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London, England, 1848-06-29 00:00:00

to be about twelve years of age, was produced
in court, and was dreadfully cut about the
face and arms, and Mr. THORPE was also
so fortunate as to procure the attendance of several
respectable bystanders who witnessed the occurrence,
and who fully corroborated his statement as to the ill-
treatment of the child, and who also solved the com-
plainant's doubts as to the nature of the assault, by
proving that the defendant had not struck him, but
merely pushed him. This evidence was so conclusive
that, although as usual, another policeman came
forward for the honour of the force, and de-
clared that the child had fallen by accident, and
that he had not been kicked, his Worship declared
himself " bound to believe from the evidence of the
witnesses, that the policeman's conduct to the child had
been abominable." What, then, was the result when
the tables were so completely turned, when the com-
plainant was proved to the satisfaction of the Bench to
have been the real delinquent, who had grossly abused
his powers, and also to have rendered a most exagger-
ated and unfaithful account of the transaction ? Was
Mr. THORPE dismissed from the bar with the ap-
probation which his courageous and manly inter-
ference on behalf of the aggrieved child deserved,
and was the assailant sentenced to the highest
punishment within the jurisdiction of the Bench?
Far from it. Mr. THORPE was told, after a hint,
that but for the circumstances which might
have provoked him to resent such conduct on the
part
mofi t t
et hd et
ooffip
rci
seorn,
without
should
the coeprttiaoiun ly h
of
paying
obeen
a
fine ; " that his interference in the way admitted by
himself and his witnesses was not justifiable, and
must not pass unnoticed." He was then fined 1/,
The constable who had acted in this atrocious
manner was thus addressed. He was asked
what compensation he was prepared to make
the poor boy "for the injuries hr had evident%
suffered from his violence." The liberal offer of one
shilling was the response, but his Worship, on this oc-
casion, would not arm himself with the magisterial
terrors. He was now the friendly mediator, anxious
to bring about an amicable arrangement, that he
might not be called upon to adjudicate thereon. He
recommended " that seven shillings" should be given,
which was finally acceded to, after several ineffectual
attempts to reduce the amount. The conclusion to
be drawn from this sapient judgment is, that the
police are so sacred that any interference, even for
the purpose of preventing the most illegal and im-
proper conduct, must be most stringently punished;
while a:policeman, who has grossly maltreatedinnocent
parties, and subsequently preferred greatly exaggerated
charges, may escape on :payment of a few shillings,
a most trifling and inadequate compensation for the
injuries he has inflicted to the victim of his brutality.
We trust that Mr. TIIORPE may not be suffered to
remain a pecuniary sufferer by the transaction ; that
the sum of which he has been mulcted may be re-
stored to him, and that the attention of the Police
Commissioners and of the Home Secretary may be
directed to the case, which clearly proves that Eng-
lishmen should, under any circumstances, be entitled
to appeal from the summary jurisdiction of a single
magistrate to the verdict of a jury of their countrymen

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 23d have been received,

ISTURITZ arrived on the 22d, and had immediately
a conference with the Duke of SOTOMAYOR.
An English courier has arrived with orders for the
immediate return of all the secretaries and attaches of
the Embassy, leaving only a Consul to sign passports.
MADRID BoLsa, JUNE 23.—Three per Cents.,
221; Five per Cents., 14, Exchange on London, 46

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

RESIGNATION of the MINISTRY,

GENERAL CAVAIGNAC ELECTED
PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL.
We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The night of Tuesday had passed off quietly, and
all apprehensions of a renewal of the insurrection
were at an end. Indeed, so completely did General
CAvaluisac consider the insurrection suppressed that
he announced hiaintention to the National Asssembly,
on Tuesday, of resigning into their hands the extra-
ordinary powers with which they had invested him.
This announcement was met with loud cries of "No,''
and it is generally supposed that he will be requested
to retain his powers for some time longer.
We yesterday stated that a body of insurgents,
driven from the Faubourg St. Antoine, had taken up
a position in the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise. Some
regiments of infantry arrived on the spot, and sum-
moned them to surrender. They refused, and during
the parley fired at the soldiers, one of whom was
struck. The troops immediately opened a fire on
them, charged them, drove them from their position,
pursued them as they fled, and it is said that scarcely
one of them escaped.
The last collision between the military and the in-
surgents took place at Belleville, and was thus de-
scribed by General LABRETON, who commanded, to
his colleagues of the National Assembly, where he
arrived just after the termination of the evening's sit-
ting of Tuesday. It is reported in the Constitutionnel,
and the writer states he heard the General make the
recital :—"A last barricade," said the General, "re-
mained at Belleville. I caused it to be reconnoitred
by the National Guard of the place, and by the Na-
tional Guard of Rouen and that of Amiens. I then
sent for the Mayor. I asked him if he
could not find some one to open a communi-
cation with the insurgents. The Mayor re-
plied in the affirmative, and shortly afterwards
he brought to me a citizen who went to the barricade
and returned with four of the combatants. They
approached and saluted me. Addressing myself to
one of them, I asked what they desired ? He replied,
General, we wish that they should guarantee to us
our rights.' Ido not understand such language,'
replied the General, and you deserve that I should
order you to be shot on the spot, but you are here on
my word, and I shall do nothing of the sort. Return,
and if in a quarter of an hour you have not laid down
your arms, I will have you all shot."
The General immediately gave orders for the
occupation of all the houses, the windows
of which looked into the barricade. The as-
sailants were impatient to finish the matter,
and at the end of 'five minutes they com-
menced a murderous fire, which the besieged re-
turned ; but a few moments afterwards they surren-
dered, finding that all resistance was useless, and
that more than a fifth of their number had
been put hors de combat. The others, to the number
of eighty, were taken prisoners under the protection
of the General, who had the greatest difficulty in
saving them from the vengeance they had incurred.
The number of prisoners now in custody is up-
wards of 6,000. The prisons, the cellars of the
Tuileries, and of the National Assembly are gorged
with prisoners. In the Conciergerie 1,500 are
confined in an open court, which on one side is
separated from the street by a gate, through which
they can be seen. The indignation of the National
Guards and the inhabitants against them is so intense
that it is with the utmost difficulty they can be saved
from summary vengeance.
The decree for their deportation was carried on
Tuesday almost unanimously, the only persons who
spoke against it being PIERRE LEROUX, the Com-
munist, and CAUSSIDIERE, the ex-Prefect of Paris,
who is more than suspected of having connived at the
attempt. of the 15th klay.
The PAitis, after two days of intense
suffering,Adchiebdisohop n Tuesday
afternoon, at four o'clock
M. CHARBONNEL, the Deputy, has also died from his
he
wounds, and General DAMESSIE has suffered ampu-
tation of the leg.
General REY, a Representative, has replaced Gene-
ral NEGRIER in the command of the troops destined
for the defence of the National Assembly, which is
also the general rendezvous of all the National
Guards who arrive from the departments to place
themselves at the disposal of the Assembly. General
RET successively dispatched them to different points
to act with the National Guard of Paris and the
Line, and several detachments were sent to procure
ammunition from the outer forts of Paris. The
battalion of the pupils of the school of St. Cyr
who had on Sunday done duty at the National