive power no longer existed, that the national guard, the mobile guard, and the army, had unanimously proclaimed • new provisional go vernment. After some sharp parley had taken place, • musket was fired off on the commander io second of the Hotel-de-Ville, who was at the head of the legion, and who most energetically refused to let them pass. The resistance of Col. Beaumont was nut, unfortunately, se eh. nettektary ensemble. A chefde-bataillon of CODUCLI won sue macucn...., the nutmeat guard enders the butt end of the muskets to be raised ; the colonel of the 9th evinces some hesitation, the band avail themselves of that moment to invade the square, and the crowd pushes against the gates with such violence, that they yield beneath the weight of the moll. My adjuint, citizen Adam, had already descended and had visited the different parts of the hotel, to we thatmy orders had been attended to. He returned to my cabinet, saying the Colonel-Commander would have to waiver to you fur what he should or should nut do. I must, however, add that M. Rey, the Commander, was oar roguing the crowd, addressing himself particularly to Barba, and refused to open the gate. A few momenta after wards, however, M. Rey went away, the gate was imme. diately opened, and the living wave entered. The leaders sociferatmg as they entered, " Where is Jlarrast We Mai first of all get rid of that fellow." 1 was in that moment in my cabinet, which I 'sad not left, surrounded by a few representatives, aim protected bs fifty men, all of us determined to resist all violence, whatever might he the result. The staircases were filled up by from 2.00 to 3,000 men, who were repairing towards the salts, where the deliberations had been held on the 24th Feb., and commenced, amidst the most dreadful tumult, a discussion upon proper names. Meanwhile, I bad ordered the huissiers,' and the :7th and 9th legions to march, pas de charge, on to the 11..te1-&-Vaila. I had issued a proclamation, acquaint ing the National Guard with the real state of the facts. 1 bed written to you, citizens, to request reinforce ments, and to order the dispositioic necessary to force the crowd which had not yet gained access to the salle, to leave the hotel, end to secure the others, as soon as the propitious moment should present itself. The legions arrived a propoa ; Barbee and his acoomplicee had repaired to another wile, which they had caused to be guarded by min in arms. They showed themselves to the multitude on the place, and we heard repeated cries of Fire Barbee! Vioe Louts Blanc! fire Albert! General ' , ouch( r soon alter entered my cabinet, followed by his staff. I ordered him to command two battalions of the sedentary and mobile guard to enter imme diately, and to begin by facing the crowd which ob structed the courts and staircases to go out of the hotel, and to surround at the same time the salle in which the leaders had assembled. Adam went himself to this salle, and had several persons taken into custody. The order was immediately given to allow no one to leave the Hotel.de- Ville, and to beep every issue by which Barba, Albert, and the others, could effect their escape. At that moment the citizens Lamartine and Ledru Rollin arrived at tne Hotel de•Ville, and were shortly followed by General Clement Thomas. Some officers of the national guard then declared they would take upon themselves to arrest, without distinction, all the citizens who had invaded the hotel; but as same representatives of the people hap• paned to he therein, they demanded a written order to this effect, which was immediately delivered. It was signed by me and by two members of the eeeoutave committee. The commander of the 6th Legion had, however, pre viously to the delivery of this order, arrested Barba. The superior officers of the artillery and of the national guard had arrested Albert, and bath did their utmost to secure, from the least evil treatment, the two representatives, whose conduct excited such just and well-deservcd indignation. Two other officers examined every part of the hotel, and caused lao individuals to be taken into custody. More arrests took place in the evening, and we had secured upwards of 200 prisoners. You see, citizens, that if by weakness, or by complicity, by a Lult or by a crime, the rebels succeeded in placing them selves in a salle of the Rotel-de-Ville, they were not masters of it for a single instant. 1 have not ceased to command in site hotel, I have not ceased to issue orders, and that un certainty which had fur an ivataut raised a doubt in the minds of some of the national guards having been dissipated, my adjoint and I, had but one thought, that of securing the arrest of the guilty and avoiding bloodsh,d. 1 have to add that the chef de bataillon of the 9th, whom I have mentioned above, bas sent in to me his resignation • I have also received that of Col. Verities, and of a standaid bearer, called Geary. As to Col. Rey and his agent, they are both under arrest. Safety and Fraternity ! The Representative of the People, Mayor of Paris, May 17. ARMAND MARKAST. The mysterious escape or liberation of Blanqui, after having been in the hands of justice, is at present a topic of general comment, and of much scandal against the government. Last night the following letter was deposited in I the boxes of several of the journals. It was appa rently in the handwriting of Blanqui, so that its would seem that the report of his having escaped to Brussels is unfounded: Sir,—Some journals have reached me in the asylum in which ones more during the last 17 years I am obliged to secure my life against royalist proscriptions. I declare une quivocally that all that bas been said at the tribune in the sitting of the 16th May, as to my friends and me, is one in famous tissue of lies and calumnies. Gently, gentlemen I your " bourgeoise " guard has not yet made me swallow their bayoueta. lam free, end 1 have a few wards by-and bye to say to the public. Meanwhile the veracity of the " reactionnaires" may be judged of by the official announce ment of my arrest made by M. (fernier Pima to the assembly. All the rest is as it may chance. Upon this the Constietaiotanel observes as follows : This letter of M. Blanqui will not deceive, us although it is written to induce the belief that M. Blanqui had not been arrested; we persist in believing the official declaration of M. Garcia' Pages, addressed to the national assembly in the name of the executive commission. It seems certain that M. Blanqui did not appear at the Hotel-de Ville when the pretended provisional government was proclaimed. This prudent conduct, conformable to the ' character of the chief of a club, more lofty in his words than resolute in his acts, is also explained by the profound hate existing between him and Bashes. Blanqui was not then arrested when the National Guard entered the Rotel-de , Ville, at the time it was occupied by the anarchists. But as to the brief incarceration of Blanqui there can be no doubt, if we recall the positive affirmation of M. Gamier Pages, and the direct allusion of M. Caussidiere in his ex planations. We are told, moveovcr, that yesterday morning a high functionary in the judicial department said that Blanqui was in the power of justice. These facts are grave, and can leave no doubt as to the state of the case. Now, M. Blanqui is at this moment at liberty. How has he succeeded escaping from the regular custody of the autho rities ? Does M. Blanqui owe his liberation and his power to enter into new conspire , les to the mysterious Millie= which has rendered so slow and so secret the prosecution re lative to the "Revue Retrospective i" We do not cease to repeat : there is a secret myetery of which the government has the key, and it is important that on this as well as on other points, information given. However that may be, the judicial authorities, whose in teatime we do not suspect, were informed that, yesterday, The . Comaesumissaryui was a of t th Police , o e house n of a friend at Montmartre. this information, accom panied by four .gene of police, west to Montmartre, and Ufa, o ccupied all day in making inquiries and searches, but without avail. Alt that could be learned was that Blanqui had passed the night et the house of a M. V—, had gone out very early in the morning, had gone to the house of another friend, then to a cal, and had not afterwards been heard of. A document found in the Rae rtiroli be nee of the Commune de Paris and the residence of Blatiqui, has been generaLy published to-day. It contains the following decrees alreudy prepar e d to b e proclaimed by a committee of public surety, whi c h was to hare been formed after the heoirrection o r Monday. MO/ECU! OF DECaItEB OP THE COMMITTEE OP PUEL ic Decarc I.—ln the name of the pe , plc ri , pniror cu p , my Paris, Wonders ot the repu'ilic in FeJrucry and )day, the isommittre of public safety thereat, that the N ' Assembly, enmposed principhy of tiittef , onnaire r his lated its moron. l'hat it has lust pecious time whim m i s ery demanded the promptest meiniuren That it has refused to create a romiliter of jahour. Th u it has trusted to its heap of arms d , posid i n the lull of the anietultly, when it . annuli! have ?died rin note) force alone to accomplish it. no..ion and devotion. That it tm• adopted the right and power tit cpprtsion in leaving trope in Paris, ani in mianig . the Piesnli nt the right to call them out, u at the naminal gu irdis That it ea* infring , dtn , liberty aod the sovi-rtiguty w m p opte Mimed on the barncades of Febru iry, in interdicting the t pe he rso p:opl i e wi ti t y it la h w . tatizdriognhtht eofp,,pre,pse:enwuelwaei,pet vi titi chwa l to present a p tirion in favour oi P. oil, In mos que r hee f , d the people of Paris d i are the milt mid a...embiy pnvedot all power, and constitutes a conunivee 04 paboc • composed of nine bombers who are the citizens, , tart y, iN ua b e i t t n en b m y M t itite e ; m ier . e st in e v h es e ted rg, t a i ri e m, sours,, ape ;Causer; stitute and organise is true democratic repuisie, and agaia to show itself. DECKSE II I.—ln the name of the peopli• o f p ar i, of the Itepublic decree. All administrative and judicial powers, charge', and public fui.vions. privaeg... polies are all abolished, without disunction, wlug ra authoriti created. New prime.' will be ruins, diately wm . toted. 'the police of towers and communes beliiegi to ilia " farce ouvnere," thus constituted ; the m a y ors atone . sb e i retain so much of their Foyers as shall be necessary c° ee,„ into effect the present decree.—Ait. 1. All (•• • ' connus,") ell.rec-gnised patriots, shell be requested to attend on the same day at an hour fixed, i a th e evening, to choose among themselves a municipatom m i n composed of seven patriots, of whom five at least be ouvriers who can read and write. Art. 2. The m • 'pa com mittee shall enter on its functions imme..iately after is formation. Art. 3. The functions of the mui,ie,p4 coo, mittee shall be, first, those of the present mu n i c i pa l s ... ells; second, those of the comptrolers of public prop eet i, third, those of judges in quesuous of police and the orderid executiou of our decrees. Art. 4. The well r patriots shall form an armed force for the execution of am decrees. They shall demand th it all their arms stall b e delivered to them by all the citizeus widths. dhtisgi,a This force shall be called the •• I.ace ouniere." Art The national guard, and above a 1 the "bourgeoise" p r e y shall no longer be allo sed ti wear uniturrn or carry m e ; and in case of breach of this snide, shall be owlet/ed. ' DECItEE IV.—ln the name of the pas p'e of Paris, fss e k t of the republic. laasmuch a. it is necessary immediately% render resistance to necessitous citizens, and as than A. can do so are the rich, who for the last three mak have hidden their money ; and ea the assn laity " adopted by the reputi.ic should not be r e empty sound, but should exhibit itself by de d., decree— Art 1. The capitalists known as such by the municipal e se , mitten shall ' ,ay, within five days, the sum of 200 frump 1,000 francs of incense they are kuown to po,sess w ove en . of 1100 francs a head, where such income does notated 3500 francs; 250 francs per 1,000, where the income ie be. tween 3,500 and 5,000 francs ; and so in like prrpo r el e ,... Art. 2. Every proprietor paying more than 100 frond taxes shall pay 25 franca per 50 francs of taxes apt** • francs; and is like proportion.—Art. 3. Every megri s s e and capitalist who shall make default is Ma .• payments shall have their whole prop rty confiscated_ for the ben( fit of the necenitous. The force ourrieree I Inch case authorised to snake all neesimay inquiries; ad they dimmer any breach of these atlas, the persons g a d% • of a breach thereof shall be outlawed.—Art. 4. Tile Nam, ceived shall be paid to a treasurer appointed by the Ma. cipal Committee.—Art. 6. There shall ne made an inns diets distribution of these funds among•t the amnion% in the proportion of three franca to a family of three pre sons, and eight francs to a family of more titan six perm This distribution to be mace each femur days.—Art. 6. l'te "valet ourrire" is charged with the maiutenaaoe dale. —Art 7. Every citizen tuund drunk shall be insprisoreel days on bread and sinter. DESKEE Vl.—Orders that the Municipal Committee shall immediately coaveke the communes to cause then a acknowledge the It public with the committee of pubic safety as the government. They will make their rezone+, commissioner who will make the circuit of France. Its committee will take necessary steps in case of refusal. DECREE VII. The ore sniz Iti.in of 1 'sour 00 i practicable basis shall be published in three weeks. had be wholly for the benefit of the workmen, protecting ark as may be the just rights of • he masters. 'the rigorous searches which have taken plate X M. Blanqui's have brought to light most imporhat discoveries: numerous letters, lists of conspires" tri-coloured brassards with fringes, and proclamaticea Several parcels of proclamations were prepared tole sent to the provinces ; some of which were directed Is the address of the communists of Renee and Lille. M. Louis Blanc, who, notwithstanding the equi vocal position in which he stands, was chosen mi• measly one of the commission of the assembly to inquire into the condition of the operatee clam, with the view to its amelioration, yesterday milled his refusal to serve upon it. M. Mercier, brother-in-law to M. Crussidiere, xi commander-in-chief of the garde reptiblicuine, eq arrested last evening. NI. Prion, calling himself a major of the gardi publiraine, was also arrested yesterday by the offices of that corps. 'the prisoners of Vincennes are still gardhd ns • by four sentinels each, as they were at the LUMP bourg. The number of persons transferred to Vire canes, up to the present moment, amount to 140. The procureur of the republic and three jogs d'instroction, commenced yesterday and continued this day, the interrogatory . of MM. Barb?s, Albert, Huber, Quentin, and their principal accomplice' de. tamed at the fort of Vincennes. By a mandate from the parquet, the commissary of the police, M. Bentaglio, has sexed ail the papere d the club of the Bights of Man. I run assured that amongst them have been found most important due ments, which lay down the plan of the conspiretos against the republic. 'twenty-five persons have bra arrested in the apartmerts of the Pslais Natiradf which was occupied by the club presided over hy Barbers. These parsons, to tbe number of from fusel to fifty, have been lodged and fed in the palace sime the 25th February. They were just sitting down to dinner when the commissary made his appearer. Huber, who is mentioned as one of the pruierill conspirator's in the aff dr of the 13th, was direetord the llospice des Invalides Civils. The ..‘tessager that immediately after the revolution of Febroaryi had considerable influence at the Ministry of the It tenor, and had several of his friends appointed e* missaries-general in the departments. It was stated yesterday in the Conference Chalk of the National Assembly that Pierre Leroux, who name was on the list of the new provisional govern' went, established on the 15 th , at the Witel-d-1-I.le, has been arrested by the national guard at Neaten , ' near La Ferte-sous-Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne) , std taken before the juge-de-pair of that cmamune. A few minut. a before his arrest, he was in company 06 two persons who fled at the appearance of the guards and plunged into the Marne and swam across. T r of the guards did the same, and reached the oppO shore at the same time with the fugitive', and ant' ceeded in arresting them. Who they were wee sol said. " We are assured," says the allessager, " that . 14 . Louis Blanc has obtained permission to visit Bub" and the other prisoners at Vincennes." The following letter has been addressed to Preset', on the subject of Gen. Courtais When Gen. Courtais had come down Pram the sena which he stood tojustsfy himself, he was protected by C: Laroche of the '2nd Company of the Ist Legion, who went into the Chamber with a picket of 500 men. It was then that his sword was taken from him by a* niece, paviour'a labourer, a National Guard. T ht e a t the arm b e ed, then, in capt a serio Bomn, usma ta nner, w ten . Courtail seized by delivered; to Capt. Demoudion and Lieut Gardien. These teota! led away Gen. Courtais, surrounded lv several perish!! defended him from the bayonets and. blows with the ea! end of the muskets that were aimed at him by the 0: asperated national guards. no G d e o n ub C t orders in a low voice. obubirtaisiddw,a_dseacteamompp,awnbireol bnyceainvedotlicirocrmofbisthe then e o t i or t eu e pit small lie these torn papers b out of the hands of the attendant dim' Courtais. 15 A th t th ia. eywerNyiflo,:ivielesintdioefre was aboutirthwe ~ is t niooanprsitatetehe°ll of ple t.bi 4 Hubert governor of the chateau of Rainey . the North Railway is still under the of a strong military force. should be room e to i spoir-' The Madrid mails, with tho journals and spondenco of the I VI, have arr . d. A royal MO was promulgated, dc Ing IMa 1 lenrique sad a: pricing him of his r..* a ldhoraurs as an Infante Lo3lltAltDY.—Tha I' , on- oral Gvcridnezt Milan has publiahA t . R .N.:clam:Xi i s which bear? at! the 12th inst., in Niluoli declaration A r Mats tLat in tie t gaeranica