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tion that they supplied the wants of another party
the preceding day. So long as anything is left it
must be given up, and those who perhaps connived at
the movement in order to defraud their creditors, may
too late discover, when deprived of their all, with
heavy liabilities still hanging over their heads, that
" honesty would have been the best policy."
Meanwhile the authorities are not idle. The
police maintain the high character they so meri-
toriously earned for themselves, and have proved
themselves equal to any force or body of men in any
country of the world. It is more than probable
that their numbers will be augmented in the dis-
turbed districts. Lord CLARBNDON is fully
empowered to do so, to any extent which
he may deem requisite, and the expense
thereof will be levied on the parties who have con-
nived at or sanctioned the costs that rendered the
expenditure necessary or desirable. The constabulary
are infinitely better suited for the guerilla warfare
that must now be carried on in the mountains than
regular troops; they will be better able to obtain
accurate information of the haunts of the bandits, to
follow up the scent, and trace the outlaws to their
dens, than their military associates. No time should be
lost in putting down and punishing with the utmost
stringency those who have transgressed the law, and
set the constituted authorities at defiance. There can
be no great difficulty in dispersing the predatory
hordes who, undisciplined and unofficered, are follow-
ing their own wild fancies and rude counsels. The
more speedily and effectually this is effected the
better. Decision and energy in the first instance,
and prompt and summary punishment, will save much
trouble and expense in the long run ; and present
severity will not only be a mercy to the well-dis-
posed and orderly inhabitants of the country, but
even to the misguided men themselves, who are now
running riot, and following the dictates of their own
unbridled passions.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
yesterday.
In the National of Saturday morning appeared the
following announcement :
" The frightful conflict of June, the promulgation of
certain social doctrines, the state f trade and the public
misery, have produced, in certain departments, a blind
reaction against the republican principle itself. It ap-
pears that General Cavaignac has thought it right to re-
sort to a measure calculated to enlighten the departments
as to the real intentions of the National Assembly and
the Government, of a nature, in a word, to correct de-
luded opinions. A certain number of the representatives,
were, it is said, summoned to meet yesterday, at the
residence of the Chief of the Executive Government,
who requested them to accept a mission to the depart-
ments. The mission will, it is said, be entirely one of
conciliation, and will also have for its object to obtain for
the Government information as to the true state of
opinion, and of the administration of the local authori-
ties."
This statement was corroborated by the following
paragraph, which appeared in the Journal des Debate
of the same day :
" The Government, in order to obtain an exact ac-
count of the respective strength of each party in France,
has ordered to be drawn up, in every department, a
general list of all the citizens who have been named
members of the municipal councils, indicating the
opinions of each. This demand, which is imposed with
great urgency upon the prefects, lays down the four fol-
lowing categories—viz., Legitimatists, Conservatives,
ardent Republicans, and moderate Republicans."
The appearance of these paragraphs gave rise to an
extraordinary scene in the Assembly on Saturday.
During the earlier part of the sitting, while the
ordinary routine business was being transacted,
groups of Members were assembled around the bench
of the Ministers engaged in very animated conversa-
tions with General CAVAIGNAC. The routine busi-
ness of the day having been concluded, and several
unopposed Bills having been agreed to,
TheVice-President (M. Pagnerre) said, M. Baze wishes
to demand explanations from the Government.—(Marks
of attention.)
M. Baze—l wish to ask the Minister of the Interior
to give the Assembly some information relative to a fact
which has of late obtained some credit in private con-
versation, and still more from an article which has ap-
peared in a public journal of that morning. It stated
that the President of the Council had come to the reso-
lution of sending into the departments a certain number
of representatives for the double purpose of disseminat-
ing a true account of the views and intentions of the
Administration, and to impart to the Government the
precise condition of the public mind, and the real wants
of the country. I wish to learn if this rumour is well
founded.—(llear, hear.)
M. Senard, the Minister of the Interior—l accept the
interpellative, and reply at once. First, as to the fact
itself; and next as to the motives which actuated us. As
to the journal alluded to, he bad to declare that it was
completely a stranger to the Government.—(oh, oh 0
A Voice—Why, it is the National!
The Minister of the Interior—Well, since the journal
was named, I have to repeat my phrase, and say, then,
" completely a stranger to the Government." I declare
that the National is quitti,independent of the Government,
and takes its inspirations where it thinks fit; but cer-
tainly receives nothing from the Government.—(Marks
of incredulity.) The Assembly must perceive that the
Government, under a new state of things, was in a
difficult position. Wo are in circumstances where time
is precious, and where it is of the highest importance we
should go quick, in order to arrive at that period when
the whole of the Administration shall work well toge-
ther, for the purpose we all have in view—to cause the
Republic to be beloved—to enable it to unite all opi-
nions under the Republican flag I To attain that result
—before all—a good Administration, advancing well
together, required. The new Government of neces-
sity has a personnel hostile to it; in many respects the
officials had been appointed under the monarchy; with
time, no doubt, the Republican feeling would prevail
everywhere, but we have need to go rapidly. The new
appointments had all been made as carefully as possible.
—(Marks of dissent.) But we deem it necessary to have
the precise spirit and views of the Government made
known to the provinces, and to have at the same time au
account, clear and impartial, of the state of feeling in the
departments, and their wants.
M. de Pelham de:nanded permission to reply.
The Minister of the Interior—We want to ascertain
not only are our instructions followed, but whether they
are in accordance with the real requirements of the
country. The Government has great need of accurate
information on this subject.—(Agitation.)
M. Charamante—But the National Assembly is surely
something in all this.—(Loud approbation.)
A Voice—The Assembly is here! Why not have ap-
plied to it?—(Great agitation.)
The Minister of the Interior—The National Assembly
is not only something, but is, in fact, everything in my
opinion.—(Laughter.) We are nothing here except
delegates, because we have had our power delegated to
us by the Assembly, and what I am about to say will
prove it. Where, in fact, ....it that we went to choube
our agents for the purpose alluded to? In order to ob-
tain a complete and sure inspection, where could we ad-
dress ourselves but to the Members of the Assembly?—
(Lively agitation, loud murmurs.) The Hon. Minister
expressed his surprise at the uproar which his words
had caused, and then went on to say that all the Mem-
bers of the National Assembly had been now for four
months and upwards from their departments, and only
knew what was going on by letters, often necessarily
contradictory. The Government wished to see exactly
what was going on, and it had believed that it could with
perfect legality appoint Members of that Assembly, as
one of its decrees authorised Members to accept extra-
ordinary missions.—(Great uproar.) The Government
thought, in fact, that what it decided on was not only
perfectly unobjectionable as a matter of administration,
but the most respectful to the Assembly.—(Tremendous
interruption.)
A Voice—And the Assembly ? You cared nothing
about it. You acted for a coterie.
The Minister of the Interior said that the Government
had applied to one of its members, a representative, who
had helped to found the Republic, to aid them in so dif
Souk a crisis. As to the word coterie, which had just
been used, he had to say that the term was quite out 01
place, as not one of the appointments was yet known
The Hon. Minister concluded by expressing a hope that
the Assembly would approve of what had been deter.
mined upon.
M. Baze considered the course as highly objection-
able, first, as being unnecessary, and next, as disrespect-
ful to the Assembly. The proper mode of proceeding,
he said, would have been to to apply in the usual man-
ner to the Assembly. The Hon. Representative in-
sisted that the measure just adopted was highly
dan-
gerous, inasmuch as it would be sure to produce dissen-
sion in the country. lie objected strongly to the split-
ting up the Assembly into fractions—(oh,
oh)—and
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denied that the mission which the Government had
ya, and
ought not to be broken up in the midst t
ional
cothentNr
ofcounty,
important
discussions, to forward any plan of the Ministers.
M. Barrens defended the course adopted by the Go-
vernment, arguing that the moment was most favour-
able for the intended sending forth of reresentati
and that as the National Assembly had
,ipvves,
n
the Government, what the Government did' meustpborer to
sup-
posed to emanate from the Assembly.--(Laughter.)
M. de Falloux expressed an opinion that the intended
course would cause a profound perturbation i
country. What! was not the Republic yet n the
founded?
He thought it had been already founded threet
on February 24, May 15, and June 23,—(Hear Tea--
On this latter occasion, when the provinces m h
eedart.o)
Paris, what did they bring—division, recrimination, a
desire to injure? No, but assistance—the most precious
of their resources.—(Loud applause.) What! wan a
representative to enter his (31.de Falloux's) department,
and after a fortnight or a month's stjourn there, pretend
to know the real spirit which animated the population
as well as he (M. de Falloux) who represented it?—
(Hear, hear.) Again, were representatives to go on a
roving commission 4hrough the country, with pay for
their trouble out of the secret service money ?—(Agita-
tion.) The Minister of the Interior was then about to
send off c mmissioners also, like one of his pro:it ces-
sors. Let him beware—commissioners were not in good
odour. The Hon. Deputy proceeded for some time longer
and concluded by saying that the whole proceeding was
not a plain and open one, and sincerity and loyalty al-
ways went farther in France than talent.—(Loud ap-
probation.)
The Minister of the Interior observed that the Go-
vernment had a duty to fulfil, namely, to direct public
opinion. This was one of the chief objects of the present
project. It was, besides, a great administrative act, and
connected with high policy. lie trusted the Assembly
would fully approve of what was intended—(Great agi-
tation).
M. Besnard proposed the order of the day pure and
simple.—(Renewed agitation.)
M. Marie, the Minister of Justice, said the Govern-
ment intended to persist in its plan, and hoped that the
Assembly would pass to the order of the day, but not
until after a vote duly and formally explained—(Loud
and long-continued agitation.)
M. Pagnerre then left the chair, and the whole of
the members collected in confused groups in the body of
the House and under the tribune.
The sitting remained suspended for upwards of
twenty minutes, the Ministers having retired in a
body from the Assembly the moment the sitting was
suspended. At length M. PAGNERRE, one of the
Vice-Presidents, having taken the chair, the sitting
was resumed, and M. MAnnAsT proposed the follow-
ing order of the day motive—" The Assembly, after
the explanation heard, leaving to the responsi-
-

The Revue Retrospective has recently furnished us
with various documents of singular interest and im-
portance. The private letters of Royal personages
therein contained have enabled the uninitiated to get
a glimpse behind the curtain, and discover the wheels
within wheels which are the moving powers in all
political machinery. But yet more interesting, infi-
nitely more interesting than any of these back-stairs
revelations, is a paper lately published in the Revue
Retrospective which has been very appropriately en-
titled " Vicissitudes of a Life." This document con-
sists of a chronological table of the chief events of
Louis PHILIPPE'S life, drawn up by himself. The
vicissitudes of that momentous life are al-
ready for the most part matters of history,
they are already familiar to us all. Still, grouped
together as they are in these notes-annales, their effect
is startling in the extreme. The brevity of the entries
greatly increases their impressive and almost appalling
interest, as will be seen by a short epitome of the
table :—"1773, 6th October, born at Paris-1782,
education entrusted to Madame DE GENLIS-1785, the
Prince receives his commission as Colonel-1792,
April, his first battle; battles at Bossu and Quarignon
—Sept., is made Lieutenant-General ; battle of
Valmy—Oct., journey to Paris; the Prince joins
DcMoualEz's army ; battle of Jemmappes—End of the
year, the Duke of CHARTRES proceeds to Paris, and
conducts his sister to Tournay. He endeavours in
vain to persuade his father to retire to America-
-1793. The Duke rejoins the army; is obliged to seek
refuge at the head-quarters of the Prince of Conußa,
at Mons ; having refused to enter the Austrian service,
starts for Switzerland. Leaves Bremgarten on a tour,
on foot, alone, almost without money. The monks of
St. Gothard refuse to admit him. M. DE MONTESQUIEU
procures a situation for the Prince, under a false
name, as professor in a college at Reichenau. He is
then Mr. CORM—Nov. 6. The Duke of ORLEANS
dies on the scaffold. The Duke of CHARTRES was at
Reichenau. It is there that he inherits the title of
Duke of ORLEANS.-1794. The Duke of ORLEANS
and his sister leave Switzerland; Mademoiselle
D'ORLEANS joins her aunt in Hungary, and the Prince
intends crossing to America.-1795. Arrives at
Hatnburgh. Not being able to carry out his plan of
embarking: for America, makes a tour in the north,
visits Copenhagen, Sweden, Norway, and Lapland.
—zroo. Leaves Ltamburgh for America.-1797.
The three brothers meet in the United States, and
visit together the provinces of the Interior.-1798.
Arrive at the Havannah, and are compelled to remain
there more than a year.-1799. They are not allowed
to take their departure for Spain.-1800. The brothers
arrive in London. Interview of the Duke of OR.
LEANS with the Comte D'Arerois (CHARLES X.) The
brothers take a house at Twickenham, from whence
they make excursions into the interior of England
and Scotland.-1808. The Duke of ORLEANS pro-
ceeds to Messina. His marriage with the Princess
MARIE AMELIE is spoken of. Is desirous of visiting
Spain. Lands at Gibraltar. Is repulsed by English
policy, and conveyed to England.-1809. The Duke
presents himself at Palermo, at the Sicilian Court.
His marriage is agreed on. Proceeds to Mahon, to
fetch his mother. After sixteen years of separation,
the mother, the son, and sister meet. The Duke
espouses the Princess MARIE AMELIE of Sicily.-
1810. Visits Spain, at the solicitation: of the Cortes.
During his absence, Duke of CHARTRES born.-
1814. On the first news of the Restoration the Duke
of ORLEANS returns to France. Appears at the Tuile-
ries in the uniform or a French Lieutenant-General.-
1815. The Court sends the Duke to Lyons to concert
measures for opposing the advance of NAPOLEON.
Leaves France to join his family in England. Second
sojourn at Twickenham.-1830. The Duke of OR-
LEANS, Lieut.-General of the Kingdom, chosen KING
of the FRENCH." Here terminates the record, but
any one familiar with the events of the last eighteen
years can supply an additional list of circumstances
almost as extraordinary and vicissitudes almost as
appalling. At first the chronicle would speak of the
pomp and power of royalty—unlimited confidence
and submission on the part of the people, and an
abundance of fair promises on the part of the
Sovereign. It would tell of a King reigning
under the happiest auspices, and a father

blest in more than an ordinary degree by the number,
and the talents, and the virtues of his children,
" the only united royal family that ever was !" But
mingled with these happy reminiscences would be a
darker record. The occasional outbreaks of rebel-

lion, the perpetual manifestation of popular discern-
ment, the infernal machine, and the names of FIESCRI
and ALIBAUD, and their imitators would have to be
introduced in a continuation of the chrono-

logical table of Louts PHILIPPE'S career,

Nor would the postscript be complete unless
it unfolded the gradual metamorphosis of the " Citizen
King"—the " King of the Barricades"—into the King
of the Fortifications, and so on, until the entry-
-1848, which it is not necessary to fill up. Having
added this postscript and reperused the entire list, is
it possible to refrain from experiencing a sentiment of
astonishment almost akin to awe that such vicissitudes
should have been crowded into the life of one man ?
The career of Louis PHILIPPE is indeed well calculated
to " points moral and adorn a tale." We leave the

latter task to the skill of the Marquis de la P;ii

leterie ; the moral is too obvious to require expo.
sition. He who runs may read the lesson illustrated

by the career of Louis Panirrz—of Louis Pia

LIPPE, who after having in his own person experi

enced in the first revolution the fatal effects of a people's

anger towards those who defrauded them of their

rights—and after having, in the second revolution,

enjoyed all the power and popularity voluntarily

conceded to those who are deemed the people's

friends, yet, deaf to the lessons of the first, and blind
to the fair prospect unfolded by the latter, required a

death in all cases. It arose on the szh Article of the
Constitution :
" Art. 5. The punishment of death is abolished in po-
litical matters."
The President—On this article several emeedrnents
have been presented. The most extreme one is that of
M. Coquerel, which says, " the pueLlonent of death is
abolished."
M. Coquerel said that his amendment rc quired but a
few arguments in its favour. They at); eareo to bet bese
—That since cApital punishments had been abolished tor
offences against the person, such offences had much
declined; that it was to be contested that man had a
right to take away the life of fellow-man; that the
punishment of death did not correct—(Loud laughter)—
did not correct by example; and that it cut man off from
all opportunity of repentance. The Hon. Representative
concluded by declaring that the new constitution could
not bear a more noble mark of high morality than by
adopting the principle which he advocated.
M. Rablon examined the question on the points of its
utility and its legality, and came to the conclusion that
neither the one nor the other could be satisfactorily
established.
M. de Tracy also spoke at some length against the
punishment of death. .
M. Lagrange observed that the punishment of death
was quite inefficient, inasmuch as it was not one which
had any terrors for Frenchmen.
M. Laboulie said, he should heartily support any
amendment which would have the effect of doing away
with the penalty of death. He wee convieced that the
punishment of transportation, if properly carried jaw
effect, would tend more to the repression of crime, and
that was the sole object Of the lawn. Society had a
right to defend itself, but not to act with vengeance.
M. Vivien, in the name of the Committee, begged
to explain the bearing of the vote W:'hich it had de-
manded from the Assembly. It had never been the in-
tention of the Committee, to oppose the abolition of
the penalty of death in every case, and to place itself
in opposition to the march of civilization, which evidently
could not halt until it had attained that object. Ile
only asked the Assembly to confine its vote to what
was proposed by the Committee until the penal laws had
been reformed, and the penitentiary system organized,
when the work might be completed. It was with deep
regret he felt himself compelled to oppose the generous
sentiments he had heard expressed, but he believed that
their adoption would be at present attended with danger
to society, and that by removing that curb the door might
be opened to fresh crimes, and disastrous consequences
be produced. It was for that reason alone he felt com-
pelled to call for the rejection of the proposed amend-
ments.

M. Victor Hugo said that a constitution made by and
for the French people ought to be a forward step in civi •
linden, and as the penalty of death was the special and
permanent character of barbarism, it should be effaced
from the code. The eighteenth century had had the
honour of abolishing torture, let then the nineteenth have
that of abolishing the penalty of death. He should,
therefore, vote for the pure, simple, and definitive Isbell.
non of that penalty.—(Hear hear.),
M. Aylies said that it was, certainly a painful thing to
be compelled to say that circumstances of public safety
might sometimes render it necessary for society to exact
the sacrifice of life, but those who wished to remove that
condition of order and security were, in fact, opposed to
that progress which they wished to defend.—(Murmurs
from the Left.) Ile could not understand those murmurs
against a system of legislation which was accepted by all
nations as a condition of civilisation.—(Renewed
mur-
murs from the Left, and approbation from the Right.)
The question, he said, was not new ; it had long occu-
pied the attention of the most eminent men. The
strongest argument that had been brought forward
against it was the fallibility of human judgment. Those
certainly were very powerful considerations, but let
those who brought them forward be candid, and say that
it was not without great difficulty that one or two errors
of the sort could be found in the course of a century.
liven those, he admitted, were too many, and could not
be too deeply regretted. Let those meu whose profes-
sional duties brought them in contact with the greatest
criminals be questioned on the subject, and they would
say that amongst the most desperate it was only the
penalty of death which made them hesitate, and that the
dread of any other punishment had no effect on them.
Let, then, the penalty of death be applied, but in par-
ticular cases ; but he must entreat the Assembly nut to
vote its entire abolition.
M. Victor ',Oran° said he considered the argument of
M. Vivien of deferring the abolition of the penalty of
death until the penitentiary system had been completed,
as a reason why it should not be any longer maintained,
and he should therefore vote for the amenment.
N. Freslon—ln ascending the tribune I yield to an
absolute duty of conscience, for a man must have a very
firm conviction to demand the maintenance of the terri-
ble punishment of death. But before the question of
humanity comes that of security. We have been told
that, is succession, the said punishment has almost dis-
appeared from oar various codes. That is true I and my
opinion is that eventually, according as civilization ex-
tends and advances, this punishment will disappear alto-
gether. But I deny that the present moment is favour-
able for the purpose. Remember the dreadful murder
committed some time back at Paris in the higher circles,
and be certain that so strong is the feeling that death was
deserved by the murderer in that case, that if the people
found that death did not ensue, th, y would have exe-
cuted justice themselves. I do not believe that the
public feeling in France is sufficiently prepared for the
total abolition of this punishment; and I am of opinion
that if you vote in that sense you will leave the door
open to numerous crimes.
Loud cries here arose of " Adjourn, adjourn!"—
" Monday, Monday!"
The Assembly, being consulted, decided that the dis-
cussion should be proceeded with on Monday.
The elections commenced in Paris yesterday, and
as there 180 candidates it is almost impossible even
to conjecture on whom success will ultimately fall.
The votes of the army and of the Invalides have been
already taken, and they are as follows :
TOTES OF THE ARMY.
Louis Napoleon
4,760
Adam ••• 2,717
Fould ••• •-• ... 2,710
Girardin
... 2,319
Bugeaud ••• ••• ... 2,220
Delessert •• • ... •• • ... 1.922
Those
Roger (du Nord) ...
... 811
Cabet
HOTEL DES I N inEs N u m.: r o t
,r5.6s ;79:2,406.
owa::: z
51
Girardin ••• ••• 359
DDN Louis-Napoleonuue
ypr
aeodtuieTuahmo.u.o.ases29
General Piet ••• 349
Marshal Bugeaud 327
The Journal des Debats supports the candidature of
M. EDMOND ADAM in opposition to that of Marshal
BUGEAUD, who, notwithstanding he was the gaoler
of the Duchess DE BERRI at Blaye, is now the Legi-
timist candidate for Paris.
At the meeting of elcetors of the Cour des Fon-

'bird revolution to enforce the teaching of its prede-

censors, and to avenge the neglect with which that

teaching had been received. fouls PHILIPPE is, let
us hope, a wiser man by the lesson. It is a lesson
which may be generally studied with general ad-
vantage.
B

bility of the Executive Power the appreciation of the

VLLION AND SPLCIE.—The vessel Free Trade,
arrived from Oporto, has brought one box of bullion,
addressed to order, and eleven boxes of bullion, con-
signed to several firms of eminence in the metropolis ;
the American line-ot-packet ship Switzerland, one box
of specie, addressed to a firm in London, and oue box of
Ameri
sPeele consigned to order ; the line-of-packet ship
can Eagle, from New York, three packages of
specie, addressed to two separate firms in the metropolis;
and the Oriental Queen, from the Mauritius, one case of
bullion, consigned to a firm in the mvtropolis.
Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge and the Hon.
Miss Hardinge have arrived at Wynyard Park, Durham,
on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of London.
derry, from South Park, rensburg; sent.

projected measures, passes to the order of the day."

After some confusion this order of the day motive was

agreed to without a division, and with all but unani-

teines, held on Friday evening, after hearing the re-
ports of ten delegates, who had been sent by it on
Wednesday into all the arrondissements of Faris, to
ascertain, by visiting the committees and clubs, and
the principal organs of the press, which list of can-
didat es
the
list wasluiklterla-dyte the electors pre-
omoerats,
contend with advantage
with
sent came to a unanimous resolution that they would
support MM. EDMOND ADAM, ACHILLE FOULD, and
o most
os
thet
ROGER (Du Nord), and would immediately take all
necessary steps to induce the other candidates of the
moderate Republic to make a sacrifice, for the sake of
unity, of their desire to represent their fellow citizens '
in the National Assembly.
A very numerous meeting of 'electors of the mo-
derate party was held on Saturday morning .in one
of the rooms of the Bourse, for the purpose of decid-
ing as to the candidates to be supported at the present
elections. After considerable discussion the names

of several candidates were proposed and rejected, and
the following were finally adopted, viz , Al t. FOULD.
DELESSERT, and Marshal BUGEAUD. At the same
time a meeting of the Socialist and ultra-democratic
party was held in the hall of the Bourse. It was by
no means numerously attended, but great violence
was exhibited by those who were present.
It appears that Lows NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has
offered himself as
a candidate for the department of
the Nord, as well as for that of the Seine, and that
the walls of Lille are covered with his placards, an-
nouncing that he will accept the representation it he
should be elected.
The Prefect of the Seine decided that the inscrip•
tion lists for the election should not be closed till
Saturday night at twelve o'clock throughout the
department ; and that the balloting, instead of being
closed at six o'clock on Monday, should remain open

mite; M. BAzn having declared that he accepted
the proposition of M. AIARRAST. Some few mem-

hers of the extreme Left, among them MM. LEDRU

ROLLIN and FLocoN, abstained from voting, but by

far the greater part of them supported the motion.
The Assembly then adjourned until Monday.
Towards the close of the sitting on Friday the
following interesting discussion was commenced on

nine.

The general scrutiny of the votes to be given M
the present Paris election will be made on Thursday,
at the Hotel de Ville, by a
general and public meet-
ing of all the mayors of arrondissements, having for
president the senior in age. This sitting will be
opened at nine in the morning.
There was some excitement in Paris on Saturday
night, but not more than is usually exhibited in
revery
great city on the eve of a contested election. here
was an attempt made to tear down a
placard, ncom-
mending BLAaQUI as a candidate, which gave rise to
some little confusion, but the public tranquillity was
not interrupted. The polling went on stew lily during
the whole of yesterday, and up to the hour the post
left, Paris was perfectly tranquil.
The conductors of the Legitimatiit organ the Memo -
rial Bordelais, having with that delicacy of feeling that
fine sense of Christian charity, and that sacred regard
for truth which has ever characteried the parti pretre,
thought proper to revive certain false and calumnious
libels on the memory of the father of General

the subject of the—abolition of the punishment of

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CAVAIGNAC, hare been thus replied to by the General
himself in the pages of the lionitcur :
The Memorial Bordelais, in commenting on the re-
marks made by me in the National Assembly on the
2d inst., has considered it useful to the opinions which it
represents to open its columns to an imputation long
since refutt d relative to the political life of my lather.
publicaion has taken place with an eagernes. which
can be icadily understood on the part of the journals
which, do not wish that any one should declare himself
the irreconcilable enemy of those who seek to overthrow
the Republic. My present reply will consist in the
simple publication of the following documents:—
I. Extract of the minutes of the sitting of the Na-
tional Convention on the 13th Prairial, An. 3 (Presided
bl athieu).
After having communicated the documents relative to
the denunciations made against some members of the
Convention, Citizen Durand Maillanne concluded by
saying—" Cavaignae, who then presided at the popular
society of Audi, is accused of having shared in the sen-
timents of either by replying to his motions, or
by putting them to the vote."
Hardy (Seine Inferieure)—After the reading of those
documents, I demand the arrest of D.
Some voices—And of Cavaignae.
Rewbell—Those are only extravagant motions, and
only -deserve to be treated with contempt.
Boursault—lt is not only a motion tending to sacri-
fice the lives of a great part of the Convention—it is a
criminal project, which deserves to be punished. I de-
mand the arrest.
Clazel—l shall not defend D—, because it ap-
pears to me that no one can do so, but it is for
Cavaignac that I shall speak. I know that he pre
sided at the popular society of Auch at the time
when D— made his execrable motions. I know that
if he did not support them, he at least put them to the
vote without opposing them ; but let us call to mind the
time at which this took place ; we then groaned under
the tyranny of Robespierre, and D— ' his Lieutenant
in the Gvrs, would not have hesitated to bring Cavaignac
hither, bound hands and feet, it he had dared to oppose
his atrocious propositions. It must not be concluded,
because Cavaignac put them to the vote that he ap-
proved of them ; for we see every day that our Presi-
dent is compelled by the functions which he. fulfils to
put motions to the vote which he cannot approve of ;
witness our colleague Vernier in the evening of the Ist
Prairial. No doubt can be consequently thrown on the
probity and virtues of that respectable man. The probity
and the habits of Cavaignae are equally well known ; it
may be remembered that he was on a mission in the de-
partment of Britanny en the 31st May, and as soon as
he learnt ,the news of that disastrous day, he made a
protest which was published ; it was not applauding
tyranny, or participating in its acts to protest against
him who had founded it. It is besidei known how Ca-
vaignac conducted himself since the 9th Thermidor, and
latterly with the army of the Rhine.
Hardy—Well, then, we demand only the arrest of

Rewbell—lf 1) made a motion to have a part of
his colleagues executed, there is no doubt he ought to be
provisionally arrested. But for Cavaignac-se—
Numerous Voices—lt is not demanded that he should
be arrested.
DAmas—ln the days of the Ist, 2J, and 3d Prairial
Cavaignac evinced the greatest courage; he never left
me, and he perfectly seconded me in my painful and
delicate functions—
Several Voices—There is no question about Cavaignac.
Dumont de Calvados—l wish also to say with regard
to Cavaignac—
Numerous Voices—There is no longer any question
about him. Put the arrest of D— to the vote.
The arrest of D— is decreed, and teals will imme-
diately be placed on his papers.
2. Extract from the minutes of the sitting of the Na-
tional Convention of the 27th Thermidor, An. 3.
Lecomte—l do not see that the Committee has cora•
municated all the denunciations which have been made,
and particularly of two very strong ones against our
colleague Cavaignac, which are common to him with
Pinet, during their mission in the Pyrenees.
At the period when this was published, it required a
certain degree of courage for a person to show himself
just towards a conventionalist.
In 1844 the Quotidjenne reproduced the same calumny;
my brother Godfrey obtained the following retractation:
" In an article of the Quctidienne of the 21st May (the
retractation was made on the 29th), we noticed the accu-
sation made against a Member of the Convention, M.
Cavaignac, of having in the department of the Landes,
imposed the dishonour of a daughter as the price of the
safety of her father. M. Godefroy de Cavaignac, son of
the conventionalist, saw in the two last lines of the article
a personal confirmation given by us to the fact alleged.
We confined ourselves to noticing the fact, according to
a publication which was unknown to M. Cavaignac,
jun. M. Cavaignac is right in reckoning our good faith,
and we declare, with pleasure, that the explanations
which have been given us, shows us in the most complete
manner that the accusation was void of foundation."
Boissy d'Anglas President—l demand to be heard ; I
wi,h to oppose the propositions of Thibaut and Lecomte.
That of Leconte, in the first place, because the denun-
ciation against Cavaignac was presented to the Conven-
tion in the first report of the Committee, made by
Durand Maillsne, and that, on that ill-founded denun-
ciation, it passed to the order of the day.
3. Letter ~f M. Alexis Eymery, director of the Ma--
cure de France. to Mine. Cavaignac (published in the
Moleiteur of 27th September, 1816).
"Paris, 23d September, 1816.
" Madame,—As you have proved to me the falsity of
the imputation relative to M. de Labarrire and his
den, hter, published in the article on your husband, in
the small conventional biography of which M. Beptistin
de Moulie:ts is the author, aid as nothing appears to he
more just than Sou den:tied, I hastened to cause the rec-
tification of that error which was commited in works
printed previously to that of M. de Mnuliere's. If my
letter can be of any service to you I willingly consent to
your making it public by inserting it in the journals.

"A. EYMEItY."
It is certain that Mlle. Labar►ere, who, according to
biographies, bad disappeared from Dax some days after
the death of her father, and had never afterwards been
seen, had, in fact, never quitted llax. She there con-
tracted a very honourable marriage, and, in 1835, her
son, by this marriage, protesting by his conduct against
a calumny which had fallen upon his mother as well as
upon my own father, gave spontaneously to my brother
Godefroy his assistance as advocate in the prosecution
before the Chamber of Peers, and founded this oar of
his setvices upon the r,ecessity of a mutual refutation of
ar, atrocious imputation.
(Signed) General E. CAVAIGNAC.
We give the above for the purpose of impressing
on the mind of the English public that it is necessary
to receive with the greatest caution the statements
the French Legitimatists and Jesuits who have taken
refuge in this country. They make no scruple of
repeating a fifty-times refuted falsehood, if by so do-
ing they can inflict pain or injury on a political
opponent.
The Moniteur announces that M. DE THOM, Chan-
cellor of the Austrian Embassy, has sent to M. BAs-
TIDE his credentials as Chargé d'Affaires for Austria
to the Republic.
The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Executive
Government removing_a duty imposed by a decree of
the Executive Committee, on the 17th June, 1848, on
iron castings of all kinds and on copper and zinc.
The Moniteur also publishes the decree for the
alterations in the decoration of the Legion of Honour.
According to this, the"crown which surmounts the
star is suppressed ; the centre of the star will present
on one aide the head of BONAPARTE, with the exergue
—Bonaparte, Premier Consul, 19th Mai, 1802 ; and
on the other, the two flags, which are now placed on
it, with this exergue— Republique Francaise, and in
the centre—Honneur et Patrie. The star of the
grand officer and grand cross is to bear the effigy of
BONAPARTE. with the exergue of Bonaparte,Premier
Consul ; Honneur et Patrie.
M. FREDERIC DE RAUMER on Friday handed to
General CAVAIGNAC a letter from the Archduke JOHN
of Austria, announcing to the Government of the
Republic that the Diet of Frankfort had placed
in his hands the central and federative Government of
Germany.
M. DE PONTECOULANT, 55 years of age, was on Friday
brought to trial before the Tribunal of Correctional
Police, on the charge of, whilst acting as a public

functionary, taking away papers from the Tuileries.
On the 24th February, M. DE PONTECOULANT, after
combatting on the Place du Palais Royal, entered

;he Tuileries. with the people, and found in some a

,he apartments, ekpeFially those of the Prince DE

JOINVILLE, the most frightful disorder, the floors

being strewed with maps, books, letters, and papers
torn to pieces. A large quantity of rum Sad been
found and consumed by the people in the PRINCE'S
apartments. Some days later the prisoner went to
M. ARAGo, Minister of Marine, and represented to
him the importance of saving the maps, scientific
memoirs, and valuable papers. M. ARAGO accord-
ingly gave him and another person a mission to col-
lect all such papers as concerned the marine depart-
ment, and the Prefect of Police also gave him a mis-
sion to classify the papers. The prisoner sent upwards
of 350 packages of papers to the Marine department, and
a considerable number to the War depat tment. After
his bring entrust ad with this mission, the Provisional
Government learned that the prisoner had been to
London, and had give❑ up to the Prince de Joinville
the deed relative to the property of the Princess in
Brazil. On this, a search was made in his house, and a
number of letters written to or by members of the
Royal Family, and a book called " Ilistoire de l'Or- I
leanais," belonging to the library, were found. Some
time Pftn-, a newspaper, called the Dmpeau de la Re-
publique, announced that it would puidish, under the
a•.l -

title "Portefeuille de Louis PHILIPPE," a series of
etters and documents calculated to excite public cu-

riosity to the highest degree. A search for these

papers was made by the authorities in the offices of
the newspaper, but without success. The printer of
the paper, however, declared that M. DS DDIVISCOU-

LANT had eommunic,ltei to him a letter from the
Puke DE NEMOLLS the Prince DE JOINVILLE, dated
16th May, 1847, an anonymous note recommending
the KING to get rid of certain Lieutenant-Generals,
a letter from the KING to General SEBASTIANI, rela-
tive to the marriage of Queen VICTORIA, a memoir
addressed to the KING in 4630 by 111. ST. ALBIN,
containing political advice, and a letter from the
KING to the POPE on the latter's refusal to
sanction the promotion of a clergyman to
the episcopacy. The prisoner admitted that he had
taken away papers belonging to the Prince DE Joist-
VILLE, but said it was on the 24th February, before
he was entrusted with any mission. A sentinel had
allowed him to pass with them without difficulty.
He also admitted that he had found diamonds belong-
ing to the Princess, as also the deeds of her Brazilian
property. Ile took the papers and objects belonging
to the PRINCE to Brussels, to deposit them in a place
of safety ; but he insisted that he did so before he
was officially entrusted with the task of arranging
the papers. Ile subsequently went to Claremont,
and gave up the deeds and papers belonging to the
PRINCE and the PRINCESS. Ile took great interest in
the .VRINCE because? his Royal Highness had been
good to hint. lie denied that he had communicated

any documents to the newspaper, except a letter
written by the PRINCE in 1837, in which he predicted
w hat happened in 1848. The note relative to the
generals he had found on the ground, and as it was
not signed, he saw no impropriety in publishing it.
He had since learned that it had been drawn up by a
general. The papers he had now in his possession
were a letter from the Princess Dx JOINVILLE and
another from Queen VICTORIA to Mme. ADELAIDE,
the latter expressing congratulations on the birth of
the Count DE PARIS. After a speech from the pri-
soner's counsel, the Tribunal announced that it would
pronounce judgment on Tuesday.
In the Passage of the Opera yesterday a considerable
number of spectators assembled, and a large amount
of business was done below the closing prices of yes-
terday at the Bourse. At one time the Five per
Cents. were as low as 68f. 50e., but they closed at
61f. 60c.

The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says :—" The steamer
Hellespont left Marseilles a few days ago and touched
at Toulon, where she embarked in the arsenal a quan-
tity of muskets and gunpowder, which she is to
deposit at Malta. We are assured that these arms
and ammunition are intended for the Sicilians."
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SErr. 16.
Central of France (Orleans and Vieraon), 614 ex div.—
Northern of France, 63/—Paris and Lyons, 4A—Paris and
Strasbourg, PA—Rouen and Havre, 714.