The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-31 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1848.

On the same subject the 3lessager de Gand of the
28th instant has the subjoined particulars :
" A French gentleman who was in a magazin de nou-
?mantes, at about five o'clock, in the Rue des Champs,
saw an individual pass whom he immediately pointed
out as M. Louis Blanc, the representative of the people.
Every one was eager to catch a glimpse of the, man who
took so prominent a part in the events of which Ft'ance
has been recently the theatre, and the news of his ar-
rival at Gand spread like wildfare. Van Wanzeele, a
police agent, who was crossing the street at the time,
followed the stranger, and accosted him near the Pont
des Chauderonniers. On being asked for his name and
papers, he replied that he was Louis Blanc, the repre-
sentative of the people, and that he had no papers with
him. The policeman took him to the nearest station,
where he was interrogated by the Commissary of Police,
Versluys. He declared that he left the sitting of the
National Assembly on Saturday at six in the morning,
in consequence of the vote authorising his mise en accu-
sation—that he proceeded to a friend's house to draw
up a protest against the decision which bad just been
taken, and to announce to the public that his sole motive
for quitting France was to avoid two or three months'
imprisonment before trial
" M. Louis Blanc declared that he left Paris on Sa-
turday evening by the last train, that he arrived at
Lille 'on the following morning, and at Gand during
the day.
" Having no documents to prove his identity, M. Louis
Blanc was temporarily locked up in the • town prison
untiOnstructions respecting him should be received.
M. Louis Blanc protested against his arrest, and de-
clared that it had been his intention to leave by the last
train for Ostend,-tbere to embark for England."
" We have been informed," says the Independence
Beige of Tuesday, " that M. Louis Blanc lett Gand yes-
terday at a quarter to seven fur Ostend. He was to
embark this evening for England. Before his depar-
ture he requested one of the gentlemen present to ex-
press his thanks to the bourgemeister and governor
for the attention paid to him during his abort imprison-
ment."

The same journal says that M. CAUSSIDIERE is re-
ported to have been seen at the railway station at
Gand on Sunday night.
The despotic attacks upon the press are still con-
tinued with an indiscriminating rigour ; and the
arguments by which the Executive authority defends
its proceedings against journalism would be con-
temptible if it were not dangercus. According to one
resident in the French metropolis, the campaign
against the newspapers has not yet terminated.
The Government has given notice to the editors of
the Reforme, the Constitutionnel, and the Democratie
Pacifique, that if they are not more measured in their
language they will be suppressed. M. TRIERS went
yesterday to M. SENARD, the Minister of the Interior,
to remonstrate with him on the danger to which he
exposed the country by his violence against the news-
papers, and declared that the Republican Government
was much more severe and arbitrary than even that of
the. Bourbons or Louis PHILIPPE had been. M.
SENARD replied that the dynasty of Louis PHILIPPE
had fallen, notwithstanding its rigour against the
press ; and as the Republic was not sufficiently strong
to resist such an engine, it was necessary for it to use
more energetic measures.
The second edition of the Constitution has been
laid before the National Assembly.
A tremendous thunder-storm, yesterday, raged
over Paris. •

There is a report that General CAVAIGNAC is about
to remove the seat of the Executive Government to
the Palace of the Tuileries. Perhaps he is labouring
under the delusion that he is destined to become a
second NAPOLEON.

At Tuesday's sitting the first order of the day was
the discussion of the demand for leave to prosecute
the Abbe DE LAMENNAIS. The demand was even-
tually rejected.
The Republique mentions a report, that General
CAVAIGSAC has attached to his person, for his pro-
tection, a guard, consisting of the police agents who
were ordered to watch over the safety of Louis
PHILIPPE, when he appeared in public.
A letter from Lyons, of the 26th instant, states that
the troops composing the army of the Alps are now
concentrated to the amount of sixty thousand men, and
ready to cross the frontiers at the word of command.
The infantry is composed of regiments long inured
to fatigue in Algeria. The cavalry is well appointed,
and from constant practice well versed in all military
manoeuvres. The artillery is described as being the
admiration of those who witnessed the wars of the
Empire.