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      ^^^^^ p ^^^^»^^^^^^^^^^»^^™ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^ . ^^^__^^^^^^^^»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . EFFECT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN GERMANY . ILLNESS "OF " THE ~ EMfSROR OF" ~ RUSSIA . From BerliB , under date of Feb . 29 , we learn that a courier from St Petersburg arrived that day at the Russian embassy . The contents of his despatches were immediately communicated to the oonrt , where they made a very profound impression . It was asserted that the courrier brought the intelligence of the serious illness of the Emperor of Russia . _ Prussia is making extraordinary military preparations . The Prussian Diet is about to be convoked immediately . ^ ggBMB ^^

      The Germanic Diet published on the 1 st instant a proclamation in wh ich all Germans are exhorted to fas united ; and measures , it is said , will ba taken to preserve peace at home , and the Confederation from invasion . AdviceB frem Vienna of the 27 th announce a state of great agitation , produced as much by the news frem Italy and the financial embarrassments of government , as by the news from France . The Carisbuhb Gazetk of the 2 nd saya that petitions had been laid before the chamber demanding the general arming of the people for the following objects : The free election of officers ; a German parliament , freely elected , by the people ; every German who has attained his twenty-first year to be an

      elector ; one elector for every thousand soul ? , and one deputy For erery 100 000 ; every German who has attained his twenty-fifth year , of whatever rank , fortune , or religion , ean become a member of parliament ; the German parliament to te held at Frankfort-on-the-JJaine ; the parliament to m ake its own regulations ; absolute liberty of the press ; com . plete liberty in all affaire relative to religion , conscience , and instruction ; trial by jury ; the general rights of a German citizen ; Income Tax ; welfare and education of all ; protection and guarantee of labour ; equitable and economical popular

      administration ; responsibility of ministers and publio officers ; abolition of privileges . In the afternoon , aft « the sitting of the chamber , an imroensejcrowd repaired to the castle , which was guarded , aa a measnre of precaution . Some voices were heard to demand a political amnesty , and to reqnest that the persons taken into cnstody on the eve should be set at liberty . Five of these persons were set free . Several deputies of the Opposition requested the crowd to withdraw , a request which they complied with . Patrols sf cavalry went round the city in the evenin ? . The avenues to the Town-hall and the prison were guarded by the military . The Colosse Gazette of the 3 rd says : —The Baden government have announced the abolition of the censorship , the establishment of a civic guard , and the introduction of the jury system .

      FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC . M . L&martine , the Foreign Minister , has issued the following maaifesto to the diplomatic agents of the Republic : — ' Sir , —Yon know the events of Paris ; the victory of th « people , their heroism , moderation , and tranqaulUation , and the restoration of order by the co-operation of all the citizens , as if , in that interregnum of the visible powers , general reason was alone the government of France . The French Revolntion has thns entered upon its

      definitive period . Prance is s Republic ; tbe French Repnblic does not require to be recognised in order to exist . It rests on natural and national right . It is tbe wish of a great people fully entitled to judge for theraselves . Nevertheless , the Fhhch K : public desiring to enter Into the family of established governments as a regular power , and not as a phenomenon destructive of European order , it is expedient that yon promptly make known to the government to which yon are accredited the principles and tendencies which will in future direct the external poUey of the French government .

      Ths proclamation of the French Republic is not an act of aggression against any form of government in tbe world . The forms of government have diversities as le . gitimatB as the diversities ef character , of geographical situation , and intellectual , moral , and material development among nations . Nations , aB well aB individuals , Bare different ages . The principles which govern them have successive phases . Tbe monarchial , aristoeratical , constitutional , and republican governments are tbe expression of those different degrees of maturity of the eeniua of nations . They require more liberty ,

      aecording as they feel themselves able to bear more ; they require more equality and democracy , according as they are inspired by more justices towards , and affection for , the people . It ii a mere question of time . A natien destroys itself by anticipating the hour of that maturity , as it disboneuri itself by suffering it to escape without eeizlsg it . Monarchy and Republic are not , in the ejeB of real statesmen , absolute principle * , which combat each other to the last extremity ; they are facts , which contrast with each other and can live face to face by tinder , standing and respecting each other .

      War is not according the principle of the ¥ rtno \ Republic as ia 1792 . when it became its fatal and glorious necessity , Haifa century separates 1792 from 1848 . To return , after half a century , tothe principles of 1792 , and to the principle of conquest of the empire , would not bo to advance bnt actnally to retrograde . The Revolution of yesterday is a step forward , not backward . Theworld sad we desire fraternity and peace . If the situation of the French Republic in 17 S 2 ac . counted for the necessity of war , the differences existing between that period of our history and the presentr poch account for the necessity of peace . You must apply yourself to understand those differences and explain them around you .

      In 1792 the Bstion was not united . Two nations esisted on the same soil . A terrible struggle was continued between the classes deprived of their privileges and the classes which had just conquered equality and liberty . The dispossessed classes coalesced with captive royalty and foreigners anxious to deny Prance her revolution , and impose againnponher , by invasion , monarchy , aristocracy , and theocracy . There are no longer distinct or privileged classes . liberty has freed them all . Fraternity , of which we proclaim the application , and of which the National AsBtmbly will erganisethe blessings , will unite everything . There is not a single citizen of France , to whatever opinion he may belong , wfeo will not rally round the principle of the country , and reBder it inexpugnable by that very union against the attempts end fears of invasion .

      In 1792 it waB net the entire people who Dad taken posseision of the government ; it was the middle class alone who wished to exercise liberty and epjoy it . The triumph of the middle classes then was egotistical , like the triumph of oligarchy . It wished to monopolise the rights conqaered by all . To that effect it was necessary to operate a powerful diversion against the advent of the people , by urging them towards ths field of battle , in order to prevent them from having a share in their own government . That diversion was war . War was desired by the Monarchists and the Girondins ; it was not desired by the more advanced democrats , who wished , as we do , the sincere , complete , and regularreign of the people , comprising , under that denomination all the classes , without exclusion or preference , which consti . tute tbe nation .

      In 1792 the people were DHt the instruments of the revolution , and not its object . To-day the repoluties was effected by them and for them . The people and the revolution are identical . By entering it , they introdaced into it their new wants of labour , induBtry , instruction , agriculture , commerce , morality , welfare , property , cheap living , navigation , civilisation , in fine , which are all wants of peace ! The people and peace are bn 6 one word . In 1792 the ideas of Franee and Europe were not prepared to comprehend and accept the great harmony of

      nations among themselves , for tfee benefit of mankind . Tbe views of ths centnry just expiring were limited to a few philosophers . Philosophy 1 b new popular . ' Fifty years of liberty of thought , speech , and writing , bavo produced their re jolt . The books , journals , and tribunes have accomplished the apostolic mission of European intelligence . Reason beaming from all points across the frontiers of cations , has created in the minds that grand intellectual nationality which shall be the completion of the French Revolution , and tbe constitution of interna tional fraternity all over tbe globe .

      Fiaally , in 175 . ! , liberty wag a novelty , equality a scandal , and the republic a problem . The rights of tbe people , only just discovered by Fenelon , Montesquieu , and Rousseau , were so much forgotten , buried , and profaned by the ancient feudal dynastic and priestly traditions , that the most legitimate interventions of the people in its affairs appeared a monstrosity in the eyes of tbe statesmen ef the ancient school . Democracy made both thrones and the foundations of society tresble . To-daj thrones asd people are accustomed to the word , to the forms , to the regular agitations of libsrty exercised in various proportions in almost all , even raonar . cbial states . They will accustom themselves to the republic , which has its complete form among the more advanced nations . They will acknowledge that there is

      a conservative liberty ; that there may be in a republic not oBly a bettsr order , but also a more genuine order in that government of all for the sake of all , than in ths government of a few for the sake of a few . Moieover , besides these considerations , interestalone in tbe consolidation and duration of the republic would inspire the Statesmen of France with ideas of peace . It is cot tbe eonntry bat Ubtrty which runs the greatest danger in war . YTar is almost always a dictatorship . Soldiers forget tli * institutions , acknowledging them only . Thrones tempt the ambitioae . Glory dazzlcBpatriotirih . The prestige of a victorious name veils the attempt made against the national sovereignty . The republic desires glory , no doubt , but it desires it for itself , and not for Csesars or Napoleons !

      Xererthehts , do sot deeeiTejourB elves ; these ideas that tbe provisional government charge you to submit to tbe foreign power * , as a pledge of European security , hare not their object te obtain pardon for tbe republic , for the audacity and temerity it had displayed in presuming to come into life , and still lets to humbly de » mind the placa of a great right and of a great people ID Europe . They have a more noble object in view , which is to make both sover « igng and nations reflect , and not to allow them , to 1 » involuntary deceived respecting the character of our revolution ; to place the event ia its proper ligb' . , and impart a just impressioa to its features ; jjiriallj , to give pledges to . humanity before giving

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      them to our rightB and honour , if they should be misunderstood . The French republic , then , will uo . t cora « - mencewar with any state whatever . Itueed not say thatit-wlll accept warif-conaitlensCfwararoTSfferca tO'the French . The sentiments of the men who now govern France are these—France will be happy if war ba declared against her , and if she be thus forced , in spite of bor moderation , to increase in power and glory . Terrible would be however , the responsibility of France , if the repabllc itself declare war without any provocation .

      Such Is the feeling of the men who at this moment govern France . In ihe first case , her martial genius , her impatience for action , her strength ( accumulated during so raany years of paaee } , n-oald render her invincible at hose , and perhaps redoubtable beyond her frontiers . In the second case , she would turn against her the remembrance of her conquests which indisposes other nations towards her , aad she would compromise her first and most universal alliance , which is the sp irit and goodwill of surrounding nations and the genius of civilisation .

      According to tbesa principles , sir , which are those ol cool and deliberate Francs—principles which she can avow without fear aB without defiance to her friends or enemies—you will please to impress yourself with the substance of the following declarations : — The treaties of 1815 no lenger legally exiat In the even of tbe French Republic , bnt the territorial limits fixed by those treaties are facts which it admits as the basis of , and the starting point In , her relations with OthBr nations . But if the treaties of 1815 no longer exist except as facts to bt modified by common accord , and if the Republic openly declares tbat her right and mission are to arrive regularl y and pacifically at those modifications , the good sense , the moderatloa , the consciousness , tho prudence of the Republic exi 6 t , and are for Europe a hatter and more honourable guarantee than the letters of tbosa treaties so often violated or modified by Europe .

      Apply yourself , Bir , to moke those with whom you hare relstien to understand and admit with goed faith that the emancipation of the Republic from the treaties of 1 S 15 is recoacileable with the repose of Europe . For these reasons we declare loudly , that if Ihe hour for the reconstruction of some oppressed nations In Europe or elsewhere should appear to have arrived according to the decrees of Providence—if Switzerland our faithful ally since tbe time of Francis I ,, should be constrained er menaced in the movement of progress which it is accomplishing at home to lend additional strength to the union of Democratic Governments—If the independent states of Italy should be invaded—if limits or obstacles should be imposed on their interns ] transformations—if their right to form an alliance amongst themselves to consolidate an Italian nation Rhould be contested by force of arms , the Fronch Republic would believe itself justified In arming | to protect these legitimate movements for the advancement and tbe nationality of « itates .

      The Republic , you perceive , has traversed the first step in the era of proscriptions and dictatorships . It is determined never to cover liberty at horns with a veil . It is equally determined never to veil its democratic principle abroad . It will not suffer tbe hand of anybody to be interposed between ths pacific rays of its liberty and the regard of nations . It proclaims itself the intellectual and cordial ally of all rights , of all progress , of every legitimate development of tba institutions of those nations who wish to live according to the principle wbieh governs it . It will not pursue a course of secret

      er incendiary propaganda amongst its neighbours . It is conscious that there are no liberties durable except these which originate in theirown soil ; but it will exercise by tbe light of its ideas , by the spectacle of order and of peace , which it expects to give to tbe world , the only and honourable proseljtism— the proselytism of esteem and sympathy . Snolj is not war it is nature . It is not the agitation of Europe ; it is the life . Such a course is not to cause a conflagration throughout the world ; it is to shine from its place on the horizon of nations , and at the same time to anticipate them and to guide them ,

      We desire , for the sake of humanity , that peace may be preserved . We even expect that it may be so . A 8 iagls case of war was raised a year since between France and England . It was not Republican France which raised that questios ; it was the dynasty . The dynasty carries with it that danger of war for Europe which it had excited through the purely personal ambition of its family alliances in Spain , Thus this domestic policy of the fallen dynasty , which lay as a dead weight during seventeen years on our national dignity , was au obstacle at the same time to our liberal alliances and to peace , in consequence of itB pretentions to an additional Crown at . Madrid . Tbe Republic has no ambition . The Republic has bo nepotism to gratify . It inherits no family pretentions . Let Spain govern itself . Let Spain be independent and free . France relies more for the consolidation of this natural alliance on tbe conformity of principles tnaa on tbe successions of the house of Bourbon .

      Such , sir , is the spirit of tha councils of tbe Republic . Such trill invariably be the character of tha candid , firm , and moderate policy which you will have to represent . The Republic has pronounced at its b ' rth , and in the midst of the excltammt of a contest not provoked by tbe people , three words which have revealed its eouI , and which call down on its cradle the benedictions of God aad of man—Liberty , equality , fraternity . Ithasgivm on the day following , by tbe abolition ef the punishment of death for political offences , the true commentary ea those three words a 9 regards its domestic polioy ;

      give them likewise their true commentary abroad , Tbe meaning of those three words applied to our foreign relations is as follows—the emancipation of France from tbe chains which fettered her principle and her dignity —the recovery of the rank which she ought to occupy amongst tbe great European powers—in fiao , the declaration of alliance and friendship amongst all nation ) . If France ba conscious of her part in the liberal aad civilising mission of the age , there is not one of those words which Bignify war . If Europe be prudent and just , there is not one of those words which does not signify peace ;

      Receive , sir , tho assurance of my distinguished consideration . Lahabtinb , Member of the provisional government of the Republic and Minister for Foreign Affairs . Parii , March 2 . 1848 .

      NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . The decree of the previsional gevernment respecting the elections , a 3 published in the Momxkcb , is as follows : — The provisional government , wishing to deliver at as early a period as possible into the hands of a definitive government those powers they now exert in the interest , and by the command of the people , decree : — 1 . The electoral cantonal assemblies are convoeated for tbe 9 th of April next to choese tbe representatives for the people , at tbe national assembly , which h to dictate the constitution . 2 . The election will have for its basis the population . 5 . The total number of the representatives of the people will be nine hundred , including therein Algeria and the French colonies , i . They will be divided among the departments in the proportion indicated in a table subjoined . 5 . The votes will be direct and universal .

      6 . AU Freachmen who have attained their twenty , first year , and who hava resided for aixmeBths in a commune , are electors ; providing they are neither suspended in , nor deprived of , the exercise of their civic rights . 7 . All Frenchmen who bavo attained their twenty , fifth year , and who aie neither suspended in , nor deprived of , the exercise of their civic rights , are eligible . 8 . The voting will be by ballot . 9 . All the electors will vote at the chef liiu of their canton , by serutin and list , Bach bulletin will contain as many names as there shall be representatives to choose in the department . < No one can be named representative of the people unless heha 3 two thousand votes . 19 . Bach representative Of the people Will receive SR indemnity of twenty-five francs per diem during the time of the session .

      11 An instruction of the provisional government will regulate the details relative to tbe execution of th » present decree . 12 The National Constituent Assembly will open on tha 20 th of April , 13 . The present decree shall be immediately sent into every department , and published and posted in every commune of tbe republic Given at Paris , In tbe council of the government , March 5 , 1848 . The members of tha provisional government , Armand Jfarrast , Garnier . Pages , Arago , Albert , Marie , Cremieur , Dupont ( de l'Eure ) , Louis Blanc , Lodru-Rollin , Flocon , Lamartine . —The Secretary-general of the Provisional Government . Paqdebbe ,

      The Momtbur publishes a decree nominating a commission for the liquidation of the moveables and imrooveables of the ancient lute civile and the private domains of the Crown . M . Lherbette is appointed Liquidator-General , and is charged wit . h the administration of the property . M . Adam srid M . Erapis are the other members of the comtnisBion , and M . SaT * mnon , secretary . M . Hypolite Prieata is appointed delegate of the provisional government to maintain the sequestration over the property belonging to the Duke d'Auraa / e .

      Another decree appoints M . Nachet , Adrocate-General of the Court of Cassation , in place of M . Pascalis ; M . Benoit Champy , Advocate-General of the Court of Cassation , in place of M . Chegary ; and M . Lavue to a similar place in plnoe of M . Rowland . An answer has been received from Admiral Trehouarfc , thecomraander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron , giving in his own adhesion and that of the whole fleet to the proriaional government . The Prinoa de Ligne , ambassador from the King of the Belgians , had hia first interview with M . de Lamortine on Monday morning . He communieaied a despatch wkich he received from hia government authorising him to announce to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of tbe provisional government that the

      government 01 tne rung ot the Belgians wishes to keep up with the French government official relations on ttte tno 3 t amicable footing . M . Ki . ' asele ff the Russian charge d ' affaires , has had sqjmo intercourse -with M . de Lamartine , but merely with respect to passports and other routine It is announced that tho entire persoget of the

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      oorps diplomatique will be changed . The Duke d'HarcoHrt , or Citoyen d'Harcourt , as he is now called-, will go aa ambassador to London . It is said that the Citoyen de Boissy ( late Marquis ) will go as ambassador to Rome , and General Thiard to Rome . Twelve thousand five-franc pieces , bearing tbe name and emblem of the Republic will be issued from the mint today . As a specimen of the principles of commercial communism which the revolution is rapidly establishing our correspondent translates from La Puksse a document , by which the proprietors of tbat journal announce their adoption of the principle of allowing all persons they employ to share in common with themselves the profits ef tbe property . This has already been done by the directors of the Great Northern Railway .

      ' There is , ' he adds , ' another feature by ' which this revolution is contrasted with that of 1789 , and distinguished from , if not opposed to , that of 1830 . The people , reputed acepticj and scoffers , have placed the revolution of 1848 under the safeguard of the altar , in the sack of the palaces , the chapeh and tha oratories were held inviolable . A crucifix picked from the floor of a bedroom , was borne with reverence to the Church of Sfe Roch , and the crowd of insurgents as they deposited it in the terapio acknowledged on their keeep tho divinity of the Saviour . ' The provisional government have publicly called on the clergy of all denominations to invoke the benediction of the moat high on the French people , and to pray ( ov tha enlightenment ot that assembly in whoso hands the future destinies of France are about to bo planed . By a decree of the provisional government of the 8 th in 9 t , Algeria and the Colonies are to return 15 members to tho Constituent Assembly .

      With the exception of the continued strike of the omnibus drivers and conductors , everything was quiet and onierJy in Paris . The extraordinary gaiety with which Shrovetide was formerly celebrated in the French capital was , howover , snd ' ly contrasted by the almost complete absence of ranska in the streets and Boulevards on Sunday . Tbe Carnival had for some years been going out of fashion ; tbe late revolution had suages ' ed serious reflections , and the weather had become most unfavourable—circumstances which were held to account fer the comparative trhteiss of Sunday ; but it wa « b -Jiered tbat this day—always the grand day of the Carnival—would produce the fat ox ( who is this year named Duchatel ) with all the pomp of former time . ' Generally speaking , ' says one of our letters , ' the revolution has for tbe moment injured Paris . The English have already lefl in great numbers , nor has the panic yet subsiilrd .

      The proprietors of houses and hotels , of the restaurants and cafes , arid , in f act , all who lived upon the expenses of foreigners in the capital , are nearly in despair . They hope , hawever , that the formal recognition of tho revolution by Great Britain , the moment that its government shall have been installed , will recall the former British residents of Paris , and uive an example to other foreigners to resume their residence in ths capital . The people , who had until then retained possession

      of the chateau of tho Tuilerios , finally left it last Saturday . Never in this world was a house or palace more completely gutted than this . ' Wot even a pair of lace cufiV said a lady who saw it the day after the revolution , ' escap ^ d . ' ^ Furniture , ornaments , curtains , clothing , and carriages , were all conveyed into the court-yard or tbe streets , and pitilessly burnt , The apartments of the Duchess of Orleans and of the Duchess of Nemours in the Pavilion Mamn , should , however , be mentioned as having been comparatively respected .

      The MflNITEUH AlGKRIEN Of the 29 ill Ult . PUDlishes three orders of the day , signed by the Dulce d'Aumale , informing the population and array of the events tbat had occurred in Paris down to tho evening of the 24 th , with the exception only of the proclamation of the republic , which waB not known at that date . M . Lamartine ' s manifesto constituted the themo for general comment by the Parisian press , and on its first appsarance ia said to have excited a general apprehension that the French would interfere with other countries . The correspondent of tho Times ,

      writing on Monday , says , however , that the feeling of apprehension , founded on the manifesto of M Lamartine , which prevailed bo generally that morning , had in some degree subsided . Either tho minister had given verbal explanations and assurances that had removed all fears that the provisional government meant to push the propaganda , or more mature consideration of his manifesto had dissipated the fears conceived on its first appearance , for the impression bad become general that the French ( provisional ) government desired peace before all things .

      'Ibis improved condition of the public mind and Jts tendency to restore confidence tos , however , qualified by tho resignation of M . God ^ chsux , minister of finance , who is succeeded by M . Gamier Pages . 1 This serious event was brought about in this way , ' saya our correspondent;— 'M . Godechaux , at whose instance the proposed abolition of tbe stamp duty on newspapers had been suspended , became displeased when'tho measure was ordered to take its course . He said to his colleagufis , ' You have announced your intention to anticipate the date at which tbe interest on the public debt becomes pay . able , and you have otherwise unnecessarily

      undertaken obligations' of immense aaiount , and here yon take from raet , be 5 tnmp duty on newspapers ! What security have I that I ? liall not be similarly deprived of other resources ? ' M . Godechaux then tendered bis res-jgnation . He was , however , afterwards prevailed upon to resume his functions , and would have gone on with the business of the finance department had not the astounding intelligence reached him that the banking-house of MM . Gouin and Co ., formerly that of Jacques Lafitte ; ind Co ., had stopped pay ment . lie thereupon resigned office definitively . Tho creditors of the bankiog >! iouse ( of Gouin and Co . ) would , it was said , ultimately be paid in full , and the pJiarehoJders in the Caisse Gouin , ci-devant Caisse Laffitte , would , it is said , b 8 heavy losers .

      Several deputations of workmen of different trades waited on Sunday on the government at the Hotel de Ville , to make known their grievances . Among them was one of the calico printers , who presented an address in which they stated that what they had to complain of was not excess of w » rk , but want of work , and that want , they said , was owing to machines , which , however , they asserted they did not desire to see destroyed . They intimated that an in-Greaae in the exports would afford them relief . M . Cremieux replied bv assuring them that the

      government would be their devoted frisnd 9 . About three thousand young men , employed in the mercers' and linen drapers' shops , waited on the deputy mayor of Paris , to demand the organisation of labour . The deputy mayor promised to submit their demand to the government . A deputation of the pupils of the colleges of Paria waited on M . de Lamartine , to present their homage , and give expression to their hopes , confidence , and devotedness . M . do Lamartine received them kindly , and made a speech , in which he thanked them for their manifestation , and expressed hia warm sympathy for his young

      hearers . On Saturday evening there was a numerous meeting of hotel keepers at the Salle de la Redouto , in the Rue Grenelle Saint llonore , to take into consideration a proposition fer an application to the provisional qoYernment /" or relief iti the present crisis . The chairman of the meeting , after alluding to the vents paid for hotels , which lie aaW were so high as to hare left the tenants scarcely a chance of honourable existence even in prosperous times , but which would now cause the utter ruin of such as have leases if no reduction bo made , recoramer . ded that the government should be petitioned to issue a decree preventing the landlords from claiming at the present moment more than half their rents and that tbe National Assembl y should bs subsequently applied to for a law regulating the

      position of landlord and tenant on oases otjustice and equity , according to the new circumstances created by the revolution . A motion to this effect was put and carried with only one dissentient voiae . It was then proposed that the shopkeepers of Paris generally who have leases should be invited to join in the manifestation , and notice was given for a general meet , ing at tho Sallo Valentino yesterday , at twelve o ' clock . JNotwithstanding the shortness of the notice , nearly 2 , 000 tradesmen assembled , and adopted uninimousJy the resolutions of which the hotelkeepers had assumed the initiative . A delegate from each trade was appointed to co-operate with the chairman in tho measures to bo pursued , and the meeting then broke up . It waastitod that the num . ber of ' shopWpers in Paris is forty thousand ., of whom two-thirds aro supposed to hold leases .

      On Saturday evening a deputation of the persons who were wounded in the three days , waited on the provisional government , and were received by M . I ' aguerre , tbe Secretary-General , M . Cbateau lienaud , who presented the deputation , made a brief speech , to which M . Paguerre replied : — CitizeB 8 , you have fought for liberty ; but , more fortu . nato than jour brethren , wIiobs ailies we hare just honourod , you enjoy the result of your efforts—you liave tho Republic for which they gloriously ( ought . You will for the future lives under laws which you will vote jour aelvcB , for all of you , citiz » n 8 , will bu culled on to express

      your will , tho will of the countrj . There aM no mora persons privileged ; all cit « ens have the same rights , aud there is only one sovereignty , tbe Borcreigaty ot tbe people ; Citizens , you liaro new duties to fulfil—after having obtained liberty you must prencrve it , you must constitute the Republic . What your courage commenced , TOUr wisdom will accomplish . The Republic ia aot like tho monarchy—it is not ungrateful , and will knOW how to reward services rendered , ( Bravo ) YouVB are immense , and I can say atpreflent , that tbe provisional government Is preparing a commission , which wlU ingflfiba them ID the records of the natfcnni gratnuae

      Crie 3 of' Bravo ! Vive la Republique ! ' followed thiB speech . A Pole , who formed part of the deputation , demanded that France should not forget Poland , whose children had fought for her . M . Paguerre , in reply , assured him that that illustrious and unfortunate country possessed all the sympathies of

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      the Republic . As the deputation was about to withdraw , M . Paguerre suggested that the proper place for their banners was the Hotel de V ) lle . The deputation immediately consented to leave them in the hfttel ., The general commanding the National Guard rtsjured the deputatien that the flags would be in perfect safety , and that , to take them from the Hotel de Ville , it would be first necessary to crush the provisional government . A dinner was given to the deputation by the commandant of tbe Hotel , and when it concluded , they broke up with cries of' Vive la Republique !' The schedule annexed to the decree convening the National ABBemoly girea the number of represents tives to bn chosen in each department , there being one representative for every 40 , 000 inhabitants .

      General Cubicres , whose name his become so famous as one of those implicated in tl . e Teate affair , has tendered his adheBi ' onto tho provisional governmen ' , with an offer of his services to tbe republic . It is said that tho offer has been received very drily ; and that the Minister of War replied that if Monsieur Cubiores wished to serve thu republic in a military capacty , there was no reason why he should not do so , but tbat fchonsn » l way for those who bad no rank in the array was to enter aa simple soldiers of the line . Jt is not likely that M . Cubieres' zeal for the republic is so strong ns to induce him to devote himself to its service on these conditions .

      A considerable sensation has been created { says the Morning Chronicle ) by an act of illegality into which the provisional government has allowed itself to fall . By tile laws regulating tlio National Guards each regiment has the ripht to choose its own offioerj , and the officers nominate tbe colonel ; but the provisional government has taken upon itself , in the face of the latv , to nominate a colonel to the twelfth lp ^ ion . Tho person in whose ftvonr the government has done thin is no other than M . Barbes , who has been besides appointed Gorernor of the Palace of tbe Luxembourg . of

      Barbes was condemned to deitha ^ the leader tho conspiracy of the 12 th May , 1 S 39 . On that day he presented himself at the sate of the Palais de Justice on the Quai aux Fieura , at the head of a body of armed men . He summoned tho officer on guard , whose name was Drouineau , to lay down his arras , and on hia refusal Barbes Bhoi him dead . This is the crime for which he was condemned . The 12 th legion now claim not only their right to elect their own colonel , but they declare that in any case they will not bo commanded by an assassin . Yesterday ( Sunday ) the 12 th legion formally refused to receive Barbes as colonel , aDd the whole o { the officers have intimated that if the government persist in the appointment , they will all resign . The legion is to be

      called out again to-day , and some disturbance is feared . Tho more respectable portion of the legion being against Barbes , and the working classes being in his favour , it ia feared that a collision may take place . It is moro probable , however , that the reapeciables will stay away and allow Barbes and his friends to have their own way . This appointment of Barbea is , to say the least of it , an act of great imprudence on the yArt of the new powers . Nothing can be a clearer evidence of the general disapprobation of the appointment , than the fact that the colenels of the other eleven legions into which tho National Guard is divided liave intimated that they will throw up their commands if the appointment of Barbes bs confirmed .

      To-day several large bodies of the working classes went in procession te the Pa 2 aca of tha Luxembourg , to demand the orgsnisatinnof labour . They were preceded by flags and bands of music , but their behaviour was perfectly peaceable . M . Louis Blanc harangued them at some length , promising them some efficient measures in their favour , a / ter which they retired peaceably . Letters from Lyons of the 4 th state that there is still a great deal of agitation in tbat city : The labouring classes of the Faubourg of the Croix Rouge have seized upon theforMficationsof the place , . and expressed a determination to destroy them . The delegate of the provisional government , M . Arago , went away then , and is said to have stated tbat they were quite richt to destroy fortifications which were raised by the Orleans government for their opureasion .

      M-Barr . yer , tbe Legitimist deputy , has addressed the following letter to his constituents at Marseilles : — ' You know the events which hava occurred at Paris . Tell all my friends oponlj thai my line « f conduct is ab . soluttly and firmtj this : —To sustain the provisional government ; to cause persons and property to be respected , ' to maintain the liberty of voting , and to wait fov the decision of the National Assembly . Any other thought is shameful—sny other manifestation culpable . ' It is said that M . EmitafUi Girai'din has refused the Director-Generabhip of the Post-office .

      Intelligence was received in Paris on Monday that the workmen of tho coa ' .-pits of Anzin ( Nord ) had struck for an incrense of wages , demanding 3 f . a day in place of If . 50 c What is considered grave in this affair is , tbat this example will , it is ' supposed , be followed by the other tniners of the Nord , the Sorame , and the Pas de Calais * , and that 100 , 000 men would so bs out of employment . The news from Paria on Wednesday was of & favourable character , the Times says . — Not only had the French capital become ealra aa

      in ordinary times , but the journals were recovering their tone and attitude , changed or abandoned during the stermj fortnight that justelapsed . The National , without affecting to be the onjan of the provisional govern men t , was believed to be such in reality . In tho columns of that paper wore , therefore , sought with avidity indicatiuna of the thoughts and intentions of the Cabiuet . The number of the National jusi received was on that account read with consid « rab ! e satisfaction ; for its contents were interpreted favourably for foreign and domestic peace and order .

      Another sign of the return of confidence in the maintenance of order is furnished by the Journal des Dkbatj , which somewhat directly questions the expediency of establisoing universal suffrage . The elections eeem , in fact , to be regarded with fear and awe by all thinking men , and begin already to occupy , beyond all other subjects , the attention of the whole community , and to suggest misgivings which we shall be happy to see proved destitute of foundation . ' If , 'says the Debats , ' France will be better governed with universal suffrage—if she will

      enjoy move liberty , more wisdom , more strength—if there result from that immense ma * s of suffrages an assembly filled with wisdom , intelligence , moderation , and courage , tho problem will be solved , and we shall acknowledge ourselves vanquished , not merely in fact , but by reason , and we shall be among the first to admit that the former gaarautees , modifications , and qualifications , so mv . ch approved by public writers of even the most liberal opinions , were only vain and useless fetters and offensive precautions '

      From this brisf oxtraot it will be seen that the Journal deb Dkbvis disapproves universal suffrage and apprehends from its exercise misfortune fer France ; and proceeds to recommend » n preference the systems that obtain in Great Britain and the United States respectively . Ic then concludes by repeating its desire to find all Us doubts ot the expediency of rendering the suffrage unlimited falsified by tho result . ' The Debats would appear , however , premature in its critique and anticipations , ' sa \ 3 our corres r > ondent . 'Resort to Universal Suffrage w : > 3 in this preparatory instance unavoidable . The whole nation 13 merely called upon to elect a constituent assembly , which in framing a constitution will necessar ily have to lay down and enact a permanent electoral law . '

      'The object eftne leading article of the National is , ' observes one of our letters , ' to prove that the accession ef the French Republic has simpiifi > 'd the relations of France with Great Britain , the gocd understanding which ought to exist between those powers bavin ? been compromised by the Spanish marriages which forced the Orleans dynasty to throw itself in , to the arms of Austria . ' If , ' says the Na-XIO . VAt—A revolution had not occurred , tho molt Borieu 3 con .

      sequences would have ensued from tho Spanish marriages . It was determined by the Court party \ o send tbo Duke deMontpenskr to Madrid , in cas-J the Queen of Spain should dio or abdicate . England , on her side , was determined to oppose any arrangement which would place th ? government oi Spain in tho hands of tno ehitf of the Orleans dynnsty ; and Spain was far frem being satisfied with the authority which the Fr . 'nch govern , ment arrogated to itself . So that it would bava been possible to see a new war of sucesssien arise In tho midst of tho nineteenth century .

      The National next recommends thegovernment , now that no danger exists of an interruption of a gsod understanding with England , to apply itself to the arrangement of the detail for the elections , and to set the finances in order . The National relies upon Italy , Switzerland , and Spain to assist France , shpuld tbe absolute Powers of the North attack her , regard , less of the consequences which might Occur in Gep . many an'd Poland from the report of cannon on the Rhine . ' The National recommends that prompt measures should be adopted to re-establish a eood feeling

      between the people and the array . The people had already given the example to the Minister of War by fraternising with the troops during the grand ceremony which took place on Saturday last . The National Guard were , moreover almost worn out by the constant service imposed on them , and those amongst them whoae families depended upon their labour for support are ruined . All military duty , therefore , should henceforth be equally divided between the National Guard and the troops of the line , which no doubt will be done now that the attention of the military authorities is called to the subject .

      The BU 3 ineas , properly speaking , of the republic would appear to be sedulously attended to . The ministers were necessarily occupied in Ve-Ol'g&uisinj and ia improving ths regulations of their respective departments , and in discussing and publishing new messures for the publio servioe . Addresses of con * gyatu&tion , tso ,, were pouring in , and adhesions to &e sepublk weie . ; assaying in auch numbers as to ren-

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      der unquestionable its Universal recngni ion . Still there appeared none of the nois * inflated . ^ motion or verbosity that dfetim'B'died th <> po " uda cf 789 ? 17 ™ nd 1830 . The revolution would Appear r , XaiWed sincerely , but with becoming prmty . to Se 1 ^ mpnblli !;« . d ^ oftt ; re K government , abrogating the law of the 9 th ot September , 1835 , relative to crimes and offences committedby mean * of the press , and wplaowg £ , « ° j l the meeting of the National Assembly , by . the Jaws previously in force . The verdict ct the jury wiu require in future a mnjority ol nine votes . On Monday the Marquis of Norm an by Was interview with M . deLamartine , on tho subject ot the collisions which took placa at Rouc-n find Havre between the French and English workraen , tUB

      consequence of which has been that many of ihd Er . » lUh workmen have been forced to leave their work , and embark for England , without even receiving tbe wages due to them . Lord Norwanhy also complained of the conduct of the inhabitants of Gran ville , who have prevented the exportntion or French cattle to Enuland . M . de Laraarfciiie stated that acts of violence and excesses or" this nature were equally injurious to trade , and contrary to the relations of friendship existing between the two countries , but that it was only tbe effect of ( motion and want of reflection in those two p'aees . He added that the goverament would not fail to reestablish between the labourers and the fiail'TS of

      the two countries tho liberty , security , and friendship whioh ought to exist , and be strengthened , be- , tween the two governments . Notwithstanding this , however , it appears from the Havre journal that a vessel arrived in that port from Rouen with 260 English artisans , who had been dismissed from a manufactory in that t 6 wn , whero they had been employed for years . Tho Prhsse state 3 that the provisional government intends to place tho tomb ofNanolenn under tbe care of tho Emperor ' s brother Jerome , who ia to bo appointed Governer of the Invalides . It adds , that Marahal Molitor , tho present Governor of the Invalided , highly approved of the appointment , and wai the first to give it his sanction .

      M . Arago , tbe present Minister of the M < mne , iS to succeed M . Garnier Pai ; es an Mayor of Paris , M . Gamier Pages having been appointed Minister of tho Finances , The successor of M . Arago is not yet mentioned . The provisional government yesterday received a deputation of up wards of 280 citizens of the United States . TuGss sentlenvm walked in procession to the Hotel de Ville . and amongst them was borne the American fhg and tbat of the French Republic united together , and flowing from the same staff . Mr Goodrich , in the name of his countrymen , presented the following address : —

      Oentlotnen , members of the provisional Rimrnment of the Freneb Republic—A . i citizens of tho Unit'd S'ateS of America , » nd spectators of recent events in Paris , we como to nffar you our congratulations , a grateful recollection of tho past , and the tUs of amity which have cxiBted between your country and ours , prompt us to bs among the first to testifj to you and to the people of France the sympathy , respect , and admiration which theso events inspire . Acknowledging the riijht of every nation to form its own gorernment , we may still be permittod to felicitata Franco upon the cboice of a system which rHcngniaeo as ite baaia the (? reat principle * of rattonal liberty arid political equality . In the progress ef the recant strnggl < here we have admired the

      magnanimity of the French people , their self-command in the hour O ( triumph , and their apeedy return to order and law after the tumult and confusion of revolntion . Wo seo in these circumstances happy cm .-n ? of cood to Franco and to mankind , assuranc-s tbat what his beea so nob / y begun rrill bo consummate' ) ia tbo permanent establLfcmeBt of a juat and liberal governnnmt , and t&a consequent enjoyment of liberty , peace , and . pro ? perity among the citizens of » his great country . Accept these testimonials of the sentiments which fill our hearts at the present moment , and bo assured that the ne » s of tha revolution which you have just achieved will be hailed by our couatrymen , on the other side of the Atlantic with no other emotions than those of hope and joy for

      Franca and for tba world . M . Arago replied as follows : — Citizens of the United States—We are happy to hear the expression of the sontiments which you havejust manifested , a » d we are happy » uch sentiments proceS from the ciUzons or a free people . Weare , above all , ; happy at the manner in which you appreciate the 3 Cts of tbo Parisian population . You uava perceived what courago our felloiT-citiz ; ne have shown on the day of combatj and what moderation they havts shown after the victory ; you bavo also seen with what eagerness that people , after havlos departed from its ordinary sphtre , ngain placet ! itsslf under the dominion of its laws , You iiavo justt / declared that a poopls has a right togire to itself such a KOvernTient as suits it . loek at jour own flac—jou behold there the evident proofs ofjonr prosperity ; tho numb . ' . r of starB which aro there displayed h&s been prodigiously augmented , and will bo still more eo . ( Bravo , bravo !) What has be > -n eo great au

      advantage to the American population , cannot fail to be so likfwiso tor the French people , ( Cheers . ) We havo n « doubt that jour fellow citizens in tho United Status will join in the sentiments which , have brought you this day before tho Provisional porernment . We have no doubt that fresh applaune will aUo be given there to the valiant population of Paris . [ ' Vft can answer for that . '] Gentlemen , tho prayer that we offer up , and which will te realis-d , is to tb . 3 American nation anil the Preach nation living in the most intimata union , ( Loud cheering . ) There in no motivs of diff rence botween you and us , onne that wo are istablished as a republic , and that we advance in tho republic path of libtny , equality , sn 4 fraterniiy . I nm convinced tnat the ttro nations will ba united , as ara the two colours which you there bearamon « st you . 'Vive la It- 'publique . ' ( Tho cry was three tiaieB repeated by the deputation . ) One ef the American gentlemen then said : —

      'The Americana here present reqaest yeu to accept these two flajjB united—they are the eternal emblem of the alliance between France and the United States of North Amsriea . ( The members of the deputation : 1 We swear it by our blood ! ' ) M . Abaoo : VTe receive the colour with gratitude . It shall be placed ia the Hotel de Ville ; and I trust that never will despotism attempt to snatch it thence . ( Loud applause . ) Tho double flag was then placed in tha Salle des Be . otptiona . The deputation tnen withdrew amidst reiterated cries of ' Vive la Republique !' The provisional governmeflt has just naraed a committee to examine the claims of all persons who have suffered damage in their property during the late revolution , and to award compensation for the

      . The provisional government has just issued a deoree , declaring tbat , as the laws of September , from fceing a flagrant violation of the Constitution , hava always called forth the unanimous reprobation of the nation , antl aa they are an infringement of the liberty of the press , they aro henceforth abrogated . _ All anterior laws relative to the presa are to remain in fori-e until such tima aa the Constituent Assembly shal have come to some deeision on the matter . The MoNiTsua' contaias a decree of the provisional government , whereby , in all the industrial

      and commercial towns a 'Comptoir National d Escorapte' is to be created , destined to spread the credit of all branches of production . The capital of these comptoirs is to vary according to the wants of the localities , and the capital is to consist of a third iucash , contributed by the subscribfra , a tlm-d in obligations entered into ' bj the towns , and a third ia treasury bond ? . Another decree institutes at Pans a Coinptoir National d'Escompte , ' with n eapiral of twenty millions , The city of Paris has subscribed a third of that sum , promise * another third m obligations , and . tho state nff'rds rhe tbird third . \ notber decree restores to the island of Bourbon its

      republican name of Reunion , The Palace of the Tuileries , now ' Falais dea Ibvalidea Civils , ' was cleared , on Tuesday morning , of tho armed people who had remained in it ainca Louis Philippe's departure . It would appear , contrary to th . 8 reports spread at Paris , tnnt they had conducted themaelvoa well in the Palace , aud that they ultimately left it without insisting on the pensions o * other retauneratioa they had at first required . ^ Throughout Monday numerous depu at : or-s succeeded one another at the Luxembourg Palace , where the Government ' Commission dea Travailleurs' sit . .

      According to the Consiitutiohmji ., tho following diplomatic appointments are to take place : —M . d'flarcoDrfc , London ; M . Homy , Rome ' , M . d'Alton-Slifeff , Turin ; General Fabvier , Constantinople ; M . de Tracy . United States ; M . Beaumont Vassy , Denmark ; M . da la Moskowa , Spain . All these gentlemen were , if we mistake not , member * of the late Chamber of Peers . The Minister of War bas issued a general order to tho army , declaring that tlie cockades / or the different corps aro to consist of Hie three colours , blue , red , and white , in the order juat mentioned ; tho Crown , hitherto placed over the bra-ss plato on the ahakos of the infantry ia to bo suppressed , A new arrangement of the colours of the nn" ° na * fhg has been ordered to be made by the government —henceforth the blue is to bo attac hed » o the statt , tbe white to be in the middle , and the red at tba extremity . This is the order in which they «» g « by the National Convention of the 27 th Plmoise

      toM ) rotation of Borvico by the troops ot the hue : ffiffSL * »»» should become once more familiarwith the appearance oi regular troop ? , aud that all pretext for maintaining any araonnt of armed men not in uniform should he obviatf d . The Ni « TKWto complains , that instead of the energy and »«*• -

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      I ^\ Im ^ index second finger erect , and I ^ rS The lower part of the car was covered I £ ^ mann velvet , ornamented with gold , and bear-I fiin crlt ? hg of laurel at the corners . Immense trii U ^ 4 fl * c 3 were nnm * onfc from each corner , and I # , « compartment bore the word Patrie . Lautfc * nrnfaselj distributed over every part of the i te i as well as on the harness at the horses tftf ' The honsiBgs which the latter bore were of I £ velvet and gold to match the car . After I cn 8550 ^ lar ^ e body of monnted National Guards ; B tf&'Xmbe rVtroops of the line , the horse ardlm ft * f . " pOnts-et-ChauEsees . and at last the Provi-9 W i finrernment and the Ministers , preceded and I * pd bytne faseea of the Republic . This part of fr ' : ! o ff r ^« 5 ion was most anxiously regarded , but no-1 * - ponla be more simple than their appearance . m fr . iUr . . tj . rma in liia nnalit . Y of Mavnr of Paris .

      I ' i nine of the other gentlemen , wore a tricolonred I / bat the rest were without any distinctive mark . I ^" ' a ( iron of the Uorse National Guard and a ? qua-1 n of ea ^ " ? of the army closed the procession . I Tie National Guard which formed the line at each S . / jn * the centre of the Boulevard , from the Made-1 * T ' to tie Place de la Bastile , placed itself at the |§ ' ^ ? o f ^ e procession , according as its turn came on . I S . p whole time occupied by the passing of this impfjjje cortege ivas within a few minntes of thre 8 I ^ tfce Place de la Bastile which wag its destinaj . ; p the ipace round the column was kept cle . rr by I h ^ -w . From its summit drooped two flags of black . ' p , nearly as hog as the column itself , spangled I ci » h silver stars , symbolic of mourning and tears . the to tbe vault it

      I -n ^ pre entrance beneath were 8 £ recteii t * o immense pillars or altars , each surg ' -unte 3 by a tripod and hune with black cloth . It I yss nearly five o ' clock ere the funeral cars arrived I Sf ~ ihe column ; the coffins were then borne into the I vcnlt , while the ' sacred fire' was kindled on the I a j * t 3 r 3 ' . The rest of the procession then slowly filed § pEjt , and the people dispersed ; all was over . Every I p-Trt ' of the Boulevards was as crowded as that from I ? rliifh the procession started ; all the windows and I falconifS , the parapets of the houses , every' buttress I s , ti coin of vantage' were occupied . The people at I all points uncovered a 3 the bodie 3 passed ; at in-1 { ervals the Marseillaise was sung by the people I iorains the procession , and the military bands I piived . I On no part of the route was public peace or truer

      I for a moment disturbed . I The following speeches were delivered by tho mem-I krs of the provisional government . M . Paguerre , Secretary-General of the provi-ional I sBvernment . who had been charged with the direction of that great solemnity , spoke as follows : — Citisans . —Family afiectioss , hotrerer holy tbey may I be , mast on this occasion givu way to the great affection r of the conntry . Tie relations whom yon have lost , the [¦ c&ldren wh ° m you deplore , who hsve died for the Bspubiic , are above all the sons « f tha Republic . It Is for i : to glorify the funeral rights . Leave to ub , leave to lit provisional government the pious mission ef expresses » ttfae came time tne afreny of prirara grief , and the profound feeling of giatitHde and public grief .

      At these words , the relations of the victim 3 , with a fouefeingresisnatiQD , retired to make place for the . numbers of the provisional government . Tnese gentlemen then placed themselves in the open space . The cries of' Vive la Repnblique' for a locz tima prevented M . Dup ' ont ( de l'Eure ) from niakins himself heard . When silence bad been re-= stored , the venerable President of the provisional government spoke as follows : — C '; t'ien 3 !—I am deeply afiiieted at having to address vdu on the occasion for which we have assembled . JTo cm'Esarethaa myself ean desire to pay to tbe

      unfortunate but glorious victims of our fine and last revolution tke testimony of the gratitude which is dae to them , tut I C 3 onot ; my strength will not allew me to make zarself heard . Several of my colleagues ef the provisional government propose to do so , and they will tell jou ia a mora worthy manner than I can do , how grand bstiiois' paiafbl is the solemnity which has called us to-? fctasr at fte foot of this monument . Let me be only permitted to deposit this crown of laurel and immorttUes oa the coffins of those who ara soon about to repose C ; 3 " our brethren who died for liberty in 1830 . ' Viva 13 3 = nubliqU 9 !'

      Loud and unanimous acclamations here arose on all sides , with reiterated shonts of " Vive la Republiqne V M O

      ocj-. et of all cur wishes * nd of ail our fondest hopes . Vi ' czz gratitude should we not feel , what emotions should we not experience , in speaking of those who have J 13 t IHfHe the last conquest , and secured to Franca the Republic which it has proclaimed , an « 5 which we , its first elect , havejust proclaimed in the name of the sovexi ' nj ) people . ( Cries of ' Bravo , bravo I * ' Tive la KepubHqne ' . ') This people , citizens , we have many times S 6 SD at TTOrk duriug the last half century ; we thought vr « Isnew them , bnt we were not avrare of their werth ; it wqaired these last three days to display to as what patriotism—what ardour for tho public weal—what thirst for liberty , was felt by those men who died bei ciad our glorious barricades , and secured the establishcent of the Republic .

      The men of the people have aleo tlaeir flag ! Our Siliiers follow with enthusiasm the standard of glory . Do yen know what standard it is that our people follow 1 It is an idea , and that idea is liberty ; and to achieve that idea they die , and , when dead , public gxatitnde ex-Claims . 'Honour to tbe heroes who perish to achieve lumy . ' ( Cries . of ' Bravo , bravo J ) C : tizfns , inl 7 S 9 the Bastile was here taken ; in 1 S 39 thU column , was given ns in commemoration ofihe three great days , the remembrance of which it ha * been Sinca cished to efface . Kow , in 1848 , we have founded the . Republic : such is the gradation . ( Cries of Bravo ! ' ) lit cs hope , citizens , that this will be the last combat . Our latest desceadsnts -will come into this enclosure , rsnJsrin ? homage to tfcosa heroes who have died for us —Tvjl ! proclaim their names and exclaim , 'Hoaourto tic = e men , for they have secured for ever to Franee the BccnMican ^ orerninect . ' ( Cries ef' Yes , yes , ' ' Tire la Eepublique . ' )

      The orator , then , advancing towards the tombi said : — Citizens , who repose beneath this fjJorions tomb , ma ? oar voice reach you . What eloquence is there not ne cssssry to respond worthily to the emotion of tfeia im-DEE ? e pfople , which has fallowed you with theirloud acclamations ! Let those acclamations of the pnblictell 50 a what my voice cannot . ' Honour to you , yesterday , « 'jr brethren , now noble martyr * to the cause of fco ' . y liberty ! Honour to you , immortal founders of our inmortal Republic ( Prolonged applause . ) Among sEchot nations some particular men have been cited wfeo devoted themselves to aehieva the liberty of their country . At Paris it was the entire Dopaiation whick rose—that people so full of generous feelings , so OTtrfiawicg with courage , so animated by pure patriotism ~ - ' . hat people who , en tha day after tbe victory , peaceably resumed their ccenpations as if to tell us , 'I have achieved liberty ; it is for yon to « rasecrate it . ' ( Crief Of'Bravo , bravp . ' }

      Te 3 , dear friends of 1848—3 ear friends of the RsvolutiOC Of July , 1539—flear flirao ' SQf tuepeaple tho lament and exalt you—jour names will ba sacred for u . s , they ¦ wiil be engraven on our hearts—they will keep up in the midst ef ns the love of the Republic ; as long hb we live we shall give jouthg most holy warship , and on each succeeding anniversary of this daj , those who will be tit the head of our Republic will come and bend with respect at this place , and from tae midst of an affected aEd gratefal crowd , will raise tbe cry of ' Honour to the founders aad to the martyrs of liberty . Yive la Republiqse !' _ The speech of M . Cremieux caused great emotion among the assembled multitude , and cries of Vive la Repnblique ! ' re 3 e from all sides . M . Garnier Pages , member of the provisional government , then spoke as follows : —

      C . tJzens—The fallen government waB founded on the worship of a single man . To the will of that man it sacrificed the honour , ths glory , the Nearest interests of ? racce . The career of those governments is invariably tricel oat ; they only live by corruption , audit is that WMch destroys them . The government which jou hava driven out stooped to Bedace and to corrupt every man's mini . After an ephemeral success for a few dsys , whole public taind was raised . Our proud France raised against it a universal cry of reprobation , and it disappeared . On those ruinB , which time will never again raise up , the people t : ke for its symbol the eternal motto of revolution , liberty , equality , fraternity Liberty , eqHality , and fraternity , citizens , Jb the condemnation , of the past , tfc . 8 work of the present , and of tbe futwe . Let us adopt , as the only object and means of government , the moral parity of heart and justice . ( Cries of ' Bravo , bravo . ' }

      The _ members of the Brovirional government then withdrew , amidst ranch cheering . Thereat of tne < w % aat ones broke op , and continued to die off for upwards of an hour . The crowd by degrees dispersed , and the Boulevards , after a time , SSStaT USMl a PP £ ara * C 9 of * rt ™ s S Tl im of agitation still existed in that « t / . Tbe conmmiirtB had taken possession of the barrack of the Bernardines , which they still held out sgainst the authorities , and refused to surrender , IW ^ I l . r . ? < 1 ItIflaS which could not be granted . ihe delegate of the provisional government , M . E . Arago parleyed with them for some time , tut by the last accounts they still refused to lay down their arms .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1461/page/7/