The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

RESIGNATION OF M. CLEMENT THOMAS.—In conse-
quence of a shot fired at one of his aides-de-camp, and
believed to have been intended for himself, as well as of
other attacks made upon him, M. Clement Thomas ten-
dered, on Thursday, the resignation of his command of
the National Guard, but the government declined accept-
ing it.
MONSTER BANQUET.—Great alarm is excited by a
monster banquet which was to be held yesterday (Mon-
day) under the walls of the fortress of Vincennes. The
subscription is fixed to ten sous a head, and the number
of subscribers which amounts already to 100,000, will, it
is expected, rise to 150,000 before the day. There are
to be 1,000 tables, accommodating 150 guests each. Pre-
parations are being made to provide the fortress against a
surprise. The garrison will be reinforced ; a body of ca-
valry is to protect the ground around the outworks ; and
notice has been given to the occupants of houses within
range of the guns of Vincennes, to be ready to evacuate
at a moment's notice. Another assault on the Assembly,
infinitely more serious than that of the 15th May, is ge-
nerally expected. Since the passing of the law against
attroupements, it is reported that the banquet will be
abandoned. _ .

Prince Louis Napoleon is understood to be in Paris.
He will probably obtain three returns besides that of the
capital. The government, of course, will not dare to mo-
lest him. _ _

The election returns for the city of Paris show that
Caussidiere, Thiers, General Changarniert and Victor
Hugo have been elected. Four Communists and sec-
tionnaires, Pierre Leroux, Prudhon, Lagrange, and Thore,
were also chosen. After a stormy debate in the Assem-
bly, the decree for preventing tumultuous assemblies in
the streets was carried by 478 against 82. Several addi-
tional regiments are to arrive in Paris this day.
STRIKE ON THE RAILROADS.—The engineers and
workmen on almost all the railroads around Paris, with
the exception of the Rouen line, struck on Monday. The
engineers on the different lines had entered into a com-
bination to force the directors to expel all the English en-
gineers and engine-drivers from France. On the North-
ern and Orleans line the directors had complied, but on
the Rouen line, they firmly resisted ; in consequence of
which the men on the other lines refuse to work until the
Rouen directors shall likewise have complied with their
demands. Large bodies of troops and National Guards
were stationed at the Rouen terminus, and on several
points along the line, early on Monday morning.
ATTACK ON M. THlERS.—Although returned in the
late election, M. Thiers is highly unpopular with the ultri-
republicans, who have succeeded in producing, on Thurs-
day last, a manifestation of a serious character against him.
About nine o'clock at night a large mob proceeded from
the Boulevard to the Place St. George's, in which his
mansion is situate, crossed the iron palisading by which it
is surrounded, and would have forced their way into the
house but for the arrival of a body of the National Guard,
by whom they were driven back. It was eleven o'clock
before the crowd finally dispersed. A. strong party of the
Garde Mobile bivouacked on the Place St. George's. It
was said in Paris that the friends of M. Thiers had indis-
creetly boasted that he would have himselfnamed dictator.
and rule the turbulent with a rod of iron.
LUXURY AND EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNMENT.—The palaces and chateaux of the former
Kings of France are to be distributed among the ministers
for their summer residences. M. Flocon, a newspaper
reporter before the revolution, is to inhabit the Pavilion
of Breteuil, in the park of St. Cloud ; M. Recurt is to
have the chateau of Meudon ; the Palace of Fontainebleau
is assigned to Dr. Trelat, the Trianon to M. Duclerc, the
chateau of Compiegne to M. Crimieux, and Rambouillet
to M. Bastide. M. Emile Thomas, recently deported to
Bordeaux, kept at the expense of the republic five chariots,
four cabriolets, four tilburys, and a coleshe, with thirty-
eight horses. The retrenchments consequent on his dis-
missal will produce a saving to the state of from 25,000 to
30,000 francs a day.