The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1848, Page 1

Whole No. 510). NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1848. HIstoRy oF THE IMPORTANT EVESTS IN EUROPE. SPECIAL FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE = | OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Our Liverpool Correspondence. Liverroor, Saturday morning, 2 May 13, 1848. 5 INTERESTING SUMMARY OF THE EUROPEAN NEWS. Since the date of my last dispatch, we have had the most lovely and seasonable weather; indeed, the tran- ‘h other, and would be most unwilling to be sepa- He concluded by declaring that he was deci- rate | dedly im favor of the appointment of a committee to | superintend the conduct of the Ministers who might be appointed, (Loud cheers.) ‘The President aunounoed that » third proposition had been handed in—that the members of the provi- sional government should be continued in their places ‘The discussion having terminated, the President said | that he should first put to the vote the question recom- mended by the committee. namely, that the Assembly should appoint direct a ministy, consisting of nine members, with portfolio, and one without, to act as Pre- sident. | M. Bares here rushed to the tribune amidst cries of | “the discussion {s closed.’’ It was some time before he could obtain a hearing; but at last he said that the eral discussion certainly was closed, but surely an: | member had a right to speak on the various proposi- Uions separately. “(Great tumult at his continulng to occupy the tribune, and cries of “ spoke ! spoke!) He held his post, however, At last, during a moment's lull, sition from cold and wet to warm and dry, has been | he contrived to make himself heard, He was, he said, most extraordinary and sudden, ‘The farmers will, no | in favor of the appointment of the ministry of the As- doubt, shortly ery out for rain. The non-arrival, until the 10th inst., of the Wash- ington, caused some little uneasiness; however, she made a fine passage. ‘Thege is abundance of news of all kinds, and I searce know what dish to serve you to first—for, no doubt, you would like to partake of all, But I must proceed’ or Tshall be dished. So I'll commence with a few words about France. Ifmy epistle be disjointed, my readers, I trust, will overlook the faulty and remombor that, in my anxiety to furnish as much as possible in a little space, and having only an hour or two to accomplish my task in, FRANCE, The manufacturers of Lyons are living on the pro- duce of forced sales. They complain of being compell- ed, by necessity, to sell, to a host of English specula- tors, their stocks of silks and velvets, at less than half of their value. They say, “tho best velvets, which should produce 23 fr. the yard, they have parted with for 8 franca,” Rohe Paris correspondent of the Atlas says of Lodru ollin:— _‘The man who was admitted to a share in the provi- sional government, ou account of his fancied power with the working classes, has to the very last, used un- ceasing endeavors to annoy his colleagues, and to de- stroy the peaceful march of events whieh he had in vain endeavored to prevent altogether. Even so late us yesterday a message was sent by him to Lamartine, to forbid the meeting of the chambers to-day. ‘There have been fraudulent elections,’ wrote he; ‘as Minister of the Interior I have a right to demand time in order to verify the votes submitted to the different Mairies.” Lamartine, upon the receipt of this message, immedi- ately convoked a meeting of the government at his own residence at the Affaires Estrangeres. At this mect- ing it was decided that the delay in the opening of the jury to the country, by contributing to create uneasiness, and to destroy the confidence which was but just beginnjng to be resto- red. It is said that, in addition to the polite and gen- tlemanly note in which Lamartine conveyed this deci- sion to the Minister of the Interior, the latter received at the same time, another one from the rough pen of Caussidiere, couched in something like these teri ‘There have been discovered no fraudulent votes but those obtained in your favor. The electors in the hospi- tals to whom you sent your canvassers were some of them delirious and others dying.’ ‘The method of obtaining votes here mentioned was certainly resorted to by Le- dru Rollin, and his consternation was so great to find the Mininister ef Police in possession of @ fact which he thought had been kept a profound seeret, that he quietly withdrew all pretension to disturb the arrange- ments of his colleagues with regard to the opening of the chambers.’? The members of the provisional government left their official residences on Saturday. The accounts from the provinces, according to the Paris journals of Monday, are yery favorable. Limoges is quiet—the Commissary Parrot haying beon dismissed by the provisional government. A vast majority of the national assembly are all but pledged to exclude M. Ledru Rollin from any place in the intermediate government, on the grounds of his despotic proceedings. M. Lamartine contends for the re-appointment of allthe members of the provisonal government. Ledru Rollin is, of course, frantic. His own paper, the Kéforme, of last Monday, yows ven- geance. It says: “The prattling press is making agreat noise about questions of a President, of Ministers, and of a com- mission of government. We are accustomed to all these chronicles. Formerly Guizot and Duchatel were quoted; to-day the bourgeois amuse themselves in dis- cussing Ledru Rollin or Lamartine, As regards us, we rewember the barricades of February, and it signifies little to us what calculations may be made, or what mischievous ostracism may be preached. We are cer- tain that the Constrtuante (assembly) will not choose to drown the acclamations of the people, and that after nination, it will bow before the men who nobly iantly did the service of the revolution. But if the Constituante, the daughter of the election, disown the revolution, her mother, we shail let the delegates pass—but we shall give notice to the people. Under the monarchy we falfilled that duty; we shall do it under the republic.” On the night of the 8th, (Saturday) all the republi- can clubs in Paris voted s resolution to call on the National Assembly to actively interfere, without delay. in the affairs of Italy and of Poland. ‘THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. ‘The President took the chair on Monday, at one o'clock M. Ganxien Paces, in concluding his statement re- lative to the financial position of the country. said it capable of mathematieal demonstration, that the system pursued by the late government would, in a few years, if continued, have plunged the country into utter ruin. His successor, he said. would find the finances in a condition superior to that in which they were when h eived them, M. Anaco, in his report ot the state of the War De- partment, said, that in the event of hostilities, 800.000 men could be armed immediately, and that the navy was in a state prepared for any contingency. The railway question was recommended to the mature con- sideration of the assembly, by M. Marie, in his report as minister of public works. * * | * On Tuesday the President took the chair, at half past 11 o'clock, he order of the day was the report of the committee urged withthe task of examining the various propo- sitions made relative to the constitution of an F:xeeu- tive government ad interim. M Prvrin, the reporter of the committee, proceeded to read the report. It stated that there were two prin- ciples ee; one thatthe Assembly should ap- point, in public sitting. an executive council, which should name the nine ministers; the second. that the Ar. sembly should name direct the nine ministers with port- folio, and one other without portfolio, to act_as Presi- dent. In favor of the first it was argued that the As- sembly ought not to descend to the task of governin; that the ministers ought to suffice—that thus there would be greater expedition in the acts of the govern- ment, and that their responsibility would be more com- plete when having todo with a committee of five than it could possibly otherwise. In favor of the second, it was said, that as long as the constitution remained un- decided the power subsisted inthe hands of the As- sembly, and ought not to be delegated to any interme- diate party; that all such superfetation was useless, and, in fact, injurious, because useless; that much time would be lost im the committee reading the re- ports and documents emanating from the ministers; that it wasa matter of difficulty to say whether the committee ought to sit alone in tion with the ministers, The dering most maturely the various points of the two propositions, had at last, by « four, deci ajority of fourteen to vil that, ino to have the government nited, and acti the ministry ought to be no- . without any intermediate body,by the Nation- al Assembly itself, (Hear, hear.) The honorable report- ec concluded by reading the resolution of the commit- jaring that “the National Assembly should no- minate direct by bal'ot.and by an absolute majority, nsible and re able, each with a 1 without portfolio, to act as presi- to render an account of their acts [Approbation, with cries of “ Tres portfolio, and a te dent, ‘The whol to the Assembly bien.) A long dis sion ensued, in the course of which the Abbe Lacordairc, who appeared in his white Domini- can dress, spoke strongly in favor of the proposition of M. Dormes, and against the exclusion of persons who had fought for the republic M. Ovitton Barnor contended that it would be a y to appoint an Executive Committee nt, although it would be try. It had been said sional government ought to be re-elected nse for the sacrifices and devotedness had given proof of during the late momen- For his part he considered the expression t! a recompense to honora- ns for having faithfully served their country! A recompense for having carried the | prinetpies which they qloried in—those of the republic! For hts part he did not do these gontlemen the injustice to think such ngwage could sound pleasingly to their ears; he be- lieved them superior to such eonsiderations. ‘In con- should say that the National Assembly ht to nominate the Ministers direct. (Cheers.) M. pe Lamanrixe would not have ascended the tri- bune were it not that he thought the views of M. O. Barrot erroneous, There were two distinet parts in {uestion—one relating to the mechanism of a con- | nal government, and the other relating to prin- ciples, ‘These, when’ considered, would mutually throw light on each other, How ‘could s Minister, charged with an important department, come forward when some grave conjunction took place,and ask tho | advice of the Assembly? And yet that should be » if the Minister took his mandate from the Assem- | sembly direct, but without @ President ; for which he saw no necessity. (Continued noise.) After some time, during which great agitation pre- vailed, the Assembly proceeded to vote by show of hands. A first trial being doubtful, the President ordered a second. ‘That, also, being without result, the vote by division was proceeded to, the appel nominal having been first gone through. ‘The result was as follows :— for the appointment of the ministry by au executive committee, 411; for its appoiutmont by the chamber direct, 386; majority, 20. "This was received by loud cries of * Vive la Republique It was afterwards resolved that the chamber should nominate an executive commission of five, to appoint ministers, and exercise other functions of sovercignty. The committee was to be appointed on Wodnesday. The Réforme gives the following as the five names iikely to be chosen to form the executive commission of go- vernment :—Lamartine, Ledru Rollin, Arago, Garnier Pages, and Marie. Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Lucien, (Prince of Cani- no.) has been appointed by the French Minister of War, Major in the first regiment of the Foreign Le- gion. La Liberte (Paris paper) announces the death of the distinguished comedian Vernet, on Sunday night last, ack of gout. Lieven ; but that it was agreed, for political reasons, that the marriage should be kept secret as long as M. Guizot remained in office. The Toulonnais, of the 27th ult., contains the fol- el-Kader for Cette: ‘The Emir,” it sa; , “was in- his endeavors to preserve a calm countenance, the per- sons who surrounded him could easily discern the na- ture of the feelings that animated him. the government, however, the Castle of Pau was irrevocable, and preparations for his departure were made with great secrecy. On Sunday, at noon, whilst the elections eccupied the whole population, « haokney-coach and several omni- buses conveyed Abd-el-Kader and his suite from Fort Lamaigue to Castigneau, whence the Arabs, about fifty in number, wore transferred on board the steam- ers lying in the roads. Abd-cl-Kader and his near- est relatives, Colonel Lheureux, Governor of Fort La- malgue, and Colonel Daumas. who had been for some time ona mission at Toulon, embarked in the Minos, and the Arabs of the suite, forming two bodies, in the small steamers Pingonin and Liamone. These vessel were to convey tho passengers to Cette. The latter were thence to proceed by canal to Toulouse, where carriages were'to be placed at their disposal to continue their journey to Pau.” The Toulouse journals, of the 27th ult., announce the arrival of Abd-el-Kader in that city on the 26th. The Paris correspondent of the .tlas says, Mabille re-opened with renewed splendor on Saturday last, and is crowded to excess every night. This resort, mal famé though it be, promises to rival the coulises of the stock-brokers, if one may judge by the enormous num- ber of those gentry who frequent the place. An excel- lent hoax was played off there last night, which for a time kept the whole neighborhood in alarn, and pre- vented many old ladies from retiring to rest before day- light. About ten o'clock a mexsenger came in breath- less haste to eall together the officers of the National Guard, who, forgetful of their country’s danger, were enjoying waltres and polkas, as though under the sleepy regime of Guizot and Louis Philippe. “You must hasten on the instant to the Hotel de Ville,” ex- claimed the messenger, “the communists have attacked the building, besides which, the 15th Arrondissement is all in fire and flame, and the rappet is beating through the streets in all directions.”” In a moment the garden was cleared. Among the officers of the Garde Mobile, many were there absent without leave, and the conster- nation became general. Of course they spread the alarm as they went along, and were followed by an im- mense crowd to the Hotel de Ville, which they found ing silent and quiet in the moonlight, without even the usual number of gazers to look upwards at the old clock. Their indignation was great, and vengeance was vowed against the author of the mystification, which, however, is now attributed to a fair grizette, who, just beholding her lover on the point of leading out a dreaded and dangerous rival, resorted to this in- genious stratagem to break off the (éte-a-téte which had ready begun. ‘The following decree was published in the Moniteur : ‘The provisional government, considering that the principle of equality implies univormity of costume for the citisens callod to the same functions, decrees: The representatives of the people shall wear a black coat, a white waistcoat with lappels, anda tri- colored sash with gold fringe. ‘They shall also wear in the button hole, on the left sile, a red riiibon, In which shall be worked the fasces of the republic, It remains to be seen how the bishops, dominican friars, and other ecclesiastics, Catholic and Protestant, who are elected, will look when they put on the double- breasted white waistcoat, @ la Robespierre. SPAIN. Accounts to the 7th have been received. The Carlist generals have refused to advantage by the proffered amnesty. Discount on the notes of the San Fernando Bank had risen to 13 and even 14 per cent. Narvaez is paralized for want of money. If so, a more successful outbreak than the last may be looked or. LOMBARDY. The Gazette of Milan, of the 4th, states that— “General Durando had addressed to his’ solic: av order of the day, recommending discipline and moderation, and soagratulat- ing the Swiss volunteers for having taken up arms for the inde- ce of Italy. al della Marmora has also recommended greatest respect to pervons and property y punishment, reported at Vicensa, on the 29th, that the Archduke Sohn had arrived at Verona,” a The journals of Turin, speaking of a proclamation of General Oudinot, which announces to the French army of the Alps his approaching entrance into Italy, are unanimous, while protesting their sympathy for the French nation, in declaring that they desired no fo- reign intervention in tho affairs of Italy. La Concordia says: “Italy must alone fight against Austria, and the national Italian conquest must be an Italian work.” S$ AND SICILY. The .1ba of Florence announces that disturbances took place at Naples during the night of the 20th ult., to overthrow the ministry, of whom several members gave in their resignation, The bombardment of Messina had not ceased up to the 25th. It was continued even on Good Friday. According to the advices received from Udine of the 3d inst., Count Nugent had advanced without opposi- tion from Sacile to Conegliano. Everywhere the inha- bitants came to meet him with white ‘flags The pea- sants assert that the inhabitants of Treviso, weary of the extortions committed by the Free Corps and armed insurgents, will surrender without resistance. Palma Nuova and Osopo art blockaded, but still held out; a fire was opened on the former fortress on Sunday, but there are ro many officers there who have been compro- mised in the late proceedings that they will probably defend themselves to the last extremity. It is probable soldiers to under pain of | that Count Nugent will meet with determined resist- ance before he can reach Treviso. Private letters from Ancona, of the Ist instant, an- nounce the arrival of several battalions of Neapolitan troops in that town, on their march to aid in driving the Austrians out of Italy. It was expected that the entire Neapolitan foree would amount to 8000 men. “PPAIRS IN ROME. It will be seen from the following extract from the al- looution of the Pope in the screct consistory held at has no share in Rome on the 20th ult. that Pius the declaration of war to Austria ; “Everybody knows, Venerabl asext to You on October 4, the paternal kindness ty and obe w y 01 p We neglected nuthing to impress these same Would to God that the effect had respond F paternal x hortations! But every one is aware of the public ¢ tion place both in Italy and in other countries If id to such that the path was ut ns to coset Prospe- rity of our temporary state. pect “to those who in our kingdom have abused our benefits, we shall, in accordance with the example of our Divine Master, pardon thein from the bottom of our hearts, We call them hack to better thoughts, aml we pra God to turn away from their heads the chastisements which fall on ungrateful men, Besides, the people of Germany cannot wa. sonably complain of us, becanse we were unable to contain the ar- temporal order who have ap. who, inflamed with the love wir own nation, tnited thoir efforts to those of the other Ital- o were more numeroms t ble te noes, beheld themsely pose the uprising of their people, Tn tha we, however, gave no other orders to our troops than to protect the integrity and security of the pontifical State, However, seve- ral persons manifest a desire to behold us, in accord with the other populations and princes of Italy, declare war on Germany ; in ual te of thin bly atiairs, for thi direct, Would not there be danger for the home s foreign policy, for the diplomatic rela- | tions of t untry? What was above all necessary, was to insure the future from all dangers, Could that | be done by shackling the proceedings of the pervons appointed Ministers? From his own experience he was obliged to reply in the negative: “'he Hon, Mem- lor dwelt for some brief space on this point, which , he said, had been most ably treated by M. J, Favre, and then referring to the position of himseif and his col- consequence, we judge it our duty. to announce in your assombly tht nething can bo’ more distant from our thoughts than to Pius 1X. is at present a prisoner in the subjects, being virtually confined to his palace. has regularly rebelled against him, and the probabilit; is that his Holiness will be deposed as a Temporal In fact, the emtire executive authority appears by the new ministry, without any con- prinee. to be exorcised od that they had the utmost confidence tro! on the part of the Pontif The Paris National announces that M. Guizot was marriedin Londo three years since, to the Princess lowing particulars relative to the embarkation of Abd- formed, in the course of last week, of the Provisional government with regard to him; and, notwithstanding The order of to remove Abd-el-Kader to Bourse and the Passage de l’Opera for the operations of fan populations. “Slany other princes in, Burope, whose armies m | MISCELLANEOUS, ‘The oldand respectable house of Eccles, Burnly & Co., West India merchants’ Glasgow, has stopped pay- ‘at; ahe Mabilities are estimated at upwards ef 000. 300,000. It is calculated that the inhabitants of Glasgow will shortly be assessed to the tune of £18,000 or £18,000, | to defray the expeases incurred in consequence of the Mareh riots. j Several more of the persons engaged in the recent riots at Glasgow have been sentenced—one to eight- cen years, three to ten years, and six to seven years’ transportation. TRADE, During this week, trade has evidently been more fresh; there are more orders and at decidedly better prices. | Orders have been received at Havre from the interior, | causing an advance of price and rapid sales, which cer- tainly argues a restoration of confidence in the manu- | facturing districts, Cotton—Although accounts from Havre have a | cheering effect, yet the accounts from the con- tinent generally are considered less satisfactory, and in addition to those received from America with the large arrivals, spinners have purchased leas freely ‘The market has been heavy for all deseriptions, and for all qualities under fair & reduction of Sd per 1b must be noted. Exportors have taken 1,360 American and 60 Egyptian. ‘The sales of the week are 24120, of which 8, re bowed Georgia, Mobile, Alabama’ and Ten- nessee, at from 3% a 3%, (Alabama and Tennessee being ‘from 3 a 3%,) for ordinary to middling, | and for good to fine 4% to 5 for Georgia, and 5 a 5% Mobile. ‘The imports of all kinds are for the week 82.498 bales; this year 527,347; taken by the trade from Ist January to 12th May 451,000 bags; by speculators, 15,700 bags; by exporters, 31,560 bags,’ Tho estimated stock of ail’ kinds yester: day was 407,080 bags, being 110,000 bags less than at the sume period of last year. Grain—The demand for wheat has been slow, and there is a reduction of 3da5d per 70lb. Western canal tlour is also rather lower; good brands 27sa27s 6d per 196 Ibs, Prime yellow corn is 27sa20s; white 20sa27s; southern mixed 25s Gda26s per 480 Ibs. The transac- tions have been very considerable. White States wheat 7a Sda7s 10d; red Os 4da7s 2d per T01bs. ALBIONA. Our London Correspondence. Loxvon, May 12,1848. The Chartists and the New Reform Movement in Eng- land—The State of Ireland—Emigration to the Brit- ish Colonies—The Spanish Troubles—Theatricals— The Fashionable World—Sporting, §c. In England, at the present moment, ail is quiet, at least as fur as any physical force demonstrations are concerned. ‘The people—and by the people, I allude to the shopkeepers and traders of the kingdom—evince an apathy towards any change in the form of government. ‘They seem to think if they can trudge on in the same jog-trot style, there will be but little necessity for com- plaint, The general “turnout” that was made here by by the middle elasses, on the 10th of April, should not be construed by the government into any expression of blind adherence to all political measures that may be proposed; but ought to be viewed as a desire to pro- tect the national interests of the kingdom. None of your readers will, I trust, be led away with the notion that the chartists, who have so recently made a stir in London, are even a symbol, or type, of the feeling of the majority of the English. Such, I assure you, is not the case, nor is the dictum of these malcontents any thing like chartism. ‘They are two very different and widely distinct things—the former seem to be at en- mity amongst themselves, and with every body else, apparently not knowing what object they have in view, saye the creation for themselves of a most unenviable notoriety. The latter have some decidedly good argu- ments; and it will please you to hear that there are reasonable grounds for hoping that shortly we shall enjoy the benefits of the six points in some shape or other. The ballot, household (but not universal) suf- frage. triennial (but not annual) parliaments, and equal electoral districts, are among those that the go- vernment will, it is believed, see the propriety of grant- ing. My reasons for thinking ao, is this : that a reform league is in progress of formation—the hend-quarters of which are to be fixed at Manchester, and the actin; members are those who so triumphantly carrie through the country the famous anti-corn law league. The projectors of the movement are not place-seekers, nor needy men, but large traders, mill owners, or in- fluential members of parliament. ‘The object they have in view is neither visionary nor impracticable, and cannot fail, ina short time, to be crowned with suc- 8 ; it is, in point of fact, to carry out to the fullest tent the principles contained in the famous reform bill of 1830, As this isa movement, in the welfare of which your readers cannot fail to be interested, I shall, in my future letters, be explicit in relating their pro- ceedings. Its assembling is not, as yet, publicly an- nounced, Ireland is but in a gloomy state ; the cause of repeal being daily damaged by the intemperate conduct of those who are the chief advocates of the measure of separation between the old and young Ireland party At a soiree, held for the commemoration of some Irish anniversary, the memory of the late Mr. O’Connell was disrespectfully alluded to. This raised the ire of some of his partizans, who, sans ceremonie, set upon the young Ireland party, nearly killing, in the disturbance, Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchel. The former of these gentlemen was very roughly handled, and « precipitate flight only saved the remaining two from a similar fate. The three I have named, arc, as you are aware, charged with sedition ; the trial ix on, but has not began in earnest, the preliminaries only having been gone through. The general supposition is, that they will all be found guilty and transported. Mr. O'Brien formed one of the deputation to France, which was so coldly received by M. Lamartine and his col- leagues. Mr. Mitchell is editor and proprietor of the United Irishman newspaper, in which journal have peared most of the seditious articles. ‘In consequenc of the bill which has lately received the assent of the houses of Parliament, for the better security of the crown, the publishers of the paper refused to issue it with inflammatory language in its pages, and Mr. Mit- chel_has consequently been compelled to have his proofs revised by a lawyer before any publisher would interfere in issuing it: a circumstance of « similar kind has not happened in this country for a length of time, and it has created a great sensation I have seen some official papers that have emanated from the colonial office, upon the subject of emigration to the British provinces of North America. They are reported to be copies of correspondence between the colonial office, the Governor General, Earl Elgin, Lieut. Governor, Sir W. Colebrook, and Mr. Merrivale. It appears that the emigration system has been attended lately with very disastrous consequences, viz., great distress and mortality. In the year 1847, there were 98.006 emigrants to Canada, more than a seventh of whom died on the passage. The expenses attending this were £106,001 15 3d; deduct from which receipts to the amount of £43.707 185 4d, leaving an excess upon the expenses of £62,693 16s 11d. Ths papers re- commend that an increased emigrant tax should be and also lay special force on the necessity of better accommodation being provided for those who leave the country, during the passage out, Your readers will also be rejoiced to hear that a society has already been formed in London, under the title of the Colonial Society, for the purpose of rendering informa. tion to the press and the public, upon all sukjects con- nected with the colonies. It intends also to move the colonial office, should any appearance of tardiness appear in their policy; and from the practical expe- rience and abllity of the members composing the com- mittee, I have little doubt but-that it will become @ very useful, and, in time, a.most lucrative association. The political world is rather dull and languid at thi time ster recess has hardly been got over, conse- quently sufficient time has not elapsed for the intro- duction of any measures of impertance. ‘The only matter of consequence that has been brought forward, (and even that excited but little debate) was the pro- ceeding of our government with reference to Spain. You will have heard of the facts by this time. They are, briefly, that Lord Palmerston directed Mr. Bulwer to suggest to the Spanish ministry a certain line of very properly) the iste, that conduct. The foreigners denied ht of our interference, in a very caustic Mas excited the ire of the Englith gove crown all, somerof the correspondence betw Palmerston and Mr. Bulwer got into the columns of the Clamor Publico, a Spanish journal, before it reach- ed the foreign embassy. In the House of Lords it has been acknowledged that Mr. Bulwer’s actions were unfortunate errors of judgment, but not of sufficient i ed to warrant his recall, So here the matter ends, We have been excessively amused here, by publicity being givenin the Recue Retrospective, 2 French jour- 1, to the whole of the papers, &e., found in the bureau e ex-King of the French, ‘They principally relate to the abominable Spanish marri » addressed to various parties, and show Louis Philippe to have been | a most artful and designing man, He and his wife are house is worthy of preservation; and, in order to pro- vide a necessary amount of funds for the undertaking, two amateur performances are anncunced to take place at the Haymarket theatre. ‘The pieces aro the “Merr: Wives of Windsor” (Shakspeare) and “Every Man in his Humor’ (Ben Jonson). ‘The characters ure to be taken by those distinguished in literature, more particularly in dramatic literature, Amongst the performers are, Mra. Cowden Clarke, Charles Dickens, Mark Lemon, Leach, Frank Stone, Forster, ete. ‘The prices for the entertainment are high, notwithstanding which a sub- stantial surplus is expected to be realised. Your paper which contained the news of the féte to celebrate the proclamation of a republic was read with interest in this country; as also were your remarks on the state of England, in which you predict for us a similar position of affairs to those of Paris, However much it may be trumpeted forth that the {arquis and Marchioness of Normanby dined the other day with M. Lamartine, the English do not show the French such sympathy as they should; and, to give you an idea of the extent to which the feeling is carried, you will be surprised when I tell you that the Queen has intimated she will hold a succession of levees drawing-cooms, State balls, &c.; but she has also ex- pressed a wish that all who attend them should be clothed in apparel entirely of British manufacture. | wonder, if the Chinese were to block their ports against us, and other nations follow in the same track, what we should do? Although, of course, it is prudent to protect one’s own countrymen, no justification sure- ly can be shown for showing disaffection of this kind. The sporting world is at this time at its highest pitch of excitement; every oue, who takes an interest in this kind of sport, being anxiously waiting the result of a celebrated annual race, called the Derby. Lord George Bentinck has almost wholly retired from his parliamen- tary duties, in order that he may devote himself more exclusively to racing; and with the doctrine of imita- tion, so proverbial in’ Englishmen, hosts of members of parliament have followed his example. ‘The funds closed to-day at the following prices: Con- sols, 843; Reduced Three per Conta, 82%; new Three- and-a-quarter per Cents, 84; Long Annuities, 836 a 9-16; Bank Stock, 190; India Stock, 230; South Sea Stock, 90. Gj Our French Correspondence. Panis, May 3, 1848. Progress of the Revolution in the Streets—In Social Life—In the Newspapers—In Caricatures, §re.—G@reat Changes. Events succeed each other here with all the rapidity and with some small portion of the grotesque effect of the figures ina magic lantern, We are now on the eve of the meeting of the General Assembly, a body into whose hands the present provisional government is to surrender its exceptional powers, The elections have taken place, being the first grand experiment in Europe of the effect of universal suffrage. When the provisional government decided to con- voke the Assembly, and to cause its election to be ef- fected by universal suffrage, the Minister of the Inte- rior, M. Ledru Rollin, who is decidedly the most ultra democratic member of the government, sent into the provinces numerous agents invested with unlimited powers, and commissioned to agitate the country by every practicable means, with a view of procuring the return of members to the Assembly who should be staunch democrats, ‘These commissaries, as they were called, or pro-consuls. were in many cases very ill re- ceived; in some cases they were unceremoniously turn- now enjoying their otium sine dignitate, under the title of the Count and Countess de Neuilly. at the residence | of the King of the Belgians, about 18 or 20 miles from | London. They remain very quiet, and do not command avast deal of respect. Some little commiseration fs, | however, felt for the younger branches of the family, | who occasionally are to be seen at our theatres. Theatricals with us are rather at a low ebb | the legitimate drama is somewhat on the | Macready will shortly cross the Atlantic, int ow a series of representations in his is now fulfilling an engagement at one of s here, previous to quitting England fer New York. Jenny Lind is in fall swing at the Italian Opera House, exeiting as much, if not more, enthustasm than last year, At the rehearsals the crchestra are so en- | | chanted, that, forgetful of decorum, they rise and cheer | her most veciferously. Seriously, she has a most won- | derful voice, which appears of more yolume than when she was last here ; moreover, she ix a very amiable woman. You have, of course, noticed, for the last year or two, the attention we are now paying to Shakspeare—I should rather say to his memory; for we have an extra- ordinary knack in this country of making a great fuss ofa man wh uhe is dead and buried, but neglect him while living So it is just discovered that Shal ed out of the department, and sent back to the places from whence they came. In some cases the struggle betweon themselves and the provincial population is. sued in conflicts and in blood. These were the first symptoms which opened the eyes of the French nation and of Europe to the fact, that democracy had neither such ardent nor numerous partizans among the French people as was generally supposed. But it was still Hoped by the partizans of democracy that the capital, at least, where the revolution originated, would mani- fest atrue democratic spirit among the great mass of its population. While these preparations for the elections were going on, the provisional government sent forth from day today innumerable decrees, which, ewing to their dic- tatorial power, have had all the force of laws, at least, until they shall be abrogated or modified by # regu- larly constituted govornment. Among these, the most remarkable were the abolition of the principal octroi duties, or city tolls, payable on articles of pure neces: sity, such as food and drink, on entering the capital and provincial towns. ‘ ‘The enormous revenue derived from these in Paris alone, abundantly shows the boldness of this decree. Of course, this revenue must necessarily be supplied, and, accordingly, the provisional government decreed that this should be accomplished by a tax on property and luxuries. Thus, itis decreed, that a tax shall be levied on lodgings, on carriages and horses, upon ser- vants,&c. But, independently of this, the provisional government passed a decree exacting from the tax- payers a forced contribution, payable instantly, equal to half the amount of the year’s taxes to which they are respectively liable, beside leaving them still liable to the same taxes. 2 Another decree has pronounced the total abolition of colonial slavery. ‘The difficult and delicate question of indemnity to be paid to the slave owners, is being prudently left to the National Assembly A variety of other decrees of more or less importance, have filled the columns of the Moniteur from day to day, too numerous to specify. One appeared, how- r,aday or two ago, which I cannot forbear to in- sort. It was an order that all the nine hundred mem- bers of the National Assembly must wear coats, waist- coats, and unmentionables, of a particular cut and color. Thus the coat must be what is called a black dress coat, the trowsers black and loose, the waistcoat white Marseilles, double-breasted, with lapelles, to be worn @ la Robespierre, They are, moreover, to be in- vested with a silken sash of the tri-color combination, trimmed with gold fringe @ granis d'epinards, and to be finished off with a red ribband in the second but- ton hole, on the left side of the black dress coat. The curious begin to speculate as to how the bishops and priests will ommodate themselves to this costume ala Robespierre, and how the Abbe Lacordere, a Do- minican friar, will cast his skin of white cloth, and in- vest himself after the fashion prescribed by the govern- ment. Moreover, as the decree has only appeared 43 hours before the assembling of the representatives, it is ap- prehended that there may be a strike for wages among the black coat and white waistcoat makers of Paris. It is thought that the origin of this decree must be the apprehension of the sinister effect which would of the operative members in their blouses. But to return to the elections I must tell you that the result of universal suffrage has not been what its partisans expected. In the first place, not so much as two-thirds of the adult male Ue agent | of whom are qualified to vote, have actually voted. Thus in the department of the Seine. where there are between 3 and 400,000-clectors, only 300,000, voted, and I believe that it,will be found that a still"less proportion voted in the departments. But What was much more unex- pected, it has been found that the candidates whose opinions were well known to lean towards monarchy, all events, who were notoriously opposed to at demo . have ost 0 found an imMhense majority of suffrages. 4 that this might have been the result in some of the departments; but the democratic party rested its hope on Paris, and ontthe example it would set to the rest of France. Well, then, we find that of 34 members returned for the department of the Se or 26 belong to the moderate, or, as it is called, aristocratic party, and even the few advocates of sheer democracy, such as M Ledru Rollin, who are returned, have obtained u formly less yotes than the leaders of the more aristo- cratic opinions, such as M, de Lamartine, who has 250,000 votes, while M. Le has only 130,000. Again, we find M Cu twelve different de finds it diffeult enough to get in for two. amples might be indefinitely multiplied Twent on Sunday to see the new hall,which is erected for the National Assembly, You will recollect that the Chamber of Deputies is in the form of a quadrangle, the point being an open colonnade, and the three sides composed of the buildings of the chamber. Well then, this quadrangle is very nearly roofed over and con- J into # spacious hall, with rooms, staircases, and corridors attached, The hall is about 45 yards long and 30 wide; at one end is placed the bureau of the speaker and the tribune of the orator. ‘The seats rive from the centre backwards, right and left, consisting of 900, resembling exactly those of a Paris omnibus, and not a bit more comfortable or neat, Round the upper part of the hall is constructed a shallow gallery, divided into boxes like a theatre, in which the auditory will be accommodated. The building is now finished, and the members are to assemble the day after to-mor- row As the mail, corresponding with tho departure of the Liverpool steamer on the Sth, will close here to-morrow, | I shall not be able for the present to forward you any the ceremony of the opening. You will see, by the English journals, a programme of the proceedings intended for Thursday, which, barring ac- cidents, you may consider asa report. In the mean- time, btine attempt to amuse your readers with a retro- spect of some of the events of the last two months | For the idler in Paris, who has not the happiness to be affected by passing events, and who can consider them only in a picturesque point of view, it is certain that Paris since the days of February, offers a new and curious “coup d’wil.’ The streets of Paris are at this moment a vast reading room, in the open air, and (what will better answer the purpose of a great many.) gratuitous, In the time of Louis XIV, Boileau said: Nl west pas do p Tous les pilliers ne But what were then the of books, poetry, apd theatrical repre in these latter days, of what use th: by the walls submitted ax they were to the laws of September, and the vigilance of the Municipal Guards and “Sergeus de Ville.” They were redolent of Pom. | mader,” houses to let, and sales by authority of justice, Magnificent recreation for a man of talent ! Such ex- publicity ares Behold them now. Political and social publicity | Luxembourg : Some workmen ask i o¥erflows stone and plaister, takes possession of the is, and covers them with typographic tapestry. It will soon shut up the windows, and the inhabitants of the Rez-de-chaussées will be surprised—the be able to see at mid-day—they will fancy t eclipse of the sun not foretold by Hershel. If all other trades are suffering, the advertising trade isin full prosperity, which is a consolati ‘The placards may be divided into two grand classes those on white and those om colored paper. The go- vernment appropriates to itself the white paper, which is by prescription of official character; the colored paper is abandoned to every body. Jesting apart, these placards are of all shades. If they find fault with the provisional government, they will not certainly accuse them of being a secret goverament; they are sufficiently public, Having the monopoly of white paper, they seem to take pleasure to make use of it. ‘I’ are decrees on decrees, pro- clamations on proclamations But amongst all these official documents there is one which, decidedly, | France has uo taste for—the circulars. We will pass by the white paper—it is not the most amusing in this mural literature; let us begin with this axiom—that happy ideas ate numerously produced by means of advertisement. We heartily wish that ho- nest and reasonable people would employ it more fi quently to communicate their thoughts and advice It would be a compensation for all the visionary ideas with which they disfigure the little red, . blue, yellow, lilac tricolor papers which look like rainbows. Let us make haste to catch their spirit, for they are ephemeral, and to-morrow will be no more, disappear- ing under their younger rivals. In this tohu-bohu how many self-created teachers of constitutional law erect themsel into the organs of the people, when they are but clumsy State cobblers! “Aussi bien que les rois, le Peuple a ses flattens.” The Ouvrier now reckons more courtiers than any oriental despot, and courtiers not less servile. At thixtime,when | all the privileged classes are proscribed, these courtiers | a privileged | of the power of the hour, reconstitute class; they ascribe to the people the monopoly of all virtue, all merit; they construe equality to mean an | exclusion of one part of the nation—paternity by a right of primogeniture more iniquitous than the right of pomonenitnre under the old regime. Happily the people, the real people, have too much good sense to believe this gross flattery; they know that courtiers are no more advantageous for the sover- en “en blouse’? than for the sovereign in embroi- ery. ‘On the morrow of the victory of February the name of the “ei devant’? Abbé Chatel, to the astonishment of all, reappeared. For many years no one thought of the ‘Primate of the Gauls’’ and his orations in honor of Union de U Enclos and the © Dieu des bonnes Gens. They who remembered his name thought him devoted to grocery, a trade much more honest than his d t church, Not at all: L’abbe Chatel announced a return to his old trade. But at the theatres revivals are seldom suecessful. This was sure to fail. We mixed with the crowdin the Rue St. Honoré who read one of his “afiches.”’ A good woman shugged up hershouiders and a. wag wrote on it “La religion se preche et ne s'affiche pas”? Pepoor Primate of the tobacco shop, who could not un- derstand the losson given him by the people of 1848, when they bowed before the image of Christ, and sa- luted with respect one of his true ministers in the midst of the smoke of guns and the enthusiasm of vic- tory ! “Among all the revivals, one of the least popular has been the reopening of the Jacobin club, Louis Philippe was one of the most devoted of Jacobins formerly; he was even the door keeper of the club, as he boasts in the journal of this part of his life. But the new Jacobin club had no long existence; it lived not a day but onl one evening. However, its doctrines are not dead with it, Other clubs have orators who profess openly the political symbol of Robspierre, and in many of them u demand of the electoral conldates, tf hey adopt of the the declaration of the rights of mai citizen Robespierre. What is more particularly to be “affiches” and speeches of the * patriotes aval that their progress, like that of shrimps, is bac They can find nothing better than to retrograde fifty- tive years, without considering that cir intellect are far from being the same of antiquated events are determined to cut down with one blow feudality, which long since ix dead—stone dead—as in the times of Pitt and Cobourg; now Pitt and Cobourg do not threaten any point of the frontier, ‘There was in "93 a journal called“ L’Ami du Peuple,” edited by Marat, another great man, whose sublime virtues were not sufficiently understood, Presto! The agin! due Peupte!” is rosusoltated in the year of grace 848, ‘The old Commune de Paris,” which has left such agreeable reminiscences, is now supplied by another “Commune de Paris.” "We have also a‘: Pece Duche- sue.” ‘They are phantoms evoked, of which each asks to what we are tending. a You take a turnin the Tuileries, and hoarse yoices assail your cars with posthumous evocations of Marat and Chauenette. To what end are these furious pro- vocations to persons who are quietly wending their way, and only seeking order, quiet, and work, or to the swarms of children who are playing thoughtlessly in the sunshine of spring ? In some of the shops you may see the “bonnets rouges’’ for sale. It would seem they are mot much in favor, for little is doing in this trade. In planting some of the trees of liberty, might be seen some living allegories, decorated with the insignia of terror, with naked arms, brandishing in one hand a flag, and in the other a broken chain, carried on the shoulders of some four stalworth men. | ‘The passers by demanded what meant this exhibition, and whether it was a continuance of the carnival, and thought that not so ugly dresses might have been chosen. One journal has felt the ground as to the popularity “ pluvioso ventoso and Co,’ but we do not find that France is not now disposed to reform Gregorian of it has succes its calendar—it is quite satisfied with system. Every one now is disposed to retain the m: received from their godfathers and godmothers niface,”’ “ Polycarp,”’ or + Barnabas,” becoming * Brutus,” Timoleon,”' or * thinks now of rebaptising himself « s or “ Navet,” according to the veritable legend which replaced the saints when the old club of the Jacobins flourished in all its glory. ‘The title of “ citizen,’ which even in official docu- ments is not of universal use, is altogether unused in He who to-night in the club is Cito- .’ becomes like every one else on quitting it— Monsieuf.”’ ‘This word * citizen” is much the same as the dress of an actor, which he leaves behind him when he quits the theatre. The functionary who con- cludes his official letters with “ Salut et fraternité’ is “ your humble servant” in his private correspondence. Bosides the clubs properly so called, there are formed asort of little clubs in the open air, by groups of some hiree or four, who discuss politics ‘The garden of the Palais Royale—pardon, | should say Palais Nation particularly the theatre of their meeting. You may there, if you “please, evoke the resolution of ( ‘amille Desmoulins,standing on a chair,making the walls re.echo do not think of inch which became in his hand a symbol of re- You do not now, it is true, meet with #0 vehement orators. The organization of labor is now the prevailing topic, and the assembly, frequently three or four people, who would gladly have less leisure to study the subject, to them too practical, mingling with them, you may easily discover that the system of M Louis Blanc begins to be somewhat indigestible. “With all his fine talking,” said one ef them the other day, “M. Louis Blane does not give us‘ Louis jaunes.’” To touch on the socialist and communist utopias, is rather dangerous, This great question of labor is of the principal sources of the fecundity of our her the infallible panaceas for ut the n produced by the appearance in the Assembly wit: bry addresses, and tearing from tho trees a olution. “i fling sum of three tho sand millions, or more, ‘There you read, * France ri in eight days."’ Nothing more easy; carry your speeie to the government change for stock, and replace your plate with the plated ware of the advertiser—a tradesman’s puff. Do not believe the trading part of the community are idle in this host of “ affiches.” ‘They advertise, under the heading of * Fraternal advice to the working classes of both anew elixir for all disorde which the famous balm find another addressed cover that some exquisite © moderate prices. Another inv: libres,” from 15 to the Legion Vesuvie to think it was a legion intended for Afrien, to conga the Bedouins by the force of their charms, or the pow- er of their eyes; but on closer investigation, it turned out to be an assoc! of workwomen, Whe this title, none could tell rest guess that © be found was that so matter would issue from their mouths. bi the © femmes ascribe themselves in 1 viennes’’ and innumerable the Hotel de Vill char-women, 1 trass-makers. &c., have sported their banners. and@hren- to throw thote eaps over the wind-mills, if their petitions were not granted. ‘The orators of the govern- ment had no chance,and were condemed for the nonce to become listeners. To the “affiches” and other sights, must be added the new accessories introduced by liberty and equality on the boulevaads, No longer do the gens d munical guard interfere ; there is there no* mo of the police ; crockery ware; old iron, or poe kerchiefs are spread out for sale, fryi odors, dwarfs, ginnts, cripples of every class and every clime, beggars and beggaresses with beggarines im eni- bryo, Punch and Judy,and every money-making show, take possession of the once exelusive and fashionable boulevards. Then we have political caricatures, killed by the law of September, but now again come to life—not born of wit or talent however, for with very few exceptions there | are none worth notice. We have only seen two or three Philippe is mounting « hackney corch E aUheure not’ bourgeoise? asks the automa- “Non,” answers the passenger, © “i /a course.” In another, Louis Philippe, sitting on # heap of money- bags, is asking charity. |“ Pour un paurre aveugle vil vous plai Beside him M. Guizot is playing « plain- tive air on an old violin. This has the merit of actual be sg ting « sitting at the one representi ‘e have heard of Pp i. Teale Hlane te In one Louis | | | — — = —_ = ——=s give them the moon ;— We want the moon to organize labor i ‘The organizer of labor replies, showing them of their request :-— My friends m chilren, you shail have it; Tilo wad speak to Atago about her. Which would you take, the new moou or the old? © Why, the new moon easy to organize. It is waid that this soon disappeared from the window of the publisher ; but we hope with all our liberty, we shall not be deprived of the liberty of caricaturing. INVESTIGATOR. Pants, May 6, 1848. Organized—The Republic Pro- claimed, Powers divine and human conspire to give grandeur and glory to the grout work of the French nation. The organization of this vast assembly of a free people,just emancipated from the shackles of despotism in the heart of Europe, embodying the spirit of thirty-five millions of people, and elected by universal suffrage, has com- menced under the smiles of Providence, and with the blessings of the good of all nations upon their heads. A fecling of joy, enthusiasm and fraternity, pervades all hearts ; hope and confidence are triumphant, and the representatives of the people, with one united accla- mation rising in their seats, have proclaimed the re- public ; and upon the “Place de la Concorde,” amidst the discharge of cannon, at the Hotel des Invalides, and a response frem those on the Champs Elysees, the pro- clamation of the Assembly has been echoed back by the assembled thousands of guards and people; apd that which the Assembly have unanimously proclafm- ed, the people have as unanimously ratified. The French people are worthy of a republie—they have it; and they will henceforth maintain it. Only one sen- timent animates the Convention—not one dissentient voice is heard—and the great and good men of France occupy its seats ; order prevails—the National Guards aro on duty in tens of thousands—and the spirit which animates all, is worthy of the age and the occasion,— Let Americans rejoice, let the civilized world rejoice that men are becoming, in oppressed Europe, worthy of a republic, and capable of maintaining one. At one o'clock wnd ten minutes, about 700 members having assembled, M. Audry de Puyraveau, the oldest air. which ho left, momentarily, t . dof Beranger, the poet. The cannon an- nounced the arrival of the government provisional. — The bands play, and the government enter, amidst cries of “Vive la Republique” Thereupon the Presi- dent declared the session of the assembly commenced. Dupont (de 0 Eure) President of the provisional go- vernment, mounted the ‘Tribune, and amid repeated aeclamations, pronounced the following address :— “Citizens, Kepresentatives of the People ‘The Provisional government of the republic, in presenting thems- selves before this rand representation of tho French people ware als to render m signal omage to power supreme, of which you are invested; you are the friouds of the people, aud you ate golng to found n. nieve government. upon the shered busts of dem give to France the only constitution which is ft for them: ‘tution Republican,” You will occupy yourselves in gi to the action of government, in. the pelations of labor’ von all the citizens, in taking for ita base Fratamity. thas arrived for the provisional government. to deposit "your hands die unlimited pewers with which the revolution had invested it, know that these functions have been to Us only n inorai power—and that, faithful to our origin and our convictions, we have not forgotton to proclaim the republic of February, ‘To-day, we shall inaugurate the work of ‘Assembly with that cry which ought to rally it—'Vive la Repub- lijue. ‘ML. Cremicux then wanted the representatives to re- tire for the examinatien of their credentials. At half past three o'clock, the session was re-opened, and M. Bergen, of Paris, mounted the tribune, and suid: “Gentlemen the reprerentatives of the Department of the Seine, I have the honor to propose the resolution following : - “The National Asserabl she will bo moat National Assembly ‘a faithful interpreter of tho sentiments 1 thoir labors, declare in the name the face of the entire world, that, the 1844, is and will continue with its noble device of n. th the day which unites the for France the day of concord quality and fraternity sentatives of the people will be fraternity.” pon the formal motion of General C der of the National Guards, the whole Assembly rose man to proclaim the republic. The acclama- ople and the discharge of cannon re- emont, so full of grandeur, and s0 que in historic féres. Each member of the National rd then crowded upon the Place de la Corcorde, Champs Elystes, bridges nd streets and squares, raised his chapeaux upon the point of his bayonet, high in the air, and the acclamations of hundreds of thousands and oF tecy, com- sponded to thi made the air.vibrate-with their spontaneous vivats.— How powerlesy ate kings before such majestic move- ments of a-whole people! To-day is equally delightful, and the representatives will again return to their gret work, so auspiciously begun. One of the beautiful fea- tures of this revolution is, that co-equal with the rowth of the spirit of liberty and democracy in Franc 4 that of moral and religious power and influenc: The people appear to act ns if they felt that they were responsible then, and would be hereafter, for their conduct. In the immense rush yesterday, and the irrepressible desire to see, not one evil circumstance is known, or reported as having taken place. The con- duct of the people was worthy of their representative: or rather, that of the latter was only a reflection of thai of the former. The only rebellion known, at this time, against the orders of the republic, is in the choice of uniform of the members ef the Assembly-—but those in colored vests cried “vive la republique” a8 cor- dially as those in white. Whether colored or white will finally predominate in that immortal body, the future only can dikclose More than two hundred of the most beautiful young ladies in Paris have inscribed themselves to form the magic band on the day of the great féte at the “ Champs de Mars,” to be drawn in a chariot by sixteen white horses, These young ladies will be decorated beauti- fully in uniform, and chant the national airs, and cry ‘vive la republique.”” None have been received who were not aceompanied by their mothers or families to the office of the minister, or in their al ce, % ladies of high standing, known to the department. The se- lection is a compliment to both beauty and purity of character, The public grounds great drawing rooms of Paris, and the people are the society. There is the same freedem, and ease, and elegance, inthe one as the other—in both, all are polite, respectful and courteous—never rude. OBSERVER. Panis, May 6, 1848. National Assembly—its Officers—Divisions, Political and Personal—Ledru Rollin—Libels, of the English Press—Misrepresentations of Correspondents. ‘The National Assembly continues its progress with great dignity and unanimity. M. Buches has been chosen President of the body for one month; he re- ceiving 390, and M, Trelut 232, and M. Recurt 92, All parties concur in pronouncing the selection an admi- rable ono. He is of Paris, and has been, since the revo- lution, one of the “Idjoints de Mairie de Paris. Afmaud Marrast, the efficient mayor of this city, and 'mem- ber of the provisional government, gave him efficient support; and although Ledru Rollin supported M. Tre- lut, others did the Kame, who do not adopt his views. Indeed, the question did not turn upon the division of isting between the majority and minority of ak of majority and minority, be- ited extent. upon cer- yet they do not prevent the govern ti edly, and even harmoniously, tin of the Minister of r more unaninits Lamartine will immense yote in France; his popu- syond all doubt, and welland faithfully vd it; indeed, most of the members of the provisional government have secured the confidence of the French people, in an eminent degree, and the Na- tional Assembly have not been tardy in expressing their approbation of the principal acts of the govern- ment. Recurt, Cavaignac, Corbon, Guinard, Corme- nin and Lenard, have been chosen Vice Presidents; 1, Robert, Degeorge, Pyat. Lacrosse, and Peon, aries; Degousee, Bureaux de Puzy, and le Gene- ral Negrien, Questors. Thus the organization is com- plete, and the Assembly in condition to commence the great work for which it was assembled. This organi zation has not n rable te the views of Ledru Rollin, if he entertained peculiar views upon the sub- ject. Butin France, the people have been accustomed to their centre gauche, centre droit, centre, §e., $e with chosen leaders for each faction; and if this peeu- y should be continued in the present Assembly, it would not be a matter surprising, or calculated ma- opinion the governm nm subje Interior [ hope there than th be have ri terially to impede the action of the Assembly. It re- 4 some experience and acquaintance with the k h character and pecul! «, to understand the technical meaning of the party terms, and to appre- ciate rightly the val rtance of sitions, and to do justic provincial or representative derstand, nor appre t regret to perceive tha place in some of the at some correspo' papers in Boston. which do ch, and present the British There is great want of accuracy »presentations; and men who make cannot defend them by facts, They have on partizan representations of foreigners; at injustice to facts, to the French, and to United States, who receive false im- fe great injustice to the F side of the questic in some of the them. pressions f If Ledru Rolli tain it is that he has tain is it, that he has for the abolition of all capi- tal punishment for political offences, and that he has therefore raised his voice against the use of the revolu- tionary axe in France, Your readers will perceive that 1 do not approve of Ledru Rollin’s course ; and that [ have great doubts whether he has not acted unwisely, if not improperly, for France, and that he has much loss of my confidence than the noble-hearted Lamartine— © of his acts appeared to me to tend to civil war: but yet these are but inferences, which do not warrant any man in denouncing a high public functionary who has receive lurality of the votes in Paris sufficient to create him a member of the National Assembly ; af- ter all his acts hed been known to the publio, and thay