The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-30 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING OF JULY 27.
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past ono o'clock,
in the presence of an exceedingly numerous attendance
of Noble Peers, who for the most part wore crape on the
left arm. All the officers of the Chamber were in mourn-
ing. The only members of the Cabinet present were the
President of the Council and the Minister of Public In-
struction. The President, on taking his seat, called on
Count D'Alton Shee, Count de Beaumont, Count Cholet,
and M. Cambaceres, the youngest members present, to
act as provisional Secretaries. The first business en-
tered on was the reading of the minutes of the Royal
sitting, by M. Cauchy, the Secretary of the Archives of
the Chamber. When the part where the Royal speech
was spoken was arrived at, the Chancellor rose up,
and read the document amidst profound silence. The
reading of the remainder of the minutes of the
sitting was concluded"' by the Secretary,
.and the
whole was adopted. Letters of excuse were read
from several Noble Peers for non-attendance in
conseqUence of ill health, and a communication
was presented by Marshal Gerard, announcing that
the usual guard of honour, composed of the National
Guard, would do duty at the Chamber during the entire
of the session. A Committee was then appointed to
verify the claims of Count de Latour-Maubourg, who
demanded to be admitted to take his seat in the Chamber.
The nomination of the Standing Committees then took
place by ballot, and afterwards the election of the four
Secretaries of the Chamber was decided also by ballot,
for which office the Duke de Coigny, Count Baudrand,
Count Simeon, and Franck-Carre were duly appointed.
The President informed the Chamber that " two grand
deputations were to be appointed for the funeral ob-
sequies of the Duke of Orleans, one to join the
procession from Neuilly on Saturday, and the other
to attend the funeral ceremony on the Wednesday
following. In place of fourteen, the number generally
appointed to be present at the funeral of a Noble
Peer, he should recommend that twenty members should
be nominated on the present occasion.' This was una-
nimously agreed to, and the two grand deputations were
then ballotted for. The Chamber next withdrew to
name the members of the Committee of petitions, and
those who were to compose the Committee on the ad-
dress in reply to the speech from the throne. At four
o'clock the public sitting was resumed, and the Chancel-
lor read the names of the Presidents and Vice-Presi-
dents, Secretaries and Vice-Secretaries of the Standing
Committees, as well as the names of the Committee on the
address. The latter is composed of the Duke de Broglie,
Count d'Argout, Count Portalis, Count Mole, Baron de
Barante, M. Laplagne-Barris, and M. Viennet.
Count Portalis, reporter of the Committee appointed
to examine the claims of Count de Latour-Maubourg,
declared that the Noble Peer was fully entitled to take
his seat in the Chamber.
The Chamber adjourned at four o'clock.

CHAMBER OF' DEPUTIES.-SITTING OF JULY 27.

M. Lafitte, the senior Member of the Chamber, took
the chair at twelve o'clock, a great number of Deputies
being present. After the nomination of the Standing
Committees and other preliminary business, the Depu-
ties retired to organise the►r Standing Committees. The
public sitting was resumed at a quarter past three, and
letters were read from M. Desjosbert and M. Duvergier
de Hauranne, excusing themselves from attendance at
present, in consequence of illness.
A letter was read from Marshal Gerard to the same
effect as that presented to the ether Chamber.
The President then informed the Chamber that he
had received the following official notification :
" Monsieur le President,—l have the honour to in-
form you, by the King's command, that the removal of
the body of the Duke of Orleans, I'rince Royal, from
the chapel of Neuilly to the metropolitan church of
Paris, will take pla.ce on Saturday, July 30, at ten
o'clock in the morning. his Majesty desii es that a
grand Deputation of the Chamber shall accompany the
procession. The King also desires that a grand Depu-
tation of the Chamber shall be present at the funeral
service, which is to be celebrated at Notre Dame on
Wednesday, August 3, at eleven in the morning. Places
will be reserved in the church for all the members of the
Chamber. Receive,•Monsieur le President, the assurance
of my distinguished consideration.
" DUCHATEL, Minister of the Interior."

The President then was proceeding to appoint, by
baliot, the two grand deputations, when several Mem-
bers cried out " No, no-the whole Chamber." The
President informed them that the whole of the Members
might attend, if they pleased, at the funeral ceremony ;
but it would in every case be necessary to nominate the
deputations as specially charged to represent the Cham-
ber. The two deputations were then appointed by
ballot. The swearing in of members next took place,
and upwards of 200 took the oath and their seats. The
only incident of this part of the sitting was the report of
M. Dulatire on the election of M. Bersyer, for the First
Electoral College of ttle Bouches du Rhone, which
document stated that " the election was perfectly re-
gular, but that a circumstance tY curred at it which,
though it had no influence on the election, appeared
to be an infraction of the law. An elector, properly in-
scribed, presented himself in order to vote, and the provi-
sional bureau refused to permit him, because it believed
that he was not a naturalised Frenchman. On the next
day the elector brought forward proofs of his being so,
and his vote was received. The refusal in the first in-
stance was an abuse of power, and it was now alluded to
in order that the Chamber should so express its -disap-
probation as to prevent such an act being renewed."
M. Berryer then took the oath.
A communication was received by the President from
the Chamber of Peers, informing him that the Upper
Chamber had been definitively constituted in its sitting
of that day.-The Chamber adjourned at a quarter-
past five. •
The result of the ballot for the monthly bureaux in
the Chamber of Deputies, says the Debuts, sufficiently
proves that the Conservative party has lost nothing of
its strength. In all the bureaux the Conservatives and
the Opposition have proposed their respective candi-
dates for the functions of President and Secretary.
The following has been the result :-Ist Bureau 39
votes : M. Dufaure, Conservative, was appointed Presi-
dent, by 34 votes, the other 5 being divided amongst
several members of the Opposition.-M. Saglio was
named Secretary by a majority of 21 votes to 18, given
to M. Berville.-2d Bureau 43 votes : General Thiers,
President, 23, against General Bonnemains, 20 ; M.
Etienne, Secretary, 23, against M. Persil, 20.--3 d Bureau
40 votes : M. Amilhau, President, 22, against M. Laflitte,
14, and3l.Perrier (de l'Ain) 2, lost 2.-M.de Montesquiou,
Secretary, 24, against M. Come, 12, Messrs. Luneau and
Lhcrbette 2, lost 1.-4th Bureau, 40 votes: M. Remusat,
President, 23, against General Brunet 17, M. de V alon
36, lost 4.-sth Bureau 37 votes : M. Hartmann 23,
against M. I)ucos 12, lost 2.-M. Paul Daru, Secretary,
26, against M. de Grammont 10, lost 1.-6th Bureau
43 votes : M. de Salvandy, President, 26, against 31.
Lepelletier-d'Aunay 12, and M. Sauzet d'Haus-
sonville, Secretary, 85, against M. Jules de Lesteyrie 13,
M. Crernieux 1, and General Oudinot 1.-7th Bureau
40 votes : AL Croissant, President. 26, against M. Gan-
neron 13, and M. Thiers 1.-M. Chesles, Secretary, 24,
against M. Ayhis 12.-Bth Bureau 43 votes : M. Cle-
ment, President, 26, against M. Odilon Barrot 14 ; three
votes were lost.-M. de Sainte Aulaire, Secretary, 26,
against M. Leon de Malleville 15, and M. de Tocque-
ville 2.-9th Bureau 36 votes : M. Vergues, President,
26, against M. Jaubert 26, lost.-M. Nisard, Secretary,
28, against M. F. de Lasteyre 4 ; two votes were lost.-
The Debuts adds-" Of 18 appointments the Conserva-
tives obtained 14, viz., Messrs. Dufaure, Amilhau, Hart-
mann, de Salvandy, Croissant, Clement, and Vergues.
Presidents ; Messrs. Saglio, de Montsquiou, Dare,
d'Haussonville, Chasles. de St. Aulaire, allot Nisard, Se-
cretaries. The Opposition had four appointments, viz.
M. de Remusat and General Thiers, Presidents ; and
Messrs. Etienne and de Valone, Secretaries. The total
number of voters was about, 362. Taking for basis the
nomination, of the Presidents and the lost votes, it results
that the Conservatives had 229, and the Opposition 129.
A ccording to this estimate, the Conservatives had a ma-
jority of 75, which agrees with what we gave as the re-
sults of the elections which had reached us."