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      Frit 37, 1848. _ The Northern Stab. 7

      _friT 37 , 1848 . _ THE NORTHERN STAB . 7

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      _^^ F RKXCH REPUBLIC . nureed i = ti * wn ed _' tl 0 a l _** sfc week that _^ _"frrai-r . ac had been appointed Minister of ; _«^ _^ Trja _*' o one ofthe members of tbe _Awm-^ sr" r _t of Police , in place of the Citizsn Cansbi *' . P ' P _^ fr 8 " -in- _regiments of the line continued to _* _° n Paris ap to _Snndsy ksr . % rf r ? l ! 3 announced _th- > t the novernmen £ had _* _VJ > d the following measures : — | stro : "Cjr i ; oa ofthe Repubiicjn Guard , and its Tlie _-Ittion under the namo ot Parisian Repub-- _-r nntrin _' _sdown of all armed meetings , under niltv of imprisonment of from three months to _^^^ _vDiils'fn _frnm the French territory of Louis _pSpf _* his fami , y ' as wel 1 _M lbat ot " _^ . _" mi" respecting the attributes of the Executive j . : _^^ authorising the State to _rename the _rail-^ . _" ; jlcrSDtmg 9 , > 330 , 000 f . for the continuation of *? -= TrsvaDX _Nitionaus . The shove bills were _snnonnced on Wednesday

      ST _Thnrsday . the President read & letter frnm the ibb" _Lacordiire . tendering bis _resirna'ion . on the iL " tha t the duties of & _Memb-r of the Chamber _f' ; re ncncipatib ' e with his religious duties . HiB ! _Lvnation was arc ? pted . T _j- general business of the day w & s not of much _ii _' _erest . TnE 15 th OF MAY . _Several _document * were found in the Rne Rivoli , ¦ te bureau of the Commune _d-J Paris and the _rssiri = _nee of Sobrier . Tbese documents contain-d the _foVowia"dec rees already prepared tobe proclaimed , L _' r , mmiUeeof public safety , vrbich was to have Keen formed after the insurrection of MoBday week , _-SO'ICIS OV DECBEES OP THE _COHHITTES OF PUBLIC

      SAFEIT . _TlrcKEE 1 . —fn ths name of the _psnp'e _rtgirterateur , of _Furu , founders ef th _Republic in February and Hay . 1-518 , tba Committee of Public Safety decrees , that the _National Assembly , _cempasea principally of rcaction-\ sats has violated its mission . That it has lost precipai time _"flhen misery demanded the promptest met * . _laras . That it ha * refused to create a minister of labour . Tbat it has _trusted _t- » its heap of arms _dt-posed ia the ball of the _Assembly , when it should bare relied oa moral force al _. Re to accomplish its _mistion with zeal end devotion . That it ha * _sdoptfd the right and power of oppression in calling troops to Paris , and in riving tbe President tbe right to cull them out . at welt

      as ths _Satienal Guards . That it bas infringed the liberty snd the _sovereignty of the people proclaimed on the barricades of _Februaty _. _' in interdictisg tbe peep e ty htr tha right of presenting a petition in person . Ibat it bas fired en the people who went peace _^ ly to present a petition in favour of Poland . In _consequeBtx-, tie _people of Paris _decUre the National Assembly _de-Tfivttl of aU power , and _ceuEtitutes a committee of _sablic safety , compos * " * of nine _members wbo _sre the dtteni , * * * * Wbicb committee are invested with unlimited powers to constitrre sod organise x true democratic _Republic , and stifle readies by the most energetic measures , if it ( _Jare grain to show itself . " The second decree is m ' _ssinc

      _DsctEE III . —In tbe same of tbe pe = pie of Fans . _loonier of the _Republic , decrees . AU administrative arid - ' _sdt ' cial powers , charges , snd public function ' , privileges , and _monopolies ara all abolished , without _dUtinctien , and by whatever authority created . New powers will be immediately cosstifnted . Tre police of towns and communes oolongs to tbe force _outn ' ere , thes _coastitatea : the mayors _aloao shall retain so much of th-ir _pswers as shall ba necessary to carry into effect the present decree . —Art . 1 . All ( patriotes mwiiw _, ) wellreco ? ni » ed patriot * , shall be re _quested to attend on the _tzrae day at au hour fired , ia tke eveting , to choose among tb _mselves a municipal committee , composed of isven patriots , of whom five at least 6 ball be ourriers

      who can reid and write . Art . 2 . Tbe mnnicip * l committea shall enter on its ( unctions immediately af er its formation . Art . 3 . The functions of tbe municipal committee shall be , first , those of tbe _preient municipal councils ; second . thoEe ef tbe comptrollers ot public property ; third , those of judge ? ia questions of police tad tbe order and execution of oar _decress . Aft , i . The _we'l-recsjniF . _ed patriots shall form an armed fore ; for the _executloa of our decrees . Tbey sball _de-EEnd thst all _rhe'r arms sb » ll bs delivered to thea by all the cit " z ns withont distinction . Tbis force sball be called tbe 'fore ; _curriere' Art . 5 The National Guard , ard above all tbe _bourgeoise party , shall no longer be allowed to wear uniferm or carry arms , and in case of breach of this _artie'e shall he outlawed .

      Ikc 2 S 2 IV . —In the name of the people of Paris , founder of the Republic . Inasmuch as it is nscenary immediately to reader assistance to necessitous cit ' _tens , aad ss those who caa fo so are tbe rich , wbo , for tbe kit three months , have bidden tbeir money ; and as the * fraternity' adopted by the _Republic should not be aa empty sound , but should exhibit itself by deeds , decree' —Art . 1 . The capltaliits known as sucb by _tbemuaictpal committees shall pay , within five _dsyB , the sum of ! 00 franc * per 1 . 000 francs of income they are known to ' _possesi above a sum of 1 , 503 francs a bead , wheresneb income does not exceed 3 , 590 francs ; 150 francs per 1 _. 0 D _3 , where thi _iscome is between 3 , 500 and 5 . 600 francs ; and so in like proportion . —Art 2 . Every proprietor paying more than 100 francs of taxes shall pay twenty . five frsnes per fifty frsnes of taxes up to 250

      francs ; and in like proportion . —Art 3 . Every proprietor and capitalist wbo shall make default ia these payments shall have their whole property _eoafiseated—for tte _benefit of the _neoeuitous . The ' force _oavriere" Is in such . ase authorised to make all _mecessary inquiries ; acd if they discover any breach of these articles , tbepersocs _euiltyef a breach tbereef shall bs outlawed . —Art * . Tfce foods _received shall he paid to a treasurer appointed by the _Municipsl Committee . —Art . 5 . There ibsll be made sa immediate distribution ef these funds _SEsngst the necessitous , > n the proportion of tbree frsnes to a family of three persons , and e uzht francs to a . family of more than six persons . This distribution to b _; made each four days —Art . 6 . The ' fOTCe OUVrlere' is _charged with the maintenance of order . —Art . 7 . Eve-v _citiz » n _fonod drunk shall ba imprisoned tkree

      e _* sys on bread and water . Deckee TT . —Orders that tbe _JJaaicipal Committee ihall immediately convoke tbe eommnnes to cause them ta acknowledge the Republic , with the committee of public Ksfcty as the government . They will make their report to s commissioner who will make the cir Ctflt of France . The committee will take necessary ttejs in es * e of refusal . _Becsee TIT . Tbe organisation of labour on & practical _bssis shall be published in three weeks . It shall be wholly for the benefit of tbe workmen , protecting , as Jir as may be , tbe just rights of tl > e masters . Bv a mandate from the parquet , the _commissary of the police , M . Bentaglio , has ce : _z-d all the papers of the club of the Rights of Man . Twenty five persons have been _arretted in the apartments ot the _Valuis National whioh was oecnpied hy ( he club _presided over by Barbe 3 .

      THE P 3 IE 05 EB 5 . _Theprocnrenr ofthe Republic and three jngesd'in Etrnction , _commenced "n Thursday the interrogatory cf MM . Barbes , Albert , _Huber , ( _JaeHtin , Bud their principal accomplices , detained at the fort of Vincennes The CoumrKE he Pabis , the jonrnal of Sobrier , which was discontinned , _re-sppeared on Friday , and EQld to an immense extent .

      TAB _CinziX BL 4 _SQCI . The following , from Blanqui , ha 3 appeared in one of the journals : — Hossiecb le _Redacted , —I am neither st Brussels EOr at London , bat in Pari- , where I read your journal . I can very well understand tbat , after having aided tbe _gOTernmeat to rain rae , you should attempt to fiiHg me _b'tween tbe legs of that _sime government , to _canseft to stumble in its turn . Indulge in your warlike tactics as ouch as yon please . I eay nothing against it ; but give ns no _retrospeetivs calumnies , or , if you do , you must allow rae to strike in and contradict thera . I was not _mtested one single iuitant . Mjnsitnr , you know tbat very well ; and your doubts on the subject may ba exceedingly diplomatic , but they are not very severe . I

      _was neither arrested , nor , consequently , let go ; if tbey had held me . they would have held me well ; certainly , it is _loog enough sines they have teen _sniious to bold a- ; I have for guarantee of that deiire , tha coraisl hatred of all the members ot the government—a hatred of whieh If . Caussidiere , that tap-room _Suffetlus . gave Oa Tueiday a very tolerable specimen in the tribune . That hatred d'ws me _honour , for it comes from persons who have all destroyed the revolution ; and ia that respect it is fl _» tt _» _ring for me to furalsh them with _tlte only _subject of unanimity that they bave been able to find . One _obieivaiioB more—you , like other _journals , have copied from tbe Dboit a pompous list of important articles , seized at my residence , quite in the _stjle of April , _lSZi , and Hsy _, 1 S _39 ; numtrous letters ; scarfs with gold fringe ; lists ef conspirators ; proclamations _^ nothing is wanting in the inventory ef tbis precious

      booty . Letters ! I bave allowed myself to receive some— a great crime truly ! Scarf with gold fringe ! In fact , we had rea ar _^ _-bands with copper fringe , for the _coTomis-arlss efthe dab I whet an enormity ! Lists ot conspirators ! capital ! Why , thesBlists of conspirator ! Ire the _regular _agisters of the Ctntral RcpublicsR _Society , containing the _namei of _citizens of all opinions , _froa white to rid , and pissing _through sll tbe _intermedi-ite shades . Proclitnations ! S . ill better : these _Prcdaaations are copies of tbe manifesto published by _* bsc : nb , relative tothe _massscrvs at Ronen—a manifesto _placarded ou May tbe Snd iu Paris , pulled eff to * be number of 43 . 830 , and copied into several _journals . I Jul delighted to see the law authorities and the _monarfh cs ! j _larnsls assume so decidedly the fashion of acting w tfce test reign . On witb you , gentlemen ! Continue . ' The _reiencv rsnnnths far off .

      According to tbe correspondent of the _Datlt News *? e re is a sort of National Assembly of the _ingurrec-** om _* Et patty , which holds its sessions ia the Sue dea ° ; _raaiides _, under the walls of the Tuilleries . IHB EAILWAT PROJECT . The project . for the _iiepoxessiou of tho railway

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      > m & a _ii < s and the _lorc--d _pwchat-e of thf * lines by lh . 5 _novernraent , has been presented to the Chamber . The _followingare the conditions : — It proposes three modes of determining tbe value of the _Bhart-R : l To tahe the prices at the last settlement of I 5 th F .-brnary . 2 . Their prices on the 4 th April . 3 . The rverage of their prices for the six meaths preceding the revolution of February , and proposes _that the l & st should be adopted by the Assembly . The indemnity to _begivrn in srocfr , at the price ofthe Bourse for the _corresponding period to that selected forest-mating the value ofthe shares .

      THE WOERISG _CLASSS _* . Accordine to a recent census , there are in Paris 175 , 000 workmen and workwomen without work ; 110 , 500 who work tour days in a week 52 , 000 who are constantly unemployed , msking a total of 337 500 without reckoning tha Banlieue , _whsre the misery is _indfscriiiahle _. The MoNitECB announces that M . Flocon , Minister of Agriculture and Commerce , i- < _making arrangements for the cultivation ofthe waste lands and the general amelioration of agriculture , and that tbe

      rights of all _aer'cultural labourers and the workmen in manufactories , & c , will be ' democratically appreciated and satisfied . ' It is also stated that _im-iertant modifications will be made in the law as tn workmen ';" . IWrets , the coalitions of workmen , and thfl labour in manufactories . M . Fiooon fim addressed a circular to the Prefects of the departments , desiring them to do everything in their _pos-er to Dromote the free circulation of articles of food , and tn report to him on the means of agricultural improvement .

      The _Proveice of Aix states that the national workshops of that town have been closed . An attempt was made by tbe _dischareed men to blow up the powder magazine , but it fortunately failed , by the activity and enerey of tha 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 cr iwd having broken the windows of the Mairie , and endeavoured to set tbe building on fire . Seven or eight men were arrested , and , on the arrival of tbe Procnreur of the Republic , ten more .

      DISTUR . B . ' . _NCES AT LTOXS . The city of Lyons was muoh disturbed on the 17 th , _nariicularly the neighbourhood of the _Croix-Rousse , in _con-equence of the disorders of the day before , snd r f * he uncertainty which p revailed aa to the state of Paris . In the course nf the night , about 500 or GOO men of the national workshops traversed the town in arms , and proceeded to the residence of M . Martin-Bernard _, the Government Commissary , to demand tn = enlargement of the prisoners Some arrests took _o'ace . At half-past , _twelve , when the lastaccoupti left , the workmen were making a demonstration aeainst the Palais de Justice , to get their comrades libers ted .

      Liter _accutits received from Lyons , state that the _distnrbsrees which commenced on the momiDg o the lG'b inst ., in that city , continued throughout the day , and assumed in the evenine a truly serious character . Barricades were erected and the red flag once more hoisted . The prisoners arrested on the _previous day bar ? been liberated on tbe demand ef the _revr-ltere . The local authorities were no longer recognised , and the insurgents were _^ masters of the citv . Fresh disorders appeared imminent .

      THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Sattrdat May 20 th —The business of the Natienal Assembly was unimportant . The representatives have agreed t » wear a tri-coloured rosette on ordinary occasions , snd a scarf on erand days . The other proceedings were of a _routine character , with the exception of an announcement by the government that it intended tn submit a measure for the abolition nf the 'Ateliers _Nationanx , ' and that the workmen wnn'd have the choice of four proposals . Mosdat . May 22 . —The President took the chair st one o ' clock . The _troops of tfce line _' eontinue to defend the court and the _vsrious entrances of the Chamber . The tribunes were very fully occupied . The only business of importance transacted was the voting one million of francs to defray certain expenses incurred for tb * _na'tonal workshops .

      _Tuesdvf , W at 25 —M . Bastide , Minister of _Foreign _Affa-ra _, announced tbat the congress of the United _S'ates had addressed congratulations to the French Republic , on the formation of the new governme' _-t In return for this demonstration , the first which had yet been made in diplomatic annals , the minister proposed to name a _coamiasion to prepare an _address in reply . This was referred to the Committee on Foreien _Affaire , The order of tbe day on Italy and Poland was then taken .

      After 8 reprh = s fr _^ m the Cit zens Wolowfki and _Napoleon Buonaparte . _Citzsn Lamartine made a lone _soeech on the affairs of Italy and Poland . He read despatches received from several of the Italian states , and especially from Piedmont and Venice , in which these _state 3 protest _azainBt all armed _intervenvention f n * he part cf France , and against the for * mat ' ton of French lesions . He declared that if Italy requested intervention , France would interfere , bnt not _etherwhe . Ue added with great enerey . that Italy wonld not in any case remain under the dominion of Austria . With respect to Poland , be said that Prussia was resolved ta re-establish the Duchy of Po _< eD . Franca conld do nothing for Poland in the absence of money and soldiers . France could only _f-xpreES her sympathy for that _Hnfrtunate country , and enconraf » e her » o wait pa'iently till a favourable opportunity shonld present itself for her regeneration , meanwhile France would aid her by all pacific

      means

      THE _CON'STITDTIOK COilMTTTEE . The fnllowine are the na _^ es of the Committee for preparing a _draopbt of a _Constitution : —MM . Cormenin , Armand Mams , _Lamennaits , _Yivien , Toequ ville . Dofure , Martin ( of Strasburg ) , Voirhaye , Coquerel [ Protestant Minister ) , Corbon , Tournet ( de rAllie _* ) , Gastave de Beaumont , Dapin , _Vaulabelle , Odillon Barrot , Pages ( de _l'Ariege ) Domes , and _Considp . Kinf :.

      FETE DE LA CONCORDE AT PARIS , Paris . Sunday Morning * . —Paris is to-dsy in ita ho'iday dre ? s . The streets , _bonlevards . and _Foaares filled _wi-h every class o f lhe population hastening to the Champ de Mars . Precession following procession , column upon column of National Guards , military mnsicon all sides , youn g ladies in mnslin dresses and tricoloured ribbons , flags and pendents without end or number , chariots of the most nondescript kind , of wbich the variety is infinite , and drawn , _snme by two , and some by twenty horses ; deputations of trades carrying decorations emblematical of their labour , windows crowded with gay eaz ? rs , preparations on an _immenge scale for the illumination nf tbe _evening , booths , shows , and ball rooms , filling the Champs Elysees ; _Government representatives ot the peo ple , mayors in tbeir emblems of ofiloe , students , provincial deputations , ouvriers and ateliers notionaux . all taking part together in the universal iubilee . Such is the aspect of Paris to-day .

      As early as half-past four the rappel began to beat in all tbe different quarters of Paris , and continued to send forth its quick , sharp sound every quarter of an boor nntil _gii It then ceased , the National Guards beginning to make their appearance , and detached piquets of dragoons and cuirassiers having already taken up their stations at the various points alius tbe bou levards , the Place de la 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 six , a considerable crowd had already assembled , and chiefly of

      _welJ-drefsed persons . Tables , chairs , stands , benches —everything that could give a vantage-ground to the spectator to vie w the ceremony better , were disposed about in great profusion ; still , all that was to ba witnessed from this point was the passage ef the National Guard and other troops , the great spectacle of the day beine to take place in tha Champ de Mara . The preparations for meeting a large demand on articles of ftod and refreshment were most ample , every pil ' ar having its little boutique laid out ; whilst in the neighbourhood of the fountains the scene reminded one of a fair , the whole space being filled by ambulant sellers of eatables and drinkables .

      The _weather was deiuhtful , as scarcely a cloud chequered the bright bine Ekyabofe ; the water of the Seine , as I passed over the bridge in front of the National Palace , was aB smooth as glass ; the sun shone brightly on tbe fire-arms and brass ornaments of the soldiers placed on the steps and wide peristyle —whilst there waB from time to time just bret za er . ough to cause the folds of the tricoloured flag which surmounted the pediment to wave lazily forth in the air . Although seven o ' clock was appointed as the hour for the representatives of the people to leave the Chamber for the Champ de Mars , they did not start until half past eight .

      General Cavaignac was amongst the earliest arrivals , a fine , tall , soldier-like figure , with an appearance of youth in hia whole beaiing extraordinary for a man who has arrived st such s 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 , wss also one of those who came in time , a heavy bat good-natured looking man . Looking out at about half-past seven o ' clock froisi the top of the noble ftight of steps leading up to the Chamber , the scene stretched out _befere the spectator was a most animated one—everywhere troops , people , flags , uniforms . National Guards , all mingled together in one

      apparent confusion . When , however , the eye be came accustomed to the mas 3 , and could single out the various parts of this immense whole , it was evident that all was well arranged . Although the whole ofthe bridge , tbe quays , and the Place de la Concorde were covered over with human _beiig ? , it was soon seen that currents were passing freely through the mass in differentdirections—that , infact , passages had been preserved from intrusion , and that through them , narrow though they were , the public circulated freely . The whole of the space seen from the steps was thickly studded with tri-coloured flags , borne by the delegates sent up from the provinces to Paris to be preseat at the fete . _^ They were nearly all the same in Iheir style of inscriptions

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      —the top bearing the tame of tbe department , " while _bel-iw waa Been ' Vive la Republique ! ' The representatives moved down the steps four deep , and _notin any particular or ler , the ministers and executive committee taking their places indiscriminately amongst the rest . M . de Lamartine and M . Flocon , I perceived , were amongst the last , though not together . They _urere cheered along their passage , the whole crowd taking < ff their hats as they _approached . Tney went on Grab al org tbe quiy to tne Champ de Mars , and were exactly one hour and a half in reaching the cstrade prepared for them in front of the Ecole Militaire .

      Immediately after the members of tbe National _Assembly , came the mayors of Paris and the surrounding communes , with their tri-coloured scarfs ; then were to come the delegates of the departments , but on arriving about half-way down the quay , about twenty old men , with a banner bearing the inscrip * tion of' Vainqueurs de la Bastile , 1789 ' who had been lying in wait , by the side , suddenly tottered forward _, and demanded to be admitted next the mayor . ' We ought . ' said the spokesman , ' to be first of all Without us , how would you have ever had liberty ? Itwas we who sh > wed the way to achieve great things . ' It is unnecessary to say thatthe delegates _good-hamouredly yielded them the pas .

      After tue _deieea'cs _earne the various _trade-corpora'ions , or as they are called compagnons , each with some production of their calling . To enumerate _a'l these would be te tako up half & column of y « ur paper , and would give but little information . The various _speoimenu of industry wero creditable to French taste , and ? ome of them might excite admiration in anv exhibition of manufactures and industry . What conld be . for instance , more _charming than the display of artificial _fl-iwer _makf-rs ? It was a circular ottoman , of white Patio , divided into four compartments , with a corbeil of magnificent fl _wers in the centre , of a delicacy almrst equalling nature and with magnificent plumes of feathers at the end

      of each compartment . The armourers' _displav was also highly _interesting ; it consisted ofa magnificent trophy of arms ul ' ancienne , placed aloft on a pedestal , with four _complete cats of superb armour at each corner , and all kinds of modern arms thrown carelessly down below . Tho music instrument makers also came out in great foree , with an immense tent on a stand drawn by horses , and under the awning every _possible instrument of modern times , and young fjirls in white reclining _carelessly amongst them . The nmvber of young" girls in white accompanying these various products on font was immense , but they were in general exceedingly plain .

      The Provisional Governmfint , the members of the National Assembly , the magistracy , dep rtmental deputations , & c , took np their seats on an immerse _estrada erected in front ofthe Ecole Militaire . On the same estrade there wore a great number of general officers snduiher official _personaeep , besides a large party of ladies . The estrade was calculated to hold upwards of 6 000 persons , and it was _excessively crowded . I observed no members of the _cordis diplomatique _amonc the number , bnt I understand that Lord Normanby and several other * of tbe representatives of foreign powers were present in some part ofthe sraunds . No description can give any idea of a scene the splendour of which consisted principally in the vastn & s of the multitudes who took part in it , the thousands upon _thousands of troops which were passed in review , the _brnutv of the magnificent spot where the ceremony took place ,

      and the excitement , the variety , and _vt-rv _confusion ofthe pcene . The statue of Liberty , _wh-cfc , witb its pedestal , is eighty feet high , and stood in tbe centre of the Champ de Mars , _tboush perhaps not artistically beautiful , had a good efftct , < rom its immense _siz 3 and its position . On each side of it were rows of handsome booths , said to contain _epecimens of French indnstry but of whieh lean say nothing , aa I was not allowed to approach them . Atthe entrance of the Champ de Mars were two immense obelisks , with the names of all the nations who , in tbp onini « n of the French Republicans , bave established tbeir freedom ; and among them I observed that though England had not a place , Greece , Bavaria , and even Sardinia , had . Besides tbis there was an immense number of _fiass and _oriflamwes , which , _together with the preparations for an illumination to take place ttis evenine , gave the whole place a gay and animated appearance .

      The provisional government and the members of the National Assembly took their seats about half-past ninp , after which tbe _diftvrentdeputations filed _bef _. re them . Amopgthe _deputatio-s were sevpr . il of foreigners , principally Pohs , Germans , Italians , and Belgians . A small party of Irish , consistine of not more than twelve persons , and carrying a little green flag , though not included in the programme , made their appearance , and after Bnme demur , were allowed to follow the others . The troops then began to defile , and continued , without intermission , till past three o ' clock . Tben came the erand chariot of commerce snd agriculture , and the deputations ofthe different trades peculiar to France , and especially to Paris . During thedefi / eoftheNationalGuardsandother bodies before the government , a cry was heard from the ranks , in which , we are told , all who heard itenthusiastically joined—namely' ' Vive la Republii Democratigue ! ' The National is loud in its felicitations on tbis occurrence .

      The fete , including the superb illuminations with which it terminated , went off with eclat , and without accident .

      MOHE ARRESTS . The number of persons under arrest up to Saturday morning was three hundred and ninety . Ten "f the leaders of the conspiracy of tbe 15 th are in the Fort of Vincennes , a great many at the prefecture , andthe rest in different prisons . On Saturday . a Commissary of Police went to the residence of M . Thore , in the Rue Coqutlliere , to arrest him , but be was not to be found . M . Pierre Leroux . who was arrested by the National Guards of _Nanteuil-sous-Jouarre , has been brought to Paris by two gendarmes . A captain of artillery of the National Gusrd , who was seen near the cbair of President _Buchez on tbe 35 th , with his hand on his sword , has just been arrested .

      Several of tbe persons arrested for the _affiir of the 15 th bave been set at liberty , but further arrests have been made . A modest them is that of s painter named Deere , who , in tbe _Hnifjrm of the _National Guard , took a leading part in the attack upon the National Assembly . The _Pbesse says : — ' It appears certain that Barbes haB attempted to escape from lhe Fort of Vincennes . He bad gained over two of his jailors , but was recognised and stopped by a third . Barbes is said to have made some _resistance to his being carried back , and that instead of being lodged as before on the ground-floor of the castle , be is now confined at tbe top of the donjon . ' Numerous arrests ef persons charged with being ooncerned in the plot of tbe loth , were _effected on Monday , among them wa 9 M . Laurent , a literary man , and a shorthand writer . M . Bethmont is engaged to defend General Conrtais . M . Jules Fabre is to defend Barbes .

      The _CoiinnNB de Paris states that the Dnke _Decazea presides constantly at nocturnal _meeiings in the _Chanssee d'Antin , at which several ex ministers , lieutenant-generals , and ex-peers ard deputies assist .

      APPOINTMENTS . The nomination of M . Elian Regnanlt , as chief secretary of the Prefecture of Police , establishes the influence of M . Ledru Ro'lin over that _department of the ' publio service . M Elias Regnault was the chief secretary of M . Ledru Roliin as Minister of the Interior . M . _Bonnias , formerly Vice-President of thn Club of Blanqui , -wbolately joined the Club efthe Rights of Man , over which Barbes presided , has been appointed Prefect of the _Department ot the Gard .

      PROGRESS OP THE BBACTION . The Presse publishes long extracts from letters written by the Prince of Joinville from Claremont to a friend in Paris . Tbe letters are written as if intended for publication , and their appearance is one of the most serious symptoms of reaction tbat has occurred since the revolution of February . —Correspondent ofthe 'Morning Chronicle . ' THB NEW TYRANNT . The Moniteub contains two decrees , signed by all tbe members of the executive government , _commanding that the club Raspail and the club Blanqui be dissolved . OUTBREAK AT _TOOWrr .

      The _COBBTiTonoNNEL mentions as a report 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 . Viekna , Mat 15 . —Great excitement prevailed here tbis evening . The _Btreets were occupied by the Academic Corps , and Civio Guards , who had _resoled not to disperse until tbe following demands were acceded to , viz .: —The rescinding ofthe order suspending the Central Political Committee of tbe National Guard ; a new elective law , and total exclusion of members of the Imperial families , and nominees of the Emperor from thc First Chamber , and the removal of the military from the city . A deputation had waited on the Minister , making these demands , which were still in abeyance , but it was supposed would bo granted .

      ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA . Vienna , May 18 . —A new pooular movement took place yesterday . The students held general meetings , in which the most violent speeches were made . A part of the operative olasse 3 joined them . In the evening the streets and publio places were crowded with oitizens and students . Tne troops , the infantry , and the artillery , occupied the palace and outworks . The Academic corporations who are members of the Civic Guard , had prepared a petition . They were accompanied by an armed crowd , and admitted into the palace , where

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      ihey presented to the council of ministers tlieir petition _, which contained the following points : — 1 . The repeal of the order for dissolving the _polities ! committee of the Civic Guard . ' 2 . The repeal of the electoral law , and publication of a now law , in order to form one Chamber only , or at least a new composition of the first Chamber , without nominations by the King , and with exclusion of tho Princes of the Imperial family . 3 . The renwal of the troops from the town , and thst tbey shall ia future only occupy the posts with the Civio Guard , and not be admitted into the town _unlesfi required by the Commander of the Civic Guard . ' Yesterday , M . de _Pillarsdorff , the Minister of the Interior , published the following notice : —

      ' In accordance with their duties to the Crown , and in order to promote , by every means in tbeir power , the pacification of the disturbances , the Ministry bave resolved upon tho repeal of the order ot the day of the 13 th respecting the Civic Guard _, and assented to tbe two other points of the petition . ' They equally guaranteed to the Civic Guard that the constitution of 25 ; h April should be provisionally submitted to tho deliberation of the states of the empire , and the dispositions of the electoral law , against which claims have arisen , be revised . With these concessions the constitution will be first established by the states , and ona Chamber elected for the next Diet . No electoral census will be required , and the representation , therefore , be the most popular . The rain-stern have resigned .

      FLIGHT OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR ! Abf > ut six o ' clock on the evening of the 17 th an open landau containing tbe Emperor and Empress of Austria , drove outof Vienna by the Maria Ililfpate , the Emperor acknowledging the salutations of the people , who _suppled he was driving to SchOnbrimn . One hour afterwards an empty _travelling carriage , with the imperial arms , took the same route , and at nine o ' clock four _ethar imperial carriages , each drawn by s x horses , passed through the

      gate . It was now evident that the imperial family bad left Vif nDa Thia event was made known to the sstonisbed population on the following mornine , by a proclamation placarded on the walla by the _Piilerednrff ministry . The proclamation stated that tbe ministry bad only received a verbal announcement of this departure , which was kept a secret at tbe palace , and tbat tbe Emperor had gone to Intisprack for a change of air . _Thenflwa that the Emperor had quitted the city produced tho greatest excitement .

      OPENING OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY . The Constituent Assembly was opened at Frankfort on the 18 th of May , in the interior of St Paul ' s Church . The building was profusely decorated with the old German flags—three magnificent oneB being suspended over tbe _president ' s seat . About four p . m . the shout oi the crowds outside the building announced the approaoh of the members , and shortly afterwards they entered en masse , preceded by two of their body bearing the o _! d national standard , the appearance of which waB greeted with loud and _long-contined cheers by the persons already assembled .

      Tbe President , Court Councillor Leer , accompanied by the _Secretaries , then ascended the tribune , and in a few words , in which he pointed out the great imparlance of the convocation of the National _As-etnbly , declared tbat it was duly opened , May 19 . —The Constituent Assembly opened this morning at ten- The Assembly proceeded to the nomination of the _provisional chairman . Three hundred and ninety-two members were present . _Tberesuitol the ballot was that M . de _Gsgern obtained throe hundred and five votes . M . de Gagern immediately took the chair and made a short Bpeech , which was _reo > -atedly interrupted by loud cheers from the Assembly and the publio gallery . M . de Gagern declared the sovereignty of tbe peopio to ba tbe basis of his politics , and that the _gt neral interests of the nation would ever be his rule and conduct .

      HUNGARY . Serious disturbances have taken place at PeBth . The troops fired upon the peoole . Baron Lederer , the commander-in-chief , has fled to Vienna . The troops " ere to take the oath of allegiance to the _Ilum-arian constitution on the I 2 _*; h . Our correspondeat , writing on the llth inst ., says : — There is now no means of _stopping the revolutionary ' _torrent : tbo people bare ingiBt- d on tbe return of tbe Hungarian troops _fr- > m the _foreign provinces , Tbo _Radicals ara stirring—everywhere _moba of people euro round tbe _revolutionary speakers , A grand popular _meptlnjt is to be beld to morrow . It is now ten at night

      —tbe _wholrttomn ia alive . Tbe moon _sbinos brightnumbers of people crowd about tbe _strsets . Speeches are making in the _epen air—the troopa hove been consigned to tbe citadel and tbe ban-nebs—every post is _oocupied by the _National Guard , Tranquillity will not be disturbed to-night , but to-morrow must be a decisive day . It is rumoured tbat Paul Nyarl , the leader of the Radicals , bas been directed to form a ministry . Count Batthyanl , the prime minister , arrived an hour ago from Vienna , whither he had r _? paired to send in bis _reslgnation . Paul Njari bas taken upon himself to raloe on the spot 30 , 600 men . THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN .

      MORE SMt _/ GHTEB . Tfce _ITAMnuEon _CoRRESPUNnEsx . under date of tho 16 tb of May , from Kiel , states tbat on the Thursday _nu-ht or Friday _morning , the Danes _fiisembarked at Fredericia to the numher of 1 , 000 men . but being surprised , between the fire , of the artillery and the infantry , could not regain their vessels , and those wli i were not killed were made prisoners , It was stated that seventeen waggon loads of wounded were carried of . SPAIN . A royal decree has deprived Don Henry , the Queen ' s cousin , ef his birthright , _bonoura , & o . Sir H . Bulwer , the British Minister at Madrid , had received his passports from the Spanish government , with orders to quit that capital within fortyei « ht hours . —| Sir Ilenry Lytton Bulwer arrived at Dover from Boulogne on Wednesday morning , and proceeded to London by the 6 b . 15 m . train , ]

      _ITALL ' The Italia Cesibalb ( Modena paper ) , of the 13 th of May , contains a long proclamation of the provisional government , whioh , after urging the necessity of union in the cause of Italian liberty and independence , proposes to open public registers in whicii all who concur in the opinion lhat it is desirable to effeot an union of the ex-duchy of Modena and Reggio with Piedmont are invited to _inscribe their names . The object of thia union is the formation of ' a great constitutional kingdom of Upper Italy , ' on the following basts : —

      1 . The amalgamation of all the Italians of Upper Italy in one sole kingdom of Italy , embracing the Lorn _bardo Venetian territories , Piedmont , Liguria , Sardinia , Modena , and Parma ; thus re-establishing , and widely extending , the idea of General Bona _, parte . 2 . The kingdom to be governed by a constitutional monarchy , hereditary in Charles Albert and his _ma'e descendants . 3 . The provisional adoption of the constitutional statute of Piedmont , adding to * _, be Chambers a number of members in proportion to the population thus united . 4 . The modification and extension of the statute according to tbe necessities of the oase . 5 . The adoption of a liberal munioipal system . 6 . Equality of rights and dutie ? .

      POLAND . A letter from Posen , of the 16 th , in tho Cologne Gazptib . states that part of the Polish insurgents , led by A Malcz 9 wski , have retired into Kujania , being reinforced on their way by a number of peasant pns > _ners whom the Prussian commander had set _fren on parole , having first marked them with an indelible black line on their right hands and ears . Many of these marked _nu-n have nevertheless been brought to Posen , having again bf en taken with arms

      in their hands in thu midst of tho rebel bands . One of them , on being asked what objects they had in view , and what such doinus must lead them to ? answered , « We must saorifice ourselves for our country . The number of victims ia not yet completed , for if it wero God would have given us s . sign of grace . ' On being told he was sure to be shot if caught the second time , the peasant coolly replied , ' It takes a peasant a long while to make up his mind to anything , but , when his mind ia made up he doea not care for death . '

      _Mieroslawski haa received his passport and set out for France . The report of the defeat of a large body of Poles at Exio , in the Bromberg district , by the troops under Genet al _Ilirschfeld , has been confirmed . Hirschfeld succeeded in drawing the Poles from a strong wooded position into clear ground , when he opened a _tremendousfireof grape and _uhrapnel upon them from his masked _batteries , and then charging , routed them with heavy loss . Letters from Berlin of the 22 nd , state that notwithstanding the severe defeats recently sustained by the Poles , the 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 offered them by the Berlin government . Emanuel Arago arrived at Potsdam on the 19 th mat ., charged it is understood , to negotiate in namo of the Frenoh government respecting Polish affairs *

      GREECE ; LettfH from Athena , of the 30 th ult-, mentien that serious insurrections had broken out in various provinces of Greece . At Lamia , a provisional government had beon proclaimed by General Velerza . UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . Two _Bteamers arrived on Monday at Liverpool from the United States—the Sarah Sands and 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 f The accounts from Mexico represent the Mexican

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      congress of ( _Aneri-tftro , as _foektnvr to gain tiiuc , nnd to delay tho ratification of the treaty . The _fo'lowing was _received bv tel _^ raph just as the Araeric ; i was leaving - . — 'Detroit , Michigan , Ma 9 , 2 p . m . A terrib ' e fire is now _raging in this city , the popu l ation of which is 20 000 . The yellow st _rehouseB are _dtatroyed , and also the Elbira _stote 3 . Fortv buildings _hnve already he ti _con-nirxd ; -no Steamboat Hotel aod the American Hotel are both in fhmes , and one-third nf the city ia threatened with destruction . The _Advehtiser newspaper office has also fallen a prey to the devouring element . ' The intelligence from Cuba Is alarming . Thp white populati"n of thc iBland , _expecting a _ri-dne of the blacks , had stationed troops in _tbemostdistvrbi-d districts , and had arrested some of the ringleaders .

      INDIA . MORE BRITISH _ROBHERY . _Bombav , Arai , 15 th . —The lt « jah of Sattara is dead . He departed this life on the 5 _' . h inst ., in the forty-sixth year of his age _. having occup ied tbe t . hro & _e since the deposition of his brother , in 1839- H _^ _waan able and intelligent ruler , and very popular among his subjects . He haa left ne heirs behind him , and the whole of his extensive territory lapses , per treaty , to the British G vi rnmeut ; a very windfall , indeed , amid such hard and trying times The annual revenue is said to amount toabiut 150 , 000 . His Iato Highness leaves an adopted son , but . us lie had been so without our sanction or knowledge at the time , bis olaim ef _course has been held invalid . Tho transfer has taken place all quietly enoughnor is danger to be apprehended from auy 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'Higgins at the meeting of cit ' _zens in the _P'inceas ' _s Theatre , on Sunday last , and unanimousl } adopted : — Article ! . —I believe that every male inhabitant ef this kingdom , of mature age , ( insane persons aud _criminnls excepted ) is of common right entitled to the elective franchise , and , by the laws of God a freeman , and should therefore possess the full , free , and complete enjoyment of political liberty . Article 2 . —I believe thst it is not onlv an act of tyranny , but a violation ofthe law of God , to keep the people in a state of slavery by withholding the elective franchise , which is their bist and most sacred inheritance .

      Article 3 . —I believe tbat tbe poor bave an equal right , but more need of the elective franchise than the rich . Because the rich can maintain and pro tect their own interests , while the poor have no _pro - tection except in the strong shield of the elective power . Article 4—Ibelieve that any _membt-r of parliament , or any candidate for a seat in parliament , who will not pledge himself to oppose evtry administration but that which will _mske Universal Suffrage a cabinet measure , is cot only an enemy to the peace , happiness , asd 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 , without any loss to him , would secure that welfare . Article 6—1 believe he is a hypocrite in religion —Because with tbe view to subserve bis own interests , he denies tbe right of his fellow-man to have a _shnre in making tbe laws , wbich is his birth-right , and whicb laws he must obey , while at the same time he professes the Christian preceptB of 'doing by others as he would be done unto . '

      Article 7 I believe that the man who is not the advocate of Universal Suffrage mu _* t necessarily be the enemy ofthe working classes— Becriupe Universal Suffrage will secure to theworkingmant . be fruits of his labour , of his care , and of his skilland that , having attained the elective power , he will rest contented , peaceful , happy , and respected under his own roof , where none shall dare to make him afraid . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , April , 1818 .

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      TEN HOURS BILL . MAKOHESTEn . —A public meeting of the card room operatives , was beld in the Old Manor Court Room , Nicholas Croft , on Tuesday week iast , to consider the working of the Ten _Houis Bill . The room was crowded to excess , and strong disapprobation wa « expressed against some of the masters for the unmanly conduct they are pursuing , in endeavouring to de _stroy the benefits intended by the legislature to the factory operatives . The presidont ofthe society was called to the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted . Moved by John Henry , se conded by John Thompsoa _, and supported by John Tier ;—

      That we , tha card room operatives of Manchester , deprscate tha foul practices nnd tyrannical means resorted to by sonse ef the mlllowuera to _deetr -y the good effects of the Ten Hours Bill , thereby depriving those whom tbat measure _hsb intended to benefit from suchreereu . tion necessary for tbeir bodily health and mental _instruction whioh Is necessary for the proper cultivation of their minds , some of the mill owners not opening their mills until eight o ' clock in the morning , and thus keeplog tho females acd young persons until a late hour nt night , and Others hooping tbem from their b _^ mes from sir o'olock in tbe morning until seven ia the eveBing , wbicb is thirteen hours allevtiDg tbree hourB for meals in the _imerral ; and further that we consider such practices to be aa abuse of the power of capital ogalnst honest industry , and tbat we are determined , by every means in our power , to resist auch monstrous tyranny , and make the measure what it ought to be .

      Moved by Mr John Smith , seconded by Mr James Bromley , and supported by Mr James Leaoh : — Tbat this meeting calls upon the government to institute such proceedings as may be necessary to _prateot the factory _houdo against tbe unmanly conspiracy of somo of the millowners , wbo are striving insidiously to destroy the beneficial effects Intended by the Ten _Haurs Bill . In speaking to the above resolution , Mr Leaoh said —Mr Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen , for you are real ladies and gentleman , with regard to the millowners , for what after all would they be without your labour , you who produce all their wealth , I endeavoured to get a _clause in the bill at the time of pass ing it , for restricting the time , but I was asked , would any one doubt the honesty of the millowners ?

      Yes , I said , I for one , doubt them . ( Cheers . ) Mr Leach , then showed at eome length , that the House of Cemmona doubted them by appointing commissioners to see that they did not evade tbe measure . He _* aid , you wi 1 never have all the _besefitof the bill , until you compel the _mastereto restriction . ( Cheers . ) No one would have thonght that the Ten Hours Bill would have been violated so soon , and in such a manner as it has been , and that the masters would have 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 , ? _( _. _Criea of ' Yea , yea , ' ) If these steps are not put" a Btop to , it is your duty to do

      ityou have the power m your own hands , and if you do not use it , it will be your own loss . ( Hear , hear . ) But let me tell you that tho time is coming when , if you 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 apprentice--, they worked them until they were not able to walk , their limbs lost their use . We are not at the lowest if we allow them their own way . There is , or ought to be , a law , and the master , if he will not do aB the law direots , do to him as he would to you , and tell him that you will not work more tban _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 , ( near , 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 is you who must work for them ; if battles have to bo fought , you must fight them . They tell you that you are too ignorsnt to enjoy the right ofa citizen . Itis they that are found wanting They deprive you Of the rhance of gaining knowledge , and then taunt you with ignorance . I know not what would have become of the Ten Hours Bill if it had not been for John Fielden and a few others . ( Cheers . ) lie says he will stand with you . ( Cheers . ) _MessrB Fielden and Oastler will not be backward in coming to help you . I am sure that they will not be

      the last to buokle on their armour again for you in ihe battle of the workers . ( Loud cheers . ) I have watched thera well , Be determined not to work more than the necessary hours . The mills of Lancashire are , every brick of them , cemented with the blood of women and children—( shame , shame ) -and thousands have been sent to a premature grave through tbe grasping avarice of the millowners . This yeu may observe in _euoh a place as Newtonlane and Ancoats-street , before the hour of starting in the morning . You may hear them cough , cough , all the way as they go along , having their stomachs filled with all _Borts of dust , arising from the machinery and confinement . ( Shame . ) You muBt stand by each other , and the masters will be compolled to do you justice . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Leach then sat down amidBt loud cheers , which lasted for

      some timo . The following resolution was also adopted : — That the best thankB of the mill operatives are due to Lord Ashley , Mr John Ficldtm , and those advocates of humanity , who assisted In making the Ten Hours Bill lhe law of tho land . After three cheera ior John Fielden , the meeting broke up a tew minuteB before ten o ' clock .

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      MONDAY , Mai 22 . HOUSE OP LORDS — The Wobkino Cieboy —The R ' _.-li . n oi _Lincoln > vith nfcrerc" to Mr _Hornmnri ' _s _loe i'lpivurr ii 'h > _mq-iitou _? nnd harsh treatment of the , p orcl ray in his diocese , made a lame attempt to deny tii rh * _'i : _s , whitb he left much in tbe same state _ae . h © found them , £ xr £ * v _* _aAHTAHJ > _IfcRtASltlC _ExPENDITOfiE OP TBE G _yibmie _^ t—Th- _Eirl of _Ellinbobouqb , In moving tur eome r turns , rlr > w _utrt-miun to the progressive _ini-r . a « e in tho _ml-tellanfousexpenditure wbicb has _ROno on during tbt > _bst tin y bra . He ssid he desired to draw tt _>« _atteftt _' on -f iboir lordships to the enormous Increase _nhich hud laksn place in the _mfecellanrous ( _g . _imates _during be la * t ten years . In 1838 , after deducting

      special ' -mi _of-cdbional _eharern . the amount of the missel . l ,. ne .. u « _pgtima'es waa £ 2 . 332 , C 38 , while in 1847 It wbb £ 3 . 650 8 ul , being an apparent increase of £ 1 . 327 , _ieSv Bui it io _ibuttverondded tho chanre forthe Irish col . bites . _w-Meb m 1847 was nearly £ 60 , 000 , tbe total fncrea _** ' « n _ito _misct-iiaaeous service * alone , in that ye & T , wns £ l 3 S 6 903 . Somo of thy _charges required particular " - _-jpiana ion . He did not however , think it right to take _sccouBt of the _trunsf , rred _charces , such as the auditors ot unions , schoolmasters , ' and _mi-dical ' relUf _, or the _charge * ft . r the & ar < ours of refuge and for the Cfileduultn Cnnal , amounting together to £ 581 . 000 ; _butdeduotini ; thHf . sum , the total increase in 1847 from 1838 was £ 805 H 00 . The returns wero divided under various _honda . Ttie first of these _wo . 3 ' Public Works and

      Buildii p _. _' and under tbst bead , although in one or two jc » r » mere h » d _bs-. n a slight decrease , of only £ 1 , 000 or £ 2 , 000 . theie was a g-neral _incre-ifie during tbe ten y _^ _ats _Evtn in tbe _firstoolumn , 'Public _BuildiDgsaBot Royal P « l « cf » ' _tbero was a ve ry la gw Increase . Thero wtre two heads in particular , 'Buckingham Palaco ' mut ' _Ilome-ofiice , Board of Trade . Ac ., ' in which the iricr . _'as' ond _be-n very large Excluding all _conslderotion < . f < _tmial » ami harbours , and comparing only from _bo-h 1838 _ihn 1817 , 'ind comparing only public _building B mihI _pilule-, tbe _charge In tbe _formtrjear wag £ 215 , 21 * niv 1 in iu » _lnti-r , £ 376 , 024 ; _making nn increase ia 1817 _u-. dir _ttie-e lie _^ _dc only of £ 161165 . Tho charge i _., r _BuikiiU'hnm Paluce alone w-. s increased in 1847 to £ 50 000 But . ihe _exceaa in 1817 was not nnusnal or

      pt'i-uilor to that year , Thtre bad been an _almest ttnvariu . _i t ml ncy to increase und _« . r thia bead during the whol- _i > _e-iod ot _t-.-n years , and . still deducting harbours » nil ca : _nla . _•[ ,.. _charge on the bv . roue of 1838 , 1839 , and J 8 tt > « a- J & 185 , 268 w *> le , on thenverago of 1810 , 1846 , nnd 1847 , u _** « £ 304 413 , beiug an _fncreflse on tbe _i-ompare'invi rage ot'ho » ey « arsof £ 119 , 116 , The _charge for nuilcting the hmi-o io which tbeir lordships _wtro ihfnHlaiinir was £ 844 700 fn the ten years , Now , ho 9 ¦ m _i-. trfl trie nee . s it } for building the two houses of Par . iuriicnt ; ; but Btill he was confident that no persons luth _., cuBtrj ciuld viow the houso tbeir lordships now occupied , aod th _> - _ex-ravagact _e-pense wbich had been _iavUheii in decorations both within and without , with less pleasure than thoir _lerdsbips th _> _mnelves , ( Hear , )

      _Tm-ie had 4 iao be * ' ! a _gradually increaiing expenditure upoa tbe new Houbib of _Parbument , tbo Caledonian Cnnal , pri « ons , _coii-icts , general education , arts and _sciei cbo _, rhe Britmh Museum , & c „ du > ing a period whett the r venue of the country was unable to support the ordinary i zpenrliture . Tbe _nobie earl said tbat he bad _Bt > hope that for _sev- ml years to ccme our Income would _increase , and thertfnro a strict _attention to economy was _tiiti only wi _> - to show the people thatthe British ; consttution _bffor'ied them not only every desirable _security and _bbei t . v , but that it was compatible with a fru « Kill and rigid economy This was , in his opinion , do _tim-- for organic _ehat . _ges , but it was thc time for postpi . _ni'W evety expense _t . ot absolutel _y demanded for tbo _ineres'sof ihe country .

      The Marquis af L & _nsdoWNE remarked that governments w > re nut in general to blame for increased expenditure bur bo'a Houses of Parliament and thc public in _n _> neral _because additional expenses were for -he most part forctd nn _Gucoessivo _governments by tbe Parliaments of tbe time being He Instanced the case of tbe improvements _goint ; ou In Buckingham Pa ' lace . Whiin tbey were firif . proposed , Ministers wero tsry sev ! rely cen ? ur _. d tor not _building a new palacefor her Majesty , nnd bad not h _^ r _M-jesty and the _governm _. nt resisted tho wishes of the House of Com * won " , a much greater expenditure would have bees in * curr _. d . The Duke of _Micbmono , alluding to the cost of the _voluminous return * otdered to bo prepared for both Houses of Pir _inm nt , suggested thst tbo price of each return sh _. uld in future be mprkeri on the back of it ; thnt would -how to what _expenge the country _WQS put by tbe _ennnnmic members ot he oth _» r bou e .

      The E . _ri i . f IUbdwicke _contended tbat what the pnbiic _e-uiplafneri m . _stoi _w » _s the salaries of the high officers of Stite , and th , ? charge for commissions , which was tali'tig the _moray outof tbe pocktts ef the poor to give it to the rich . The returns were then ordered , and their lordships adjour ed . UOU _< E OP COMMONS . _—laien _FigUEBii-S . _— Sir W . _SoMEttViLLK . in r ., _uU to Col . Conolly . stated tbat the tislimg stati > m _> on the west coast of Ireland bad fully anawered toe purpose for which tbey had betn _esta * _blishori , inasmuch bb they had been the means of stimu . * lstiiiir the industry and rx r ions f the fishermen .

      ElectobalIUF' . bm . —Mt Home in reply to Sir v . L . _B- _'ans , _expressed bis d : termination not to _acorde tothe r quest made of _dividing hi * propositions to be submitted on Tuesday into f , ur distinct resolutions , believing , 68 be did , that no reform of the House of Commons would be of any use _unless tbe four propositions comprised in bis motion were collectively _sffirtned . tf he obtained leave , bs h « truster ] he sbould _< io , for bringing in separstu bills for cartying out those objects , it would then be open to honourable members to _supportsucb of them an tbej appoved and oppose those whicb they considered objectionable . He bad well considered the subjeot be . fore he had given bis notice

      Tub _Stamfobd EtEcnoH , —In tbe case of tho Stamford Bor . iugb Inquiry into th- olieged unconstitutional interference of the Mai _quis of Exeter at recent elections , Mr W . P . Wood , at tho _sungestion of Lord J . Russell , in order to ovoid a hostile discussion , contented to leave the nomination of rlie _rooimiuee In the bands of the General _Committer of Selec > ion . Spanibh Cobbebpondehce . —Lord Palmebston , Ib reply to Mr _Bankrs nno' Mr Batllie , stated tbat notes had recently _passe . ri beiween Mr Bulwer and tbe Dulse oi Sotomayor , as to how thr paragraph which had appeared in the Claims Publico , with reference to bis diBpatch , bad been obtainu'i . The notes wrre rather of a personal and private character th'n ofa public nature ; but if ie received any _infermation by the next messenger which those notes _tended to elucidate , be should waive all consideration as to privacy , and lay the whole of the correspondence on the table ef tbe house .

      How Seats abe Sec-bed in the ' Reformed' _Houbb of Ci mmons —Mr W O . _©» BE then rose to move for tho appointment of a select committee to inquire into tho matter ofthe peti'ion of J . > bn Delany , presented on tho 18 th of May , complaining of certain proceedings for _iffeCtiDg a cornpro" i » e in 'he case ofthe _Sligo election petitions . He ( Mr W . O . Gore ) considered it of th » utmost Imperancetbata committee should be appointed to investigate the allegations of this petition which deeply concerned the honour and independence of that house . Th » petition staled that two petitions against Mr Towneloj ' g return 'er Sligo , one being thepetition of M * TMany and Mr H _nesy , had b _, en sent hero in charge of Mr W . Kelly , of Ca'tle-lodge , in the county of Sligo , and had been _presented ; that , from certain proceeding *

      which tO"k placo before the Examiner ef Recognizances on the 9 th ins' ,, ft appeared by the admission of Mr Coppock , of C _' . oveland row parliamentary agent acting for Mr _Towni-1 v thnt overtures for a compromise had been made to Me Kellv by Mr Coppock , at Mr Town © - 1 y _' _s _ins-once ; 'hat Mr Delany bad _slnco _ancflrtofned that Mr Coppock had applied to Mr Kelly on the 29 th ult , stating that he had to propose at the instance of Mp Townsby an _arrangement forthe _wlthdrawalfof the pet " _, tions . _obsi-rv _i _nir tbat hf ( Coppock ) would make it Well worth his ( _Kelly ' s ) while , bb Mr Towneley bad ample moans , and wns prepared to mafeo any reasonable _eacri . fico to retain bis seat and prevent _dnmagisg revelations _bofere a eoirmittee ; « hat , on tbe following day , Mr Cop . pock made Kelly a distinct offer of £ 1 , 000 and Mr Towne .

      ley's influence , tog' ther with that of hiB brother , the member for Beverley , and Lord _Cimoys , _toaecure a good government appointment for Kelly ; but , on the noxt day , this latter stipulation ( tor the performance of which Mr Copp ck then produced an undertaking signed by Mr Towneley ) was _nltired to au agreement for tha paym ent of o » additional £ 500 _; that on tbe same even * Ing Mr _Cappnck and Mr Kelly met at Fcndall _' s Hotel , and Me K"lly _uro'e a Utter withdrawing Ihe oue petition , and handed over the letter and the Other petition to Mr Coppock , who paid down the £ 1 , 500 in Bank o ! _England notes ; but oh banding the letter tothe Speaker , it appear , d that Mr Kelly wns not tbe ' agent authorised to withdraw the petition , whereupon Mr Coppock hurried back and Mr Kelly refun _d ed tbe money ; that Mr Coil .

      pork bad since called on Mr Kelly and left his card , bus Mr Kelly declined having further communication with him , Now , this _charge was not vogno , but clear and distinct ; the Examiner of Recognizances could be pro . duced as a witness , and be ( Mr O . Gore ) had with hira the draujhts fn Mr C _^ ppock ' i handwriting of the let . tors _w'ich be proposed that Mr Kelly should write to himself ( Mr Coppock ) an-1 to Mr Towneley . formally withdrawing thepoUtion : ont point , also , the 8 peaker ' a secretary could prove . He ( Mr O . Go «) trusted ths hon . member ( Mr Towueley ) would bo able to vindicatehimself , but further irquiry was due to the house , and _WQB _eurely neC « B «« ry Where tbe conduct of an officer of rel his functions

      the bouse , who could only o « se during its pleasure , was thus gravely impeached on evidence in bis own _baudwrltimr . Tho house had just appointed o committee to inquire into the interference of a peer _tttclCCtlona ; how cnuld it refuse to inquire into a com . _promiSO involving the right of petition against the « _adu » olection ? From the hig h character of tbe hon . member for Sligo , he ( Mi O . Gore ) trusted be would be able to clear bim-eK of these charges ; but he could not ex _« press any op inion with _regt > rd to Mr _Coppoch . But an opportunity ought to be granted to substantiate these facts , if true , and , if not , for bringing to punishment a vile _caluQin ' ator ,

      Sir R , Ikcms said he had been requested by _itf Townley , the member for Sligo , lo state that he had as * _sured him ( Sir R . Inglis , ) eu the honour ofa gentlemen , that he hud had nelthtr hand nor part in the mattfj

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27051848/page/7/