, 1880-07-04

Jesuits. This called II. Freycinet up. II
amnesty be not voted" he said, "we risk see
ing fifty or sixty Illegal elections. Would the
Senate like that? Would It not bs best to>
finish with the affair for this once? WI not
tlleSenate control itself and vote the meas
ure?' Mur1nurs OIL the Right. J
II. GAyArD1E, TIE uIaErREss1DLE,
lost his head about here, and entertalned the
Senate by a series Of lively Interruptions.
After an eloquent but rather 1nelodramatlc
speech OF Minister 1'irard on the same slIe,
and another Of II; I.aboulae, the genera. " II
dsereonary dness was poeIs e" tc. rtS tie Gevers s
1nent, but rejecting the original measure;
NJ Cazot declared the Government accepted
the tneeca d9 M f abce desp1d and ebrap s ape
N Mas turn affeF fe,ected at ?e5 ocloek sco5s0 81
majority of twelve. A second amendment,
proposed by II. .Dozerian, granting amnesty
cendiarics, was then placed before the Sen
ate, and secured majority of five. As the
Government does not accept this anelld-
lnnllt, the question remains III its former po-
sition.
A PLCcKy Able.
A Madrid correspondent telesraphs as fol-
lows: The Superior of IN Abbey near Ayig-
non. an American named Etll1lnndS, lIss
visited this city to obtain permission to
transport his community to the lberlall, pc
ninsula- LII the meantime lie has placed his
sentatiyes of the United States, and has
planted the Stars and Stripes OIL the walls OF
the abbey.
PLENARy AMNESTY.
To TIC 1rester1s Associated Press
PARIS. July s.-In the debate on the
Plellary Amnesty hill in the Senate to~day
Jules Simon said that, even if amnesty was
demanded by the people, the Senate should
not always blindly follow the popular out
cry. The Government was preoccupled, nc
said, by the fear the elections would turn
upon the amnesty question; The test ques- YES
tween policy Of violence and one Of lollt-
icaI liberty; between policy without the
courage uf its opinion and one which re-
spects liberty of conscience and religious i'll
dependence The speech WAS much ap-
ado not" he said in conclusion, s.treat
functionarics as p2riahs.. There should be
courage to resist the SPECIES Of cmeuto
waged, not by means of muskets. but by
decrees.'
DE FREYcNEr's SPEECH.
Premier De Freycinet replied, saying the
speech of Simon was Il ycrltable Indictment.
'tDut,'' he continued, IAN i1npttuOuS cur
rent has set III III favor Of amnesty. we
must govern with majority in Parliament,
relying OH our friends. not our ad'ersarles.
ment viii no longer possess the
moral authority needed to prevent agita-
ton. 1t is necessary to remove ule
causes Of division i'll the Republican party
and prevent extreme parties from utilizing
II amnesty is rejected. the position Of the
Cabinet will become difficult therefore
adjure the Senate to sacrifice its opinions,
act in harmony with the Chamber Of Dcpu"
ties a!d oblterate the painful 33f ,1pS; pa;St hal
ceived the assent Of the Government, was
rejected to 15S5. The Senate then-143
to 13S-adopted the amendment graitlng
amnesty TO all participants in the Commune
except assasins and lnccnu1aries.
INCOMPETENT TO JUDGE.
The civil tribunal of Nancy, to which the
Jesuits applied to have the, seals removed
from their establishments, has announced
itself incompetent to judge OF the question.
DUTY ON SUGAR
The Chamber of Deputies unanimously
adopted bill reducing the duty OIL sugar 80
francs after the 1st of October next.
THE JEsu1rs.
The Prefcct of the Department of the
Nord having taken further steps in case Of
the the suit instigated by the expelled Jesuits at
Lille, the tribunal has declined to pro-
ceed with the hearing.
In the action BY the Jesults against the
Prefect OF the Paris police for violation OF
uOEllElle, before lalt 1EcS!uc1lt " Lie 4llUu"
nal of the Seine, the Prefect urged that the
Court had ITO jurisdiction. The Judge, IN
view Of tile Importance Of the case, referred
| il to the First Chamber of the Tribunal of
the Seine, which will give its decision OIL the
7th inst.
RESERVATIONS.
Fresh designations of magistrates who de-
cline to execute the DEGREES are received
daily. ...
NIuH1STS ARRESTED.
The Libcrtc says eight Russian Nililists,
| or German Socialists. were arrested this
morning in Paris, and it is reported they will
| be expelled from France.