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offensive to the National Guard. In consequence, I call
him to order.—(Approbation.)
M. Caus3idiere—l demand from the Assembly a more
cool and reserved investigation than it now appears in-
clined to grant. I demand that Commissioners be named
to inquire separately if there be good reason for trans-
porting such or such a citizen.
M. Vivien, the president of the Committee on the
Bill, said that he understood that there were a number
of amendments, many recommending the employment, at
least partially, of the usual forms of justice. With the
number of prisoners already taken between five
thousand and six thousand—•that course would be impos-
sible to make use of the usual forms of justice. All that
could be done was to examine most carefully whether
the persons in custody had been guilty of the culpable
acts attributed to them. The prisoners were to be con-
sidered as prisoners of war—(Yes, yes)—and ought to
be punished as such. They were, in fact, political pri-
soners, and ought to be, in consequence, specially pro-
vided for. It was, in fact, that consideration which had
caused the Committee to change the usual word deportes
into that of &emporia, which would include the idea
of civil death, like the other. It was, in tact, necessary
to remove these men from the country if it was intended
to prevent a recurrence of similar dreadful convulsions
hereafter.—(llear. )
A vast number of amendments were proposed, but
the following were the only ones adopted. On Article
1 it was decided that the date for the individuals found
with arms in the it hands should be on and after the 23d
of June, in place of the 22d ; that " they should be
proved to have been concerned in the insurrection ;"
and, lastly, that " their wives and children should be
allowed to accompany them."
This last amendment proceeded from M. Leroux.
For Art. 2 it was decided that " the investigations
commenced before the courts-martial should pursue
their course, even after the state of siege had ceased to
exist ;" that "to have distributed arms or ammuni-
tion ;" and that " such liberated or escaped convicts as
had taken part in the insurrection " should be included
in the cases to which the article applies.
On Arts. 3 and 4 of the Bill no change was effected,
and the measure was thus adopted with only three or
tour dissentient voices.

The moment the President had declared the Bill to
have passed,
General Cavaignac ascended the tribune, and said—
The authority which the National Assembly had in-
trusted to five persons, having, from exceptional circum-
stances, been committed to one, and the insurrection
which led to that decision having ceased, I have the
honour of informing the Assembly that to-morrow at
the opening of the sitting I shall remit into its hands the
extraordinary powers which I have held for some days.
—(Cries of " No, no, it is too soon.")
Great agitation followed this announcement, the As-
sembly appearing quite horror-struck at the prospect of
being thus left to itself.
General Cavaignac again ascended the tribune, and
said—The Republic ought to be jealous of according its
power; hut also each man here ought to be jealous to
show that he does not desire it longer than circumstances
require.—(Loud approbation.)
The President then announced that the representa-
tives were to be present the next day under the peristyle
of the Palace to pass in review the National Guards
from the country.
The public sitting would be resumed at twelve o'clock.
The representatives then withdrew in great agitation
at a quarter past twelve.

ELECTION OF GENERAL CAVAIGNAC AS

PRESIDENT.

There were various rumours current as to the
formation of the new Executive Government, and
various lists of the new Ministry handed about. The
question has, however, been set at rest by the As-
sembly, in its sitting of yesterday, at which Gene-
ral CAVAIGNAC resigned his extraordinary powers as
head of the Executive Power, whereupon the Assem-
bly passed him a vote of thanks by acclamation.
The Ministers then tendered their resignations, which
were accepted ; and a decree was passed confiding
to General CATAIGNAC the Executive power, with
the title of President of the Council, and with power
to appoint his own Ministers.
The Committee of the National Assembly to in-
quire into the causes of the insurrections of the
15th of May and the 23d of June, sit daily, and
from the names of which it is composed, the in-
quiry is likely to be a sifting one. The following
are the members of the Committee :—MM. Pou-
geard, Waldeck Rousseau, De Larcy, Delespaul,
Woirhaye, Landrin, 0. Barrot, Beaumont (de la
Somme), Goudchaux, Flandin, Bouchart, De 111 or
nay, Dahirel, ,Lanjuinais, and Latrade. M. Odilon
Barrot is president of the Committee, and M.
Wiorhaye secretary. The Committee proceeds
with great activity. On Tuesday it issued a cir-
cular to all the provinces of the Republic throughout
France, calling upon them to send, as soon as pos-
sible, all telegraphic dispatches which they have
received, every document and order for Govern-
ment which may be in their hands, and, in short, an
account of every political fact, within their knowledge
that can by any possibility have any reference to the
insurrections.

The Siecle, in reply to the Union (the organ of the
Legitimists), repeats the statement that the Count DE
N ARBONNE, late aide-de-camp to CHARLES X., had,
with his valet, been shot by order of the Commandant
of Luxembourg, having been caught in the act of dis-
tributing food, ammunition, and money to the insur-
gents in the barricades.
The Assembly passed in review yesterday in the
Place de la Concorde the provincial National Guards.
The following description of the present appearance
of Paris will convey to those who are acquainted
with that city some idea of the dreadful destruction
which has taken place during the insurrection :

"The Quartier Latin, from the Rue de la Ilarpe to
the Place Maubert, from the Hotel Dieu to the extremity
of the Faubourg Saint Marceau, is the part which has
most suffered. It was there that the combat was most
sanguinary, and the traces of the inteute are horribly
visible. The colonades of the Pantheon are very much
battered ; the statues in the front are many of them de-
etroyed, and others much mutilated. It was in front of
this part that the formidable barricade which defended
the approaches to the church of St. Etienne du Mont
was built, and which was only demolished after a very
severe cannonading.
"In the interior of the building the balls have de-
stroyed two colossal statues, one representing the
.'Republic; and the other the Genius of Immortality.
One of the copies of a picture by Raphael has been also
destroyed. In the centre of ;he monument, on a funeral
platform, now lie the remains of General Brea, and
Aide-de-Camp M. Manzin, who were so cruelly assassi-
nated at the Barrier du Fontainebleau.
" The Church of St. Etienne also bears marks of balls.
The hand of the clock has been carried away. The Rue
St. Jacques, near the Rue des Mathurins, and the Bridge
of the Hotel Dieu present the most desolating aspect.
'The front of every house is riddled with balls, but those
at the end of the street are the most injured. The bar-
ricades in this place, which was so bravely attacked and
carried by the Republican Guard, necessitated the use
of cannon.

" In the Faubourg du Temple, and in all the quarter
extending to the Faubourg St. Antoine, and from the
Barrier du Trone to the Bastille, and thence to the
Hotel de Ville, the barricades are all thrown down and
the streets opened to communication. The crowd of
visitors to that point is immense. Three houses facing
the canal, opposite the entrepot, are nearly destroyed;
the bridge across the canal is literally festooned with
balls. It is impossible to calculate the number of barri-
cades which have been erected from the Faubourg du
Temple to the Faubourg St. Antoine, and it is almost
incredible how such formidable ramparts cuuld have been
carried in so short a time..

" The barricades erected on many points were from
fifteen to twenty yards in height, and several yards in
thickness; loopholes were skilfully arranged, through
which the insurgents were able to fire under the com-
plete cover of their works, and from whence they could
never fail to bring down their victims.
"In the Rues Fontaine au Roi, Trois Bornes, Saint
Maur Popincourt, Amboise, &c., barricades were erected
at every ten yards. If the struggle had continued any
longer, it would have been most sanguinary, for the
means of defence had been organized in the most formid-
able manner. In the Faubourg St. Antoine they were
equally numerous. The Faubourg is now occupied by
the 7th Regiment of the Line. All the houses have
been searched, and a general disarming has taken place.
The barricade erected in front of the Retrai to de St.
Ferdinand' was a complete fortress.
" The following is the number of cases received in the
various hospitals:—
La Charite ... 120

Val de Grace ~. ... 190
Hotel Dieu . • ... 400
Hopital Dubois

Clitiique

... ... ... 78

Saint Lazare ... 63
Saint Louis 500
In this number are not included a great many cases
which were brought in, but where death took place im-
mediately after.
" Vast numbers of the National Guards are missing,
and the doubt as to their fate is almost more painful than
the certainty of the worst. In every church funeral ser-
vices are going on from morning till night, and the same
sorrowful symptoms of the evils of civil war must
necessarily continue unabated for several days. The
number of the dead and wounded to be still seen
carried along the different streets is extraordinary.
All the women, from the highest to the lowest,
aro busy preparing lint for the hospitals. At
every door you see a little group engaged in this work
,of charity. Besides this, subscriptions for the benefit
of the wounded have been opened, and the orphans are
adopted by the Republic, by whom they will be sup-
ported and educated. At night no one is allowed to
move about without a laisser passer, but in the daytime
the extreme strictness of the first two days has been
relaxed. It was only yesterday that the barricades
raised by the troops and National Guards round the
Assembly when the attack of the insurgents was ex-
pected, were taken away. The Place de la Concorde
and the precincts of the Assembly resemble a camp on
the eve of battle. Two regiments of cuirassiers are
picketed all round the place. The artillery and infantry
are bivouacked round the obelisk, and the National