The French Government and the Chamber appear to have been
both annoyed and alarmed by this manifesto. The former ordered the arrest of Prince Jerome, which was carried out without difficulty, and he was lodged in the Conciergerie, to await a trial, which, according to French lawyers, will probably result in an acquittal. The Government, when interrogated in the Chamber by M. Jolibois, one of the five or six who out of the fifty Bonapartist Deputies adhere to the Prince, declared that they had acted according to law, and that one sentence, at least, in the manifesto was distinctly illegal. The Chamber, however, was not satisfied, and on the motion of M. Floquet voted urgency for a Bill declaring that " the French territory, Algeria, and the Colonies are prohibited to all members of families which have reigned in France." As this Bill would expel Prince Victor Bonaparte, the real candidate of the Imperialists, the Duc d'Aumale—against whom it is believed to be levelled—and all the other Orleans Princes, it was strongly denounced ; and there was, of course, a scene. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld- Bisaccia, as usual, called the Comte de Chambord " the King," and on being censured by the President, asked what synonym could be found for " the descendant of the Kings of France." "That. one," retorted M. Brisson, smiling, and by the not terminating the dispute. The Monarchists, however, could only rally 112 votes to 328, and urgency was voted.
