The celebration of the anniversary of' the Three Days of
July passed off gloomily in Paris, amidst rumours of plots and multi- plied arrests. The latest accounts describe the police as still in full activity, securing suspicious persons, many of them real mem- bers of the National Guard.
The trial of the parties charged with manufacturing gunpowder secretly in the Rue de l'Oursine was commenced on Tuesday, be- fore the Tribunal of Correctional Police, one of the recently-esta- blished courts, in which trial by jury is not allowed. Thirty-nine prisoners were brought to the bar; among them, M. BLANQUI, a man of letters, and two medical students. A new association, called the " Association Parisienne," has been discovered. It consists chiefly of the working classes, and its object was to overthrow the Government. The law against public associations has been the parent of many secret ones.
ARNIAND CARREL was scarcely in his grave before the respon- sible conductor of the National was brought to trial, for publish- ing three articles written by CARREL, on the death of Animist!. The defendant was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs. The Marquis CHARLES DE ST. MAURICE, editor of La France, was condemned to be im- prisoned two months and to pay 1,000 francs, for copying the same articles. Major-General BUGEAUD has been raised to the rank of Lieu- tenant-General, for his victory over ABDEL KADER, in Africa. Marshal Maisoar, in his report to the King, recommending the promotion of BUGEAUD, says that he has served thirty years atilv, in thirteen campaigns.
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