The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

A. SCENE in tteFRENCH CHAMBERS

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—SITTING or DEC. 30.
The Chamber met this day for the choice of Vice-
Presidents, and for the definitive constitution of the
Chamber: After the election of the Vice-Presidents,
M. Lafitte, who, as the senior member of the Cham-
ber, had acted as pro. tern. President, addressed the
Chamber as follows : Gentlemen, called for
the second time to the honour of presiding over
you, I will not abuse the privilege of my
age and my functions. The sorrowful reminis-
cences which I feel in this place would perhaps
lead me to speak to you of my appre-
hensions for the future, whilst I would only wish at
this moment to express to you my thanks for the kind-
ness of which you have given me a fresh proof ; but,
in the presence of a situation which does not appear
without danger, my conscience obliges the to tell you
what France expects of you. In the course of your
session, besides the official programme of your
labours, opportunities will offer themselves for ex-
amining if our late illusions 4pd our fortune will be
engulfed in the abyss which opens at our very doors
1---(lnterruption)—whether the struggle entered on
in various localities—(oh, oh)—between the Go-
vernment and the elective powers does pot contain
within itself the seeds of a struggle still more
grave between the two principles which, for four-
teen years, we have laboured to conciliate—(Loud
exclatnationa from the Centre)—if the artificial calm
created Qn the egFfAcp of the count7—(lo, ah)—be

sufficient for-our dignity—(ON oh)whether dis-
order and anarchy are not at the foundation of our
situation—(Murmurs from different parts of the
Chamber)—and whether good faith and rectitude in
the administration of public affairs are not preferable
to the resources of venality—to a traffic in corruption.
--(Loud interruption from the Centre, and a Member
loudiy called " Order, order.")
M: Lafitte—l consider that my age, my character,
and my, position, give me a right to speak the truth
when I consider it useful.—(Marks of assent from the
Gauche.)
M. Lafitte—l shall not carry my investigations
any further.
A voice from the Centre exclaimed, " That will be
no misfortune ;" and another voice from the Left
called on the interrupter for Ailence.
M. Lafitte—l will not carry my investigations any
further ; but bear in mind that factions die away,
Ministries are changed, systems become exhausted,
and we, Gentlemen, we remain responsible for the
obstacles which the country meets with in the deve-
lopement of those resources of power and of prosperity
which it ought to expect from the Revolution of July.
—(Loud murmurs from the Centre, and approbatory
exclamations from the Left.)
M. Lafitte then said—" I now invite the President
and the Definitive Secretaries to take their places ;"
and returned to his usual seat in the Chamber.
A voice from the Centre—" A la bonne heure."
M. Sauzet, the President, then addressed the Cham-
ber, amidst the most profound silence; and after
thanking the Chamber for the honour they had done
him in electing him again to fill the honourable
office of President of the ' Chamber he concluded thus
—" The first session has fulfilled its work—let the
second do the same ; let the Chamber concur in it
with the Bureaux by the good order of its delibera-
tions, the prompt and wise distribution of its labours,
that no salutary idea may be lost sight of, that no one
moment be lost; let us know how to show what may
be expected from an intelligent and powerful nation,
and thus merit the gratitude of the country.
The President then declared the Chambers to be
constituted; and proposed to vote the usual thanks to
the Member, who, from his seniority, had temporarily
presided.
Some voices from the Centre here exclaimed, " Oh,
oh !" and " No, no !" and others from the Left,

"Consult the Chamber."
President—l demand that the thanks be voted as
usual to the members of the provisional Bureau.—
(Oh, oh.) There is no opposition to the vote.
A voice from the Left—" Yes, there is opposition,
Consult the Chamber."
President—l again demand that thanks be voted to
the Provisional Bureau.—(Yes, yes). There is no
opposition.—(No, no.) The thanks are voted.—
(Loud murmurs and exclamati@ns from the Left.)
The Chamber soon after adjourned.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 30, 1843.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Forester, to 'appoint Charles Edward Murray,
Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men at Arms, vice Hopkinson, who retires.
- Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Militia.—A. E. MacGregor, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice J. Fraser, deceased ; J. H. Hardyman,
Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice J.Baillie, deceased, Nov. 8.