The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-20 00:00:00

INMARCH 20, 1846.

LADY roantAx.—Train of rich mauve satin, lined with white
glace, trimmed with fallings of tulle, and wreath of shaded ribbon;
Brussels point lace bertha and rallies • mauve crape petticoat, over
satin, flounced with Brussels lace. Head-dress, feathers and point
lace lappets ; ornaments, diamonds.
LADY PEKL.—A Court dress composed of a rich white ratin skirt,
brocaded with bouquets of flowers in natural colours; train and body
of superb rose de Chine satin, trimmed with metes of ribbon of the
same colour, and.elegantly ornamented with Brussels lace. Head-
dress, feathers, Brussels lace, lappets, and diamonds..
LADY CAROLINE .311.:RitAY.—A jupou de tarlatan on a white satin
petticoat, tastefully trimmed with white satin ribbon ; splendid green
satin train, garni de houffants a ruban ; blonde berthe and lappets.
Head-dress, with feathers, and a great quantity of ornaments.
LADY FANNY HOWARD.—Habit de Cour, a train of rich silver-grey
moire, lined with silk, and ornamented with a flounce of rich black
lace; bodice of the same, with a berthe of lace and bouquet of black
auricules, jupe of silver. grey crape over it, lace silk slip tastefully
trimmed with boullilons of the same, headed with gimp passementrie.
Head dress, feathers, net lappets and wreath of black auziculas, with
a proilision of diamonds.

LADY AUGUSTA HARlNG.—Manteau do Cour in moir glace bleue,
ornamented with white lace and bouquets of cherry roses, and lined
with white glace; jupe in blue glace silk, trimmed with a deep flounce
of handsome lace, relieve with boquets of cherry roses. Head dress.
feathers, lace lappets, and agrafre of rubies and diamonds.
LADY GRAHAM OF Nrrunativ.—Train of rich ruby satin, with
berthe of silver guipure bordering, ed;ed with silver fringe ; petticoat
of rich ruby and silver moire, trimmed with silver tissue and ruby
satin. Headdress, feathers and lace lappets, with diamond wreath.
LADY ADELAIDE FITECLARENCE.—TTAIII of rich white moire ;
double petticoat of white crape, over satin, trimmed with tulle and
bouquets of pink azalia. Headdress, feathers and blond lappets.
LADY HARRIET CLlVE.—Bodice and train of magnificent Napolean
blue and white brocaded silk, lined with white glace, and trimmed
with swans' down ; petticoat of rich white satin, rich embroidered en
colenr. Headdress, feathers and point lappets ; ornaments, diamonds.
HoN. bias. NORTON.—Train of rich rose-coloured silk striped with
black velvet, looped back with a garniture of roses, and black lace
petticoat, rose-coloured gros de Chine, with flounces of black lace.
Headdress, feathers, shaded to correspond with dress; ornaments,
diamonds and rubies.

MRS. HUDSON.--Traln of rich royal purple Lyons velvet, lined with
white glace ; Brussels point tucker and ruffles ; flounced skirt of
white crape, over satin, trimmed bouquets of scarlet cactus. Head
dress, feathers and point lappets; magnificent diamond tiara, neck-
lace, &c.
MRS. WILLIAM GLADSTONE.—Habit de Coer, composed of a rich
white satin dress, trimmed with two elegant Brussels lace flounces,
and looped with cerise roses; train of cerise and white satin, trimmed
round with Brussels lace. Headdress, plume of feathers, Brussels lace
lappets, and diamond ornaments.
LEE:—A rich whitozsatin-dressi with deerßrosselo,flostates.
agraffed with bouquets of silver bouillion, lilies, and roses; sto-
macher of diamonds ; a superb Lyons violet velvet train, trimmed
with wide Brussels lace, lined with white satin ; a rich Brussels
berthe and sleeves, trimmed en suite, agraffed with bouquets of lilies
and dilmonds. Headdress, a splendid tiara of diamonds, with leathers
and Brussels lappets.
Mits. Bin/mi.—A .Court costume composed of a point lace dress
over rose-coloured satin ; dee., point lace flounces with rosAtes and
diamonds; train and bodice of rose satin, trimmed with point lace;
stomacher of black velvet studded with diamonds. Head dress, a
wreath of sp'endid diamonds, green velvet leaves, feathers, and
lappets._ _ _ _

- Miss
M STANLIZY.—Habit de Cour, composed of a tulle dress, over a
ri h white s•stin silk, trimmed with bouquets of pink hedge mei ;
train of rich white glace sir, trimmed to correspond. Head dress,
feathers and blond lappets; ornaments, pearls.
Miss Itussm.—Train of rich white glace ; double skirts of white
crape over glace. trimmed with tu►iings of tulle and bouquets of
apple hlos+om Headdress, feathers and blond lappets.

-Miss Jams PErau.—Whito watered silk train trimmed with blush
roses ; tarlatsne petticoats over white satin. Headdr.,Ss, feathers,
wreaths, and lappets.

Miss SUYTHE.—Bodice and tram of white gros d'Afrique, lined
with silk, tastefully trimmed with point lace and bouquets of wild
roses ; tunic skirt of tulle illusion over a glace silk slip, and taste-
hilly festooned with bouquets of flowers to correspond. Headdress,
feathers, lace lappets ; ornaments, diamonds and pearls.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

A few small bets enable us to submit a short list of prices
on the Northamptonshire and Metropolitan Stakes, the New-
market Handicap, and Chester Cup, but the absence of
many of the leading speculators at the Military Steeple
Chases, scarcely warrant our looking upon them as affording
an index to the true state of the market. Sweetmeat, it will
be seen, has risen several points on the strength of Burlesque's
running at Warwick. Upon the Derby we cannot oiler a
quotation ; the only bets, to our knowledge, were 800 to 200
against Sting and Tibthorpe, a hedging bet against Brocardo
at 16 to 1, 25 to 1 in fifties, against Tibthorpe (afterwards
offered), and 1000 to 25 and 500 to 10 against Tugnet. The
Oaks bets, like those on the Spring events, were in very
small amounts.

NO RTIIAMPPO N 3111 E STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Meik lam's Godfrey
8 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Buttress
METROPOLITAN STAKES.

100 to 5 each laid agst Buttress, Lyons, My Mary, and
Peasant, and 300 to 10 agst Tell.

CHESTER CUP.
6 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot
12 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat
20 to 1 agst Mr. Woffendm's Miss Burns
40 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Billy Purvis
500 to 5 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's "lhe Libel—taken
OAKS.

18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Princess Alice—taken
20 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Agile—taken
WARWICK RACES—(Conct.unnn. )

Wednesday, the Farmer's Plate of 501, with 101 added, for
the second. Heats, 2 miles.

Mr. J. Robins's Valiant, 4 yrs, list (Mr. Savin) 1 1
Mr. W. Cowper's Master Coverton, 5 vrs 11st 7lb ... 2 2
Mr. H. Robbins's Mantrap, aged 12st -13Ib

The Forced Handicap of 16 sovs. each, once round and a
die. (4 Subs.) was won by Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 5 yrs
7st 91b, (Bradley) beating Lord Brooke's Roebuck, 4 yrs,
7st 121 b.
THE GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE CHASES AT
LEAMINGTON. —YESTERDAY.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with a purse added for
officers' horses, I2st each ; winner 71bs extra. Three miles.
The second to save his stakes. 28 Subs.)
Captain Powell's Cinderella (Owner) 1
Lieutenant Cator nd Marengo 2
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord
Glamis's Satan—Captain Morritt, ch g Resolution—Cornet
Rodes's Regalia—Major King's Ne Plus Ultra—Lieutenant
Fort's Twenty-one—Mr. Praed's Wiverton—Captain Francis'
Brinda—Mr. Carter's Tilly Slowboy—Mr. Montgomery's
Blantyre—Mr. Burden's Rainbow—Captain White's Johnny
—Captain Wyndham's Major A.—Captain Grant's Salute—
Lieutenant Barry's Tommy Tinkle—and Mr. Praed's
Limerick.

Betting-5 to 1 agst Satan (taken to 30:)1.), 6to 1 agst
Blantyre (t.),. 100 to 10 agst Marengo (taken three or four
times).—A fine race with two, and won bv a neck only.
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; Ilst each. Winner to be sold
for 1001. Three miles, &c. (22 Subs.)

Lieutenant Baker's Ploughboy
Lieutenant Little's Pickwick

Captain Conolly's Dunroe
The following also started but were not placed :—Sir E.
Poore's Mulberry, Mr. Burdon's The Nun, Captain Grant's
The Marquis, and Captain lioucherett's Symphony.

. . .
3 to 1 agst Pickwick, 3 to 1 a,gst Symphony, and 6 to 1
agst the winner.
Won by a lenatit, the second heating the third by a head.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
CHESTER-1846.
Acceptances for the Chester Welter Cup of 1001.
ITooton, 6 yrs, Ilst 31b—Warp, 5 375, list 11b—Patriot,
5 yrs, lOst 1116—The Roper's Daughter, aged, lOst 1016—
Brother to Nottingham, 5 yrs, lOst Hookey,
aged, lOst 716—Beat Bower, 5 yrs, lOst 61b—Crresus, aged,
10st 51b—The Magnet, 4 yrs, lOst lilb—Secutor, 4 yrs, 9s
916—Alvanley, 5 yrs, 9st 616—John Davis, 4 yrs, 9st 616
Petit Moresau, 4 yrs, 9st 61b—Finseragh, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b.
BRIM /TON— 1 846.
Nomination for the Trial Stake.. .

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glad to hear that the example offered by Mr. Beeton, of
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Milk-street, Cheapsule, with the, idea of perpetuating the
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3c,triie STASES
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new stake to be run for at the Epsom Spring Meeting, on
Friday, the 3d of April, will be followed by Messrs. Watson
and Okey, the former having volunteered to give one sub-
scription in every " Sweeps," and the latter his 5 per cent.
discount, in aid of the fund to be raised for the bonus in
1847. As this race has been established by the citizens of
the metropolis, and must become every year more interesting,
we trust that the parties who propose to draw " Sweeps" in
the course of the season will use their endeavours to make it
what it should be, the richest prize in the United Kingdom ;
this can be done by increasing the subscription a trifle—say
one shilling, and the smaller ones by half that amount, these
additions, with the discount on this particular race, would
realise a large sum, and thus the attainment of a large
bonus would be secured.

The Motto to Miss Pardoe's " Confessions of a Pretty
Woman," gives an admirable epitome of her heroine's career :
" At sixteen she came out; presented, vaunted,
She put all coronets into commotion ;
At seventeen, too, the world was still enchanted, •
With the new Venus of their brilliant ocean ;
Pld
At eighteen, though below her feet still panted
A hecatomb of suitors with devotion,
She had consented to create again
A
NOTICE.—At precisely
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ThatEc
L Pam leduscaulcN' cE
on Tuesday morning, March 24, 1846, the entire range of
E. Moses and Sons' new premises—Minories and Aldgate,
City—will open for the transaction of business —E. Moses
and Sons, tailors, drapers, clothiers, hosiers, hatters, and
general outfitters, March 16, 1846.
[ ADVERTISEMENT.] —A BAD LEG OF SEVERAL YEARS
STANDING Cum]) BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr.
Turpin Prowse, Richmond Cottage, Widcombe, Bath, has made a
declaration to the following effect :—" That he had been suffering
for more than five years with an ulcerated leg, covered with fourteen
wounds, and that he had been a patient at the United Hospital at
Bath for three or four years, and that he had also used the sulphur-
bath every other day for six months, and all to no purpose, but that
he is now perfecely cured after every other means had fated, and
by the use of Holloway's Ointment and Pills." Mr. King, chemist,
Bath, will vouch for the truth of this extraordinary case.—Sold by
all chemists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.
MRS. THOMPSON'S MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES.—
The third and concluding volume of this work will be published by
Mr. Bentley in a few days, embellished with portraits of Flora
Macdonald, Prince ' Charles, and Lord Balmerino. The two former
volumes may now be obtained of all booksellers. Mr. Bentley has
also just published the following new works :-1. Memoirs and Cor-
respondence of the Marquess Wellesley, by Robert Rouiere Pearce,
Esq., 3 0• Is Bvo with portraits. 2. Scotland : its Faith and its
Features; or. a Visit to Blair Athol!, by the Rev. Francis French,
2 vols. 3. The Pleturesaue, Antiquities of Spain, by Nathaniel
A. Wells, Esq., imperial Bvo., handsomely baurid :mil printed, and
embellished with numerous splendid engravings, price one guinea
(India proofs, 11. I Is. 6d.) 4. A History of New South Wales, by
Thomas Henry Brain, LL D., &c., 2 vols. post Bvo., with illustra-
tions. 5. Margaret eakl, a novel, by the author of " The Clandestine
Marriage," 3 vols., &c.
DOVER HARBOUR ENLARGEMENT.—These works are
again in active progress. For soine time back they have been re-
tarde l ftar want of tiranite; but now suaplies have come in plenti-
filly tenth f: oat ifeven cud Cornwall, four cargoes having been dis-
cleuvel lit-re within this week from thost 'r' site of the
Govern:llold ol !store-houses has been totally levelled curing the
past fortnight, the sea-wall is completed, the ponderous gates at the.
entrance to the Pent have been hung, and are nearly completed, and
it is now confidently anticipated that the whole will be finished in
six or eight months.—Kentieh Observer.
DEATH OF BEAN-ADMIRAL SEIPSET.— ihe Gallafit
Admiral, who had been residing at Brighton during the latter years
of his life, died there on Wecines*ay evening, in the. Seth year of his
age. He was Lieutenant of the Berwick, in Koppers action in 1778,
and wounded in that off the Dogger Rank, 172;1 of the Britannia,
at Howe's relief of Gibraltar; and commanded the Termagant, in the
expedition to Egypt in 1601.
THE THEATRE OF VAR.--Algeria is friAtiently men-
Voned in the French papers as the " theatre of war." We must say
the principal actors understand their bialovs very well, as their
elle:agent, nts now have lasted for the last fourteen years; hut then
it must be confessed the acting directions are very easy, ter they
consist absolutely of nothing else WO' Later ; Exit
Bugeand ;" and Exit Ahd-el-liader ; Enter Buge49."-r-Puncif.

ParcE SD.

THE CONSTITUTION OF TEE

FRENCH CHAMBERS.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
sumo OF MARCH 16.

The order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the
proposition relating to the incompatibility of public func-
tionaries to hold seats in the Chamber. _ .

M. Thiess, before entering on the consideration of the
subject under discussion, wished to reply to a reproach
which had been brought against the Ministry of March 1. It
had been alleged that he and the other Members of that
Cabinet had opposed a proposition similar to the present one.
(" Yes, yes.") He could declare that for his part he had always
been a partisan of the reform now demanded. (Denial from
the centre.) In 1840, it was brought before the Chamber,
and in place of refusing it, he had, in his quality of Pre•
sident of the Council, exercised his influence to get it taken
into consideration. The matter was referred to a Com-
mittee, and before that body he had entered into an engage-
ment to bring in a Bill on the subject, in the course of the
ensuing session, and to make it a Cabinet question. How,
then, could it be said that he and his colleagues were ad-
verse to the reform now proposed? He was no innovator ;
he might have been one under those old mon irchies where
so many abuses existed, but he was not one in the present
day; when, therefore, he supported the proposition, he did
so because he considered the reform which it demanded to
be an absolute necessity. The Hon. Deputy then proceeded
to discuss at , great length the fruits of the. proposition.
Going back to the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV., and
examining, in an historical point of view, their various
positions, as young monarchs and then as men advanced
in years, he showed that all Governments, whether absolute
or free, had their abuses, their dangers, and their flatterers.
In absolute Governments, he remarked, flattery mac mani-
fested above to the monarch himself ; in free ones 'below,
in the bosom of deliberate assemblies, and to those also who
named the members of such assemblies. From this ten-
dency arose the abuses which the proposition aimed at put-
ting down. Not that these abuses were as extensive as had
sometimes been represented. France was by no means the
most corrupt country in the world, as some persons took a
pleasure in representing it ; there was now, perhaps, less
elevation of mind than thirty years before, but there was in-
itnitely mitt puritysof morals than then existed. -But-evilsr
had decidedly taken root of the kind referred to in the pro-
position, and there could be no doubt that they ought to be
checked in their growth, if not altogether eradicated. The
Hon. Deputy then referred to the example of England, which,
he said, could be cited as a model, not of a social institution,
but of a political one. He referred to the similitude
which existed between the revolutions of 1688 and 1830,
and showed that under William 111. and succeeding mo-
narchs, laws had been introduced to exclude Government
functionaries from the House of Commons, just as the pre-
sent proposition aimed at keeping them from the Chamber
of Deputies. He went on to argue that though a certain
number of functionaries were necessary in the Chamber, to
give information on special questions, yet that it did not
foliate that because a man was not a functionary he might
not be perfectly well able to enlighten the Chamber. M. 0.
Barrot, lie said, was no functionary, nor was the Duke de
Broglie, nor Count 31016, nor M. Guizot, and yet they were
men of great knowledge. He therefore merely meant to say,
that public functionaries, no doubt, had great information,
but they had not a monopoly of it. The Chamber ought to
be a body representing all classes of society, but no one
would speak seriously of a majority representing advocates
alone, or manufacturers alone, nor ought it to represent
public functionaries alone. And vet the present one was
exclusively composed of public iunctionaries. There were
184 of these in the Chamber.
M. Liadieres-152.

M. Thiers—Yes, 152, if the Deputies composing part of
the King's household or Councillors of State in extraordi-
nary service, and each like employes, were excluded. But
of those 134 functionaries, 130 at least were Ministerial
The number of Deputies usually voting was about 400. Of
these 225 sided with the Mnistry, and 175 for the Opposi-
tion, which gave an average majority of 50 to the Govern-
ment. But if 130 functionaries were found amongst the
225, could it be denied that the majority was eminently
that of the Government employ6s? Be it remarked, too,
that the number of public functionaries who voted with the
Opposition was yearly decreasing. In 1832, 1833, aed 1834,
there were about 60 in the Opposition ranks, whereas at
present the number was not more than 40. Since last year
there had been twenty new elections, and in these, fourteen
of the successful candidates were public functionaries. The
evil was evidently increasing, and ought to be put down.
The conclusion that he drew from these facts was that, often
in that Chamber, political feelings were sacrificed to per-
sonal interests. Functionaries, perceiving that they often
had the existence of the Cabinet in their hands,
eagerly sought for seats in the Chamber. Such func-
tionaries as were possessed only by the spirit of
their duty remained tranquil, whilst others, impelled by
ambition, threw themselves into the Ministerial ranks in
order to arrive at some higher place. Whenever a
situation fell vacant in the Court of Accounts, the Court of
Cessation, in the Council of State, who was almost sure to
obtain it? Without doubt a Deputy; and this was so wall
known, that it was sufficient to cause the employes, who were
not Deputies, to detest the Goverrhnent for placing so many
Members of the Chamber over their heads. The Hon. Deputy
then examined the question in its details, which he considered
fully justified. He next alluded to an amendment of
M. Barrot, which went even further than that under dis•
cussion, and he admitted that he (M. Thiers) so fully ap-
proved of what that Hon-Deputy had done, that he was
ready to assume the whole responsibility attached to it, and
should give it hii warmest support. It was said that the
amendment not only attacked a number of Hon. Deputies,
but even the august personage at the head of affairs. He
had to reply to that objection, that in what was thus pro •
posed nothing personal was intended. How could it be
supposed that he and his friends could aim at attacking
royalty when they had supported it under such trying
circumstances? The Hon Deputy here again referred to the
great revolution at present being effected in England, with
such regularity, from both the Ministry and the royal power
confining themselves strictly to the letter of the institutions.
" There was never any such thing heard of in England," he
observed, "as any enmity to the Queen. No one ever said
there, 'the Queen will have this done or that done;' but
simply, ' Sir Robert Peel is doing so and so,' or Lord John
Russell is carrying out such and such a measure.' Did that
mean that England, who bad expelled the Stuarts, was
willing to be subject to the son of a cotton-spinner? Ger-
tainly not. It merely meant that Sir Robert Peel was the
will of tha country embodied in a single man. The GoYern•
mnent yielded to that will, not as to a riotous body, but as
enlightened reason obeyed a truth which it had discovered
and admitted.—( Loud applause on the left:.) Sir R. Peel
was, then, the country-made man ! And could there be a
greater stability or a nobler attitude than that which was
exhibited? An immense revolution was effscted and not a
cry against the Queen. She passed on with impunity in the
midst of all the agitation, respected and beloved! Nay, even
her death, if it nut'. Ttunately should take place, would cause
an immense affliction in England, but would not produce
the slightest alarm."—(Sensation.) Such was the sight he
had desired to behold at the restoratior. He was then un-
known, and, in his deepobseurity, was acquainted with neither
the august occupant of the throne, nor him who was to suc-
ceed him. In 1829 lie had written the phrase, " The King
reigns, but does not govern." Pre had written that in 1829,
and he believed in 1846 that his maxim was perfectly pos-
sible. He firmly believed that a true representative Govern-
ment was possible in France. Were it otherwise, the coun-
try ought to have been told so in 1830.—(Sensation.) If the
representative Government was not possible in France, it
would have been better not to effect the revolution—if it was
not possible, what they had previously was far preferabk—
(Continued sensation.) He looked on the revolution of July
as a step in advance—as a progress, but he felt convinced
that there.was much more to be done. Was it necessary to
say what connexion there was between all this and the
amendment? The amendment desired to have royalty
always placed nut of debate, and to see Deputies vote fairly
according to their own opinions. But when representatives
were'seen to vote day after day according to the ideas of
another—(Murmurs from the centre)—it was evident that
such a state of things was attended with grave' inconve-
nienee.—(" Hear, hear," from the left.) "We had rather,"
said the lion. Deputy in conclusion, " sacrifice the King's
aides-de-camp than the King hirnNelf, and we regard that
as an advance in the career at the end of which we per-
ceive the truth of representative government. That truth
will be long in coming, it is said. Be it so; I shall not say
the
who,fa citi„, Is
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anything to tthheocrionortdrase.ovi
71,11 toabGn'teriiinianalalouwthmorg,
of mindcauses that triumph slowly, said—' I shall place my
mug
on the highest promontory of the bank, and shell
await the coining of the tide to set me afloat, aad waft me
off.' In the same way Ido not think that 1 am placing my
vessel so high that it will be inaccessible."—(Loud applause
and agitation.)
The Minister of the Interior replied to the Hon. Deputy.
He maintained that the representative Government was fully
and honestly practised at present in Fiance. The funda-
mental rule of such a Government was to have it directed by
the will of the majority. That was what was demanded
under the restoration, and what wes carried out
It
the pre-
sentd day.—(lnterruption and ex
ts. salt
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that the restoration had the majority.
i and desired to govern in
was not when it had the ntajoriti,,tb.y,ethretscint
tfelolo,vbernutmwelhaenh.aidt
separated itself from the ajor,
a sense contrary to its will. p
power, andhad it ever, he would ask,
tiiemmajority? No! and, therefore, the fun-
sbeepeanrafotrodsi
I principle of the Government had been satisfied.
fun-
damental
The Hon. from o years
Minister then proceeded to discuss the question on
its own merits, and argued that it was useless, inasmuch as it
would not attain its object, and would be attended with grave
inconveniences. Speaking of corruption used by the Govern-
ment, the Hon. Minister retorted the charge on M. Thiers'
Cabinet, denying that it was applicable in any way to the
present. He referred to the Deputies appointed since 1840,
and defied M. Thiers or any other Hon. Member to point
out those shameful fallings-off from opinions which had
been alluded to. He alsa called on them to examine the
returns of Government promotions, and show any examples
of improper or illegitimate recompenses awarded for politi-
cal apostacy. 'I he Hon. Minister also called in questien the
calculations of M. Thiers with respect to the number of De-
puties holding Government situations. There were not, lie
hono-
rary maintained, 184 of such Deputies in the Chamber, since
generals on half-pay, members invested with merely
rare functions, and such like, ought not to be included un'':
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The Chamber had now existed for a period of five years, 'and
during that time the Conservative policy had triumphed.
.The Opposition now, at the moment of the Chamber's dis-
solution, desired to see it pass on itself. 'just as it was about
to appear before the electors, a veritable act of discredit—it
wanted the majority to declare that for five years it bad been
wanting in dignity .and morality. This, he would venture
to say, the majority would not be induced to consent to. The
Hon. Minister concluded by alluding briefly to the amend-
ment. He declared that a proposition to exclude the fare-
tionaries of the civil list from the Chamber came with so
much a worse grace from M. Thiers, that it was he who hail,
in 1836, nominated Baron Fain, the intendant of the civil
list, a Member of the Chamber. He maintained, further-
more, that the cerLaiu effect of the amendment would be to
give to the ,enemies of the institutions of the country a
powerful weapon against rey.ilty.—(Hear, hear.)
The sitting was brought to a close at half-past 6 o'clock.

MARCH 18.

At 2 o'clock M. Sauzet, the Pre6ident, took the Chair, when
the discussion ua. AL liemivat's proposition relative- to the
right pf placemen to be Deputies was resumed.
M. Dasloegraie, the tiNt speaker, supported the proposition,
which he regarded as more advantageous to the majority
than to the Opposition. The deputation, he said, silo* not