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

TURCY. In giving evidence before the Committee of Inquiry, M. TURCK had stated that he had heard M. BAUME 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. Louis 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. lle 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 thtuehi:epotcsourotcablueaellridn-c, mind during the last few days is giving way and making ? room for a ieeling of security of which no serious cause ought in point of fact to disturb the duration. Vague rumours, alarming reports hawked about by malevolence, and augmented by fear, cannot long prevail against the evidence of 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 instigatnaoha7i andabyss. Without of t accomplicesradeddoondoubt, the tf hc tesha stoppageeses eso quickly fratricidalofin industry usstrugglesdesire; but the miseries which the revolution of Feborfutair: , may have added to, though it did cause them, would onl,, increase tenfold through our discords, and the workmen would be indefinitely condemned to privations which, with must have an early end. A sensible amelioration already dis_ plays itself on almost all the points of the territory 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 vitality is returning, transactions become more numerous, the workshops are less deserted. In some days the solemn discussion of the Constitution of our Republic will commence before the National Assembly ; the great principles proclaimed in February will desiresto Thec n country ravish f m ait receive, let us not doubt, such a consecration, that the enemies of the Republic, whoever they may be, will no longer find democratica prete x theirtfor Republic; no criminal human hopes.power ianl e spite with of its and blood, against The itthiwsicllonkqnuoewsthwowhicth it preserve has o people and the army, now united in their love of liberty, will not forget that, for the motto of monarchy, "Divide in order Ee to reign," the Republic has substituted its motto, " Union is strength." The elements of the public fortune, the symptoms 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 cannot 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 in 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 reach 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-piste 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 ill 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 re rtohofseftihmtpherpeivlseiGoentasirmdies perfect. Of all those of June three only have died—two from their wounds, and one from a pneumonic affection. From nded by a the 9th to the 17th there were eight suicides. The attempts l t. , a wl Ana su s number bod eui upon property are reduced to eight. robberies remain at the average of six a day. Only one attempt Mobile, while on duty ball fired by an unknown hand. Last nightsecond ts to 1,415. a convoy of gsTne nahltelisnte of June amounts off to Havre. The moral and of June was sent upon the person has beenassi 945 prisoners physical state of t men he sent away leaves nothing to be desired. Clothes, linen, and shoes were distributed to those 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.  " DUCOUX, " Representative of the People, Prefect of Police. " Paris, Aug. 18."