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PRANCE. - m The . new Ministry receives the confidence of the public. It ig regarded as a really representative G-overnment, and ia supported by all parties except a small knot of Irreconcilables. The. Emperor seems to have really accepted the new constitutional system. Leading Orleanists are rallying to the Empire under the new regime. The recent shooting of M. Noir by Prinbe Pierre Bonaparte has operated as a great disturbing element. '■ ' ■r . * The treaty of commerce ; has been warmly discuased in both Chambers. . Ministers consent to a Parliamentary ; inquiry., Till the results are before the - country no change will be made. Free- \ trade convictions are -spreading. The . ; arguments used by the protectionists" in I England support the free-trade piarty iw France. ' '''"''i'A'A.A : 'AAA\.A-A..A''.A .A^-A^ ! A serious strike Jias [taken place atf the artisans, great ironworks, Cruseot, instigated by an agent, of the Inter- ; national Associations; which supplies funds from England and Switzerland. Three thousand five hundred soldiers were sent for the protection of the town. Newworkmen' were introduced, but the dis- . pute was amicably settled, and the strike [terminated. -.'..'- . The trial: of -Prince Pierre Buonaparte is to take place at Versailles next month. ' Traiipinan. has' been' executed for the Paritiii muirdersi He tefuseld to th^la# to give the names of his accomplices. . ~ •••■ M. OlHvier's application to the Chambers for permission "ito j prosecute .'Mj Rochefort for inciting to revolt has been agreed to. An immense majority of the Chambers- -have - -sinee -^considered the" prosecution to,b.e,a mist^ke.^ r .M. Roche-. forb showed contempt of' Cour6by^ ! hot appearinglEit the "trial."" He was convicted and sentenced* to six-months' imprisonment, besides being fined' 2000 f. M. Rochefort ridicules "the leuiency of the sentence. He has lost , favor with ;the violent classes by bis co.^rdice ro ThevUltra democratic journalsare reviling each other beyond measiire. '.'-_.,.
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Southland Times, Issue 1230, 29 March 1870, Page 2
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