The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

EVENING SITTING OF SUNDAY.
[The following report of the proceedings of the Na-
tional Assembly during their sitting of Sunday is in con-
tinuation from The Sun of yesterday:—
At a quarter to nine the sitting was resumed, M.
S6nard in the chair.]
Great agitation was perceptible in the Chamber. The
representatives were collected in groups, speaking of
the events of the day, and in particular of the death of
General Negrier, one of the questors of the Assembly.
The President rose and said that the • intelligence
which he had given in the morning and during the
course of the day, relative to the measures taken for the
defence of Paris, must have prepared the representatives
for the heavy price at which the preservation of order
and the defence of the Republic must be purchased.
Events had since progressed, and the provisions formed
had been realised. The difficulties of the case, said the
Honourable President, have been immense, but
the cause of order and liberty has at last triumphed.
This moment, since I have taken the chair, I have re-
ceived a dispatch from General Lamoriciere, whom we
had heard nothing of for some hours, and that he had
succeeded in making the movement which he so long
aimed at, to effect a junction with the body coming
from the Hotel de Ville. That event has taken place
on the Place de la Bastille, so that all the communica-
tions in that quarter are now open.—General Lamori-
ciere had sent word of this result to General Cavaignac,
who, in consequence of the connexion which exists be-
tween him and your President, has at once transmitted
the intelligence to me. This fact now appears well es-
tablished, that the Government forces are now in pos-
session of all the places where the insurrection had de-
clared itself strongest, with the sole exception of the
Faubourg St. Antoine. Still the closest attention will
still be required to prevent the insurgents from renew-
ing their attempts, for wherever there has appeared a
chance of success they are ready to make an effort.
They are now outside the barriers, where they are trying
to make attempts. They have tried to become masters
of Montmartre, and then of the barrier of Fontaine-
bleau—in fact, wherever they supposed the troops were
not likely to go, there they tried to establish themselves.
But every precaution is being taken, and soon Paris will
be totally delivered of these disturbers. But this result
has been purchased at a dreadful price. The National
Assembly suffers in some of its most valuable Members
also. A Member whose hand I grasped this morning—
one so honoured and beloved—General Negrier—has
perished!—(Here M. Staard was much affected; marks
of grief in the Assembly.) M. Charbonnel also has Wien !
(Sensation)—and M. Domes, whose position was yester-
day so satisfactory, is at present in a most serious state.
But I must call your attention to other matters. The
prisons are full; the men taken in arms have to be de-
fended from popular indignation even by the very per-
sons who have made them prisoners. We aro told that
we ought not to allow the incertitude now existing to
continue; that we ought to decide on some measure in
harmony with the savage character of the war at this
moment carried on; that, in the interest of humanity,
we ought to decide on some energetic measure. The
insurgents, finding themselves without hope, have given
way to such acts of ferocity as are a disgrace to hu-
manity. It is impossible to express to you what painful
impressions have been produced in my mind—and I feel
certain in yours—by the narrative of their conduct.
It is not whilst under the emotion which we now
feel that it would be proper to decide in such a case
—it is whilst we are calm and free from any violent
feeling that we ought to act. What legislators should
determine on in so grave a matter ought to bear the im-
press of calm and dignity—all ought to be serious,
grave, and firm. Were the Assembly to decide now, it
would go, I fear, beyond what it might afterwards ap-
prove of. I have prepared a resolution to meet the
case, and I now submit it to your consideration. It
runs thus :

" Art. 1. All persons taken with arms in their hands
shall be transported beyond the seas.
" Art. 2. The executive power is charged with the exe-
cution of this resolution."

I do not propose to you to decide on this measure to-
night—to-morrow when you have time to consider it, we
can vote.

Several voices—" Suspend the sitting now."
The President—l have no more information to give.
Voices—" Well then, you had better suspend the
sitting to eight o'clock to-morrow."

This was agreed to, and the representatives left the
Chamber at a quarter to ten.
MONDAI MORNING SITTING.
The Representatives assembled on Monday morning
at a quarter past eight, when the President informed
the Assembly that every part of Paris was now in the
hands of the Government, with the exception of the
Faubourg St. Antoine. He stated that between two
and three in the morning four delegates from the insur-
gents had been introduced to him by M. Larabit, one
of the representatives. These men had made various
proposals, but General Cavaignac had refused all, of every
description, unless they first surrendered unconditionally.
Great surprise was felt in the Assembly at the intelli-
gence that M. Larabit, M. Galy-Cazalat, and M. Druet, all
three members of the Chamber, supported the demands of
these men. Up to ten o'clock was given to the insur-
gents to decide, and if they had not laid down their
arms at that hour a new attack was to be made on them
by the troops.
The Bill presented by the President the night before
declaring that any person taken in arms should be
transported beyond sea, was then adopted, as was a
proposition for the appointment of a Committee of
Inquiry, to investigate the circumstances connected
with the late events, as well as those of the attack on
the Assembly on May 15.
TERMINATION OF THE INSURRECTION.

At a quarter after one the PRESIDENT announced
to the Assembly that he had received a note
from General CAysienv*fitsding that hostilities had
recommenced at 10 (Aida, but that shortly after-
wards the insurgents of the Faubourg St. Antoine
had surrendered unconditionally. The note con-
cluded as follows:—"At the moment I shall be cer-
tain that the powers which had been confided to me
by the National Assembly, for the safety of the
Republic, shall be no longer necessary, I shall
hasten to remit them into the hands of the President."
The insurgents at first refused to surrender unless
they were allowed to retain their arms; these terms
were of course refused. The attack was commenced,
and then they surrendered at discretion, and im-
mediately themselves commenced pulling down the
barricades. Orders have been given to close the
clubs, and to suppress all journals which excite the
people to civil war, and to prosecute all National
Guards who had refused to turn out for duty.
Several women selling liquors to the soldiers (can-
tinieres) were arrested on Sunday, for selling poi-
soned brandy and wine. The same fact was re-
peated in other parts of Paris. Many soldiers have
perished in this way.

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Lord Brougham gave a grand banquet last evening
at his mansion in Grafton-street. The guests included
the Hanoverian Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lord and Lady Beau-
vale, Viscount and Viscountess Herdinge, the Hon. Miss
Frances Eden, and Miss Burdett Coutts.