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independence of his beloved country, to occupy himself
without intermission in promoting your happiness.
" Long live the King!'
The orders given by the Count DE MONTEMOLIN
are said to be imperative not to make reprisals, not to
confiscate the property of anybody, no matter what
may be his party, and not to oblige any Spanish sub-
ject to seek refuge in expatriation—and it is satis-
factory to find CABRERA declaring that, with regard
to reprisals, and other atrocious deeds, an experience
of many years. makes him condemn them in his heart
and his conscience. Let us hope that the partisans of
the Government of Madrid will imitate the example
set by the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, and that URBIZ-
TONDO, the murderer of ALZAL, will be left alone in
his infamy. A letter, dated Tolosa, 4th July, gives the
following account of this atrocious act of treachery
and murder :
" General Alzaa was the first to cross the frontier on
the night of the 29th to the 30th of June. Some nego-
tiations having been set on foot in Guipuzcoa with some
important chiefs of the enemy's troops and with other
persons, these parties asked for an interview with one
of our Montemolinist chiefs. A colonel was sent to
them, but they demanded a person of higher rank ; the
General then resolved to go himself. He accordingly
proceeded to Tolosa, whet e he saw the traitor Azcarraga,
who sold him, and after a long conference with him,
was retiring towards Navarre at two in the afternoon,
when he was taken. The General was accompanied by
some of his men, the whole divided in three groups.
The troops which had been posted beforehand in the
place where they knew the General was to pass had
orders to allow the two first groups to proceed unmo-
lested, and only to attack the third group, with which
the General was. Many other precise circumstances
showed that all the dispositions had been directed by one
whom the General had trusted. Being suddenly attached,
the last group dispersed. The General, who was on
foot, tried to escape with his men. Having something
the matter with his feet, he could not run long; when a
famous tennis-player from Oyarzun, named Arrondo,
carried him on his back a long way. Being, however,
more and more closely pursued, the General told this
brave man, and another who was with him, to leave him
and to save themselves, as it was better that only one
should perish than three. This being done at last, Alzaa
threw himself on the ground. The first who approached
him was a civil guardian, a former Carlist, who knew
him at once, anct exclaimed in great sorrow, • You here,
my General!' Alzaa asked this man, and the others
who soon arrived, if quarter would be given to him,
and they all answered in the affirmative. They
took him to Zaldivia, and lodged him in the house of a
certain Ariizsbal, or Lardizabal, where he passed the
night, always believing, as everybody else near him,
that he was not to be shot. At three o'clock in the
morning an aide-de-camp arrived, with the order for
having him immediately shot. The officers of the three
companies in the place, and the civil guards, endeavoured
to oppose the execution, and told the aide-de-camp to
entreat the colonel to come himself to the spot ; but,
instead of coming, he sent six more companies, renew-
ing the order, and General Alzaa was shot at half-past
eight of the same morning, Monday, July 3. This act
of treachery and cruelty will not remain unrevenged by
the worthy General's own countrymen. He has been
regretted by all; the deputation themselves, even Yturbe,
used their interest to save his life ; but Urbiztondo, the
instrument of the ferocity of Narvaez, had given the
order, and was inexorable. This Urbiztondo had been,
from his infancy, one of the King's pages, had received
numerous favours, had been made a general without ever
exposing himself to danger of ball or bullet; and having
been one of the principal abettors of the treason of Ma-
roto, makes himself now gladly the executioner of his
former comrades and friends.

" On the side of Navarre, the Carlists prosper accord-
ing to their wishes. Zubiti, with Colonel Soto, operates
towards the Aldudes. Yzarbe has come down with above
a thousand men towards Estella, having taken prisoners
at Barranca between fifty and sixty men and ten horses.
The two battalions which were at Elizondo have re-
turned to Pa-mpeluna; and near the frontier have only
remained those detachments which were there before the
insurrection, and which, little by little, will fall into the
power of. the Royalists. Villalonga went out of Pump-
luna the day before yesterday, with a column, in the
direction of Lumbler, Languesa, &c. Everywhere he
was saluted by numbers of people, who from the heights
to the right and left, shouted to him, and to his troops,
' Viva el Rey (Long live the King r—Montemolin); but
he did not remain, and continued his march in haste, we
do not know yet its precise motive. Colonel Zabaleta
has marched in pursuit of him, to establish himself at
Carrascal, with 600 men—to wait for him there at his
return, and give him a warm reception. Navarre, in
fine, is all up and stirring for the King, and has nobly
responded to what was expected from her."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
Up to the hour that the post left everything was
tranquil in Paris, notwithstanding it was the anni-
versary of the taking of the Bastille, the day that the
25 centime dinner was to have taken place, and the
day originally fixed on by the enemies of the Re-
public for the outbreak which took place in June,
and which it was rumoured was to have been renewed
yesterday. Thanks, however, to the firmness and
sagacity of General CAVAIGNAC, the insurgents, if
they ever entertained any serious intention of re-
newing their culpable attempts at producing anarchy
fur the profit of the monarchical factions have be.
come convinced of the hopelessness of their position,
and have abstained from everything calculated to in-
terrupt the public tranquillity. Measures are also
it seems to be adopted against those who, by the in-
culcation of false rumours of pretended conspiracies,
keep up the agitation of the public mind. The Patrie
contains the following official announcement :
" A political. journal, L'Aeenir National, published
yesterday certaT circumstantial details relative to a
pretended conspiracy which it was said was to break
out some day this week. Those details are false from
one end to the ether. Every statement in this
strange recital is the work of a diseased imagination,
which has mistaken. dreams for realities, unless it were
that the author intended to write a novel with a view to
terrify his reader!, and to create uneasiness amongst the
public. At a
period when false statements are so dan-
gerous, when all honourable journals are anxiously con-
tradicting them, and reassuring their readers, we cannot
too deeply deplore that certain journals should give a
place in their columns for such fables. The article in
the Avenir National has been laid before the law officers

Oil;;:oovernmellt; and if we rightl;ini,;;.ea,-;;
Minister of the Interior has given the most positive
orders to prosecute the propagators of alarming reports."
The J(oniteur alludes to the alarming reports
abroad, and says that they are spread by designing
persons. It adds, that all good citizens may be
satisfied that no disturbance will take place, and that
the Government knows its duty, and is prepared to
fulfil it conscientiously.

It would appear that in consequence of the rumours
of an intended outbreak on the 14th July, M. Emizac
DE GIEARDIN has thought it prudent to postpone
the publication of the history of his imprisonment
until after that day. lle has addressed on this sub-
ject the following letter to his family :
" The pamphlet you announce as being about to be
published by me, is in no degree a justificative pam-
phlet, and fur this sovereign reason, that I have done
nothing for which I have to justify myself. I have not
been accused of anything ; for what then did I need
any justification ? In 1843, M. Armand Marrast pub-
lished, on coming out of prison, a pamphlet entitled,
Vingt Jours au Secret.' I have done as M. Marrast
did (what path more sure could I follow ?), not having,
when in prison, any better employment for my time,
I have written the history of my captivity, under the
title of 'Journal d'un Journaliste au Secret.' This pam-
phlet is printed, and would have already been published,
had I not been told that it was feared that Friday, July
14th, the anniversary of the Taking of the Bastille,
would not pass over without new disturbances. Were
these fears well founded? I know not; and a month
ago they had nut arrested me, but they did my pen the
dangerous honour of attributing to it such great im-
portance, that I thought myself bound to defer the
publication of my humble narrative until the day came
when the political horizon might admit of a hope that
the morrow might pass without a storm. By acting thus
I have remained faithful to my antecedents. A single
word from General Cavaignac, on June 24th, would
have sufficed to have induced the Pr esse to shut itself
up in silence as long as the new Executive Power might
judge necessary. My patriotism has never been ap-
pealed to in vain. Who knows this better than you?
Fraternity! •
"July 12."

4,E. DE GIRARDIN."

This is a cunning trick of the cunning Or-
leanist chief, and is worthy of himself and his
party. All the harm that could have been done
by the publication of his pamphlet has been
done by the publication of this letter, which at the
same time gives him the prestige of a " persecuted
innocent," and is an admirable puff preliminary to
his forthcoming work. Whatever EMILB DE GI-
RARDIN may be as a patriot, there is no denying him
the credit of being one of the shrewdest of tradesmen.
The funeral of General DUVIYIER took place on
Thursday. The service was celebrated at the
Church of Val de Grace, and the body was then
taken to the Invalides for interment, where it was
received by Marshal MouToa, the Governor, and the
officers of the establishment. The funeral was at-
tended by General CAVAIGNAC, Generals LAMORI-
CIERE and CHANGARNIER, M. ARMAND MARRAST,
Mayor of Paris, and a deputation of fifty Members
of the National Assembly.
The insurgents, who have hitherto been confined
in the prisons of Paris, were removed on Thursday
night to the detached forts.
Four camps, of 15,000 men each, are to be orga
ganized at the four cardinal points of Paris : they are
to be under the command of General OUDINOT.

The Revue de l'Ques publishes the following as 1

the programme of the proceedings at Communist
meetings for the admission of a new candidate, and
of the oath taken by him on becoming a member of
the society
In the name of the Sovereign people and of the
Executive Council, the sitting is opened.
To the Candidate present,,cl.---Citizen, before pro-
ceeding further, you swear not to reveal what takes place
here ?
" Answer.-1 swear it.

"To the Candidate.—Listen with confidence and
without fear; you are amongst Republican Communists,
and, consequently, you will begin to live under the era
of equality. They will be your brethren if you are
faithtul to your oath, but you will be for ever lost it
you betray them—they have sworn to it as you have
just done. Listen, therefore, with the greatest attention.
Communism is the true republic—labour in common
—education, property, and enjoyment in common. It
is the sun, the symbol of equality—it is the new faith
for which we have sworn to die ; we know neither
barriers, nor frontiers, nor country; all Communists are
brethren—all aristocrats are our enemies. We wish for
a dictatorship after the revolution to apply our princi-
ple s and destroy all aristocrats and consequently to up-
root and overthrow all that is impure. The community
net established, functions and intelligences being differ
en t, everything will repose on the universal sense, classed
with order. Your brethren and the committee will in-
struct you in all the details. Now, if you fear any fear
of the dungeons, torture, or death—if you feel your cou-
rage fail you, retire! In order to join our ranks you
must brave all those sufferings. Once the oath is taken
you belong to us; you are engaged on your own life and
that of the person who has brought you hither for the rest
of your days. Reflect, therefore, and answer.
" What is the name of the citizen who has brought
you among us?

" Then,-addressing himself to the person who has
presented the candidiate, the questioner says,—You
know, citizen, that you answer with your head for the
person you have brought hither, and you aro fully
aware of all the consequences?
" What is your age, your profession, and your resi•
dence? Have you never formed part of any secret so-
ciety? Rise—you are about to take an oath to obey
the laws of the association. Swear to march at the first
order of your chiefs, and to combat until death; swear
to devote your fortune and your life to the estaklish-
ment of the Republic, founded on the principles of com-
munism. If you act with treachery your blood be on
your own head, and not on those who may shed it. Be
just, be virtuous, for that is the duty of a Republican.
" Are you now disposed to unite yourself to us, and
to brave all the perils of such a dangerous mission?—
Yes.

" We accept you—we are ull to you if you never be-
come perjured, but if you deceive us you are lost. Will
you, therefore, give yourself up to us for ever?—Yes,
without reserve."

The Union says—" It was stated a few days ago
that the directors of the Lyons Railroad had entered
into negotiations with the Government, either for a
monthly subvention, to enable them to continue the
road, or for a purchase, on the best terms that could
be obtained. We now understand, but cannot give
the news as official, that this has been concluded on
the following terms :—The Government consents to
enter into possession of the line, giving a rente of 10f.
Per annum in the Five per Cents. for every 250 f.
that have been paid up by the shareholders."
The following note has been sent to the journals from
the Government:—

" Several journals had announced that, in almost the
whole of the Banlieue of Paris, the employes of the indi-
rect taxes had met, relative to the application of the de-
cree of the National Assembly of June 22, with such an
opposition that, in order to avoid imminent collisions,
they had considered it necessary to give up the accom-
plishment of their mission. Almost everywhere, on the
contrary, the employes have met with but little resistance,
they were not even obliged to have recourse to the in-
tervention of the local magistrates, and except in the
commune of Grenelle, where, in fact, some marchands-
de-vin, at the instigation of four of their confreres, re-
fused to submit, the decree of June 22 has been in every
other point carried into execution. Measures have been
taken to have the decree applied in that commune, as in
all the others of the department of the Seine."

The club of Republican members de la vielle, which
meet in the Palais Royal, have split among them-
selves. The club when first formed was intended to
support General CAVAIGNAC'S Government, but since
the party of M. TRIERS has obtained so much in-
fluence with the men now in office, many of the
members of the club have refused to support the Go-
vernment measures. In consequence of this, an
important fraction of the club has seceded, and
a►nong those who have left are M. MARIE, M. PAG..
NERRE, M. MARRAST, and some other supporters of
the Provisional Government. Tnese gentlemen have
now established themselves at the Institute, and
have taken the name of the Club of Conciliators.
The intention of the members is to come to an ami-
cable understanding with the club of the Rue de
Poictiers (TmEns' party), in order to influence the
decisions of the Government, to support it in the
adoption of sage and energetic measures, and to resist
the ultra-revolutionists.

In the Committee on the Laws of the Press, M.
BERRYER proposed that the writers should sign their
respective articles, and that the printers should also be
held responsible.

The Committee on Labour adopted on Thursday
the proposition of M. ASTOIN, DE LA BOULIE, and
OLIVIER, tending to guarantee to workmen, in case
of the Cailure of their employers, the money due to
them for work. The proposition declares that they
are to take precedence of all other claims to the
extent of three months' wages, and that the payment
is to be ordered durgence, even without the formali-
ties prescribed by the commercial code.
The National Assembly met yesterday at half-
past two.

M. Babaud Laribiere presented a report from the
Committee of the Interior, on a proposition brought
forward by M. St. Picert, recommending that a statue
be erected to the memory of the late lamented Arch-
bishop of Paris. The Committee coincided in the views
of the Hon. Representative, and proposed to the As-
sembly a Bill to the following effect.—That a statue of
white marble should be erected to the deceased in the
Pantheon, on the pedestal of which should be inscribed
the last words he uttered, " May my blood be the last
shed in this matter;" that, in addition, a slab of black
marble should be placed where he was struck in the
Faubourg St. Antoine, to mark the spot; and, lastly, that
the expenses be attributed to the budget of 1849.
M. Montreuil presented a proposition tending to en-
courage the employment of 2,000 workmen in works of
colonization in Algeria. He hoped that the Government
would see the propriety of encouraging such a plan.
M. Touret, Minister of Agriculture, replied that the
Government was most anxious to forward whatever
plans could give relief to the labouring classes. Since
his accession to power, he had devoted the utmost at-
tention to everything in his department which bore on
the condition of the labouring classes. He should con.
sequently pay every attention to the plan of the honour-
able representative. He took that opportunity of stating
that the next day or the day after he should present to
the Assembly a Bill to insure to the children of the
poorer classes, particularly in the agricultural districts,
it special education to prepare them for some particular
station in life.—(Hear.)
The order of the day was the discussion of the Bill to
encourage associations of workmen to tender for and
execute public works.
Some discussion took place on the probability of
workmen being able to give proper guarantees as to their
power to fulfil any engagements that they might enter
into.
Eventually, on Art. 1, authorising such associations to
be formed,
M. Renard proposed as an amendment that " the Mi-
nister of Public Works should be authorised to grant
to associations of workmen such public works as there
might be to be executed, either by concession or by
te ad-
• i lication, as he might deem most suitable ; also, that
he might have the power to determine on what condi-
tions and zuarantees such works should be entrusted to
the said associations."
This amendment was adopted, thus rendering the
Minister of Public Works judge of the cases in which
the said works were or were not to be adjudicated or
conceded.
M. Flocon was bringing forward a sub-amendment to
the amendment just adopted, when post hour arrived.
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SWITZERLAND.
NEUFCHATEL A REPUBLIC.

We find the following in a letter from Berne, dated
,he 10th instant :

"The Diet has to-day been occupied with a question
which, after the affair of the revision of the federal com-
pact, is perhaps the most serious of all that has come be-
fore it this session,intimately connected with European
rights and international laws. It is to pronounce the
federal guarantee of the constitution, which has defini-
tively transformed Neufchatel into a republic, forming
the 21st canton of the Confederation.
" After a dignified and mature discussion, inwhich se-
veral deputations pointed out from official documents that
the sovereign state of Neufchatel had a right to con-
stitute herself egreeable to her own ideas, in her relatioqs
with Switzerland, the guarantee was pronounced by all
the states. No one, in fact, voted against it, since the
Deputy for Schwytz himself, after declaring that he
joined in the satis!action felt in the political changes
which had made Neufchatel a canton exclusively Swiss,
confined himself to keeping the protocol open until he
had rt ceived instructions on the subject. What more
particularly characterised the affair was, that all the
Deputies expressed their satisfaction at an event which
removed Nt.ufchatel from Prussian domination."

The Duke and Duchess of Nemours, accompanied
by their interesting family, visited the Royal Surrey
Zoological Gardens yesterday, afterwards returning by
railway to Claremont.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—We are
well supplied with wheat, and having a continuance of
very fine weather, the trade rules dull, with only a
limited sale at a decline of is. per quarter. Not much
passing in oats and shelling, and prices receding. Beaus
remain as last stated,

GERMANY
AND
THE NORTHERN STATES.

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AUSTRIA.

Accounts from Vienna cf. the Bth state, that on
that day Baron PILLERSDORFF and the whole of his
Ministry resigned, in consequence of the differences
which have arisen between the Cabinet and the
Committee of Public Safety.
The following account of these transactions appears
in the Wiener Zeihing, of the 9th instant :

"The Minister of the Interior, ad interim, who at the
same time provisionally filled the post of President of the
Cabinet, has this day resigned those offices into the hands
of the Archduke, as Regent of the empire.
" Hereupon the Rtgent wrote the following autograph
letter to the Ministers :

"‘ Dear Baron Von Pillersdorff,—As you have re-
quested to be relieved frOm the commission imposed upon
you to form a new Ministry, and desire my sanction,
I hereby accede to your request, and delegate this
office to my Minister of Agriculture, Trade, and Com-
merce, Baron Von Doblholf: "

'bear Baron Doblhoff—Baron Von Pillersdorff hav-
ing declined the mission to form a new Ministry, I am
induced, in full confidence of your patriotism, to com-
mission you to lay before me, with as little delay as
possible, your proposals for' the formation of a new
Cabinet, and, in the meantime, to discharge the office of
Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and of the Imperial household.' "

" Baron Von Wessenberg, who was delegated according
to constitutional forms to attend his Imperial Highness
the Archduke John to Frankfort, in order, as respon-
sible Miaister, to maintain the correspondence between
the Regent and the Cabinet Council, has adopted mea-
sures that, during the short interval of his absence, all
important reports and communications shall be sent after
him ; in case they require any immediate attention the
decision of the Cabinet Council shall be obtained ; but in
the current chancery affairs the business shall be trans-
acted by the head of the department of the Interior un-
der ordinary circumstances."