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p -fdLVGS OF THE NATIONAL D jjipEiCHiiEST OF LO 0 I 5 BLiKC . * 4 e « d 8 J freek the Pre !^ ent next comnni-Oa " *? W-mbly a requisition , signed by the Cjt £ < J ' r , nErii of the Court of Appeal of Paris , A itoK ® . , the authorisation to direct proceedings c& % ] z > n L ° BlaDC » on . e of its members . s& -1 it '; Da stated thst the witnesses examined , thsi ^ ' aeDts collected , and the declarations of tte ig Blanc himself , demucsfcaied that there Cii' - ^ = eTions presumption that he had particieJK . { " i-e invasion and oppression of the Asssm-P tVe lota of Mav . Frcm bis own admission be & / i-L ha rdened the people , once from a window ^ rtVW sijle . « ith Barbea and Albert , and a 12 ¦ din e standing on a stool in the Salte des Pas - ^ fi Citizsn Louis Blanc was frera thence car-? ' " ntrinrap kinto tkehall , wherefonrrepresent * - f fasrd him congratolate the people on haying t rved the right of petition , which , he added ¦^ M notinfature be wrested from them . It ape -i from all the charges that Citizen Louis Blanc Ki lontanly paru « paisd in fin alhntal , having Elite cbiect to oTerturn tte existing gorernment , a Jgf punishable by the S 7 th article of the Penal
° rtiwn !"»«* next rose and 8 aid , that tie w&s Ji w en the 15 : a of May , by Citizen Loais Blanc , * f" i ^' hsd not the honour of knowing , when the Ssdfrnt iwited him to speak to the people . He rdfo owed Wn 1 tot ' ne peristyle , and had heard him sdtiei to the multitude words of peace and coneiliati Another member proposed to refer the requisition fa s committee . Cisi zen Lops Bulsc afcerwarda asctnded the trit-ce , acd said that he did not come forward to der * jfirEself as a man , but as a representative of the i ^ u ' e , and a nemberof that government whicli had Uiizarsted the era , of the repnblic by proclaiming ? nsiic > and clemency , and the abolition of capital
pnsisbmente . iie nuie expected ; &st suca would be jbe recompense reserred to him for wishing to establish a great and glorious Republic free from a'l excess . He entreated bis cc-lieagnes to abstain from , 13 set feeding b recall the reign cf terror , for such gjffis raisht at a fatnre day be tcrced aaaimt themselves . ( Violent tumult . ) He then indignantly reeled £ ha charge of having violated the principle of lie national sovereignty , whica . he had advocated all £ is life , and considered the greatest of crimes . The president , he maintained , had authorised him to speak to the people , and at the moment Huber prorDimee-i the difsalation of the Assemble , he was at tisseat , engaged in writing these words : — 'In the c&ne of the people and of jour own sovereignty , I estreat yon to retire . ' __ to hi his
A Mkubeb considered ^ duty tostate that tiring been nest to Citizen Loais B ! anc on the dav in question , he heard him for half an hour resist eTerj sttempt on tke part ot the crowd to make him issTehis place , and that it was only after being eo yrsised that he at last went up and spoke to the President . ( Agitation . ) A Mejibeh declared that he heard Cit z = n Lonis Blanc , on the 15 th of May , say to two persons wh 9 asked him to address the crowd , ' What can I say to nacaen like these *' Citizen Ceehisttx , the Minister of Justice , rose and ebs » rved tfcai the Assembly was not called upon to ce : ide theqaestien atosce , and moved that it should retire into its bureaux to appoint a committee to ressn on the result of the inquiry .
The order of the day , on the demand of the Attortey-General , proposed by several members , was rejected by an immense majority . The Assembly sub-Kqaently decided that a committee should instantly be nsned , and was preparing to quit the hall , when Citr ' zea Lonis Blanc ran to the tribune . Cit ' zen Locia BLAscsaid that he was not present 5 fben the requisition was read , in which it was asnr ^ i , that ha had himself admitted having adcissed ihe people . He repeated that he had done s , after obtaining the permi ; sion of the President . He declared , moreover , that the words he was
reparted to have prenonnced in the hall had not been irtered by him . ( 'They were , ' exclaimed several tcie « . ) He had certainly spefcen of the right of petition but he understood that every petition should be pre-ented and read by a representatire of tie pesple . He had asked to be allowed to read the petition as a member of the Assembly , and bad told ± i people— If yen wish the right of petition to be . Wasted , begin by respeetina your own so rereigEty . ' Sat te had never said— 'Yoa have conquered the fzht of petition . ' the Assembly afterwards withdrew into ri 3 stand-22 c-mmittee amidst the greatest agitation .
Oa Friday week the President had hardly taken his seat when he announced that he had received a letter from Barbes , a member of the honEe , now a jrii 5 u ? r in Viocennes , in which he declares that the wtrds attributed to Citiz-n Louis Blanc , and for vhichthe Procureur General Eougkt to incluce him in the prrKcntfon / or the occurrences of the 15 th of May . had been uttered by him ( Barbes ) , and not by Louis Blaze . After the disposal ef some sther business , the President called on Citizen Jules Favre to read the repert en Cit : z ? n Loai 3 Elaac ' s case , -p-hen that gentlesan ascecded the tribune and began his report , -nice stated that the resolution adopted had been » na to by a mejority of fifteen to three . _ The re-Biciion as it nltimatelj appeared , wag for giving the Tioaiied autacrisation for allowing the prosecution .
Great excitement pervaded tee assembly on the conclusion of the report , in the midst of which Citizen lonis Blanc ascended the tribune . He said it was rot hi ? intention to make more than one remark , Thkh -as . that he considered they had entered on > ciisstrons conrse . The sitting was suspended for s coisiderable time , dnring which the membeis K ; med ail engaged in animated conversation . It wai settled that the report should ba discussed tie fellowine day by the Assembly . THE ' JHPEACHUE 5 T ' BEFCSED . Saiit 3 dat . June 3 . —At half-past one o ' clock Citizen Bnchez , President , took the chair , and shortly afterwards the discussios opened on the recamtoryof the Attorney . General , demanding the
'Uthcnsation to prosecute Citizen L 9 UIS Blanc , a Rpresntatire of the people . Citizen MiTHisu was called to the tribune . He aid that after carefully reading the report he had rot found in it s single argument to juitifv its contlua ; -cs . The words incriminated , ' Ton have * : cq-iered the right of petition , ' , were not ; prpconnted b ? Citizen Louis Blanc Their responsibility was coined by Citizen Barbes , aad the Honitcur proved ¦ tiat i ; ^ 25 by the latter they Trere uttered . CifenLiEiBii . who followed , likewise epposed tie grant of the authorisation . Citizen Loni 3 Blanc tonld reader important seirices by his knowledge of sssnoraical qnestions , and the Committee of Labour KouidEot dispense witahis co-operation .
Citizen Laueekt de L'Abdeche , the next speaker , tiensht that Citizen Louis Blanc , notwithstanding iis economical errors , was entitled to the solicitude | jf the Assembly a 3 as historian and political writer . Tke comtaittee had not been unanimous , _ and it Oigit happen that the opinion of the minority was Cat of the Assembly . For that reason he opposed tse authorisation , , Ci :: z = H Bic , who next ascended the tribnne , said tst he boionsed to tee minority of the committee . se coznplaiEed th-1 eo member fayourabb to its Mavinsions had yet come forward . Citizen ^ Louis ircasd denounced few davs before the existence
^ - a l s coaapiracy of falsehood . Citizen Bae Eusptcted ~» t there existed also 3 conspiracy of silence . The ~ - ! -rt € r of the committee had stated that the inviokbiiity of the representatives of the people was Riranieed by no law . He differed in opinion with affi , and regarded the arrest of a member of the •^ embiy as an attempt agafnst the rights of the -XOii-i eiectora he represented , and consequently ^'• nst the national iorereignty Itself . It was said '•? s . CIt'z « n Louis Blanc had presented himself at H Hotei de Ville . This was false ; and he ( Citizen •"* - had in his hand certificates to prove that there ~ « no trnta in that statement . Citizen Bac then
^•' -esedf a to examine the conduct of Citizen Louis ^ 2 durin g the invasion of the Assembly , and R etained that if he trice spoke to the riotora , it * . ^_ at the entreaty of several of his colleagues , and * " 2 t ' a 5 authorisation of the President . He was ^ irred in triumph by them , but every member of *~ 2 Auembly mtut ha ? e witnessed hi 3 B ' rinuous ^ rt : Da 3 to extricate himself from their hands . In ^ jior . henrgeatheAaemblynttto grant the ^ T ^ aation . -ta U - Lons Bl 4 SC cext appeared at the tribune , - ^ said that he would not defend himself against ¦? . " , e : r £ r Se 5 of which he had 33 yet no knowledge . *" ;? » 3 < tae , however , against which , he should spirit . Be had heard the cay before that he wa ? J ^ sea of havJEspreseated himself at the Hotel de loth of he
^ f'ie May . This most formally S , ' ° ? -5 oath , and summoned , in the name of rr ^ ' ^ resoa who had asserted that falsehood w 3 Ob lor ^ aid and oppose his oath to his . ? r . « : - P ^ iST , who followed , said , that he was no J ^" -P n c ! , Clt'zen Louis Blanc's doctrines , and hsd of v ; ' - tiie honour of knowing him . On the loth vkod ' v m ? n ° ' ^ e people came up to him aDd « ut if h raere Pa 3 L ° Qis B ] anc-That man said > Pi ? - ! -. , ? arail £ n ° d the people , he wou'd ca ' m the ( Ji > Cp r - tceDce - CitJzsn Dapont went np to sjje" ° *^ B ' - 2 ndhavingdelirered his mes I ^ , y --alter replied— ' Xo . no ! my place is here . * irdsft ln wi 'i my eolleafcuea . ' ShorUy after-2 -a--c Zt Eyne man E P ° himself to Citizzn Louis ? l ; pf ° Dsented to follow him . c = iTS J » rf ; 10151 here mentioned that he had re Lv ^ j pi ter from . a person present when Citizen f rotTsf g = ? addressed the people , and be Lewd him ¦^ ta b ' v aiC 5 t the Tiolence offered to the National
l i - f ^ jj ? , i f . FAVaE > the reporter , nextdiscus = ed ii 2 tea ; " i- ' Jecil 0 n s raised by the oppanents of r - ) a !^? LTO " < J cs = Ac next spoke , aad , in the : 5-: ; -. ' : ; - £ , ? PEecb , having made joes cff = B 3 ijeal" ltlz ; u i"iiT § rgi « r de E «« raase . > cries o £
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Shame arose . A great agitation was observed at hat moment among the members islanding at the foot of the tribune , and one of them wasieen vio eatly pticnbting and appealing to the President tor protection . Citizen Emile Lakomx then ran up to the tribU H & * H \? , the CaUEe of thB tumult- Ue admitted that he had perhaps exceeded the bounds of decorum by engaging in a qaarrel with one of his colleagues who had charged Oitizen Dupont with having nsed unbecoming expressions . He had replied to him that truth should always be toldwhen his antagonist apo 3 troDhised him in the grossest terms . Cit . zen Langlet had retorted in the same tone . The whole Assembly protested by it 3 murmurs against the proceeding , and skortly afterwards the two membera left the hall , followed by a number of their colleagues . ' Slumn' imco A 11
Citizen Raynal having next risen , invited Citizen Marrast the Mayor of Paris , to declare whether Utizen Louis 1 Blano had or not presented himself at the Hotel de ViHe on the loth of May . Citizen Mabrmt replied , that he had at first beheved that Citizen Lonis Blanc had been at the Hotel de Yille . He had heard cric 3 of Vive Lonia Blano ' on the square , and , in the erening , he met a citizen , who assured him that he had seen him there , and favoured his escape by a window on the side of Rue Lobau . Citizen Marrast , however , had subsequently taken the most precise information on the subject , and acquired conviction that Citizen Louis Blanc had not appeared at the Hotel de Ville . The Pkesidesi then consulted the Assembly relative to the grant of the authorisation ; bat , after two doubtful trials , by sitting and rising , twenty members called for the vote by division .
Citizen Ceemiecx , the Minister of Justice , and all his colleagues of the Cabinet voted against the conclusions of the crmmittee . The vote by division was , however , ultiaately adopted . The Assembly negatived _ the proposition to authorise the prosecution of Citizen Lonis Blanc . There were— For the proposition ... ... 337 Against it 369 Majority against the proposition ——32 On Monday evening a violent discussion took plao ^ between M . Portalis axd M . Cremienx . A disgraceful scene of personal altercation , agitated the Assembly for a considerable time , Tha ballot for the new President , resulted In the election of M . Senard , for the present month .
The six vice presidents elected by the Assembly for the eDsuiDg month are MM . Bethmoht , Marrast , Corbon , Cormenin , Portalis , and Lacrosse . Tne Minister of the Interior presented in the sitting of the Asgtmbly on Monday a bill against the assembly of armed persons in public places , and against the assembling of persons unarmed , if their appearance were held to threaten the pnblic tranquillity .
ATEOCIOtJS LAW . On Monday evening , two decrees were introduced which have caused a great deal of excitement , the oae for the suppression of armed aEd riotous assemblages , and the other for the granting to the goYera * ment the sum of 500 , 000 francs aa secret service money . The decree against assemblages is particularl y Eevere . It declares that all attroupement in the public way is forbidden , whether armed or not . All armed assemblage ? are considered primes . When an assemblage , whether armed or not , is formed in a public thoroughfare , the mayor , or the commissary ef
police , can by beat of drum order it to disperse . I » , after being twice summoned to disperse , it does not do so , military force 13 to be used . The penalties for mixing in riotous but unarmed assemblages , vary from twelve to eighteen months imprisonment ; for bsing concerned in armed assemblages , the penalties vary from 8 ix months to two years—from two to five years ^ -and from three to six years . Harms are used by the offenders , from jive to tm years solitary confinement ; or if the offence is committed in the ni-nt , from eight to twelve years . Severe penalties are also to be enforced against the writers and print-era of seditious placards .
On Tuesday , the Minister of Finance laid before the National Assembly the amended budget of 1 S 4 S . The ordinary and extraordinary expenditure , which had bsea estimated at 1 . 733 . 000 , 000 francs , would , on the new calculation , stand fixed at 16 SO , 6 " 00 , OOOf ., and the resources available to meet this expenditure would be found to amount to 16 S 5 millions . The expenses of the provisional government were included in the estimates , but doc those of the Executive Committee . Tha government' financial project excites great dissatisfaction , and the Chamber was again a scene of uproar . muis blakc ' b dbfence . Citizen Louis Blanc has circulated a printed statement , explaining the share he totk in the events of the 15 th of May . We give the following extracts : —
' I commence bj declaring , and that only to expose the audacity of certain falsehoods , that I have never had any relatioa direct or indirect with the citizens BJanqui , Raspail , and Huber . I hare only seen tho two former ones in my life , Eome years ago , and I have never Baen the latter at a'l . Personally 1 know neither of them . Like several of my colleagues of tke old provisional government , I was fcometimeg with citiztn Sobrier before the meeting of the National AEsembly , but since then we have remained complete strangers to each other . As regards AibErt and Barbes , I should be ashamed of myself , if , knowing them to be prisoners and dhhappy , I should hesllale to say boldly that I am their friend . I Equally deny Barbes and Albert
were engaged in any plot ; my relations with them authorise me to declare it impossible . My conscience and not my friendship for them demands this testimony . On the loth of May I took at my accustomed hour my way to the Aationai Assembly . Some libelleri have asserted that on the morning of that day I was at the Cafe Tortoni , with Barbss , Blanqui , snd other chiefs , coBcerting the movement—an infamous falsehood that I thiow back en passant , At the Auembly I sat , to hear batter , on the seats of the droite , sear the tribune , when all at once a distant murmur announced the arrival of the crowd . Many «* f the representatives entered precipitately ; a cry of' To your places ! ' was made , and I mounted to the highest seats of the extreme gauche , where 1
sit . Ths noise approached . Tha tribunes at the ead were immediately filled with the populace bearing standards . A- short time afterwards , the doors haying been broken in by the crowd , and those persons who were in the tribunes slipping down from the galleries into the body of the hall , it was eoon filled in all parts . A thousand different and confused noises fiUed the air . The tumult became horrible . In the midst of this disorder I was determined to observe the same conduct as my colleagues . I remained there , as they did , in my place as an alarmed but powerless spectator of the invasion of a Banctaarj that the triumph of universal suffrage ought to have rendered inviolable , as inviolable a 3 the save reignty of the people . But soon ( and there are not
wanting witnesses who can certify , if need be , to tha perfect exactness of thete details ) the huisskrs and attendants of the chambers came to inform me that an immense crowd was in the Rue deBourgpgne , aDd demanded me vociferously , and that , if I did not go out , they threatened to force themselves also into the chamber . What was I to do ? Ought I not to remain at my post in tbe Assembly f Or if I had abstained when my presence was demanded as a means of calming agitation , wopld this not have been to incur a grave responsibility ? I refused for some timB the requests tuat were made me , bat as they became more and more pressing , I determined to place mystlf at the disposition ef tbe Assembly . I tnen ascended the bureau of the president , and
addressing him , I asked if in case he should think it desirable that I should gpeak to the peopto , I wai authorised to do so by the Assembly of which I was a member , and from which I would not separate myzelf . Tne president observed , that at that moment he could not make himself heard by the Assembly from the tumult , it wag impossible to consult the chamber . ' Then , ' replied ^ I , in the name of the chamber , snd your own , will yon authorise me to interfere V He answered me affirmatively , in presence of one of the vice-presidenta , the citizen Corbon . It was then only to restore order , and after having received tffieial authorisation that I addressed the crowd . Standing up on the secretary ' s desk I asked for si ! eDce which was obtained , and I
profited by it ( I am supported by the statement of tbe . \ iOxiTEDE ) to invite tue people to calm , moderatien , respect for its ewn sovereignty , personified in fact by an assembly proceeding from universal snfirage . The tumult continued in the hall , and the agitation without became every instantgreater , I was again assailed by solieitstiens . Relying on the consent of the preeident of the Assembly , i went to one of the windows of the court which leads to the Place de Bourgogne ; I ascended the sill of the window , where Albert and Barbes also came , and I addressed to the multitude the language most proper aa it appeared to me to appease them . I said to them , in substance , that the lawfulness oi their wishes for a more eqaitable division of the profits of labour a 3 a means towards the gradual extinction of misery coald not be denied , but that the Eacred interests of the workman would Eot ( they might be assured )
be abandoned by the Assembly ; that the eternal honour of the republic would be to have laboured incessantly to realise the right of all to be happy ; that if there were folly in raising the level of this hope too high , it was at least one of those sublime tuilies to which it was quite pardonable to devote one ' s life ; that it was a very touching and noble spectacle to see a people forgetting their own sufferings to attend to those of other nations ; that in that was recognised the essentially generous and universally benevolent genius of France , but that , in just propjrtion as the sentiments of apenple were entitled to respect , to it behoved them to present them in a legal and regular manner , and I concluded by beseeching taem to le&va the National Assembly full liberty in i ; s deliberations . I then retired to take my p ' a e am nggtmj colleagues , when , seized by a numerous group who had collected behind the window , I * a carried across the SoPi dts Pa : Fcnlm , Tcey wished
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« f r me addre ? s tnem , ttifj insisted on it ; they formed a circle ; a chair was brought on which tney obliged me to mount , and 1 was forced to address them . It was then that , speaking of the invincible force of the revolution of February , but of the abselute necessity of imposing it en the admiration ot the whole world by ita moderation and wisdom , the only means of rendering it victorious over all kings I pronounced these words , so cruelly tortured- ' This revolution , in truth , is not one that shakes but thatoverthrowa throneB ; ' and at the con elusion of my speech was the cry that ail the auditors repeated with enthusiasm- ' Vive la Republique I ' niverselle I Almost at the same moment I was surrounded on all sides ; they took me up and would
carry me into the Assembly . It was useless for me to resist or to answer ; the only shout really worthy of the people is Vive la Republique . ' Ten times I fell among the crowd—ten times they raise me again . Some of them embraced me—others cried ' Don't stifle him ! ' If ifc be wrong to excite Bueh sympathies , when one has opposed them by every means , and when one has always served tke cause one believes to be the cause of truth , without condescension , withont flattery , without truckling to peDulanty , I am guilty . Let them find another crime in me . _ It was thua that , in spite of xnyself , I was carried into the Assembly through the compact mas 3 of invaders . They who were presentcan judge by my conduct if I did not do all in my power to
avoid such a melancholy display . Bat what ceuld 1 do by physical force or entreaties ? Worn out by fatigue , bathed in sweat , my voice completely lost , I wa 3 carried to the extreme seats of the amphiihe-Atre . An ouvritr cams to me , and said , ' You cannot speak any more , but if you will write on a piece of paper , that once more you corjare the crowd to retire , pprhaps I can read it in a sufficiently loud voice to be heard . * I immediately took a pen , and wrote— ' Ic toe name of the repuolic . in tne name of the sovereignty of the people , in the interest of all I adjure you to ' when from the tribune were pronounced the fatal words ' The National Assembly is dissolved . ' A great movement then took place
1 a the body of the hall , th 9 impetuosity of which carried me to the Salle dea Conferences . I was called on all sides . A dense and violent crowd surronnded me , crying , To the Hotel de Ville ! ' I answered with profound consternation , that every oue might observe en my countenance , that to go to the Hotel de Ville would be to risk the effusion of blood . I asked where were many of my colleagues . I could learn nothing of Albert ; but some one told me they wished to conduct BarbeB to the Hotel de Ville , and that he had opposed himself to it with much energy . Thi » was confirmed by many of the persons present , who were strangere to me . Every one rushed to the doors ; the torrent carried me along with it .
Citizen Blanc here goes on to disprove that he ever went to the Hotel de Ville . ' At last , having returned to the chamber , I was recognised by some National Guards . They rushed on ma with rage . Prosecute him , said some : ' kill him , ' said others , ' it will ba sooner done- ' Happily some others , and I am glad to state this , defended me with tha same zeal that their comrades attacked me . General Duvivier appeared in uniform , and was one of the firat to protect my life . Amongst those who surrounded me and were most active in protecting me were my colleagues Larochejacquelin , Boulay ( de la Meurthe ) . Wolowski , Adelswaerd , my fellow-country , man Ceuti , the citizen filoussette , the painter Gigoax , a lieutenant of the National Guard named
Ferey . a delegate of the Luxembourg , I have since been told that , faithful to our long friendship , Citizen Frangois Arago came hastily out of the chamber to my assistance . I am happy thuB to express to all these my gratitude . It is certain , at least probable , that without their intervention I should have been killed . They tore my hair , destroyed my clothes ; some wretches tried to bayonet me from behind j there was one who , not otherwise able to vent his rage , seized my right hand and bit it . I entered the assembly really covered with rags . In this condition I might have expected from my colleagues some consideration prompted by mere humanity ; bat 6 uch is the cruel effect of certain misunderstandings inseparable from times of revolution , that I only found in part of the assembly the most hostile feelings . '
RESIGNATIONS . The Moniiecr of Monday announces the resignation of M . Portalis , the Procureur-General and M . Landrin , the Procureur of the Republic , had been accepted by the Executive government . M . Lacrosse had resigned the office of Vice-President of the Assembly . These resignations have been induced by the vote of the Assembly refusing to prosecute Louis Blanc . The Mokiteur announces the resignation of M . Jules Favre , Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs . The Monitedr , announces that M . Cremieux has resigned his office of Minister of Justice .
AGBICnLTUBAL COLONIES . M . Flocon , Minister of Agriculture and Commerce , attended on Thursday the Committee on Agriculture , and made several communications on the general interest ? of agrieultnre . Arneng others waa a bill for the creation of fifty agricultural colonies mobiles . £ or undertaking , on . a grand scale , works of irrigation and draining in different parts of the territory . Tbe government has not determined the localities in whioh these colonies are to be established . Several members of the committee made some criticisms on the means of execution , and the Minister an . swered that the projets formed part of a Beries of measures of amelioration now being prepared . The projf-t on the agricultural colonies ia to be presented forthwith to the assembly , with demands for different credits , amounting to 30 , 000 , 000 francs .
MORE ARRESTS—THE FRIS 0 SER 3 . The Cokstitctjojjsei . announces-the arrest of M . Tard , the provisional mayor of Fassy , together with M . Large , major of the National Guard of that commune , charged with being engaged in the attack on the National Assembly en the 15 th of May . A number of persons taken into ouatody were liberated on Wednesday . The Conjtitoiioskei . states that Lientenant Dtflotte , of the navy , M . Raisau , Governor of the Luxembourg , and M . Bandin de Nantua , who had been arrested on suspicion , were set at liberty on Saturday last . The CoiiifOKBDE Paris states that nobody is permitted to visit Barbes . Albert , or any of the other priseners confined at Vincennes , without a permission signed by three of the Executive Government . The Couugxb adds that if this difficulty had not been raised , more than 250 , 000 of the inhabitants of Paris would have visited the prisoners .
OUTBREAK AT LIU 0 OI 3 . Further disturbances have occured at Limoges , in consequence of the authorities having determined to close a club . The operatives composing it resisted , and it became necessary to march a large military force against them . A collision ensued , and some persons were killed and others wounded . The operatives then assembled and withdrew from the town . They encamped at three leagues from LimogeB , near the castle belonging to M . Muret de Bork . They propose , it is said , to solicit the aid of the neighbouring peasants , and ( 0 march against Limoges .
THE NATIONAL W 0 RK 8 H 0 P 3 . The Monweur contains two decrees , signed by all the membera of the Provisional Government , modifying the system hitherto pursued in the national workshops . The first decree substitutes task work for the present system ef daily labour ; the second commands the mayors of the communes throughout France not to deliver passports for Paris to any person who cannot show that he possessesB the meanB of existence .
IHB CONSTITUTION . The Commission on the Constitution has decided , by a majority ot seventeen against five , that the Republic shall be governed by a President .
STATE OF PARIS , We read in the Gazette des Tribusacs : — ' At about seven o ' clock on Thursday evening , a tumultuous assemblage , ponsiBting for tbe most part of men wearing the uniform of the Republican Guard , among whom were seen some men of the Garde Mobile , paraded the 11 th and 12 th arrondisaements . It stopped some time on the Place du Pantheon , where swords were drawn , and cries of ' Vive Barbea ! Vive Courtais ! ' uttered . The crowd went afterwards towards the Barriere d'ltalie , going along the line of the exterior Boulevards , alarming all the peaceful population .
. _ . Generally speaking , Paris was perfectly tranquil throughout Sunday and Sunday night ; but at those celebrated rendezvous of turbulence , the Portes St Denia and St Martin , crowds were to seen on the nights of Saturday and Sunday , who discussed warmly the merits of the candidates whose addresses were everywhere placarded . From among : the eroup 3 arose occasioBally cries of ' Vive Barbes ! Vive Blanqui ! ' with other ultra-Republican demonstrations . Ultimately they were dispersed by the National Guard .
In the course of Tuesday evening , immense crowds of people assembled in the neighbourhood of the Portes St Martin and St Deais , and at one time they leokedvery threatening . The proposed decree for the suppression of ' altroupemems , ' prcduced immense excitement . About nine e ' clock , eome seditious cries were eet up , and there was every appearance of a riot . The ehop 3 in the Boulevards St Denia and PoiBBonniere , and the neighbouring streets , were immediately closed , and troops and National Guards soon appeared . The crowds , however , so far from dispersing , increased every moment . A column of the Garde Mobile , was ,
therefore , formed , which by beat of drum , and atp < w de charge , cleared the whole of the Boulevards , from the Rue Poi 3 sonniere to the porte St Martin . The crowd was for a moment dispersed ; but it soon returned , and tbe process had to be repeated . At length , however , tha assemblage began to dispersa , and at midnight there was not above two or thran thousand persons in the disturbed quarter . About ten o ' clock , a bidy , consisting of about three thousand , paraded the Boulevards , as far ns the Church of the Madeleine , aiDging the Carmagnole and other revolutionary songs , and crying out , ' Vive Darbes , a l-as / f » - aristocrats , * but they did no damage ; NofwiiJatwUsS tae pwliuaatipn , vf the Mayo ? - of
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Paris 1 againat aUroupements , a ? immense number assembled on Monday night , around the Porte St Dems . The boutevarcf be came imp 2 > 53 aWe , aad carriages were compelled to turn off and fidd a passage by the back streets . The subjects of discussion at these open-air nocturnal clubs were the presentation of a sword to General Courtais , the sending address to Barbes and Blanqui , &c . At about eleveno ' olock a body ef the National Guard marched from the Boulevard du Temple , and , after the usual summation ( a process similar to reading tho riot act ) succeeded in clearing the thorooghfare . _ The Communists and other ultra-republicass were either becoming more bold or more exasperated by the activity with which they were , it may be said , hunted down by the police . Numerous demiciliary visits dail y took place . All the arms found on those occasions were aeized and carried off .
The Commune dk Paris states that' the Republican Government has dared to arm the forts round Paris , a measure which the late government feared to adopt . Ammunition is being every day pnblicly carried into the fert of Romainville !' The great popular banquet is fixed definitively for next Sunday . Instead of five sous a head it is to cost ten sous . It is thought that 200 000 persona will attecd . The dinner is to take place in the Forest of Vincennes . Great alarm is excited by the approaching monster barquet to be held on Monday under the wails of the fortress of Vincennes ; the subscription has been raised to ten sous a head , and the party who has organieed it announces that there are already 100 , 000 subscribers , tho number being expected before Saturday to amount to 150 . 000 . - -
Preparation 82 » re being taken to provide the fortress against , a surprise . Notice has been given to the occupants of houses within range of the gunns of Vincennes , to be ready to evacuate at & mcraent'e notice .
LEGITIMIST INSURRECTION . A telegraphic despatch was received on Tuesday evening announcing a legitimist insurrection at Pergignan in favour of Henry V . _ The government have receiyeo ! information of the presence of the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'AumaJeia Pans sufficiently reliable to awaken thd active attention of tbe police , who are now engaged in naeagnres to discover their retreat . NEW J > URN' * L 9 , No less than ten new journals have appeared within the last week , and the names of some are sufficient to indicate their style and character—Robespierre , the Sans Cuiotte , the Cakaillf , the Ciupule , the Carmaonole ^ the Aimablb Facbjurgixa , Apbsire du Peuple , < fce .
STRETCH OF FOWKR . The Monitbur cf Monday published a proclamation , signed by M . Arniand Marragt . Mayor of Paris , forbidding tumultuous assemblages in the streets .
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THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . GERMANY . ATTEMPT TO PROCLAIM THB REPUBLIC IN SAXONT . A correspondent of the Colooke Gazette from Leipsic of the 28 th ult . p , ives an account of some republican riots which occurred in that town . Pla cards were within the last week posted on the walls , announcing that the Republic would be proclaimed on the 2 ? th of May . Tbe day passed , nevertheless , without any distufbanco , until tea o ' clock at night , when by the breaking up of some clubs of labourers the streets became suddenly crowded . A large mob collected , and proceeded' with fearful shouts to the house of aa architect , whom the masots and carpenters hated . They were prevented from sacking the house by the opportune arrival of tho National
Guard , who summoned them to disperse , and on their call being disobeyed , attacked the rioters and drove them away at the point of the bayonet . Many of the National Guards suffered from the largo stoncB which the mob tkrew at them . Though dispersed at tbat point , the rioters soon rallied , and wildly shouting for a Republic , built barricades with the framework tbat remained from the booths of the late fair . Tberappelhnd meanwhile been beaten , and the whole ot'the National Guard were underarms . The gates of the town . were shut , and the rioters dispersed , afcer repeated charges with the bayonet had been made on them . There was some firing at the barricades ; but not , it is thought , accompanied with any serious consequences . A great many arrests took place , and at two o ' clock at night all was over .
ANOTHER IXSUnRECIIOH IS VIKNNA . A fresh insurrection broke out at , Vienna on the 28 tb u ! t ., owing to a command having bees issued by the Minister , for the dissolution of tho Academic Legion , and the immediate laying down of arms . This gave the first signal for the outbrenk . Barricades were erected , as if by magic , at the ends of all the streets , by the united efforts of tho workmen and tbe students ; every communication was completely stopped . At ten o'clock the collision commenced between the people and military . The populace sti rmed the red gate of the castle , and drove the military from their position . Men , women , and children , combined to fetch materials ; brewera ' caria , paving'atones , anything was laid hold of for tbe
purpose . Stone 3 were collected at all the windows , to throw down on the heads of the soldiers . Wbite flags ) , and in many places black , red , and gold flags , were planted on the barrioadea , Meanwhile fie troops , who bad that morning been strengthened by a newly-arrived regiment , remained motionless . Tbe reveille was beat ; the bells were rung ; and the workmen , both of tbe city and Buburba , who bad broken open some of tho gates , were bU 9 y at the barricades . Tbe National Guard was drawn up in tbe court and in the old town ditch . The captain of the company in the Court of the Holy Crosa received orders to place fifty of hia men under the command of the officers of the line , to guard the sates , and allow no students , workmen , or armed National
Guard to pass through . Apprehensions were entertained that the four regiments which were stationed atjWhdischgnas would be called in . Should this be necessary , a fearful encounter will doubtless take place . Tranquillity was only restored by tbe Council of Ministers pledging themselves to make good the concessions of the 15 th and lGih of May , to allow the university legion to remain as at present ; and to withdraw tho soldiers to their barracks . In return , they requested tbat the bar . ricadea should be pulled down . Toe people refused , ' They knew that Bix regiments were on the march to Vienna ; they had been deotived before ; they must
have these promises in black and white . ' At the University Buildings , a placard , containing the demands of its garrison , was exhibited : ' The military to leave the city in twenty-four hours ; the concessions of the 15 th and 16 th of May to be made good ; the Emperor to return within eight days ; and the barricades not to be removed or arms laid down till tbat had taken place . The Diet must assemble in Vienna , and the troops take an oath to the constitution , the noblesse give hostages . ' The most urgent requests have been Bent to the Emperor to return to Vienna with the least possible delay . Count Hoyos reraairs as a hostage with the committee of local
administration . Letters from Vienna , of the 29 th , state that the barricades are being gradually removed . AH , however , is complete confusion in an administrative point of view . Ministers have declared that they have ceased to ba responsible , and a sort of provisional government has bacn formed of citizens and students .
8 E 1 ZDHE OF ARMS BT THE PEOPLE OF BERLIN . The excitement which has lately prevailed in Berlin appears to be oh the inorease . The accidental discovery that large quantities of sew guns were sent away in boats and carts from the Berlin arsenal without any satisfactory account being given of their place of destination , caused immense crowds to as aemble on the 31 st ult ., in the vicinity of that edifice . A deputation was appointed by the people to inspect the stores in it ; and it was tben ascertained that there were five new cannons there , with the necessary ammunition beside them . The people then demanded that the military should vaoate the arsenal , and that they should ba replaced by ( he Civic Guard , who subsequently took possession of all the entrances . Meantime the assembled crowds had seized on twenty-one cases of new guns and several barrels of shot , which wtre being shipped from the artenai . and insisted that the cannon , which were
placed in the front of the artillery barracks , should be conveyed to the former building , which was accordingly done amidst the triumphant shouts of the accompanying thousands . In the sitting of the National Constituent Assembly , in Berlin , a question waaaddreased to the Minister reapeotingtheseevents . Hi » reply was to the effect that it was true that 10 , 000 guns had been sent away from the Berlin arsenal ; that part of them was intended for tho Civio Guard in Luckenwald and other places , and the remainder were old guns sent to Berlin to be repaired . It may be remarked , however , here , that there is no manufactory of iire-arinsin the Prussian capital , and that , heretofore , old guns have always baen repaired io the respective head-quarterB c . f the various garrisons . The impression amongst the public was , and is , tbab it bad been ^ s ol ved to ' disarm' Berlin , and that plan may be set down to the credit of the retro grade party . _ _ _ _ _ _ in
All the political clubs have resolved to go procession , on Whit Sunday , to Freidriohs-Hain , where , it will bs remembered , those persons were buried who fell during the Berlin revolution in March last . It is clear , from public and private accounts , that Berlin is in an alarming state . On tha 2 nd inst , tens of thousands of individuals , principally belongins to the working classes , thronged the public thoroughfares , and loudly demanded the general arming of the people as well as the occupation of the arsenal by the Civic Guard . It is asserted he * 9 ? . in well inioimed circle ? , tuaUne government , to appease the operatives , has prfiauaed to give a gun to . every one amongst them who can produce a certificate from the authorities ot his district resecting his right to be domwilcd in Berlin . P 0 rUUR DEttQKSTIUTIOX . I Bejmk , < J"ne 4 -The whole pojulation of the ' cite iiaa . bssu i-aSai &s half tbe day , either to joia
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the great procession to the graves of tho ? e wiio fell in the daya of Maroh , or to witness it as spectators . It has been m reality a political movement ; it was intended to demonstrate" to tho re-actionists that those who effected the revolvtion . and accepted if , with alhts consequences , have still atrength enough so defend what has been gained . The Civic Guard could not attend it in their military capacity , but some thousands of the citizens joiBed it as individuals , wearing tbe number of their battalion in their hats . The students of the University , with whom the movement originated , attended in a strong body , probably two-thirds of the whole number in Berlin .
About two o'clock processions began to form , and proceeded by different routes to the point of assembling—the Gendaraen-pla ' z ; from tbence the procewouBetout for the Frederich ' s-hain , through the Ko iga-8 tra 88 e , and across the Alexander-platz . Tbe whole line of the procession was through a double rank of spectators , though beyond a few banners of the German tricolour and flags of the difftrent trades , there was but little parade of decoration . The procession could not havo been less than three rnilea in length . At the burial-place of the slain tho people were addressed by several speakers . Up to the depnrtnte of the mail nothing baa occurred to excite any apprehensions .
PEASANT WAR . In 1 Mecklenbmg a regular war of peasantry is being carried on ; numerous gentlemen ' s seats have been destroyed . SWITZERLAND . M . Ochsenbejra has publicly expressed his regret In the Swiss Diet at the detestable enormities laid to the charge of his fellow-countrymen in Naples .
ITALY . THE LATE MASSACRE AT MAPLE ' . A letter from Naples , inserted in tae Piedmontebe Gazette , BtateB that three palaces have been consumed by the fire . The archives in the Chancery of the Sardinian Consulate have been destroyed and dispersed , it is said by the express command of the government :. The Sardinian consul has placed himself under the protection of Franco , The loss of life is incredible , 1 , 777 corpses were interred on the 16 : b , including 4 £ 0 soldiers . Tne Genoa Gazette publishes the following from Naples , under date ot 22 nd ulc . ;—
' A Bteam-frigate has left to-day for Reggio , where a collision has taken place between the troops and tha people . The heights , tho forts of Scylla . and Montelone are in the hands of the Liberals , who are headed by the Marquia de Jnghardi , a man of great influence . Calazaro has proclaimed a provisional government , and all the provinces are in a state of the greatest agitation . It is said , tbat A ^ ala is about to put himself at the head of the Oalabriana . Naples is still in mourning . Tne Swiss who are met alone in the streets are murdered without pity by the inhabitants . '
THE WAR IN LOMBARD ! . Letters from Venice state that a popular reaction had taken place at Udine against the Austrian garrison , and that grape had been fired on the people from the castle . The provisional government of Milan , ia its bulletin of the 29 th May , announces that on the 27 t-h an engagement had taken place on th < s frontiers of Brescia , towards the Tyrol . The Austriansmade an attempt against the Iine 3 of defenee towards llano Moerno and Mondoal , but were repulsed . The Ventidue , Mai , zo of Milan of tho 28 th gives the following account from ViceDZi : — ' In the evening of the 23 rd information was received that the Austrians , who on the 22 nd had retired from Vincenzi and entered Verona , were again on their way
towards Montebello , and that their advanced piquets were marching upon Vicsoza , while the main body , amounting to aboat 15 , 000 . men , and forty-two pieces of artillery , « vas at no great distance . General Durandoand Colonel Belluzzi immediately disposed the regular and civic forces to receive the enemy with vigour . After three hoars' expectation in the midst of a violent storm , the Austrians began tin ir attack at midnight upon three different points , under the orders of Marshal Thurn , Generals Chuloz , bulzich , Princes Schwarzenberg and Vun > leiter , and Count Safgolsch . The night , was extremely dark . The number of shells , rocket ? , and balls showered upon the town was immense ; a few housps were set on fire , but no great damage effected .
The Italian ferces behaved with undaunted valour . Not one barricade was taken ; a battalion of Swis 3 and apart of the legion Galateo , charged the Croatians at the point of tho bayonet , and broke them . The conflict lasted nearly the whole of tbe 24 th . In the evening the Auatrians retired to Olmo , and thence to Montebello . The loss of the Austrians appears tc have been very great . Many prisoners were taken . The Neapolitan troops passed the Po on the 25 th , at three different points , Francelino , Valige , and Polesaella . They are 12 , 000 strong , and will continue their march towards Vioenza ; i 000 more ara expected at Bologna . } The Austrian . ) attacked the defile of Tonale , in the Valcomonica , on the 25 ; h , but were repulsed .
SURRENDER OF PE 5 CHIERA . — GREAT VICTORY OF THE ITALIANS OVER THE AUSTRIANS . Advices from Turin to the 1 st have brought tho important intelligence tbat Peschiera had Burrendered , and was in tho hands of the troops of Charles Albert ; and that an engagement had taken place at the same moment at Goito between 30 , 000 Austrians who last marched from Verona , and 15 , 00 Piedmontese , tlje result of which was that tbe former wero completely routed , aDd being pursued by the cavalry , when flying in confusion , a great portion were cut to pieces . The King and the Duke of Savey were personally engaged in this combat . The former received a alight contusion of the ear from a cannon ball tbat passed near him , and the latter was slightly wounded by a musket ball ; not sufficient , however , to induce him to dismount or to retire from tbe field .
FURTHER PAR . TICULAU 9 . The following account is from General Salasco : — Peschiera ia in the hand 3 of our troops . The efforts of the enemy to prevent cr retard its fall have been vain . The day before yesterday , Marshal Radetsky marched during the night from 20 , 000 to 25 , 000 men from Verona to Mantua , with numerous artillery and cavalry . The garrison , thus reinforced , cade a sally againtt the Tuscan tvoop 3 , whs were besieging that fortres 9 on tho right of the Mincia . Thesie troops , who bad several times on other occasions repulsed with valour the sallies attempted by the enemy , resisted during nearly" three hours the overpowering forcea which had so unexpectedly attacked them , but were at last forced to abandon their
positions . Lieutenant-General Bava immediately hastened with part of the troops of tbe first division from Costoasa to Vola , and his sudden ^ appearance before the enemy brought them to a stop ; at the same time matters had taken a more cheering aspeot for our troops at the extreme left of our positions at Larise and Colletarino ; the enemy who had hoped to derange more directly the siege of Peschiera oo that side , was vigorously repulsed , with great loss , by the 4 th division , commanded by Lieuttenant-General Federioi . This morning the King sent , under the orders of Lieutenant-General Bava , the greater part of the troops of his own division , and those of the reserve . This army , marching from Valeggio and Volta , advanced towards Mantua ,
without succeeding in meeting with the enemy , who seemed determined not to leave the fortress . Ilia Majesty had already ordered the troops to take up their positions on the eminences of Goito , and was preparing to retnrn to Mb head quarters of Valeggio , when suddenly tho report of cannon was heard , and the battle began ; tho King turned his front towards the enemv with satisfaction , and hastened to the fight before Goita . Here the engagement was fierce , but the excellent orders of Baron Bava , commandant-eeneral , seconded by the well known valour of the Duke of Savoy , commanding the reserve ; by Gen . d'Arvillars , commanding the first division ; by
Gen . Olivieri , commanding the cavalry , and by the ai > tillery , who behaved above all praise , obtained a complete success , and the enemy was routed . _ The cavalry sent against the fugitives at tbe decisive mo . ment completed their defeat . At that moment the King received the news ot the surrenderof Peechiera , which he immediately communicated himselt to hia brave army , who received it with loud cries of * Vive il Re ! ' 'Viva l'ltalia ! ' A cannon ball passed so close to his Majesty , that he received a slight contusion on the ear ; the Duke of Savoy ako got a a wound from a ruusket ball , which wa 3 not serious , and not heeded by him .
Peachiera has capitnlated on these eondiiioM : — the garrison \ a to quit with the honours of war , and the liberty of embarking at Venice for Trieste ; but under an oath not again to serve during the war of independence . THE WAR IN SCIILESWIG HOLSTEIN .
BATTLB . —DEFEAT OF THE fcEBMAHS . The German 3 and Danes have had a severe confllct , by which great numbers were killed and wounde d on both sides . The battle liwtsd several hours , the Gernwu troops retreating by Gravenstoin , and to the north towards ( Juars , and 4 he Daaes advanced to near Gravenstein . Private reports speak of the loss of tb 8 Germans aa nearly 1 , 000 in killed , woundedi anS prisoners , and ak pieees of cannon . Another sanguinary contest took place at Nubel on Monday the 29 th , on the eveniag of whicli day General Wrangel arrived in Flonsburg . Christianfold , Hadersleben , and Ahenrade are , it is thought , in possession of the Danes . It appears by the Reksbubc / Tablatt that the Sght at Nubel ( near Sonderburg ) terminated in favour of tho Germans , the Danes retreating .
POLAND . Posen , May 25 th—Mieroslawski is laid up with a brain fever , and ia in a state of incessant . delirium . Thosp Poles who were taken prisoners and were permitted to return to their country have had their hair cut close from the forehead to the crown 01 the head , in order that they may be recognised . — Cologne Gazette , May 21 st . It appears by the Vqsaiacus Zeituno that the town , of Posen ia placed in a semi state of siege .
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE , DISASTROUS STORM . Tfiere had been dreadful weather eastward of tbe Cape , and all along the southeast coast , between April 4 f , h and 6 th , resulting in several awful shipwrecks . The barque Joanna , and the hri * Martha , aad it seems almost certain the barque Julian , wera wrecked in Algoa Bay . Tloe Waterloo , a coaster , was wrecked in Cawoods Bay , and tbe schooner Barry , in Strm ' ss Bay . The " schooner Nancy was loBtin Mossel Bay ; on April 65 h ,, the ship Sutlej , from Calcutta to London , put into Table Bay totally dismasted , part of tbe cargo having been throtm overboard during the storm . The Prince of Wales , from Calcutta to London , and True Briton , also put into Table Bay much damaged , as also the Countess of Durham . Fears were entertained that forribte disasters had taken place at sea . News had reached the Cape of a terrific hurricane at the Mauritius oa March 8 , Several vessels were driven on shore , bufe got off again . The vesseU Mail and Duke had been , blown out to sea and not since heard of . II . M . S . Euridyce was sent in search of them-.
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MONDAY , Jose 5 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —AtieiEiA ahd IrAtr . — The Marquis of Lamsdowkb , in reply to the Marquis of Lon . donderry , as to whethirany communications had been received from the British ministers at Naples , Borne and Florence , relative to the troops of thoae states having entered the Austrian territory , atated . it was truo that such communications had been made , but her majesty ' s minister * did not consider tbero were any existing treaties or obligations which required them to interfere , and therefora it was not their intention to do so
State or the Metbopohs . —Lord BROtraiiAK wished to refer again to the state of the capital of this country , but he would abstain from entering into any argument farther than this , thst the crying evil of tumult still continued , that the tranquillity and reBt of tho peaceable inhabitants of this metropolis woro nightly broken , and cue worst habits were being formed . Large bodies of men were acting together for lawless purposes—they were acting in a combined manner , between which and actual warfare there was but a shade of difference . Tho police , the special constables , the people , and the military ivere greatly exasperated , and 1 / the parties praceeded one step farther , they would not only feel tha dangerous but deadly consequences of their conduct . The object of these parties wag , however , to weary tbe authorities , and if possible not commit a breach of the law . He hoped , however , that some attentioa would be early paid to tho subject , or it might soon be too late .
The Marquis of Lansdowne said that measures had been taken which in the opinion of the government would be successful in putting an ead to these disturb , ances audif they w « e not , the aubjeot would bs brought under the notioe of parliament , ( Hear . ) PaorECTioK op Peuales Bill . —The Bishop of Osfokd , in moving the second raadlng of this bill , 9 ald tha especial orjsct ef ths bill was to protect females who were often entrapped to thoir uttsr ruin . Ha understood that there were 80 , 000 of theso unfortunate women in London , and at Uast one-fourth part of them were bs . duecd by perjons who made a livelihood fcy entrapping females who arrived from the country , under the pretence of getting them situations . The most nefarious means
he believed were ressrted to , to deprive these unfortunate creatures of their consciousness whilst they were being ruined . Somo defects had been pointed out In the bill he should however propose amendments to meet thfsa objections in a select committee . ( Haar . hear . ) ItwaB one essential part of tha duty of the legislature to stop great moral delinquency where they could do so ; and If a bill could be framed only to make this abominable trade more difficult , and to protect innocent females from the greatest of all evils—a state of physical suffering , of utter hopeless despair , which frequently led the wretched victimo to commit suicide—ifc would be a great boon to society . ( Hear . ) The right rev . prelate concluded by moving tho second reading of the bill .
Lord Bbouqham thought this bill was not liable to any of the objections which applied to a former measure on this subject . No doubt a gross evil eiisted and a remedy was needed . There we ? e many difficulties in the way of legislation on this matter ; and ho thought , there / ore , that it was most desirable to refer the bill to a seleet committee where taoso difficulties might be got over . The bill was then read a Becond time . The Groat Yarmouth Freeman DisfraneMsement Bill was read a secend time , and the Evicted Destitute Peoff ( Ireland ) Bill was committed pro forma . The house then adjourned ,
HOUSE OF COMMON ? , —Jewish Disabilities—Lord J . Hub'ell , in reply to Sir B . Inglis . stated , with reference to bis notice of motion on the Bubject of oaths now taken b y members of either house of parliament , that finding it would first ba nccasiiary to go into com « raittee of the whole house , for tho purpose of consider , lug thoso oaths , it was his inlention to propose that motion , on Tuesday , tht 27 th iQBtant , Understanding that there wcro some members of the other bouse who had acruplea with regard to taking the oatks , particularly the oath of supremacy , his desire was to make the oaths more Blmplc , so as to enable all the subjects of her M 1-iasty to take them .
Sir Robert H . IH 0 M 8 06 lsed whether Mahommedans or Pagans were to ba included , to which Lord J . Russell replied tbat ho did not think tbat tha intended bill would en sole any other than those who were born or naturalised subjects of her Majesty to tako the oaths , and he was not aware tbat there were any MahointnedanB or Pagjns wha were 00 . The Chartist Meetings —Mr © , Thompson had a question put to the right honourable baronet at tbe head . ef tho Homo Dapartment on the subject of tho occur * rence » which had taken place yesterday ( Snoday ) ia various parts of the Tower Uamleta . He ( iMr Thomp .. son ) had had communications from a number of persons who had been on the spot , wbere cecflios had taken placa , and whore persons had gathered together in considerable ) numbers , for the purpose , as bo wbb informed , ef discussing political ma'ters ; and he begged to ask the right honourable baronet whether tae had received any official information on tho subject , and upon what
authority the police , by violenca wholly unprovoked . — ( oh , oh)—unprovoked , as ho was informed , had undertaken to disperss the persons S 3 assembled % He had bean told by those who hid taken a leading part in tbe proceedings yesterday that two meetings had been held in Bishop Bonner ' fl fields—one at two , and the other at five o ' clock—and that both had be ? n commenced , had continued , and had ended without any interruption to the publio poace , and that , after the busioess had beeu gone through , the people bad been eDJoiued to disperse quietly , and after large numbers had left the fields oa their way to thoir respective homes , tho police made an unprovoked attack on thoso who remained , and who eaffered considerable injuries . ( 01 ) , eh \ He waa sot there to assert or deny tbe truth of tha statements which had reached his oara , bat he was anxious , after such sorious conflicts , that tbo houso should haTe tho benefit of any information which tho right honourable baronet might have in his posseBiion .
Sir 0 . Gbet—If the hoo . gentleman bad given me notice before I ciune down to the house of his intention to ask the question he has put to mo , I would hare brought down some documentary evidence from which the house would be led to believe that these meetings were of a very different character to that statod by tbe hon . gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) I have no hesitation in assuming to myself the whole r « spoQ 8 ibili ! y of the police , acing as they did under the direct instructions I gave to the police commissioners net tc-allow meetings io bo held at unseasonable hours . ( Cheers . ) After tbe experience of the Jast week or t'n dajs-, loud , general ,
and just complaints have been mado firom the inhabi . tants of the districts hs which thoso meetings assembled , and which meetings had led to acts of violence ) to persons and property , against which tho inhabitants had a right to look to the government for prot clion ( Cheers . ) They have been assumed that that protection shall be afforded , ao far as the law will allow us to afford that protection ; and I believe the law will be foond com . pletely effectual fos- that purpose . ( Hear , bxar . ) Tha meeting which tbe bon , gentleman has referred to ia Bishop Banner ' s fields was not interrupted by the police booauao it wa 6 not held at an unseasoaable hour ; but
immediately on the breaking up- of that meeting an attack was made on a church in . the neighbourhood . I believe it was svspposed . some policemen were concealed in tho church , and they were in- tbe neighbourhood , A . number of windows were broken , and on tho polica Interferlngfor tho purpose of dispersing the mo u thua riotouaiy assembled they were assaulted , and a conflict took place . I am happy to say they ( succeeded hi dis . parsing the mob , but not untllabcut thirty of them had beer , seriously injarod , one man beiDg stabbed through the hand ( too blow haiiDg ; becn aimed at his breast , )
and soveral others having suffered very Bivere iDJurieB . Sir , in consequence of sno experience we have bad ef former meetings , whero tho parties assembling at them had net any plausible pretext for sajiDg that they were held for a legitimate purpose , svo- hare thought it our duty to direct tho polico not to allow those meotings to bo htM , if composed of tho claM of persons who havo rtceatly met for that purpose , which meetings have given riBo to serious , complain . *) on tho part of tho inhabitants , and to breaches of the peseo ; and iffl'Ctual roenBiirOB will ba taken for tho ' . r prevention In future .
fiGbeers . ) Mr Gobinc raoved for a bow writ for the Wwmgh of Horsham , whlc ' a motion , uftir a debate , was negatived by a moiority of 111 , the Dumb ers bein in to 2 . 31 . In answer too question b , Mr Mesrz , Lord Paimeeston said , it was not truo fchet England had interfered in tho affairs of Italy aad Austria , in favour of tho latter country . Tns Spanish ^ oestios . —Mr Bi . NS . Ea brought forward a resolution with resntd totho late mfeuuderaland-Ing with Spain , and the dismissal if the Biitlsh Minister from Madrid . It was in the following terms ;— -That this house learns with deep regret from a correspondence between tho British government and the government oS Spain , now upon tho table of this house , that ^^ WROsed interference with the Internalconcerna < g ^ t&e ^ ljjflSS ^ government , aa conducted undor /» tha . itti ^ W ^ i Btfd l with the entire approval of her MajeBlji ! ao » ffifB £ e 587 fii ^ , / ^ plaood the British government and Sur 5 r ^ rj 8 iSrtii \ W § . 8 ti \ the Court of Madrid , in a positloi ^ hu . ^ ft tlni J iB ; J : larj H character , and which U calculatfldjp 4 ffMp $ 9 , I $ w # -j Y » relations heretofore existing betwee ^ to *» aycr ^ & ^» ti . W f \ Groat Britain aad Spain , Theao&urMwa ^^^ wJ jp 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1474/page/7/
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