The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

THE LATE LEGISLATURE OF FRANCE,

•
The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow-
ing ar icte
"At the opening of la-t session the Legislative
Body which has just terminated i slabours received
the thanks of the Emperor ; it also deserves those
of France. That body, in fact, responded in every
respect to all that France and the Emperor expected
from its enlightened views and from its patriotism.
E ected at t e close of a patio I when the abuse of
spec h. aid tee omnipotence of aseembhes had led
s ,c etv t the brink of a precipice. the Legisl-tine
Be dy perfectly underib sod Ile conditions of its new
task, and wisely kept within it ; the faithful repre-
sentative of the people which had appointed it, not
to obsituct, but to help the saviour of Fran, e in
the ai complishmeut of his providential t ski it re
slut ly essoeiated itself to all m• astrres of a nature
to coosol date order, to re-establish the prove, ity
and the gory of the country. Thanks to its excel-
lent spirit, as also to that of the two other bodies
of the State, the expetiment of the new constitu-
tion was decisive, and the resul sohtained no longer
admit of any doubt that it is the true national con-
stitution for France.
"No Legislature ever had a band In realising
such great things orperforming such useful servic' s.
The resurrection of the Empire, the war in the
East, the restoration of general peace, and of the
prestige of the French name, all those memorable
facts in which the Legislative Body participated,
and of which one alone would suffice t ► assign it a
br ght pagein history, must not cast into shade the
mony important enactments which are the result
of its deliber itiens. Within a period of five years,
anct;with sessions of three or feur iroeths' duration,
the 1 to Legisleture his done more than our former
assemblies would have done in ten years of endless
s scions. The number of bills which it has exa-
mined, discussed, and voted amounts to no less
than 979, of which number 240 are of general in-
terest, and 739 belong to the local or departmental
interest.
" The &eject of many of the latter was to effect
loins for great works in the towns or in the pro-
vinces. Paris is not alone in constructing new
strews and new buildings ; the province-4follow her
example, and many of our ancient cit es are under-
goirig improveineet, but prudence bids the Legis-
lative Body and the Government pause upon an
outlay not without its dangers. While giving its
c nsent to us-ful expenses the Legislative body
knew how to restrain needless outlays, and was not
sparing of warnings for the future.
" In the bills of general interest every branch of
the Gevernment has taken part.
" The Department of Justice has undergone es-
sential reforms.
" As regsr Is the Home-office, the Legislative
Body has warmly supported t e generous measures
taken by the Government of the Emperor in the
years of famine, e idetnic, and inundations t he 'p
the unfertuna e, to give work to the poor, to in-
crease the funds of the ho-pitals and charitable in-
stitutions.
" But the most important bill passed in the in-
ternal admini-t. arion is that for the regulation id
the municipality, which, while it leaves to he in-
ha.tiitaws of the district the rieht of electing their
ceuncillors, allows the Government to select for
Mayer the man most capable of rising above local
passions and of watching over tt'e interests of all.
" Great public works have had a large share in
the bills vo ed by the Legislature. If the execu-
tion ef orir first lira s of re ilw y is due to the head
of the State and to pie ced ieg G ivernmente, Ihe
chief ramificationi of our great national network
were only rendered eossible bv subventions granted
by the Legislative Body. The list is a long one ;
it comprises the lines from Paris to Cherbourg, f om
Bordeaux to Cette, the junction under one com-
pany of the line from Lyons to Avignon and from
Axegnon to Marseilles, the line from Bordeaux to
Bayonne, from Na bonne to Perpignan, from Lyons
t Geneva, with a branch on Bourg and Macon,
from Se Rambert to Grenoble, from Grenoble to
Valence, from the Rhone to the Loire—in fact, all
the lines which form the Grand Central, the Pyre's-
re an railways, and the junction of the Western
Railway."
The Moniteur then praises the Corps Legislatif
for Vie improvement of the canals for the drainage
and fertilising of waste lauds in Gascony, and for
tl;e purchase of the Palace of In lustry, finally the
Drainage Bill, which places 100,000,000 f. at the
posel of agriculinre. The Moniteur then praises
the Legislative Body for what it lieu done for the
fine arts by granting money for the Rue de Rivoli
aid the Boulevard ate 6,-bastopol, by exempting
from taxes for 30 yea s, the h 'uses around tire
Louvre, by voting -money " for that incomparable
structure," and for the improvements in the Bois
de Boulo4ne.
" The Legislative Body (it says) has powerfully
contributed to these wonders, which we the glory
f the present reign, the admiration and the envy
of strangers."
The Moniteur then enters into a description of
the improvements at Lyons, Marseilles, Havre,
Rouen, Montpellier, and o her cities, and of the
reforms introduced into puhlic instruction throua
out France. Touching upon the Financial Depart-
ment, it says,—
" The laws of finance have played a great pal t in
the -legislative period which has just terminated.
" Despite the expenses of one of the greatest and
most glorious wars ever known, despite the scourges
hich have desola ed France, the Governine t of
Vie Emperor has resolutely foil rwed, sups orted by
the Leg-slative Body, the task whieh lie fr.ma the
very firet imposed upon him-elf of making the bal-
aerie of the bu "ge a weal one, with ut imposing
additional taxes ' • and °utile very morrow after the
war he presented abudge' for the considera ion of
the great boili,s of the State in which the antici-
pated rec ipts balance the expenses."
After enumerating various measures of local in.
terest, such as a reform of the internal postage sys-
tem, &c., the Moniteur sass :
•‘ But rhe rat st import ,nt financial measure in
which th Leg slative b dy to rk part is incontes•a-
bly that rif the netionalloens. By giving then f r
the first time a democratic ch.racter, by
upon tee whole n ition to subscrihe to them, Cie
ReAte' what 'B9 did f ir
Emperor has clone fir the
tee earth ; hencefo:th the cultivator of the sell and
the weikman are nit less iuteres ed than Vie cipi-
t +list in the stability of credit ; hen,•eforrli all curses
l'art cipate in all advantages as in all charges upon
the c iuntry. The Legislative body understoo I the
bearing of that great inea,ute and heartily joined
i•i it. The result is known in the matagement, ref
the war and in the prestige of France abroad. The
e-agerness with which the loans were sul-seribed to
even in the rem t st hamlets produced no lesser
effect than did the heroism of our soldiers under
the walls of Sebastopol, and Europe beheld wi h
equal ast •nishinent the extent of our financial re-
sources and the power of our arra..
" The army, which has done so much for the
gory of Freirce and for the peace of the woad,
could tot fail to be the ohject oft e special interest
cif the Emperor and of the Deputies of the country.
" Without speaking of the cousiderable sums
v,,ted each year in the budget t ► keep up and in-
crease oar land and sea f rtes, the Legislative body
had to vote a series of measures for improving the
condition of our sailce s and soldiers."
The Moniteur here enumerates the various loca]
measures adepte I for the abeve purpose. It con
eludes as follows :

"This rapid glance on the labours of the late
Legislature will suffice to show its claim to the
gra itude of the country. While making less noise
than so many other deliberative a-sernblies, it has
all the better answeteti it, calling, and taken a
greeter share in• all the good that his been done
during that memorable period. Deprived of the
langerous privilege f making and unmaking
Ministries, of obstructing the march of Govern-
ment, of transforming the Tlibune into a pedestal
for ambition or vanity, the Legislative body was
enabled to deliberate on the Bills before it without
the stir of p litieal passions, in the most perfect in-
dependence of the Government as of faction.
" While losing the right of proposing, in the
midst of debates, amendments which often spoil
the whole tenour of a bi 1, the Legislative body his
noL the less that of rejecting or m idifying such
measure as it does not approve. Never was the
right of amendment 'exercised in a more ample
or t-fficapious manner—never were bills more care-

fully examined—never were contradictory opinions
l maintained with greater freedom or tilerit.
"if the Council of State did not admit all the
modifications proposed by the Legislative body, if
most of the discussions between those two bodies
terminated in a mutual utiderstanding, • he cause
must be 'sought for in the wisdom with which the
bills were prepared before being submitted to the
Legislative body, and in that spirit of conciliatitn,
that love for the public welfare, with wh•ch all the
great bodies of the State are animated.
• o.`: Each of those,bodies may claim a share in the
h ° 'd 'which has been done. All iif them have Un-
derstood and ably fulfilled the high mission which
they bold frorn.the constitution and from the con-
eil of State
aced in th'in by the Emperor.'
tid, nce pr
I"
During
six -
has had
of incessant labour the Couti-
all the budge.s;iall not, only to prepare all ti.e b Ils,
Leg slative body
berate upon-all and to support them before the
thelneasur Senate, but also to deli-
s public utility, to de-
cide all appeals, all e,,
brandies of the AdmiLis r:
of speech, ,riespee ing the different
114 -th To fulfil this im:
niefise task it Was neeessary,
thi:einsudpferior-ii.ni-
telligence, the' talent-
activity and tact which distinguish the Ptee:icitlttat of
er of
divot
tlie a•tineil of State, to have the cooperationori
that --a-iiieurbla,qa - of enlightenment and
which make that Lody-the worthy continuation
~

the traditions of the Council of S ate of the First
Emuirm.

" The Senate, which consists of the most emin-
ent men of tne clergy, of the army, of the navy, of
th- m gistracy, ;And of the Government, a;:qui.ted
itself wi h no less zeal and talent of the superior
task assigned to it by the constitution. No bills
discussed in the Council of State and passed by the
Legislative body could become law without the ap-
proval of the Senate. All serious petitions were
t' e! c Irefully examined. .elicttits Coniu7ta were
rendered to give fuller play to our in,titutions, and
many me sures of great public inierest have al-
ready emanated or will shortly emanate from its
deliberations.

" Thus, each of the three great bodie3 of the
State has a claim upon 'ha gratitude of the Em-
peror and of the country."

CARMARTHENSILIRE ELECTION.

(From the TVelshman)
The election of a Parliamentary representative
for this county, to supply he vacancy occasioned
by the death of Mr. Saunders Davies, took
.place
ou Friday at Llaneilo. Or, account of the resig-
nation of Mr. Lloyd Davies, the proceedings were
divested. of the interest and excitement of a con-
tested election. It is, however, gratifying that
the county has been spar, d the unpleasantness of
a co 'test by the almost unanimous declaration of
the electors in favour of Mr. Pugh, who was chceen,
not by any party, but bythe constituents as a body,
without any reference to political distinction. This
is a rewarkat.le fact pregnant with meaning ; for
it was not only the yeomanry of the county who
supported him, but gentlemen of great of
and who occupy au influential position—gentle-
men who used to rally round different political
standards. The independence, the acknowledged
abilities, the honesty of purpo-e, and 'he
liberal tendencies of Mr. Pugh pointed him
out as pre-eminently qualified for the
honour which has been conferred upon Mm
by an overwhelming majority of the const tuency.
So favourably was he received and so univetsa.ly
supp-rted that it has been stated by many compe-
tent to judge that he would have received tweeter
votes to one over any other candidate. It was
na uraely expected that a gentleman so p 'pular
would be greeted to-day by a large number of
electors anxious for any demonstration of th it
feelings towards him, and although the proceedings
were s rictly formal there was a very la ge attend-
ance, including the mist influential voters in the
county, who seemed to vie with each other in
according Mr. Pugh a faearty retention. The shops
t'f the town were a I closed and business generally
suspended, so that the inhabitants turned out en
masse. A. hand of music par tried the streets and
tee bells .of the patieh church pealed Merrily.
Tr jump', al arches of evergreens and Howe. s spavined
the principal tholonehteres, and the wh 'le pl •ce
put on a gay and restive appearance. The ever-
green arch near the Town-hall was tastefully get-
up, and in the centre wreathed with flowers were
the were: " Pugh ; the right man in the right
place." Near the Cewdor Arms a banter was sus-
pended in tee middle of the street bearing the fol-
lowing inscription :—" A fact feet the Elect rs
When an Independent coasts is pursued it ulti-
mat, ly succeeds. Witness, Pugh is in, Lloyd
Davies is out." This irtscripton was festooned
with &wets, and underneath was a device in ever-
gre us and brilliant col used flowers resembling a
crown. There was another arch of some arts ic
patens ons a lit le beyond the Castle Ho•el.
Ale ut a quarter b -ft), e ten Mr. Pugh, accom-
panied by a large number of his friends and sup-
porters in carriages and on horseback, arrived at
he Town-hall arnd the vociferous cheering of the
populace. At ten o'clock the High Sheriff, C.
Morgan, Esq., Alltygog, with his deputy, F. Gr en,
Esq., seliciter, entered the room, which was 1 te-
rally ttiroeged, many being unable to gain a
hearing. In the assembly there was a number of
fashionably attired ladies, including Mrs. Jones, of
Pantgles, who manifested a lively iutetest in the
no ideation
The writ having been read, and the other forms
observed,
The HIGH SHERIFF rose and said,—We are as-
sembled to elect a knight of the shire to fill the
va •ancy caused by the decease of our friend Mr.
Lloyd Davies. (Laughter.) I mean Mr. Saun-
ders Davies. Has any one a candidate to propose ?
Mr. W. R. H. POWELL, Maesgwyn (who was
heartily cheered), said,—A ve,y brief space of time
has elapsed since we assembled iu this hall for the
purp se of re-electing a gentleman to represent this
county in Parliament, whose sudden death is de-
plered by every one. (hear, hear.) In public and
private lite Mr. S. Davies was alike beloved and
respected by all. That I.ber .1 beart—so generous—
so just, endeared him to all as a member of Parla-
ment, a neighbour, and a friend. (Applause.) His
memory is engraven on the hearts of the county,
and it will long live in the affections of the people.
We are now met to the vacancy occasioned by
the death of our friend. It is with great reluctance
that I stand thus pr-rainently forward, as I feel
sure there are very many others more cows eteet
to the ditty, and wbo cou;d perform it more to your
satisfaction. (Cries of no, no.) But as I was oee
of the deputation who wa ted upon Mr. Pugh to
induce him to come forward as a candidate, under
the impression that it was the wish of a large ma-
jority of the electors, which subsequent events have
borne out, I was urgefito compht the t-sk t, -day
in the nomination of Mr Pugh. (Cheers.) It is,
there ore, my plea.iug duty to propose in every
respect a wer• hy successor of Mr. S. Davies, our
late lantenrtd representative. Mr. Push's high
character and attainments nee i no eulogi um from
me. His career in public and private life is before
us. He has always lived amo gst us, and we know
his worth. (Cheers.) As C.-airtime of Quarter
Sessions for many years, he ever pursued a clear,
straight-f Tweed, and independent course—secured
the respect and merited the approbation of us all.
(A.ppl use.) Fo hisptiva e wor hlmay refer t ) the
regard and esteem evinced fir him in this neigh-
bourhi od wle• re he resides—to the crau,ty at large,
and to the feeliugs displayed here to-day. (Loud
ceeers ) For his pole 'ice' views I ref r you to his
full, wanly, and feelng ad ress. (Ht ar, hear.)
He was ready to go for reform and improvement
share necessary. (Loud applause.) •His c inuec-
tion with the landed interest ef the county, and his
high attainments point him out as the fittest man
to represent us iu Parliament. I can, truly say
from my heart that the honour conferred* upon him
—the t ust resposed in his hands, will never be
famished while in his keeping. It is therefore with
much pleasure that I nominate Mr. David Pugh,
of Menorah-re, as a fit and proper person to repro
sent the county of Carmarthen in the Cumnions
House of Parliament. (Loirri cheers.)
Major LEWES, of Clyufiew, who was loudly
cheered, s rid—l rise to second the nominaeion of
Mr. David Pugh to represent tels important county
in Parliament, and in doing so I am sure you will
permit me to allude to the cause of our meeting
here to-day, as I was one of the nearest neighbours
of our late much lamen ed representative, Mr. S.
Davies-4hear, hear)—to whose memory I willingly
pay every tribute of respect. I had many tppor-
tunities of knowing his worth, and most confidenly
assert in the presence of you all, who knew him
well, that he not 'only • adorned the public station
he filled, but iu private life his uniferin le;ndness
and courtesy secured him the esteem and respect
of every man. I may say that in private life he
was beloved by every one. (Applause.) In speak-
ing. of Mr. Pugh's qualifications for the duties to
whi• h he is nominated, I feel r should be unneces-
sarily taking up the time of the meeting, and I
shall not therefore enlarge upon his peculiar fitness
to represent this county inLParliement. As chair-
man of the Quarter Sessions he had given unquali-
fied satisfaction and won the esteem and respe it of
the whole county. (Cheers.) lam sure that iu
returning him to-day to represent this county we
shall put the right man in the right place, and I
now second the nomination. (Lend cheers )
The HIGH SHERIFF then put the usual question
three times, and there being.no other candidate he
declared Mr. Pugh duly.elected.
-Mr. Puree( (who was evidently labouring under
censiderahle emotion, and 'who was vocifereusly
cheered) said—lt now becomes my duty to return
thanks to the great constituency of th s county,
who with unparalleled unanimity have made ute
the'r representative. - (Applau-re.) I am fully
aware of the responsibility which such unanimity
entails oa the object of its choice I might falter
when I contemplate the diversity of interests com-
mitted:tie-my charge ; I might closer-air of being the'
apt repreeenta rye of opinions wide as the. poles
asunder ; but, supported as I am by the generous
spirits who when a contest was imminent came for-
ward to uphold me, I will neither despair nor falter,
because I perfectly comprehend the position in
which I stand here, and I know the conditiens on
which I have been supported. (Loud cheers.)
Many have enrolled themselves among my-friends
who know littleof my opinione, whebelieve that
my principles—a& far as: they know r
from their own.; yet they give me ci editfor honesty
of purpose, for rectitude of intention, and a wish to
labour for the public good, and under this standard
I have conquered. (Applause.) I indulge the hope
that, when I return here, not one of the magnifi-
cent array which befriends me on this occasion will
be able to say that I have betrayed him. In the
position in which I stand, far from being dismayed,
see only an additional incentive to labour as far
as possible for the good of the country. And the
situation is more congenial to my feelings in this
respect, that I have never had any sympathy with
that violent party spirit—happily more rife in other
days than in our oviii•-(applause)—*Thich seeks to

array a whole people in two opposite and hostile
camps, each regarding the other as coutaining the
enemies of their country. (Chews.) I have ever
been an admirer of th' se gre vt Minis ets, who-
ever age or country they have ad trued, who, tra-
duced and vilified teough th y were in their day,
are now acknowledged to have ha-I no other end in
view than the glory of their country—are now dis-
covered, when it is too late, to have been distin-
guished by no bigotted adherence to ancient insti-
tutions on the one hand, no love of revolutionary
principles on tl,e other- (Applause.) They dln
their beneficent en' eavours to extinguish p rty
spirit and prom .te a combination of good men for
the service of the State ; their noble hearts were
wrung wi h the th .ught of the extinction of their
hopes, only because they were in advance of the age
in which they lived ; because they occupied the
heights which those around them were unable to
asce, d. (Hear, hear.) They would have rej iced to
see these days, in which a wilder and more humane
sigePattarareethe shades, how
the two great
tp.aoi'nietythperevlinAielss.wiFdcohr intoowwl
patties in the State. (Cheers.) The indistinctw-s+
f the boundary almost tempts us to exclaim,
Where shall wisdom be found ? (Applause.) These
are the circumstances which induce me to believe
that I shall be able to give satisfaction to my sup-
porters. Their generous and unsu-petting confi-
dence forbids me to doubt it. Once more I thank
them ; especially the fairer portion that have
exertei themselves in my behalf and those who are
now assembled within these walls. (Hear, hear.) A
word on him whom we have lost. Only some
weeks, some little weeks ago, he lamented in this
place that he was unable to take a part in the de-
hat.,.s of the House of Commons.
The applause of listening Senates to command,
And reed their history is a nation's eyes,
is the lot of the highly favoured, highly gifted few
alone ; but a purer and more upright spirit than
his never awoke, with impassioned eloquence, the
echoes of the House of Commons. (Applause.) He
has quitted the stormy scenes of poli ical life on
which I au. now ab .ut to enter. He is gone to his
r ward. My we who are left behind him emulate
his virtues, and be respected and beloved as he
was ! (Long continued she' ring.)
A vote of thanks was accorded to the High
Sheriff, on the motion of Mr. Pu .h, seconded ny
M . Powell, for " his able, impartial, and hand-
some c induct in the chair."

The High Sheriff having acknowledged the com-
pliment, tue proceedings terminated.

THE RIVAL WHIPPEKS-IN.

(Front the Morning Herald )
A dinner w ,s given to Sir William Joliffe, Bart.,
M. P , at be Cant in Club, on Saturdiy l.st, in re-
ignition of his grew services to the Couserva ive
pa ty, at wh co 19.1 gentl-men ( hiefly members of
the two 'houses of P..rliament) were present, being
the utmost number wider' the dining-roinn could
accommodate. Tlie chair was occupied by the Earl
of Det by. Tue entettain went being in its coarac-
ter a private one we do n it feel justified in noticing
it in its det Lily, but tt,e position of Vie honourable
member for Petersfield in eference to the Conserva-
tive parry, and the e,bination in which he is h 1
are such as t ► war- an, some gene al rem irks upon
this occasion. Th- pnolic are little a k are of -he
impiliance of the functions b longing t the
offices filled at the present time by Mr. Hayter
and Sir Willia,n Jolliffe. The otiachimiry
of our great political part es, at this present
juncture, we need FcAt remark, is co
ii-
p!ic.ted in no orlinary e. Mr. Hayter and
Sir William J-illiffe laity be considered as the eugi-
seers who work these great machines, and their
goo I or bail working depends mainly upon the
qualifications of the engineers. If the Government
is for unate in having such a man as Mr. Hayter,
the Opposition is no,. less for tuna e in Sir William
and each of these gentlemen possesses qua-
iities adapting h.in simularly.,o the chief and io the
party to wiloin his services are useful. We are
disposed to give every c e lit to the qualifications
of Mr. H iyi er. Like his chi f, he th 'roughly uu
derstands the Hou eof Commons. Like him, he
has the a :vantage of ex raordioary adroitness, pre-
se ,ce of mind, and good temper. If be is some
what unsciupulimi, so is L rd Palmerston ; and
as• Lord Palmerston has kept Loge 11,-r his party
when no other sta esinan could have done so, it
cannot be lienie 1 that Mr. LI iy er has saved his
party ou several occasions by his energy, prompti-
tude, and a ;curacy of iutormatii n.

Sir William J lliffe, too, possesses many of the
chsrac eri of his party and ..f his chief.
High-
minded, chivalrous, straightforward, and truihful,
he has earn d the respect and e,teem of na,,n of all
opinions in the House 4.l*Comin rots. If the ado t-
ness and experience of Mr. Hayter secure him
from being practised upon in h s ditieult position,
and have enahled him to stye his party from
disaster, the honesty .if purpose aid s.n4lan. 83 of
mind which characterise Sir Wiliam J•lliffe fut.-
nish him with an equivalent, protection, and have
given him an influence which has kept his party.
together. We nave reason to know :h.t the or-
ganisation of the Opp ,sition was nev, r bitter than
at the present time. We believe tuey will be found
united as one man in rep.lling any act ick upon
t :e in,titu•ions of the country ; and we may ven-
ture to regard this tril.ute to Sir Wham Jolliffe
as au indi ation of the confidence and cordidity
which pievail among the memb-re of the great
Con.scrvative party bath IlUlaJ3 of Parliament.

IRELAND.

rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE l5, 1857