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insure feSpecs Tor AMI obedience to the con-
stltutiou. 1t would tolerate no ~factious intri.
CUES from any quarter, nor would it take the
initiative in illegal persecution, but would re-
fer all unlawful HcTs to tSc ~rys4uals.
Tie declaration produced great excitement
in the Chamber.
NJ. Rouher introduced a proposition autho.
riz;ng g new election in the Nievre, notwith.
standing the law forbidding supplementary cleo
tions for the present Assembly
In the course of his remarks he made an allu-
sion tothe Committee for Appeal to the People,
which he acknowiedgedshs directed.
This bold avowal Of the exist ace of such 4
committee, which NJ. Rouher, aaa previously
denied on his honour, wa received with sur
prise and caused a lively sensation,
The debate was adjourned until tomorrow.
VERSAILLES July 14th.
NJ R ,uhor continued the speech which he be-
gan yesterday, c~ontestiug the right of the Assem-
by to anuul an election upon mere documentary
evidence. He took occasion to declare, on his
honor aud conscience, that 10 d denying the exist
enee of the "Committee from Appeal to the Pe0-
pie" he referred exclusively to the Central Com
mjftee having branches in all the departments.
He alluded to a report of the Project of Police
protesting to expose an extensive Bonapartist
organization, and avowed that he desired to work
upaa the hatred and dread of Bonapartism in
SONS quarters, a state of feeling which had been
created ia order TO bring about the uni n of par
It's which estabIi he'd the Republic. He wished
to defend the dead Emperor against calumny.
TIE Logitimists aud Orleanists, after 1880 and
1913, in tho Same way sought to defend their
respective sovercigus.
Hare the L~ogitimist and O.leanist deputies
loudly protested against comparison Of their
kings vita Napoleon III and tho tumult was
iudcscrib4bic.
NJ. Glmbetta shouted, "The blood of the
Dad of December chokos you r'
NJ. Rouher, r%esuming, denied that the Bona
partists had tried to corrupt the army or had
intrigued with the Socialists and Communists
Addressing the left he said =" Your object
is to obtain a renewal of the vote overthrowing
the Empire. We will give you no pretcxt for
such a step. We will respect the republican
constitution. Butthe Republic is the result Of
an ephemeral compromise of radicals and Or
leanists. The legitimists centre their hopes on
the revision of the constitution. The Bona
p%artists exercise the same right to hope"
PARIS, July 10.
A majority of the morning papers, including
even the organs of the moderate republicans,
expresst The opinion that NJ. Gambetta erred yes
terday in attacking Minister Buffet in the de-
bate in the Assembly.
All agree that yesterdays sitting was an
unfortunate one for the Left.
fbhoAILLESI July 10.
The Assembly to day, without debate, re-
solved to pass to q second reading of the bill
relating to the election of Senators.
The Public Powers bill was finally passed
by a vote of $50 yeas to 80 nays.
A resolution was adopted to discuss the bud
get on Monday next, and then adjourn until
November 80.
This course was declared "urgent" by d
vote of 356 yeas to $40 nays.
A motion made by the Left not to adjourn
until the Senate bill and the budget were voted
and the Senators to be chosen by the Assem-.
bly, we're elected was n~egatived by a vote Of
331 yeas to 371 nays.
The Left bitterly reproached the govern.
ment with b%etraying the constitution.
VERSAILLES, July, 20.
The Committee of the Assembly has re-:
solved to report in favor of a recess from Au.
gust S to November 16.
SPAIN.
MADRID, July 12.
An official despatch says General Delatre
has driven Dorregaray from Torrecilla, Guara,
Sieste and Boltana. y
The C~arlists resisted the Alfonsists stoutly
and lost many men in killed, wounded and
prisoners. !
They retreated to the valley of Aran, ia
the Pyrenees. tGl5i
General Delatre is still pursuing them and