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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsn

into committee on the Roman

Catholic Relief Bill originated a discussion and a division, his horse and driven off."
when the motion was carried by a majority of 26, 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:—
2:tient of the Attorney-General, which specified the parti- ' "Two companies of the National Guard of the Banlieue
cular " bulls " which were to be prohibited from publica- of Paris were conducting about eighty prisoners to the
Lion within the United Kingdom, a discussion ensued. Tuilleries, in the cellars of which a large number of the
Mr. Henley moving that the chairman do report progress, insurgents were confined. When close to the Rue de
the committee dividing, when the amendment was nega- Rohan some of the prisoners attempted to escape. They
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gua.- ..denly, disarmed some of them
aivision took place on the Attorney-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 pelf mell followed, in
In consequence of this result, Sir R. H. Inglis moved which the soldiers fired, r.ot 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, half the prisoners were killed. The bodies of the soldiers soldiers and National Guards were killed. More than
Sir R. Inglis explaining, on the readmission of strangers,
that he had been absent from the division on his own and National Guards were carried into the Tuileries. The
motion in consequence of having gone to consult the bodies of the prisoners were left for a considerable time
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
ment 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 Constitutionnel gives the following anecdote
to have occurred of equal numbers on a division in com- of the Archbishop :—" After having been so unfortunately
mittee during the periods he had occupied the chair. wounded, the Archbishop of Paris was carried to a house
Further progress with the bill under existing circum- in the Rue Saint-Antoine, and afterwards •to the hospital
stances was considered undesirable by several hon. mem- of the Quinze Vingtz. On the way he was escorted by
hers, and at length, on an amendment being proposed by some Gardes Mobiles. The physiognomy of one of these
Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Anstey consented to the propo- brave lads had struck him, having seen him fight and dis.
a sition for the chairman's reporting progress, which was arm his enemy, after being wounded several times. Call-
agreed to, and the house having resumed, the bill was ing him to his side, he had strength enough left to raise
ordered to be re-committed on Wednesday next, his arms, and taking a little wooden crucifix attached to a
black collar which he had, he gave it to the 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 Lannorciere, crying, Vive la Republique
and, pressing him in their arms, thanked him with much
warmth for the noble and brilliant services lie 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 Citi, 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 expectation 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; but 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 one 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
Debals 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 during 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.' Ca fait 23 alors, said a youthful
Mobile, and shot him dead."
The public tranquillity was not disturbed during Tues-
day night, and 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 drat 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-

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY

After some further skirmishing respecting the sup-
pression of documents by the Colonial-office between Lord
G. Bentinck and Mr. Labouchere, and after a short dis-
cussion on the period at which the existing duties on
sugar expire, in which the principal interlocutors were
Mr. Barklay, Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. liihlyard, and the Attorney-General, it was
settled that the debate on the new plan of reform pro-
posed by Mr. Flume should be adjourned from Friday to
Thursday next, as there was no chance of bringing the
debates on the sugar duties to a close before Friday next.
The ldjourned debate on the sugar duties was then re-
sumed by Sir R. INGLI3, who supported Sir J. Poking-
ton's amendment, which was also supported by Mr.
Barklay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Urquhart, the Marquis of
Granby, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. C. Anstay ; Sir R. Peel
gave a qualified support of the ministerial measure; and
after speeches in its favour by Mr. Labouchere and Lord
John Russell, the house divided—for going into com-
mittee, 260; for Sir J. Pakington's amendment, 245:
majority in favour of Government, 15. The announce-
ment of this division was received with long continued
cheering by the Protective party. The house went into
committee pro forma, and the first ministerial resolution
having been read, the chair reported progress, and ob-
tained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of
the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Sir B. HALL gave a notice of motion for Monday, to
ask for what reasons so large an increase in the metropo-
litan police force had recently been made; and Mr. E.
DENNisoN for Tuesday, to move for the appointment of
a select committee to consider by what means the public
business of the house might be accelerated.

At the instance of Mr:WvLo a conversation took place
as to the employment of the military in carrying out the
survey of the metropolis.
On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, and after a debate, a
new writ was ordered for the borough of Sligo, as also for
Great Yarmouth: in connexion with the latter borough
it may be stated that the bill for the disfranchisement of
the freemen received the royal assent shortly previous to
this motion being made.

A conversation' ensued between Mr. URQUHART and
Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of returns relative to
the Spanish debt due to England under the quadruple
treaty, the affairs of the Mosquito territory, and as to the
dismissal of the Hon. member for Stafford from the office
of secretary to the embassy at Constantinople. The noble
lord, in reply to Mr. WYLD, stated that he had not heard
of any seizures of arms on board a British vessel on the
coast of Brittany. If any private adventurer had been
detected in the act of landing arms on the coast of France
it was competent to the French authorities to deal with
such a person according to the law.
The house having passed into committee on the sugar
duties, Mr. BRIGHT emphatically condemned the govern-
ment for having disinterred the question of protection,
after they had buried it, and concluded a speech of details
with respect to the past and present condition of the West
India colonies, by moving, that it is not now expedient to
make any alteration in the Sugar Duties. -Act of 1846.
he speakers in opposition to the motion were Mr. G.
Berkeley, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Tollemache, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, who expressed his pleasurable convic-
tion that the anticipated deficin cy in the budget of two
millions and a half would turn out to be only half a mil-
lion,—Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. Cardwell, Mr, J. Wilson, and
Lord Nugent.
For tt_e resolution, 302; against, 36; majority against
Mr. Bright, 266. The report was received on Monday, it
being understood that the discussion is to terminate that
evening.

COURT AND FASHION.

The rumour of her Majesty's intended visit to Ireland
this summer is again revived.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and two of the young
princes, visited the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on Tues-
day.

The Queen gave a concert on Wednesday evening at
Buckingham Palace. The company amounted to about
400, and comprised the members of the Royal Family, the
Fore;gn Ministers and their ladies, and a large party of the
nobility ai!ci gentry.

Prince Albert was present at the field day of the Scots
Fusileer Guards, on Thursday, in Hyde Park, and took
the command of the regiment.

The works at Wynyard Hall, the splendid seat of the
Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry, are now
drawing towards completion. The chapel (in which the
fire originated) is being fitted up with massive columns
glad pilasters of solid marble. The whole of the floor and
east end will Alec, be of marble, highly polished.