The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-23 00:00:00

MAR YLEB ONE.

At the evening sitting of the Magistrates o
Wednesday night, Mary Willis, a young creature
apparently about eighteen, presenting the most de-
plorable picture of poverty and destitution—the
only covering she had on to protect her from the in-
clemency of the weather being an old and tatteret:
cotton gown—was brought before Mr. RAWLINSON,
on a charge of begging.
A police constable, of the D division, stated that
he saw her ask alms of a lady, about three o'clock
that afternoon, in Upper Gloucester-place. He at-
tempted to drive her away, threatening her, in case
of refusal, with taking her before a Alagistrate, when
she earnestly besought him to do so.
In answer to some questions from Mr. RAWLIN-
SON, she stated that she had not a single friend in
London ; and, owing to her being destitute of the
necessary clothes, was unable to procure employ-
ment as a servant. She had done every thing in her
power, short of becoming abandoned, to procure a
livelihood, and was now reduced to the most abject
state of hunger and distress.
Mr. RAWLINSON—" Have you no parish to apply
to ?"—" I have been driven about from parish to
parish," replied the unfortuna►e creature, "but none
of them will receive me. I was removed from St.
George's to Shoteditch, but there they would do
nothing for me."
Mr. RAwLISSON—" And do you really wish to
go to prison ?"—" Oh, yes, Sir," she replied, evi-
dently delighted at the prospect.
Mr. RAwLINSON-" Really, my good girl, 1 do
not wish to send such an object as you are to prison,
if I can avoid it."
" For God's sake, Sir," she exclaimed, clasping
her hands together in an earnest supplication, " do
not drive me again into the streets ! Do, Sir, do,
Sir, send me to prison 1" and Mr. RAWLINSON, ob-
serving that perhaps it would be the most charitable
course to pursue, sent her for a fortnight; adding a
note at the bottom of the committal, to have her re-
moved to her own parish at the expiratio►► of that time.

SUIT THE ACTION TO THE WORD.—On
Miss O'NErtes first representation of Juliet, at Crow-
street, Dublin, the following ludicrous circumstance oc-
curred :—The balcony, in the garden scene, was particu-
larly low, and CONWAY, who was the Romeo, was as
particularly tall ; in delivering the lines,
" Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek,"
laid his band upon the balcony. A fellow in the gallery
immediately roared out, " Get out wid your blarney; why
don't you touch it then, and not be preaching Parson Saxe
there !"

ALICE PAULET, BY THE AUTHOR 01
" SYDENHAM."—The design of the author of this work
has apparently been to produce a sort of prose " Do:-
Juan." The hero is a true " man of the world," an,
many who have been distinguished as well is fashion
in politics, will acknowledge the truth of his portraits.
" Alice Paulet" is, however, full of matter widely diffe-
rent to that which one would be disposed to conjecture
from the simplicity of its title, for it flies at all game, from
the peasant to the wealthy Peer, and " spares no I.ypocrit,
in Church and State."

In the Precurseur de Lyon, and the other journals
of that city, the inhabitants are described as enjoying as
perfect a stock of tranquillity as if the catastropne with
which the town has been visited had happened ten years
ago. The trade of the place is gradually resuming its
accustomed channels, and the deficiency of fresh orders is
much less considerable thin had for some time been appre-
hended. The passports of strangers, and the florets ~f the
workmen,—a document which no tradesman dare nnw hE
without,—detailing the work on which he his been ene
gaged, and the masters he may have successively served,
are still examined with unusual rigour at the office of the
Nliyor. Individual investigations were still proceeding ;
among others, M. Louis Repet is accused of having pro-
claimed the Republic at the Hotel de Ville of Lyons en
the Wednesday morning of the insurrection. A near°,
who fired indiscriminately on the workmen and the troops,
is also under trial ; and also an old woman, a dealer in
dowers, accused of committing the most fright, ul atrocities
on the wounded. In miler to give you some idea of the
relative position of the troops toward the inhabitants, I
subjoin the Order of the Day of the Military Commander
of the garrison, General Hulot, which Lwars, I think, in-
ternal evidence of having been dictated, in spirit at least,
in the bureaus of the President of the Council.
" ORDER OF THE DAY.

" Soldiers !—lnvested with the military command of
ihe city of Lyons, 1 am called upon by the circumstances in
which we are placed to inform you of our common duties,
and of the sentiments by which, as soldiers, we ought to be
guided in the discharge of our military duties.
" The army is instituted for the double purpose of de-
fending the country against the attacks of foreigners and
of maintaining at home the supremacy of the law. It is
no part of our duty to engage in the dissensions which may
arise among the citizens ; but as the guardians of public
order we are bound to give our unreserved assistance to
the magistrates who may call upon us to maintain it. Let
us never wander from the line prescribed to us by our
honour and our oaths. Reflect, soldiers, on the fact, that
these deplorable disorders, which a rigorous sense of duty
compels us to repress even by force of arms, have been ex-
cited by the constant enemies of the country—by the agents
of that party whom, for thirty years, we have been fight-
ing in the ranks of foreigners. Faithful to our duties, let
us close around the national flag. Let the calmness of our
attitude prove how well we are acquainted with the whole
bearing and extent of the mission confided to us, and we
shall deserve well of the country and the King.
" The Lieutenant. General commanding the 7th Military
Division. nuLoT."
" Lyons, Dec. 15.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, DEC. 19.
M. Charles Dupin brought up the report of the Com-
mittee charged with the examination of the Bill for the
regulation of the Mobile National Guard. The report re-
commended the adoption of the meivtre, subject to some
amendmentz, which we shall particularize when they are

brought under discussion. Ordered to be printed, and
taken into consideration after the Bill respecting military

pensions.
The President then called on M. Salvezte to make his
promised motion relative to the late events at Lyons.
All the Ministers were present, except the Ministers of
War and Public Instruction.

M. Eusebe Salverte, after a long speech, in which he
attacked the conduct of Ministers generally, and especially
in the affair of Lyons, expressing also his dissent from
many of the positions laid down in the speech of M.
Perier, concluded by moving that the Ministry should
communicate to the Chamber all the administrative Acts
relating to the events at Lyons, even to a remote period ;
and:that an inquiry into those facts should be instituted
for the purpose of clearing up the points which still re-
mained problematical, and which, if the facts were proved,
would seriously inculpate some of the authorities.
After speeches from M. Fulchiron, M. Pages, and M.
Dupin—
M. Mauguin urged forward charges against the Mi-
nisters, justified the attacks made on them, and said that
it was fur the interest of the Government as well as of the
country, that those in power should be told of their errors.
After some desultory observations, he brought up once
more the old affair of the riot of the 14th of July, and said
with regard to it—" I have other facts of too serious a
nature to complain of for me to dwell upon that question.
What was the conduct of the police! They enrolled a
band of vagabonds, of men who had been inmates of pri-
sons, of men whose character was sufficiently marked by
their own chief, who himself showed their morality by an-
nouncing that several robberies were committed the same
night. The order for forming these creatures into a bri-
gade was given—a man, named Souchet, was charged with
its execution, and the banded workmen set out under the
conduct of the Sergens-de-Ville, escorted by the Commis-
saries of Police, who proceeded to the Place de la Bas-
tille, where they pointed out to these workmen the youths
they were to knock down, while the National Guards and
the troops of the line were kept ready to protect the bullies
and arrest their victims."—(Contending exclamations of
" 'Tis false. "fis true.")
General Sebastiani rose and said—lt is totally false.

M. Mauguin—The proofs were produced upon the
trial.--(" No, no; yes yes.") If the facts had been false
you wou'd have disproved them. Surely this was a crime.
I will suppose that the planting of a tree of liberty was an
illegal act, it involved only a legal punishment, which
could only be inflicted after a trial and judgment by the
tribunal. No one had authority to lay hands upon the

planters to strike them, so as to run the risk of killing
individuals in the crowd. The crime was still more
serious, as it was committed in collusion with the Magis-
trates and their delegates. After a fact so grave, and
which was exposed by the Press, the public had every
right to expect that the Ministers would have ordered the
perpetrators to be prosecuted. The Ministers, however,
have prosecuted the !Journals which denounced the crime.
What was the result of the previous examinations and of
the trial? All the agents and delegates of the police were
heard, so were Souchet and his Sergens•de-Ville.
Voices from the centres—" The S.rgens-de-Ville were
not under the orders of Souchet, but of the Prefect."
M. Casimir Perier, turning towards the centre gauche—
" Do not interrupt, let him go on."
M. Mauguin then proceeded for some time in the same
strain, and at last said, if I am rightly informed, not more
than three days ago the police agents beat and wounded
some men, who perhaps were too positive in insisting upon
the preservation of certain shops, and probably rendered
themselves liable to he brought before the tribunals, but
who certainly ought not to be subjected to a treatment
from the Sergens-desVilles which has, for a long time,
been excluded from the army. I may, perhaps, be war-
ranted in saying that this very day have been excited the
same scenes of disorder—the same contempt of the lives
of the citizens ; the same soldiers of the police striking
and wounding them with their swords, without the re-
quired summons to disperse. It appears that some young
men have wished to proceed to the residence of one of the
French Generals who defended Poland. They were suf-
fered to assemble before the Pantheon, no warning was
given them by the Magistracy ; they marched in silence
without arms, hut in an instant they were surrounded,
charged, and if I may believe a protest just put into my
hand—(From the centres, " Read, read.")
M. Mauguin—lt will be useless to read it. I shall de-
liver it to the President of the Council.—(From the
centres, " No, no," " Read, read.")
M. M inguin—l shall act as I think best, and not by the
dictation of others. I will not read the protest. Thus,
gentlemen, if we examine the general system of the Go-
vernment, we shall see that it has introduced that which
France will reject.—(Cheers from the droit.) If we ex-
amine its conduct, we shall find that French blood is shed
by Frenchmen, for which a want of precaution in the
Ministry is to be blamed. If we look at what is p wing
in Paris, we shall find that the police is allowed to attack
not only the liberty but the lives of the citizens. We
shall see that not only have we suffered Poland to fall, but
that not a voice is to be raised in gratitude to those who
attempted to defend her.—(Cheers.)
M. Mauguin then deposited the letter he had. received
on the table, and sat down. The President was called
upon to read it, but—
The President of the Council said—Gentlemen, you
cannot, I sin sure, expect that at this late hour I should
p.oeeed to answer all the accusations which have ben

brotnht forward by M. Mauguin, and which are foreign
to the original discussion. I therefore request that I may
be allowed to postpone my reply till to-morrow.—(He,r,
heir, from all sides.) As, however, facts have been al-
luded to which may have taken place since I have been
here, I am able, though I cannot give any detailed account
of them, to inform the Chamber that during the sittint
I have received a letter from General Pajol, which I will
read.

The Hon. Minister then read a letter containing the
fidlowing statement :—" Between twelve and fifteen hun-
dred young men, belonging chiefly to the Medical School,
have assembled nn the Place du Pantheon, and proceeded
to the Pont Neuf, arm in arm, four abreast. On their ar-
riving at the Place des Trois Maries they were dispersed
by a squadron of the Municipal Horse Guards, supported
by a foot company of the same corps, preceded by a Com-
missary."
The Chamber then adjonrued at a quarter before seven.