The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

a aisfaction in this elevation of L,rd CAMPBELL to the
Chiet-Justiceship of England, it v.ill be som' matter
of regret that the conseqqcnt elevation of the E Sri of
CARLISLE to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of
Lancaster may possibly militate injuriously against the
continuance c f his beneficent le.bours as a
.sanitary re -
former. In such a dol:bt, however, we are
sanguine that the people mly find themselves
to have been altogether deceived ; believing, as we
do, that that good and distinguished state_man will
apply himself as energetically to the amelioration of
the condition of the poorer inhabitants of our more
densely populated cities as when he participated in the
labours of the Parliament, simply as Representative of
the West Riding of Yorkshire, or as when he shared in
the reformatory efforts of the Cabinet, simply as the
principal Commissioner in the Woods and Forests De-
partment. A philanthropical legislator such as
Lord CARLISLE is not to be daunted from
the pursuance of a nob!e course by
the mere circumstance cf a change in his minis-
terial position. Nay, we are persuaded that, having
adventured upon the labour of eff_Tting a vast sani-
tary improvemt nt throughout the country, he will not
pause in his endeavours because of his having attained
an accees'ou to his influence and dignity as Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster. But for his removal from
the seat of the Legislature by his appointment as
Ambassador to France, the Marquis of NORMANDY
would never, we are sure, have relax d in the
same generous efforts to improve the social
comforts and physical situation of the commu-
nity. Unlike the Marquis of NORMANDY, the
Earl of CARLISLE still fortunately possesses the
capacity to advance the cause of sanitary reform in
the House of Lords on every available opportunity.
That he will do so the public may rest confident;
and hence it is we are persuaded that the nation will
find no more reason to regret his elevation to the
Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster than the
simultaneous elevation of Lord CamrnELL to the
Chief -Justiceship of England.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
At the sitting of the National Assembly on Tues-
day, M. Dupin, the President, announced that he had
received a requisitory from the Attorney-General, M.
Baroche, asking to be authorised to take legal proceed-
ings against M. Michel de Bourges, for having on the
Ist of March, in the commune cf Montmartre, ad-
dressed a speech to an auditory, composed of 800 per-
sons, assembled at the Hermitage, in which he attacked
the principle of property in the following terms :
" The day after their triumph the people will inquire
into the origin of fortunes and capital, and proceed
to wind up the accounts of the bourgeoisie.
They will be justified in so doing, after examining
the accounts of royalty, unless the bourgeoisie
should voluntarily consent to the sacrifice, which
I strongly recommend them to do. The people
produce everything, and it is to them consequently
that everything belongs. Let us accordingly uniee,
and we will come out victorious from the contest.
It is for that reasun we entreat you to be
peaceable, in order that we may one day
say to our enemies--' Do as we have done; we
have too long submitted to you. You may rest
assured that they will do so. Is
.our present
social state possible or durable ? Are there not, in
our society, many individuals who live in comfort-
able idleness, whilst others work very hard and lead
a wretched existence ? The Re-public, as it exists to-
day, is a mere empty word. The possession c f man
by man must at last cease," &c.
This communication was received by the Ie ft with
loud murmurs, and one of them cried, "This is an
electioneering manoeuvre."
M. Michel de Bourges, having ascended the tri-
bune, said that he had thrice spoken at electoral meet-
ings, as an elector, and not a representative of the
Teeple. Ho protested on his honour—anti five of his
colleagues, and 2,000 citizens of Montmartre, who
him, would attest, that the words
ihmadputheedar
to him
had not been uttered by him. He,
on the contrary, preached conciliation, and held out
the list adopted by the Opposition as a pledge of re-
conciliation between the bourgeois and the working
classes. Ike defied the Ministry and its agents
to substantiate their charge. Ile had said that
it was time the misunderstanding existing be-
ts% een the bourgeois and the people should
cease, and that both should take each other
by the hand. The speech ascribed to him by
the Constitutionnel was a fabricvion. He had de-
scribed the Socialist list as the symbol of three
principles—the improvement of the people by
science, by, the election cf Vidal, their moral
amelioration by educatior, by that of Clrno‘, and a
moral and material interest, that of justice, by
the election of Flotte. The greatest order and
dignity had prevailed at all the meetings, and
he defied any man to cite a single word pro-
nounced by him on that occasion, or during his whole
li‘e, against religion, property, or family. He had
not read the Constitutionnel, or he should have in-
stantly protested, as he did two days afterwards,
when the forgery was made known to him. At the
meeting on the Boulevard Bourdon, held on Satur-
day, he had said that if the labourers gave their arms
and the bourgeois their capital, they would form a
great association, which would save society. This
was very different from the expressions placed in his
mouth. He was no enemy of capital—(Laughter)—
but he thought that it was not unlawful to inquire
into its origin.
M. Rouher, Mini▪
ster of Justice, said, that having
read in a proces-verbal, drawn up by a judiciary
officer, an attack against the principle of property,
he had considered it his duty to propose to the
Assembly to authori▪
se proceedings against M. Michel
de Bourges, to whom it was imputed. The Assembly
ens the sole judge, and would decide if the explana-
tions entered into by M. Michel de Bourge3 were suf-
ficiently explanatory. As to what the latter said re-
specting the three candidates, inieribed on what he
called the list of conciliation, he (M. Itouher) re-
garded them as the candidates of ignorance, insur-
rection, and labour, organized on the principle laid
down by the delegates c f the Luxembourg, and he
trusted that the good sense of the people would dis-
criminate between their real and perfilious friends.
Th The
and
on
being
consumed,t
hat t t requisitory of
le declared ur-
gency,
the Attorney-General should be referred to the
bureau, which should appoint a special committee to
exemine i*.

The President next read a letter of the Minister
of Justice, including a report of the Commissary
of Police of LA Villette, in which M. Bancel,
another representative of the Montagne, was
stated to have used language offensive to the
Legislative Assembly, which he divided into two
hostile camps, the one representing monarchy and op-
pression, and the other republic and emancipation.
Ile had declared that the former, composed of 500 in-
dividuals, had deprived the people of the sacred right
of meeting, of liberty of thl press and thought, and
the expedition to
of
fsed that language, and
Rome, a dv.A,'oic.at
c. e
thead m
iltetgeidt
havingmacy
anl
said that he was ready to appear before his sovereign
judge the country.
The Assembly, on being consulted, unanimously
decided that the language used by 11. Bancel was not
offensive, and passed to the order of the day.
The Assembly then proceeded to discuss the Bill
authorising the PRESIDENT of the Republic to ratify
the treaty of commerce with Chili. The Bill was
read a second time.

The majority of the Committee on the Bill which
purposes to give to the. Government the appointment
of the mayors and deputy-mayors in the provinces
are unfavourable to the Bill, This result has been
brought about by the coalition of the parti-pretre
with the Reds. It would appear, however, from the
statement of the Journal des Dlbats, that the Legiti-
matises have already repented them of their victory.
The Electoral Union has published the official re-
turn of the preliminary elections. The number of
votes given was 61,992, and the eanditates who
have obtained the greatest number etand in rotation
as follows

General LAIIITTE,
M. BOUJEA V,
M. For,
General LAFITTE obtained a considerable majority
over the other candidates. MM. CHAIRED, CHAMEAU,
ARRIGKI DE PADUA, THAYER, and MARDEAu who
were candidates on the list cf the Electoral Union,
have announced their withdrawal from the competi-
tion in compliance with the obligation they had con-
tracted, and in the interest of the cause of order.
M. COMBAREL DE LFYVAL presented the follow-
ing amendment to the Paris and Avignon Hallway
Bill :

Ttio Worksii;aiitiorized to con-
cede, under sealed tenders, and on the general condition,
of the cahiers ales charges.
"First, the railway from Paris to Lymis on tLe re-
imbursement to the Sate of a sum not less than GO
millions of francs; and,
secondly, the tlilway from Lyons to Mignon, with a branch paid by the 6tut?
which shall not exceed 50 millions."
The steam-frigate Prong, intended to form Part of
the La Plata expedition, has sailed fur the third time,
from Toulon.
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A court-martial in the 6 h military division has
sentenced to death five soldiers of the 17th Light
Infantry, for refusal to obey orders in Lyons on the
15th of June.

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