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FR4ImE.-1In resuming the narrative. of the revolution-of last week, we coma nee-with the events of Thursday the 24th....?'EaVy on this day, news of defection among the troops came from so =My quartere, that some speedy remedy seemed necessary to prevent the desertion df the King by the whole army in Paris. At eleven o'clock, ft proclamation appeared, in- forming the Parisians that the King had dismissed his late Ministry-, and authorized Messrs. Odilon Barrot and niers to form a new Cabinet; and that General Lamoriciere had been named Commander-in-chiefor the Paris National Guard. In the course of the morning, M. Odilon Barrot ,raversed the city on horseback, with several friends, addressing the people, and en- deavouring to calm them; but his efforts were vain. The proclamation announcing the new Ministry was torn down as fast as it was posted. The people called out to M. Odilon Barret, that they bad been deceived too often, and would now have a Republic. The tumult continued, but the confused narrative records no specific acts of violence nt this stage. M. Emile de Girardin hastened to the Tuileries with a second proclamation, to be signed by the King: it notified his abdication in favour of his grand- son the Count of Paris, a general amnesty, and dissolution of' the Cham- bers. The King signed the document, and M. de Girardin hurried back to distribute copies among the crowd. A cry had already risen, " Aux Tuileries! no Palais Royal! " and the populace moved in large bodies on the Palais Royal and the Tuileries. The Palais Royal was taken after a sharp contest of an hour and a half; General Lamoriciere being slightly wounded in attempting to preserve or- der.

The following account of the position of the Royal Family at this mo- ment appears to have emanated from one of the persons then present, who has since come to London-

" The King and Queen, with the Dake and Dutchess de Nemours, the Duke and Dutchess de Montpensier, and the Duke and Dutchess Auguste of Saxe- Coburg, remained in the Palace of the Tuileries. The King was surrounded by a large number of his most intimate personal friends, among whom were the Duke de Broglie and several other membere of the Chamber of Peers. M. Thiers and many other leading Deputies were also present, anxious to advise with the King as to the best course of proceeding. The Duke de Nemours had the command of the troops in the court-yard of the Palace. The insurgents were fast gathering and advancing. The National Guard gave way before them; and on nearing the Palace, entreated that the artillery might not be used on the people. The Duke de Nemours yielded to their solicitation, and not a shot was fired. As the mob rapidly increased, however, the King was advised to leave the Palace; a step which his Majesty at length reluctantly consented to adopt. With the King de- parted her Majesty the Queen, the Dutchess de Nemours and three of her chil- dren, the Duke and Datcheas Augnate of Saxe-Coburg with their youthful family, and the Dutchess de Montpensier." The scene of the departure of the King is described by an eye-witness, M. C. Maurice, the editor of the Courtier des SpectItcle_s- " About one o'clock in the afternoon, whilst in conversation with the Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of the Line, who appeared well disposed, and ( f which be gave proof 10 ordering his men to sheath their bayonets, a young man in plain clothes, who turned out to be the son of Admiral Baudin, on honieback,

trotted past us at a quick pace, crying out that Louis Philippe had abdicated, and requesting that the news might be circulated. A few instants after, at the Pont Tournant, we saw approach from the Tuileries a troop of National Guards on horseback, at a walking pace, forming the head of a procession, and by gestures and cries inviting citizens to abstain from every unfavourable demonstration. At this moment the expression a great misfortune' was heard; and the King Louis

Philippe, his right arm passed under the left arm of the Queen, on whom he ap- peared to lean for support, was seen to approach from the gate of the Tuileries,

in the midst of the horsemen, and followed by about thirty persons in different uniforms. The Queen walked with a firm step, and cast around looks of as- surance and anger intermingled. The King wore a black coat, with a common round hat, and wore no orders. The Queen was in full mourning. A report was

circulated that they were going to the Chamber of Deputies to depose the at of abdication. Cries of ' Vive is Reforme !' Vive Is France!' and even, by two or

three persons, Vive le Roi r were heard. The procession had scarcely passed the Pont Tournant, and arrived at the pavement surrounding the Obelisk, when the King, the Queen, and the whole party, made a sudden halt, apparently without any

necessity. In a moment they were surrounded by a crowd on foot and horse- back, and so crowded that they had no longer their freedom of motion. Louis Philippe appeared alarmed at this sudden approach. In fact, the spot fatally chosen by an effect of chance produced a strange feeling. A few paces off, a. Bourbon King, an innocent and resigned victim, would have been happy to have experienced no other treatment. Louis Philippe turned quickly round, let go the Queen's arm, took off his hat, raised it in the air, and cried out something which the noise prevented my hearing; in fact, the cries and pule-mule were general. The Queen became alarmed at no longer feeling the King's arm, and turned round with extreme haste, saying something which I could not catch. At this moment I said, Madame, ne craignez rien; continues, les Tangs vont s'ouvrir devant vous.' Whether her anxiety gave a false interpretation to my intention or not I am ig- norant, but, pushing back my hand, she exclaimed, Laissez moil' with a most irritated accent. She seized hold of the King's arm, and they both turned their steps towards two small black carriages with one horse each. In the first were two young children. The King took the left and the Queen the right, and the children with their faces close to the glass of the vehicle, looking at the crowd with the utmost curiosity: the coachman whipped his horse violently—in fact, with so much rapidity did it take place that the coach appeared rather carried than driven away; it passed before me, surrounded by the cavalry and National Guards present, and Cuirassiers and Lagoons. The second carriage, in which were two ladies, followed the other at the same pace; and the escort, which amounted to about two hundred men, set off at a full gallop, taking the water- side, towards St. Cloud."

The Duke of Montpensier accompauied the party, in command of a small escort. The fugitives separated at different points of their journey, to increase the facilities of individual escape. The next intelligence of the King and Queen is found in the following letter (of doubtful authen- ticity) from Dreux, published in the Union late Monarchigue-

" Louis Philippe arrived at the Chateau here on the 24th, at eleven in the eve- ning. A supper was sent out for amongst the public eating-houses of the town. He was accompanied by the Ex-Queen Marie Amelie and the Doke de Montpen- sier. He slept at the Chateau, after having sent for the Sub-Prefect and some intimate acquaintances. He was in a state of complete prostration, and repeated, each moment, 'Like Charles the Tenth ! ' He left the next morning, in a hired carriage and by by-roads for Vernon. It is said here that his passage through this latter town was not effected without obstacles."

The Duke and Dutchess Auguste of Saxe-Coburg and the Dutchess of Montpensier diverged from the route of the Ex-King at different points, but fell in with each other again before reaching the coast, and came to Eng- land in company.

After the departure of the Royal Family, the Duke de Nemours endea- voured to hold the Palace of the Tuileries against the populace. The National Guard, however, gave way; and the mob increasing to an oyer- whelming concomee, the Duke retired through the gardens with the small remnant of soldiers who still kept faithful to him.

Hearing that the Dutchess of Orleins had gone with her children to the Chamber of Deputies, he hastened thither; stationed his little band on guard at the entrance, and penetrated towards the hall. The Dutchess and her two sons were together, and the Count of Paris was about to be led into the presence of the Deputies. The scene changes to the interior: we partly described it last week, but it merits a fuller narration— Shortly a movement was apparent in the passage on the Left of the Chamber; and the Dutchess and her two sons entered, followed by the Duke de Nemours. The Count de Paris entered first of all, a person holding him by the hand. With difficulty he penetrated as far as the semicircle in front of the President's chair, so encumbered was it with Deputies and National Guards. His presence and that of the rest of the Royal party created a great sensation. The Dutchess seated herself in an arm-chair, with her sons at each side of her, in the wide space just mentioned. Presently there were sounds of commotion at the entrances, and cries of " You have no right to enter !" were heard. Next moment, an immense throng of people and National Guards forced themselves into the body of the Chamber, and thrust forward till they came right under the tribune. M. Dupin announced —" The King has abdicated in favour of his grandson, the Count of Paris, and has constituted the Dutchess of Orleans Regent." Shouts of applause from the Centre, and of disapprobation from the Left; and above all a voice from one of the people—" It is too late!" Now arose an agitation, impossible to describe. A number of Deputies collected round the Dutchess of Orleans and the rest of the Royal group. National Guards, without ceremony, came and mingled with the Deputies who had done so. M. Marie gained the tribune, and, after long perseverance, made himself heard. The Dutchess of Orleans, he said, had been named as Regent; but the existing law, which gives the Regency to the Duke of Nemours, could not so lightly be repealed. A Provisional Government should be appointed. M. Cremieux in- sisted on this view; and prayed the Chamber to avoid the acts of 1830, which it was found in 1848 necessary to commence again. hi. Odilon Barra declared there never was need of more coolness or patriotism: "the crown of July," he said, " rests on the head of a child and a woman"—" it is a solemn appeal." (Load assents from most of the Deputies, s, and dissents from the People.) A person not belonging to the Chamber, M. Chevalier, editor of the Biblio- therm llistorigue, ascended the tribune, amid a tumult of confusion; but at last he made himself heard—" Beware," he cried, "of proclaiming the Count de Paris without being authorized to do so. But if the Dutchess of Orleans and the young Count have sufficient courage to go along the Boulevards in the midst of the peo- ple and the National Guards, I answer for their safety. If the people will not consent to confer on him the crown"—

Voices in the crowd—" Viva la Republique M. Chevalier—" What you have now to do is to give us a government, and to give it at once: you cannot leave a whole population without magistrates, with- out directing beads." (The noire prevented the voice of the speaker from being heard.) At this moment a vast crowd broke into the Chamber. They were dressed in the most heterogeneous manner; some in blouses with dragoon-helmets on their head; others with cross-belts and infantry-caps; others again in ordinary clothes; but all with arms—swords, lances, spears, muskets, and tri-coloured flags. These Persons at once seized on such Deputies seats as were unoccupied; several even

ascended the tribune, and fixed themselves there. The President, perceivingsthat had occurred, and in order to mark his disapprobation, as well perhaps as to oig. 'iffy that the sitting could not continue under such circumstances, put on his hit. This created a dreadful uproar, and numerous cries of " Off with your hat, Presi- dent!" were heard from the new-comers. Several of them even levelled their mus. kets at him.

A number of the Deputies appearing to consider their position perilous, began to withdraw; and as they abandoned their places the crowd took possession of them. The tumult was tremendous; and many Deputies looked with anxiety towards the Dateless of Orleans and her children. She, however, sat calm amidst the uproar. M. Ledra Rollin shouted till he was listened to. He protested against the kind of government just proposed. (Immense uproar—deafening shouts of approval.) He continued his protest; saying—" I do so in the name of the citizens whom see before me, who for the last two days have been fighting, and who will, if of}, cessary, again combat this evening. [From every side cries of " Yes ! yes r cheers, with brandishing of arms, and in some cases raising of muskets to the shoulder; indescribable tumult.] I demand in the name of the people, that a Provisional Government be named." (Great applause.)

M. Lamartine proposed a government on which should be imposed the duty to convoke and consult the people in its totality—all that possess in their tide of man the rights of citizens. At this moment a violent and imperative knocking was heard at the door do upper tribune, which was not entirely filled. On the door being opened, a num. ber of men rushed in, well provided with arms, and who appeared to have just come from a combat. Several of them forced their way to the front seats, and pointed their muskets at the Deputies below. Some of these weapons were also turned in the direction of the Royal party. The persons near the Dutchese of Orleans seemed to address her energetically; a moment after, she rose, and, with her sous and the Prince, quitted tffe Cham- ber by a door on the extreme Left. Atthis point, too, M. Sanzet left the President's chair, and all the remaining Deputies quitted their places. M. Ledru Rollin read the names of MM. Dupont (de I'Eure), Arago, De Ls.. martins, Ledru Rollin, Gamier Pages, Marie, and Cremieux as the members of a Provisional Government; all of which were received with acclamations.

Some one having directed the attention of the crowd to the picture of Louis Philippe swearing obedience to the Charter, cries of " Tear it down!" arose. A workman armed with a doable-barrelled fowling-piece, who was standing in the semicircle, cried ont, " Just wait until I have a shot at Louis Philippe!" and at the same moment both barrels were discharged. Great confusion ensued; in the midst of which, two men jumped on the chairs behind the President's seat, and prepared to cut the picture to pieces with their sabres. Another workman ran up the steps of the tribune, and exclaimed—" Respect public monuments! Respect property! Why destroy the pictures with balls? We have shown that the peo- ple will not allow itself to be misgoverned; let us now show that it knows how to conduct itself properly after its victory!" (Great applause.)

The next instant, M. Dupont de Mare took possession of the chair. MM. de La- martine and Ledru Rollin attempted successively to obtain a hearing, but unsuc- cessfully. Several of the National Guards and some of the people also made similar attempts, but without effect. A cry then arose in one of the tribunes of "Let Lamartine speak I" and at once all the others took it np. The names of the Provisional Government were once more read aloud, and were then written on a sheet of paper and paraded round the Chamber on the end of a musket. Presently a cry arose—" To the Hotel de Ville!" and the whole as- sembly in a short time vacated the Chamber.

After leaving the Chamber, the Dutchess of Orleans and her children went to the kvalides; where they passed the night. At five o'clock next morning, they departed in a hackney-coach, accompanied by an Aide-de- camp of Marshal Molitor, the Governor of the Invalides. It was said that the Dutchess left Paris only on Saturday; and that she would be accom- panied to the frontier by a distinguished member of the Provisional Go- vernment. (M. Marrast was mentioned.) The aspect of the last sitting of the Chamber of Peers was in singular contrast to that of the Deputise. The scene in the latter when the noble Dutchess of Orleans sat calm, with a young child on either hand, amidst the volcanic turmoil raised by the men of the people, had its insignificant parallel in the other Chamber, in the gentle agitation of expectancy with which the Peers awaited the Dutchess; who never came. The ordinary chairs were removed, the satin ones garnished and set in state, and the members hung about near them, that due deference might not be omitted. The last shout of the Deputies, " To the Hotel de Vile!" and their in- stantaneous rash from the Chamber, find a similar ludicrous parallel in the formal announcement by the Usher of the Peers that the sitting had con- cluded; and the " considerable agitation" with which the Peers then retired.

The persons nominated as a Provisional Government retired from the Chambers to the Hotel de Ville. Here a terrible scene was exhibited.

" The members of the Provisional Government sat to decide upon the course to be adopted in the actual situation of the capital. Individually the great ma- .jority of them were opposed to the establishment of an unmitigated Democracy. fhe populace, however, filled the hall, and completely overpowered them by de- monstration of their inflexible purpose of seeing a Republic in its most Democratic form resolved on. In vain it was attempted to adjourn the question till minds should become calm. Every proposition of like nature was met by menacing shouts directed even against the most popular of the members of the Government. M. Dupont (de !Tare) who made many attempts to defend the proposition of Republic in its less Democratic shape, was compelled to silence by the most deaf- ening shouts of 'Dupont I Is fenetre! and was so exhausted by fatigue and ex- citement that he twice fainted. M. Marie met with no better success. The anxieties he underwent had such an effect on his countenance, that on leaving the meeting his own son could not recognize him. The populace willed that a pure Democratic Republic should be formed, and that every male above a certain age should be eligible to the National Guard, and empowered to carry arms. Every attempt to oppose this, in however mitigated a form, was the signal of renewed shouts of 'Dupont I la fenetre ! " Marie a la fenetre r The popular will pre- vailed, and resolutions were passed in accordance with it."

The Provisional Government at once issued the following proclamation- " A retrograde Government has been overturned by the heroism of the people of Paris. This Government has fled, leaving behind it traces of blood, which will for ever forbid its return.

" The blood of the people has flowed, as in July; but, happily, it has not been shed in vain. It has secured a National and Popular Government, in accordance with the rights, the progress, and the will of this great and generous people: " A Provisional Government, at the call of the People and some Deputies in the sitting of the 24th of February, is for the moment invested with the care of organ- izing and securing the national victory. It is composed of MM. Dupont de Vestal, Lamartine, Cremienx, Ao Ledru Rollin, and Gamier Pages. 1 he Secretaries to this Government are MM. Armand, Marrast, Louis Blanc, and Ferdinand Fla con. These citizens have not hesitated for an instant to accept the patriotic mis- sion which has been imposed upon them by the urgency of the occasion.

" Frenchmen, give to the world the example Pans has given to France. Pre-

effe yourselves, by order and confidence in yourselves, for the institutions which ens about to be given to you. a The Provisional Government desires a Republic, pending the ratification of the French People, who are to be immediately consulted. Neither the people of pare nor the Provisional Government desire to substitute their opinion for the opinions of the citizens at large upon the definite form of government which the national sovereignty shall proclaim.

L'unite de is nation,' formed henceforth of all classes of the people which compose it; The government of the nation by itself; "Liberty, equality, and fraternity for its principles; The people to devise and to maintain order: Such is the Democratic Government which France owes to herself, and which oar efforts will assure to her. Such are the first acts of the Provisional Government.

" (Signed) Dupont de l'Eure, Lamartine, Ledru Rollin, Bedean, Michel Goudcbaux, Arago, Bethmont Marie, Carnet, Cavaignac, Garner Pages. " The Municipal Guard is disbanded.

6' The protection of the city of Paris is confided to the National Guard, under the orders of M. Courtais."

Another decree was subsequently issued " in the name of the People," assigning specific offices to the Members of the Government, with some additions-

" It is hereby ordered by the Provisional Government: M. Dupont de l'Eure is named Provisional President of the Council, without portfolio; M. de Lamartine, Provisional Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. Crenlienx, Provisional Minister of Justice; M. Ledru-Rollin, Provisional Minister of the Interior; Michel Goode- cheaax, Provisional Minister of Finance; M. Francois Arago, Provisional Mi- nister of Marine; General Bedean, Provisional Minister of War; M. Carnet, Pro- visional Minister of Public Instruction and Worship; M. Bethmont, Provisional Minister of Commerce; M. Marie, Provisional Minister of Public Works; General Cavaignac, Governor of Algeria." " M. Garner Pages is named Mayor of Paris; andeohim are given as adjoinis, MM. Gninard and Recurt.

" M Flotard is named Secretary-General."

A third was short and pithy—

"In the name of the French People. " The Provisional Government decrees- " The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved. The Chamber of Peers is prohibited from meeting.

"A National Assembly will be convoked as soon as the Provisional Government shall have regulated the measures of order and police neeesqory for the votes of all the citizens.

" LAMARTINE. LEDRU-ROLLIN. LOUIS BLANC Secretary.

M. Albert, whp has always signed himself with the addition of " ouvrier " ("workman") after his name, was appointed as a fourth Secretary.

Further appointments have followed in rapid succession. General Su- bervie was substituted for General Bedeau as Minister of War; General )3•Sileau taking the command of the First Military Division; Admiral Bandin was appointed commander of the Fleet; and M. Etienne Arago, brother of the Minister of Marine, Director-General of the Post-office. With some exceptions, most of the subordinate and local officers were con- firmed in their posts; some, especially among the provincial Prefects, re-

signed-

The tumult in Paris continued on Friday, though it sensibly abated throughout the day. A large body of the National Guards and of the

crowd marched for the fort of Vincennes; , which surrendered after a very slight resistance. Oiher Setts were given up is succession. In fact, the soldiers of the Line had tacitly joined the revolt. Such scenes as this oc- curred—

"A body of the people proceeded, with obviously hostile views, to the barrack in the Rue Pepiniere, in which were the Fifty-second Regiment of the Line. They found in front of it a battalion of the First Legion of National Guards; one among whom asked, 'What do you seek?' The arms of the Fifty-second." Why? 'Because we wish to apply them to the defence of the country.' But are they not in the hands of the Fifty-second, who have fraternized with the people, and who are ready, willing, and capable of fighting for France?' This produced a pause. The National Guard then proposed that a leader of the people should ac- company him to the Colonel of the Fifty-second; which being agreed to, an in- terview took place, which ended in the Colonel's presenting himself at the bal- cony and thus addressing the people—' Citizens! You ask for the arms of the Fifty-second, iu order that they be given to patriots. The Fifty-second are pa- triots to a man. The Fifty-second was among the first of the regiments which in 1830 joined the people. The Fifty-second was the first which in 1848 frater-

nized with the People. The Fifty-second is no more. That which was the Fifty- second of the Line is now the first regiment of the Republic.' The enthusiasm

which this brief address produced on the people is indescribable. The arms were left with the regiment; and those who came five minutes previously to fight and slaughter retired delighted, and in the best possible disposition." The utmost exertions, however, to keep order, were thrown upon the members of the Provisional Government, individually as well as collec- tively, especially on M. de Lamartine. Five times he was called upon to address the mob, still fierce with excitement, assembled under the windows of the Hotel de Ville. The Presse has reported one of these addresses—.

"It is thus that you are led from calumny to calumny against the men who have devoted themselves, head, heart, and breast, to give you a real Republic—. the Republic of all rights, all interests, and all the legitimate rights of the people. Yesterday you asked us to usurp, in the name of the people of Paris the rights of thirty-five millions of men—to vote them an absolute Republic, instead of a Re-

lic invested with the strength of their consent; that is to say, to make of that blic, imposed and not consented, the will of a part of the people, instead of the will of the whole nation. Today you demand from us the red flag instead of the tricolor one. Citizens! for my part, I will never adopt the red flag; and I will explain in a word why I will oppose it with all the strength of my patriotism. It is, citizens, because the tricolor flag has made the tour of the world, under the Republic and the Empire, with our liberties and our glories, and that the red flag has only made the tour of the Champ de Mars, trailed through torrents of the blood of the people." The effect of his oratory was all-powerful-

" At this part of the speech of M. de Lamartine, in that astonishing sitting of sixty hours, in the midst of an irritated crowd, every one was suddenly affected be, his words; hands were clapped and tears shed, and they finished by embracing elm, shaking his hands, and bearing him in triumph. In a moment after, fresh Masses of people arrived, armed with sabres and bayonets. They knocked at the doors; they filled the salles. The cry was, that all was lost; that the people Were about to fire on or stifle the members of the Professional Government. M. de Lamartine was called for. He was supplicated to go once more, for the last time, to address the people. He was raised on a step of the staircase: the crowd remained for half an hour without consenting to listen to him, vociferating, brandishing arms of all kinds over his head. M. de Lamartine folded his arms, recommenced his address, and finished by softening, appeasing, and caressing the intelligent and sensible people, and determining them either to withdraw or to become themselves the safeguard of the Provisional Government" By Friday evening order was to a great extent restored: one proof WAS the reopening of the Bank of Franco.

On Saturday, the restoration of order was completed. The public de- partments resumed their duties, and among them the department of Fi- nance. It was only on the previous Monday that the notice to pay the city taxes had been issued. The whole of the coming year's taxes derived from percentage on rents of apartments and shopkeepers' licences would thus fall into the hands of the new Government—an enormous fund with which to begin. The million a month to the Civil List had already been confiscated, or, as the ordinance has it, "restored to the people "—a hand- some addition to the fund applicable to the relief of distress. The streets were partially cleared of the obstructions caused by the barricades, under the scientific direction of the students of the Ecole Polytechnique, iu such a way as not to compromise the security against a surprise afforded by these popular fortifications. This enabled the country-people to bring in provisions, of which there was an abundant supply; and it allowed the vast number of coachmen and cabmen to resume their occupation. The law courts resumed their sittings; the shops were opened; everything was done to calm apprehension.

On this day, the indefatigable Lamartine declared the Republic: he pre- sented himself, with the other members of the Government, oo the steps of the Hotel de Ville, and thus addressed the multitude- " Citizens! The Provisional Government of the Republic bee called upon the people to witness its gratitude for the magnificent national cooperation which has just accepted these new institutions. (Prolonged acclamations from the crowd and National Guard)

" The Provisional Government of the Republic has only joyful intelligence to announce to the people here assembled. Royalty is abolished. The Republic is proclaimed. The people will exercise theiri%ipolitical rights. National workshops are are open for those who a without work. immense acclamations.)

" The army is being reorganized. The ational Guard indissolubly unites it- self with the people, so as to promptly restore order with the same hand that had only the preceding moment conquered our liberty. (Renewed acclamations) " Finally, gentlemen, the Provisional Government was anxious to be itself the bearer to you of the last decree it has resolved on and signed in this memorable sitting—that is, the abolition of the penalty of death for political matters. (Una- nimous bravos.) This is the noblest decree, gentlemen, that has ever issued from the months of a people the day after their victory. (" Yes, yes! ") It is the character of the French nation which escapes in one spontaneous cry from the soul of its Government (" Yes, yes! Bravo ! ") We have brought it with us, and I will now read it to you. There is not a more becoming homage to a people than the spectacle of its own magnanimity."

M. de Lamartine read the decree, as follows- " THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

" LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government, convinced that greatness of mind is the supreme policy, and that each revolution effected by the French People owes to the world the consecration of an additional philosophical truth; " Whereas there is not a more sublime principle than the inviolability of human life; " Whereas in these memorable days the Provisional Government has ascertained with pride that not a cry of vengeance or death escaped the mouth of the people; "Declares that, in its opinion, the penalty of death should be abolished tor poli- tical offences; and that it will submit that wish to the definitive ratification of the National Assembly. " The Provisional Government is so firmly convinced of dee truth which it pro- claims in the name of the French People, that if the guilty men who have shed the blood of France were in the hands of the people, their degradation would in its eyes be a more exemplary chastisement than their execution." The aged President, M. Dupont, was called to the window of the saloon once called " the Throne-room," but now " Hall of the Republic," to re- ceive the greetings of the people.

Sunday was a high festival. The barricades had all been removed; the streets were thronged, the city was as tranquil as on that day week; and nothing was wanting but better weather—the rain poured in torrents, and the wind blew a hurricane. At two o'clock the Provisioeal Government reviewed the vast body of National Guards, horse and loot, before the Column of July. We quote an eye-witness- " It was the celebrated astronomer Arago who, from the steps of the Column of

July, proclaimed the Republic, amidst the wildest enthusiasm. Arago is not an orator; but he possesses a fine person, luminous eye, and manly manner, with a voice to proclaim the Republic to the stars. The aged Dupont de rEure next thanked the populace for their respect for order and grand morn support of the revolution. 'Listen,' shouted Arago: it is eighty years of a pure life that speaks to you;—a far better expression than the forty ages from the Pyramids contem- plating the French army; although that piece of Ossianic mysticism suited its purpose as well as did our astronomers more touching appeal to the feelings awakened by old age and a pure life. Cremieux's loud but hard voice was heard next addressing a somewhat commonplace apostrophe to the spirits of the victims of July, who had at length received satisfaction; and then the procession attempted an almost impossible performance, that of defiling round the column through a compact mass of people, unable, if ever so willing, to move one way or the other.

"For hours after General Courtais devoted himself to the preservation of order: with his white head uncovered, and mild countenance, he harangued every group he met along the Boulevards to the Foreign Office, recommending order mid tran- quillity; and so well did he succeed that the populace forbore to exact illumina- tions. " In the evening the theatres were crowded by free admissions. The actors in National Guard costume, and actresses appropriately dressed, sang the !Versed- laiee, aided by the audience."

On Tuesday, a body of 2,000 workmen went to the Hotel de Ville, to demand of the Provisional Government the limiuttiou of the hours of la- bour to ten hours daily, the abolition of the system of middlemen, and the bringing about a good understanding and association between masters and workmen. M. Louis Blanc came upon the steps of the Hotel, and declared that this grave question would engross the most serious attention of the Government.

A commission has been appointed, and has since sat in the Luxembourg, under M. Louis Blanc's presidency, to consider the question: its office is set forth in the following decree-

" Considering that the revolution made by the people ought to be made for them; that it is time to put an end to the long and iniquitous sufferings of work- men; that the labour question is one of supreme importance; that there is no other more high or more worthy of the consideration of a Republican Govern- ment; that it belongs to France to study ardently and to resolve a problem stub- nutted at present to all the industrial nations of Europe; " The Provisional Government of the Republic decrees a permanent commis- skim which shall be named Commission de Gouvernement pour les Travaillens, with the express and special mission of occupying themselves with their lot. "To show how much importance the Provisional Government of the Republic attaches to the solution of this great problem, it nominates President of the Coin- mission of Government for Workmen one of its members, M. Louis Blanc, and for Vice-President another of its members, M. Albert, workman. Workmen will be invited to form part of the Committee. "The seat of the Coihmittee will be at the Palace of the Luxembourg. .

"Louis BLANC. GARNIER PAGES. AILIIAND MAARAST."

Adhesion to Government has been given in from every quarter. At a meeting held on Saturday, M. Odilon Barret and his friends, M. Thiers and his party and M. Billault and Dufaure and their adherents,..united in an enthusiastic decision that the Tiers Parti, the Gauche, and the Centre Gauche, should adhere to the Government without restriction or reserve. M. Barrot, M. Duvergier de Hauranne, M. Leon de Maleville, and a great number more, afterwards went to the Hotel de Ville, were introduced to the members of the Provisional Government, and offered their adhesion and cooperation. M. Larochejaquelin, the celebrated Legitimist Deputy, has signified his adhesion " without any mental reservation "; his motto being:Le Pays avant tout."

The acts of the Catholic clergy convey an unequivocal recegaition of the new order of things. The Government had announced religious tole- ration for all sects, and had besought the prayers of all for the success of the Republic. The Archbishop of Paris has directed the clergy to sing after the mass, " Domine, salaam fac Francorum gentem." He has testified great admiration at the disinterestedness and respect for property shown by the people in the late great event. He has visited the Hotel Dieu and the hospitals of the Charite and Beaujon, in full archiepiscopal dress; has given his benediction to the wounded; and has ordered the establishment of temporary hospitals in the churches, even to the suppression, where necessary, of Sunday service. All. the churches in Paris, however, were opened on Sunday, and masses were said for the dead.

- The military adhesions are numerous; including Marshals Soult, Moli- tor, Sebastiani, Gerard, Reille, and Dodo de la Brunerie. Even afinsilial Bugeaud has offered his sword for the exterior or interior service of his country. So also the Generals of division St. Yon, (M. Guizot's late col- league) Fabvier Schramm, Aupick, (late Governor of Paris,) Grouchy, Preval, Montholon, Feucheres, Oudinot, Achard, Gourgaud, Lahitte, Paix- hens, Dalton, Monthion, Bachela, Pelet, Petit, Brossard, and Girod de l'Ain de Rigny. Also Admiral Mackau, and the Admirals in Paris.

The Ex-King Jerome Bonaparte says, in a letter addressed to the Pro- visional Government—" The nation has just destroyed the treaties of 1815: the old soldier of Waterloo, the last brother of Napoleon, reenters from that moment the bosom of the great family." He demands a decree declaring that his proscription was an insult to France, and has disappeared with all that was imposed by Foreign Powers. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte writes to the Provisional Government, that he shall be happy if his patriotism can be usefully employed. He has, however, been advised to return to England. Pierre Napoleon, son of Lucien Bonaparte, has placed himself at the disposal of the French people.

M. de Rothschild has intimated to the Provisional Government that he is prepared to observe all his engagements towards the _State for the.new IRO. He has also declared that he will not leaveliaris; and has sent' 58,000 francs to the Mayor for the wounded.

M. Cabe,,chief of 'the Communists, in an address to that body -hasi re- edimmended ittolialiere; reserving its rights of action forindividind liberty, association, and ai.u.ion. .

All the leading organs of the-press, including "even the Tourndl des De-

bate, have adhered. •

M. Lamartine, in his new capacity of Foreign Minister, has addressed a circular to the various Ambassadors in Paris. It states, that as the writer has been appointed Provisional Minister of Foreign Affairs for the French Republic, it becomes his duty to announce the fact to the representatives of the different'Powers; and " that theaRepublican form of the new Govern- ment has neither changed the place of France in Europe, nor her loyal and sincere disposition to maintain relations of good harmony with the Powers who desire, like herself, the independence of nations and the peace of the world." M. Lamartine expresses his personal desire "to contribute to this accordance of nations in their reciprocal dignity, and to remind Europe that the principle of peace and the principle of liberty were born on the same day in France."

On Sunday it was announced, that all the Foreign Ministers had met at the Turkish Ambassador's residence, and resolved, in consequence otthe unanimity of the movement, and the appearance of force and stability of the Provisional Government, to remain at their posts until orders from their respective Courts. The Pope's Nuncio answered the circular with a written message: lie expressed his joy at the respect shown to religion amid the great events past, and was convinced the Holy Father would call down God's blessings on France. The United States Ambassador acknowledged the Provisional Government, and addressed to its members the warmest congratulations.

The Poles in Paris have offered to form a Polish legion.

The Provinces almost unanimously accept the Revolution. Brest, Cher- bourg, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyons, Strasbourg, and Bayonne, together with a vast number of other towns, are enumerated in its favour. At all of them the Provisional Government is recognized. At some a Republic had been anticipated. At Lyons, Soissons, and Rheims, disturbances at first occurred; caused, it is said, by the interference of the authorities with the too overt approval of the populace. At Strasbourg there was some fighting between the people and the military: subsequently the fort was given up, and the Provisional Government is now acknowledged. At Boulogne, there was some trifling disorder for a little.

Since Friday, marked and surprising advances have been made towards the restoration of good order in Paris. The Government has laboured day and night in this service, and the people have vied with them in energy. Even at the height of the revolution, Lynch law maintained some order. Robbers and fire-raisers were seized by the National Guards, arraigned be- fore the people, and shot on the spot. This happened several times on Friday.

Three men were shot in the Champs Elyeees on that day. Next day, in the Rae Richelieu, two young thieves were shot: their bodies were left for view on the spot, with a paper attached marked in large letters with the word " Voleur."

A in in who attempted (and with partial success) to set fire to the Palais Royal was shot near the Prefecture. Another who endeavoured to set fire to the build. ings in the Parc Monceau, and a third who committed a barbarous assassination and robbery, met with a similar fate. A band of eight robbers was brought out for execution in the same unceremonious manner to the Place de Is Madeleine; but the largeness of the number made the amateur executioners hesitate. pre_ sadly, however, the robbers were carried to the mairie of the first arrondissement, which is bard by. The Mayor, being satisfied that justice was about to be done, gave his sanction to the execution, and it was forthwith effected in the court.

On Saturday afternoon, the barricades having been opened in the principal streets, and communications made more easy, the plan of carrying culprits to the Prefecture of Police became more common; but the executions were almost equally summary.

The destruction of property had of course been considerable. Taa splendid mansion of Baron Rothschild at Surennes was burnt, under the impression that it was the King's property. A deputation has since, with drollery enough, waited on the Baron and apologized for the mistake. The Northern Railway has suffered further injury than we noticed last week: its rails have been torn up in places all the way down to Pontoise. ,A viaduct has been destroyed on the Paris side of Amiens, and another near the Belgian frontier. Several stations besides the metropolitan one have been destroyed. These acts added to the difficulty of the efforts made to keep regular the provisioning of Paris.

An English resident in Paris describes some traces of the devastations on the Northern Railway-

" At Beaumont the marks of devastation began to be visible. Some detach- ments of three regiments of the Line were drawn up here, under the most terrific rain I ever saw—it poured down in sheets of water. The railway authorities, quite taken by surprise, could offer little or no resistance to the mob, which ra- vaged all the way down to this point. It was composed of the lowest ruffians of the city; and the havoc they have caused is deplored by the bulk of the people. At Isle Adam and at Anvers nothing is left of the stations but ashes and charred beams. At Pontoise the destruction appears still more extensive; a whole train of carriages that stood in front of the platform is there still, in the shape of skeletons, the iron-work of the wheels and bodies alone remaining. From this point to St. Denis, every house, hut, waggon, carriage, and shed on the line, has been burned or torn down. The stone bridges that cross the line withinahe city itself have had their parapets levelled; and immense masses of stone heaped together block up one line of railway edinpletely. Fortunately, the magnificent station at Paris has escaped. The mob destroyed nothing that was not connected with the railway; the cottages and cabarets along the line have not been touched. A wag- gon of coke standing within sight of the Paris station was still burning when the train passed." The Boulevards, says the same writer, present a terrible proof of that recklessness of destruction common to all kinds of battle- " The trees which were the ornament of these splendid streets, under which the Parisian was wont in the summer to sip his coffee while selecting his.theatre for the evening, are all cat down; the stumps stood for tome days exhibiting a horrid amputated look, as of ruthless surgery. They were all severed about three feet from the ground, and formed a line of posts, neither useful nor ornamental. These trees will be sorely missed next July: but the next best thing to leaving them as they were is getting rid of them altogether, and this' has been the-occu- pation of a large body of labourers today."

The damage done to the St. Germain Railway is estimated at four or five millions of francs at least. The Pont de Bezons is destroyed, also that of Asnieres. The atmospheric apparatus has been devastated at Nanterre, and several other partial demolitions have been effected.

A Rouen paper states the impression that the attack on the railway was commenced Amply in jealoney stathe Faaglieh,weekmen on it. The hum- ing of the bridgeis thus defecribed-- Oa Thursday, bands of, operatives commenced by attacking an English foundry, but were diverted from- much mischief by the National Guard. They then spread in various directions, exhibiting fresh flags, with the words 'Mort aux Angle's!' crying out Vivi) Is Republique!' and singing the Marseillaise. At nine o'clock in the evening, the mob set fire to the railway bridge, constructed of wood, over the Seine. Although it poured with rain, a vast crowd assembled on the quays to witness the conflagration; which, from much of the bridge being built of deal, occasionally barstforth like a volcano. The firemen and the Na- tional Guard were quickly on the spot, eudeavouring to extinguish it. At half- past eleven, another bridge, that of Grammont, together with a ledge and the St. Sever station, burst forth in flames. The vast warehouse and engine-houses attached to the station were also entered and damaged by the mob. Soon after, the station in the Rue Verte was attacked. At intervals, the words 'Down with the English I' were uttered by some of the rioters; and there was a manifest dis-

ition to destroy every portion of the railway works which English workmen any hand in constructing." The Mayor and citizens have acted with promptitude against the rioters. Fifty-two were arrested on Saturday, and since then nineteen more. The latter number fought desperately in resistance.

An immense number of Ministerial acts, orders, and decrees, have been made public: we subjoin an account of the principal. . The first act of the Minister of the Interior, in taking possession of his depart- meat, was to despatch a telegraphic order for the immediate liberation of all poli- tical prisoners, and to insure them the means of joining their families.

M. l'ortalis, the new Procureur-General, entered office on Saturday. His first step was to present a requisition to the Court of Appeal for a criminal informa- tion against M. Guizot and his eight colleagues, the late Ministers of the Ex-King Louis Philippe. Under article 91 of the Criminal Code, they are accused of or- dering troops to fire on citizens, and to prevent by bloodshed the doing of acts not forbidden by law; the Ministers thus becoming guilty of "attempting to excite the citizens and inhabitants to arm themselves against one another, and to carry devastation, massacre, and pillage in the commune of Paris." The Court of Ap- peal granted the criminal information, and ordered the arrest of the accused.

The Provisional Government has called on the people to cooperate against pil- lagers and malefactors. It has been decreed that the National Guard be reorganized wherever it was dissolved by the late Government, and resume its duties through the entire Republic.

A moveable National Guard of Paris has been decreed, in twenty-four batta- lions of 1,058 volunteers each. It wiU consist of volunteers between sixteen and thirty years of age. The noncommissioned officers are to be chosen one half from among the troops of the Line and the other from among the volunteers. The Captains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns, are to be elected from among the citizen volunteers, in the same manner as the officers of the National Guard, and under the presidency of the Mayor of the district to which the battalion belongs. The pay of a volunteer is fixed at la 50c. per day. The officers are to receive 300 francs for their outfit, and to be paid as officers of the Line. Their uniform is to be that of the National Guard. Each volunteer will engage to serve during a year and a day. A proclaniation appeared on Friday, by which the Provisional Government offered to dress and arm such citizens as wished to enlist in the National Guard,. and promised them a pay of 30 sous per day. The Provisional Government has ordained that the national flag be the tri- colour; but the colours are to be arranged in the order of the flag used by the former Republic. On the flag will be written the words " Republique Frantaise- Lberie, Egalite, Fratemite." Thus Democratic doctrines will be symbolized and national traditions cherished. The red rosette, however, is to be retained: it will be worn by the members of the Provisional Government, and borne ou the staff of the flag. An appeal is made to the army against desertion. "France has need of all her children. The department of the Post-office has returned to its usual routine. Com- munications are now opened to all parts of the Republic, and to foreign parts. The Ministries of Justice and the Foreign and Colonial Offices are in full activity. Orders have been sent to change the superior officer having Abd-el-Kader in charge, and to use additional vigilance.

All public edifices are claimed in the name of the nation, and committed to the care of the people. This has been done in particular with regard to the confis- cated palaces and fixed property of Royalty. They are about to repave the streets of Paris, to rebuild edifices destroyed for making barricades, to repair the rail- ways broken up, and reconstruct their burnt stations. Government enjoin the people to treat foreigners with honour and generosity; and have taken energetic command to protect their persons, property, and rights.

To defray the charges of the works proposed, they look chiefly to the municipal revenues of Paris. Government entreat the people to assist the excisemen in the collection of these tolls for the present: soon they shall be revised and rendered less burthensome. In assistance of these means, they will cause to be sold the palaces and other property of fallen Royalty, which were held by it as representa- tive of the state.

For the regulation of trade, an edict has been issued containing these pro- visions— "Art. I. The expiration of commercial bills payable in Paris from the 22d of February to the 2d of March inclusive, shalt be prorogued for ten days ; so that the bills falling due on the 22d of February shall not be payable till 3d of March, and so for the follow- ing days.

Art. 2. All protests, recourses on guarantees and prescriptions mentioned in Art. 1, are also suspended and prorogued during ten days.

u Art 3. The Minister of the Finances is more especially charged with the execution of the present decree."

The fine arts are not forgotten; as witness the following—" Everything that concerns the direction of the beaux arts and the musess, hitherto in the attri- butions of the Civil List, will constitute a new division of the Ministry of the In- terior. The jury charged to receive the paintings for the annual exhibitions will

be named by election; artists will be convoked for this purpose an early decree. The exhibition of 1848 will be opened on the 15th of March." The Government laboured with assiduity to alleviate the pressing physical wants of the citizens. They have obtained a return of the stock of bread in Paris, and find there is thirty days' consumption in store. The repairs of railroads they have ordained, will at the same time employ the people at good wages and facili- tate the acmes to the metropolis of food-stores. It has already been mentioned that national workshops shall be formed; but upon whet basis has not been pro- mulged. " It is decreed that all objects pledged at the Mont-de-Piste from 4th February, consisting of linen, clothes, and other small articles, on which not more than ten francs have been lent, shall be given back to the parties to whom they belong." " The Provisional Government decrees that the Tuileries shall hence- forward serve as an asylum to invalided workmen." " The children of citizens killed are adopted by the country. The Republic charges itself with all assist- ance to be given to the wounded, and to the families of the victims .of the 310- narchical Government." -- -

A late determination is thus announced-J' The Provisional Government, con- sidering that equality is one of the great principles of the French Republic, and that it ought, in consequence, to be immediately carried into effect, decrees as follows—

"All the ancient titles of nobility are abolished; and the qualifications which were attached thereto are prohibited. They cannot be used publicly, or figure in any public document whatever."

The fileids of M. Armand Carrel repaired on Thursday to the Cemetery of St. Maude, where his remains are interred, to render an homage to his memory. The Provisional Government was represented by M. Marrast; the National Guards and Schiele, by deputations. After a speech from the Mayor of St. Maude, M. Emile de Girardin, who shot Carrel in a duel, stepped forward to speak: ageueral consternatiot prevailed for a moment; but the feeling changed, when M. Girardin in affecting terms deplored the fatality which had deprived the country of Carrel's services; and proposed, as a homage due to his memory, "that the Government, which has acquired so much glory by abolishing capital punishment, be invited to complete its work by proscribing duelling." M. de Girardin was embraced with affection by all the persona who surrounded him. M. Armond Marrast also delivered a short oration. The procession then left the cemetery and returned into town.

Several minor incidents, or isolated facts omitted in the connected nar- rative, are too interesting to be altogether overlooked; and we subjoin a number gleaned frond the mass.

The blind confidence of the Ex-King was unshakeable. On Tuesday evening, the day of the Reform banquet, Louis Philippe said to a foreign Ambassador, "I fear nothing; I am so firmly seated in my saddle, that I dread neither a change of Ministry nor a disobedience of my commands." The King also requested a gentleman about to quit the capital of France, to remain and witness the quiet manner in which he was about to " put down " the mob.—National. Count Dachatel, the Ex-Minister of the Interior, had addressed to the Prefect of Marseilles the following telegraphic despatch, dated Paris, February 22, half- past eight o'clock a.m.— " The measures adopted by the Government, In consequence of the publication of a rattnifesto In the name of the Committee charged with organizing the banquet, have In- duced the Opposition to renounce thefr projected manifestation and banquet. Pads is perfectly tranquil."

The National of Monday denies that the Datchess of Orleans has any chance of being appointed Regent. "There is henceforth," says the National, "a great gulf between France and all branches of the Bourbons."

The statue of the Duke of Orleans has been taken down from the court-yard of the Louvre.

Ten young men attempted on Saturday evening to get up a Legitimist mani- festation in the Faubourg St. Germain. The people, seeing them all dressed in black, with white cockades in their hats, cries out " Teens! liens! A funeral! They are undertakers' men!" The young men, finding the people in such good humour, immediately set to work. "Friends," exclaimed they, remember Henry the Fourth, and proclaim his descendant. Long live Henry the Fifth !" The eople, in the same good humour, immediately cried out, " Ah, how is he, the dear prince? Is he, not dead ? So much the better! Make our compliments to him, if you please, gentlemen. How happy he will be! Henry the koarth is dead! Vive la Republique !'—Courrier Francais. The favourite play at the theatres is that of the Chiffonier of Paris, by Pyat. Lemaitre plays the ragman; and among the rubbish which he picks up is an old crown, that falls out of a piece of paper, on which is printed " The Banquet Prohibited." This hit has made F. Lemaitre's fortune. It was Frederick who used to impersonate Louis Philippe in Robert Macaire and then in Vautrin, both of which pieces were prohibited. They will now be revived, it is said.

Two volumes of the manuscript memoirs of the Ex-King of the French, bound in red morocco, have been saved from the wreck of his property. These memoirs terminate at the period when the Commissioners of the Consulate proclaimed the Republic in presence of the armies of the enemy. M. Victor Hugo has been appointed Mayor of the eighth arrondissement of Paris.

The second son of the late Prince de Polignac has enlisted in a moveable bat- talion of the National Guard, and been unanimously elected a captain.

The celebrated Orfila is deprived of his office of Dean of Faculty of Medicine. Boit blaze has escaped from Paris, and a reward is offered for him.

As in the Revolution of 1830, the names of streets are changed. The Rue du Chemin de Versailles is now the Rue de Banquet.

A new journal, entitled La Ripublique, appeared for the first time on Saturday: it is the organ of the new Government. A decree of the Provisional Government has annexed the domains of the Civil List to the domain of the Republic. The National distinctly announces that all national property is to be respected. A national subscription has also been opened for the benefit of the wounded, and the families bereaved by the events of the 23d and 24th. The National Bank subscribed 100,000 francs; and the bankers of Paris among them 211,500 francs more.

The hospital-lists are published. The total number of wounded lying in them is 428, being 350 civilians and 78 military.

A writer has given a description of a barricade and the mode of making it. " Suppose the Commissioners of Pavements, in one of their perpetual diggings up, piled the stones of Fleet Street across the way instead of along it, inserting a shop front or two on the top, with a few lengths of iron railing and half-a-dozen trees from the Temple Gardens as a finish, that would be a barricade like scores which have been raised in Paris in the last movement. They are rude enough to the eye, but most formidable in their effect: troops can do little against them; cavalry are quite useless; as they are placed at all the intersections of the streets, which- ever way a battalion tamed it would find itself in a cub de sac. And they are formed with a rapidity truly marvellous. I have examined a hundred of them with much more interest than I should feel in the Pyramids."

On taking the Tuileries, the people found a maenificent image of Christ, in sculpture. The people stopped and saluted it. " My friends," cried a pupil of the Stole Polytechnique, " this is the Master of us all!" The people took the Christ, and bore it solemnly to the church St. Roche. "Citizens, off with your hats; salute Christ!" said the people; and everybody inclined in a religious sentiment. Noble people, who respects all that is sacred. Noble people, who bless the Being who proclaimed the law of universal fraternity.—Democratic Pact:Pique.

M.Jollivet, Deputy. for the Ile-et-Vilaine, left his residence in the Rue St. Flo- rentin on Thursday, intending to go to the Chamber, but was not heard of for four days. On Sunday, at eight o'clock, in consequence of an anonymous note to the Commandant of the Tuileries, search was made for him near the Pont Tournant ; and his body was found under a heap of sand, with those of two work men. He had received a bell under the right arm-pit. His watch, his medal as Deputy, and his pocket- book , containing his papers and cards, were found upon him untouched.

In the devastation and burning of the Chateau of Neuilly, some bandits rushed into the apartments, whilst others went to the cellars. The latter there found wine of all descriptions, and a cask of rum, which they broke open. Some in- stants after, they were all drank; and then a terrific battle took place between them, their principal weapons being bottles. At length they fell to the .ground, overcome by intoxication, or by wounds. Meanwhile, the men who went into the apartments ravaged and pillaged them completely; after shich, they set them on fire, and the whole building was soon in flames. A short time after, the men in the cellars were either burned to death or suffocated. Oa Sunday, from a hun- dred to a hundred and twenty dead bodies were dng out—Journal des Debars.

An accident happened on Friday. The toll-house of the Pont Louis Philippe having been set on fire, about one o'clock, the flames caught the joints where the chains of the bridge are connected with the wood-work; they gave way, cud the plat- form was precipitated into the Seine. The shock was tremendous, and several passengers who were crossing the bridge at the fatal moment were submerged and perished. On Sunday, a numerous baud of incendiaries proceeded to Maisons Laffitte, near Paris, with the intention of burning the bridge. The National Guard im- mediately took arms; but not being strong enongh to oppose the banditti, they sent for assistance to St. Germ min-en-Laye. A large detachment of National Guards of that town, accompanied by a squadron cf dragoons, who each carried behind him an armed citizen, immediately proceeded to Maisons, where they arrived in time to prevent the destruction of the bridge. They then attacked the incendiaries, killed eight of them, and made a considerable number prisoners.

ITALY.—LOmbardy is in consternation at the proclamation of martial law throughout her territory. The people of the towns are forbidden to

meet, and to wear certain colours; to applaud or hiss in public; to collect money for the poor, or raise any sort of subscriptions. Silence is laid even on the hells of the churches.

On the 12th of February, a report was brought from Naples by steamer, that Austria was marching 20,000 mon to assist the King against the Sici- lians. Admiral Parker hastened out of port, with the war-ships Hibernia, Trafalgar, Superb, and Hecate, for the purpose, it is said, of preventing the landing of any force in Sicily. For the same purpose, the Rodney was despatched to Corfu, to cruise in the Adriatic. At Palermo, the Provisional Government has definitely refused the con- stitution offered from Naples, and has called a Sicilian l'arliament to pre- pare a project of one to its liking. War seems most imminent between the Sardinian states and Austria. King Charles Albert has quartered 60,000 troops on his frontier in reconnais- sance of Austrian manmuvrea. A million of cartridges are manufactured per day; and three thousand Congreve rockets have been stored in the frontier fortress of Alessandria; which is now fully equipped to stand a siege. An intrenched camp is marked between Straddle and Voghera. On the other hand, Austria is about to throw a garrison of 2,000 men into Massa and 1,000 into Carrara, and to garrison other towns in Parma and Modena.

A pastor in the Protestant valleys of Piedmont writes thus to the Reve- rend Mr. Girlies, the historian, who has transmitted the passage to the papers— Glory to God, and gratitude to King Charles Albert! Our complete eman- cipation, civil and political, was signed yesterday by his Majesty the King of Sardinia. The Vaudois are no longer helots: they are freemen. f he letters-patent are now ready for confirmation, and will soon be promulged authentically." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Intelligence has been received from Cape Town to the 9th of January. The Kafir war seems to be really ended: Pato and other chiefs had surrendered unconditionally to Colonel Somerset; a great meeting had taken place with the Gaika chiefs and Sir Harry Smith; and all further hostilities had ceased. At the meeting Sir Harry Smith proclaimed the extension of Imperial authority over " Britiah Caffraria' ," tore the old Kafir treaties to pieces, hurled the " staff of war" to the ground, and led "three cheers in token of future peace."