The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

VIII LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

value, like Gold. It is not necessary before a yard of
cloth be exchanged for a bushel of wheat, that this ex-
change must be deferred until apiece of gold, in value
equal, first, to the cloth, and secondly, to the wheat, be
found, and if not forthcoming, that the exchange is not
to take place.
" And portable, for personal convenience.
"This money to be issued on a system which shall se-
cure abundance without the possibility of excess,—so as
not by excess to raise prices, nor by deficiency unnaturally
to depress them, irrespective of the fluctuations of sup-
ply and demand. This may be effected by

GOVERNMENT ISSUING LEGAL TENDER OR BANK

NOTES

ON THE DEPOSIT OF CONSOLS' CERTIFICATE,
such certificate, when filed, ceasing to bear interest, as the
interest-bearing or fructifying power is transferred to the
Laval Tender or Bank Notes now in the hands of the

capitalists.
" Excess of supply would be prevented by the holders of
Bank Notes returning them to the Mint for Consols, when
more profitable investment could not be met with. Thus
the excess would be withdrawn from circulation, and the
owner again become a recipient of Three per Cent. from
the Consolidated Fund ; and thus would be prevented those
exti eme:fluctuations which entail such enormous losses on

ne of panic

Convertibility would thus_ become; not as at present,

exchange of a Bank_Note into a metallic ceracate, M.

piece of gold, which, however, cannot possibly he pro-
duced, if required ; but the exchange of a Bank Note for

a ConSols' certificate, or a certificate that a certain amount
of capital has been deposited, and into which productive
capital it can at any moment be converted."
We believe we are rather premature in giving
publicity to this document, inasmuch as the Asso-
ciation are about publishing their manifesto, in
_
which their

views are stated a little more in detail.
The importance of the present crisis, however, felt
by every man engaged in business, and by our
labouring masses, has led us to break through any
punctilio which might otherwise have restrained
us. We give in unhesitatingly our adhesion to
the principles contained in the tract. These we
shall hold ourselves prepared to defend. The
details of the plan we may oppose or support, as
we may consider fit. But the principles are the

main thing

CHARGE

been brought against us, of

3sentation," by the Rev.
Wm. Withers Evrbank in a letter published in the
Courier of Wednesday last, and which we reprint
for fairness sake in another column, The very
paper in which the letter in question appears con-
tains a copy of the report taken accurately from
the STANDARD of last week, sheaving at least that
in the judgment of the editor of that journal there
waD

al misrepr

neither any material inaccuracy nor important
omission in the account of the proceedings fur-
nished by us to the public. We are free to admit
that we were reluctant to give needless publicity to
the distressing scene that occurred upon Mr.
Ewbank's pertinacious refusal to bow to the autho-
rity of the chair, and the manifested wish of the
entire meeting, with scarcely an exception ; and we
were simple enough to believe, that by pursuing
the course we did—that is to say, by dwelling as-
little as possible on the surprising line of conduct
persevered in by Mr.- Ewbank, and all the unseem-
liness occasioned by it, and by passing on with as
little notice as possible to subsequent proceedings,
which were marked with especial solemnity and
edification, after the Chairman had been called
back to the chair, we repeat, we did think that by
pursuing this course we had entitled ourselves to
Mr. Ewbank's gratitude and approval, upon his
more calm consideration subsequently on the whole
matter. As sincere well-wishers and supporters,
to the best of our power, of the cause, we seriously
regret the tone he has taken throughout his letter;
and from our own impression of the transaction,
and what we have heard from other competent and
impartial witnesses, we are bound to admire Mr.
Ewbank's adroitness rather than his candour, in
the attempt to fasten upon the Chairman the re-
sponsibility of what he truly calls " one of the
most disgraceful scenes of confusion ever witnessed
among men calling themselves Christians."' The
dissolution of the meeting was but for a moment,
when, after the passing of the first resolution, the
Chairman, finding Mr. Ewbank insensible either to

authority or remonstrance, and despairing, in con-
sequence, of seeing order restored, vacated the
chair. On Mr. Ewbank's departure, he was imme-
diately, and with acclamation, recalled to it,. and
the deputation was listened to afterwards with the
utmost attention. These are the facts of the case;
upon these must the public decide, since we are
unable to discover in what respect we have given,
as charged by Mr. Ewbank, " a completely untrue
version of the whole affair."

It is not for us to comment upon the tone of
personal and bitter invective adopted towards the
Chairman throughout this letter, which we are told
was softened down and curtailed by the editor of
the Courier, or it would have been still more un-
seemly and unchristian. No man knows better
than Mr. Ewbank himself, that if the Chairman
were " willing to wound," he is neither "afraid nor
unable to strike." All took place in the presence
of more than two thousand witnesses, who testified
a very unequivocal approval of the conduct of their
Chairman, upon a sudden emergency, which re-
quired to be dealt with peremptorily and at once.
His character and conduct are for many years before
the public now, and we are sure he maintains a
higher ground with a dignified silence, than by
descending into the arena of such a letter as this,
to which, most painfully, we have been necessitated
to recur.

Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff will appear this evening at
the Theatre-Royal, in Sheridan Knowles's celebrated play
of tLe Hunchb dr. These exquisite performers will take
parts in other pieces on every evening during the week.
We are requested to state that the Mr. Atkinson, the
barrister, described in yesterday's Albion, as having been
committed last week for contempt by Mr. Moylan, the
judge of the Westminster County Court, is not Mr. Tin-
dal Atkinson, who practises at these sessions.
COURT OF PASSAGE.—A Court of Passage was held
yesterday, before Charles Cromi tcn, Esq., assessor, for
the trial of civil causes. The cause paper comprised three
special arguments, two demurrers, and seventy issues.
The cases tried yesterday were unimportant.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT TRANMERE.—On Saturday,
R. Folkes, a labourer, about 16 years of age, was brought
before the magistrates at Birkenhead, charged by Mr.
Dix, of Tranmere, with highway robbery. Mr. Dix, it
appeared, was going home on Friday night when he was
met by the prisoner, who demanded from him 55., threat-
ening in case of refusal to take his life. He also knocked
the hat off Mr. Dix's head, and ran away with it, but was
pursued and captured.
COMMITMENTS FROM THE POLICE-COURT, YESTER-
DAY.—Mary Cavanagh, charged by James Eilworth, with
robbing him of 4s. in Wilbraham-street, was sent to gaol
for three months.— George Daly, a boy, was charged with
having broken into an unoccupied house in Peel-street,
Everton, and stealing therefrom, a quantity of lead piping,
taps, a floating ball for a cistern, a small bell, &c., was
committed for one month.—Daniel Hooper, a seaman,
for smuggling from a vessel five pints of rum, was (in de-
fault of payment of a fine of 205.), committed for seven
days.—A young man, (name unknown,) was charged with
having in his possession a large bunch of skeleton keys,
and with having offered two small pieces of gold, (not
coins,) for sale to Mr. Cowan, dealer in precious wares,
who refused to purchase on the ground that possession
was not accounted for. Through Mr. Cowan the prisoner
was taken into custody. As no owner could be imme-
diately . found for the gold, the prisoner was dealt with
for having false keys in his possession—by being sent to
gaol for three months. He stated that he had come from
Staffordshire, and he was not known to the police here.
Mr. Rushton complimented Mr. Cowan.
STALING A TARPAULlN.—Yesterday, at the police-
court, a young man, named George Leech, was charged
with having stolen a tarpaulin, or oil-cloth for covering a
cart. It appeared that Mr. Potter, of Pall-mall, was the
owner of the article. On Friday night, four such cloths
ere left in a yard in Hood-street, and one of them, worth
about £3, was missed on the following morning. On Sa-
turday night the prisoner was observed passing along
Whitechapel, with an oil-cloth on his back, and, being
apprehended, it was found to be the missing article. It
was identified in court by certain marks, and the prisoner
was committed for trial at the sessions. Mr. Rushton, in
asking the prisoner what he had to say to the charge, cau-
tioned him that he need not say any thing unless he
thought proper ; that what he did say might be I ead
against him at his trial, but that he must remember that
no promise or threat that might have been held out to
him, relative to what he might say would avail him on his
trial. This appears to be explanatory of some new act,
affecting the confession of prisoners. The prisoner, after
this caution, merely stated that he had not been on the
premises in Hood. street.
THE SILVER CRADLE.—This piece of plate, which is
to be given to Mrs. Horsfall, (the Ip.dy of our highly re-
spected chief magistrate, T. B. Horsfall, Esq.,) and
which is curious as, in its presentation, it will revive a
very ancient civic custom, while it will express the high
sense which the donors entertain of his Worship, as a
Mayor and a man—is now on view at the shop of Mr.
Mayer, the Manufacturer, in Lord-street, and will there
remain for public inspection until Friday next. It is a
truly elegant and massive article, designed with classical
taste, and executed in the first style of workmanship. In
general outline it resembles the shell or scroll-shaped cars
in which sea-nymphs have sometimes been represented,
as careering "o'er the unfathomed deep." The sides are
richly chased, with, in the centre (within a circle) the
parents fondling with their infant, and an angel on each
side watching over them. Over the head part which ter-
minates the scroll, and is higher than the curve at the
foot, there is a beautiful figure of Britannia, seated, ; over
the foot is placed the " Liver," with extended wings.
The stand, or pedestal, is enriched with figures of Dol-
phins and other emblems nautical and commercial.—The
cradle will be presented on Saturday next at 141 Werellip'e
residence, Mill Baltic, West Derby,

A HINT TO OUR WATER COMMITTEE, AS TO
THE PROBABLE RESULT OF DEEP BORINGS
IN THE RED SANDSTONE.

The Manchester Guardian of Saturday contains an
account of a visit paid by the Mayor of Manchester and
several Aldermen and members of the Corporation to
some new water works, recently constructed by the Man-
chester and Salford Company at Gorton, in order to pro-
cure an increased supply of the element, pending the
construction of the works of the new scheme, by which
the town is to be supplied with surface water brought
from the Derbyshire hills. Our contemporary says—

"After inspecting the reservoir, they visited the chief object
of attraction—the splendid new and powerful Cornish engine,
which has just been put down by the company, and which was
set to work to exhibit its great capabilities in pumping up a
vast volume of the water obtained by sinking in the red sand-
stone to a depth of seventy yards. The water is stored by
means of galleries from the main shaft, which serve as internal
and subterranean reservoirs. The volume of water thus raised
by this engine is estimated to be equal to about two million
gallons per day—a quantity considerably exceeding the expec-
tations of the company themselves, and securing, to an absolute
certainty, a moderate supply of water for Manchester until the
new scheme of the corporation is in operation. The water was
tasted, and its quality•considered very satisfactory."

Our contemporary concludes his description by stating
that—

" After spending a very pleasant afternoon, the party re-
turned to Manchester, very well satisfied with the state of the
works, and the good supply of water from the red rock, secured
by means of the deep borings, and raised by the company's
new and powerful engine, which was found to do what, in
Cornwall, is called " its duty," very satisfactorily,"

If Manchester, by the mere sinking of an additional
shaft of seventy yards in depth, and the erection of an
efficient engine, has thus been enabled to add two million
gallons per day to the supply available for its inhabi-
tants, it is not at all improbable that Liverpool might do
the same. At all events, we would suggest to some of
the members of the Health Committee or of the Council,
accompanied by one or more scientific men, to visit these
works, inspect the natute of the strata, and obtain what
information they can from the company's talented
engineer, Mr. Bateman. Perhaps it may be found out
at last that we are going from home for a commodity
which we possess in abundance beneath our own feet.

DISGUSTING LEVITY OF TIIE IRISH CONVICTS

The Cork Examiner gives the following account of
some of the precious young gentlemen, who were to have
performed the gigantic task of severing their country
from its connexion with the mightiest empire in the
world, and defeating an army and navy, which, together
have stood against the combined power of Europe
"A correspondent, a clergyman of the diocese of Waterford,
who was lately admitted to an interview with Mr. Meagher in
Clonmel gaol, states that this noble young patriot appeared as
cheerful and buoyant as in the days of his boyhood. As an
instance of the lightheartedness apparent among the state
prisoners in general, be mentions that he saw M‘Manus and
Leyne amusing themselves by playing at marbles in the gaol
yard!" _ _ _ _ .

Such conduct, indecent—we beg pardon, " lighthearted "
—as it is in men with the prospect of the gallows, or of
an ignominious exile before their eyes, is in uerfect keep-
ing. Mountebanks in the beginning, who can wonder at
the resort to " marbles in the gaol yard ? "

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION

ST. PAUL'6 WARD

The contest in St. Paul's Ward at the approaching
municipal election is likely to be rather a severe one, but
we confidently expect that the electors will not allow
themselves to be deprived of' the valuable and exnerienced
services of Mr. Briscoe. It is worth while to notice the
candid maaner in which that gentleman in his address
declares himself to be "an advocate for rating the • whole
of the Dock and such portion, of the Corporate Estate as
may be compatible with the varied interests of this im-
portant Borough." His opponent, however, Mr. M`Guf-
fie, says in words that may mean anything, that be feels
"it lithe duty of every elector- to give the aid of his hum—
ble endeavours to effect such an equalization of our local
taxes, as will tend to alleviate the burdens under which
the ratepayers have for some time laboured." If Mr.
M' Guffie votes against the rating of the Dock and Corporate
estates no elector can accuse him of having broken. his
word.

MEETING. OF THE ELE(

TORS OF ABER-

CROMBIE N

Last night a numerous meeting of the electors of
this ward was held at Mr. Danson's inn, in Mul-
berry-street, for the purpose of introducing to them
Mr. W. Earle, who had accepted of an invitation nu-
merously signed, to become a candidate. Mr. John Pinch
was called to the chair, and stated the object to be, to
hear Mr. Earle express his opinions. He, Mr. Earle, had
before represented St. Anne's ward, but as the chairman
of his committee and most of the members had become
dispersed, so that he would not likely be renominated, he
had accepted of an invitation numerously signed to
come forward for this ward, and would explain, his
opinions cn the principal topics that now pressed
upon the attention of the electors.—Mr. Earle stated
it was not for him to state his qualificationsibut for them
to judge ofhim by his past conduct in the council. As he
had stated in his address he would not canvass for a vote,
though he should be proud of obtaining their suffrages.
He courted interrogatory, and should not equivocate in
his replies, as some parties did who placed their opinions
upon swivels, so that they might turn them either way.
He and other friends, including Mr. Hornby, thought,
with respect to the rating question, that the docks ought
to be rated, and also parts of the corporate estate ; and he
hoped that the Select Vestry, the Dock Trustees, and the
Council, would come to an arrangement that would pre-
vent the heavy cost of legal proceedings, and benefit the
town. He agreed also that all local rates should be
equalised, and that the utmost economy and retrench-
ment should be observed in the local expenditure.
But there had been a false economy pursued,, es-
pecially in sewerage, in which a bad system has been
worked ; but an efficient one was now in operation.
Some questions were put to Mr. Earle on the water ques-
tion, to which he replied that an abundant supply of the
best water from the Pike would not increase the present
rates, and that after the works were completed, and the
town became more populous, the rates would be reduced.
To the objection that the scheme had been too much pre-
cipitated at a time when the town was so much depressed,
he stated that the Act required the Corporation to purchase
the land, and within a given time, and had also compelled
them to purchase the old works at a most exorbitant price,
though they were left in a very disgraceful state, but he did
not think any borough-rate would be required, though the
interest of the money to be borrowed would be required
to complete the works,' which would be done at the
estimate—X4Bo,ooo—while, in the end, the vast profits of
the old companies would be saved. He blamed the press
for misrepresentations, to forward their own business.—
Mr. Danson proposed a motion to the effect that the
electors of the ward were satisfied with the exposition
given by Mr. Earle of his opinions,, and promised to fur-
ther his election as their representative." He entered into,
a long exposition of Mr. Earle's and hisown proceedings in
the Council over many years, and. dwelt at great length on
the water question, on which he said ignorant opinions
had gone abroad. The committee had given every point
of the question their most careful consideration, yet
their exertions for the good of the town bad been
misrepresented, and themselves traduced. He fully
expected that for his conscientious opinions on this
point, he should be thrown out of Lime-street Ward.
He eulogised Mr. Earle throughout, for his straight-
forward and manly conduct in the Council, and also for
. his extreme industry in committees, &c.—Mr. See se-
conded the resolution, which was unanimously carried.—
Mr. Earle appropriately returned thanks. A committee,
headed by Mr. Finch as chairman, was then elected, and
the meeting separated.

SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.—The Bishop of Chester is
to make his first appearance in this part of his diocese
next Sunday, when he preaches in the Church for the
Blind, in aid of the funds'of that excellent institution,
which, we regret to hear, is suffering greatly from the
pressure of the times. It is expected that there will be
a very fashionable attendance. We hear that the Mayor
and Corporation will attend, and that the Countess of
Sefton and other ladies are to receive the contributions.
The bishop is. said to be a very eloquent preacher.
Loss OF THE PEEL'S ONE.—lntelligence has been re-
ceived of the total loss of The Peel's One, Capt. Lickiss,
on the 18th of September, near Cape North, Cape Breton
Island, and also six of the crew. This vessel, it appears,
left Hull on the 19th of August, for Richebucto, and at
the time of the occurence she had on board eight passen-
gers, besides the crew of the schooner Balarea, of St.
John's, N.B. Twenty-three persons escaped with their
lives, but the other six were drowned.
DISCOVERY OF A GANG OF COINERS.-011 Saturday,
Andrew Gaynor, Betsy Gaynor, Patrick M'Cormick, and
Catherine Whelan were brought up, having been found
with a mould for casting counterfeit shillings in their
possession, in a cellar occupied by the prisoners, in
Hornby-street. On a search, in a small crevice in a coal
vault, the officers found a plaster mould for casting
shillings of the reign of George 111., four counterfeit
shillings newly made, and a parcel of metal wrapped in a
dirty cloth. In the cellar itself they found a file, plaster
of paris, and a melting-spoon. The man Gaynor, it was
I stated, had been before the court a few days before for
passing a base shilling, and acquitted ; and both of the
female prisoners, it appears, nave been previously tried
for a similar offence. Mr. Rushton ordered the Case to
be submitted to the law-officers of the Crown.
ROBBERY OF A PRISONER'S WIFE.—On Saturday Ann
Johnson, a respectable-looking young woman, was char-
ged with having obtained a quantity of groceries from
Mrs. Maria Grant, by means of a forged letter. The
husband of the prosecutrix was tried at the late Sessions
for his connexion with a robbery of flour, and is now un-
der sentence in the Borough Gaol. On Friday, it appeared,
the prisoner called .11 Mrs. Grant, and pretending that she
had been in prison, presentcd a note purporting to be
from Mr. Grant, asking for a variety of articles. These
were furnished to the amount of 3s. 6d., and the prisoner
was entrusted to carry them to the gaol. The moment
she had gone Mrs. Grant began to suspect the genuineness
of the letter, and despatched a messenger to watch the
prisoner's movements. She proceeded direct with the
goods to her own house in Standish-street, and was there
given into custody. A difficulcy in regard to the prose-
cution here presented itself, as the prisoner could not
without a writ of habeas corpus be called up to deny the
authorship of the letter which had been produced. Some
attempt, however, it appeared, had been made to cm.
promise the (deuce 4nd the prisoner w 4,1 cufichgrged,

PROPOSED MOVEMENT TO RESTORE coNFr-

DENCE IN SHARE PROPERTY.

We referred in our last to the very proper steps taken
by the London and Northwestern Railway board, of pre-
paring for their shareholders and the public a full and in-
telligible statement of the precise position of their affairs.
We learn from a Scottish contemporary that the example
is about to be followed by one of the leading Scotch lines ;
and we have little doubt that it will be followed by all
honest boards of directors. In addition, however, to
these voluntary measures for dissipating the exaggerated
fears entertained of the stability of railway property, we
observe with pleasure the formation of an association of
gentlemen connected with joint-stock property generally,
" for the purpose of obtaining statements similar to those
referred to, and of impressing upon boards the necessity
of postponing the construction of new works, and curtail-
ing to the utmost the demand upon shareholders for fur-
ther calls ;" and we believe we may state confidently that
a similar association is at present being formed in our
own town.

We cannot impress too strongly upon our readers the
importance of this movement; and especially of the latter
of its objects being firmly insisted upon. It is clearly im-
possible that we can continue paying from two to three
millions sterling per month for calls upon new lines, or
for branches and extensions of old lines, without a farther
frightful depreciation of the aggregate capital sunk in
these undertakings. The commercial and trading com-
munities are just now reduced to deal from hand to mouth
with ready money ; and may almost be said to have reached
a state of barter. An incalculable amount of the currency'
of the country, composed of Bills of Exchange and other
commercial paper, by the aid of which we were enabled
two years ago to project suc'.l vast additions to our railway
facilities, without seriously interfering with the ordinary
transactions of business, has been swept away from us.
The enormous structure of credit—the inverted sugar-
loaf—has given way ; and the small golden end of the
cone represents the limit to which which we must restrict
our transactions. We may amuse ourselves by talking of
doubts created by unintelligible statements of accounts ;
of the effect of decreased traffic and dividends upon our
great lines; of panics and other matters. But it is palp-
able that, with produce in the hands of merchants-, which
they cannot convert into money ; with mills working half
time, and our industrious classes restricting both• their
production and their consumption, further calls cannot be
met, and the construction of new works for the present

must be suspended, or restricted to the utmost.
This should be one of the first steps. The next should
be a rigid examination of the prospects of those new un-
dertakings which are in such a stage of advancement that
they cannot be conveniently laid aside, with a view to a
revision of the original estimates and to the enforcement
of the utmost possible economy of construction. As to
those which are not yet commenced they should be aban-
doned at once. Such a reexamination as we propose will,
we feel confident, elicit the fact that the traffic evidence,
upon which,the bulk of the new lines,were sanctioned is
as preposterously exaggerated as it well could have been ;
that engineers, lawyers, directors, and secretaries were at
the time of their projection in the wildest state of hallu-
cination as to the value of their respective bantlings ; and
that where magnificent lines at from £20,000 to £30,000
per mile were Imagined to be justified, there is not a pro-
spect of traffic sufficient to pay upon a tramway of £2,000
to £3,000 per- mile. We have had a little experience
since that time. We have seen that the expansiveness of
traffic has its limit`; that people do not travel merely be-
cause there is a railway but because they have business to
travel about. It may be very convenient to owners of mines,
or producers of various commodities, that they should be
furnished with the best modes of transit to markets or
ports of shipment y. but shareholders must look out for
themselves. If such lines will not pay, they ought not to
be made at all, or should be cut down to the scale of ex-
pense in formation at which they are likely to,be remu-
nerative.

We cannot coincide altogether with those who recom-
mend, as a mode of keeping up high dividends, an in-
crease of the rate of fares, or a diminution of the facili-
ties for locomotion at present held out to the public to
any serious extent. such a course would be unfair
to the community at large, and a breach of faith with
the legislature,, who have granted to railway compa-
nies what is virtually as complete a monopoly as if
it had been enacted that we should travel by no other
mode of conveyance. To this extent, however, we
would go. The number- of express trains might be de-
creased—a measure which would, perhaps, operate to
diminish the frightful accidents which have recently
occurred. There is no positive need that all the world
should fly in the pursuit of their various avocations: It
might be also advisable that second and third class-pas-
sengers should only travel at a speed proportionate to the
fares they, pay. This would put a stop to that shirking of the
expense of locomotion, which is practised by gentlemen who
find it economical to ride in, third-class carriages, and at
the same time render it unnecessary for companies to throw
discomforts and inconveniences in the way of the poor
man, in order to drive others, who can well afford the ex-
pense, into the superior carriages. To effect this object
it would only be necessary to have separate trains for each
class ; and the time spent upon the whole journey by the
inferior trains need not be much lengthened, because they
could be arranged to run through, instead of, as at pre-
sent, having long stoppages at some particular point on
the way, where they are sought to be seduced into a supe-
rior train by seeing precedence given to it, whilst, to
enable them to go forward by.that in which they started,
they have to kick their heels for a couple of hours at some
desolate station.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

The Federal Gazette of Zurich publishes letters from
Arona to. the 15th. which state that Charles Albert:is
marching on Milan, with 100,000 men ; 30,000 are to
march on Piacenza. _ _ _

PARIS, SUNDAY, 6 30 P.M.

Paris continues generally tranquil. A review of part
of the National Guard, the Garde Mobile, and some regi-
ments of the line, by General Changarnier, took place to-
day in the Place Carrousel. It was observed on the occa-
sion that the cry of " Vive la Republique !" was heard
here and there among the line, but the National Guard
was silent and cold. Cries of " Down with Cavaignac !"
were heard from among the crowd which were present. on
the occasion.