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imination, and to enable

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would be needed ; and also tovrepori whether such inves-
tigation should be made by the same committee, or by
commissioners on the spot, to be appointed under this
bill. If it should be determined to pursue the inquiry by
means of the election committee, then the committee
should p;•oceed with the investigation within fourteen
days, an agent being appointed by the Speaker to carry
on the prosecution. If it should be determined to resort
to a commission on the spot, then the Speaker should no-
tify to the senior judge of assize the desire of the house,
and the said judge of assize should nominate two barris-

ters, not being-members of the House of Commons, to
investigate all the circumstances, and to make a report to
the House. The noble lord said he intended to introdnea
o olcuto to givn itlemulty lit certain cases to witnesses. He
was also understood to say that a select committee would
at once be appointed by the general committee of elec-
tions to pursue the inquiries into cases of all the boroughs
enumerated in Sir J. Hanmer's bill.

After a short conversation the noble lord's motions

were agreed to

FQREIGN AND COLONIAL.

THE 'FRENCH REPUBLIC

It was rumoured on Thursday, that the government had
received information that the defeated insurgents intended
to make another attempt to establish the regime of plun-
der on the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. Se-
veral anonymous letters have been sent to M. Dupont de
I'Eure, revealing the projects of the conspirators. Accord-
ing to these letters, the intention is to set fire at once to
the house of General Cavaignac, and to the residences of
the Minister of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the
Garde Mobile, and thus to create confusion and alarm in
the richest quarters of Paris.
The report circulated is, that there is a serious dissen-
sion in the government. Evidence has been obtained, it
is said, which so gravely inculpates certain members of
the late government, that it has been judged by some of
the present government to be unavoidable to apply to the
the Assembly for permission to prosecute them. To this
another party in the government is firmly opposed, not
unds connected with the merits of the question,
General Cavaignac him-

but from reasons of expediency.
self is included in this latter party

The greatest activity has continued to be observed in
the departments of the War-office, &c. It appears cer-
tain that attempts at excavation nave been detected in
numerous places : one of these is close to the Chamber.
Much alarm continues to be felt, and it is very remark-
able how few persons are visible in the streets or public
walks, although the weather is fine. The officers of the
etat-major have been warned by General Cavaignac to
adopt extraordinary precautions, for that attempts would
be made to assassinate them at their respeCtive homes.
The Paris papers of Saturday refer, at considerable
length, to the alarm which had existed during the preced-
ing days of the week, and show that, if the Government
disbelieved the rumoured intention of the disaffected to
present themselves once more in arms, there was no want
of preparation to repress their criminal attempts. The
National Guards traversed the city in strong patrols
throughout the night of Friday, but no incident whatever
occurred to prove that the alarming reports so industri-
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le efforts

COnfidence was very slowly returning, anc
of M. Proudhon and others in the Assembly to perpetuate
the horrible tyranny of " les ouvriers,', from which
France and Europe so narrowly escaped in the late insur-
rection, occasioned serious anticipations. The party of
the Socialists and Communists in the National Assembly
and in the country is comparatively small, but is formidable
from its audacity and the terror it still inspires.

which I deplored and combatted at my risk and peril, but
he never committed any crimes. He was the object of
many crimes, but it is false that he ever committed any.
I appeal in this respect to all honourable men and to his-
tory." M. Thiers then-went on to say that he would op-
pose the confiscation of the private property as an odious
not

M. DE GinAßnix.--It appears from the version of
M. De Girardin, published by himself, of his late im-