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FRANCE.—The interest of the French news is almost confined to a discussion in the Assembly on Tuesday, upon the demand of 3,000,000 francs for the National Workshops. N. Victor Hugo vented deep mortification at effects he thought the new system was producing. lUnder the Monarchy there had been idlers, no doubt; but under the Republic idleness had been formed into a system. The workmen were losing those fine qualities which formerly belonged to them. They were becoming thoroughly demoralized and unfit for labour. M. Victor Hugo looked upon the present state of France as most deplorable; and he warned the Socialists that their declamations, addressed to the people in their present state, were calculated to push them to a servile war. M. Leon Faucher affirmed the truth, that one-half of Paris was supported by such relief as the other could afford. There would soon not be a manufactory in Paris: the shops were closing one after another. The provinces would soon be in a similar condition. It would be better, under such circumstances, to apply the money now applied to these national ateliers to the relief of the in- digent generally. There was only one way of remedying present evils, and that was to restore confidence by establishing order. They should put down agitation, and stop the circulation of those Communist doctrines that were exciting univer- sal alarm.

N. Caussidiere proposed the adoption of an extensive plan of colonization, for which Algiers opened such facilities, with reclamation of waste lands at home. If there had been unprofitable labour, and waste of money, and demoralization of workmen, it was not the fault of the labouring men, who only desired work, but of those who did not know how to use the means at their disposal. The grant was made by the Assembly, on an understanding that in future no further grant of more than a million at one time should be asked, and that measures should be adopted for the speedy termination of the esta- blishment.

The Committee of Secret Service Money called before it the Members of the Executive Government, on Tuesday, to demand explanations of the manner in which 1,200,000 francs had been disposed of in the interval be- tween the 24th of February and the 1st of June. M. Ledrn-Rollin, through whose hands, as Minister of the Interior, this amount had passed, was the chief witness examined: every effort was made to resist inquiry, and the traditions of the Monarchy were appealed to as to the privilege of the Executive to dispose of such funds without rendering an account. The Committee disallowed such secrecy and irresponsibility; and M. Learn- Rollin and his successor, M. Recurt, were ordered to supply to a Sub- Committee the vouchers necessary to show the application of the large sum

disposed of.

The Committee on the Constitution have completed their labours, and 1ave presented to the Assembly the draft of the constitution they propose. The leading features of the draft are these— There is to be one President, to be selected by universal suffrage for a period of

four years. Any person being a French citizen, thirty years of age, and of pod characteris eligible to the office. A Vice-President is to be elected by the Na-

tional Assembly. The Assembly is to consist of 750 members; there being no

other chamber. The Ministers are to be nominated by the President, and can be dismissed according to his will and pleasure. A Council of State is to be ap-

pointed out of the members of the Assembly, to consist of forty persons at least, and chosen by the Assembly itself; that body- to consider and draw up the laws which the Government may deem it advisable to bring in. The punishment of death is interdicted for political offences. Slavery is abolished in all the French colonies. The press is to be free; and every man may print, and cause to be

printed, whatever he pleases, subject to such guarantees to the state as may be deemed necessary. All religions are to be allowed in France; and the various religions ministers are to be paid by the state. Public instruction is to be free, but subject to the superintendence of the state. Substitutes are to be interdicted in the army and navy. The national debt is declared sacred. Property is invio- lable. Gratuitous education is to be given to the working classes, so as to pre-

them for their different callings. Algeria is declared an integral part of the

ch soil; but is to be administered by laws peculiar to itself. The same is to be the case with the other French colonies. Trials are to be public; and the judges, once appointed, are to be permanent.

On the 10th, a bill was presented to the Assembly to grant credit of 300,000 francs for revising the lists of the National Guards liable to be called into active service in France; in effect, for planing 100,000 addi- tional men at the service of the standing army. In the exposé des motifs, these phrases occur iu reference to the object of this increase-

" The Executive Commission preserves the firm hope of maintaining peace. France cannot at the same time assist., without watching, at changes made in other territories. She cannot tolerate that any increase in the power of her neigh- bours should weaken her own power, without a compensation to herself."

The Paris correspondent of the Chronicle has this comment on these phrases-

" What is the meaning of the above lines? The report here is that the Re- publican Government is determined, should 'Ong Charles Albert obtain possession of Lombardy and Venice, to demand Savoy and the Dutehy of Nice as compensa- tion."

In the Assembly, on Tuesday, General Clement Thomas resigned the command of the National Guards of the Seine. He stated that he did not consider he had a right to retain as permanent a command intrusted to him suddenly by the Assembly in a moment of agitation: he took the opportunity of a present time of calm to resign the command. The As- sembly immediately voted that General Thomas deserved well of his country. M. Thiele has determined upon taking his seat for the department of the Seine.

M. Cormenin has resigned the Presidency of the Council of State, in consequence of its incompatibility with his duties as a representative.

The Moniteur contains a decree imposing a tax on provisions brought into Paris; in fact, reviving, in the name of the Republic, the old octroi charges levied in the name of the Municipality. Dried chasselas grapes,

which form with bread, the breakfast meal of the frugal Parisians for ten weeks in the year, are to pay a duty of a farthing a pound. Chestnuts and salad oil, which are absolute necessaries to the people of every class in Paris, fruit of all kinds, preserves of all kieds, and even ice for cooling pur- poses, are to pay duty on entering the barriers of Paris. Public misery increases in frightful proportions. At the end of April the number of houses under suspension of payment exceeded 1,500, and at

present the number amounts to 6,000. If the progression continues, in six weeks no transactions will be possible; there will not be a single house which could be treated with.—La Presse.

M. Goudchaux has sent a circular to his customers stating that he in- tends to wind up the affairs of his bank.

Disturbances have occurred in the departments, from varying causes.

At Gueret, the chief town of the department of the Crease, the cause was fis- caL The people there are chiefly masons, who have been prevented, by recent regulations, from coming to Paris as usual to seek work. The new Government taxes were more then the impoverished and discontented masons could bear; so they posted threats against all who should pay them. Collisions occurred between the people and the National Guards; and ten persons were killed in a barricade fight. The Guards at List got the mastery.

In the Ardennes, the people rose to prevent the export of grain to Belgium. A citizen bought the grain, and gave it to the poor: and so facilitated the restora- tion of order.

At Nismes, aa old Catholic and Protestant feud was revived, and two quarters of the town battled with each other; peasants from the country flocking in and joining on one or other side. The Military were called in, and put the quarrellers down, after bloodshed on both sides.

The Journal de Constantine, of the 10th instant, announces the sub- mission of Achmet Cherif, late Bey of Constantine, to the French au- thorities, on the sole condition of preserving his life and property.

Pitossr.a.—New tumults and popular excesses have broken out at Ber- lin. The insults to the representative Sydow and the Minister Arnim led to the publication of severe proclamations: assemblages of the people near the Assembly were forbidden, and warning was given that if they were persisted in they would be put down by force. This was one grievance. Another was the erection of gates in a vaulted passage connecting de- tached parts of the Palaces. This passage had come to be regarded as a public way; and its interruption was a "reaction," and an "insult to the people"; so, on the lath instant, in defiance of the authorities, the people gathered in great and tumultuous crowds near the Assembly, which is close to-the Arsenal. The approaches to- the latter building were intrusted to the Burgher Guard; the interior of the building to troops of the line. After chafing and threatening some time, the populace were stimulated by orators to rash upon and disarm a small picket of the guard

which was stationed at the head of the street leading to the Arsenal entrance. This success led them to attack a larger body of the guard near the entrance; but they were here repulsed and fired on; and some of them were killed. As in former cases, the blood thus shed served as the incitement to a climax of violence. Messengers ran to and fro with bloody mementos, and urged a general attack, Their efforts were successful: the remaining exterior guards were overpowered, and the building was taken by storm, the windows and doors being burst by battering-beams. The whole Berlin mob engaged in pillaging the immense collection of arms. A slender guard of soldiers of the line posted in the interior was induced to sur- render by a deception. It was stated that the rest of the army had left the city, that the King had fled from Potsdam, and that the Monarchy was on the eve of destruction. The mob fully equipped itself with arms, and had begun to retire. The concentrated force of the Burgher Guard now appeared, and the Arsenal was retaken without difficulty. The crowds who took umbrage at the new iron gates went straight to the place, and after some listening to popular oratory, set to work, hoisted the gates off their hinges: cast one of them into the river Spree, and bore the other to the University as a trophy.

On the 17th, many of the ringleaders were arrested; a vast quantity of arms was reclaimed from the people by the Burgher Guard; and a great number of arrests were made.

The affair became the subject of debate in the Assembly. The Minis- terial proposals to increase the efficiency of the protective means near the Assembly were opposed, and hotly debated. In the end, a large majority carried an amendment, which declared that the Assembly needed no armed protection, but placed itself under the safeguard of the people of Berlin. This resolution caused a disruption of the Cabinet; but it had the effect of completely tranquillizing the populace. The Ministers of War, Foreign Affairs, and Public Worship—Barons Von Canitz, Von Arnim, and Graf Schwerin—resigned. General Von Schrekenstein succeeded the first; the others have not been replaced.

The Commissioner of the Minister of War, in a report on the damage done to the Arsenal, states that numbers of valuable models of arms and unique inventions, and above all, flags and trophies of the Seven Years War and the later campaigns against Napoleon, are missing or destroyed. A thousand muskets are missing, many of them of a new and occult pat- tern; the secret of them known only to Government and the inventor, and therefore of no use to the spoilers.

The Berlin Landwehr were called out for service on the 16th, in aid of the Burgherwehr. They have agreed to a declaration insisting on being treated in the same light as the Burgherwehr: they will only serve in uniform when absolutely on duty, and only within the limits of the city; they consider themselves as citizens to be called out for the day or hour in case of necessity; they will name their own leaders, and only acknowledge the orders of the Burgher Guard Commander.

Berlin was more tranquil on the 19th than it had been for some time past. Many lists of new Ministers are circulated: all of them designate persons of more advanced Liberalism than those who have retired.

Posen is becoming tranquil. General Colomb has been recalled, and a, commission of inquiry into German excesses has been appointed from Berlin.

Ausautia.—The Austrian news of interest comes from Prague. The flame of a war of races has burst out. The Czechs and the Germans have been fighting in that town since the 12th instant. A Czech demonstration,. in public meeting, was held on the 12th, partly to protest against the trans- porting of artillery to the Wischerad, the Radschin, and Lorenzberg, and the pointing of it on the town—things that had been done on days pre- vious. A battery of guns for the town itself, and arms for the citizens, were demanded. The meeting ended in a great tumult; and the Czechs flocked to the house of the Governor, Prince Windischgratz, to give him a charivari. The Prince is one of the most accomplished generals and indo- mitable soldiers in Austria. The Bohemians fear him, and call him "Prince Herod "; but he is really a man of kind heart, and his soldiers are blindly devoted to him. The rioters were summoned to disperse; the Prince himself persuading them, bearing with their ribaldry, and afterwards even with their vi&ence, in majestic self-restraint. At last a set at- tempt was made to bear him off, and the grenadiers stationed in his house were to be held in no longer: they rushed out, rescued their general, and commenced a general fight with the people. The latter resorted to the houses, and erected barricades; and shortly the whole city and the troops were engaged in conflict. The struggle was continued through the night, and early on the 13th had issued in the comparative suc- cess of the troops—among whom were found stanch to the authorities, some Czech regiments. On that day the insurgents were driven over the Mold= into the lesser half of the city. In retreating they broke up the roadway of the suspension bridge, and barricaded themselves strongly. A contest took place on the imperfect bridge, in the course of which the peo- ple gained some advantages: numbers of the troops were hurled into the river and drowned. At last, however, the troops gained the bridge; then the barricades at its foot; and ultimately most of the lesser town. A parley was held; but the students would not yield their demand that the troops should withdraw from Prague: the struggle therefore recommenced, and was continued with better success by the Czechs till the evening of the 14th.

Count lansdorff then arrived from Vienna, and took the general com- mand; hoping that when Prince Windischgratz was no longer supreme, the Czechs would yield. A second parley ended like the first; and the fight was renewed by the students with great aid from bodies of peasantry, who could not be kept from entering the town by the river. Late on the 15th, the military abandoned the town, retired to the heights around it, and thence began a bombardment with the heavy ar- tillery placed in position before the 12th. Such was the state of things on the evening of the 17th.

A lamentable incident of the fight occurred at its beginning on the 12th. A dismissed jiiger, who sought revenge against Prince Windisch- gratz, took station with a rifle in a hotel opposite his palace, and fired when be saw a curtain move in the Prince's room. The shot killed the Princess Windischgratz, instead of her husband. The Princess was the daughter of Field-Marshal Prince Schwarzenberg; and her mother was the lady who perished while endeavouring to save her child, at the burning of the ball-room erected to celebrate the marriage of Napoleon with Maria Louisa of Austria,—an occurrence which at the time caused an immense solution. The news from Use other provinces of Austria is threatening, but con- fused. Croatia seems to be in revolt: its Ban, or ruling Baron, Prince jenalich, has been summoned to Insprack, but refuses to make the jour- ney. A congregation of Croats, convened by himself, have elected him afresh to his office; and he was installed on the 5th by the Servian Arch- bishop of Carlowiz. Endeavours are on foot in the Bennet, and in Croa- tia, Salavonia, and Dalmatia, to unite the Sclavish nationality of those countries in a new "independent state under the house of Hapsburg and the crown of Hungary."

Hungary itself is busy asserting, by parliamentary resolutions and admi- nistrative decrees, its rule over rebellions Croatia; and in accomplishing, by compact; the annexation of Transylvania. The news from lespruck is to the 19th. The Emperor is ill; worn by the fatigue of receiving deputations, and the excitement of the revolutionary strife passing around him. M. Morichini had arrived from Rome, with credentials from the Pope to mediate on the Lombardo-Venetian question.

trarae—Radetsky has performed a great feat. While Charles Albert was slowly exerting himself to secure Riven and cut off Verona from the valley of the Trent, the surprising old Austrian appeared with 30,000 men against Vicenza; bombarded the town eighteen hours; and in that space forced Durand° to capitulate, to yield the town, and to engage for himself and his 15,000 men to recross the Po and not again lift a sword in the war for three months to come. On the 12th, he gathered together his surplus force and hastened back to Verona; entering it just as the King had come to the conclusion that it had been evacuated, and had prepared to appear at its Northern gates with 40,000 troops. He soon convinced the King of his presence; and the latter retired to his lines and resumed the prosecution of his original plans. The latest advices' to the 15th, state that Padua had surrendered to the Austrians; General Pepe retiring to Venice with his small body of Neapolitan troops; and that Charles Albert has removed his head-quarters to Vallegio. A rumour which prevailed in Paris on Tuesday, of a great defeat of Charles Albert, with the capture of his son, is not confirmed: it probably originated in the fall of Padua.

EiavPr.—Letters from Alexandria, of the 9th, describe Mehemet All as in a state bordering on imbecility. Ibrahim Pacha was daily introducing new measures of economy in the administration of affairs: his officers, from fear of his displeasure, exhibit the greatest activity in the execution of his orders, as several had found themselves suddenly displaced without any form or ceremony. The conscription was aggravating the miseries of the wretched Fellahs.

hems AND Cnnes.—Despatches, in anticipation of the overland Bom- bay mail of the 12th May, arrived in London on Wednesday. They bring details of the affair in Moultan; which proves to have been fatal to both the British officers concerned in it. Mr. Vans Agnew, of the Bengal Civil Service, and Lieutenant Anderson, of the Bombay Fusiliers, accompanied the newly-appointed Governor, Khan Singh, from Lahore to Moultan. They reached their destination on the 18th of April; and were well re- ceived by the old Governor, Dewan Moolraj, who showed them the fort. A quarrel, however, was picked with some of their followers, and both of the Englishmen were wounded. Seeing treachery, they retreated with Khan Singh and their escort to a small fort outside the walled town of Moultan; where for twenty-four hours they considered themselves protected; but the troops from Moult= attacked the fort. Lieutenant Anderson, being severely wounded, was unable to rise from his bed: Mr. Vans Agnew shook hands with him, bade him adieu, and prepared to defend himself. His pistols had been tampered with. As the crowd of soldiers with which his escort bad " fraternized " entered the room, he drew his sword, and out down the first assailant; but he was instantly shot; and his body, like that of his companion Lieutenant Anderson, and that of their apothecary, Mr. Wilkinson, was hacked to pieces, and treated with every indignity. The new Governor, Khan Singh, was wounded, and made prisoner by the troops of Moultau.

On the first rumour of what had happened, troops at Lahore were or- dered to march; .but on its becoming certain that the English officers were dead, these movements were stayed; and a regular expedition was in pro- cess of being organized.

The rest of India-is tranquil.

The dates from Hong-kong reach to the 26th April. The wrongs at Shanghai and Ningpo of which the last accounts brought brief note, have been atoned. The Chinese authorities at Ningpo conceded the demands made for the punishment of the offenders, and had them arrested and pub- licly exposed in the " cangue." At Shanghai, the Toutai had been dismissed, for his supineness in the offences which took place there; and the offenders were ultimately punished.

[hump STATES men MEXICO.—The Hibernia arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with news from New York and Halifax to the 7th and 9th instant. The only interesting fact is, that the Mexican treaty was ratified hi the Chamber of Deputies at Queretaro on the 19th of May, by 51 votes to 35; and was certain to be ratified in Congress a few d.e.ys after, by a still larger majority.