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' THE FKENCH REPUBLIC . « - annoisfifieS in onr town cditios last wck that r-ceral Cavaknac had been appointed Minister of S" dTrou 76 , one of tbe members of the Assembfo Prefect of Police , in plscs of the Citizen Cans-5 i Vnaiafliis regiments of too lice continued to arrive in Ps <« ° P to Snndsy last . We sis 3 announced that the government had iistrocneed the following measures : — The dissolution of the Republican Gaard , and its r £ OTS 83 isa on under the name of Parisian Repnbjjcin Gnat-is . The pnttins down of all armed meetings , under rte penaltj of imprisonment of from three months to rrTTTP CRT ? . \ T ! H RF . PrTRr . Tr *
The expnlsiou from the French territory of Loafg Philippe and bis family , as vrell aa that oi A bilTrespecting the attributes of the Executive ( jOTBTTiTSX 6 D . C . A bill authorising the State to resume the
rail-A bill granting _ 9 , 630 , 000 f . for the continuation of ibeTrav aux Xstionaux . The above bills were announced on Wednesday On Thursday , iha President read a lefctsr from the Abbe Lacordaire . ^ tendering his resignation , on the plea that the duties ' of a Member of the Chamber Trere incompatible with his religious duties . His resignation was accepted . The general business of . the day was not of much interest . THE 15 ih OF MAY . Several decuments were found in th 8 Rne Rivoli , the bureau of the Commune de Paris and the residence of Sobrier . These documents contained the following decrees already prepared to be proclaimed , bj a committee of public safetv , which was to have been formed after the insurrectioa of Monday week .
PEOJECTS CF DECREES OP TEE COKHITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY . ¦ pzcs . zz 1 . —In the name of the people regtneralcur , a ? ? a . , founders cf tin Sepnblic in February and May , ISiS , fate Committee of Pablic Safety decrees , that the National " Assembly , composed priasipally of reaction-Jutr « ha * violated its mission . That it has lost precious time W ^ b misery demanded the promptest mea-IUK 5 . That it nas refused to create s minister o ( labour . That it has trusted to its heap of arms deposed in the hall of tbe Assembly , when it should have relied on . moral forc 3 slits to accomplish its misiion with zeal sad devotion . That it ha ? adopted tbe right and power of oppression in calling troops to Fans , and in giving the President tha right to call them out , as well
as the Kational Gaards . That it has inf . ringed the liberty and the sovereignty of the people proclaimed on the barricades of FebrnaTj- . ' in interdietisg the pespie bj law the right oT pressnting a petition in person . That it has fired en the people who went peaceably to present a petition in favour of Poland . In consequence , tie peeple of Paris declare the Xetional Assembly deprived cf all power , and canstitutes a committee of public safety , coapos ^ d of nine members who are the cittern , " ••••• ¦ Which committee are inTested withsnlimited powers to constitute * ° d organise a true democratic Republic , and itifle readies by tha most energetic measures , if it dare sgsin to show itself . The second decree is missinjj .
Decsee III . —In the same of the pe ? ple of Paris , founder of the Republic , decrees . All administrative aad judicial powtrs , charges , and public functions , privileges , sad monopolies ara all aholished , without distinctien , and by whatever authority created , New powers wiJi bs immediately constituted , Tbo polics of towns and communes belongs to the force owniere , thus coHstitated : the mayors alone shell retain so mnch of their pawers ss sbsll be eecesBsrj to carry into effect the present decree . —Art . 1 . All [ palrioks COnnuj , ) weftreci > gniiea patriots , shall ba requested to attend on the same day at an hour fired , ia tke evening , to choose among th mselves a municipal committee , composed of given patriots , of whom five at least shall be otctriers
who can rasd and write . Art . 2 . The municipal caia--mittee shall enter on its functions immediately after its formation . Art . 0 . The functions of the municipal ¦ committee shall be , first , those of the present municipal councils ; second , those ef the comptrollers of pablic property ; third , those of judges in questions of police and tha order and execution of oar decress . Art . 4 . The well-rceegnised patriots shall form an armed fores for the ereeutioa of onr decrees . Tfeey shall de . tn&nd that all their arms shall be delivered tothecsby all the cit : US without distinction . Tbis farce shall be called the ' / ores ourriere . ' Art . 5 . The Kational Guard , and abovs all the tourgeoite party , shall no longer be allowed to wear unifsrm or carry ann » , and in case of breach of this article shall be outlawed .
Decsee IV . —la the naaie of the people of Paris , founder of the Republic . Inasmuch a 3 it if nscessary Immediately to reader assistance to necessitous cifzsn ? , and as those who ean c " o so are the rich , who , for the l 3 ! t three months , have Bidden their money ; and as the' fraternity' adopted by the Republic should cot be an empty sound , but should exhibit itself by deeds , decrees—Art . 1 . The capitalists known as such by tbemu-Eiclpal committees ' shall pay , within five days , the sum of 200 francs per 1 , 000 francs of income they are known to ^ OiSESS abo ve a sum of 1 , 500 francs s head , where such income does not exceed 3 , 500 francs ; ? 50 francs per 1 , 009 , where the iecome is between 3 , 500 and 5 , 600 franc *; and eo in like proportion . —Art 2 . Every proprietor psyiag aore then 100 francs of taxes shall pay -twenty-five francs per fifty francs of taxes up to 250
francs ; and in like proportion . —Art 3 . Every proprietor and capitalist who Ehallm&ke default in these payments shall have their whole property eoafn&ateS—for tbe benefit of the neeessitons . The ' force ouvritre' is ia sach c sse atishoristd to make all accessary inquiries ; and if they discover any breach of thess articles , tbe persons reiltyaf a broach thereef shall be outlawed . —Art 4 . Tha funds received shall be paid to a treasurer appointed by the Municipal Committee . —Art . 5 . There shall be made antoseuiate diV-xibation of these funds ason ? st the necessitous , in the proportion of three francs ta a family of three persons , and eight franci to a family of more than six persons . This distribution to 03 made each fenr days . —Art . 6 . The ' force ouvritie' is charged with the maintenance of order . —Art . 7 . Everv citizsn fouad drunk ehall be imprisoned thr « £ ays on bread and water .
„ Deceee 71 . —Orders that tbe Municipal Committee shall immediately convoke the eommnnes to cause them to acknowledge tha Republic , with the committee of pablic safety as the government . They will make their report to a commissioner who will mike the circuit of Franca . The committee will take necessary steps in case of refusal . Deckzb Til . — The orgsniEstioa of labour on a practical basis shall bepnblishedinthree weefc * . ft shall be wholly for the benefit of the workmen , protecting , as far as may be , the just rights of the masters . By s mandate from the parquet , the commissary Of the police , M . Bentsglio , has seized all the papers of the club of the Rights of Man . Twenty-five persons ha ve been arrested in the apartments of the Palai 3 National , which was occupied by ( he club presided over by Bsrbss .
TKZ PRE 05 EK 5 . Theprocureur of the Republic and three jngesd'instruction , commenced on Thursday the interrogatory of MM . Barbeg , Albert , Iluber , Qaentin , and their principal accomplices , detained at the fort of Vincennes . The Couhcke pz Pakis , the journal of Sobrier , 'which was discontinued , re-appeared on Friday , and sold to an immense extent . TBS CIT 1 ZBX BL 15 QEI ' The Mowing , from Bla&qui , has appeared in one ofthejouraal 3 : —
Hossieck vt REDiciEra , —I am neither at Brussels aor at London , bat in Psri ? , where I read your journal . I can vary well understand that , after having aided the govemmest to rain me , you should attempt to fliag me between the legs of that sime government , to cause it to stumble in its turn . Indulge in your warlike tactics ss mnch as yea please . I S 3 y nothing against it ; but give US no retrosptctivs calumnies , or if you do , you mast allow me to strike in sod contradict them . I was sot arrested one single instant , Monsitur , you know that very well ; and your doubts on the subject may be exceedingly diplomatic , but they are not very serere . I vis neither arrested , nor , consequently , let go ; if they had held me , they wouldhavs held me well ; certainly , it i 3 leer enough since they have beeu anxious to hold
n : ; I have for guarantee of that desire , the cordial hatred ofalltheaemberso ! the government—a hatred of which if . Ciussidiere , that tap-room Soffetins , gave oa Tuesday a very tolerable specimen in the tribune . That hatred dses me honaur , for it comts from parsons who have all destroyed the revolution ; and ia that respect it is flattering for me to furnish them with tfee only snfeject of unacisairy that they feave been able to Sad . One observation more—yen , like other jaurnB . li , h&Te capled from the Daoir a pempous list of important articles , seized at my residence , quito in the style of April , ISS 4 , and Hay , 1839 ; numerous letters ; scarf * with gold fringe ; lists ef conspirators ; proelamatioas —aotbing is wanting ia the inventory ef this precious booty , letters ! I hare allowed myself to receire
soms—a great crime truly ! Scarf with gold fringe ! In iact , we had red arm-bands with copper fringe , for the coEimissaries cf the club I what an enormity ! List * of coajpirstors capital ! Why , these lists of conspirators are the regular register * of the Central Republican Seeiet y , containing the same * of eitiztns of all opinions , from white to ui , and passing throuch all tbe interne , dlste * ha 3 es . Proclamations ! Still better : these proclamations are copies of the manifesto published by ths c ! sb , relative to the massacres at Eouen—a manifesro placarded on Msy the 2 nd In Pario , pulled eft to th » number of 40 , 600 , and copied into several jiornals . I am delighted to see the law authorities and the monarchical journals assume so decidedly thefashicn of acting of ! £ ; Ust reiga , Oa with you , gentlemen ! Continue The regeacy cannot be far off .
According to tbe correspondenfc of the Daiiy News there ia a sort of National Assembly of the insurrectionist party , which holds its sessions Ie the Rue de 3 Pyramides , under the walls of the , Tuilleriea . THB RAILWAY tBOKCT . Tha project . for the dipvossesrion of the railway
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compasies , and- the forced- purchase of the line . ? bf iha goYenntnent , has been presented to tho Chamber Th . 6 followingare the conditions : — ' It proposes three modes of determining the value of the shares : 1 . To take the prices at the last settlement of 15 th February . 2 . Their prices on the 4 th April 3 . The _ average of their prices for the six maaths preceding the revolution of February , and proposes thai the Jaat should be adopted by the Asaeably The indemnity to be given in stock , at the price of the Bourse for the correspondiag period to that selected forest'inatiDgthe value of the share 3 . THE WORKIKG CUS 3 E 9 . According to a recent census , there are in Paris 1 ( 0 , 000 workmen and workwomen without-, work ; 110 , 500 who work four days in a week , 52 , 000 who are constantly unemployed , making a total of 337 , 500 without reckoning the Banlieue , where the misery is indescribable . rtomBiBies . &U&-thfl-fareed- mnyOmca « f *) ia U ,-, o , Sv
The MoNiKUB annonnceB that M . Flocon , Minister of Agriculture and Commerce , is making arrangements for the cultivation of the waste lands and the general amelioration of agriculture , nnd that the righte of all agricultural labourers aod the workmen in manufactories , &c , will be ' democratically appreciated and satisfied . ' It is also stated that impcrtant modifications mil be made in the law aa to workmen ' s livrets , the coalitions of workmen , and the labour in manufactories . M . Flocon fhta addressed a circular to the Prefects of tha departments , desiring them to do everything in their power to promote the free circulation of articles of food , and to report to him on the means of agricaltoral improvement .
The Provbkcb of Aix state 3 that Ihe national workshops of that town h . 3 ? e been dosed . An attempt was made by the discharged men to blow up the powder magazine , but it fortunately failed , by the activity and energy of the National Guard . At Aries , also , where fourteen hundred men had been discharged , with a recommendation to seek work in the country parts , disturbances have taken place , the crowd having broken the windows of the Mairie , and endeavonred to set the building on fire . Seven or eight men ^ ere arrested , and , on the arrival of the Proeureur of the Republic , ten more .
DISTURBANCES AT LYONS . The city of Lyons was much disturbed on the 17 cb , particularly the neighbourhood of the Croix-Rousse , in consequenca of the disorders of the day before , 8 nd of the uncertainty which prevailed as to the state of Paris . In the course of the night , about 500 er 600 men of the national workshops traversed the town in arms , and proceeded to the residence of M . Martin * Bernard , the Government Commissary , to demand the enlargement of the prisoners . Some arrests took place . At half-past twelve , when the Isat accounts left , the workmen were making a demonstration against the Palais de Jnstice , to get their comrades liberated .
Later accounte received from Lyons , state that the distnrbance 3 which commenced on the mornirg of the 19 ; h inBt ., in that city , continued throughout the day , and assumed in the evening a truly srrioU 3 character . Barricades were erected and the red flag once more hoisted . The prisoners arrested on the previous day had been liberated on the demand of the revoltere . The Iccal authorities were no longer recognifed , and the insurgents were masters of tha city . Fresh disorders appeared imminent .
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Sattrdat , May 20 th . —The business of the National Assembly was unimportant . The representatives have agreed to wear & tri-coloured rcsette on ordinary occasions , end a scarf on grand days . The other proceedings were of a routine oharacter , with the exception of an announcement by the government that it intended to submit a measure for the abolition of the ' Ateliers Nationaux , ' and that the workmen would have the choice of four proposals . Moxday . May 22 . —The President took the chair at one o ' clock . The troop 3 of the line ' jaontinue to defend the court and the various entrances of the Chamber . The tribunes were very fully occupied . The only bnsicejs of importance transacted was the voting one million of francs to defray certain expenses incurred for the national wnrkshops .
Tuesday , May 25 . —M . Bastide , Miniater of Foreign Affairs , announced that the congress of the United States had addressed congratulations to the French Republic , on the formation of the new government . In return for this demonstration , the first which had yet been made in diplomatic annals , the minister propesed to name a commission to prepare an address in reply . This was referred to tha Committee on Foreign Affairs . The order of the day on Italy and Poland was then taken .
After speeches from the Cit z 9 ns Wolowski and Napoleon BuoDaparte , Cit ' zen Lamartina made & long speech on the affairs of Italy and Poland . He read despatches received from several of f he Italian states , and especially from Piedmont and Venice , in which these states protest against all armed intervenvention on the part of Franca , and again 9 t the formation of French legions . He declared that if Italy requested intervention , France would interfere , bat not etherwise . He added with great enerey . that Italy would not in any case remain under the dominion of Austria . With respect to Poland , he said that Prussia was resolved ts re-establish the Dachy of Pcsen . France could do nothing for Poland in the absence of money and soldiers . France could only express her sympathy for that Hnfortuaate country , ard encourage her to wait patiently till a favourable opportunity should present itself for r . er regeneration , meanwhile France would aid her by all pacific
means . THE CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE . The following are the narae 3 of the Committee for preparing a draught of a Constitution : —MM . Cormenin , Annand Marras , LamenDais , Vivien , Toequiville , Dnfure . Martin ( of Strasburg ) , Yoirhaye , Crquerel ( Protestant Minister ) , Corbon , Tonrnet ( de l'AUier ) , Gustave de Beaumont , Dupin , Vaulabelle , Odillon Barrot , Page 3 ( de PAriege ) Domes , and Considerant .
FETE DE LA CONCORDE AT PARIS . Pari 3 , Sunday Morning . —Paris 13 to-day in it 3 holiday dress . The streets , bonlevards , and EquaTes filled with every c ! as 3 of the population hastening to the Champ de Mars . Precession following procession , column upon column of National Gaards , military music on all sides , yonD 2 ladies in muslin dresses and tricoloured ribbons , flags and pendents without end or number , chariots of the most nondescript kind , of which the variety is infinite , and drawn , some by two , and some by twenty bor 3 ea ; deputations of trades carrying decorations emblematical of their labour , windows crowded with gay gazsra , preparations on an immense scale for the illumination of theevenins , booths . Bhow 3 , and ball rooms , filling the Champs Elysees ; Government representatives of the people , mayors in their emblenra of office , students , provincial deputations , ouvriers and ateliers nationaux , all taking part together in ihe oniversal jubilee . Such is the aspect of Paris to-day .
As early ss half-past four the rappel began to beat in all the different quarters of Paris , and continued to send forth its quick , sharp sound every quarter of an hour until bis . It then ceased , the National Guards beginning to make their appearance , and detached piquets of dragoons and cuirassiera having already taken up their stations at the various points alosg the boulevards , the Place de Ia Madeleine , the Place de la Concorde , and in front of the Palace of the Natienal Assembly . In the Place de la Concorde , as early as sis , a considerable crowd had already assembled , and chiefly of
well-dressed penon ? . Tables , chairs , stands , benches — everything that could give a vantage-groond to the spectator to view the ceremony better , were disposed abont in great profusion ; still , all that was to be witnessed from thi 3 point was the passage of the National Guard and other troops , the great spectacle of tha day being to take place in the Champ de Mars . The preparations for meeting a large demand on articles of food and refreshment were most ample , every pillar having its little boutique laid out ; whilst in the neighbourhood of the fountains the scene reminded one of a fair , the whole space being fiffid by ambulant sellers of eatables and drinkables .
The weather was delightful , as scarcely a cloud chequered the bright blue ekyabore ; the water of the Seine , as I passed over the bridge in front of the National Palace , was as smooth as glass ; the sun shone brightly en the fire-arms and brass ornaments of the soldiers placed on the steps and wide peristyle — whilst there was from time to time just brecza enough to cause ihe folds of the tricolonred Q&g which surmounted the peditrent to wave lazily forth in the
air . Although seven o ' clock was appointed a 3 the hour for the representatives of the people to leave the Chamber for the Champ de Mars , they did not start until ha ' . f-past eight . General Cavaignac was amongst the earliest arrivals , a fine , tall , soldier-like figure , with an appearaBce of youth in his whole bearing extraordinary for a man who has arrived at such a position . Garnier Pages also arrived early , with his long hair hanging down after the fashion of ' 93 , and his pale features giving you the idea of the unsettled mind wearing out the body . M . Buchez , the president , W 3 s also one of those who cams in time , a heavy but good-nstured looking man . Looking out at about half-past seven o ' clock from the top of the noble fiightof steps leading up to the Chamber , the scene
stretched out befere the spectator was a most animated one—everywhere troop 3 , people , flags , uniforms , National Guard 3 . all mingled together in one apparent confusion . When , however , the eye became accustomed to the mas 3 , and could single out the various parts of this immens 9 whole , it was evident that all wa 3 well arranged . Although tho whole of the bridge , tbe quays , and the Place da la Concorde wereoovered over with hamaa btisgs , it was soon seen that currents were passing freely through the mass in di 2 erentdirectioas- » that , infact , passages had been preserved from intrusion , and that through them , narrow though they were , the publio circulated freely . The whole of the Epace seen from the steps was thickly stndded with tri-CDloured flags , borne by the delegate g $ nt up from the provinces to Paris to be presep ^ &t the fets . They T ?« e fiearly all tbe 3 am 9 ia t ^ efr etjla of isseriptioa ?
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—the top bearing the came of the fley . * rtoient , while below was seen ' Vive ' la Republique F The * epresentativea mo . red down the steps four deep , and not ir &ay particular order , the unnfatera and Micutive c 62 * mUiee taking their places indiscriminately amongst the test . M . de Lamartine and M . Flocon , I perceived , wera amongst the last , though not together . They were cheered along their passage , the whole crowd taking off tlieir hftta aa they approached . They went on first along the quay to the Champ de Mar 3 , and were exactly one hour and a half in reaching the estrade prepared for them in front of the Ecole Militaire . fko ^ nn » , „• , _ : _ ,, iv . .. i , ( J _ - » r 4 mcnt
Immediately after the members of the National A ? sembly , came the mayors of Paris and the surrounding comtauneB , with their tri-coloured Boarfs ; then were to come the delegates of the departments , baton arriving about half , way down the quay , about twenty old mm , with a banner bearine the ingcrip > tion of' Vainqueura de la Bastile , 1789 , ' who had been lying in wait by the side , suddenly tottered forward , and demanded to be admitted next the mayor . 1 ought , ' said the spokesman , ' to be first of all Without ub , kow would you have ever had liberty ? It was we who showed the way to achieve great things . ' It is unnecessary to say that tho delegates good-hamourcdly yielded them the »< w .
After the delegates eame the various trade-corporations , or as they are called compagnons , each with some production of their calling . To enumerate all these would be te take up half a column of your paper , and would give but little information . The various specimens of industry were creditable to French teate , and some of them might excite admiration in any exhibition of manufactures and industry . What could be , for Instance , more charming than the Bisplay of artificial flower makers ? It was a circular ottoman , of white eatin , divided into four compartments , with a corbeil of magnificent fl wers in the centre , of a delicacy almost equalling nature , and with magnificent plumes of feathers at the end of each compartment . The srmourera ' display was
also highly interesting ; it consisted of a . ' magnificent trophy of areas a I ' ancienne , placed aloft on a pedestal , with four complete coats of superb armour at each corner , and all kinds of modern arms thrown earefessly down fte / ow . The music instrument makers also came out in great force , with an immense tent on a stand drawn by horses , and under the awning every possible instrument of modern times , and younp girls in white reclinine carelessly amoagst them . The cumber of young girls in whito accompanying these various products on foot was immense , bui they were in general exceedingly plain . Tho Provisional Government , the members of the National Assembly , the magistracy , departmental deputations , dec-, took up their seats on an immense
estrade erected in front of the Ecole Militaire . On the same estrade there were a great number of general officers and other official personages , besides a large party of ladies . The estrade was calculated to hold upwards ofG . 000 persons ! and it wae excessively crowded . I observed no member 3 of the corps diplomatique among the number ^ but I understand that Lord Nonnanby and seFerafi ^ hers of the representatives of foreign powers were present in Bome part of the grounds . No description can give any idea of a scene the splendour of which consisted , principally in the vastness of the multitudes who took part in it , tho thousands ijpon thou ? anda of troops which were passed in review , the beauty of the magnificent spot where the ceremony teok place , and the excitementthe
, variety , and very confusion of the peene . The atatce of Liberty , whieb , with its ; pedestal , is eighty feet high , and&ood in the centre of the Champ de Mare , tboueh perhaps not artisti-1 cally beautiful , had a good effect , irom its immense j s ' ze and Us position . Otl each side of it wera rows ' of handsome booths , said to contain specimens of i French industry , but of which I ean say nothing , as j I was not allowed to approach them . At the entrance of the Champ de Mars were two immense obelisk ? , with the names of all the nations who , in the opinisn ; of the French Republicans , have established their I freedom ; and among them I observed that though England had not a place , Greece , Bavaria , and even Sardinia , had . BeBides this there was an immensa number of flags and oriflamrses , which , together with the preparations for an illumination to take place this evening , gave the whole place a gay and animated appearance . I
The provisional government and the members of the National Assembly took their seats about half-past nine , after which tbe differencdeputations filed before them . Amosgthe deputations were several of foreigners , principally Poles , Germans , Italians , and Belgians . A small party of Irish , consisting of not more than twelve persons , andcarryisga littlegreen flag , though not included in the programme , made their appearance , and after some demur , were allowed to follow the others . The troops then began to defile , and continued , without intermission , till past three o ' clock . Then came tb . B grand chariot ef commerce and agriculture , and the deputations of the different trades peculiar to France , and especially to Pa « 3 . Daring thedefileoftheNationalGuardsandothEr bodies before the government , a cry waa heard from the ranks , in which , we are told , all who heard itenthusiastically joined—namely ' Vive la Republis Bemocratiqye ! ' The Natiosal is loud in its felicitations on this occurrence .
The fete , including the superb illuminations with which it terminated , went eff with eclat , and without accident .
MORE ARRESTS . The number of persons under arrest up to Saturday morning was three hundred and ninety . Ten of the leaders of the conspiracy of the 15 th are in the Fort of Vincenne ? , a great many at the prefecture , and the rest in different prisons . On Saturday , a Commissary of Police went to the residence of M . Thore , in tbe Rue Coquilh ' ere , t © arrest him , but be was not to be foun < l . M . Pierre Lerous , who was arrested by the National Guards of NanteuiUsous-Jouarre . hasbeen brought to Paris by two gendarmes . A captain of artillery of the National Guard , who was seen near ihe chair of President Bucbez on the 15 : h , with his hand on his sword , has just been arrested .
Several of the persons arrested for the affair of the 15 th have been set at liberty , but further arrests have been made . Amoagst them is that of a painter named Degre , who , in the uniform of the National Guard , took a leading part in the attack npon the National Assembly . The Presse says : — ' It appears certain that Barbes has attempted to escape from the Fort of Vincennes . He had gaiped over two of his jailors , but was recognised and stopped by a third . Barbes is said to have made some resistance to his beisg carried back , and that instead of being lodged as before on the ground-floor of the castle , he is now confined at tha top of the doDJon . ' Numerous arrests ef persons charged with being concerned in the plot of the loth , were effected on Monday , among them was M . Laurent , a literary man , and a shorthand writer .
M , Bethmont is engaged to defend General Oourfcais . M . Jules Pabre U to defend Barbes . The Commune de Paris states that the Duke Decazes presides constantly at nocturnal meetings in tbe Chaussee d'Antio , at which sererai ' ex-ministers , lieutenant-generals , and ex-peers and deputies assist .
APPOINTMENTS . The nomination of M . EliaB Regnault , as chief secretary of the Prefecture of Police , establishes the icfluence of M . Ledru Rollin over tbat department of the public service . M Elias Reenaulfc was the chief secretary of M . Ledru Rollin as Miniater of the Interior . M . Bonnias . formerly Vice-President of the Club of Blanqui , who lately joined the Club of the Rights of Man , over which Barbes presided , has been appointed Prefect of the Department ot the Gard .
PROGRESS OF THE REACTION . The Presse pnblishes long extracts from letters written by the Prince of Joinville from Ciaremont to a friend in Paris . _ The letters are written aB if intended for publication , and their appearance is one of the most serious symptoms of reaction that has occurred since the revolution of February . —Correspondent of the ' Morning Chronicle . ' in ! NKff TrRANNT . The MoNirEOR contains two decrees , Bigned by all tte members of the executive government , commanding that the club Raspsil and tbe club Blacqui be diBsolyed . OUTBREAK AT TOCLOV .
The Cokstiiuiionkel mentions as a rfport that the government had received a telegraphic despatch , announcing that the operatives employed in the arsenal at Toulon had made themselves masters of that place .
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THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . GERMANY . Republicanism is gaining rapid ground in Prussia . Viessa , Mat 15 . —Great excitement prevailed here this evening . The streets were occupied by the Academic Corp 3 , and Civic Guards , whohad resolved not to disperse until the following demands were acceded to , viz .: —Tfcc rescinding of the order suspending the Central Political Committse of the National Guard ; anew elective law , and total exclusion cf members of the Imperial families , and nominees of the Emperor from tho First Chamber , and the removal of the military from tho city . A deputation had waited on the Minister , making these demands , which were still in abeyance , but it was aupposed would bg granted .
ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA . Visnju , May 18 . —A new popular movement took place yesterday . The students held general meetings , in which the most violent Bpeeche 3 were made . A part of the operative classes joined them . In the evening the streets and publio places were crowded with citizens and students . The troops , the infantry , and the artillery , ocoupied the palace and outworks . The Acadomio corporations who are members of the Civic Guard , bad prepared a petition . They were accompanied Kj an anssd crowd , and admitted into the pala ce ^ here
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they presented to the council of . ilinistors their petition , which contained the following points : — t 1 . The repeal of the order for dissolving the $ o \ U tical committee of thG GfvfeGuav (] .- : ' 2 . The repeal of the electoral law , ana P > cation Oi a n 8 w law , in order to form one CharnWf only , or at ieaet a new composition of the Mt Chamber , without nominations by the King , and with exclusion of the Prineeg of the Imperial family . ' 3 . The removal of the troops from the town , and t ^ t thej shall in fnture only occupy the posta with the Civio Guard , and not be admitted into the town nnlesa required by tho Comaander of the Civic Guard . ' Yesterday , M . de Pillersdorff , the Minister of the Interior , published the following notice : — Ihmi nnm . i . j i . ii .. n . _ i ... • ,.
• In accordance with their duties to tbe Crown and in order to promote , by every means in their power , the pacification of tho disturbances , the Ministry have resolved upon the repeal of the order of the day of the 13 th respecting the Civic Guard , and assented to the two other points of the petition . ' I hey equally guaranteed to the Civic Guard that the constitution of 25 ih April should be provisionally submitted to the deliberation of tho stateB of the empirej and the dispositions of the electoral law , againat which claims have arisen , be revised . With these concossiona the constitution will be first established by the states , and one Chamber elected for the nest Diet . No electoral census will be required , and the representation , therefore , be the mobt popular . The ministers have resigned . FLIGHT OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR !
About six o ' clock on the evening of the 17 th an open Jandau , containing the Emperor ard Empresa of Austria , drove out of Vienna by the Maria Ililf . gate , the Emperor acknowledging the salutations of the people , who supposed he wa 9 driving to SchOo .-brunn . One hour afterwards an empty travelling carriage , with the imperial arms , took the same route , and at nine o ' clock four ather imperial carriages , each drawn by six horses , passed through the gate . It was now evident that the imperial family had left Vienna Thi 3 event was made known to the astonished population on the following morning , by a proclamation placarded on the walls by the Pillersdorff ministry . The proclamation stated that the ministry had only raceived a verbal announcement of this departure , which was kept a secret at the palace , and tbat the Emperor had gone to Inaspruck tor a change of air . The news that the Emperor had quitted the city produced the greatest excitement .
OPENING OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY . The Constituent Assembl y was opened at Frankfort on the 18 th of May , in the interior of St Paul ' s Church . The building was profusel y decorated with tho old German flags—three magnificent ones being suspended over the president ^ seat . About four p . m . the shout ol the crowds outside the building announced the approach of the members , and shortly afterwarda they entered en mfase , preceded by two of their body bearing tho old national standard , the appearance of which wa 3 greeted with loud and long-oontined cheora by tbe persons already assembled .
The President , Court Councillor Leer , accompanied by the Secretaries , then ascended the tribune , and in a few words , in which he pointed out the great importance of the convocation of the National Assembly , declared that iii was duly opened , Mat 19 . —The Constituent Assembly opened this morningat ten . The Assembly proceeded to the nomination of the provisional ebairroan . Three hundred and ninety-two membors were present . The result ol the ballot was tbat M . de Gagern obtained three hundred and five votes . M . de Gagern immediately took the chair and made a short speech , which was repeatedly interrupted by loud cheers from the Assembly and the publio Rallery , M . de Gagern declared the sovereignty of the people to ba the basis of his politics , and that the general interests of the nation would ever be hia rule and conduct .
HUNGARY . Serious disturbances hava taken place at Pesth . The troops fired upon the people . Baron Lederer , the commander-in-chief , has fled to Vienna . The troop 3 wera to take the oath of allegiance to the Hungarian constitution on tho 12 th . Our correspondent , writing on the 11 th inst ; , says : — There is now no means of stopping tbe revolutionary torrent ; tho people have insisted on the return of tho Hungarian troops from the foreign provinces . The Radicals are stirring—everywhere mobs of puople eurround tbe revolutionary speakers . A grand popular
aeetlng is to be held to morrow . It is now ten at night —tho whole town Is nlivo . The moon shines brightnumbers of people crowd about the Btreotg . Speeches are making in tha epen air— . tho troops havo been con . signed to the citadel and the barrncbB—every post is occupied by the National Guard . Tranquillity will not be disturbed to-night , but to-tnorrow mast bo a decisive day . It is rumoured that Paul Nyari , the lender of tho Radicals , has been directed to form a ministry . Count Battbvani , the prime minister , arrived an hour ago from Vienna , whither he had repaired to send in bis resigns , tion . Paul Nyari has tokfcn upon himself to rnlae oa the spot 30 800 men ,
THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG-flOLSTKlN . MORE SLAUGHTER . The Hamburgh Correspondent , under date of the 15 th of May , from Kiel , states that on the Thursday night cr Friday morning , the Danes disombarked at Fredericia to the number of 1 , 000 men , but being surprised , between the fire of the artillery and the infantry , could not regain their vessels , and those who were not killed were made prisoners . It was stated that seventeen waggon loads of wounded , w ere carried of .
SPAIN . A royal decree has deprived Don Henry , the Queen ' s cousin , of his birthright , honours , < fcc . Sir II . Bulwer , the British Minister at Madrid , had received his passports from the Spanish government , with orders to quit that capital witbin fortyeight hours . —ISir Henry Lytton Bulwer arrived at Dover from Boulogne on Wednesday morning , and proceeded to London by the Oh . 15 m . train . l
ITALL The Italia CESTRALB ( Modena paper ) , of the 13 th of May , contains a long proclamation of the provisional government , which , after urging the necessity of union in the cause of Italian liberty and independence , proposes to open publio registers in which all who concur in the opinion tbat it is desirable to effect an union of the ex-duchy of Modena and Roggio with Piedmont are invited toinsoribe their names . The object of this union is the formation of ' a great constitutional kingdom of Upper Italy , ' on the following bases : —
1 . The amalgamation of all the Italians of Upper Italy in one sole kingdom of Italy , embracing the Lombardo-Venetian territories , Piedmont , Liguria , Sardinia , Modena , and Parma ; thus re-establishing , and widely extending , the idea of General Bonaparte . 2 . The kingdom to bo governed by a constitutional monarchy , hereditary in Charles Albert and his male descendante . 3 , The provisional adoption of the constitutional statute of Piedmont , adding to tbe Chambers a number of members in proportion to the population thus united . 4 . The modification and extension of the statute according to the necessities of the caao . 5 . The adoption of a liberal munioipal system . 6 . Equality of rights and dutie ? .
POLAND . A letter from Posen , of the IStb . in the Coioqnb Gazette , states that part of the Polish insurgents , led by A . Malczawski , have retired into Kujania , being reinforced on their way by a number of peasant prisoners whom the Prussian commander had set free on parole , having first marked them with an indelible black line on their right hands and ears . Many of these marked men have nevertneleas been brought to Posen , having again b ; en taken with arms
in their hands in the midst of the rebel bands . One of them , on being asked what objects they had in vieWi » nd what such doings must lead them to ? answered , ' We must sacrifice ourselves for our country . The number of victims is not yet completed , for if it were God would have given us a sign of grace . ' On being told he was sure to be shot if caught the second time , the peasant coolly replied , ' It takes a peasants long while to make up hia mind to anything , but , when his mind ia made up ho does not caro for death . '
MieroslawBki has received his passport and set out for France . The report of the defeat of a large body of Poles at Exin , in the Bromberg district , by the troops under General Hirschfeld , has been confirmed . Hirechfeld succeeded in drawing the Poles from a strong wooded position into clear ground , when he opened a tremendous fire of grape and shrapnel upon them from his maskod batteries , and then charging , routed them with heavy losa . Letters from Berlin of the 22 nd , state that notwithstanding the severe defeats recently sustained by the Poles , tha fearful struggle in Posen is still going on . The high nobility of the province have not taken part in the struggle ; but not one of them has dared to accept official appointments iffered them by the Berlin government . Emanuel Arago arrived at Potsdam on the 19 th inst ., charged it is understood , to negotiate in name of tho French government resneotiDg Polish affairs .
GREECE : Letters from Athens , of the SOtb . ult , mention that serious insurrections had broken out in various provinces of Greece . At Lamia , a provisional government had been proclaimed by General Veletza . UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . Two steamers arrived on Monday at Liverpool from the United States—tho Sarah Sands snu the America . Mr Polk had proposed to ocoupy Yucatan , to prevent England or any European power taking it . Mr Calhoun mocked his precaution and susceptibility , and asked had the president already discovered another Mexico to conquer ? The accounts from Mexieo represent tbo Mssioan
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congress of Querctaro , as seeking to gain time , and to delay the ratification of tbe treaty . The following wasrecfived by telegraph just as the America mi leaving i- 'doiroiu Miobigao , May 9 , A p . m . A temb . ' o fire ia now raging in this citv , the popu ation of wbioh ia 20 . 000 . The yellow Storezousea are . destroyed , and also the Elbira , stores . Fortv buildings have already bepn consumed ; the S ^ m boa t Hotel and the ^ merican Hotel are both in flames , 5 Dd one . fchird of the city ia threatened with destruction . The Advbutiser newspaper office haa also fallen a prey to the devouring element . ' The intelligence from Cuba is alarming . The wbita population of the island , expecting a using of the blacks , had stationed troops in the most disturbed districts , and had arreBted some of the ringleaders .
INDIA . JfOnE BBITISn ROBBERY . Bombay , Apbh 15 th . —The RHjah of Sattara is dead . He departed this life on the 3 th inst ., in the forty-sixth'yenr of bia age having occupied the throne since the deposition of his brother , in 1839 . lie was an able and intelligent ruler , and very popular among hia Bubjecta . He has left n » heirs behind him , and the whole of his oxtensive territory lapses , per treaty , to the British G vernroent ; a very windfall , indeed ,, amid such hard and trying times . The annual revenue is said to amount to about 150 , 000 . His late HigbnesB leaves an adopted son , but as he had been eo without our sanction or knowledge at the time , his claim of course haB been held invalid . The transfer has taken place all quietly enoughnor isdaDger to be apprehended from any dispute on the matter .
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THE POLITICAL CREED OF THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . The subjoined is the political creed proposed by Mr O'Diggins at the meeting of citizens in the Princoas ' s > Theatre , on Sunday last , and unanimously adopted : — Article 1 , —I believe that every male inhabitant of this kingdom , of mature age , ( insane persons and criminals excepted ) is of common right entitled to the elective franchise , and , by the laws of God , a freeman , and should therefore possess the full , fVes , and com plete enjoyment of political liberty . Article 2 . —I believe that it is not only an act of tyranny , but a violation of the law of God , to keep the people in a state of slavery by withholding the elective franchise , which is their ksi and most sacred inheritance .
Article 3 , —I believe that the poor cave an equal right , but more need of the elective franchise than the rich . Because tke rich can maintain and protest their own interests , while the poor have no protection except in the strong shield of the elective potftr . Articled—I believe that any member of parliament , or any candidate for a seat in parliament , who will not pledge himself to oppose every administration bub that which will make Universal Suffrage a cabinet measure , is Dot only an enemy to the peace , happiness , aad prosperity of the kingdom , but a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion .
Article 5 . —I believe he is a knave in politics—Because while he professes to have a great regard for the welfare of tho people he denies them those constitutional rights which , witkout any loss to him , would secure that welfare . Ariiole 6 . —I believe he is a hypocrite in religion —Because with tbe view to subserve his own interests , he denies the right of hia felloW-ffiatl to have a share in making the laws , which is his birth-right , and which laws he must obey , while at the same time he professes the Christian precepts of 'doing ¦ by others as he would be done unto . '
Article 7 . —I bslieve that tho man who is not the advocate of Universal Suffrage mu » t necessarily be the enemy of the working classes—Beoause Universal Suffrage will feeura to the working man tbe fruits of his labour , of his care , and of bis skilland that , having attained the eleotive power , he will rest contented , peaceful , happy , and respected under his own roof , whero none shall dare to make him afraid . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , April , 1818 ,
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TEN HOURS BILL . Manchester . —A public meeting of the card room operatives , was he'd in the Old Manor Court Room , Nicholas Croft , on Tuesday week last , to consider the working of the Ten Hours Bill . The room was crowded to excess , and strong disapprobation was expressed against some oi the masters for the unmanly conduct they ave pursuing , in endeavouring to destroy the benefits intended by the legislature to the factory operatives . The president of the society was called to the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted . Moved by John Henry , se oonded by John Th 'mpsoa , ani supported b ; John Tiflr-
—That we , the card room operatives of Manchester , deprecato tho foul practices and tyrannical- means rcserted to by sotse ef tho millownera to destroy the good effects of the Ten Hours Bill , thsreby depriving ( hose nhom { bat mo&iuro was iatended to benefit from sucbrcerea . tion necessary for their bodily health and mental Instructien which is necessary for the proper cultivation of their minds , some of tho mill owners not opening their mills until eight o ' clock in the morning , and thus keeplog the females and young porsons until a late hour at night , and others keepiDg them from their kemes from sis o ' olock in tho morning until seven ia tho evening , wtiicb is thirteen hours aliening three hours for mealj in the interral ; and further that wo consider such practices to be an abuse of tbe power of capital sgainst honest industry , and that we arc determined , by ever ; means in our power , to resist such monstrous tyraury , and make the measure what it ought to be .
Moved by Mr John Smith , seconded by Mr James Bromley , and supported by Mr James Leach : — Tbat this mceiing calls upon tbe government to i ; -. st ' - tuto such proceedings aB may he noccsanry to protect the factory hands against the uamaDly conspiracy of some of the millowners , who ere striving insidiously to destroy tbe beneficial effects iatended by tha Ten Houre Bill . In speaking to the above resolution , Mr Leach said —Mr Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen , for you are real ladies and gentleman , with regard to the millowners , for what after all would they bo without your labour , you who produce all their wealth , I endeavoured to get a clause in the bill at the time of parsing it , for restricting the time , but I was asked , would any one doubt the honesty of the millowners ?
Yes , I eaid , I for one , doubt them . ( Cheers . ) Mr Leaoh then Bhowed at some length , that the House of Commons doubted them by appointing commissioners to see that they did not erade the measure . Ilesaid , you will never have all the be . refit of the bill , until you compel the mastera to restriction , ( Cheers . ) No one would have thought that the Ten Hours Bill would have been violated so soon , and in such a manner as it has been , and that the maBters would lmvo conspired against it . It is no pleasure to them to see their hands leave their mills at about five or six o clock in the evening , and go to parks and other places of amusement , but is it not a pleasure to you ? ( . Cries of ' Yes , yes . ' ) If these steps are not put a stop to , it is your duty to do
ityou have the power in your own hands , and if you do not use it , it will be your own loss . ( Hear , hear . ) But let roe tell you that the time is coming when , if jou are not prepared to do it yourselves , there are others to do it for you . ( Hear , hear , and loud ap > plause . ) The bill has been thirty years in agitation , and let it , therefore , not be lost ; when the masters had the workhouse people as apprentices , they worked them until they were not able to walk , their limbs lost their usa . We are not at the lowest if we allow them their own way . There is , or ought to be , a law , and tho master , if he will not do as the law direota , do to him as he would to you , and tell him that you will not work more than reasonable hours . It will be a beautiful sight to see men and women
going to the parks and lyceums , the evening schools , and other places of entertainment and amusement —( hear , hear)—thus getting all useful information , and giving it to their offspring . ( Hear , hear . ) This language does not at all suit the higher classes , but it is upon you they have to depend—for it they want cloth , it i 3 you who must work for them ; if battles have to be fought , you must fight them . They tell you that you are too ignorant to enjoy the right of a citizen . Itis they that are found wanting Tbej deprive you of tho chaneo of gaining knowledge , and then taunt you with ignorance . I know not what would have beoorae of the Ten Hours Bill if it had not been for John Fielden and a few others . ( CueerB . ) He says h ? will stand with you . ( Cheers . ) Messrs Fielden and Oastler will not be backward in coming to help you . I am sure that they will not be
the last to buckle on their armour again for you in vhe battle of tho workers . ( Loud cheers . ) I have watched them well . Be determined not to work more than the necessary hours . , The mills of Lanca * shirs are , ever ; brick of thorn , cemented with the blood of women and children—tshame , shame ) -and thousands have been sent to a premature grave through the grasping avarice of the millowneva . This you may observe in such a place as Nowtonlane and Ancoats-street , before the hour of starting in the morning . You may hear them cough , cough , ail the nay as they go aiong , haying their stomachs filled with all sorts of dust , arising from the machinery and confinement . ( Shame . ) You must stand by each other , acd the masters will bo compelled to do you justice . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Leach then Bat down amidst loud cheera . which laeted for
some time . Tkefollowiag resolution was also adopted : — That tho best thanks of the mill operatives are due to Lord Ashley , Mr John Fielden , and those advocates of humanity , who assisted in making the Ten Hours Bill the law of the land . After three oheers for John Fielden , the meeting broke up & tew minutes before ten o ' clock .
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MONDAY , Max . . IIOtJSE OV lORDS . — The WoaKI . s Cis » __ Bishop of Lincoln with refererco to Mr Horsm / in ' a in a exposure of the iniquitous and harsh treatment of ttia poorclerpy is his diocese , made a Jame atlemj .-t to deny tbe charges , which be left ranch in tbe same state as ho found them . EXTB « VAaAMTAND IKCBEAGIKS EXPENDITURE 9 ? tfBE GroV £ BNMENT .--The Earl of EiiiSBohovav , in moving / or some returns , < Jrosy attention to the progressive increase in the miscellaneous expenditure which tas pone on duriog tha lust ten yiera . He said ho desired to draw tbe atteat . ' on cf their lordships totho Ohormous increase x . hichbad taken place in tho miscellaneous es inmtea during the last ten years . In 183 & ; after deducting
spe cial snd occasional charircs . the amonat of the raispel-!?* " !« ™ ? * ' «® fi ® . w&ik in 184 " It wag £ 3 , fcoy , B 0 l , being an apparent fncrense of £ 1 327 163 . BuJ if to tbat n-cre added the char Co for tho Irish colleges , which in 1847 was nearly £ 60 , 000 ; the total increase on tho miacellanoouB aervicea alone , in tbat y < ar , was £ 1 , 386 . 902 . Some of tha charges squired particular explanation . He did nothowevor , think it right to take account of tbe transferred charges , such aa the auditors of uuroni ) , schoolmasters , andmtdkat " rriiif . cr the charges for the harbours of refuge and for the Cale . doninn Canal , amounting togethtrto ^" 581 , 000 ; butde . ducting that sum , the total increase in Wfrom 1838 * as £ 805 , 000 . Tfea returns were divided under various heads . Tho first of these was ' Public Works and
Buildings , and under tbat head , although in one or two ycBr » tbore had boen a Blight decrease , of ooly £ 1 , 000 or £ 2 , 000 , there wag a general Increase during the tea years . Even in the Brat column , 'Public Buildings and Royal Palaces' there was a very largo increase . There were two heads in particular , ' Buckingham Palace ' and 'Home-offico , Board of Trade , &o ., ' in which tho increase had been very large . Excluding nil consideration of canals nnd harbours , nnd comparing on ); froza both 1838 aad 1847 , and comparing only public bultdlncfl and palaces , the charge in the former jearwaB £ 215 2 . 9 and in tho latter , £ 376 , 624 ; making an tncrea »« in 1847 under these heads only of £ 1 G 1 , 4 G 5 . The charge for Buckingham Palace alone was increased in 1847 to £ 50 , 000 . But tho esces » in 1847 was notunutual or
peculiar to that year . There had been on almost an . varied tendency to increase under this head during the whole period ot tun years , and , still deducting hnrboura and canals , » he charge on the average o / 1 S 39 , JS 39 , snd 1840 was £ 185 , 2 C 8 , whilo , on thsavorago of 1815 184 G , and 1817 , it waa £ 304 , 413 , being an increme on the compared average of tbote ^ arsof £ 119 , 146 , Tho charge for building the bouse in which their Iordship 3 wira then aiming was , £ 844 . 700 Jn the fen years . Now , ha admitted the neco « sity fof building the two botnei of Parliament ; but still he was confident that no person * in the country could view the house their lordabips now occupied , and the extravagant expense which had been lavished in decora tions both within and without , with , less pleasure than their lerdshipa themselves , ( Hear . )
There had also been a gradually increasing expenditure upon the new Houaea of Parliament , tho Caleronian Canal , prisons , convicts , general education , arts and sciencoB , rbeBritish Museum , &c ,, duu ' ng a periosl when the revenue of tho country was unablu io support the ordinary expenditure . The noble earl said that ho bad no hope that for several yearB to come our income would increase , and therefore a strict attention to economy was the only way to show the people that the British constitution afforded them not only evi ry desirable security and liberty , buttfcat it was compatible with a frugal and rigid economy . This was , in his opinion , no time for organic changes , but it was the time for post * ponlng every expense cot absolutely demandid fcr the interosSsof the country .
The Marquis of L&nsdowhe remarked tfcat gorernments were not Its general to blaKe for increased «!• penditure , but both Houses of Parliament and the public in general , because additional expenses wero fir the most part forced on successive govsrnments by tho Parliaments of tho time being . Ho instanced the case of the improvements going on in Buckingham Palace . Whan they wero first proposed , Ministers were very severely censured for not buil&og a new palace for her JJajesty , acd had not her Majesty and the goveromtnt resisted tho wishes of the House of Corn * mons , a much greater expenditure would havu been in < curred . The Duke of Richmond , alluding to the cost of the voluminatiB returns ordered to fee prepared for both Houses of Pariiacimt , suggested that tbo price of each return should in future be mnrked on tho back of it ; that would show to what expense the country was put by the economic members of the other bou s e .
The Earl of Haedwicke contended that what the public complained most of was the salaries of the high officers of State , and the charge for comraiuslons , which was taking the money out of the pockets ef the poor to give it to the rich . The rtturns were then ordered , and their lordships adjourr . er ) . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Irish Fisbebibs , — Sir "W . Some&ville , in reply to Col . ConoIIy , 6 tated tbat tbe fishing stations on the west coast of Ireland bad fully answered the purpose for which they fcad bem esta * blished , inaamach as they had been the means of stimulating the Industry and esc r'ions of tbo fishermen ,
Electoral Refobm . —Mr Home , in reply to Sir D . L . Brans , expressed bis determination not to accede to Use n quest made of dividiDg hi ) propositions to be submitted on Tuesday into ftur distinct resolutions , belitving , aa he did , tbat no reform of the House of Commons wouli be of any use uolesa the four propositions comprised ia his motion were collectively affirmed . If be obtained leavv , aB he trusted he should do , for bringing in separate bills for carrying out those objects , it would then be open to honourable members to support such of them as they approved , nnd oppose tbose which they considered objectionable . lie bad well considered the subject be « fore be bad given his notice .
The Stamfobd Election . —Tn the case of tbo Stamford Borough Inquiry Into the alleged unconstitutional interference of the Marquis of Exeter at recent elections , Mr W . P . Wood , at the suggestion of Lord J . Russell , in order to avoid a hostile discussion , coneented to leave tbe nomination of tbe committee in tho hands of the General Committee of Selemion . Spanish Correspondence , —Lord Palmkrstok , In reply to Mr Bankes and Mr B . iillle , stated that notes had recently passed between Mr Bulwer and tbe Duke of Sototnayor , as to how tho paragraph which had appeared in tlso Clamoii Poblico , with reference to hi » dispatch , had been obtained . The notes were rather cf a personal and private character than of a public nature ; but i £ re received any inforaotloa by the next messenger which those notes tended to elucidat " , be Bhould waive all consideration as to privacy , and lay the whole of the correspondence ob tho table of the house .
How Seats abe Secdbed in the Reformed' House of CcMJiosa , — Mr W . O . Gobe then rose to move for tha appointment of a select committee to inquire into the matter of the petition of John Dolsny , presmted en tho 18 th of May , complaining of certsin proceedings for rffecting a compromise in tho case of tho Stigo eleotioa petitions . He ( Mr W . O . Gore ) considered it of tho utmost Importance that a committee should be appointed to Investigate the allegations of this petition which deeply concerned the honour nnd independence of that house . Tho petition stated that two petitions against Mr Towneley ' a return for Sligo , one being thepetitieu of Mr Delany and Mr HeneBy , had been sent here in charge o £ Mr W . Kelly , of Castle-lodge , In the county of SHgo , and hid betn preaented ; tbat , from certain proceedings
which took place before the Examiner of Recognizance * on the 9 th inst ., It appeared by the admission of Mr Coppoelt , Of ClevelftOd-row , parliamentary ngent acting for Mr Towntlcy , that overtures for a compromise hod been made to Mr Kelly by Mr Coppock , at Mr Townelij ' s ioslance ; that Mr Delanj bnd since ascertained that Mr Coppock had applied to Mr Kelly on the SOtb nit . stating that he had to propose at the Instance of Mr Townelty an arrangement for the withdra ' waljof tho poti « tions , observing that he ( Coppeck ) would make it well worth his ( Kelly ' s ) while , as Mr Towneley had ample means , and was prepared to make any rcaeonable sacrifice to retain his seat and prevent damagiag revelations boforea eommittee ; tba » , on the following day , Mr Cqppock mBde Kelly a distinct offer of ^ l . OCOanfi Mr Towne .
ley ' s influence , together with that of his brother , tho member for Beverley , and Lord Camoys , to secure a good government appointment for Kelly ; but , on the nejrt day , this latter stipulation ( for the performance of which Mr Copp : ck then produced an undertaking sigBod by Mr Towneley ) was altered to nn agreement for tho payment of an additional £ 500 ; that on the same evening Mr Cappock and Mr Kelly met at JFendali ' d Hotel , and Mr Kelly wrote a letter withdrawing the cnepetl . tion , and handed over the letter snd tho other potition to Mr Coppock , who paid donn the £ 1 , 500 in Bank o t England notes ; but on bonding tho letter to the Spenker , it appeared that Mr Kelly was not the ' agent authorised to withdraw the petition ,, whereupon Mr Coppock hurried back , and Mr Kelly refunded the money ; that Mr Cop «
pook had Binco called ob Mr Kelly and left his card , but Mr Kelly declined having further communication with him . Now , ibis- , charge was not vague , but clear and distinot ; the Esaminer of Eecognuaucea could be produced as a witness , and ho ( Mr O . Gore ) hud with fcira the draughts in Mr Coppock ' s handwriting of the letters wMch te proposed tbat Mr Kelly should write to himself ( Mr Coppock ) and to Mr Towneley , formally withdrawing tbe petition : odo point , also , the Speaket a secretary could prove . He ( Mr 0 . Go «) trusted the bon . member ( Mr Towneley ) would DO able to Vindicate himself , but further inquiry was due to tbe bouse , and was surely necessary waero the conduct of nn officer of
tbo house , who could only exercise his functions during its pleasure , was thns gravely impeached on evidence in his own handwriting . Tho houao had just appoint a committao to inquire Into tbo interference o ! » pesr atelectlons ; how could it refuse to is ^ u ' ire Into a compromise involving the right of petition against tho ondno election ? From the high character oi the boa . member forSllgo , be ( Mr O . Q ors ) trusted ho would bo able to dear himself of these charges ; but he could not express any opinion with regard to Mr Ooppock . But an , opportunity ought to bo granted to substantiate these faots , if true , and , if not , for bringing to punishment o vile calumniator .
Sir R . Ingiib said he had been , requested bj Mf Townley , tho member for Sligo , to state that he had aa < sored him ( Sir R . Inglis , )« u the honour of a gentlemen , that he hfid lisd seittur hand aor ( art in $ e psttfff
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1472/page/7/
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