The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-05 00:00:00

[The following appeared in our Third Eiition of
last night :—] _

FRANCE.

It appears that the President of the. Republic was
hooted at and insulted on Monday by the inhabitants
of the Faubourg St. Antoine, on his return from the
review at Vincennes. General Changarnier was also
insulted and hissed on the same occasion, and amongst
the most prominent of Changarnier's assailants were
several soldiers.

In the Assembly yesterday the budget of the
Minister of the Interior came under discussion,
and on a vote for 832,000 f. for secret service money
being proposed,
M. Jules Favre moved a reduction of 32,000 f.
Under the Monarchy he said that discussion afforded
an occasion to test the decree of confidence of the Par-
liament in the Ministry. Now that such opportunities
presented themselves daily, he should confine himself
to offer a few observations on the internal policy
of the Cabinet. Ile felt it his duty to denounce cer-
tain tendencies of the Government likely to compro-
mise it, and in which it persevered not witstanding
the caution that universal suffrage had lately given
it in a great city. The Ministry was too much pre-
occupied with the exaggerated dangers to which
a certain opinion exposed society, and was too prone
to recur to measures of police. It had presented itself
as a Ministry of action. lle was afraid history would
not ratify that denomination, and stigmatize it as a
police Ministry. What was its first act? It was the
appointment of a Prefect of Police out of the class cf
citizens to which that post was usually confided under
the Monarchy, end which practice should not have
been followed under the Republic. ("Respectable
men like Caussidiere," exclaimed a member on the
Right.—Loud laughter.) M. Jules Favre observed
that it was cowardly to attack an absent and a van-
quished adversary.—(Murmurs on the Right; ap-
probation on the Left.) M. Jules Favre then pro-
ceeded to read the proclamation published by M.
Carlier after his elevation to the Prefecture of Police,
in which he denounced in energetic terms the machi-
nations of the Socialists, and invited all honest citi-
zens to form a holy league against them.
The speaker was here interrupted by a person at
the bottom of the hall, who cried to him to read his
16th bulletin of the Republic. This interpellation
produced the most violent tumult. M. Favre denied
being the author of that document, and declared that
if he had read it, he should not have authorised its
publication. The uproar continuing, M. Favre quitted
the tribune, when several members from the Left de-
scending into the hemicycle, vehemently apostrophised
their colleagues on the other side. The latter re-
taliated, whn M. Duch6 advanced toward M. Chas-
segue Goyon and exchanged with him angry words,
which were not heard in the gallery. M. Piscatory
then went up to M. Duch6, whispered in his ear awl
pointed to the door, towards which he- proceeded,
without, however, being followed by M. Duch& The
officers of the house then surrounded the latter and
escorted him to his seat.

The sitting was a moment suspended, and when the
confusion subsided, M. Jules Favre resumed his incri-
minations against the police, cited several arbitrary
acts committed by its agents, for which he blamed the
Ministers, who had given directions to their respective
subordinates to organize a system of espionnage all
over the country, and had actually annihilated the last
vestige of individual liberty.—(Loud interruption on
the Right.)
_ _

A Member on the Left.—" We will again descend
into the streets."

" We defy you !" exclaimed General Lefto.
M. Favre shortly afterwards concluded, an .t was
succeeded by M. Denjoy, who was left at the tribune.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION of 1851.
A preliminary meeting of the inhabitants of South
Lambeth, was held yesterday, in Ilawkstone-hall,
Waterloo-road, for the purpose of considering the
best means of carrying out the• plan of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, fOr an Exhibition of the
Industry of all Nations to be held in 1851. Mr.
Joshua Field was called upon to preside.
The CHAIRMAN, after entering upon a short his-
tory of the origin cf the proposed exhibition, ex-
pressed his belief' that it would prove highly advan-
tageous not only to the country but to the whole
world. It would promote peace and good fellowship
amongst all classes of society, and it' it were only on
that ground it would be for the interest of every man
to support it. But it had peculiar claims to 'support
upon the borough of Lambeth. Lambeth was the
manufacturing district of the metropolis, and as this
exhibition must inevitably promote the welfare of its
inhabitants, he had no doubt whatever that they
would assist it with liberal contributions.
Mr. SAMUEL SIDNEY moved the first resolution, and
pronounced an opinion that the exhibition would prove
highly interesting and instructive to every member of
the community, since it would embrace raw materials
and produce, machinery, manufactures, sculpture,
art, &c., and in fact, nothing would be omitted from
the gigantic building in Hyde-park that was calcu-
lated to instruct or interest the man of taste or the
artizan. The resolution he proposed expressed the
approval of the meeting of the intended exhibition.
The Itev. JOSEPH BROWN, Rector of Christ Church,
seconded the resolution. This monster museum
would not only be an interesting and an important
exhibition, but a solemn one. It would present to
them the magnificent spectacle of every nation and
race on the surface of the globe struggling to excel
each other in the arts of peace. Not only, too, would
it advance the interest of civilization of the world,
but its influence would be felt even amongst the
uncivilized portion of mankind. He, however, did
not support it so much on that ground as from the
belief that it would promote the happiness of the work-
ing classes. In fact, in the wards of Lord Carlisle,
it would be the working man's jubilee, and it was
that conviction mainly which induced him to advo-
cate the exhibition.
Mr. APSLEY .t'ELLATT supported the resolution.
He had seen the advantages resulting from similar
exhibitions in France and Belgium, though on a much
smaller scale, and often had he regretted that the com-
petition in them was confined to the manufactures and
products of the two countries in which they were held.
Those exhibitions, limited, however, as they had been,
had served to promote the interest of the industrious
chases of France and Belgium in a large degree, and
he, for one, felt no sympathy with those who were
doubtful whether this extensive contest, thrown open,
as it would be, to all the world, would benefit or in-
jure the British manufacturer. It needed no argu-
ments to convince the reflective man that it must re-
sult in advantage and improvement to our home pro-
ductions. The British artificer possessed the power
of mind and muscle, and all he wanted was the educa-
tional power and the artificial acquirements
of his foreign neighbours. Well, then what was
more calculated to supply that want than an exhi-
bition of this nature and magnitude ? He had no
hesitation in predicting, then, that the effect of it
would be to promote trade and develope immense
improvements in the manufactures and productions
of English artizans. This exhibition would be best
described in the language of the poet :
"'These are the gifts of art, and art strives most
Where commerce has enriched the busy coast.
He catches 'all improvements in his flight,
Spreads foreign wonders in his country's sight,
Imports what others have invented well,
And stirs his own to match them or excell.
'Tie thus reciprocating each with each
Alternately the nations learn and teach,
While Providence enjoins to every soul
A union with the vast terraqueous whole."
Mr. REID, a mechanic, freely admitted that this
great exhibition would prove of national advantage.
The working classes of this country had always
looked with jealousy upon the efforts of men above
them to promote their welfare, because they never
could be certain of what ulterior object was had in
view; but in this instance he believed the working
classes were satisfied that the object of the originator
of this great undertaking was the advancement of
their interest, and it would certainly meet with their
hearty support. Ignorance had unfortunately induced
the working man to look upon machinery as his
enemy, but in his opinion machinery was his friend,
or it increased the demand for labour, and satisfied
the absolute wants of an increasing population. This
exhibition, he confidently expected, would destroy
that delusion, and still further cement the good feel-
ing which ought always to exist between the upper
and lower classes.
The resolution was then put, and carried unani-
mously.
Mr. WYNDHAM HARDING, the secretary of the
South-Western Railway, moved the second resolution,
nominating a local committee for assisting the Royal
Commission. He confirmed the statement of the last
speaker, that the working classes were favourable to
the exhibition, and stated that the artizans and me-
chanics in the employ of the company with which he
was connected had voluntarily entered into a sub-
scription fur supporting the undertaking. No doubt,
objections might be urged against
freefrom but what
scheme or p
Mr. Canning before he introduced any measure into
Parliament always consulted the greatest fool he
it,
objection ?
could find on it. A friend once asked him why he
did se, and his reply was that the fool served him as
foolernee r, and it enabled him to ascertain the
opinion of all the fouls in the country of his measure.
--(A laugh.) Now, an eminent man had stated
his objection to this project, and by the same rule as
that adopted by Mr. Canning, he took this nobleman
to be the barometer of all the objections that could
be urged against the proposed exhibition.—(A laugh.)
The objections seemed then to he very slight, indeed,
not worth noticing, in fact, and he therefore felt that
the plan would he highly successful.
Mr. JOSHUA TILLEY seconded the resolution, and
confirmed the opinion that machinery was the friend
and not the enemy of the working man.
Mr. J. H. SMITH supported the 'resolution. Society
was made up of three classes, the useful, the useless,