The Sun. — 1849-02-24 (London, England)

IVIII. refused to execute. The heirs of MURAT appealed in vain, first to the Council of State, and afterwards to the Civil Tribunals ; their appeals were always rejected, on a plea of incompetency, founded on the fact that the affair being connected with a political treaty, could only be decided on by the Government. Thus rejected, the heirs of AIURAT now make an application to the National Assembly. M CASABLANCA contended that, as the arrangement was made by treaty, the National Assembly was alone competent to decide on the matter, inasmuch as it alone had the power of giving sanction to treaties. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his arguments by beseeching that an end might be put to a denial of justice which had existed for 83 years. riche Government had just decided that a marble bust of General DE BRBA shall be placed in the National Museum at Versailles. The National has the following on the subject of the recent ewer* at Niort:— " According to a letter which we have received from Niort, it would appear that the principal cause of the popular exasperation there was improper language ememployed by the Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs to the crowd. It would appear, also, that the stroke of a sabre given by that officer has caused a severe wound. We may say that the Ministerial order which sent to Saintes a squadron of cavalry to keep garrison there was not called for by motives of public utility. The only cavalry barracks which exists at Saintes is the old church, where about forty years back were fitted up some very unvvholsome stables now abandoned for some years, and which it would take 100,000 f. to repair. It' the squadron was sent there, it was altogether to please M. Dufaure, who supported the proposition of M. Rateau, an, above all, to satisfy the c, demands of Marshal Bugeaud, recently named representative for the Charente-Inferieure, and who received a a good number of votes at Saintes." Marshal BUGEAUD has done his best to excite a revolutionary outbreak at Lyons, but, thanks to the prudence of the people, his efforts have not been successful. It appears hat he ordered that sentinels should no longer be placed on guard at the tree of liberty, or at the statue of the Man of the People, whereupon, says the Courrier de Lyon, of the 21st, the workmen apprehending that these orders had been given to enable the reactionaries to destroy the statue in the night, mounted guard over lit. The police immediately caused several persons to be arrested, but with so little cause that when brought before the authorities on the following day the whole of them were dismissed. On the evening of the 20th the people re-assembled and commenced w singing the Marseillaise,hereupon the police agents retired to the barracks, and from which a regiment of Dragoons at once emerged, sword in hand, and without the people having been previousty summoned to disperse, charged them, wounded several, and killed one man on the spot. In order to excuse this illegal conduct of the soldiers, which in the case of the man killed amounts to murder, the Mayor of Lyons has issued an aphe, in which he speaks of the occurrence of grave disorders having occurred in the city for some days past. The Cornier says, "No disorder exists or has existed in Lyons, and this affiche is only put forth to palliate the murder of last night." The National states that M. M oRA, who was sent to London by NARYAEZ to conciliate Lord PALMERSTON, not being in a position to retract the calumnious charges made against Sir H. BULWER, was civilly invited by the Noble Lord to go home as quick as possible.