Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 25th March 1848, Edition 3 of 3, Page 6

Page 6
Page 6
6 of 8

On this page

  • Text (2)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      The N Nnthebn Star. Makcs 85, 18,I8 I _ ...

      THE N _nnTHEBN STAR . _Makcs 85 , 18 , I 8 I __ ii _1-itt- mm - 11 n inn TI ill ll r 'I 11 I I -i . , _m _~~ _miw _** Ka _& _BMttB _^ _n _& l _^^ _^^ _^ _m" , , . i ¦¦¦¦ _¦ i ¦¦ — —¦— -. ——¦ . _i-j- ¦— _^ " ~ - _--55 _B I " 3 *

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . . A great _outery _having raised _«® _gj rt the dr-£ _^ _££ < r _^ _K £ « i the gift , of fortune . A , _£ * S _^ _toi _. concerned . It i . cl _« r that an h , n « t _wasant pos . mcd of good sense and _experience w , 1 ro-SSthe _intewsU of _hiselais in tbe numbly ofthe _S infinitely better than « rich an * ataeaUd _cto £ 5 bo _erperieuceof rural life or blinded hy Interest , *? variance with those ofthe balk of the peasantry . A , to fortun _* . the remuneration which will be _atsyneo * . to all the members of the _Awembly will suffice for the _maintesauce of tfee very poorest _.

      ItmuBt not be forgotten , that in a great assembly like that which is abont to assemble , the majority of » he _raembers fulfil the functions of jarore . They decide affirmatively or negatively whether tho _aeasure , proposed b y tiie elite of the members are good or bed ; They only require honesty and g « d mum : they do not invent These are noble sentiments . J _£ e- _*» OTr « _' _« » ft 11 the famous circular of Le _& o-RolUn , Minister of ihe Inter ior , to tha Commissioners of the provisional

      government . , LSDHTJ-ROIili . 8 CIRCULAR . The _cirenlar wbich fc « s reached yon , and which has _Tresn puWneo * _, traced ont your iutiet . It is . however , important that I Enter with yoa into some details , ana that I state more clearly whet I expect from yonr patriotism , now that by your care the Republic is _proclaimed . From several _dvpartrntints demands have been sent into me , inquiring what your powers ere . The _MiniEter of "War has been 'in some anxiety in what touches your relatioa * with the military _leadero . Several _amoHgst ton deBire to be informed &» to the line of conduct which you ira * ht to follow with respect to tha law functionaries ; 6 nal ! y , the _Sational Guards and the elections , particularly the Utter , ought to be the object of your constant attention .

      1 . What abe Torm _Powras ?—They are unlimited . Agent of a revolutionary authority , you are revolutionary alee . The -rictorj- of the people has _impased on you the duty of getting your work proclaimed and consolidated ; for tbo accomplishment of that task you aro Invested with its sovereignty ; yoa take orders only from your _OOnsctenss : you _ar , s to _actascireumt _' flneesmay demand for the public safety . Thanks to our state of publio morals , that mission is n * t a rery terrible one . Hitherto you have not had to break down any serious resietnncc , and you have bean able to remain calm in your force ; you must cot , however , deceive yourself as to the state of the _coun try . Republican sentiments ought to bo strongly forwarded there , and for that purpose all political functions must he allotted to men sure , end of republican principles . Everywhere the Prefects and _Snb-PrpftcSB ought to be changed . In some localities their continuance in office is denaended ; it is your duty to make the population perceive that those _persona who

      served a power each act of which was a corruption cannot be preserved . The nomination of 6 _ub-commiss ! _onera to _replsce _tfcosa _func-i _> n » rles belong * to you ; and you _C 4 n refer te rae whenever you feel any hesitation . Choose in preference men _beleneing to the chief town . You are not to take them in the _arrOBdfcsmvnt itself , unless you know them to be perf . ctly free from oil spirit of tt ' _er _is . Do _netsetyoung rsen aside , as ardour and generosity are the privilege of that age , and the republic bas ne _< d of _thosefiae qualities . Yon must also provide fer tke replacement of mayors and their deputies . You will appoint them provisionall y , investing teem with ths crdi 3 ary power . If the municipal councils are hostile , yoa will dissolve them , and , ih concert with the mayors you wiU nominate a provisional municipality ; but you ¦ will not have recourse to that metture except iu cases of rigorous necessity . I am of opinion that the majority of tbe municipal _couacils may be preserved by placing at their head new leaders .

      2 . Tors Relatiokb with the _Officem ih Cobband of tub _Tboops . — You are exercising the powers of the executive authority , so that the armed force Is nnder jour orders . Tou can call It ont , end put it In movement ; jou can even , in grave cases , suspend a commandiDP-officer , referring the case immediately to ae But yon ought to show tbe greatest caution ia this part of your functions . AU that ou your part might offend the just susceptibilities of the officers _orso'ditrs ¦ would oa an _iaexcnsehle fault . I understand that ia several departments the _conrmissienerB have not at ones established a bond between them and the military authorities : I em astonished at that , and I recommend yon not to sin against these simple rules of good _policy aad propriety . The army , in the lata events , showed a lively sympathy for tfee Republican cause , and It must be attached to it more snd mora . It is of th » people ss we are , aad it if the first barrier that would be opposed to an invasion . It is about to enter for the

      first time on the _possessien of its political rights . Thereftrehouour it , and do what sou can to obtain ihe goad wishes ef those who command It . Do not forget that your powers do not extend to the _regulations ef disci _, pliue- _tfety may be summed up in these two woidt—to make use of tha military force , and to gain it over b y enrksof _eatena and cordiality . S . _YOCH REL 1 T 10 S 5 WITH THE LAW FCRWloKAares . —These _maeistratt s depend on tbe Executive _authority , _o-sdj i 3 th ? circls precisely traced out by thi law . Ton -will _3 emaT . d from the iaw officers a tJtvoted co-operation , and wherever you Ao not aad it yon will _iaiora me , at the same time mentioning snch _persoae as are _wmMiaolp for tfc _' . ir _praToby _anS firmness , I shall _ccssmaoicate ths _vosae to the Ministry of Justice . As to the law ofieen , who are immovable , you will keep a close eye on them , and if any of the members should exhibit _public marks' oi hostility , yen may use the right of suspending , which . 50 M _eovareiga _autherity _- conferg on you .

      4 . 2 f _ATiosxt . _Gdaed . —You trill receive from me detailed instructions en the organisation of the civil force . X hare endeavoured to provide againit all tbe difficulties which yon may meet with . Those which arise from le . csl aud unforeseen obstacles must be surmounted by your patriotism . In proceeding ta the _sUctions , 50 U will conform yourself to the decree of the governmentthat is to say , that in derogation lo the law of 18 S 1 , yon Trill cause to be namtd all the officers , without exception , by the National Guard , commencing by tbe superior _FafiJa . Yeu will carefully watch over the ectien of the sub-commissaries and of the municipalities , end will oblige them to render yon an exact eccount of their operations .

      6 , Thc Eir . c * noK 5 . —The elections are your great work ; they will prove the salvation of the couatry . It is en the composition of the assembly that our destinies depend . It must be animated by s revolutionary spirit ; if net , we shall go en to civil war aad anarchy , On tbis subject , put yourself oa yonr gnard agalmt tha intrigues of _doable-faced men , who , after having served royalty call themselves servants of the people . Those will deceive yon , and you must refuse them yonr support , 1 st your root d ' ordre he , ' Sew men , ' snd , os muea ai possible , from the ranks of the people . The working

      claiHB , who ferm the living strength of the nation _, should cho 9 _ee from amongst them men recommended by their _inteli ' _senCS , their _moralUy , arri ! their _deTotednesj ; united to tho _e'tie of thinking _taea , they will bring force into the discussion ef all great questions which will be agitated under the authority of thelrpractieal experience . They wiil continue the revolution , and tneymll Unit it within the bounds of possibility and reason . Without them It will he led away in vain Utopias ideas , when it _wfil be st'fiVd under the efforts of a retrograde faction . Enlig hten the electors , and repeat to them incessantly teat ths reign ofthe men of the monarchy ig finished .

      You comprehend how great i » your t » Bk . The education of the country is not complete ; it ia for you to guide it . Cause on all points of yonr department the _niefiliBS of _electoral cemmittees ; eramiae closely thc _qualification : cf the candidates , and stop at those onlj who appear to present the strongest guarantees of Sepublican opinion , aad the greatest chance of Bnecejs . * 5 _fo compromises—no eoapkUanee . Let the day of election be the triumph ofthe revolution . lEDBr-Uor . r . iif . "We sppend the following « zeellent remarks on the aboV _6 circular from the _Reforme

      ;—The aristocrats and sleepy heads hava cried out against the _viperous condemnation of double-faced _intriguers , strvants of the monarch y transformed Into courtiers of the people , . , according to theBa men the circular bears within it the following _abominabb blasphemy : — ' The assembl y must he animated b y the revolutionary spirit , or elie we will march towards oivil war and _ankroby , . . Let there ba no compromise , & c . ' Alas ! _interests and fears had been irritated b y each a declaration . But theBa words ara tt ae . We will nave war and anarchy , if we havo not the government of right , aud if the spirit of the republic does not penetrate _$ he future _censutaeut _aswraoly . V 7 e might show the degrees , _fonvrcal ones perhaps , which are before ut , End which wo mast successively traverse , if tbere is a combat , for before _everyshing the republic must lire and lest ; but we prefer an app ; al to all the _citizans , and to convoke them forthe service of a revolution which bears with it peace and equality , bat which may also bear war with all its torches and all iu rtven »> e . '

      THE _NAnOSiL GUARD . _TheMoMTEus publishes the folio xing account of the reception of the depatation of the _National Guards which went np to the Hotel de Ville on Tflnreday , to protest agaicst the decree of the pro-Tision-M _cove-nment dated the Uth inst ., _retire to theivauoiiai _Guardfs . M . Armand Marrast , _mem-Ow of the p _ovisieaal government , aidressed them in tbe following terms : — _CiitenF , 'be provisional government has already had notice of yoar pretensions _through the medium of the press . It would bave desired earnestly that men like

      yourselves , _necessarily friends to order , and whose duty it iato _maintain it , should not have dipar . ed from the regular mode of _subaittins ycur claims . We have beheld these manifestations with regret , they not only _faaving tlio inconvenience -of exciting others of a contrary nature , of prolonging the agitation in the streets , but of rendering still o-. ore painful the _K _.-isis _, already so difficult , _wbieh _cemmsree has to sustain , and of _prs-? _eatiag peace from rtigniag iu the minds of inea , as in faet it rci _gos in tha city . As to the measure alluded to , we say from the bottom of our hearts , that it has not Oeen decided _upoulightly , that we have deeply reflected oefere cosing to a decision , after having naturall y cjn-

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      suited your officers of the EtM-Hojor of th » National Guard , and _soae ofthe _eoramandsrs of ths legions . This Is what has "been decided open , and you , men of sense ani intelligence , we leave you to judge _yourg ; _lres yon 'will understand tbat when wa fore * an immense Natioaal Guard , wo eannot _prtssrre the sompanies of grenadiers and _voltlgeura to form the nucleus of the sew companiej . And that for two _rowonB—the first and prinelpal of which is cot to _deviate In the least from the principle of _Hbsrty , equality , and _fraternity , inscribed on our banners . What constitutes the force of tbis principle U , the fraternal union of all tho citizens . It is essential that the National Guard thus constituted should form a union of brothers , and for that purpose It is impoe > ibla tbat im

      smaller associations can subsist in the midst of an . _mense _sggrejate association ef tho citizens . Wa ara convineed this fusion will quickly take place , and that eight days at tbe _utmoBt will _suSce to _reerganise It , and to come to a decision on tha choice of tho officers . There is also another reason in favour of publio order ; the companies of grenadiers and _voltigeurj spread over a great _eatent of territory would naturally take more time _totssembleincaseofnsad—onr ob'rot has baento remedy this obstacle . For these reasons , and after having _lOEg an _^ maturely deliberated on the subject , we have thought I * an imperious duty not to maintain the special cadres of the two companui , whilst thoso of ail others are disorganised . They will , therefore , like their neigh _, boura . forw part ef the geaeral mass ef citizens . There

      is nothing in this to eiolte your _ssscepttMllty , or wouna your _feelings ; tha best _guarantee of your rights la to acknowledge the rights of others . What wa desire is that the elections shonld be a truth , sincere and complete , that they might not be for yourselves alone , but for every citizen forming a part of the National Guard , the expression of their will—the equality whioh you wish for yourselves must _ecist for every one ; otherwise , tbe sentiment of union aad fraternity which you ought to be jealous to maintain , mora particularly in tho interest of ' public peace , is merely imaginary . You can comprehend that it would be impossible for a Republican Government to deviate even iu % slight _dflurea ftoa its maxim , and to compremiee the principles which are a strong hold , the principles of Liberty , _Equality , and Fraternity .

      M . Arago Eaid : — M . Ledru Rollin has been alluded to aB having takes upon himself personally the decision la question , iu his quality of Minister of the Interior . M . Lodra Eollin lias decisions to make for which we leave him alone responsible for . But the decree which you protest against has been decided upon in a council of the whole govsrament , after baring _beard the natural cbiefs Of the National Guard , Hi £ . de Courtals and Qu ' mard . We naturally imagined tbat the measure would produce a slight emotion , bnt we never imagiu-d it woald bavo become so profound , and moreover tbat it would prompt JOU tO B > proceeding , wbich bas not only already bad its inconvenient effect * , which will perhaps promote far more serious on _* s . To-morrow Rill sben—to morrow we shall

      witnesB a manifestation of tbe workmen to reply to that of the National Gu . _ird . We shall calm It , I hope ; bnt do you not think it would be deplorable to establish a struggle betweenMbe workmen and National Guards , _ivtilst on the contrary we wish the _utmast union ! Our _rsottois : Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . All our acts tend to prove these three words a . reality , and you can easily understand that we have beheld your manifestation this day witk deep _rogrei . It has already produced unfgrtunate _resulta—ihe shops are shut , und trade , already at so low an ebb , will feel tbe irTccta of it . You behold , gentlemen , the consequ ' . _nees of your proceeding ; I bave alluded to the results it m » y have to-morraw . Believe me , confide in us , and rest assured that tbe only aim ia all our _ifForta is to arrive at a complete and brotherly union among all the _citisens .

      Tha deputation then retired , declaring that it would rely upon the wisdom of the Provisional Government .

      UAGSIFICEST DEMONSTRATION OP THE PROLETARIANS IH SOPP 0 BT 01 ? THE _PROVISIONAL 00 VIBKMEM . We now give a detailed account of _ttra demonstration Of the people on Friday the 17 th , briefly noticed in our 3 rd edition of Saturday last . The demonstration of tho National Guard on Thurfday was the principal subject of discussion in the ultra-democratic olub 3 which were held that _evening , and it was then resolved that the people _ahc-uld make a _oounter-denionBtration on Friday . In one of thee ** meetinp . over whicii M . Blanqui presides , it was a « Bcrted that the late chiefs of the Opposition were the _instigators of that movement . Others ascribed it to _Carliat iatrigues , and denounced the National Guards aB partisans of Henry V . This accusation had gained some credit among the people , for during the night bauds traversed the streets , crying' Down with the Garlkts ! Down with Henry V . ! Vive Ledru-Rollin' *

      The _following placard posted np at an early hour on Friday _morniDg : — The people , daring the combat , were heroic after the victory were generous , and now , are sufficiently magnanimous to refrain from inflicting punishment . They are calm , because they are powerful and just . Let evil passions , let wounded interests , beware of provoking them t The people are called upon to give a high moral and social direction . It Ib their duty to fraternally call to order such misled men ae mav still try to maintain privileged bodies in tbe bosom of our equality ! They look With _AMWra 4 S _> _e Upoa these m & _allestatlou » against tbat

      Minister who has given so many pledges to therevnlution . Let tbe people , then , assemble this day , the 17 th , at ten in the morning , in tbe Place de la Revolution , and there esprtsi their will . We bave already shed our blood lo defence of the _revolution , and aro ready to shed it again . We will waif—we . who are often is want of the necessaries of life . All who at thia hour march against the revolution are guilty ofthe crime _oflSie-bumaoity . To us , _thsn , citizenBl Bally round the provisional government ! Let ua again assure It , tbat we are ready to give it our concurrence in all measercs for insuring order , UDity , and the public Safety . ' Vive la Republique !' Sob & ieb , _CiUiiasE , Pilbes , _Rozieebs ,

      GaNMIAU , LeCHALLIXB , IlWEET . The emissaries of the clubs proceeded to all the Briburbs , lo invite the labourers to rendezvous on different points , and to proceed from thence in bodies to the Hotel de Ville . Their instructions were strictly obeyed , aud about eleven o ' clock , the labourers poured down in masses into the city , forcing all their comrades who were working to join them . Those who assembled in the Champs _Elygees exceeded 30 , 000 . A numerous column defiled on the Boulevards , _Bhoulderingsfeovela and pickaxes , and driving wheelbarrows _befere tbem . By twelve o'clock , the square was filled by one dense throng , with branches from the main body extending np tbe small narrow streets thai ; debouch into the Place . The Pont d'ArcoIe was covered , even the atone arch that supports the suspending chains , and the chains themselves , were converted into standing pkcea by the crowd .

      The assembly did not wholly cosfriafc of workmen . From twelve o ' clock till two , the crowd remained on the Place cheering and shouting , at intervals raising the choras of the Marseillaise , or beating the appel OA their _driuaa . There was no sign of opposition to the manifestation of feeling ; the guard on duty was even lees numerous than usual . Towards two o ' clock , the crowd , thinking that the united effect of its numbers and its eheers had sufficiently indicated the degree and _direction of popular feeling , began to disperse , though very slowly . Aa the intelligence that all had passed off more quietly thaa had been anticipated began to spread , & manifest relief of the anxiety of the publie mind could be traced ; it was more sensibly felt on the Bourse than _aBywhere else . The agitation and uncertainty of thenioming were succeeded by an improved tone of feeling , and the opinions of the journals are divided on the step takea by the National Gnard , now felt to have been a coup _mdnquS .

      DEUASD 8 OP IHE PEOPLE , The Mokkbur _publishes the following account of the reception of the delegatea ef ( he people en Friday . at the Hotel 4 c Ville :-Towards two o ' clock , oil the members of the government being colkctad together , a _deputation , composed of ahout forty persons inm the _different corporations and clubs , was introduced ; and M . 6 < : rard read the following address : — ' _CltiZ'ns of tho provisional government ; , you havo proclaimed that yeu wished to have tbe revolution , tbo _aovereif nty of the peopio , democraoy , the Republic , a constitution made b y a national assembly . Tou have declared thst all the citizens were National _Gdards , and that all ought to co-opsrate in tho election of the National

      Guard . You hava also declared that you wished to bave bona fide elections , a real Natioaal Guard , o veritable constitution ; tbat is the reason why we have rallied around you , and given you our support . However , tho SUballem authorities , charged to p repare the inscription for the National Guard , have _nrglected the means ef rendering it complete , and , if the elections take place on tbe 2-5 ib , there will not ba any real National Guard . Besides , thB people have not had time to concert together oa the choice to ba made , and , conssquontly , there will not te any real elections . It is the same for tho other elections , and if it be desired to have a real National Assembl y , wbich can consolidate tho revolution and the Republic , it is indispensable tout aU the clt ' z . its shall be inscrihed _' on the electoral lists , aud shall havo time to consult _togethor in ordf r to vote with an entire independence and a perfect _knowledge of what they ore _afcout j but , in order that the elections bs perfectly independent

      and free it is necessary that no _nrmtd and paia troops should b ' e in the capital . The people look on tbe soldiers as brothers , and wish always to _fratvrniae with thera ; bat the democra _ticprincip lo demands that ( here be none but _citizens there where the people end the representatives have to deliberate . Ib consequence we cemo to lay befpreyou tbe _wishss of ihe . p

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      union , _corrgdeneB , _anti firmness , _aaA order will bo Be "' " like liberty ; the Republio will triumph , will _constitute the honour of France , and will aocompliah the h appiness ofkumanity . ' it . toon b _* afc said—Tba _govornmsnt of the _Rspublle is founded on public opinion , and will never forget that it is se ; our streagth , wa are aware is in that of the _prople , and our will ought always to be in unison with that which it o » preo « _e « , The _OfcninnilB _viis ' oh jou have expressed shall be the obj « ct of our deliberations , and tbe more eo that they have bean put forward in terms full of moderation . Be sure that it is the firm desire of the _provUienal government to march with the people , to live for it , ond , if necessary , to die for it . ( _Applauie ) A Deleoate here said—Be persuaded that , on its side , the people will die tor you—as long , be it observed , as you will _a-rve its rights ,

      H . Lodis Blano asked if the wish expressed was the general on » t A delegate _replied : We have convoked all the corporations ; we bave submitted to them wbat tvo desired to do ; tbey have all adhered , aud have sent US to JOU to present tha wishes we have just expressed , Another delegate said : What reply shall we communicate to the people * M . Lodis Elano replied : Say to tbe people who havo sent yo * that wo feel honoured in being tlieir representatives ; tell them that we _cnunot have a deslro which is not tbalrs , for without them we should be _nothieg , and we only keep here the place ef their _sororefgnty . Wc

      thank you for coming to us , full of confidenee In our patriotism , fuil of confidence in the desire whioh ia at the bottom of our hearts , to act witb you in your interest , without ever forgetting you , for tho salvation of the Republic , "We thank you , bb men for having placed us in a position to do it with independence . Now , citizens leave us to deliberate on these wishes—let ns deliberate , in order that It may be well understood that the provisional government of the _Itepnblic does not deliberate under menace . To thoBe who only represented the privileged classes it was permitted to feel fear ; bet that ia not permitted to us , because we aro your representative * , and because , in ' maintaining our dignity , we maintain yours . ( Marks of approbation . j

      A delegate here said : The people _exptct something betttr than words—they desire a definite reply . Take what time you please to deliberate , but we will not leave without a reply to eommunioate to the people . II . _Sobsibb said . - * fftt do not wish to influence or do Violence to the provisional government—wo have confidence in . it , M . Cabet : _—YTe have come to express wishes . The _provisional government cannot bo ignorant of the situation of the couatry . It rvgulm , as we all-do , energy to save the publio Interests . We hope , citizen members of the provisional _goverament _, that your patriotism and yonr _devotedness to the people , to liberty , tO thO rGVOlU . tion , will-find means of dissipating all _disquietude , and of giving to the revelutionary march that character of

      ord « r , liberty , union , and universal conrideDce whieh ia necessary to it to assure the triumph of the Republic , and Consolidate Us dosttnteg . The government ie too wise not to desire to d' liberate ; aad wo are too sincere friends of order and liberty net to leave it the opportunity of deliberating . M . _LEDaC-RuLUM , member of thb provisional government , said : I hav _» only a word to add , aad I believe this word will have some effect on your minds . You represent Paris , but you comprehend tbat France is composed of the whole of tbe citizens . " Now , two daye ago , _T sont to all the commissaries of departments to demand this : —la it materially poaslble for the elections to take place on the Oth of April ? Is it politically possible , and Is It for the interests of tbe

      establishment of tbe Republic , for the elections to take place on Sth April t You cannot , citizens , _imposo on tbe government to deliberate without being , before all , _enlightened as te tho state of Prance , without bein ? informed by its commissaries . You certainly represent the most active , and , for that reason , the most intelligent city ; but you oannot pretend to represent the whole of Prance ; jou can do bo bat on one condition—that , being elected by the people , representatives of the people , you have for tha departments , at for the whole of _Frasoe , as for Paris , tbe will and the decision of the people . Yeu must wait a few days . Ihavi _» fiiedoiitheS 5 th instant as tbe latest period for receiving from the most distant departments tbe answers that are to be made to me . When the government taking into consideration

      the wish of Paris , which ordinarily gives tbe impulse to tba rest of France , but which cannot desire to oppress _Fraacf _, shall have ( earned the views of tbe departments , it , as representing the whole country , will be able to assign a delay , if , in fact , it is necessary , for tho _esta . _blishment of the Republic , which Ib now only decreed , but which we do not wish to b . > hold , as yet , passing away in smoke . If we do not consent to have a national r * _pri-p « _ntatlon which would enly bo a marked _representation of the principles which bave been destroyed—if we do not conseat to again see the government set aside , as it _wsb in former times ; if we are _dotermined to have ft representation truly Republican , and if the people alao _^\ U have it ; li we find that at this moment the elections cannot take piece in such a way as to positively ensure tbe principle which we bave

      seen proclaimed after the victory , thea the elections shall be postponed . But once more I have te remark to yon , that you , a fraction of the _peeple , and not tha delegates of the whole of France , cannot desire to receive a reply from us before we bave obtained the necessary intelligence . Therefora we tako into consideration the wishes of this city . But wait until the dopartments have declared how the matter stands ; let us not say that PatU it _everything , and tbat tho mt of Prance is , bo to _sprak , abandoned . When we shall have arrived , tbreugh our commissaries , at a knowledge of the wishes of the whole of France , we shall come to _B resolution , viz , the postponement of tbe elections , if that be indispensable ; but wbat we want , what you want , is the real establishment of the Republic , whioh we have proclsimod on the barricades , ( Applause , ' Vive _Ledru-RqlUu f l

      M . Cabet . —We only expreBB opinions and wishes , We all know what agitations aro going on in the departments , what is the influence of the enemies of the revolution , ofthe republic , and of the people . Yesterday ' s manifestations must bare completed your information on that point , and the ma . _ncjuvres which were so audaciously manifested in the midst of the capital , where the marks ofthe barricades are not yet tffaced , are sufficient to convince us that they are carritd on with much greater energy , far from Paris , where the eyes of the government are not so immediately over everything . We are _eonvinced that the republic and the revolution Will bo in danger , if the elections are not carried on with a full and entire liberty on the part of the citizens , Bnd with deliberations mature aad reflected enough to give the real wishes of tbe people and a real national

      assembl It is iu the interest of humanity , iu the lnUrest of the classes which are hostile to us , that we speak . The danger is _natfor us—it is for others ; but we Bball aet so as to preserve all the rights of the people and all the interests of liberty . It has been _repsatedly Bald that the abyss of revolutions ouijht to be closed . _Citizens of the provisional government ! you have bow In your hands the most magnificent of tasks . We have expressed to you our desires , we have CQnjare . tl you tO _Wdleh over tbe public safety , because WO feel tUo _COIVio . tion that the people should set the example In all things . They ought also to prove themselves to be the friends of order and liberty , and that , as they know how to fight , thoy _UlfO know how to _dtliberate and express their thoughts . We have now onl y to retire and l _^ avo the gorernmeat to deliberate . { 'Yes , yes . ' _« No , no . *)

      A member of the deputation Baid There ore two questions upon which immediate answer * may be given . They do not concern Paris ; they concern the disbandment of all the paid troops , and the adjournment of tbo elections in the National Guard . M . Louis Blanc said—Citizens , tbese are two _questions which may bo decided soon without an appeal to the opinio n _* ofthe departments , for it would bo useless to wait for any information upon them , ThiB is my opinion , and I believe it to bo the opinion of tbe Provisional government , Only from motives which I have already explained , and they aro motives of great gravity whieh must speak to the hearts of ihe people , for , from the commencement of the revolution , tho people have shown that they bave a deep _senso Of the _dignity efman . From tbese seme motives I request , citizens , tbat you will leave us time to deliberate , and allow us to do bo at freedom . Tbat we may be worthy of maintaining vour llbetty . onrs should bo respected , J request ,

      therefore , that you will not put your questions , _aayinif , ' Answer Immediately , or we will not depart . ' This would be a violent proceeding . ( No . no ) This is a violence you do not intend to impose upon ub . All we can , at this moment , promise you is , that we will deliberate without delay upon the two questions with wbicb you are pre-occupied , I engage you even , iu the interest of the solutions which you see , in the interest of the government , whese dignity demands all our care , _Bince we represent you , we conjure you , loave the provisional government one day at least to seek wisdom fr & IIl its deliberations . We- will profoundly study the question with a _sincere desire of doing wbat the people demand , but at thc camo time preserving our _liberty beeauee liberty Is a duty e { _conscience , - which you Will nOt deny . M . Sobriee . —Tho deli gates of the people have no in tention of doing any violence upon the provisional government , for we have an entire confidence iu it . Some Delegates . —Not in all !

      M . _Sou-usb ,. —iu & U , gentlemen , without exception , without exclusion ; we bave sustained the government up to this day , and we will centinuo to sustain it till the constituent assembly meets . ( 'Yes , yes j to the last ! ' ; The circular of M . _Lodru-Ilollin has bsen approved by the people ; the departments , when enlightened , will tipprove of it as Paris has done . The people , you know , have been heroic in combat , and generous after victory , snd _sufilcio _^ tly magnanimous not to inflict punishment . Tkey are calm becaa _& c tho ? a . v * pownful and _j'lRt . I > st evil passions and wounded Interests beware of provoking them . The people are ibis day called upon to give a

      high moral and soeial direction , It is their ( Juty . to call fraternally to order such misled men who may again attempt to maintain a _privileged _hoily in the bosom ol our equality . They look with a severe eye upon those _Blfllllfeatationn against a Minister who bas given eo many p ledges to the revolution . Tbe . people come to day to express their will . We have shed our blood in . defence of the Republic , and are ready to sbed it again . Wo it ait with confidenco the realisation of tbe _proves of the government . We wait , although we arrj sometimes in want of the necessaries 0 ? life . Let the provisional government remembjr that it ia bound to provide all tho

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      eltlsea * wtt & tba moaaa of subsistence . Let It relies ' upon this , for we are how witheut work . All who at thia moment _saay be _counteraaNng the revolution , whether openly or secretl y , are committing the crime of ¦ _ftse-numanityi The people comprehend their rights and their duties . Behold , eitiien representatives of the _peonle those 260 , 000 fellow-cltlzens who surround you and cover you with their solicitude . They will support you , be assured , in all measures ef order , unity , ani public safety At this moment nil our souls form but one soul , the consecration of that great _principle—the sovereignty of the people . _IuUatiag people ! beautiful Franee ! thou hast not failed in thy mission l tby genius , which In 1785 and 1793 destroyed the old world , will soon com . plete its work by the universal enfran chisement of all men Then nations will be really brethren , and their eternal motto will be , 'Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , Unity 1 *

      . _ .. ... ... _u „ , Some delegates _asked .-DoeB tho whole ofthe provisional 5 ovtrnT _»» nt a _^ ove the circular ! M . Lamautihb replied—Gentlemen , I have been called by name I oOBwer tho oall , and demnnd to speak also . I _addnethiog to what was said to you ' "Art now with a * much dignity as propriety by our colleague , M . LouU Blanc . You feel bb we do , we In whom tbe people _plactu their _coijfideBco and personified themselves on tbe day of combat aad victory . That thero Is no government possible , except on the condition tbat you have the confidence and the reason to confer moral authority on this government . Is the moral authority of this government anything else , net only In itself , but for the people , for tho public , for the departments , for Europe whioh _regards us—Is It anything else than its complete Indeptnd-* . nre ol all exterior pressure 1 Tbat is the independence

      of the government — that its digDity—that ita only moral force . What aro wet Lookl Here Is our venerable Pmident , laden with ths glory of his eighty years , and who has been willing to _consecraU hia last _tlrtngth , at out Wi , to the _ettubllshment ef the R _^ public-- ( Bravo)—with independence , wish dignity , and liberty ; and , assuredly , in liberty and independence there is not a _Fresch citizen who can disown the nam * of Dupont ( da l'Eure ) . Around us what do you we ? A little group of men without aims , without _physlc » l support , without soldiers , without guards , who have no otber authority than that wbich the _ptople . _malatalns _respecting them , who de not »»« k any other , who plunge , who immerge as it were in thU peop le from whom they went forth , and who have not taken in the Republic a part to energetic and so _perilous except to he the guarantees of those popular interests ,

      sacrificed till now uader the monarchies , tbe aristocracies , the oligarchies which we have _paoied through . What is required in order that this sentiment should have IU _efftat , ia order that those popular principles should become useful to the happiness and to tbe rights of the people ! The continuance of ealm and order—nf that confidence we have g iven you , What CBB we oppose to you ! Only one thing—your own reason ; that power of general roason which is alone here placed you and us , which inspires us , and arrests you before us . _, It la thai invisible , moral , a _» d yet all-powerful force * hich _rendxrs us ealm , ourselves Independent and d j gni £ » A . in _preeBce of that mass which surrounds this palace of the people , defended by Its sole inviolability . ( Bravo . ) _TbatlaBt barrier of onr independence , as a government and as

      men , we will dofend to the death , if the pressure of the multituda Bhould wish to violate ll ; and it Is not for oumlvts itis for you that we should perish in defending it . What would be 3 people without a government , ono what would a degraded _gevsmment bocome to the people ? ( Bravo . ) I now come to the three questions which you have proposed , A delay of ten days more of the elections of the _National Gruard . On this subjeot w < have alread y considered the legitimate wishes yi th > people and your own desires , It bas been represented to _ui that the imi osing , solid , patriotic Republican mass ef thr population _Wiieh form the immense popular element of Paris , bad net perhaps had tbe time to inscribe themselves on these lists , and thus to outer Into the patriot _^ framework ia which we wish henceforward to enclose thr

      whole public force . We , in the first place , ordered a postponement of eight days , and afterwards to the 25 b March , I cannot give my individual opiuion , ani I would not wish to do so at this moment , 00 the results ot the fresh deliberation which may tako place on these subjects ; but you have in all fifteen da ) _s to inscribe yourselves . As to the troops , I have already Teplied on that eubjtct to one of tho patriotic associations of which you form part ; the queBtion is not thought of . There are no troeps . in Paris , except perhaps about 1500 or 2000 men dispersed , among the outer posts , for the protection of the gates of the railroads , and it is false tbat the government has even thought of bringing them nearer Paris . It weuld be senseless , afttr wbat hat taken place , after the fallen royalty has seen 80 , 080 soldiers fall before

      the unarmed people of Paris , to thiuk of imposing on it by means of somo bodies of troops animated by the same republican feelings as yourselves , wisbeB opposed to your own , and contrary to your _independesce . We have never had nor ever shall have such an idea . This is the truth—announce it to tke people ; its liberty belongB to it because it has achieved it ; it belongs te It because it has known how to proteet It from disorder . The Republio at home requires no other defence than that of thc armed people . Bnt , although thiB is the truth now , and that we declare to yon that we onl y require the armed people for the protection of our institutions , do not conclude that we would ever consent to the overthrow of French soldiers . ( Cries ef 'No I no . ' Bravo , " ) Do not conclude that w « wonld plaoe our bravo army In su-. pl .

      don , aud that we would prevent _ourstlrea from calling it Into tbe interior , and even into Paris , sheuld warlike demonstrations command suoh disposal of our forces for the safety ofthe country , Tae boWIw , _vrbo * fifft » yesterday only a soldier , is now a citizen like yon aud us . ( Cries of ' Yes ! yea ! ' ) We have given him the right to co-operate , by bis vote _sbb citixen , in the representation and iu liberty , which he will know how to defend as well as any other fraction cf the people . Aa to tbe third and principal question , that sf the prorogation to a distaat day of the convocation ef the National Assembly . I will not content in any tray to pledge either tho o _$ lnka ot my colleagues or my own on a measure which too deeply concerns tho righto ofthe whole _coun-ry ; I will prrjudge nothing , out of respect for onr independence , on a

      decree which would tend to declare to tbe nation thai Paris claimed tbe monopoly of liberty and of the R _« - publtc , and whieh would make ns assume , iu the name of the capital alone , and under the pressure ef a main —woii . inttntionod , but imperative by its _numbora alone —the dictatorship of liberty achieved by every one , but forthe whole of Franee . and not for somo ci _izsns alore . If you command tae to deliberate under this pressure of force from without , and to declare the whole nation , which ia not comprised in Paris , for three months , or for six months , excluded from its representation and from its constitution , I . will say to you what I said to another government a few days » ince , that you shall Only _WrOSt SUCh a VOte from my breast when yon have pierced it with balls . ( Loud applause . ) Ho , deprive

      us a thousand times of our title as a government , _rathi r ttu . ndepriic us of our free opinions , our dignity , our evident inviolability « = » evident abroad as much as at home , In order for & government to be respected , It must havo not only the reality but also the appearance of liberty . ( Cries of'Bravo , bravo . ' ) Comprehend , then , your power in ours , your dignity _«« d jour independence in _oure and allow ua tor ( be interest of tbo p . iople _, to reflect and deliberate coolly , and to adopt or reject the wishes of which you are the organs . We only promise you , I for my own part only promise you , to weigh them wall , without feat as without control , a » d to decide on what shall appea ? to us , not only the will of the people of Paris , but the right and wiil of all the Republic . ( Bravo . )

      Tho deputation bere applauded the remarks of H . Lamartine , and several of its members si 00 k him by the hand . One of them said , ' Be assured that the peopio are only here to support the provisional government . M _, LAH 66 Tira replied—I am convinced of it , but the nation may deceive itself . Beware of assemblages of this kind , however fine they may be ; tho 18 th Brumaire of tbe people may , against its will , lead to the _lBtUBrumsAreof _despotism , and neither yon norl wish for that _. The deputation them retired . The assembled people loudly called for the members of the provisional governtneut . Theil" wishes were _aeccdad to ; the members of the government placed themselves on a platform erected at the entrance of the Hotel de Ville . An immense shout of acclamation greeted their arrival , all heads wore uncovered , and a thousand hands were seen waving their hats .

      On silence being obtained , M . Louis Butte addressed the people , wbo listened with tho decpost attention , as follows : _CKlzenfl , —la tho name of tfee provisional government of the _Republic , I thank jou for having communicatad to it your -Manes , ior the _government , issuing from the people , would be nothing without its support- Tho provisional government is about to deli borate on the important questions which have been submitted to it , but it asks you for the power of doing so freely becauso it becomes your dignity as well as our own . You have understood that violence must be left

      to those who are not strong . ( Cries of' Yes , yea , ' and loud _appltuse . ) I _« is for those who are Btrong as you are to ixpreas thoir wishes firmly , but with moderation _nsd with majesty , That is what yon have done , and we thnnk you for it . Your attitude haa preserved yoar independence—thanks to you for it . Now , citizens , we beg you to retire with tba greatest calmness and % _w _& _svA « . Have _conMetxce io . _\ x % _j * oe assured that on the day that we can no longer _serva you well wo will rotire , and as I just now said to your delegates , if our retirement \ i not sufficient ne shall know how to die .

      This address was followed by laud cries of ' Bravo . * 'Tive la Republique ! ' Tive lo Gouvernement _Provi-Bolre ! ' were heard on all Bides . The members oi thc government descended fromtho platform , and tbe assembled masses put _themselves in motion , in admirable order , to proceed towards tbe column of the Bastile , "When the people left the Hotel de Ville , about 40 , 000 proceeded to the Ministry of tho Interior , where they , shouted ' Vive Ledru-Rollin _» . ' aud demanded that the regular troops be sent out of Paris . The Minister camo forward and addressed them as follows : —

      _Citizenc—You require the army to be sent away . No doubt , when an army becomes the instrument of . tyranny —when it _constitutts itself into a prmtorian guard—it deserves the hatred of all _wc-lUthinkiag wen , of all friends of liberty . BuA aro our bravo soldiers such ? Wero they disposed to raise _thuir _urms to fight for op . pressors 1 Surely , citizens , not one of you will douhtthe

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      bravery of our _aoldlars ; nor will he doubt their force or power ! For during the daye of February tho army refused to fight , it fraternised with us , aad colmly looked nn , _vrhipt the blind Monarch , who was _endeavourta _** . to rivet oar chains still tighter , fled without as escort . Tie army , my friends , are tha people ; the soldiers are ourselves , you and _ei-ery one . ( Long . oontinued applause . ) Would you repel your brethren ! Would you rank with the part ' _dJ men who are your o _« n fi'Bb and blood—your own soul , and part of yourselves ? ( Cries of ' Brave , bravo . ') No , citlZvn » , you have no _euch sentiments of injustice , mistrust , and exclusion within you . To revive the ancient classes and distinctions among oitizms would bo a deplorable error . ( 'True , true . ' ) Besides , why have wa required the intervention , not of the whole army , but of two or three regiments ? For no _otherreasoa than to relievo theN 1 tional Oaard , We thank

      you all for your zeal , we thank the wbale National Guard for that _admlrableactlvlty which has maintained the great city In a state of calm . But we ought not to abuse yotsr good . will , and it is for that alone wo bave called in tbe aid of yonr brothers in arms . ( Cries of ' Bravo , bravo . ' ) Let vis saise our vole * in f & veur of the army . In our days of humiliation it preserved the honour of our country in Algeria , Whilst France , _delivared up to _foreigners by tbe governors who hare but lately been driven out , was exposed to _continued sbame , the army , the missionaries » f civilisation , held high tbe French banner , and caused n barbarous poople te acknowledge the greatness of our country . ( Long-continued acclamations ) Forget , thea , my friends , every needless mistrust , and jou will _bejust _, you will be good citizens , you will show tbat you are all united witb me in the same thought in shouting ' Yire l'Armea !' _Lenir cries of enthusiasm , 'Vive la Republique !' Vive Ledru-Rollin ! ' followed this address .

      The n ' ght passed in perfect tranquillity . Bodies of men , marching nine and ten abreast , continued to defile along the Boulevards from four till seven o ' clock , stopping the traffio of the cross streets , fer it was impossible for vehicles to break _through the lines , * they could only paw in tho intervals between the several eorps . As night fell crowds collected in different _npota , but principally about * the Porte St Denis and Porte St Mo ' rtin . The inhabitants _inthis quarter illuminated their houses , and about eight o ' clock an immense body of people began to move slowly along the _Bonlevard in the direction of the "Vf adeleine , siriging and calling on the shopkeepers to light up ; the cit _zeur * were taken by surprise , and whenever a delay occurred , ories of' Des Lampions '

      were rai ? ed ; as soon as lamps were fixed to the balconies tbe crowd gave a round of applause and marched on . In this way they advanced into comparative darkness , leaving a _bleze of light behind them . They were in a very . good humour , and not the slightest damage was done ; not a single pane of glass was _llPo-kefi , nor did the _Bhoplteerera exhibit any alarm , though neither police nor military were to be seen . Bodies of the new Garde Mobile were collected in _ronniderable force in tbe Rue Rivoli , and other streets , but mt of the line of mareh . At tha Boulevards des _Itilienu sections of the crowd branched off nnd _raade the side streets illuminate in the same _manner . By ten o ' olock the throng began to diminish , nnd by midnight _everything was quiet again .

      The Irisa residents in Pans were admitted on Friday to present an address to the provisional government , after the deputies ofthe people had been dismissed . They assembled on the Place de la _Ooheorde , to _jh » number of about 300 , and marched in a _P'OO'ssien to the Hotel de Ville , _preceded by & tricol . mred flag and a green flag with the Irish harp . AU wore the shamroek in their hats , it being St _Pattiok ' _s-day . M . Lamartine addressed the deputation , which then withdrew , amidst cries of ' Vive la Republique ! ' ' Vive le Gouvernement _Provisoire . '

      On Saturday the ambassador of her Britannic Maj _'s'y , bavin * demandedaraieable explanations on the f « ct of an Irish flag presented yesterday by the Irish de- _utation at the Hotel de Ville , the Minister of Foreign Affairs replied that tbe French recognised no other flag as ' national than that of thc United Kingdom ; and added that , in replying to the Irish , he had used no expression whieh waa not i ' b accordance with this declaration , though he manifested syrapatl ies for Ireland as regarded her religion and liberal principles . _Citis- _'n Bergeron , who v _? as tried in the _beginnins of tbe ex King ' s reign foran attempt against the life of his Majesty , had been appointed eemmi « _sary-general in the departments of the Aisne and Somme , and left Paris on Thursday evening , accompanied by citizens Nyon and _Lehanche ,

      Lettera from Lyons announce that the armed workmen evacuated on the morning of the loth the fortified « te «« t « of la Croix _Rousae , which waa occupied by the N * tional Guard and troops ofthe line . The Fort of _Montessuy had been likewise evacuated bv the people . ORGANISATION OF LiBOtJR . A meetins of masters arid chiefs of Industry took place on Friday , at the Luxembourg , under the _Ipreaidency of M . Louie Blanc . In a _Bpeeeh with whieh he commeneed the business of the day , M . Biano , after having reminded hie hearers that thc men who a month ago were the objects of persecution or ridicule had _aat in the palace oi one of the fallen powers ,

      said that the peril would be great for the holders of capital and the instruments of labour , if they longer _rnf used the concessions which the natural _pregrcss of ideas , and the great aet of emancipation just accomplished , commanded . In the course of his speeoh M , Blane said that all oppressions were odious to him , and he wonld no more accept that of the workman over the master than that of the master over the workman . Thia was warmly applauded . The assembly then proceeded to elect a permanent committee of t » n members , who , with the _tsn p ermanent _delegates chosen among the workmen , will have to assist tbe Commission of the Luxembourg in all its studies and investigations .

      The committee appointed to adjust the claims of the labouring classes c invoked on Sunday , at the Luxembourg , the delegates of the different trades of Paris , at half- paBt two o'clock . All responded to the appeal , and upwards ef two hundred workmen were installed in tbe hall hitherto occupied by tbe Chamber of Peers . M . Louis Blanc , the President , entered nh » rtly afterward ? , followed by hia secretaries , and informed the assembly that the entire Provisional Government would shortly appear among them , being desirous to fraternise with the real representatives of order , liberty , and the prosperity of the Republic . M . de Blanc had scarcely concluded , when the members ofthe government entered the hall , and were enthu-iisfcioaliy cheered . No cry wasraised

      in favour of anv individual member - exclusively , except that of 'Vive Dupont de l'Eure ! ' when the venerable patriot took the chair . M . Arago then thanked the entire labouring class , in the name of tbe provisional government , for the calmness , order , and peaceable and becoming attitude they had maintained during the grand manifestation of ihe 17 th instant , and for the confidence and forc _9 they had imparted to the government elected by their _ftcdftlaations on the 2 iih of February , and _re-electe 1 on the 17 th of March . M . Arago , moreover , urged all labourers to lose no time ia inscribing their names on the registers of the National Guard , and added that if their inscription should experience any obstacle _, they had only to apply to the provisional

      government , which would hasten to remove them . M . Arago and his _ealleagues then retired _araidstthe applause of tho _aBsemWy _, which was preparing itself to adjourn , when M . Louis Blanc having returned to the hall , invited the workmen to resume their seats . 'Donot be afraid , ' texclairaed M . Louis Blano , ' 1 aro a messenger of good tidings ! The Republic we proclaimed has commenced its journey round the world . I have been informed tbis instant by M . de Lamartine , Minister for Foreign Affairs , who has just received the news , that Austria is in open revolution ! That revolution ia so complete that Metternich haa fled ! ' This announcement was received with a triple salute ef applause , and eries of ' Vive la Pais . ' and the assembly adjourned .

      The National says , the English aristocracy are in ill-numour . What is passing among us astonishes and _friahteRB tbem . They can forgive our _alleviating the miseries of workmen , but that workmen should be supposed to have knowledge , tbat they should be cetujulted , summoned to deliberate os their interests , and be acknowledged to possess political rightp , this is unheard of , and monstrous . What in a month , and not later , & uorkman shall be seen in France , at seven leagues from Old England , sitting in the N tional Assembly by the side of a gentleman ! This is tbe subversion of all received

      notions ! It is the abomination of desolation ; and , good heavens . ' what will happen should the workman , perchance , prove to have more ideas , more special knowledge , more practical good sense than the gentleman ! What an example for John Bull ! Therefore do the English aristocracy feel themselves menaced . They are anxious and _indignant ; their wounded pride disturbs their head , and fear tlieir brain . This is quite natural , and we are not surprised at the malignity with which their journals appreciate events _theseope of which they too well understand . All that is done here is misrepresented ; they distort words , pervert acts , ant "; calumniate

      persons

      FINANClAl DECREES . Paris , _Satardar _, 6 p . M . The finaneial measures propo & ed by M . Garnier-Pages have produced a _decidedly favourable effect . These decrees of the Minister " of Finance , briefly stated are as follows t—All citizens who are assessed with direct taxes for the year _lSiShave , by law , the option of paying their total amount by a succession of small _periodical instalments spread over the year . Nothing of this ia altered by the present , decrees . They may pay their year ' s taxas either ia one payment , as some hava already done , or at tise intervals _assigned by law i ' or tho successive _instaiaents . Bafc in addition to the year ' s taxes , thus regularly payable , they are cilied upon imnediatcly to make a contribution to the state , amounting 10 forty-five- hundredths of the total amount of the year ' s taxes to which they are liable _. This , when paid-up , will bring into the Treasury very nearly 200 millions of

      francs . Another decree postpones for _s < x months after the days on which , tbey become respectively due all treasury bills , issued before the _gfjtli February * Thia

      The French Republic.. A Great Outery Hav...

      will save the _treasury from disbursements wi ,-would amount to 275 millions . _^ The holders of the Treasury bills thus postniw _hatft the option of waiting till the six months _prT _* when they will ba entitled to receive the amoi 3 specie , or of exchanging them for coupons 0 i J * new loan , at 5 per cent . par . Thus the he-Men , these bills are plaeed on the same _footing as th ? J _* _positors in the savings banks . _^ _Q _* - Of the amount which by these means will l brought inte the Treasury , it is intended to ani _priate sixty millions to augment the capital 0 f \ new banks of discount in Paris and the dpn . raents . . epart " Tbe receipt of the octroi , er the dues _beleneing .. _ "' *

      the city ot _rans , naa oniy neen interrupted f 0 r short time _during the revolution ; it _h-. i _anow ow _' m to the assistance and energy ef the inhabitants th National Guard , and the operatives , resu med 23 usual course . " _* The director of the publio workshops has is 3 De (? a notioe that " the workmen employed will have tw franca a day , and be employed at least ever ? otliP _? day . Those who are unemployed will receive on franc , instead of one and a half francs , as hitherto in order to economise tbe funds for the distressed " The Moriteub contains the _following _den-Pn placing 6 O , 00 O , 000 f . at the disposal of tbe Minister of Finance , for the _encouragement of agriculture manufactures , and commerce : — '

      The _provl . _lonal _government , in consideration of the _decree , dated this day , which imposes forty . fire centimes additional on the amount of thB four direct taxes _cohsiderlng that one of the _tfrst _dutieg of the _government of the _Rej-ublic is 10 alleviate tba _distieia whieh during four years has _foused » uch injury to aaricnltare , to * _nufactaree , and commerce ; _comid _^ _rinj that credit Is the mo » t _urgent n 8 ce » .-itv of _thoaa _threa elements of public _crndit ; considering lhat tba greater number of private establishments are _paralvned ; considering that it is necessary to supply tbe manufacturers with ths means of securing employment f 0 r tbe numerous operatives employed in thtir _factoriss ; decrees-Article 1 . —A sum of 60 , 000 , 000 fs placed at the dis . posal of the Minhterof Finance .

      Anlole 2—This _aora of 60 , 000 , 000 shall be divided be . t < _vetn the various _workBhopt which , according to the terms and following the dispositions of our decree of the 9 th of March . 1818 , shall be successively formed in Parle and In ths departments , and in all the great _agricnU tarsi msnafacturinir and commercial _ceutros .

      _POSTPONEMENT OP THE WATIOKAI , _OtTARD ELECTION-. Paris , Sunday evening—Tho government published this morning anotntr decree , in _eotnplianca with the desire expressed by the people on Friday , postponing to a later day the elections for the national GuMd of Paws , and the B . in ' wue . The day fixed by the decree i « the 5 th ef April .

      TOE NAXIONAI _, ASSIIIBLT . The provisional _government held a rapeting on Friday _nijht _. _^ o consi der and decide on the question ef the expediency of postponing the _electians to a later day than the 5 th of April , in accordance with tbe desire expressed by the populace en Friday through their delegates , It was resolved that m postponement should take place . This decision was almost unanimous . One member of the government only _votei for a postponement . That member is , of course , understood to be M . Ledru-Rollin . La _ReFORiiK affirms that the general elections of the constituent assembly will be postponed , notwithstanding the reported decision of the government oa that question _.

      THB ABUT . The Minister of War , with a view of earrying _oafj republican _prificiples in the advancement ia tha army , has addressed to the eemmanders of regiments a circular in which he directs that lists of those deserving promotion shall be immediately forwarded to him , accompanied by tho observations ef the commandant of the sub-division ; and he points ont to the commanders that in the new order of things only those deserving promotion should receive it , and charges him that he will allow no personal motive to influence his decision . The same circular states that although at the presont moment there appear to be no apprehensions asto _^ _the pacific dispositions of the foreign powers , yet , to ba prepared for all emer . gencies , a considerable body of _treopa will ba Bent to the frontiers , and that the infantry regiments will be increased hy an eighth company to each battalion , and that _similar measures will be adopted with the cavalry and artillery .

      MORB _POPUIAR DEMONSTRATIONS . Paris , Monday , 11 , a . m . __ Every day brings its _ceiossal popular demonstrations . A procession of ten thousand Savoyards which paraded the town yesterday with flags , ban * ners , scarfs , and other _insienia , was regarded as quite a tame and spiritless affair after the one and two hundred thousands ofthe preceding ; days . But this _morning , at six , the Boulevard was blue with thousands of blouses , with their usual banBera , patriotic ahouts . and national hymns of ' Mourir pour la patrie . ' The sovereign people are literilly sovereign .

      fhe deputation of Savoyards went to the embassy of Sardinia to desire the ambassador to place himself at their head , which he refused . Thev then _proceeded a / en *? the Boulevards to the Bastile , where they paid their homage to the martyrs of liberty . They marched round the column , and then made a subscription for the wounded . They then _preeeeded to the Hotel de Ville , and demanded of the provisional government the title of French oitizeBs . They were addressed by M . de Lamartine , who inf ormect them tl _> at after having made fhe demand collectively , they should make it individually , and it would receive all due attention , A decree ofthe provisional government , dated vesterday , appoints General bubervie ( Minister of War ) Chancellor ofthe Lfgion of Honour , and M . Arago , interim Minister of War , in his place . M . _Foriere Lafitte has just made a gift of £ 1 , 000 to the treasury .

      _GOVKRKMERT W 0 RK _9 . Some 5 , 000 worktnea are busy preparing the Champ de Mars for a grand national ceremony , en the opening of the assembly . In the Champs Elygees , some 600 more prepare for a large temporary construction to contain the next grand exhibition of national industry and art . We were amused to notice in a contemporary , apropos of this undertaking , that some drole of a _Franehman had got lam to believe that they were turning up the Champs _Eljseea to plant _potatoes ! In the Luxembourg garden , soma 400 are employed making changes : and National

      Ateliera for akilled workmen , just opening , about 2 , 000 are already entered , under the conduct of the pupils of the School of Art and Manufactures . AI the Chamber of Deputies , in tbe court of honour , a number of men are also employed preparing a tern * porary construction of wood and stone for the assembly , besides large numbers on other points , all of which contributes largely doubtless to the order and calm of Paris . All persons fined or imprisoned on _religiona grounds are _emancipated , THE POPULAR CLUBS .

      All sorts of enthusiastic titles are given to these associations , phrases dove-tailed into phrases , to strengthen thc signification . Thus we have the Fraternal Friends , the Republican Union Society , the Society ef United Workmen , the Democratic Emancipation Club , the Republican and . Natioaal Society of the Atelier ; while a good many are content to take simply the name of their districts , as the Club of the Sorbonne , Club of the _Marais , < fec . But tha ene which promises to have most influence , apd to extend ita hcaneb . es farthest over the country , ia _onn

      entitled the ' Grand Radical and Republican Election Committee , ' which is already established in most of the quarters of Paris , is presided over by ona of the two _viee-mayors ofthe city , and has for its organ t e Natiokal . Generally , indeed , these societies have some paper as tbeir organ , or vice verses , tha papers—such as the Siecus _, the _) Di £ MOCRATiK Pacifi-QDBj thO PEIjriiH COSSTITOANT , the RliF 6 fiME , —have their societies . Another stirring feature of the times is the _up-growth of new journals . There are no less than seventeen new daily papers since the Revolution , Belling from one to three half-pence .

      Among the many journals which have sprung into life in Paris within the last fortnight , there is one called La Wis j > xb Cmbj , wliich gives from day to day brief reports ot the discussions in these societies _. The ' orders of the day' are at present either abstract theories of government , plans for relieving tne financial difficulties of the state , or schemes for * organising ' labour . Forced loans , compulsory employment of labour , the arrest of emigration , ' by _refusing passports or the grant of them for limited periods only , the abolition of retail dealers and merchants , and the establishment of the great brauofc . es of business , whieh are to be carried on by the- government alone , are all proposed and supported , A few extracts will suffice to show what are the principles of the only organised debating and _policial bodies ia France at She present moment . The Mowing extract is taken fro _*» the speech , of a membe ? of the Central _Republican Society _: —

      Capitas ia the sole oppressor in tb > world ; the _workman ths-only person oppressed . Whether it be capital undergoing tho _changes and _modifcatioos of history , successively _personiijing Itself ir > the Brahmin , the Spartan , the patrician of Rome , the _magnificent seigneurs of Venice , tha gentleman e _* ' Prance , or the noble lord of England ; ar whether it be the workman , _outenst , slave , serf Irishman , or proletairo , laboriously moving in the _ciucla of progress , transforming himselt by _dogroeB , _conquarlDg new _righii , and mounting , step by _otep , the variww grades of the Bocial hierarchy—still wo meet the _saaie causes producing the same sanguinary

      and _disastrous effects . The strong and powerful cf each succeeding century have perfectly understood that tho foundatioa and continuance of their domination rested on the _cooperation and support oi public opinion . It waa noeassary to lull the consciences of the people to sleep , to conseorate tho legitimacy of usurpation in the eyes of all , and to causo this tyranny of many , weighing ao heavily on _foB inert masses , to he accepted as a necessity , aad of Divine right , They have therefore taken priests , poets , and historians into their pay , charged to make thia plot , laid against the liberties of all , succeed by terror and i gnoranee . Thence arose those _thOQrlea as itupiotti as _absvurd , that B great _wBuypQor _Werfl ne ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25031848/page/6/