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      ^ Xl — THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Aereat oafcrr haTing ~ b ^ n raised against the cir-OTU ^ f the Masters of Public Instruction and the Interior , we give the following extract from the " the « eat error sj-ainst which the inhabitants of oar ^ SlSS SUf . m « t b . guarded is *«•;» order to be a «?«»««««***• -eee « tf / d * h « to en , oy tbeadVantases of edncattoa or the gift * of fortune As fe « ScLthm » concerned , it b ele . r that an faonist J £ " t the Literati ofhis « la « 8 in the BEBembly of the nation infinitely better than ft rich and educated cuuea tsrinr no er perience of rural life or blinded by interests st variance with those of tbe bait of tbo ptsssntry . As to fortune , the remunerition which mil be BBBiguea to an the members of the Assembly ffill suffice for the mninte . sance of fte very poorest .

      It must not bo forgotten , tba » in s great assembly like that which iB abou t to assemble , the majority of fee memherg fulfil the functions of jurors . They dec . de amr . matkoly or negatively whether the meaiurei propoFedbj < he elite of the members are good or bad . They only require honesty and g od ten . e ; they do not invent Ttae a » noble sentiment * . We 1 . 0 * Give in full the famous circular of Ledra-Eolhn , Minister of rhe Interior , to the Commissioners of the provisional

      gorernment . LEDSUROIXIS S CIKCULAB . The circular which has reached you , and which has teen puUkhed , traced out jour duties . It U . however important that I enter with yon into some detail ! , ead tint I state more clearly what I eipect f «® y ° « P »" tristUm , now that by your care the RepubLc u proclaimed . From several departments demands hare been sent iato me , inquiring what your powers are . Tfee HiniBter of " ^ ar has teen in son * anxiety in what touches your relation witn the military leader * . Several amongst yon desire to be informed as to the line of conduct ¦ which yon ou .-bt to f-llow with respect So the law functionaries ; Scally , the National Guards and the elections , particularly ten latter , ought to be the object of your conBtant attention . ....

      1 What isi iocs . Powess !—Thpy are anlimited . Agent of a revolutionary authority , you are revolutionar aise . The victory 0 ? the p « opU has impesedon you the duty of getting your work proclaimed and consolidated ; for tha accomplishment of that task you are invested With its sovereignty ; joatake orders only from your cODScienee ; you in to set as circumstances may demand for the public safety . Thanks to our sS * ta of public xaorals , that mission is n « t a . very terrible one . Hitherto yon hare not had to break down aBy serious rcsmtance . aafi you have been able to remain calm in your force ; yon must not , howtver , deceive yourself as to the state Of the country . R-publicsn sentiments ought to be Strongly forwarded there , and for that purpose all political functions rcust ba allotted to men sure , and of republican principles . Everywhere the Prefects end Sub-Prefects cntjat to be changed . In some localitiei tkstr continuance in office is demanded ; . it is your duty

      to make ths population psrcelvo that tboia persons who served a power each act of which was a corruption cannot be preserved . The nomination of sub-commi « ioDeri to replace those iar . c 1 . naries belongs to yon ; and yon can refer te me whenever you feel any hesitation . Choose In preference men belensing to tho clisf town . Ton are not to take them in tha arrondktmtnt itielf , anleei you know thun to be perfectly free from all spirit of Wterfe . Do not set young men aside , as ardour Rnd generosity are tfcepriviltge of that age , and the republic fess need of thosefine qualities . Yon matt al « o provide far tie replacement of mayors and thtir depH-. ies . ^ You Trill appoint them pro-is : onal ? y , investing f » em with tha OrdiHary power . If ihe municipal councils are hostile , yes will dissolve taim , and , ia concert with the mayors you -will nominate a provisiraal municipality ; but you » ill not hare recourse to that msasnr * except in eases of rigorous necessity . I am of opinion that the majority of the municipal councils may be preserved by placing at

      their head new . 2 TODE REtATIOSS WITH THE OFFICES S IR CoHhakd or the TRooP 3 > -Yott are erercising the powers of the executive authority , se that the armed force la cnaer your erders . Yon can call it oat , and put it in movement ; JOU can even , in grave cases , suspend a commanding officer , referring the case immediately to me . Bat ycu ought to show the greatest caution in this part of your functions . All that on your part might effend the just susceptibilities of th « officers orsoJdiers ¦ would fea an intxcnfable f » ult . I understand that in several departments the commissioners haTe not at ores established a bond between them and the military

      authorities : I am astonished at that , and I recommead you not to fiin sgainst thesa simple rale * of good policy " aad propriety . Tht army , in the late eTenU , showed a lively sympathy for the Republican cause , and it must be attached to it more and more . It ia of the people as we are , and it is the first farrier that would be opposed to an invasion . It is about to enter for the first time on tha possession of its political rights . Therefore honour it , and do what joucan to obtain the good TTisaeB ef those who command it . Do not forget that your powers do not extend to ths regulations of discipline ; tkeymaj be summed up in thesa two words—to make use of the military force , aud to gaia itOTerby marks of esteem and cordiility .

      S . Yora atiwioss -wits the Law FcHCtioKuna . . —These maristratts depend on the Ereeutif e authority , oaly ia the clrcla precisely traced out bjth « law . You Tr ill demand from the law oSscrs a ieroted co-operation , and whsrever yon do not find it you will iHform me , at the same time mentioning such persons &s are remarkable for their probi ' . y and firmness . I shall eoamanicato the tame to the Ministry of Justice . A » to tha law officers , who are Immovable , yon Trill keep a doss eye on thtm . and if any of the members should exhibit puHic marks of hsstility , you may ^ e the right ef suspending , which your sovareign authority confers oc you .

      i . KAiroiTAt Gi / iED . —You will receive from me tfe . tailed instruction ! # n the cr ^ anisatlen of the civil force . I htre endeavoured to provide against all the difficulties which you may meet with . Those which arise from local and unforeseen obstacles must ba surmounted by your patriotism . In proceeding ta tha alections , you will conform yourself to the decree of the govemmtnt —• that is to say , that in derogation to the law of 1831 , yon ^ rfll cause to be named all the officer * , without exception , by ths Katioaal Guard , commencing by tfce superior raaks . Ton will cxrefnlly i ? atch over tha actisn of the sab-commissaries and of the municipalities , and trill oblige thea to render you an eraet account of their operations .

      6 v The Bkctioks , —The elections are your great work ; tiny will prore the salvation of the couatry . It is en the composition of the assembly that our destinies depend . It must be animated by a revolutionary spirit ; if nat , we shall go en to civil war and anarchy . On this Bubject , put youTielf on your guard agsiim tne intrigues of doable-faced men , who , after having served royalty , esll themselves servants of the people . Those will deceive yon , and you must refuse them your support , Le t yourm < &d ' orirebe , ' ' San sen , ' end , as muchag posable , from the ranks of the people . Tha working

      cltfStB , nh& farm the living strength of the nation , should chosse from amongst them men recommended b y their intelligeacs , their mor » lity , and their d « vote < 5 neB 3 } united to ths 6 itt of thinking men , they will bring force iato the discusrioa ef all great questions which will bs agitated under the authority of their practical esperlmce . 5 hey will continue the revolution , and they will limit it vrithia the bounds of possibility and reason . Without them it'will be led away in vain XJtopiaa ideas , Tf > . en it vrHl be stifi'd uader the efforts of a retrograde faction . SuligMen tue electors , and repeat to them incessantly t&at ths reign of the men of the monarchy is finished .

      Yoa comprehend how great is your ts * k . The « daeation of ths country is not complete ; it is for you to guide it , Caube on all points of your department the meeting of electoral cenraittees ; examine closely the qualifications of the candidates , and stop at those cnlj who appear to present the strongest guarantees of Republican opinion , and the greatest chance of Success , Ho compromises—so complaisance . Let the day of election ba the triumph of the reralution . IiDBr . RoitiH . "We append the following excellent remarks on tte abo ^ e circular from the Reforms : —

      The aristocrats and sleepy heads have cried out egainst the -vigorous condemnation of double-faced Intrigafcti , servants of the monarchy transformed into courtiers of the people . . . According to these men the circular bears within it the . following abaminable fclaEphemy : —* Tne assembly must be animated by the revolutionary tpir ; . , or el « e to will march towarda civil war and anarchy . . . Let there be no compromise , < £ c . ' Alas ! interests and fears had been irritated by each a declaration . But these worda are true . We will bare war and anarchy , if we have not the government of right , and if tbe spirit of tie republic does not penetrate the future conatheent asseably . We might show the degrees , funereal ones perhaps , which are before ue , and which we must sucjessively travarsi , if thtpa is a combat , for btfoie tveryihins ; ths republic must live and last ; but we prcf-r an appsal to all tbecit ' zjus , and to ceavoks them for the service of 2 revolution which bears with it peace and equality , bat which may also bear war , with all its torches and all its revenge .

      THE RATIONAL GUARD . The MoxiTEUK publishes the following account of fclie reception of the deputation of the National Guards which want up to the Ilotel de Ville on TlmrsdaFj to protest against the decree of the pro-Yisional gOYem -nent , dated the 14 . h inst ., relative to the National Guards . M . Armand Marrasti membBrofthe p'OvisJanal government , addreised them in the following terms : — Gittons , tbe provisional government has already had notice of jour pre ' im-ions through tne medium of ihe press . It woulo liave desired earnestly that mea lik « and rehose

      yourselves , nec ^ seriiy friends lo order , duty *« 5 tO maintain it , S ' lOUld not fcsvg departed from the regular mode of bUbmittiflg your claims . We have befceld these manifestations with regret , they nu only Iiavinf ; tha inconvenience of exciting others of a contrary aatare , of prolonging the agitation in the streets , but of renderi ng siili o . ore painful the trisis , already so Qifficult , which ca-am . rce has to sustain , and of-prijentlBg peace from reigning In the minds of men , as in £ . VZT * b ^ our hearty that it has not s » a astir

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      suited your ofik'MB of ths Etat-Mjjor of lb . 8 National Guard , and soae of tha commandtta of th « legions . This iB what hat been decided upen , and you , men of sense and iatellisenca , we leave jou to judge yourselves ; you will understand that wn « n we forra an immense . National Guard , we eannot pr * s « nre tho oompanies of grenadiers and voltigeura to form tbe nucleus of the Hew companies . And that for two reasons—tbe first and principal of which is sQt to deviate in the least from the principle of liberty , equality , and fraternity , inscribed on our banners . What constitute * the force of this principle it , the fraternal union of all the citizens . It is essential that the National Guard thu » constituttd should form a union of brothers , and for that purpose it is impossible that

      smaller associations can BubBist in the midst of an immease aggregate association of tho citizens . We are convinced this fu » ion will quickly take placa , and that eight dajs at the utmost will suffice to reorganise it , end to coma to a decision on the choice of the officers . There is also another reason in favour of public order ; the companies of grenadiers and . voltigeurB spread oTer a groat extent of territory would naturally take more time to assemble in case of need—our object has been to remedy this obstacle . For these reasons , and after having loflg ond maturely deliberated on the subject , we bars thought it an imperious duty not to maintain the special oadres ot the two compani < s , whilst those of all others are disorganised . They will , therefore , like their neig h , bours , forxi part of tbe general siasa of citizens . There

      iB nothing in this to eicita your suEceptiMhty , or wound your feelings ; tho best guaranti e df your rights is to acknowledge the rights of others . What we desire is that the elections should be a truth , sincere and compUte , thst 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 which you wish for yourselves must exist for every one ; othorwis * , tbe sentiment of unioB and fraternity which you ought to te jealous to maintain , moro particularly in the interest of public poace , is merely imaginary . You can comprehend that it would be impossible for a Republican Government to deviate even in a slight degree from its raaxim , and to compremiao the principles which are a strong hold , the principles of Liberty , Equality , aad Fraternity .

      M . Aragosaid : — If . Ledru Bolliu bas been alluded to as having taken upon himself personally tbe decision in qneBtion , lu bis quality of Minister of the Interior . If . Ledru Rjllin has 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 tho whole government , af . er having heard the natnral chiefs of tha Natienal Guard , MM . de Courtals and Guinard . We naturally imagined that the measure would produce a slight emotion , but we never imagin-d it would hare become so profound , snd moreover that it * roald prompt you to b proceeding , which has not only already bad its inconvenient effects , whlcli niil perhaps promote far more serious ones . To-morrow will sfcetr—to morrow tra shall

      witness a man ! fe « tation of the workmen to reply to teat of the National GuMrd . We 6 hall calm it , I hope ; bu do you hoc think it would be deplorable to establiab a struggle between the workmen and National Guards , whilst on the contrary we wish the utmost union ? Our motto is : Liberty . Equality , and Fraternity , All our acts •« nd to prove these three woras » reality , and yon can easily understand that we have beheld your manifestation this day with deep regre * . It has already produced onfortunate results—the shops sr « shut , and trade , already at ao low an ebb , will feel the effects of it . You behold , gentlemen , the consequ-nees of your proceeding ; I have alluded to ths results it mty hava to-morrow . Believe me , confide in u , and rost assured that the only aim ia all our tffcrU is to arrive at a complete and brotherly union among all the citizens .

      The deputation then retired , declaring that it would rely npen tha wisdom of the Provisional Government . lUGSiriCKSI DEMONSTRATION OP THE PR 01 BTARIAMSIH 8 UPP 0 HT OP THE PKOVISIOJJAI , QOVSBSMBM . "We now give a detailed ^ cconnt of the demonstration of the people on Friday tne 17 c& , briefly noticed in our 3 rd edition of Saturday last . The demonstration of the National Guard on Thursday was the principal subject of discussion in the ultra-democratic clubs which were held that

      veniDg , and it was then resolved that the people siuu'd make & counter-demonstration on Friday . In one of these meetings , over whicb M . Blanqui presides , it was asserted that the late chiefs of the Opposition were the instigators of that movement . Others ascribed it to CsrJist intrigues , and denounced the National Guards as partisans of llenry V . This accusation had gained gome credit among the people , for during the night bands traversed the Btreets , crying' Down with the Carlhts ! Down with Henry V . ! Vive Ledru-Rollin !'

      The following placard posted up at an early hour on Friday morning : — The people , during 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 snd just . Let evil passions , let wouaded interests , beware of provoking them I The people are called upon to give a high moral and social direction . It is their duty to fraternally call to order such misled men as may still try to maintain privileged bodies in the bosom of our equality 2 They look with a severe eye upon these maaifestatious against that

      Miniiter wso has given to many pledges to the revolution , Let the psople , then , assemble this day , the 17 th , at ten ia the morning , in tbe Place de la Revolution , and there exprtss their will . We have already shed our blood ia defence of the revolution , and are ready to ehed it again . We will wait—we . who are often in trant of the necessaries of life . All who at this hour march sgainst the revolution are guilty of the crime of lSie-humanity . To us , then , citizens ! Bally round ths provisional government ! Let us again assure it , that w « are ready to give it our concurrence in all measures for insuring order , unity , and the public safety . < Vive Ia Republique !' SOB&IEE , ClH&IGKE , PlLBES , RolIESES ,

      GAKHEAU , LiCHALMEB , IHBEBT . The emissaries of the clubs proceeded to all the 8 nburb 3 , to invite the labourers te rendfzvous 00 different point ? , and to proceed from thence in bodies to the Hotel de Vilie . Their instructions were Btrictly obeyed , aud about eleven o ' clock , the labourers ponred down in masses into the city , forcing all their comrades who were working to join them . Those wbo assembled in the Chatrpa ElyBses exceeded 30 , 000 . A numerous column defiled on the Boulevards , shouldering shovels and pickaxes , and driving wheelbarrows before them . By twelve o ' olock , the square was filled by one dense throng , with branches from ihe main body extending up the small narrow streets that debouch into the Place . The Pont d'Arcole was covered , even the stone arch that supports the suspending chains , and the chains themselves , were converted into standing places bj the crowd .

      The assembly did net wholly consist of workmen . From twelve o ' clock till two , the crowd remained on the Place cheering and shontkg , at intervals raising the chorus of the Marseillaise , or beating the oppel on their drams . 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 ths united effect of its numbers and its cheers had sufficiently indicated the degree and directit n of popular feelit'g , began to disperse , though very slowly . Ab the intelligence that ail had passed off more quietly than had been anticipated began to spread , a manifest relief of tbe anxiety of the publie mind could be traced ; it was more sensibly felt on the Bourse than anywhere ^ else . The agitation and uncertainty of the morning were succeeded bj an improved tone of feeling , and the opinions of the journals are divided on the step ttken by the National Guard , now felt to have been a coup manqi& .

      DEMAXD 3 OP TBS PSOPLE , The MoxirzuR publishes the following account of the reception ef the delegates ef the people en Friday , at tha Hotel ds Villa : — Towards two o ' clock , all tbe members of tbe govern - ment being collected together , a deputation , composed of absut forty peraons from the different corporations and clubs , was introduced ; and II , Gerard read tha following addreis : — * Citizens of the provisional government , you have proclaimed that you wished to have tbe revolution , tbe sovereignty of the people , democracy , tho Republic , a constitution made by a national assembly . Yoa have declared that all the citizens were National Gaartb , and that n \\ ought to eo-oprrate in tbe election of the National

      Guard . You have also declared that you wished to have bmajide elections , a real National Guard , a veritable constitution ; that is tho reason why we have rallied around you , and given you our support . However , the subaltern authorities , charged to prepare tho inscription for the National Guard , have nfglected the Bieana ef rendering it complete , and , if the elections take place on the 25 th , tbero will not be any real National Guard . Ba > sides , the people have not had time to concert together oa the choice to be made , and , conv ^ quently , there will not be any real elections . It is the same for tbe other elections , and if it be deBired to have a real National Assembly , which can consolidate the revolution and the Republic , it is indispensable tbat all the citiz . ns shall be inscribed on the electoral lists , aDd shall have time to consult together in ordir to vote with an entire independence , and a perfect knowledge of what they are about ; but , in order that the elections ha perfectly iniitpiindeat

      and free it is necessary that no armed and paid troops should be in the capital . The people look on the soUiera as brothers , and wish always to frattrnise with them ; but the democratic principle demands that \ htro bo none but citizens there where the people and the representatives have to deliberate , Ih consequence , wo cemo to lay before you tbe wishes of the people of ParU , and to demand in if name—1 st , tbe removal of troopB ; 2 na , the postponement to April 5 th , of the election * of the National Guard ; and 3 rd , the postponement to May 31 gt , of tbe National Assembly . Citizens of tbe provisional government , we cannot conceal it irom ourselves , that counttr revolutionary manceu res may endanger thepublio peace and the rsvolaticn , if year patriotism and devotedness should not save us . Yesterday , a menacing manifestation aimed at snaking you ; we reply to it by a peaceful manifestation , to defend you , and ourstlves with you . Let the government depend resolutely on a frank and generous people : let it gWe an example of

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      union , confidence , endflnan « ss , ancl otiei wim > o aella Ukelibarts ; the lUpvMa will triumph , vfftl constitute the honour of Prance , and will accomplish the bapplsesB ofVnmanlty . ' Pt H . Louh Blakc gflld—The gOTernmant of tha Republic Is founded on publlo opinion , and will n » ver forget that It is so ; our strength , we are aware , is in that of the psople , and our will ought always to be in unison with that which It expresses . The d emand * which you hare expressed ihall ho ths obj . ct of our deliberations , and tbe more so that they have bean put forward in terms full of moderation . Ba sure that It is the firm desire of the provisional government to march with the pebplp , to live for it ,. and , if necessary , to die for it . ( Applause ) A Delegate here said—Be persuaded that , on its « lde , the people will die for you—ps long , ba it observed , 00 you v ? ill auve its rights . M . Loom Blaho asked if the wish expressed was the general one ?

      A delegate replied : Wo have convoked all the corporations ; we have submitted to them what we desired to do ; they hava all adhered , and have sent us to you to present the wishes we bave just expressed . Another delegate said : What reply Bhall we communicate to the people f M . Louis BtANO replied ; Say to the people who hava sent yoa that we feel honoured in being their representatives ; tell them that ne cannot have a desire which is not thairo , for without them ne should be nothing , and we only keep here the place of their sovereignty . We ttantik you fur coining to us , full of confidence in our

      patriotism , fu 1 of confidence in the deairs which is at the bottom of our hearts , to act with you in your interete , without ever forgetting you , for tho salvation of the Republic . We thank yeu , as men , for having placed us in a position to do it with independence . Now , citizens , leave us to deliberate on these wishes—let us deliberate , in order that it may he well understood that the provisional government of tha Republic does not deliberate under monace . To those who only represented the privileged ciasscg It was permitted to feel fear ; but that is not permitted te us , because we aro your reprcsentatlves , and becau&e , in ' maintaining our dignity , we maintain yours . ( Marks of approbation , )

      A delegate here Baid : Tho people expect something betttr than tvordi—they desira a definite reply . TaUa what time you ploaaa to dtlibarate , but wo will not leave without a reply to communicate to the people . II . SnBaiEB said : We do not wish to influence or do violence to the provisional government—we have confl . dence in it , M . Cadet : —We hava come to express wishes . The provisional government csnnot ba ignorant of the situation of the country . It rt quires , as wo all do , energy to save the public interests . We hope , citiz'R members of the proviiional government , tliatyour patriotism and your devotedness to the people , to liberty , to the revolution , Trill find means of dissipating all disquietude , snd ot girlnif to tbe rerolutionary march that character of order , liberty , union , and universal confidence which is necessary to it to assure the triumph of the Republic , and consolidate its destinies . The government is too wise not to desire to d-liberate ; snd vre are too sincere triends of order and liberty not to leave it the opportunity of delitieratinij .

      11 . Lsdbo-K'jlun , member of tbe provisional government , Said ! I have only a word to add , aud I believe this word will have some tftVct on your mindB , You represent Paris , bat 70 a comprehend that France if composed of the whole of the citizens . How , two dajB ago , I sent to all tbe commissaries of departments to demand this : —Is it materially posBtble fer the clcotioBS to take place on the 9 th of April ! Is it politically possible , and is it for the . interests of the establishment of tbe Republic , for tbe elections to take place on 3 ih April f You cannot , citiztns , impose on the government to deliberate without being , beforo all , enlightened as te the itats of France , without being : Informed by its commissaries . You certainly represent tbe most active , and , for that reason , the most intelligent city ; but you cannot pretend to represent the whole of

      France ; you can do so but en one condition—that , being elected by the people , representatives of the people , youhave for the departments , as for tbe whole ot France , a * for Paris , tbe will apd the decision of the people . T « a must wait a few days , I have filed oa the S 5 : b instant ns the latest period for ttcelving from the most distant departments the answers that are to be made to me . When the government , taking into consideration the wish of Paris , which ordinarily gives tbe impulse to the rest of France , hut which cannot desire to oppress Franco , shall have learned the views of the departments , it , as representing the whole country , will ba able to assign a delay , if . in fact , It is necessary , for the establishment of the Republic , which is now only decreed , but which ite do- not wish to bfhoJd , as yet , passing away in smoke . If we do not consent to have a Batieaal representation which would only be a marked representation of the principles which have been do-StfOyfld—if we do not consent to again see the goveruount set aside , as It wag in former times : if » e are

      determined to bava a representation truly Republican , and if the people also will have it ; if we find that at this moment the elections cannot take place in euch a way a * to positively ensure the principle which we have seen proclaimed afttr the victory , then the elections shall be postponed . But once more I bavo te remark to you , that you , a fraction of the people , and not the delegates of tbe whole of France , cannot desire to receive a reply from us before we hove obtained the necessary intelligence . Therefore we take into conside . ration the wishes of this city . But wait until the de . partments have declared bow the matter stands ; let ub not say that Paris is everything , and that the rest of France is , so to speak , abandoned . When we shall have arrived , threngh our commissaries , fit a knowledge of the wishes of the whole of Prance , ne shall come to a resolution , viz , tho postpooinient pf tbo'Vlections , if that be indispensable ; but what we want , what you want , is the real establishment of the Republic , which we have proclaimed on tho fiarrloadis . ( Applause , « Vive Eedru-RolHn ! ' )

      M . Cabet , —We only express opinions and wiBhes . VTe all know what agitations are going oh In tbe departments , what is tha lnfluesce of the enemies of the revolution , of the republic , and of the people . Yesterday ' s manifestations must have completed jour information ou that p&int , and the manoeuvres which were so audaciously manifested in the midst of the capital , where tbe marks of tbe barricades are not yet effaced , are sufficient to convince us that they aro carried on wiia much greater energy , far from Pa'is , where tho oyee of tbo government are aot to immediately over everything . We are convinced that tba republic end the revolution will be in danger , if tbe elections are sot carried on with a full and entire liberty on the part at the citizens , ond with deUbtrations mature and reflected enough te give the real wishes of the people and a real national

      assembly . It is in tbe interest of humanity , iu the Interest of the claBBoa which are hostile to ue , that we apeak . The danger is not far us—it Is for others ; but we shall act so as to preserve all the rights of the people and all the interests of liberty . Ic has boon repeatedly said that the abjBS of revolutions ought to bs closed . Citizens of the proviiional government ! you hava now in your bandB the most magnificent of tasks . We bave expressed to you onr desires , we have conjured you to watch over tbe public safety , because we feel tbe conviction that the people should set the example in all things . Tiwy ought also to prove thtmselves to be the friends of order and liberty , and that , as they know how to fight , they sIfo bnow how to deliberate and express their thought * . Wo bave now only to retire and l > avo the government to deliberate . (' Yes , yes . ' 'No . no . ' ) .

      A member of tbe deputation said There are two questions upou which immediate answers may be glvett . They do not concern Paris ; they concern the disbandm « nt of all the paid troops , and tbe adjournment of tbe elections in the National Guard . M . Looib BtANO said—Citizens , those ars twn qubbtions which may be decided soon without an ' BppeBl \ o the opinions of the departments , for it would be useless to wait for any information upsn them . Tbio is my opinion , and I Wlieve it to be the opinion of tbe Provi . Blonal government . Only from motives which I have already explained , and they are motives of great gravity which must speak to the hearts of tbe people , for , from tho commencement of the revolution , the people have shown that they have a deep sense of the dignity of man . From these same motives I request , citlxewt , that you will leave us time to deliberate , ami allow us to do so at freedom . That we may bo worthy of maintain , ing your liberty , ours should be respected . I request ,

      therefore , that you will not put your questions , sayimr , 1 Answer immediately , or wa will not depart . ' This would be a violent prooeediDg . ( No , no ) This is a violence you do not Intend to impose upon u » . All wo can , at this moment , promise yon is , that tvo will deliberate without delay upon the two questions with which you are pre-occupled . I engage you evf n , in the interest of the solutions nhieh you see , in the interest of the governracnt , whose dignity demands all our care , since we represent you , wo conjuro you , leave the provisional government one day at least to seek wisdom from its deliberations . We will profoundly study tha queatUu with a sincere deairo of doiaK what tho psop \ 9 demand , but at the Bame tima preserving our liberty , because libertj is a duty ef conscience , which you will not deny . M . Sobuieb . —Tbe delegates of the people have no intention of doiDg any violence upot ) the provisional government , for we have an entire confidence in it . Some Delegates . —Not in nil !

      M , bonBiER —Ia all , gentlemen , without exception , without exclusion ; we bave nustained tho government up to this day , ana we will continue to sustain it till the constituent assembly meets . ( 'Yt » , yes ; to the last ! ' ) The Circular of M . Ledru-Rollin has been approved \> y the people ; the dc-partments , wiitn esHghtened , will approve ot it as PariB haB done . The pcop ! e , you knoiv , bave been htroic in combat , generous after victory , and sufilcio ' . tly majnnnimouB not to inflict punishment . Th # y are calm bocaaie they are powerful aud jaat . Let evil passion * and wounded interests beware of provoking them . The people are this day Colled upon to give a

      high , mornl and Bociztl direction . It ia their fluty to pall fraternally to otder such misled men wbo mny agnln attempt to maintain a privileceil bo Jy in tho bosom of our equality . They look with a sevtre eye upan those munifeetations ng'iinst a Minister who hns given so many pledges to thertvolutiun . Tho people come to day to express their will We hive shed our blood in defence of the Republic , and are ready to shed it again , W e wait with connJence the realisation of the promises of the government . We wait , although we are sometimes In want of the necessaries of life . Let the provisional go > vernment remember that it ia bound , to Dsoviueall flj ^

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      cltiz « m » wlft tho means of sutolBtenoe , Let I . m nDon tW » , fo ? ** now witheut worfe . All who this moment may be counteraetlng the revoluUoh , whe . her openly or secretly , are committing the crlmn ef lalhumanity . The people comprehend their r ghts and their duties . Behold , citizen representatives of the peoni « thooe 280 , 000 follow-cHUene who surround you and cover you with their Bolicitado . Th « y will support you , bo assured , in all measures ef order , unity , and public BOfetv At this moment all our soul , form but ono BOUl , the consecration of that gnat prlnclple-ttae sovereignty of tha people . Ioi . lating people I beautrful Franee ! thou Hast not failed in tby mi » Bion ! tn , genras , rvhich In 1789 and 1793 dostroyed the old world , will » oon com-Ite its work by the universal enfranohUemtnt of a I Ln Then nations will be really brethren , and their ^ I motto will be , ' Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ,

      U Ullj _ — . . « . _ . » . » A /« lin nmirL Some delegates aBlted ,-I > oe 8 the whole of the provfsional government approve the circular ? M Lamabtinb replied—Gentlemen , I have been called by nf > mo . I answer the call , and demnnd to speak also , f addBetbiDff to what was said to yos ja » t now with a » much dignity as propriety by onr colleague , M . Low Bionc . You feel as we do , we in whom the people placid UieJr confidence and personified themselves on the day of combat oad victory . Thot there Is no government possible , except on the condition that you have the confidenceand 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 tha public , for the departments , for Europe which regardens—is It anything elte than its complete

      independence ot all txterior pressure ? That is tho independence of the government — that its diguity—that its only moral foroe . What aro we ! Look ! Here is our venerable ProsWent , laden with the glory of his eighty years , and who has been willing to consecrate hia last str / ngrh , at our head , to the e 9 t < Wi » DroeBt ef tho R public —{ Bravo }—with independence , wlih dignity , and liberty ; end , assuredly , in liberty and ind < pendence there is not a Frusch citixin who can disown the nnmci of Dupont ( do l'Eure ) , Around U 8 what do JOU see i A little group of men without arms , without physical support , without soldiers , without guards , who have no other authority thun that which the pfople maintains reacting them , wlo do not setk any ether , who plunge , who immerge as it were in thix

      people from whom they went forth , and wbo havt ) not takes in the Republic a part so energetic and so perilous except to be the guarantees of those popular interests , sacrificed till now under tba monarchies , tbe ariotocracieo , the oligarchies wbieh wo bave pasted through . What is required in older tbat this BtntimeBt nboulrt have its effect , in order that those popular principles should becom e useful to the happiness and to the rights of tho people ? The continuance of calm and order—of that confidence wa have given you . What can we oppose to you % Only one thing—your own reason ; that powe of general reason nhieli ia alone here placed you and us , which Inspires us , and arrenta you before us . It it thai invisible , moral , and yet all-powerful force « hich rend « 8 us calm , ourselves independent and dignified in preence of tbat mass which surrounds this palace of the people ,

      defended by fta sole inviolability . ( Bruvo . ) Tbat last barrier of oar independence , as a government and as men we will defend to the death , if the pressure of the multitude Bbould wish to violate it ; and it is not for ourselves it is for you that ne should perish in defendieg it . What would bo a people without a government , and what would a degraded government becomo to the people ) ( Bravo . ) I now come to tbe three question * which you hare proposed . A deli > y of ten days more of the elections of the National Guard . On tfaia subject we have already considered tbe legitimate vrishes of thtpeople snd your own desires . It has been represented to ai tbat tbe imposing , solid , patriotic Republican mass of tht population wi-iich form the immense popular element of Paris , had not perhaps had the tims to inscribe themselves on these lists , and thus to enter into the patriotic framework in which we with henceforward to encloa « the

      nhole public force . We , in the first place , ordered a postponement of eight days , and afterwards to the 25-h March , I cannot give my individual opinion , anl I would not wish to do so tit this moment . on the results of the freeh deliberation wbich may tako place on these subjects ; but yon have in all fifteen dajs to inscribe yourselves , Ai to the troops , I have already replied on that f ubj < ct to one of the patriotic associations of which you form part ; the question is not thought ef . There are no troops in Paris , except perhaps about 1500 or 20 U 0 men dispersed among the outer posts , for the protection of the fates of tbe railroads , and it is false that ihe government has even thought of bringing ( hem nearer Parif . It wauM be senseless , after what has taken place , after the fallen royalty has seen 80 , 000 soldiers fall before

      the unarmed pcplo of Paris , to think of imposing on it by moans of some bodiss of troops animated by the same republican feelings as yourselves , wishes opposed to your own , and contrary to your Independence , Wo haye never hod nor trer shall haro such an idea . This is the truth—announce it to tbo people ; its liberty belongs to it because it has achieved it ; it belongs te it becaose it has known how to protect it from disorder . The Republic at home requires no other defence than that of the armed people . But , although this is the truth now , and that we declare to you that we only requiro the armed people for the protcctloa of our Institutions , do not conelude that wo would ever consent to the overthrow of French soldiers . ( Cries ef No ! no ! Bravo ! ' ) Do not conclude that we would place our brave army fn

      suspicion , and that wo would prevent ourselves from calling it into tbe interior , and even into Paris , eheuld warlike demonstrations command such disposal of our forces for the safety of the oountry . The soldier , who waB yesterday only & soldier , Is now a citizen like you and us . ( Cries of ' To ! yes !') We have given him the right to co-operate , by his vote as a citizen , in the representation and la liberty , which he will know bow to defend as well as any other fraction i f the people . Ab tn the third and principal question , that of the prorogation to a distant day of the convocation ef the National Assembly , Twill not content in any way to pledge cither the opinion of my colleagues or my own ou a measure which too deeply concerns the rights of the whole country : I vjill pr « judge nothing , » ut of respect for onr independence , on a de .

      cree which would tend to declare to the nation that Paris claimed the monopoly of liberty and of the Re . public , and which would make us Resume , iu tbe name of the capital alone , and under tbe pressure ef a masd —well-intentioned , but imperative by its numbers alone —tbe dictatorship of liberty Achieved by every one , but for the Rhole of France , and not for some cl fe ; na alore . It you command me to deliberate under this pressure of force from without , and to declare the whole nation , which io not comprised in Paris , for thret months , or for nix months , excluded from its representation and from Its constitution , I will say to you v ? h » t I e&id to another government a few dBy g slnco , that you shall only wrest Buch a vote from my breast whrn you have pierced it with balls . ( Loud applause . ) No , deprive

      us a thousand tiroes of our title as a government , rath < r than deprive us of our free opinions , our dignity , our evident inviolability — evident abroad as much as at home . In order for a government to bemptcted , it must ftave not only tne reality bat alto ttio appearance ef liberty . ( Cries of' Bravo , bravo . ' ) Comprehend , then , your power ia osrs , your dignity and yo « r Independence In ours , and allow us , for the interest of the people , te reflect and deliberate coolly , and to adopt or reject the withes of which you are tho orgaDB . We only premise you , I for my own part only promise you , to -neigh them well , without ( e& * as without control , and . to decide on what shall appear to us , not only tbe will of tbe people of Paris , but the right and wiil of all the Republic . ( Bravo . )

      The deputation here applauded the remarko of M . Lamartioe , and several of its members shook him by the hand . One of them said , ' Ba assured that the people are only here to support the provisional government , M , Lamabtine replied— -1 am convinced of it , but tbo nation may deceive itself . Beware of assemblages of this kind , however fine they may be ; the 13 th Brumaire of the people may , against its vrill lead to the 19 tb Brumaire of despotiam , and neither yoa nor 2 rrioh forthaf . Tho deputation thorn retired . The assembled people loudly called for the members of tbo provisional government . Their wishes were aeoeded to , ; the member * of the government placed themselves on a platform erected at tho entrance of the Hotel de Ville . An immense shout of acclamation greeted their arrival , all beade were uncovered , and a thousand bands were seen iraving their hats .

      On silence being obtained , M . louis Blahc addressed the people , who listened with the deepest attention , as follow * i — Citizens , —In tho name of the provisional KovernnicM of the RsvvtoUo , I thank jovi for having cominunicatod to it jour wisttsB , for the gavarBtnent , issuing from the people , would be nothing without its support . The provisional government is about to deli bcrato on the important question ! which lave been sub . mined to it , but it asks you for the power of doing so freely because it becomes your dignity as well ob our own ' Yuu have understood that violenco must be left

      to tliope who are not strong-, ( Cries or * Tea , ye » , ' and loud app isuse . ) It is for those who era strong as you are to txpresB their wishes firmly , but with moderation on * vuth majesty . That is what you have done , and we thank you for it . Your attitude has priaervrd your in . dependence—thnnks to you for it . Now , citizens , w « bfg you to retire with the groattst calmness and good order . Have confidence in us ; be assured tbst on the day that we can no longer serve you well we will rotlre , and as I just now said to your delegates , if our retirement ja not sufflciens we shall . know how to

      die . This address waa foltewnA by loud cries of 'Bravo . ' 1 Vivo Ia Republiquo ! ' Vive lo Gnurernsmmt Provi . soire ! ' wero heard on all nidea . Tha meinbera of the ifovernment descended fromxhe platform , and the assum . bled tnaa 5 ca put themselKis in motion , iw admiralk order , to proceed towards the column of tho BaetiK When the people left the Ilotel de Ville abcat ' 10 , 000 proceeded ta the Ministry of tho Interior , where thoy ahoutsd « Vivo Ledru-Rollin ! ' and damaiided that the ? egular troops be eent out of Paris . The Minister came forward and addressed thm as follows :- »

      Citizens —\ &u requiro the army to bo sent away . No doubt , wow an army becomes the inatrumeuioi'tyranny —\ vll 9 nit eouatitttUs Itself Into a prw : or ^ a guard—it deserves the hatred of all wdl . tbinlsiDg wen , of nil frieuQaof liberty . But are our brave soldiers such ? Wcro they disposed to raise their nrms to fight for opprtjaaors "i Surely , oitiiens , not ohq of joa \ sill doubttho

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      bravery of our aoldters ; nor will he « oubt their forca or power t For during Ae day * « ' VA ** W ? " « , » ' ? " " ' fused to fight , it frat . rnls « a with u » , mi caWj looked o , whilst the blind Monarch , who was endeavouring to ivet onr chainB still tighter , fled without an escort . Tha " my , my friends , are ths people ; the soldiers are OUN j o » , yon and every oho . ( Long-continued npplau «» . ) Worn ' yoa repel your brethren ' Would you rank with the vat '"' men who oro y ° nr OBn ^ 'k ^ blood—your owh « ou . ' fln < ? P of jourselmt ( Oties of ' Bravo , bravo ') ik '• cltiz n ' » you have no such sentiments of injustice , mistt "" ' and "duslon within you . To revive the ancient cl ¦""« " and distinctions among citizjns would be a depU < rable error - ( 'True , true . ' ) Besides , vfhy have no / Pv 1 ul"d the lnt «™ ention , not of the whole army , bat *> t tw 0 or three regiments ? Fur no

      other reason than to . "b \\ . > re the National Guard . We thank you all for your zaal , V 8 ti > anh tbe " ^ ele National Guard forthatadOTJraMeaett ^ fJ ve ^ khhssmalntaiBedtbegreat city in a state of calm , 3 ot » ' « ought not to abuse your rood . will , and it is for fhafsionC we have called in the aid of your brothers in arms , ( Crib . "" of' Bravo , bravo . ' ) Let us raise our voice In feveuV « f the . army . In our days of humiliation It preserved the it-aou ! " of ourxonntry In AiEerio . Whilst France , deliviT * 4 up to foYeignora by the governors who have hut lately fejsn driven otrt , wa » exposed to continued shame , the anuj , the jnissloawles of civilisation , held bigh the French Jmner , and earned a barbarous people te acknowledge tb « peatnesg of our ceunfry . ( Long-continued acclamations . }) Forget , tfera , r aj friends , every needloss mistrust , and ye ^ wlll bejust , you will be good citizens , you will show tho * you . are all united with me in the same thought in shooS&ff ' Vive

      l'Armfei !' Lone cries of enthusiasm , 'Vive la RepoSKque !' 1 Vive Leiiru-Rollin ! ' followedthis address , Tfae n ' ght passed io . perfect tranquillity . _ Efcdfes of men , marching nine and ten abreast , continued- tto < tefil « along the Boulevards from four till aevw o ' clock , stopping the traffic of the cross streets , fer it waa impossible for vehicles to break through the iines ; they could only paB 9 in tho intervals between the several corps . -A « night fell crowds collected in different spots , but principally about the Porte St . Denis and Porte St Martin . The inhabitants in this quarter illuminated their house 3 , and about eight o ' clock an immense body of people bepan to move slowly along the Boulevard in the direction of the Madeleine , singing and calling on the shopkeepers to

      light up ; the cit zena were taken by surprise , ' and whenever a delay ' occurred , oriea of' Dcs Lampkns ' were raised ; 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 , leavine a bluze of light behind them . They were Sn a very good humour , and not tbe slightest damage was done ; not a cingle pane of glass was broken , nor did the shopkeepers exhibit arjy alarm , though neither police nor military were to be seen . Bodies 6 f the new Garde Mobile were collected in oonsldernble force in the Rue Rivoli , and other streets , but out of the line of march . At the Bouta vards des Italiens sections of the crowd branched off » nd rondo the siria streets illuminate in the same manner . By ten o ' clock the throng began to diminish , and by midnight everything was quiet again .

      The Irish residents in Paris were admitted onFriday to'prescnt an address to the provisional government , after the deputies of tbe people had been dismissed . They assembled en the Place de la Coaowde , t « j th ° number of about 300 , and inarched in a woe -ssfen to the Hotel de Ville , precded by a Sricol Mired flag and a green flag with the Irish barp . All wore the shamroek in their hat ? , it be in ? St Pa ' rirk ' s-day . M . Lamartino addressed the deputation , which then withdrew , amidst cries of 'Vive h Republique ! ' 'Vive le Gonrernemenfc Provisoire . '

      Oh Saturday the ambassador of her Bntannio Maj- ^ sj y , haying demanded amicable explanations on tbe fact of an Irish flag presented yesterday by the Irish dei utation at the Hotel de Villp , the Minister of Foreign Affairs replied that the French recognised no ¦> tlitrfla 2 as national than thai o ( the United Kingdom : and added that , in replying to the Irish , he bad wed no expression wbieh was not in nocordanoe with this declaration , though he manifested sytnpatMes for Ireland as regarded her religion and libptal Driseiplea . C'tiz'n Bergeron , who was trifd in the beginning of tb © ex King ' s reign foran attempt against the life ofh ' s Majesty * had been appointed cemmissary . generat in the departments of the Aisne aud Somme , and left Paris on Thursday evening , accompanied by citizens Nyf > n and Lehancbe .

      LetteM from Lyons announce that the armed workmen evacuated on tbe morning of tbe 15 'h the fortified enceinte of la Croix Roasse , which was occupied hy the NttionalGuard and troops of the line . The Fort of Montessuy had been likewise evacuated by the people . ORGANISATION OP LABOUR . A meetinsr of masters and chiefs of Industry took place on Fridav , at the Luxembourg-, under the fpreaidency ot M . Louis Blanc . In a speech with which he commenced the business of the day , M . Blanc , after having reminded bis hearers that tae men wbo a month ago were the objects of persecution or ridicule had sat in the palace of one of the fallen powers ,

      said tbat the peril would be { Treat for the holders of cipital and tbe instruments of labour , if they longer refused the concessions which the natural progress of ideas , and the grent aet of emancipation just accomplished , commanded . In the course of his speech M . Bl 3 nc said that all oppressions were odious to him , and he would no more accept that of the workman over the master than that ot the master over the workman ! This was warmly applauded . The assembly then proceeded to elect a permanent committee of ten members , who , with the ten permanent delegates chosen among the workmen , will have to assist the Commission of the Luxembourg in all its studies and investigations .

      The committee appointed to adjust the elaimsof the labouring classes c invoked on Sunday , at the Luxembourg , the delegates of the different trades of Paris , at half-past two o ' clock . All responded to the appeal , and apwards of two hundred workmen were installed in tbe hall hitherto occupied by the Chamber of Peers . M . L ^ uis Blanc , the President , entered Bhprtly afterwards , followed by his secretaries , and iRforme ' d tho assembly that the entire Provisional Government would shertJy appear among them , being desirous to fraternise with the real representatives of order , liberty , and the prosperity of the Republic . M . de Blane had scarcely concluded , when the members of the government entered the hall , and were entba iwt ' caliy cheered . No cry was raised

      in favour of any 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 claa . * , in the name of the provisional government , for the calmness , order , and peaceable and becoming attitude they had maintained during the grand manifestation of the 17 th instant , and for the confidence and foroe they had imparted to the government elected by their acclamations on the 24 'h of February , and re-electel on the 17 th of March . M . Arago , moreover , urged all labourers to lose no time in 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 toremovethera . M . Arago and his colleagues then retired amidst the applause of the assembly , which waB preparing itself to adjourn , when M . Louis Blanc having returned to the hall , invited the workmen to resume their seats . 'Donot be afraid , ; exclaimed M . Loais Blano , * 1 am a messenger of good tidings ! The Republic we proclaimed has commenced itS journey round the world . I have been informed this instant by M . de Lamartine , Minister for Foreign Affairs , who has just received the news , that Austria is in open revolution 1 That revolution is so complete that Matternich has fled I This announcement was received with a triple salute ef applause , and cries of ' Vive la Paix . ' and the assembly adjourned .

      The National says , the English aristocracy are m ill-humonr . What its passing among us astonishes and frightens them . They can forgive our alleviating the miseries of workmen , but that workmen should be supposed to have knowledge , that they should be consulted , summoned to deliberate on their interests , and be acknowledged to possess political right » , this is unheard of , and monstrous- What ! in a month , and not later , a uorfrmem shall be seen in France , at seven leagues from Old England , aitting in the N tiona } Assembly by tbe aide of a gentleman ! This 13 the subversion of all received

      notions ! It is the abomination of desolation ; and , good heavena t what will happen should the workman , pe ? ehance , pr ove to have more ideas , more special knowledge , more practical good sense than tho gentleman ! What an example for John Bull ! Therefoje do tbe English aristocracy feel themeelTea menaced .. They are anxious and indignant ; cheir wounded pride disturbs vtheir head , and fear their brain . This is quite natural , and we are not surpriaeci&t the malignity with which their journals appreciate events tbe scope of . which they too , well understand . All tbat is dope here is miarepreaeoted ; thoy distort words , pervert acts , and c&Wani&te

      persons . FINANCIAL DECRRK 9 . Paris , Saturday ^ 6 P . M The financial measures proposed by M ,. Gamier . Pages have produced a decidedly favour * able effeot . These decrees of tha Minister of Fin * . nee , briefly stated are aa follows ;—All citizens who aro assessed ;\ v \ th d , iveet taxes for ths year 1 S 48 h&T e > jjy law , tue joption of paying their total amount f , y a succession jof small periodical instalments spre » ' d over the year .

      i Nothing of this is altered by tha present decrees . ; They may pay their year ' s taxes Vifcher in one payment , as some have already done , or at the intervals assignrd by Jaw for the successiv . . instalments . But m addition to the year ' s taxes , tUus regularly paya-U-, they arc called upsn imtnt $ afefy fc 0 m ^ e a contribution to tbe state , amou- ttiug to forty-five hundredihs of tha total aaioui ? ; of tne year ' s taxes to which they are liable . " This , when paid-up , will bring into the Treasury « Tery near jy 2 oq niilliOES of frano 9 .

      Another decree postr one 3 for a ; x months after the days on which they become respectively due all treasury taltauraa ^ ^ f ore ^ 20 th February . TW

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      will save tfee treasury from disbursements wMm . would amount to 275 millions . w * m The holders of the Treasury b \\\ 3 thus dosI ™ ^ have the option of waiting till the six montlKP * when they will ba entitled to reeeive the araonnf •' specie , or of exchanging them for coupons of J ? new loan , at 5 per cent . par . Thus the holder * « these bilh are placed on tbe same footing as UipV positoreifl the savings banks . " « Of the amount which by these means vi \\\ u brought inte the Treasury , it is intended to odd . *! priate sixty millions to augment the capital of thl new banks of discount in Paris and the depart , msnts .

      Tbe receipt of the octroi , sr the dues belong }™ tA the ^ ly of Paris , has only been interrupted for a short time during the re ? olation ; it hasnow . owijj to the assistance and energy of the inhabitants the National Guard , and the operatives , resumed jfa O 8 uai cou fjp . The director of the public workshops hag issaed a notice that '^ he workmen employed will have two Irenes a day , 2 m $ be employed at leasl srer ? other day . Those whtf are unemployed will rame ona frafio , instead of « le and a balf franc , a » Srhherto in order to eoonorovste the fnnds for tbe distressed , * The Monitkur contains the following Steree placing 60 , 000 , 000 f . Stfthe disposal of the Minister of Finance , for the encoir / agemeat of agriculture , &a . nufaetures , and commeJSd' : —

      The provisional government , iB consideration of i&s dVree , dated this day , whicBiiSpossi forty . five centimes additional on the amount of 'Sdb four djrect tiuea ; coasJdering tbat one of tbe firBt 3 ' jtics-oi' ibe government of th » Republic is to alleviate tftf'dihms which during fourjears has eaused sucli injet ^ to agriculture , ma . nufactrarefl , and commerce ; coro ! 3 eitaj that credit is the nso » t orient necessity of tfcttiB tbrtv elements of public credit ; considering that VaV gresJw number of private ettaWehmenis are paralysed ''; : considering that it iff neceBsary to supply the rtetfnfactjjrers with 'A 9 means of securing employment ijr the- jotuaeroQ 3 sperativeft employed is tbejrfactories ; decrees—AVtiole I . —A gum of 60 , 000 , 000 is p 2 tfed'at the dig . posulof the . Minister of Finance . . Sriii'le 2 . —This sura of 60 , 000 , 000 shaOts ^ divitfed between the various workshop ! Rbich , Bccs ^ Qlag to tha terms airi following tbe dispositions of our £ ewee oftb&

      9 th of JParch , 1848 , shall be successively form « i'in < Paris and iu ths departments , and in all the grecfr' agricul tural manufacturing and commercial ccutree . PrtBTPORStfBMT OP THE NATIONAL 6 UARD ELSSOTOST . Paris , Sunday evening—Tha government published this morning anotner decree , in compliance with the desire expressed by the people on Friday , postponing to a later day tbe elections for the-national Guard of Paris , and the B mlieue . Theday fixed by the decree is the 5 ; h © f April . TUB WATI 0 KAL A 8 SEMBLT .

      The provisional fcownraeni held a meeting oa Friday nighc , to eonsiderand decide on the questioa of the expediency oF postponing the elections to a > later day than the 5 ' . hof April , in accordance with tbe desire expresaod by the populace on Friday through their delegates . It was resolved that n » postponement should take placv . This decision wa » almost unanimous . One member of the government only toted for a postponement That member is , of course , understood to be M . Ledru-Rollin . Li Rkforme affirms that the general elections of the constituent assembly will ba postponed , notwithatandins the reported decision of the government oa that question .

      TBS ABM 7 . The Minister of TVar . with a view of carrying oufc republican principles in the advancement ia tha army , has addressed to the c mmanders of regiments a circular in which he directs that lists of those deserving promotion shall be immediately forwarded to him , accompanied by the observations of the commandant of the sub-division ; and he points eut to the commanders that in the new order of things only those evening 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 present moment there appear to be no apprehensions as to the pacific dispositions of the foreign powers , yet , to b 8 prepared for all emwv gencies , a considerable body of traops will be sen * to the frontiers , and that the infantry regimenta will ba increased by an eighth company to each battalion , and tbat bimilar measures will be adopted with the cavalry and artillery .

      MOBB POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS . Paris . Monday , 11 , a . m . Erery day brings ita colossal popular demonstrations . A procession of ten thousand Savoyards which paraded the town yesterday with flags , banners , scarfs , and other insignia , was regarded as quite a tame and spiritless affair after tbo one and two hundred thousand * of the preceding days . But this morning , at six , the Boulevard wa 3 blue with ) thousands of blouses , with their usual banners , patriotic shouts , and national hymns of Mourir pour la patrie . ' The sovereign people are literally sovereien .

      The deputation of Savoyards went to the embassy of Sardinia to desire the ambassador to place himself at their head , which he refused . They then proceeded along the Boulevards to the Baatilo , where they paid their homage to the martyrs of liberty . They marched round the column , and then made a 8 ubseription for tha wounded . They then preeeeded to tne Ilotel de Ville , and demanded ' of tho provisional government the title of French citizens . They were addressed by M . de Lamartine , who informed them t > at aftor having ; made f he demand collectively , they should make it individually , and it would receive all due attention . A deeree of the provisional government , dated yesterday , appoints General Subervie ( Minister of War ) Chancellor of tbe Legion of Honour , and M . Arago , interim Minister of War , in his place . M . Fcriere Lafitte has just made a gift of £ 1 , 009 to the treasury .

      G 1 VFBN 1 IENT WORKS . . Some 5 , 000 workmen are busy preparing the CActmp de Mars for a grand national ceremonyi ea the openine of the assembly . In the Champs Elysees , some 500 moro 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 Frenchman had got him * o believe that they were turning up the Cbamps Elysees to plant potatoea . ' In tbe Luxembourg garden , some 400 are employed making changes ; and National Ateliers for skilled workmen , just opening , about 2 , 000 are already entered , under the conduct ef tbe pupils of tbe School of Art and Manufactures , At the Chamber of Deputies , in the court of honour , a number of men are also employed preparing a temporary construction of wood and stone for the assembly , besides large numbers on other points , all ef which contributes largely doubfJoas to the order and calm of Paria .

      All periions fined or imprisoned oa religious grounds are emancipated .

      THE POPULAR CXCBS . All sorts of enthusiastic titles are given to these associations , phrases dove-tailed into phrases , ta strengthen the 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 ths Club of the Sorbonne , Club of the Marais , < fcc . Bat the ene which promises to have most influence , and to extend ita branches farthest over the country * is one ntitled

      e the ' Grand Radical and Republican Election Committee , ' which is already established ia most of the quarters of Paris , is presided over by one of the two vice-mayors of the city , and has for its organ t e National Generally , indeed , these societies hare some paper as their organ , or vice swxi , the papers—snch a 9 the Siecle , thelDaMociumB Pacifiqub , the PsurLK Constituast , the Reforms , —have their societies . Another stirring feature of the times is the up-growth of new journals . There are no lesa than seventeen new daily papers since the Revolution , selling from one to three half-pence *

      Among the many journals which have sprung into life in Pans within the last fortnight , there is one called La Voix deb Club ? , which givea-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 loan ? , compulsory employment of labour , the arrest of ' emigration ,, ' by refusing passport&or the grant of them for limited periods only , the abolition of retail dealera- and merchants , and the establishment of the great branches of business , which aro to be carried on hy ths gov 6 « n » nant aloR 9 are all proposed and avt&potWt . k lew extracts will suffice to show what are the principles of th& only organised debating aad political bodies in Fjraace at the present moment-The following extract is tafc&n from the speech of a member of the Central Republican Society : —

      Capital ia the sole oppressor in thevrorld ; the vroik * man tbe only person oppreised . 'Whether it be capital undergoing tbe changes und modificatloos of history ,,, successively personifying itself in tbe Brahmin , tha Spartan , tho patrician of Roma , tho magnificent soig . tieurs of Venice , the gentloman of Prance , or thonohla lord of England ; or whethtc it bo the workman , oatcast , slave , serf , Irishman , or proletain , laboriaasly moving lathe ekelooJ jt . igress , transforming himself h ? degrees , conquering new rights , tni mounting , ttop by step , the various grades of tho social hurarchy- ^ still we meet the same causes producing tho same sanguinary

      and disustroua effects . The strong and powerful of each , suoceediog century have perfectly understood that the foundation and continuance of their domination reBted on the co-operation aud support of public opinion . It wa » necussarj to lull ihe consciences of the people to sleep , to conseorate the legitimacy of usurpation in ths eyes of all , aud to cause this tyranny of many , weighing bo heavily an the inert masses , to bs accepted as a ne » ceseity , aad of Divine ti ^ ht . They have thtrcfore taken priesta , poots , and historiaus into their pay , charged to make this plot , laid against the liberties of all , succeed by terror and ignoraneo . ThenoD arose those SaSOiiWa »« iwpioBf OS « bi « rd , thaJ a groat manj poor seia aa »

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1463/page/6/