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TRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1860.

has on the t i vo bodies is such at present as to insure
that he shah( always have an immense majority,
except possibly, in the case, that even an Emperor
might prefer to throw on the Legislature the work
of ejecting so me particular minister whom he would
rather dismiss indirectly than directly. The Sonata
is his own nomination and in his own pay; and
even his Legislative Corps, elected by universal
suffrage, consists, in great part, of persons nomi-
nated directly, as candidates at least, to the
constituents, by the Government. Slow, in-
deed, must be the process of forming that invaluable
aid to all good government, an effective opposition.
Long, we fear, will be the time during which most
of the dissentients will be afraid to speak their real
sentiments ; or, perhaps, before many will even
dare to differ in opinion from the master of 600,000
bayonets.

But what, it may be asked, is the political signi-
ficance of these concessions, be they real or only
apparent? We rather think that the course of things
both at home and abroad inclines the EMPEROR
to utilise, as far as he can, the support of the
people. Since the Italian war he has had far less
to fear from all the parties opposed to him. The
Orleanists and Legitimists, especially, seem almost
to acquiesce in their eclipse, since the great military
feats of the Imperial arms on the plains of Lom-
bardy ; he has now little reason to fear that they
will trouble him in the Chambers.

But another party has become very troublesome.
Ultramontanists, headed by several noisy and viru-
lent bishops, and by one noted layman, have done
what they could to give France a second Emperor
in the person of the POPE. Ungrateful men they,
to be sure, to one who has done so much both for
them and the PorE but when were any
clergy grateful for anything short of supre-
macy over both the bodies and souls of men ?
The EMPEROR, with good reason enough, wishes
the civil power to be supreme ; he has given
the bishops several lessons lately; they had one on
Peter's pence, another on their political pastorals ;
a third, more instructive than all on which we lately
commented, has just issued from the pen of M.
CAYLA, and sets forth the advantage of the
EMPEROR being their sole master, and
of the priest being first a citizen, then a
priest. Is the last move of all really in the
same direction ? Does the EMPEROR think that to
elevate the layman in the scale of political power,
as in England, is the surest means of counterwork-
ing a hierarchy ?
If again he looks abroad, he sees all his neigh-
bours moving of necessity in the direction of liberty.
Italy he, himself, has enabled to inaugurate a great
constitutionally governed kingdom ; and Austria
itself is obliged to propose such measures for the
representation of the empire, as but two years ago
she would have scouted as visionary—measures,
which if adopted just as FRANCIS JOSEPH has
proposed them, would confer more power on the
Austrian States to express, and perhaps give effect
to public opinion, than will be enjoyed by France
even under the new arrangements. Louis NA-
POLEON would, under these circumstances, be one
of the most isolated despots of civilised Europe, if
he did not admit some degree of constitutional
liberty into the working of his system. There
might even be danger from the comparison his own
people would make of their position with that of
inferior countries.

As to this country, the effect of these proposals
will all depend on the sincerity with which they
are carried out. Since 1852 there has been no sym-
pathy, but the reverse, between the people of Eng-
land and the Government of France. ,We are
unable not to hate despotism. It may be a
national weakness, but the fact is undoubted. And
just as an anti-Slavery policy in the United States
will:most certainly better our feelings towards that
country, so as rapid an approach as possible to
constitutional liberty on the part of the French
Government will better the feeling between the
English people and the EMPEROR. Every Eng-
lishman would rather be well abused by a free
speaker in a French House of Commons, than
have fifty letters to "my dear PERSIGNY"
about good intentions towards ns, and in-
timacy with our Premier. We like to
to tell others all our minds, and to hear others tell
us theirs too. We can be hearty friends when we
all know each others' thoughts; we have then the
basis of confidence, though it is, often enough, the
basis of agreeing to differ. But we cannot confide,
cannot therefore be friends, when we are ever sus-
pecting some mysterious plot; especially when all
that we know is, that the one man who rules as well
as reigns in France, labours abOve all things to be
strong enough to invade our shores, and makes us
pay £35,000,000 a year to make sure against him.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary leave Brighton on Thursday
next, for Cambridge Cottage, Kew.
Prince Louis of Hesse and his Serene Highness
the Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, with their suites, have
left Maurigy's Hotel, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

The Prince and Princess Kotchoubey and suite
have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris.

His Excellency the Austrian Minister arrived in
town on Friday, from Plymouth, and has since left town,
accompanied by the Countess Apponyi, on a ♦isit to
Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, at
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Staf-
ford House, St. James's, on Saturday, from Trentham, the
Duke of Sutherland's seat in Staffordshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury
arrived in town on Saturday from Folkestone, axd will
leave town to-day for Dunmore-park, near Falkirk, on a
visit to the Countess of Dunmore.

The Countess Dowager of Cuwdor has arrived at
Durwood, Surrey, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Ellesmere, where her ladyship will remain some months in
retirement.

The Countess Estella has arrived at the Bruns•
wick Hotel, en route for Scotland.
General Le Comte A. d'Essen, Aide-de-Camp to
the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, from St. Petersburg.'
Lord and Lady Wodehouse have left town on a
visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, at
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

Lord and Lady Ashburton are expeCted at Bath
House to-day from a tour of visits.

Lord and Lady Rokeby left Montagu House a
few days since for Brighton.
LORD DERBY.—The health of the noble chief of
the Conservative party, we rejoice to say, is quite reestab-
lished, and the opening of Parliament will find him leading
the Opposition with his accustomed vigour and sagacity,
and with that chivalrous patriotism which is acknowledged
even by his opponents. We need hardly add that the noble
earl never had the slightest intention to retire from the
leadership of the great party with whom. he has been so
long associated, and who are so devoted to him as their
chief.--. Press.

The Hon. Julian Fane, now Secretary of Legation
at Vienna, is appointed Secretary of Embassy to the Aus-
trian Court. Lord Augustus Loftus is appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Berlin. Mr. Henry Lockwood, paid Attache at Constan-
tinople, is appointed paid Attache to her Majesty's Mission
at Stockholm. The Hon. Henry Wodehouse is appointed
paid Attaché at Constantinople. The Queen has conferroi
the honour of Knighthood on Jean Edouard Ramond,
Esq., First Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court at the
Mauritius. _

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DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CROLY.—A Sunday
contemporary announces that this distinguished divine
and scholar died on Saturday af ernoon in the neighbour-
hood of his own residence, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
The rev. gentleman had only left home a few minutes, and
was seen walking apparently in good health, when he
staggered, fell, and almost immediately expired. Tidings
of the melancholy event soon reached the parishioners of
St. Stephen's, Walbrpok, and the deepest sorrow was
evinced. The bell of the parish church was tolled for an
hour. The rev. gentleman had been rector of St. Stephen's,
Walbrook, for 25 years, and was much respected by his
flock. We believe that he was to have preached in the
church which he had so long adorned with his eloquence
yeste.rday. At a late hour on Saturday night other and
n
nured arrangements were made for the services.

THE LATE LIEUT.-COL. 11013 T. MACDONALD, C.B.
—ln Lieut.-Col. Macdonald another Waterloo veteran has

passed away, at the advanced age of 82. This officer com-
menced his career in 1797, as ensign in the Strathspey Re-
gimant of Fencible Infantry. On its reduction he entered
the Surrey Rangers as lieutenant in 1799, and served in
North America. In 1803 he was appointed ensign in the
Ist Royals., and in the same year le sailed with the 2d bat-
talion of that corps for the -West Indies, where, as brigade-
in4jor to Brigadier-Oieneral Nicholson, he was engaged at
the siege of Fort Bourbon and capture of Martinique in
1809. In 1812 he joined the 3d battalion Royal Scots in
its retreat from Burgos, and served in the Peninsular cam-
paigns of 1813-14 ; was engaged at Osma on the 13th, and
the battle of Vittoria the `2lst of June; at the successful
assault ou the Convent of St. Sebastiaa on July 17; and,
_ _ _ _

though severely wounded on July 25, at the assault on the
town, on Aug. 31 he volunteered to the breach in cotnmand
of two companies of the Royals, ordered in advance of the
Ist Brigade, sth Division, and was on duty in the town
during the conflagration, and present at the surrender of
the Castle of St. Sebastian, Sept. 8. The wound rec ived
at St. Sebastian subsequently compelled him to use his left
hand in writing. For his conduct at this siege he obtained
the rank of major on Sept. 21, 1813. He was engaged at
the passage of the Bidassoa, on the 7th of October; at the
battles of Nivelle, on Nov. 10, and the Nive on Dec. 9, 10,
and 11, 1813. The gallant officer assisted in repelling the
sortie from the citadel of Bayonne on April 14, 1814, and
served with the 3d Battalion Royal Scots in the campaign
of the Netherlands, 1815. He was present, and enraged,
on June 16 and 18, at the battles of Quatrebras and Water-
loo. At Waterloo, Colonel Campbell, commanding, being
wounded early in the afternoon, Major Macdonald took the
command of the 3d battalion. Here, near the close of the
action, being exposed on an eminence rallying his men, he
became a mark, and fell wounded by a ball in the hip, and
was for a time left f.or dead, but was ultimately conveyed
to Brussels. For these actions he was made a Companion
of the Order of the Bath, and received from the Emperor
the Order of St. Anne of Russia, After commanding for
some time the 35th Foot, the deceased officer, compelledlby
ill-health, in 1831 reluctantly quitted the service, receiving
in 1849 a war medal,with five clasps.
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP SHANNON.— A handsome
monument has been erected on Southsea-common, Ports-

mouth,:by- the officers and crew of Her Majesty's ship Shan-
r,on, to the memory of the late Sir William Peel, captain of
the Shannon, who died in India of a wound received at the

head of his indomitable Naval Brigade during the Sepoy
mutiny. The monument is a square pillar of polished red
granite, on the four faces of which are inscriptions, with
base, cap, and cornices of gray Aberdeen granite, the whole
surmounted by a trophy of flags and naval emblems in
bronze, cast from a gun taken at the capture of Lucknow,
and which was afterwards presented to the Naval Brigade
by General Lord Clyde, then Sir Colin Campbell. On the
north side is the following inscription :—" Sacred to the
memory of Capt. William Peel, K.C.8., and Capt. Thomas
Grey, R.M., Mr. H. P. Garvey, mata, Mr. M. A. Daniel,
midshipman, and the seamen and marines of the Shannon's
Naval Brigade who fell employed in the North-West Pro-
vinces of Idia during the mutiny of 1857-8. As a tribute
of their gallantry this monument is erected by the officers
and men of her Majesty's ship Shannon. 1860." On the
west side—" The Shannon's Naval Brigade, with six 8-inch
guns and four fieldpieces, left Calcutta for the North-West
Provinces Aug. 1867. Served at the battle of Kedjiva, Oct
29, 1857; relief of Lucknow, 857 ; defeat of the
G walior Contingent, December, N0v.,1857 ; Battle of Kula-
Nudde-bridge, January, 1858; capture of Lucknow, Mare]a,
1858; and returned to the Shannon, August, 1858." On
the east and south sides the inscriptions relate to the pre-
sentation of the gun from which the trophy was cast, and
give the numbers of the brigade who fell in action, were
wounded, or died of disease during the campaign. It is in-
tended to inclose the monument with guns taken during
the Crimean campaign, in which also Sir Wm. Peel, with
many of the Indian Naval Brigade, had formerly distin-
guished themselves. The work has been executed by Messrs.
W. and J. Freeman, of Westminster.
THE ARMSTRONG GUN.—A very extraordinary
and serious accident occurred on board of her Majesty's
gunnery ship Excellent, in Portsmouth harbour, on the
16th inst., which has been the subject of anxious delibera-
tion among the naval scientific officers of the port. The men
were at practice with the 42-pounder Armstrong gun,which
is still under trial before final introduction to the service ;
on the word being given, and the lanyard pulled as usual,
a concussion took place, which instantly proved to those
standing about that something had gone wrong. On exami-
nation it was found that the handles of the heavy vent-
piece which blocks the chamber of the gun were blown
completely off, and passing along the deck to a distance of
over 50 feet, they struck and shattered the bulkheads of the
sick bay, and smashed the bottles therein. It was evident
that the breech screw was not "home," and therefore that
the vent piece had not been properly jammed up; but the
most extraordinary part of the whole affair was, that the
vent piece itself, which is loose, had not been blown out of
the chamber, and that the wrought iron handle should have
been wrenched off instead. At the time of the accident an
experiment was being made to ascertain the time in which
five rounds could be fired at a target 2,600 yards distant,
and this particular shot fell about 1,500 yards short, the
force of the powder having been wasted by the chamber.
The very serious question, therefore, arises, how far these
guns are adapted for rapid firing, when, although there is
risk at all times, the danger then necessarily increases in a
multiplied ratio. The want of ramming home of the vent-
piece may arise from the slightest bit of the flannel cart-
ridge protruding over the lip of the chamber, and therefore
intwinine• itself between the flat surfaces which ought to meet
with mathematical precision; or it may happen at any time
from a little caked powder, or grit, in spite of all precau-
tions. Some shot are of higher gauge than others, and take
mere ramming home into the chamber, which might, and
probably would not, be perceived in the heat of action. It
is not a very uncommonthing inthe Armstrong field-pieces
for the vent-piece to fly out altogether for want of tighten-
ing the breech screw; and although, from its great weight, it
was, in the first heavy guns, proposed to place the vent-pieces
in the chamber sideways, yet the wisdom of dropping them in
perpendicularly is now apparent ; for otherwise one acci-
dent such as this might sweep a dozen men into eternity,
The flaw in.the construction is by no means irremediable;
and it is very fortunate that attention has been so promptly
called to it; as before the general introduction of the gun
into the navy, either by means of a slot, or a flange, or a
groove, or some such simple mechanical contrivance, the
matter must be remedied. It is of paramount importance
that our sailors should have unlimited confidence in the
fearful weapons which science and experiment are together
forging for the maintenance of our power and prestige
throughout the world.—Army and Navy Gazette.
ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Yesterday wit-
nessed a complete transformation in the parish church of
St. George's-in-the-East, all the decorations which Mr.
Bryan King the rector so highly prized having been swept
away under a monition directed by the Bishop of London
to the churchwardens. The super altar has been removed,
and there is now only a low table, covered with a red
cloth ; all the crosses have been taken away ; the credence-
table no longer stands in its place; indeed every concession
has at length been made to the popular will. To such an
extent has the work of demolition proceeded that Mr. Han-
sard, the clergyman who was licensed by the Bishop to the
sole charge of the parish during Mr. King's absence, has
considered that the changes made involve a violation of his
agreement with Mr. King, and has declined any longer to
discharge the ecclesiastical duties in the parish. In conse-
quence of this state of things, the Bishop had to provide
for the services of the church yesterday, and they were
taken, both morning and evening, by the Rev. Edward
Parry, M.A., Rector of Acton, his Lordship's chaplain.
At the morning service there were few persons present, but
in the evening the church was crowded, but those present
were perfectly orderly, and there were none of the indecent
manifestations of feeling which have been so frequently
displayed.

KIDNAPPING AND MURDER.—In America, the
Chteago Press and Tribune of the 26th ult. states that
Jerry Boyd, an honest, industrious, and inoffensive coloured
dray man of Galena, Illinois, where he bad led a sober
and reputable life for twenty years; his wife, Mary Boyd,
whom he had bought out of slavery with money earned
by the sweat of his brow; a girl, also coloured, but also
free, aged 12 to 14, who lived in Jerry's family ; and a
white child that Mary took care of for a poor woman at
service, were enticed away from their homes two or three
weeks ago by a couple of persons, upon the pretence that
the three oldest persons of the party were to have profitable
and pleasant employment on a farm and in a hotel at Des
Moines, lowa. They were last seen in Johnson County,
of that State, in a covered waggon, going westward. A
few days after their departure from that bounty, the body
of a man was found by the roadside near where they were
last seen, and from papers in his pocket it was plain that it
was the body of Boyd, and that he had ,been murdered.
News of his death went back to his friends in Galena,
and then for the first time a suspicion that the party had
been kidnapped for sale into slavery was excited.
That suspicion grew into a certainty by further develop..
ments, and the people who used to see Boyd every day at
his work, earning honest bread, offered, though he was
a mulatto, a reward of .500 dollars for the apprehension of
the villains who had committed a double crime, and de-
spatched two trusty men to follow the criminals up. The
kidnappers effected a sale of their victims in MisSouri, but
before the money was paid over, one of the negroes, Mary
Boyd, revealed the whole truth, in consequence of
which the kidnappers and murderers were arrested.
Their names are John Goodwin and Peter I. Bolton. One
of them, Bolton, the first captured, was committed to gaol
in St. Joseph, under a charge of kidnapping, in default of
2,000 dollars bail. The other Goodwin, was taken charge
of by the gentlemen from Galena, who brought him within-
-40 miles of Hannibal, Missouri, on their way to Galena,
where he slipped his irons, and jumped from the ear win-
dow while the train was running at the rate of 13 miles an
hour and escaped. Mrs. Body states that when the party
had travelled three days out from Galena, they encamped
by night about 16 miles from lowa city. Here some
'movements made by Goodwin and Bolton excited the sus-
picion of her husband that all was not right, and he loaded
his gun and revolver in the presence of the kidnappers.
The next morning Goodwin and Bolton held a consulta-
tion, Goodwin urging the necessity of getting rid of Jerry
by killing him. While Jerry was sitting down near the
waggon, Goodwin stepped up to him, saying " Jerry, I
am afraid of you," and fired, first shooting him in the breast
and then in the head. The murder was committed in the
presence of Mrs. Boyd and the mulatto girl.
A LITERARY ARTISAN.—One of the artisans em-
ployed in the wheelers' branch, royal carriage department
of Woolwich Arsenal, has published an exceedingly com-
mendable work, under the title of " Chips from the Block,"
being a summary of intelligent and useful information to
working men of his class. Although closely engaged at his
daily employment from 6 in the morning till 6 in the even-
ing, he has succeeded in writing and bringing through the
press a book which cannot fail in being extensively circu-
lated among those for whose benefit and instruction it was
compiled. The work is dedicated to Col. Tulloh, superin-
tendent of the department, who, having consented to for •
ward a copy for the inspection and approval of the Queen,
last week received the following reply :—" Windsor
Castle, Oct. 23. —My dear Tulloh,—l have had the
honour to present to her Majesty the Queen Mr. Knell's
book, which seems to be written in an excellent spirit,
and to be full of practical good sense. I have received
her Majesty's commands to request that you will
present him with the enclosed cheque for £lO in token of
her Majesty's approbation of his praiseworthy occupation
of his time.—Sincerely yours, C. B. Pullers." The under:
mentioned communication was likewise received on Satur-
day, from the 'War Department, on the same subject :
" War-office, Pall-mall, S.W., Nov. 9.—Dear Colonel Tul-
loh, Sir Benjamin Hawes desires me to send you the
accompanying parcel, and to ask you to be so kind as to
present to Knell the books which it contains. Yours faith-
fully, J. W. COOPER.—Colonel Tulloh, &c." The parcel
contained Dr. Andrew Ure's sth edition of the "Dictionary.
of Arts, Manufactures, &c.," elegantly bound in three
quarto volumes, and illustrated with 2,000 engravings.
The fly leaf bears the subjoined testimonial, written by Sir
Benjaiain Hawes, Under-Secretary of State for War:—
" The gift of Sir Benjamin Hawes to Henry Thomas
Knell, in acknowledgment of the pleasure he has received
from reading his essay Oa social science.--Nov. 9, 1860."

L A ,L'A

E.

THE WAR IN CHINA.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 26.

A telegram has been received from her Majesty's
Consul at Marseilles, dated this morning, and
stating that the allies were within six miles of
Pekin on the 23d of September; that on the 18th
and 21st they had completely defeated the Tartars
near Tangchow ; that Mr. Parkes had been taken
prisoner and sent to Pekin; and that the rebels
had retired from Shanghai to Hangchow.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
HEAD-QUARTERS, EIGHT MILES
FROM PEKIN, SEPT. 23.

Mr. Boulby, Times correspondent; Mr. Loch,
secretary to Lord Elgin ; Mr. Parkes, Messrs. De
Norman and Anderson, of Fane's Horse; and Capt.
Brabazon, have been made prisoners whilst en-
gaged in choosing camping ground. They have been
taken to Pekin, where they are well treated.
Engagements were fought on the 18th and 21st
September at Chang-kia- wan and Jang-chan. On
both occasions 30,000 Tartar cavalry advanced, and
were completely routed by the allies; 2,000 Tartars
were killed, and 50 guns taken. The allies had
only 18 wounded.
The Chinese have sent in a flag of truce, with the
provisions for a treaty.
Lord Elgin demands the release of the prisoners
before negotiating.
The Emperor's brother has been appointed chief
commissioner to make peace.
Tea to the value of £250,000 sterling was taken
at Chang-kia-wan.

SHA.NGHAT, OCT. 4.
All is quiet. The rebels are threatening Hang•
ehan.

JAVA, OCT. 14.
The Dutch troops at Banjerraassing have been
thrice repulsed by the rebels.

POINT DE GALLE, Nov. 1.
Sir Charles Macarthy assumed the government
of Ceylon on the 22d October.

TURIN, Nov. 24.

The municipality of Ancona has opened a sub-
scription for the construction of a war vessel which
the March provinces will offer to the Marine of
State, in commemoration of the annexation of
those provinces to Sardinia.

NAPLES, Nov, 24

The news contained in a Marseilles telegram,
published by the French papers, that disturbances
in the Neapolitan provinces had been repressed by
force, is completely false.

Many persons who have escaped from Gaeta have
:aken refuge at Pozzuoli and Baja.
It is rumoured that Francis 11. is ill.

ROME, Nov. 24

At the request of the King the whole diplomatic
corps have quitted Gaeta. They arrived yesterday

[n Rome.

The Pontifical Nuncio and the ambassadors of
Austria, Prussia, and Russia have received the
grand cordon of the order of St. Januarius from the

King.

VIENNA, Nov. 25.
The official Wiener Zietung of to-day says:—
"The war report of General Lamoriciere con.
tains the following passage :

"' A person who is fully competent to know
wrote me from Trieste that 11 Austrian vessels
were about to cruise towards the south of Ancona,
in order to prevent the blockade of that place.'
"This part of the war report requires rectifica-
tion. The news it contains could only proceed
from an ill-informed person."

AGRA'S', Nov. 23,

The principal inhabitants of this city will hold a
Conference to-morrow, in order to settle the details
in reference to the approaching elections to the
Diet, and the question of the relations between
Croatia and Hungary.

PESTH, Nov. 25.

The administration of Hungary has been every-
where reorganised, with the concurrence of the
most eminent men of all parties.

Contrary to the rQports in circulation, the Con-
ference which is to meet at Gran in order to arrange
the mode of election to the Hungarian Diet, will
assemble on the 10th of December next under the
presidency of the Cardinal Primate of Hungary.
The congregation of the Comital of Pesth will
assemble on the Ist December, under the presidency
of Count Carolyi, who has accepted this office.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY,

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, with the heavy portion of the above mails,
arrived off Hurst Castle Telegraph Station at
11.25 a.m..

FRANCE.

CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION OF

THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.

The following Imperial Decree is published in
yesterday's Jloniteur :
" Desiring to afford to the great bodies of the
State a more direct participation in the general
policy of our Government, and a marked proof of
our confidence, we decree :

" Art. 1. That the Sonata and the Corps Le gis-
latif shall annually vote an address in reply to our
speech at the opening of the Chambers.

" Art 2. This address will be discussed in the
presence of the Government Commissioners, who
will give the Chamber the necessary explanations
of the interior and exterior policy of the Empire.
" Art. 3. In order to facilitate to the legislative
body the expression of its opinion in the prepara-
tion of the laws and the exercise of the right of
amendment, Art. 54 of our decree of March 22,
1852, is put in force, and the regulation of the
legislative body is modified in the following manner :
"Immediately after the distribution of the pro-
jects of law, and at the day fixed by the president,
the legislative body, before naming its commission,
assembles in secret committee, a summary discussion
is opened on the project of law, and the government
commissioners take paet in it. The present dispo-
sition is applicable neither to projects of law of
local interest, nor to cases of urgency.
" Art. 4. In order to render the reproduction of
the debates of the Senate and the Legislative Body
more complete, the following project of a seratus
consulte shall be presented to the Senate :
" The reports of the sittings of the Senate and
the Legislative Body drawn up by the secretaires-.
redacteurs under the authority of the President of
each Assembly, are addressed every evening to the
journals. Moreover, the debates of every sitting
are reported in -,host-hand and inserted in extenso
in the official journal of the following day.'
" Art. 5. During the session the Emperor will
name the ministers without portfolio to defend
before the Chambers, in concert with the President