having been suspended for a short time, an amendment
was brought forward by the committee, confining the
writer's signature to the original manuscript; but, on
the following day this amendment was rejected by
378 to 255; and, on the 12th, the provision that articles
should bear the signature of the writers was adopted as
an article of the law. On the 15th, an amendment, by
M. de Riany, that newspapers publishing feuilletons with
novels or romances should pay a supplementary stamp
of one centime beyond the ordinary stamp duty, was
carried, after violent opposition by 351 to 252. On the
16th, the bill was finally passed by a majority of 390
to 265.

On the 18th, M. Lamartinière, the editor of the
Pouvoir, was brought before the assembly to answer for
an article in that journal reflecting severely on the
proceedings of that body. The charge against him
consisted of two counts, an offence against the assembly and
an attack on the constitution. The result of the ballot
was, on the first count 273 for condemnation, 154 for
acquittal. On the second count the assembly declared
itself incompetent to judge. The assembly condemned
M. Lamartinière in the maximum penalty of 5000 francs.

The President made an excursion on the 14th to
Compiegne, where he was received by the authorities, the
military and the inhabitants, with demonstrations of
unbounded enthusiasm. The artillery fired salutes,
triumphal arches were erected, and fiags fioated from
every housetop. He performed some popular acts,
such as witnessing a wedding in humble life and
giving the young couple a handsome present, visiting
the bedside of an old sergeant of hussars, whose leg had
been broke by a fall from his horse, and speaking so
kindly that the old man swooned with delight. The
shouts among the crowd were, " Vive le President!"
"Vive Louis Napoleon!" "Vive l' Empereur!" The
President returned to Paris the following night, much
gratified, doubtless, with his reception.

A youth of seventeen, named George Walker, a
compositor in Galignani's printing-office, was arrested on
the 5th, close to the door of the Elysée, for having
declared his intention to Assassinate the President. A
loaded pistol was found on him. He belongs to a
respectable family, but his own conduct had been dissolute,
and he had frequented socialist clubs and read
socialist writings. On his examination it was found that
he was evidently insane, and he was conveyed to the
Bicétre.

On Sunday the 7th, a person named Poitevin ascended
on Horseback in a Balloon,  from the Champ de Mars, in
the presence of thousands of eager spectators. He
descended in safety about eight leagues from Paris.

The prorogation of the assembly being about to take
place, it has become necessary to appoint a "committee
of permanence" consisting of twenty-five members, who
have the right of convoking the assembly in case of
urgency during the prorogation. The ballot for this
committee began on the 22nd and was not closed at the time
of the last accounts; but it exhibited the effects of the
coalition between the mountain and the ultra-legitimists.

Public attention in Germany is chiefly occupied by
the treaty of peace entered into between Prussia and
Denmark, and the renewal of hostilities between
Denmark and Schleswig Holstein. On the 14th, the
troops of the Duchies, under General Willisen, advanced
into Schleswig, and two days afterwards the Danish
forces also entered Schleswig at various points. An
immediate collision between them was expected.

General Haynau has been Dismissed by the Austrian
government, in consequence of having brought to trial
a number of the Hungarian deputies involved in the
late insurrection, and afterwards pardoning them on
his own responsibility. The general, who is known to
be a natural son of the reigning Elector of Hesse's
grandfather, is to take up his residence in Cassel.

Little progress seems making towards the German
Confederation. The congress of plenipotentiaries
continues sitting at Frankfort, but little is known of their
proceedings. It is said that, expecting nothing from
the attempts at coming to an agreement between Austria
and Prussia, they see no reason for delaying longer the
business that has brought them together, viz., forming
the basis of the establishment of a central power.

The Queen of Spain, was delivered on the 12th inst.
of a son, who died a few minutes after birth. The
queen has recovered her health.—The Count de
Montemolin, son of Don Carlos, was married on the
10th, at the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, to the
Princess Caroline, sister of the king. On the same day
the Spanish ambassador quitted Naples.

Accounts from Lisbon, of the 29th, state that an
American squadron had arrived in the Tagus to enforce
the claims of the United States against the Portuguese
government. The commander of the squadron had
given twenty-one days for consideration.

The intelligence from New York comes down to the
11th instant. General Zachary Taylor, the President of
the United States, died at Washington on the night of
Monday the 8th. His illness first became known the
day before his death, when he was said to be suffering
from an attack of diarrhœa. He was in his 64th year.
He is succeeded by Mr. Fillmore, formerly Vice-president,
who was sworn into office on the 10th. The cabinet, as
a matter of course, had resigned, and several changes
were spoken of. The late President's funeral was fixed
for the 13th.

The cholera has re-appeared in several of the western
cities. At Cincinnati there have been sixty-three fatal
cases in one day.

A great sensation has been produced by the confession
by Professor Webster of the murder of Dr. Parkman.
It is of great length, and the statements are consistent
and plausible. Dr. Webster declares that Dr. Parkman
went to his room by appointment; he (Webster) wishing
to explain his inability to pay up immediately the money
he owed, and to throw himself upon his creditor's
indulgence; that Parkman would not listen to him, but
provoked him beyond endurance by taunting reproaches
and opprobrious epithets, and that, in the heat of passion
thus raised, he dealt Parkman a blow with a piece of
wood lying at hand, which instantly killed him; that
the thought of proclaiming the deed and explaining the
circumstances never entered his head, but that his only
impulse was to take means for concealment; and that,
accordingly, he dismembered the body and endeavoured
to put it out of the way in the manner which transpired
at the trial. He concludes by solemn asseverations that
he never for a moment premeditated the murder, which
was entirely the result of uncontrollable passion. Doubts
were entertained whether this confession would have
any effect in saving his life. The governor and council
of the State were engaged in considering the case and
in examining many petitions in his favour.

The City of Albany had been visited by a thunderstorm
of unexampled violence, which had done much
damage. Several bridges had been swept away. Among
others, a bridge on the Utica railway was carried away
just before a passenger train reached the spot. Part of
the train was precipitated into the swollen stream, and
several persons perished.

The Governor of Cuba has declared that all the
American prisoners belonging to Lopez's expedition shall be
surrendered in due time to the American authorities;
thus avoiding a rupture between the United States and
Spain.

Congress continued to be occupied with the Slavery
question, but the debates had not yet been attended
with any restilt.

The intelligence from California contains the account
of a fearful conflagration at San Francisco on the 4th of
May, which had destroyed one-fourth of the city. It
was supposed to be the work of an incendiary, and a
reward of 5000 dollars was offered for his apprehension.
—A party of miners at North Fork had been attacked
by a numerous band of savages; several of the miners
were killed, but the assailants were at length beaten
off with great loss.—Extravagant stories are told of the
quantities of gold found at a place called Tuolomo
Placer, near Columbia city. Two large masses of pure
gold, the one above ten, and the other above twenty
pounds' weight, had been dug up there.