The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-09
EUROPEAN Intelligence.
Our Paris Corres ponicnce.


The current week is SO pregnant with events Of high
Importance, that commence my letter to-day, to
give you the impressions as they produced here
from day to day, had almost said from hour to hour
Like so many other eochs in the past fifteen months,
the present has been snalxed by event which has
bafied all the hopes Of some
parties exciting the alarms Of Others and proving the
fears of other parties to be groundless
tits almost impossible to in these times. Po-
ltie1 conjecturcs must necessarily be based
logy. We expect the future by comparing it's likeness
with the past In these times there is ms analogy to
guide, all is unforeseen all unexpected My last de-
spatch in which announced to you the entire conf
dence of the moderate party that the result of the cleo
lions would almost repe the ultra democrats the reds
the socialists and the communists from the chamber,
and the despair Of these latter parties themselves HAD
not left the shores of England before it became evident
the establishment of one party and the consterna-
ton Of the other that oil these 8ncipations would
prove groundles. On Thursday night after post hour
results obtained which first raised tho alarm of
the party Of order for they indicated the high proba
blity that eight socialists and red republicans
would be returned tor Paris The announcements from
the provinces were scarcely less sinister On Friday
evenings before the Dourse opened these opinions
confirmed The Paris list was proclaimed az the Hotel
de Vile including ten socialists and republic ans
and what was more astonishing, three Of the most OBJ
noxious OF these. naEiely, Ledru Rolin himself La
grange who is accused OF firing the pistol the Gath
February, which caused the revolution, and Bochot
lately private and sergeant in a regiment of
the line, proclaimed at the head of the poll
ing little less than hsf the entire number of votes de-
lvered by the constituency of this great metropolis
Men like O. Barrot aud Cavagnac placed tar be-
low them in the list; and the eighteen moderates
such as they who returned for Paris of
the stamp hich was expected The effect of this at
the Bourse On Friday Was of course tremendous; fear
full panic was raised The funds fell three francs In
the of Friday evening" further accounts arrived
from the Provinces still bringing the reports of
Like reports continued arrive on Saturday. another
panic at the Bourse and another fall of francs
making six francs within little than twenty
hours
On Saturday the Assembly, which now holds
the anomalous position Of debating and assuming
thority, while another Assembly actually exists,
although not yet assembled the theatre
of furious discussion This body, which is now so to
speak, dead nevertheless has sort of convulsive gal
vanized life and the debate Saturday no. bad
illustration Of it, Those members of it who know that
they will not be reelected in agony of despair
With the greater number of them the 25f day con-
stitute their sole supports they are their bread meat
and lodging Iney Know tina nst they Will lose this by
before they leave the theatre of their action much
mischief possible. On Friday, accordingly they
proposed decree that the tax drink should be
abolished from the list January next but as this abo-
tion would create deficiency in the treasury to the
triing amount Of $50 Millions they appended to their
decree clause that the government must invent
another tax to supply the place Of this On Saturday
they attacked the command held by Gen. Changarnier
who has been the main instrument of preserving order
in Paris for several MONTHS and ended after furious
debate In vote the effect of which is to render this
command illegal Whether the government will dis
miss Gen Changarnier in pliance with this vote of
the dying Assembly. is not as yet certain. My
impression u.s. that they will: but If they do another
panic will assuredly take place at the Boursc and
shall have fall of four five francs We shall
know OF this, however before this letter Is de-
spatched.
We have before the results Of the cleo.
lonies and Algeria, which return together only
~ members We know, therefore, 72S elections Of
The results are as follows Anti socialists 511; So
eiaists 2l7 Thus may say that when the elections
are complete the socialist opposition in the now Cham.
Der will amount to something less than one-third Of
the entire number.
when it is considered that this opposition Is CON-
pact mass which will act As single man. that
whether the conviction be well ili-founded they
believe that the army ia with thu and that II they
are supported by manifestation out q doors, nothing
prevent the Chamber from being invaded, and the
majority thus coerced, you will understand In what
difficult position tho new men will find themselves
placed.
Not day passes that more extraordinary fea-
lures in this crisis not developed You, who so well
recocct the singular position assumed by Lamartine,
last April, when that eminent person had France at
his feet, returned for Is IA departments in
to Ss made the resident Sf ny RennSc
and its virtual dictator, will doubtless be astonshed
when now tell you that that same Lamartine is not
only not returned for Paris but not returned for the
departments-that he Is even rejected in his de-
partment, and his own town of Macon, where hther-
TO- he has been the idol and for which he was con-
stantly returned under the monarchy 1t u.s. repeat it,
almost incredible fact that out Of the SO departments
Of France and among the $50 representatives selected
by the universal suffrage the iustrious poet the i'm.
mortal denouncer Of the red flag the apostle of the
revolution Of ls4s and the idol Of the people of May
last is actually not returned to the Assembly But
this not ALI the honest pure sincere and consistent
republican, he who had the bodncss to support demo-
cratic opinions in the face Of the powers Of the
monarchy GARNER Pages has not found nook to oc-
cupy in the new Assembly. He, like Lamartine, is
jected by the people Of universal suffrage Nor is
this all Marie another honest, pure and consistent
republican, who led large party Of the extreme left in
the old chamber leading member of the provisional
government of February, and Of the Executive Com
mission of May, who was Minister Of Justice under
General Cavagnac-Alarie has shared the fate Of his
friends, Lamartine and GARNER Pages.
Thus, of the five members OF the Executive Commits
sion which governed France in May to the oath of June
three, Lamartne, Marie and GARNER Pages, are
electors
The individual of this commission who wa, then
most obnoxious, NJ Ledru Ron, is now not only
turned for Paris by the votes OF half the entire
The electors who ayailed Themselves of the privilege
suffrage but also several OF the departments being
at the head OF the poll in the native department Of La
The venerable Dupont ie lEurc the patriarch of re-
publicansn and the chief the provisional gov
Of February, is also excluded from the chamber,
being rejected in his own department Of the Eure and
superseded by the Due dc Broglie expresident Of
the council under Louis Philippe.
Let take, for moment, retrospect of the provi
sionsl government of February, and what has be-
come q its members.
This government composed as follows Lamar
tine Arago Marie GARNER Pages, Dupont (dc rEure)
Louis Blanc Albert, Lcdru Roln Flocon, Cremicux,
Marrast, and Paguerre or these, Iamartine, Marie,
GARNER Pages, Dupont (de lEure) Louis Blanc, AL
bert FlOcOD ana laguerrc rejected
present elections Louis Baac is in exile and Albert
is the fortress Of Doulcn under sentence of trans
portaton.
As anticipated yesterday, Gen. Changarnicr has
been removed romthe nd Of the National Guard,
in consequence Of the vote Of the Assembly Of Satur
day. The injurious consequence Of this measure has
been attempted to be rcmeded By appointing the chief
of his STALL Gen Perrot to the command Of the Nation
Of the troops Of the line This however is only an cd
interim arrangement; but at the present moment, eve
rything is al in;eria,.
TUESDAY, May 90.
Yesterday produced event without any parallel
since the first days Of the revolution of February The
funds at the Bourse actually prec plated down
wards to such extent that there was fall amount
ing to 7 francs on the previous closing prices Thus
we have the per cents which eight da "a ago were
at o. actually sold at 20 being fail oils francs in
week. This, repeat. except ut moment of actual
revolution is without parallel The of this
have already partly, but only partly, explained The
great fall yesterday being one half the fall of
the week mainly TO be sscribed TO the mischief feared
from the disposition OF the Assembly which IL now ia
szircms in the agonies of death II Is believe that