The disorders at Toulouse—first called a "riot," next an "
emeute," and now finally an "insurrection "—prove to be matter of serious con- sideration to the French Government. A special Commissary, says the -Morning Chronicle, M. Mourcie Duval, formerly Prefect of Nantes, has been sent thither to arrange matters. He is odious to the Legitimists, on account of some disrespect which he showed to the Dutchess of Berry ; and is therefore likely to be still more unacceptable to the Carl- ists of Toulouse than M. Mahul. It is supposed in Paris, that the spirit of resistance in that quarter is by no means confined to the town of Toulouse, but that the neighbouring towns share in it. Government, however, to judge from the tone of the Paris papers of Thursday, mean to persevere in the stringent financial policy which has excited the Wat-Tylerism. It is rumoured, indeed, that the subject is disputed in the Cabinet.
The Paris papers of Friday report Toulouse still in a restless and, uneasy state on Wednesday. A journal of the place, the Emancipation, dated the 13th, gives the particulars of the insurrection ; from which it appears that M. Mahul was not so much to blame as at first he seemed; he left the town at the request of the National Guard, as they would not answer for its safety if he remained.
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