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      - ^ Je republic . - ninn eed in our t ^ wn edition last week that ^ e 8 ? r , vsi ^ nac had been appointed Minister of Gi 2 eTS hk . re one of the membera of the Assem--fprefect of Police , in place of the Citizan Causfj jifre . ; regiments of the line continued to ^ - n Paris up to Sunday last . 6 l ^ Visa announced that the government had " „]~ d the following measures : — ^«? T M--so ' nU ° ° f the Republican Guard , and its Tii'Stion under the name of Parisian Repub-^ T- ^ rn 'tinVdown of all armed meetings , under frs-iltv of imprisonment of from three months to ' ^' "trnDl ^ on from the French territory of Louis ptfSpp Vand his family , as well as that ot Cb i srj , ni respecting the attributes of the Executive f ^ fbil ! authorising the State to resume the rail-^ i ^ jll eranticg 9 , 6-30 . 000 f . for the continuation of ' sTrsTzux N ^ tionaux .

      iX Thursday , the President read a letter from the ' bbs Lswrdaire , tendering his resifnation , on the ?« that the duties of a Member of the Chamber *' * jjjcnmpatib ^ e with hia religious duties . His ^ j . -nstion was accepted . The general business of the day was not of much fctcreJt' : THE 15 th OF MAT . t ^ re ral document * were found in the Rue Rivoli , ihe Wean of the Commune de Paris and the re ? l jjjce of Sobrier . These documents contaim d the Tollowics decrees already prepared tobe proch-imed , { jt ' s committee of public safety , which was to have h & a formed after the insurrection of Monday week . pSO . ' iCTS or BECEEES OF THE CCUHITTEE OF PCBIIC SAFETY .

      Pecbee 1 . —In tha name of the people rc ^ neratcur , cf Fans , founders rf the Republic in February and Way , Ifss , the Committee of Public Safety decrees , tbat the ¦ ¦ Cations ! Assembly , composed priseipaU y of reactia . iiii rfibas violated its mission . That it has lostpreclj 35 time when misery demanded the promptest mea . szxci . That it has refused to create a minister of latour . That it has trusted t < s its heap of arms deposed is the hail of the Assembly , when it should have relied ca moral force aleiie to accomplish it * mission with zeal eA devotion . Tbat it hat adopted tbe right and ? . jTTcr of oppression in calling troops to Paris , and in riviag the President the right to call them out , as well

      s 5 the Katioos ! Guards . That it has Infringed the 11-tsrty end the sovereignty of the people proclaimed on the barricades of February . 'in interdictisg the peep ' e £ t Isw the right ot presenting a petition in person . "That it has fired on the peopU who went peacei ' r-ly to present a petition in favour of Poland . In consequence , the peop ' e of Paris declare the Kational Assembly dep riTid of all power , and canstitutes a committee of j-i ' -. ' ,-c safetv , cosposfi of nine memh-rs who are the If ri-ni , ' * * * * * TTiich committee are invested with Bnlirnited powers to cotistitne and organise x trne democratic Republic , and its 3 resctien by the raost energetic measures , if it dare srs ' . c to show itself .

      Tie second decree is missicr . Bicsee III . —In the same of the pe-ple of Paris , fosier of the Republic , decrees . AU administrate . - and J 3 :: cial powers , chargef , aai 3 pnblic functions , privileges , tz-i monopolies ara all abolished , without distinction , izi bv whatever authority erected . New powers will te immediately constituted . The police of towns and ccamanes belongs to the force outriere , thus coastitatrd : the major * aiona shall retain so much of thiir p ^ wtrs as shall be necessary to carry into effect the present decree . —Art . " 1 . All ( patriot's annus , ) wellrecojnisad patriots , shall be requested to attend on the fsne day at an hour Sred , in tfee evening , to choose £ = lo = e th mselves a municipal committee , composed of

      : ; rin patriots , of whom five at Itast shall tic circricrj wis can read and write . Art . 2 . The municipal coma" : t ; ee shall enter on its functions immediately af . er its formation . Art . S . The functions of the municipal committee shall be , first , those of tbe present municipal crescils ; second , those ef the conptrolltrs of pablic sre-psrty ; third , those of judges in questions of poiice ssd the order and execution cf oar decress . Art . 4 . Tee irell-rtcaznised patriots shall form an armed ( ore * for tfie execution of our decrees . Tfcey shall densne tbat all ihe ! r arms shall be delivered to thera by ill the cit- ' z ns without distinction . This force shall be tilled tbe' / or « outri « re' Art . 5 The Kational Gaaie " , ard abore S . U the hourceoise party , shall no loneer be slljntd to wear uniform or carry arms , and in case of breach of thi = s ertie ' e shall be outlawed .

      Dicsee IV . —In the name cf the people of Paris , iBHnfier of tfce Republic . Inasmuch as it : s n ? ces = ary fcm-diatelj to render assistance to necessitous cit zans , mo . m those wbo can co so are the rich , wbo , for tbe last three months , have hidden their money ; and as tbe' fraternity' adopted by the R-public should not be aa empty sound , but should exhibit itself by deeds , decree' Art . 1 . The capitalists known as such by themuiMpsl committees " shall pay , within five days , the euuj & { 203 francs per 1 , 000 francs of income they are known . ^ possess awve a sum of 1 , 500 francs a head , where such income does not exceed 3 , 500 fraccs ; 250 frar . es per 1 . 035 , where the income is betwfen 3 , 509 and 5 , 600 : " ir . es ; end so in like proportion . —Art 2 . Every pro . prietor paying more than 1 J 0 francs of taxes fhall pay twenty-five francs per fifty francs of taxes up to 250

      francs ; and in like proportion . —Art 3 . Every proprietor and capitalist who shall make default in these pay-QEnts shall have their whole property confiscated—for £ e benefit of the necessitous . The 'force ouvritreMs ia sach iase authorised to make ail secesssry inquiries ; aad if tbey discover any breach ofthese article . * , tfceper-: Dts lailtyef a orsaca thereef shall be outlawed . —Art 4 . The facdi rtceived shaU bs paid to a treasurer ap . p-aintsa by the Municipal Ccramittoe . —Art . 5 . There shall be made an immediate dis tribution ef these fnnds agones : the necessitoas , ' n the proportion of three francs to a family of threa perscas , and eight francs t j a family of mare than sis persons . This distribution to bs made each four days . —Art . 6 . The ' force ouvrisre' is charged with the msintenanca of crd ; r . —Art . 7 . 3 v ; ry citizen fouad drunk shall to imprisoned three eUvs on bread and water .

      Pecsee VI . —Orders that the Municipal Committee sliH immediately convoke the commenes to can « e them tD acknowledge the Republic , with tha committee u public safety as the goveramfnt , They will make thsir report to a oommissiontr who will mike the cir . ca . t of France . The committee will take necessary s ! ejs in case of refusal . Pecsee Til . —The organisation of labour on apraotieal basis shall be published in three weeks . It shall be Kholly for tbe benefit of the workmen , protecticg , as fcr as may be , the jost rights cf the masters . By a mandate from the parquet , the commissary of the police , M . Bpntaglio , has teiz ^ d all the papers cf the club of the Rights of Man . Twenty-fire persons have been arrested in the apartments of the Falsis National , which was occupied fay the club presi-jed over by Barbes .

      T 5 S PHK 05 EFS . The proenrenr of tbe Repubiieand threejngesd'instruc'iorj , commenced on Thursday the interrogatory of MM . Barbes , Albert , Uuber , Qaentin , and their principal accomplices , detained at the fort of Vincecnes-Tfce Ccjikuxs db Pabis , ihe jonrnal of Sobrier , ^ blcb was discontinued , re-appeared on Friday , and k ! 1 to an isreense extent .

      IHS CITIZ £ K ELiXQn . The following , from Blaiqui . haa appeared in one o : the journals : — HoKSiECi Vt Redacteub , —T am neither at Brnssels car at London , hat in Pari * , ^ here I rea 4 yonr journal . I can -sry well understand that , aftfr baTinj aided tbe SOTimmsst to rain me , you should , attempt to fi . eg me between tbe legs of that same goveranunt , to cause it to etcnbla in its turn . Indalge in your warlike tactics as sne-h as yea please . I say nothing against it ; bnt g ve £ = no retrospective calumnies , or , ii you do , you mnai tltaK me to strike in and contradict them . I was not arrested one single instant . Mjnsitor , yon know tbat "sry well ; and yonr doubts on the subject may ba escc- ^ in-rly diplomatic , tut they are not very severe . I

      ^* is n & itber arrested , nor , consequently , let go ; if thetfcafl btld me , lhsy wonldhava held ma w-. ll : ccrta ' mly , it is Jang tnosgh since they have leen anxious to hold me ; I have for guarantee of that desire , the cordial aatred of all tbe members ot the government—a hatred of which SI . Caussidiere , that tap-room Suffctius , rave oa Tuesday a very tolerable specimen in tbe tribune . That hatred d 9 es me honour , lor ll comts from perions who have all des : royea the revolution ; and in that re spect it is flittfring for me to faralsh them with tfce only subject of unanimity that they have been able to icd . One observation more—yen , like other j = urnala , tare copied from the Dsoir a psmpoas list of important articles , seis .-d st my residence , quite in thestjleof April , 1834 , and May , 1 S 29 ; numerous letters ; scarfs wita gold fringe ; lists of conspirators ; proclamatioES —aottinjc is wanting in the inventory cf tbis precious booty . Letters ! I have allowed myself to receive ajme—a great crime truly ! Scarf with gold fringe ! In

      act , we had red arm-bands with copper fring ? , for the coeunusaries of the club ! what en enormity ! Lists of ^ aspirators ! capital ! Why , these lists of conspirators * "e the regular registers cf the Central Republican Se-^ Ety , containing the names of citizens of all opinions , froa white to red , and pissing through all the interne-^ -te shades . Proclamations ! Sill better : these prociana tfons are copies of tbe manifesto published by ^ e cub . relative to the mass ' -cr s at Rouen—a mani---sto placarded on May the Sad in Paris , pulled effto ^ 2 number of 40 , 800 , and CDpiedinto several journals . I ^ a delighted to see the law authorities and tbe monarc = cii jourcals assume so decidedly thefashion of acting * S tie last rtijrn . Oa with you , gentlemen ! CjntinueJ -ae regency cannot be far off . According to the correspondent of the Daily Nhws »? -Me is a sort of National Assembly of tbe insurreel ^ 'ii is : party , which holds its sessions ia the Rue des ^ Jramisies , under thewalls of the Tuiileries . 2 SS EA 1 LWAS PROJECT , ^ , » . r * jest « fls the ^ isDWiesioa of the railway

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      eompaEies , and the forced purchase of tho lines by the government , has been presented to the Chamber . The followingare the conditions : — ' Itproposes three medesof d eterminine thevalue of tbeshares : l-Totakethepricesatthelastsettlement of ] 5 ih Ft-bmary . 2 . Their prices en the 4 th April . 3 . Tne fverage of their prices for the six months preceding the revolution of February , and proposes that the last should be adopted by the Assembly . The indemnity to be given in stock , at the price of the Bourse for the corresponding period to that selected forestinating the value of the shares .

      THE WGBKI . VG CLASSES . ^ Aoeordin ? to a recent census , there are in Paris 175 , 000 workmen and workwomen without work ; 110 , 500 who work four days in a week 52 , 000 who are constantly unemployed , making a total of 337 . 500 without reckoning the Banlieue , whare the misery is indescribable , The Monitkub announces that M . Flocon , Minister of Agriculture and Commerce , is making arrangements for the cultivation of the waste lands and the general amelioration of agriculture , and that the

      rights of all agricultural labourers and the workmen in manufactories , Ac , will be ' democratically appreciated and satisfied . ' It is also stated that important modifications will be made in the law as to workmen ' s livrets , the coalitions of workmen , and the labour in manufactories . M . Fioconfhis addressed * circular to the Prefects of the departments , desiring them to do everything in their power to promote the free circulation of ankles of food , and to report ts him on the means of agricultural improvement .

      The Provekcs of Aix states that the national workshops of that town have been closed . An attempt was made by the discharged men to blow up the powder magazine , but it fortunately failed , by the activity and energy of the . Nitional Guard . At Aries , also , where fourteen hundred men had been discharged , with a recommendation to seek work in the country parts , disturbances have taken place , the crowd having broken the windows of the Mairie , and endeavoured to set the bnilding on fire . Seyen or eight men * ere arrested , and , on the arrival of the Procureur of the Republic , ten more .

      DKTURBASCE 8 AT LT 0 SS . The city of Lyons was much disturbed on the 17 th , particularly the neighbourhood of the Croix-Reusse , in consequence of the disorders of the day before , and of the uncertainty which prevailed as to the state of Paris . In the course of the night , about 500 or COO men of the national workshops traversed the town in arms , aud proceeded to the residence of M . Martin-Bernard , tbe Government Comm'ssary , to demand the enlargement of the prisoners . Some arrests took place . At half-past twelve , when the last accounts left , the workmen were making a demonstration against the Palais de Justice , to get their comrades liberated .

      Later accounts received from Lyons , state that the distnrbances which commenced on the morning o ? the 19 th inst ., in that city , continued throughout the day , and assumed in the evening a truly serious character . Barricades were erected and the red flag once more hossted . The prisoners arrested on the previous day had be en liberated on the demand ef the revrlters . The local authorities were no longer recognised , and the insurgents were masters of the city . Fresh disorders appeared imminent .

      THE KATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Satubdat , May 20 th . —The bnsinessof theNatienal Asfembly was unimportant . The representatives have agreed to wear a tri-colonred rcsette on ordinary occasions , and a scarf on grand days . The other proceedings were of a routine character , with the exception of an announcement by the government that it intended to submit a measure for the abolition nf the ' Ateliers Nationaux , ' and that the workmen would have the choice of four proposals . - Mosdat , May 22 . —The President took the chair at one o ' clock . The troops of the line ' continue to defend the court and the various entrances of the Chamber . The tribunes were very fully occupied . The only business of importance transacted was the voting one million of franca to defray certain expenses irfcurred for the national workshops .

      Tdesdat , Mat 25 . —M . Baslide , Minister of Fo reien Affairs , announced that the congress of the United S'ates hsd addressed congratulations to the French Republic , on the formation of the new government . In return for this demonstration , the first which had yet been made in diplomatic annals , tbe minister proposed to name a commission to prepare an address in reply . This was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , The order of the day on Italy and Poland was then taken .

      After speeches frr-m tbe Citizens Wolowfki and Napo ! enn Buonaparte , C . t ' zen Lamartine made a long speech nn 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 states protest against all armed intervenvention on the part ef France , and against tbe formation of French legions . lie declared tbat if Italy requested intervention , France would interfere , but not etherwige . He added with great energy , that Italy would not in any case remain under the dominion of Austria . With respect to Poland , he said that Prussia was revoked t 9 re-establish the Duchy of Po « en . France could do nothing for Poland in the absence of money and soldiers . France could only fspressher sympathy for that unfortunate country , atd encoarage her * o wait patiently till a favourable opportunity shonld present itself for ler regeneration , meanwhile France would aid her by all pacific

      means

      THE COKSTITCTIOS COMMITTEE . The following are the na ^ es of the Committee for preparing a draught of a Constitution : —MM . Cor « menin , Annand Marras , Lamennais , Vivien , Toequville , Dufore , Martin ( of Strasburg ) , Voirhaye , Crquerel ( Protestant Minister ) , Corbon , Tonrnet ( de l'Allie- ) , Gustave de Beaumont , Dnpin , Vaulabelle , Odillon Barrot , Pages ( de l'Ariege ) Domes , and Considerant .

      FETE DE LA CONCORDE AT PARIS . Pabis , Sunday Morning . —Paris is to-day in its Widay dress . The streets , boulevards , and squares filled wi-h every class of the population hastening to the Champ de Mars . Precession following procession , column upon column of National Guards , military music on all sides , joune ladies in muslin dresses and tricolonred ribbons , flags and pendents without end or number , chariots of tho most nondescript kind , of which the variety is infinite , and drawn , some by two , and some by twenty horses ; deputations of trades carrying decorations emblematical of their labour , windows crowded with gay gazers , preparations on an immense scale for the illumination of tbe evening , booths , shows , and ball rooms , filling the Champs Elysees ; Government representatives of the people , mayors in their emblems of office , students , provincial deputations , ouvrierg and ateliers nationaux , all taking part together in the universal jubilee . Such is the aspect of Paris to-day .

      As early as half-past four the rappel began to beat in all the different quarters of Paris , and continued to send forth its quick , sharp sound every quarter of an hour until sis . 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 al > -ng the bou ' evards , the Place de la Madeleine , the Place de la Concorde , and in front of the Palace of the National Assembly . In the Place de la Concorde , as early as s ' x , a considerable crowd bad already assembled , and chiefly of

      well-dressed penon ? . Tables , chairs , stands , benches —everything that could give a vantage-ground _ to tho spectator to view the ceremony better , were disposed about in great profusion ; still , all tbat was to ba witnessed from this point was the passage of tbe National Guard and other troops , tbe great spectacle of the day being to take place in the Champ de Mars . The preparations for meeting a large demand on articles of ftod and refreshment were most ample , every pil ' ar having its little boutique Md 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 delightful , as scarcely a cloud chequered tbe bright blue skyabofe ; the water of the Seine , as I passed over the bridge in front of the National Palace , was as smooth as glass ; tbe sun shore brightly on tbe fire-arms and brass ornaments of the soldiers p laced on the steps and wide peristyle —whilst there was from time to time just bretze eEough to cause the folds of the tricolonred flag which surmounted the pediment to wave lazily forth in the

      . 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 , s fine , tall , soldier-like figure , with an appearance of youth in his whole bearing extraordinary for a man who has arrived at such a position . Garnier Pages also arrived early , with his long hair hanging down after the fashion of ' 93 , and his pale features giving you the idea of the unsettled mind wearing out tbe body . M . Bachez , the president , was also one of those who came in time , a heavy but good-natured looking man . Looking out at about half-past seven o ' clock from the top of th < 5 noble fii"ht of steps leading up to the Chamber , the scene

      stretched « ut before the spectator was a most animated one—everywhere troops , people , flags , uniforms , National Guards , all singled together in one apparent confusion . When , however , the eye became accustomed to tbe mass , and could single out the various parts of this immensa whole , it was evident that all was well arranged . Although the wbole of the bridge , tbe quays , and the Placa de la Concorde were covered over with human behgs , it was soon seen that currents were pasaingfreely through the mass in differentdirections—that ^ iafact , passages bad been preserved from intrusion , and that through them , narrow though thsy were , the public circula t ed freely . The whol * of the space seen from the steps was thickly stuped with tri-colonred flags , borne by the delegate- sent up from the provinces to Paris to bs present * at the- jete . laey were nearly all tho same u tb . ejs . -style . ai 2 insertion *

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      —the top bearing the name of the department while below was seen ' Vive la Kepublique ! ' The representatives moved down the steps four deep , and notin any particular r . r . ler , tho ministers and esc cutive committee taking their places indiscriminately amongst the r ; st . M . de Lamartine and M . Flocon , I perceived , were amonqst tho last , though not together . They were cheered along their passage , the wholp crowd taking iff tbeir hats as they approached . They went on first alorg the quay to the Champ de Mars , and were exactly one hour and a half in reaching the estrade prepared for them in front of the Ecole Militaire .

      Immediately after the members of the National Assembly , came tho mayors of Paris and the surrounding communes , with their tri-co ' oured scarfs ; then were to come the delegates of the departments , bat on arriving about half , way down the quay , about twenty old men , with a banner bearing- the inscrip * tionof'Vainqufcuradela 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 wou'd you have ever had liberty ? It was we who showed the way to achieve great things . ' It is unnecessary to say that the delegates good-humouredly yielded them the pa * .

      After the delegates eame the various trade-corporations , or asthey are called compagnons , each with some production of their calling . To enumerate all these would ba to take up half a column of your paper , and would give but little information . The various specimens of industry were creditable to French taste , and ° ome of them might excite admiration in any exhibition of manufactures and industry . Whatcouldbo , for instance , more charming than the display of artificial flower makers 1 It was a circular ottoman , of white satin , divided into four compartments , with a eorbeil oi raagnificent fl -wers in the centre , of a delicacy almost equalling nature , and with magnificent plumes of feathers at trie end

      of each compartment . The armourers' display was also highly interesting ; it consisted of a magnificent trophy of arms a I ' ancienne , placed aloft on a pedestal , with four complete coats of superb armour at each corner , and all kinds of modern arms thrown carelessly down below . The music instrument makers also came out in great force , with an immense tent on a stand drawn by horses , and under the awning every possible instrument of modern times , and young girls in white reclining carelessly amongst thera . The number of young girls in white accompanying these various products on foot was immense , but they were in general exceedingly plain .

      The Provisional Government , the members of tbe National Assembly , the magistracy , departmental deputations , Ac , took up their seats on an immense estrade erected in front of the Ecole Militaire . On the same estrade there were a great number of general officers and other oScial personages , 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 corps diplomatique among the number , but I understand that Lord Normanby and several others of the representatives of foreign powers were present in some part of the grounds . No description can give any idea of a scene the splendour of which consisted principally in the vaEtness of the multitudes who teok part in it , the thousands upon thousands of troops which were passed iu review , the btauty of the magnificent spot where the ceremony teok place ,

      and the excitement , the variety , and very confusion of the f cene . The statue of Liberty , whic ^ , with its pedestal , is eighty feet high , and stood in the centre of the Champ de Mars , though perhaps not artistically beautiful , bad a good effect , trora its immense b ' es and its position . On each side of it were rows of handsome booths , said to contain specimens of French industry , but of which I can say nothing , as I was not allowed to approach them . At the entrance of the Champ de Mars were two immense obelisks , with the names of all the nations who , in the opinion of the French Republicans , have established their freedom ; and among them I observed that though England had not a place , Greece , Bavaria , and even Sardinia , had . Besides this there was animraenia number of flass and oriflamraes , which , together with the preparations for an illumination to take place thia evening , 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 nine , af . ' er which the difivren [ deputations filed before them . AmoRgthe deputations were several of foreigners , principally Pohs , Germans , Italians , and Belgians- A small party of Irish , consisting of not mere than twelve persons , and carryisg a l'ttlegreen flag , though not included in the prosratnme . made their appearance , and after some demur , were allowed to follow the others . The troops then began to defile , and continued , without intermission , till past three o ' clock . Then came the grand chariot of commerce and agriculture , and the deputations of the differenttradespecnliarto France , and especially to Paris . DuringthedefileoftheNationalGnardsandother bodies before the government , a cry was heard from the rank ? , in which , we are told , all who heard itenthusiastically joined—namely' ' Vive la Republh Democratique ! ' The National is loud in its felicitations on this occurrence .

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

      KOBE AHRESTS . The number of persons under arrest up to Saturday morning was ' three hundred and nmety . Ten of the leaders of the crnspiracy of the 15 th are in the Fort of Vincenne ? , a great many at the prefecture , and tbe rest in different prisons . On Saturday , a Commissary of Police went to the residence of M . Thore , in the Rue Coquilliere , te arrest him , but he 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 Guird , who was seen near the chair of President Buchez on the loth , with his hand on his sword , has just been arrested .

      Several of the persons arrested for the aff iir of the loth have been set at liberty , but further arrests have been made . Amongst them is that of a painter named Degra , who , in the uniform of the National Guard , took a leading part in the attack upon the National Assembly . The Presse says : —* It appears certain that Barbes has attempted to escape from the Fort of Vincennes . He had gained over two of bis jailors , but was recognised and stopped by a third . Barbes is said to have made some re-istance to his being carried back , and that instead of being lodged as before on the ground-floor of the castle , he is now confined at the top of the donjon . ' Numerous arrests ef persons changed with being concerned in the plot of the 15 th , were effected on Monday , among them was M . Laurent , a literary man , and a shorthand writer . M , Bethmont is engaged to defend General Courtais . M . Jules Fabre is to defend Barbes .

      The Commune de Paris states tbat the Duke Decaz ? s presides constantly at nocturnal meetings in the Chaussee d'Antin , at which several ex ministers , lieutenant-general ? , and ex . peers and deputies assist .

      iPPOISTMEKTS . The nomination of M . Ellas Regnault , as chief secretary of the Prefecture of Police , establishes the influence of M . Ledru Rollin over that department of tbe public service . M Elias Regnault was the chief secretary of M . Ledru Rollin as Minister of the Interior . M . Bonnias , formerly Vice-President of the Club of Blanqui , who lately joined the Club nf the Rights of Man , over which Barbes presided , has been appointed Prefect of the Departiaest of the Gard .

      PROGRESS OF THE REACTION . Tha Presse pablishes long extracts from letters written by tho Prince of Joinville from Claremont to a friend m Paris . The letters are written as if intended for publication , and their appearance is one of the most serious symptoms of reaction that has cccurred since the revolution of February . —Correspondent of the'Morning Chronicle ' THE NEW TYRANNY . The Mositeur contains two decrees , signed by all tbe members of the executive government , commanding that the club Raspail and tbe club Blanqui be dissolved . outbreak at toclon .

      The Cokstitctionnel mentions as a report that the government had received a telegraphic despatch , announcing that the operatives employed in the arsenal at Toulon had made themselres masters of that place .

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      THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . GERMANY . Republicanism is gaining rapid ground in Prussia . Vienna , Mat 15 . —Grea & excitement prevailed here this evening . The streets were occupied by the Academic Corps , and Civic Guards , who had resolved not to disperse until the following demands were acceded to , viz .: —The rescinding of the order suspending the Central Political Committee of the National Guard ; a new elective law , and total exclusion of members of the Imperial families , and nominees of the Emperor from the First Chamber , and the re-Bioval of the military from the city . A deputation had waited on the Minister , making these demands , which were still in abeyance , but il was supposed would be granted .

      another revolution is avsiria . Viek . va May 18 . —a new popular movement took place yesterday . The students ho , Id general meetings , in which the most violent speeches were made . A part of the operative classes joined them . In the evemng the streets and pub ' jo places were crowded with citizens and students . The troops , the infantry ,, and the artillery , occupied the palace and outwork The Academic corporations who are member f the Civic Guard , had prepared a petition . They were accompanied by an armed s vwd , as / , « draitt « d info tb . 9 palace , where

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      they presented to the council of ministers their petition , which contained the following points : — ' 1 . The repeal of tho order for dissolving the political 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 tho King , and with exclusion of the Princes of the Imperial family . ' 3 . The removal of the troopa from the town , and that tbey shall in future only occupy the posts with the Cirio Guard , and not he admitted into the town unless required by the Commander of tho Civic Guard . Yesterday , M . de PiJleredorff , the Minister of the Interior , published the following notice : —

      j " accSrc'aDce '"' h their duties to tbe Crown , and in order to promote , by every means in their power , the pacification of tho disturbances , the Ministry have resolved upon the repeal of tbe order ot the day of the 13 & h respecting the Civic Guard , and assented to the two other points of the petition . ' 1 hey equally guaranteed to the Civic Guard that the constitution of 25 ; h April should be provisionally submitted to the deliberation of the states of the empire , and the dispositions of the electoral law , against which claims havo arisen , be revised . With these concessions the constitution will be first established by the states , and one Chamber elected for the next Diet . No electoral census will be required , and the representation , therefore , be the moit popular . The ministers have resigned .

      FLIGHT OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR ! About six o ' clock on the evening of the 17 th an open landau , containing the Emperor and Empress of Austria , drove out of Vienna by the Maria ILlfga e , the Emperor acknowledging the salutations of the people , who suppored he was driving 1 to Schdnbrunn . One hour afterwards an empty travelling carriage , with the imperial arms , took the same route , and at nine o ' clock four ethor imperial carriages , each drawn by six horses , passed through the

      gate . I * was now evident that the imperial family bad left Vienna This event was made known to the astonished population on the following morning , by a proclamation placarded on the walls by the Pilleradorff ministry . The proclamation stated that the ministry had only raceived a verbal announcement of this departure , which was kept a secret at the palace , and that the Emperor had gone to Innspruck tor a change of air . The news that the Emperor had quitted tho city produced the greatest excitement .

      OPENING OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY . The Constituent Assembly waa opened at Frankfort on the 16 th of May , in the interior of St Paul ' s Church . The building was profusely decorated with the old German fl . igs—three magnificent ones being suspended over the president ' s seat . About four p . m . the shout of the crowds outside the building announced the approach of the members , and shortly afterwards tbey entered en masse , preceded by two of their body bearing tho o : d national standard , the appearance of which was greeted with loud and long-contined cheers by the persons already assembled .

      Tho President , Court Councillor Leer , accompanied by the Secretaries , then ascended tho tribune , and in a few word ? , in which he pointed out the great importance of the convocation of the National Assembly , declared that it was duly opened , May 19 . —The Constituent Aseembly opened this morning at ten . Tho Assembly proceeded to the nomination of the provisional chairman . Three hundred-and ninety-two members were present . The result ol the ballot was that M . de Gagern obtained three hundred and five votes . M . de Gagern immediately took the chair and made a short speech , which was repeatedly interrupted by loud cheers from the Assembly and the public gallery . M . de Gagern declared the sovereignty of the people to ba the basis of his politics , and that the general interests of the nation would ever be his rule and conduct .

      HUNGARY . Serious disturbances have taken place at Pesth . The troops fired upon tho people . Baron Lederer , the commander-in-chief , has fled to Vienna . The troops vere to take ihe oath of allegiance to the Hungarian constitution on the 12 : h . Our correspondent , writing on the 11 th inst . , says : — Tbere is now no moans of stopping the revolutionary torrent ; tho people have insisted on the return ot the Hungarian troopa fr > tn the foreign provinces . The Radicals are stirring—everywhere mobo of people surround tr-e revolutionary speakers . A grand popular

      meeting is to be held to morrow . It is now ten at night i-the nboln town is alive . Tbe moon shines brightnumbers of people crowd about the atr jets . Speeches are making in the open air—the troop ; have been consigned to tbe citadel and the barrneks—every post is occupied by the National Guard , Tranquillity will not be disturbed to-night , but to-mnrraw mast be n decisive day . It la-rumoured tbat Paul Nyarl , the leader of tho Itnoicals , bai been directed to form a ministry . Count Batthyani , the prime minister , arrived an hour ago from Wnna , whither he had rrpairtd to Bend in bis resignation . Paul Nyari has taken upon himself to raise oa the spot 30 , 600 men .

      THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTJEIN

      MORE BUUGHTER . Tbe ITambuegh Correspondent , under date ol tbe loth of May , from Kiel , states that on the Thursday niaht or Friday mornin ? , the Danes disembarked at Fredtricia to the number of 1 , 000 men . but being surprised , between tbe tire of the artillery and the infantry , could not regain their vessels , and those viIn were not hilled were made prisoners . It wa < stated that seventeen waggon loads of wounded were carried of .

      SPAIN . A royal decree has deprived Don Henry , the Queen ' s cousin , \ . f his birthright , honours , &< s . Sir II . Bulwer , tho British Minister at Madrid , had received bis passports frora the Spanish government , with orders to quit that capital within fortyeight hours —[ Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer arrived at Duver from Boulogne on Wednesday morning , and proceeded to London by the 6 b . 15 m . train . ]

      ITALY . The Itima Centrale ( Modrna paper ) , of the 13 ih of May , contains a lomj proclamation of the provisi'inal government , which , after urging the necessity of union in the cause of Italian liberty and independence , proposes to open public registers in whicli all who concur in tbe opinion that it is desirable to effect an union of the ex-duchy of Modena and Reggio with Piedmont are invited to inscribe their names . The object of this union is the formation of ' a great constitutional kingdom of Upper Italy , ' on the following bases : —

      1 . The amalgamation of all the Italians of Upper Italy in one s » le kingdom of Italy , embracing , the Lombardo-Venetian territories , Piedmont , Liguria , Sardinia , Modena , and Parma ; thus re-establishing , and widely extenriing , the idea of General Bonaparte . 2 . The kingdom to be governed by a constitutional monarchy , hereditary in Charles Albert and his male descendants . 3 . The provisional adoption of the constitutional statute of Piedmont , addin ? to the Chambers a number of members in proportion to the population thus united . 4 . The modification and extension of the statute according to the necessities oi the case . 5 . The adoption of a liberal municipal system . 6 . Equality of rights and dutio-

      -POLAND A letter from Posen , of the ICth . in the Cologne Gazktie , states that pait of the Polish insurgents , led by A . Ma ! cz 3 wski , have retired into Kujania , being reinforced on their way by a number of peasant prisoners whom the Prussian commandtr had set free on parole , having first marked them with an indelible Hack line on their right hands and ears . Many of these marked men havo nevertheless been brought to Posen , having again been taken with arms

      in their hands in the midst of the rebsi bands . One of them , on being a = k ? d what objects they had in view , and what such doings must lead them to ? answered , ' We must sacrifice ourselves for our country . The number of victims is not yet completed , tor if it were God would have given us a sign of grace . ' On being tol'd he was sure to be shot if caught the second time , tho peasant coolly replied , 'It takes a peasant a long while to make up his mind to anything , but , when his mind is made up he does not care for death . '

      Mieroslawski has received his passport and set out for France . The report of tho defeat of a large body of Poles at Exio , in the Bromberg district , by the trows under Genetal Ilirschfeld , has been confirmed . Hirsohfeld succeeded in drawing the Poles from a strong wooded position into clear ground , when he opened a tremendous firo of grapo and shrapnel upon thorn from his masked batteriej , and then charging , routed them with heavy loss . Letters from Beriin of the 22 nd , state that notwithstanding the severe defeats receatly sustained by the Poles , the fearful struggle in Posen is still goins on- The high nobility ot the provineo have not taken part in tho struggle ; but not one of them has dared to accept official appointments offered them by the Berlin government . Emanuel Arago arrived at Potsdam on tha 19 ih inst ., charged it is understood , to negotiate in name of the French government respeciing Polish affairs ,

      GREECE ; Letters from Athens , of the 30 th ulfc ., mention that serious insurrections had broken out in various provinces of Greece . At Lamia , a provisional government had been proclaimed by General Velecza . UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . . Two steamers arrived on Monday at Liverpool from tbe . United States—tho Sarah Sands and the America . Mr Polk had proposed to occupy Yucatan , to prevent England or any European power taking it . _ Mr Calhoun mocked his precaution and susceptibility , and a ? ked bad the president already discovered another Mexico to conquer ? . The accounts from Mi ^ reMeseattha Mexican

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      congress of Qjeretnro , as seeking to gain time , and to delay the ratification of the treaty . The following was received by telegraph just aa the Amcriua was leaving : — « Detroit , Michigan , Mav 9 , 2 p . m . A terrible fire is now raging in this city , the por . u ' ation of which is 20 000 . The yellow storehouses are dfstroyed , and also the Elbira store ? . Forty buildings havo a'ready been con « uni < = d ; the Steamboat Hotel and thedmerican Hotel are both in flames , and one-third of the city is threatened with destruction . The Adtebtiseb newspaper office has also fallen a prey to the devouring element . ' The intelligence from Cuba is alarming . The white population of the island , expecting a mine of the blacks , had stationed troops in tbe most disturbed districts , and had arrested some of the ringleaders .

      INDIA . MORE BRITISH ROBBERY . BouB . tr , Aran , 15 ib . — Che Rajah of Sattara is dead . He departed this life on the 5 th inst ., in the forty-sixth year of his pse . having occupied the throse since the deposition of his brother , in 1830 . He was an able and intelligent ruler , and very popular among his subjects . He has left ne heirs behind him , and the whole of his extensive territory lapses , per treaty , to tbe British G vtrnmeot ; a very windfall , indeed , amid such hard and trying times . The annual revenue is said to amount to about 150 , 000 . His late Highness leaves an adopted son , but as he had bten so without our sanction or knowledge at the time , his claim ef course has been held invalid . The ^ transfer has taken place all quietly enoughnor is danger to be apprehended from any dispute on the matter .

      The Political Creed Of The People Of Ireland.

      THE POLITICAL CREED OF THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND .

      The subjoined is the political creed proposed by Mr O'fliggins at the meeting of cife-ns in tbe Princess ' s ' Theatre , on Sunday last , and unanimously adopted : — Article 1 . —I believe that every male inhabitant ef tbis kingdom , of mature age , ( insane persons and criminals excepted ) is of common right entitled to the elective franchise , and , by tho laws of God , a freeman , and should therefore possess the full , free , and complete enjoyment of political liberty . Article 2 . —I believe tbat it is not only an act of tyranny , but a violation of the Jaw of God , to keep the people in a state of slavery by withholding the elective franchise , which is their best and most sacred inheritance .

      Articles . —I bolieve that the poor have an equal right , but more need of tho elective franchise than the rich . Because the rich can maintain and protect their own interests , while the poor have no protection except in the strong shield of the elective power . Article & —I believe that any member of parliament , or any candidate for a seat in parliament , who will not pledge himself to oppose every administration but that which will make Universal Suffrage a cabinet measure , is rot only an enemy to the peace , happiness , and prosperity of the kingdom , bin a knave ^ in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . Article 5 . — -I believe he is a knave in polities—Because while he professes to have a great regard for tbe welfare of tho people he denies them those constitutional rights which , without any loss to him , would secure that welfare .

      Article o —I believe be is a hypocrite in religion —Because with the view to subserve bis own interests , he denies tbe right of his fellow-man to have a share in making the laws , which ia his birth-right , and which laws he must obey , while at the same time he professes the Christian precepts of 'doing by others as he would be done unto . ' Article ? . —I believe that the man who is not the advocate of Universal Suffrage must necessarily be the enemy of the working classes—Because Universal Suffrage will Fecure to the working man the fruits of his labour , of his care , and of his skilland that , having attained tiw elective power , he will rest contented , peaceful , happy , and respected under his own root , where none shall dare to make him afraid . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , April , 1848 .

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      TEN HOURS BILL . Manchester . —A public meeting of the card room operatives , was held in the Old Manor Court Room , Nicholas Croft , on Tuesday week last , to consider the working of the Ten Hours Bill . Tbe room was crowded to excess , and strong disapprobation waa expressed ajrainst some of the masters for the unmanly conduct they are pursuing , in endeavouring to destroy the benefits intruded by the legislature to the factory operatives . The president of tho society was called to the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted . Moved by John Henry , so conded by John Th impson , ani supported by John Tier : —

      That we , the card room operatives of Manchester , deprecate tbe foul practices and tyrannical means resorted to by sotv . e of the millonnera to destr « y the good effects of the Ten Hours Bill , thereby depriving those whom that meocura uaa iatonded to benefit from tuchreerea . tion necessary for tbeir bodily health and mental Instruction which is nectasary for tho proper cultivation of their minds , some of the mill owners not opening thoir mills until eight o ' clock in tbe morning , and thus keeplog the femalea and young persona until a late hoar ut night , and others keeping them from their hemes from eii o ' clock in tho morning until seven ia the evening , which ia thirteen hours allowing three hours for nasals in tha interral ; and further that we consider Buch practices to be an abuse of the power of capital against honest industry , and that we are determined , by every means inour power , to resist such monstrous tyrouty , and make the measure what it ought to be .

      Moved by Mr John Smith , seconded by Mr James Bromley , and supported by Mr James Leach : — That thia meeting calls upon the government to iastltutc such proceedings as may bo necessary to protect the factory hands aguinstthe uamanly conspiracy of some of the millowners , who are striving insidiously to destroy tho beneficial effects intended by tbe Ten Hours Bill . In speaking to the above resolution , Mr Leach said —Mr Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen , for you are real ladies and gentleman , with regard to the millowners , for what after all would they be without your labour , you who produce all their wealth , I endeavoured to get a claupc in the bill at the time of pass ing it , for restricting the time , but I was asked , would any ono doubt the honesty of the millowners ?

      Yes , I said , I for one , doubt them . ( Cheers . ) Mr Leach then showed at some length , that the House of Commons doubted them by appointing commissioners to see that they did not evade the measure . Heiaid , you wj ' . l never have all the benefit of the bill , until you compel the masters to restriction . ( Cheers . ) No one would have thought that the Ten Hours Bill would have been violated so soon , and in such a manner aa it has been , and that the masters would have conspired against it . 11 is no pleasure to them to see their hands leave their mills at about five or six o ' clock in tho evening , and go to parks and other places of amusement , but is it not a pleasure to y U ? iOries of ' les , yes . ' ) If these steps are not put a fctop to , it is your duty to do

      itsou have the power in your own hands , and if you do not use it , it will be your own loss . ( Hear , hear . ) But let me tell you that the time is coming when , if you are not prepared to do it yourselves , there are others to d lit for you . ( Hear , hear , and loud app lause . ) The bill has been thirty years in agitation , and let it , therefore , not bs lost ; when ¦ the masters had the woi-khouae people as apprentices , they worked them until they were not able to walk , their limbs lost tbeir US 9 . We are not at the lowest if we allow them their own way . There is , or onght to be , a law , and the master , if he will not do aa the law directs , do to him as he would to you , and tell him that you will not work more than reasonable hours . It will be a beautiful sight to see men and women

      { join * to the parks and lyceums , the evening schools , and other places of entertainment and amusement —( hear , hear )—thus getting all useful information , and uiving it to their oft'ipring . ( Hear , hear . ) This language does not at all suit the higher classes , but it is upon you they have to depend—for it they want cloth , it is you who must work fir them ; if battles have to be fought , you must fight them . Thev toll VOU that you are too ignorant to enjoy the right of a citizen . It is they that are found wanting Ihey deprive you of the chance of gaining knowledge * and then taunt you with ignorance . 1 know ttot what would have become of the Ten Hours Bill if it had a .. t been for John Inelden and a few others , ( Cheers . ) Ha says ho mil stand with you , ( Cheers . / Messrs Fielden and Oaatler will not be backwaru in comin" to help you . I am sure that they will not be

      the last to buckle oa their armour again for you in , vhe tattle of the workers . { Loud cheers- ) I havo watched them well . Be determined not to work more than tbe necessary hsurs . The mills of Lancashire are , every brick of them , cemented with the blood of women and children—( shame , shame ) -and thousands have been sent te a premature grave : through the grasping . avarice oi the millowners . This you may observa in such a place as Newtosr lane and Ancoats-street , before the hour of atartisg in the morning . You may hear them cough , cough , all the way as they go along , having their stomachs filled with all sorts of dust , arising from the machinery and confinement . ( Shame . ) You must stand by each other , and the masters will be compelled to do you justice . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Leach then s > it down amid & t loud cheers , which lasted for

      some time . >< p , ThefolbwiEg resolution was also adopte d .-: — That the best thanks of the mill operatives are due to Lard Ashley , Mr John Tielden , and those advocates of humanity , who assisted in making tho Ten Hours BUI the law ot the land . After three cheers for John Fielden , the meeting broke up a tew minutes before ten o ' clock .

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      In Paris there are now published forty-eight daily newspapers containing political intelligencei and du , cussions , besides several journals devoted to literature , advertisements , <& o ,

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      MONDAY Mat 22 , HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Wobkino Cleboy—The Bishop ot Lincoln with reference to Mr ForamanMalQ . rpohura of the ini quitous and harsh treatment of the p-iorclurny in his dioceso , made a lame attempt to deny ib * charts , nbich he left much in the same state as ho found them . EXTiiVAGANTAND UcMAlISO Exi-BHBITCBE OF TH 3 GuVtBNMENT .-ThoE ^ rl of Euin buEodod , in moving for some returns , drew attenfion to the progressive in . crease in the miscellaneous expenditure which has gone on during tbo last trn year * . He said ho desired to draw tho a . tor , t , on , f their lordahip , to the enormous increase nhioh had taksn place in the mlBcellailf 0 u , , „ irDa , e 9 during the last ten years . In 1838 , after deducting special and occasional charses . the amount of the

      miscellaneous estimates was £ 2 , 332 , 638 while in 1817 it waa £ 3 , 659 , 801 , being an apparent Increase of £ 1 327 , 163 . But If to ibat were added the chaw for tha Irieh colleges , which in 1847 was nearl y £ 00 , 000 , the total increase on tho miscellaneous services alone in that year , was £ 1 , 380 903 . Some of tha charges required particular explanation . He did not however , thiok it right to take account of the transferred charges , „ wh as the auditors of unions , schoolmasters , andmidicarrelitf . cr the charges for tho harbours of refuge and for the Caledonian Canal , amounting together to £ bSl COO but deducting that sum , the total increase in 1817 from 1838 was £ 805 O 00 . The retnrns were f-jvirted under various heads . The first of these was « Public Works and Buildings , ' and under that head , although in one or two years tbere had been a alight decreaseof only £ 1 000

      , or £ 2 , 009 , there waa a g-noral increase during tbe ten years . Even in the flratcolumn , 'Public Buildings and Royal Palaces * there was a very la-go increase . There were two beads in particular , ' Buckingham Palace ' and 'Home-office , Board of Trade , Ac ., ' in which the increase had bet » very large . Excluding all considtra . tion of canals and harbours , and comparing only from both 1838 and 1847 , and comparing only public buildings and palaces , tho choree In the former jear was . £ 215 2 j » and in tbe latter , £ 370 , 024 ; making an Increase in 1817 under thene heads only of £ 161 , 405 . The charge for Buckingham Palace alone was increased in 1847 to £ 50 . 000 . Bat the excess in 1847 was not unusual or peculiar to that year . There had teen on almost an . varied tendency to increase under this bead daring the whole period of ten years , andstill deductJpghprboura

      , and canals , the charge on the average of 1838 , 1839 , and 1840 was £ 185 , 268 wlrle , on the average of 1815 , 1846 , and 1817 , it was £ 304 . 413 , being » n increase on tha compared average of those years of £ 119 , 14 ( 5 . The charge for building tho house iu which their lordship ? were thensittting was £ 844 . 700 in tbe ten years . Now , he admitted the necessity for building the two bouJf 8 Of Parliament ; butatill he was confident tbat no persons in the country could view the bouse their lordships now occupied , and the extravagant expense which had been lavished in decorations both within and without , with less pleasure than their lord & hips thimstlves . ( Hear . ) There had llso been a gradually increasing expenditure

      upon the new Houses of Parliament , tbo Caledonian Canal , prisons , convicts , general education , arts and BcieLcas , r ieBritish Museum , & , o „ dating a period when tha revenue of the country was unable to support the ordinary expenditure . The noble earl said tbat ba had no hope that for several years to come our income would increase , and therefore a strict attene'oti to economy was tho only way to show tho people tbat the British constitution afforded them not only evtry desirable security and libei ty , but that it was compatible with a frugal and rigid economy . This was , in his opinion ,. no time for organic changes , but it was the time for postponing every expense not absolutely demandtd for tho in'erestsof the countrv .

      The Marquis of Lansdowne remarked that governments were not in general to blaaie for increased ex . penditure , but both Houses of Parliament aod the public in general , because additional expensea waro A »" tbe most part forced on successive government * by tbo Parliaments of tho time being . He instanced the case of the improvements going on in Buckin ^ iam Palace . VV'h & n they nero first proposed , Minister * wera very severely censured for not building a naw palaea for her Majesty , and had not h «< Majesty aud tho government resisted the wishes of the House of Commons , a much greater expenditure would havo been in * curred . The Buko of Richmond , alluding to tho cost of the volumineus returns ordered to bo prepared for both Houses of Parliament , suggested that the price of each return should in future be marked on the back of it ; that would show to what expense the country was put by tbe economic members of the other home .

      The E irl of Haedwicjce contended that what the public complained most of was the salaries of the high officers of State , and the charge for commissions , which was taking the money out of tbe pockets ef the poor to give it to the rich . Tbe rrturas were then ordered , and their lordships adjourned . ' HOUSE OP COMMONS . —TaisH Fisheries—Sir W . SoMERviiiB , in rsply to Col . Conolly , Rttucd that the fishing stations on the west coast of Ireland ba 3 fully answered tbe purpose for which tbey had botn established inasmuch as they had been the means of stimulating tho industry and czi-riions of the fishermen .

      Electoral Refobh . —Mr Hume , in reply to Sir D , L , Evans , expressed his determination not to accede to the r < quest made of dividing bit propositions tobe submitted on Tuesday into fi'Ur distinct retolullons , believing , as be did , that no reform of tbe House of Commons would be of any uaa unless the four propositions comprised iu his motion were collectirelj affirmed . If he obtained leave , as he trusted he should do , for bringing In separate bills for carrying out those objects , it would then be open to honourable members to support such of them as they approved , and oppose those which tbey considered objectionable . He bad well considered the subject be . fore be bad given his notice . The Stamfobd Election . —In the case of . tho Stamford BoronRh Icqairy into thn alleged unconstitutional interfrrenceof tilt Maiquis of Esotcr at recent eiectioos , Mr W . P . Wood , at tbe suggestion of Lord J . Russell , in order to avoid a hostile discussion , consented to leave the nomination cf the committee in the hands of the General Committe ? of Selection .

      Spanish Cobbespondence . —lord Palmebbton , in reply to Mr Banktn and Mr Baillie , stated that notes bad , recently passed between Mr Bulwer and tbe Duke of Sotomayor , as to how the paragraph which had appeared , in tke Clauob Publico , with reference to hia dispatch , had been obtained . The notes were rather of a personal and private character than of a public nature ; but if I o received any information by the next messenger which tboso notes tended to elucidate , he should waive all consideration as to privacy , and lay the whole of the correspondence on the table of the house . How Seats abe Secpbid in the Refobked'' Hocbe

      of Commons —Mr W . O . Gobb then rose to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into tho matter of tho petition of John Delany , preemted en tbe 18 th of May , complaining of certein proceedings for tffdcting a compromise in the case of tho Sligo election petitions . He ( Mr W . O . Gore ) considered it of tho utmost importance that a committee should be appointed to investigate tho allegations of this petition which deep ly concerned tho honour and independence of that bouse . The petition stated that two petitions against Mr Townelej ' s return fer Sligo , one being thepetitien of Mr D . 'lany and Mr H ^ nesy , had been sent here in charge of Mr W . Kelly , of Castle-lodge , in the county of Sligo , and h . id been presented ; that , from certain proceedinge which took place before the Examiner of Recognizances on the 9 th inst ., it appeared by the admission of Mr

      Coppock , of Cleveland-row , parliamentary Agent acting for Mr Towneley , tbat overtures for a oorrpromise had been made to Mr Kelly by Mr Ceppock , at Mr Towne-1 y ' a instance ; thai Mr Delany rind utrjoe ascertained that Mr Coppock bad applied to Mr Eslly on theSSnbait . stating that ho had to propose at tho instance of Mr Townelf y an arrangement for the withdrawal ) of the peti » tions , observing that he ( Coppock ) . would make it well worth his ( Kelly ' s ) while , as Mr Towneley had ample means and was prepared to make any reasonable pacrU lice to retain his seat and prevent damaging revelations baforaa committee ; that , on the following day , Mr Cop « pock made Kelly a distinct offer of £ 1 , 000 and Mr Towneley ' s influence , together with that of his brother , tha member for Beverley , and Lord Canioys , to secure a good government appoinimpnt for Kelly ; but , on the next dny , this latter stipulation ( for tbo performance of which Mr Copp' ck then produced an undertaking signed by Mr Towneley ) waa altered to an agreement for the payment of bh additional £ 000-, that on the same even .

      ing Mr Cappock and Mr Kelly met at jpendnli'e Hotel , and Mr Kelly wrote a letter withdrawing the onepeti . tion , and handed over tha letter and the other petition to Mr Ceppock , who paid dovtn the £ 1 , 500 in Bank o i England aoten ; but on handing the lttter to the S-jeaker , it append that Mr Kelly wbb not the agent authorised to > withdraw the petition ,, whereupon Mr Coppock lurried , back , and Mr Kelly re & intfed tbe money ; that Mr Cop- ¦ poek had since called oa Mr Kelly and left hia card , but ; Mir Kelly declined having further communication with . him , Now , this tb & rjte was uot vogue , bat clear and ; distinct ; tho Esaainer of Recognizances could be pro- . ducod aa a witness , and he { . Mr O . Gore ) had with him the drauffhts in Mr Csppotk ' a hnndwritin ? of the let- . tera wi'ich he proposed that Mr Kelly should write to < himself ( Mr Coppock ) oal to Mr Towneley , fora ? ally ' withdrawing tbe petlttoa : one point , also , the Speaker » I secretary coald prove . He ( Mr O . Gon ) trusted tho i hon . meraber ( Mr Towneley ) would be able to vindicate > himself , but further inquiry was due to the house , and l was surely necessary where tbo conduct ot an officer of i

      the bouse , who could oaly extrciso his functions during ; ita pleasure , was thus gravely impeached oa evidence in 1 hia OTrn handwriting . The house had just nppointed i a committee to inquire into ibe interference ol a peer r at elections ; how could it refuse to inquire Into a com . . « promise involving the right of pttition against the anduo a election ? From the high charaiter of tho hon . number r for Sligo ' , he ( Mr Q . Gore ) trusted ha would be able too clsar himself of these chargca ; but he could not ex-cpreas any opinion with regard to Mr Coppock . But on a opportunity ought to bo granted to eubstantiate thes » 19 facts , if true , and , if not , for bringing to punishment a a vile calumniator .

      Sir R . Inglis eaid he bad been requested by Utlt Townley , the member for Sligo , to state that he had as . s-i surod him ( Sir R . Inglis , ) ou the honour of a gentlcmEn , n „ that he had bad neither hand cor part la tho mattfflffl !

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27051848/page/7/