The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1848, Page 1

Whole No. 5103. NEW YORK, TU SSDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1848. - —t IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE | oF THE REATEVENTS IN EUROPE. THE DETAILS OF THE NEWS | RECEIVED BY THE | TEAMSHIP CALEDONIA, AND BROUGHT TO THIS CITY BY Government Express from Boston. ‘The government express, with the Caledonia’s nails, reached this city at four o’clock yesterday porning. Jt made an excellent run from Boston ; he publie are indebted to the energy of Thomas I. Pomeroy, Esq., the assistant postmaster of joston, for the early delivery of foreign mails in his city. Our thanks are due to Mr. P. for the latest Liverpool paper. Our advices from Liverpool are to noon of the th; from London to the evening of the 5th, and tem Paris to five o’clock in the afternoon of the th inst. ‘These accounts are, therefore, one week ater than those received by the Cambria. ie intelligence is of the greatest importance. ‘The Hamburg accounts represent business to be ery dull, notwithstanding that Denmark recog- ised the neutrality of the port. The value of the public funds was firm. Consols for account in London closed at 3 o’elock n the Sth instant at 834 4. Failures In Europe. r, Sir Thomas, merchant, cles, Burnley & Co addon & Sons, worstes «++ Aberdeen. , Athena. Liverpool. . Calcutta, OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. Lonpon, May 5, 1848—Evening. ‘The importance of the documents I enclose you from every part of Europe, is so great that com- ments would be almost idle. They speak volumes for themselves, and I leave them to pass under the criterion of the talented pen of the foreign com- mentator of the New York Herald. , The Freneh Republic. ‘My last letter by the Cambria, will have prepar- ed you for the result of the French elections for the National Assembly. The result of the elec- tions forthe department of the Seine will answer the rest of France. It is as follows :— . Lamartino, member of the pro. gov. Dupont, de ’Kure, idem .. Francois Arago, idem . Garnier Pages, idem . Marrast, idem jarie, idem . Cremieux, idem , . Beranger, Chansonier ...... 0... Carnot, Minister of Public Instruction ... Bethmont, Min. of Agrioulture aud Com... . Duvivier, Gen Com. of the Garde Mobile, 182,175 Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, ancient deputy.. .165.166 Vavin, ancient deputy ..... 60.055 1103 ‘avaignac, Governor-General of Algiers. . 144,187 Berger, ancient deputy ; 36,660 Pagnerre, See. Gen of the prov. gov.. - . Buchez, adjunct to the Mayor of Paris. . Cormenin, Pres, of the Council of State. . 9, Corbon, owvrier, sculptor on wood, and redacteur en chef of the Atelier paper. « now in solitary confinement by tho authority of the rebels! It is ‘a royalist insurrection which has tri- umphed in the ancie nt capital of Normandy, and it is | you, a republican government, who support these as- bussina in revolt! Is this through treason or through cowardice? Are you their supports, or their accom- plices! They were not opposed, you well know! They committed slaughter, and you allow these butchers to yaunt with pride their acts of prowess. Can it be that in your eyes, as well as in the eyes of kings, the blood of the people is of no good, but to water from time to time the too encumbered streets! If so—ef- face, blot out from your edifices that detestable false- hood, inscribed on them in those three words—liborty, equality, fraternity. Were’ your wives, were your daughters those bril- liant and fragile creatures—who, clothed in gold and silk, idly promenade in sumptuous ‘equipages, suddenly thrown down at your feet, their bosoms pierced by the steel of pitiless enemies, what a cry of grief and of vengeance would you not make re-echo even to the extremities of the world. Well, go. Gosee stretched on the flags of your hos- pitals, and on the straw beds of their garrots, those be- dics of slaughtered women, their breasts pivrced b: bourgeois balls. Those breasts, do you hear, whic! have carried and nourished those workmen whose sweat fatten the bourgeois ‘The wives of the people are as good as your own, and their blood should not, must not, remain without ven- geance. Justice, then, justice on the assassins. We demand— 1, The Ke het and disarmment of the bour- oisie guard of Rouen. oo The arrest and trial of the generals and officers of the bourgeoisie guard and of the troops of the line who ordered and directed the massacre. 3. The arrest and trial of the soi-disant members of the cour d’appel (seids) namo by Loius Phillippe. and who, acting in the name and on account of the victo- rious royalist faction, have imprisoned the lawful ma- strates of tho city, and filled the dungeons with re ublicans. 7 4. The immediate departure from Paris of the troops of the line, whom this very moment the reactéurs aro preparing. in fratricidal banquets, for a St. Bar- tholomew of the Parisian workmen. For the Central Republican Society, tho office bearers, (Signed) L, Avouste BLaxgut, President, ©, Lacamane, D. M. P., Vice President, Frorrs, Treasurer, P are BrRranp, L. seorotaros our, G. Ronet, LacuaMananorn, Croussr, Peso, Javeror, Junior, Bavcxer, Tome enreavx, Members of the Bureau. THE LAST DAY OF THE PROV. GOVERNMENT. ‘The provisional government shows to the very last the same activity which, during the two months of its existence, has astonished the world. On the last day of its tenure of power, it issues proclamations. orders, and decrees on every imaginable branch of the admin- ‘istration, occupied no less than 13 columns and a half of the Moniteur. Tho city of Paris is ordered to continue the rue Rivoli to the rue St. Antoine, and is authorized to raise nine millions of francs for that urpose. The officers of the Garde Repubublican ‘a body of nen who kept possession of the Hotel de Ville for six weeks against the wishes of the pro- visional government, and who wero at length legalized merely because they threatoned to blow up the build- ing if any attempt were made to remove them by force) have their grades conferred, and rank given to them, a if they were in the regular army. The new coinage of the republic is regulated and ar- ranged, and an announcement is made that the engraving of the die and matrix will be public ‘The governors of the ex-royal pa- henceforth to be called administrators, and their salaries are fixed at 3,000 francs as the maximum, and 2,000 francs as the minimum. The old systom of courts-martial is done away with, and a new one insti- tuted. Tho employées on the general staff of the army arodimished, “Pho number of generals of division is fixed at 65, and of brigadier-generals 130. A supple- mentary grant of 1,850,000 francs is placed at the dis- poral of the Minister of War for military pensions, and of $0,110,459 francs “for urgent and unforeseen ex- penses.” A supplementary credit of 160.000 francs is pranted tothe Minister ot Commerce and Agriculture for divers expenses, “of which the regularization will be proposed to the National Assembly." A small sup- plementary crodit of 16,421 franes is placed at the dis- posal of the Minister of Public Works for the purpose Of closing the accounts of 1844 and 1845. Cotton and wool are allowed to be imported by land ‘ax well as by sea) on payment of a duty of 30f. per {09 Kilogramines. ‘The tax for the Bank of Polssy on , Caussidiere, Prefect of Police. ....... +++ 5 : Albert, member of the prov. government 133,041 . Wolowski, Prof.at the Con: Metiers. cece ees Peupin, ouvrier horlogier..... 4+. 40+ Ledru ‘Rollin, Member of the prov. gov... |. P.Sehmith, owvrier.. 6... -0 ce 0 eee oe LAGSS . Flocon, member of the prov. government. .1 Louis Blanc, idem . Recurt, adjunct to . Agricol Perdiguier. ouvrier menusier. . Jules Bastide, Under-Secretary of Sta . Coquerel, Protestant clergyman . Garnon. ancient deputy... .. . Guinard, Col, of the Art. of the 84. Abbe Lamennnis............ eee eee LOE STL ‘At the head of the list of unsuccessful candidates was M. Moreau, formerly one of the deputies of Paris, who had 99.366 votes, aud M. Boissel, also a deputy for Paris in the late Chamber, who had 93,442 votes. The ceremony of proclaiming the representatives was very picturesque. The square in front of the Hotel de Ville ‘was occupied by 10,000 National Guards, cavalry and infantry, and the estrade was lighted by a body of the Garde Mobile carrying torchos. The announcement of each name was received with loud cheering, and even those of the successful candidates who, were sup- ed not to be popular, were yp capeee most as Beartily as the others. None of the candidates were present. with the exception of M. Marrast. After the announcement, the Hotel do Ville was illuminated. The operation of counting and casting up the votes for the department of the Seine lasted thir- teen hours, and did not terminate tll half-past 10 on Saturday night, April 29th. The elections in the departments are equally favorable to the mode- rate party. M. Thiers has been rejected for the department of the Bouches-du-Rhone, but as La- martine has been returned at 9 different places, Thiers will probably be returned for one of those Lamartine cannot accept ot. ‘The most serious disturbances have taken place in the departments. Blood has flowed freely, but order is now generally restored ; but as the serpent is hidden in the long grass, and the spark glows in the embers, so is there a spirit in France, amongst the ultra radicals, which needs but a breath and op- portunity to be fanned intoa flame. The subjoined proclamation, issued by the redoubted Blangui, on the very day of the opening of the National As- sembly, will suffice to prove to you that my words are trae. It is as follows:— CPHE CENTRAL REPUBLICAN SOCIETY TO THE PROVISION= ARY GOVERNMENT, “The counter-revolution has bathed itself in the blood of the people. Justice—immediate justice—on the assassins! Ke ‘or two months the royalist bourgoisie of Rouen has been hatching in the dark Saint Bartholo- mew against the workmen. It had made great etore of cartridges, and the authorities knew it. Words of death broke out here and there, precursory symptoms of the catastrophe.’ One must be done with these ca- nailies, Canailles indeed ! who had in February, after three days of resistance. forced the bourgeoisie to sub- mit to tho republic, Citizens of the provisionary go- vernment, how comes it that since the last two months the working population of Rouen and the neighboring valleys had not been organized into national guards ? how ‘comes it that the aristocracy alone wera or- ganized and possessed arms? How comes it that at the moment of the execution of thoir frightful plot they met none but unarmed breasts? How comes it that the 28th regiment was present in Rouon—that regiment which gained so sinister a name in the Fau- bourg de Vaixe in 1834? How comes it that the gar- rison were under the orders of generals declared ene- mies of the republio—of a General Gerard, the crea- ture (and ame damnée) of Louis Philippe? They thirsted for a bloody revengo—thore slaves of a fallen dynasty! They required a massacre of April as a consolation for a seeond July ! and they had not long to wait for it: the days of April, scarce two months since the revolution! Quick work that, citizens of the provisionary government! And nothing has been wanting to tliese new scenes of April—neither grape- shot, nor bullets, nor demolished houses, nor the state of siege, nor the ferocity of the soldiery, nor insult to the dead, the unanimous insult of the journals—thore cowardly worshippers of force! Why the Ruo Trans- nonian Ye surpassed ‘To read the Infamous recital of these brigand exploits, one is brought back again to those inauspicious days which formerly covered France with mourning and shane, They are just the same exe- eutionors and the same victims! On one side, a furious bourgeoisie, urging on to slaughter senseless soldiers gorged with wine and hatred; on the other, the unfor- tunate workmen falling without defence beneath the balls and bayonets of the assassins! As a last resem- blance, see come the Cour Royale, the judges of Louis Philippe, like hyenas falling foul of the debris of the massacre. and filling the dungeons with two hundre republicans, At the head of these inquisitors is Frank Caro, the execrable Procurour-General of the Court of Poo Laubardemont who domanded with rage the heads of the insurgents of May, 1839. Mandates of arrest pursue even to Paris the patriots who are fly- ing from the royalist proseription, For, are you igno- rant, citizens of the provisionary government, that it fw a foyalist proseription which reigns at Rouen? Th Garde Bourgeoisie of Rowen rejected with fury tho ri public in the month of February. which it blasphemes, and now wishes to overtarn.— Every republican of La Veille has been cast into irons, Your own agents are threatened with death, deprived of their functions, and guarded in sight. nicipal magistrates, Lemasson and Duraud, al thi sh the streets, the ba: Dreaste wad thelr garmente in rags; they are It ts the republic | py animals destined for the consumption of Paris is done away with, and replaced bya commiasion per head of four per cent on oxen, and go in_ proportion on other animals. The council of the admiralty is extended. and put upon a new footing. The rank of captain of a frigate {s rostored on its old basis, and that of captain de corvette ia suppressed. the prosent captains of cor- vette in tho service taking the title of captains of frigate. The medical department of the army is laced upon a new footing, and the condition of that Tepectent branch of the service greatly ameliorated. The law for the recruiting of the army is applied to the colonies, and no distinction is to be made between co- lored people and others. The maritime inscription is also applied to the colonics, and ateliers nationaur are to be established for the benefit of the eman- cipated negroes. ‘The city of Lyons is authorized to raise a loan of 300,000f at five per cent; and the city of Rouen is authorised to raise one of 1.500,000f on the same terms; aud lastly, © great number of magistrates are dismissed, But the most extraordinary decree is ono by which all proprietors of forest land, who shall turn that land into arable, shall pay a tax of twonty- five per cent on the increased value to the state. Nearly 650 of the representatives of the people had inscribed their names yesterday at the Chamber, and marked the seats which they intend to occupy. A great number of them assembled to decide upon a list of candidates for president, vice-presidents and secre- taries, M. Sonard. deputy for the Seine Inforieure, M. Buchez, deputy for Pazis and deputy mayor, and M. A They had flattered themselves with the idea that the whoie 900 representatives of the nation were to pass before them; and. when I left, they spoke loudly of a demand to the Chamber to “show’’ for their special gratification. “All has gone off admirably, however, and seems likely to ond aatinfuctority. For that which passed within, I refer you to your report, | ‘As usual the walls of Paris are covered to-day with placards, One, which is on paper of various colora to render it attractive. is from Citizen Sobrier, protesting ‘ainst the imputations of violent or criminal designs which had been brought against him and his parti- zana, Nothing can be in a more admirable spirit of moderation. He entreats his friends to remain calm in terms the most impressive. “if there be no arriére | pensée, no secret reservation,” observed some of those | who read it in my hearing, “this is capital,” and taken | with the address of M. Caussidiere, prefect of police, | to which I alluded in my letter of this morning, can- | not fail to produce a beneficial effect. ‘There is a story | abroad that “M. Caussidiere was obliged to issue the | ‘oclimation in question by M. Lamartine, who in- | sisted on his resigning or giving that proof of his dis- approbation of the alleged projects of the ultra-repub- can party,” but I am unable to confirm or contradict “It seems certain that there really was a determina- tion on the ‘part of the discontented to attempt the overthrow of the government on Wednesday night las I cannot conclude without mentioning that the Bulletin de la République, an official publication posted on the walla of the city mentions, among other facts, the receipt by the provisional government of an addrens of 5,000 men of Tipperary, Ireland, complimenting them and France on the revolution.” The tranquillity with which the opening of the Na- tional Assembly had taken place did not produce as favorable an impression on the Bourse as might haye been expected, owing to the reflection caused by the now notorious intention of the dicontented to revolt on Wednesday night last, and to continued fears that France would be obliged to interfere in Italy. THE ASSEMBLY. Panis, May 4—Thursday Evening, Five o'clock. ‘This being the day fixed for the opening of the Na- tional Assembly, the rappel beat at an oarly hour in the different quarters, and the National Guards soon afterwards assembled at their respective places of ren- dozvous, At 11 o'clock all the battalions had assumed the stations assigned to them, from the place Ven- dome, along the Boulevards, the Place de la Concorde, and round the palace of the Assembly. ‘he first bat- talion of the Garde Mobile was drawn up in front of the palace, and on the sides were stationed detach- ments of troops of the line, mixed with the National Guards, The cavalry, consisting of dragoons and lancers, and the artillery occupied the Esplanade of the Invalides and the Champs Elyseos. The entire forco under arms was estimated at about 35,000 men. ‘The crowd assembled on the Place de la Concorde und in the neighborhood of the palace was considerable. ‘The blouses were in a great majority, but their atti- tude was perfectly inoffensive. The edifice specially constructed for the Assembly occupies the centre of the court of the Palace of the Chamber of Deputies, by which it communicates by two glass galleries. The hall is of a rectangular form, but the portion facing the board of the President is cireu- lar. It is about forty yards in longth, and twonty- seven in width, ten rows of soats with backs extend on both sides and in the circular part, and in the centre fn open space has been reserved sufficiently spacious for the cfrculation of the representatives. The seats aro separated by a number of staircases, communicating with a gallery which ranges round the hall, and about 3 yards above the last row of seats are the public tribunes. The hall is lighted by windows over those tribunes, and on the same level and in the circular part is a se- cond tier of tribunes destined to the public, and large enough to accommodate 200 persons. Those under- neath may contain about 1,500 more. The internal deooration of the hall is extremely simple, It consists of a basement, adorned with Jargé panels, supporting a series of pilasters, on which the oicling rests. ‘The frieze is decorated with lions heads and shields, on which are inscribed the words Liberty, Equality, Fra- ternity. A little abovo the public tribunes are appen- ded to each pilaster trophics of tri-colored flags. ‘The wall behind the President's chair and the tribunes ix decorated with a large painted drapery, several groups of tlags, and the following inscriptions :—République rancaise—Liberté, Egalité, Praternité. ‘The deputies began to enter the hall about noon. Very few wore the official costume. and the white waist- cont d Ja Robespierre, and not one appeared with the tri-rolored kearf. ‘The aspect of the Assembly differed very little from that of the former chamber. The ouvr- riers had for the most part sdopted the costume bour- geoit, with the exception of a member from the Depart- mont of the Landes, who presented himsclf in the Bearnese costume. Three clergymen, amongst whom was Abbé Fournier, the Cure of Nantes, whore house was sacked by the mob after his election, were dressed in their soutanes. The presence of only one member excited some sensation—this was the celebrated Father Lacopdaire, whose shaved head and white robe form- cd xo striking p contrast with the costume of the reat of the Assembly. | Among the Deputies of the former Chamber present were Messrs, Odillon Barrot, Blin de Bourdon, Isambert. Larabit, Subervic, Dupin, St. Albin, Luneau, Berryer, Boulay de la Meurthe, Havin, Grandin, Billaudel. L’Herbette, Larochajacqu- lin, Roger, Léon de Malleville, Falloux, &e, The most conspicuous amongst the new members were Beranger, Barbs, Emmanuel Arago, Jules Fabre, Murat, son of the former King of Naples, &e. The tridune diplomatique was occupied by Lord and Lady Normanby, Mr. Rush, the American ministe Baron de Thom, the Austrian Chargé d’Affaires; the ministers of the republics of the Ecuador, Chili, and New Grenada; the Tuscan minister; the Haitian En- voy: M. d’Arnau, the Spanish min stor, &e. At Lo'clock M. Audry de Puirayeau, the senior mem- ber, took the chair, accompanied by the six younger metabers, Messrs. Fres pau, Astouin (the coal porter of Maraeilles), Lagreannol, Gambon, St. Beuve, Avond, and Ferronillet, who werp to act as secretaries. Shortly afterwards the cannon of the Invalides a nounced the approach of the members of the Provi- Honal Government, and the deputies procecded to their Woirhaye, deputy for the Moselle, were spoken of as candidates for the post of president. A regiment of lancers has arrived at the Ecole Mili- tairo. Opening of the French National Assembly. rom the London Chronicle, May 5.] ‘ants, May 4—Thursday, Five o'clock, P. M. This great event. which has held the publie mind in suspense during the last two months, not only in France, but throughout Europe, has at length taken place, ‘The representatives of the French nation have met, and the provisional government haa been by that act relieved from the heavy burden of conducting the public affairs of the republic. All Paris seemed determined to consider this solemn- ity as an occasion to make a holiday, and never did the woather smile more propitious to their wishes. The sun shone forth gloriously all day, whilst a gentle breeze tempered the heat, which would otherwise have been oppressive. . [From the London Times, May 6.) Panis, May 4—Five o'clock, P.M. “ Your report from the National Assembly obviates the necessity for my stating any of the particulars of the memorable sitting of this day, nnd out of doors the appearances and incidents so closely resembled those of an ordinary fete, with the addition of a grand mili, tary fortival, both of which I have so frequently and recently described, that it would be to abuse your tionce to obtrude upon you details rerpecting. that which the Boulevards, the Place Vendome. the rue de In Patx, the rue de Rivoli, the Place de la Revolution, and the precincts of the Palace of the National As- sembly (ci-devant,chaiber of Deputies.) offered to the view of the spectator. “Tho National Guards were called ont by beat of drum at 9 o'clock. By half past 11 o'clock they lined the whole distance just referred to. At half pas they shouldered arm, and at ® quarter tol the me bera of the provisonal government issued from the Hotel of the Ministry of Justice (in the Place Ven- dome). and proceeded on foot to the Chamber of Rep- resentutives, preceded and followed by a grand military excort. They were overywhore received with testimo- nies of respect and popularity, “Looking from the church of the Madeloine, the sight was interesting at the moment when the cortege had reached the Place de la Révolution, and afforded a curious contrast with that which presentod itself to the view at the «ame point and at the same hour on Tuos- day, 22d February. On this latter mentioned day, the Boulevard to the left could be seon up nearly to the rue Vivienne. In front was the wide and magnificent rue Royale, leading into the Place de la Révolution. The Boulevard, on the 22d February, presented a masa of casquettes and blouses, except in two or three spots, (one of them the fatal place in front of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.) in which some cuirnssiers and Gardes Municipaux a Cheval were oceasionally pro- ducing commotion by the rearing or prancing of their horses. ‘The rue Royale offered nearly a simflar epee tacle on the same day; but the eye, carried beyc limit of that street, perecived the Place de la R tion covered with a mass of men and bpys, en casguelte and en blouse, (among which predominated the formi- dable and significant now blouse of the sections.) with st at every moment the manauvring of horse sol- hose charges the crowd disrogarded, and saluted Vire la Réformé,” ax in a peal of thunder. To- The whole with day the appearance was more monotonous. of the distance displayed little else than a surface of | ved tufts (pompons) and bayonets, except where some af the legions had inserted into their muskets little tri- calor flags, which, waving in the air, gave to the scone an animation it would otherwise have wanted. “As usual the utmost good-humor and equality, | sometimes carried to the grotesque, filed. The National Guards under arma and in platoon wore | evoseed, jostled, and otmbarrassod by the spectators, | and bore it all ae a matter of course. 1 saw only one | man out of tempor. and he was a bank runnor or col- lecting clork, who, as he endeavored to push his way in a dense crowd. and against the torrent, hugged to his breast a plethoric portfolio, and stormed to the delight of the spectators when tnpaded in his march, (It was impossible to resist a desire to calculate his chances of relief were he, similarly burdened, to find nself encompassed by, such a crowd in Cheapside, | and equally so to refrain’ from complimenting Paris on its superior security at » period like the prosent, and when the re-organisation of the police is far from’ com- Iota.) peeThe cortege had scarcely passed the Bridge of the Revolution in front of the Chamber, when the Nation- 3 3 feats. In the meantime a rash was made at one of the doors by a number of National Guards, who attempted to force their way into the hall, M, Chateaurenard. the governor of the palace, ran to the door, and declar- ed that no armed person should enter without passing wer his body. All applauded his firmness, and quietly tired. At that moment the drums of the National Guard were heard to beat to arms, and the officers of the house announced the arrival of the members of the provisional government, M. Dupont de l’Eure, leaning on MM. Lamartine and Louis Blane, then en- tered the hall. and were followed by MM. Arago. Mar- rast, Marie, Bethmont, Ledru-Rollin, Albert Fiocon, and Cremieux; M. Paguerre, Secretary of the Govern- ment, and M. Causidiere, Prefect of Police, who alone was dressed in the republican costume. The members of the government having placed themselves in front of the tribune, the entire assembly rose and saluted them with unanimous cries of “Vire la iépublique,” and “Vive la Gourernment Provisoire,” which were repent- ed by the spectators in the public galleries and the nu merous persons who had obtained admission into the adjoining halls. The members of the government ha- ving bowed to the assembly, were ushered to the last bench on the left. No sooner were they seated than the President sent © messenger to M. Dupont (de V'Eure) to invite him to ascend the tribune, He rose, and, accompanied by his colleagues, advanced towards the tribune, which he mounted alone. His presence there elicited new cries of “Vive le Gourernment Provi- soire?” and when silence was restored he read the fol- lowing address to the Assembly: + Citizen Representatives of the People ‘The provisional government of the republic eomes to bag before the nation, and to render a signal ho- mage to the supreme power with which you are in- sleet of the”people ! we welcome you to this great capital, where your presence excites a sentiment of happinos# and hope which will not be deceived * Trustees of the national sovereignty, you are about to found new institutions, upon the’ brond basis of democracy, and to give to France the only consti- tution that can euit her, « republican constitution. Hore the whole Assembly rose, and with their right ands raised, cried, * Vive la République.’) “Hut after having prociaimed the great political law, which is about to organize definitively the country. like us, citizen representatives, you will proceed to regulate the possible and efflorcions action of the government in the relations which the necessities of Inbor establish ainong all citizens, and whieh ought to have for basis the sacred laws of justice and fraternity, (Renewed cheering, and cries of Vive La République’) In fine, the time has arrived for the provisional go- nment to resign into Jour hands the unlimited pow- er with which the revolution had invested it. You kno that, with regard to ourselves, this dictatorship Was only a moral power, exercised in the midst of those difficult circumstances through which we have passed. “Faithful to our origin and our personal convictions. we have not hesitated to proclaim the Republic of February “To-day we shall inaugurate the labors of the Na- tional Assembly to the ery that should always salute it—Vive la Republique The ory was again repeated with the greatest onthu singm by the Assembly, M. Dupont (de PEure) having left the tribune, M GCremicux ascended itin his turn, and informed the Assembly that its session was opened, and that its la- bors commenced on that day. He afterwards called on the Prosident to invite the representatives of the people to retire Into. their Standing Committees to verify | powers. M Andrez de Puiraveau having tran that invitation to the Assembly, it cries of “ la République” ment Provisoire.”” At 8 o'clock, the deputies having completed the veri- fication of the powers, re-entered the hall, when the President oalled on M, Bochard, chairman of the first | committee, to communicate to the Assembly the result | of its labors, M, Bochard having aseonded the tribune, proposed the admission of @ number of deputies whose election we le Gouvern: was found valid by his committee, Demosthenes Ollivier next rose and demanded | that, after the admission of every member, he should mount the tribune, and there, in presence of the As- sembly, take the oath of allegiance to the republic. A number of members here Ss oe the Speaker. ery- ‘al Guards became discontented, being disappointed, iat {Phe oath is abolished! “ By whom 7” asked M, Olli “ By the age ge government.” “ What.” continued M. Ollivier, “do you place the of the government above that of the jational As. sembly?’ (Cries, “The oath is abolished and for ever."') M. Cremiecx, the Minister of Justice, then rose and said that the oath of allegiance had been the occasion | of so much scandal during the last 60 years, and excited such universal indignation, ihat the provi- sional government had thought proper to abolish it. ‘The oath of every true republican, added the minister, is in his heart, and not on his lips. ‘The Assembly received that declaration of the Minis- tor with great applause and ratified, by its unanimous approbati government, amidst deafening cries of “ Vive la Ri publique” and “ Vive la Gouvernement Provisoire.”” ‘The verification of the powers of the deputies was not yet terminated when our reporter closed his despatch, General State of Europe. My prognostics are advancing steadily towards their fulfillment. From which side the first can- non will be fired, that will be the signal of a gene- ral war in Europe is still to be seen. All true pa- triots will regret that a turn for the worse has | taken place in the scale of war in Italy; the valiant Lombards, who, with a few sporting guns drove out the hated Austrians from their territory, and drove them across the Mincio, have, in their turn, now met with two or three severe checks. The two opposed armies, the Austrian, commanded by old Marshal Radetzki, and the Sardinian, by King Charles Albert, in person, are still coquetting with each other across the Adige and the Mincio. ‘The inactivity of the Piedmontese king 18 scarcely to be'explained; his army 1s powerful and disci- plined, and his troops animated by that love of li- erty and patriotism: which ought to sweep away an enemy hke chaff before the blast, Meantime an army of 17,000 disciplined troops from Austria have marched into the Vemtian territory by the Friul, and the streets of Venice and Milan have resounded with the words which passed from mouth to mouth :— Tristi novelle si hanna dal Friuli, Sad news from Friuli.) General Nugent, (an rishman, by the bye,) crossed the Izonso, took possession of Palma Nuova, the ony strong for- tress in the hands of the Italians; laid siege to Udine, which capitulated without exchanging a shot, advanced to Codraspo—is reported to have taken Treviso, and is now on the high road to form ajunction with Radetzki, if, indeed, he does not first take Venice, which is blockaded by sea by the Austrian fleet. I have to-day seen a letter from Milan, which, however, brings the glad tidings that Charles Albert has advanced his troops with the firm intention obeying battle. May the God of armies give strength to his arm, and the classic ground of former battles add one more name to the victories of liberty! My next will be rich in blood and carnage ; but be the result of this battle what it may, the independence of Italy is equally assured. ‘If the pala, are victorious, it is well that they should have achieved their emancipation without the aid of tke stranger; if they are vanquished, the armed legions of Gaul, which are mustering strong in the Alps, have received instructions to cross the fron- tier. This fact is not Cena, known. I had it from an authority which cannot be question- ed. Specie to a very considerable amount has been sent to the army; guides have been enrolled, and the steady fire of the French line, and the swift charges of their dense bodies of cavalry, will again swoop along the plains of Italy; agd, perhaps, another Napoleon may arise like a'star to shine in the horizon of Erance. Europe may be said to have her finger on her lips, and to be drawing a deep breath; old men put thew heads together, and oung men shake hands. How will England act? The figure of Lord Palmerston rises before the imagination. It was but the day betore yesterday, Imethim cantering in Hyde Park, his groom in his green suit and leather belt, on a fine blood ches- nut mare, hehind him; the foreign secretary look- ed pale and anxious, probably conning over in his mind his reply to ‘the announced attack of Mr. Urquhart on the diplomatic correspondence be- tween Bulwer and Sottomayor; and as he cantered along, I could not help taking a segond glance at the man in whose hands the peace of the world, to a great extent, isnow placed. He is decidedly un- popular, at present. He is ener oan stem the stream of hberty, which has burst from the Baltic to the Mediterranean; but his protests have been discarded by all. The, English arms have been torn down from the British consulate at Venice, a fact much to be eee as offering an excuse for England to take umbrage. The consul immediately left Ve- nice, and is now at Trieste, in the Austrian domin- 1ons, The peace of Europe hangs upon a thread. England, however, is decidedly averse to war, and John Bull feels no inclination to have his head broken and his pocket picked on account of other men’s quarrels. As announced, Mr. Urquhart, on Thursday night, asked for explanations respecting the Madrid cor- respondence. The following is a summary of what passed:— Mr. Urnquianrt then asked Lord John Russell, in the absence of Lord Palmerston, whether the “ almost in- credible correspondence which had appeared in the public papers as having passed between the Spanish government and the British ambassador at Madrid, was or was not authentic; and whether there was any objection, if authentic, to laying it upon the table of the Hause? Lord Jonw Russet, after some preliminary observa- tions with regard to the precise character of tho note sent by Lord Palmerston to the British ambassador at Madrid, observed that {t was not intended by the gov- ernment of this country to dictate to that of Spain, anything that could have reference to tho internal affairs of that country. All that was intended was, being the ally of Spain, and having at some costly sacrifice guaranteed the throne to the present Queen, tooffer such frlendly advice aa seomed most consis, tent with the interests of the constiutional monarchy, with the security of the Queen upon the throne, and for the safety of those institutions which were iden- tified with her maintenance upon it. As to the carres- ondence in question. there could ba no objection to laying it upon the table of the House. ord Paumenstox, who entered the House whilst the noble lord was replying, repeated that there was no ob- jection to putting the correspondence in the hands of the House. In answer toa question put by Mr. Urqu- hart, with regard to the mark of distinotion recently conferred by her Majesty upon Mr. Bulwer, the noble lord observed that it had boon resolved upon long be- fore the ooourrence in question, and that nothing had occurred to cause the government to regret its deter- mination in this respect. Mr. Urqunart then asked if there was any objec- tion to lay upon tho table the correspondence which had subsequently taken plage with reference to the ro- call of Mr. Bulwer? Lord Pamerstow replied that no such correspand- enco existed. Mr. Unquitanr then questioned the noble lord as to the proffered mediation of this country between Den- mark and the German Confederation on the subject of the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. Lord Paaerstow, in. replying, observed that no cate had as yet oocurred, bringing the guarantes by which this éountry was bound toward Denmark into practical application, With regard to the mediation of this country betwoen the belligerent parties, he was happy to say, that the offer of such mediation had heen accepted by both parties, and that negotiations were now pending, with a view to the amicable settlo- ment of the dispute pending between them. Mr, Bawxes inquired, why it was that the despatch- es referred to had been communicated to tho Spanish papers before they had heen submitted to the Spanish government. Lord Patwenstox denied that such had been tho caso, The despatch had first appeared in a French paper, La Presse, from which it was copled into the Spanish papers. ‘How it gotinto La Presee, it was not for him even to guess. In the Clamor Publica, some time go. & ph had appeared, stating that it was the intention ef the British Minister to present some note, similar to that which was presented. to the Spanieh authorities; he did not know how that para- graph found its way into the paper alluded to. But the note of the British government had not been com- municated to the Spanish papers before it had been transmitted to the Spanish government Denmark and Prusai . I sent you in my last an account of a serious en- gagement between the united confederate troops of Germany, headed by Prussia, against the brick- red Danes, who, as is acknowledged by their ene- nies, true to their cognomen, fought like bricks. ‘They contested every inch of ground—gave blow for blow—died like men fighting for their king; and though they have been driven out of all Schles which hasbeen declared annexed to Gernany. they are preparing a powerful fleet, and are deter: mined to fight it out. Various reports are current 5 | of Sweden having offered 15,000 men to the Danes, | | and Russia having offered a fleet; but they are mere reports Meantime, the whole commerc | of the north of Germany is rujned; no tess than | | sixty vessels (German), many of them with valua- | ble ‘cargoes, have heen seized hy the Danish crulzers. The war js only at its first stage, and the internal dissensions of Germany will be a di- version in their favor. Here again the question arises, will England act up to her protest, and in- | terfere in favor of Denmark? We are still in the dark, and rumor has as many tongues as Argus had eyes, ji 4 It Was but a short time since that all the sove- reigns of Europe were fanning abaut like so many hunted hares. it is now the turn of the ambassae dors, and the consuls willgo next. The Prussian ambassador has been recalled from Copenhagen and the Danish from Berlin, The Austrian govern- | ment has returned their passports to the Sardinian | | and Neapolitan ambassadors, and vice versa. All | the consuls, whose arms and insignias have been ; insulted, have left their respective ports in dudgeon; | but Germany has (alas tor the petty courts ot Ce | many !) resolved to “put them down” the way | Peter Laurie would the paupers—altogether, | enclose you the plan of the new German empire; | the King of Prussia will doubtless be Emperor ol | Germany. Austria cannot stand the affront to the ion, the measure adopted by the provisional | imperial house of Halsburg. She has already re- | ¢- | fused to join the German empire, so has Bohemia, | | which latter purposes throwing off the Austrian | j yoke. I also enclose you the new constitution | granted by Austria to her States. | - More fighting, with loss of life, has taken place, | | in Baden, but the death or rather the murder of : Von Gagern was a death blow to the abortive at- tempt at the establishment of a republic. Herwegh, Hecker and Stuve are still at large. sie Shah England is perfectly tranquil, and the sun is shin- ing with a greater warmth than it has been my lot | to feel here for some time. It speaks well foy the crops, but the events in the different parts of Eu- rope have been felt here as elsewhere. — Amongst the extracts I enclose,you will find much valuable and interesting information. The Hibernia arrived at Liverpool on Wednes- any. last. : ’ he friends of Poland will regret to hear that the Polish cause is not thriving. They are not satisfied with the concession of territory made to them b: Prussia, and serious fighting, in which many lives, were lost, has taken place in the Grand Duchy of Posen, between the Boles and the Germans. But still the old song may prove true: ‘* Noch ist Polen nicht verloren !”” For Ireland, I must refer you to the papers of this day and yesterday. The country is in a most unsettled state, but I think there is more barking than biting. Our London seagon has commenced, and we will soon have a series of court balls, ‘ It seems that Louis Philippe has investments in, the Pennsylvania 5 per cents, Richard Welling, of Philadelphia, being his agent in America, and Coutts, in London. He is, however, reported to be ‘hard up.” 4 i From Niadrid, there is nothing new. Mehemet Ali is dropping off fast. There is a commercial crisis in Greece, not an unusual occurrence, being a sort of chronic disease inherent in the Greek constitution. Disturbances in Wallachia—anxiety at Constantinople—in short, to sum up this letter, Europe is pregnant with great events, of which [ purpose sending a full and faith- ful account to the New York Herald, as your faith- ful correspondent. Constitution of the Austrian States. 1.—GENERAL DISPOSITION. 1. All the countries belonging to the empiro of Aus- tria form one constitutional indivisible monarchy. 2. The constitution belongs, and will be applicable, to,the following countries of the empire of Austria, nainely, the kingdoms of Bohemia, Galicia, Lodomiria (with “Auschwite, Zator, and Bukowina), Illyria (con- sisting of the duchies of Carinthia, Carniola, and the territory of the const), the kingdom of Dalmatia, the areh-duchy of Higher and Lower Austria, the duchies of Saltzburg, Styria, the Higher and Lower Silesia, the Margraviat of Moravia, the Tyrol, including Voralberg. 8, The territorial divisian of the provinces will re- main as it at present is, and cannot be changed but by alaw. 4, Tho inviolability of their nationality and of their language is granted to all races. 5. On the extablished principle of the Pr: tion of the 19th April, 1713, the crown is the house of Habsburg-Lorraine. 6. The hoir of the throne is of full age on attaining the age of 18 years. matic Sanc- jereditary in commission of any criminal act being alone an excep- tion. 43. A member of either chamber who accepts any #a- laried office under government ix subjectod to a fresh election. ‘The Government cannot refuse the entry into the chambers of any citizen who has been elected & member. Hi. Thee ‘ ambers cau only assemble on the convoca- tion of the E , and their dissolution or proroga. tion once pronounced, they cannot further occupy themselves on any matter, Vi—ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE DIRT 45. All laws requirethe aihesion of the two cham- bers, and the sanction of the E 46, The first diet assembled, and the diet which shall immediately succeed each new accession to the throne will fix the civillist of the Emperor for the duration of his reign. The portions and allowances to members of the imperial family will be submitted to the resolutions of the diet as occasion may require 47, The annual authority for keeping up a standing army—the authority for raising taxos and tit the carrying out of state loans—the alienation of state property the examination and passing of the anaudl udget of receipts and payments—cannot take place but by the laws, ‘The projects of law on thoss huade mult be presented first in the Chamber of Doputi 48. Both chambers can prop. projects of law, or upon grounds stated invite th» government to present @ project of law. ‘They can accept petitions and delib- Cte upon et be giant Aoi pe cannot in-person delivered by pelvsss pertieh oF Mcammaes tious they must be presented by a Beds n= the chamber. 49. Toenable the chamber to pass a resolution bimd> ing in law, there must be present in the Souatent least 30 members, andin the Chamber of Deputies at least sixty. 50. Any projects of law having for their object the completion, the extension, or the modification of the dispositions of the constitution, must include in each of the two chambers the votes of two-thirds of the membors present. 51. In all other projects of law the absolute majority of votes is sufficiont, 52. The government is to be represented in the two chambors by responsible ministers, or by commtasartes of the government, appointed expressly by it to the chambers. Both have casting votes, but only if they are members of the chambers, 63. Special regulations, to be determined ry each chamber, will fix the order of affairs, and up to the period of thix being done, provisional regulations for each of the two chambers will bo published by the government. = Vil.—-PROVINCIAL STATHA, 54. In the different countries there will be provincial statos for defending the interest of the provinces, Such as exist at present will retain their organization and attributions, in all cases where tho constitution introduces no chan 55. Ono of the first duties of tho diet will be the ex- amination of the alterations proposed by the provinelal states to be made to their existing constitution, and to doliberate on the proposition relative to the manner of affording compensation for the charges which weigh upon property, and which are declared redeomable. 66. The logislature will determine upon special mu- nicipal dispositions, for the protection of the private interests of the circles and districts of oach province. 57. Communal constitutions will bo based upon the rinciple, that all the interests of the commune and its members may be represented by them. 68, Tho National Guard is to be organised ith | \* out the whole monarchy, under a special law; it will, novertheless, be subordinate to the authorities and to the civil tribunals 49, The National Guard and every public officer will swoar fidelity to the Emperor and the constitution. ‘The oath of the army to the constitution will be taken in the oath to the colors. Given in our capital, and at our residence of Vienna, the 25th of April, in the year 1848, and in the 14th year of our reign. (Signed) Frapiwanp, Ficqurtmonr, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President pro tem. Piucersponre, Minister of tho Interior. Knavs, Minister of Final 7. In case of a minority, or an Incapacity to govern in person, tho regency will be formed by means of a special law. 11.—THE EMPEROR. 8. The person of the Einperor is sacred and inviola- vI He is not responsible for the acts of his govern- ment; but his ordonnances, to be of force, must have the co-operation of a responsible minister. 9. The Emperor will swear to the constitution at the opening of the first diet, and each new sovereign shall do the same immediately on his accession. 10. Tho executive power belongs to the Emperor alone. He will exercise the legislative power inconcert with the diet, 11, He nominates to all public offices; he decrees all dignities, arders, and titles of nobility. He exercises the command in chief of the forces by land and by sea. 12, He declares war and concludes peace and treaties with foreign governments. All the treaties with foreign States will require the final ratification of the diet. 13. To the Emperor belongs the power of rewarding distinguished services. He has the right of pardon and of commuting punishment, but this right in respect of mintsters who may be condemned is dependent upon the intervention of one of the two chambers of the diet. 14. The entire administration of justice is under the Jurisdiction of the Emperor, and the proceedings are in his name. 15. In the diet the Emperor has the power of presont- ing laws. ‘The sanetion of all laws belongy to him alone. 16, He convokes annually the diet, and has the powor of proroguing or dissolving it; in the latter case a now dict must be convoked within three months. In caso of the death of the Emperor the dict is to assemble within one month, HOP THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF THE IN- MABITANTS OF THY Full liberty of conscience, as als , are guaranteed to all citizens 8. No person can be arrested otherwise than in a cordance with legal forms, except in cases of being ken in the act of committing crime. Within twenty- four hours from the period of arrest, every person ar- rested must be interrogated us to the cause for his ar- ret, and brought up for trial. Domiciliary visits are prohibited, except in cases and under the forms pre- seribed by law. 19. Liberty of speech and of the press is guaranteed by the constitution. | Censorhip is completely abolish. ed. The repression of abuses which may heads will be regulated by a law to b first diet, 20. The secrocy of letters is inviolable. 21. Strangers who have not already acquired civil rights, are also to enjoy the liberties sot out in para- graphs 17 to 20. 22. All citizens are to have the right of petition and of forming civil associations. Special laws will regu- lato the mode of exercising these rights. 23, The authorities are not to have the power of op- poring any obstacle to the liberty of emigration. 24, Every citizen may become a frecholder, may fol- low any branch of trade permitted by law, and may take any offlee or dignity. 25, The law is equal to every citizen. They will on- joy one and tho same equal ieyal position ; they. will be subjected to the same obligations as regards military service and taxatian ; and no person can be deprived against his will of being judged by ordinary courts, ‘94, The laws in regard to the army are not altered until the promulgation of a spectal law. 27. The first diet will be occupied with projects of law, having for their aim the settling of the differences which in some parts of the monarchy still legally exist in regard to the civil and political rights of some pro- fosaions, and the abolishing the obstacles which still oppose the acquisition of all rorts of freehold property. Judges are not ta he dismissed except by virtue of a judgment given by proper judicial authority. ‘They cannot he re-appointed to their seats, nor can they he removed from ono place to another against thelr will, nor can they be placed on the retired tls. 20, The laws are to be publicly and orally adininis- tered. In regard to the criminal laws, the trial by jury is to ke introduced, and its establishment will form the sub- Jeot of a special law, 80. No changes in the organiaation of the law courts can be introduced but by a law. a1. The freo exercise of worship is assured to all Christian creeds logally acknowledged in the mo- narchy, as also to the Jewish persuasion, IV. TH MINIBTRY 82, The ministers are responsible for all acta and Bropositions done and made in the performance of their juties. 33, This responsibility, as also the determining the authority through which they can be accused ay tried, will be regulated by a special law. Y.—THE DORT 34, The dict, which is to exercise tho power of legis- lation in concert with the Emperor, ia to be divided into two chambers—a Senate and a Chamber of Depn- ties, Tho duration of the dict is fixed for five year with an annual convocation, 35, The Senate is to consist—First, of the princes the royal house who have attained the age of 24 years Secondly, of members nominated for life by the empe- ror, without attention to position or birth. - Thirdly, of 160 members, to be elected by the principal landed | Proprietors from thelr own body, and for the full period of the diet. liberty of per- Sommanvaa, Minister of Public Instruction Zanini, Minister of War. The German Kmpire. We are enabled to lay before our readers in full th proposed fundamental law for the constitution of a German empire, as presented to the German Diet in its sitting of the 26th ult. by the committee of seventeen men of confidence. The committee of seventeen consisted of the follow- ing distinguished Individuals:—MM. de Schmerling and Sommaruga, Austria; Dahimann, Prussia; Todt, Saxony; Zacharia, Hanover; Uhland, Wurte 4 Bassermann, Baden; Bergk, Electorate of Hesse; Lan- gen, Grand Duchy of Hesse; Droyson, Holstein; Wil- mer, Luxemburg; Von der Gabelents and Luther, Ducal Houses of Saxony; Gagern, Brunswick and Ni sau; Stever, Meoklenburg; Albrecht, Oldenbui Gervidus, for the free towns; ‘Twup and Petri, of stadt. Bavaria was not represented. PROJECT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF ‘THE EMPIRE OF GERMANY, ‘The experience of an entiro generation having de- monstrated that the want of unity in the political ex- istence of Germany, has engendered an internal dis- organization in the German nation, and a deprecia- tion of the liberty of the people, as well as to render it powerless towards without, the German confederation Will be replaced by a constitution based on national unity, ART. 1.—mASKS. Seo. 1. The countries which have hitherto apper- tained to the German confederation, including the Prussian provinces which have lately been incorpo- tated, and the Duchy of Schleswig, constitute hence- hh an empire (federal 5 * The independence of the different German states which constitute the confederation is main- ? but limited in so much as the unity of Germa- ny demands it. This limitation consists in part, that some especial affairs of stato willcome under the ex- elusive domain of the Imperial powor (Vide Art. II.); in part, that oectain fundamental Mehth’ aud dobters institutions will be guaranteed to the people.—(Vide Art. IV.) ART. [1.—ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE RMPIRE, Sec. %. The following departments will henceforth come exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Imperial power :— 4, The international representation of Germany and of its component States, in foreign countries; consequently, the right of treaties and all diplo- matic relations to that effect, as also as the su- petintandeniog over all treaties negotiated be- ween the different States of the empire, or en- tered into by them with foreign States, the per- manent legations (ambassadors) between the different States are to be abolished. 4, The right of declaring peace and war. ¢. The army, consisting of active troops and the Landwehr, and based on the principle of com- pulsory service, without substitutes, d. The fortre: ses. ¢. The safety of Germany by sea by the establish- ment of an armed navy aud armed seaports. J. The customs in such manner th t there shall sub- sist but one customs law for the whole empire. g. The postal department. h. The superintendence of the navigation of rivers, canals, &e., of railways and telegraphs, i, The concession of brevets of invention, which will be applioable to the whole empire, The logisiation in the domain of public and elvil law, insomuch as required for the complete de- velopment of the unity of Germany, yo law on a uniform system of currency, weights, and measures for the whole of Germany 1. Tho jurisdiction to the extent indicated lower down in paragraph 24. m The right of disposal over all revenues proceed- ing from the customs and post offices, and of those revenues and other receipts of the empire (taxes, sums derived from concessions. &c.), the right of imposing additional taxes on the States ART. 111. CONSTITUTION OF THE EM Sve. 4. The whole of the imperial power is coneen- trated in the supreme chief of the empire, and inthe Imperial Diet. ‘Phe administration of the different branches of this power will be entrusted to special im- perlal authorities, at the head of which are placed the ministers of theempire, Justice ig administered by an imperial court ATHY SUPREME OMIEF OF THE EMPIRE. See. 5. The dignity of the supreme chief of the em- pire (Emperor of (Germany) will be hereditary, 80 as to ensure the true welfare and liberty of the German peo- le Soo. 6, The supreme chief of the empire is to reside at Frankfort-on-the-Maing; his civil list will be rega- lated conjointly with the hinperial Diet S The Emperor exercises the executive power in all the affairs of the empire; he appoints the func- tionaries of the empire, and the officers of the active army and of the navy, as also the superior officers of the Landwehr; he regulates the division of the army ‘The concession of patents of invention (Sec. 3 i) may be granted also without the consent of the diet Sec. 8. The Emperor has the power of convoking an extraordinary assombly of the diet (Vide See. 19) of the empire; he adjourns it, closes it, and dissolves it. Tho resolutions of the diet promulgated by him are obligatory for every part of the empire. He renders the necessary decrees for carrying into execution the law# of the ompire. He shares with the Imperial Diet 36, The Chamber of Deputies ts ta be composed of 483 members, ‘The election of all its members is to be | based upon the population and the representation of all clvie interest. | "87. The election of the members of both chambers to the first dlo$ will take place under a provisional electo- ra} ardonnance, | 8. The definitive electoral law will be voted by the dict, as also the regulations roferring to the pay to be | allowed to the deputies of the second chamber. | 99, Each chamber will elect its president and other | oficial members; and to each chamber will belang the sole right of examining and deciding wpon the vali- dity of the respective elections, 40. The members of both ehambers ean only vote in | person; and wny pledge made to their constituents Is not ta hold good. 4\. The sittings of the two chambers are to be pub- lic. An exception to this rule can only be made by a resolution of the chamber, which lé to come to a deci- sion on this point at q seoret sitting on the demand of any ton of its members, or of the President. 42. No member of oither chamber can be procended | agin at law, or arrested pending the duration of the let, without the express consent of the chamber to whick ke the case of hls the right of proposing and approving of laws. Soe. % Tho Einperor exercises the international re- presentation of G y and of the different States of which the empire consists, He appoints and accredite envoys and consuls. He concludes treaties with for- eign states, and fuperiatends the treatics betwoen the difforent German states (Sec. 3, a.) He decides on war and peace Seo. 10. ‘The Emperor is inviolable and trresponsible Qn the other hand, all ordinances emanating from him, to be valid and legal, but must bear at least the signature of one mintster of the empire, as a proof his responsibility. Any decree without such signature is not obligatory. nT TOF THE EMPIRE, Sec. 11. The Diet of the empire consists of two chambers; an Upper and a Lower Chamber Sec. 12, The maximum number of the Upper Cham. ber is 200 members, viz: 1, The reigning princes. It is in their option to send 4 substitute, but who cannot be revoked during « session. 2 Of a delegate from each of the free towns sent by the governments, at least for the duration of a sea- sion. being taken in the 9, Of the eouneillors of the empire elected by the dif-