The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

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FItANCE.

During the course of the sitting of the Assembly
yesterday the following discussion took place on the
subject of the orders alleged by the Pet-ie to have
been issued to the troops by General Changarnier :
The Algeria Commerce Regulation Bill having
been read a second time,
The President announced that M. Napoleon Bona-
parte demanded leave to address interpellations to the
Minister of War, relative to instructions given by
General Changarnier to the army under his orders.—
(Cries of "In three months ;" others "Immediately.")
The Minister of War asked that they be postponed
until Monday.
• The delay of three months was put to the vote and
rejected, Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau and about
40 members voting in that sense. The immense
majority of the Assembly, however, rose against it.
The proposition to fix the interpellation for Monday
was similarly rejected, and the Assembly decided that
they should take place immediately.
M. Napoleon Bonaparte then rose and said, that he
had read with surprise and disgust an article inserted
in the Patrie on the liberation of M. Mauguin by
order of the National Assembly, stating that if the
director of the Debtor's Prison had refused obedience
most serious consequences might have ensued, inas-
much as it declares positively that the following are
among " the general and permanent instructions"
given by the Commander-in• Chief of the army of
Paris to the commanders of troops under his orders :
—" 1. Not to obey any requisition until after having
received the orders of the Lieutenant-General ; 2.
Not to listen to the Representatives ; 20. Every order
which does not come from the General-in-Chief is
null ; 21. Every requisition, summons, or demand
made by a civil, judicial, or political functionary, shall
be rigorously rejected."
M. Bonaparte observed that if such instructions
were signed by Windischgratz or Radetzky he would
find it quite simple, but a French general's name
should never have figured at the bottom of such a
document. He expected this morning to read in the
illoniteur an article communiqué, denying the
existence of those instructions, which violated the
spirit of the Constitution and wounded public con-
science. The Assembly, he added, disposed of the
military force for its protection, and yet the troops
were enjoined not to obey any requisition that did not
emanate from the General-in-Chief. Traitors were
to be immediately shot, and who was to discriminate
between loyal citizens and traitors ? In presence of
such instructions, which he had every reason to be-
lieve real, it was important that the Assembly should
assume an energetic position. It was sovereign and
should be obeyed. He thought that every power
should be reminded of the respect due to the Consti-
tution, and he accordingly proposed the following
resolution :

" The National Assembly, blaming the instructions
given to the troops under his orders by General Chan-
garnier, invites the Minister of War to modify them,
and passes to the order of the day."
The Minister of 'War replied that he never refused
the combat, and that if he had asked that the interpel-
lations be fixed for Monday it was to have time to
make inquiries respecting the existence of that docu-
ment. On reading the article in the Patrie he had
ordered research to be made in the War-office, and no
trace of it could be found. He was only told that
such instructions had been issued 29 months ago, but
he could assure M. Bonaparte that they were no longer
in existence.

General Changarnier, who followed, declared that
the alleged instructions inserted in the Patrie were
not the textual copy of any permanent or temporary
instructions issued! by the Commander-in-Chief.—
(Bravos throughout the hall.) In no case could it
enter his mind to question the consitutional right of
the Assembly to dispose of the military force for its
protection.—(Redoubled bravos.) When his comrade
General Cavaignac invested him with the command of
the National Guard, he had thought proper to frame
instructions which were to guide the officers under his
orders in case of a collision. He held them in his
hand, and if the Assembly wished—(No, no)—he
would read them to it. The Patrie might have found
them in the journals of the time. They had since been
approved of by all the Administrations that had suc-
ceeded each other since that period.
The discussion being afterwards closed, the order of
the day, moved by M. Napoleon Bonaparte, was re•
jected by an almost unanimous vote, and the simple
order of the day was adopted.
The Assembly subsequently adjourned at half•past
five o'clock, amidst the greatest agitation.

GREAT FLOOD AT CARLISLE.
(From the Carlisle Journal.)

It is not often tbat we have to record a circum-
stance of so extraordinary a character as has happened
in this district within the last forty-eight hours.
During the whole of yesterday, about a thousand
acres of ground in the neighbourhood of this city
were completely under water. Since the year 1822,
the waters cf the Eden, the Caldew, and the Pet-
teril have not risen to such a height, and we ques-
tion whether at that memorable period the waters
were higher, though unquestionably the storm was
much greater, and the damage done to property
very much more. Tae weather, which has been very
changeable since our last, assumed on Wednesday
night a very serious aspect. The wind rose in the
afternoon, the rain came on and poured down in
pert ct torrents, and storm and rain continued till a
late hour. The rivers, which during the day were
about their usual limits, gradually rose, and it was
evident that the waters were rapidly rising to an un-
usaal height. At ten o'clock the rain cleared off for
a time, but the wind continued during the greater
part of the night, and passengers on the West Walls
could scarcely keep their feet. A gentleman who
was going home with his wife in that direction, be-
tween the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, had his
hat blown off and carried to a great distance ; his
wife was blown down on the footpath, and it re•
quired every exertion to keep himself up. An
hour or two after midnight there was a heavy fall
of rain again, but the howling of the blast began
somewhat to diminish, and its strength seemed on the
wane. By daylight the atmosphere was compara-
tively placid, and the rain had altogether ceased. The
sun, howexer, rose upon a sight of the most astonish-
ing description. The whole of Rickerby Holme,
Stoney Holme, the Swifts, the Willowholme, the
Sorceries, and other low-lying lands, were com-
pletely under water. The currents of the rivers were
merged and undistinguishable in the vast expanse.
We are glad to find thot the loss of sheep and cattlel
has been very trifling compared with what might
have been expected. Mr. John Irving had eighty-two
sheep at pasture in the Far Sorceries. Orders had
been given to have them removed on Wednesday
night, something like high water being anticipated,
though not a deluge such as it proved. The
orders given seem to have been either misunderstood
or neglected, and Thursday morning at eight o'clock
found them surrounded with water, and perched on
the 'sheep mounds. The water was fast rising, and
the most energetic measures had to be adopted to
secure them. A boat was obtained, and two men
(one of them naked) set to work. By dint of the
most persevering exertions, seventy cf them were
brought over in the boat to terra firma. Four of
them swam across to Etterby Scaur and saved their
lives; two were carried through the railway arches and
wcre brought out at Etterby. They were thus all saved
but six, which fell a prey to the flood, and have not
been. recovered. The exertions of the naked sheep-
catcher excited considerable merriment amongst the
en-makers at the Castle Bank. On the near Soceries
the 'Messrs. Dixon had seventeen sheep. They were
taken off_ by means of
boats, about nine o'clock yes-
terday morning, and during the day they were to
be seen quietly grazing on that portion of the Bitts
was now under water. The number of animals
lost. cannot be at
do not, however, think
exactly ascertained. We
they can be many. In Cal-
dawgate a number of the
lower stories. At thei leave in the
_houses were flooded
•
had • Dimside the people
to go into an
their houses by means
of planks placed- across the
be kept out of the lower stories. water which could not
Holme the water got intothteinouseisa, the Willow
discomfort and alarm of to the great
Castle .bank the flood was seen :arts" From the
uplar above
the floor of Simpson's mill, and within a short die-
tance of the windows. The wheel
fourths submerged, and the block of buildviasngs ti
n the
hree.
neighbourhood appeared as if fully environed by
h
flood. The whole of the ground up above the level
of the moat round the castle was flooded. The
pets. of the bridge leading into the Sorceries only
a-
p-
peareda above the water. The cricketers' tent door
was'burst open by the flood, and the building was
morit than half under water. From the Castle-bank
across to the foot of Etterby Scaur was one continued
watry e sparse, and scarcely broken even by the
los*lificant top of a hedge. row. Had the Devon-
sisir and other banks been as luw as they were not
many years ago there is little question that a large
pnatiou of the lower district of .Rickergate would
have been (hinged. The scene from Etterby Scaur,
at four f,'elock, was cue of great beauty and gran-
deur. The whole of the vale below was ono broad
expansive and placid lake, or rather resembled some
model bay for the anchorage of an extensive navy.
The view towards Rickerby from Eden-bridge was
lovely in the extreme. As far as the vision could
penetrate there was one wide expanse of water, only
broken by the uprising plantations. From Eden-
bridge the water on both sides would not be less than
an area of a thousand acres. Along Botcherby-road
the fields were flooded. The gardens at Warwick-
road were submerged, and the water reached up to
the road at the toll-bar. At Petteril.bridge, in place
of the usual rippling stream, we had a river of such
volume that it could scarcely get through the arch.

Warwick
Radcliffe 8

Weymouth lO

Bedford 22 or 23
Elziinton Park

Manchester Autumn.... ?5

Doncaster
Saudbach

1 Wrexbam
1 Newmarket S.O l3
7 Newmarket Houghton.. 27

OCTOBER.

Monmouth
Richmond
Chester

Worcester..

NOVE

;BIDER.

First week.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

The only betting during the week was on Tuesday,
when Grecian was backed for 12e/. at 3 to 1, fur the
Two Thousaud Guineas Stakes, and Raby at 50 to 1, to
a pony, for the Chester Cup.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-100 to 6 agst Sir John
(t), 100 to 6 apt Peter Simple (t).
JOHN DAY'S DERBY LOT, 1852.

Father Thames, Buckthorn, Odd Fellow, Stapleton,
San Benito, Don Issacher, General Washington, Little
Harry, Alhambra, St. Alban, Freetrader, Geleon,
Snarler.

OAKS, 1852.
Alhambra, Cateh'em, Canina, The Chase, Miss Co-
nyngham, Mary Slane, Aitch-bone, Kate.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
EXILLIMA.TION OF TRooPs.—Her Majesty s ship
Hercules has been appointed to convey the 41st Regi-
isent from Cork at the end of January to Corfu ' • the
76th from Corfu to Malta; the 69th from Malta to Bar-
badoes; the 72d Highlanders to Halifax, Nova Scotia,
and the 38th from the latter place to Portsmouth.
SOUTH-WEST DISTRICT.—The effective Force of the
South-West District, on the Ist of January, consisted
of 2 troops of cavalry-76 men; 3 companies of Royal
Artillery-280 men; 1 company of Royal Sappers and
Miners-96 men; the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards-
-600 men; 5 regiments of the Line and the Provisional
battalion-4,237 men, making a total of Rank and File
of 5,689 men.

HORSE GIIARDS.—We are glad to find that Colonel
Wetherall, the Deputy-Adjuntant-General, has quite
recovered from his recent severe indispostion, and
has resumed for some days past his duties at the Horse
Guards.

NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL, PORTSMOIITH.—We are
glad to find that the arrangements for a new hospital
tor the troops in Portsmouth Garrison are now com-
plete, and that the offices, &c., of the Royal Engineers,
situated on the mill-dam, have been selected as the site
for the future accommodation and treatment of the sick
soldiers.

Captain Clifton, of the 12th Lancers, it is reported,
will shortly be appointed to the Staff of Major-General
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
THE CHOLERA AT CEPHALONIA.— We have much
pleasure in being able to announce that the cholera has
now entirely disapreared from Cephalonia, that the
troops are now healthy, and the island is now released
from quarantine.
Strange rumours of revolting scenes at the burial of
the military in a garrison town not a hundred miles from
Parsonstown, have reached our oars. As the consequences
are likely to be serious to those upon whom the culpa-
bility rests, and since the commanding officer has taken
up the matter, and no doubt, as in duty bound, has re-
ported it to the general, we refrain from entering into
details—merely premising that, should these reports find
confirmation, is is not very likely the affair will be per-
mitted to rest here.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., has succeeded to
some considerable property on the death of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Ogle, of Eaton-place. This lady was a sister
of Mr. Raphael, formerly M.P. for St. Alban's, who
died a few weeks since, and left her some 100,0001.
Although Sir Charles is known to be possessed of a
princely fortune, no one, we are quite sure, will begrudge
hiln any accession of wealth, for he is one of the most
benevolent of men, and his charities are unbounded.
Many are known but more are only felt, for Sir Charles
is truly one of those " who do good by stealth, and blush
to find it lame."
HER MAJESTY'S S
Bart., being ordered to VENGEANCE —ln anticipation
of the vengeance,
84,R1P VENCE
captain has re-
moved his family trout teha, the gallant
1 uth harbour
Chip iu 20rtsmo
to private lodgings ashore"
sea,
it H. M. Blackwood,
hear that the Gallant Baronet.
s -.arra
disposed, and trust that he'
11 be speedily enabled to
resume the active duties f his will
been eery much in
projec'ed regret
command.edur.c wall% exceedingly
riirge havel
ADMIRAL ELLIOT' -P
ti or-
ered f bills on
hoenertnheesps,laton be tilted to ill
df
directions d nd e r
the class of 36-gun frigates, and have ispssueo
for the manner in which to fit them.
COST OF OUR MEN-OF-WAR AND CONVICT Li oijit
IN DOCILYARDS.—IL is unfair to make a compariaot be-
tween the expenses of a man-of-war built in England
and a man-of-war built in France, without some expla-
nation with regard to convict labour. In the French ar-
tennis there are employed at least 8,000 forcats; in the
English dockyards, the total number does not amount
to 800!

LETTERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION.—We
have it from authority that the Admiralty have ordered