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London, England, 1864-05-05 00:00:00

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A Scene in the French Senate.

In the French Senate on Friday last, the 29th of
April, a debate took place upon the subject—not a
very exciting one it might have been thought—of
the establishment of a line of steamers between the
port of Granville and Jersey. The eccentric Mar•
quis de Boissy, however, in speaking up .n this
subject, denounced the Prince of Wales for visiting
Garibaldi, and employed such very intemperate
expressions that the Paris papers were requested, it
is said, by the " black man" to take no notice of
them. A report of the speech appeared neverthe-
less in the Moniteur of Saturday, the 30th April,
and the following is a translation of it :
Everybody knows what has lately passed at the other
side of the Channel ; it is what I call a happy example ; for
whatever evil is done on the other side of the water, what-
ever presages revolution, I applaud with all my heart. If
some persons have been grieved and deeply afflicted at
seeing the social head of a great country debase himself as
he has done; if we have seen—oh I shame of our epoch
shame for a certain country, not for us—if we have seen
the heir to a crown shake hands with a filibuster—(hear,
hear)—for my part, my heart overflows with joy, for its
revolution—revolution invoked by those who will be its
first victims. Let not this imprudent prince deceive him-
self—(murmurs)—the revolution never pardons—(increas-
iug tumult)—it takes advantage—(explosion of murmurs ;
interruption). lam told that lam wrong in speaking
thus. I admit one thing—that lam not quite master at
this moment ; but it is none the less trus that princes who
offer the hand to revolution are always its victims. (Agita-
tion.) Enough on this point,

It seems that the Marquis de Boissy is not satis-
fied with this report, for in Tuesday's sitting
of the Senate, as we learn by the Moniteur of
yesterday, he complained that it was inaccurate,
and had been curtailed. He said—

I will proceed as usual in very measured terms. lam
made to use language which is quite opposed to my habits,
language unworthy of the senate; for if I had used it it
would have been timid and unworthy of a senator. I did
not say, as the Aroniteur makes me say (for I do not wish
to quarrel with all the heirs presumptive to the European
crowns) " the heir presumptive of a crown," but I said
" the heir presumptive of the crown of England," Other
lines follow against which I have nothing to say. Three
lines come after, and in those three lines there are as many
falsehoods of the Iflonitcur as words. lam sorry that the
Moniteur, which bears the title of ILloniteur Oficid, and
sole official, should be thus the Lying Moniteur under the
authorisation of the Government.

At this the President, M. Troplong, rose, called
the marquis to order, and told him that his words
had been textually reproduced by the Moniteur,
but that some of them had been suppressed. The
President added that this had been done by his
authority. M. de Boissy, in reply, again main-
tained that the Moniteur's report was inaccurate,
asserted that there bad been no tumulte, as stated
in that report, and denied the right of the Presi-
dent, or of anyone else, to change or to suppress the
official accounts of the proceedings in the Senate.
"I conclude," he added, " and I sum up by decilr-
ing that I have been made to say what I did not say,
and that the Moniteur is no longer exact, but is
nothing more than a novel in numbers, instead of a
faithful history." In replying to this, M. Troplong
said :

You have just propounded a theory which is quite wrong
when you maintain that the report ought to reproduce
exactly and without any restriction every word which falls
from the mouth of a senator. If you imagine that the ob-
jectionable words which escape from a speaker when ho does
not know how to contain himself, ought all to bereproduced
in the Moniteter and in the report, you commit a profound
error; they ought on the contrary to be suppressed, and
that has several times happened under circumstances which
you ought to be acquainted with. In jurisprudence there
are acts in which words contrary to law, public order, and
good manners are considered as unwritten. It ought to be
the same in assemblies. The words which outrage all pro-
priety ought to be considered as unspoken. The tribune
is a sanctuary for politics expressed with decency ;
but it is not a vehicle of publicity for politics
which resort to invective, violence, and menace. (Hear,
hear.) These aro the views which influenced me
when I ordered the suppression of the words in question.
I did not hear those words, but they were repeated to me.
The Marquis—Shall I read them to you ?
The President—lf you do they will not be reproduced in
the 111011iteur.

The Marquis—l have sent them to foreign papers.
The President—You address yourself to foreigners be-
cause you feel that you are not powerful enough here to
cause any scandal.
The Marquis (warmly)—l am not in the habit of allow-
ing myself to be insulted by anybody.
The President—Sit down; you are not in order, M. de
Boissy.
The Marquis—By anybody, understand. Your office is
to preside with dignity, not to insult. (Protestations, great
uproar, and cries of "Order, order.")
The President—lt is also my duty to maintain order in
the Assembly, and as you are disturbing it I call yon to
order.

Ultimately M. de Boissy was silenced by the Pre-
sident explaining that the Senatus Consultum of
the 2d of February, 1861, and the Constitution,
gave him entire authority over the reports of the
Senate, and that on the 25th of February, 1862, he
had exercised this authority by suppressing certain
" ccarse and indecent words" uttered by M. de
Boissy himself.

Another Earthquake.

A shock of earthquake appears to have ben felt in some
parts of Sussex on Saturday night. The Sussex Advertiser
says :—" Shortly before midnight on Saturday last a curi-
ous phenomena was experienced at Maresfield, Sheffield
Park, Fletching, Chaney, and the neighbourhood, and
which has been attributed to the shock of an earth-
quake. The shock seems to have been confined to a
somewhat limited area. At Maresfield, the phenomenon
was experienced at nine minutes past 11, and is described
in a letter from Captain Noble as an extraordinary vibra-
tion, lasting 15 seconds, and shaking the doors, windows,
and beds at Maresfield Lodge with some violence. The
oscillation and vibration were likewise generall) felt through-
cut the parish. At Sheffield Park, the seat of the Earl of
Sheffield, the earthquake was felt by the members of the
noble Earl's family and household. The time recorded here
is six minutes past 11. Among other indications, the but-
ler heard the mortar fall behind the wainscot, and a loose
bar attached to a window shutter oscillated and struck the
shutter. Lord Pevensey and Mr. Douglas Holroyd, who
were at Sheffield Park, distinctly felt the shock. At Scaymes
Hill, it is stated that the bells at the public-house distinctly
vibrated; while at Fletching, the family of Mr. Jones were
disturbed by a rumbling noise. Similar sensations were
experienced at Buckham Hill and Chaney—more especially
at two cottages at the latter place, where the shock seems
to have been more severely felt." Captain Noble writes :
One of the ladies of my family describes the sensation she
experienced as that of having her bed moved to and from
the wall against which its head stands, as though some
one had got underneath it and were trying to lift it. As
the bedstead in question stands nearly S.E. and N.W. this
may serve to give an idea of the path of the earthquake
wave,if such it were. I learn from various sources that this
oscillation and vibration were felt all over the parish.
Finally, three of my female servants were again alarmed
some time after midnight by a rushing sound, as though
of violent hail, passing close to their windows, although,
on looking out, nothing was visible, nor has either hail or
rain fallen here since the 28th nit. The Surrey Standard
says :—" The village of Fletching was last Saturday night,
about half-past 11, alarmed by a violent jarring of the
houses, which was supposed by many to be either
der
shock of an earthquake or an explosion of some pr or
magazine. It was of very short duration, but so violent
a at ls theo felt same a
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was it as to awake many from their sleep. Ono:gontleman
says, I was sitting reading on the ground floor, and my
chairtime
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squadron will
soon come to the B3Y of Kiel to reinforce the war vessels
of Prussia, which, in order to escape the superior maritime
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forces of Denmark, have taken refuge in the Patch ports.
The arrival of an English squadron of observation in our
port is also regarded as very probable. Arrangements are
even being made at this moment to collect in the magazines
a large quantity of coals and food for the supply of the
British fleet. The English vessels will thus be placed in a
position of observa • • tion side by side with those of the Aus-
trians and Prussians in the same bay, and if, as is not im-
probable, these last make their appearance before Copen-
hagen, it cannot be doubted that they will be followed by
the British naval forces. It is not to be inferred, however,
from these different movements, that a collision will take
place between the ships of the Powers represented in the
North Sea. Has not England superabundantly proved of
late that she is by no means disposed to intervene actively
in the present war in favour of Denmark ?"