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      Belgium. The Government Paper Declares T...

      BELGIUM . The government paper declares that a comprehensive scheme of Parliamentary reform will bo at once submitted for consideration , and it also contains an _ei-e-tjetic address to the landowner ? , praying them at _obcc ti pay the taxes voted in advance , and a _discount of five percent- will be _allowed . REFORMS IN THE GERMAN STATES . Th ? following Js an extract fiom a letter , dated Ems , March 3 : — TVo aro in a state of great excitment here . In Wiesbaden _, the capital of the duchy , the people are to have all _-hfj ask for , to he armed , and a fresh form of election , & c . The Duchess of Orleans , with htr two sons _, arrived here the night before la _* t , and 'hey are _goiug to remain . Thev had net a change of _cloihes . The _Cologxs _GAZETTE of the iih . inst . publishes the following letter , dated Leipsic , 1 st inst . . —

      The lata _eTeuts in France hive produced an extraordinary impression on the pubiin mind in this city . The Paris pspers are ea ; erly sought for . It is proposed to address a petition to the government _demanding the prompt convocation or the rtpres-ntn'ives Of tho people . The liberty of the press and trial by jury are likewise demanded . Tha _censarsh ' p ia Sasony ha 3 for some time p & _st _become ss _seTere as in Austria . The Soamak _MRRcunr of the Sfd inst . contains the _fallowing Royal ordinance , published by the King of _Wirtembarg at Stutlgard , on the 2 . ; d inst : — William , bv the Grace of God Kins of _Vfirtsaibnrs , _& C _. _J Iwe resolved as _follo-ws z — _Article 1 . The censorship _established the Sth of October , j 3 * J 9 is abolished . Articles . All tha _depositions of the law of the 80 th of January , 1317 , relating to the liberty of the press are restored .

      Ar « icle 3 . A law relative to the provisional introduction of public trial in matters connected with the press shall be presented to the Stateg . Our Ministers of Justice , of Foreign Affiirs , snd of the Interior , are in structed to carry into execution the present ordinance . WiiUiX . Disturbances occurred at Cologne last Friday _erenin _? . The Town-council were _stttin- " , in _deliberation _« hen a _larje crowd assembled round the Ilotel de Vjl . _' e . and demanded , 1 . _Univcsal _Suffrage ; all legislation and government to proceed from the peonle . 2 . Liberty of tho press , aad freedom of speech . 3 . Abolition of the standing arr & r _, and armament ofthe people , who are to elect their own o £ _5-jers . -A . Full ri « ht of public meetins . i

      5 . Protection to labour , and a guaranteo for tho _snpp ' v of all _neeesrjaries . 6 . State education for nil children . Por Boise time the Town-p . otir . cil was he'd prisoners by the mob , and at _length the military were called out ; they cleared the square , taking prisoner one of the most active leader * . An extraordinary supplement fo the Cologne Gaz > tie has been received ; it contains a proclamation calling on all pond , _citizsns to assist the Governor ia nresetviusr , the nuhac peace . The imeuts was most unexpected .

      We _hrve news from Cologne to the 6 th . Tha town council there resolved on the 3 rd __ inst . to forward an address to their _represenlatives in the Die _f , urging the necessity on tbs part of the Prussian government of taking the _following steps : —1 st . To convoke the united Diet immediately , to enlarge the law relating ta the franchise ; to bestow a 'deciding' ( in contradistinction to a mere ' deliberative' ) voice on the united Diet , and to guarantee those rights which are considered necessary by the representatives of the people foi establishing the constitution on a firm basis-2 . To abolish the _censorship . _. 3 . To modify the constitution of the Germar . ic _Confed-. ration , so aa to bind the German people more closely _together , and also tn enable that people to have direct representatives amongst the authorities ofthe Germanic Confederation _( Bundesbehorde ) .

      Shortly after the address wss drawn up and signed , Crowds assembled in front of the Guildhall , and sent in the * demands' whieh we have already published The day after the assemblage in front of the Guiidh _' all had been dispersed there was a very numerous masting of the citizens of Cologne . _Resolutions in favour of thB 'demands' already referred to were passed unanimously , and there was an additional one in favour of a German parliament . It must be stated , however , tbat the * demand' for tha _disbanding of the standing array was modified , in the sense that tin present was not the time to take such a step , but that ths army should _s-irve as a school for the Lcmdwehr . The meeting , which lasted during three hoars , did not _aive rise to any disorder . The _FsHiKwiTER _Jot-rsai . asserts that a treaty of alliance between Austria . Russia , and _Prussia , was

      ratified at Berlin on the 2 S . h . The object is to gup port Au-tria in its efforts to suppress the movement in Italy . Three corps _darmee have been put on a war footing ; one-will march from _Saxony and _Tfiuringia te " _vFestDhaiia ; another will descend from Wes ' ahalia to Cologne ; athird _wilibo stationed on the French frontiers . General _Radowhz left Berlin for Vienna on a special mission to the Austrian Court . The _Wortemb-rg and Baden governments have formed a species of alliance , and have resolved to place themselves ' at the head of the true middle class , and thereby resist unreasonable _dema _^ _d _. _'' _.

      Lettera from Leipz _' s of the oth inst ., state that , the dspntation sent from thence to Dresden to have an Interview with the fun ? , _demanding the reforms ¦ which we have already mentioned , viz ., lib ? rty of tbe press and modifications in the representative system , reached the capital on the 2 nd . The King received it kindly , bnt said that he could not give an immediate answer to the petition , but would return orb as soon as possible . Tbe deputation vr _« anxiously expected at Leipzig , on its return on ihe Ub . ; bat , as it had not arrived on thc evening of that day , the penpie _assembled at the railway station to wait for it . It did not arrive -during the night , and the people vented their spleen by giving a charivari , and breaking the windows of the house ef Harr Brockhaui , one of the members ofthe Sixon _sta ' _es .

      Accounts from Oarlsrohe state that on the _evening of the 2 nd , a fire broke out in ths hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs . The furniture and papers -were saved . There is no doubt that tbe fire was the ¦ work of an incendiary . Attempts at incendiarism were also discovered in other houses-, and _threatening letters ha-d been addressed to several landlords _Nnmsroiis patrols were kept np by the inhabitants . A letter from Manheim , dated March 1 , says : — Tha news ofthe concessions granted ub by our government has created a very lively _feeling of joy ; and the inhabitants have proved thatthey well knowhow to appreciate so great a benefit . From 1 5 W to 1 , 809 persons -went this morning to the railway _^ 3 eTeral ladles _distrihated tricoloured scarfs—hlQcfe _, red , and gold . € ro » ds cf the people _parada through the streets , Erasing , aBd weariBg _tricsloored scarfs . Measures have been taken "to pre serve tranquillity . It ib hoped the civic gnard will ba organised immediately .

      A public meeting was held at Frankfort on the 3 rd inst ., in order to draw np a petition to the Senate , nrginij it to _grantpopularconcessionssimilar to th _^ se given in Wartemberg , Baden , and o'her German states . _Amongst those concessions complete religious _toleration is included _. The Cake of -Nassau h » s returned _pist-haste from "Berlin to Wiesbaden . He immedittely decreed the liberty of tha press , publicity in courts of justice , religiou 3 freedom , and the establishment of thejury system . These ' _concessions' were loudly lut peaceably demanded by the people and the army . Delay _wasdaneer . ius ; refusal destruction itself . Hence the hasty ani comprehensive ' concessions . ' A change of ministry is expected . Up to the 3 rd instant , business continued to be suspended on the Frankfort Bourse .

      Letters front » he _llaguo , state that the royal arms in front ofthe French embassy bave bean removed , and tbat M . de Bretenil _, the secretary of that legation ; who by the departure of M . de _Bussieres is now at the head of the _embassy , has given in bis adhesion to the French Republic , and has also followed its orders _rispecting the abolition of titles of _rwbility . A scene _ofacurions nature occurred at Mayence on the evening of the 1 st instant . It is customary . _i-inn _** the Carnival to form masquerading societies under all 3 « U of denominations . The recent events in France bave completely marred thf joyous _festivities and in a grand meeting of the _Narrcn-verein , or fcoI ' B _asiemhly , on the evening in question , all the worthies with one accord palled off their conical caps

      • with bells attached . _^ and solemnly declared that it _W 43 no time for jesting , and that all good _citizens ahoald meet to petition the government to make the concessions which the spirit of ihe age required . In the twinkling ef an eye the Narren as » embly was changed into a public _seeting for despatch of business , 2 nd _bsf ire they broke up it was _decided that a _deputation of no less that two hundred citizens should grassed to Darmstadt , to petition for' Liberty ofthe press , a civic gnard , a diminution of the army , _andaG-r _^ an Parliament . ' On the 2 nd the _deputation _jrrjwaeded to Darmstadt , and was to presentit ontheSrd . A deputation from _Offenbach arrived tbe same day , and " the citizens of Darmstadt , _propped presenting an address of a similar nature . Accordia * : to tire laws of _Darmsfadt such petitions sr _« nrohibitcd . The States are sitting at the preEent

      _acaent . - The ' _CoLoasE Gazette give the following acctunt of toe movement at Wiesbaden : — fr " ? SX 1 > EK » K 4 EC 3 3—The first number of a journal _^ « , _' _^^ has a PP 5 are ' i this morning . We ex . _^ ) " w _^ _ri _" 5- _" _* * fro , a it : _ Thi _s day ( March _thetheafr-rn _^ _" SEEe : n _^ _a on the square before ««« t « M ftoa i _** msnin 9 « MtaHon « demanding _conmS & _aathe _Bowammt , The ' resolutions wera

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      earned _unanimously . A deputation of seven citizens , _headed by- Herr TonJHergenhahn . was then appointed to wait upon tie _lltniiterof Stato , Yon Duugtrn ( tho _dulsa be n _; _absent ) , to d _.-msnd Wb sanction . Tbe assembly r s jived to wait ihe result in the square , and occupied the interveHUu time by speeches and patriotic song * . An hour elapsed , and the meeting began to evince symptoms of impatience , when the deputation was _observed _returning , and waa hailed with enthusiastic cheers . _Procurator IliTgenhahn announcid that their two first demands ( inning of thc _citiz-. _TiS and _delivery of 2 , 800 stsndsof srms to them ) _h- _» 4 been granted by the minister , who _promised ro lay tho rc _.-ijainin _^ rt 6 ilution 9 hefore the Ddke . After some demur , the people were prevailad upon to duperse _, convoking a general meeting for

      _ths 4 tb . The civic guard V ? as at once organised . The othf r demands are—entire liberty ofthe pres ? . _convocation of a German Parliament , an o-ith to the ' ennstitat ' en to be taken by the troops , right of meeting , public and oral trial by jury , declaration that tho dsmain belonging to the state shall be under the control of the administration ofthe States of the duchy , the _immediate _convocation of the _second chamber , for the purpose of forming a new electoral law on ihe basis _tbatcligibiliJy is not _di-pendent on wealth ; and _siipDression of rsFtrictions on religions liberty .

      Each state of Germany will have its ' momement _, ' and obtain concession ? , and the great point of attraction will bo the Diet of Frankfort . The Diet has already piv _^ n up the idea of a universal law of the j press for all Gerraany , _leaving it m thc option of each respective state to exercise its own judgment in the matter . Thw decision of the Diet , which w . is made known on the 3 rd . caused great joy . Thc decree , however adds that it is granted j _nnder the guarantees -which p rotect ss much as i possible the other federal states and the _wbole confederation against an abuse of the fieedom of the press .

      GLDP . I 0 US _rRCGRliSS . The spirit of _change is at work—Germany , too , on the brink of revnlut on . The treaty of alliance between Austria , Russia , and Prussia , for supporting in common Austria in Italy has heen ratified . From ihe _Rhf-ni (> h provinces and SwitEerland the news of _Wednesday morning is by nn means pacific . The _canton of Nf ufchatel , it is said , has revolted , and a _provisional government has been proclaimed . At Eaden the people haye arisen , and the troop 3 having expressed their determination to make common causa _yith tha people , thc duke has wiseiy _yielded to their demands , and has abolished the censorship of rhe press , _granted liberty of worship , trial

      by jury , & a . In addition a _change of ministry has been demanded , but no disturbances Jiavc taken place . At-F .-ankfort and vyirfemberiy similar ' cii-- f s ? ions nave been promptly mndr . On the 2 nd and 3 -d there ware popular commotions and large assemblages of ihe people at Wiesbaden , on the Place du Theatre ; and at Mayence thry _prncreded so far as to break thc _windowsofthe Hotel du _G'mvornem _^ nt , and ofthe hofels of somo ofthe _obnoxious d ' _- pati _^ s . and notwithstanding the immense garrison of th * town , and the imposin ; patrols of cavalry and infantry , much difficulty wm _tx-ierienced in restorin ?

      order . At _Oarlsruhe the Bitting of the chamber on tte l < t was of avery stormy character , the government refusing to yield upon any point . _Meaatime an immense crowd assembled round the chamber , loud _' y clamouring for the release of the parties arrested the evening bofore . The troops and the civic guard arrived in time to _prevent the populace from proceeding to extremities , but the nest day tho _domands of the people were _conceded- Resolutions w < sre adopted abolishing the censorship , recognising the responsibility of ministers , equality of religions opinions , and recomra ' tiding a more equitable arrangement of the taxes , with other reforms .

      Agitation , it would seem , wss al ? o rife in Hanover where meetings had been held , and petitions , couched in _strong language , adopted . Even at Hamburgh , demands had bien made to the Senate . Simi _' ar effects of the French _Revolution are visible in _Sleswi _^ and Ho ' _stein . Petitions , calculated toob struct the conciliatory arrangements lately proposed by the new King of Denmark" , have been forwarded to Copenhflgpn Brussels . March 6 tb . —The great question of the day just now in Belgium is the procuring of employment for the working classes , and the whole _attention ofthe' authorities that be' is engrossed with that trnly _wighty subject .

      _Several cities in th ' s country have forwarded deputations to the government in order to solicit pecuniary advances , as io is found all but impossible to get bills discounted . The government had been obliged to refuse acceding to several _application , bnt ba ? thought proprr to advance the sura of 300 , 000 francs to the Bank of Flanders ( Ghent ) - * sum whieh will now enable it fo dis"mi-4 t to the amount of 600 000 franca , as it holds 300 railway shares of 1 , 000 francs each , which it can turn , or get turned , into cash or give aa securities . The leading bankers and merchants of Ghent have signified their readiness to take , a * heretofore , the notes

      of ihe _abovs bank , which is mainly ¦ upheld by English capital . An atelier de caaritc , or general workshop , has _befn opened at _Sleydinse , near Ghent . This establishment is open for old people and the indigent sick , for orphans and for the unoccupied poor . Each inmate ha * an opportunity of following hia or her own trade . The atelier is supported by tne profit of tho work carried on in it and by voluntary contributions . Laree quantities of clothing have been already distributed amongst the poor of sixty rur * I communes in thc two Flanders The subscription for the needy classes in those provinces still continues , and the army has already given very liberal sums .

      SWITZERLAND . Advices from Switzerland inform ns that the retrograde or Prussian party in the canton of Ncufchatel _havefallon before a popular manifestation . The government resigned on the morning of the 1 st inst . Surprised by the catastrophe of Paris , it desired to _negotiate with the Montagnards , but it soon found it necessary to surrender the reins of the _govemmentto the hands of thebppssition . The _Chaneello ' _Favarger had passed the _Soleure , as was supposed , en rou ' _ie to Berlin . The seat ofthe new government was transferred from Neufchatel to _Chauxde-Fonds . A provisional government was named . The Prussian sovereignty was overturned .

      The _following ia the proclamation addressed to the _citizens of the canton of Neufchatel , on its throwing off tbe sovereignty of the King of Prussia , and constituting itself into an independent republic , similar to tbe other cantons of Switzerland . Cit ! z » _ns of Chaur de Ponds—The revolution which we have so long expected in our country has just broken out . Our brethren cf Loele , like _ourselve _* _, proclaim a R ° pnbliu , Lstus all norr unite to _guarantee oar properties and onr lives . Let ns prove , by our energy and our wisdom , that we are worthy of being R 'publicans . The members ofthe _RoyaUst Committee of Defence have abandoned their functions . It is hy your calmness that you will prove the Inutility of that committee , We are engaged in taking all the necessary measures for the organisation of a _prousional authority at _Cftaux de FondB . Vice ta Reptiblique . Vive la Confederation Suisse , - our beloved country . —Chaur de _Fonds , Feb . 22 . ( Signed by the Members of tbe Committee . )

      Letters from Neufchatel , ofthe 2 nd inst ., supply the particulars of the revolution . Neufchatel , one of the __ cantons of the Swiss confederation , has not been like all the others a republic , * bat was a pr _' _iEcinality , of which the King of Prussia was the hereditary sovereign . The revolution , which had been for some time foreseen as an inevitable result of the impolitic measures of Prussian government , broke out on March 14 . From 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 men entered it ia the evening ; they were the patriots of Chaux t'e Fonda . They _entered in tbo most perfect order and withoat anv effusion of blood . The populace received them with ciies of Switzerland for ever . ' ' Tho

      Re publio for ever . ' 'The Confederation for ever . ' The government was without support , the different populations of the canton on whose fanaticism it relied did not ai . swr to their summons . The patriots of Loele , of Val de _Travers ; and of _Vignelle , arrived and sent some parties to disarm some _villages whose opinions were _suspectfd . The federal flag was hoisted , and now floats on all the towers of Neu £ chatel . A provisional government , composed of the most influential persons , has been formed . The members of tho former government havii g refused to resign , have been _arratf d , " a measure rendered necessary by the fear of a re-action on the part of the troop ? who have been _disroisred .

      Two federal commissioners delegated hy the Vorort , M . Schneider and de Nidan . Counseller of State and Vice-President r _-f the Diet , and M . Migy , a judge , have arrived at Neufchatel , and have acknowledged the Provision ; -. ! Government .

      UNITED STATES-MEXICO . The following appeared in a _^ _eeond edition of the Daily News of Tuesday ; Ths Washington , steamer , which left New York on the 2 _lstult ., reached Southampton , on Tuesday . _Sbs _encountered dreadful weather . The most interesting intelligence brought by this raailiF , thatthe bill authorising a loan for sixteen millions of dollars at six per cent ., at twenty years , with a restriction _thfttthe stock shall not ba negotiated under par , was passed on the 17 ; h in the House of _Representatives .

      At present , says C- _urier and Ekquikbe , although United _Slatcsstocks are a shade above par , it seems hardly possible that a sew loan of sixteen millions should be _negotiated at par , wben tho payments must be made all in sold , and the instalments' be _oilled in at the rate of four millions a month—for the official annual report declared that the whole of this loan would be nepded for the service of the fiscal year to expire on the 30 th June next . , A _mesjage from the President of the United States was sent into thc House of Representatives on the ISth _/ stating _explicitly that * no communication has _bsen receired from Mexico , containing propositions from the Mexican authorities or commissioners for a treaty of peace , ' except the one offered in September last .

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      It is evident there is a strong peace party in the States , the members of which not dcsiriti" the ambition nf conquest are resolutely opposed to _° a continu _ance of the Mexican _Wsr rnd the _immense expend ; - _tura it occasions . The New York mercantile community are , in fact , between two fires , or rather two dramBof specie—one to correct the adverse _Europi-aa exchanges , the other to carry on the Mexican war . So far as the precious metals are concerned , Mexico appears to be benefited rather than impoverished from occupation by the American forces ; lame quantities of specie are constantly . being despatched for payment of the United States troops , which specie is , of course , spent , circulated , and left in the country .

      Oriziba , a point on the route between Mexico and the SCaoo : ird , from "which the guerilla forces h . ave derived aid and consequence , has boen occup ' _ud by o detachment from tbe American army , and will be held . By this movement the guerilla hostilities and depredations on the great roads will bn essentially broken up , and the security of _transportation of products from Vera Cruz to Tampico will give _circulalation to money and increased resources to tho American co'leet'on of taxe _? and _imposts . The New _Yoiik Herald of February 20 th , states that acents of Loui 3 Philippe were in New York , _investing property for hira in case bis family should after hi * death be driven from thc Tnrone of France and ifc was estimated that his ex-Majesty lia = » one million of dollars in house ? and American stocks in anticipation ofsome outbreak in France ..

      To Tills Men And Women Of France. Friekd...

      TO Tills MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCE . FRIEKD 8 , —A great responsibility has suddenly fallen upon you . In consequence , great foresight , wisdom , forbearance , and charity arc required trom yon by the pub lie mind of Europe , which wil ! now look to you for a superior example worthy of general imitation . The opportunity , wisely used , is glorious beyond all precedent . It has boen well said—* For forms of government let fools contest , That which is best administered is best . ' Any government based on _fiilse principles must be sunported by force and fraud , and produce evil continually . All governments hitherto have been based on falsehood , and have of necessity been supported by force and fraud .

      You may now establish a new government based on truth alone , which shall be pn example for tho _wr-rld and beneficial for every individual of tbe human race . The results of s government so based will be to establish—1 . _Perpetual , beneficial , physical , and mental employment for every one , _according to age and strength cf body and mind . 2 Univi-rsal training and education from birth ' , so as to draw out and cultivate in tbe best manner known tho physical , mental , mora ' , and practical powers of every one , _according to their respective _qualities or organisations when born .

      3 . As all religious and imaginary notions ara the neccs ? ary results of thegreat circumstances belonging to the _variou * latitudes and longitudes over tho earth , all religious opinions should be equally free , without any one having more advantages from lcg _^ l power than another . Thus , and thus aloi ; c , will error die quietly its natural death , and , era long , tr . ith will universally supersede it and rtign trium phant-A _ Universal liberty of speech and writing , and also of action , vthen it does not interfere with the _happiness of those trained to become rational in mind and conduct . 5 Equality of training , education and condition , according to age , so far as birth-born capacity will admit . 0 . No tax except a graduated property tax , until wealth shall be annually created to beeome superabundant for all .

      7- As man , by thc laws of his nature , must ho fhe creature nf the circumstances in whioh the folly or wisdom of society shall place him , and as wisdom says , ' replace all the inferior by superior , ' such should be che immediate practice for adoption . 8 , As isolated and disunited men cannot effect this change from inferior to superior _circumstances , principles of unity acd _^ rational association should be introduced for practice , makin ? _dueal'owance for the habits of isolation in which all of the present genera _, tion have been trained .

      9 . Self local governments in each new-formed _divisb n of men and women , based on the previously-3 tnted principles and practices , and each of these divisions not to exceed the number most _atlvantageous in one . establishment , or scientific _arrangernentof society , to enable all to be welt employed , to create tho most valuable wealth , and to distribute it the most _advantageously ; to be well trained aud educated from birth , and to be well locally governed _. All should be taught to know that these results can ba attained only when the parties shall be properly - placed to secure these all-important objects . 10 . To bo so plaeed they must be formed into new practical arrangements , by which , through their own well-directed industry , they will be supported in comfort and respectability , without fear of falling back in the world , which , U > great numbers , is a souroe of daily dread and misery .

      11 . The American government , in principle , with some essential modifications in their practice , will ho a good present model with which to commence . 12 . Non- interference by airy foreign power , except as mediator to stay hostilities ; bnt it will be wisdom in all nations to _preserve peace and a good understanding with yon . 13 . To be an armed nation for self-defence , bnt not to interfere with other nations ; Tho knowledge , therefore , which has to be acquired and put into practice is , how to devise and execute such arrangements as will gradually admit of all being so placed as in the best manner to create and distribute wealth ; to have a superior character , according to natural qualities , formed for them _; and ts be well locally and generally governed .

      This is the comprehensive new social change required by the world ; and with the enormous new productive scientific power ac the disposal of society , for the benefit of all nations and people , this new placing of tho population of all countries may be peaceably and most advantageously effected . You have now the best opportunity that has ever occurred in tho history of nations to accomplish this great and glorious social _chang-- , and thus to establish charity , neaco , kindness , amidst a rapid annual _increase of wealth ' and knowledge through France , and it would soon become an example for all nations and people to follow . Ba moderate , be merciful to your enemies and opponents , be just to all , and your triumph will he g lorious , great , and permanent . Your friend , r Robert Owkn .

      : London , 27 ch February , 1848 . _* P . S . I will prepare , and submit for _youroonsi deration , a full and complete constitution , with de tailed reasons for each of its laws .

      Fire.—Thb Crown Tavern, Khhsingtok.—On T...

      Fire . —Thb Crown Tavern , Khhsingtok . —On Tuesday morning , at an early hour , a fire , resulting in the total destruction of the Crown Tavern , and the partial demolition of several other buildings , _oocurred in High-street , Kensington , and which was nearly attended with a sacrifice of life . Mr White tho landlord of the tavern , was awoke by hearing the alarm in the street , and , upon opening his bedroom door , he found _fUniGB mounting tho staircase _, fie immediately aroused his family and domestics , but so fiercely was the fire burning , that none of the parties were able to get down the stairs . Fortunately , Mr White procured a rope , by means of which he lowered his family and servants out of one of the back windows , and , eventually , he succeeded in effecting his own e . * capp , but not until _theflimeshad penetrated the room in which he was standing . Had

      the parties remained fivo minutes longer , every one must have been burned to death . Upon the arrival of the firemen they found that it was _useless to attempt to save any portion of Mr White ' . * property , they therefore exerted themselves to cut off the further progress of tho flames . Whilst so engaged several of the men nearly lost tbeir lives , for all of a sudden the front wall of the tavern fell into tbe road , completely stopping up the thoroughfare , and forcing in the front of Mr _Boiding'a linen drapery warehouse on the opposite side of the road . The side fronts of the houses adjoining the Crown , on either side , also fell into the street . The firemen , however , nothing daunted kept to their posts , but notwithstanding tbat every one exerted himself to the utmost nearly three hours elapsed before tho flames were extinguished , by which time the tavern was totally destroyed .

      _Drkadfol _ExPMSioif _^ Fo' _-n Lives Lost—An accident , attended with los 3 of life , took place on Monday morning , at the Malleable Iron Works of the Monkland Iron Company , near Holytown . The river Calder passes there through a deep ravine ; on the right bank , a rolling mill was erected about five years ago , and , to meet the increased demands of railways , another was erected and put in operation during last summer . It is understood to be the strongest in Scotland , and of a very ' powerful description . Both mills were in fall operation , and all hands were at work in them at _seyen o ' clock on Monday morning , when suddenly a fearful

      explosion was heard . It proved to _bethe great boiler of ono of the steam-engines , about eighty horse power , of the new rolling mill . The boiler waa blown into the air , and , flying aoross the river , it descended through the roof of the older mill , spreading devastation all around . Mr Battery , one ofthe proprietors , was instantly at the spot , asd sent for medical aid , giving prompt directions for _everything _useful frr the relief of the surviving sufferers . _Tluf _s-hesiff and procurator-fiscal oftho Airdrio district were also sent for to investigate the causes of _theaceident Four dead bodies were found mach wanglecL and several other men received severe iniafri . es . The man in charge . ©! tie boiler « _uatofe '" _- '"

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      THE FEENCH _REVOLUTION . LOUIS PHILIPPE . AND OTHER EXILED BOURBONS . The Ex-King and Queen remained at Newhaven , where , as we stated in our last , they landed on Fri . day in disguise , until _Saturday morain ? . In the interval , _arrangements had been made by Queen Victoria for their residence at Claremont llo'ise . During tbe time they remninod tha ' snobs' of Brighton , _Lewes , and the adjacent _neighbourhood _eagerly _preBaed forward to' toady' the deposed king and show themselves off by offering all kinds of assistance , and solicit tbe honour of shaking hands , in order that they may have something to boast of during the rest of their imbecile existence . As a Specimen of this kind of snobbishness , ' perfect in its way , wo take tbe followinsr _, and also as an illus . tration of the twaddle upon this particular portion of the events flowing out of tbe revolution , which swell out the columns ofthe daily papers : — _^

      Ifc being thought proper to formally _congratulate their Majesties on tbeir safe arrival , and to offer the hospitality of the inhabitants of Newhaven , tho Rev . Theyra T . Smith , the rector , tht Rev . __ F . Spurrell _, the curate , and Mr Elphick , the principal landowner , sent in their cards to His Majesty , intimating they had arrived to pay their _ruspeats ; and they wero immediately admitted to his presence . Tho King advanced and eagerly shook hands with all , expressing his delight at being once more among she Enclisb , wh _^ _-m he said were always hia friends . Mr Smith addressed a few words of condolence to Ilis _Maje-ty , and expressed deep regret at tho unhappy circumstances which had occurred , adiling that it wns no small source of _cnngratuhition to

      welcome Ills Majesty to Newhaven on baving safely arrived at Hie shores of Britain . Mr Spurrell thfn inf rmed His Majesty that tbey had come also to lftVr such help and assistance as Newhaven aff . rded . nnVin <„ ' , that sh .-uld Ilis Majesty preler the quiet of a private hni 3 c , Mr Elphick had come to place his at their M gesties' service . Mr Elphick followed up the offer of hia hous 9 by that of his carriage aod horses , ari'i anv other _service that he cmild render . In reply , ' His M _^ _jes-y said , he deeply felt the kindness of all theBe _atu-utions and _hospitable services , and for which he felt truly thankful , * but it being his intention to pass the night at Newhaven , he should prefer _remainins at the inn , where he f . und _hinifeif _Gntnfortab'e , _wi'lnm' . accepting Mr E phick ' s _cenerous offWs . ' Truly happy and thankful indeed

      am I , ' the King said , 'that I _hnye once more arrived in England , and whicii I will _n- > t leave _ai-ain . The bullets , wero striking the windows and div . _rs when I escaped from the Tuileries , but here I am , safe and unhurt . 1 have nothing to tax my _conic-nince with , and nothing to reflect upon ( layinit his hand upon bis heart ) , and I thank you very much . But hero an : only two cud " , and there are three of you , and I wish to take caro of tbem all three , as containing the names of the kind friends , thc first t' _» welcomo me to Newhaven and to _Knuland ; v . here i « the other V U' _. lone ! Roumigny accordingly gave the other card , whicii happened to be that of the rector of Newhaven , to His _Miij- 'sty . ' Mr Smith ! ' exclaimed the King , after identifying tho individuals with their names ; ' t hat is curious indeed ! and very remarkable that tin ; first to welcome me should he a Mr

      Smith , sinco thea _^ sumed name was Smith by which I escaped from France ; and _lo-ik . this is mv passport made out in the came of William Smith ! ' At the end ofthe interview Mr Elphick again offered _hi-s house and services , when the King ' s resolution seemed shaken ; he _accordingly went to ask the Qiieen , who was in an adjoining room , but who declined to accept tho offer , and His Majesty therefore declined too , after _asjain and again thanking the whole party and shaking their hands rrpeatedly . The King seemed but little the worse fur the fa iguc of _ travelling , and talked cheerfully and in good spirits during all the time . His Majesty had not _changed his dress siaco ho lolt France , and lew , per . hapB , would have recognised King Louis Philippe in a blufa pilot oat , with a pecket _^ handkerchief for a eravafc , without his _usuallofty wig , and with his face bearing proofs of being untrimmed lor many days .

      About half-past two o ' clock , knowing the distress the Queen must be in from having no _luggRge , Mrs Elphick , accompanied by her sister , Miss F . Gray , proceeded to the inn with a chest or'linea and toilet necessaries , to offer for her Maji sty's use . Having tent in their cards and explained the object of the visit to the Queen ' s attendant , her Majesty immediately desired them to enter that she might return her thank ? . On their entering the room , the King , who was by this time dressed , shook hands with them and led them to the Queen . ' Her Majesty , advancing a _sttp or two , similarly we _' eomed them , and set chairs for Mrs Elphick and her sister on either _aiileof her ; nnd having gently forced thera to sit down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her

      having arrived safely , and having met with Buch . kind friends . After condoling with her Majesty Mrs Elphick begged her Majesty to make use ofthe contents of the box she had brought , but her Majesty , with tears , distinctly , yet most thankfully , declining the kindness . ' Vous etes trop Jonnea . ' she said ' mat ' s j ' ai achtte des habils . ' Alter conversing some tirn _^ in French and _Enelish , and thankfully declining all _assistance , the King said , ' Where is Mr Elphick ? I wish to introduce him to the Queen ; no . no , not to tho Queen , to tbe Countess do Neuilly . ' On being informed that Mr Elphick was in the adjoining _ruom , the King S 9 nt for him , and receiving him warmly _agiin introduced him to the Qaeen , who heartily shook hands with him . After again declining all assistance the Queen affectionately kissed Mrs Elphick and her sister , who then retired . Visits recommenced a ? ain early on Saturday morning ; among those who came to offer condolence were Mr

      Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel , who had a long interview . Count Duehatel , ex-Minister ofthe Interior , who had beonstayingat tho Bedford Hotel , Brighton , also arrived and had an audience . At eleven o ' clock they left _Newhaven , _biing conveyed in carriages to the Newhaven station , where a special train was in readiness to convey them to Croydon , where they arrived at a quarter past twelve , accompanied by thc Comte de Jarnac , and attended by General Dumas and General Rumigny . Here they were met by ihe Duke d _.. > Nemours and the Duke and Duchess Au . gusto of Saxe Cobnurg , who had arrived from town early in the morning to receive their parents . By the Duke de Ncmours ' s express desire , no intimation of their expected arrival was made , and on alighting at the Croydon station they gave up their ticket * in the ordinary way , _requesting at the same time permission to occupy a small waiting room . This was at once granted , and the exiled prince and princess , with tbo husband of the latter entered it and sat

      down before the fire . The whole party appeared deeply depressed , but the _Princess Clementine , who is a very interesting woman , bore up wonderfully , and appeared to endeavour to cheer her brother . After having waited soma time , the royal party , ascertaining that no train was expected fiom Newhaven until nearly eleven o ' clock , left the station , and took a short walk into the village . As they were very plainly dressed , their appearance . excited no observation , after strolling about for some little time , they returned to the station to awajt . the arrival of tbe train then nearly due . The train drew up alongside the platform at a few minutes after eloven o ' clock . All tbe royal party were on the platform , and as the c & rriages glided by the princes looked anxiously for their royal relatives . The ex-King , and Queen , however , did not come by this train , but

      a special messenger arrived , who b'oughtintelligence ofthe fact that tbe ex-monarch _would _^ leave Newhaven at halfpa 9 t ten o ' clock by a special train , and tbat he might be expected to reach Croydon abont twelve . In _consequence of some enquiries made by a servant who accompanied the royal party , their rank became known very soon after their arrival , and a number of persons congregated about the station , anxious to obtain a glimpse ot indivdnals whose names had recently been so prominently before the world . The royal exiles , however , appeared most anxious to avoid observation , and confined themselves to the waiting room . The Duke de _Nemeurs , while at the station , purchased a copy of a morning newspaper , and read therefrom to his illustrious relatives the latest intelligence from France , with great apparent interest .

      About eleven o'clock MrPascoeGrenfell , M . P ., and several other directors of th © railway _comnany _, came down from town , having _received intelligence of the expected arrival of the royal exiles . The first step taken by the directors was to exclude every stranger from tho station , and keep the platform perfectly elear for the convenience of the royal party . The Duke of Nemour 3 acknowledged to fhe chairman in very strong terms , this act of courtesy . Shortly before twelve o ' clook three hack broughams , each drawn by a pair of horses , which had been hired in the town , drove into the station yard . These were the vehicles destined to convey the ex-king of the French and his family from Croydon to Claremont .

      At a quarter paafc twelve a signal was given thatthe special train was in sight . The royal party had been on the platform for soma time previously , anxiously waiting its arrival , and now emotion was painfully depicted on the countenances of the royal fugitive . ' . In a few minutes after tho signal had been given the train drew up within the station , and a scene _endued which we feel totally unable adequately to describe . Suffice it briefly to relate the facts—any attempt to substantiate by description the sadness of the scene can but fall infinitely short of the reality . At the moment the train was brought to a stand-still , the Duko of Nemours rushed towards the window of the

      carriage in which his exiled parents were seated , and grasping his father ' s hand he covered it with kiBses . The Queen , who was sitting on the right of her husband , and waa consequently further from tho platform , on observing the duke gavo utterance to a scream , apparently from excessive joy , and then fell back in her seat . The door of the carriage _havine bean opened tho _ex-king alighted and immediately embraced his son with groat apparent fervency , kissing him again and a « ain , while tho tears poured down bis furrowed cheeks . The next moment the ex-monarch clasped in his arms the Princess Clementine , who was standing _oleae to her brother . The princess , who up to this _sao-aieriii k $ J

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      maintained an admirable self-possession , now ga _76 vent to her stifled feelings and sobbed convulsively The ex-king kissed her unceasingly for some momentB , and then turning to her _augusf * husband , cm braced and greeted him affectionately . The Queen recovering herself in a few moments , _utepped out ot thc _carriaae after the King , and successively embraced , with intense feeling , her children . The whole party were for some time much agitated , and apparently altogether unconscious of the presence of strangers . The first burst of emotion over , the royal _fuKitiyes were conducted into the waiting room , where they remained for _swne time in _secltiBion .

      After thc lapse of ahout a quartf r of an hour , the ex-king sent for Mr Grenfell . with whom he warmly _shonk hands , expressing at the same time his grateful acknowledgments for the _courtesy and attention which had been shown to his convenience , The King then desired to be introduced to thc chairman and those of the co-directors present , and shook hands with each , and repeated the acknowledgments ho had previously expressed to Mr Grenfell . At half-past twelve the ex king entered ono of tho hired carriages above alluded to , the Queen , with tho Duke of Nemours and the Princess Clementine , taking seats in the same vehicle . As the ex monarch entered the carriage he was cheered by the _pern-.-ns _assembhd around the station , Several pressed forto

      ward , and b _^ _ged permi _« _sion shake bands with ths exiled King , a favour which he very readily allowed to all who sought it . One gentleman npnl _. igised for the liberty be bad taken in grasping his _Majesty ' s hand en which the exiled monarch remarked , ' Ob , do nn ' t _apologise , sir . I receive your hand as a token of your friendship ; of the friendship , Iought to say , oftho British people . ' The ex king addressed similar Otarvati W to several other persons , and appeared grcaCly moved at the kindness of feeling shown to wards him . The remaining members ofthe party having entered the other two carriaees , the whole three drove of in thc direction of Claremont , wh ch is distant from Croydon about fourteen miles . As the ex-monarch drove out of the station yard , he was again loudly cheered by the spectators .

      The party arrived at Claremont at three o ' clock . About nve Prince Albert , attended by Colonel _Bouverie , arrived to pay his respects . After an _interview with them he took his departure and returned to town . Tho _ex-Kini ; and Queen of the French have assumed the title of the Count and Countess of Neuilly . The other royal fugitives in this country are now assembled at Claremont .

      CONVOCATION OF _THF . NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Paris . _Mincn 4 . —Tn the sitting of the 4 'h of March , the provisional government of thc Republic fixed the convocation of the electoral a _^ _serablie _* for the 9 th cf April next , and tha meeting' of the National _Constituent Assembly for the 20 th of April . \ t the same sitting it adopted far general principles of the _dtcrce which i . s to be _issued—1 . That the National Assembly should decree tbe constitution . 2 . That the election should be the basis of tbe population . 3 That the representatives of the people aie to be 5 ) 00 . 4 That the suffrage should be direct and universal , without any condition whatever .

      5 Tbat all Frenchmen of _twenty-one years ol nee be electors , and all Frenchmen of twenty-five be eligible . 6 . Tbat thc ballot be secret . Our Paris letter of Friday evening ( says fh Times ) , announces the continuance of tranquility in tbe _capital . The government was still _imperially _popular , and the people were working attheir respective trades and callings with alacrity . There , was a feeling of uneasiness abroad , however , founded on the large concessions made to the woikins classes and

      the incessant demands for further boons on fheir part . The government asked of its friends— . ' Pray wait a moment . We are not yet in the saddle . We mean well , and in all our acts are guided not so much by a sense of expediency as by a desire to work the permanent security of the country . ' M . Cabet , formerly a member of tbe Chamber of Deputies , and so many years a political refugee in this country , and who is deemed tho head of the working classes , was said , moreover , to have signified his intention to press for no farther concessions for the moment .

      Every moment additional measures were ordered by the government with the view to thc preservation of order and the re-establishment ofthe different publio departments . The commander-in-Chief of the National Guard had informed the citizens ot Paris that every able-bodied roan from twenty to fifty-five yearn of age waa entitled to enter the Nationnl Guard , and invited them to present themselves at their respective municipalities , where registers would be opened to inscribe their names . Tho Provisional Government was to arm all , and those who should not be able to equip themselves were to be clothed at the public expense . _« I t is of importance , ' says the Commander-in-Chief , 'that , on tho day appointed / or the general elections , every _citixens be at his post to deposit his vote . Already has the number of National Guards increased in a considerable proportion . In a short time 200 000 citizens will be enrolled in tbe National Guard of Paris and its viciniy . '

      AH the telegraphic despatches received from the departments mention that tranquillity everywhere prevailed . At Lyon * - the volunteer civic guards were being _nrganised and placed under the command of two officers of the army . The Republic was proclaimed at Breat on the 1 st inst . in presence of the National Guard . At _NarboDne some apprehensions for the continuance of order had been for a moment entertained , but on the 29 ih they vanished on receipt of the despatches from Paris , and the National Guards were nearly organised throughout the department- At Bayonne , the general _oomraandin _? the military division bad joined the population with the troops under bis orders ; and General _Excelmsns the last to lay down his arms in 1815 , was to be ap _> pointed Colonel of the National Gunrd . Some

      attempt at disorder on the part of liberated convicts had been energetically repressed by the National Guard at Chartres . In the department ofthe _Loiret bands of plunderers traversed the country , but were quickly dispersed by the National Guards and troops of thelene . dome rioting h-d occurred atStQuentin , and the prefect had been obliged to quit the town . La Fere was tranquil , and the artillery magazines were preserved . The Castle of Guise , garrisoned by twenty-eight men , had been menaced by an in * cendiary band , and it was found necessary to send thither a reinforcement of 100 cannoneers . On the 28 th the authorities of Compiegne wero informed that some malefactors meditated the destruction of the railroad station . The National Guard , however , arrived in time te protect it . Incendiaries had also appeared in the neighbourhood of Beauvais .

      The workmen of Lyons , had not yet adopted the tricoloured cockade , but still continued to wear thc red one ( the badge of Communism . ) They were , moreover , in possession of tho fort of La Croix Rous 8 e , which they threatened to demolish . A regiment ot Engineer * , in garrison at Mete , had revolted _aganst its colonel , and compelled him to resign his command . With these exceptions order was nearly every « where established , and the whole country was recognising the Republic .

      FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS OF TIIE REVOLUTION . The funeral honours , decreed by thc Republic to the victims of the conflict that has destroyed the dynasty of the BourboBs , were performed on Saturday , witb all the splendour that could be given to snob a spectacle . The Times correspondent says : — ' It is difficult to define the impression it produced ; it was too brilliant for solemnity * _, it expressed no sorrow for the dead , for all was exultation ; there were no emblems of grief—no mourners , save the few who wept in secret for a loss nothing can supply _, and they are scarcely thought of in the absorbing excitement of the hour . Th * pomp , the martial music , the songs and shouts amidst which the procession

      passed alone , leave behind the idea of a rejoicing , of the celebration of a victory . It was , indeed , a popular triumph ; an ovation such as we can imagine the march ofa Roman general may have been to the cnp'tol . In that , too , death waa mingled _ with the pomp , and the living captives led to their doom in the train ofthe conqueror were probably as little thought of by the mass , whose pride waa _flattered by the display of power , as the dust of those who were borne to-day to the silence of the tomb with such magnificence . This impression ia created , _perhapa , by all the religious part of tho cerpmony having passed unseen bythe populace . __ To the publio eye , little or nothing was visible indicating the occasion . The funeral cars were decorated with the colours that will soon wave as gaily over the revels ofthe

      balmasque ; military splendour is the same at all times , and there was no attempt to give the cortige the solemnity which is so impressive in a soldier ' s burial , though , as the victims died in combat , thia might have been fitly done . All the authorities attended ,. _as they would any civic w political ceremonial . The chariot of the Republic , the most _promineuii feature in the display , and tha emblems of its power , the classic fasces , will serve as appropriately for the inauguration ofthe first president—when ho is elected . And , lastly , the masses of people , the _orovtd that , from its immensity , gave something of sublime to the scene , was an _exulting one . _Erora the-moment the bodies were carried frora tho church , the . procession took the character of & public _tsiumph . '

      Long before noon tho- peopio began to assemble about the Madeleine i the Boulevards wets > thronged by thousands _pressing on to this looality . The hotel of the Minister of Foreign AJfaira is on the Boulevard des Ca _* _fnpiB 3 ( a name not ? erased ); and it was in front of this edifice thc tataj vollies were fired that _precipitatssditha revolution * Not far from it is the ohurch whore . the service Xi the dead was to be _performedamettthaae _shofe ' d beneath them . The _begmnjs _^ aridjti _& _'dendof _^ o grand catastrophe are

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      in-cites proximity . The hotel where M Gui _^ t _^ sided as Minister , is certainly the u _' _slio _. f „ J ?' buiMin ? in Paris , _» nd now tl . o _aviations cSn . _" _? ? with it in the minds of the people aro as dha "X _*!* as its f . spect . It isone of the many faUiti . ? . _»?• teem to have attended tbe foil of the m 0 nar , _\ July , that thegreat impulse to the revolt whinhJ 0 f troyed it should kavo been ? iven fr (! m the _offiepnfu chief instrument . ' Mori « Guizot' is still _leeil i the walls , in rude red letters ; but I _aatisfled Zi _°£ that tbeyare not traced with blood ; m ) ael f Along ' the whole line ofthe Boulevard * , f , nn _,,. Madeleine to the Column _ofJu _' y _, with a _fewL rnptions , a tricoloured band was _extended on JJ \' side from tr < _-e to tre _» , _nrjarop to lamp ; at _interval , black , _lozenge-shaped shields were placed with Vk '

      _m-cnption ; Kespect anx manes des victira ° s _dei 99 23 , et 24 Fevrier . ' Tha fxterior walls and pn « ieo * the church were hung with black cloth , with decor tions of tricoloured _fbigs and funeral wreaths . Oi _^ " the doorway was inscribed , « Anx _Citoien ' _smnri pnur la Libert 6 . ' A portion of the steps to the rhH of tho entrance was fitted up as a choir ; no oth _preparations were visible . From tvn till _fivel _^ o ' clock the spneo areund it began t <> fill and th orowd was fully occupied in watching the frcoiient passing and _repassing of the troops , now a dpt » n _? i-rn .- vr . i :.-l n i _ ! . . . _"ciai'n . ment of tho ational _Guards

      _ N , or a b idy nf the ne _^ l enlisted _citiz-ns , in their ( douses , wiih numbered _eirds in their bats , all that distinguishes them a * militnire * at _present ; a detachment of the _regular cavalry , _cuirn « -i < _-rs . thnt r _<> de along -with ihfir _banil playing the _Chnnt-de Depart ( n-arly thf- . "iin . e air as our ' Deathof NcImoii' ) . caused the fust _spn- _^ _ation . As time wore on the crowd grew more rl . - > n * e . till the whole space for some distance _d-. wn the _BnuloYard to the right , and in front _nlmo : _* t to the Place de la Concorde , was a compact mass of p : O _' . _'le .

      So dense was the enwd by twelve o ' _ch . ck , that way could _srarctly b _* rnnde _through it for the _maglsfra'es _, the fiffiuialii , and the families-ofthe victims , who alone were allowed to enter the church , 'rhe movement of portions of the mass tn and fro resembled currents in an « ecan _settins'dift' _vrrnt ways ; ( mo there was no disorder , no violence of any kind . _iS ' or was any _fxpression made of a feeling of ei m ' ty to the _auUioritit-s ; they could not have escaped it , had it existed , for they-walked through the whole ofthe crowd ih full ' costume . The day waa br . autilul . and a brilliant sun shinihaon the sharp , clear outlines of the white Grrcian church , on the lofty

      old _^ fashioned houses around it , so _picturesque in their complete contrast with it , and _i-laneim _; from the _forest of bayonets bri-t ing among hundreds of tricolour * d fl'S " , above tho _s-nrfnee of the motley and c ' o _* e ! y packed crowd , of ' vrh / ch no end was to be seen as far ns thc eye could _resch . formed a spec-Uile that no city _sivc Paris _con'd furnish , and _Paria _onlv on such an occasion . Th re was somethin" awful in that ma . _'s of huro . _in life ; itwas ea _« _yto _imagine bow armies fail in collision with such _tHjviuds ; yet it wa * but a fraction of the host the city poured forth from every street into the main channel , in whi _«; h ffiwed _thob-. iM _' nei'sof ' the day .

      \ V _hile the authorities- were with difficulty pushing tWir way into the chtirch , the choir under the portion , drawn from _t' _-e three _opprss , and conducted by MM _Girardand La tr , contributed its part to the _procopdine . Thc arrival of thf Provisional Government was hailed by the Marseillaise , splendidly sun ? , with the _accimpanimrnt of a military band . The instrnmpntal piece that followed , a funeral march by Cheruhini _, was comparatively weak ; little of it was heard above th _> - hum of the crowd ; this was succeeded by the ' oath' chorus from GnilluumeTell , a piece from tho 'Creation' ( "the Heavens nre _tellini ' ' ) , and the prayer from ' Mose in _E-jitK' Tbe _se ' ectiou seemed to alternate _mournin _? ar . d

      supplication with thc notes of _tromph ; the < ffect was sublime . As the music ceased , the funeral cais on which the _ciffin 3 had been placed , wero ready to proceed ; as the first of the six moved onward , the _Mweillnife was repented _; one verse was sung by the female voices alone , the men takingr up the chorus , ' Aux afmes . ' As the _Bpirit-stirring strain arose , tiie whole crowd uncovered and remained so till the last of the cars , which were open showing ihe forms nf the coffins under the black palls , had passed . The dramatic effect at that moment , the homage of the people , the fierce invocation to battle , the stilt ne _? s of death , all _nnitinp , made the hearts of atl beat quicker with excitement . The scene for that moment was grand , almost overpowering .

      The _Mornixg _Chronicle says , to thc credit of the Parisian population on this occasion , I must declare that , I saw them pay but little attention to these _trifl s . Their demeanour throughout the day was severe and grave , as befitted the great , solemn , and puMic testimony of respect which the Republic had thought it fit to pay to those who had purchased with their _lires the benefits wh ) cn all hoped to enjoy under the new order of things . But thia very gravity and general silence added to the effect produced _oecasionallyiby the sudden outburst of the _Marseillaise , the Parisienne . or the Girondin chant , as some body

      of _enthusiastic _Republicans in passing along raised thestrain , nnd the whole body of tbe people took it up . Or the sound would _pa _^ _s alone the line , untilat last it became lost in the distance , like the music we sometimes , on awaking frora sleep , imagine we have heard in a dream . Occasionally , too . when the _banda played some of the airs mentioned above , the people , as if involuntarily , would burst forth and join in the sound , as if urged to the act by an inward force which they . could not resist . Every gesture and movement of the mighty mass I saw before me gave evidence of the _deepest exultation , but sobered and kept down by tho feeling that a vast unknown lay before them .

      At the end of every street leading to the boulevards , lines of the National Guards prevented the passage of vehicles of every description , and when their own turn _eatnete take part in the procession , they gave the word , the people opened their dense mass as if by magic , and the vacant place in the cortege was occupied . No tumult of any kind took place all day , arid the precision of every movement was more like what we are accustomed to see in a theatrical representation , than in the acts of a vast people , acting freely from the impulse of tlieir own-will .

      About one o ' clock the funeral ceremony at the Madeleine had concluded , and the proeession began to move . The order of march published was not in all instances followed , several _ctonnges , of no importance however , having taking place . A vast body of mounted National Guards led the van , with band at bead and tri-coloured banner flying . The drums and trumpets were all covered with crape , and crape streamers were attached to every flag-staff used in the ceremony . After the above-named body came a squadron of the horse Nationnl Guard , a squadron of _dragoons , and a squadron of cuirassiers —each of these bodies played marches or the heroic airs of the day—the masters of the ceremonies of the Pompes Funebres _, the bands of the first six legions of the National Guard , headed by their drums , a company of fhe first at : d second battalions of each legion , composed of National Guards in uniform and not in uniform , commanded by the colonel , and between

      eaeh legion a company of infantry of the array . After these camo the _Orpbeinists , a musical _bs-dy , taught to sing in _massss by the _nsetnottV Wilhem , as is witnessed occasionally at Exeter Hall and other places in England ; they bore a banner witb their name inscribed , and were followed by another with a flag bearing the words _Societe Musicale . ¦ Both of these parties sang occasionally during tbe course of their passage , and the effect __ was admirable . Next came the employes of the different railways , with _flagu . After them came the clergy of the Madeleine in sis mourning carriages , preceding six hearses , each containing _sevoral bodies of the victims . Immense /' aisceaux of tri-coloured flags were displayed from each corner , and the cords from tho four corners of the bier were heM each by a National Guard . From each hearse floated a _flig bearing tho words ' Vic times de Fevrier . ' As this part of the _corlepe passed every head was uncovered and the deepest silence was observed .

      A body of National Guards followed , and after them came a cabriolet drawn by a whito horse , ond bearing a flig with tho inscription of Victimes Politiguee . In the vehicle were seated two men , both evidently in bad health . One was said to be Barbes , ane the other a man named Hubert . The former was an uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness cr suffering , still his features could not have given ms the idea of him who was in 1839 kBOwn in Paris by the epithet of' Le beau Barbes" and who was reckoned one of the handsomest men ofthe day . Behind the cabriolet followed about ten era dczen men of various ages , all coming under the same category of political victims . No group throughout the day attracted so much attention as this . After them camo a large body of National Guards , with immortelles afc the end of their muskets- ; : then the representatives

      of the various trades and callings ) , all With banners signifying what they were , and eaeh having at the top the words _RepubXque _F-raniseiee . Some of these baunars wero exceedingly nandsomo , being eased with gold lace intertwined with _Ihurel , and a variety of symbols _offraternity and liberty , Then came tbe > municipalities of 4 ho _arrond & _cements , preceded by _tho families of the victims , men , women , and _cbildeen . Then ad * sanccd the _jjiidjjes and other heads ot " doe various law tribunals ia their black robes andred caps ; then nest the medical body ; the freemasons * . I with a variety of banners , _sytabslical of their ciTift ; jthe staff of the _National _© uard , of the 1 st military division , and- ofthe 1 'la _. _ue ; a company of the 3 r . _"d and 4 th battalions-of each legion , composed of National Guards , commanded hy the lieutenanl > colo « el , aod a _compaa-j of infantsy of the army betvrcen eaeh legion .

      Afte _? % se _cara & a part of theb _nnooMsion which excited universal _interest ; namaly _. _theichools . They _oonsistedofthepurjals of the Po 5 jytocJ < nio establishment _, of St Cyr _, of tbo Marine , and the schools of Medicine , and of liaw ; the t \ so , lastout of uniform . After these stuae alone ; _svsph , of the wounded as could bear _tba-fosigue oftho dftytthey wero all without excepti & _niyfMirjgmen . . They werefollowed by the triumphal _eajj-oflibertv , drawn by eight whito _hoKesJ « _was _^ a xofty _. _yehicle _^ perha ps _Sfteea to twenty feet _, high , _-iifiilediintosffwral _ooiopartments , placed on _iMwhstwar . _^ 4 % . nhol p . _aarmounted * - * Uh a gU 6

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11031848/page/6/