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SATURDAY.
Paris was the scene of another immense demonstration on Thursday. The Provisional Government presented colours to the Legions of the Na- Paris was the scene of another immense demonstration on Thursday. The Provisional Government presented colours to the Legions of the Na-
tional Guards, and the day was made a great military festival, for the pur- pose of enabling the people to " fraternize " with the troops of the Line. The members of the Government took their station at the Barriere de l'Etoile; and the Legions marched past, each Colonel receiving the colours in his turn. The ceremony began at eight o'clock, and the passing of the troops did not end till past ten o'clock at night. It is estimated that the numbers of armed citizens that filed past was at least 400,000: of whom loopoo were the National Guards of Paris, 30,000 those of the Banlieue, 16,000 Mobile, and 20,000 cavalry and infantry of the Line. The troops of the Line were everywhere received with cordial marks of friendliness. The day was very wet, but the spirits of the people were raised to high delight by the spectacle. Not an accident occurred; and the demonstration seemed likely to strengthen the Government. At night there was a gene- ral illumination.
The third number of M. Taschereau's Revue Retrospective contains some curious documents. Among them is a letter signed "Agnes de Klind- worth," dated 21st January 1848, reporting,„ in the name of the writer's father, a conversation which "a person who had lived &greet number of years on intimate terms with M. Thiers" had had with that Minister. In that conversation, M. Thiers said-
" The country is advancing with giant strides to a catastrophe which will burst forth either beforethe King's death, if that prince lives to a great age, or some time after the King's death. There will be a civil war, a revision of the Charter, and perhaps even a change of persons in a high position. The country will not support a Regency, unless something great be effected to raise the character of the nation. King Louis Philippe has nothing founded; he leaves to his family the moat arduous task to maintain itself."
Klindworth's name figures in the list of persons paid out of the secret- service-money, for 6,950 francs.
Another letter, addressed to "illy dear M. Guizot," signed "Fanny Rus- sell," and dated from Wimbledon in September 1846, requests a place tinder the French Director-General of indirect Taxes for the husband of a person who had been femme-de-chambre to the writer—Lady John Russell. The request met with eager compliance.
Hamburg papers of the 18th instant, state that the Duke of Brunswick had arrived at Rendsburg, and that the town was illuminated on the occasion.
The inhabitants of Modena appointed a Provisional Government on the 9th instant. Parma has also declared itself independent of its Duke.
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