The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-02 00:00:00

THZ NEW NOVEL.

IIIIIE DISCIPLINE of LIFE,
-111 In Three Volumes,:

May new be had at all the Libraries.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

" This mirk is, we believe, the first production of Lady Emily Pon
sonhy It cannot fan to plaoe the authoress in the first rank of fe•
male novelists."—Britannia.

" Since Miss Austen ceased to write, and Mrs. Marsh began, we
heVe •had no other story-telling of its class that we would place
upom a level with this."—Examiner.
" The authoress of ' The Discipline of Life' is a worthy fellow-tra-
veller in the path of the authoress of ' Angela.' Altogether she is
likely ie be one of the first ds in this class of literature."—Times.
" Rumour—we believe with truth—attributes this work to the
Lady Emily Ponsonby, daughter of the late Earl of Besbotough. It
requir,s, however, no titled name to secure for it extensive cinulatioia.
It is long since we Dave perused stories so absorbing. We commend
the work to novel readers for its interest, to the literati for its liter-
ary merits, and to readers of all clasJes for the instructive lessons it
communicate,."—Morning 11( raid.
Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

HANW E L L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,
• MIDDLESEX.
Principal, the Rev. J. A. E3IERTOS, D.D.,
Twelve Years Curate of Ilansvell.
Tice Michaelmas Term will commence on Thursday, the sth inst.
Prospectuses, with full par icul ire, or an inspection of the Esta-
blishment, obtained on application to the Principal.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Mr.SUNN has the honour of announcing that he will OPEN
this THEATRE for the usual ,sinter Se son on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7,

and being enabled by an arrangement entered into with the Directors
of the Royal Italian Opera to avail himself of the vast resources of
that celebr.ted Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported
by a ipise en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the
view of representing the Perfermances submitted to public patronage
in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal
Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements :
tOR GRAND OPERA.

SOPRANI 'A ROD CONTRALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer from
tea Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss homer,
Basun°, Miss "tVlace (sister of the composer, her first appear-
ance), Miss Nelson (her first epdearance on any stage), Miss 3lessent,
and Madams Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at
Paris).

BASSES AND BABITONES.—Mr. 80171111, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur-
dini, 31r. 11. Cord (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin),
air. S. Jonlee, and Mn. IL Phillips_

Treoas.—Sir. W. Ilavrison, sir. Herberte (his first appearance on
the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
The Orchestra has been entirely re-lrratiged, and selected from
the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director,
hignorSchir t.
Thy Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will com-
prise the but voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land.
FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE.
Allies. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoce (both from the Grand Opera
de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, 31dlle. Moncelet, Mdlle.
tiatilut, and Mdlle. Antal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris),
aidlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San
Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre
de la Nation', Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at
Mien), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cormack
t
(from the The are yal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. MASI-
er (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowned
Dancer now on thontinent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous
an I effective body Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Promeneuses,
than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre.
Arnontzst other novelties of the season will be produced the new
Bellet of " The Amazetis," now performing with great success in
Paris), and a new grand Ballet by M. Barrez (expkossly composed
for :Mlle. Plunkett.)
The celebrated 0. era of " Hhydee" (the last production of Messrs.
Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by 3fr. Lavenu),
will be instantly produced.
A grand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre
by Mr. muv. Wallace.
" "Ile* Hirst Wulpurgis Night" (th, Poem by Goetle, and the Mu-
sic by the late Dr. Men.lelssohn), will be given in a dramatic form
ley all the immense resources of the Theatre.
A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the Ilrst time by J. P.
Planate) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the
magnitude of the ,u,bject will permit.
• Arleew grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signer Schira ; and
a grand semi-ser a Oper I, composed expres,ly- by Mr. W. Balfe.
An en ireiy new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle.
Maywo d.
Numerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer Is
daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek.
Principal ,scene-p4lnters—lVles.6rs. Grieve and Telbin.
Property Maker—Mr. Blamire.
Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Mazilier.
Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett.

3tage threct or—

-3k. G. Ellis

TllElritE ROYAL, ADELI'IIf.
.te. N ti,eCtiutl 0: Madame eleste

...„
During the Recces this Theatre ha been entirely re-decorated, the
osigtaA designs by DLiby Watts, Erq , executed by Mr. Sang. A
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem rif &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Seas, and Stal's rendered more comfortable.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed RORY O'AIORE.
..ktt4r which, THE IRISH LION.
To txmclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR.

foLOYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
Sole Loewe, MT. Charles Mathews.
Tills EVENING,

Widl be performed a comic Vrama, enithled ANYTHING FOR
CHAN Character Messrs Hariey, C. Mathews, Honner;
.Mls4 K. Fiewilliam, and Wm Marsh4ll.
Alter which, COURT BEAUTIES.
To conclude with THE CRITIC,
s,t ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, is. No
4tatt,l2}4ee to any part of the house.
The it,x-otrce, No. 2, Wellington-street, le open to the
r 15;i, i4.-ry fifty, from 'ten till six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Will open for the Season THIS EVENING,
When %sill be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERM.
Alter which, PAY Mills! Olt IF YOU DONT-
To etmclacle with the Ballet of LA ROSIEIIE.

ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Ttm Gast Week of the Season, arrangements having barn made
for the appear:4l,e of the-Equustrian portion of the Establishment

at Etbithilrgh.
Trium;,:rant.nocess of the Popular Equestrian Spectacle of Mazeppa,
witich has been nightly received with enthusiasm.
Unparalleled Equestrian Feats.
THIS EYE`il t,
WIII he performed Lord Ilyron's Hippo ramatlc Spectacle of
11.1%;g:I'l'A ;din'. The Wild Horse.
;0i:0w,,1 by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS-
V,' ltris'ES in thg ARENA.
Tel con,Wde w.th the Farce of THE SECRET.
otwn from Eleven nil Five.
tqace Manager, Mr. W. West.

10) Y AM 'SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Attraction unprecedented.
,n o MI% SARA FLOWER and MISS TOWNSEND.
Ye-engagement of MR. HENRY PHILLIPS.
First Appearance of Mr. A. 'EDGWICK-
Iit DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROItE, by Danson.
Superb and Unique MEN AGE tt lE.
Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby.
No Extra barge.
MONDAT, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
FRIDIY.
View of Rome —Promenade Conceits, Vocal and Initrumental,
vin'filel•e.l by Mr. GODFREY. The splendid Eand of Soloyerformers
incliti,les Messrs. H. Collins, Cioffl, George and Viotti Collins, Richard-
son, .•_e.--11.1vo Solos will be pertornred each Evening by Artists of
Eminence.— Several favourite Songs and a !met by Miss Sara Flower
Red 'liSa Town3ei3(l—Tsvo favourite Songs by Mr Henry Phillips,
for thins week only 'The Programme will contain a choice selection
of popular Quadrilles and Waltaes.—Also to be seen, .]using the day,
the beautiful Nenagerie—Shakvere's House—The Magic Bridge—
and other noveltes wtit be exhibited, the whole concluding with
a moalf argnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, which
elleifed sluch rapturous approbation on the occasion of M. Jullien's
Eerie :t, by the ,Messrs. Southhy
Op.tes epon at 'fen a.m., Feeding Time Half-past Four—Concert at
11/di-past Bave—Fireworks at Half-rast Eight.
AdrAission, as usual, One Shilling.

Cvneirtuat;c

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
commurkation can be attended to unless authenti-

by tie) nanaL aid Address of the writer.

.omintinientions e.tro:Jit he returned.

itt LE WEATLIER.—Sost OFFICE, OCTOBER 2.
TIIER3IO:,ZETER, Lowest, 46, highest, 62; Noon, 63.

BA. aor4RiER, 29.7 6

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LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1848.

The Chartist trials have at length been brought to
a conclusion. The jury, after a prolonged and pa-
tient investigation, which occupied an entire week,
returned a verdict of guilty against CUFFEY, FAT,
and 14A61`, and the unfortunate men, together with
Doweieo, who had previously been convicted, have
been sentenced to perpetual banishment from their
native land. We have no fault to find either with
tiM verdict or with that sentence. An honest and
conscientious jury could have arrived at no other
eoneruslon upon the evidence that was adduced before
them. There could be no possible doubt as to the
gnaw intentions of the wretched men—that
the! desired, to involve the country in all the horrors
of eivil wer, and that they were utterly reckless of
the consequences that must inevitably follow the
There was an ostentatious parade of
weapons proviled for the purpose of destroying the
plliee and all those who might array themselves on
the side of order. Infernal machines were con-
structed, instruments of the most fearful character
-....
ifiven,ted. Murder and arson were manifestly
contemylated. What other end or object could have
iptoed the parties to provide themselves
with the formidable weapons, the combusti
bites, and fire-balls that were discovered upon
tbeii, persons, at their places of meeting, and at their
peepective dwelling-houses? A deep-laid conspiracy
clearly existed, and it was not because the ringleaders
tieroin were tailors, bootmakers, closers, and others
of The working classes—because the means at their
disposal were wholly inadequate to the achievement of
their objects, or because a natural feeling of horror
...4\
Allaiiitt ation was necessarily excited at the atro-
14EWS !RD " amy, the coldvblooded iniquities of the
'"-:-:lo,ateiir 'es and traitors who had wormed them-
--"
i-elv4i4o, a confidence of the prisoners, for the mere
.'l-1-/-
1: '::, ' 1)1;411;014E0f b traying their secrets, that twelve men
4poo - their snap could refuse to return

attempt.

a true verdict upon the grave questions sub-
mitted for their consideration.

The punishment about to be inflicted upon the
culprits is undoubtedly of great severity—transporta-
tion for life, perpetual slavery, and all the horrors of
the penal settlements to be encountered. A fearful
prospect, indeed, lies before them ; but could a more
mitigated sentence have been pronounced, when the
possible results of their crime were taken into consi-
deration, and the necessity of an example sufficient
to deter others from the commission of similar
offences, to instil terror into the minds of
those who might otherwise become involved
within the meshes of the law, if impunity
were extended to such offences, or if they were visited
with comparatively light punishments ?
The end and object of the penalties prescribed by
the law has been declared by one of the ablest jurists
to be— fit pcena in paucos perveniat, metes in Gaines.
If the few to whom the charge has been brought
home escaped with imprisonment, or even a short
term of transportation, that salutary fear would not be
excited, and many others might, from pure wanton-
ness and mischief, enter upo❑ a course that would
lead on, by gradual and almost imperceptible degrees,
to guilt equal to that of the unfortunate men who
have just been sentenced.
We cannot conclude our observations without ex•
pressing the most unqualified disgust at the con-
duct of those who figured as the principal witnesses
fur the Crown on the present occasion, whether they
are regarded as accomplices in guilt, or as spies, who
pretended feelings by which they were not really
actuated, and led on parties to the commission of
crime, that they might afterwards betray them and
obtain the vile rewards of their infamous occupation.
Who can peruse the evidence of the chief approver,
" POWELL, " alias " JOHNSON," alias the " Welch
Novice," or the statements made respecting him by
the several witnesses produced for the defence, with-
out feeling the utmost horror and indignation that
such a wretch should be permitted to contaminate a
court of justice by his presence? This was the " pa-
triot" who attended the meetings merely for the
public benefit, and with the object of exposing the
proceedings to the authorities, and not with the view
of assisting in the intended outbreak—who planned
and made the instruments to lame the horses, or as he
himself expressed it, to " cripple the cavalry" that
might be brought against them—who was the most
violent amongst the violent, the contemptuous as-
sailant of the " milk-and-water" advocates of moral
force—who led on his unsuspecting companions in the
path of crime until he brought them to the
requisite length, and then planned the trap into which
they should fall, all the while being in daily com-
munication with the police and giving the fullest
information of every proceeding. What credence
could be attached to the statements of such a man ?
The affected want of memory, the prevarication
which he exhibited in the course of the very able
cross-examination to which he was subjected, would
alone have been sufficient to render his testimony
extremely doubtful, if his previous character had been
wholly unimpeachable ; but how could the slightest
belief be accorded to any statement of the hypocritical
spy, the pedestrian who crossed his matches, the
decoy duck to thimble-riggers, who pretended to
bet, that others might b..! induced to lose their money
to his swindling coadjutors—the assaulter of his own
father—the blasphemous infidel, who reviled the
sacred scriptures—the measureless liar, whose habitual
mendacity had earned for him the sobriquet of "Lying
Tom," by which he was known to his companions and
fellow-workmen. We verily believe that the only
Possible chance of a failure of the case for the
prosecution was to be found in the production in the
witness-box of a wretch so infamous and so degraded.
It is a dangerous and unconstitutional practice of
any Government to resort to the " spy system." All
experience has proved that the wretches who are
base enough to traffic in " blood money" are quite
prepared to seduce innocent persons into the nets pre-
pared for their destruction, to stimulate their pas-
sions and induce them to plunge into guilt which
they might never have contemplated, but for the in-
sidious temptations to which they were thus exposed.
It may be that the evidence of accomplices in crime
cannot at all times be dispensed with, that approvers
must sometimes be admitted into the witness-
box, to give a clue to the guilt that has been com-
mitted. It has been justly held that the evidence of
such a person requires confirmation, not merely as to
the circumstances of the case, but as to the persons
engaged therein, but how much better is such a man
than one who from the beginning has determined
to betray his associates. It is unbecoming to en-
courage such persons. If the authorities are aware
that crime is contemplated, they should at once inter-
fere to prevent its commission, and not suffer
parties to be worked upon by those in their own;
pay. It would appear that it was the intention
of the Legislature to prevent the possibility of such
a course, for in the very Act under which the
Parties were indicted it is provided (sect. 10) " that
it shall not be lawful fur any Court before which
any person shall be prosecuted or tried for felony
under this Act to order payment to the prosecutor or
the witnesses of any cost which shall be incurred
in preferring or prosecuting any such indictment.':
Is it not manifest that that most unu,ual enactment
was clearly directed against the spy system, to pre-
vent parties from pursuing a course similar to that
adopted by the patriotic Mr. PowELL on the pre-
sent occasion ?

France must, on no account, regard the expres-
sions insidiously put forth by the English Tory
press as indicative of the opinions entertained by the
population of Great Britain. Those madmen who
yearn for the Icarie of M. CARET and the Ideologistic
Socialism of M. LEDRII ROLLIN—who yell forth their
regrets for the Republic of 13 ABCEUF and the Sep-
tember of 1792—wh0 shout in the banquet halls of
Toulouse such devilish cries as tho-e of Five l'Echa-
faud ! Vie la Guillotine ! Vire Robespierre ! Vice
Marat ! Mort aux Riches ! Mort aux prdres ! A
bas 'Assemblee Nationale !—these ferocious neo-
phytes of Red Communism are not one jot less op-
posed to the maintenance of a Republican Govern-
ment, founded upon moderation, than are the Tory
press of England, under the secret inspiration of M.
GUIZOT and Prince METTERNICH. Yes ! we would
warn the citizens of France of this fact of com-
plicity between the extreme enemies of the
Republic—between the aristocratic influence of
England, and the very scum and dregs of
the ultra-democracy of the continent ! 'We
would solemnly warn France not, only of the rela •
tionship of interest between the revolutionary in-
cendiaries and the bigots of Conservatism, but we
would have the truth vibrate in the ears, and not
only in the ears but in the heart, and not only in the
heart but in the memory of thirty millions of French-
men, that the Tory journalism of England is merely
the organ of a clique in everything relating to the
republican regime in Paris; and that this clique is
presided over by the refugees of Absolutism—by the
Homme de Gand and the Lord of Johannisberg—by
FRANCOIS GUIZOT and METTERNICH WINNERORG.
None but desperate men, none but men utterly dis-
armed and beggared, both in power and in reputation,
would resort to the insane expedients now adopted
by the statesmen who fled from the Tuileries
and from Schoenbrunn, to exist upon suf-
ferance and in ignoble obscurity, in the
back drawing-rooms of London. Their old autho-
rity—that authority which usages had almost ren-
dered venerable—no longer existed after the revolu-
tionary explosions of March and February ; one
dismal alternative was alone remaining to them
when they paused to breath amidst the quiet respecta-
bility of Brompton, and to look back to the scenes
of their former pomp and criminality. The alterna-
tive, we have said, was dismal. It was this :
Either to live obscurely and die obscurely in the
gloom of their unnoticed expatriation, or to abuse
the generosity of England by plotting in their place
of shelter. They have chosen the latter course as
preferable. True to the preceding ignominy of their
career, they have resolved to employ, for the gratifi-
cation of their vengeance, all those dark and dastardly
weapons of intellect which are only em-
ployed for the purposes of moral assassina-
tion. They strive to drop, deliberately, drop by
drop, the " leprous distillment" of their slanders into
the ear of French Republicanism. They stab by
calumny—they bludgeon by vituperation—and they
carry out the whole of this murderous policy under
the pusillanimity of a mask and that mask is

English Toryism ! Let France remember this ; let
her remember that when the Tory press of Great
Britain breaths forth its misrepresentations against
the present Government of Aloderate Republicans—
against the Government served by BASTIDE, sup-
ported by 111ARRAST, directed by CAVAIGNAC, and
inspired by LAMARIINE—Iet France remember that
she is not listening to the indignant voice of the
popular opinion of Great Britain, but that she is
rather listening to the insidious whisperings of
GuizoT, and to the morose and austere sophisms of
the veteran schemer METTERNICH.

One of the latest sneers by which this ultra-
Sociali st- Aristocratic- Gui zotian- and - Mettern ichean-
Pact has endeavoured to ridicule the French demo-
crats into rebellion, is to the effect that the policy
of the present Administration of France is subservient
to the present Administration of England, that Gene-
ral CAVAIGNAC is the most obedient servant of Lord
PALMER'TON, and that the former has deliberately
abandoned the lofty role of WASHINGTON to " con-
descend to enact the part of ESPARTERO." We can
thoroughly appreciate the rapture with which this
atrocious insinuation was thrown out, because with a
single blow it aimed a wound at two adversaries, the
poignard was sharpened keenly at both edges, it was
to pierce at once the prestige of the respec-
tive Administrations at Paris and at London. By
that means, moreover, two objects would be
served, a double hatred would be gratified ;
General CAVAIGNAC would be assaulted to the joy
of the banished conspirators, and Lord PAL-
MERSTON would be assailed to the delight of English
Toryism. "We have heard," says the organ which
has degenerated into the tool of the ignoble clique
to which we have already alluded, "We have heard,"
says this scholarly instrument of the Homme de Gand,
" imprudent admirers of our Foreign Secretary
vaunt, as a great stroke of policy, his present pre-
dominance in the Rue des Capucines." Pshaw
the purpose of the imputation is too transparent, and
its frivolity too ridiculously manifest. The journalist
may have capacity to estimate correctly the politicians
of the last century; he may be capable of analysing
the regrets of the soured and still ambitious BOLING-
BROKE ; he may be able to comprehend the Protean
intellect of MIRABEAU whether he roared forth his
eloquence from the tribune of the first Assembly, or
made love to an adulterous woman in the gardens of
Pontarlier—but he betrays in his elegant diction and
pedantic raillery a profound ignorance of the present
rulers of the French Republic. Ile mistakes BASTIDE
for BRISSOT, and VAULABELLE for GAUDET he can
see in the respectable sincerity of MARIE nothing
better than a reflex of the virtuous mediocrity of
ROLAND ; he beholds the weakness of GENSONNE
through the glittering popularity of MARRAST ;
he can recognise in the military pre-eminence of
CA VAIGNAC the presentiment of a treason like that of
DtMOURIEZ ; he only detects in the glory of LAMAR-
TINE the genius, and the feebleness, and the ♦acilla-
tion, and the evil-doomed devotion of the
good and the great VERGNIAUD ! Such
are the errors into which Toryism is
deluded when it condescends to become the advocate
of a few degraded and banished minions of Abso-
lutism. Let our contemporary be assured of this,
that the awful experiences of France have purchased
confidence for her people, and wisdom for her states-
men ; and let him not rest too securely under that
most fallacious impression that the Moderate Repub-
licans of 1848 are merely plagiarists of the Girondins.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and yesterday.
We find the following in the Moniteur

" There has for some time past been introduced into
a certain part of the press a tactic of which it is only
necessary to expose the secret object in order to
render it powerless. This system consists in group-
ing together and bringing forward with an insidious
art a thousand little facts, either inexact or designedly
exaggerated, and which, received by the credulous,
are rapidly circulated and magnified by malevolence
or by fear. These false reports, the majority of
which escape, by reason of their apparent inoffen-
siveness or calculated ambiguity, an official contra-
diction as well as repression through the medium of
the laws, do not, however, prevent their exercising a
mischievous ii fluence. They keep the people in a con-
stant state of agitation, prevent money from again
coming into free circulation, paralyse the resumption, of
both business and pleasare, and throw Paris into a state
of constant uneasiness, the echo of which extends even
into the provinces. It is by the aid of this skilfully
conceived plan that the factions, despairing of tri•
umphing over the Republic by open force, flatter
themselves that they can prevent quiet security and
general prosperity from being solidly re-established
The duty of the authorities is to enlighten the public
as to the perfidy of those dark manoeuvres ; that of
good citizens is to defeat them by distrust and con-
tempt. Let them not too readily give ear to those
rumours which only have their source in the imagi-
nation of certain interested alarmists. Let them
feel convinced that the Government, the guardian
of public tranquillity, will be the first, on the day
when it shall be publicly compromised, to prevent,
by a frank and loyal appeal to the devotedness and
to the excellent spirit of the Parisian people, the
dangers which may threaten the country."
The same journal, alluding to an article on the
Italia❑ question in the Presse, says—

" A journal yesterday published an article on the
question of mediation. The assertions contained in
it do not proceed from any official source, and have
no authentic character, as might be supposed from
the word ' communication,' with which it is headed."

In the Assembly on Friday several interpellations
were addressed to the Government on the subject of
the affairs of Italy, but as the Minister for Foreign
Affairs was nut present, M. DUVIGNIER who put the
question, gave notice of them for Monday.
On Saturday the Assembly was the scene of great
confusion, in cons, quence of certain questions put by
M. DENJur on the subject of the Toulouse and
Bourges Banquets. Having described the proceedings
at the Toulouse Banquet at which the cries Mort aux
Riches—A bas Assemblee National—Vice Marat—
Vice Barbes—Vine la Guillotine were raised,
Denjoy thus proceeded—Messieurs, the town
of Toulouse was held in a state of alarm by this
manifestation. And now I ask if it is by presenting
the Republic under such colours you hope to make
it accepted by the population ? Is it thus, by what
takes place at Toulouse, or in the Chalet at Paris—
(Violent explosions of murmurs on the Left—cries
of " order"—several Members on the Left rise and
warmly question the Speaker— tumultuous agita-
tion.)
The President—l know not what may have taken
place at the banquet at Chalet, but we are now con-
cerned with the proceedings at Toulouse, and nothing
else.

After a brisk interchange of remarks between the
Right and Left,
M. Denjoy—lt is no easy matter to drive me
from my purpose.—(Agitation becomes greater and
greater.)
Several Voices from the Left—You insult 150 of
your colleagues who were at the Chalet.
The President—l invoke the Assembly to mode-
ration and silence.

M. Denjoy—l shall only name the banquet at
Toulouse, and I ask the Assembly if it is by evoking
the souvenirs of 1793—if it is by promising to the
young Republic assignats and foreign propagandism
—and if it is by holding out the prospect of the
guillotine ?
The Left rose in a body, uttering cries of fury and
making threatening gestures.
M. Duvignier rushes to the tribune, which he
attempts to mount, but is kept back by the huissiers.
M. Clement Thomas attempts to mount also from
the other side, and is equally kept back.

A crowd of representatives cluit their places, and
come down, some from the Right and others from the
Left. Several Members interpose, and appear to appre-
hend that the animation may degenerate into personal
rencontres. The tumult beeomes so great that the
expression de tintamarre, employed yesterday by the
President Marrast, would give but a feeble idea of it.
M. Corbon, the Vice-President, puts on his hat, and
even that does not calm this violent storm. At
length after a quarter of an hour, the agitation being
diminished, the sitting is resumed.
M. Del-joy proceeded next to give an account of
similar occurrences at Bourges, and concluded by
calling on the Ministers to say if there were not pre-
sent, and taking part at those banquets, mayors, muni-
cipal councillors, prefects, and law officers of the Re-
public, and other functionaries.
M. Senard, the Minister of the Interior, replied
that the Government were making inquiries into the
matter, and that if the statements which had ap-
peared in the journals with regard to the conduct of
the authorities should prove correct, dismissal would
be too light a punishment to inflict upon them, but
with regard to the affair of Toulouse he believed the
matter had been greatly exaggerated by the journals.
This explanation was received with murmurs of
disapprobation, and a stormy discussion ensued, in
the course of which M. Joly declared that the so-

counts given by M. Denjoy were fabrications of the
Legitimatist papers, and that the banquet was neces-
sary in order to show to the Vendeans of Toulouse
that the Republic was not dead. The Hon. Deputy
proceeded in the midst of interruptions from the mem-
bers of the extreme Right to expose the intrigues of
the Parti Preire at Toulouse, who were conspirinc,
to produce a Royalist insurrection in the south of
France.

The Minister at 'War (General Lamoriciere) then
mounted the tribune, and said that he had sent down
orders by the telegraph to the military commandant of
the division of Toulouse not to attend the banquet. He
had to add, he said, on the part of the Minister of
JUstice, that the Toulouse journals would be prose-
cuted, and he assured the Assembly that the Govern-
ment would not fail in its duty. He was enabled,
however, to assure the Assembly that the cries which
had been brought under their notice had not been
uttered in the banquet room, but in the streets; and
thus ended this exciting scene.
The Constitutionnel has for the last three days pub-
lished various chapters of M. TRIERS'S new work on
Property, which is of course vehemently attacked by
the Socialist papers.
The Corsaire says—" It was remarked on Thurs-
day, in the great question of two Chambers, that each
of the three BGnapartes gave, a different opinion.
CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON, the pretended Pretender,
did not vote. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, son of LUCIEN,
voted against two Chambers. PIERRE BONAPARTE,
son of JEROME, voted for two Chambers. Assuredly
this is a tricolor family."
We read in the Debats : " Numerous protests
have arrived at the National Assembly, as is confi-
dently stated, against the elections for Martinique
and Guadaloupe. It appears that, in the first of
these colonies, the Commissioner-General, by an
order, forbade the soldiers in the garrison and the
seamen on the station to ♦ote, although, by a resi-
dence of six months, they had acquired, according
to the terms of the decrees of the Provisional Govern-
ment, the right to take part in the elections. At
Guadaloupe this right was admitted, and they
voted. But, in both colonies, acts of violence are
spoken of, sufficient to vitiate the election, and (if
proofcan be sent in) of a nature to cause its annulation
to be pronounced ; for the National Assembly cannot
receive amongst its Members any but representatives
freely chosen by the inhabitants of these portions of
the territory of the Republic."
Another detachment of insurgents, 147 in number,
arrived at Havre yesterday morning, and were im-
mediately embarked on board the frigate the Darien,
which had already 47 insurgents of the last detach•
ment on board. The frigate afterwards sailed for
Lorient.
We read in the Journal du Havre :

" Within the last few days a grave circumstance
has occurred at Havre, on which we cannot maintain
silence. Among the persons compromised by the
recent evils.in Ireland, and who came to seek in our
town a refuge which France always considers it an
honour to offer to persons of all countries proscribed
for political offences, is a young Irishman named
John Kavanagh. This young man, who took an active
part in the affair of Ballingarry, where he was seriously
wounded, succeeded in avoiding arrest, notwithstand-
ing a reward of 3001. was offered for his capture, and he
managed to reach an English port, from whence he em-
barked for Havre, where he arrived a fortnight ago,
and has since been waiting the departure of a vessel
to conduct him to the United States. He must have
believed himself out of the reach of pursuit, but such
was not the case. On Tuesday morning, half an
hour before the departure of the Southampton
steamer, a commissary of police of Havre, accom-
panied by two agents, presented himself in the hotel
at which Mr. Kavanagh lodged; but, warned of this
disquieting visit, Mr. Kavanagh prudently went out
of the way. It appears that the commissary of police
was the bearer of a letter addressed by an agent of
the English Government to Mr. Featherstonhaugh,
Consul of England at Havre ; and he announced
that the object of his visit was to ascertain if
the papers of Mr. Kavanagh were en regle,
as if the circumstances under which Mr. Ka-
vanagh left his native country were of a nature to
permit him to get his passports vises on departure by
the English authorities. Now this is what might
have happened; the police finding a foreigner without
papers, and not knowing the peculiar circumstances
in which the foreigner was placed, would have the
right to embark him immediately, and send him back
to his country with an appearance of legality. The
commissary has since admitted that he acted under the
inspiration of Mr. Featherstonhaugh, who, in recom-
mending Mr. Kavanagh to his surveillance, said that
it would be well to induce him to return to England,
but omitted to make known to him the important cir-
cumstance that the person in question was a political
refugee. Fortunately things did not go so far ; but
we demand by what right, and what object, the Eng-
lish Consul thus took the initiative in an affair of local
police ? Explanations are desirable."
The Garde Mobile of Lyons has been disarmed by
order of the Government.

The subject of the election of President is now
engrossing the attention of the Parisians. The con-
test will IR- between General CAVAIGNAC and Louis
BONAPARTE, but the chances are in favour of the
General. Louis BONAPARTE chooses to sit for
Yonne, so that another election for Paris will shortly
take place, and as it will be for one deputy only, it
may be regarded as a fair test of the comparative
strength of parties. Marshal BUGEAUD is the mo-
narchical candidate.
A few transactions were effected in the Passage
de l'Opera on Sunday at 68f. 40c. and 68f. 45c. for
the Five per Cents., being a shade lower than on
Saturday. Speculatcrs seemed unwilling to engage
in new business, waiting until the settlement of the
account had passed over.
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