The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-13 00:00:00

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THE FRENCII REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We have receiv,d the Paris papers of Saturday
and yesterday, together with a letter from our cor-
respondent.
These papers announce another failure, that of the
house of Messrs. LAFITTE, BLOUNT, and Co., whose
connexion with railway affairs was more extensive
than that of any other banking house in France.
They were bankers for four lines of railway, namely,
the Rouen, Havre, the Dieppe,_ and the Boulogne
lines. Besides this, they were extensively connected
with England, and their failure will probably entail
loss on many of our countrymen resident in Paris.
The reasons given for the failure of Messrs. LAFITTE,
BLOUNT, and Company are, in the first place, the
losses they have suffered by the failure of Mews.
GoUIN and Company ; secondly, the losses (only just
discovered) in consequence of the dishonesty of a
cashier, who has embezzled a large sum of money ;
and thirdly, the necessity of reimbursing the Paris
and Rouen and Rouen and Havre Railway bonds, and
the impossibility of doing so in the present state of
the Money Market.
In their circular to the creditors they say, "there
is nothing in the state of our affairs which should
create alarm. The realisation of our resources has
only been momentarily suspended, and we only re-
quire a short delay to fulfil all our engagements.
The meeting of our creditors will take place shortly ;
it will have to examine the measures which we shall
have to propose for a prompt and complete settle-
ment."

The creditors of M. Gounst and Co. held a meeting
on Friday evening, at which it was resolved that they
should make no opposition to the amicable winding
up of the affairs of the company. A committee of
five of the principal creditors was appointed to watch
the proceedings. A considerable number of the share-
holders expressed a hope that the affairs of the com-
pany should be resumed ; and it was suggested that a
capital of 20 or 25 millions of francs might be raised
for that purpose on bonds of 1,000 francs each, bear-
ing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., reimburseable
at the end of three years. The proposition :was
favourably received, and it was thought to be practi-
cable, but the further consideration of it was post-
poned for ten days. In the meantime lists were
opened for subscribers. Should this plan not succeed
the altars of the company will be wound up.
Our correspondent announces the publication of
several important decrees. He says—
" The Moniteur of this day publishes a decree
abandoning provisionally imprisonment for debt. A
final decree will be proposed to the National Assembly.
There is not the slightest probability that this humane
act of the Provisional Government will not be adopted
by the Legislature. Up to that time all arrests for
debt are prohibited.
" The Government will publish speedily a decree
fixing the salaries of the different Ministers. It is
understood that each Minister will receive only
25,000 f. a year, instead of 80,000, 83 hitherto, and
that all privileges of patronage will be abolished.
" Economy is to be the principle of the Republic.
All useless expenditure is to cease. Accountants and
financiers are already engaged in analyzing the
budgets of the different departments. In the Ministry
of War it has been ascertained that more than ten
millions of francs annually were expended by the
Government for camps de plaisance, camps for exer-
cise and sham fights, in order to please the princes
and make them popular if possible with the army, or
rather with its chiefs.

"Amongst the papers left behind by Louis Pniurrii
and his Ministers in their hasty flight are some which
afford the most positive proofs that they had prepared
everything for a coup d'etat on the 22d ult., and
that it was to have been followed, if successful, of
which they had no doubt, by a law against all public
meetings, and new and severe restrictions on the pub-
lic press. The execution of the coup d'etat was as bad
as the conception of it was wicked. There never
was a greater jumble of wickedness and despotism.
" Confidence in money matters revives, but very
slowly, and we expect new disasters. The rich, in
the hope of embarrassing the Government, are closing
their houses in Paris, and emigrating to the pro-
vinces or to foreign countries.
" If this should go on, a decree against such unpa•

triotic conduct will be passed.
"M. DE LAMAR-UNE has just given new and positive
assurances to the Belgian Ambassador that the inde-
pendence of Belgium will be respected by the present
Republic.

" A new army of 100,000 men is organizing for the
frontiers, as a precaution against Austria.
" PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

" Some very important decrees were published after
my letter of this morning was sent off. They are as
follows :—For the emission of the remaining 100
millions of the loan voted by the late Chamber of
Deputies; for prohibiting the payment of more than
1001. in specie to each holder of stock in the savings'
bank, the rest of the deposit of which reimbursement
may be demanded to be paid in Treasury bonds at four
months, bearing an interest of 5 per cent. ; for the
sale of the lands, woods and forests, of what is called
the dort4aine prive, which is again become national
property ; for the sale of the crown diamonds ; and
another appoints M. lIAERAST Mayor of Paris, in
place of M. Gwastex PAGES, who has become Minis-
ter of Finance. The first two decrees caused great
sensation and some alarm, but it subsided, and, to the
astonishment of many persons, the funds maintained
their ground. The Five per Cents. rose 7 per cent.,
and the shares fell only 3 per cent., so that upon the
average there was a rise.
" The decree relative to the savings' banks was im-
perative, for the old Government owed no less than
335 millions of francs to depositors, and had no fund
to meet a demand of reimbursement. It could not
be expected that a new Government, in the midst of
a revolution, could raise at a moment this large
amount, which would probably have been applied for
at a crisis when everybody wants money, and bee
little confidence in Government stock.

" The 100 millions of the loan are put forward at a
bad moment, for it is not probable that it will be ef-
fected without a heavy loss, but money must be found
to meet the expenditure, and to place the Bank of
France in a safe position. The sale of the national
domains must produce a large sum, for even in the
worst of times people in France will buy land."
The financial expose of M. GARNIER PAGES, a
resume of which we gave in The Sun of Saturday,
together with the decrees alluded to by our corre-
spondent, are commented on in all the papers of Sa-
turday. The Rational says—
" In the remarkable report which the Minister of
Finance has just published, we direct the attention
of our readers to the expose made of the evil and of
the remedies to remove it. The statement of the evil
is made with an austere frankness. The grave perils
of the situation are not concealed from France. The
monarchy which, by its blind obstinacy, brought
about the insurrection of February, was preparing a
financial catastrophe, as it prepared a political revo-
lution. Time alone failed it. A few years more of
the system which has so justly fallen, and bankruptcy
was inevitable. Never did a more disastrous adminis-
tration preside over our finances. For such menacing
evils prompt remedies were required. The most im-
minent danger was the withdrawal of the funds of the
savings' banks ; that withdrawal would have been the
stopping of the various services, and bringing on
forcibly a suspension of payments. The Minister of
Finance, by a measure, energetic it is true, but
equitable, and which safeguards all interests, keeps
the public treasury to the level of its expenses. How-
ever painful may be the crisis, it is subject of con-
gratulation that it has fallen into the hapds of the Re-
public, that is to say, of an honest, enlightened, and
bold Administration, which, fears neither to probe the
sore nor apply the remedy.

The Courrier Francais says :
" The report on the state of our finances has
sensibly strengthened public confidence, and put an
end to the panic. We congratulate M. Garnier
Pages on his clear and lucid exposition, drawn up
without the artifice of groups of figures, as having
done a good action. An upright mind, a courage
relying upon itself, a spirit confident in its own sin.
cerity, have dictated these lines, every word of which
is an accusation against the past, a hope for the
future."

The Debats, speaking of the decrees founded upon
the report of M. GAUNISR PAGES, says :
" It is to be feared that these different measures
will not procure to the Treasury all the sums which
are expected. The forests of the state and the do-
mains of the civil list will find purchasers ; for the
Government only demands one-fourth of the value
paid immediately. The other three-quarters must

he paid within a year. In this way it is
certain that the state will not receive a very
large sum immediately ; but the bills given by
the purchasers may, by the terms of the de-
cree, receive the stamp cf the state, and be
negociated with that guarantee. As for the loan it
appears less easy to place. Some persons will sub-
scribe patriotically, we believe. The Provisional Go-
vernment announces, in fact, that a great number of
citizens have offered it the voluntary and gratuitous
grant of considerable sums: But at no period have
patriotic gifts supplied great resources. In 1831, the
national loan—it was the same name as at present—
only yielded about 20,000,000. It would have been
more efficacious, whilst giving a grateful reception
to the private individuals who might have offered to
take five per cents. at par, to accord interest propor-
tioned to the value of money at present. Indisputably
money is worth considerably more than five per cent.,
the proof of it is that the Five per Cents. are greatly
below par. There is 'no dishonour in borrowing at
more than five per cent. when lenders cannot be found
who would content themselves with it. The Republic
lof the United States is strong, prosperous, respected.
It has been established for three-quarters of a century,
and no one doubts of its future. It has seen its Five
per Cents. greatly above par, at 120 ; but it is not
less true that it borrows at this moment at 6, and
even at more than 6 ; for the Six per Cents. of the
Federation are at present a little below par. It is,
therefore, we believe, a false shame which has re-
strained the Provisional Government. What is im-
portant to it—what is important to us all—is that
funds shall not fail it. It should, therefore, do what
is necessary to obtain them. In the same point of
view there are some phrases which we regret to read
in the report of M. Gamier Pages. What is the use
of saying of England that her debt of 20 milliards re-
poses on the industrial and commercial subjection of
the universe, and that it is a variable and fragile
basis The basis of British credit is considered by
all the capitalists of the universe as the most solid of
all, for the English funds are quoted higher than all
other public funds. But especially let us not encou-
rage ideas hostile to England in this country ; let us,
on the contrary, encourage ideas of peace : they are
necessary to liberty. M. de Lamartine said that
with great a propos in his circular, and the Minister
of Finance knows better than any one that it is the
military charges especially that disturb the equilli-
brium of our finances. And besides, with this lan-
guage we shall not facilitate placing the loan. If the
French Republic in its official documents expresses
itself with such little friendship towards Great
Britain, English capital, which it would be so useful
to draw into our loans, will not come to us."

The Reforme has thelfollowing as to.the attempts
making by the monied supporters of the fallen dynasty
to create a panic, in order to injure the credit of the
young Republic :

" We do not wish to irritate the Revolution
against the perverse influence of the fallen dynasties,
but we do not wish to be dupes. What signify all
the fears manifested by the capital, and how can the
value of public securities and the state of credit jus-
tify this dishonourable panic which is deranging so
profoundly the march of civilisation, and which is
paralysing industry and commerce ? Is this a new
conspiracy like that of 1792 ? Does cash wish to
emigrate as title deeds formerly fled ? and are we
menaced with a pact of bankruptcy after a pact of
famine and of disgrace ? Must we renew the
terrible lesson given by our ancestors to the territo-
rial aristocracy which was emigrating at the period
of our first revolution to collect in foreign countries
hatred and an armed force against the nation, and
is it wished to condemn the young Republic to
the necessities of its parent. Since their last victory
the people are tranquil. They guard, though in rags,
the city of the opulent. They have suffered their
anger to subside when they dropped the pavement of
the streets. They merely demand bread and remu-
neration for their labour, waiting calmly and mag-
nanimously that distributive justice should be ad-
ministered or consecrated by a law. The shops are
again opened. As if there was a general purification
of consequences fewer crimes are committed than
during the patrols of the monarchy. Popular anar-
chy' puts to the blush that order which costs us so
dear, and the moral attitude of the labourers is of
more avail against the evil than all the legions
of justice and of the army which kept guard round the
throne and the shops. The interests which
complain and which sound the alarm, have therefore
not the excuse of danger; and if social war should
ever arise, in consequence of despair caused by hun-
ger, they themselves would be the cause of this ter-
rible jacquerie, for by destroying credit they them-
selves caused a famine. Does their anxiety arise
from the apprehension of some national calamity such
as that from which we suffered so much last year ?
That would be again a false pretext and a lie, for the
land is as fertile as ever, the elements of production
abound, the sun shines on us as if it wished to favour
our cause. Science, in place of being confined to a
coterie as it was during the late reign, will, under a
Government of liberty, take a lofty flight, and here we
have all force and all energy at our service. Is it a fo-
reign war which causes the bankers and princes of credit
to fear ? But we have on our side all nations, and
the hostile Governments • surrounded by states in in •
surrection would be happy to be suffered to exist. Has
English gold ever been wanting for the necessities of
the empire or of the nation during any great contest,
and, whilst the people are exhausting themselves for
liberty and their country, are the rich alone in France
to refuse to afford assistance ? Thus, the people, the
land, science, and the weather are for us. The revolution
has not to dread the 'impotent hatred of crouching
monarchies through fear. All the animated force of
the country invites .us to execute great works, and
foreigners command us to do io by illustrious exam-
ples. It is therefore impossible that capital should
longer desert the duty common to all. To conceal
oneself during a crisis is to betray and to emigrate ;
and emigrations sometimes cost dear ! Let every-
body recollect that the revolution will not recede !"
All the papers of Saturday contain the following
paragraph, which has evidently been communicated
to them from an official source :

" The English Ambassador communicated yester-
day to M. de Lamartine two dispatches from Lord
Palmerston. In one of these allusion is made to the
ex-King Louis Philippe and his family and the
Ministers who have taken refuge in England. Lord
Palmerston protests against the idea of the hospi •
tality granted by England to the family which has
fallen from the throne being taken as a mark of poli-
tical sympathy of a nature to render France appre-
hensive of a disturbance of the good understanding
between the two nations. lie engages Lord N or-
manby to do all in his power to convince the Pro-
visional Government of the Republic that this grant
of an asylum, and the attentions paid to exiles under
such misfortune, bear no other signification than the
exercise of hospitality."
On Friday. a deputation of from 100 to 150 English
residents in Paris proceeded to the Hotel de Ville for
the purpose of presenting an address to the Provi-
sional Government. The address, which was read by
Colonel FLLArcnExt, expressed the gratitude of the
English residents in Paris for the protection extended
to persons and property during the recent Revolution,
and their fervent admiration of the noble forbearance
displayed by the people of Paris in the terrible ex-
citement .of their combat 'for liberty. All the mem-
bers of the Provisional Government were present,
and M. DII LAMARTINE replied on their behalf.
M. Dn LestaariNE spoke as follows :
" Residents in Paris,—The Provisional Govern-
ment of the Republic is deeply touched with the
proceedings, so honourable to France, which you
have just engaged in. It is glorious for France, and
allow me to say for the English nation also, which
you at this moment represent, to thus spontaneously
come forward and express its admiration for the con-
duct of the people, for its force and its moderation.—
(Applause.) The spectacle which you have wit-
nessed itself bears testimony to the virtues which the
use of fifty years of liberty has given to England.—
(Renewed applause, and cries of 'Vive la Repub-
lique?) If we had not, both you and we, long
employed that liberty, if the idea of it had
not been multiplied in every possible form
amongst the two nations, and, so to speak,
been nationalised amongst them, notwithstand-
ing our frontiers —if the people had not
been extricated by the very energy of the liberty
which it had achieved in 1789 from that oppression
of intelligence—the very worst of all oppressions—
if it had not emancipated itself in the light at the
same time that it had emancipated itself in right—be
certain that it could not have shown to the sun and to
the world the magnificent spectacle which you have
witnessed.—(Bravo, bravo.) Permit me to conse-
crate this testimony of yours as one of the glories of
the French Revolution. Permit us to preserve your
address in the archives of the Republic, that it may.
be shown to the people if ever we should be traitors,
should be so unworthy of our destiny as to merit a
new revolution. If it had liberties to defend or re-
conquer, this address would say to it, Behold how
your fathers won : how intrepid in combat : how
patient, moderate, and humane after victory !'—
(Loud applause, cries' of Vive la Republique r
Vive la Belle France r) It will remind the
people of that patience, more heroic even
than its courage, of which it gave the example.
It shows to the world, in fact, that the achievement of
its liberty was not personal; it shows that it was not
a vulgar excitement which caused it to have recourse
to"arms ; that it was well aware for what a glorious
and immortal conquest it was pouring forth its blood
in the streets ; that it knew that the fruits of such
a conquest could not be gathered the day after the
victory ; that it was necessary to give time to the
magistrates, who had issued from its ranks, a certain
vac, of Wise to accord to its public representatives,

whom you will see assembled in a few days' time, to
prepare and arrange for it the institutions which .VC
have only had the glory of pr( claiming."—(GrezA ap-
plause ; 'Vive la Republique !')
One of the gentlemen belonging to the deputation

then said, " We certainly were much touched with the
moderation of France after the events of February,
and we are assured that henceforward a good intelli-
gence will exist between France and England."

M. DE LAMARTINE—" It was but a few moments
since that I addressed one of your compatriots as Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs, when I told him that for the
future that title was not necessary for the mainte•
nance of harmony between the two people, us the
true Minister of Foreign Affairs between France and
England is the invincible spirit which unites them in
the religious sentiment of fraternity."
The deputation withdrew with shouts of " Vice la
Republique ! Vice la France !"
A deputation of English Quakers, representing a
peace meeting, introduced by ARTHUR. O'CONNOR,
preceded that of the English residents.

M. BILLAULT and M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT
have started as candidates for the National Assembly
The Moniteur Algerien, of the sth instant, contains

the following valedictory order of the day, addressed
by the. Duke D'AUMALE to the inhabitants of

Algeria :
" Faithful to the duties of a citizen and soldier, I
remained at my post as long as I considered my
presence useful to the service of the country.
" That obligation no longer exists. General
Cavaignac has been appointed Governor-General of
Algeria. Until his arrival at Algiers, the functions
of Governor-General, ad interim, will be filled by
General Changarnier.
" In obedience to the national will I quit the
country, but from the depth of exile all my wishes
shall be for your prosperity and the glory of France,
which I should have been anxious to serve for a longer
period.
" Algiers, March 3. " H. D'ORLEANS."
The PrinCe addressed, on the same day, the follow-
ing proclamation to the army :
" Head-quarters of Algiers, March 3d, 1848.
" General Changarnier will fill ad interim the
functions of Governor-General until the arrival at
Algiers of General Cavaignac, appointed Governor-
General of Algeria.
" On the point of separating from an army, a model
of hcnour and courage, in the ranks of which I passed
the finest period of my life, I can only wish it fresh
triumphs. A new career will, perhaps, shortly open
for its valour, which, I am firmly confident, it will
gloriously accomplish.
" Officers, sub-officers, and soldiers,—l had hoped
to combat again with you for the country. That
honour is denied me; but, from the depth of exile,
my heart will follow you wherever the national will
shall call you, and exult in your success ; my most
ardent wishes shall ever be for the glory and happi-
ness of France. " H. D'ORLEAN S.
The Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince DE JOIN-
VILLE, immediately after the publication of these do-
cuments, embarked on board the Solon steamer for
Gibraltar.
The Ministers of Belgium, Denmark, and Sardinia
have signified to the Provisional Government the de-
sire entertained by their respective Sovereigns to enter
into amicable relations with the Republic. The
Belgian Ambassador, the Prince DE LIGNE, gave
satisfactory explanations to M. DE LAMARTINE as to
the causes which had induced the King of the BEL-
GIANS to call out the militia, and assured him that it
was not intended to be employed for aggressive pur-
poses, but merely to defend the neutrality of
Belgium.
The Government of, the canton of Friburg has
sent a congratulatory communication to the Minister
for Foreign Affairs.

The following letter has been addressed by M.
ODILON BARROT to M. GARNIER PAGES: It is In •
teresting as showing the position taken up by the
Gauche Dynastique in referenee to the Republic.
" My dear Garnier Pages,—Since the arrival of
your note, informing me of your having taken pos-
session of the Government, and calling on me to lend
my co-operation, I have not been able to reply to you.
I did-not see, nor indeed do I yet very well perceive,
what kind of co-operation I, who am altogether un •
connected with the solution adopted, can afford you.
However, it is certainly necessary that all who do
not wish to see France destroyed by internal convul-
sions should, like good citizens, contributed their aid
for two things which appear to me to stand out pre-
dominantly in your present mission. The first is,
that in again seizing on that liberty which ought
to belong to every Government—and which is more
necessary to ours, springing as it does from a re-
volution, than to any other, because it is neces-
sities in that respect are more imperative—you
should prevent your political revolution—as
profoundly political be it as you please—hom be-
coming a social one—from any way laying its hand
on property and family ties. The second matter to
which I allude is, that the appeal made to the general
elections, and which is the expression of the national
sovereignty, shall be sincere. I no more admit de-
ceit and lies in the public streets than I do when
proceeding from a king ; and elections effected under
the influence of violence do not appear to me in any
way preferable to those conducted by means of cor-
ruption. Thus, therefore, what I demand is—security
for property and families, and full liberty in the pri-
mary elections. If you are firmly resolved to have
these conditions respected, even by the force at the
disposal of the Government, I can assure to you nut
only my own moral co-operation, but even the sym-
pathies of all my friends. None of them, I can de-
clare to you, would like to imitate the mistakes of
the emigrants and the Girondins. My last word to
the Chamber and to the people was this Cursed
be he who shall light up a civil war in France ! ' To
that declaration I remain faithful.

"Always your most affectionate friend,
" ODILON BARROT."

The papers of Sunday publish the following circu-
lar, addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the
Commissioners sent by the Provisional Government
into the different departments of France :

" CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR To
THH COMMISSIONERS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERN-

KENT.

" The circular which has reached you, and which
has been published, traced out your duties. It is,
however, important that I enter with you into some
details, and that I state more clearly what I expect
from your patriotism, now that by your care the
Republic is proclaimed. From several departments
, demands hare been sent in to me, inquiring what
your powers are. The Minister of War has been in
some anxiety in what touches your relations with the
military leaders. Several amongst you desire to be
informed as to the line of conduct which you ought
to follow with respect to the law functionaries;
finally, the National Guard and the elections, par-
ticularly the latter, ought to be the object of your
constant attention.
" 1. What are your powers ?—They are unlimited.
Agent of a revolutionary authority, you are revolu-
tionary also.. The victory of the people has imposed
on you the duty of getting your work proclaimed
and consolidated. For the accomplishment of that
task you are invested with its sovereignty, you take
orders from your conscience, you are to act as cir-
cumstances may demand for the public safety.
Thanks to our state of public morals, that mission is
not a very terrible one. Hitherto you have not had
to break down any serious resistance, and you have
been able to remain calm in your force; you must
nut, however, deceive yourself as to the state of the
country. Republican sentiments ought to be
strongly forwarded there, and for that purpose
all political functions must be alloted to men
sure and of republican principles. Everywhere
the prefects and sub-prefects ought to be
changed; in some localities their continuance in
office is demanded ; it is your duty to make the
populations perceive that those persons who served a
power, each act of which was a corruption, cannot be
preserved. The nomination of sub-commissioners to
replace those functionaries belongs to you ; and you
can refer to me whenever you feel any hesitation.
Choose in preference men belonging to the chief
town; you are not to take men in the arrondissement
itself, unless you know them to be perfectly free
from all spirit of coterie; do not set young men
aside, as ardour and generosity are the privilege of
that age, and the Republic has need of those fine
qualities. You must also provide for th.. replacembnt
of mayors and their deputies. You will appoint
them provisionally, investing them with the ordinary
power. If the municipal councils are hostile, you
will dissolve them, and, in concert with the mayors,
you will nominate a provisional municipality ; but
you will not have recourse to that measure except in
cases of rigorous necessity. lam of opinion that the
great majority of the municipal councils may be pre-
served, by placing at their head new leaders.
" 2. Your relations with the officers in command of
the troops.—You are exercising the powers of the
executive authority, so that the armed force is under
your orders. You can call it out, and put it in move-
ment; you can even in grave cased suspend a com-
manding officer, deferring the case immediately to
me. But you ought to show the greatest caution,
in this part of your functions, All that on your
part might offend the just susceptibility of the officers
or soldiers would be an inexcusable fault. I und6r-
stand that in several departments, the commissioners
have not at once established a bond between
them and the military authorities, I am asteniehed

at that, and I recommend you not to sin
against these simple rules of good policy and pro-
p, i -ty. The army, in the late events, showed a lively,
s•,-mpathy for the Republican cathe, and it must be
attached to it more and more. It is the people, as
we are, and it is the first barrier that would be or
posed to an invasion. It is about to enter for the first
time on the-possession of political sights. Therefore,
honour it, and do what you can to obtain the goOd
wishes of those who command it; •do not forget that
your powers do not extend to the regulations of dia.'
cipline ; they may be summed up in these two
words :—To make use of the military force, and to
gain over by marks of esteem and cordiality. •
"3. Your relations with the law functionaries!
These magistrates depend on the executive authority
only in the circle precisely traced out by the lair.
You will demand from the law officers a devoted co-
operation, and wherever you do find it, you will icr
form me; at the same mentioning such persons as are,
remarkable for their probity and firmness. I shah
communicate the same to the Minitter of Justice. M
to the law officers who are immoveable, you will keep
a close eye on them, and if any of the members
should exhibit public marks of hostility, you may use
the right of suspending, which your sovereign all •
thority confers on you.
"4. National Guard.—You will receive from 0e
detailed instructions on the organization of the civil
force. I have endeavoured to provide against all the
difficulties which you meet with. Those which Oil
arise from local and unforeseen obstacles must be
surmounted by your patriotism. In proceeding to
the elections, you will conform yourself to the
decrees of the Government, that is to say, that by
derogation to the law of 1831, you will cause to be
named all the officers without exception by the
National Guard, commencing by "the superior ranks.
You will carefully watch over the action of the sub•
commissaries and of the municipalities, and will
oblige them to render to you an exact account of
their operations.
"5. The Elections.---The elections are your greet
work—they will prove the salvation of the count*
It is on the composition of the Assembly that out
destinies depend. It must be animated by s,
revolutionary spirit, if not we shall go on to civil re
and anarchy. On this subject, put yourselves ,oa
your guard-against the intrigues of double-faced men,
who, after having served royalty, call themselves
servants of the people. Those will deceive you, and
you muse refuse them your support. Let your mot
d'ordre be, new men, and as much as possible foul
the ranks of the people, the working classes, who form
the living strength of the nation, should choose from
amongst them men recommended by their intelli•
gence, their morality, and their devotedness—united
to the elite of thinking men, they will bring into the
discussion of all great questions which will be agi:
tated under the authority of their practical expert'
ence. They will continue the revolution, and the!
will limit it within the bounds of possibility and rev
son. Without them it will be led away in YAW
Utopian ideas, *hen it will be stifled under the efforts
of a retrograde faction.

" Enlighten the electors, and repeat to them ince'.
santly that the reign of the men of the monarchy is
finished.

" You comprehend how great is your task. The
education of the country is not complete. It is for
you to guide it. Cause in all points of your depart'
ment the meeting of electoral committees; examine
closely the qualifications of the candidates, and stnp
at those only who' appear to present the strongest
guarantees of republican opinion, and the greatest
chance of success. No compromises ; no own,:
plaisance. Let the day of election be the triumph
of the revolution.

(Signed) " LEDRU ROLLIN.,
" Minister of the Interior, and member of the
Provisional Government."
The Provisional Government signed on the 10th
inst. the following decree :--
"FRENCH REPUBLIC.
" LIBERTY, EQU•LITY FRATERNITY.
"Considering that the Polish refugees, animated
with a desire to prove their gratitude and devoted'
ness to France, their second country, demand to be
formed into a legion, to the effect of serving together
with Frenchmen the cause of order and liberty.
" Considering that such an offer, made in the name
of that people who have already furnished to Franc@
so many faithful companions in arms and glorfo
should be received with eagerness by a Government
founded on the national sympathies and determined
to rest constantly upon them—sympathies ever so
lively in favour of Poland—decrees :
"Art. 1. A Polish legion shall be immediately
formed, and placed under the orders of the Minister
of War.

" Art. 2. The Minister of War is charged with the
execution of the present decree.
" (Signed) The Members of the Provisional Go'
vernment :—Armand Marrast, Gamier Pages, Aragoo
Albert, Marie, Cr6mieux, Dupont (de l'Eure), Loud
Blanc, Ledru Rollin, Flocon, Lamartine."

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Saturday at 50f.; the Five per Cents., 77f.; al°
Orleans Railroad Shares, 850 f. ; Rouen, 457 f. 500.;
Havre, 220 f. ; Great Northern, 351 f. 25c.; Avignon.
295 f. ; Vierzon, 330 f.; Bordeaux, 400 f.; Troyes and
Montereau, 1951.; Basle, 95f. ; Paris and Strasburgr
342 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 3321. 50c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 3001.

No business was done in the Passage de ropers
on Sunday.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT VS
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCIE 11.
Boulogne and Amiens, 71A—Luxembourg, %--Northsra
of France, 31, Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris /ma
Lyons, I%—Paris and Strasbourg, I—Sambre and Meuse, 5%.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
HARWICH.
The Harwich Election Committee reassembled thill
morning; Mr. Stuart Wortley in the chair.
Francis Hales, an auctioneer, proved that Mr. Rusk+
an agent of Mr. Attwood, having offices in Bircbin•lane,
settled a debt amounting to 461., which a voter named
Saxby owed to a Mr. Joyce.
Edward Saxby was called to prove that the 451. wit°
advanced to him on mortgage of a boat which originally
cost him 1501. Just before the election Mr. Grynn
pressed him for the money, and he asked Mr. Atwood
to advance him the money. He promised his vote t°
Sir Dudley Hill, but upon that gentleman withdrawing
from the contest, he plumped for Mr. Attwood.

YLESB URY.
The Aylesbury Election Committee reassembled tbi
morning; Mr. Palmer in the chair.
The Committee having decided against the prelitol-
nary obj,ction raised on Saturday by Mr. Twin as to
the validity of the petition,
Mr. ALEXANDER proceeded to open the case for the
petitioner, which he represented to be one of so ester
sive treating as to make it amount to direct bribery.

BEWDLEY.
The Bewdley Election Committee re-assembled_ this
morning; Mr. Wrightson in the chair.
George Bennett, an elector of Bewdley, who• wM
partly examined on Saturday, was recalled this moivitogr
to prove that shortly before the last election he had
conversation with Mr. Ackroyd, an agent of Sir Thom**
Wiunington, who gave him 51. upon thesunderstandiog
that he and another voter named Stubbs would go £0
London, to avoid being " picked up" by the Tories.. E•
and Stubbs went to Birmingham, to the railway s&atibp•
When they reached the station they discovered • 614
they were ton late for the London train, and went W
Rugby, and stayed there air night, but the following
morning they returned to Bewdley, and voted for lam•
Ireland.

TIIE RIOTS IN THE NORTH.
SUNDAY, MIDNIGHT.-Our last intelligence from Glee'
gow apprised us that a meeting of the operatives on the
Green had been announced by placard for last night, and
that all the shops had been closed at six o'clock, pur-
suant to orders issued by the magistrates. Our last ex.
press is dated seven o'clock yesterday evening, up to
which time no disturbance had resulted. There being
religious" objections to information crossing the Tweed
on a Sunday, and our telegraphic communication be'
twee❑ Edinburgh and Glasgow being yet incomplete.
further intelligence can hardly be expected before the
morning.

FIVE P M.-A Chartist meeting was convened for this
afternoon at Liverpool, but proved an abortion, the
absent orators deeming discretion the best part of valour•
FIVE, P.3t. - Ediaburgb, Manchester, and Leeds
quiet.

REPUBLICANISM IN LEEDS. LEEDS, SUNDAY;--11
Chartist meeting
,was held this morning at Peep Green,
about ten miles from Leeds, and the scene of former
meetings of the same description. As early as Clg
o'clock processions were formed at Leeds, Bradford.
Halifax, and other towns, and proceeded to the place
of meeting in an orderly and imposing manner. M
twelve o'clock, when the chair was taken, there could
not have been less than ten thousand persons present-
The meeting was addressed by Messrs. . White.
Kidd, Shaw, and other Chartist orators, at considerable
length. The republican flag was exhibited, and the late
French revolution pointed to as a worthy example for
Englishmen. The harangues were of the ordinary
staple of Chartist oratory, abusive of the present
Government in particular, and of all kinds of class
legislation; condemnatory of the political connexion of
Church and State, and of the existing state of the
franchise. Several resolutions were adopted, to :the
purport that they pledged themselves not to cease to
agitate until the People's Charter shall have become the
basis of the constitution. It is but just to observe, that,
the whole proceeding was conducted with the greatest
possible order and propriety.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING.—A placard ap-
pears on the walls, stating that a meeting will be held in
the Exchange, square, this (Sunday) afternoon, for the
purpose of discussing the question of national taxation.
We understand that there are upwards of 1,200 epeeist
coostables sworn in. ,• • . •

.
Chancellor of the ExchecAter. ites. reetTlni*
from "S.,"' 51. Si.," for low:onkel." —The swum
will be paid iuto Wit potipt of the Exchequer.