of course, was a suspension of all news. A more
prosy place than colours that the soldiers of France march to battle.
gence which did not relate to the snow, and the disasters it had good spirit of the population. (Renewed acclamations.)
been startling, but may now be at any time expected, of another Government.
VILLE, proceeded along the quay which separates the terrace of lation. the Tuileries-gardens from the river Seine. Front the terrace which will again be submitted to your deliberation, you will have to occupy the public were excluded ; so that at one side was the Seine, and yourselves with several bills, some of which concern my family, the others being on the other a high wall and a wide unoccupied space. The en- intended to bring our legislation to perfection. tire distance from the Palace to the Chamber was lined by regu- 44 Our finances are in the most satisfactory state. The public revenue will Jar troops and the National Guard : beyond the troops were exceed the ordinary expenses of the State. Measures conformable to the wish
crowds of people. The royal carriage proceeded slowly through the manifested during the last session will be proposed to you as soon as the return
gateway, which was the scene of ALIHAUD'S attempt. As soon " The commercial embarrassments which have been felt in other countries
as it appeared, the National Guards cheered, but the people were have exercised but a fertile influence on our internal properity. We have to sulky and silent. The procession had gone about fifty yards, deplore, in some localities, sufferings which we are endeavouring to assuage. when a shot was fired by a person in the crowd, behind the Grena- 1 have reason to hope that they will be but momentary, and that an increase of diers of the National Guard, who lined the right side of the quay. wealth will everywhere insure the vvelfare of the population.
The ball entered the front window of the carriage, passed be- with the advantages promised to her by the progress of the sciences and of the tween the Duke DE NEMOURS and the Prince DE JOINVILLE, national prosperity, I have given orders that an important mass of public works who sat facing the King, and went out through the back of to be undertaken shall be submitted for your deliberation. Already the sums the carriage, thus narrowly missing Louis PHILLIP. The which you have voted for the improvement of the roads in the West have Duke of ORLEANS was cut on the cheek by the broken changed the aspect of that country, and destroyed the germ of civil discord.
glass. The King immediately put his head out of the window, In the course of this session, the roads remaining to be formed, the navigation to satisfy the troops and the people that he was safe ; and of important propositions, as well as those monuments and public institutions then went on to the Chamber. In the meanwhile, a rush was which attest and still further augment the greatuess of France. made to the spot whence the shot had been fired. Two men who " Let us continue, Gentlemen, in the same course : it is thus that we shall stood still were seized. One of them was a young man of hum- succeed iu curtailing, upon a solid basis, the happiness of our country. Sua-
ble condition. He was pale and agitated. A pistol was found tained by your loyal support, I have been enabled to preserve France from new upon him, small and bad. Several of the National Guards Let us give increased union to our efforts, and we shall front day to day witness were for massacreing him, but wt re of course prevented. the extent and the consolidation of order, confidence and prosperity ; we shall He was taken to the same guardhouse, and placed in the cbtain all the benefits which a free country, dwelling in peace, has a right to same room as ALIBAUDs He would not mention his name, tsp!et under the aegis of a national government." and his initials were removed from his linen ; but he said he be- Lours PHILIP'S voice was firm and emphatic in reading the longed to the Societe de Famine. The other man, suspected of first passages, and especially so in the part that referred being an accomplice, is about thirty. A third was also arrested to his Spanish policy ; but he faltered when he came to that soon after the two we have mentioned. He ran away when the which alluded to the attempt of AL1BAUD in June last. Loud shot was fired, shouting " Vive le Roi!" or "Bravo !"—which of cheers were given by the Deputies when the Spanish paragraph the two, is not certain. The Queen of France, with the Princesses was read, and at the close of I he speech. The King retired to the and the younger Princes, had preceded the King to the Chamber Tuileries; and the Peels, Deputies, and Municipal authorities about a quarter of an hour. The King, on his arrival, Mime- of Paris, immediately followed him to offer congratulations on his diately spoke a few welds to his agitated wife. The rumour of escape.
what had happened soon went through the Chamber ; but no This attack on the King's life has put an extinguisher for the direct notice was taken of it; and the King proceeded to deliver present on all hopes of a change of Ministry. Such is the sym-
the following speech. pathy very naturally excited towards Louts PHILIP, that any "Gentlemen of the Chamber of Peers and of the Chamber of Deputies— Min stry whom he chooses, and any policy which he prefers, will France reaps dm fruit of her courage and her wisdom. Her institutions are receive the support of the Chambers. It has been noticed that becoming strengthened; her prosperity is increasing; and, in assembling ) on the Spanish paragraph of the speech was received by the Dopu- POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS-1247 M'Culloch's Statistical Account " A momentary difference had arisen between France and Switzerland. &- NEWS OF T1-117, NVEEK. ligious fidelity, and in conformity to the spirit in which it has been dictated.
" I entertain the most sincere desire for the consolidation of the throne of Isabella the Second ; and I trust that the Constitutional Monarchy will triumph
A STORM of snow, almost unequalled in this country for duration, over the perils with which it is threatened. But I congratulate myself on
having preserved France from the sacrifices, thrsextent of which cannot be ap-
severity, and extent, kept the Metropolis till yesterday in a state preciated, and frolu the incalculable consequences of any armed intervention in of blockade. For several days London was like a besieged city, the internal affairs of the Peninsula. France reserves the blood of her chlidren which none could enter or leave but at the risk of their lives. In for her own cause; and when she is reduced to the painful necessity of summon. every direction the roads were impassable; and the consequence, log them to shed that blood in her defence, it is only under our own glorious ., We have experienced painful !oases in Africa. They have deeply afflicted London without arrivals from the Continent or the country can- my heart. My second sou has shared the sufferings and dangers of our brave not be imagined. Men seemed afraid to move; the streets were soldiers, as his brother had done before him. If success has not attended the dull and dirty ; the only places which showed signs of life were the efforts of our soldiers, at least their valour, their perseverance, and their ad- post-offices and coaching-inns, where crowds assembled to read mirahle resignation, have worthily sustained the honour of our banner. You the lists of mails not arrived, to inquire for letters written but not will feel disposed, with me, to insure to our arms in Africa the preponderance which ought to belong to them, and to our possessions complete security. received, and for friends and relatives who were probably at the " An attack has been made upon iny life. Providence has averted the blow time shivering in snow-drifts, instead of regaling themselves on directed against me The testimonies of affection with which France has star- Christmas fare. A considerable improvement took place yester- rounded me are the most precious reward for my labours and my devotion. day. The snow on the roads had been trodden down or shovelled (Repeated acclamations of" Vive le Roil") aside ; and, though with great difficulty, mails got to town from " An attempt at insurrection, equally senseless and criminal, for a few mo-
various quarters. From the provinces we received little intelli- inents astonished a great city ; whose repose, however, was not disturbed by the event. It has served only to display the fidelity of our brave army, and the
occasioned, (of which particulars will be found in subsequent " The impotence of so many guilty efforts begins at length to weary the fae- pages) ; but four mails and a newspaper " express.' from France tious and to discourage their audacity. Time has already calmed many animo- all coming together, brought accounts which would once have aities, and daily softens the duties which circumstances have imposed °a my
" I have been enabled to follow the desire of my heart in pardoning men
attempt to murder the King of the Barricades. struck by the arm of the law. I have been occupied only with those who have " Independently of the laws which have been already presented to you, and
of the abundance of capital will permit my Government to do so.
" To arrive more expeditiously at this happy result, and to endow France of rivers, the establishment of canals, ports, and railroads, will be the objects
revolutions, and to save our institutions, confided to tue as a sacred deposit. Fine Arts this day, I Lave but to congratulate myself and you on the success of our efforts
for the happineas of our country.
Polities for tie NPW Year 1250 " 1 receive from all foreign powers the most pacific assurances. The peace The Tors. Ilcrse Guards 1233 of the world appears for a lung time secure from every attack. 'I'lle Irish Poor •• Postismed " 1253 " Our diplomatic relations with the United States of America have been The " Folly " of resisting Legal Injustice 1254 resumed. The treaty of the 4th of July ISM is in execution; and I have rea- SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY— son to expect that nothing will further trouble the excellent harmony which Walton's Retolution in Spain— has so lung and so happily subsisted between the two nations.
ot the British Empire 11$55 81 tisfactury explanations have been given to us; and that intimate friendship by Progress of Publication which the two countries have been united for so many centuries, is at this Pi lees Current " The Peninsula is still disturbed by fatal dissensions. Serious events have Advertisements. 1259-11118 55:14 shaken the institutions of Madrid and Lisbon, and Spain has been incessantly desolated by civil war. Still closely united with the King of Great Britain, I continue to cause the treaty of the Quadruple Alliance to be executed with re-
ties with plaudits ; and the Spanish question was that on which THIERS bad resolved to found his main attack on the Government. The Deputies doubtless intended, by selecting this passage for ap- plause, to signify their adhesion to the Ministry ; as, in point of fact, every one of them must have known that it asserted a direct falsehood. Nothing can be more untrue than the declaration of Louts PHILIP that he had caused the Quadruple Treaty to be executed with " religious fidelity?
It appears that much French blood and treasure is to be wasted in Algiers; and it is said that, in order to give the French arms the "preponderance" the King speaks of, an army of twenty thousand uten is to be sent to Africa.
Louts PHILIP, then, is triumphant, and popular in Paris, once more. But what will all his power and popularity avail him, when baunted with the conviction that his life is in jeopardy every time be leaves his residence? Not unfrequently must he repent the policy which lost him the affections of the more ardent class of Frenchmen. What, in comparison with such affection, is the glory of suppressing insurrections, establishing the Juste-milieu, and cheating Lord PALMERSTON? True, he is still, as he usu.: to boast, the skilful driver of the state coach, who now applies the lash, and now pulls the curb; but he runs imminent risk every moment of an overturn, however warily and boldly he acts the political Jelni. He has the reputation of being his own Minister, but with it the odium which other Sovereigns cast upon their Ministers. Has he gained much by stepping out of the province usually allotted to Monarchs, and daring to" govern •' as well as -to "reign"?
