The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE

THE SUN,

HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE gust. Lord JOHN RUSSELL still talks of an inquiry !
COLOSSAL GLOBE.—Mr. WYLD'S Large !
,--- 1 Tins DAT —Morning 54 min. after 9 I Evening 28 attn. after 10 ,
Model of the EARTH, in Leicester-square, is now OPEN to
To- qoaaow—Morning 0 min. atter 11 i Evening 31 min. atter 11 still seems to think that the public can place any
the public from Nine o'clock in the Morning.
Admission—On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Is.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 28. 6d.
by a packed Committee, in accordance with the dic-
tates of Sir CHARLES WOOD. The fiscal and financial
reformers must now act for themselves, and by a
pressure from without endeavour to enforce that jus-
tice which it is useless to expect or
.hope for under
the present state of affairs.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNK 8.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
55 —lowest this morning and during the night.
69—this day, at noon.
BAROXETER, 3007.
WIND N.W.—fine breeze and sunshiny weather, with
passing clouds.
MONDAY, JUNE 9.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
71—highest since noon yesterday.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
54—this day, at noon. _ _

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Mdlle. CARLOTTA URISI has the honour to anneuace
that her BENEFIT and LAST APPEARANCE will take place on
WEDNESDAY, June 11, when will be presented Belltni's celebrated
Open', NORMA. Norma, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvelli ; Adalgisa, Madame
Giuliani ; Pollione, Signor Pardint ; Flavio, Signor Mercuriall; and
Oroveso, Signor Casanova.
In the course of the evening the First Act of the admired Ballet,
LE DIABLE A QUATRE. Mazeurka, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist.
A Selection :from Cimarosa's Opera, IL MATRIMONIO SE-
GRETO. Geroulnao, Signor Lablache; Il Conte Robinson, Signor
F. Lablache.
To be followed by the First Act of the celebrated Ballet, LES ME-
TAMORPHOSES—The Sprite Mdlle. Carlotta Grist.
A Selection from Auber's Opera, GUSTAVE 111., Including the
admired Aria by Mdlle. Caroline Dupree.
A Selection from the admired Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, com-
prising the celebrated " Truandaise.” Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta
Grist.
Also the new Divertissement, entitled LES COSMOPOLITES, in
which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, M. Charles,
and M. Paul Taglloni, will appear.
Applications for Boxes. Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office of the Theatre. Doors open at seven, and the Opera to com-
mence at half-past seven o'clock.

The appointment of Major-General Sir R. ARM-
STRONG to the command of the Madras army is one
that does equal honour to the East India Company
and to the Gallant General who is the object of their
choice. The Gallant General entered the army when
he was only 14 years of age, and during a period of
fifty years he has been actively engaged in the service
of his country, having earned every honour and every
promotion by his own exertions. To his honour be
it spoken, Major. General Sir R. ARMSTRONG
has never purchased a commission ; he has fairly
fought his way up to the command in the chief of the
Madras army, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, in
cordially recommending his old comrade for that
appointment, merely gave utterance to the universal
wish of all who have served with Sir R. ARMSTRONG,
and more especially to that of the Madras army, which
he had so gallantly led during the Burmese war.
Few officers have seen so much and such hard
service as Major-General Sir R. ARMSTRONG,
and to meet with a more efficient or more practised
organizer would be difficult, if not impossible. At
the farewell dinner given to him on Saturday by the
directors of the East India Company, the Chairman
gave the following resume of the distinguished mili-
tary career of their gallant guest :
" Sir Richard Armstrong had commenced his military
career at a very early age. He had served in one of
her Majesty's regiments at Gibraltar. After an interval
of a few years he had sought and obtained a company in
another gallant regiment; had assisted at the expedition
to Oporto, and had served in the Peninsula under the
immediate command of the great captain of the age, the
Duke of Wellington.—(Cheers.) He had shared in
the glories of the battles of Oporto and Busaco; and
Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the dispatch giving an account
of that last-mentioned battle, had specially alluded to
the gallant conduct of Sir R. Armstrong's regiment.—
(Hear, hear.) For his services upon that occasion the
gallant officer bad been rewarded with a medal. He
had afterwards been employed by Viscount Beresford
in organizing the Portuguese army. He had afterwards
assisted at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, and
in the latter engagement he had been severely wounded.
His services had been again rewarded by a medal. He
had afterwards been at the battle of Toulouse. He had
subsequently returned to England, while suffering from
his wounds. But not wishing to remain inactive he
had soon obtained a new command in one of the
Royal Regiments ; and that brought him (the
Chairman) to the period of the Gallant Gene-
ral's connexion with the East India Company.
Having joined his regiment, he bad served in
the army at Madras, and during the Burmese war he had
carried several important posts. He had afterwards
commanded the southern division of that army, of which
the chief command was at present committed to his
charge. After having served six years in India, and
after having received the thanks of the Commander-in-
Chief, be returned but the other day to this country;
and he was at present about to go back again to the
scene of his former triumphs.—(Cheers.) The East
India Company considered it a great advantage that
they were enabled to send out to fill the important post
of Commander-in-Chief at Madras an officer so admira-
bly qualified to appreciate the many noble and eminent
qualities of their native army in India.—(Cheers.)"
We are rejoiced to find that the directors of the
East India Company have determined to seek
out for Indian commands officers qualified
to appreciate the many and eminent quali-
ties of the native army in India —an army,
the annals of which can show a record
of gallant deeds equal in number and in daring to
those of any other army in the world. It was the
native army of India that won for the Duke of
WELLINGTON his first, perhaps most brilliant
victory, that of Assaye; and in later times, Jellala-
bad, the Khyber Pass, Ghuznee, Meanee, Hyderabad,
Gwalior, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Moultan,
Goojerat, and other well-fought fields, have shown of
what the native army is capable.
The appointment of Sir RICHARD ARMSTRONG to the
command of his old comrades of the Madras army,
on the recommendation of the Duke of WELLINGTON,
cannot but be considered by the descendants of the
victors of Assaye as a moat flattering compliment.
Proud may they be indeed of their Commander, of whom
Lord HARDINGE on Saturday said, "that he had
known bis Gallant Friend for a period of more than
forty years, and that he bad upon every occasion
found him remarkable for his gallant conduct in the
field, and for his judicious management of the troops
entrusted to his care. He bad served most efficiently
in the Burmese campaign with the Madras troops,
and he would therefore most appropriately return to
India to maintain the admirable discipline which
characterised the Madras army. He (Viscount
HARDINGEI believed, that if that army should ever
be called into the field under the command of his
Gallant Friend, it would be found that it had not
degenerated from those days when it had been led by
Sir ARTIIUR WELLESLEY at the battle of Assaye."

_ .
BARosarrzaa, 29.96.
WIND 3.E.—dull, hazy weather, with slight rain.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Kusosrows (DUBLINWind S.S.W., calm—overcast.
FORTSMOUTH—W ind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
sfloAusumNAGmrros—Ws. i_ndwS.ii'iWd., strong
s.!stronabbrreeeeZzee--orvaeiniC .
breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
BASINGSTOKE Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CowirksTkn—Wind S.W., strong:breeze—overcast.
CasmninGE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
RUGBY—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast.
PETERBOROUGH—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy,
lranaaotrrn—Wind S.W., hard wind—overcast.
Lyxx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Co.zwz— Calm—overcast.
Cortway—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
HozornseD—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
LrvituPoof,—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
WanTßr—Wind S., gentle breeze—principally clear.
DAnurroTorr—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
WHrrznAvinv - Wind SE., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SHAD—Wind S.E., calm—partially cloudy.
BnArrocs—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine
o'clock :
Poorx—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FoutzaroNa—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
Prritanonouoli—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially
cloudy.
enzwa.--Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CONWAY— Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
LivEnroot.—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
YORK—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.

prE it MAJESTY'S THEAT'ItE.
It is respectfully announced that, on THURSDAY, June 12th,
will be performed (for the first time in this country), Auber's last
grand Opera, entitled

IL PRODIGO,
Recently produced with immense success at the Academie de Mu-
algae, Paris, under the name of L'ENFANT PRODIGUE. The
Costumes under the superintendence of Madame Copere, executed by
Miss Bradley and M. Coombes. The appointments by Mr. E.Brad-
well: The Machinery by Mr. D. Sloman. The Mise en Scene under
he immediate direction of Mr. A. Harris.
Jeftele, Madame Sontag ; Nefte, Madame Ugalde (of the Opera
Comique, Paris, (her first appearance In England) ; Reuben, Mons.
Massed (his Original Character at the Academie de Musique) ; Azaele,
Signor Gardoiai ; Amenofi, Signor Mercuriali ; Nemrod, Signor
Casanova; Canope, Signor Scott! ; Monaton, Signor Scapiai ; Roc-
cods, Signor Coletti ; Lie, Madile. Carolina Rosati (her first appear-
ance these two years).
The Corplets of the Chamelier in the Fourth Act will be sung by
Madame T:galde.
The New
Scenery, by Mr. Charles Marshall, will represent Act 1.
The Habitation of Reuben, in the Valley of Gessen. Act 2. The
Grand Square of Memphis. Act 3. The Temple of Isis. Act 4. The
Desert. Act 5. The Valley of (lessen. In Act 2a grand Diver-
tissement, composed by M. Paul Taglioni, comprising the celebrated
Pas de Poignard, supported by Madlle. Carolina itoosatel: 31andullanes...
Kohlenberg, Rosa, Esper, an
Lamoureux, t
ni
don, Pascales, Allegrlnl, Soto, Soldansky, Emma, Eliza, Lavinia,
Beale, and the Ladies of the Corps
de
sI. Belle.
Ballet.
r
Dir.ctor of the Music and Conductor,
With various entertainments in the Ballet Department. supported
by Madlie. Amelia Ferraris, Madll
• Rosa, Esper, Jullartetno,n'ieL,aBmootuo:•
reux, Allegrini, Kohlenberg, AussanesdTona,guePasm.
Pascales, D
M. Charles, M. Ehrick, and M. Paul
Applications for Boxes, Sts, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Office of the Theatre, Opera colonnade. The Opera to commence at
Halt-past Seven o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
MADAME lIGALDE.
This great artiste has been engaged for a limited number of repre-
sentations, and will appear for the FIRST TIME in this country on
THURSDAY Neat, the 12th of June, in Auber's new Grand Opera,
IL PRODIGO.

u[ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
A GRAND CLASSICAL, DRAMATIC, MISCELLANE-
OUS. CONCERTED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, IN
ITALIAN. FRENCH, ENGLISH, SFANISH, and GERMAN, will
take place on MONDAY MORNING, June 16, selected from the
following authors :—Weber, Spohr, Cherubini, Spontini, Rossini,
Gluck, Mercadante, Cimarosa, Beethoven, ZingareW, Purcell, Auber,
Mozart, Meyerbeer, and Mendelssohn ; and embracing many highly
interesting novelties.
On this occasion will appear Mesdames Sontag, Caroline Duprez,
Alaimo, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, Fiorentint, Marie Cruvelli, and
Bode Cruvelli. The valuable assistance of Madame Ugalde, of the
Opera Comique, Paris, has also been secured. Signori Gardoni and
Calzolari, Mr. Sims Reeves and Signor Pardini, Signori Coletti and
Ferranti, F. Lablache, Balanchi, Massol, and Lablache.
Some If the Original Manuscripts of the celebrated Paganini
having been discovered, the Direction has secured them, and M.
81"ri (engaged expressly for this occasion), will execute the cele-
brated Concerto, and also the so-much admired " Stregghe," or
" Witches' Dance." These pieces have never been performed by
any but Paganini.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket.

We have to draw attention to the annual report of
,he Times Life Assurance and Guarantee Company,
which appears in another part of our columns. It
will be in the memory of our readers, that we last
year stated it as our opinion that the principles of this
company were such as to command success, and cer-
tainly the annual statement proves the correctness of
our opinion, inasmuch as the report states they have
issued, during the past year, six hundred and nineteen
policies. The principle of public guarantee is daily
becoming of greater commercial importance, the lead-
ing railways and banks seldom accepting private secu-
rity for the honesty of their employes—an office, there-
fore, that makes the premiums; or annual payment
fur guarantees an investment instead of a tax de-
serves success, inasmuch as such a practice holds
out the highest inducement to honesty and a faithful
discharge of duty. This office also combines life
assurance with guarantee, reducing the guarantee
premiums in such cases to a nominal sum. We shall
be glad to hear of their continued succesi. There
is no measure in our opinion better calculated to re-
lieve in a great degree public guarantee of its :ab-
stract risk than this principle of mutual guarantee, as
practised by this office, together with the union of
guarantee and life assurance, and we strongly recom-
mend mercantile firms and public institutions to
avail themselves of this system of security. The
Times Company, we perceive, have obtained
the co- operation of many of the most dis-
tinguished Manchester manufacturers in carrying out
their valuable principle of guarantee, and we have no
doubt that in the populous districts of Lancashire
the office will find a large field for the exercise of its
objects. We sincerely wish success both to the prin-
ciple of public guarantee, as an important commercial
one, and to the Times Life Assurance and Guarantee
Company

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL WAY.
Traffic—Week ending June 7, 1851 ... £11,028 18 8
Traffic—Week ending June 8, 18501 ... 10,007 110
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 207,070 4 8
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 190,350 011
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
June 7,1851 ... E 6,167
Passengers ... ... £8,853 0 11
Goods ... 2,175 17 9

Total... £11,028 18 8
Total miles open, 1851, 17314; ditto, 1850, 17114.
London Terminus, June 9, 1851.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

the threshhold than tbeyoung man advancedlto him and
said, " You are the Prince DE CANINO." He received an
affirmative reply, with the addition of "And who, pray,
are you, sir ?" "I am the son of Count DE Rossi," and
saying is, he made a motion as if he spat in the face
of the Prince. The act of violence having been wit-
nessed by some frequenters of the café, they inter-
fered between them. In consequence of the above a
hostile meeting took place on Saturday, at Versailles,
between the parties, Prince CHARLES BONAPARTE and
Count EDOUARD Rossi. They first fired at thirty
paces, and afterwards at fifteen, but each time with-
out effect. The seconds then declared that the honour
of the parties were satisfied, and prevented the affair
going further. Prince CHARLES BONAPARTE then
advanced towards the Count Rossi and said to him,
" Now that I have received your fire, I am happy,
sir, to affirm that I have been infamously calum-
niated on the subject of the deplorable catastrophe
which has thrown your family into mourning." To
this honourable declaration Count Rossi replied,
" Before this explanation, so honourably given, I re-
gret my error and the attack which resulted from it."
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 7.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9N,—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 171,4 Dutch Rhenish, 2:14 Namur and
Liege, 614—Paris and Rouen, 251A3 Rouen and Havre, 9%
—Sambre and Meuse, 31,4—Tours and Nantes, 7%.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and of yesterday,
The Committee of Revision was completed on Sa-
turday by the election by the 15th Bureau of M. BAZE,
the most implacable and uncompromising of the oppo-
nents of the Elys6e. The following is the composi-
tien of the Committee:—
For the total revision, MM. Moulin, de Corcelles,
and probably M. Berryer 3
For the partial revision, MM. de Broglie, de Mon-
talembert, Dufour, and de Melun 4
Doubtful, MM. Odilon Barrot and do Tocqueville 2
Against all revision, MM. Jules Favre, de Mornay,
General Cavaignac, Colonel Charras, Charanaaule,
and Baze

Total. . l3
It will be seen from the above classification that of
the 16 Members of the Committee, four only are
friendly to the pretensions of the Elysee, viz.—MM.
de I3RoGLIE, de MONTALEMBERT, DUFOUR, and de
MELUN.
The speech of the PRESIDENT at Dijon has com-
pletely alienated from him the whole of the Legiti-
matists. It will be seen from the following report of
the proceedings in the 9th Bureau that M. de Fan,
noux, hitherto supposed to be most favourably dis-
posed towards the PRESIDENT, has now declared
against him :
M. de Falloux—l could not at the present moment
accept the labourious office of being a member of the
committee which is about to be named. But the gravity
of the circumstances, and the presence of the Minister of
the Interior in this bureau, impose it on me as a duty
to submit to you in a few words my thoughts on what
ought to be the aim of each member of the committee.
The Moniteur, of the 2d June, was perfectly correct in
saying that the interest cf France is superior to that of
all parties, and that the Government ought to place
itself in a position to be above them all; but it is neither
by offensive allusions, nor by violence, that such a mis-
sion can be accomplished, if even the indication be given
that it is understood and will be carefully prosecuted.
It must not either be forgotten that in France, parties,
in the acceptation, a little elevated and a little political,
of the word, represent henceforward something else
besides passions or egotism; they represent also
interests, principles, and fundamental conditions,
which it is not in the power of any person to destroy,
but which, on the contrary, ought to be conciliated, and
induced to co-operate for the common safety. Do you
suppose that you elevate authority in France, when you
attack under a false and calumnious name—that of an-
cient regime—the principles and the men of the mo-
narchy? Do you suppose that you respect liberty, when
you stigmatise at the same time, under the name of fac-
tions and intrigues, the principles of our thirty years of
constitutional government, as well as men, who still
preserve some Parliamentary habits and susceptibilities?
Do you wish to struggle against anarchical passions,
and at the same time to flatter that which is of all
things the most anarchical, the goverment of one—
to calumniate all the political situations honourably
achieved, and all the services which have been
honourably rendered? Do you want to endeavour
to oppose Utopian scheme, and at the same time to aim
at the most chimerical project of all—that of a personal
and isolated government, opposing the sole prestige of a
name to the real difficulties of each step and each hour?
I am profoundly grieved that any official act should call
forth such questions. For my part, I have had the
honour, for a time, of seconding the President in a quite
different policy; I do not consequently think that I am
wanting in any respect when I remind him of the fact,
or when I persevere in my former course—l never spoke
to my friends or my adversaries but such language as
permitted every frank and sincere act of conciliation,
every honourable effort in view of the good of the
country, and of that alone. lam less than ever dis-
posed to change such sentiments and such lan-
guage ; but they are entitled to reciprocity, and
where that should not be afforded, the country will
know how to immediately discern the fact, and the mo-
tives which prompted it, and the extent of the responsi-
bility attached to such conduct. In consequence, I pro-
pose that the member whom we name to the committee,
shall support the revision in that sense—that is, in seek-
ing out in all their liberty and all their extent the real
durable wants of the country, and in paying attention
absolutely to them alone. And when the Government
is thus warned, let it be well understood that such warn-
ing is not given it through jealousy, but, on the con-
trary, from a sad prevision of the dangers in which it is
placed. Every exclusive power will henceforward ine-
vitably perish in France—we as well as you—yoa as
well as we—and with the first Government that will
so perish, all society will run the risk of falling to
pieces.
The Minister of the Interior—l did not wish to speak
in this preliminary discussion. The Government has
not taken the initiative in the proposition submitted to
you; it belongs to the Assembly. The Government
thinks that the Constitution should be revised; it unites
in the wish which it considers as being that of the im-
mense majority in the Assembly and in the country. But
until the moment arrives for the public discussion it
thinks it its duty to act with great reserve. The bureau
will, therefore, permit me to confine myself to
this declaration of my opinion without entering
into further developments. What has been just
stated by the Hon. M. do Falloux obliges me,
however, to reply. There are hero three members
of the Cabinet formed by the President of the
Republic on the 20th of December, 1848. My lion.
Friend M. de Falloux has there left souvenirs which will
never be effaced from my memory. These souvenirs
give me the right to tell him that the policy with which
ho inspired the Cabinet of the 20th of December is the
same as that which animates the present Ministry. M.
de Falloux is mistaken as to the bearing of the speech
delivered by the President of the Republic. At a so-
lemn moment, when the country had its eyes fixed on
him, the President was obliged to explain his ideas.
He was compelled to say what he was and what he was
not, separating himself equally from a past which would
not return, and from a chimerical future. The Presi-
dent of the Republic has been often and unjustly at-
tacked; he makes use of no reprisals. He explained
himselt as to his ideas, and committed no act of
ag-
gression against persons. The Hon. M. de Falloux
declines for himself and his political friends
any kind of joint responsibility with retrograde doc-
trines. I accept from my heart this declaration. I al-
ways thought that he belonged to a generation which
was necessarily impregnated with the spirit of the age.
I will add that, far from rejecting the co-operation of the
Hon. M. de Falloux and of his friends, we call for it
with our wishes and our efforts. The Government pro-
poses, before all things, the union of the two great powers
of the State. Far from wishing to divide the majority,
it labours to strengthen and to extend it. It believes
that the fasces formed by the friends of order is not too
compact, and that society requires all its force against
anarchy; it knows that tho great shades of opinion of
which the majority is composed differ in some tenden-
cies, but it also believes that these opinions have still
more common tendencies, and it would reproach itself
if it said a word cr did an act which might compromise
that accord on which the safety of all depends.
M. de BROGLIE was elected by 23 votes to 13 given to
M. MICHEL (de Bourges).
In the 4th Bureau M. DE LAROCHEJAQUELIN
declared tbat by duty, by reason, and by conscience,
he was a Legitimatise, but he would defend the Re-
public against any bastard Government, and in the
12th Bureau General CAYAIGNAC declared that he
should vote against the revision. He should do so
on principle and systematically, for the partisans of
the monarchy, those of the prolongation of the powers
of the present PRESIDENT, and the men who professed
a desire to organize the Republic, all asked, as their
preliminary step, for the revision. He could not
admit that any one had a right to propose return to
the monarchy. The country would not really
believe in the Republic until the time arrived
when the conviction was universal that the PRESIDENT
could be easily changed every four years. He desired
to see the country assured of that important fact,
and for that reason he would vote against any pro-
longation of powers, even independently of the ques-
tion of confidence in the present PRESIDENT, which
confidence he certainly did not feel. As to the per-
sons who pretended that they were anxious to amelio-
rate the Republic, they were only, in his opinion,
opening a door to its eventual overthrow. In conse-
quence, he should vote against every proposition for
a revision. And in the 14 Bureau, M. CIIARAMULE,
who opposed the revision, was elected ; while M.
MOLE, who spoke in favour of it, was rejected. These
results show how little reliance can be placed upon
the Police-inspired correspondence and articles which
appear from time to time in the reactionary journals of
London and Paris. It is now admitted on all hands
that the proposition for the revision will never obtain
the majority required by law, and it is even con-
sidered probable that it will be absolutely rejected.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic is preparing, it is
said, for another visit to the departments. The Illes-
sacrer de l'Assemblie says that he is about to take a
trip to Poictiers, Angouleme, and Bordeaux, on the
occasion of the inauguration of a section of the Or-
leans and Bordeaux Railway, which is about to be
opened. He will return to Paris by way of Libourne,
Perigueux, Limoges and Chateauroux. The Duke
DE CAZES and M. MAGNE are about to start to these
places to prepare fos the PRESIDENT'S reception. It
is supposed that Louis NAPOLEON will be absent for
a fortnight from Paris.
The Illessager says_
" We are assured that endeavours are being made at
the Elysi3 to compose a Cabinet similar to that of the
31st October, 1849. MM. Abbatucci, the elder, and
Mocquard aro the active parties in the affair. It is said
that M. Odilon Barret has consented to enter into the
Mocquard-Abbatucci Ministry. This is, at least, what
the confidential friends of the Elys6o corti;y."
A duel took place on Saturday between the Prince
DE CANINO and Count EDWARD DE Rossi, the son of
the late Minister of the POPE. It appears that on
Friday the Prince DE CANINO was dining with
friend at a cafe on the Quai d'Orsy, when the waiter
told him that a young gentleman was on the outside,
and begged him to come out for a moment. " Who
is this gentleman?" said the Prince—" ask his name."
The waiter went out to do so and returned with the
answer "I will give my name to the Prince himself."
"As he will not tell me his name," said the Prince,
"he must wait until we have finished dinner." This
the young gentleman did, taking a seat at one of the
tables outside the café. At about eight o'clock the
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