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-in the recent debates in the House of Commons by J
George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli; and was succeeds
Lord Brougham, who implored their lordshi:
as the noble earl had fully, clearly, and satin
fended his own course and that of his suL
office, without making any charge against otl
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throughout the various transactions in questior
that of Lord J. Russell, of whose speech on
in reply to Lord G. Bentinck, the noble lord 11,
uneeneroug and imperfect a view.

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the Earl of Minto, and Lord Redesdale, whe

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Con was agreed to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY

The quesuon of going into commit
Catholic Relief Bill originated a discus:

when the motion was-carried by a majority of 26,v the In another part of his letter he relates a terrible catas-
numbers being 102 to 76. trophe that occurred in the Place de Carrousel, at mid-
In committee, the Chairman having put the amend- night on Monday:—
went of the Attorney-General, which specified the parti- " Two companies of the National Guard of the Banlieue
cular " which a-4 PO to ha nrnhihitm,4 of . .

Con within the United Kingdom, a discussion 'ensued
Mr. Henley moving that the chairman do report progress
the committee

in raris were conducting about eighty prisoners to the
Tuilleries, in the cellarsmf which a large number of the
insurgents were confined. When close to the Rue de
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urea ny a majority of 4—the numbers, 106 to 110. A attacked their guards suddenly, disarmed some of them,
second division took place on the Atrorney-General's and attempted to run. The alarm was at once given.
amendment. when the numbers being equal, 113 for and The troops of the line and the National Guards in the vi-
against, the chairman gave the casting vote in its favour. cinity flew to arms. A terrible pell mell followed, in
In consequence of this result, Sir R. H. Inglis moved which the soldiers fired, Lot only upon the prisoners, but
that the chairman do report progress, which motion was upon each other, and the result was that about twenty
negatived by a majority of one—the numbers 110 to 111, soldiers and National Guards were killed. More than
Sir R. Inglis explaining, o i the readmission of strangers, half the prisoners were killed. The bodies of the soldiers
that he had been absent from the division on his own and National Guards were carried into the Tuileries. The
bodicesdie. of the prisoners were left fora consiaerabie time
motion in consequence of having gone to consult the
highest parliamentary authority as to the course pursued lying on the spot where they fell
by the chairman in giving his vote in favour of an amend- A sad but striking incident of this terrible warfare is the
went when the numbers were equal. death of the Archbishop of Paris, who was killed by a shot
Mr. BERNAL stated, without reference to the orders of
from one of the barricades whilst striving to act the peace-
the house, that he did not recollect a similar circumstance maker. The anstitutionnel gives the g followin anecdote
to have occurred of equal numbers on a division in com- of the Archbishop :—" After havino h..,,, ~,.,...e,...4...__,.. ,_

niittee during the periods he had occupied the chair.
Furthr progress with the bill under existing circum-
stances was considered undesirable by several lion. mem-
bers, and at length, on an amendment being proposed by
Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Anstey consented to the propo-
sition for the chairman's reporting progress, which was
agreed to, and the house having resumed, the bill was
ordered to be re-committed on Wednesday next.

••-•...sunarely
wounded, the Archbishop of Paris wasc Itom
carried a house
in the Rue Saint-Antoine, and afterwards to the hospital
of the Quinze Vingtz. On the way he was escorted by
some Gardes Mobiles. The physiognomy of one of these
brave lads had struck him, having seen him fight and dis-
arm his enemy, after being wounded several times. Call-
ing him to his side, he had strength enough left to raise
his arms, and taking a little wooden crucifix attached to a
black collar which he had, he gave it to he young hero, say-
ing to him, Never quit this cross . . . lay in on your
heart, it will make you happy.' Francis Delavrigniere,
such was his name, swore with his hands joined, and in
the attitude of prayer, ever to preserve this precious sou-
venir of the dying prelate."
When the news of the surrender of the Faubourg St.
Antoine was announced, soldiers and officers crowded
round General Lamorciere, crying, Vive la Republique!
and, pressing bun in their arms, thanked him with much
warmth for the noble and brilliant services he had per-
formed. The truth is that General Lamorciere was the
hero of the day. General Cavaignac was necessarily less
in action, but he directed all,
The position of the insurgents was immensely strong,
and that which formed the chief strength was the perfo-
ration of the wall of the Cite, which is 12 or 14 feet high,
at intervals of 8 or 10 yards. and the creation by that
means of several hundred loopholes. The barricades in
advance were composed of paving stones of a hundred
weight each, or of the cut stones of an hospital in course of
erection, and from this invisible garrison a constant and
deadly fire was kept up, which at once accounts for the
immense loss of life among the troops and guards. These
works were defended by between 80 and 150 ruffians, and
at the Barriere Rochechouart, while the loss of the armed
force was more than 1000, two only of the insurgents
were killed—one of them being shot through the brain,
while firing through a loophole not six inches in diameter.
The insurgents ran from loophole to loophole with the
agility of monkeys, and only left the cover of the high
wall to seek ammunition of which they had a scanty sup-
ply. Under the wall they melted lead for bullets during the
fight. They even attempted to fabricate gunpowder. The
new barrack of the Grande Rue de Reuilly, occupied by
200 men of the line, resisted the attacks of the insurgents
for four days. The rebels set fire to a brewery adjoining
in expectatkin of burning the barrack ; and this plan hav-
ing failed, they threw vitriol on the roof with a fire
engine with a similar object.
Captain Loverdo, aide-de-camp of General Damesme,
was taken by the insurgents, and asked to lead them.
This was peremptorily refused, and the ruffians were
about to put him to death, when one of them, an old sol-
dier, interfered, and succeeded in delivering the gallant
captain, who related the fact to M. Arago, a member of
the executive government, who was there at the moment.
The man was surrounded and congratulated on his noble
conduct ; hut after a few moment's hesitation, he retired,
saying, " Well, gentlemen, I must leave you; you are at
your work, and I return to mine." He then rejoined the
insurgents.

Writing on Tuesday, the Paris correspondent of the
Morning Post says— The raising of the siege of the
centre of civilization has been accomplished at a greater
cost of human life than was paid by us on the field of
Waterloo. The roar of the tempest has subsided, but the
sea must give up its dead, and the wrecks thrown ashore
by each receding wave show that the storm has been ra-
pacious. The Seine has folded some hundreds of corpses
in its muddy embraces, as the insurgents threw the dead
over the parapet over the left bank at ene time, and as the
blood poured down the gutter, the river became literally
reddened, making the green one red. The defunct insur-
gents are being thrown into trenches this morning by
scores and scores, and lime is thrown on them to prevent
them from lying in cold obstruction and rotting. The
Debats this morning trembling alludes to a heavy firing
which was heard at midnight, a few hours ago. I happened
to be in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries when this
happened. Some prisoners were being taken from the
cellars, to be transported to some other place; they rushed
upon the National Guards, and two or three succeeded in
seizing the muskets, wherewith they forthwith shot their
conductors. The National Guards fired in return, and
their comrades on guard opposite immediately fired, and
thus, as has constantly been the case ,daring this fearful
conflict, they slaughtered each other; forty or forty-five
corpses were thus added to King Death's nightly meal ;
but as he must be supped full of horrors already, such a
bagatelle is scarce worth detailing. I saw some Mobile
Guards also conducting some prisoners yesterday, and one
of them said, ' You have me now, but I killed 22 yesterday
with your own gun." Cafait 23 dors, said a youthful
Mobile, and shot him dead."
The public tranquillity was not disturbed during Tues-
day night, awl the insurgents appear to have been com-
pletely driven out of the city, although a body of them
entrenched in Pere la Chaise still resisted, and in the
Banlieu some of them had made an ineffectual attempt at
rally. Uupwards of 200 of them were captured at Batig-
nolles, and a body of them, who for a moment seemed
determined to make a stand at La Villette, fled on the
approach of the troops.
The number of prisoners in custody on Wednesday was
6500. They were all aware that the city had been placed
in a state of siege, and on being taken prisoners they fully
expected to be shot. The sign by which they recognised
each other was a small osier twig, which each kept con.