New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-24
FRANCE.
Political and Other Matters.

PARIS, Thursday, Nav s
The first petition for the revision Of the
Constitution was presented in the Chamber on the
9Th of this month. The Bonapart.sts had the
impudence TO ontitle the petition. one III behalf
OF the Re,lson At the Consultation and the Prolon-
cation Of the Presidents Porers-the latter clause
a manifest unconstiutionality The Chamber Is
competent to entertain the question OF revision,
case foreseen by the Constitution itself, but reelec
ton EVENT. legalzed depends entirely uponthe vote
of the people There was, naturally enough,
outcry raised by the Mountain, and the opposition
Press IN their next days issue, were mmeasured in
their Indignation against the presenter Of the petit
ton and the acting President of the Assembly, for
allowing it 20 be accepted. That officers ground was
that title could not contain unconStitutonahy,
that the document would be examined by the proper
bureau, and If itself illegal. would be of course
thrown out. The campaign for REVISION has opened
unfdy Oraby, and II II Is true tndt II Is only ic premier
pas giu c0ate the adage meant step straight ahead,
night forward, onward and upward and not one side
ways or backward or round about. The slgners OF
the petition 10 PRAYING for revision indicated the pre-
else article they desired TO see reviSed-that which
declares the nCigbillty of the President TO
second term The title, therefore, was more com
asked that ii might be made legal for tRem-ihe pe
tltOneTs and the electors of France-to prolong the
Presidents powers another term, IN case II should be
their viii and pleasure. The Assembly enters on the
discussion of the question OF revision on the 29h OF
this month
Another incident during the same sitting was sig
nifcant. NJ Larochejacqueln asked for news OF
proposition. presented by HIM four months ago 10 alb
rOgac the law of the 3st of May, and To restore uni
versal suffrage NJ Leon Fauchcr. the Minister OF
the Interior replied that the bureau was waiting for
returns from the various departments as to the enect
Of that law before sending the proposition back to
the Assembly. NJ. L. SAID that he had no objection
to the revision Of the Constitution, per Sc, but that
universal suffrage must be restored lrSt, naSmuch as
the Constituent Assembly, the Chamber That made
the Constitution. was chosen by the whole BODY OF
electors m France and naSmuch as It was clearly
impossible for that instrument 10 be revised by
Chamber chosen by a smaller body of electors. NJ.
LarocheiacQuehn and his party VIII oppose revision,
unless the law of the 3st of May Is revoked ana uni
yerSal suffrage restored.
The Patrie a seml-oficial journal, gives fattering
accounts OF the success of the petitions IN the depart
ments 1t states that generally two-thlrds, ant N
cases tour.fffhs OF the voters sign them when
they can't write, they make their mark, or get Mos
Siot ie Mare TO hold their hand as they trace Their
signature The petition already presented IN tle As
Semby was entirely covered with crosses. II appears
from other sources, however, that the movement is
hardly progressing as iayOrahly as The Pane pre-
tends. The authorities IN some departments DO not
encourage II, and some OF the most lnnuenuai men,
bcrs Of the Commissioners regard II as premature.
Stll II is certain that where the attempt has been
perSeyered ln fully two-tmrds OF the inhabitants
have signed.
The Republicans have been somewhat terrified at
the presentation of bill by the Minister OF the lne'
nor to prolong the powers OF the Commissioned,
the Councils of ACCOMPLISHMENT and the MUNICIPAL
Councils, until the law on the organization OF the
Department Administration can be voted. They saw
M this nothing more than a Steppng-sOnc 10 a OIL,
hereafter TO be presented, proposing the prolongaon
OF the powers of the President, ana VI RASCAL Dl-
pratt insisted that there ample time for the dis
CussOn and passage Of the bill for Departmental or
ganzatiOn before the elections were ordered TO take
place. The Minister, having showed Tins 20 be I'M
possible, the blll referred by "a large majority 10
the Committee on the Municipal Law. mention
this slight incident, rs everything relating 20 Tho sub
JeCtS OF revision and prOrOgton Is Significant, and
such sAlrmlSAes the above are not without their
effect here
An extraordinary article has appeared in.the Prose-
from the pen Of VI. Glrardiu, in which 4 serious
charge Is made against Gen. Chlngamler, and IN
which Gen Cayagnac is implicated. VI. Glrariln
says that OF the 18th Of June, ISIS Gen Chdgarer,
then Governor General of Algeria, caused 10 De post
cd up on the walls of Algers, and 10 be- published IN
The AkhbaT journal OF that city, proclamation to the
following effect
day received o., The boat which len Marsees TIE 18th
the following tclegrapc spatch The Commission Of the
Executive Government. composed ot NM Alago Mare
spofbr cersd of thrst menfers NM n ~ ~ a.
ger. and SEN CayalEuac, has ~ he'd Us place '"
Now, asks NJ GlreTdln. Who sent tins telegraphic
dispatch which arrived al Narseles the 18TH ami AZ
Alglers the l.lh, and which detailed events winch
did not come TO pass tai eight days ailarward VIZ
on the 23d OF Juc, TIE tay when the Instruction
broke OUT Was t Gen. CaFeignac, then Il ,terof
War vii % De considered fact without in,r,orf-
ance this sending leZraphlc dispatch announcing
eight days beforehand the all Of commission and
the substitution OF another Was there az that ne
mod al understanding and a plot between Generals
ChangauIer an1 Calalgnac Were the events
which we're 10 stain the streets of Paris " liza blood
on TIE 3D. s4th. 25ih AND 25th Of June already n--
pared on The 18th ben nd the curtain VI Girarsin
occupies large portion of BIS first page IN the repro
ductlon of the bulletin which was pacariel on The
walls Of Alglcrs giving tac-s mile OF the tye and
Arrangement
h the next days PreSss letter appeared from n
Z Lacrox. Director of Civil Affairs I'M Algeria I'M
lsis III which he states that the responsibility of pub-
hshmg aut p.dcartmg The bulletin rests uDon him
sell and not upon Gen. Changamer that the steam
boat Sphyrx len MaTseles on the 18th and that the
captain who had read the dispatch on the walls Of
that city, made 70 known 20 the GovernOr-General on
arriving al Alglers that he, VI Lacrolx caused is
insertion u the A0Hf,ir. but the editor. bv deno-
rable neglgence. put the announcements under
the head 0f d" Te.egTaphlc.' instead OF eattlng II
" Communicated" as he was directed % DO The
inference that the dispatch was sent TO the Govern
lnent therefore, though natural IS incorrect the efi-
tor o., the M0nIfeir being solely responsible VI
GirardIn does not consider his position nya atei bv
I this letter naSmuch % remains certain that
dispatch sent hum Paris 20 Maselles Oh The
Ism OF June. announcing eight days beforehand tie
accession Of Gen. Caya snac, and TIE captain OF the