The Sun. — 1848-08-21 (London, England)

TURCK.. In giving evidence before the Committee of Inquiry, M. TURCK had stated that he had heard M. BAemIE declare on the 23d and 24th of June, that the insurgents would not be put down till they had killed four or five hundred of the Members of the Assembly. M. BAUME declared that this assertion was " an infamous and odious calumny;" but M. TURCK replied, however that might be, it was strictly true. The President stopped both speakers, and adjourned the subject till the general discussion. M. Lours BLANC in the course of the same sitting complained bitterly of the conduct of certain journals, which had garbled the evidence given before the Committee, by publishing only such portions of it as tended to inculpate him, and carefully suppressing everything that might tell in his favour. He concluded by giving notice for Monday of a decree prohibiting the publication of these documents in the journals until after the discussion shall have taken place in the Assembly. The following is the weekly report of the Prefect of Police on the state of Paris:—  • " Citizens,—The emotion which has occupied the public mind during the last few days is giving way and making room for a feeling of security of which no serious cause ought in point of fact to disturb the duration. Vague rumours, malarming yreportse ha cannot nwekte ld about o ng prevailou t b against malevolence, tbe evidence and u ge-f facts. If it were true that men were capable of restoring in France a form of government justly abhorred, that would be madness; for anarchy in our days would not lead kings to • their thrones—it would only serve to precipitate the instigators and accomplices of these fratricidal struggles into an aby es. Without doubt, the stoppage of industry and the stagnation of trade do not cease so quickly as each of us could desire; but the miseries which the revolution of February , may have added to, though it did cause them, would only increase tenfold through our discords, and the workmen would be indefinitely condemned to privations which, with order, must have an early end. A sensible amelioration already dis.. plays itself on almost all the points of the territory of the Republic. The facility with which the last national loan was subscribed and paid up shows that specie will not be wanting to public confidence. Commercial vitalityis returning, transactions become more numerous, the workshops are less deserted. In some days the solemn discussioa of the Constitution of our Republic will commence before the National Assembly ; the great principles proclaimed in February will receive, let us not doubt, such a consecration, that the enemies of the Republic, whoever they may be, will no longer find a pretext for their criminal hopes. The country desires a democratic Republic; no human power can ravish from it ith iws conquest howwhich to pr ehsaesr v see ianl e sdp t ei t ohf its d blood against , a nadl .w• 1h iie The people and the army, now united in their love of liberty, will not forget that, for the motto of monarchy, ` Divide in order to reign," the Republic has substituted its motto, " Union is strength." The elements of the public fortune, the syrup_ toms of a slow, but continued return towards a normal state, assume every day a less contestable character. Facts and figures exist ; and bad faith itself caanot prevail against them. The workshops are being re-opened, and the workman ressumes the place which he had too long lost. The movement which is taking place in all branches of industry is even remarked ia those of luxury, which the receipt of orders is again causing to become active. Renewed briskness displays itself in the ports, and the arrivals of July have greatly exceeded those of the month of June ; the single port of the canal St. Martin received last month 15,000 tons more than in the previous month. The markets are always abundantly supplied, and the price of bread is within reaeh of every purse. At the date of our last return, out of 27,301 workmen residing in furnished hotels, 16,925 were in work. At this time, out of 29,074 there 'are 20,771 who have employment. The number of workinen remaining inactive is only 8,303 instead of 9,432. The Mont-de-piet6 from the Bth to the 15th has received in redemption of articles pawned, 344,077 f. ; the sums lent by it amounted only to 306,8201. The number of persons returning to Paris increases progressively—on the Bth by 4,394, and is the last week by 5,974. Instead of 710 foreigners alighting at the hotels, they amount to 765 ; only 628 have left the capital. In the course of the six days, from 9th to the 16th, 2,615 passports were given to French citizens, of which €57 were gratuitous, and 560 were granted to foreigners. The prisons on the 14th contained 3,279 ordinary prisoners, and 8,069 implicated in the affair of June. The sanitary state of thoenperaistotenms pits •.he Garde perfect. Of all those of June three only have died—two from their wounds, and one from a pneumonic affection. From the 9th to the 17th there were eight suicides. The attemptsberi baeveenrasgigenoaflis.siexd.a dAays.olOdinelryof upon property are reduced to eight. Simple robentinel, was wounded by a ball Mobile, while on duty as s Last night a second convoy of fired by an unknown hand. The total number of the victims sent off to Havre. The moral and 945 prisoners of upone robberies the remain person at hastll e sentaway leaves nothing to be state of the men physical . and shoes were distributed to those desired. Clothes, linen, of June amounts jttinoelw,4al.Bs. who were in want of them before their departure. Their  families may be completely assured as to their lot; these prisoners do not leave France—and the most enlightened attention is paid to them. A journal has .represented that ill-treatment and even torture is inflicted upon the political prisoners. I have no need to protest against an imputation so odious; it will suffice for me to point out to the public as new proof of the falsehoods and calumnies of certain persons. " DtiCOUX, " Representative of the People, Prefect of Police. " Paris, Aug. 18."