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      Ihe Answers Of The Government To The Var...

      ~ h a p halanx as never before encircled and jpfended the frontier of any state , ancient or _oflern . The first acts of the Government ! _L-e been marked by a spirit of lofty philosophy ml ° _^ P _raetical statesmanship , not to be 8 nia ]] ed in the records of history . Their % _'• proclamations , and speeches , remind one & e of the old heroic times , when Greece _^ li sed its heroes into Gods , than of the _Lcsiic latter days in which we live . May their f uture career he marked by the same c ' harac-. _-jjjjcs , and their most _glowing aspirations Fir the elevation and permanent happiness of their species be realised ! _^ _TTnhalanx as never before encircled and

      H A Halanx As Never Before Encircled And...

      _3 iABCH 4 , 1848 . _? HE NORTHERN STAR . 5 ' I I T _~~ ° ~~ ° _^ ° _" ""' ' "" "" ' " ' - —¦¦—•— ° - _»^ * -mm _^ m _^ _y _^ _- _^^^^^ .

      To Descend From The Two Exciting Topics ...

      To descend from the two exciting topics of _Ag Budget and the French Revolution , to _-a thing smaller , would he taking that fatal _Sffp which is said to separate the sublime from _fl , e ridiculous , we shall therefore leave other p _arliament ary topics for future comment .

      . Press Of Matter Prevents Us From More ...

      . press of matter prevents us from more than _fallinj ? attention to a pamphlet on the French jj _erolution advertised in our columns this day . Tt _i- * _corop _ited b y a barrister , and , aftei a succinct and terse explanation of the causes which , had gradually led to this wonderful _* vent . it gives , in most cases from the evidence _r eve witnesses , an elaborate detail of the Jir 0 ! rre . 'S of this glorious revolution _. Next week we shall devote to this pamphlet flie amount of attention its importance fleserves .

      Co Meatier* & Comsymtfreii Ts

      Co _Meatier * & _Comsymtfreii ts

      Icifceltameocs..*S= Our Verv Lengthy His...

      _ICIfCELtAMEOCS . . * s = Our verv lengthy history ef the French Revolution has necessarily compelled the exclusion of a great number of communications . The 'Usitid Ieishhak . ' — If the Editorhas not received the " Sokbebk Stab , it must bave heen detained . Our publisher has sent it regularly , and the papers of the Sth , 12 th , and _igth ult ., were forwarded a second time , on receipt of Mr Mitchel ' s previous complaint . A _Twxxtt . Tzaiis * TJsiosist . —Kextweek . J . Tatlos . —Mr A . Packer , White Lion-passage , Edgeware-road , supplies the Umxed Isishhak . Hr _Hartet , Romford . —If jour agent caUs at this office he can have them . Tex _Lasd _Cospaxt . —Mr O'Connor hess to state bis utter inability to answer the several letters written to him , relative to the detaUs ofthe Land Company , and ¦ which should be addressed to the Directors .

      Patjd _Hatsb ' s letter from Bradford , Yorkshire , has teen submitted to the Directors . _HostST B 2 ouchtox , _STanfhester . —A house will be huilt on each allotment . If four memhers of one family are drawn together on one _Hchet , thea a house will be built for each . W . C , Wiltshire . —No ; members cannot transfer their shares , previous to the complete registration of the Company , nor can they do so then unless their shares 2 Te paid in full . The amount of subscription to the Charter Association , is one penny per week . H . Daixt . —Tss ; you may at any time add to your shares , so as that you may hold four shares . W . H- Mott begs to acknowledge the receipt of tbefolfowing sams , for the defence of Mr O'Connor's seat , viz .: — From the Green Man . is ; Mr Ward and Friends , 2 s Sd : perMrHaskard , _TslDld ; Dove and Bainhow ,

      2 s fid ; from Carlton , per Mr Jacques , os ; per Mr Sannder * s boot , £ 1 lis _Ojd ; per J . Sweet , f third snbscription ) , £ 1 Ss 5 d ; per MrWardley , Ss 9 d ; Eagle Tavern , per 3 Ir Jfason , 4 s 3 d ; per Mr T . Wright , 17 s 9 Jd ; from _Bagthorpe , 2 s 9 d ; from Arnold , 4 s ; per Mr Treece , 6 s ; Dorman ' s book , £ 1 lOJd ; Bostock , do . _* s 3 d : Broadhead ' s , do . Ss 6 & . THE O'COJiK _^ RVitiE Allottees . —It is frith great _re'UCtance that we are compelled to withhold their address till next week , when it shall appear with Mr O'Connor's remarks upon it . ilr _Sekioe , Heckmondwike . —Call on Mr J . Cooke , 67 , Meadow-lane , Leeds , for the portraits . —Mr Alderson , Bradford . —Apply io Mr Cooke . Yicar-line . Hr _Spexces , stalybridge . — The mistake was ours . Should it again occur , write hy first post . Mr Bacgh ak , Aynhoe . —The same reply as to Mr Harvey , Romford .

      LEGAL . KOTICE . —Owing to the space occupied by Parliamentary proceedings , no legal correspondence can find p lace in the Stas durim the Session . All those therefore , whose esses bare been answered only in the Stab , are requested to send their addresses and a postage stamp shonld they require rrivate answers . _Eekest Jokes . I hare received many letters enquiring Low the cases in hand are going on ? AU _correspondents aay _' rest _snsar « d they will be properly attended to in dne course . Thi * matt ha an answei for all , as it is impossible to answer all such letters .

      Hurrah For The Charter ! To The Members ...

      _HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER ! TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NA TIOXAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION

      Fbiexes . —The time for securing the liberties of Britain has now arrived . It _reraains to he seen whether you are prepared for ti . e great moral battle , the trophies of which will fee freedom and independence . We have _icsolved upon calling the Convention for Monday , April 3 rd . Let every town and hamlet in England at once commence the work of agitation , take immediate steps for holding public meetings to adopt and further the National Petition . Commence at once your collections to _defray the cost of vour respective

      delegations . In next week ' s Star will he published the Electoral Divisions , with the number of _delegates to each . If ihe meantime to work like men . resolved upon winning freedom for themselves and bequeathing it to their children ; now or never is the time ; remember that to will liberty is to win it . Will it , then , in the silence of your homes—will it in the enthusiasm ofyour public meetings—will it , you seven millions of English slaves , and no power on earth can prevent you from riving the manacles ofyour thraldom . By order of the Executive , C . Doyle . Sec .

      The Following, From The Pen Of Kobert Ow...

      The following , from the pen of Kobert Owen , which deserves the attention of every working man in England , will at once convince the working classes of the wisdom and justice of their principles , as the following proclamation is a virtual admission of all the principles contained in the Peeple ' s Charter , which , as we have invariably stated , was destined to absorb all minor considerations .

      A PROCLAMATION BY ROBERT OWEN . Ii is evident that the government of this country iB reposing on a barrel of gunpowder . The _ Irish _peasantry are starving . The British operatives cannot find _employment , and are in misery . The means exist in enormous superfluity to place the population of both islands in a state of permanent _progressive _^ prosperity , even to prevent the possibility of one individual being brought up to be ignorant , ill-conditioned , in poverty , or the fear Of it . • *

      Knowing this from facts which cannot deceive , and knowing that the members of the goyernmem , from their education and prejudices of position , are yet uninfermed upon these vital questions of _national policy , and being aware of tbeir danger , unless « aej immediately bestir ihemsdves , and adopt decisive practical _meatuses to give Bebad . _Knowledge , and Good Habits to the people . I have had one petition presented by Mr Cobden to the Ilouse of Common , a second by the Marquis of Lansdowne to the ilouse of Lords , and a third , by the Secretary ef State fur the Home Department to her Majesty , and a fourth ( in the form efa memorial ) to the Lords of her Majesty ' s Treasury , praying that a Committee or Commission should be appointed fully and fairly to now investigate these all-important subjects : —bat these parties , Eot _suspectinglthe immediate urgency for the adoption of measures to give the relief required , have not yet deemed it necessary to grant the prayer of those petitions .

      To prevent a revolution of violence , and disaster £ 0 the government , snch as lately occurred to the French government , and thui throw this extended empire into incalculable confusion and misery , it is recommended that public meetings be held in the "metropolis , and over Great Britain and Ireland , to make these errors and unnecessary evils known to jail , and to petition for the adoption of immediate measures to give employment , and just remuneration for it , to all who require it ; and to insure " a sound practieal and efficient character for tbeir Children , that poverty and crime may be prevented , and punishments thus rendered unnecessary .

      Those who desire to prevent the Irish peasant , and British operatives from starving , or the go-Ternmeni being stultified , or a revolution commenced , that would aiouseall the angry passions , and throw society back half a century or more , should immediately bestir themselves , and organise the meetings recommended without delay . I am willing to assist , and to take my fall responsibility in these measures ; but with my knowledge ot certain permanent remedies of prevention , I cannot remain silent and see millions in unnecessary poverty , stimulated to crime , and then most _uajustly punished . UXIYEESAL CHATHir , PEACE , AKD _GoOD-rTILL . ROBERT OWEN . {{ London , March 1 , 1818 .

      Mbs Jujnts, The Eaile's Widow. To The Ch...

      MBS _JUJNtS , THE EAILE'S WIDOW . TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . Friekds . —Ah appeal waa made , some weeks ago , on behalf of the above named much neglected lady to raise her the sum of £ 100 ; for th ? purpose of establishing her in business , as a stay and ' corset maker ; and I Jiad hoped that nine years of deprivation and suffering , in onr behalf , would have secured her the amouEt sought for , without the necessity of any other appeal . Ihe cool indifference with which that appeal has been received has prompted me to remind my brother Chartists of their duty , and the lasting disgrace which will be cast npon our body , shonld this appeal not be . met promptly aad with Mas JONES , THE EXILE'S WIDOW .

      spirit . We are about to reorganise our forces for the battie of right—the harpies of the law , and the base tools olfaction will again he sent amongat the people to entrap tbem , and draw their leaders into their snares . The political agitator seeking to destroy the power of the oppressor has not the easiest journey through life - . subject to the tyranny and vengeance of rampant faction , whose power he threatens , tbe centumely of aU above the ranks of the sons of toil , and sacrifices of domestic comforts and retirement , he takes the post of danger for the good of others . Is it too much , then , to ask that , should he be sacrificed , those who are dear to him shall reeeiveour support ? If we deny this , who can we expect to come forward to _rjehtenr battles ?

      WilliamJones , the Welsh martyr , had been bnt six months married when he was torn away from his hom p . What will he feel when he hears of his wife suffering tall tbe pangs of distress , in addition to that of her unhappy bereavement ? The proverb says , 'Delays have been more injurious than direst injustice , '—delay then no longer . What do your cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones amount to , if you turn a deaf tar to the sufferings of the Whigmade widow ? It may be pleaded as an excuse , the poverty of the people and the many subscriptions open for various purposes ; I admit the poverty ofthe people is great ,

      at the same time I affirm there are many who are able , if they were willing , to give considerable assistance ; let every man make a little self-sacrifice , and immediately resolve , when yon read this , to eive ub as much as you can , and take it to the properquarter . No delays ! While yon are considering Mrs Jones is starving . Appeal to your several branches in the Land Company , they are composed of Chartists , and , surely , joining that body , whose object is to create a community of happy individuals , will not obliterate from your memories the sufferings of your friends when the scaffold was erected , and tbe sharpened axe ready for the work of slaughter .

      Thanks to your energies , you prevented the bloody scene , and the patriot and philanthropist exchanged the scaffold for the transport and penal settlement . T © the good work , theD , in time . This is a work for every Land secretary . Our general secretary informs us we have 500 branches ; let each branch collect four shillings and the sum is raised . Hot * trifling the amount , and bow much good it would do—an injured woman placed out of the reach of want , and the bleeding heart of the expatriated husband cheered at the comfort of his wife , and look npon the act as a proof of yonr good-will aBd love towards him , and kindle in his heart the hope that yon will yet , by your exertions , restore him to his country and home . Honour and shame from no conditioa rise ,

      Act well your part , there all the honour lies ! Trusting this will be taken np with spirit , and tbe charge of ingratitude removed from oHr character , I remain , yours faithfully , Manchester . E . Bublbt .

      Thb Murder Ih St James's Park. On Friday...

      THB MURDER IH ST JAMES'S PARK . On Friday , Annates Meyers was tried at tho Old Bailer , for shooting at Henry Ducker , a soldier _. The prisoner looked very pole , and was evidently suffering severe mental distress . Sbe was seated in tbe dock during the trial , and kept her _handcherchiei to her face nesrlj the whole time , and appeared to be crying . The case seemed to create a deal of interest , asd tbe court waa _filled at aa early hoar . The evidence given was similar to that which appeared In the papers at the time of the murder , and ( honed the deliberation and determination with which the murder hai _Toeen committed , as weU as the extreme provocation to the crime . The following letter to her mistress _svas read : —

      'Dear Madam—I am very sorry to leave you this afterhooe , bat yoa will soon learn tbe _reaaoa of it . Lots has occasioned it all . I should have been very happy in my place , bat my love is teo strong , and _reveugs is sweet when one can have it . Yoa will know to-night what I mean . It will be a warning to all yonng meD not to deceive a girl as he haB done me . ( Signed ) « Annette Metebs . ' The next was a letter written by the deceased a few days before the draadful occurrence , in which he made an appointment to meet her on the Sunday following , on which occ & tion there appeared to be no doubt that hemadepropositions of _almost disgraceful character to the unhappy prisoner , which she rejected .

      Hr _Cusxsoy , in defence , commented npon the cosduct of the deceased , who , aftsr having polluted and destroyed the wretched girl at the bar , had basely deserted her , because , after having made nee of all her wages to supply her cravings for money , she refused to comply with an _odians suggestion which he had made to her , as a maans of raising more money for him . Mr Clarkson then read a portion of some of the letters tbat had been produced , written by the prisener t _» the deceased . They were _eooched in the moat affectionate terms . In one of them said , * My happiness in tbis world depends upoa you—my very existence is _heund up with your well-being and prosperity . ' God help her , poor creature ; said the learned counsel , she was little

      aware how that expression would he realised . The letter went on , ' May Heaveu watch over your health , and speedily conduct yon to the arms of your faithful , loving , and affectionate Annette ! ' In anotherletter she said , 'Dear Henry , shall we ever have a home of our own * Oh ! how happy shonld I be to tend and cheer you ! With tha blessing of Gad , I hops that happy day mayeome , when we shall meet to part no more , until death part ub . ' There was no doubt , he said , from these letters asd the other _cireumstances in the case , that the wretched woman entertained the fondest affection for the deceased , and that she was goaded almost to madness , and certainly to desperation , by tbe base manner in which she was deserted by the man for whom she had sacrificed everything that was dear to her .

      The jury , after deliberating abont five _minates , returned a verdict of Guilty , which , however , was aocom . panif d by a strong recommendaiioB to mercy , on account of the extraordinary provocation the prisener had received . The Lord Caief Baros , in passing sentence of Death , held out no hope of the recommendation of the jury being attended to ; and the prisoner having been asked whether she had anything to urge in stay of execution ? she replied , in a faint voice , that she had not . Tbe wretched woman , who appeared to be almost in state af in & _enBihity was then led £ _rosn the bar .

      Ibish Democratic Costsdbbatios.—The Demo...

      Ibish _Democratic _Costsdbbatios . —The Democrats met on Sunday at the usual hour at Cartwright ' s , in a few minutes after the Vice-President took the chair , and the room was in a moment filled to inconvenience . The 5 th edition of the evening paper containing the declaration ofthe Provisional Government of Paris was read amidst the most enthusiastic applause and admiration , after which Mr Clancy briefly addressed tbe meeting , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — Resolved unanimously , ' That we feel language inadequate in giving _^ expression to sensations of unbounded admiration at the chivalrous and magnanimous _^ bearing of the great French people , who almost without arms , and without _leaders , in the midst of a fortified citadel , Eurronnded by 100 . 000 disciplined troeps , nobly asserted the inalienable right of

      _i _ublic ' opinion , and hurled from power the enemies of free institutions , snd from a throne a despot who had long trifled with the honour , the liberties , and the forbearance of Frenchmen ; may their bold example ¦ stimulate the Democracy cf these countries to imitate their calm and united determination to obtain and uphold , at all hazerds , the natural rights and liberties of the people of these realms . ' Mr Bezer seconded the resolution in an admirable speech which was loudly applauded . Mr Smy the addressed the meeting in a soul-stirring appeal . Mr Dalrymple followed . Mr Walter Cooper waa called on and responded in a very clever speech . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs Tucker , Williams , D . and'C . M'Carthy , after which the resolution was put from the chair and adopted unanimously . Loud and long cheers were given for the Republic of France .

      Tex London _Coktxdehalists . — It will now be Seen what the O'Connell policy has done , what the passive _obsdience of the Confederation—and what the straight forward and manly course of the Mitchel—Reilly party can do for Ireland . And which of them will light the torch of Irish liberty from the flame of French Republicanism , or is Ireland to remain on ber present degraded position . Ireland , the eyes of Europe are directed to you . The several' Club' meetings have been most numerously attended , aud the proceedings have been ofa very enthusiastic character . [ We are compelled to omit all but this notice . l

      _Cixtand _Finshdbt _LocALixr . —An extraordinary meeting is cenvened to raise _fands for the payment ofthe Chartist delegates to Paris , with the address . Ms 21 'Gratk will lecture at the Globe and Friendi , _Morgan-street . Commercial-road , on Sunday eyening , March 5 th , to commence at eight o ' clock . The committee fer conducting tbe excursion to _O'Connomlle on Whit Monday , respectfully inform their friends , that these tickets for the excursion is four shillings , they can pay by instalments . Literabt _IssTiTuxioN , John-street , Fitzroysquare . — ' Liberty , Equality , Fraternity . '—A publio meeting will ba held at the above institution , on Sunday , Msrch 5 th , to , Tote an address of sympathy to the French people * . _Qhaic to bs taken at halt-past eigh t-

      The French Revolution. Establishments A ...

      THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . _ESTABLISHMENTS A REPUBLIC . We gave in our latest edition , published on Saturday evening , a telegraphic despatch , announcing tbe proclamation of a Republic , and the formation ot a regular ministry , provisionally nominated to perform the functions of the several departments . We now report some incidents of the struggle at greater length than previously given . THE ST _.-RMINO . OF THE PALAIS-KOYAL AND THE _TOIT , lEI £ S . Tbe abdication of Louis Philippe , _tsaya the correspondent of the Morniko Chronicle , came too late . The tardy concession could not save the dynasty or even its palace . It was about this time that trirruiJ nn ™ ,,, _nmmtTTm , AM

      coloured flags began to appear , with tbe words * Republic' rudely traced npon them . The terrible cry became also frequent of a la potence Louis Philippe At half-past twelve the attack on the Palais-Royal commenced , and from that moment till half-past one the firing waB incessant . The Palais-Royal was taken by storm _afcer a battle which lasted tor nearly an hour . The Palace of the Tuileries did net make so much resistance . At half-past one it surrendered , and was taken possession of by a regiment of the National Guards and several thousands of the people . The carnage on both sides must have been very great . The computation ia that it was upwards ot 600 killed and wounded , but this is probably an exaggeration .

      The Queen and the Duchesses of Nemours and Montpensier left the Palace in some of the royal carriages at one o ' clock , escorted by a large body of cuirassiers and dragoons . They directed their way along the quay between the garden of the Tuileries and the river , which was still in the hands ofthe troops , and crossed the Place de la Concorde , towards the _Barrisre de Passy . Beyond the barrier it is not known ( to me ) what course they took , but no doubt it was to one of the numerous royal palaces in that direction . It _wassupposed generally that Louis Philippe acoompanied tbe Queen and royal family in their flight . I understand the fact to be , that immediately after the abdication Louis Philippe left the palace by the garden of the

      Tuileries , accompanied by two friends , and disguised en . Son _feouroesii . He walked from the garden through some ot the narrower streets ( in which he muse have had to scramble over several barricades ) to the station of the Rouen Railway , and took his seat in the tra n , which started almost immediately afterwards , not in a first but a second-class carriage . This I am informed by a person holding some rank in the provisional government , is the way in which the King of the Barricades left his capital . I shall now return to the insurgents , who , as I have said absve _ . took the Palais-Royal and the Palace of the Tuileries by storm . As soon as the firing at the Palais-Royal had stopped ( aud not one moment sooner ) , I thought it might be worth my while to see

      what was doing . Witn great difficulty I _wended my way over some _half-dozsn of barricades in the Rue Vivienne to the Palais-Royal . The grilles had been opened , and the garden was nearly empty , l he fighting having been outside , I saw lew of the slain , but jthere were a tew of the wounded in the Galerie _d'OrJeans , where they were attended . to by lads in blouses , and armed with muskets , pikes , and cutlasses , but with a degree of care and attention that quite surprised me . Proceeding to the garden court , 1 became forthe first time aware that not only tho garden ofthe Palace , but the Palace itself , was in the hands of the people . I found a huge firo burning in the centre . of the court , aad , upon asking a respectable citizen , who , though he had not the advantage of .

      possessing eiiher a shirt or a blouse , was nevertheless very civil , what the meaning of the bonfire was , he _teld me ir . was the furniture of the Palace . The fact turned out to be so . Gilt chairs , splendid pictures , canopies , tables , and all the other etceteras of a splendidly furnished palace , were to be seen every secund emerging from the windows of the palace , which -were forthwith thrust into the fire . At length a very splendid chair appeared , whieh must _baknown to many of your readers : it was the throne upon which Louis Philippe sat for the first time as king , before he went to the Palace of the Tuileries , and has ever since been pointed out at the palace un that

      account as a relic . It was , however , on this occasion mercilessly thrust into the fiie , amidst thunders of applause , and in a few minutts the real throne of Louis Philippe crumbled into dust , like the power of which it waa the symbol . Thesplendid Bilk velvet draperies , with the magnificent gold trimmings , soon followed . While this was going on , numerous blouses and bayonets were to be seen occasionally at the windows of the palace , and the iouu crash of the magnificent , mirrors was from time to time to be heard , as they shivered under the relentless blows ol their destroyers . In short , the Palais-Royal was sacked as completely as it was in 1789 , and in a much shorter space of time .

      I was not able to visit the Palace of the Tuileries till late in the day . About halt-past five 1 went to it , and I then found it literally gutted . The garden of the Tuileries was literally screwed with dresses , bonnets , music books , and other ladies' gear . The furniture and other solids had been already nearly all burnt , but there was still enough to furnish fuel for three huge fires , the one in the Rue _Rivoli , and the others on the quay . Another account says ;—In the Tuileries all objectB of art were respected , as well as tbe furniture and decorations of all tn « apartments , appropriated to public purposes , theoaly _exception t this being tbe harmless indulgence of triumph exhibited in carrying off the throne and _bearing h in triumphal procession through the town . When the populace eatered , a few of their leaders announced to them rules of conduct , which they willingly accepted .

      Individuals were posted at the several doors to see ths t _so ? er » nu departing should carry away any vaiuableB . This was scrupulously enforced , even as respected the most trivial articles . The _Retobhe gives the following account of

      THE CONFLICT AT IHE PALAIS-ROYAL . About half-past twelve a hundred citizens went on the Place du Palais-Royal before the _Chateau-d ' - Eau , the post of which was occupied by a company of the 14 : h regiment of the line . The ordinary cry , ' Arms ! arms 1 ' having been heard , the citizens advanced towards the double flight of _ttiira conducting to tbe post . The soldiers allowed thetn to approach , then on the summons which was mude to them , obstinately refused to give up their muskets , although theyiwere demanded , alter the formal engagement to allow the whole post to leave freely , and eyeu to protect it if necessary . Such was the first act of tha bloody but glorious tragedy which was to be performed on the Place du Palais-Royal . During

      nearly an hour the crowd increased , and remained pressed against the corps de-garde , without employ _, ing any other means than persuasion ; but all was useless . Soon after General Lamoriciere entered the Place dn Palais-Royal , followed by his aidede camp , and by two officers sf the staff of the National Guard ; they advanced towards tho _poatj and their reiterated demands again remained without i _* esult . Our readers will understand the irritation of the brave citizens , who , in order to be able to tire with their brethren of the previous evening , only waited for muskets ; they will understand the anger of the armed citizens , who , for two days had seen at their side men , supported only by their admirablecourage , fall without having been able to tire a ball against

      those who sent balls at them in every street . 1 hus the great act of the drama was not long in commencing . A majestic barricade was erected at the corner of the Rue de Valois , which it intercepted , as well as the Rue St Honore . On the other sido of the Place du Palai 3-Royal a mass of citizens grouped themselves , and were soon joined by the men who were not able to obtain the muskets of the cornpaDy of the 14 th . Some shots were discharged , as if to manifest the first agitation of the anger of the people . To these shots the guard replied , and soon from both _sit ' es of the place , and on the side of the soldiers , a terrible fusillade was engaged . How many brave citizens fell , whose admirable courage was worthy of a better lot . Bot the

      country this time will not be ungrateful towards them nor towards their memory . The National Guard was already ' active ; as the people , with the people , it fought—we mean such of thecitizen soldiers as had been able to procure powder and bullets , two things which had been obstinately refused them . During two hours the combat continued with the warmth and vivaeity of a siege and an assault- To state the episodes of this feat of _armsis athing which we will not undertake at this moment , for ten journals would not suffice to record what was accomplished during two hours . Here were children , with shirts already bioody , who Beemed to demand new , wounds ; there were National Guards alone , or accompanied by citizens in blouses or in vests , who remained bravely in the midst of the place , and fired without retreating , under the shower ef balls which poured on them . The post ef the Palais-Royal waa invaded ,

      and the soldiers , ia facing those of the 14 th , nobly fraternised with the people , and people and soldiers thus placed themselves in the Courd'Honneur , from which they fired on the Chateau d'Eau . Irreparable misfortunes were the result of this long struggle ; most of them wero occasioned by the temerity of courage and even of humanity . _Citiaens and National Guards advanced to the corps de gardo ofthe Chateau d'Eau , and balls fired by their brethren unfortunately struck the . m . However , nothing was done against the soldiers of the post , who , from despair , or obedience to pitiless _erders , kept up a warmly sustained fire from the doer ofthe Corps de Garde aud the upper rooms . During this time the carriages of the Court were brought on the Place du _Palais-Royal ; and soon after they were destroyed 83 an immense feu de joie . The people who regarded the flames , appeared to see the last splendours of royalty vanish in smoke . But several brave men

      advanced to _thesideof the Cafe de la Regence , nearer the place in which these carriages burned , and , placing themselves behind the royal ve ' _aicles _,, ecommenced their firing . The soldiers in the Corps de Garde , which had mora than mm k _^ n considered empty ,, still continued to fire .. At length

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      Sm ?« mS h . _V _^ , Wh ° 3 lready been fl » D _* m _tJtl ab ) _* P ° P ' ' scaled tbe barricade , formed oi _Snf I- _° Paving stone ? * The firi > t we saw at the ! _^ nf r _^ _VST _^ _^ Citi 3 en Joua n « _e . Captain ot the 3 rd Legion . The chi » Bn Etienne Ara » o _, r n t P W et h _* ntlie , pla _- _f'i J } mu 8 ket " his band , ran _r , nf !& T , n 1 , and aidedhim to descend to the lists . _Snl " 5 _^ - ¦ Vassoon fo ,, owed by all his brave company , and this comp _& ny opemd the path to tbe brave men of Captain _Lessere , who was no Jong £ _Sffi T wound * A fewmore dead-some S t ~ _, ! d _^ e-P . t was ourfl ! A _W was then heard , 'To the Tuileries ! To the Tuileries ! ' The people _hastenedthere-Rorai _^ had bed from its last asylum m its capital-the veritable sovereign had taken possession of it for ever' ' hun ,. ;™ . ! e _......

      _-THB _TOILERIES . ( Prom the Times . ) m The Chateau ofthe Tuileries is naturally the principal object of attraction . Much of the furniture has been removed or destroyed , but little or no plunder was perpetrated In this respect the people of l 8 t i « _Zrth I ?; 11 ? ltated the _wnductof the men ot July , ltidl ) : All who presented themselves jesterday were allowed to view and visit the palace ; and on leaving all were searched and deprived of everything that they might have been tempted to purloin for souvenirs . One roan caught in the act of plundering was shot instantly .

      Than this nothing more honourable fop the » a . tional character could be add uced . Throughout the _whola ofthe trouble * of France , and the series of sufferings inflicted on them b y distress , pillage of private residences has never been committed . ' War t o the Chateau ' was p roclaimed and acted upon , but _Bheer positive robbery never took place . I am induced todwellon these facts because efthe feeling of alarm abroad lest the city be pillaged by tho malefactors known to be present in tbe _oapitil . There is a romantic , and what is better a genuine , sense of honour in the hearts of the j eople , that will this time , as hitherto distinguish them .

      CAPTURE OF THB TUILBRIB 3 . The following details of tbe jakiDg oftho Tuileries , which we copy from the Reform ** , will be read witb great interest : — Different versions of the taking of tho Tuileries have been given . The event seems to us of such importance as to have cauBed us to seek to _ltnow the details . We give them as exact and as circumstantial as _possible . The 5 th Legion of the National Guard , having its Major , its Lieutenant-Colonel , two Chiefs of Battalions , and several officers at Its head , marched on the Tuileries . It had arrived at the Rue de l ' Echelle , when firing was heard on the Plaee du Palais Royal ; it was the post of the Chateau d'Eau whieh recommenced tbe combat . At the same "instant the legion hastened to the place the firing took place , and with it the thou .

      sands of combatants who followed it . At this moment Marshal Gerard appeared with a branch of verdure io his haad , _eDJoiniDg the combatants to cease _firing . The post ef the Chateau refused , and the combat c & ntinucd The Marshal returned to the corner of tha Rue Saint Honore . At tbat moment an officer of the Chateau appeared , _bearing a paper in Lis haad—it vtm the abdication of Louis Philippe . The document was taken from the hands of the officer by a lieutenant of the 5 th legion , fhe citfsen Aubert Roche , and remitted to be pr & served to thecitizen Lagrange , of _Ljons . The firing _continued . It was feared that tho troops confined in tho Tuileries _wdtald como to take the combatant * hy the flank . A reconnaissance had been made . Within the railings there were three thousand infantry , six puces of cannon in

      _hatterj , two squadrons of dragoons , without countiBg the armed guardians , and some municipal guards . Tbis force , protected fey the _railiDjf and the artillery , could _, on this large place , if it had been attacked , give " rise to a _blooly battle—every thing was to he" feared . A profound silence reigned , and it was only interrupted by tho / _uJvMe of the _Plnce du Palais Royal , and seme musket shots at the troops within tbe Chateau . It wan loarned thatthe 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , 6 ch , and 10 th legions surrounded the Tuileries , and that tho _othtra were on the march . The combat was imminent . It was then that Lieutenant Aubert Roche , advancing towards the railing near the Rue de Rivoli , caused the commandant of the Tuileries to bo sent for . Tbat _psrson arrived with great _frar . ' You are lost ! ' cried tbe lieutenant

      ¦ Tou aro surrounded , and a combat will be engaged ,, if you do not evacnate the Tuileries and give them up to the Nation al Guard . ' The commandant , understanding the position , caused the troops to be ranged In line against tbe Chateau , without _causing them to leave . Before that _thty had been drawn up in echelons . Seeing that the movement of retreat was not effected , _citieph Aubert Roche , accompanied by the citizen Lesueur , _ChcfdcBalaWe-n ofthe _Lajtiy-Rincy , who joined tbe 5 ! h legion , ran to the railtntr of the Rue de Rivoli , knocked , and announced themselves with a flag of truce . Tie gate was opened , and both of them , unaccompanied with their _swordB in their hands , entered into the midst of the court , which was full of _soldkrs . The Commandant of the Tuileries advanced , saying , that

      he bad caused the trcops to be withdrawn . ' Tbat is not enough , ' s » id the _lieutenant , ' The palace must he evacuated , If not , misfortune will happen . ' Tho Com . ma _ndantof ths TuilcricB then conducted tho two officers btfore the Pavilion de l"Hccloge , where stood several Generals , and the Duke de Nemours , all with con 9 t « rnntion impressed on their faces , * 1101186 _^ 060 . _^' said the Commandant of the Tuileries , ' here is nn excellent citizen , v > ho will give you the meanB of preventing the effusion of blood . ' ' What must be done ? ' said tho prince in a _trtnibling voice to the Lieutenant ' ; wbo was presented to him ? ' Sir , jou must evacuate the palace at tbis very in 6 tant , and give it up tn tbe National Guard ; if you do not , you _sra lost . Tiie combat _vtill be a bloody one ; the

      Tuileries are surrounded ; the Sth Itgion , of wbich I fr . rm a part , is fighting at this moment at the Palais Royal , with Us major and superior officers at its head . Take care that the combat does not cease btfore these _troepa have left ; if not , tbe battle will be _engaged even hero , in _ppite of you , ' 'You think bo ? ' replied the Duke . ' I will make tbe troops retire . ' And , nt the _sanio instant , in presence of two officers ef the National Guard , he gave tho order to retreat . The Artillery went by the railing of the palace , and the staff and the Duke de Nemours by tho Pavilion do l ' Horloge , their horses descending the flight of steps . Tho cavalry followed thero , then the iufantry . It was even forgotten to relieve ths posts who remained . The citizen , Aubtrl Roche , charged himself to introduce the National Guard in the Palace . He went to warn tha National

      Guard , who wero then near tbe staff . Tbe National Guard then put the _butt-end of their muskets in tbe air , nnd entered tbe Court of the Tuileries , by tbe railing of the Rue de Rivoli , accompanied by the curious , all quite astonished to find _thomseli-BB masters of the Palace , k _qiar ' . tr of an hour after the combat _ceaBed on the Place du Palais Rojal , the combatants hastened to attack the Tuileries , but they found the gates opened . Thus was taken , or rather surrendered , the redoubtable fortress . A National Guard _caade a summons iu the name of tbo armed people , nnd royalty ovacuatod the place . '

      ( From the correspondent of the Telforaph . ) The people immediately invaded the palace of the _Tuilerica . They were an immense mass . I went into the . palace araonp them , about an hour alter they had first effected an entry . __ The scene was a moat extraordinary one . I despair of being able to describe it . The people went through all the different apartments , _shouting , _yejlingr , and roaring the Marseillaise . There were also , at timoa , terrific crieB of Down with Louis Philippe ! ' Some of the mob rolled themselves with a sort of frantic delight on what was pointed out to them as the king ' s bed , as the Queen ' s bed , as the late Mad .. _AdeJaide'sbed , and as tbe beds if tbe princesses . _Otbersthrewthemsehes on the costly sofa 3 , and squatted in the arm chairs . Others put on the Jivery of the domestics , and certainly it was impossible to . avoid laughing at tbe grotesque appearance which they presented —little boys , for example , figured in the immense

      red coatp madefur men of six feet high , whilstothers donned the tremendous cocked hats whi . eh tbe Royal Swiss wear , or rather wore . Others again went into the pantries and helped themselves to all the food they contained . Others brcko into the cellars and drank the wine . But no wanton injury was done to property , at least whilst I was in the palace . Even the most delicate chimney ornaments were left untouched _; _tbeplaythingBofthe royal children were not injured . On the portraits and busts of the king , however , the meb had no mercy , * they cut and hacked them with their swords and bayonets with a sort of wild frensy of hate and revenge . One welldressed person , seeing them about to destroy a raluable portrait ot his Majesty , by Horace Vernet , begged that it might not be injured , out of respect to the great painter , but tbe appeal did not save it . Tbe only other painting which I saw injured wasone of Marshal Soult . '

      Before I arrived at the _Tuileriea the mob had carried the throne inte the courtyard , whore it was destroyed . But 1 repeat that , whilst I was in the palace , so far as I saw , nothing was wantonly destroyed except the portraits and busts of the king . The carriages , however , were dragged out and burned . In tbe Palais Royal , which the mob broke into before going to the Tuileries , they smashed and destroyed books , pictures , looking glasses , busts , furniture .

      You may perhaps hear from different sources that the Tuileries w ere pillaged . This is not the fact . Some jewels , some minor articles of drcBS , and some private correspondence , were taken away or _deetroyed , and a good deal of wine was drunk ; but , generally speaking , tbe people acted with the most scrupulous honesty . In the Palais Royal , however , which is the private property of tho king , they destroyed everything they could put their hands on , without any exception ; but they did not break the furniture and property in the apartments of private individuals . The streets hy the side of the Palais Royal , and the court-yard of it , are at this moment several inches deep in the remains of tbe _conflagratisn .

      A LESSON FOR ROYAL FOLKS AT HOME . The ' lion and nnicorn' arms erected over ths doors of the British embassy were torn down . Thfl shop of Roberts , the apothecary , in the Rue da la Paix , encountered the especial hostility oi the , _ponular-a

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      The arms were not only torn down , but the window an _^ everything in them entirely destroyed . Some threatening manifestations were made af the gate of the British embassy in the Rue Fauboug St Honore , over which the British arms are sculptured . It does not appear , however , tbat any act of positive outrage waa committed . CHAMBER OF _DEPUTIES—Sittino of Fib . 24 . THE DCCBESS OP ORLEANS AKD THE COOKT DE rABIS INVASION OF THE _CHAMBEE BY TUE AHMKD _rUOPLEVIVE LA _BErCBLIQOX . ' The public eittlng was to have taken place at three o'clock , a meeting in the bureaux being appointed to be holden previously , but the important events ofthe morning caused n change in the order of _proceeding . The President t « ok tbe chair at one o ' clock . About three hundred deputies were _prestntfrom the commencement of tho sitting , but nothing was done for some time .

      M _, C . La / jute ; Gentlemen , I address myself to oil partieB in this chamber , particularly ts the member ? of the extremities , praying them to ' t > eep down all angry passions . ( Hear , hear . ) Looking at the eircurastances in which we are now placed , I propose to tbe chamber to declare itself in _permanence' ; ( Loud cries of ' Tea , yeB . ' ) M . Duties : I demand to have the proposition post _, _poned , and that the Chamber simply declare itBelf sitting , with the faculty of afterward * adopting such measures as It may deem advisable . ( ' _TeB , yes . ') M _, pe Cambacebes ; I piopoBe tbat tho Chamber shall remain in permanence until the end of the crisis , ( 'Tss , yes . ' ) The _Pbesident : Thero cannot bo any other question of permanence than this— -tho Chamber has opened _l-s _sitting , and will remain so as loBg as no motion bo made to adjourn it . ( Hear , hear , )

      About _hnlf-past one it was rumoured about that the _DucheBs of Orleans and tbe two young Princes , her eons , were about to arrive . Shortly after a movement was apparent in the passage on the ltft of the Chamber , and the Duchess and her _' two sons entered , followed by the Duke da Nemours and _^ the Duke de Montpensier . The Count de Paris entnreri _tirst of all , a person holding him by the hand . With difficulty he penetrated as far as the semicircle ia front of the President ' s chair , bo encumbered was it with deputies cud _Nutionul Guards . His preBence , and that of the re ? t of tbe royal party , created a great sensation . Tho Duchess seated herself in an arm-chair with her sons ot each side of ber , in tbe wide chair just mentioned .

      Almost immediately after , the passages to the various parts of the _Chamber were filled with an immense bod y of the ptople and National Gourds , both armed . Cries of'Ton cannot enter ! ' ' You have no right to ent ; T ! ' were then heard , but the next moment a number of men belonging to . the people forced their way into the Chambir , and placed themselves right under tbe tribune . The Duchess of Orleans th _* n rose , and taking the young Princes by the bami , led them to the range of seats forming the pourtour behind the deputies , and still exactly in front of the President . The Duke de _ffetnoura arjd tbe Boko dc _llontpensirr placed themselves in tho last line of scats , immediately behind the _Prlncsss and ber sons . The greatest agitation pre . vailed in every part of the Chamber , and it was a moment after increased by the public tribunes being rushed into by another body of the people .

      M Dcfi . v then ascended tbo tribune , and amidst deep _S'lcsce , said : In the present situation of the capital , and tho critical circumstances in which the country is . placed , the Chamber was hound to assemble immediately . The King haB juat abdicated . ( Sensation . ) He has disposed of the crown in favour of his grandson , the Count de Paris ; and bas constituted the Duchess of Orleans rrgint , ( Applause from all the benches of the Centre , and with loud disapprobation on the Left . ) A Votes ( from one of the Tribunes ) : It ia too late ! An agitation , impossible to describe , here arose . A number of deputies collected round tbe Duchess of Orleans , and the rest of the royal group . National _Cuards , without ceremony , came and mingled with the deputies wbo bad done so .

      M . Ma me accended the tribune , but was obliged to remain there a length of time without bring able to obtain a hearing . At length , _silenca being restored , he said : _Gentlemen , in tbe situation in whicbParis now is . it is both necessary and urgent for as to adopt rene measure which may have some authority with the population . Since this morning the evil has made an immense progress . ( Hear , h'ar ) What course will jou take ? Just now the Duchess of Orleans was announced as regen t , but a law _exist 9 which gives tbe regency to the Duke de _Ntmours , and you cannot , at the present moment , pass a law to revoke it . What must be done Is to nominate a _piovieicnal government —( loud cries from the left , of'hear hear' )—not to give institutions , but to eonsult with the two Chambers on tbe necessity of _satisfying the wishes of the country .

      M . Cremieux : In the interest of the public safety a great measure is necessary . It is important that every oae should be of the same mind to proclaim a great principle , and to ensure to the victorious people serious guarantees . Let us not do as in 1830 , since It has been found necessary to commence again in 1848 , what was then done , ( Applause . ) We cannot , at tbe present moment , do more tban establish a provisional government . ( Cries of ' no , no . ' ) I have the greatest respoct for the Duchess of Orleans —( cries of ' bravo , bravo , ' ) and I ju * t now conducted tbe royal family to the carriage which bore them away . A Voice : Bon voyage ! ( Murmurs . )

      M , Cremieux : The population of Paris bas shown tbe moat profound respect forthe King ' s misfortune but we who have been sent here to enact the laws cannot violate them . A law already voted disposes of tbe regency , and I cannot admit that it can bo abrogated at tbis _mnment . Since vvo hove come to tlio point of _undergoing a revolution let us cwsSde ourselves to the country . I _propose a provisional government of five members . ( Numerous voices in the tribunfs : ' Yus _, yes . ' ) The Abbe de _Genoude _asaended tbe tribane , and was about to address tbe Chamber , when _M . O . Barrot e tered .

      Numerous voicetj 0 . Barrot to the tribune . Let 0 _Birrot speak . The Abbi De 6 enoube : I bave only s w # rd to say . M . 0 . Barrot , who had oeci-ndtd tbe tribune , eignifitd his acquiescence , _anfi remained standing with his bach against the _Piesident _' _s bureau . ) The Abbe said I Ton canaot effect any good thing without the co-operation of the people . Tou tried it In 1830 , and you see what has come to pass . II . 0 . Babbot : Never had we need of more * coolness and patriotism . May we be a ! united in one sentiment

      —that of saving our country from tbe most dreadful of _visitatioup , a civil war . ( Applause . ) Nations , I oui aware , do net die , but they become weak from intestine dissensions , and France never had more need than now of all her force—of tbe aid of all her children . Our duty is clearly traced out—it calls on ns to unite our . selves to vthat is most genereuB in the heart of the nation . The crown of July rests on the head ofa child and a woman , ( Loud marks of assent from tbe Chamber , great disapprobation on the public tribunes . ) It is a solemn appeal .

      The Duchess of Obleans here rose and pronounced some words , which we could not catch . Tbe persons Dear htr appeared to recommend her to sit down . M . 0 . ' . ' abbot : It Is ia the name of the political liberty existing in our country , of _thtneceBBiiies of order wbich have occurred to every one ' s mind , oi tbe union and accord which ought to reign amongst all good citizens , that I call on all my colleagues to support thiB double representation of tho Revolution of Ju _' y . ( Renewed _asseut and disapprobation , aa before ) . 1 would give my life a thousand times to ensure the triumph of tho cause of liberty in my country— - The Marquis De Labccb _* jaqceleim ; You do sot know wbat you are doing !

      M . 0 . Babbot : Can it be that any one can imagine that what was _decirit d by tbe Revolution of July can be again called in question ? ( Great agitation . ) Gentlemen , the work , I allow , is difficult ; but _thtre » re such elements of generosity , greatness , and good sense in this _country , that it suffices to appeal to tbem to induce the whole population to rally round the standard I display . ( Murmurs in the tribunes . ) Our duty Is simple—itis traced out by the laws and by honeur . If we do not fulfil it with firmness , I cannot say what the consequences will bo , but he certain of this , that whoever _should dare to incur the responsibility of a civil war , would be in the highest degree culpable towards his country . ( Hear , hear . ) Fer my part , what 1 conceive to be most fitting far the situation is tbis—the regency of the Duchess of Orleans , a minist / y chosen from the most tried opinions , and an appeal to tho country , which will pronounce with full liberty , in an extet-t sanctioned by law . Such Is my opinion , and I cannot consent to assume tbe responsibility of any other situation . ( Agitation . )

      Tho Marquis De LA » _ociiEJuqcEi , EM _» : Gentlemen , I feel the most profound _reipect for _nhot there is painful in the position of certain persons . I ara , perhaps , more tban another , called on te defend here the people and liberty . But I must reply to M . O . Barrot that I cannot have here tho intention of upholding a particuh r opinion ; that honourable gentleman has not comprehended the sentiment which animates me . Gentlemen , here you are nothing . ( Loud cries from all BideB of ' order , order . ' ) The Pbesident : M . de Larochejacquelein , you are sinning _agoiust the _resptct duo to tbo Chamber ; I call you to order . The Marquis » b _LABoeHiJAcftuitsm : When I affirm that you are nothing , I do not mean to say that the Chamber is annulled . A person not belonging to the Chamber , M . Chevallier _, editor of the _Bidliothkqde HisToBiQDE , here ascended tho tribune [ _ureat confusion ! .

      II , Gusvallieb : I shall speak with the greatest moderation —( 'Tou have no _rijiht to be there ! ' )—Bewaro of proclaiming tbe Count de Paris without being autkoriaed to do so ; but if the Duchess of Orleans and the _yonsg Count have sufficient courage to go along the boulevards , in the midst of the people and the National Guards , I answer for their safety . If the people will not consent to confer on him the crown—VoiceB in the crowd : ' Ave la Republique ! M . _OHEVALiiua : What you have now to do is to give ua a government , and to give it at once : you cannot leave a whole population without magistrates , without directing heads . [ The noise prevented the speaker from being heard . ] At this moment a vast crowd broke into the Chamber . Thoy vi « a _rkeBiitl In the most heterogeneous manner—

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      some is blouses witb dragoons' kelmets on their headf ; others with _crosB-belts and infantry cups . ' Others _ajrnia in ordinary clothes , but all _wi'b arms—swords , _lancce , spears _munkets and tri-coloured flogs . These persons at once seized en such deputies' feats as wire _linorca . pied , _several even ascended the tribune and fixed _tbcmselves there . The President _perceiving what had _ccfiarred , and in order to mark his disapprobation , as well perhaps as to signify tbat the sitting could not go on ns . der Buch circumstances , put on his bat . Tbis created a dreadful _uproiir . and numerous cries of ' Off with your * iat , President ! ' were heard from tbe new c . mera . Several of tbmi even directed their muskets at him . Tha cene was one of almost unimaginable violence . 11 . Ledbo-Roh . / n , from bis place , overpoweringthfl tumult with his voice—Gentlemen , in the same of tho people I call for irilrnce .

      A number of the deputies , appearing to consider their poriitioH perilous , _btgan to withdraw , und as they _abarw doned their place * the crowd took possession of thetn . The tumult _wbs tremendous , and many looked with anxiety towards the Ducbess of Orleans and her children . She hewever sat calm amidst the uproar . M . Lidbc . Roi . LIN after some time succeeded in malt _, ing himself heard . In the name uf the people , said the honourable deputy , I protest against the kind of govern _, ment which has juBt been proposed to you ( ImmtnBe applause , cries of 'bravo ! bravo ! ' from the new coram ond their comrades in the public tribunes , tbe fbouts _tvtre deafening . ) This is not the first time that I hava

      thus protested ; already , in 1842 , 1 demanded the cot > sti . tutien of 1791 , ( Cheers . ) That constitution declared that it should bo necessary to make an appeal to tbe peopio when a regency bill was tn be _patser _? . ( The loudest applause ) I protest , therefore , against the government that it is attempted to establish—I do 80 ia tho name of the cltiiena whom I see before me—wbo for the last two days have been fighting , and who w'll , if necessary , again combat this _eveniBg . ( From tverv tide cries of ' yes , yea , ' cbeem , with brandishing of arum , and in some cases raising of muskets to the shoulder ; indescribable tumult . ) 1 _demand in the name of the people that a Provisional Government be named . ( Great _upplause )

      M , dt _Lamabtihe : _—CentlemeD , I shared in the sen . tlments of grief which _iust now agitated this assembly in beholding the most afflicting spectacle tbat human an . nals can present—tbat of a princess coming forward with her innocent son , after having quitted her deserted palace , to place herself under the protection of thena . tion . But if I shared in that testimony of respect for a great misfortune , I also share in tbe solicitude—in ths admiration which that people , now fighting during two da ) 6 against a _perfidious government , for the purpose of _re-estabiifhing order and liberty , ought to inspire . _Greai _spplauso from tho tribunes ) . Let us nwt deceive ourselves—let us not imagine tbat nn _acclamation in _tin ' s chamber can replace the co-operation of thirty five mil . _Hons of men . Whatever government he established ia tho country , itmuBt be cemented \> y folid definitive gna * _rantees ! How will jou find the condition « necessary for

      such a government in the midst of tbe nyatvng elements which surround _u * ? Sy descending into the very dipth of the country itself , bodljr sounding the great _mvstery of the Tight of nations . ( Great applause in the _ttibunes ) . In place nf having recourse to these _subterfgues , to these emotions , in order to maintain one of those fictions which have no stability , 1 propose to you to form a government , not definitive , but provisional—a government charged , first of all , with the task of 6 tanching tha blood which flows , ef putting a stop to civil war—( theers _) —a government which we appoint without putting ? aside anj thing of our resentments and of our indignation ; and in the next place a government on wbich we shall Impose the _du-y of convoking : and consulting the people in Its totality—all that possess in their title of man , ths right of a citizen . ( Tremendous applause from the people in the tribunes . )

      At this moment , a violent and imperative knocking waB heard at the door of an upper tribune , which was not entirely filled . On the door beim ; optned a number ofmtn rushed in , well providtd with firms , nnd _vihoap peared to have just como from a combat . Several of tbem forced tbeir way to tbe front seats , and pointed their muskets at the deputies below . Some of these weapons were also turned in tbe direction of the royal party . Immediately the persons near the Duchess of Orleans seemed to address her energetically , and a moment after she rose , and , with her sons and the two princes , quittod the Chamber hy a do _^ r on the extreme loft . M . _Sabset , atthe same moment , withdrew from tho President ' s chair , and nearly all the deputies who hafl remained quitted their places . Tho noise and disorder at this moment were at the greatest hei ' cht . Shortly after , silence being _somewbot restored ,

      M . _Lsdbu-RoI / Lin said , according a 9 I read eut ths names , you will say ' yes * or ' no , ' as they pleas yoa , and , in order to act officially , I call ou tbe reporters of the public preBB to note down the names and tbe man . ner in which they are received , that France may know wbat has been done here . ( The honourable deputy thea read out the names of MM , Dupont ( de l'Euri ) _, _Arago _, de _Leniartine , _Ledru-Rollln , _Qarnier-Pages _, Marie , and Cremieux , all of which were received with acclamations . ) Cries of'To tho Hotel de Ville ! ' here arose , followed

      by a cry of 'No Civil List , ' aud another f . f'Ho _Kagl * Someone having directed the attention of the crowd to the plc ' ure of Louis Philippe swearing obedience io tha Charter erieB ot 'Tear It down ! ' niOBe . A workman armed-with a double-barrelled fowling-piece , who web standing in tho semicircle , cied out , ' Just wait until I have shot at Louis Philippe ! ' and at tbe same moment both barrels were discharged . Great confusion ensued , in the midst of which two men jumped on the chairs behind the president ' s seat , and prepared to cut the picture ti pieces with their sabres .

      Another workman ran up the steps of the tribune , and exclaimed : —Respect public monumentp ! respect pro . perty . ' Why destroy the pictures with balls ? We have shown thatthe people will not allow itself io be _ill-govi-rned . Let it now show that it knows how to conduct itself properly after its victory . ( Great applause !) The next instant , M . Dupont ( de l'Eure ) took possession of the chair . M . de Lamnrtino and Ledru-Rollin attempted successively to obtain a bearing , but unsuccessfully . Several ofthe National _Guam ' s , and some «? the people also made similar _attemj _" , but without tfFect . A cry then arose in one ofthe tribunes of 'Let Lamartine speak ! ' and at once all the others took It up . M . de Lamahtine : A provisional government will be at once proclaimed . ( Enthusiastic cries of ' Vive Lamartine . ' ¦ Other voices : The names , the nanus .

      M . Cbemietjx , amidst great tumult , said : It is esBen _. _tbl that silence be restored , in ord . r that our venerable colleogue , M . Dupont ( de l'Eure ) _msy read to yoa the names which you wish to learn . As the tumult , which had lulled for a second whilst the honourable deputy was speaking , _ro-commetced just as violently as ever , the names wero written flown i * & sheet of paper and that being placed on the end ofa musket , was so paraded about the chamber . M . Ledeu Rollin ( in the midst of the _sois _?) : A provisional government cannot he organised in a light or careless manner . I shall read ovtr tbe names aloud , and you will approve of _thtm , or rtjict thim , as jou think fit . Ib the midst of shouts and cries , the _honoutabla deputy read out tho _unmcB . Hearly nil the _depuths hail hy this time departed , and the National _Guaid and ttia people had the chamher to themselves _.

      M . _Ledbu-Rollin : We are obliged to close tbe sitting in order to proceed to the seat of government . From oil sides : To tbo Hotel do Yille ! Yive la Republique t This most extraordinary sitting wbb then brought to a conclusion at faur o ' clock . The people withdrew in the utmost tumult . THE NKW GOVERNMENT AT THK HOTEL DE VILLE No human sxpression can describe the feeling or the people atthe Hotel de Ville . A _single cry waa in every mouth . 'The Republic—wo will have ths _Benublic ! ' Suddenly the doors of the Salle du _Conseilwerev ' _olentiy shaken , and the people demanded aloud to have the firstact ofthe _provisional government communicated to it . M . Louis Blanc , in the midst of an enormous crowd , announced from tho steps of the Hotel de Ville that the provisional

      government desired a Republic . At these words thera was itunien 3 e applause from every part . In ths _areathallof the Hotel de Ville , M . i ! e Lamariiue had created a powerful emotion . The agitation _continuiDfr , M . Ledru-Rollin pronounced some powerful words , which were received with enthusiasm . _^ By degrees the multitude dispersed , and the provisional government could with more calm discuss the measures to beaiiopted . Ministers were appointed , and public safety assured bv tho nomination of a _cemmander-inchief of the National Guard , M . de Courtais , and a chef d ' etat major , M . Guinard . Generate Bedeau and _LamorieiSre placed themselves at th & _disposal of the provisional government . The first ia appointed commander-in-chief of tho military division , and he was offered the ministry of war . The second offered to march to the frontier . The

      provisional eoveenmeut made it one of ita first unties to provide for the subsistence ofthe people .

      ANOTHER ACCOUNT —TUB PE 0 PLK 1 SJ 1 ST UPCK A _DEJIOCHASIC _republic . The provisional ( juveinmeni adjourned to tha Il & tel de Ville on Thuradav _eveninc niter tho close of the Bitting in the Chambers . There a ternfc . _e scene was exhibited . The mtnibers ot the provisional government sat to decide upon the courfe to o & adopted in the actual situation of the capital- iadividnally the majority of them were opposed to the establishment of an unmitigated demccraev . tne people , however , filled the hall , and co » _pl" _£ J _«» powered them by demonstration of _ttew . _»™* _£ _purpoeeofseeing _aBepublicin its bm > _£ _" form resolved on . In vain it was »" » _£ _« y < X " iournthe question till minds should become calm . Everv proposition of like nature was met by menac i & uteXoted even _ngainsl ; tbe most VWd » « f _™ _- K » B _M thA _pnvernment . M . Dupont ( de 1 Eure _. )

      who made many attempts to defend the proposition of a Republic in Hs less democratic shape nelled to silence by tho most 'Dupont » la fenctre , * and fatigue and excitement that Marie met with no better underwent had such an _tffect that on leaving the meeting recognise bim . The peopio cratic Republio Bhould be

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04031848/page/5/