The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

NEWTON RACES
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH).
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The Cuerdon Stakes.

Smuggler Bill ...
Cavendish . .••

Strongbow
Strychnize

Duxbary
Wilmott

The St. Leger Smkes.

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The Drawing-Room Stakes.

The Borough Cup of 200 SOTS.

... 1

... 2

Virestow
mtigler Bill .••

LATEST FRONI PARIS.

We find in the afternoon edition of G'alignani s
Messenger of yesterday d at half past two
o'clock) she following account of the great Demo-
cratic demonstration

" DEMOCRATIC DEM •NSTRATION.—A manifestation
composed e f Naeotre 1 Gutics, students of the different
schools, and a number of workmen, which had been got
up by the leading members of the Mountain, and the
ultra democratic party, took place this morning. The
muster was made at the Chi eau d'Eau, on the Boule-
vard du Temple, and reckoned in number about from
25,000 to 20,000, about two-thirds of whom were Na-
eiesnal Guards in uniform but without arms. Chef de
Ba;aillon Etienne Arago marched at the head of the
corteye, which directed its course towards the National
AseemCdy. Immense numbers of workmen were as-
sembled .tan the foot pavement, as well as at the Portes
St. Denis. and St. Martin, but the mejority of them
looked on careless indifference, not even responding
to the cry of • Vive la Ite?ubliqtier • Vive la Constitu-
tion!' which was raised by those forming the procession,
and which was indeed the only cry raised, the • Ee.
publi giie 6.nocrauque et sociale being on this occasion
set aside. All the shops in the line of march were
closed, but nothing like a symptom of disturbance was
visible. Not a single sergent-de-ville was to be seen, the
with. rites evidently wishing to avoid all excuse for
collision ; but large bodies of National Guards were
under arms at their resp.ctive points of muster. In the
neiehbourhood of the Assembly ev rything was per-
fectly quiet during the morning. About 1 o'clock, intel-
ligence having arrived that a large body of men were ap
preaching, troops were sent for to the Esplat Ade of the
Invalides, and, almost immediately, four squadrons of
. seers came down the quay, crossed the bridge, and
toe k up positions in front of the Garde-Meuble, at the
same time blocking up the Rue Royal, Rue St. Floren-
tie, and the other streets leading to the Place de la Con-
corde. The Tuiletiee Gardens were closed, being
strongly occupi•d by the troops. At about half-past
one o'clock, the Cnasseurs of Vincennes were seen
to issue suddenly from the Gardens, and run with great
speed across thy, Place de la Concorde towards the Rue
de la Paix. A strung body of cuirassiers came
up immediately after at full trot. At the end of the
Rue de la Paix, the body forming the demonstration
were met by the troops. and it. being signified to them
that they must at once disperse, the body was bro-
ken by the troops, one party withdrawing by the small
streets leading down from the Boulevard, and the rest
towards the Madeleine. General Changarnier was pre-
sent, with th Pieteet of Police, when the summons to
di:Terse was made. In an instant the boulevards were
cleared :by large bodies of cavalry, and the demonstra-
tion .niled. :.ceidents occulted whilst the cavalry
was proce, dirg down the Bente-yards; one dragoon
being nurt by a fait, and u Netionat Guard naviug had
his race cut el, h a sabre. The passages remained inter-
rupted in the neighbotii hoed or the hue de la Pats.
The ch-monstratiou. we understand, bore with them a
petinou to the L-Izislative Assembly against the war at
Rome. At the hour or going to press everything was
quiet."
Although all the persons walking in this procession
were unertited, and although no violence was at-
tempted, the Government, it will be seen, Ins made
this the excuse fOr proposing to destroy the Coestitu •
ton by givie.eg power to the President to declare, not
Paris orgy, but the whole of France in a state of
siege. TL,. Legislative -Assembly met yesterday at
three o'clock. It had adjourned over to Thursday,
but the Minis:ere sent special invitations to their
Own friends to meet, and ab rut 400 assembled.

M. Unpin was in the chair. The greatest agita-
tioe preva.ied. All i.he Ministry were present. Ge-
nera's Leff!) and Lehrt ton and Colonel Murat were'
dressed in their uniforms. Several members demanded
that the names of the representatives should be called
over, in order to ascertain what members were absent.
Tins proposition was debated for some time without
r,sult, when a member ascended the tribune, and'
called on Ministers,in the present grave circumstances,
t& give explanations to the Assembly on the situation
of Paris.
M. Odilon Barrot said that at the sitting of
Monlty direct provocations to revolt had been ad-
dressed to the people. On being defied to carry
their trireats into execution their authors withdrew or
exp!aitted them on Tuesday. It would now remain
for justice to decide whether their explanations
were sincere. Justice would visit with condign
punishment those who had assumed, in the presence
of Gal and men, the responsibility of the blood
which might deluge Paris for the third time. This
morning a degree of agitation manitested itself in
certain quarters of the city. Revolutionary, illegal,
and sediaous assemblages took place, in violation of
all laws. rtizans of disorder and anarchy were
mixed up with them. A few citizens dressed in
the uniform of the National Guard also joined
the groups, in which cries were uttered, and designs
manifested to overturn the present Government,
the offspring of universal suffrage. Those strange
republicans for the third time assailed the Govern-
ment. The authorities, aware of their hostile inten-
tions against the Assembly, prepared means of
repression. All the men entrusted with the
peace of the city were at their posts. Those
assemblages were dispersed, and vanished before the
attitude, of the armed force. On separating, however,
they announced that they would construct barricades,
and he had reason to know that such an attempt
bad been made. The Minister of the Interior was
watching, and would apprise the Asssmbly of the
march of events. For his part, he (M. Odilon Barrot)
considered the circumstances sufficiently grave to de-
mand that the As,ienibly should constitute itself en per-
manence. (Approbation.) This measure was the
more ii.dispensable, us it should be reedy to provide

against every can ingency. It should evince neither
we.diness our precipitation in the face of the enemies
of the Leis.- If ve measures at the disposal of the
Government were insufficient ti repress an armed
insurrection, more energelic and rapid me-ins of re-
presion would be demanded. M. Odilun Barrot was
preparing to quit the tribuw., when an officer handed
hint a letter from M. ,Dutaure, Minister of the In-
terior, containing the following decree, which he
submitted to the approbation of the Assembly :
"In 'hh, name of the French people, the President
of the Republic charges the President or the Council
to preenr to the Legislative Assembly the following
pr, ject w' law :—Consi.kring that L.,,n armed in,urrec-
tion, directed bgaiost the Constitutional power of the
R pub to h t tKell place in Paris, and that it may ex-
tend to ott,er oities of France—considering the import-
ance of arming the Government with all the means
LO insure the prompt and efficacious repres-
sion of that insurrection, to enforce respect for the

laws, and maintain tL. Constitution : -
" Article 1. The city of Paris and all the territory
comprised within the first military division are de-
clared in a state of siege.
" Article 2. That measures may be extended to
the cities in which similar insurrections might take
Place and when the Prefects shall have established by
a decree the fact of the revolt against the laws.
Given at the Ely ;,63 Nationale, on the lath of
June, 1849.
(Signed) " Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
(Countersigned) " ODILON BARRoT, Minister
of Justice.
This communication was received with load ap-
plause by the Assembly.
M. Lagrange next rose and said, that many of his
colleagues of the Left had not received invitations to
attend in time to be present. The letters having
only been issued at two o'clock, he thought that so
important a measure as the state of siege could not
be discussed with closed doors, and in the absence of
the reporters of the press ; and that the Assembly
would not vote, under such circumstances, a resolu
tion which must deluge the country with blood, and
probably bring about the destruction of the Republic.
This ari&ess produced a lively agitation. In one
of the groups M. Taschereau and General Leydet
were seen di•cussing with considerable animation, and
when the former withdrew and proceeded towards
his teat, the General made a movement as if he in-
tended to kick him. This gesture, which was per-
ceived by the whole Assembly, excited universal in-
dignation. Severed of the younger members of the
Right, amongst whom we noticed M. de Morny, ad-
vanced with hostile intentions towards the General,
13,1)re whom M. Pears and several others of his
friends placed themselves to protect him. In the
ipilst of Vie tumult, M. Pierre Bonaparte ran up to
the tribune, and yaid that the General had yielded to
a moveivent of vivacity which he was the first to
deplo:-e, and begged leave to explain. The President,
neverheless, called the General to order, who after-
wards muttered a few words of apology.
T; • Assem .ly :subsequently, and by an almost
unan•mous vo•e declared itself en permanence.
Ittitß*4nvf*v,i9v next consulted the
Chamber
;e 91,401 ‘,l fen cy of withdrawing into its
mine the State of Siege Bill, a
/11.0.0Y0X1 0421= tre- ,Left declared that, being en the
„1344#000iAe start 4iitnessed the dispersion of an
• 4.4%0:440155ttiiiiii,411) by a charge of curtgry, and

this was the only symptom of civil war he had seen.
He accordingly thought that the proposed measure
was useless.
M. Dufaure, Minister of the- Interior, next de-
manded urgency. The furious provocations, he s id,
contained in the journals, and which were unparal-
eled in the annals of the former revolution, rendered
the measure indispensable. The greatest part of the
population had remained deaf to them, but he re-
gretted to say another portion bad hearkened to them,
and placed the Government in the cruel necessity of
dispersing them by force. The rioters bad retired, crying
to arms, and on some points shots were fired upon
the troops, and barricades were erected. The G.
vernment was anxious to be arm'd with means suffi-
ciently energetic to avoid a sanguinary repression,
and to substitute the force of laws to the force of
arms, and he trusted that the Assembly would im•
mediately vote the Bill.
The Assembly afterwards declared the discussion
urgent, and retired into i►s bureaux.
It is said that M. Etienne Arsgo has been arrested.

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, JUNE 13.—1 n the sittings of the
Sec,nd Chamber on Alondav a Royal Message was
brought, accompanying a project of laws relative to
the abolition of some extraordinary taxes in the Pro-
vince of Porabant.
The project of law fixing the Royal expenditure to
a certain sum, in lieu of the method hitherto pursued,
was also brought under discu-sion.
This project, which is contained in 102 printed
pages, regulating the income of the Crown lands,
&c., has given very great and general satisfaction.
The First Chamber of the States General was to
have re-assembled on the 12th June.
DORD RECUT, JUNE 11 —The cholera here is still
on the increase. Since the Bth, 27 new cases have
occurred, 11 of which proved fatal, and only six .
recovered. Total since the commencement of the
disease, 140. Deaths 74, recoveries 27, under treat-
ment 39. It is considered remarkable that an aged
woman, 88 years old, who had a sex-loos attack of the
cholera, is perfectly restored.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships assemble,d at Five o'clock.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS UNION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PETITIONS.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presentr d several
petitions in favour of the Bill for the better protection of
women.

The Earl of MANSFIELD presented several petitions
with a similar pray (r.
CASE OF SMITH O'BRIEN.

Lord CAMPBELL rose to draw their Lordships' im-
mediate attention to a most important subject. Their
Lordships would recollect that lest year William Smith
O'Brien had been tried and convicted for high treason,
and sentenced to death. That judgment had bten
brought before the Courts in Ireland, and ultimately be-
fore their Lordships, and had been affirmed. Thus the
unfortunate convict was clearly liable to suffer that
sentence of the law, but upon a merciful
consideration of the case it was thought that his life
might be spared, and an intimation was givtn that on
condition of his being transperted for life his life would
be spend. It might be thought that these conditioes
would be accepted, but, on the contrary, William Smith
O'Brien, while acknowledging his liability to suf-
fer death, declered that the Crown bad no
power of making conditions, and refused tit
eccept pardon under those conditions. lie had himselt
no doubt but that the Crown already possessed the
power ef enforcing this transportation; but as doubts
bad arisen on the eubject, inasmuch as the Crown had the
power of doing so in eases of treason and relowes in Eng•
land, and in felonies in Ireland, yet it was contended that
the Crown had ne such power as regard♦ d treason in Ireland.
Although he believed the Crown did possess such
power, yet, to prevent litigation, he proposed
to introduce a Bill declaring and enacting that
in cases of high treason in Ireland the Crown
possessed the power of pard-ning or of substituting
transportation for the puniehment of death.—(llear.)
He proposed that it should be read a fi .st time to day,
and he should move that it should be read a second time
to morrow, end that. the standing orders be suspended,
so that the Bill might be carried with as little delay as
possible.
L rd BROUGHAM, after paying a high c impliment
to the Irish Judges for the manner in which they had
conducted the trial, expressed his approbation of the
count pursued be the Government in introducing this
declaratory Bill, rather than wasting time in litigation.
The conduct of the convict was the last act of vanity of
a vain man. Ilad he had the least idea that be should
have been taken at his word, and have been hanged, he
would have gladly emdraced the offer made to him by the
Government.
The Earl of DEVON passed a high eulogium upon the
manner in which the judges bad administered the law
throughout the whole of the proceedings against Smith
O'Brien and his companions.
Lord DENMAN considered that there was no doubt
whatever but that the Queen possessed the power of
commuting the punishment of death fur trat,sportation
in those cases, ard he also express, d hie high approbation
of the manner in which the Irish judges and Irish juries
had discharged their duty.
The Bill was then lead a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time tomorrow.
CANADA. _ _

Earl GREY moved fur c4rtain papers relating to
Canada, and expre,sed a hope that the Noble and
Learned Lord would lay upon the table the terms ot the
[notion of which he had given notice on this subject for
Tuesday.
Lord BROUGHAM would send the terms of the mo-
tion to the Noble Earl in the course of the evening.
PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL.

The Earl of CARLISLE gave notice that be should
move the second reaqing of the Parliam,utary Oath* Bill
on Tuesday, the 26th instant.

PETITIONS.

Earl STANHOPE presented several petitions, com
plaining of agricultural distress, and praying for the re.
enactment of the corn laws.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Fur o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bala were ri:ad a third time and
passed:—
Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North
Western Railway Companies (Transfer cr Interest in the
Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour. and Dock, and
Regulating Management of the Ut dertaking)
Renfrewshire Justice of Pease Courts Bill.
Surrey and Sussex Roads (smendment of Acts and
Alteration of Toils) Bill.
We.tht ad's Pat, it (tor Improvements in Manufactur-
ing Fur into Fabrics) Bid.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.

The following Bills were considertd and agreed to:—
East Lauda:lire Railway Acts Am,-ndinent and De-
viation (Connt-cting Linea in Preston and Walton le Dale,
&c.) Bill.
Irish South-Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts)
Bill.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ash-
ton Branch, of Clifton Branch, Sc;

SECOND READING.

The Great Indiau Yeuin.ula Hallway Company Bill
was read a seoubd time, m 4 ortivred to be committed.