The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-12 00:00:00

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
yesterday

RAT:;CE.

In the Assembly, on Wedneiday, tl:e clauses of the
Bill fur regulating primary schoolmasters came on for
discussion, and an amendment was proposed by M.
Salmon, enacting that the prefects should not have a
right to dismiss any schoolmaster until they had taken
the opinion of the Committee of Arrondissement, which
was opposed by the Minister of Public Instruction, as
weakening the force of the Bill. The Assembly,
however, adapted the amendment, notwithstanding
the opposition of the Ministry.
The discussion was renewed yesterday, when the
amendment underwent considerable modifications.
The report of the Committee was to the following
effect :—The Assembly adopted, on the preceding
day, an amendment of M. Salmon to the third clause
of the Bill on Primary Instruction, which obliged
the prefects to take the opinion of the Committee of
the Arrondissement previous to the revocation of
schoolmasters who, in all cases, can appeal to the
Minister of Public Instruction against the decision.
This amendment changed the spirit of the law by
rendering its effects less prompt and efficacious. M.
Mortimer Ternaux, wishing to remedy that inconve-
nience had moved that the appeal should not prevent
the suspension or revocation from taking place, and
M. Faultrier asked that the suspension, pronounced
in virtue of the article, might extend to six months.
Those two amendments having been referred to
the Committee, M. Beuo snot, the reporter, said that it
had been of opinion to adopt both. M. Faul-
trier's amendment graduated the penalty, which
was a great merit in penal legislation.
Some members, however, objected that, if the
suspension lasted six months, the district would
be deprived of the benefit of primary instruction dur-
ing too long a period. Now, he thought that the
suspension would seldom exceed a month or two, but,
in all cases, it would be easy to supply the place of the
schoolmaster. The other amendment, moved by M.
Ternaux, had likewise appeared perfectly logical to
the committee, and it had resolved to propose its
adoption with the adoption of a clause empowering
the prefect to condemn him to the partial or total
deprivation of his salary. (" Why not at once con-
demn hi,n to death," exclaimed a voice on the Left-,
" it is an infamy.")
N. Parien, Minister of Public Instruction, declared
that the C abinet accepted the modifications introduced
into the Bill by the Committee. Although the first
paragraph of the 31 article had been carried in oppo.
sition to the wishes of Ministers, yet, with the changes
made by the Committee, he trusted that the desired
object would be attained, and the Cabinet accordingly
concurred in them.

M. L'Herbette observed, that the adhesion of the
Cabinet might be a tactique to obtain the rejection of
the first part of the 3d article when the Assembly
would vote on the whole. He accordingly moved that
the additional paragraphs be converted into a separate
article, which was ageed to.
After a few words from M. Mounet, in behalf of
the schoolmasters,who would be deprived of all means
of existence during six months, the amendment of M.
Ternaux was put from the chair, with the additional
penalty of the suspension of the salary, and voted.
M. Mathieu de la Drome next observed that the
amendment of M. Faultrier would imply the abroga-
tion of the 3d article. If it were adopted the Assembly
should mention in the article that the prefect was
bound to consult the Committee of the Arron-
dissement before pronouncing the suspension of
a schoolmaster during six months. "An attempt
is making to frighten you, gentlemen," added he,
"at the progress of Secielises, in order to avert
your attention from the real danger. They place
before your eyes an imaginary phantom. Tne peril
is not on that side. A party is now endeavouring to
gain over to its cause the sub-officers, who are de-
scribed as the real strength of the army. Socialism
is entirely out of tlie question. The humblest pea-
sant is as much attached to his patch of ground as
the rich man to his domain. What is intended is to
substitute to the present schoolmasters, Bonapartist
schoolmasters, who will propagate a journal (Le
.„,„?.r.tooleon) published under the patronage of the
min [Rea _ the Interior. Tne same tactique suc-
ceeded at another - end, for my part, I nei-
ther wish to be a dupe nor el.,.,,plicCof the
scheme."

M. Laurent de l'Ardeche next developed, amidst
the noise, an atnendmmt which was not taken into
consideration.

He was followed by M. Moreau, who moved that
the schoolmaster :evoked should be replaced by a
secular teacher. In support of his amendment he
undertook to demonstrate the danger of confiding the
instruction of youth to the clergy. In a book of the
Jesuits he read this maxim, " A robber is preferable
to a liar."—(L md laughter on the Right.) In ano-
ther passage the children are told to mind nothing
but their own salvation and pay no attention to the
affairs of this world, not even their family interests,
&c.—(Crief of " Enough! enough !" on the Right.).
M. Moreau, having descended from the tribune,
M. Dunin put his amendment to the vote, and not a
single Member rose to support it.
The President was preparing to consult the As-
sembly respecting M. Faultrier's amendment, but
20 Members on the Left having demanded a division,
a ballot ensued, when there appeared, for the amend
ment, 387; against it, 224. The amendment was
accordingly declared to be adopted.
Another ballot next took place on the whole of the
4th article, which gave—for the article, 378 ; against
it, 213.
This article was adopted.— [Left sitting.]
The Siècle has the following on the subject of the
proposed expedition to La Plata
" We have said that the Ministry was determined to
support the negotiations in La Plata with a force of
1,500 infantry and 500 artillerymen. It may be well
imagined that we do not affirm that these figures may
not he changed. The mumbers of the Cabinet have not
accustomed us to so much fixity in their resolutions.
What we can affirm is, that, at present, the Ministry
Las admitted that, in order to conform to the will of
the Assembly, the negotiator should have at his
disposal such forces as would prevent the town
of Monte Video from running any danger until
the arrival of an expedition of war, if the pretensions
of Rosas rendered war inevitable. At present
we are going to mention, but without affirming any-
thing, the rumours which have circulated during the
day. It was stated that the Minister of War and cf
Foreign Affairs had informed M. Darn, non-officially.
that the Government de facto, joined in the opinion of
the committee, and that the negotiations should be sup-
ported by from 2,000 to 2,500 men fit to he disembarked;
in fine, that the Ministry would do all that depended on
it to defend the lives of our countrymen and the interests
of our commerce. If the naval forces to be employed
ere more considerable the Cabinet would not hesitate,
it was said, to employ Admiral Laic& a3Commander-in-
Chief and negotiator, although his name is somewhat
significant in the question. The Cabinet thinks, it is
said, of Admiral Verninhac, ex-Minister of Marine, for
the purpose, A third version states, that it is Admiral
Dubourdieu who is to start for Monte Video, accom-
panied by a diplomatist whose name i 3 not yet deter-
mined on."

The Journal du Havre says—" The Chargé
d'AffAres of France at Bogota has presented a pro-
test against the rigorous manner in which the French
company formed to establish a railway over the
Isthmus cf Panama Ills been dispossessed, to the
profit of the A3pin wall Company, of the concession
which it had obtained from the Government of New
Granada. He has demanded that the projectors of
the company shall be indemnifik-d f)r the prelimi-
nary expense which they have incurred, amount-
ing to upwards of 80,000 r. The Government
of New Granada appears inclined to attend to this
demand. Negotiations have been lately entered into
at Quito, the car,:tal of the IZepub!ic of the Equator,
to have important additions made to the commercial
treaty of 1843. That country has for the last three
yearn importA a great number of articles from Paris."

A CaiJintttined I,v,is held yesterday at the
Eiysea at which the President of the Republic pre-
sided. The subject of dAlberation was the contem-
plated expedition against 1311,9104 Ayres. The fleet
will be under the command of Admiral Dabourdieu,
and the troop,,, which will consist of one regiment of
Marines and t‘.vo squadrons cf Chasseurs, will ba
commanded by Cpl. Lannes de Mintebello.