The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-23

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vswr days Later tFsm Europe.
From ~ Liverpool Mercury, JuIya,
TrspCs,
The Paris papers are unanimous in their expires.
sons Of regret Tor tho untiely death Of Sir Robert
Peel
The leading articles Of the journals turn .lmo.,
entirely The project Of law affecting the press,
which u condemned by all.
Fresh arrests have taken place at Lyons. They
were connsctsd With the conspiracy just discovered
~ OrAn. has been ascsrsined that Lyons was
the csntre Of the movement which was not long ago
projected on an immense, and, II may be said, Eu
F0pean scac, and the plan Of which 10 said to have
cansnatod from London and Switzerland.
nnppesrs rom statistical document recently
nearly $1,000. ORC. The census Of l700 made the
population Il, 669 000 Thus Il appears that France
does not quite double her population In one hun.
dred aud MY years. whilst some other countries Of
Europe double their population in less than half
The assembly on Thursday evening rejected an
amendment for endowing Algeria with civil insti
because there can be system Of colonization as,
they think, has been proved by experience, under
4 military regime.
The Prssss states that it Is the intention of tho
hood Of Paris, Of which the command Is to be given
70 General Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Presss adds,
that fearing lest the assembly should not grant the
credit: necessary for the purpose the decree to that
Ell, ct u not TO be published in the Monifeur until
after the propagation of the chamber.
young lad, seventeen years Of age, named
George Alfred Walker, a Frenchman, was taken
into custody ON Friday, close to the door of the
sinating the President of the republic, who he al
legged, prevented the good republic from being es-
tablished. Walker had been long watching an op-
Porunity OF eflectng his purpose, but BY some
ldent, and on Friday, after having waited at the
door Of the Eiys4e for long time. though the Pres
ident had passed close to him, it not allotted
that by his hand Louis Napoleon should fall. He
de.ign; On searching him, pistol loaded and
primed was found on him. He belongs to a re-
spectacle family, long residing in the same quarter
IN Paris. His own conduct had been dissoute, hav-
ing long requented Socialist clubs and read Social
LIST writings Of the worst description.
A ]ourneynsn halter, named Benoit, Socialist
uoubadour, was sentenced on Saturday by the
court Of assize of Paris, to years imprisonment
and five hundred francs fine, for writing, publish
ing, and singing a song insulting to the President
OF the repr6lic, entitled Les Massacreur.
A prosecution has been commenced against the
printer Of the Journal de Ia Republique Univsrsee
edited BY Mazini, Lcdru Rollin, and others of the
same sort.
quantity Of packages of gunpowder and bull.
lets was found on the 4th instant in Perpignan.
Several persons were arrested on the same day
The President Of the republic left on Saturday
for Versailles, to inspect the site of camp of
l2,OO0 men proposed to be established there by
General Changarnier.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
DEATH OF Sin RoBERT PEKL-At hall. past two
o'clock on Friday, Nj. Dupin, president having
taken tho chair, said--"At a moment when a
neighboring and friendly nation is expressing its
painful sentiments for the loss which it has recently
sustained In the person OF one of its most eminent
statesmen, think it would be honoring the French
tribune to proclaim here our sympathetic regret,
and TO manifest our high esteem for that ilustri-
Gus orator who, during the whole of his
long and glorious career, was always animated
with sentiments Of justice and kindness towards
France, and ever spoke of its government in the
most moe courteous terms" General approbation.)
by the assembly" added M. Dupin. ..they shall be
Inserted in the process verbal" ("Yery well, very
well. on all sides.)
Letters from Naples of the l4th ultimo contain
ton:
"ClRcULAR OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TO
TIKI MIsIsTBR OF THE KINGDOM
by the grace of God order having been restored
In the country, his majesty, the king our absolute
master has expressed his will that ali employees shall
1916. (SionedN Mo.sS'n
Inc above named oath binds the parties taking
10 allegiance 10 the king, and to obey all laws i'm
Ioree, or which his majesty shall hereafter issue,
e.
In the sitting Of the Piedmont Chamber of Dcpu-
ties on the LIST instant the Minister OF Agriculture
announced that the reform of the customs duties
was under consideration and that bill for the re-
form OF the maritime financial laws would he nre
scented before the end Of the week
Spain.
The marriage of Count de MontemoEn with
Donna Maria Carolina Fernando of Naples will. il
II Is apprchendcd, lead 20 a coolness between the
courts OF Spain and the Two sicilies. The Spanish
government complains OF the profound mystery
observed on the subject by the Ncapoliian cabinet
and on the 29th the President OF the Council had an
interview with Prince Carn, at which he protested
against the want Of courtesy cyinced towards the
Queen by the King of Naples.
The Concrete of Cadiz of the Goth ult states
that, besides the two FIVE hundred horse power
steamers ordered in England, there are now on
the stocks In Spain two shps Of the line one of So
aiu 'ne other oil 50 guns; frgate Of 90 corvette
OF 10, four store ships, five briggs, three schooners
iour steamers OF i've hundred horse power four of
three hundred and fifty, and one Of two hundred
Two regiments Of the garrison Of Madrid were TO
De armed with percussion musket.
Letters from Madrid Of the 3Oth ult announce
thc pubhcaton on that day OF a royal decree grant
ing new credit Of 20 900 900 reals 4 200 6Ool 10
the Minister OF Marine for tho construction of two
steamers oil hvc hundred horse power each and
for tho purchase of tim Der for the consruction ~
eight war vesseh. The. decree is founded on the
necessity OF sugmenting the Spanish navy as de- |
inon'trnicd by The late events in Cuba
M1nlster
oi Finance TO prevent smuggling have thrown out |
oil Their means OF livelihood great number of per |
son, who, from father TO son, have always been |
employed in the contraband trade, occasionally |
varied with highway robbery, or the Kidnapping
a rch man and ransoming him 10 his family.
Portugal.
THr AsrsIohr CLAiss-There are now in the |
Iagus two American ships OF war, the Indepen- |
dencc. be-gun f1gsto, and the Mississippi, first.
class steamer, which have been sent to enforce, |
should other means fall the settlement of sundry old
claims which the United States Government has |
upon Portugal. Tho sum demanded, Including in |
terest, IA said to be about three hundred and fny
thousand dollars, and the principal claims src said
TO be the following First and foremost comes tba
made by the owners Of tho American privateor
'0eneral brmstrong." The vessel 30 named IA an
pears, being chased by two Briti-h ships of war
took refuge In the harbor Of Faya one of the Azores
lslands, where her pursucrs anchored soon after |
her. In the course Of the night tho Americans |
VINO, expecting an attack, were on the alert Sec
ing an English boat, which sent 10 recon notre
hred on her, and killed wounded eight men |
Whether provoked by this hostile act which under
TIE clrcunstances was very natural on the s RI of
the Americans, or in pursuance Of . previously
formed resolution, the British commodore thrn ,ent
q considerable force in boats, which ~as rcpulsed
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