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T H E N E W - Y O R K SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE' Is P iib lish c 'd e v e r y W e d n e s d a y a n d Saturday, AT THE TllIBUNE BUILDINGS, comer o f Nassau and S])ruce-streets, opposite the City Hall. Price StJ per annum. Two copies for $5. T H E S ? E W -Y O R K W E E K L Y T R I B U N E 13 published once a week. Price § 2 per annum. Eight co pies for §10. Twenty copies for §20. T H E N E W - Y O R K D A I L Y T R I B U N E Is paolished every morning, Sunday excepted. Price $5 per annum. T H E 2T E W -Y O R K T R I B U N E F o i ‘ i in i- o p e a n C i r c u la t io n , Is Diiiihshed on tiie departiir? ot’ each Mail Steamer for Livei 1 ool. Price Ui cents per copy, or §4 per year, postage jneiiidetl. ----- . ----- t h e N E W - Y O R K T R I B U N E C-’siIilo r in a , O r e g o n , an d thb S a n d w icli I s l a n d s , Is piilillshed on the departure of each Mail Steamer for Ctiagi es Pnee Ci cents per copy. GREECEy & MCELRA.TH, Pub'ishers. S u W E M lF ^ M lB im CANDLES....For The Tribune. (The remarks here quoted are nearly in the precise words of an actual conversation | • 1 said that “ I would look for light from each And all who in the love of Jesus share.” H e smoothed his w h ite cravat, and w ith a s p eech Imperious, said, “ What can the candles teach Which restless men are lighting everywhere? rpe see the Sun of Righteousness—'tis there 1 It is the Christ who is the Church we preach.” I smiled, and thought as then I turned away, “ In this our atre y o u r faith is more the light Of altar-candles in a plowing d.ay; ’Twas well enough to burn them in the night Of darker ages, but a broader ray Is shining now, and yonrs but sadly shed A funeral light around a doctrine dead. Cayuga Lake, April 30. H. W . P. THE NEWS Ffi.0M°THE OLD'WORLD BY THE EUROPA. The Europa arrived this port at about 7 o’clock yesterday morning, but it was 10 before we received our papers and letters. The following details of the news are made up from the British, Herman and Eiencb files received by The Tribune; B R I T I S H E M P I R E . P o in g s o f P a r lia m e n t . In the House of Lords, on May G, the Ax'ohbishop of Canterbury explained, with respect to his ap pointment of his son, Mr. Charles Sumner, to the reversionary of the office of Registrar of the Pre- Court, (an office now worth £12,000 a icrupulous, had appointed to it his chi months old ! The hill to improve the administra tion of justice in criminal cases was read a second time, on the motion o’f Lord Brougha-m—its chief object being to authorize the Judge, during a trial, to amend technical defects in the indictment. In the House of Commons, May 3, Lord Ash ley asked whether Government intended to pro pose a scheme to settle the Factory question ? Sir which he thought more effectual than the Lord Ashley, and more satisfactory to both facturers and operatives. At present, women i could he employed tea hours di and •day, making 58 hours a week. He propoa that now they should be liable to be employed from 6 o’clock to 6 o’clock, which, deducting 1\ hours for meals, would be IQi hours daily for five days; and on Saturday the work should be from 6 in the morn ing till 2 in the afternoon,<fc.Howing ^ hour for break fast; thus the work-people would have an hoar more leisure on Saturday than they have now, and they would not he obliged to come to their daily work till 6, instead of 5^ as at present. Mr. Hume :ed the Government were between masters and men; but Mr. Edwards, behalf of the factory operatives, prote.sted against snch a compromise as this, which .would increase the weekly toil of the laborer by two hours. He de clared there was an intense fueling through the manufacturing districts in favor of the bill of Lord Ashley, and only a few interested persons op posed it. May 6 the House was occupied with the discus sion of the new Constitutions of the Australian Col- »m Committee, Sir W . e sent hack to Cora- Bion of the new onies. The bill coming up froj Molesworth moved that it hi mittee to amend it. He objected to it, that it gives the'Colonial Office too much power of interference in the local aftairs of the colonies. The Governor of the colony must take the instructions of the Co lonial Office, and wait for their consent before pi ing any laws, causing vexatious delay and s ise. He mentioned facts to show the ij he Colonial Office, and i subjects in Australia ought ..ent on its irresponsible i^way. Instead of this, he :se the removal of its irresponsible sway. Inster __ proposed to bestow the powers of a veto on Governor, as the directrepresentative of the Q,ui he would enable the local Parliament, by addi to the Oueen voted by two-thirds of the Parliament, the to cause the removal of an unpopular Governor; and he would only fix certain broad lines of restric tion, to limit the range of legislation by the local Parliament. Mr. Lahouchere pointed out, in replj'^, that the restrictions proposed did not properly de fine the prerogatives of the crown; he thought the plan suggested would cause confusion, discontent and litigation. The Irish Distressed Unions Bill, and the Defects in Leases Amendment Bill, and Rack Rent Ten ants Relief Bill, were read a third time and pass ed ; the Public Health Bill for Ireland was read a second tim e: and the Police Bill for Scotland pass- ’ ed through Committee. On May 7, Mr^Ewart moved the repeal of the Advertise on comm< 5 to inquire into the grievances of the Journeymen Bakers has failed. Sir G. Grey op posed it, as unlikely to lead to practical results; and Mr. Bright thought that if the men could not themselves provide a remedy, Parliament would be powerless to do so. _ _ _ Tlie Artie Expedition. 9 The Resolute, Capt. H. T. Austin, C. B.; the mmanney; thePi- _____ Commander She repid screw steam-vessr ieut. Commander John Bertie Cator, left the mcoriogs, at Greenhithe, on Saturday, May 4, shortly after 5 o’clock, A. M. for the Arctic Re gions, towed by the Advice, Jasper, Dasher, and Comet steam vessels, and aU their officers and iiot/ xjixLy i/u ua.rx-^ i i u u i e e v e u x provisions, but also to float on the woe which they will he attached when launched dlFthe ice into the sea. When turned upside down, they will be found admirably adapted to serve as cover lids to the men during the night. Mr. Shepherd has supplied nearly a wagon load of balloons for the conveyance of m e ssages, the conveyance of messages, and every requisite has been provided for printing the slips and dis patching them. Should the wind prove favorable, on arriving at the edge of the ice, aerial messen- } the approach of a r riv in g s s will be sent np to announce the approacl ! searchingching expedition.xpedition. Thesehese excellenxcellent e T e ar rangements inspire great hope that the expedition will be successful. It may also be mentioned that previous to the departure of the Pioneer and Intre pid, screw-propelled steam vessels, the well in the stem of each, -which was made for shipping and unshipping the screw, was fitted with solid wood of the same thickness as the dead wood of the ves sels, which can he shipped or unshipped when re quired ; and when it is substituted in place of the screw, the strength will be equal to that of any other ship built for navigating among ice. Commander Philips left for Ayr on Friday May 3, to proceed with Captain Sir John Ross to the Arc tic regions in the Felix, from Ayr. Sir John R( has been testing the peculiar non-conducting p NEW-YORK w I ekly TRIBUNE. VOL. VI ..... NO. 531. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1850. THREE DOLLARS A YEAR. ?ir sheeting. He has also of the same ir two sledges covered with the sheeting, and one si milar to Lieutenant Halkett’s; a crow’s nest co vered with the gutta percha canvass; tubing or communicating i'rom the deck or cabin to the man in tbe crow’s nest at the masthead; 3 2 pair of boots, Ross’s bed is lined with opossum skins, and covered with guttii percha spread cloth, and a quantity of sheet solution and soles have bean lor- warderl to Ayr, to ha put on board the Felix far service in the Arctic regions. The Advice steam-vessel, under the charge of Master Commander H. Allen, from the Black Ea gle steam-vessel, returned to ’Woolwich on Mon day, the 6th, having left Capt. Austin’s searching expedition nearly opposite the Humber, at 4 o’clock A. M. on Sunday inorniag, the whole of the officers and crews in the best health and spirits. Captain Austin had also tbe ])leasing intelligence to com- muiiicate that every man ot the crews of the fooir vessels of the Arctic Exjiedition was not only- present at his post on Saturday morning when the vessel started, but there was not one who had got drunk after being paid in advance on (’ Application has been made, on the part ' agent to Lffdy Franklin, for the vessel, which she has purchased and m anned to assist in the search after Sir John Franklin, to bo supplied w ith stores sufficient for the sustenance of the crew for a much usually to the \ ships how proceeding to the sam e quarter on a similar errand, under the s p e c ial circum stances of similar errar the case, be Things in Ireland. has been chartered, and will start from Galway far Ealifex on the morning of the 1st of June. None but first-cabin passengers -will be taken, and they will be conveyed free from Glasgow, Liverpool, Belfast, Bristol and Dublin to Galway. The fare to Halifax or New-York is fixed at £25. The Mid land Great W estern Railway Company have lent some aid in carrying out the experiment, but to what extent the public are as y tt ignorant. The vessel will be under the command of Captain Ew ing, who originally commanded the W est India Mail-Packet, Irom Southampton. The agricultural reports for the month of April are generally favorable, but some complaints ar,& made of the harsh and ungenial weather which has prevailed for the last ten days, during which time the -wind has never -wholly vered from an easterly point. About Dublin all vegetation has been com pletely checked, and although yesterday the wind changed to southwai'd, the day was the coldest of the preceding fortnight. The wide-spread reliance upon the renovation of the potato, which appears, for better or for worse, to have infested all classes of Irish agriculturists, seems to be strengthened by the healthy and prom ising appearance of the crop. the road, was oceapied by three hundred of the First Punjab Jnfantry, left there from Sir C. Camp- hell’s expedition. On the 28th of February, the Afreedees attSeked this tower. Captain Coke, wto commands at Kohat, hastened to its relief, and re pulsed the besiegers ; but no sooner had he again -withdrawn, than two thousand of the hostile Afreedees, under Dereeu Khan, returned and laid siege to the tower, and cut ott’ its supply , 220 men, anid 3 mandarin accompa- FRANOE. Doings of the Assembly—Debate on the Elec toral liaw . lentative, i roche of the Electoral biU. Gen. B e d e a v having taken his seat as Vice- President, M. D ui ’ in being absent, the burly form and jovial face of Eugene Sue were perceiveffien- tering the Hall. He was dressed, as he always is, with tbe utmost care, and his hair and beard bad been trimmed -with the greatest neatness.— He looked much younger than he really is, (Eugenie Sue is 40), and seemed amused at the attention which his went up to and Vidal, wit! his seat beside them. ^ At 3 o’clock, M. B aro ch e , the Minister of thie Interior, ascended the tribune, and addressed tbe Assenably: j Gentlemen, I have the honor of presenting to you a bill to modify tbe legislation now prevailing in electoral matters. Shall I read tbe expose ae motifs 1 [Yes, yes.] The hon. Minister then read “ W e do not think so, gentlemen! ^Wo look on that law as defective in many pomes, and w e do not hesitate to think that these imperfections enter to a great extent into the ap- prehensions-which the firmest minds feel relative to univer sal Bcfirage. The Constitution ought to be respected in let ter and sffirit; it cannot be either infringed or eluded. But legislators can use, loyally and -with courage, the rights wqich the Constitution afibrds.to defend society menaced. “ Of all the provisions of the present bill the most danger ous, in our epinion, is that which confers the right to elect in a determined place, under the only condition o f a real habitation o f six montns—a simple resideBce. “A residence is, in fact, temporary and changeable, sub ject to the arbitrary appreciation of the magistracy -who draws np the electoral lists—In fact, which gives room for all kind of fraud and falsehoods. “ in limiting to six months that coi serious one, the law gives the eleeb suucessively in several departments the same legislation. “ Nothing is fixed, nothing certain, - aub - nsrs are maae oy a certain kind o f common report, and in aU the crowded cen ters the result o f the election depends on a floating mass of electors, strangers to any sentiment of locality and quite indifierent to its interests, and themselves at a distauce from ihelf own families and ordinary connections, delivered thus without defense to all kinds of seduction; in fine, being able to create in various lodalltios, according to the feeling of the moment, majorities altogether o f chance. “ It Is possible, it is urgent, to conjure away this danger. The Constitution, in fixing the election in each department and in the chief town of the canton, requires that each elector shall vote in the place where he lives—that is, accord ing to the definition of the Civil Code, in the place where he has his principal establishment, in the place which ha inhabits, in the real acceptation of the word, and from which he removes only with the intention of returning. “ This provision is an exceedingly prudent one. In xeep- ing the elector in the midst of his friends, under the eye of his neighbors, among his domestic interests, it places him as much as possible under the inflaeace o f good sentimenits and good couniels. “ The Electoral Law, in contenting itself with a habita tion o f six months, had conformed to this principle, so emii- iifcnlly salutary. The domicile, in general, results from the duration, the continuity of habitation. In civil law that du ration is undetermined; the appreciation of the fact and the intention is abandoned to the magistrates. It ought not to be BO in electoral matters. In order that the list be e x empt from all suspicions of fraud, the conditions of the elecloraldomicile ought to be regulated and determined by “ We propose to you to cause the electoral douihile to r\suitfronj a he-oitution ct-n-tnn-.d aurl.ng t-irse ye.ir?— hit ft to the arbitrary decision !Bt and most uni of their real domicile, on the sole condition o f not being re- puud indigent, w e propose to you to decide that the iu- Bcription for three consecutive years elmll suffice asproofof that they who are not able to pay the contribution are to bo excluded ? No, gentlemen, we seek a certain mode o f as- certaiTiing the existence and continuty of the domicile, and -w e have adopted the inscription on the list o f the oersonal 18 X a s the mode the surest and most general, but not as tiro °” ‘‘Thu/,any^oueofage who lives under his father’s roof, wilhout exercising any profession or having any mode of a s r s S'* rents. We propose that he should bo p!uc.sd on the eiac- toral list as sharing the domicile of his parents, and on the paid^sefv^ living with their masters, have, in virtue o f Art. 109 o f the Civil Code, the same domicile as tho.e persons employing them. Although they are exempt from the paraonal lax, w e propose to you that tiity should be placed on ilie electoral lists when they fixed residence, which the law suhslUutoB for their natural residence, that is, ot their parents, sines they are still under age wlien they commence their service. According to the bill, they shall continue to be,placed on the electoral list of their commune, although they are not subject to the per- “ Thus, the public functionaries shall be placed on the list cf the commune where they exercise their functions. “ Thus,mfine, in cwmmunes where the personal taxis to the Constitution, wo do not intend to make the right of voting depend upon any pecuniary qualificadon, but that we intend to hx the votes in the departments and cantons where each elector has his residence. We desire to have a real residence, free from all trick and fraud; we wish to see elections of a sincere and serious character, and clear from all influence of intrigue, from all intoxication of passion— that is -whatwe want; that is what, like us, you mustdesire, and tf by our common efforts we succeed wo may slUi appears essemially defeciiye is the appreciaiiou of the mo tives for electoral incipacliv, the l ight of voitng. Such is the object o f Art. 3 of the law “ But the enumei-Btion of the causes for such incapacity appears to us singularly narrow. Thus, for instance, to e x clude from the electoral lists thieves, swindlers, persons abusing confidence, acting against morality, &c itiare- quu-ed that the condemnation should extend to three months’ imprisonment. Who does not see that men gullied with such acts are unwoilhy to be placed on the electoral Is it in such hands that the destinies of our country can be placed 1 • “ W e propose to you a new enumeration o f a more com plete character relative to electoral incapacities. In thus lendering the electoral list more and more pure, you wlU have done more for the cause o f order than you could sup pose; you will have deprived tbe factious of their most active instruments, their most indefatigable agents. After having replaced each elector in his natural position in the midst of hiB family and in presence of his real interests, you will protect his honesty, and sometimes his ignorance; you will remove from him bis worst enemies. “ The third point which we point out to your notice is not less important than ihe two preceding ones. “By the terms o f Arts. 63 and 64 of the law which now governs us, the reiaiivo majority o f the votes must not be less, in order to be valid, than one-eighth of the whole o f the electors inscribed in the department. It follows that thus, on the first ballot, a person may be elected without having tbe real majority. “ Such a combination has for result to preserve in their indolence, in their timidity, the electors disposed to absta'a from voting. “ W e propose to you to declare invalid every election which has not at least one-fourth part o f the votes Inscrib -d as the absolute majority. On the second ballot the relative majority will be enough, still a fourth part being required; while, m a third, the relative majority would suffice, no matter what the number o f voters might be. “ W e have thought that the inconveniences attendant on ballots so repeated would be less than are seen under the inganui same time. “ A last modification appeared to us essential. Voting is secret according to the constitution, and yet every one knows that the vote o f the army is public—at least as to its result; it is known even before the ballot-box has been opened in the other electoral sections. That is an abuse to which a remedy is called for. We propose to you to de clare in the law that the bulletins o f the milltniy electors shall not be examined in the sections where they were de livered, but transmitted, after having been sealed up in presence of the bureau, to the prefect o f each departnient and confounded la the same urns with the bulletins o f the other electors; in that manner, every distinction will be rendered impossible. “ W e do not enter into any explanation respecting two or three transitory articles, which will explain themselves The most important of these is that which maintains in force the present law in Algeria and the colonies until such a moment as those parts of the territory o f the Republic shall have received their definite constitution. According to the present constitution, the law which w e now bring forward would be of difficult application. “ Such, gentlemen, are the grave modifications which we propose to you to introduce into our electoral system. W e have desired to remain within the constitution; but, at the same time, w e have used the latitude and liberty which it I stem*^ “■> to remedy t ^ imperfections of the present / “ If these changes meet with your approbation, w e shall have succeeded m redisuring men’s minds, in restoring confidence to the public, and opening the paths of pros- “ Such is our object and our hope. “ If it should be otherwise, which God forbid, w e shaU at least have the conviction of having attempted loyally, and -without arriere-pensee all the Constitution permits us to undertake, in order to insure to universal suffrage all its sincerity and truth, and without which it cannot be the real expression o f the opinion o f the country. “ The following is the text of the bill lUelf; “ A rticle I. In the twelve days which follow the pro- mulgailon of the present law, the electoral list shall be drawn up ia each commune by U - ------ Having atiamed, wnen tne dltlon of ago and domicile, list shall be definitely closed. “ A rt . III. The electoral domicile shall be determined imdprove^ 1. By inscription on the list of personal tax. 8, By the declaration of the father or mother In what con cerns sons who, being o f age, reside in theoatemal house, and who, by application o f Art. XII, o f April 21,1832, have not been set down on the list o f personal taxes. 3. By the declaration o f masters in what concerns servants or per sons working habitually in the same house wlih them, 4. By the exercise o f public functions In a determined loctd- ity. 5. By the presence in the army or navy. ‘ A rt .TV. The declaration of the fathers, mothers, or mas ters Shall be made in writing on forms delivered gratuitous- ly. This declaration shall be given to the Mayor, and re newed each year from Dec. 1 to 31. The fathers, mothers and masters, who cannot make their declaratlonin writing, are .to present themselves-with two -witnesses, resident m me commun^ befere the Mayor, to make their declaration Every false declaration shall be subject to a fine of from lOOi, to 2,000f. and an imprisonment of from six months to two years, and the IntordGlctlon to vote or to be elected du ring five years at least and ten years at most. “ A rt . V. Who ever shall leave thecommnne on the list o f which he is Inscribed, shall continue to be home on that list for three years, with the condition o f justifying, in the man ner stated in Art 3 of the present law, his domicile in the commune where he shall have fixed his n ew residence. “ A rt . VI. ShaU not be inscribed on the electoral list. 1st The persons mentioned In Arts. 1,2. 3,6, 6, 7 and 8 ot the law of March 15, 1849. 2d. The individuals mentioned in Art. 4 Of the same law, whatever maybe the length of the time for which they have been imprisoned. Sd Persons such os ouvriers, avocats, &c. who nave been condemned for illegal acts. 4lh. The persons guilty of violence to pub- fi<^ agents, or^of offenses against the law, or rioting, or in A rt . VII. Soldiers shall continue to be distributed in each locality, in electoral sections by department Their bulletins shall be collected and sent-to the chief town of tbe department in a sealed packet, and mixed up with the votes given in the sections of the chief town. A rt . V lll. No person can be elected on a first ballot, if he has not obtained a number of votes equal to the fourth of the electors inscribed on the totality of the lists o f the department, and one-half plus one of ail the votes given. On a second ballot, which is to take place the secona Sun day after the proclamation of the result of the first ballot, no person can be electea if he shall not have obtained a fourth pai t of the votes o f the electors inscribed, and tbe relative majority. On the third ballot, which is to take place the fourth Sunday after the dav o f the proclamation of the result of the second baftot, ihe election shall take place by a relative majority only, whatever may bo the number o f votfs obtained. “ A rt . IX In case of vacancy, from re.tignatieu, death, or other causes, the electoral college whicii is to fill up the vacancy 1» to meet In a delay of six months. •‘ ART. X. lu ihtrtowns where itiocon'in^tmtpersoTinel et mnbilier\k paid in,pHrt or wholly from Ibe mnmclpal funds, ite ] L*i of ir.e la.-s ere for ihe >-er8jnai lax Uiuivu u.i oy the f oUectors and their assistants, and which serves to da- Ifelinine the sum to be paid by the commune, shall be each yaarkubmitied to the miiuicipal council Tne inscription t^^^ereonauSali^\^*^”™ equivalent to that of ■“ Svqnsjfory Artic(e—For the preparstion of the elec oral lisU drawn up in virtue of the , resent bill for the year 1860, alt theiegulations prescribed by the law o f March 16,1849, In what regards delays and representations shaU be ob served, and the lists shall be closed three months after tne promulgation o f the bill. “ Thedeclarations spoken of by Art III shall be made •within twenty day s after the promulgation. Every individ- nal wh» than not have three years’ residence in the com mune where he shall happen to reside at the moment o f the promulgation of the bill, shall be inscribed on the electoral list of the commune where he previously resided, if he can prove three years’ residences conformity with Art III. “The annual revision o f the lists for the other years shall be made at the periods and according to the rules deter mined on by Art. JI of the law o f March 15,1849. “Shall continue to be executed for the elections o f Alge ria and the colonies, Ihe provisions of the law of March 15, 1849, until the promulgsuon of the organic laws spoken or in An. CIX of the Constitution takes place ” I have the honor, continued the Hoi cision b e e n ^ o m e to. I, th e r e fo ^ ^ e g you to declare urgency lor the measure. That declara tion will not in any way prejudice the right which the committee will have to examine whether there is or is not reason to definitively declare it. 1, therefore, feel convinced that you will take the de mand fori lie P been demanded, and with the public ballot at the tribune 7hi Number of voters.., Absolute majority................................................................ 325 A y e s.............................................................................. . '^Noes ............ . .................................................. . The motion lor the previous question was conse- queiitly rejected. O n the R ight —That is our reply to your threats. The P resident —The tribune is to M. Michel e Bourges) against the question of urgency being previous question ] I the public ballot at iTibune. W hile the division was taking place a great agitation prevailed in the Assembly. The result of the division was as follows: (de Bourges) against the question of urgency being M. M ich e l (de Bourges)—If I had had time I would have written dov/a my observations, in or- ucr by so doing to restrain my indignation in pre sence of a law on the frontispiece of which I written lying and hypocrisy. ment] A no t h e r V oice —It is to provoke these horrors that you speak! [Agitation.] M. M ich e l (de Bourges)—Whenever urgency i$ demanded, strong motives for it should he given, tell you why cure for all their ills, they had in their hands uni versal suffrage.' They regarded these words as se rious. They felt a tenderness for the legislative power, they threw aside the musket and the car- touch-box, and armed themselves with the bullet ins ;. .they held out their hands to the soldier and to the bourgeois. This sacred alliance triumphed on the 10th March. W hat did the Government then do ? Did it contragulate the people on the new spirit with which their deliberations was inspired ? No, the people were punished for their love of le gality. You replied to the 10th March by which did not yet touch the people directly, interdicted political meetii Your laws, in spite of the Yon press. —On the 10th March man, the bour- rance of the smoking barricades of June. A V oice —It was you who did so by electing M. Flotte. [Movement.] M. M ichel (de Bourges)—One of my greatest griefs -was to see the smoking barricades of civil war raised in the Electoral Colleges at the last election. O n t h e R ig h t — It is you! it is you! [Great agitation.] M. M u r a t — ^Yes, it wss you who did so on the 10th March. The P resident — request the hon. gentleman to explain himself; there must be nothing equivo cal in his remarks. [Hear, hear.] M. M ichel (de Bourges)—I say that the spirit of faction raised the barricades of June in the Electo ral Colleges, [Agitation.] O n the R ight —It was y o u ! it was you I Gen. L e b r e t o n , rising in his place—It was you who raised np the barricades of June, at the elec tions of the 10th March. M. M ichel (de Bourges)—On tl the jdliance between the working geois, and the soldier ----- [Ah, a h !] M. D enjoy —Explain yourself! O n t h e R ig h t — ^You wish to cause excitement on the question, hut you will not succeed: it is too simple. M. M ichel (de Bourges)—All your efforts to lead the people to accept your choice on the 10th March were unavailing. O n the R ight —^What people! what people! The P resident —I cannot allow the expression, whtchtlie hon. gentleman made use of ju st now, to pass over without demanding an explanation of them. [Hear, hear.] When he says that the bar ricades of June were r aired in the electoral colleges, what is it he means? He must explain himself. [Hear, hear.] It is not possible that it can be here mlowed to he said that a man, who was a candidate at the last elections—[Loud exclamations on the Mountain]—No, so long as I have the honor to be President of this Assembly, I will not allow it n given 3 expression ol my ideas ----- M. O ’B a r r o t — Explain your words. General L ebreto n — I demand permission to [e placed in s prevents me bitter it. This the way I from resuming it in a manner not to embitter it question is not a political but a moral and in a moral pointof-view there cannot be two opinions. [Laugh ter.] My idea is that yon have chosen a bad time to bring forward your law. The people, be it remark ed, were entering on the path of legality. On 10 th to the laws ; it has not made a bad use of uuiversi suffrage. I know very weU they have made a bad use of it for you; but who tells you that they will not one day use it in the governmental way, as you un derstand it? This is what I call the moral ques- ~ rny opinioa, the cause which you impute 11 is the discipline of the people; their ra tion. In to the hill for the li [Murmurs.] A V o ic e . —The Constitution is therefore nothing. [Movement.] luc iuw wiaiicfl lupuiiifiu. Aimtiaw wxiicaco; within it attacks against the sovereignty ' people and against universal suffrage, I hs time.to examine at this moment,but I wish to know v/hether you will take from it the guarantee of the threti^readings. In examining your paidiamentary jurispi-udence, I see nothing which can render ur gency legitimate. There only remains one plea for you to invoke—the gta-vity of circumstances. The country is agitated you say. But when and how is it so ? For what do you reproach the people ? •with their respect for the law, and even for your police ? Remember the manner ip which the fete of the 4th;of May passed off. [Agitation !j You have only to bring forward siiniiar measures, and you are very certain to produce that. Ypu know- very well that it is the people who will be aflecced by your electoral law ; three, perhaps five—others say six millions—will be knocked off. [Laughter.] The less number of electors struck off, the less will be your complaints. Id o not wish to draw any dis tinction between the rich and the poor, but I repeat it is against the people that your law is directed. tSie side of the People. Meanwhile protests must be made by petitions covered with millions of signa tures, and, if they are without effect, -there must be an organized refusal of taxes. The Presse says : “.yhe absolute number of voters in France-will be dizmnished, we admit; but we do not doubt t h a t ' , the relative number of Opposition voters will he in- - creased on all hands, and will be strong enough in the course of two years to restore legally the abso lute number -without struggle, without hazard, without exposing Liberty to auy peril. “ Such is our profound conviction, and the contric- tion is supported by facts so numerouSj «o striking, that they may poSsibly enlighten and divide, the majority of the National A ssem b ly. “ W e desire this more than we ho] whatever be the vote of the t uvr {^JLUI/Ui.AUJ[iLlUU' | X UUUUU J WLatl Lilt pie should think that it is sought t(r take from more than they wouldlike, for I have as great a hor ror of civil war as you have. There is another mo- -tive which I do not take under my safeguard, and which may have been expressed without thought [laughter and marks of surprise.] Ithas been said that you wish to do on the banks of the Seine what you have done on the banks of the Tiber. [Inter ruption.] It is said that you wish, by strking at the he .has himself caused, f obnolade. [ A ^ a h !] 1‘852’YC’d will be a^the end of Vour career. A V oice —^And you also. [Laughter.] ’ M- M ic h e l (de Bourges)—Y o u will L a v e less moral conservation, and t&e executive power will have less also. In 1852 the people will have to re new all the powers ; and then, if the people wish A V oice —That is an appeal to insurrection.' M. M ic h e l (de Bourges)—Neither you nor any one in the world will have the right to take one iota from tbe Constitution. The people are the ju d g e s — O n t h e R ight — Against the law . M. V esix —You manage the affairs of the Re public very prettily. M. M ich e l (de Bourges)—-Citizens—No one ever knows where he may go to. On the eve of tbe 24th February you did not know that you were prc.;eeding to a revolution. I repeat, that ia 1852 th'i Government will not h ^ e moral force sufficient to prevent a million of eleOTors from voti-ug. A V oice —and the obedience to the law. M. M ichel (de Bourges)—You will have mate rial force, I am aware, but you. will give us civil war, and you will plunge-society into an abyss of misfortune. If the people, badly inspired, resist your law, it will be civil war that will be the judge. 1 will not unite myself to such a future. [Hear, hear, fi-om some voices on the Mountain.] Geh. L ebreto n —The candidateship of a brave citizen has been attacked from this tribune, and I protest against it. The barricades of June have left a twofold remembrance—an odious one as re gards those who raised them, and a glorious one lor those who overthrew them. [Hear.] M. L efranc —I demand perm ission to speak. The P r e s id e n t —The tribune is to M, de Beau- sa^y. FSr m F p a r?and I spei name of my friends, I am resolved not to make any attack on the Constitution; I do not believe that the bill does so, hut I consider it inopportune and ill-ad-vised. [Ah, ah!] I shall therefore vote for taking the question of urgency into considera- •tion. W e ought to put ourselves as soon as possi ble in presence of this law—this monster, this phantom. [Laughter.] And since I have made use of the word monster in speaking of the law, 1 am bound to say that, in looking at it more closely it is inoffensive and even innocent. [Laughter and I shall vote for taking the urgt itty. [Bnoug M. L efranc —M. de Beauim the name of his friends.v That is true. Yes, have, as well as the hon. gentleman, sought to en lighten ourselves. * O n t h e R ig h t — ^What is that to us 7 Enough, enough! M. P ean —^They are at least seventeen! M. L efranc —In my opinion tht to be rejected. O n ;he u r g e n c y ought to the demaj late the C text for agi be to send he descent pressions of M. Michel (de^ou^es). If a part the people should one day desire to force the dot __ of the electoral colleges, he (M. V. Lefranc) would defend the doors, and the real people would be with him. [Hear, heaf.] I did not, said the hon. gentleman in conclusion, vote for the previous question, as I desire to see a full examination of the question. But -vote now with me for s voted by a large majority. General Cavagnac, La- iere and F arrer voted against it. morciere and Farrer The Assembly the siderable agitation. len rose at half-past five in con- Authors of the Electoral Daw. The Committee which has produced this covert attack upon universal suffrage, is composed of the following noted personages: Benoist d’Azy, Berryer, Beugnot, da Broglie, Buffet, de Chasseloup, Laubat, Darn, Leon Fau- cher, Jules de Lasteyrie, Mole, Montalembert, Montebello, Piscatory, de Leze, Gen. Saint-Priest, Thiers, Vatimesnil. These gentlemen are the leaders of tlie majority in the Assembly. Of course their work was sure to be adopted, no matter what its character. Law against the Press. system shall in future appear. In Paris, and in a certain number of adjoining depai'tments, such as Lower Seine, Seine and Marne, Seine and Oise, &c. the stamp will cost 6 centimes, and the numbers thus stamped -will he carried free by the Post-Office.— The Administration will consent to the reduction of 1 centime per number on those distributed through the town, which will consequently be only liable to a stam] pr^lish for their conveyance, and the numbers b e a rii^th stamp will be carried by the Post-Office -witho„. any additional cost; so that the new tax will only afi'ect the numbers o'f the departmental journals distributed through the town. The Press on the Ea-fv. The nine journals proscribed by the Governrqent warmly oppose this outrage on the principle of Uni versal Suffrage, while the majority of them counsel submission and patience. * The Voia; du Peuple alone looks toward forcible resistance to this revo lutionary measure of the Government, not as a thing to which tbe People are to be excited, but as a thing which they may decide upon themselves.— The Democraiie Pacifique says that this is the last card ofthe Reaction, and that it hopes to surprise the Nation into a contest which will result in the establishment of a Monairchy; and that the day the Government shall thus openly violate the Constitu tion in so vital a point, the entire better part of the Army as well as of tho Bourgeoisie vvill p iss over to hope for i t ; hut E le c t i o n R e t u r n s —[Official.] SJBINk-(P aris ) Voters E egistered....324^365 Vutm'g ................ .248,329 Socialist. Ami-Socialist. Maj. Sue ...................... 127,312 Leclerc....................119,726 8,086 „ „ . March in, ia50. Voters Remstered... .353,509 Voting ......................... 260,193 SocialtaL Anti-Socialist. Maj, Caniot(higheBtinliBt).IS2,797 Foy (highest) 125,643 7,l5l S aone - et -L oire —A pril 28-29,1850. Voters Registered.... 154,015 Votiug .......................... 120,162 Socialist. Acti-Socialiat. Maj. MadierdeMontjau....73,119 Billault ......... 46,508 26,611 Esquiros ......................... 73,(60 D^not .............. 46,471 26,589 C h a iassin... ............... 73,014 Homelier...,46,439 26,575 Dain.................................73.1.03 Lafouge............46,414 26589 Hennequin......................72,822 D Esterno ...46,233 26,589 Golfavrv. ......... . ............ 71,280 Beuoist.............46,096 24,194 The follow ing table of the returns of M arch 10, 1856, show s how tauch h a s been gained h y the Sor -eialists in this D e p a rtm e n t s ince that t i m e ; a com parison of the tw o w ill be Coimd m o st instractive, though w e have not the number o f v o tes r e g istered at that election, to show how m a n y had b e e n cut off before the present t r ia l: Socialist. Anti-Socialist. Mai. MadierdeMomjau...61,414 Dariot ............. .44.569 6,156 Buvignier ......... ......,61,3-’jl Da-m-as ........... 44,500 6,189 Esquire Cbar8S2 fiM s isSr e eomprised within the circumferenc of a crown piece. It is beaded Republique Rationtlle, and is divided into three parts, viz.: “ Individual Sovereignty, Com mercial Sovereignty and National Sovereignty;” each of -which is again subdivided; the first into “ liberties” of all sorts and sizes—of man, of domi cile, or worship, of thought and word, of the pulpit and tribune, of the press, of instruction, of meeting. are classed “ Administrative reform, reduction of the expenditure to tbe tenth of the clear income ofi France—a millard;. abolition of the impost of time (conscription); abolition of all the taxes on articles of consumption; emancipation, organization, and dotation of the commune.” Under the 3d head, •‘National Sovereignty,” are comprised “ universal suffrage on the metrical system •, annual’vote of 1^ uniform and voluntary taxation transfoi'med into premiums of insurance, &c.” M. Lamartine, who had demanded leave of ab sence for two months to visit his property near Smyrna, has withdrawn bis application in conse quence of the approaching discussion on the Elec toral Law ITALY. The Papal stated. Considerable wonderment has been caused in intable ; $40,000 are named as the averag sum, and if many have lost such gorgeous car riages as that of Cardinal Tosti, valued at $18,000, it is easy to make out claims to that amount; so that 25 members of the Sacred College wouldjiuf- fice to cany off a million between them. But whether this assertion be correct or not, and from its being a strictly secret transaction, it is difficult to ascertain the truth of it, it appears positive that jpithstanding the poverty of the Government. His Holiness continues firmly decided to i ise of strictly compressive measures. The t hy the Pope, in an audience which he li ed them. Those of the mUitary department are just going to commence the sifting of the whole uent Assembly is regarded with a covetous eye fay the Minister of Finance, and it is in serious con templation to confiscate it for the benefit of the State. Such is the style of Government which the French have restored, such the new era of pontifi cal splendor and clemency which General Baragpay d’Hilliers had tbe glory of inaugurating in Roine! Accounts from Naples announce the arrival in that City of the Count of Syracuse, the brother of the King. He was the bearer of a letter from M. de Lamartine to Don Michael Solimene, a man of letters, who has never interfered with politics. The day after the receipt of this letter the house of Den Michael was taken possession of by the police, and subjected to the most rigorous searah; and, although nothing of an iuculpatory nature wa* found, Don Michael was arrested, and is at this moment in prison, his only crime being the receipt of a letter, of which the King’s brother was the bearer. Letters fr<sm Rome, of the 30th ult. state that ^’•anquility prevailed in that city and ---- — *- le Roman states, but that arrests cent lade there, and that the public mind ritated. It is added that the Austria! agitated, dared tl . ven should ___ evacuate Rome, they will continue to occupy logna, Ancona and Ferrara- Disturbances in Sicily. Intelligence has been received that a very ex tensive organization is being formed in Sicily to once more throw off the hated yoke ofthe Neapoli tan Bourbon. It is said that arrangements have been entered into for a (Xtnsiderable portion of the Neapolitan army to proceed to Rome, in order to protect the Pope in his own dominions, and that the moment of their entrance into Rome is fixed upon for a general rising in Sicily. This move ment is calculated upon as being certain of suc cess in one or two directions, if not both—^first in Sicily itself, from the absence of the flower of tho Neapolitan army; secondly, in Rome by the -with drawal of the only trixtps that can then be depend ed upon to prevent another rising of nearly the •whole of the Roman population. The heather is ripe along the whole coast—the first torch will pro duce a conflagration. [London Sunday Times. Brown^ Shipley dk Co.’s Clrcnlar. Correspondent ness in Cotton.tfa I preceding one, out sou ____ maintains a firm and healthy tonp, without the least vari^ tion in prices. We repeat our last qatitations o f 7M for fair t the Austrians the Ft :c mind was rather A have de- oompletely occupy Bo- The sales tt^'day are estimated at 12,000 bales and i saicl some parties have been speculating on the ehanc* 01 me „„„ ici hours this evening. Marvel throughout the past week, with an advance inprices q^f IB per bbi in Flour, is a Is 6d per quarter Inlffiaran -'■’rn, 4d a GiiprVOlbsin Wheat. BaltimoreFlourisquoted It 24s; PhijadeJptus, 23s6d; Western Canal, 19s a23s; and Danfidp, 2Ss 6d per bbl. Yellow Indian Com, SOs; White ltd m ix d. 29s u iOs 6(i per quarter Wheat, 5s 6d a 63 6d 70 Jbi*. M eal, per bbL We I aveni) sales in Turpentine or Resin to report. V._urt rebpecUuIly, B R O W N , S H I P L E Y &CO» i i
