The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

THE ST.7I47L_ LONDON, FRIDAY__-- EVENING, MAY 19,_194R.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by
Messrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss
Lee, and Mrs. Fitswilliam.
After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST SFAS.
To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza,
entitled THESEUS and ARIAD:k.TE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus.
Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, 8. Smith, F.
Cooke ; Miss Fitzwillnun, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss 3larshall, and
Madame Vestris.
Dross Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
nalf-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the
Public every day, from Ten till Six.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street.
Last Night but Five of the Engagements, and Seventh Appearance
since 1845 of M. Achar4, also Seventh Appearances in this Country
et Mlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre
do Gymnase, Paris).

THIS EVE•TING,
The Entertainments will commence at halt-past Seven o'clock when
Will be performed a new Vaudeville, in One Act, entitled LE
PETIT-FILS. Benjamin, M. Julien Deschamps ; II .
Josset ; Fougeres, M. Tourillon ; Madame Darreantieres, Madame
Valmy ; Henriette, Mdlle. Marot.
After which a new Vaudeville, entitled MADEMOISELLE
AGATHE. Jean-Felicien Bergeret, M. A.chard ; Annette, Mdlle.
Desiree.
To be followed by BABIOLE ET JOBELOT. Jobelot, M. chard;A
Babiole, Mdlle. Desiree.
To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille
'Trinquit, 31. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree.
soxes, 55.: Pit, 35. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s
Boxes and Stalls may be obtain' d at Mr. Mitchell's lioyal Library,
33. Old Bond-street.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Palals Royal, Paris).—The sur-
g and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDDi, having
rsninreceived with the most enthusiastic admiration, be will con-
tinueee his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA - TIVES at the St.
James's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic,
and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second
Vise Escamotage de Roberts Hondin, Ills, and Suspension Ethereene.
Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at kalf-past
Eight, and terminate before Eleven.
Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s.
Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li-
brary, 33, Old Bond-street 3 and at the Box-office of the Theatre,
which is open daily from Eleven to Five.

In compliance with numerous applications, a DIY PERFORM•
ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24.
Doors open at Two o'clock.

AOYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner.
THIS EVENING.

Will be presented THE T eiREE REO MEN. Principal charac-
ters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Runner, Herbert, Jones, Butler,
Lewis ; Mrs. Honner, Mrs. Saville, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terry, and Miss
Richardson.
After which, MY UNCLE'S CARD.
To conclude with THE DREAM AT SEA.
Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Last Night but One of Mr. Van Ambargh's Engagement.
Immense hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit-
less the celebrated Mr. Van AfrOurgh and his unequalled collection
of trained animals, amongst which will be found the greatest no-
velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with
other animals, and has hitherto been considered untameable.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle
Barnard, Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in his
astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's
celebrated novel of " The Wandering Jew," and will be produced un-
der the title of MOBOIL, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard,
Mr. Tan Amburgh.
The Spectacle will be succeeded hy an Incomparable routine of Mr.
Batty's Scenes of the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, entitled
TUB GRAND CAROUSAL.
'Lu conclude with a Legendary petite Spectacle entitled. THE
GOLDEN-FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed Horse of the Valley.
Daring the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
..nourer. Mr. W. West.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No communication can be attended to unless autheSti
sated b,y tne name and address c. the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be returned.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAT 19.
THEMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62; Noon, 55

Rortirrmst, 29.78.

WIND S.S.W. ; morning, squally; afternoon, showery.

From these circumstances it will be perceived the
enormous influence which may be exercised over an
unmaritime power like Prussia by such maritime
powers as Sweden and Denmark combined, and par-
ticularly in a region so admirably adapted for
harassing land forces from the sea as the long and
intersected peninsula of Jutland. When it is re-
membered, moreover, that there is every probability of
additional aid coming from St. Petersburgh by the
alliance of Russia with Sweden and Denmark, it will
be perceived how desperate the cause of the Ger-
manic Confederation is becoming even in the hour
when their victory appears to be on the eve of
its consummation. That the likelihood of Swedish
intervention is by no means chimerical, may be seen
from the mere coincidence of such volunteers as
Lieut. LSTOISTHLIFOUD and the Poet AFZELIUS having
recently arrived at Zeeland, while a credit of 2,000,000
banco dollars has been agreed to by the Government
at Stockholm for the expense of the auxiliary troops
under Lieutenant-General CEDEItSTROM. Among the
other significant signs of the intentions of Sweden
and Norway towards the belligerents, may be men-
tioned the rapid fitting out of the steam-boat Thor,
the frigate Najade, the corvette Jararaas, and the
brig Nordenskjold—movements indicative of more
than the activity of precaution. That Sweden and
Russia should be equally jealous of the approxima-
tion of Prussia, and the other German sovereignties
to the Baltic, is but natural, since that approach
would be one step towards the creation of a future
competitor in the mercantile enterprise on that
second Mediterranean. As yet the harvests, and the
vintages, and the timber, and the manufac•
tures of the interior of Germany, are shut up
within their principalities, or have to be
filtered through the custom-houses of the king-
doms contiguous to the Baltic. By that
means a sort of commercial monopoly is secured to
the northern triumvirate of Denmark, Sweden, and
Russia, a monopoly which has helped to render them
severally powerful and prosperous, and one which
would be seriously compromised, if not altogether de-
stroyed, by the incorporation of Schleswig in the
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Seldom, indeed, has it fallen to the lot of a jour-
nalist to direct the public attention to a meeting of
greater importance, or one which afforded more
favourable auguries for the future, than that of "The
Society for the Improvement of the Labouring
Classes," held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street. It was not merely that the
crowded assemblage consisted of the most exalted
and dignified in the land—that it was presided over
by the illustrious Consort of our beloved SOVEREIGN—

and that the objects for which they had met together

were of the most benevolent and praiseworthy
character ; there was something still more cheering
and auspicious in the assurance it afforded that
in this happy land the interests of all classes
and grades in society are intimately connected one
with another, that anything by which the condition
of the great body of the people is ameliorated and
their comforts increased, is of importance, not merely
to those more immediately benefited, but that its
moral iniluence will extend to others apparently
farthest removed from its operation. The improve-
ment of the condition of the great body of the people,
of those who earn their daily bread by the sweat of
their brow—who are willing to toil, provided they
can obtain a fair remuneration for their labour,
should (as the Bishop of Sr. DAVID'S truly re-
marked), "be the great end of all our social

institutions, the great business of the Governmen

and the Legislature of the country." No-
thing could tend more powerfully to fortify

and strengthen our time-honoured institutions than
convincing the minds of our industrious operatives
that there is a sincere and anxious desire among the
wealthier classes to increase their enjoyments, to watch
over and protect their interests, to remove those
causes that have been found prejudicially to affect
their health, morality, or happiness, and to promote
those undertakings by which they may be increased
and rendered less precarious or transitory. Such
exhibitions of sympathy and friendliness of feeling
must produce the most valuable results, and draw
more closely together the bonds by which all from
the highest to the lowest are united.

The speech of the Illustrious Chairman on opening
the proceedings is not more remarkable for the
kindly and benevolent spirit in which it was
conceived, than for the sound judgment and practical
sense which it inculcates. His Royal Highness, in-
deed, afforded an example which will, we trust, be
extensively followed by all whose rank or wealth
may enable them to aid in carrying out the objects
contemplated. It is not what the society may itself
be enabled to achieve, however ample its resources or
magnificent the contributions that may be subscribed,
that will show the full amount of the benefits conferred
on the country by its salutary exertions ; it is the
example set—the direction of the energies and exer-
tions of the people themselves into proper channels—
the teaching them how much may be attained by a
judicious application of their own scanty means and
limited resources. It will show them that real com-
forts are within their reach, that the sums too fre-
quently wasted and squandered in idle and demo-
ralising pursuits pursuits which are followed
perhaps more from the wretchedness and discomfort
of their homes than from any real pleasure they
afford—may enable them to procure cheerful and
respectable dwellings, where they may enjoy them-
selves in the centre of their families, and
see their children growing about them in health and

strength, happy and contented, in place of wallowing

in filth and misery, and deeply injured both morally
and physically. The experiments that have been
tried will also show that profit may be combined

with humanity, and that a capitalist, while obtaining
a fair and ample return for the amount of his invest-
meats, may greatly contribute to the welfare, and
promote the happiness, of his less-favoured brethren.
It is impossible not to yield an immediate assent to
the sound and practical views detailed in the fol-
lowing extract :

" Depend upon it it is for the advantage of those
classes who are so often contrasted, but whose interests
are identical, to unite, and it is only ignorance which
prevents them uniting for each other's benefit. To dis
pel that ignorance, and to show the means how man can
help man, notwithstanding the complicated state of
civilised society, ought to be the aim of every philanthropic
person. But it is most peculiarly the duty of those who,
under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station,
wealth, and education. Let them be careful how to avoid
any dictatorial interference with labour and employment,
which f ' rightens away capital, destroys that freedom of
which thought and independence of -action which must remain
(tooLthoeeuvrearoynkwune if he is to work out his own happiness
of mankind rests, the
enjoyment
e"eers)i—and to repose that confidence in each
left him with and mutual benefit,
man God has created Elan imperfect, and
individual to ezeg- wants, as it were to stimulate each
is only by united ewes Wants,
to make them all feel that it
xcearitlio:s and combined action that
those imperfections
supplied, and those wants
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each other. It is to bhow the way and
confidence
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exertions can be directed to
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the readiness to
to foster that confidence upon we
atiuns—
considers as
assist each other depends, that thisieh
its most sacred aim.—(bear, hear.)
the fate of
ostentatious display of charity ur of its
not a protestation to become the arbiter of
thousands, but to aid the working out of
schemes of public improvement for which thisPreacotet 'iv.'
as I said before, has been established ; tout it has
citZ:
established examples for the country at large ''' as yetto
follow." _ , .

The principal objects of the society have been the
establishment of loan funds, of small allotments of
land, and of model lodging•houses of various descrip-
tions. Nothing has yet been done with respect to
the first of these projects, but considerable success
has attended the allotment system and the model
lodging-houses. In consequence of the beneficial
results of the experiments instituted by the society,
the allotment system had been carried out in more than
2,000 parishes—and, as we are told by the Noble
Chairman of the committee (Lord ASHLEY), " with
the greatest possible benefit—the best proof of which
was the statement he was enabled to make,
that with great contentment, great in-
dustry, and great desire to improve their
condition, not one of those to whom allotments had
been given owed a single farthing of debt." With
respect to lodging, it has been found that less than is
paid for a dirty and miserable shelter, where num-
bers of persons, of different families, are huddled to-
gether without regard to comfort, health, or de-
cency, will be &ancient to yield a considerable

dividend on the amount expended in giving whole.
some, well-ventilated, and comfortable abodes.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 13th have been received.
The organs of the Orleanist faction have been
singing " a song of triumph " over the speeches of
Lord STANLEY and the Earl of ABERDEEN on the
Bulwer and Sotomayor correspondence. They look
upon it as an Orleanist triumph, and certainly the
presence of M. GUILOT in the House of Peers during
the whole of the debate gives it much of such an
appearance. His presence in the Howe was impolitic
as well as indelicate, inasmuch as it betrayed too
openly the source from which the inspirations of
Lords STANLEY and ABERDEEN emanated. M.
GUIZOT, it is evident, is attempting to play over again
the game of 1840.

The financial crisis in Madrid still continues.
Another erneute was expected, and every one was
leaving the city.

General ZABALA has been banished to Ceuta.
SALAMANCA has left Madrid, and is gone to the
Balearic Isles.

MADRID BOLSA, MAY 13.—Three per Cents, 211
cash; Five per Cents., 14 paper; Coupons, 8k paper;
Bank of St. Ferdinand, ex div., 80 cask. Exchange
on London, 30 days, 41 cash.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Executive Government has published a decree
appointing General CAVAIGNAC, Minister of War. It
is said that BLANQUI and HUBERT, who had both been
arrested, have, in consequence of some mysterious
agency, been suffered to escape. Had they been
brought under examination their revelations would,
it is said, have compromised many persons connected
with the Government. A. letter appears in the
Reforme, signed " Raspail, fits," which affirms that
neither of the Raspails is in custody. They were
both arrested, but were immediately liberated.
General COURTAIS has been several times interro-
gated by M. CREMIEUI. The General, who nis i a
most depressed state of mind, denies all participation
in the conspiracy. It is said that he refuses to take
any food.

wards of 200. The preliminary proceedings
commenced
The parties already arrested amount to up-
against the accused yesterday.
In the course of the day a man addressed the people
on the Boulevard Montmartre, endeavouring to excite
them to march to Vincennes and rescue the prisoners.
He was immediately arrested by the people them-
selves, and handed over to the care of the authorities.
At the close of the sitting of the Assembly on
'Wednesday evening, while the operation of casting
up the votes for the Committee on the Constitution
was proceeding with, the Executive Committee en-
tered the Hall, and the President said—
I invite the Members to take their places, as the
Executive Committee has some communication to make
to them.
This having been effected with some difficulty.
The Minister of the Interior—l have to state that the
measures taken by the Executive Committee have been
most successful. Every thing is tranquil, and the whole
population is animated with the very best sentiments.
general Cavaigratc is named Minister of War,
and M. Trouve Chauvel, our cifileague, Prefect
of Police. The Republican Guard, which this
morning, at six o'clock, occupied several posts,
has quitted them all without contestation. The
Government has given orders to disband them, in order
to proceed to their new and regular organisation.
There are other measures which I have to propose.
The Republic has been solemnly proclaimed, and received
throughout the whole of France with cries of enthu-
siasm. It is not enough to prevent the return of any
monarchical restoration ; energetic measures must be
taken to maintain the Republic so proclaimed. Guilty
hopes must be put an end to. The Republic ought to be
moderate, and ought to find its force in its very modera-
tion. It ought to prevent the recurrence of such ex-
cesses as you have witnessed, and to stop the guilty at-
tempts of the madmen who want at present to attack the
Republic, dreaming !of an impossible restoration. It is
with that object that we propose to you the following
decree :
"The National Assembly, considering that: the right
of meeting and association exists only on condition of
being pacifically executed, and that all armed meeting
is subversive of order, and dangerous for public liberty,
decrees :
" Art. 1. That all armed meeting is forbidden.
"Art. 2. That whoever shall be found in a meeting
bearing arms ostensibly or secretly shall be punished
with an imprisonment of three months to two years."
The Government, continued the Honourable Minister,
does not at present propose any law relative to tumultu-
ous meetings or seditious cries, because, on those points,
there exist laws which will be strictly executed, until
they be revised by the National Assembly. The Go-
vernment, however, with a view to prevent all culpable
attempts, has charged me to present to you the follow-
ing decree :--`• The National Assembly decrees that
the territory of France, which has been interdicted fur
ever to the family of Charles I. by the law of 1832, is
equally interdicted to Louis Philippe and his family."
A. Voice on the right—Bravo !
The Minister of the Interior—We also propose to
you to pass a decree to accord recompenses from the
State to such National Guards as have been wounded,
and to the families of those who have been killed in de-
fending public order and the National Assembly.—
(Loud approbatioa.)
The President—A telegraphic dispatch has just been
receive from Lille, contradicting the rumour that any.
movement had takes place in that town like that of
May 15.
The Minister of Justice—l have also to lay before
you a bill relative to the attributions of the Executive
Committee. I propose to you to vote it d'urgexce. It
runs thus :
Art. 1. The members of the Executive Power shall
hot be obliged to take part in the deliberations of the
Assembly.--(Marks of surprise.)
Art. 2. The Minister shall be hound to appear at these
deliberations.
Art. 3. When the members of the Executive Com-
mittee are to be called to the Assembly, they arc to be
so by a resolution come to in public sitting, and only to
give such explanations as may be required.—(Murmurs.)
Art. 4. The members of the Committee shall be heard
whenever they deem it necessary.
Art. 5. The President of the Assembly can have the
rappel beaten to call out the troops; but to the Execu-
tive Government alone it belongs to take military mea-
sures for the general defence and security.—(Explosion
of murmurs.)
M. Bernard must remind the Assembly that they had
already decided that when any proposition and decree
requiring to be passed forthwith (d'urgence) was pre-
sented, lour-and-twenty hours' notice was to be given.
He must demand that this be now carried into effect.
The Minister of Commerce—lt is only by inadver-
tence that the Minister of Justice had neglected the form
just alluded to.—(Laughter, agitation.)
The Minister of Finance, in consequence of what was
now passing, at present gave notice that he should, the
next day, present a bill d'urgence to authorise the State
to resume possession of the railways.—(Sensation.)
The Minister of Public Works said that it had
been found necessary to send troops during the day to
certain points of' the Northern Railway to prevent an
attempt of the workmen to stop the circulation. The
measure taken had been crowned with success, and the
circulation had not been impeded. He wished to give
notice that the next day he should present a Bill
d'urgence for extraordinary credits for the execution and
repairs of roads and canals. The national workshops
would be down in it for three millions. The number
of workmen on the lists of the State was now 115,000.—
(Hear, hear.) The men at present did nothing that was
of real utility, and the Government wish to employ them
on bone fide works. The men from the provinces would
be sent back to the departments, but the workshops
must still continue to be kept up for some time longer.
lie wished to state that National Guards had come
spontaneously from Cambray, Amiens, and Meaux, to
support the Republic.
M. de Remusat should propose that an expression of
gratitude to these men from the Assembly be mentioned
on the minutes of the sitting.—Agreed to.
A long and angry discussion ensued on the point
of order ; the greater number of the speakers con-
tending that the Executive Committee had not the
power of introducing measures without notice. At
length the order of the day motive was on the motion
of M. CREMIEUX, agreed to in order to afford an op-
portunity of proposing a measure for the amendment
of the regulations. The following are the votes pro-
posed to be taken for national works :
The repair of national roads
For the insproval of
the navigation Olthe
fr• 1,000,000
Marne
For ditto of thO*Seine—and
1,500,000
Fur the Navigation of the Lot Fur the building of 80,000
Marne ..•
..•
the Ecule Polyt;lsniqu 0
; 3,500,000
500,00
For the Ecole Normal
Fur the Ateii4ro Nationaux—.
50.000
At ten o'clock the result of the.ballot .for he Com-
mittee of the Assembly on the formation o
f3t,hoeoocon-
stitution was declared ; six Members only of the
eighteen, MM. CORMIININ, MAERAST, L
-.AMENNAIB,
VIVIEN, DR TOCQUEVUdat, and DUTA.UaIi, had the
sufficient number of votes.

Before the public sitting the representatives as-
sernbled in their bureaux, to again consider the
subject of the incompatibilities. There are three
systems brought forward:-Ist, to suspend during the
session the salaries of such representatives as hold
Government places; 2d, to allow salaries to be
received, but on condition of the 25t. a day being
given up ; and 3d, to declare that there is an absolute

incompatibility between public functions and a seat in
the Chamber. The two first propositions being con-
sidered as half measures, have not found so much
favour as the last, which it is thought will be defini-
tively adopted by the Assembly.
Colonel HINFREY, of the sth Cuirassiers, has been
appointed Governor of the Luxembourg.
Louis Bwic is still at liberty, although there ace
strong grounds for .suspecting that he was actually
with the conspirators during the two hours that he
was absent from the Assembly on Monday. The
general opinion is that he was in the Hotel de Ville
when the Provisional Government was proclaimed,
and that having managed to make his escape he posted
away to the Assembly with all possible speed, to show
himself, and to proclaim his innocence. The follow-
ing letter found in the Hotel de Ville in the room oc-
cupied by BAHnes may perhaps throw some light on
the doings of M. Louis Rtaisc on Monday. The
letter is not signed:—

" Rue de I'Arbre, Sec.
" I write to you that you may not be alarmed. lam
with Albert and Louis Blanc. We come from the As-
sembly, which is dissolved. We are to have a sitting
this night at the Luxembourg. I salute ou.
" Your HUSBAND."

On Monday (says the Messager), while General
COURTAIS was giving orders to the Garde Mobile on
the Pont de la Concorde to sheath their bayonets, M.
Goopcnaux, the late Minister of Finances, who was
at the head of his company, drew out a pistol, and
vowed he would shoot the first man who would obey
this word of command.
By the resignation:Jf MM. BERANGER and CAMS..
SIDIERE, the annu lation of the election of M.
SCIIMIT, and the option of MM. CAVAIGNAC, CRE-
MIEUX, BASTIDE, RECURT, BETIIMONT, DUPONT DE
MARRAST, PAGUERRE, and F. DE LASTEY-
RIE, for other departments, the electors of the Seine
will have to elect twelve representatives.
On Monday last, at the moment when the column
entered, after having 'forced the Pont de la Revolu-
tion on the square situated at the end of the Rue de
Bourgogne, two windows opened at the first floor of
one of the houses, and several ladies elegantly dressed
in black appeared, and immediately cried "Vive la
Polog ne !" "Vive la Republique Democratique !"
From time to time persons very well dressed appeared
on the balcony, and, with much gesticulation, cried
to the operatives, " Friends, our end is to establish
a democratic Republic, this evening at the Champ de
Mars at six o'clock !" But the operatives appeared
little disprsed to attend to this order.
From the above it would appear as if there were
some Monarchists, either Orleanist or Legitimist,
connected with the conspiracy ; and the mysterious
escape of BLANQUS favours this supposition.
The following proclamation from the Prefect of
Police to the inhabitants of Paris was posted up on
Tuesday afternoon :
" Citisens,—The events of May 15 are known to
you. The calm and courageous attitude of the re-
presentatives of the people, the salutary interven-
tion of the sedentary and moveable National Guards,
the loyal concurrence of the army, and the im-
partiality of justice, are guarantees to you for the
maintenance of public order
.
and liberty ! The magis-
trate, whose special duty it is to superintend the
police of the capital,. has fulfilled his duty. Hr
answers for the security of your homes and your
families. His action was imperceivable in alt
these great movements, but he, nevertheless, was
incessant in the performance of his duties. The Repub-
lican principle dues not admit of preventive measures,
but it is the duty of a Government to make use
of all the repressive means which are authorised
by the law. The law will suffice for whatever
may arise. The national approbation was never
more unanimously accorded at any epoch of our his-
tory. The National Assembly, the National Guard, the
National Army, all join in impressing upon the Republic
of 1848 a sacred, inviolable, indestructible character!
Union! confidence! order! devotedness! These are the
duties of all. Rely upon me as I rely upon you. You were
with me at the barricades of Liberty, and I will be with
you at the barricades of Order. Let us leave justice to
take her regular course against the real culprits ; let u 3
all, on our parts, apply ourselves to the task of
leading back to the right path a misled mul-
titude of deceived workmen, of a people seduced
by generous notions. While the Government is acting,
as )ou may be assured it is, in putting down the pertur-
bators, let us apply ourselves to enlightening the people
as to their true interests, in pacifying their minds; arid
in this painful trial our Revolution, our Republic, will,
believe me, come forth victorious.

"CAUSSIDIERE."
M. JEANDEL, of the 7th company of the Ist
battalion of the 2d legion of the National Guard,
entered, on Tuesday morning, the offices of
the Commune de Paris, which were occupied
by an indignant crowd. In a room adjoining
M. SOBRIBR'S apartment, he found four papers,
containing five decrees numbered 1,3, 4,6, and 7 ;
they were presented yesterday in the Chamber by M.
AVOND. In the first, it is said :—" Looking at the revo-
lutions of February and May, 1848," which would lead
one to suppose that the Commune de Paris was sure of
its revolutionary success. Another decree says :
" Whereas the National Assembly is composed
of reactionnaires, and since it has not decreed
a Minister of Labour, on the part of the people,
it must be dissolved?' The sixth decree assigns
three months for the organization of labour.
In the first decree, there are words in pencil
on the margin from the hand of SORRIER. The Com-
mune de Paris, and the Vraie Republique, which wits
conducted by M. TIIORZ, have ceased to appear.
It was reported that M. TROUTE Crean TEL, a Pa-
risian banker, and former Mayor of Le Mans, had
been appointed Prefect of Police of Paris.
On Tuesday M. LOUIS BLANC appeared in the
Chamber at the beginning of the sitting. After
spending a few minutes in reading the Moniteur, he
slipped away. Ile returned about five o'clock, and
was hooted by the National Guard as he passed.
According to the printed lists found at the Hotel
de Ville, in the room where BARNES was ar-
rested, the following were to be the Ministry
of the new Government :—Raspail, President of
the ; Cabet, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Republic;Blanqui, Minister of the Interior ;
Barb
Ministerial President, without portfolio ;
Aies,
Ledru. Rollin, Minister of War ; Albert, Minister of
Progress ; Thore, Mayor of Paris; Caussidiere, Mi-
nister of Police. All these nominations were signed
by Barbes on separate lists. Another list was as
follows, but it was not signed:—Caussidiere, Inte-
rior; Flocon, Foreign Affairs ; Louis Blanc, Progress
of Commerce and Agriculture; Albert, Public
Works ; Victor Schialcher, Marine and Colonies ;
Pierre Leroux, Justice; Cavaignac, `'Par; Huber,
Finance ; Prudhon, Public Worship and Public
Instruction ; Sobrier, Prefect of Police. Ledru
Rollin, Barbes, and Blanqui were to be the executive
power; and Thore Mayor of Paris. The following
paper was left on a table in the Hotel de Ville :
"The people having dissolved the National Assembly,
there remain no other powers but those of the people.
In consequence, the people having manifested their
wish to have for provisional government the citi-
zens Barbes, Ledru-Rollin, Albert, Louis Blanc
Raspail, Pierre Leroux, and Thor& these citizens
are nominated members of the Government. Citizen
Caussidiere is maintained as delegate of the Republic
in the Prefecture of Police. The National Guard
receives the order to return to their respective dis-
tricts."
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY—SITTING or MAY 13.
The President took the chair at twelve o'clock.
All the approaches to the Chamber had assamed
their ordinary aspect.
The President said thet as the first business before
the Assemby was to ballot for the twelve members re-
maining to be appointed on the committee on the con-
stitution, he should propose that Hon. Members should
vote at once in the Chamber, and that the examination
of the bulletins, which occupied such a length of time,
could take place in one of the committee-rooms.—
Agreed to.
The ballot then took place, and did not last more than
20 minutes.
The President had received a communication from
the Abb Lacordaire, declaring that in consequence of
his finding it impossible to reconcile the performacce of
his religious duties with the demands on his time, as a
member of the Assembly, he, in consequence, prayed
the President to announce his resignation of the func-
tions of representative of the people.—Accepted.
M. Senard said that he had a proposition to make to
the Assembly, which he was quite certain would be
renewed with favour. In the late events several
National Guards had lost their lives in the defence of
the Republic. Their funeral obsequies were_ to take
place that day at three o'clock, and he should propose
body
ftional
to the Assembly to send one Vice-President, d
two s eere.
be
taries, and twenty Members to form part of the cortege.
--(Hear, hear.) The names could, if they pleased,
drawn by lot.—Agreed to.
The Members were accordingly drawn as mentioned.
A Member moved that a vote of thanks be passed to
the
N
Agreed to. Guards of Cambruy, who sent forward a
end to
to satraitsefoorf athneare which for three weeks defence of the Republic.—
Another Member presented petition from Limoges,
praying the National Assembly, as soon as possible, to
put an
had existed in that neighbeeir cod.--Referred to the
bureaux.

The order of the day was the consideration of two
propositions, each presented for the purpose of issuing
a proclamation to the rench people, and particularly
the population of Paris, for their conduct in the late
events.

M. Stornes and M. Berard then read each a draft of a
proclamation, acknowledging the promptitude of the people
to lend efficient assistance to the National Assembly in
its hour of peril, and the determination of the latter to
carry out the republic with firmness and decidedly De
mocratic principlm
The Chamber decided that the draft of the procla-
mation presented by M. Berard should be first taken
into consideration. A very noisy and confused debate
then ensued on it ; some members wanting to have it
referred to the bureux, others voting at once ; some
discussing it paragaaph by paragraph, and others in its
ensemble.

M. Flocon maintained that it was contrary to reason
and common sense to adopt a document of such import-
ant as an address or proclamation of the National As-
sembly to the people without the most mature conside-
ration. Every expression ought to b.? weighed, and the
whole document Kende, as much as possible, the expres-
sion of the tet:ing of the whole Chamber. He therefore
should propose that some course be adopted to allow the
Members to take full cognizance of the contents of the
paper.
The Assembly appearing anxious to adopt the procla-
mation forthwith, and great contusion continuing to
prevail,
M. Dupin ascended the tribune, and said that certainly
it was desirable that such a document should be weighed
maturely before being voted. He should therefore pro-
pose some delay ; let the proposition be adjourned, at
least to the end of the sitting.
After some further debate of an exceedingly noisy
character, this course was agreed to.
M. Flocon, Minister of Commerce, presented a Bill for
the institution of the council of Prudhommes to settle all
matters of dispute between masters and workmen.
Referred to the Committee on Labour.

M. Isambert presented a proposition to put down all
political clubs whatever, without exception; but no one
being found to second it, it fell to the ground.
A Member presented a proposition to authorize the
Government to issue notes to the amount of 300 millions
to aid agriculture and commerce.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Some discussion then arose on the constitution of the
standing committees, when it was decided that those
relative to the colonies and Algeria should be united
into one.

M. Dufaure rendered an account to the Assembly of
the result of the inquiries of the committee appointed
to examine the best mode of voting. Out of the three
practices of asses et teed, division, and ballot, it proposed
to preserve the first and last, but to change the mode of
taking the vote by division, recommending the plan
adopted in England, by the members leaving their
places, and going to two different places, according as the
members were for or against the question under dis.
cussion.

The report was adopted, after a discussion which lasted
until post hour,
It will be seen from the above that the Bill for the
re-purchase of the railways by the State had not been
introduced at the time the post left. The general
belief is, that it is founded on the third of the pro-
positions announced three weeks ago by M. GARNIER
PAGES, namely, the fixing of the purchase price at
the price on the Bourse on the 22d of February, and
the payment in 5 per cent. rentes, or bons du Tresor,
at par. Of the three alternatives propcsed by M.
GARNIER PAGES, this is the most favourable to the
Nharebolders. The Bill will not pass the Assembly
without strong opposition.
The bureaux of the Assembly were yesterday oc-
cupied with the Bill presented the day before by the
Government, interdicting Louis PHILLIPPE, or any
ui his family, from entering Praire. In answer to
questions addressed to him, the Minister of the
Interior declared that the decree had not been brought
forward on account of anything that occurred at
present, but as a simple measure of precaution.
In the course of the discussion, M. L'HEREETTE,
who declared that he approved of the decree, asked
for information relative to the confiscation of the pro-
perty of the Prince of Orleans, which appeared to
him most odious.

The Minister of the Interior said that the Govern-
ment would in a short time bring in a Bill declaring
what it proposed to do in the matter.
The members appointed to the Committee on the
subject are MM. Bourbeau, Alteroche, Babaud-
Luribiin, Woirhaye, Ilillault, Isambert, Auberger,
Richard, Maurat, Ballenge, and Marchal. Eight
others are still to be named.

By orders from the Prefect of the Police the whole
of the papers of the Club des Droits de l'Homme
have been seized. It is said that several important
documents have been found among them, which throw
light on the conspiracy against the Republic. Five-
and-twenty individuals have been arrested in the
apartments of the _Valais Royal occupied by BARNES'
club. From forty to fifty of these people had lodged
and been fed in the Palais Royal ever since the 24th
of February. The mystery is from whom the money
came.

It was announced on Thursday in the Salle des
Conferences, that PIERRE LEROUX, one of the prin-
cipal persons concerned in the late events in Paris,
had been arrested near Nanteuil. Two persons who
were with him being pursued by a part of the Na-
tional Guard, who had effected the capture, threw
themselves into the Marne and swam across. Two of
the National Guards did the same, and at the other
side a struggle took place, which ended in the cap-
ture of the fugitives.
The Procureur of the Republic and three Judges
d'lnstruction were busily engaged yesterday interro-
gating BARBEE, ALBERT, QUENTIN, and their prin-
cipal accomplices at the castle of Vincennes. There
are eighty prisoners in all.

The late events at Paris have had an effect upon
Rouen. It became necessary to call out the whole
of the National Guard, and for them to occupy all
the principal quarters of the town ; but all became
quiet as soon as it was known that the National As-
sembly bad prevailed. Most of the manufactories are
said to have resumed work.

PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—The receipts on the
'Loin n _Railway fur the wetk ending 6th May, amount
to 95,0291. 30e., and on the Havre Railway to
35,0191. 60c.

BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 18.
TIMER o'CLocc—The Rentes were weak to-day in
consequence of the feeling that the Government is
feeble, and the Ultra Democratic party in the ascendant.
A slight rise has taken place in the price of Railway
hares, which is to be attributed to the report that the
terms to be offered by the Minister of the Finances to
the shareholders are rather more favourable than those
originally proposed. Bons du Tor are at 32 disc.
Exchange on London is 25f. 424 c. for one month, and
25t. 25c. for three months.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAY 18.

Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Luxembourg, I—Northern
of Frazee, 4—Paris and Strasburg, 2.

" The engagement lasted from 9 in the morning till 5
in the afternoon.

"I have to lament the loss of many brave officer.
Lieutenant Colonfl Leuzendorff fell at the head of his
battalion ; G. 11. Baron Salis died of his wounds ; Col.
Pottornyai lost an arm ; the horse of Count Wratislaw
was wounded ; Prince Schwarzmiberg received a contu-
sion ; the head of Major Schmerling's horse was carried
off by a cannon ball.
" The ground being exceedingly cut up did not admit
of our pursuing the enemy effectively with our cavalry,
and we were therefore nut in a posiion to maka
many prisoners, but a great number of wounded, whom
the enemy were nut able to carry off, tell into our
hand,.

" I have great gratification in being able to announce
that his Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis
Joseph was frequently in the thick of the fire, and ex-
hibited the gr►•atest coolness ar►d composure. I was
myselt an eye-witness of the fact, that a cannonball
struck the ground at a short distance from him without
his betraying the slightest emotion.
" I cannot sufficiently praise the prudent conduct of
the commanders and the bravery and devotion of the

troops.
" In conclusion, I must call the attention of the War
Ministry to One remarkable fact, viz., that the Papal
Swiss troops were at the head of the hostile force which
attacked St. Lucia, which stands in singular contradic-
tion to the friendly assurances of his Holiness."
The Abend Blatt has intelligence from Conegliano
up to the Eth inst. The insurgents and Roman troops
at Treviso appeared to be preparing for a vigorous
resistance. Count NUGENT, whose head-quar-
ters were still at Conegliano, had gone on that
day to Belluno, to reconnoitre. General CuLLoz had
advanced the same day with 4,000 men on the road
to Treviso as far as Feltre, which caused a panic in
the enemy's camp at Treviso. Count NUGENT re-
turned to Conegliano on Monday, and was
preparing for a general attack, to take
place on Tuesday or Wednesday. Two bat-
talions of Granzers and a regiment of in-
fantry (Heinan) had arrived by forced marches
from Portenone. Palma Nuovo and Osopo were
still strictly blockaded. All the troops were stated
to be animated by the best spirit, and provisions in
abundance had been found in Conegliano and Bel-
luno. The Nobili wished to destroy or carry off all
the stores in those towns, but the inhabitants, with the
municipality at their head, opposed it. The fugitive
nobles were also prohibited from taking with them
any of their own property.
The Ministry have ordered the elections in Bo-
hemia for the German Parliament to be proceeded
with without delay.

Considerable excitement had been caused in
Vienna by the announcement that PALACKY, one of
the chief leaders of the Sclavonian party in
Prague, was to be appointed Minister of Public In-
truction. In consequence of the strong feeling
manifested against it the appointment was withdrawn.
Baron DOBBTHOFF has been nominated to the Mi-
nistry of Trade and Agriculture, and Herr ANDREAS
BAUMGARTNER to that of Public Works.

The public securities had risen, the news from Italy
being considered favourable, as a successful defence,
and under present circumstances, before NUGENT and
RADETSKT can co-operate, is considered a positive
gain. The Five per Cent. Metalliques closed at
67k, 68; Bank Shares. 99.5, 1,005; Nordbahn, 80i, 81.