The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-10 00:00:00

SITTING OF JAN. 7.

At one o'clock the President took the chair, but
for a considerable time after, the Deputies, a great
number of whom were grouped about the Duke de
Broglie and M. de Rigny, continued engaged in
private conversation. The reporter of the 7th bureau
proposed the admission of M. Prunelle, re-elected for
the department of the Isere, and of M. Ovieux, re-
turned for that of Ile at Vilaine.
At two o'clock the debate upon the address was
resumed.
The first four paragraphs having been agreed to
in the previous sitting, the discussion commenced
pn the fifth, in which mention is made of industry,
commerce, and agriculture.
M. Caumartin proposed an amendment to the
effect that the protection to agriculture should be
more particularly insisted upon, and that the words
" There still remains much to be done for its en-
uouragement" be inserted in the paragraph. M.
Caumartin urged the adoption of his amendment
amidst considerable noise.
M. de Tracy proposed to modify a passage of the
same paragraph by letting it run as follows, and as
it now stands :—" Everything that tends to increase
the means of existence of the working classes, by
augmenting the demand for their labour and its full
Femunerat ion."
This amendment was opposed by M. Charles
Dupin, who contended that the Government could
not occupy itself with increasing the demand for
work. The Hon. Deputy, after taking a view of
the actual situation of the workmen, contended that
their position was anything but deplorable, as cer-
tain agitators would wish to represent it. " The
workmen are very well off, and their comfortable
position has been frequently acknowledged by this
Chamber, by the principal members of a former
Opposition, the Foys, the Benjamin Constants, and
the Manuels. To those, " continued the Hon.
Deputy, " who are so eager to call for universal
§pffrase, and a sudden change in the position of the
working classes, I shall recall the fact, that Bailly
and Lafayette, after having been fired on by
these deluded men, were obliged to disperse
them by force in the Champ de Mars." M. C.
Dupin then proceeded to animadvert on some obser-
yations made by M. Gamier Pages in the commence-
ment of the discussion. He said, " Into what
would such a policy hurry us ? Into a regime of
blood and pillage. Yes, gentlemen, into a regime
of blood; and when every man of probity and talent
should have fallen under the axe, what would re-
main ? The Carlists ; and then would come back
the system overthrown in July."—(Approbation
from the centre.)
Mr. Gamier Pages next addressed the Chamber.
He began by complaining, that although it was sup-
posed that an entice liberty of speech was permitted
in that tribune, yet when a member, who proclaimed
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himself a Republican, wished to explain why he was
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so hi %vas met by outcries and reproaches. You
4.pra !Wits, )to explain ourselves. Ministers of the
~:rispii, g, iiovikiii,,,This discussion is fraught with
, ;..,;,.,:latigei.-04ritwhter and cries of" No, no," from the
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~1 etiv.)-- . y*.x4eoeat, it is fraught with danger.
~ ;I FAftfriet,ted:crieraf" Not at all.") It has been un-
t.quteil to us that :We wish for a regime of blood.
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