The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

niE FR EACH REPUBLIC,

The Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday have
been received.
They all of them comment more or less strongly
on the deplorable scene which occurred in the Legis-
lative Assembly during the sitting of Friday.
Both of the principals in the incident (M. GASTIER,
who insulted M. PIERRE BONAPARTE, with the-Bil-
lingsgate of the Mountain by calling him " a perfect
imbecile," and M. PIERRE BONAPARTE, who so far
forgot the dignity due to himself and to the Assembly
as to strike M. GASTIER in the face in that moment
of supreme irritation), wera shortly after the first
adjournment liberated by order of M. Durirt.
Unfortunately for the cousin of the PRESIDENT of
the Republic, M. GASTIER is upwards of seventy,
being old enough to be his grandfather, so that more
sympathy is excited for the latter than would have
been accorded to him otherwise.
The following is the account of the occurrence as
given by the Opinion Publique, showing certainly that
I\l PIERRE BONAPARTE was excited by the gravest pro-
vocation. "M. PIERRE BONAPARTE,' says the organ,
" was sitting with the Mountain, was manifestly
importuned by the continual marks of approbation
given by M. GASTIER, who sat behind him, to all
the abuse directed against his relative. 'But, fir,
you say that it is true ; I maintain that these are
wretched calumnies.'—'l maintain that it is true, and
upid!'—' YHoeurearae
sainaparicahithbeetefare—e,'
vAigholroluaslmy
I will prove You cannot prove it, for it is false,
aitnisars ct
applied, terminated the conversation." The word
used was positively imbecile
Another report of the incident, still mcre precise,
is as follows :

"It appears that when the part of the article was come
to which speaks of the President of the Republic gloat-
ing over his 600,000 f. a year for balls and pleasures,
whilst the most violent measures were in dreparation,'
M. Gastier, an elderly representative, belonging to the
Left, had exclaimed, 'lt is quite true!' M. Pierre
Bonaparte, who happened to be sitting near him (though
it was not hie usual place), immediately addressed him
and said, Ob! you du not know my cousin, or you would
not say so! It is not true!' the other retorted—' Oh, I
know better, it is quite true!' M. Pierre Bonaparte
then said No, I say it is not!' On which M. Gastier
hastily exclaimed, You are as imbecile!' (a fool!) which
was replied to on the instant by a slap in the face (a
soziifitt) from M. Pierre Bonaparte. All this had passed
in a few seconds, and then arose the scene of contusion
which we have described. A glass of water was brought
to M. Gastier, who appeared quite overcome; he bathed
his face in it several times."
The Pays publishes the following letter, addressed
to its editor, by M. PIERRE NAPOLEON BONAPARTE :
"Paris, August 11.

" Monsieur le Redacteur,—l am about to ask of you to
rectify some part of the recital of what took place in the
on Friday. It is not correct that a repre-
sentative of the Mountain advanced, cane in hand, on M.
Pierre Bonaparte, who opened his waistcoat and bared
his breast, as if to present it to menaces of death.' I
never saw any representative, armed with a cane, ad-
vance towards me. All those who are acquainted
with me know that I am not a man to tolerate such an
attitude against me, from whoever it may be. My
custom, when attacked, is not to expose my breast,
but to put myself in an attitude to defend myself. I did
not, therefore, expose my breast, and I did not antici-
pate any serious danger on the part of men who do not
uesitate to put themselves twenty against one. I am
convinced that, even had not my friends and the ushers
of the Assembly surrounded me, none of those who
threatened me from a distance, would have dared to have
approached me. I must beg your permission to declare
that it is not true, as asserted by M. Gastier, that I im-
mediately disappeared. Every one must have seen that
I remained long enough near him. Neither is it correct
that the ushers led me away not without difficulty. The
ushers did not lead me away, for the moment I received
'he written order of the President, I went to the ques-
teur with General Le Flo. Finally, the ushers did not
conduct me when I came back to the tribune. Neither
rio I think that. I was very pale; but, under any circum-
ta hote nrpvpritted rno fman nivim,
vigorous reception to any aggressors, as 1 am ready to
,lo on every occasion and in any manner. Accept, &c."
Upon this subject also the Constitutionnel exclaims:
" What a deplorable spectacle did the sitting of yes-
terday present! Outrage was pushed to its utmost
limits; the provocation and the insult led to assault, and
it was necessary to suspend the sitting in the midst of the
eneral emotion caused by a fact unheard of in the annals
•t deliberative assemblies. May this at least serve as a
esson, and be of benefit to those who, by their aggressive
,Jeterruptions and by their insulting exclamations so
lseply degrade our Parliamentary habits These at•
kicks, which we shall not attempt to qualify since they
,re the subject of judicial proceedings, these attacks
,:irected against the President of the Republic, against
the Chief of the Executive Government, against him
whom a recent law has protected against the aggressions
if the press, have met with approving voices in the
Assembly. There have been found representatives who
have not feared to give this detestable example of want
if respect towards the Constitution, and towards the laws
of their country."

The proceedings of the members in their bureau is
thus mentioned by the Patrie :
" Atter the painful incident which occurred in the
course of the sitting of the National Assembly, the
representatives withdrew to their bureaux. according to
the rules of the Assembly. Very animated converse-
ion4 ensued, in which the Mountain supported M.
aastier ; but the great majority justified M. Pierre Bons.
,carte, on the ground that M. Gastier appeared to have
applied to him a ♦ery unparliamentary epithet. The
Council of Ministers assembled in the cabinet reserved
for extraordinary cases. The President, in pursuance of
the regulations, invited M. Pierre Bonaparte to proceed
to a bureau." - - -

miserable affair
retired
list
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generalSubse
officersquel Subsequently
to
this
placed on the
visional Government were restored to acti •ve service,
and shortly afterwards the Assembly was adjourned
till the Ist of October. As the
members were re-
tiring the Left cried out " • Vive la Republique !" a
voice from the Right
responding "Not yours, we
:iope !"
An extraordinary and alarming division of tin erests
mid of opinion appears to have
sprung up among the
majority—abandoning the country again to the most
terrible anxieties, and affording the Mountain
another chance for the resumption of some degree of
authority.
M. TnzEßs has openly broken with the Legiti-
ruatists and the parti-pretre, at the very time when
he has been selected the reporter of the comtnitree
public assistance by a majority of one over M.
BERRYER.
The majority, in fact, is now split up into the fol-
lowing sections :-
1. Moderate Republicans.
2. Legitimatists.
3. Orleanists.
4. PartiTreire.
5. Bon apartists.
The Moderate Republicans recognise for leaders,
General CAVAIGNAC, M. DUTAURE, M. DE TOCQUE-
YILLE, and others, whose names are sufficiently
familiar.
The Legitimatists look to M. DE FALLoux, M. BE-
NOIT D'AZY, &C.
The Orleanists require M. TRIERS as their leader.
The parti-pretre look to M. DE MONTALAMBERT.
So that M. TtliEns is at his old game again in ear-
nest! Let him beware. The precedent of M.
GUIZOT'S fate in February, 1848, should have some
gleaning for his consideration. It seems that M.
MOLE at first intended to act as mediator, but the
split is too decisive, and baffles all his influence and
ingenuity.
Among other causes of anxiety to France is the
growing discontent against the new taxes, especially
the projected taxation of incomes.
The Moniteur does not yet contain the promulga-
tion of the law for raising the state of siege; it
records, however, the fact that General RuLntektes
has demanded 37,967,360 f. supplementary credit for
unforeseen expenses. A somewhat similar demand
is expected from the 'Minister of Marine—both these
,:nerlernentary credits having reference to the Roman
expedition.
By a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, the
Minister of War is charged with the portfolio of the
Minister of Marine, and M. DuFAURE with that of
the Minster of Public Works, during the absence of
those Ministers IA ith the PRESIDENT of the Republic.
The Council of State has decided against M.
DE LESSEM and a severe censure is inflicted upon him.
The penalty of death pronounced against Captain
KLEBER was commuted into that of ten years' impri-
sonment and degradation.
M. LEVAY, the author of a song entitled " The
Ball and the Guillotine," was sentenced by the Court
of Assize of Paris, on Saturday, to six months' impri-
sonment and 300 f. fine.
M. EUGENE BARESTE, principal editor of the Re-
publique, whose arrest has been announced, was
yesterday set at liberty.
Lieutenant and M Hrs. EALD (LOLA MoriTEz) have
Arrived in Paris.