The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-08 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the Ist instant have been
received.

An ex-Deputy named PascuAL has been arrested
on a charge of conspiring against the Government.
The grand review and annual procession of the
Dos de May passed off without disorder.
The Bolsa was clo;ed.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and of yesterday.
The result of the election:of President on Friday we
gave in The Sun of Saturday. It was not announced
to the Chambers until six o'clock. It was"then proposed
to proceed to the election of Vice. Presidents, secre-
taries, and questors. This was vehemently opposed
by the ultra party, who moved the adjournment of
the Assembly to the next day, their object being to
gain time, in order to bring the Clubs to act on the
Almernhly, Cr.. the p‘trposes of intimidation. In this,
however, they were unsuccessful. The ballot pro-
ceeded, and the following were the results :
For the Vice-President, the number of members
voting was 727, and the votes were thus distributed:—
M. Recurt, 633; M. Cavaignac, 575; M. Corbon, 397;
M. Guinard, 378; M. Curmenin, 319; M. Senars, 315.
The election for the six secretaries gave the following
result:—M. Peupin, 365; M. Robert, 333; M. De
georges, 325; M. Pyatt, 322; tli. Lacrosse, 287; M.
I'ean, 252; M. Mathey, 208; M Vignerte, 200; M. E.
Lafayette, 198; M. Ravin, 177; M. Froussard, 113.
The six first, having obranstd the sufficient number of
votes, were declared duly elected.
The definitive bureau of the Assembly being now con-
stituted, the temporary President and Secretaries yielded
up their places to their successors.
M. Buchrz, the definitive President, then addressed
the Assembly, thanking them for the honour conferred
on him. "I accept this honour," he said, "as a duty,
and 1 hope that you will render my duty an easy one.
Never, in fact, iu any assembly was there such an au
thority as in this, for you have been elected by millions
ot suftrages; you represent the unity ot France; you
have manifested her full and entire will in proclaiming
the republic.—(Hear, hear.) We have pledged our-
selves, being elected by alt, to pay attention to the wants
of all—(Hear)—and particularly of the poorer classes,
ea. whom no one has ever done anything.—(Applause.)
We shall not act like the fallen Government; we shall
not shut our eyes; we shalt not adjourn the questions
which we ought to discuss.—(No, no!) All ut them
-.Lail be resolved, slowly perhaps, but with the wisdom
and experience of men representing a great nation—
kßravo!)—a nation slow to set, but always acting in a
determined, positive, and complete naanuer.—(Loud
applause.) It now only remains for one to thank our
worthy Senior Deputy, which I do most heartily. I
now Declare, that as the bureau has been installed, the
National A-sembly is definitely constituted : Vive la
l'lre whole Assembly then rose, and repeated several
times the cry of " Vive la Eiyublique!"
Tee following Memuers were ihen elected questors:—
M. 1),gou:6:, 439 votes; M. Bureaux de Puzy, 338;
General \egrier, 296.
The sitting was brought to a close at half-past twelve.
The Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, and Questors,
all belong to the Lamartine-Marrast party.
The President, in addressing the Chamber, used
the title Citizen, and the Moniteur, in its official re-
ports, invariably now substitutes Citoyen for
Monsieur. Citizen BUCHEZ, in the exercise of his
right as President of the Chamber, has laid it down
as a rule that there must not be any manifestation of
approbation or disapprobation among the Members—
thus depriving strangers in the galleries of all excuse
for interfering in the discussions, as was their wont
during the first revolution.
On Saturday the Assembly met at half-past one
o'clock.

Some returns of new members were reported, and
declared valid.

A discussion arose. on the election of Abbei. Fayet 1
and M. Deenoie for the Lozere; and it was decided
that an inquiry should be instituted as to the circum-
stances of the case, bribery being alleged against these
two gentlemen.
M. Martin (of Strasburg) stated to the Assembly
that, having been appointed reporter by the bureau to
whom the circumstances connected with the election of
M. Schmidt as one of the thirty-four representatives of
the Seine had been submitted for examination, he had
to declare that the bureau was of opinion that the
electors had been led into error by the epithet of
' workman' affixed to that person's name, and that in
consequence a great number of votes had been given
contrary to the intentions of the voters; M. Schmidt,
it appeared, was in rea:ity an author, and could not, by
pevsenaonf.thehnsampep
any possibility, come fairly under the denomination of
amongst the persons' returned. of representing Paris, and that
for them, and not eoairsedc,hmbeidstide,
had thatstoo amfoorretbethhaonnoonuer
oe sn
swe intendedegrueence t
h e
for the person whose name figured
bureau anylnvoet
had to recommendthe election._
(Agitation.)
After some discussion for
and against this opinion,
the Assembly &cle
the
election of M. Schmidt to be
null and void.—(Considerable agitation.)
The question then arose as to how the vacant place
was to be supplied—whetherby a new election or by
admitting as member of the Assembly the candidate
who had been next on the list atter the 34 names of
whom Schmidt was one.
M. 13.-rryer observed that the case was perfectly
simple. There had evidently been an error in the voting,
meal Schmidts having been candidates, and the votes
elven to all the persons of that name being
es eventually
centred in one who, accordingly, had been elected.
But, was it not evident that if each Schmidt had re-
ceived the complement of votes intended fur him, not
one of the m a uuld have had a sufficiency to be returned ?
And, further, was it not logical that the 35th candidate
was duly elected and legally entitled to a seat in the
Assembly? He certainly thought that no new election
was called for, and he cons. queutly should propose to
have the n. xt name in the list atter the 34th returned,
to have the 35th candidate declared a member of the
Chan.ber. first exercise of the
M. Flocon observed that, in this
right of universal suffrage, it tad beep found pecvssary