The New York herald., 1849-05-28

amicably received, entrance would have made
good by force marks Of dissent from various parts Of
the ehamber) The honorable gentleman then alluded
to the resistance manifested ut Rome and declared
that the responsibility Of the blood of the unfortunate
soldiers OF France who had fallen must fall on the
ministers who had directed the French troops march
to Rome Tremendous cheering the left here burst
iorthl Inc Minister OF Foreign Affairs when inter
rogated TWO days back by the committee Of foreign
affairs had declared that the French troops had been
called on to advance to Rome by the population Far
from that however, IL appeared now beyond any doubt
that the French corps, far from being received with
friendly feeling had found drawn up in their
way and had been obliged to retreat and remain 1T
some distance from the point which they had at first
arrived. Yet. notwithstanding this sad catastrophe
the government, the evening before, in the Pat,le
whlch was the organ OF its communications Qaughter)
and in the Moneur Of that morning had spoken Of the
matter rs TO certain extent unimportant. He, how
ever, thought 1t exceedingly grave here . body
Of French troops looked in Italy as intruders
foreigners-for certainly the French to the
out leave and contrary to the wish Of the people The
honorable gentleman then proceeded to read from the
Lhuys and N. O. Barret with view to show that the
present conduct of the French troops in Italy
was was altogether at variance with the language then
concealed thought, he, for his part, must de-
nounce such conduct shameful, and highly
disrtspectfol to the Assembly. CLEAR, hear, hear)
At all events this certain that the position of the
expeditonary corps was most critical and whether it
had arisen from neglect or treason was to him alto
pether indincrent-(cheers the loft) The charac-
ter of the French army had been debased and its
sucd by check thus given to the corps under
General Oudinot New reinforcements we're. it ap-
peared to be sent out; but he should certainly refuse
IN the most positive manner. to extend his confidence
the ministry. in any such act that contcm-
pated-(bear. hear, hear) He trusted that the As
sembly would insist on having committee appointed
seance enonte TO examine the instructions sent to the
gencraln chief VI the French troops Rome and
send in report at onccQoud cheers on the left He
repeated it, the position Of the French troops most
critical he had before him private letter. and an
article which would be published next day In a public
declaring that five assaults had been given by
the French troops at the barrcades though without
success; that 15O men had been killed and 800 wound
ed-(movementl. Such was the bulletin of the last
act of the expedtionary column to Rome II the As
semby under such circumstances, did not protest, by
SOLE vote, against the conduct of the government
the influence Of France would be lost in Europe and
the expeditions Of the monarchy to support the
Of liberty would be found infinitely more worthy of
praise than those Of the republic The honorable gen
eman then alluded to the fact of France having for
mery sent troops to America, to free that country
ing the ministry to come forward and declare what
course 1t now intended to pursue under the sad cir
cumstances which he had spoken of-Qoud cheers on
NJ. o. BARRor the President of the Council, thought
that before any representative forward to bring
carefully whether his facts true. What had been
the wishes of the Assembly when the question Of the
French republic ought to admit conjoint responsible
~ with the republic of Rome? No; the contrary,
It's vote went the other 1t had decided that France
OF the Roman republic. No doubt M Lcdru Rollin had
advocated another line of conduct-had thought that
the republic ought to aid another, being the only
means Of defending liberty throughout the world The
government refused to adopt such line of conduct
and the Assembly approved Of what 1t had decided
Why then did France interfere in the affairs of Italy
and send division to Civita Vecchia? Because she
could not allow another great power of Europe inter-
fe alone in the affairs Of Rome The honorable minis
ter then expressed his dsapprobaton of the in
in which Nj J. Favre had endeavored to irritate the
minds Of the Assembly by bringing forward cxsggera-
ted accounts Of the position of the French division In
Italy, and Of the losses which it had sustained He
could declare that the government had not received
other intelligence than hat had been published the
leqraphc despatch having been stopped short by the
that the army had fallen snare. As to
thinking that the General in Chief had departed from
his instructions he would not believe that such
the case the cause of the attack must have been d
rent In conclusion, the honorable gentleman declared
be anti constitutional it would be judging without
due knowledge of the facts and he expressed his
victon that the Assembly would not accede to the
GIN. DE LAMoRIcIERE said that certainly the affair
grave. 1t had been decided in the committee Of
foreign affairs that position SHOULD be taken up
Civita Veccha, by force. also been decided
that .dustrd marched Rome II the Roman popttld-
ton required the Gdrance Of the French troops adrance
should be made that city Knowing he did the cha
racter of General Oudinot, he must imagine that he
had been deceived to the wishes OF the Romans and
so had advanced He could not that thing could
be decided until further information arrived but he
did not that there could be any objection exhibit
the instructions given to the General chief to CON-
mitt,e.
M FlocoS read some letters which he said had been
received from Iouon giving accosnts Of the affair at
Rome They gave the details such as NJ. Favre had
spoken Of One of them after speaking Of great loss
sustained by the French troops, declared that the
French inhabitants at Rome would fight against the
comers; also that the barricades erected
the declaration that the Fronch republic would respect
ell nationalities should be adhered TO.
NJ DROWN DE LHuYs, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
said that NJ j. FayIe wished to bring forward Of
law against suspected persons, and to punish
suimise. For his part he could say that the General
had acted with the utmost loyalty and he quite
ready to appear before any committee and explain his
conduct and state what instructions were given to
General Oudinot.
MI FAvRE tupportedhis proposition for the appoint
ment Of q committee.
M o. BABRoT agreed to the committee
1t then decided that the representatives should
at once withdraw to the bureaux and appoint the CON-
mittee as proposed
The committee was appointed, and the result was a
defeat of the ministry.
The Assembly met again a o'clock at night.
M SENARp read the port which after some prelim-
naries states that the majority Of the committee cons
der that the direction given the expedition Is not
confomabe TO the idea in which is conceived and
accepted. The instructions given to the general
mandng the expedition appear to us to be different
from the declarations made in the tribune by the
vernment The general appears also to have gone be-
yond his instructions since he has attacked the Roman
republic In consequence, the committee proposes the
1he National Assembly invites the government to take
Italy sa not any longer turned aside from the object for
This motion was strongly opposed by NJ. Drouyn de
Lhuys in the of the government, but after seve
raj am, ndmepts had been rejected it carried by
32S TO 241; majority against ministers 81.
The result was received with loud cries Of "Tce Ia
r. p, bbque,n from the opposition.
The most ipjudcious step Of all followed In defiance
Of the National Assembly, the Monitem next ming
published the letter Of the President to General Oud
not given in the New York Herald on Saturday last)
The letter of the President Of the Republic sayssa
well informed person at Paris to General Oudnot, Is
the general subject Of conversation here to-day and E
has excited the utmost Indignation among the repub
cans and especially among the members Of the Assem-
bly,. who attacked in the letter in question. l.
certainly does appear extraordinary that the chief
magistrate of the republic should throw disdainful
defiance this letter Is in the teeth of the representa-
tives Of the nation II Is only Monday that majo
rty Of The Assembly declared that the expedition
Ciyta Veccha had been turned by the government to
objects different from those assigned to 1t by the Assem-
bly, itself, and called upon the government to take
MEASURES without delay to prevent the continuance Of
fuch abuse Louis Napoleon replies to this vote by
publishing the following day letter in the Official
journals of the COVER nmen not only setting the
luton Of the Assembly at defiance but declaring that
since the Roman people have not chosen to receive the
French expedition friends they will be forced to
c,ive them enemies; that the military honor of the
ration is engaged that he will not allow 1t TO be at
iaclnd and That the armY may depcnd unon