The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

DONCASTER and EPSOM RACES.
bRUMWOND, GREVILLE, and Co., Sporting Print-
seller3 and Publishers, 72, Princes-street, Leicester-square, London.
beg to apprise their sporting friends that, on the Ist of January
next, they will have ready for distribution a SPLENDID
ENGRAVING, 30 inches by 24, of the DONCASTER RACE-
COUR,E, at the moment of the coming in for the Great
St. Leger Pace of September, 1843, beautifully coloured, and
exhibiting correct likenesses of the three first horses and their
riders, from a plate engraved by that celebrated artist Mr. Charles
Rant, cad sent, post free, to all parts of the Kingdom, at
the small charge of 155., being less than halt the usual cost.
They have also secWcd the services of the same artists to en-
grave a plate of the Winning Horse for the Epsom Derby Race of
1849, with a correct portrait cf his Rider, proof impressions of which,
beautifully coloured, will he presented to their Patrons, on terms to
be known (free of postage) on application to thcm. Letting on all
the principal races—liberal cdds laid—mon,/ posted, and paid the
day after the race. Country commissions promptly executed. Post-
office orders, payable at Charing-cross, punctually attended to.—All
persons having* any claim on Drummond, Greville, and Co., are re-
quested to make immediate application for payment.

r r LIE ATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Alanuger, Mr. BUNS.

THIS EVENING.
The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled

THE BONDMAN.
Marquis de Vernon, Mr. H. Corri ; Count Floreville, Mr. Herberte;
.Astlenford, Mr. Travers; Madame Julie Corinne, Miss Romer.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet-Pantomime, entitled
THE AMAZONS.
Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the
Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of
that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported
by a raise en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the
view of representing the Performances submitted to public patronage
is an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal
Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements :
FOR GRAND OPERA.
Soraam AND CONTRALTI.—IIdIIe. Nissen (principal singer from
the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss Homer,
Miss Bassani). Miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear-
ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent,
and Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at
Paris).
BASSES AND BABITONFS.—Mr. Boman!, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur-
dinl, Mr. rt. Cord (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin),
Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips.
Terrofts.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. ilerberte.(his first appearance on
the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from
the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director,
Signor Schire.
The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will com-
prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land.
FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE.
Mdlles. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoco (both from the Grand Opera
de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdile. Moncelet, Mdlle.
Gaillot, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris),
Mdlle. Louise, and Mdile. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San
Carlos, Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre
de la Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at
Milan), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cormack
(from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi-
lier (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowned
Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous
and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Promeneases,
than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre.
Amongst other novelties of the season, will be produced a new
gran I Ballet by M. Bar= (expressly composed for Mdlle, Plunkett.)
The celebrated Opera of " Ilaydee" (the last production of Messrs.
Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenn),
will be instantly produced.
A erand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre
by Mr. W. V. Wallace.
" The First Wulpnrgis Night" (the Poem by Goethe, and the Mu-
sic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given in a dramatic ferns
by all the immense resources of the Theatre.
A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by J. P.
Planclie) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the
magnitude of the subject will permit.
A now grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and
a grand semi-seria Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Balfe.
An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle.
Maywood.

gumerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer is
daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek.

Principal Scene-painters—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin.

Property Maker—Mr. Blamire,

Ballet Masters—MM. Barret and Mazilier.
Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett.
Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis.
ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Grand Entrance, BOW-Street. —Grand Tier Boxes, 31.35. ; First
Tier Boxes, 2t. 2s. and It. Ils. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 21. 2s. ; Stalls, 10s.
; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s.
Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, 3s. 6d.
Piazza Entrance.—Public Boxes, 55.; Gallery Amphitheatre,
2s. 6.1.; Gallery, ls. 6d.
half--price to take place, as nsnal, at Nineo—To the Public Boxes,
35.: Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Galley, is. 6d. ; Galley, ls.
Doan; open at lialr-past Six, performan.:e to conitnen,c at Seven.
The Box-office is open from Ten tiil Five, wider the direction of
Mr. John Persons.

k: R 6 rA L, HAYMARKET,

The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre having, dur-
ing the r.,cess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations, and
the whole re-decorated, will positively OPEN for the Season on
SATURDAY NEXT, OCTOBER 14, when
Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO and JULIET.
Routes, Mr. er,swick ; Mercutio, Mr. H. Roll ; Peter, Mr. Keeley ;
Nurse, Mrs. Glover ; Juliet, Miss Lanra Addison.
Alter which, " 0 d save the Queen" will be sung.
io conclude with T 11,4 PAS 1)E FASCINATION
Thowsky, Mr. Kce:ey ; Katherine Kioper, Mrs. Keeley

Michael

THEA ME. ROYAL, ADELI'HI.
rnder tne dlzection o: Madame Celesta.

. _
During the Reces.3 this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
original designs by bi.rby Watts, Esq , executed by Mr. Sang. A
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
wiled to the Seats, and StTHIS EVENINGaI's rendered more comfortable.

will be perforived THE WHITE HORSE OP THE PEPPERS.
After which, 'I cIE DANCING BARBER.
To be fillowed by HIS LAST LEGS.
To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR,

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Leese, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,

- - .
Will be perfbrmed a comic) Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR
A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Honner ;
Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Ivliss Marshall.
After which, COURT BEAUTIES.
To conclude with THE CRITIC,
brass Boxe2, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-offlce, No. 2, Wpilington-street, is open to the
Plblic every day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.

During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
ished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan-
slier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for
he due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience
of the audience.

THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LUCIA
DI LAMMERMOOR.
After vraich, LADIES BEWARE.
To conclude with the Ballet of LA ROSIER 7

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No communication can be attended to unless authenti-
cated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be returned.

TIIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER. 11.
TLIEII2IOI4ETEB, Lowest, 43; Highest, 56; Noon, 35.

BAROMETER., 29 97.
WIND N.; cloudy, and cold.

UIQII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 26 min. after 0 I Evening •. 47 min. after 0

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1848.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

The Revenue returns for thefinancial year, ending
on the 10:h Octobei instant, will be found in another
part of our impression. While a decrease is apparent
on the enti-e year of 308,1831, there is an improve-
ment on the quarter of no less than 772,2961. ; thus
afforclicg the most satisfactory proof that the tide has
ind-ied turned, and that we may at length reasonably
look forward to a return of that commercial and
manufacturing activity by which the prosperity of all
classes in the community is promoted, and the National
Exchequer maintained in a satisfactory condition.
It must not, however, be forgotten, that the quarter
ending the 10‘..h Octoher,lB47, with which the present
is compared, was one on which the consequences of
the monetary distress, the universal want of credit
that existed last year fell with the most crush-
ing effect; that it exhibited a deficiency of 1,276,9121.
as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1846 ;
and that a source of revenue is now opened for a
limited period which did not exist in 1847, the
duties on the admission of foreign corn, which had
been suspended by orders in Council in consequence of
the gineral deficiency of food occasioned by the my-s•
terious visitation which destroyed the greater portion
of the potato crop in the preceding year.
This, however, only accounts for a portion of the
improvement, which appears, too, under the most satis-
factory beads, viz , Customs and Excise.
The Customs show a deficiency on the entire year
year of 59,8301., but an
,increase on the quarter of
469,8391. This, as we have already stated, is attri-
butable partly to the extraordinary stagnation
of every description of commercial enterprise
so painfully apparent in the months of August,
September, and October, 1847, which no longer exists
to the same fearful extent, and partly to the duties on
corn, which are now in operation. The Excise
is generally regarded as the barometer of national
prosperity, indicating the degree of comfort enjoyed
by the industrious and hardworking classes ; there is I
an ilnprovement here both on the year and quarter—on
the former of 733,8431., and on the latter of 562,6981.
A portion of this may undoubtedly be explained by .
an alteration in the manner of taking the accounts,
by which the carriage duties and other credits,
which were formerly included under the head
of Stamps," have been transferred to the Excise
derzrtment. We accordingly find a falling
cff in that branch of the revenue of 932,2731. on the
year, and of 246,0031. on the quarter. The latter
figures will, however, show, that there has been an
' aelt.tvl„ and bona fide increased consumption of excise-
- njelailicles. That affords a just ground for congra-
' tailti.:4l. The Taxes show a decrease on'theTe'Er sof
21,2x1:1 and a small improvement on the quarter, of
1,1711.

The Property-tax, we regret to say, exhibits no ap-
pearance of re-action. There is a deficiency both on
the year and the quarter—on the former of 52;9551.,
and on the latter of 25-,7-5W -This diminution

the quarter in this important item would exhibit
a diminution in the resources of all those pos-
sessed of 1501. per annum and upwards,
either from realised property, or from their profes-
sional earnings, of more than 3,500,000/. per annum ;
but, as it is the merchants, traders, and professional
men generally who have been the chief sufferers from
the general stagnation, we may easily conceive how
much those classes must have encountered. Indeed,
the property and income-tax returns may be looked
upon as the index which shows the amount of prospe-
rity enjoyed by the middle classes. The revenues of
the aristocracy will undergo little change, whatever
may be the sufferings of the people. The fluctuations
of the Excise will point out the condition of those
situate at the base of the pyramid, the changes in the
Income tax of those at the centre.
The Post-office returns also exhibit a falling off
both on the year and quarter, the latter, however,
only amounting to 1,0001, is more favourable than
could have been anticipated when the extraordinary
improvements that have recently been effected in the
department, and the additional facilities afforded to
the public generally in the transmission of their cor-
respondence, are considered. There is perhaps no
public department in which so much progress has been
made, or in which the managers merit more of the
public approbation. The decrease on the year
amounting to 73,00 C/. Is attributable to the
payment of large arrears due to one of the railway
companies for the carriage of mails during the quarter
ending sth July, to an amount exceeding the whole
deficiency. The other items do not require any
extraordinaay notice. There is a small improvement
in the Crown Lands, both on the year and quarter, of
24,0001. and 20,0001. respectively, and a falling off in
the Miscellaneous of 31,839/. on the year, and of
59,203/. on the quarter. On the whole, the returns
to which we have alluded afford good grounds for
congratulation, and lead us to think that the country
has seen its worst days, and that we may reasonably
look forward to a gradual and progressive improve-
ment in the national prosperity.

Hungary, that noble land to which the imagina-
tion of every thoughtful cosmopolite reverts with a
sense of such genuine homage. Hungary, that re-
gion of the Mag-5 ars, w here every peasant has the
bearing of a nobleman, combined with all the manly
virtues and elevating qualities of civilized life—Hun-
gary has become the victim of the infuriated des-
potism of the Continent! Since the commencement
of the great revolutionary crisis in Europe, the
Genius of Monarchical and Imperial Tyranny has
been abased and violated. Democracy has knocked
even at the palace gates of Vienna and Berlin. Men
who were considered until February the most astute
statesmen cf the age have been driven forth from
the halls of Neuilly and Schoenbrunn in a
manner the most precipitate and ignominious. King-
craft has been mocked, or :dandled, or destroyed, at
the pleasure of the mob. The prestige of royalty has
disappeared—the spirit which has awed mankind
during so many centuries has been laid—the people
have discovered it to be the veriest illusion that ever
scared a village schoolboy—they have handled the tur-
nip and the sheet, and tke charm has vanished ! What
wonder if after this prostration of is authority before
the superior authority of that people which has been
created by GOD in the same mould, what marvel, we
say, if after this prostration ofits authority, monarchical
power has nourished in its breast the thoughts of
hatred to the " rabble," and,of vengeance for its
degradation ? Hitherto, by a merciful dispensation
Of PROVIDENCE, the Emperor of AUSTRIA (a potentate
who must be regarded as the representative of this
infuriated royalty), has been prevented from grati-
fying his yearning for revenge by the extraordinary
posture of affairs throughout the length aed breadth
of his gigantic and heterogeneous dominions. The
people were predominant even in the metropolis of
the empire—what hope then for him to exhaust his
rage upon any portion of his subjects. To a candid
and undesigning intellect the answer would have
been cbvicusl3—" None." As it was, however,
the guile of the minions of the KAHAN
have enabled them to triumph over apparent im-
possibilities. Seeing no opportunity, they made
one. Their dastardly and atrocious schemes have, up
to this time, been, unhappily, too successful.
Hungary became the point towards which all their
missives of hatred were directed, the pivot round
which their saturnine machinations revolved, the spot
at which all the threads of their conspiracies were
concentrated. We must acknowledge at once that
there is a certain sublimity,' in tie daring of this des-
perate venture. For, of all the contingencies which
presented themselves to the mind of the po-
litician in consequence of the late revolu-
tions, that of the separation of Hungary
from the Austrian empire appeared for nearly four
months to be the most probable. It appeared net
only probable, but inevitable. And now, through the
wily and unprincipled manoeuvres of the Court party,
first at Innspruck, and next at Vienna, Hungary
seems to be again involved in the toils of absolute
authority, and doomed to the still further forfeiture of
its independence.
How this marvellous result has been accomplished
becomes, therefore, an inquiry w ell entitled to:excite
attention and to promote investigation. That
inquiry is very easily answered. The problem
is solved by coupling together an announce-
ment contained in the Breslau Gazette of the
Ist of October, and another printed in the
Wiener Zeitung of the sth of October. The for-
mer states that certain letters written by General the
Baron jELLACIIICII, the leader of the Croatians, com-
plaining that the Court had failed to send him the
stipulated amounts of men and money, and compro-
mising in a decided manner the Archdukes JOHN and
FBA/eels CHARLES Lours, had been intercepted. The
latter proclaims the fact that his Imperial and Royal
MAJESTY has been most graciously pleased to
appoint the Baron JELLACHICH, the Ban of
Croatia, to tile post of Civil and Military Go-
vernor of Hungary. The complicity is transparent.
Prom the effects we may trace our way, by the
simplest rules of Inductive Philosophy, up to the
causes. The whole contention between the Croa-
tians and the Ilungariens was, then, contrived in the
council chambers of FERDINAND. JELLACIIICH was
a mere instrument employed by Absolutism to wreak
an execrable vengeance on Hungary. His price was
' so much money, but fortune has favoured his designs
even beyond his original expectations. Now that
the Archduke STEPHEN has been withdrawn from
the Palatinate, now that the unfortunate Count LAN-
ISERG--R ho was appointed, a few days since,
his successor has been murdered in cold
bleed on the highway, torn from his car.
riege, bludgeoned to death, and then hewn in
pieces by scyttes] and bill-hocks—the Ban of
CROATIA emerges from his temporary character as
an adventurer, he stands before us as the stipendiary
of the EMPEROR, and is solemnly robed in vice-regal
costume as the Civil and Military Governor of Hungary.
When all things are taken into consideration we
very much doubt whether the result will be, even for
a comparatively brief period, for the advantage of
the dynastic party at Vienna. The whole pro-
ceeding is too base, too villanous, too unblushing,
not to recoil with a tremendous retribution
upon the heads of its originators. Hungary will
be avenged, and that, too, in defiance of the
almost unlimited power which has been given to the
buccaneering JELLACHICII. Contrasting the Go-
vernor (the Baron JELLACHICH) with the Palatine
(the Archduke STEPHEN), the Magyar population
will yearn for the return of the latter, if even in the
capacity of their newly and spontaneously-elected
Sovereign. It would be a glorious vengeance to ac-
company the expulsion of the Croatian adventurer
with the recal and the re-elevation of the generous
and patriotic ARCHDUKE.

DREADFUL FIRE.—A few minutes before five
o'clock this morning, the extensive premises known as
Holland's Flour-mills, Stanley-creek, near Cremorne
Gardens, were discovered on fire, and but a few minutes
elapsed before the entire property was in flames.
Nothing could exceed the speedy arrival of the brigade;
County, and West of England engines. Hopes .were
entertained that some, pin tion of the property
_could be
saved, but unfortunately the fire had takers' too firm a
hold, and by-six o'clock the destruction -was complete,
...tkbentire machinery, mill, &c., being entirely consumed,
and nothing saved but the
,ettlfie and some lit;le of its
machinery. The thsellinenear is also destroyed. No
cityse could bcf,assigted for this great loss of property,
amounting to 5,0C0L, but insured in the At as Fire-
officevabe. fire was not entirely subdued till nine o'clock.
.• THE CONWAY TUBE.—The second tube will be
floated to its station on Thursday next, the 12th instant,
commencing about two hours before high water.—Liver-
pool Mercury.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The National Assembly met at a quarter before
one, and there was a very full attendance of members,
as it was expected that some Ministerial explanations
would be made; none such however took place, although
General CAVAIGNAC was early in his place, and was
conversing very earnestly with a group of deputies who
were assembled around him previous to the commence-
ment of the business of the day. All the amend-
ments proposed to Article 43 of the Constitution, re-
gulating the election of President, having been either
negatived or withdrawn, the article itself was put to
the vote and was carried by a majority of 479. The
numbers being for the article 627 ; against it 130.
The 44th Article, which declares that if "no can-
didate shall have obtained more than one-half of the
votes given, the National Assembly shall elect the
President of the Republic by ballot, and by an abso-
lute majority, amongst the five candidates
who shall have obtained the greatest number
of votes," was then proposed and was ',adopted,
with a proviso that if no candidate should obtain
more than half the votes given, and at least two mil-
lions of votes, the National Assembly shall elect the
President.

M. BOUZIQUE proposed, as an additional article,
that " the relatives and allies, to the sixth de
gree inclusively, of the President in power, or of an
anterior President, whose functions should have
ceased for less than four years, should be interdicted
from being elected President," which was at once
rejected, as was an amendment proposed by M•
D MLLE, that no General should be elected President
of the Republic.

The President then announced that he had before
him several amendments against admitting members
of the fallen dynasties to be elected President of the
Republic, and called on M. ANTHONY THOUHRT to
support the amendment of which he had given notice.
At the eonllusion of his speech there were loud
calls for Louis NAPOLEON.

M. Napoleon Bonaparte—l demand permission to
speak.—(Agitation.)
At this moment M. Pierre Bonaparte was on the
point of ascending the tribune, when, on hearing his
cousin's voice, he stopped. Cries again rose for
" Louis Napoleon," which, however, were unat-
tended to, asj the Hon. Member had not been in his
place all day.
M. Napoleon Bonaparte then ascended the tribune,
and said—l had intended to make some remarks on
the amendment now under discussion ; but I learned
just before the sitting, that the Committee had taken
the subject into consideration, and had been unani-
mous in rejecting it.—(Sensation.) In consequence,
I leave to the Assembly the task of appreciating the
question.—(Hear, hear.)
M. Voirhaye, in the name of the Committee, stated
that the subject of the amendment had several times
been most carefully examined and unanimously re-
jected. The Committee were certainly of opinion
that both Royalist and Imperial families were not the
best calculated to give sound ideas on republican
subjects, but still to belong to such a family v..as not
a sufficient reason to cause a man to be excluded from
the place of President of the Republic.— (Hear,
hear.) The Committee were of opinion that the
admirable instinct of the people ought to he trusted
to in this matter. The democratic principle was too
deeply rooted in the country to cause any fears to be
entertained of what were called pretenders. In con-
clusion, he had to propose to the Assembly to reject
the amendment.

M. de Ludre supported the amendment; on the
ground of the danger that would accrue to the Re-
public were one of the members of the fallen families
to be elected President of the Republic.
M. Coquerel had to propose the previous ques-
tion, as the amendments ought never to have been
brought forward.—(Oh, oh.) If the Assembly were
to adopt such an amendment it would be forming- a
law against a man—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—
and not a real part of the constitution.
Renaud-Lagardette supported the amendment
in a few words.

At this moment Prince Louis Napoleon entered the
Chamber and took possession of his usual place.
M. Lacaze spoke strongly against the amendment,
arguing that the persons against whom the amend-
ment was directed were not to be feared.

M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte then ascended the
tribune amidst great tumult at first and deep silence
afterwards, and said that he must protest against the
name of pretender that was always applied to him.
In the nama c,f the 300,000 electors that had chosen
him, he considered it to be his duty to do this.
The short address which the honourable represen-
tative delivered was badly expressed, and caused
great agitation, the honourable representative not
being likely to obtain much credit in the tribune.
The effect produced by this break down of Lours
NAPOLEON was electric. He had evidently intended
to say more, but he stopped short, and, greatly dis-
concerted, left the tribune. Immediately M.
ANTHONY THOURET rose, and in a tone of contempt,
which was not even disguised, he said, that after the
few short words they had heard, he was quite satisfied
that his fears from the pretender were exaggerated,
and that his amendment was needless, and that he
therefore withdrew it. The observation was received
with loud plaudits from all sides of the Assembly,
excepting from that upon which Prince Louis NAPO-
LEON and his friends were seated.

The article was then adopted, as was Article 45,
declaring the President elected for four years, and re-
eligible after an interval of the same extent.
The Chamber then adjourned.
The Afoniteur says that accounts have been re-
ceived from the French establishments in the Pacific.
' The Republic was proclaimed at Otaheite on the 24th
of June, in the midst of the unanimous adhesion of
the officers, soldiers, sailors, and functionaries, as well
as of the chiefs and native population."
Several meetings have been held of influential
Members of the various sections of the Assembly, in
consequence of the vote of Saturday. The members
of the club of the Rue de Poitiers sent a deputation
to General CATAIGNAC to propose that he should be
appointed Provisional President of the Republic, pos-
sessing all the 'powers of 'President, and being im-
movable until after the organic laws should have been
passed, and that the election of President should be
postponed for a year. The straightforward and
honest General at once rejected this insidious propo-
sition, declaring that the provisional state of the Go-
vernment had lasted too long already—that the pre-
sent position of France required the immediate forma-
tion of a permanent and firm Government, and that
immediately on the Constitution being voted, he
should propose that the election of President should
take place at once.
The continued malignant and personal attacks of
the Presse on General CAVAIGNAC are exciting the
disgust of men of all parties. The National, in allu-
sion to them, says :
" A journal, of which the violence increases in pro•
portion as its influence diminishes, yesterday directed
the most vindictive attacks on General Cavaignac. It
is well known that all personal considerations would
be of little consequence to us, compared with questions
of principle. Provided the idea to which we have
devoted our life triumphs, provided republican order
gains strength, what matters it to us by whom ?
And we are certain that the honourable men en whom
is imposed the heavy task of government share our
sentiments in that respect. We think of the Repub-
lic before thinking even of the Republicans who have
rendered the greatest service to our cause. And it is
precisely for that reason, that notwithstanding our
repugnance to interfere in questions of persons, we
believe it to be our duty to point put and combat
these side attacks, the secret object of which is the
overthrow of the Republic. That, no doubt, is a
system of tactics clever enough, which consists in
striking the Republican Government in the very men
whom necessity and an almost unanimous assent,
much more than their own will, have raised to power
—in striking an idea in the instruments of that idea.
Certain persons flatter themselves.to get their hatred
against the' new order of things accepted more easily,
by disguising it under the form of a simple struggle
amongst men, But it is sufficient to point out such a
system in order- to unmask it and brand it with re-
probation." '

The Re fcrme, the organ of M. LEDRU noLus,
which has always been most consistently opposed to
General CAVAIGNAC as a politician, and has never
been very nice in its choice of words while vituperat-
ing his pOlitical acts, is disgusted, as every person of
common honesty and of common decency must be, at
the unmanly outrages not only on General CAVAIGNAC
personally, but on every member of his family, and
even on the memory of his father, in which M. EMILE
DE GIRARDIN, with true reactionary ferocity, thinks
it decent to indulge. After alluding to the personal
attacks on General CAVAIGNAC himself, the Reforme
proceeds—" The Presse does not stop there. It
searches the Moniteur to insult, as much as depends
on it, General CAVAIGNAC, even to the memory of his
Ether a sad proceeding, a hateful speculation of
calumny, which is of no time, nor of any honour,
and of which those who employ it make, at times, an
abusive use with the more security, from the fact
that, owing to certain deficiencies of the tat civil,

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