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    The provisional government _decrees as follows : All ob jects p ledged at the Mont-de-Piete , from Feb . 4 th , cons isting of llKen , clothes , and other small articles en _w _hich not more than ten francs have been lest , shall be ri ven hsc * _s to ib » parties to whom they _belong . The _Minister of Finance Is charged with the task of _providi ng for the expente whieh the present decree will occasion , _ The provisional government decrees _tnat the _Tuilerias shall henceforward serve at an aiylnm to invalid _^ _OflaBen . The provisional government decries : The _National _QusrSt , dissolved bj the former government , ara re-organited . They will immediately resume their duty throughout the whole extent ofthe Republic

    The provisional government decrees : The children of citiiens _Mlled are adopted by the country . The Republic charges itself with all _aisiitance to be given to the wounded , and to the families of the victims ot the _tnoBsrchlal government . _^ Orders were yesterday sent < ft by the telegraph to change the superior officer to whom the _nirreitfance of Abd-el-Kader has been entrusted .

    UiCBIKERT . We read in the _Refoeue : — Sinister reports bave heen _spread inipiring alarm in the triumphant city . It has been said that machinery and other apparatus , and particularly mechanical presses , bad been threatened with destruction . Not having bien able toconqner or gag the people , they are now calnm . nU ted ! If citizens , victims of the organised concurrence against them hy means of great _forees , were to _allow themselves to be seduced into making z holocaust _© _fmachintry , they would deceive themselves as to their real enemy . This enemy is not the economical and great Eiotive power of production ; this enemy is the feudal industrial government , which , in order to found Its empire on the servitude of hunger , degraded handicraft ,

    end refuted to the workman , credit and association . ¦ With the institutions about to arise frem the government founded by the sovereignty ef the people , aad to bt _svztched OTer , by it _taete _Tices will no _longtr exist . Ha-¦ chiBtry is a power emineaily revolutionary snd democratic . Instead of crushing , as under the reign of feudal industry , it will enfranchise the people . Machinery Eiakes a multiplication of loaves of bread . Nay , since the p * ople hare _conguerefl its sovereignty , since the _social and political laws will be Its own werk , the people ¦ would commit an act igainBt its own interests , by creaking machines , its instruments aad servants . Apropos to the reports above spoken of , the editors ot the _Ateltbk have addressed the following . 'letter to their comrades : — Paris , Feb . 25 th , _Sf . x .

    Brothers I— "We learn tbat amidst _thejoys of triumph , come of our companions , misled by perfidious _couBBels _, _-iave wished to tarnish the glory of our revolution by excesses which we disapprove of with all our energy ; _rthev have threatened to break the mechanical presses ; . "Brothers ! These men are in the wrong . We suffer at they do the perturbations caused by _' the introduction ef _^ machinery into manufactures ; but , instead of quarreling with inventions whioh abridge labour , but multiply produce , we charge » one tut egotistical and Improvident _governments with being the cause of all our gritf . In rfature this can never be . Therefore spare the machines . Besides , to attack machinery is to stop the _^ inarch and stifle the voice ofthe revolution . It is , uader the grave circumstances hy which we ere surrounded , ¦ doing the work of bad citizens . We read in the _Katioxal . —

    Alarming rumours as regards property are spread . The authors of these false imputations can only be eHe « miesof the government which tbe people has just acquired by its glorious victory . It is also said that grave _rniEundentandings separate the members of the provisional government . We can affirm that tbe most perfeet union has not ceased to f xist between the devoted citizens who have accepted the mission ef organising _TJnhlic powers , and of presiding over the establishment ot ths Republican Constitution , now demandedbj almost all the departments .

    ££ _/ OICra < 33 OF TBI _PAM . _IS 11 _XS . "We read ia the Cohvescb : — Yesterday morning every heart was filled with confidence ; the streets were filled with _promenaders meeting , grouping , and embracing each other , happ y a t findin g ¦ _fcemsslves at the end of events the glory of which has cost ub the Iive 3 of so many of our brothers in gaining the great triumph of the rights of humanity . The night passed _adBiirably . We traversed Paris from the _Fan"bonrg Poissonniera to the Hotel de Ville , at two and four o'clock in the morning , and at _eTery point fonnd the duty admirably performed by the citizens and the National _Ssards ; tbe sentinels bain ? vigilant , an _3 the pass words and counter-signs given and returned . The capital was admirable . Illuminated to its roofs with lamps

    and other lights of a thousand colours , and _peramhulated in every part by a papulation intoxicated with joy . The Boulevards , in particular , presented a meqie speotacle , the'Mamiilaisb' and the Hymn ofthe _Girondins resounded on all sides ; the -voices of women and children , joining in concord with the masculine tones ofthe _Beroes of _Febrasry 2 _* . Iu the Passage Vordot , the Lyric Society of the children of Paris sang popular hymns , composed ond arranged for the event , with a precision end harmony which went to the heart , and drew forth peels of applause at the end of every strophe . Whoever has not seen Paris last night—Paris full of order , nnion , aud majesty , amidst the sublime disorder of the _barricades—can never form an idea of the great beauties of tha sovereignty of the people . ' The _XiiioKAL says : —

    The state of _commtrcial anairs is an infallible ther _ElQaieter of the confidence and security of public opinion . Tha Bank of Prance yesterday accepted the Milt -which were remitted to it by merchants , and keeps at tlieir _Qisp 06 Bl the _Talue in cash .

    _T 00 D SECURED FOR THE PEOPLE . The _Mosheite has the following—The students of the Polytechnic School and the _citizens De _Bsssane and Solms are charged to watch over the full and entire execution of the decrees issued bj the provisional government of ths Eepublic _forprovisioasof all kinds . They shall more particularly Bee that the bakers be well supplied with bread . ETery power is given them for this purpose , and to this effect they wiii go to -the halles and entrepots , and assure themselves of the complete _^ tats of the supplies ; they are authorised to call for the assistance of the armed force to secure the _deliveries . They will also , and the citizens who guard the barricades should aid them in this important _mission , make every a rangement that the circulation shall be -free to all arrivals . Uow that Vincennes and the forts are taken , there is ao'loager such a great necessity to guard against any fresh invasion .

    MM . _Dafanre and Billanlfc have sent in their adhesion to the provisional government . The administration ofthe hospices of Paris organised with great _rapidityjthe measures necessary to ensure constant distributions of bread to all such citizens as _volnntarilj took up arm ? . The ovens of those establishments are constantly at work . M . de Rothschild has intimated to the provisional government that he is prepared to observe all his engagements towards the state for the new loan . He has also Eent 50 , 0001 . to the Mayor of Paris for the wounded .

    THE PROVINCES . The journals of Lille state , that when intelligence of the events of Paris arrived crowds assembled . The Prefect had announced a ball for the night of the 24 th , but , on learning that blood flowed , the Municipal Administration refused to go . The ball , nevertheless , took place , but the crowd under the windows shouted , * On ne danst pas sur les marts ]' As the 57 th leglment , which , had been ordered to Pari ? , was proceeding to the railway station , a large crowd 'which accompanied it , cried , * Do not fire on our brethren !' At Amiens , a crowd eager for news surrounded the railway station , and manifested the liveliest sympathies for the popular cause . At Troye 3 a merchant having illuminated his house on the 24 th , and put np the inscription , ' To _1 ae brave defenders of our liberties ' . ' a crowd assembled and warmly applauded .

    The Coumeecb of Friday announces that all the Departments are'following the sublime movement at Paris . ' Rouen , especially , has joined the revolution heart and soul , and three thousand inhabitants of that city and Havre , with a copious supply of anas and provisions , arrived in the capital on Friday morning by the Rouen railroad , and took an active part in the _atilee . In addition to the proclamation of the popular will , the following is now appended . It appeara in the COHUIECE .

    _PROCLAMATION . The _Sotsmigx Peopib _Declare . That the government , having betrayed its trust , is de fxcto and de jure dissolved ! Conseque ntly , The p eo ple resume the full exercise of their sovereignty , and decree as follows : — The Chamber oi "Peers , whicb only represents the interests of the _arifltocracy , is suppressed . The Chsjaber of Deputies , which U the mere representative Of privileBe _, monopoly , and corruption , and the majority of wh ' ese members have been participators in the unpardonable crime of the government , which has subjected the citizeias to a murderous fire , is hereby , end remains , dissolved .

    The nation , from the _$ _mtnt moment , is constituted _aJJspnblic . . All citizens shonld remain in arms and defend their _barricades until they have acquired the _esjajment of all their lights as _eiliiens ana ti operative *' , Every citizen who has attained his majority is a Ha . ¦ tfoaal Guard . Every citizen is an elector . Absolute freedem of though t and liberty of the press ; right of political and industrial association , to be _se-• _Coredtoslh As the government of the future can only respect the -wUh « s and ths interests of all classes , all Frenchmen should a & semble together in the respective communes , in ¦ deliberative assemblies , in order to elect uew and real re { x ; £ eutatives of the country .

    Until the nation has formally declared its will ou this _feead every attempt to restore obsolete powers must be deemed an usurpation , and it is the duty of every citiaen to resist any such attempt bj forceI

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    Brethren ! . Let ns be calm aHd dignified , in the name of liberty , equality , and human fraternity ' A curious accident happened on Friday . The tollhouse of the ' Pont Louis Philippe' having been set on fire , about one o ' clock , the flames caught the joints where ths chains of the bridge are connected with the wood-work ; thsy gave way , and the platform waa precipitated into the Seine . The shock was tremendous , and several passengers who were crossing tha bridge at the fatal moment were submerged and perished . The dreadful catastrophe which took _olace near the Hotel of Foreign Affairs resulted in the death of fifty-two individuals .

    Pakis , Sunday , February 27 , eleven o'clock . —The weather has been tremendous A tempest has raged all night , and torrents of rain have fallen . The first display of the revolution this day will nevertheless attractlOO OOO National Guards and half a million of spectators . The provisional government is to repair to * the Column of Jul y , ' on the Place de la Bastille , in great form . DEFIHIIE _ESTABLISHMENT ASD OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE-1 XEKT OP THE _BEPCBLI 0 . The Republic was officially announced yesterday by M . da LaoartiBe , surrounded bj the other merabera of the provisional government and the four secretaries . M . de Lamartine descended the steps of the great ' stairease of the Hotel de Ville , and , pre-Banting himself in front of the edifice with a paper in his hand , thus expressed , himself

    *—Citizens—The _provisieaal government of the Republic bas called npon the people to _witnsss its gratitude for the magniff . eent national co-operation which has just accepted these new institutions . ( Prolonged acclamations from tho crowd and National Guard . ) The provisional government of the Bepublic has oaly joyful intelligence to announce to the people here _assemUed . _Royalty Is abolished . The Bepublic is proclaimed . The people will exercise their political rights . _Kntionsl workshops are open for those who are without work . ( Immense acclamations . ) The army is _bsieg re-organised . The National Guard _indissolubly unites itself with the people so as to promptly restore order with tbe tame hand that had only th _» preceding moment _conquerid eur liberty . ( Renewed acclamations . )

    Finally , gentlemen , the provisional government was anxious to be it 3 elf the bearer to , you of the last decree it has . resolved on , and signed in tbis memorable sittingthat is , the abolition of the penalty of death for political matters . ( Unanimous braves . ) This is tbe noblest decree , gentlemen , tbat has ever issued from the mouths of a people the day after their victory . { ' Yes , yes ! _' ) It is the character of tbe French nation which escapes in one spontaneous cry from the soul of its government . ( 'Yes , yes ; B r avo . ') We have brought it with ns , and I will now read it _toyoU _i There is not a more becoming homage to a people tban the spectacle of its own magnanimity .

    At the conclusion of this manifestation the provisional government , accompanied by the unanimous acclamations of the innumerable population who covered the Place of the Hotel de Ville , was again called upon to receive anew the consecration of the popular-voice , given to them by a crowd of citizens , National Guards , students , and scholars . M . Dupont { de l'Eure ) , president of the provisional government , leaning on the arm of M . Louis Blanc , and accompanied by his colleagues , presented himself at the balcony of the cbamber , formerly called the Chamber ofthe Throne , but which M . Paguerre by a sudden exclamation has named forever , 'theHall ofthe Republic' The acclamations ofthe people were then renewed and extended from the place to the quays and adjacent streets .

    abolition of beath punishments fob capital _OFFEKCES . The provisional government has formally abolished the punishment of death for political offences . This will ensure the safety ofthe ex-ministers , should they be arrested ; but , in fast , nobody troubles his head about them—a sign of the times really consolatory , for I remember well the animosity of which MM . Polignai , Peyronnet , and their colleagues , were the objects in 1830 . The government has decreed , in addition , the suspension of all capital sentences : also

    the formation of national workshops ; the _adopt'on of all public edifices in the name of the nation ; the transfer of the income of the civil list to the public Treasury —( it has been reported that the private fortunes of the iling and Royal family will be _confiscated _. bnt this is yetonly a rumour )—the prolongation by 10 days of the time for payment ef bills dne between the 22 nd of February and the 15 th of March ; the inspection of hospitals : there-pavement of the streets ; the regular transit of letters by post ; the protection of the museums .

    The _provisiocal government is working witb zeal and effect , as I have already observed . They have ' taken stock' and find that there is bread for thirty days in Paris , and they have ordered the repair and there-construction ofthe railroads and the facilitating of the arrival of provisions from the country . They have addressed the people te be upon their guard against the malefactors and pillagers who have already committed crimes , and there is so much reason and gocd . ' sense , and such a truly wonderful sense of honour and probity in the population , that you wiil find that this address will have put an end to plunder and pillage , and that these canght in the perpetration of such crimes will be summarily and —it must be said—capitally punished on the spot _. Yesterday , for example , a man was abont to enter a * the window of a house in the Rue Richelieu , and persisting in his design after being called upon to descend , was shot dead . We give the folio wine : —

    OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS . FRENCH REPUBLIC . LIBEB . Tr _JEQUAUTT , FBATEBNITT—PB . OCLAHATIOH OF TBE PROVISIONAL GOVEENHEMT—IN THE HAHEOF THE KERCH PEOPIE . Citizens—Royalty , under whatever form it may be , is abolished _. No more Leg i t imism , no more Bonapartism , no RegeDcy-The provisional government has taken all the measures necessary to render icspossible the return of the ancient dynasty , and the advent of a new dynasty . The Kspublic is _proclaimed . The people is united . All the forts which surround the capital are for ns . The brave garrison of Yincennes is a garrison of brothers . Let us preserve with respeel the old Republican flag , of which the three colours have with our fathers made the round of the world .

    _Let us show that the symbol ef equality , liberty , and _fratirnity is at the same time the symbol of order , and of the truest and most durable order , since itis the foundation of it , and the entire people its instrument . The people has already understood that the provisioning of Paris requires a freer circulation iu tha streets of Paris , and the hands which raised the barri . cades have , in several places , made an opening in those barricades , sufficiently large for the passage of carts and carriages . Let this examp le be followed everywhere : lot Paris resume its accustomed aspect , and commerce its activity and confidence . Let the peeple watch over their rights at the same time ti . at they continue to insure , as has been done to this time , the publio tranquillity and safety . Dupont ( de l'Eure ) , Lamartine , Gamier Pages , Arago , M a rie , Ledrn . Rollin _. Cremieux , _Lsuis Blanc , Arm a cd _ilarrast Flocon , Albert ( Ouvricr ) .

    FRENCH REPUBLIC . UBKRTT—EQUALITY— _FRATEHSITT . Tbe provisional government , _conrinced that greatness of soul is the highest degree of policy , and that each revolution effected by tbe French prople owes to the world the consecration of an additional philosephical truth ; Considering that there is no more sublime principle than the inviolability of human life ; Considering that in the memorable days in which we live the provisional » ovemment has remarked with pride that not a _siDgle cry for vengeance or for death . ha 8 dropped from the mouths of the people ; Declares—That in its opinion the punishment of death for political offences is abolished , and tbat it will present that wish , to the definitive ratification of the National Assembly .

    The _provisional government has so firm a conviction of tbis truth , that it proclaims , Jn the name ofthe French p eople , that if the guilty men who have just caused the blood of France to be spilt were in the hands of the people , It would , in their , opinion be a more _exeznplarj chastisement to degrade tbem than to put thorn to death . _rsESCH eepb _£ . ic . Paris , Feb . 25 th . —The goveibment of the French Republic pledges itself to guarantee the _existence of the working man hy his labour . It engages also to gaa rantee work to all citizens . It recognises the _fsct that working men are entitled to unite together to enjoy the legitimate advantages of their labour . The provisional government restores to the working classes , to whom it belongs by right , the million which falls in from the civil list . _Gemier-Pages , Major of Paris .

    PSOCLAKATIOM TO THE _ABHT . Generals , Officers , and Soldiers : The government of the ' ex-king , by its attempts against liberty , the people bf Paris by its victory , have caused the fall ofthe government to which you swore obedience . A fatal collision has drenched the capital with blood . The blood of civil war Is tbat which is most repugnant to France . The peop le forge t all i n p ress ing t he han d s o f i t s brethren who bear the sword of France . A provisional government has been created ; it has arisen from the imperious necessity of preserving the capital , of re-establishing order , and of prepariBg for France popular institutions , similar to those under which the French Republie rendered France and its armies bo great .

    You will salute , we doubt not , tbe flag of the country , _fn the hands of the same power which first raised it , You will feel tbat these new und strong popular institutions which are ahout to bs formed by the national assembly , open to the army a career of devotedaess and

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    services which the nation , become free , w ill ap p recia t e as much and even better than kings . Valon between ths army and the people , interrupted for a moment , must be re-established . Swear love to tbe people among whom axe jour fathera and your brethren I Swear fidelity to its naw institutions , and all will he forgotten except your courage and your discipline ! Liberty will net demand from you any other services than those of which you will have to rejoiea before it , and to glory yourselves before Ub enemies . _Garnier-Pages _, Lamartine , Members ef tho provisional government .

    FRENCH REPUBLIC . _MBIETX—EQUALITY—JRATIBrnTT . To-morrow , the 27 th of February , at two o ' clock , MM . Arago , Dupont ( de l'Eure , ) Albert ( workman , ) Armand _HarraBt , Ferdinand Flocon , Lamartine , Mar i e , Louis Blane , Cremieux , Ledru Rollin , _Garnier-Pagsf , members of the provisfonal government of tbe French Itspublic , will start from tbe Hotel de Ville to go to tbe column of July , where will be inaugurated , btfore the National Guard and the people fraternally united , the grand dato of reconquered liberty . The members of the provisional _government , Dupont ( de l'Eure , ) Gamier Pages . F . Arago , Marie , Lamartine , Cremieux , Lsdru-Eollin , _Loale Blane , Albert ( workman , ) A . Ilarrast , Plocon .

    Besides these , a decree is published in tbe Mo » _isteer reminding the people that the residences belonging to the fallen royalty are now tba property Of tb © nation , and that they are to bo sold for the benefit of the victims of the revolution * and to pay the damages suffered by trade and labour , and therefore placing these national edifices onder the _swvciltanee and safeguardI of the people . Another decree states that tbe victory gained by the people has thrown great expense on she municipality of Pans , for the repairing of the streets , the re-construc tion of municipal edifices destroyed in order to form barricades , and the support of the families of citiaens

    who died _hrthe cause of liberty , the present octroi duties , which are almost the only source of the revenue of PariB , shall be continued till such time as they can be revised and modified by the representatives of the nation . A third decree ( from thePoatmaster-General ) states that the cemmunication by post has now been opened with all the departments , and that it will be continued regularly , not only to all parte of the Republic , but to foreign countries ; and two other decrees appoint citizen Thiery , with the aid of citizens Vrillemier and Dumon to superintend the hospita | s of Paris , and eitizen Dutnoniin , to be provisional commandant of the Louvre . __

    _TheMoKiTEnn also contains a decree relative te the organisation of the National Guard mobile . There are , it states , to be twenty-four battalions , two for each of the twelve arrondissements of Pans ; each battalion will consist of eight companies , and each company will be formed of 131 men ; so that the total force of the battalion , including ten officers , will be 1058 meB . Their age must be between sixteen years and thirty . The non-commissioned _©&¦ cers and corporals are to be elected by tbe men in each company ; tho election will take place when Bixty men are formed in each eompany . The captains , lieutenants , and the _sublieutenants are te be taken from amongBt the citizens , who offer themselves , by the men , under the presidentship of tho mayor of the _arrondiBsement , in conformity with the laws regulating the elections of the National Guard . The adjutants and _quarter-masters are to be provisionally borrowed from the lieutenants of the line ,

    aa well aa the other officers demanding great activity and knowledge of military business . The pay of each private is to be If . 50 c . a day . The same sum is to ba given to the corporals and non-commissioned officers , seeing tbat it is an indemnity , and not the payment of an employment . To each man of every rank will be allowed a first indemnity of 20 f ., held in reserve for his linen and shoes . The drummers are , in addition , to receive the daily indemnity piven in the regiments of the line for their drum . The pay ofthe officers is to be in proportion to their rank , according tn laws and ordohnances concerning the infantry of the line . The uniform is to be that of the other part of the National Guard , and the arms those ot the line . Officers of every rank are to receive an indemnity for outfit of SOOf . The whole of these men can be called on to nwrch ( as their name implies ) from Paris at any moment , and each man must engage to serve at least a vear and a day .

    THK 30 IDIBRS OP TnE P 80 PIB . The transformation of operative workmen into insurgents , and of _insurgentg into _ooldiers , in the course of four days , is one of the miracles that can only occur in France . On Thursday and Friday all ¦ was agitation and excitement in Paris . Yesterday evening everything was _subsidins into order , The transition from revolt to submission to the lawsfrom rage to kind fe 6 ! ine;—from violence to gentleness , of which the French character is susceptible , is marvellous . On Friday last a body of the people proceeded , with obviously hostile viewp , to the barracks in the Rue Pepiniere , in which were the 52 d

    Regiment ofthe line . Tbey found in front of it a battalion of the 1 st Leeion of National Guards , one among whom asked , ' What do you seek ? ' ' The arms of the B 2 d . ' ' Why ? ' Because we wish to applythem to the defence ef the country . ' 'But are thev not in the hands efthe 52 d , who have fraternised with the people , and who-are read y , willing , and capable of fighting for France V Tbis produced a pause . The National Guard theR proposed that a leader ofthe people should accompany him to Ihe Colonel of the 523 ; whieh bein » agreed to , an _inler-Tiew took place , which ended in the Colonel ' s presenting himself at the balcony and thus addressing the people : —

    Citizens , —You ask for the arms of the 52 d in order that they be given to patriots . The 52 _d are patriots to a man . The 52 d was among tbe first of the regiments which in 1830 joined the people . The 52 d was the first which in 1848 fraternised with the people . The o 2 d is no more . That which was tbe 52 d of the line is now the first regimeat of the Republic , The enthusiasm which _this . brief address produced on the people is indescribable . I need hardly add that the arras were left with the regiment , and those who came five minutes previously to fight and slaughter retired delighted , and in the best possible disposition .

    So far it will be Been that the labours of the provisional government are as various as admirable . They appear all directed , in the first place , to confirm and consolidate the new Republio ; in the second place , to the immediate relipf of all who in any manner suffer from the events that have taken place ; and in the third , to the re-establisbment of order .

    KOBLE CONDUCT OP THB PEOPLE . It was impossible not _toadmire the order that prevailed .. Placards were posted that all _robbers would be immediately shot . On all sides you heard those who _^ to-morrow , will not be able to . , find bread for their children , exhorting others to commit no injury . There is not much mischief done , the hangings , the candelabra , the clocks , and the statues are nearly all in their places . Few _glasces are broken , and few pictures injured . The people well understood tbat any injury wss a destruction of national property . At the Palais-Royal much mischief was done , and the piotures have suffered considerably . Atthe Tuileries the people found much silver ware , which they immediately delivered to the mairie .

    The following incident in the invasion ofthe Tuileries has been related to ns by a person in whose varacity we place the fullest confidence . In one of the apartments was fonnd a considerable sum of money . One ofthe commanders of the insurgents called a small party ofthe men en blouse , entrusted it to th ? m , with directions to carry it to the treasury , telling tbem the nature and value of the charge ; a trust which they performed with the strictest fidelity .

    THE POUSH _RMBOBE 9 . The Polish refugees assembled to-day in the Riding School , on the Boulevard , de la . Madeleine , _anfl nominated a-provisional government of seven p ersona , under the _presidence _ofGeneral _DirernicM . The French Republic has given _uo to them the barracks lately occupied by the Municipal Guards , where they will be erganised trader the national colours . Bon Msza bas escaped from Paris , and a reward is offered for him . Of those likely to get a diplomatic _appointments theeeleferated Abbe Lamennais , who will , it is said , be sent to Rome . . Tha diamonds of the crown have been taken from the Tnileries , and deposited in the national treasury . It is' said , that the Duchess of Orleans , with her two children , have reached Havre .

    The Prince ofWurtemburg ( Louis Philippe ' s _sonin-law ) ia still in Paris , and was this morning walking _^ about tbe streets apparently unconcerned . Be visited the Tuileries , and some of the principal scenes of the recent combats . Nothing is known ofthe late ministers . On the night of the 21 st the Duke de Montpensier was to have given a graHd soiree , a sumptuous breakfast was lo have been given at five in the morning , it being not doubted that the Parisians would promptly be put down . The Archbishop of Paris has ordered masses lobe performed in all the churches for the people killed in the _lnsurreetien .

    Having witnessed the insurrections of June , 1832 , aad April 1834 , 1 am astonished at the politeness I have everywhere met with , and must ascribe . it to the triumph of the naturally polite French peop le . This morning I have seen several ladies of fashion handed , with the utmost urbanite , over many a barricade , by men whose dress their servants would have scorned . —Correspondent of the Morning Post . The lectures ef MM . _Michelot and _Qoinet , stopped by the late gevernment . were to be resumed . Liberie , " Egahte _, ' 'Fraternite / are to be inscribed again on all public monuments : The Royal Colleges of Pans are to resume their eld _namei such as LyceeN 3 poleon , Monge _. Chenier , Fonrcroy , < fes . The town of Bourbon-Vendee is to be again Napoleon-Tendee , The Place-Royale is Place dc la Republique , and the same denomination is to ba restored to the Place Louis Quinze and bridge . The Ruo du Chemia de Versailles , where the famous banquet

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    was to have taken place , is to be sailed Rue du . Banquet . _lOTJIS- _PnitlPPE _HARD-UP . According to intelli gence which reached London ?« f » _T jy ,, * hB ex-Kin _& Louis-Philippe had when rZ _ _r rd G f J _^ trtaehed Droux with oniv a solitary uvciranc piece in his pocket . That he had even cnis was owing to the presence of the Q , ueen , who , _SM _^ 8 mg ln tho htirry ol lea ™ _8 the Chateau « i ? r _? _wre without money , returned , at some _hsk _, to a bureau in which were a few hundred franca _, inese , however , scarcely served to defray the expenses of the journey .

    • TO ,. * ll F 0 Im 0 N REUTI 0 MS . M Ma ? ri ° J ! fi , anic _- *> tho _Nation ( of which he nr 0 _vfl „» _. _^ m ™ _f dHor & nd a _^ ber ° < t 7 • _lT- n , ne ,, t » may be considered as _* i ' , _i _k > £ hb ' important , as it states what the _affkirs-- ° ° VVitU r ( S _^ t 0 forei S It U useful to examine the situation of the French _Uepubllc with respect to foreign powers . _Novsr havo tne relations of nations been so close , never ought the counter-blows to be eo deeply felt in the west , and never 7 _? ? _*??} been stluek of greater vlolenoe than that whichi _has _imt carried off the dinaBty ; 0 f Orleans , and with it the monarchy , France , contempl » ted at present with admiration and _astOBishment by nations , will become their guiding-light from the moment that

    the new Republic will have surmounted tbe _difficulties Which _Oncompass'lt . Amongst these difficulties are th „ torelitt relations . Three alternatives are possible : — * r " _we bB _att _icked ? _ahall we attack S -or lastly , 1 * 11 we _"main iu an ej $ iectant state t First of all , Shall we he attacked ! It is only necessary to casta glance over Burope to comprehend bow unlikely this is . Let us tako one by one the three northern powers , those to whom the event of our three daye will be the most displeasing , _»» d let ua nee what they can really do against us . Austria has in face of bur the whole of Italy , which is armiug and preparing for the struggle , and Vihioh , if there was a war against us , would be a powerful auxiliary to France . An Austrian army oocu . pies Lombard y , and Lombardy at each instant menaces

    her oppressors with an insurrection . On tbe flank of Austria , and stretching forth the hand to Italy , lies Switzerland , radical , victorious over the Sonderbund _, ond wholly devoted to tho popular cause . Therefrom tha summit of her mountains , as from the top of an impregnable fortress , she would _di « _qaiet _a- _^ d impede any military demonstration on the part of _Aus . tria , and would render the situation perilous , Austria has plenty to do to maintain \ . er statu quo . _andoon & equmtly it is improbabh tbat she will first give the Bignal of battle . The great German po _» er , P _russia , i _» not Cirtataly in the presence of _sb Italy _calling for arms to maintain- her liberty , but she has not the advantage of being free in her movements . Who Ib there that is not aware bow much revolutionary and social

    ideas have advanced in Germany , and who di _* s sot foresee what an impulse they will receivo frora tho triumph obtained by Paris ? The Prussian govern _, nunt is about to find itself In presence of ihe increasing' exigencies of tbat assembl y , which it ensuits , and of German public opinion , of which tho voice becomes erery day louder and louder . On wh . it grounds could it decide tbe Germans to invade eur provinces , and to wage war on us when we do nothing to tbem ? We are satisfied with our power , glorious of the example which we are giving to the world , proud of the sacrifices which we are making for _geiwral civilisation , and we only ask to resolve amongst ourselves the difficult problems whicb arise . Naver , on such conditions , w i ll Germany he induced to come against us . BusBia then

    remains lying far away In the north . Bui what can she do If she is deprived of Germany ? And besides , is she not occupied enough in _keeping down Poland , wulch has not renounced herclaim to nationality , and whic h w i l l sooa gather hops from the cry that fcas burst forth oa tho banks of tW Seine ! Let us , therefore , allow to vanish , like a phantom , these plans of coalition against us ; aad let not our _ideus , in that respect , be troubled by any remembrance of 1 SU and 1815 . Then bythe most disastrous of mistakes , we had for adversaries , besides t h e kin g s , our natural enemies , the po p ula ti ons who , in exasperation at the _conquests of Napoleon , precipitated themselves on us . At present nothing is more clear than our position ; we are friends of the populations , aud the populations know it—the kings will not

    auccead tn deceiving any ona on bo manifest a matter . Shall wo attack ? That would bo a capital fault ; and , thereby , we would afford a pretext for all kinds of calumnies _. The reminiscences of the past would be turned 3 _gainst us , our ambition would be pointed to , our spirit of conquest would be accu _» _ed | the chord of national pride would be touched , and soon _weshould be misrepresented in the minds of the nations which are at present so much in f a vour of F r a n c e , and so confident in her . The fatal dissensions which brought about the _fsll of the empire would be renewed , and the fraternify of nations would be b r oken . An _i _xpectont stste _, therefore , is the course which it is important fer ub to follow ; it is the policy which will 8 ive eur interests and those of Europe , We shall , in that state , behold events proceeding—we shall recognise _^ amon gst the cation ' s those which have the greatest _tendency to _rem-w their social state , and wo shall not in any way trouble by an inopportune

    intervention , tho wort of ideas which is _enfranchi sing them , Our example , our moral support , are sufficient ta modify Europe ; our arras will only serve to retard this modification and interrupt Us regular oourse . But there is a case , in which , of all necessity , it would be necessary to quit an expectant state ; and tbat would be , if Austria , not confining herself to remaining on the defensive , should , of herself , attack and invade Italy . Whether _sho _merehfa on Tuscany , Rome , or Naples , or sends _forcts _agalnsk l'iedmont , the French Republic would be under a strict obligation to oppose that act ol _aagreBsion and violence , and eff-r to Italy the aid of an army _ani a fleet . Not that we consider the Italians as we » k and iacapable of defending themselves , but , the _struggle would be doubtful , and it ib Important that it sheuld not be so . Tbey roust permit their friends in France to share their daBgers , and to pay to Italy a debt of gratitude for all the blood which the Italians bave-shed in

    the French ranks . Paris , _MosnAv . —The unexpected calm and tranquillity which we have enjoyed hero since Saturday morning _continues without interruption , and our confidence of its continuation is becoming clearly more confirmed . The efforts of the provisional government to bring the people back to their usunl habit have been wonderfully successful . Yestf rday Paris had very much its usual appearance . The streets were crowded , to be sure , and there was a rather larger sprinkling of National Guards' uniforms to be seen than on that day week ; but in other respectB there was little to be remarked . The change in the appearance of the capital since Friday morning is almost as miraculous as the revolution which was accomplished on the previous day j and if it were not for the cut-down

    trees and the remains of the barricades , no one wbo did not know the fact would imagine that within the last three days an established government had been upset ; that blood had been spilled in all the streets ; that anarchy had had the upper hand ; and , in short , that the country had been revolutionised . The anxietv and fears to be read in every face , and not less in that of the victors than ofthe vanquished , have completely disappeared . The moderation of the people , the efforts of all classes to restore order , and the good _senBe shown by the provisional government in its first acts , have bad the effect of reviving confi dence everywhere , ap . d Jthe unanimity with which 'tho Republic ' bas been accepted throughout tbe provinces ( as far as theaccounts have yet reached ue ) leads to the hopo that there will be no disturbances elsewhere .

    On Sunday all . the churches in Paris were opened and masses were sai d for the dead .

    THE _COSIMUHlaiSi M . Cabet , who i 3 regarded as the chief ofthe communists _, has put forth an . address to that body , recommeudin | it to give its full adhesion to the provisional government , reserving _tofoelf all possible but pacific action in favour ef individual liberty and the right of association and discussion . M . Cabet also strongly inculcates respect for property . A procession of workmen proceeded there on Monday , bearing a flag with the inscription of ' Ten hours' work for a workman per day . No _nwchandage . ' The marchandage consists of contracts for work , by which middlemen gain considerably . The procession carried a petition to the above _' effect , but they had some difficult y in _getting in their delegates to present it . : _Galiokasi ' _s _Messehoee of yesterday gives the fol _lowiDg' account of

    _ttnu pbOoesmon _vo thb column op _mly . As it contains some additional particulars to those already published in another column , wo give it in full : — At two o clock yesterday M . Arago , M . Dupont ( do l'Eure ) , M . Albert , M . Marrast , M . Flocon , M . _Lamartino , M . Louis Blanc , M . Cremieux , M . Lei _* ru . RolHn , and M . Garnier-Pages , members of the provisional government of the French _Republic , went from the Hotel de Ville to the column of Jul y , where , before the National Guard and the people , fraternally united , they inaugurated tbe great date of liberty re-conquered , and proclaimed the Republic . The National Guard , which con - _slsted of two battalions for each ofthe twelve legions of Paris , the 13 th legion of cavalry , ahd tbe four legions of the suburbs , was arranged in order of battle from the Madeleine to the _Bnstlle _, at which latter place thero waB an immense crowd . During the ceremony of the

    inauguration the patriotic song of tho ' Marseillaise' was snng bj the National Guard and tho people , accompanied by repeated cries of Vivo la Republique !* The citizen _treops assembled on this occasion in immense numbers , to testify by their presence their approval ond support of the provisional government . The appearance of tbe cavalry was magnificent , and added to the regular leglons of Infantry , in grand teune , a most Imposing sight . The aspect of the newl y organised part of the force was , at might be expeoted , less satisfactory aB a military spect acle . These volunteers however , m a de u p for t hei r Wtint of discipline b y heartiness and _eenl i and already handled their arms with a east and dexterity which seom literally to prove the adage that * Tout Francais estns soldat' At about three o ' clock all the legions filed eff before the column of July , to the _crUs of' Vive la Republique !' and to the spirit _atlning strains of the * Marseillaise' and the chorus n £ _tiie Girondins , The membsrs of the pr 0 .

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    visional government , preceded b y a detachment of the National Guards , and some officers , and surrounded by a number of pupils of the Polytechnic Sehoel , and of the Military Schedl of St Cyr , tb . es proceeded to descend the Boulevards , f ol lowed b y all the National Guards . They were greeted with enthusiastic cries of Vivele Ojuvernement ! ' _' and there were also hearty shouts at 'Vive Lamartine ! ' 'Vive Ara _^ o' . ' 'Vive Louis _Blanol' he . Immense masses of spectators lined both sides of « he Boulevards , and all the windows of the houses as the Notioual Guard marched along , and they were acoompanled by a vast crowd . Ittooka very long time Indeed before all the procession passed . The National Guards and the volunteers cbaunted tbe 'Marseillaise , ' and other patriotic airs , and the chorus was taken up by tho spectators . The _effect thus produced was most impoiinsr , several _thousand voices at intervals keeping up the burden of the songs .

    THB LATE ABMAND _CURRBL . To-day there was a manifestation by the Republicans at the church of St Maude , in Paris , where the remains of Arraand Carrel nro buried . It will be recollected that'besides several pamphlets written by him , Armand Carrel was the editor of the National . He was killed some years ago by Emile de Girardin . The people wished at once to carry his ashes to tbe Pantheon , but the provisional government adjourned the ceremony . It is said that there'S to be another manifestation of the sarno kind , at whioh the members of the government will assist .

    _POBBIQX _nVLATIOltBThe circular note addressed by M . de Lamartine on yesterday afternoon to tbe various ambassadors in Paris is exceedingl y brief , and ib most particular in inculcating the fact that the Republic is altoeether optioned to any aggressive course . It states that as he has bj _* en appointed provisional Minister of Foreign Affairs fer the French Republic , it becomes his duty to announce the fact to the representatives of the different powers of Europe , that the new government is most anxious to enter into friendly relations with them—that it h _^ _pes that nothing may occur which can offend tbe reciprocal dignity of the several States , and trusts that the harmony which at present exists may not be interrupted . The note concludes bv reminding the various nations that Peace and Liberty were born on the same dav .

    The Pope ' s nuncio iromrdiately returned a most cordial answer . Lord Normanby had a lone , interview with M . de Lamartine ; and La Pbksse , which is the self-appointed semi-official organ of the government , published a second edition , intimating that the result of tbe interview waa ofa nature to leave bo doubt ofthe friendly dispositions of England .

    THE nOURSB . The Bourse continued closed to-day . A great crowd of persons femained all day on the steps _, discussing public affairst . Under the clock has been painted the wsrds , ' Eealite . Libert 6 , _Fraternite , ' as is now the ease with all the public buildings in the capital . The following _proclamation has been issued : — Worhmen—By a decision of this day , t he M i nis t er of Public Works has ordered that tha worksln course of execution will be immediately resumed . From _Wednes . day , 1 st of March , important works will be organised on differentpointa . All workmen who wish to take part in th » m , should apply to one of the Mayors of Paris , who will receive their applications , and direct them without delay to the diflf _^ r « nt workyards _.

    Workmen of Paris—You wish to live honourably by labour ; all the efforts of the provisional government will , you may rely on it . be directed to assist you In the accomplishment of that wi » h . Thi Republic has a tight to expect , and it doeB pxppct , from the patriotism of all its citizens , that tbe example it gives may be followed . In that _manner , the extent of tbe works may be in creased . Let labour , t ber fore , everywhere resume its wonted activity . Workmen ! After victory , labour is again a fine example , whinb you have to give to the world , nnd you will give it . ( Signed ) _Masib , Minister of Public Works . Tbe provisional government decrees the immediate _eRtflbUnhment of national workshops . The Minister of Public Works is charged with the execution of this present decree . Paris , 26 th of February . ADHESIONS TO THB GOVERNMENT .

    At DJjon the Republic was proclaimed on the 26 th—a fact of which we were aware before . At Tonnerre there was a great deal of _agitation , but not of a hostile character . At Cherbourjr , _whero the news ofthe abdication of Louis Philippe and the formation ofthe provisional government wereknnwn by telegraph on the Thursday evening , some officers of the garrison received tbe news singing the _Marseilaiae . Gaen and its neighbourhood were calm _, and . the National Guards wero keeping erder . At Metz tbe abdication of Louis Philippe was known , but it _ws thought there would be a Regency . The people were quiet . At Meaux several squadrons of dragoons had arrived , who had fled from Paris . At Brest the _nsws was not known . At _Rhoims the news had inst arrived , and there waa a great deal of excitement , but it was raertiy of curiosity . At _Strasburg the abdication , and the nomination of M . Odillon Barrot was known , and tho tri-colour flag was immediately exhibited at all the windows .

    At Bourdeaux the Republic had just heen announced by telegraph , and the appel for the National Guards waa _aoin ? round . At Tours ani at Poitiers the Republic was proclaimed , and the troops ' frateniised' with the puhlic at once . At Lyons tho abdication of the king had hem . proclaimed ; tbe oity was calm . At Angers the National Guards had _spizeil upon all the posts in the name ofthe Republic . At Mans the Mayor proclaimed the Republic ; the poo . _ulace _appeared satisfied . At St Etienne Roanne , Limoge , and _Moulins , the news was equally well received . This is the substance of the information given by the Director-General ; The National says : —A great number of ex-peers of France , who bave already served more than one reg ime , presented themselves on Saturday at the Hotel de-Ville , and p laced themselves at the disposal c / , tne provisional government . We must add that they were very coldly received .

    M Odillon Barrot , M . Duvergier de _Hauranne , M . Leon Maleville , and a great number of deputies , who formerly belonged to the dynastic opposition , went on Sunday to the Hotel de Ville , and having been introduced to the members of tho provisional government , offered their adhesion and _c- _' -operation , considering it a duty to rally themselves to the government which had ao courageously accepted the difficult mission of reestablishing order , and _ofjwatching over the mointenance efthe great principles on which society , reposes . A considerable number of the prefects have sent in their _resignations to the Minister of the Interior , but havo signified that they will remain at their posts until their successors are appointed , and in the meantime will do all in their power to maintain order and the publio safety .

    Marshal Bugeaud had been the first Marshal to submit to the new government , and it was said that only three general officers in the whole army still denied it their allegiance . Jerome Bonaparte and Napoleon Bonaparte have _addressed letters of adhesion to the government . So ha 3 also the Chamber of Commerce . The Chamber has decided that the sum of 20 , 000 francs shall bo paid for the relief of tho wounded and the working class , legitimist demonstration !

    'Ten young men attempted on Saturday evenine _, ' says the Coukriks _Francais , * , ' to gefnp a Legitimist manifestation in the Faubourg St Germain . The _peoule , seeing them all dressed in black , . with white cockades in their hats , cried out ' Tiens ! Tiens ! A funeral ! They are undertakers' men ! ' The joung men , finding the people in such good humour , immediately set to work . ' Friends , ' exclaimed tin y . ' remember Henry IV .... and proclaim his descendant . Long live Henry V . ' The people , in the same good humour , immedia tely cried out , ' Ah , how is he , the

    dear prince ? Is he not dead ? So much the better . . Make our compliments to him , if you please , _gentle men . How happy he will be ! Henry IV . is dead ! Vive la Republique I ' . Thus did the pc p ie turn 1 _egitimacy to the _right about . If we relate this fact , it is merely to add thit , in despair for the cause , thej immediately went to inscribe themselves at their respective mayoralties , as nearly all the young men ol the Faubourg St Germain had already done . Thus Legitimacy has turned into _Renublieanism , the wisest thing it _cou'd do . Henry IV . is dead . Long live tho Republic !'

    APPOINTMENTS . M . de Cormenin . better known as 'Timon , ' has been appointed _conseiller d ' etat . M . Ach . Marrast bas been appointed Procureur-General to the Court of _Aspeal of Pau .

    THE DUCHESS OP ORLEANS , COUNT DE PAKIS , AKD M . GUIZOT , ATJBRSET . We extract from the Jebsbt CnRONicr , _* ef to-day the following important intelligence received by the Courier steamer which arrived here at ten o ' clock . Amongst the passengers who came yesterday in the Princess Alexandria were two French gentlemen a lady , and'two children , attended by two servants . We have just heard that the lady and children are , without doubt , the Duchess of Orleans and her two children , and that one ofthe above servants is no less than M . Guizot in disguise , or M . Duehatel . [ Guizot disguised as a flunkey !}

    DISTURBED STATS OF BRUSSELS . About nine p ; m . on Sunday some 300 persons assembled in the front and rear ofthe Hotel de Ville , in which the Civic Gu _« rd had mustered according to orders , and began hissing and hooting the various patrols as they issued forth to go their _rounde , a precaution which was taken during the entire night . Some persons were arrested . This morning a proclamation was issued , forbidding assemblages cf more than five persons in the Btreets . A strict watch is to be kept on foreigners arriving in Belgium . A very important publio meeting was held on Sunday evening , in this city . More than a thousand persons were present , chiefly members of tbo Democratic Association , which is inclose connexion with a similar one in London . The topics principally dis . cussed were electoral reform , the removal of publio functionaries from the Chambers , and above ill ,

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    the amelioration of the condition of the _working j chsses _, I have just paid a hasty visit to the Chamber of f Representatives , and found M . Rogier making thee important announcement that he would then bring _; in » bill for lowering to tbe minimum fixed by the a constitution _thoqualificalien for being an elector ; ; in other words , a project of law for an extension of f the franchise , Paris , Tuesday . —M . Victor _llvdH has been ao- . pointed mayer of the eighth _arrondissement . Paris 3 was tranquil , and the depredations in the country f had nearly ceased .

    MOST IMPORTANTDECREE .-TUE PEOPLE 3 SHALL BE SAVED . _Considering that tho revolution made by the people 9 ought to be made for them , That it is time to put an end to the long and _iniqul- . _tous sufferings of workmen , That tha labour question is one of supreme Impor . . tance , That there is no other more high or mora worthy of t the consideration of a _republican government , That it belongs to France to study _ardeu'ly , and to ) solve a problem submitted at present to ill the Indus- trial nations of Europe—Tbe provisional government ef the Republic decreea a _t permanent commission , wbich shall bs named Commis- sion de gouverntment pour Us travailleurs , ia about to ba _s nominated , _wiih ths exprecs nnd special mission of _oo _> cupying themselves wllh their lot .

    To show how much importance ths provisional govern * mrat of the Republic attaches to the solution of thia i treat problem , it _nomlnaios president of tbe Commis-. sion of Government for Workmen ono of its . members ,, M , Louis Blind and for vice-president another of its i members , M . Albert , workman . ¦ WorUrnen will be invited to form part ofthe cora « i mittee . Tho seat of tho committee will be at the Pjlaco of the i Luxembourg . Louis Blanc , _Gamier-Pagoi , Armand Marrast .. During Tuesday numbers of people of the working _; classes , amounting , to many thousands , passed _upt the Boulevards unarmed , demonstrating , and thus 3 silently bringing to the mind of tbe provi ? jonal I government the necessity ef attending to their t interests .

    AMERICA AND FRANCB . The National givs the following address of Mr r Rush , the Minister of the United Statrson the occa- . sion of his congratulating tho Provisional Govern * ¦ ment : — _WrR . Rush thus expressed himself : — 'Gentle- _, men—As representative of the United States , charged with care of the rights and interests f ray country , and of my fellow-citizens residing in Fr nee and being at too great a distance to await _instruct tions , 1 seize the earliest opportunity of ( _ffering my congratulations , persuaded that ray government will approve the step , of which I have taken the initiation . I must not omit to remind you that the alliance and friendship which havo so long united France and the United States is unimpaired . I am certain that a loud and universal expression of hope

    will animate my country for the prosperity , happiness , and elory of France under the _insfitutiona which she has now inaugarated in con'o-mity with , the will of the nation . Americana will have art ardent hope that under the wisdom of Franca these institutions will have for the whole human race results , to which the magnanimous conduct of the people in the late events afford a happv _prtsage . Under similar institutions , the United States havo enjoyed for seventy years an increasing prosperity , with a government ot uninterrupted stability ; and if the Union invariably leaves to other countries a free choice of government , without any interference , it will naturally feel _gratified in seeing another great nation flourish under institutions which have assured to themselves the benefits of social order and public liberty .

    ' Permit me , gentlemen , to employ the words of the great and excellent Washington , the immortal founder of our Republic , used by him on a similar occasion to the present ; and to _torminate ' _this address by adding to my congratulation the earnest hope that ' the friendship of the two Republics may be co-extensive with their duration . ' M . Arago replied that tbe members of tbegovernmentreceived without surprise , bus with livelv pleasure _, the sentiments expressed by the ambassador of the United States . France expected no less fr m au ally with whom she p ' aced herself in more intimate relations b y the proclamation ofa Republic . ' Tbe provisional government , ' he added , ' thanks you for the good wishes you entertain for tho greatness and prosperity of France . It 13 deliehtful to re-echo the words of Wa s hin g ton , and it has a firm relt > ance that these words will not only be a desire but a reality . *

    M . Dupont fde l'Eure ) , then _addressim * tbe ambassador , said- — ' Permit me , sir , in offering my hand , to assure you that the French people tenders a hand of friendship to tho American nation . ' Mr R . Rush was accompanied by Mr Martin , chief secretary of the embassy , and also by Major Poussin . When these gentlemen quitted the Hotel de Ville , tho guards presented arms , and cries of * Vive la Republique des Etats Unis ' . ' saluted the _ambassador .

    PLIGHT OP LOUIS PHILIPPE . ' The flight of Louis Philippe , ' says the N atiosal , ' was marked by an incident which does so much honour to the feelings of our population , that wa hasten to mention it . At the moment the ex-king was _escapina by the little low door- _/?» y nearly npposite the brid _ge , and _gi'W into the lifla vojture that waited for him , he found himself _furrouinH'd by the people . Two cuirassiers stationed in the Place de Ia Concorde rushed to his protection , and this brave regiment , without , however , usins their arms , opened a passage . An officer , seeing tbe danger , cried out ' _Messieurs , spare the king . ' To which a stentorian voice replied' ''We are not _assaosin _?—let him go . ' ' Yes , yes , let him go , qu'il parte ' became the general cry . The people have been too brave during the combat not to be generous alter the victory . '

    TDK EX-MINISTERS . ( From the Mode . ) M . Guizot escaped on Wednesday evening from his hotel by a back door , and set out in a cabinet-courier caleche for Calais , where he has , it is _suppojed , embarked for London . The same even ing , M . Delessert left tho Prefecture of Police in disguise . . About ; ten o clock , the same night , M . Hebert quitted the ChaDcellerie by the door of the Rue Neuve dn Lux « embourg . He sent several times . to the Etat Major and to the Chateau to demand a reinforcement of troops . He complained , both in his own name and that of MM . Duehatel and Guizot . of having been so gravely led into error by the Minister of War and General _jSehastia i , as to the feeling of the army . The ministers loudly attributed to Louis Philippe the responsibility of all the measures of rigour which had been adopted .

    The silence preserved _respectine M . Gulzit and his fellow ex-ministers in the Parisian journals fa very remarkable . It was only on Sunday that any steps were taken against them , thus leaving them as it were full time to escape . A general meeting of the Court of . Appeal was held on Sunday to deliberate on tbe following rfquisirion , presented by M . Portalis , _procureur-general , against ; M . Guizot and his colleagues : — ' Considering that the ministers of the cx-king , Louis Philippe , by prohibiting nn ad not prohibited by the law , and by bringing into Paris masses of _trnons , to whom the order was given tn fire on the citizan ? , have rendered the « i ? elveii amenable to the charge provided . for by the 91 st article of the penal code :

    ' _Considering that in point of fact this charge , if established by evidence , must constitute the crime of an attempt to excite thi ; citizens and inhabitants to take up arms against each other , aHd bring devastation , massacres , and robbery into the communes of Paris ; ' Considering that , as a consrquencefo _thisattempt and with a view to assure its execution , the said ministers on Wednesday and Thursday last did actually give instruction snd orders te the troops to fire on the citizens , which also constitutes a cr ' : me provided for and punished by our penal laws ;

    ' Considering that in oil cases the Court of Appeal , even though it nv > y hot have been decided that there is a formal ground for a prosecution , may , by virtue of tbeir office , whether thire be or not an information pending against any parties , order that such parties be arrested , receive evidence against them , and decide on other steps to bo taken concerning them ; ' Considering the _circumstancra in which we are now placed , and in order to proretoall our fellow _, citizens what interest their magistrates _tske for their safety , and for the punishment of such crimes , if tbey are proved ;—' Considering all this , we demand a criminal information against the parties mentioned below , , 13 authors or the attempt in question , and also arafnsfc their accomplices , according to the terms of tho 235 th article of the criminal codr .

    * We also demand that the above may bo immedi ately deliberated on , in order that oil necessary mea _< _sures may be taken , and the warrants issued . > Augusts _Pobtalis , _Prceureur-General . ' Agreeable to the above requisition , the court passed a decree , declaring that it _entertaiiml-. e accusation , that informations shall be laid against the ex-ministers and fbeir accomp lices Ofders the seizure of the body of M . Guiztand his eight col . leagues , and entrusts MM . Dehhaye and Perrot de Chezells , jun ., member of the court , with the conduct ofthe information . ' PttOCLAMiTION OF THE REPUBLIC AT LY 0 K 8 .

    We extraot the following frem a private letter , dated Lvons , February 26 : — ' The Republic was proclaimed hero yesterday even _, ing at eight o ' cloek , irom the Hotel de Ville and in the theatres . Of courso , the _tri-colnared flag and . cockade aro replaced by the ted one . So far we cannot complain of the conduet of the lower orders . ¦ All tho constituted authorities are changed ; the troops are ia their respective barracks , and very few soldie

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04031848/page/7/