Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-06-11
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
We have received the following addl-
,ionaI and highly interesting news from
Europe, by The steamer America.
Il will he seen, and with some degree
,r surprise, that the French government
have succeeded so FAR in subvertlng the
Constitution as to deprive the people OF
ne right of universal suffrage. After a
very animated debate on the new electo-
rial bill. a vote was taken, and the question
decided in the affirmative by the decisive
vote of 4O7 yeas to 239 nays. The ex-
element among the people, since the pas
SAGE Of the hill, is the more deep from the
abserrp Of that Onward demonstration
for which he French ate Proverblal bn
u would seem rs it al open rupture with
n people is a thing more desired than
rod bv the governmen,.-CHPper.
The debate ON the electoral bill ha'
commenced. The hall was denSely crowd
led. There was great excitement. Al
Ter the preservation of an enormous nun
her of petitions from all parts OF France
AGAINST the bill and after preliminary
rnn,es, on the question OF urgency. 1t was
carried against the Mountain party by
4O7 To 239 votes.
Gen. Cavagnac, whose name was first
ON the lit Of SPEAKERS, assembled the TIL
bnne. He rested his opposition to the
measure on the letter and spirit OF the
constitution, which required, as us FIRST
principle, the right Of universal suffrage;
and the bill was NOT TO regulate, but TO
destroy that right.
Besides ii was ill.timed and dangerous.
II-timpd. because it would have the effect
10 raise for the next two years insurmount'
able difficulties in the WAY of the govern
meut-and dangerous, because it would
serve 10 make and consolidate a hostile
party composed of all who should feel
that they had been unjustly deprived OF
those privileges that had been conferred
upon Them BY lhe Constitution. lie was
listened to with absorbing attention, met
with no interruption in the course of a
long speech. and on sitting down, was
LOUDLY cheered hy the whole left. The
mex, imporran, orator was Victor Hugo,
who delivered glowing harangue on uni
versal suffrage.
On Wednesday the first speaker of i'm
por,ance was NJ. de Montalebert, who
gave the Legitimisrs an argument in favor
If The bill.
Emanuel Arago replied to him.
NJ. THEIRS was to speak on Thursday.
On Wednesday there were IS members
present. and immense crowds around the
llal of Assembly. A sensation was ere
aled by the prrsentat on ola petition de-
handing All appeal TO the nation. A cor
respondent of a London paper says -
There can be no doubt whatever that the
Cabinet is only watching an opportunity
for suspending law, and placing the coun-
try under the yoke of the army. The
obstinate forhearance of the people has So
far deprived the government OF the long
sought pre,exi FIR declaring martial law.
On the Is, of June the America pass
ed several icehprgs. On the I'd passed
tie steamship Ilibernia. bound for Liver
pool.
j Things in Parliament. Nothing o
importance has occurred i'll Parliament
SIEVE al interrogalori' were put TO Lore
Palmerston relative 10 the Greek Difficult
", 10 which he replied substantially al
last week.
Deuth ofLady Jeffsy. Lady Jeffrey
the widow of Lord Jeffrey, late editor o
the Edinburgh Review, is dead. Sh'
was a daughter of Charles Wilkes, Esq.
of New York, aud grand niece of JOIN
Wilkes. She was married 10 Lord JET
frev in 1912. She WAS a sisterin-law O
the lare lamented David G. Golden, O
New York.
India and China. The overland maj
reached London on NJ nday, the 2Oih ull
TIE most interesting news is the risln
of Afrudes. in consequence of The e1ces
sive salt Tax imposed by lhr East lndi
Company. Dr.. lIealy. of the Bengal a.
my, lately posted in the Punjaub cavalry
now stationed al Kohat, was proceedln
TO Join thai regiment by The Eastern pass
which was supposed TO be still opened
, VIXEN, Oh TIC. 2O!h Of Marcel, within ie,