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      _•^ _Hfi ' FKEX CIi REPUBLIC . _wnCEEDTSGS OF THE NATIONAL _^ _R fc , t ASSEMBLY . _j-ypyrD _lar-icniaisT cr _loto __ _i _* sc . V'dnes _^ v week tbe Pr esident next _comuni-P 5 _^ tbe Assembly a requisition , signed by the _^( _S-CT-General of the Court of Appeal of Paris , * _mssaiM the authorisation to direct proceedings C est CiV _^ n _Loufs Blanc , one of ids members . fwtonisition stated that the witnesses examined . _fvl documen ts collected , and tbe declarations of rtthin L ouis Blanc himself , _demurst-ated that there _rV « d a serious _presumption tb . it he hsd _particis f _ed in tt _« _invasicn and _oppression of the Asseinhk on the loth of May . _Fn-m bis own admission be Z : twice _haranguedthe people , ones from a window

      _p-aPT the peristyle , with _Birbes and Albert , and a _s _^ ond time standing on a stool in the Salle des Pas _Pcrdos- Citizen Louis Blanc was from thence carried " m trium ph into the hall , where four represent - . tires beard him congratulate the pe ople on havine _roqueted the right ot petition , which , he added _, _rijotld not in future be wrested from them . It ap . _^ _red trom all the charges that Ci ' . iz _^ n Louis _Blsni _^ d voluntarily participated in an attentat , having for its object to overturn the existing government , a crime punishable by t _ e S 7 tU article of the Penal C- e _-

      Citizen I _' _-KREsmxt rose and said , that he w _? landing , _r-n the 15 : b of May , by _Citizen Louis Blanc _vhom hehad not the honour of _kn-wing , when the President invited him to speak to the people . He £ ad _followed him to the peristyle , and had heard him _gddress to the multitude word 3 of peace and conciliation . Another member propoEed to refer the requisition to _s committee Citizen Lopis _Blixc af erwa _tds ascended the tribune , and said that he did rot come forward to _defend hims ? lf a 3 a man , but as a representative ofthe peop e , and a member of that government which hsd inaugurated the era of the republic by proclaiming Justice and clemency , and the _abolition of _capital

      punishments . He little expected that such wonld be t herecor _ p _* BS _9 reserved to him for wishing ta establish a great and glorious Republic free _frr-m . a' 1 excesses . _Heenfj-eared his colleagues to abstain from ail acts tending to recall the reign of terror , for _BUuh arms might at a future day be turned aga- ' n-t tfum-Eelves . ( Violent tumult . ) He then indignantly repelled the c _ irf { e ot h _ YinE violated the principle of the national sovereignty , which he bad advocated all Ci 3 life , and considered the greatest of _crimen . The president , he maintained , had _authoriced him to speak to the people , and at the moment lluber pronounced the di _.-s-iluiion of the Assembly , he was at his seat , engaged in writing those words : — ' In the came ofthe people and of yonr own sovereignty , 1 entreat you to retire . '

      A Mei _ 5 eh considered it to D 2 his duty testate that __ vine been nest to Citiz _; n Louis Blanc on the day in question , he heard bim for half an hour resist every attempt en tke part of the crowd to make hira leave hh place , and that it was only after being eo rressed that he afc last went np and spoke to the President ( Agitation . ) A M __ bkr declared that he heard Citizen Louis Blanc , on the 15 * . h of May , say to two _persons whs asked him to address the crJwd , ' What can I say to tsadmen like these V Citizen C _ £ _ ri __ r _ , the Minister of Justice , rose and observed tbat the Assembly was not called upon to decide the question atoEee , and moved that it should retire into its bureaus to appoint a committee to report on the result of the inquiry .

      The order of th © day . on the demand of the Attorney-General , proposed by several members , was rejected by an immense majority . The Assembly subsequently decided that a committee should _instant ' y ba _Earned , _En-i was preparing to quit the _ a ! J , when Citizen Louis Blanc ran to the tribune . _Citfzsn Louis _ Bla 5 C said that he wa 3 not present when the requisition was read , in whieh it was asserted , that fi 3 had himself admitted having addressed the people . He repeated that he had dore so , after obtaining the permission of the President .

      He declared , moreover , that the wcrds he was reported tn have _pronounced in the hall had cot been ottered by him . ( ' They were , ' exclaimed several voices . ) He had certainly _speken of the right o f petition but he understood that every petition Ehonld be _presented and read by a . _representative of the people . Ho had asked to ha allowed to read the petition ss & member of the Assembly , and bad _tcl-3 the people— ' If you wish the right of petition to be respected , _besin by respecting your own sovereignty . ' Bnt he had never said— 'You hava conquered the _richt of petition . '

      The Assembly afterwards withdrew into Hs standing committee amidst the greatest agitation . On Friday week the President had hardly taken his Eeat when he announced that he had receivt d a letter from Barbes , a member of the house , now a prisoner in Vincennes . in which he declares that the words attributed to _Citizen Louis Blanc , and for which ths _Procnrenr General sought to incln _^ e him in the prosecution for the occurrences of the 15 th of May . had been uttered by him ( Barbes ) , and not by Lonis Blanc .

      After the disposal pf some elber business , the President called en _Citizen Jules Favre to read the report on Citizsn Louis Blanc ' s case , when thit gentleman ascended the tribune and began his report , which stated that the resolution adopted had been oome to by a majority of fifteen to three . The resolution as it ultimately appeared , waB for giving the reqau-ed _anthGrisation for allowing the prosecution . Great excitement pervaded the assembly on the conclusion of the report , in the midst of which Cit _; z--n Louis Bknc ascended the tribune . He said it was not his intention to make more than one remark , which was , that he considered they had entered on a disastrous course . The sitting was suspended for a _cotsh'erable time , _dcring which the members eeemed all engaged in animated conversation . It wa ? settled that the report shonld be discussed the following day by the Assembly . THE * 1 MPKACHMEST ' REFCSED .

      _SATCsnAT . June 3 —At halt-past one o ' clock _Citizen Buchez , President , took the cbair , and shortly _afterwards the discussion opened en the reqnisitoryof the Attorney-General , demanding the authorisation to prosecute Citizen Lsnis Blanc , a representative ofthe people . Citizen MathI-C _tos called to the tribune . He said that after carefully readies the report he had not found in it a single argument to justify its conclnsi . ns . The word' incriminated , 'You bave conquered the right of petition / were not pronounced bv Citizen Louis Blanc . Their responsibility was claimed by _Citizen Barbes , aad the Moniteur proved that it was by the latter tbey were uttered . Citizen Larabit , who followed , likewise eppesed the Erant Ofthe __ t _ orisatio _ . Citizen Lonis Blanc could render imp ortant services hy his knowledge of economical questions , nnd the Committee of Labour shonld not _dispense " _^' -h his co-operation .

      Citizsn Laesest de _L'Akdeche _, the next speaker , ihouc-ht that _Citizan Lonis Bianc , notwithstanding his economical errors , was entitled to the solicitude of the _Assembly as ac historian and political writer . The committee _hed not teen nnanimoas , _ and it might happen that the opinion of the minority was that of the Assembly . For that reason be opposed the _suthorhafiar . _Cit'ZtH Bac , who next ascended the tr ibune _^ said _thathebeloEgedtothemincrlty of the committee . Be complained th « t so member favourable to its conclusions had y et come forward . _Citizen Louis Blanc had denounced a few _da-r 8 before the existence of a conspiracy of falsehood . Citizen Bac suspected The

      that there existed also a conspiracy Of silence . reporter of tbe committee had stated thatthe inviolability of tbe representatives of the people was _jra-ranteed by no law . He differed in opinion with hira , and regarded the arrest of a member ot the As = emblv as an attempt against the rights of the iO 000 electors he represented , and consequently _against the national sovereignty itself . It was said that _Clt "_? p Louis Blanc had presented himself at i _^ e Hotel de Ville . This was false ; and he ( Citizen Bac ) had in bis band certificates to prove that there was no truth in tbat _statemsnt . Citizen __ Bac then proceeded to examine the conduct of Citizen Louis Blanc during the invasion of the _AsstmWy , and maintained that if he twice spoke to the _notora , it _« _•> < _- . t > P . Pr . treatv of _eeverai of his colleagues , and

      , with the _authorisation of the President . He was carried in triump h by them , hut every member of the _Assembly must have witnessed his strenuous exertions to ext ricate himself from their hands . In _-osdusioB , he urged tbe Assembly n ? t to grant the M SmS _^ i- B _ tfO n _ -t _ ppe _ red at the tribune , nnd said that he would not defend himself against the _charts of which he had as yet no _knowled ge There wis one , however , against which be should _nrotest . lie had heard the day before that he . wm accused of having presented himselt atthe Hotel de Ville on the loth of May . This he most _formiHy denied , on his oath , and summoned m the name o . _jostire * h _-nereoa who had asserted that falsehood to _formal d and oppose Ms o ath to his

      come _Citiz 4 i ) cr-rvr , who followed , said , that he was no partisan cf Citizen _Liuis Blanc's doctrines , and bad not even the honour of knowing him . On the 15 _^ of Mav , man of the people came up to him and _askfclhim where wa * Louis Blanc . Thatman said that if he harangued the people , he would cam tte poPihr iffervesc 4 r . ee . Citizen Dupont wentup to _CitiKn Louis Bianc . and having delivered his mes _*¦* _-. the latter replied- ' Sp . no ! my place is here I wil remain with my colleae- es . ' Shortly after war- ! IhlSe man spoke himself to _Citizen Louis B : an 3 , who consented to follow him . Tho _Pmsim _* - here mentioned mat he had re-CiiveJ a letter from a person present when _UVZ . _n L , „ _, ULr . _c addressed the people , and te be « d b « a r = r-. _»*¦>• a _^ in . _' the violence offered to the _National

      AE X' J r __ s _Favee , the reporter nextdiscu _^ ed t 3 _* i different objections raised by the opponents et tbe _measure . , , , , . _ thft C ; i : z : n _Dirosi be Ju _^ sac next spoke , and in the _cwrssofJhB speech , _havir-g made _. _soae _^ _"f _^ _, _laswn to Citizen _> aver _ ier de Hauraune , cnes ot

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      _i > harae arose . A great agitation was observed at i f »« ae »' . a « n _«» n _ the menbers standing atthe ootof the tribune , and one of them _wassW _yio ently pticulating and appealing to the President tor protection . " _' Citizen _EiiitE _Liwetsr then ran up to the tribune to explain the cause of the tumult- lie ad mitted that he had perhaps exceed , d the bounds of decorum by _ending in a quarrel with one of his colleagues who had _charged _Citizen Dupont with having used unbecoming expressions . He had _relied to bim that truth should _alwavs be toldI - when his antagonist _aportronhised him in the _grossest terms . Citizen _Langlet had retorted in the same tone . The whole Assembly protested by its murmnrs against tfee proceeding , and shortly afterwards the two members left the hall , followed by a number of their coJeaenes .

      Citizen Ray-sal having next risen , invited Citizen Marrast , the Mayor of Paris , to declare whether Citizen Louis Bhnc had or not presented himself at the Hotel de Ville on tbe 15 th i . f May Citizen _M-nit-vr replied , that he had at first believed that Citizsn Louis Blanc had teen __ t the ilotel de Ville . He had heard cries of ' Vive Louis Blano ' on the square , asd , lathe evening , he met a citizen , who assured him that he had ssen him there and favoured his escape , by a window on the Bide of Rue Lobau . Citizan Marrast , however , had subsequently taken the most precise information on the subject , and acquired conviction that Citizen Louis Blanc had not appeared at ihe Hotel de Ville . The P-b » _-id * nt then consulted the Assembly relative to the grant of the authorisation ; bat , after tiro doubtful trials , by sitting and rising , twenty members called fur the v . < te by division .

      _ _Cit-zin _Cbemieix , the Minister of Justice , and all his colleagues ot the Cabinet voted against the conclusions ot the _ommittee . Tae vote by division was , however , ultimately adopted . _ The Assembly negatived the proposition to authorise the prosecution ot Citizan Louis Blanc . There were— For the proposition 337 Againstit ... . „ ... 3 G 9 _Majority against the _proposition 32 On Monday evening a violent discussion took place'bet _* een M . Portalisand M . Cremieux . A disgraceful scene of personal altercation , agitated the Assembly for a considerable ti _ w . The ballot for tbe new President , resulted in the election of M . Senard , for the present month .

      The six vice presidents elected by the Assembly for th « ensuing month are MM .. Bethmont _, Marrast , _Corlon , _Corme-in _, Portalis , and Lacrosse . __ Tne Minister of the Interior presented in tbe sitting of the Assembly on Monday a bill against the assembly of arnied persons in public places , and againrt the assembling of persons unarmed , if their appearance were held to threaten the public tranquillity .

      atrocious law . On Monday evening , two decrees were introduced which have caused a great deal of excitement , the OHe for the _suppression of armed and riotous assemblages , and the other for the granting to the government _, the sum ot 500 , 000 francs as secret service miney . The decree against assemblages is particularly severe . It declares that _zMcttrbiipement in the public way is forbidden , whether _armtrd or not . All armed _assemblages' are _considered Crimes . 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 ' , alter bsing twice summoned to disperse , it does not do so , military force is to be u _«; ed . Tbe _penalties for mixing in riotous but unarmed assemblages , vary from twelve to eighteen months imprisonment ; for being concerned in armed assemblages , the penalties vary from six months to two years—from two to five years—and from three to " six _yeatB . If arras are used by the offenders , from five to ten years solitary confinement ; or if the offence is committed in tbe nUat , from eight to twelve years . Severe penalties are aiso to bs enforced _against the writers and printers of seditious placards .

      On Tuesday , the Minister of Finance laiei before theJvationil Assembly tne amended _budget of l & JS . The ordinary and extraordinary expenditure , wbich had been estimated at l , 7 S 3 , 0 _dO . 000 francs , wou'd , on the new calculation , stand fixed atl , 630 , 000 , 000 f ., and ths resources available to meet this expenditure would be found to amount to 1685 millions . Tbe expenses of the provisional government were included in the estimates , but not those of the Executive Committee . The government" financial project excites great dissatisfaction , and the Chamber was again a scene of uproar .

      tOCIS EURO 8 D _ F _ XC _ . Citizen Louis Blanc has circulated a printed statement , explaining the share he took in the events of the J 5 : _ of May . We give the following extracts : — ' I commence by declaring- and that only to expose the audacity of certain falsehoods , that 1 have never had _aty relatioa direct or indirect with the citizens Blanqui , Raspail , and Huber . I have only seen tbe two former once in my life , some years ago , and I have never seen the latter at a'l . Personally I know neither of them . Like several of my colleagues of the old provisional government , I was sometimes with _citizen Sobrier before the meeting of the National Assembly , but since thenwe hava remained complete strangers to each other . " As

      reg _« ds Aibtrt and Barbes , I should be _ftanataed of _myself , if , knowing them to be prisoners and _unhapi . y , I should hesitate to say boldly tbat 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 fer them demands thia testimony . On the loth of May I took at my accustomed hour my way to the _National Assembly . Some libellers have asserted that on the morning of that day I was at the Cafe Tortoni , with Bubes , Blanqui , and other chiefs , _coacerting the movement—an infamous falsehood that I _tniow back en passant * . At the Assembly I sat , to hesr better , on the seats of the droiteEear the tribune , when all at once a

      dis-, tant murmur announced the arrival of the crowd . Many ofthe representatives entered precipitately ; a cry of' To your places 5 ' was made , and I mounted to the highest seats of the extreme gauche , where 1 sit . The noise approached . The tribunes at the end were immediately filled with the populace bearing standards . A short time afterwards , tha doors having 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 soon filled in all parts . A thousand different and confused noises filled the air . The tumult became horrible . Iu the midst of this disordtr I was determined to observe the same conduct as my colleagues . I remained there , as they did , ia my place as an alarmed

      but powerless spectator of the invasion of a Banctaarj that the _triumjh oi universal suffrage ought to have rendered inviolable , aa inviolable as the SOTe reignty of the people . But Boon ( and there are not wanting witnesses who can certify , if need be , to the perfect exactness of these details ) the huissiers and attendants of the chambers came to inform me that an immense crowd was in the Rue de _Boulogne , acd demanded me _veciferously , and that , i f I did cot go out , they threatened te force themselves also into the chamber . What was I to do ? Ought I not to remain at my post in the Assembly ? Or ii I had abstained when my presence was demanded as a means of calming agitation , would this not have been to incur a grave responsibility ? I refused for

      some time the requests that were made me , but as they became more and moie pressing , I determined to place mystlf at the disposition ef the Assembly . I taen aseended the bureau ofthe president , and addressing him , I asked if ia case he shoald think it desirable that I should speak to the people , I was authorised to do eo by the Assembly of which I waa a member , and from wbich I would not separate myself . The president observed , that at that moment he could not make himself heard by the Assembly from tho tumult , it wsb impossible to consult the chamber . ' Then , ' replied I , ' in the name of the chamber , and your own , wiil you authorise me to interfere ? ' He answered me affirmatively , in presence of one of the vice-presidents , tiie citizen

      Corban . It was then only to restore order , and after having received iffieial authorisation that I addressed the crowd . Standing up on the secretary ' s desk I asked for _silecce which was obtained , and I profited by it ( I am supported by the statement of the Moxixeck ) to invite the people to calm , moderation , respect for ita own sovereignty , personified in fact by an assembly proceeding from universal suffrage . The tumult continued in the hall , and the agitation withont became every _instantgreater . I was again assailed by solicitations . Relying on the consent of the president 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 as it appeared to me to appease them . I said to them , in substance , that the lawfulness ot their _wishes for a more equitable division of the profits of labour as a means towards the gradual extinction of misery _cosld not be denied , but that the facred interests of tiie workman would _ ot ( they might be assured ) be abandoned by the _Asst mbiy ; that the eternal honour of the _repntife would be to have laboured inces santly to realise the right of all to be happy ; that if there were folly in raiging the level of _thia hope too high , it was at least one of those sublime

      tollies to which it was quite pardonable to devote Oct ' s life ; that it was a very touching and noble spectacle to see a people forgetting their own sufferin gs to attend to those of other nations ; that in tbat _v-as recognised tbe essentially _^ enerousand universally benevolent genius of France , but that , injustprc-D _' , rti 0 T ) aa the sentiments of a people were entitled to r _^ _oect , eo it behoved ihem to present tbcia io a legal and _icular manner , nnd 1 concluded by _beseechirg tnem to Itare the _National Assembly full liberty in ii- deliberations . I then retired to take my place am' . _nsstmS colleagues , when , seized by a numerous group who had collected behind the window , I was carried across the Salle dts Pas Tcrdus . They wished

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      againi to hear me address tbem , they insisted en it ; they fo rmed a circle ; a chair wa brought on which they obliged mo to mount , and I was forced to adarea them . It waa then that , speaking ofthe inymcible force ot the revolution of February , but of the abselnte necessity of _imposing it on the admiration of the whole world by its moderation and wisdom , the only means of rendering it victorious over all kings , ! pronounced these words , eo cruelly . _£ M" 7 _I I 8 rev ° ! ation . _^ t >* uth , is not one that snakes but that overthrows thrones ; ' and at the c _« n elusion ot my speech was the cry that all the auditors repeated with enthusiasm- ' Vive la Republique Umverselle ! ' 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 tell among the crowd—ten times they raise me again . Some of thera embraced me—others cried 'Don't stifle him ! ' It it be wrong to excite sueh sympathies , when one haa opposed them by every _meanB , and when one haa always served ' . he cause one believes to be the cause of truth , without condescensien , without flattery , withont truckling to popularity , I am guilty . Let them find another crime in me . It was thus that , in spite of myself , I was carried into the Assembly through the compact mass of invaders . They wlio were present can judge by my conduct if I did not do all in my power to avoid such a melancholy display . But what could 1

      do by physical force or entreaties ? Worn out by fatigue , bathed in sweat , my voice completely lost , I was carried to tbe extreme seats of the amphitheatre . An ouvrier came to me , and said , ' You cannot speak any more , but if you will write on a piece of paper , that once more you conjure the crowd to retire , perhaps I can read it in a sufficiently loud voice to be heard . ' I immediately took a pen , and wrote— 'In the name of the republic , in the name of the sovereignty of the people , in the interest of all I adjure you to ' wben frem the tribune were pronounced the fatal words ' The National Assembly is dissolved . ' A great movement then took place ia the body of the hall , the impetuosity of which

      carried me to the Salle des Conferences . I was called on all aides . A dense and violent crowd surrounded me crying , ' To the Hotel de Ville . " I answered with profound consternation , that every one might observe en my countenance , that te go to the Hotel de Ville woald be to risk the effusion of blood . I a & ked where were many of ray _colleajjues . I culd learn nothing of Albert ; but some ono told me tbey wished to conduct Barbes to the Hotel de Ville .. and that he had opposed himself to it with much energy . This waa confirmed by many « f the persons present , who were _strangers to me . Every one rushed to the doors ; the torrent carried me along with it . '

      Citizen Blanc here eoes on to disprove that he ever went to tho Hotel de Ville . * At last , having returned to the chamber , I waa recognised by some National Guards . They rushed on me with rage . ' Prosecute him , ' said some : ' kill him , ' said others , ' it will be sooner done- ' Happily some others , and I am glad to state this , defended me with the same zeal that their comrades attacked me . General Duvivier appeared in uniform , and was one of the first 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-countryman _Couti , the citizen Mouesette , the painter Gigons , 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 _Francjis Arago came hastily out of the chamber to my assistance , I am h 2 ppy thus 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 ; there was one who , not otherwise able to vent bis 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 ; but such ia tbe cruel effect of certain misunderstandings _inseparable from times of revolution , tbat I only found in part of the assembly the most hostile feelings . '

      RKSION 1 TI 0 NS . The _MoNrracR . 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 hare been induced by the vote of the Assembly refusing to prosecute Louis Blanc . _TheMosiTBOR announces the resignation of H . Jules Favre , Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs . The Moniteur , announces that M . Cremieux haa resigned bis office of Minister of Justice .

      AGRICULTURAL COLOSIB 8 . M . Flocon , Minister of Agriculture and Commerce , attended on Thursday the Committee on Agriculture , __ and mado several communications on the general interest * of _agritulture . Among others waa a bill for the creation of fifty agricultural colonies mobiles , for undertaking , on a grand scale , works of _irrigation and draining in different parts of the territory . The _government haa not determined the localities in whioh these colonies are to be established . Several members of the committee _madeuomo criticisms on the means of execution , and the Minister an . swered tbat the prcjets formed part ofa _series of measures ef amelioration now being prepared . The projet on the agricultural colonies is to be presented forthwith _, to the assembly , with demands for different credits , amounting to 30 , 000 , 000 francs .

      MORS ARRESTS—THE _PRISONERS . The Constitotionkel announces the arrest of M . Tard , the provisional mayor of Passy , together with M . Large , _majer 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 custody were liberated on Wednesday . The Constitotioskei , states that Lieutenant Defiotte , of the navy , M . Raisau , Governor of the Luxembourg , and M . Bandin de _Nactua , who had been arrested on suspicion , were set at liberty on Saturday last . The Comhokede Paris states that nobody is permitted to visit Barbes . Albert , or any of the other prisoners confined at Vincennes , without a permission signed by three of the Executive Government . The Comuoss adds that if this difficulty had not been raised , more than . 250 . 000 of the inhabitanta of Paris would have visited the prisoners .

      OUTBREAK AT _LIUOGKS . Further disturbances have _occured at Limoges , in consequence of the authorities having determined to close a olub . Tho operatives composing it resisted , and it became necessary to march a largo military force against them . A collision ensued , and some persons were killed and otbera wounded . The operatives theB aB 8 emblert and withdrew from the town . They encamped at three leagues frem Limoges , near the castle belonging to M . _Muret de Bort . They propose , it is said , to solicit the aid of the neighbouring peasants , and to march against Limoges .

      THE NATIONAL WORKSHOPS . Tho Moniteur contains two decrees , signed by all the members of the Provisional Government , modifying the system hitherto pursued in the national workshops . The first decree substitutes task work for the present system of 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 _possesses the means of existence . THE CONSTITUTION . The Commission on the Constitution has decided , by a majority of seventeen against fire , that the Republic shall be governed by a President .

      STATE OP PARIS . We read in the Gazette deb Tribcsabx : — ' At about Be ven o ' clock on Thursday evening , a tumultuous assemblage , consisting for the rao 3 t part of men wearing the uniform of the Republican Guard , among whom were seen some men of the Garde Mobile , paraded the llth and 12 th arrondissements . It stopped some time on ihe Place du Pantheon , where swords were drawn , and cries of ' Vive Barbes ! Vive _Courtais 1 ' uttered . The crowd went afterwards towards the Barriere d'ltalie , going along the line of the exterior Boulevards , alarm ing all the peaceful

      population . _ . » ti * , Generally speaking , Fans was perfectly tranquil throughout Sunday and Sunday night ; but at those celebrated rendezvous of turbulence , the _Porfces St Denis and St Martin , orowds 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 _eroupa arose occasionally cries ot 'Vive Barbes ! Vive Blanqui I' with other ultra-Republican demonstrations . Ultimately they were dispersed by the National Guard .

      In the course of Taesday evening , immense crowds of people assembled in the neighbourhood of the _Portes St Martin and St Denis , and at one time they leokedvery threatening . The proposed decree for tbe suppression of ' atlrouptments , ' produced immense excitement . About nine o'clock , aome seditions cries were set up , and there was every appearance of a riot . The _Bhops in the Boulevards St Denis and _Poissonmere , and the neighbouring streets , were immediately closed , and troops and National Guards soon appeared , ifle crowds , however , so fur from dispers ing , increased every moment . A column of tbe Garde Mobile , was , therefore , formed , which by beat of drum , and at pas de charge , cleared the whole of tho Boulevards , from the Rue _Poisaonniere to the porta St Martin , l he crowd was for a moment dispersed ; but it soon returned , and tho process had to bo repeated . At _leneth . however , the assemblage began to dispe / _ae ,

      and at midnight there was not above two or three _thousand persons in the disturbed quarter . About ten o ' clock , a body , consisting Of about _W » sand , araded the Boulevards , as far as the Church ofthe Madeleine , singing the Carmagnole and other revolutionary _songa . and crying out , VlVC Laroes , a bas les aristocrats , ' but they did no damage . Notwithstanding the proclamation oftho Mayor ol

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      _Par" ' -against _atiroupemmts , an immense number assembled on Monday night , around the Porte St iJeniEj , l be boulevard became impassable , and carnages were compelled to turn off and find a passage by the back streets . The _suhjeots of discussion at these open-air nocturnal , clubs were the presentation ot a sword to General CourtaiB , the sending addresses to Barbes and Blanqui , « fcc . At about eleven o ' olock a body of the National Guard marohed from the Boulevard du Temple , and , after the usual summation ( a process similar to reading the riot aet ) succeeded in clearing the thoroughfare . T _^ P on : i )[ nunJ 8 tB sn _^ other _ultra-republicaES were either becoming more bold or more exasperated by tne activity with which they were , it may be said , hunted down by the police . Numerous _domiciliary visits daily took place . All the arms found on those occasions were seized and carried off .

      The Communis de _Parh states that ' the Republi . can Government haa dared to arm the forts round Paris , a measure which the late government feared to adopt . . Ammunition is beinj ; every day publicly carried into the fort 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 i 3 thought that 200 , 000 persons will attend . The dinner is to take place in the Forest of Vincennes . Great alarm is excited by the approaching monster _barqnet to be held on Monday under the walla of the fortress of Vincennes ; tbe subscription has been raised to ten sous a head , and the party who has _organised it announces that there are already 100 , 000 subscribers , the number being expect ? dbefore Satur . day to _a-n . ount to 150 , 000 .

      Preparations are 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 a momant ' a 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 received information of the prpsence of the Prince de Joinville and tho Duke d' Auma ! e in Paris sufficiently reliable to awaken the active attention of tbe police , who are now engaged in measures to discover their retreat _.

      KEW JOURNALS . No less tban ten new journals bave appeared within the la-it week , and the name 3 of some are sufficient to indicate their style and craractsr—R ' _-besiheiir _.-, the Sans Culottb , the _Canaillp-, the _Crapule , the Carmaonolb , the Aimablb Faijb hjroi _ n , _Apostre du Peuple , < fce . STRETCH OF P 0 WBR . The Moniteur of Monday published a proclamation , signed by M . Armand _Morrsat , Mayor of Paris , forbidding tumultuous assemblages in the streets .

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      THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . GERMANY . ATTEMPT TO PROCLAIM THE REPUBLIC IN SAXONT . A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette from Leipsic of the 28 th nit . gives an account of some republican riots which occurred in that town . Pla cards were within the last week posted on the walla , announcing that the Republic would be proclaimed on the 27 th of May . The day passed , nevertheless , without any disturbance , until ten 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 an architect , whom the masons 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 ofthe bayonet . Many of the National Guards suffered from the large stones which the mob threw at them . Though dispersed at that 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 . Tbe rappel had meanwhile been beaten , and the whole of tbe National Guard were under arms . The gates ofthe town were shut , and the _rioteTs dispersed , after repeated charges with tbe 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 .

      AKOTHElt INSURRECTION IH _VIKKNA , A fresh insurrection broke out at ; Vienna on the 2 Stb ult ., owing to a command having been issued by the Minister , for the dissolution of the Academic Legion , and the immediate laying down of arms . This gave the first Bignal for the outbreak . Barricades were erected , as if by magic , at the ends of all the streets , by the united efforts ofthe workmen and tbe students ; every communication waB completely Stopped . A t ten o ' clock tbe collision commenced between the people and military . The populace stormed the red gate of the ca _5 tle , and drove the military from tbeir position . Men , women , and children , combined to fetch materials ; brewers ' carts , _paving-stones _, anything was laid hold of for the purpose . Stones were collected at all the windows

      to throw down on the heads of the soldiers . White flags , and in many places black , red , and gold flags , were planted on the barricades . Meanwhile the troops , who had that morning been strengthened by a newly-arrived regiment , remained motionless . The reveille was beat ; the bells were _ruag ; and the workmen , both of the city and suburbs , who had broken open some of the gates , were busy at the barricades . Tbe National Guard waa drawn up in the court and in the old town ditch . The Captain of the company in the Court ofthe Holy Cross received orders to place fifty of his men under the command of the officers of the line , to guard the gates , and allow no students , workmen , or armed National Guard to pass through . Apprehensions were entertained that the four regiments which were stationed _atlWiadischgnas would be called in . Should this be necessary , a fearful encounter will doubtless take place . Tranquillity was only restored by the Council of Ministers pledging

      themselves to make good the concessions of the 15 th and 16 th of May , to allow the university legion to remain as at present ; and to withdraw the soldiers to their barracks . In return , they requested that the barricades should be pulled down . The people refused . ' They knew that six regiments were on the mareh to Vienna ; they had been _deceived before ; they must have theso promiaeB in black ahd white . ' At the University Buildings , a placard , containing tbe demands of its garrison , was exhibited : ' The military to leave the city in twenty-four hours ; the concessions ofthe 15 th and 10 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 that had taken place . The Diet must assemble in Vienna , and the troops take an oath to the oonstituti 011 | the noblesse give hostages . * The most urgent requests have been sent to the Emperor to return to Vienna with the least possible delay . Count Hoyos remains as a hostage with the committee of local administration .

      Letters from Vienna , of the 29 th , state thatthe barricades are being gradually removed . All , how ever , ia complete confusion in an administrative point of view . Ministers have deolared that they have ceased to be _responsibly and a sort of provisional government has been formed of citizens and students .

      SEIZURE OF ARMS BT THB P-OF-B OF BERLIN . The excitement which has lately prevailed in Berlin appears to be on the inorease . The accidental discovery that large quantities of new 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 assemble on the 31 st ult ., in the vicinity of that edifice . A deputation was appointed by the people to inspect the _BtorCB in it ; and it was then ascertained that there were five new cannons there , with the necessary ammunition beside them . The people then demanded that the military should vacate the arsenal , and thafc they should be replaced by the Civic Guard , who subsequently took possession of all the entrances . Meantime the assembled orowds had seized on _twenty-one cases of new guns and several barrels of shot , which were being shipped from the arsenal , and insisted that the cannon , which were

      placed in the front Of the artillery barracks , should bB conveyed to tho 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 was addressed to the Minister _respeotingtheseevents , His 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 the Civic Guard in Luckonwald and other places , ond the remainder were old guns sent to Berlin to be repaired . It may be remarked , however , hero , thafc there is no manufactory of fare-arms in the Prussian capital , and that , heretofore , old guns havo always bsen repaired in tha respective head-quarters of the various garrisons . The impression amongst the public was , aud is , that it had been resolved to ' disarm'Berlin , and that plan may be set down to tho credit ofthe retrograde party .

      All the political clubs have resolved to go in procession , on whit Sunday , to _Freidricbs-Ifain , where , it will be 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 tho 2 nd inst , tens of thousands of individuals , principally belonging 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 tbe Ciyic Guard . It is asserted here , in well informed circle ! -, that tho government , to _appease the operatives , his promised to give a gun to every one amongst them who can produce a certificate from tho authorities of his district respecting his right to he- domiciled in Berlin . POPULAR DEMONSt RATION . Bebun , June i —The whole population of the City has been PIl fOOt for half the day , either to ; oia

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      the great procession to the graves of those who tell in the days of March , or to wi _tness it as spectators . 11 has been in reality a political movement ; it was intended to « demonstrate' to the re . _actiouiata that those who effected the revolvtion , and accepted it with all its consequences , have still Btrength enough to defend what has been gained . The Civic Guard could not attend it in their military capacity , but some thousands of the citizens joined it as individuals , wearing tbo number of their battalion in their hats . The students of the University , with whom thc 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— tho Gendarmenplalz ; from tbence the procession set out forthe Frederich ' 8-bain , through the Ko . _igs-strasse , and across the Alcxander-platz . Tho _wholo line of tbe procession was through a double rant of spectators , though beyond a few banners of the German tricolour and flags of tho different trades , there was but little parade of decoration . The procession could not have been less than three miles in length . At the burial-place of the slain tho people were addressed by several sneakers . Up to _thedeparfcute of the mail nothing ha 3 occurred to excite any apprehoDsioDS .

      peasant war . In Mecklenbut g a regular war of peasantry ia being carried on ; numerous gentlemen ' s seats have been destroyed .

      SWITZERLAND . M , . Ochsenbein has publicly expressed his regret in the Swiss Diot at the detestable enormities laid to the charge of his fellow-countrymen in Naples . ITALY .

      THE LATE MASSACRE AT NAPLK _" . A letter from Naples , inserted in the Piedmontese Gazette , states that three palaoe 3 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 tho government . Tho Sardinian consul bas placed himself under the protection of Franco , The loss of life is incredible , 1 , 77 * 7 corpses were interred on the lGtb , i ncluding 450 soldiers . The Genoa Gazette publishes the following from Naples , under dato ot 22 nd ult . : —

      ' A steam-frigate has left , to-day for Reggio , where a collision has taken place between the troops and the peopio . Tho heights , the forts _ofScylla _. and _Montelone are in tho hands of tho Liberals , who are headed by the Marquis de Jughardi , a man of great influence . _Calnzaro has proclaimed a provisional government , and all the provinces are in a state of the greatest agitation . It is said , that Agala ia about to put himself at the head of the Calabrians . Naples is still in mourning . The Swiss who aro met alone in the streets are murdered without pity by the inhabitants . '

      THE WAR IN LOMBARDY . Letters from Venice state thafc a popular reaction had taken place at Udine against the Austrian garrison , and that grape had been fired on tho people from tho castle . The provisional government of Milan , in its bulletin of the 29 th May , announces that on the 27 th an engagement had taken place on the frontiers of Brescia , towards the Tyrol . The Austrians made an attempt against the lines of defence towards llano Moerno and Mondoal , but were repulsed .

      The Vkntidtjb Maezo of Milan of the 28 th gives the following account from Vicenza : _—* In the evening of the 23 rd information was received that the Austrians , who on the 22 nd had retired from Vincenza and entered Verona , were again on their way towards Montebello , and that their advanced piquets were marching upon Vicenzi , while the main body , amounting to abont 15 , 000 , men , and forty-two pieces of artillery , waa at no great distance . General Dura-do and Colonel Belluzzi immediately disposed the regular and civic forces to receive the enemy with vigour . After three hours' expectation in the midst of a violent storm , the Austrians began their attack at midnight upon three different points , under the orders of _Marshal Thurn , Generals _Chuloz , { julzich , Princes Schwarzenberg and Vunleitcr , acd Count Safgolsoh . The night was

      extremely dark . The number of shells , rockets , and balls showered upon the town was immense ; a few houses were set on fire , but no great damage effected . The Italian forces behaved with undaunted valour . Not one barricade was taken ; a battalion of Swiss and a part of the legion Galateo , charged the _Croatians at the point of the bayonet , and broke t _ era . The conflict lasted nearly the whole of the 24 th . In the evening the Austrians retired to Olmo , and thence to Montebello . The loss of the Austrians appears tc havo been very great . Many prisoners were taken . The Neapolitan troops passed the Po on the 25 th , at three different points , Francelino , Valige , and Polessella . They are 12 . 000 stron _^ , and will continue their march towards Vicenza ; 1000 more ara expected at _Bologna . i The Austrians attacked tho defile ef _Tanalo , in the Valcomonica , on the 25 th , but were repulsed .

      SURRENDER OF PESCHIERA .-GREAT VICTORY OP THE ITALIANS OVER THE AUSTRIANS . Advices from Turin to the 1 st have brought the important intelligence that _Peaohiera had surrendered , and was in tho hands ofthe troops of Charles Albert ; aud that an engagement had taken place at the samo moment at Goitc between 30 , 000 Austrians who last marched from Verona , and 15 , 00 Piedmontese , the result of which was that the former were completely routed , and being pursued by the cavalry , When flying in confusion , a great portion were cut to pieces . The King and tha Duke of Savoy were peraonally engaged in this combat . The former received a slight contusion of the ear from a cannon ball that passed neat- him , and the latter was slightly wounded 07 a musket ball ; not sufficient , however , to induce him to dismount or to retire from the field .

      FURTHER _PAR-nCULABB . The following account is from General Salasco : — Peschiera Is in the hands of our troops . The efforts of the enomy to prevent or retard its fall have been vain . The day before yesterday , Marshal Radetsky marohed during the night from 20 , 000 to 25 , 000 men from Verona to Mantua , with numerous artillery and cavalry . The garrison , thus reinforced , made a sally against tho Tuscan troops , who were besieging that fortress on the right of the Mincia . The 3 e troops , who had several times on other occasions repulsed with valour the sallies attempted by the enemy , resisted during nearly . " three hours the overpowering forces whio h 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 the first division from _Costossa to Vola , and hi 3 . sudden appearance before the enemy brought them to a Btop _. _-at the aame time matters had taken a more cheering aspect for our troops at the extreme left of our positions at Larise and Colletarino ; the enemy who had hoped to derange more directly the liege cf Peschiera oa thafc side , was vigorously repulsed , with great loss , by the 4 th division , commanded by Lieuttenant-General Federici . 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 Yolta , advanced towards Mantna ,

      without succeeding in meeting with the enemy , who seemed determined not to leave the _fottvesB . His Majesty had already ordered the troops ; to take up their positions on the eminences of Goito , and was preparing to retnrn to his head quarters of ValeggiO , when suddenly the report of cannon was heard , and the battle began ; the King turned his front towards the enemy with satisfaction , and hastoned to tho fight before Goita . Here the _ongagemeafc was fierce , but the excellent orders of Baron Bava , commandant-general , seconded by tho wellknown valour ofthe Duke of Savoy , commanding the reserve ; by Gen . _d'Arvillars , commanding the first division ; by

      Gen . Olivier ! , commanding thecavalry , and by the artillery , who behaved above all praise , obtained a complete success , and the enemy was routed . Thecavalry sent against the fugitives at the decisive moment comp leted their defeat . At that moment the King received the news of the surrenderor Peschiera , which he immediately communicated himselt to his brave army , who received it with loud cries of ' Vive il Re ! ' "Viva f Italia ! ' A cannon ball passed so dose to his Majesty , that he received a slight contusion on tho ear ; the Duke of Savoy also got a a wound from a musket ball , which waB not serious , and not heeded by him .

      Peschiera has capitulated on these conditions : — the garrison is to quit with the honours of war , and the liberty of embarking at Venice for Trieste ; but under an oath not again to serve daring the war of independence . THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG- IIOLSTEIN ,

      BATTIi _ . —D _ _mi OF THE GERMANS . The Germans and Danes havo had a severe conflict , by Mhioh great numberB were killed and wounded on both sides . The battle lasted several hours , tho German troopa retreating by GravoiiBtein , and to the north towards Qu & _rs , and thc Danes advanced to near Gravenstein , Private reports apeak ofthe loss of the Germans as nearly 1 , 000 in killed , wounded , and prisoners , and six pieces of cannon . Another sanguinary contest took placo at Nubel on Monday the 29 th , on the evening of which day General Wrangel arrived in Fiensburg , Christianfold , Hadersleben , and Ahenrade are , it is thought , in possession of the Danes . It appears by tho _Rensburg Tablatt that the fight at Nubel ( near Sonderburg ) terminated in favour of the Germans , the Danes retreating .

      POLAND . Posen , May 25 _th—Mieralawslei is laid up with a brain fever , and is in a state of incessant " delirium . Those Poles who wero taken prisoners and were permitted to return to their country have had their hair cut close from the forehead to the crown ot the head , in order that thay L _ ay bo recognised . -Cologne Gazette , May 2 M . „ _„*• , » _- . *' , __ It appears by the Vossiscn- Zbkuno that the town of Posen is placed in a _aomi state ot siege .

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      CAP- Ob" GOul ) HOPE . _DISASTROUS STORM . There had been dreadful woither _eastward of tho Cape , and all along thc south-cast coast , between April 4 th and Gth , _resultin ? in several awful shipwrecks . The barque Joanna , and the brig MarJhs , asd ifc seems almost certain the barque Julian , wore wrecked in Algoa Bay . Tho Waterloo , a coaster , was _wrecked in Cawoodd Bay , and tbo _schooner Barry , in _Struiss Bay . The schooner Nancy was lost in Mossel Bay ; on April Oth , _, tbc ship Sutlej , from _Calcutta to London , put into Table Bay

      totally dismasted , part of the cargo having been thrown overboard during tha 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 . Fear 3 were entertained thafc terrible disasters had taken place at sea . News had reached the Cape of a terrific hurricane afc the Mauritius on March 8 . Several vessels were driver , on shore , but R _- ofc _ciF again . The _vessels Mail and Duke had been blown out to sea aud not since heard of , H _. M _. S . Euridyce _wa 3 sent in search of them ,

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      MONDAY , June 5 , HOUSE OP _LORdS . _—Al-sibia and _IrALt . — The Marquis of Lansdowkk _, In reply to tho Marquis of Londonderry , as to whether any communion tions had _bjon reecivodfrom the British ministers at Naples , Rome _& n _ Florence , relative to tho troops of thoso states having entered the Austrian territory , stated , it was true that suoh communications h 3 d been made , but her _mujagly ' g ministers did not consider thero were any _cslsting treaties or obligations which required them to interfere , snd thcroforo it was not thoir intention to do so .

      State of the METRoroLis . —Lord Brougham wishod to refer again to the state of the capital of thia country , but he would abstain from entering into any argument further than this , that tho crying- ' evil of tumult still continued , that the tranquillity and rest of the peaceable inhabitants of this me _' _ropolia were nightly broken , and cho worst habits were being formed . Large bodies of men were _acting together for _lawlejs _purposes—thuy were acting in a combined manner , between whioh and actual warfare thero was but a _ehado of _diffarsneo . The police , the special cotisUblfrfl , ths people , and the mil * . tary wero greatly exasperated , and if ihe parties proceeded one step further , they would not only feel tho dangerous : but deadly _eonsoquonces of their conduct . Tile object Of theso parties was , howeror , to weary the authorities , and if _poesihln not commit a breach of the law . He hoped , however , that some attention would be early paid to the subject , or it might soon be too Iato .

      The Marquis of Lan _8 Downe said that measures had beon taken which in tha opinion of thu government would be successful in putting an end to these disturb _, ances , oiid if they were not , the subject would be brought under the notice of parliament , ( Hear . ) P-o _-rECTioN op Females Biti , . _ . Tho Bishop of Otford , in moviug the _seeond reading of this bill , said the especial object of the bill wag to protect females who were often entrapped to their utter ruin , llo understood that there wero 80 , 000 of these unfortunate women in London and at least _one-fourth part of them were se . duced by persons who made a livelihood by entrapping females who arrived from the country , _umier the pretence of getting them Situations , The most ncfariouB means

      he bolioved were resorted to , to deprive these unfortunate creatures of their consciousness whilst they were being ruined . Some defects had been pointed out in tho bill ; ho should however propose amendments to meet these objections ia a select committeo , ( H * ar , hear , ) it w as ona essential part of the duty of thc legislature to _etop groat moral delinquency wbere they could do so ; and If a bill coald fee framed only to mako this abominable trade more difficult , and to protect innocent females from the greatest of nil evils—a state of physical suffering , of utter _hopoless despair , which frequently led the wretched victims to commit suicide—it would be a great boon to society . ( Hear . ) The right rev . prelate concluded by moving the second reading : of tho bill .

      Lord _BaooaBAM 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 existed and a remedy wafl needed . There wero ninny difficulties in tho way of legislation on this matter -, and ho thought , therefore , th & t it waa most desirable to refer the bill to a select committee where those difficulties might be got over _. The bill was then read a _Becond time . The Groat Yarmouth Freemen Disfranchisement Bill was read a secend time , and the Evicted Destitute Poor ( ireland ) Bill was committed pro forma . The house then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , —Jewish _Disabilities Lord J . _Rosseli , in reply to Sir R . Inglis , _sUtad , with reference to his notice of motion on the subject cf i . t | t $ now taken by members of either house of parliar < _ ' that finding it would first ba necessary to go Into < _- [_ _- _« mittee of tha whole house , for tbe purpose of _considering those oaths , It was his intention to propose that motion , on Tuesday , the 27 th Instant , Understanding that thero were some members of the other bouse who had scrapie * with regard to taking tho oaths , particularly the oath of supremacy , his desire was to make the OathB more simple , go as to enable all the subjects of her Majo 8 ty to take thorn , Sir Robebt H . Indus asked whether _Mahommedans or Pagans were to be Included , to which Lord J . Russell replied that he did not think that tho intended bill would enable any othor than those who were horn or naturalised _suhjectB of her Majesty to take the oaths , and h o was cot aware tbat tbere were _aay _ilaholnmeiana or Pagans who were ao .

      The Chabtist _Ai-etings . — Mr G , _Thompson had ft question put to the right _honourabl & baronet atthe head of the Home Department on the subject of the occur * renccs which had taken plaoe yesterday ( Sunday ) in various parts of the Tower Hamlets . He ( Mr Thomp . _sonjhad had communications from a namberof persons who had been on the Bpot , where _cenflicts had token plaoe , and where persoHS hnd gathered together in _congtderable numbers , for the purpose , as ho was informed , ef discussing political matters ; and he begged to ask the right honourable baronet whether he had received any official Information on tha aubjeot , and upon what authority the police , by violence wholly unprovoked . _* _- ( oh _, oh)—unprovoked , aa he was informed , had undertaken to disperse the persons 89 assembled ? Ha h «_

      been told by _thOBB who had taken a leading part in the _proceediDgj yesterday that two meetings had been held in Bishop Bonner ' _s _. fields—ona at two , and the other at _ ve o ' clock—and that both bad _hesn commenced , had continued , and had ended without any interruption to the publio peace , and that , after the business had been gone through , the people had been enjoined to disperse quietly , aud after large numbers had left the fields OB their way to thetr respective homes , the police made aa unprovoked attack on those who remained , and who suf _. fered considerable injuries , ( Oh , eh . ) Ue was not there to assert or deny tbe truth of tho statements which bad reached his ears , bat he was anxious , after such B 8 . _rlous conflicts , that the house Bhould have the benefit of any information wbicb the right honourable baronet might have in his possession .

      Sir G . G & by—If the hon , gentleman had given me notice before I came down to the houao of his ( _ntenti ' oa to ask tho question hs hftB put to mo , I Would hove brought down some documentary evidence from which the hoase would be led to believe thnt these meetings were of a rery different character to that _stBted by the hon . _gontleman . ( Hear , hear . ) I have no hesitation in assuming to myself the whole _rcBponaibillly of the police , acting as they did under the direct instructions I gaVO tO the pOliCO commissioners not to allow meetings toheneU & tu _ _aeaaott & ble-oura . ( Cheers . ) After tbe experience of the _laat week or ten days , loud , general , and just complaints have been mado from tbo _inhabitants of the districts in which those meetings assembled , and which meetings had led to flotfl Of _TiolOBCO tO per-Bons and proporty , against which the inhabitants had a

      right to loek to the governmentfor protection . ( Cheers . ) They havo been assured that thBt protection shall he _afforded , so far as the law will allow us to afford that protection ; and I believe the law will ba found coni ' pletely effeotualfor that purpose , ( Hear , hear . ) The meeting which the hon . gentleman has referred to In Bishop Bonner ' s fields was not interrupted by the police because it was not held at an _unflOBBonable hour ; but immediately on the breaking up of that moeting at » _attack was made on a church in tho neighbourhood . I believe it was supposed some policemen were concealed in the cbnrch , and they were in the neighbourhood . A number of windows wero broken , and on tha police _interferlng for the purpose of dispersing the mob thU 3 riotously assembled they were assaulted , and a _con-io *

      took placo . I am happy to say they succeeded in dis . _porsing tho mob , but not until about thirty of them had been seriously Injured , one man belBff stabbed through the hand ( the blow baring been aimed at bis breast , ) and several others having Buffered very severe injuries , Sir in _oongeonence of the experience we have had of former meetings , where the parties assembling at them had not any plausible pretext for saying that they were held for a legitimate purpose , we have thought it ourduty to direct the polico not to allow those meetings tobe hold , If composed of the class of persons who have recently met for that purpose , which meetings _haro given rise to _Berlous complaints on the part of the inha _» _bltants , and to breaches of the peace ; and effectual measures will bo taken tor their prevention in future , ( Cheera . ) , it . . . writ for the of

      Mr Gc-bino moved for a n ew borough Horsham , which motion , after a debate was negatired by a majority of IH , the numbers being 117 to 231 . In answer to a question by Mr _MONIZ , Lord _P-1 _HEBST 0 N said , H was not true that England had interfered In tho affairs of Italy and Austria , favour of the latter oountry . Tbe _Sr-NisH Qosstioh . — Mr _Bankes brought forvf ard a resolution with regard tothe late misunderstanding with Spain , and the dismissal of the _Biitish _Minlsterfrom Madrid , It was In tho following terms : — 'That this houso learns with deep regret from a correspondence between the British government and the government of Spain , now upon the _tablo of this house , that a proposed 1-lerferenCQ With tbe internal concerns of the Spanish _, government , as conducted under the authority and with the _cntireapproval of her Majesty ' s ministers , has placed the British government and our representative at tho Court of Madrid , in a position humiliating in ita

      character , 8 Dd Which is oalculated to affect the friendly relations horotofore existing between the governments of Groat Britain and Spain , Tho honourable and learned

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10061848/page/7/