The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

'rinse Frederick Charles of
Of Prince Charles.
kswig-llolstein duet
an Germans to lend their
tg war, as free corps.

'ARIA, APRIL 25.—CATA,
avy explosion, attended with
halillon. It resembled the
t number of persons rushed i_
the iron foundries" wa, in,,,,,
some wo7kmen,hlackened and he
into the town, running through
t heart-rending shrieks. Oi
house contained one -
burned, and suffering (
midst of the fire which
were wemen, children, and 1
, and brothers. The extent
wn. One of the masters of r"
Rotid.tt (the son), of La Cl
is friend, and the cashier, we
persons have perished, and ti
yet known. The cause of
to cast a very large man of iron,
earth into which some water fowl
alten iron exploded with great cc
ES IX THE FIIENCII PRuvl
mg took plug at Mantes on Sur
ins. Some days previously, it
nismry, had caused a list to be e
Ming the names of 12 candidates
~ and bearing the words blow : '
1 thrown into the urn." The club
ine, highly disapproving of the wt
(other list on 6 tturday to M. It, fet, t
(see. But just as the latt, r was 1
11. Rowe came and threatened hit
way his license. The printer, in-
Field. The next morning, in
eto by the mini. ipal count
the national guard called out ;
eeterminai to send M. Roux away
d saw the crowd which had awl-
tering cites of A bas le eontrnissali
ilk, and declared that he did nut fee
The crowd, however, forced him
tire compelled him to get into
train that was going off. He
ring thence to St. Germain,
he took with him to establish .s at
re-entered Mantes the same evenina
himself at the Prefecture. The crow;
eciing, forced their way:into the I',
Ling that they could lay their
amnia, d with the national gut.
a obliged to again take his depu
elegateai from the club immediately wt
r,Treseuting the matter to M. Ours,-
, obtained from him that anothr
t, should be sent to take M. Ito—
arrived at llantee yesterday at four
Union of Besancon states that a (et
e event took place ut St. Germain, near
nted a man who hail been conleme
ting in the election of officers of''
cxaspemted the man that he
layer. He armed himself wit
,nothtr in the hands of his
mined the Mayor, and rushed afte
an which he hat sought refuge.
i was really menaced, the Mayor pal,
is brews!, and, atter vainly summonim
,thilraw, discharged it at the nearest
, the spot. The other took to Sight.
tely placed. himself in custody, imt ar
yt proved that he only acted in self-de,
The f 'ourrier de l' hail's states that
Ikfr
erior has confirmed by a telegraphic ~._
M. Chancel, sub-commisioncr in the Di
ad, commissioner-general of the depart
the Droste. mail the Hautes-Alpn.
in to send M. Chancel to Paris. The
MAWS from Saint Gaudens that M.
untarrsary of the Ratite Garonne, in
s of S tint Gsudens, said, 4' If you do ,
horn 1 propose to you, dread to witne
sanguinary days of the `2oth of August,
Aber.'
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irrg ON RAILWAYS.—M. Charles .
a long letter to the Journal des D.:bals t,
chase of the railways by the state. In
says—" If it be desired to form an idea of
f.ct which the taking of the railways by
11 xtheut any discussion, and aceemplished
red in virtue of its dictatorial power,
%Mild: nt to ascertain the impression c
the representatives of the differ. nt hise.
ertures which the minister mmle them
envoi:ea by him. None of his numerot
to of the mo lee' of purchase indicated b'
isfactory, and especially none could reser'
it. per.ons 'to believe themselves
r must know that they are also
a discussion before a tribunal of arbitre
its decrees not be mole advantag,
pp..aition• of the government. mu .
the companies, and prove to theit
that, in dispossessing them of the lines, it
o spoliate them. Ai to the practical mew
on of the measure, it would be too long
•re in detail; it seems to me, how.
no d.iscussion on the general ha-es, •
s, according to which the different .
treated. All the railways have different
, and
howeq coneeuently sliffsrent conditions c
may'
ver, be classed in three very
those which are completed, and have been
ficicrylv long to render it possible to
ce of their revenues—those which r
51:ruction, or which, already partirilly
opened a fraction of tneir length to t.
ie which have been recently terminated.
rmivated and already worked for some tie
deans, Rollin, Havre, &c., the only equitat
them would be that which should tie calculi
t of their receipts, whatever be the price at
solders purchased their shares. The prit
:rs, although at present there are very fe
rprieee, and although they only paid the 1
sacs incurred all the risks of the affair,
ty in offerii.g them tho chance of profits to
at they were induced to offer their capital. E'
that the promise made to them shall be
shall n,t be punished for the courage which
every one was so distrustful ; that they be p
c line as those who, having bought their I
period, paid them on the price of revenue
besides gave a premium for the hopes of t
guaranteed by the eahiers des charges, w)
shareholder against any purchaser of the
and c.en after that period, act torth in adc
of the purchase by the state. The prig
ilaccordiug to..the revenue eu;ht then to
specially as on consulting the laws and co
t
t the different companies, it will be seen
gm basis on which the purchase is to be s
deo demands that for the lines which are stit.
lion, the stasc shall repay the shareholders
what they disbursed, and that it shall not -
pport the consequences of the erroneous'
to the companies by the government, wh
bilged to accept at the beginning
e possible for them to control the
engineers " shs Ponta et Chauseees."
trictly just with respect to them, the i
of railways in einstruction, and who at
lit impossible to continue their undertaking, •
aced in the position in which, confiding in ''
f the seivernment, in the estimates of their e
the ruain'enance of public tranquillity, they
irtune. Finely, as regards the shureholdr
Lich, having been able to surmount all i
rived at the end of their career, and has
of events to open their lines, as for
lontereau to I roves, and from Amiens
dosy not only uwe them the repaye
ve di,buiecd, hut also a just indemnity •
of which it deprives them at the very moms
they were about to receive the price of their sa,
mot speak here of the questions relative to '..-
,i.,.,.1,by the companies, to the orders given by thi
ements of every kind which they have entere,
using them, to put itself in their place,
ant can only take their obligations to its charge.
st good sense indicates it."
I.GIUM.—The c3ntinned inundations in NO
A llelyiurn cause much apprchen-ion. e Jewel
"nt6nurg Beige says, it is really inconceivable that*
ament should take no steps to remedy the Mondale
teulensbron:., which, at this monaLut, is complete
wged. The dykes have n bruits's in several ;duel
tsequence of which there eeis a vast accumulatiset
during the last few days. The oats and potatoss resj
re been sown to-day, but it was found impracticable
quence of the land being submergi.d uith water. 'il
brow cattle-which usually graze here at the cornmeal
of April are wholly without fodder. It is of tea;
eportance that instant measures should be adoptai
ning of the country.
:SSIA.— ST. PeTERSIII:II6. The if,,,imit
taped me of the '22nd of April says, apprehensions fi
tacl at t.
Pete
of a prohibihon to export
tn of the 15th, howev v, ray that • notice has y cot
vcd by the authorities of the customs from the nil
minding that no obstacle shall be oppobed to the
ecious metals by sea.
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L
,NIBF.TII PENsION SOCISTY.—This charity
t, the object of which is to grant pensions to
wing persons of Loth sexes, resident in the borou
have never been chargeable to the poor-rate,
RAI meeting yesterday evening at the Horns
ington.—The Rev. Dr. Dalton, Rector of L
g been called to the chair, the secretary pr
the report, from which it appeared that the
Into the past year were, annual subscriptions 503
subAcriptions, 2031. 75.; making, with ?Tome& of
on, &c., a total of 9671. lls. The expenses
ions, 603/. 17s. ; and the balance in hands, after
ments, 731.17 a. 3d. The society, which was ft
820, had received since the commencement, 16,1 i
'eh sum 12,7861.11 u been dispensed in pensions to I
crying
ough showing a "light increase, did not exhl),lt sir
in the prosperity of the society m its great u.l
the amount of distress in the estroolor borough a
it would oeom ro is for.

irbe Court. 1
His Excellency Baron de Beust left Osborne yes-
terday for town.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood awed in town yesterday, from limkletop lied, Don-
Mao. i
The K 8 ht Hon. H. Labonehere arrived in town
witerdcf •

AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE TRADES.
Last evening a meeting of the trades of the metro-
polis tookreport of ce at the Nationae
of de l Hall, High lloloorri, to re-
ceive the a committi li gates appointed at a
former meeting, "to cot:eider and retort on the destitute
condition of the London trades, as also to ,4tine the causes
which have led to that destitution, and to state tweemi
considered neceuary for it, removal." fn e hall densely
crowded with working men. Shortly afn r eight o'clock the
chair was taken by Mr. E. Edwaios, president of the de-
legates.
fhe CHAIRMAN briefly stated the nhject of the meeting,
o above, and said that they were ads.,' met to exercise the
comtitutional right of petition
thing toe
.rear,legislatu la. The con-
and
vener, of this meeting loved e Motto
order," knowing that ant thing which interrupted
the natural flow of capital tended to throw work-
Men out of employment. This movement had ori-
ginated in a conviction that deep and wine-spread dis-
tress existed amongst the iudustrt me popul
ationa of
Lou nendon.
Out of '200,000 workmen, en—third hly m-
ployed, another third had only casual employ mast, and the
tonsil:oh r were in work, but T. ert, in many ease!, greatly
reduced wages. (licsr, hear.) Inv the provinces things wtre
still gone. Why psiw hi ? Men were willing to work ;
they despised paupe aid ; but they were uuavoidably
idle. (lli ar.) The committee had sought for the causes of
this state i f things, and be ievei they had bit on some of
the jorincipal ones. First .as the monnpoly of lard,n which
ought to belong to all : the want of political was an-
other potsut cause, for the denial of their rights to the work-
ing chums was most detrimerital to emir interests. Another
evil was the fixed price of gild, while all other commodities
fluctuated in value. l'rison labour competed with many
branches of industry; in .U, anti articles formed of
tin, were actually told from the prisons at a
less price than the materials cost the man
is ufac-
turers, while the nation had to pay 101. per head
he re) p
annum fur the maintenance of roaers. ( Ili-ar, .)
p
The amount of labour now dormant was so great as to be
equivalent in vaiue to a million wetting a day. Aionher Se-
rious grit vanes woe the introduction of tort ign
ressiou offactures
at a lower nnminal rate of duty. (An ezpdissent
here escaped some one in the bed) of the mi 'tins, where-
upon there were loud cries of " Turn hint our," and the un-
fortunate diasenticut was forcibly expelted.) 'to remedy this
evil the committee had suggested the establishment of a
" labour protection board," the rinauliers, elictrd by the
working classes, to have seats in the Ingishnure, sod A the pre-
sident to lie a member of the. cabinet. (Hear, Mar.) s a
workman, he was touvioned that the a °elitism could obtain
all they desired by aiguwent and Chia: Rational means alone.
" so," from a few individuals.) Such, at least, was his
opinion, and that of the delegate', whale report
us of he wrMs
uld
now rend.—The following are the principal porno
report :
From all the information submitted to your cennmittee it appears
that the number of .attune and Illeett.teleS tthat is, tersons working
at tradw at proem in ISSltit.ll Selettilla at at te.lSt 200,000 melt.
And trom the s.ltl-I furl. idiot ity the 41,1, gates thoe S4OOO men
[nay be ,al, to is: Satiate us follow,: One-Coid wing. ed ; but many
of them :it wages wholly Simko:de to trill tin for themsAlvcs and
families a suttiornt sopa or the rat" t`" of life. The next third
are about bolt eloploy ; and TAAL nunoars of title division are
sutferinktrom great prlvAtows, and ohltioxl to dispoce of their clone,
end furnitine, in the hope et being able to avoid elision, paunerism.
'The reinAining third are sntirely out of noel., and have been SS tor
ecreral moves past : Af this thirit it may be truly said, that whilst
tome are now livinA- noun credit, a:ter having disposed of their effects,
housand, arc uldigiAl to sr .ept, so a lust noottree, tit • hutolul budge
of unwilling pauprism rutsi doe watts of union worklioures. Seen,
lour mmautte: say,a X. bt A ChM though deci,ive dcaniption of the
actual eat, cot tau: London tart" in March, Ibid.
The muds which hate, step by step, urkginated this amount of
misery are, ni the of or your committee —I. The usurpation and
private no of land, which, being die tr.lt of the Almighty, as
the me no lion which man was to olicobi subs's:ewe, sholild
always be held In sacred trust fur thu benefit ut the people at
large. 2. The murpation of political power to make laws
that govern the mecoos, thus unenfraacboaug and politically &land-
ing the productive clanks. 3. 'The tlxed pries ot gold As the medium
of exchange. 4. Competition with wane maaiinery, and the intro-
duction ci tereign manufsetures, wain:sine, with felon and workhouse
labour supported by public red parses Loul funds. 5. The sunupliea
and motection which government maintains end affords to ull its
employ!, 4.! eate and enureh. 6. The cruel and reAkliss neglect of
the legislature not snaking the rem: red arrangements ; first, to use-
fully employ the destitute ; and secondly, to properly educate the
ignorant.
Co commence the ineoltoble change needed in the existing system
of affair, and their man:,gement, your committee recommend the
following regibmons, a, wnning a funnektion of principles whereon
to construct, artier at once or ultimately, the eleaSeTeS tar the ame-
lioration ..nd better protection of the labouring cinema : 1. That as
ekin awl Ito, ir are admitted by all tu be tse pninar agents in the
toedu.:.etian of capita, it f
Mows oe a conuque es. that t'le compulsory
in which it large portion of the in, clashes are kept
is an unbc.rable enl to minutiae+, alanui, g to the peaceable and
wed.disposed, fuintnlli t, the national re emcee, and, it not aPeeddY
remakes!, mast lead to e, hoe and awirehT. 2. TOM it en api Unary
duty of toe government to introduce nicasioes that will immediately
secure employment and educatiou for all who require them,
with a guaranteed suincienc.y of the necticsaries and eUel-
tom of u.e to rain. 3. Th..% as Great llntain and Ire-
lowel, So p tuins ••sup.a-abundance of land and other mate-
support enteral times presenttl7" nr:,',.7,l''s em, PklYcomfos tabby
government should ter rrriu•-• a 1.6111e-talatiiiii4 41 sigrolsiliVLott
colonies, olicrein the surplus labour of the country might be em-
ployed, ar.d the mad coalition of the workers permanently im-
r.— 4. Tbat for Mc pist protection ef tne right& of lahour, a
shadur-protecting board' be es;ablpheil, the mothers of which
e elected by the working classes, anl, in virtue of their- ap-
pointroent, be entitled cosh to a teat in to House
sot
Commoris—the
president being amembei et tlocabinet—as the representatives ot labour
and the guardians ot its rights.—.s. 'ilust the trades of London should
riseetly but thusly ilvinatal of the legie'ature to extend the elec-
tive fronctoe to every loan of 21 yeas of age, of sound mina, and
ancontammated by crime. 6. That tamtion should be equalised, by
propertysubsuting for all otlwr eases, no matter their character, a graduated
r too. 7. That a currency be issued by the uovernment, based
cm the credit of the nation, and equal to the wealth offered tor exchange.
S. That a measure shoulA be passel to protease the lahouring classes
from the tooting unequal system of comsetitton from foreign
upon
manu-
factures MIA felon and workhouse labtur, a e a trade being called
to determine what anionat of work woubl constitute a tair day's la-
bour, and the tow aftiting upon that amount a for remuneratMu.
la conclasion, your committee have to state that, from ail reports
which have reached them, thtrade of Lon ion are formed of men of
pence, who wish to maintain Borders let they cannot conceal the fact
that flew is, ill the Foo-ress of every nation, a crisis which mast
either tend ta the penperity and happistos of the people, or came
anarchy and decay. That Great Britain is now approaching that
crisis; awl, in trier to produce the proaperit,- wonted, political
rights mu-t be conceded, so lel degnadation removed, the orgauniation
of labour firmly established, and, us far ea possible, a full measure of
justice guaranteed to an.
Mr. A. CAMP u ELL moved the adoption of a petition to the
legislature, founded on the report. He expressed his con-
viction that the present was ' the beginning of the end,"
and said it behoved every one seriously to reflect on the pre-
sent alarming aspect of affair:, which indicated misgovern-
ment to a sad extent. It was monstrous to talk of the popu- i
lotion pressing on the means of existen rat th
knoewledge countryof,
cultivated as it might be with our pres
agriculture. was capable of sustaining WO millions of inha-
bitants. What was wanted was a reorganisation of capital,
labour, and skill, so PS to emote full employment one milli-
cleat wages to all. (Hear, hear.) Whatever the composi-
tion of the government Whig, to or or chartist, peace could
not Ise maintained with'out a ritorgaubation of our institu-
*ions. (Cheers.) Seeing the numbers who were pining
away, and fast approaching that point at which it •
became more palatal to live than die, the greatest '
wonder to him was that the people were so quiet. '
(Cheers.) Ho hoped they would continue quiet, but
firm, that was the oest sad shortest way of gain.ng their ,
end. (A voice, "
motharr.") It VMS well for them to ,
consider what they os needed, and he thought this wan
the right to live comfortably by their labour work the power
to educate their children. (Cheers.) Thelions
sought no interference with property ; let those who bad
wealth keep it ; but let the millions have the power of create
ing wealth for themselves. (War.) 'rho land, the birth-
right of the people, ought to be toe common property of
all; but they sought not to take it by violence or fraud.
Institutions must be changed ; the prem.! of the human
mind demamled it ; and nothing short of a miracle could I
prevent that change. He exhorted the operatives to do I
away with all aristosratic feelings among themselves,
whereby them who were the best paid were sometimes led
to look slightingly on their less fortunate brethren. (Hear.)
Let them seek to elevate labour by union, firmness, and a I
high moral feeling, and to convince all elssses that without 11
labour capital was valueless. If capitalists chose, let them
leave the country, and take their capital with them ;
they could not take the land, nor the muscular arms of the
working classes. It was only by doing justice to those
dames that her Majesty's crown and government could be
maintained in security. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. 110LMES seconded the adoption of the pe.ition, and
said the trades had ample power, if they chose to employ it,
to work out their oan amelioration. If properly united,
Chop could paralyse the government whenever they thought
proper, w ithout any resort to force, which he, for one, would
sooner employ than go through such another winter as the
last. Sooner than be reduced to the state of their brethren
in Ireland, be thought it would be better to risk their lives
against the sword. (Loud cheers.) Petitions like the one
now proposed had already been adopted in Manchester and
other towns ; and surely government hear)
would not turn a deaf
ear to the general demand of a united people. (Hear,
ffir. CHURCHILL said he should move an amendment to
this petition. Ile denied that capital was more essentisl
than labour to the proiloctiou of wealth ; it was far less
so. The only capital req •uired in reality we, sufficient for the
workman to subsist on tall ho could produce more wealth.
Capital had always leen favoured by legislation ; and it was
not likely the capitalists would give way on their sending in
this bit of paper which they called a petition. Others of
their brethren had called on the legislatur2 for justice ; they
ought, therefore, to co buttoe with others, and demand, not
only universal suffrage, the other points of the charter,
and repeal of the legislative union with Ireland. (Loud
cheers.) Ile moved an amendment to that effect.
Mr. St:ELTON SeeOndcd the amendment, which, after a
long and somewhat stormy discussion, was carried, ap-
parently by a large majority.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY OY LONDON.—The membcre
of the Civil Surveyors' Association met last evening at the
Freemasons' Tavern.—Mr. H. Baker took the chair, and
stated that since the last meeting the committee bad sent in
a memorial to the commissioners of sewers, which had been
received by those gentlemen, who had stated their intention
to take it into their serious consideration. A copy of the
report from the ordnance surveyors and the cast of the
survey were already before the members of the association.
It was now for them to act vigorously in the matter, and to
secure their own rights as civil surveyors. He had rece
jivects
ed
assurances of support from all (pi-erten. The ob
of the usosiation had been extensively advertised,
and rules were now drawn sip for the guidance of the
members. It was their duty now tot rsevere until they
obtained a charter, and were empowee groat diplomas,
like other professional bodies. Already eighty surve yorswere
enrolled as members, and the business of eveninge was
chiefly to enrol all who were ready to join the association.—
Mr. Cloutt said that the commissioner. of sewers had held
out hopes to the committee of civil surveyors that they
should have the survey of London given to them to execute;
but he should doubt the ability of the civil surveyors to
execute the work in any given time. The survey of London
would he a very extensive operation, and it was the desire
of the committee that all duly qualified surveyors should
participate in the ben( fit of that employment. The
blunders and malpractices of many persona who had
assumed the names of civil surveyors had given real cause
for censure on the profession at large, and had occasioned the
commissioners of sewers to feel reluctant to employ them in
the London survey. It was, therefore, their duty to remove
those stains from the profession at large ; and the first step
towards doing so was by associating themselves as a body,
and by confining the exercise of the business of a civil Bur-
veyor to properly educated persons. The association was'
open to all such, and soon all the competent surveyors in the'.
kingdom would be enrolled in it. The most pressing busi..ll
nese at present to be transacted was the preparation of esti-
mates for the survey which they proposed to under-
take. The scale upon which the plan was to be
mode was sixty itches to a mile. The ordnance estimate
for executing the survey was 31,0001., including the cost of
triangulation. But it ought to be recollected that the
mill-
eery pay of the officers of engineers and the sappers and
miners employed was not included in this sum, and that,
during the three years the survey
.would occupy, would be no
small sum. (Hear.) The question was whether the civil
surveyors could compete with the military in point 0f cost.
lie thought they could. The plan proposed to be executed
included an area of 201 square miles, being the apace in-
cluded within a ra,lius of 8 miles round St. Paul's. There
was ne greats r difficulty in executing such a plan th-in all
civil surveyors hail already overcome, and again were pre-
pared to surmount —lsle. k. Baker urged the importance of
framing such estimates as might gent in by
that t any
he eisiwhole
l cur.
veyors upon such data as would prove
plan of sureey had been accurately studied, and not
merrly guessed st.—Mr. Riciiardson said that the
present was the eleventh hour, and the civil surveyors must
at once determine whether they would advance or stand
ll
would be glad to knowow man of ose pre-
nt were prepared to take a share of the suy rveyth provided
the commissioners of sewers consented to entrust them with
it ? It was of the utmost importance to make some demon-
stration on the part of the civil engineers, for, in his own
private conneaion, he had become practically aware of the fact
that,in consequence of the government having undertaken
to execute a survey of London, private individuals and public
copanis had declined to employ him in makin surveys of
particular portions of the metropolis, because they expected
to have those surveys executed for them at no cost whatever. :
—Mr. S. Chauncey said that if the survey of London was
entrusted to the civil surveyors, the latter were prepared to'
enter into a bond to execute it satisfactorily, or to refund
any advances that might be made by the government on
that behalf.—Mr. Pringle said that hail such an association
as the present existed before, the world would never have
heard anything of the military survey of London. He re-
commended the immediate enrolment of al civil !surveyors
in the
be
no as, when the association wast
es tablished, tncre
would be no necessity for civil surveyors to go about from
place to place begging for employment, as some of them now
were obliged to do.—A long and very desultory einversa-
tion ensued, which, not having been attended with any
results in the shape of resolutions or otherwise, it is unne-
cessary to record. The meeting, which began at six o'clock,
was 'sot finished at nine, at which hour members were being

afterwards, put a summary finish to the pro-
, Ming voted to the mayor before the &seem-

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' rince Frederick Charles of P
of Prince Charles. The eneu g,
leswig-llolstein duchies has iu
se se iiis E
..n Germans to lend theiroasis
whfoe
The CI
ng war, as free corps. Wood am
'ester.
The 1
Ants, APRIL 25.—CATV1TROPne yeeterdoY
of
envy explosion, attended with lose
Chatillon. It resembled the shock e.
at number of persons rushed intothe a AGOR
the iron foundries" wag jBB(arel, ca Diet 4
some workmen,filackened and burned ipole too
into the town, running through the
oat heart-rending thrieks. On aerie% former cove the
Ty house contained one or more tin 0
medium
burned, and suffering excruciating
y midst of the fire which was deem which ti.
consider
were wemen, children, and men callin crowded
me, 'tad brothers. The extent of the ' their sr,
own. One of the masters of the forge,
t Rotidat (the son), of La Chatre, and am le r
fhe (
is friend, and the cashier, were anion
•' Yaw'
persons have perished, and the num, emstitu
et yet known. The cause of the acci. enters e
to cast a very large man of iron, they order,"
earth into which some water no wed, the ill
nmiten iron exploded with great noise. men t
ES IX TILE FRENCII PROVING Otte'
as took place at Mantea on Sunday, tress es
ne. Some days previously, et Rom: Out of
ismry, had caused a list to be extensi Played'
ining the names of 1.2 candidates for rentals'
, and bearing the words h. low ." T. ' reduce
thrown into the urn." The club of still w'
rine, highly disapproving of the whole they
other list on 6 iturday to M. It, cot, the • idle.
ace. But just as the latter was aho this st
M. Roux came and threatened hint i the pe
- 'ay his licence. The printer, in conseq'u - ought
Meld. The next morning. in consequ other
eto by the mini- ipal council, the d fag el
I the national guard (-Ale 1 out ; it evil a
determinoi to send M. Roue away, s, fluete
d saw the crowd which had assembled, '' beam
raring airs of A bat le coopoissaire, tin,
ailk, and declared that he did net fear • I"
Ise crowd, however, forad him to turn
.re compelled him to get into one of ' aims
train that was going off. lie alithtc, - The
'eroding thence to St. Germain, procure . couv
m he took with him to establish his autho riota
• re-entered Mantes the same evening at eta
himself at the Prefecture. The crowd, in here
1
c eding, forced their way-into the Prd:eet opal
ything that they could Toy their hands 02. fort
ternisi d with the national guard, and.* eN"
so. obliged to again take his departure.* 'la
elegateei from the club immediately went * wor
r.•prescuting the matter to M. Ouraed, side
if, obtained from him that another coo woe
et, should be pent to take M. Il.mx's pl all
arrived at Mantes yesterday at four in (":
Cnion of Besancon states th ,t a few deg °Pi
e event took piece ut St. Germain, near Leipp, noi
vented a man who hail been condemned I* re;
oting in the election of officers of the intim* 1
o exasperated the man that he resolved tit tl2,'
. ayor. He armed himself with a pis*, An
other in the hands of hie blether, ran:
rsued the Mayor, and rushed after phi or
in which he had sought refuge. Sqin tz.
wis really menaced, the Mayor pulled • ar
. breast, and, after vainly summoning Wig .0
i'.hdraw, discharged it at the nearest mut, qi
.. the spot. The other took to Hight. The ee
tely place 4 himself in custody, iut an ins► si
g proved that he only acted in 8( If-defence, bet ti
The ('sorrier de Clare states that the min* °
terior has confirmed by a telegraphic despite% 1
M. Chancel, sub-commis ion. r in the Draw. -
rd, commissioner-generel ef the department@ r
the Drone, and the Hautes-Alpes. Ord* ;
mto send M. Chancel to Paris. fhe Gazelle I
states from Saint Gardens that 111. July, UPI I
inMs.ary of the 'lame Garonne, in a speak
ot S tint Gsuder.s, mid, •• It you do not .lest
om I propose to you, dread to witness a reu
sanguinary days of the 20th of August, or •
her.'
TTY. ON R.tILWAYS.-1. Charles Lan!,
a long letter to the Journal des Ahats on the
hose of the railways by the state. In the
says—" If it be deemed to form an idea of the
i, et which the taking ef the railways by th•
itheut any discussion, and aceempliihed by It
red in virtue of its dictatorial power, wood(
sullieit ut to ascertain the impreesion caused he
the representatives of the differ. nt lines of rate
ertnres which the minister made them in t
noodled by him. None of his numerous p
e of the D3O less of purchase indicated by hi
sfactory, and especially none could restore co ~
•r persons 'to believe themselves in ele/
must know that they are also ha I
a discussion before a tribunal of arbitratioree
its decrees not be mole advantageous to the*
• eettione of the government, ea. atonaa
the companies, and prove to their unmet°
that, in dispossessing them of the lines, it
, spoliate them. AS to the practical means
on of the measure, it would be too long to
..re in detail; it seems to me, however, tl
no discussion on the general lease% on the ge
according to which the different compan
treated. All the railways have different eghi,
, and consequently different conditions of ex
, may, however, be classed in three very disti
lose which are completed, ar.d have been wor'
i eicia,lv long to render it possible to cstim
• co of their revenues—those which are only
..
• struction, or which, already partially tcrminat
A
,paned a fraction of tneir length to traffic
which have been recently terminated. For tills
evaluated and already worked for some time, An
leans, Ilutun, Havre, &c., the only equitable bede
them would be that which should be calculated*,
t of their receipts, whatever be the price at whisk
alders purchased' their shares. The primitba
is, although at present thera are very few ia
rprieee, and although they only paid the priss
avz incurred all the risks of the affair, mid
ly in offering them tho chance of profits to be
.at they were induced to offer their capital. Equity
that the pomise made to them shall be kesd;
shall nit be punished for the c mrage which tiler
every one wee ao distrustful ; that they be pla
•• e line as those who, having bought tneir sham
period, paid them on the price of revenue of the
besides pave a premium for the hopes of the
guaranteed by by. the cahiera des charges, which es.
shareholder amunst any purchaser of the line ha
and men after that pen.), act torth in advance all
of the purchase by the state. The price of shame
id according to..the revenue eu;ht then to be main.
pecially as on consulting the laws and cahiers dos
.I the different companies, it will be seen that itch
ran basis on which the purchase is to be regale
. demands that for the lines which are still only to
tion, the state shall repay the shareholders *
what they disbursed, and that it shall not nub
. port the consequences of the erroneous cetimelite
to the companies by the government, which tbee
bilged to accept at the beginning with*
possible for them to control the we*
engineers " ihs Ponta et Chauseees." To b
icily just with respect to them, the shine
of railways in einetruction, and who at pee
. it impossible to continue their undertaking, ough
cell in the position in which, confiding in the Fe
the ttovernment, in the estimates of their engine*
he ruain•eitance of public tranquillity, they expellee
nune. Finely, as regards the shareholders of th
jell, having been able to surmount all difficult*
rived at the end of their career, and have been eht,
of events to open their lines, as for instance then
ontereau to droves, and from Amiens tee Boulogne
e doe" not only awe them the repayment of effle
ee disbursed, hut also a just indemnity for the*
of which it deprives them at the very moment e
,ey were about to receive the prim of their sacrilege,
,ot speak here of the questions relative to the WO
ted by the emnpanica, to the orders given by them, 0
• • ements of every kind which they have entered Wu
: . rising them, to put itself In their place, thur
t can only take their obligations to its charge. In
-t good sense indicates it
I.GIUNI.—The continued inundations in ma
.1- Ilckiurn cause much apprehen-ion. The Jtosonol
mbourg Bel %e says, it is really inconceivable bah!
. input should take no steps to remedy the Mundial
eulensbrors, which, at titis mom..ut, is complete
rged. The dykes have been broken in several pleat
• equence of which there is a vast accumulatilet
during the last few days. The oats and potatoes of
e been sown to-day, but it was found impracticabil
i uence of the land being submerged avith wcaoter. T
runs cattle-which usually graze here at the
t_ .
of April are wholly without fodder. It is of 111
*mportance that instant measures should be &dotal'
• aining of the country.
"SSIA. ST. PaTERSBUItG. The Ha orhe
spondme of the 22nd of Ap prohibitionrehensos I
tuned at St. Petersburg of ato eerier
nob the 15tb, howev,r, ray that a notice has pi.: ht
en y the authorities of the customs from the nt am
. ending that no obstacle shall be opposed to the et,
'ions metals by sea.
Thucharitable
kNIBETII PENSION SOCIRTY.—T
~,,,
, the persons which is to grant pensions to • 111
• *ng both sexes, resident in the bornni ,
have never been chargeable to the poltt,, L._._
• meeting yesterday evening at the kerns.!
angton.—The Rev. Dr. Dalton, Rector o
oc, lif
, g been called to the chair, the secre the elm
the report, from which it appeared. tat..
ng the past year were, annual bubsunption ,_ bo.
subscriptions, 2051. of.; flsnking, with ?sneered, i
"on, Nee., a total of 9671. Ils. The expanses
_te
ions, 60P1. Gs. ; and the balance in hands,
as
af
. meats, 731.175. 34. The society, which was _
82G, had receive,' since the commencement" ,
t°
,1
' h sum 12,7851. bee been du' penved in Pen,sr,
-e a,..horough- I " ...._ -

axles of Pni, -
:lies has isau
The gene His E'
IL for
Ci]
dtheir adorea. Wood arri
es
re ter.
The N-2ATA'ITRopne iseterdaY•
Led with loss of
ded the shock it
mixed intotbe s AGGR'
4.44 insianly „. Last e
ned end burned poles took
g through the a rive the
eke. On arrivin former 0
me or more un cooditi,.°°
it excruciating which "e
4 icb was demo considere
, and men milli!, crowded
is extent of the chair we
rtes ci the forge, legates'f La Chatre, and fhe C
tier, were amen so 16°V..
I, and the num comtitui
cause of the acci mum, o
I's of iron, they order,"
se water flowed, the nie
with great noise. men o
CII PROVINC linseed
es on Sunday, tress ea
ously, he it,,,,,,e, Out of
list to be extensi Pi°Yed;:
12 candidates for re_-'
eras h. low : " T ' reduces
a." The club of still we
Mg of the a hole they 4
to M. It, fat, the idle.
later was ado this se
threatened hint, i the pitelates., in con scqu ought
ning, in consequ other I
pal council, the d ing chi
1 cone I out ; it evil w
ii. Rout away, % fluctu:
h had assambled, brand
s le conunissaire! tin'
t he did uut fear less
cr, forced him to tuner
) get into one of anew
off. lie aliehte, The
Germain, procure cOli‘
establish liis autho irons
e same evening at at a I
are. The crowd, in here
1
ay-into the Pri.,:ect opal
Id Toy their hands ra. forte
ational guard, and, as evil
take hi, departure % " lal
b immediately went wort
er to M. ',humid, sides
that another coo woe
site el. limo's 1,1 all t
I
sterday at four in (" 1
states th +t a few deg OPli
t. Germain, near Ler, nee
a been con-lemma iff mP
t officers of the lanolin' e
n that he resolved to chit'
himself with a piste'. at
to e
ands of his brother, ma
Ind rushed after Idlea of i
ought refuge. Smog foe
the Mayor pulled • are
vainly summoning Iris .u.'
it at the nearest masts 44a'
ter took to Hight. The se,
a custody, . ut an inv.. so
acted in se If-detente, he th
ere states that the minis of
y a telegraphic despite%
y'
'Maim., r in the Danes.
Lend of the departmenla n
Hautea-Alpel. Ordeal P
to Paris. The Gazelle ti
,udens that Dl. Jolt, the i',
to Garonne, in a speak 7
dd, " It you do not , lee i
a, dread to witness a re. ,
he 20th of August, or le ,
1
.—M. Charles Laflit*
urns! tiV3 A:bats on the I
by the state. In the
el to form an idea of the
g of the railways by the
, and accomplished by It
iictatorial power, rout&
the imprersion canted II
the differ. nt lines of relies
sister made them in t
one of his numerous p
irchase indicated by hi
ly none could restore co „
sere themselves in see
t they are also la 1
a tribunal of arbitrations
rte advantageous to theig
7nenent, Can dune ee.
prove to their unmet°
them of the lines, it
to the practical means
would be too long to e
ms to me, however, tl
general lia:es, on the ge
a the different compan
says have different ea h i
fftrent conditions of ex`
awed in three very disci
Acd,ar.d have been woe'
der it possible to cstim
;—those which are only
lready partii:lly tcrminat
A
tneir length to traffic
ently terminated. Fur:,
worked for some time, l
&c., the only equitable bade
hich should be calculatedri
itevcr he the price at whisk
✓ sheets. The primithre
sent there arc very few be
they only paid the pebe
e risks of the affair, zed
ho chance of profits to be
to offer their capital. Equity
le to them shall be kept;
for the courage which they
'ustful ; that they be plasd
having bought tneir shim
he price of revenue of the
am for the hopes of the too-
shiers des charges, which se.
ay purchaser of the line ihe
!read act torth in advance the
to state. The price of shame
route eught then to be mak.
ng the laws and cneiers MN
tier, it will be seen that it b
I purchase is to be regulate&
ae lines which are still only
repay the shareholders *
and that it shall not makil
es of the erroneous cetimele
the government, which dm
it the beginning whims
so to control the writ
outs et ChausAes." To b
aped to them, the shale
struction, and who at re
into their undertaking, or.
which, confiding in the re
e estimates of their engineer
blic tranquility, they expert
,garde the shareholders of th
le to surmount all difficulties
err career, and have been AI
air lines, as for instance thee
and from Amiens to Boulogne
them the repayment of alele
i a just indemnity for the ad
i them at the very moment e
dive the price of their sacrible
questions relative to the Lae
to the orders given by them, 0
d which they have entered Wu
at itself in their place, our
r obligations to its charge. 1.1.
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