The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1843.

This evening an admirable motion will be sub-
mitted to the House of Commons by the Honourable
Representative of Montrose. The character of the
proposition is such as must henceforth render the
- night of May 23, 1848, an epoch in the British
Legislature. We will transcribe the entire paragraph,
word' for word, front the Notice? of Motions, No. 93,
P. 786. • It is a paragraph which will be the initial
of - a grand innovation, the text of innumerable
orations, and the impetus of an extraordinary move-
ment. It will be perused with emotion, and the
effect of it is anticipated with no inconsiderable
curls:4V throughout the United Kingdom. Here is
the paragraph :___
~ ME. Hume,—That this House, as at present con-
stituted, does not fairly represent the population, the
property, or the industry of the country; whence has
arisen great and increasing discontent in the minds of a
large portion of the people; and it is therefore ex-
pedient, with a view to amend the National Represen-
zillion, that the Elective Franchise shall be so extended
as to include Householders; that votes shall be taken by
Bapor; that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed
three years; and that the apportionment of Members to
population shall be made more equal?,
Four comprehensive reforms, all tending towards
the same result, the establishment of a really popular
Parliament, and the organisation of a true and not a
sham system of representation, are here submitted to
The vice;
—SEWS PAU'S consideration of the Legislature. the
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)in the Lower House would be preposterous.
It would be to anticipate the acclamations
of a senate on the exposition of its blemishes.
No. It is impossible but that the motion of Mr.
HUME will be listened to in dudgeon, that it will be
opposed as extravagant, that it will be even derided
as ludicrous. So let it be. BURDETT was a
visionary before the diminution of boroughmonger-
ing. O'ConNaLL was an Utopian before the emanci-
pation of the Catholics. America was an Atalantis
before CoLumnus kissed the beach of San Salvador.
So has it been always. So will it be for ever. Until
a thing has been accomplished it is an illusion, and
its promoter is scouted as a charlatan. And every
innovator, Mr. Hymn amongst the number, must
consequently prepare himself for the obloquy which
is the necessary antecedent to the glory of success.
Since the preliminary meeting in Albany-
street, when (to employ the cant expression
of the day) the Chartists and the Radical
Reformers fraternized, two other distinguished
Members of the House of Commons have formally
announced their adhesion to the cause of those with
whom the new movement has originated. Whatever
may be the personal susceptibilities of Sir DE LACY
EVANS, the noble and honourable representatives of
Marylebone have not considered it unworthy of their
reputation to march under the banners of the
Members for Montrose and the West Riding of
Yorkshire. Mr. HUME and Mr. COBDEN have to
welcome the accession to the ranks of the new Reform
Legion two important and notable auxiliaries,
in the persons of Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir
BENJAMIN HALL. The fact of their adherence to
the nascent League was announced by themselves
yesterday in the speeches delivered to their consti-
tuents in the vestry-room of St. Pancras—on which
occasion the Noble Lord and his Hon. Colleague de-
clared themselves definitely for an extension of the
suffrage, for the protection of the independence of the
electors by the ballot, for the restriction of Parlia-
ment to a triennial existence, for the division of the
country into electoral districts, and subsequently--
that is when all these preliminary reforms shall have
been consummated for a reduction of the
national expenditure, and for the distribution
of taxation proportionately with the distribution of
property. Above all, Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir
BENJAMIN HALL repudiated the notion of their being
finality men ; they premised that even these sweeping
measures of reform would be merely accepted as
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Un-
fortunate Colonel ! We shall see them, at this rate,
like a Siamese BELISARIUS, wandering about, the
realization of Mr. MACAULAY'S vision, or seated
upon a broken archway of London-bridge, sketching
the ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral upon the tablets of
their memory !
Last evening an overwhelming argument was pro-
duced in the House of Commons as to the necessity
of a comprehensive revision of our expenditure by
the Hon. Representative of Glasgow. Mr. MAC..
GREGOR could not by possibility have demonstrated
more clearly the exigency of an enormous reduction
in our annual disbursements than by the simple
enumeration of the items comprised in his motion for
returns of the services of the undermentioned re-
cipients of the following incomes from the Post-
office :

X s. d.
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 4,000 0 0
His Grace the Duke of Grafton .... 3,407 10 0
The heirs of his Grace the Duke of

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10,307 10 0
inquiring especially as to the names of the heirs of his
Grace the Duke of Scuomn ERG : returns of the ser-
vices and duties of the under• mentioned recipients of
the following sums from the Excise Office :

£ a. d.
His Grace the Duke of Grafton ..... 7,191 12 0
Earl Cowper
Assignees of the late Charles Burn ... 10:100 0 0

9,987 8 0
and returns of the services for which the following
sums are paid out of the revenue in Ireland :

His SereHe Highness the Prince of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz
Viscount Duncan, now Earl of Cam-
perdown .
••

£ s. d

1,778 4 4

07 9 0

2,775 13 4
besides other similar returns of the services performed
by the recipients of pensions amounting in the aggre-
gate to about 50,0001. per annum. Sir PHILIP
FRANCIS never wrote more crushingly of the blunders
of our present system of Government than Mr. MAC-
GREGOR has done in the mere jotting down of these
items among the Parliamentary notices of motions.

An equally powerful case has recently been made
out as to the inequality of the existing scheme of
representation, in a pamphlet written by Mr.
ALEXANDER MACEAT, barrister-at-law of the
Middle Temple.* The statistics accumulated in
this remarkable pamphlet are too important
to be slurred over in an incidental allusion. We
shall, therefore, defer our observations upon the
numeral logic of Mr. MAcKav to an opportunity on
which we can devote to it a more deliberate consi-
deration. It will be sufficient to remark that from
the aggregate estimate of the population, as made in
his pamphlet, he considers that in England (500
Members being returned by a population of
16,000,000), there is.one Member for every 32,000
persons; that in Scotland (fifty-three Members being
returned by a population of 2,500,000), there is one
Member for every 48,000; and that in Ireland (105
Members being returned by a population of
8,500,000), there is one Member for every 81,000
persons ; whereas, in order to equalise the repre-
sentation of the United Kingdom proportionately to
its inhabitants, there should be 392 Members for
England and Wales, 59 for Scotland, and 207 for
Ireland. 'With such facts to enforce the the clamour
for reform, we cannot doubt for an instant the
triumphant close of the movement upon which the
Radical Reformers of England are adventuring.

We have heretofore had occasion to direct the atten-
tion of our readers to certain active intrigues going
on in London, in Paris, in Berlin, and in Vienna, to
produce a reactionary movement, and eventually a re-
storation of the Guizot-Metternich regime, either
by direct action against the moderate Liberal party,
as has recently been attempted at Berlin, or by the
more circuitous but not less certain method of en-
couraging the Communists and other anarchists, who
would fain drive liberty mad in order to disgust the
world
with her. We stated, moreover, that we be-
lieved M. Guizox was endeavouring to
the
act 1840
power of his head clerk,' cet e x eellent return
A!ililteDz zN ;
as,to
over again in England, and to secure
while Lord PaLunitsorimost
Lord continued office,
.the
Orleanist intrigues will
pLmassuredly be dejoue.
The recent attacks upon
were
s orT
neo xpa
and
dro
part and
w er ac-
counte of the Spanish correspondence
parcel of this notable scheme of reaction,
intended to secure the supremacy of Omrlaeki:enisst in.ilu-
ence in the Peninsula, in order to
point d'appui from which to act upon France ipawhiln ae
at the same time they might, by damaging the posi-
tion of the English Foreign Minister in the eyes of
his countrymen, prepare for the return to power of
that excellent gentleman who was in the habit of
submitting his dispatches to the approval of the god-
son of Louis PHILIPPE, the Charge d'Affaires of M.
GuizoT, before transmitting them to his own diplo-
matic agents at foreign courts. The attempted recal
of the Prince of Paussia was a part of the same plan
(that however was a coup manqué), and we now
direct our readers' attention to the first direct overt
act of the Orleanists in the direction of France.

The Presse publishes the following letters from
the Prince DE JOINVILLE to a friend in Paris :
" Claremont, May 5, 1848.
" I stated to you that for the present we had re-
nounced quitting England—first, to avoid causing our-
selves to be spoken of, and next, from motives of eco-
nomy. We remain, therefore, vegetating as quietly as
possible in the country. We live an idle life—no in-
terest animates us. I at present read a good deal. In
my opinion the political situation is this ; there has

* " Electoral Districts ; or the apportionment of the
Representatives of the Country upon the basis of its Po-
pulation, Scc. By AlexanderMacktty, Esq., of the Middle
Temple, Barrister-at-law." Pp. 40. Charles Gilpin,
London, 1348.

been a truce struck up between the two parties until the
meeting of the Assembly; one party wished to see the
result of universal suffrage, the others said to them-
selves that to overthrow one or several Provisional
Governments would be of no use, since in the end the
fto
if b
ite
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bad
dd
one.which
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would Assembly
have
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therefore, better to wait and do everything all at once.
In the midst of all the faults of the Provisional
to
have
Government, of the hatred and the ridicule which
they excited, the Assembly has been elected—it is
republican and moderate. I think that it has been
clearly proved that, the experiment of universal suf-
frage is favourable to order and property. But what
will now take place ? This Assembly, accused of mode-
ration, will aim at popularity ; but the part of the popu-
lation whose noisy acclamations give the pleasures of
popularity are not the most discreet. The Assembly
will be forced to give pledges to this mob, who will
accuse it of a reactionary spirit, and it is we who will be
first offered up as a sacrifice. That being done, the
question will arise to know whether the Assembly will
serve as a dyke, or will allow itself to be swept away by
the torrent of disorder. If it attempts to arrest the
movement there will be fighting in Paris. If the Go-
vernment, the National Guard, the troops are beaten in
Paris, if the Assembly is forced to jump out of the
windows, or if they are forced, by intimidation, to vote
as the others please, we shall have saturnalia of blood
throughout the whole of France. The best thing to he
done in that case would be to select some town,
such as Amiens, Bourges, or Alencon, and there to call
together all the Assembly that was dispersed, to collect
there all the troops and all the National Guards. The
members of the Assembly could there vote what they
pleased, and then march on Paris. But, alas! the Go-
vernment
strikesi
yos em
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sm blood;et ha
interests,t
with
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vernment that would be established would receive a bap-
it
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be able
plaababs yslmei tanthcoset
existaemt,
ytde cri mon
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hat
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syio
moment
idea
family. These passions are the mainspring of my
actions. When I was in France, I laboured for both;
now they are separated. Were lan unmarried man, I
should naturally devote myself to my country for ever.
But at present, if I foresee that I shall not be able to
return to my country unless at aa uncertain and distant
time, I ask myself if I ought not to give up the idea at
once, whatever may be my regret, whatever the chances
of the future, in order to prepare for my children some
certain provision? If I wait indefinitely until my
country opens to me its door, I may die and leave my
children poor, without country, and invested with that title
of Prince which is more and more difficult to bear. If, on
the contrary, I take a decisive part, I can employ my
remaining years of vigour and energy in forming in the
United States an establishment, and making a little
fortune for my children. In dying, I should leave them
a country to know and to love, and suitable means of
existence. it is only in the' far west' that I can throw off
the old man. I should there, in fine, be able to satisfy a
part of my tastes, and have before me an object to
attain, towards which all my thoughts would tend. My
projects as to the future will depend on the turn the.
Assembly will take. I hope to be decided before long.'
" Claremont, May 11.
" I have excellent hopes of the Assembly; its prelimi-
nary sittings are a little disorderly, but that is inevitable
in so numerous a meeting. Its spirit appears to me
good. I believe that it really has the intention of
i
founding a grand and powerful republic. God grant that
may be so! The country yearns after order, and that
will facilitate the commencement of the new Govern-
ment. If they have the courage to effect economy,
so as to restore order to the finances, they will get on
quick and well. We, who knew our country, are aware
how strong will be an authority which speaks in the
name of universal suffrage—it must be allowed that it
is the only authority that can save the country. Why,
the faults of the past Government did not prevent its
lasting seventeen years, so that it is not so difficult to
govern France. For us, personally, we always think of
returning to France. Once that the Republic is consti-
tuted, we cannot be refused the title and quality of
French citizens. The weather is delightful. I take ad-
vantage of it to pass my days in the open air. Stretched
on the grass I read an immensity, whilst our wives work.
They make all their own dresses, bonnets, &c., and I can
assure you that they could earn their living. As to me,
a company in London has offered me the command of a
vessel de,tined for India, so that you see that we can
battle against want. My health continues to be not very
good—there is always something wrong—sometimes one
thing, sometimes another. Happily my wife and my dear
little ones are well. May we again behold our native
land !"

It is evident that these letters were written with a
view to publication, and for the furtherance of some
ulterior object. It is not difficult to discover what
that ulterior object is. We have reason for believing
that among those engaged in these intrigues it has
been matter of serious consideration whether or no
it would not be advisable to pass over altogether the
claims of the Count DE Penis and of the Duchess of
ORLEANS, and to endeavour to bring about the resto-
ration in the person of one of the Princes. The
Due DE NEMOURS had by his aristocratic hauteur
rendered himself so unpopular that he was clearly out
of the question, and it was determined that the Prince
DE JOINVILLE, as the most popular of the Princes,
should be the person put forward to bring about the
restoration of the Orleans dynasty. "He will have
but to present himself to be at once accepted as King,"
are the words that have been used by more than one
Frenchman resident in London. Whether or not the
Prince himself is aware of these matters we know
not; but if he is ignorant of these intrigues, it is a
strange coincidence that he should write these letters
just at the time when their appearance is so admirably
calculated to serve the purposes of the intriguers.
In the meantime the authorities of the French Re-
public will be on their guard, and as they have done
their duty in putting down the anarchists, so, we
doubt not, they will also know how to deal with the
reactionaires, while we trust, as we said yesterday,
the British Government will apply the Alien Act
with strict impartiality, and keep as sharp a look-out
on Brompton, as on Leicester-square. Claremont,
being a royal palace, is perhaps exempt from sur-
veillance.

The Bordeaux mail, which arrived in Paris on
Monday (yesterday), did not bring the Madrid mail.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The conclusion of the Fete de is Concorde on Sun-
day was in perfect keeping with its commencement.
The illuminations in the evening were magnificent,
and the display of fireworks on the grandest scale
ever exhibited. The grand avenue of the Champs
Elys6es had the appearance of a ball-room; on each
side of it were suspended continuous festoons of
lamps, and over the centre a series of handsome
chandeliers of various colours. The exhibition of
fireworks at the Barriere de l'Etoile, which was
brilliantly illuminated, commenced at nine o'clock,
and lasted more than half an hour ; at the same time
there was a grand pyrotechnic display on the Place
de la Bastile, representing the destruction of the old
feudal prison which, unti1.1.789, occupied the Place.
The Champ de Mars was brilliantly illuminated, and
the Ecole Militaire was richly studded with Venetian
lamps. It looked a fairy palace of light. There was
not the least attempt at disturbance throughout the
day; indeed, the presence of such a number of mili-
tary as was that day reviewed in the Champ de Mars
was sufficient to render any attempt of the sort
hopeless. The troops in Paris under arms were
upwards of 35,000.
The journals of Monday are so filled with accounts
of the fke that they have scarcely room for anything
else. We, however, extract from the Journal des
Debats the following just observations on the breach
of faith of which the Government contemplates the
commission against the foreign railway shareholders:--
" The principal cause of the suspension of labour,"
says the Debats, "has been the alarm spread by the
doctrines relative to property. Whilst property was an
essential attribute of man, a primitive institution of
society which the law makes respected, it was imagined
that it was a pure fiction which the law had invented,
and which the law might undo. Hence all the various
ideas of communism with which we are assailed—which
have been enthroned at the Luxembourg for the last two
months, and which on the 15th inst. made an irruption
into the National Assembly. Hence has arisen all the
systems which have trampled contracts under
foot, and tend to invest the Government with
the power of revising them according to its
ideas, of interfering between private individuals
convertingbpnr
it
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offut liberty
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enteredes-
into are nothing more than so many bits of waste
paper, which may be thrown into the fire or torn up,
Capitalists have been induced, under the protection of
laws and of contracts, to invest their money is railroads.
Both French and foreign capitalists have entered into
this speculation, the State having guaranteed to them
that they shall be scrupulously respected. The con-
ditions under which the State might repurchase the
various lines were laid down in the most explicit man-
ner; it was agreed that it should not take place until
after a certain period, and on established bases. These
contracts were signed and sealed with the seal of the
State, and now they are about to be declared null and
void. We ask, what will become of public faith, what will
be henceforth the feeling entertained of our national ho.
this
this
sin( Minister
notste r an
and the
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attack
nour? We now behold a Minister of Finance who under-
takeso n the
credit toproveof
thatthe asnt a acttele
hi
Government of which he is the agent endeavour to ne-
gotiate a loan,
after maintaining such ideas! He will
see the credit in which he stands. The fact is, that if

the engagement entered into with the railroad companies
is not to be held valid, that which hinds the State-
towards its creditors is in question. The latter engage.
ment is not more solemn or more formal. A govern-
ment has as much the right to say to a fundholder I
owe you five, I will give you two,' as to say to a railroad
shareholder, I engaged not to repurchase your line in
less than fifteen years after it had been at work during
its whole extent, and to pay for it according to its net
proceeds, with a proportionate amount for its increased
value. I wish to take it immediately before it has been a
day at work, and I shall only pay you according to the
imaginary value which stock•jobbing has attached to it,
and that in depreciated Rentes. If M. Duclero does not
remember the opposition that was made to the Govern-
ment of July, who wished to take all the lines into
their own hands by the then opposition party, we can
easily refresh his memory by referring to the Provisional
Government. all of whom, with the exception of M. La-
martine, took part in the opposition to the measure, and
it was an illustrious savant, now a member of the Go-
vernment, who was then charged by the Committee on
the Bill to draw up the report, in which he pointed out,
in the most forcible manner, the political dangers which
attended the execution and working of the railroads by
the State, and praised the power of private industry, and
the advantages of the spirit of association. The Govern-
ment of July were thus compelled to resign the railroads
to companies. We do not judge this fact, we merely
quote history. Under the will of the Minister of Finance
the abandonment of the railroads to companies becomes
a machination of the Government of July to reconstitute
an aristocracy. According to him the Government of
July soon comprehended the advantage it might derive
from it to make instruments of domination. One of the
motives which was alleged in favour of refusing it the
possession of the railroads was the extent of patronage
which it would confer, and that very system is now
advocated.
The Minister, moreover, appears as forgetful of
foreign history as of that of France. He lays down in
principle, that financial companies are incompatible with
the principle of a Republican Government. He forgets
the Republic of the United States, where there may be
said to be a collection of thirty Republics very democra-
tic, very flourishing, and worthy of being quoted as
models of prosperity, and yet railroads are not wanting.
Is the system recommended by the Minister of Finance
adopted in the United States ? Certainly not. The
railroads are almost entirely conceded to companies for
ever, and not as here, for 40, 50, or, at most, 99 years.
The Americans knew very well, that wider a Re-
publican system it is good policy to encourage a spirit of
association, and not to violate a faith once sworn to
them. The American Governments easily submit the
the laws, because they themselves observe
companiesthein to
.

The French Government have received a tele-
graphic dispatch from Vienna, stating that a revo-
lutionary movement took place there on the 16th,
which ended in the substitution of a sole Constituent
Assembly and universal suffrage for the constitution
lately established We published in The Sun of yes-
terday the proclamation of the EMPEROR, in which
he yielded to the demands of his subjects, and in
another part of The Sun of this evening will be found
intelligence one day later from Vienna, announcing
a change of Ministry.
The responsibility of supplying the SOBRIER gang
with arms and ammunition from the national stores
seems to rest upon M. CAUSSIDIERE, the ex-Prefect
of Police. M. ARAGO threw the responsibility on
M. LEDRU RoLLIN; the latter transferred it to the
shoulders of his chief secretary, M. ELIAS REGNAULT.
This gentleman has addressed the following letter to
the journals :
" Sir,—ln speaking of arms and ammunition found
in the hotel occupied by Sobrier, you say ' the demand
for these areas came from the Minister of the Interior.
It is dated the 14th April, and signed by the chief of
the Cabinet.' This is not correct. The letter of the
14th April demanded of the Minister of War 1,000 mus-
kets and 6,000 packets of cartridges for the Prefecture
of Police. If a part of these arms have been sent to
Sobrier, the Minister of the Interior was wholly a
stranger to this appropriation of them.
" ELIAS REGNAULT."
This gentleman, M. REGNAULT, has been appointed
secretary to the Prefecture of the Police.
The new Prefect of Police, M. Tnouvi-CRAvEL,
has published the following proclamation :
Inhabitants of Paris,—The Government has appointed
me to the Prefecture of Police of the Seine. This
mark of great confidence imposes on me serious duties.
But, the greater the difficulties, the less can I allow
myself to shrink from them ; we are living in times
when every citizen must sacrifice himself to his country.
A stranger in this great city, I would willingly have
left to others more competent the labour and honour of
this onerous inagistration. My own inefficiency coun-
sels me to decline—my duty commands me to accept the
burden.
We are on the morrow of events which might have
proved disastrous, but which have turned to the profit of
real democracy. The criminal fully of some conspira-
tors has proved clearly the wisdom and energy of the
Parisian people.
Some of the principal offenders are in the hands of
justice ; I will pursue the others into their secret hiding
places, and hope to deliver them to the laws.
am, citizens, the friends of the Republic. I was so
when it was forbidden to avow it; but, if my high func-
tions impose on me the duty of protecting the people,
they also give me the right to counsel them. I will
serve and not flatter them. I will tell them the truth,
as I have already done to Princes under a monarchy.
The people in their might have nothing to fear from
open enemies, their only danger is in their false friends,
Your welfare depends on yourselves more than on
your Government. If they owe you their care, you
owe them your support. With harmony between the
people and their functionaries order will be established,
and with order prosperity. As to liberty, you have con-
quered it; you know how to defend it; and, in its
defence, you may rely on my assistance.
Citizens, the Government has deemed me worthy of
its confidence. I will merit yours. You shall judge me
by my deeds, and in the difficult duties which are im-
posed on me, if I give you sufficient proof of try
patriotism and devotion, I ask no other recompense than
that you confirm by your approbation the honourable
testimony of these whom you have invested with power.
The celebrated PIERRE LERoux has been arrested
at Nanteuil by the National Guards, and has been
brought to Paris.
Up to Sunday the number of persons arrested
amounted to 390. Of these ten of the leaders are
in the fort of Vincennes, several at the Prefecture,
and the rest at various prisons. An order has been
given :for the arrest of M. TUORE, but he has effec-
stsheepout
de
is
Liberte, a
effec-
ted his escape.
The Reforme states that the Great Northern Rail-
way has been placed under sequestration.
The disturbances at Lyons still continue. The
following is a narrative of the events which have oc-
curred in that city, in continuation of the account
given in The Sun of yesterday :
‘• After having arrested and subsequently released
Taburet, the substitute, the workmen on Thursday,
receiving no answer which they considered satisfactory
with respect to the release of their comrades, sent
about a hundred cf their body in arms, with
where they again demanded
drums beating and flags flying, to the prison
in the Rue
ethe
Justice
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sweint terrible ibp lree
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uatlrheGe utoa regimentr ci
presence, a Civicke of
an
nf r
aGat
ghtueti ease rendk strong
aaa
lnns dde
have returned as they came if M.
Ttho
es aayrinwehdofohrecew aosf,
by the collar, bound, and
tThaeb:uriveot had not come up and proceeded to harangue
ht forcelie
e was arriveda
t s h auei
tlmdmt immediately don aSibdaoati dmbe
moment.
nee
tat
seized. n,
detachment of a hundred National Guards met the
the prison were hardly aware of what was done,
hceommmadaendnaentatwteams
pitnftoermreeldeasoef
carrieda n
d m a
diei offa
nv toi On
resistance.
imprudence
lot onu
whatban( l ,
was but,
t a
kt
ihnogu
substitute, who at that moment had a
cord round his neck. The women cried out To the
the unfortunate
water with him!' but the band led him on, and he was
aTiurn.alTGhesarradppienal
imme-
diately gphlacteh,e
beaten in all quarters, a
A t the Croix .11011S90 the tocsin
hathrrei°Nt
diately turned out. Ae
locked up in the Rue cloned
arms!' and the greatest
shops were closed, there were nume-
rous were erected in several
terror prevailed.
was sounded
cries
u,f al,lTthue
arms!
Barricadesdifferent issues; but, though
streets; sentinels placed at
enter, none were allowed to
people were allowed to
h insurrectionists and the
leave. A collision between
.t
ble But the authorities
National Guard seemed illevlta ,
to
no. consented to the re-
having deliberated, gave
lease of the prisoners. T
the Commissary:—
" "The Commissary-General of the Republic, consider-
ing that all measures connected with the mainteinance
following was the decree of
of public tranquillity at Lyons are subjected to the sove-
reign approbation of the people, decrees that the seven
accused who were arrested for breaking the machines of
M. Bonnet shall be set at liberty.
" In the afternoon great alarm was created on the:Place
des Terreaux, by the appea
demanded to be allowed to
penetrate into the Hotel de Ville.
about three hundred men, who
The National Guard
and troops of the line, about
who
were 4 500 in number,
,
ranee of an armed band of
were stationed in the square, prepared for resistance,
to Dugely declaring
pass should receive
that the first man who attempted
at this attitude, the
his sword iii his body. Intimidated
the first rank crossing their bayonets, and the two latter
making ready to fire, and Captain
band returned to La Croix Rousse. On the Place
no collision
city, other armed bands
appeared,
9undred individuals,
occurred. At midnight about a
half ith sticks,
half armed with muskets, the other
Tholozan, the Pont Morand, and obthuetr parts of the
descended' to the Retz,the Carlists !"
node," the. "Ca ira," and " Down with
club,which remained
From thence they went to theirt.ay.
The
en permanence, as it had been during the d
the deliverance of
next day (Friday) the men demanded
he ; but the
roarin then " Carmag-
the persons who were arrested at Villetranc
The local news-
M. Taburet was still in confinement.
es
for
the
authorities papers complain very strongly of _
for not distri-
not releasing the prisoners, and a so
demand had not been decided on by the authorities.
Guard."
112 e Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, on
baiting anythinglike sufficient cartridges to the National

the Bill for the banishment of the Orleans family
from France, has determined to report in favour of
the adoption of that measure without any amend-
ment.

The Moniteur contains a decree signed by the
five members of the Executive Government, an •
flouncing that the Administration of Public Worship,
which had been separated from the Ministry of Public
Instruction, is again united with it.
The same official journal announces that the
Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards of the
department of the Seine, has received addresses of
congratulation to the National Guard of Paris, and
the suburbs, from the following towns, on the occasion
of the events of the 15th inst., viz., Bethune, Reims,
Elbeuf, St. Valery sur-Somme, Abbeville, Villedieu
(Manche), Tropy (Loire), Bouchain, Clermont, Fer-
rand, St. Die, Pont-Audemer, Pontoise, Avize
(Marne), Montfort-l'Amaury, Calais, Bonnieres,
Conde (Nord), Rouen, Vierzon, Launoy (Ardennes),
St. Malo, Evreux, I'Aigle (Orne), St. Julien du
Sault (Yonne), Vervins (Aisne), and Château-
Chinon.
The Pre.,se states that the 11th, 12th, 21st, 34th,
45th, and Gist Regiments of the Line are at present
quartered in Paris. To these may be added the sth
Light Infantry and the 55th and 59th Regiments of
the Line, which raise the amount of infantry to
30,000 men.
The Moniteur states that the commission appointed
to re-organize the Parisian Republican Guard entered
on its functions on Saturday. It proposes to meet
under the presidency of the Mayor of Paris from
day to day until it has accomplished the object of its

mission.
The Echo du Nord announces that a sequestration
has been laid on the Northern Railroad.
The Committee appointed to examine the projet de
loi regulating the relations between the Executive
power and the National Assembly has rejected alto-
gether the clauses of the Bill which gave the Execu-
tive Government the power either to sit in the Assem-
bly or not, according to its own choice, and also the
clause which restricts the power of the President of
the Assembly. M. MARTIN (of Strasbourg) has
been appointed reporter. It is understood that M.
DE LAMARTINE and M. LEDRU ROLLIN have declared
that should the Assembly confirm the rejection of the
clause they are prepared to give in their resignations.
Should they do so, it is probable that M. MARRAST
and M. BETHEMONT will be elected members of the
Provisional Government.
The National Assembly met yesterday at one o'clock.
The order of the day was the development of the pro-
position recommending the creation of a National Ban-
que flypoth ecaire.
M. Truck, in his own name, and for his colleagues
MM. Reeckeren and Prud'homme, read a paper, which,
after dwelling on the present depressed state of credit,
recommended the establishment of a mortgage bank,
with a power to issue notes of 25f., 100 f., 200 f., 5001.,
and 1,0001., all guaranteed on property, with an
understanding that not more than three-fifths of the
value could be advanced.
Referred to the three standing committees on finance,
on agriculture, and on legislation.
M. Bouhier de Leclose developed a proposition for
the creation of a National Banque Fonciere, with power
to issue notes to the amount of half the value of the
land engaged.
Referred to the bureaux.
M. Considerant remarked that, as the subject of a
Banque Fonriere had very generally occupied attention,
and as a number of similar propositions would in all pro-
bability be presented, he should suggest the propriety
of having them all simply placed on the bureau, in place
of being explained from the tribune ; such a course
would save tires.
The Minister of Finance thought that if they were
simply sent into the Committee on Finance, as sugges-
tions, it would answer every purpose. This course was
eventually recommended to Hon. Members without being
absolutely imposed on them.
M. Hunt developed a proposition on the necessity of
establishing a better mode of electing the various officers
of the municipal bodies. The law of 1831, he said, by
which the municipal officers were appointed at present,
had been passed with a ♦iew to give as much influence
as possible to the Government. Now that the Republic
was established, a more democratic mode of voting ought
to be adopted for municipal councils, and he should pro-
pose that every man having a bond fide residence in the
commune should have the power to vote. As the sub-
ject was of great importance, he intended to ask the
Assembly to consider his proposition d'xrgence, without
submitting it to the committees.
This was negatived by the House, and the proposition
was referred to the Committee on the Communal and
Departmental Administration.
M. Pleignard ascended the tribune to explain his pro-
position to regulate the mode of discussing the Bill on
the Constitution when presented. In order to avoid the
confusion that must inevitably arise, if the present or-
dinary mode of discussion was followed, when each
member had a right to present an amendment when he
pleased, he should suggest thnt the draft of tho Consti-
tution should be printed and distributed; then examined
in the bureaux, an .1 after such examination sent back to
the Committee, a :,ember being designed by each bu-
reaux to defend the changes which it had made in it.
After the second consideration by the Committee, it
was to be brought hefime the Assembly for discussion.
M. Coquerel, in the name of the committee on the
Constitution, had to state that it considered the propo-
sition of great importance, but that body also thought
it would be advisible to postpone the consideration of it
to an ulterior period, until it was seen what the nature
of the Constitution would be.
This suggestion was rejected, and the proposition was
ordered to be discussed on an early day, to be hereafter
decided on.
M. de Langade presented the report of the Committee
on Finance, on the proposition of M. Lavelle, demanding
to have the tax of 45c. imposed on the four principal
contributions only, and not on the additional centimes.
The committee were of opinion that to make such a dis-
tinction would constitute a dangerous precedent, which
it would be prudent to avoid. In consequence, he had
to state that the committee was of opinion that the pro-
position ought to be rejected.
M. Daleaud Laribiere admitted the tax of the 45c.
to have been called for by the wants of the Republic,
but he thought it was unjust to allow them to fall on
the additional centimes, as thereby the communes which
could bear the burden the least were most strongly
affected.

M. Duclerc, the Minister of Finance, declared that he
must strongly support the views of the committee. No
doubt the tax of 45c. was a measure which he, as well as
others, would allow to be a severe one; but when it was
imposed the Government did not knew in what position
it could find the Treasury after a:given time, and conse-
quently it was obliged to take funds wherever it could
find them. The tax was one of the greatest urgency,
and was justified by the position of affairs. Already
forty-five millions had been received from that tax, and
the additional centimes had been levied on like the rest.
Whatever might be the severity or even injustice of the
original tax of 45c., it was impossible not to go back on
the matter and establish a distinction which would effect
not only what was yet to be paid, but what had been re.
ceived. The position of the Treasury, besides, was not
such as to permit any such restitution as was proposed.
He must entreat the Assembly to adopt the conclusions
of the committee.
M. Lempereur should propose, as an amendment,
in order to conciliate the two opposing opinions, it
should be decided that such communes as paid the 45c.
on the additional centimes in 1848, should have the
sums so paid restored in 1849.
M. Duclerc observed, that to pass such an amendment
as that would be to decide on the disposal of part of the
budget of next year; that certainly could not be done.
After some discussion of rather a confused description,
M. Lefranc proposed to refer the amendment to the
Committee on the Budget of 1849.
M. Duclerc again ascended the tribune, and declared
• .

that he had a certitude that in a few months the Trea-
sury would have got over all its difficulties, but only on
condition that the Assembly supported the Government
firmly in what had been already resolved on. He must,
therefore, again call on the House to adopt simply the
conclusion of the Committee.

The Assembly being consulted, rejected both the
amendment and sub-amendment, and adopted the con-
clusions of the amendment, thereby refusing to entertain
the original proposition.

M. Ti•elat, the Minister of Public Works, said that
some days back he had presented a Bill demanding
3,000,000 f. for public works, particularly with a view to
organize better the national workshops. The committee
had not sent in its report; and he had, therefore, to apply
to the Assembly to vote, d'urgence, that the committee
meet forthwith and send in a report, so that the Govern-
ment might that very day be authorised, in an hour or
two, to receive the sum demanded, of which one million
was absolutely required to pay expenses already incurred.
M. Lacrosse observed that the committee had not
sent in its report because it had not been constituted at
the time the proposition was presented. It would he
impossible for the committee to send in its report
iu
the time specified ; he should propose that the Assembly
vote at once 1,000,0001. to the Honourable Minister to
defray certain expenses incurred for the national work-
shops, the paid expenses to be afterwards submitted to
the examination of the House.
The million was then voted.
Several members ascended the tribune, to impress
on the Minister of Public Works the absolute necessity
of putting an end, as rapidly as possible, to the scanda-
lous condition of the national workshops—it was such as
to affect every well-thinking man. The National As-
sembly was unarimous in expressing a similar opinion.
The Assembly then voted, d'urgence, that it was
necessary to organize efficient means of providing
employment in certain departments for the destitute
labouring classes.
The House rose at a quarter to five.
BOURSE—PAP:Is, MONDAY, MAY 22.
THREE o'CLocx..—The peaceable termination of the
fete of yesterday had a favourable effect upon the price
of Rentes and Shares at the commencement of the
Bourse ; but towards the close, a feeling of uneasiness
as to the position of the Government, and rumours as to
changes about to take place. created a slight reaction.
In general, however, the prices were very little below
those of Saturday.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6`{a—Dutch Rhenish, 3/—Northern
of France. 4A—Orleans and Bourdeaux, I%—Paris and
Rouen, 151/2.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES

AUSTRIA.
RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTERS.

The Wiener Zeitung of the 19th states that, in con-
sequence of the step adopted by his Majesty the Ent-
PEROR, in regard to the privileges demanded by the
Burgher Guard, as well as the determination of con-
voking only one Chamber for the ensuing Diet, and
of setting aside the answers determined upon, his
MAJESTY'S Ministers have considered it their duty to
resign the post which his MAJESTY confided them
with, in order to enable the EMPEROR to surround
himself with councillors who may secure general and
powerful co-operation.
According to the last advices from Conegliano in
the Abend- Blatt, Count NUGENT had been joined by
the troops of General D'ASPREY, which came by
way of Vicenza and Bassano, and, accompanied
by the Generals Duke ALEXANDER WURTEM-
BERG and Prince Sc LIWARZENBERG, had ad-
vanced in person towards Treviso, by way of
Feltre. The insurgents are said to have been
driven back and put to flight in all directions.
After the arrival of this news, the division of the
army posted on the Piave, two hours' march from
Conegliano, crossed that river under the command
of General ScuuLziG, and the Piedmontese and Papal
troops, who had defended the passage, were corn
pletely routed. The Austrian troops were advancing
on this side as far as Spresciano. On Thursday all the
troops would have arrived under the walls of Treviso,
and it was said that its occupants were all making
preparations for flight.