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TINE is the acceptation of a principle—the principle
of peace and fraternity—that principle which must
be henceforth the verb of the Republican Government.
In the French capital the announcement of the
catalogue of elected representatives—the thirty-four
representatives of the department of the Seine—has
diffused a profound sense of joy and security. LAMAR•
T1NE411,5 a matter of course, heads the list, with the
enormous number of 259,800 votes—a majority
which exceeds the suffrages awarded to LEDau
ROLLIN by no less than 127,213. Glo-
riously has this civic crown of confidence been won
by the Provisional Minister for Foreign Affairs—by
the constancy with which he has dedicated his
genius, his time, his life, and his property to the hap-
piness of his country and the consolidation of its
institutions—by the matchless valour with which he,
an unarmed orator, braved the pikes of the revolu-
tionary mob, and conquered the passions of the rabble
by the majesty of his eloquence. Yes ! if ever a
simple citizen merited the love and admiration of his
compatriots LAMARTINE is that man, and the
unanimity with which he has been elevated by
the Parisians to the principal seat in the Legislature
is a testimony that such is the opinion of the pro•
rooters of the late Revolution. Nor has this been the
solitary attestation of the enthusiasm with which
the character of LAMARTINE is regarded beyond the
Channel. Far otherwise. The departments have
emulated the metropolis in their decision. In the
Department of the Nord, the name of the Foreign
Minister of the Republic is inscribed among the
twenty-eight successful Deputies. Again, he has
been declared one of the ten representatives of
Bouches-du-Rhone, one of the ten deputies of the
Cote-d'or, and in the Seine Inferieure he has headed
the catalogue of candidates with no less than 76,000
suffrages. Popular commendation could not be ex-
pressed more emphatically. The voice of a free
people could not be more audible inits acclamations.
LAMARTINE will enter the National Assembly co-
vered with the prestige of his fame and of his popu-
larity.
Very different is the position. of the anarchical
minority. CORDON (ouvrier), a wood-carver and
principal editor of the Atelier, being the nineteenth
on the catalogue of the Seine. ALBERT (ouvrier), the
Provisional Minster in the Luxembourg, being the
twenty first. PEURIN, a journeyman watchmaker,
oeing twenty-third. LEDRU ROLLIN, the Provisional
Minister of the Interior, being twenty-fourth. CAUSSI•
DIERE, the Prefect of Police, twentieth. FeocoN, the
Provisional Secretary and editor of the Rtforme,
twenty sixth. Louis BLANC, the colleague of ALBERT
In the Luxembourg, twenty-seventh. And AGRICOL
PERDIGUIER (ouvrier), cabinet-maker,: twenty-ninth.
Such is the subordinate situation of the Communist
representatives in the metropolitan list of deputies—
,ubordinate we mean in relation to their competitors
and victors the Moderates. For example those
Moderates, after the favourite of the Parisians, ap-
pear in this succession upon the catalogue—DUPONT
(DE i'EuriE), the Provisional President, second.
ARAGo, Provisional Minister of Marine and of War,
third. GARNIER PAGES, Provisional Minister of Fi-
nance.fourth. Maienasr, Mayor of Paris, and editor of
.he National, fifth. MARIE, Provisional Minister of
Public Works, sixth. CREMIEUX, Provisional Minister of
Justice, seventh. CARNOT, Provisional Minister of Pub-
lic Instruction, ninth. BETEMONT, Provisional Minister
of Agriculture and of Commerce, tenth. DUVIVIER,
Commandant-General of the Garde Mobile, eleventh.
CAVAIGNAC, Governor-General of Algeria, fourteenth.
PAGNERRE, Provisional Secretary to the Republican
Government, sixteenth. BUCHEZ, the Assistant-
Mayor of Paris, seventeenth. CORMENIN, Provi-
,ional President of the Council of State, and
a celebrated author, under the pseudonym of
Timon, eighteenth. SCHMITB, an artizan, twenty-fifth.
RECURT, another assistant mayor of Paris, twenty-
eighth. JULES BASTIDES, under-secretary to the
Provisional Minister for Foreign Affairs, thirtieth.
Ind GUINARD, colonel of the artillery of the National
Guard, thirty-third.' By such superiority both of
position and numbers have the Moderates exceeded
their antagonists, and to these names must be added
the neutral names remaining on the catalogue, names
which at once attests the perfect fraternization of
classes and the pacific aspirations of the multitude :--
BERANGER, the renowned song-writer, eighth. LAS-
TEYRIE, ex-deputy, twelfth. VAVIN, also an
ex-deputy, thirteenth. BERGER, an ex-de-
puty, fifteenth. W oLowsxr, professor of the
Conservatory of Arts and Manufactures, twenty
second. COQUERBL, a Protestant clergyman, thirty.
first. GARNON, another ex-deputy, thirty-second.
And the thirty-fourth, the illustrious Abbe DE LA

MENNAIS. As an analysis of the catalogue of repre,

sentatives for the metropolitan department the fore-
going is as scrupulously correct as it is satisfactory.
It forms a brilliant corroboration of our previous
opinions as to the tendencies of the February Revo-
lution ; and affords the first, and certainly a mag-
nificent, example of the working of that double
system of democracy—the ballot and universal suf-
frage. We may now, therefore, anticipate with
renewed confidence the opening of that National
Assembly the constituent members of which have
been selected under such glorious auspices.

On Friday we alluded to the recent decision in
the case of GEILS v. GEILS, in the Court of Arches,
and we pointed out the vexatious delays--the extra-
vagant expense—and the objectionable mode of taking
the evidence of the several witnesses, which rendered
it utterly impossible for the Judge to arrive at a sa-

tisfactory decision on any disputed point, all of which
were so conspicuous in that case. We shall now in-
quire into the nature and amount of the " cruelty"
necessary to warrant a sentence of separation, as laid
by the Learned Judge in his very elaborate judg-
ment.

So far as actual violence is concerned the law
i 3 simple enough, and perfectly clear. A single
blow inflicted by the husband in a moment
of exasperation may bring him within the juris-
diction of the Court, although his usual conduct
had been of the most exemplary character, and
he had generally conducted himself as a faithful and
affectionate consort. " Anything which tended to
bodily hurt or peril might be a sufficient reason for a
separation between the parties. Many acts were not
required; one was sufficient if it were likely to occur
again." So says the Learned Judge, and we do not
dispute the justice or propriety of the principle. It is
essential that the stronger and mere powerful should
be compelled to abstain from any actual violence
which,
lcth, if tolerated for a moment, under any pretext
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consequences.moan
under any possible circumstances is utterly unworthy
of sympathy or support, and if his b
serds and indig
nant wife should desire to separate
abused
person who had so forgotten himself as toeclof rof rooa
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cowardly an outrage, she should be justified in so
doing. But here the wife's protection ceases, for
although we are told that " words of menace leading
to a reasonable apprehension of bodily injury might
be sufficient, and that it was not necessary
case to prove actual violence," it is hardly possibelvaertyu
sustain a charge of legal cruelty under any other
circumstances, as the very case to which we are
alluding will exemplify. • -A husband may act in the
most brutal and disgraceful manner, he may use the
most opprobrious language, and apply the most in-
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ground." We do not in the slightest degree accuse
that Learned Judge of being influenced by any un-
worthy motive, or of having departed from the usual
Precedents which he was bound to respect. He was
undoubtedly placed in a very painful position in con-
iet(l"nee of
the charges that had been preferred, and
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) against the law itself, and not against the Learned
Judge by whom it was pronounced.
We Snd it, then, admitted by Mr. Grus himself,
" that when quarrelling with his wife, and when
greatly provoked and excited by her, he would abuse
her in coarse terms, and call her a devil," and
sometimes " a bitch." It was also proved that
he was frequently in violent passions,and called
his wife by very improper names. Again,
he had at the library at Farley-hill called his
wife a d----d -, and other opprobrious names ;
in addition to which Mrs. GEILs alleged that he had
pushed her violently, although near her confinement
at the time (this latter part, however, the Learned
Judge did not conceive to be established by the evi-
dence). There were a variety of similar acts and
language, more particularly the threats (admitted
by himself), " that he would scrag her," or " twist
round her neck," er " knock off her d-----d little
head," or words to that effect ; but it appears that
such language, unless followed up by acts of violence,
did not amount to actual " legal cruelty, and
the insulted and outraged wife might still have been
compelled to abide with the party who bad
used these expressions, and had grossly vio-
lated his pledges towards her, had he not been
guilty of those crimes which justified the Court
in decreeing the separation that was demanded. Nay,
it appears that be bad, when she was in the fifth or
six month of her pregnancy, proceeded (as he had ad-
mitted he had often done on similar occasions) to put
her out of the room by force, during which her hand
was cut, and her dress torn; but, although here was
the actual violence that would justify a divorce, as
she did not leave him at the moment, but remained
until after her confinement, no notice could be taken,
the offence having been what is termed condoned.
Surely no person can justify such a state of law.
In deciding whether the violence or cruelty was of
such a description as to warrant a permanent separa-
tion, a variety of minute circumstances should be
taken into consideration, such as the rank in life, the
position, education, and refinement of the parties.
Such questions could only be properly decided on by
a jury, who under the directions of one of the judges,
and with all the witnesses examined before them in
open court, should return a verdict as to the facts,
and declare whether the parties could again be re-
quired to dwell under the same roof, and resume the
intercourse of wedded life.

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