The Expulsion Bill passed the French Senate on Tuesday by
137 to 122, after a speech of much oratorical force, in which M. de Freycinet urged that the Princes had not lived innocuously in France, for their chief, the Comte de Chambord, had never resided there; that their presence raised an impression of weak-
ness in the Republic; that they were not citizens, but a special clan, already debarred by law from office ; and that if the Senate, quarrelling with the Chamber, rejeeted the Bill, that result would be regarded as a triumph for the Monarchists. The instant the law was passed, the Government acted on it, sending messengers to the Comte de Paris and Prince Napoleon that they meet leave, and that time could only be granted them to arrange their affairs on condition that they abstained from manifestoes. Prince Napoleon and his son left Paris the same day for Switzer- land, and the Comte de Paris and his son quitted Eu for England, yid Treport. The Orleans Princes, it is said, feel their banishment most keenly, the young heir weeping bitterly when he heard the telegram, which his father was scarcely able to read. On his departure, the Count issued a manifesto to the French people, of which the principal sentences are given else- where. We need here only say that he stands forward avowedly as a Pretender. He can only go back as King.
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