The Express. — London, England, 1848-02-28 00:00:00

Lansaw Cams, Dutch sad German— .... .... / a Oe. to 110 Oa. Ditto French and American £lO Os. to SI lOa FLOI7I, American. per barred of 116116 a LS to 17 Dantate and Limburg. to Canadian Frank par met of 2901ba. No ARRIVALS 11410 LONDON FROM 11.1 FEB. TO 26th FEB. Wheat Gra. English. Scotch. 1rt 1:16.6. 46 dill . FOriliglb. 4117 Barley Oata 2144 1223 i 1310 Flour, 4,756 I ts ; 243 b I rrel& 1677 4. 3, 621 q". Lonnon Mauna—Wheat, 32.. 10d Barley, als. 4d. ; OW, 21a 14 ; ,e, —.; Beam, 33a. ; Peas, 435. 1 1d. IMPERIAL AVERAGED. Wheat.l Marley., trata. I, Rye. Beam.' Peas. 313. 15 1 311 s Id 310 ecttla Od 2%2(131% 1(1,16. 4d 22 1.13 a 1460 s 44111 1.1005 541% 15145 e 2.1 1494 04314 14.0314 14',10s 6(1 , 914 74 . 434 64 Feb. 5 upos fsiPp s ed:33a Idl4 . 3.1 2iiPOs ?drift 5.113111 Id,Sts Id le ..• II Jle 5.1 1 31 s hills 4.1114 10d43* Sd I weeks' Su. Aver. Is It -- idlses 11.13i1a 11.146 a 51:1;424 led (There are no drulea as Panics Ortln.) Ja.15.1 Jas. 22.1 last 21. P.O. 5. .Feb. 12 .1 Jen. 19. 63 1 61 0 60 1 l • • ••• ANDOTHK, Feb. 26.—Trade alotost;at a stand-still for Wheat. X few samples of very fine whim Wheat reached 141. per ; red, 131 10.. For Barley, a brirker trade ; brat 101.1 at 345. per qr.; other qualitier at from 29.. to 325. Tho Oat trade was rather Wier. Batas were free of pale at from 42a. to 4.9 e. per qr. reu found purl ha:tern at rather more money; white, grey, and maple, selling at Is. per qr. more money. ATLESSCRT, Feb. 26.—Prices arc still es per last week . ' I 4 quotations, with • dull trade. BATH. Feb. 26.—Our market is well supplied with Wheat, which is mostly out of condition, and has but a dull sale, at downward prices. Barley is also rather cheaper; yet the de mand is tolerable good for Oats, Beans, and Peas we may quote them again lower. Wheat, 48s. to 50s. Barley, 31s. to 349. Oats, 239. to 265. Beans, 42a. to 455. White Peas, 4th. to 505.; grey, 425. to 48s. BEDFORD, Feb. 26.—There was a fair amount of busineu done in Wheat and Barley at the rates of last market, with I a good demand fur the best descriptions of Oats. The trade fer Beans and Peas was very inactive, anti the price some. , • thing in favour of the buyer. A little demand for spr:ng Tares for sowing. BOSTON, Feb. 26.--Extreme wet weather causes Wheat to come to band in worse condition, and buyers less disposed to increase their stocks; prices are, how.ver, maintained. Beaus meet less attention, and to be had rather lower. Oats support prices for all good corn. CANTERBURY, Feb. 26.—Our market was well supplied with all sorts of grain ; trade very dull. CARLISLE, Fob. 26.—We had a fair supply of Wheat at our market this morning, which realised an advance of 6d. per bushel on last week's rates. Oats were liberally brought forward, and generally soli at the prices of last week. Barry wits in small supply, and was taken at a slight advance. CncLst'rOno, Feb. 25.—There was not a large 'apply of Wheat at market this day; the price* of last week were fully maintained for all the best qualities; those out of condition were a slow sale. The price of Barley was also maintained; but Beans sad Pea: were Is. per qr. cheaper. Lest white 'Wheat, 56e. to Stir. ; tine red, 50a. to 52e. per qr. CoLenssraa, Feb. 26.—Farmers are only waiting for dry weather to commence spring seeding—at present there is no prospect of settled weather; and the damp weather prevents stacks being taken into the burns. Little business is passing in Wheat, and prices remain about stationary. Barley, of the finer qualities, is in demand at late rates. The interior kinds are plentiful ; but do nut much give way in price. Beans generally come to hand is soft condition—such are cheaper. Many of the new Clover and Trefoil seeds are of very inferior quality, and sell at low prices. Fine articles arc sought after at gradually enhancing rates. ExErau, Feb. 25.—We have had a very dull market to day for all descpiptioas of grain. Wheat sold at a reduction of la. tole. per qr. Barley and Oats also sold at reduced prices, say, 6d. to is. per qr. on this day week. GLOUCESTER Feb. 26.—At our market this day English Wheat has b een in fair supply, and found buyers at last week's prices. Foreign has met a ready sale fer good qua lilies, at fully former rates. In Beans and Burley little passing, no alteration being noted is their value. Oats freely offered, at Is. to Is. bd. per qr. less money. During the week, the supply of English Wheat has been large, and the condition of most samples very middling. Good dry qualities have sold readily, at late rates; %hint ether descrip tions were difficult to quit at our quotadens. Fine fore gn Wheat is demand, at tell prime; secondary sorts are unsale able. Malting and grinding Barley in good supply, and Is. per quarter cheaper. Beans anti Oats are freely offered at Is. per quarter reduction, without inducing buyers to come forward. GUILDFORD, Feb. 26.—There is not much variation to notice in the st to of our Wheat trade. The supply was more than sufficiew, prices being in most instances the same as last week. KINGSTON, Feb. 26.-Wheat, best, fully se dear; damp and poor samples not in rigout. Barley made the prices of last week. Oats iu greater demand, for seed chiefly, at prices from 20e. to 2els. per qr. Beans sold readily ; best at 48s. per qr. ; other lots at Imm 445. to 465. Peas found buyers at (rem 41e. to 475. BIARLEOROUGH, Feb. 26.-Wheat: best sold quite as high ; poor and damp not in great demand; prices ter best white and red, at from 131. to 13/. 1.35. per load; second quality, 121. 10..; inferior, 111. to 121. Flour and Bread as last week. Barley was offered freely at last week's prices. Oats from 18, to 26a. per qr. Beans plentiful ; demand good ; no alteration in price. Peas inquired for by t.,rmers fur sowing; white and grey were no lower; maple a trifle down. MANCHESTER, Feb. 26.-The trade has continued study during the week, and there has been a moderate consump tive demand for each article at late prices, both iu this and the neighbouring markets. To-day, though prices are firm, the sale is slow for everythiug. Bums and ludien Corn are ls. per qr., Malt and ()atm wl each enl. to Is. per load cheaper, but fur other articles we retain the quotations of our last. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Feb. 26.-The weather this week has been of a very variable character, a good deal of rain and snow having fallen at intervals, accompanied with a tempestuous wind. Although the arrivals of Wneat and Flour during the week have been more moderate than of late, business could only be promoted by submitting to a further decline of Is. per qr. unon Wheat, and Is. per sack uaen Flour, other articles, at the same time, meeting a moderate inquiry at nearly a similar depres sion. At our market this morning we had a less supply ol Wheat from the growers, and grenaried sample• being held with more firmness, a clearance was steadily effected at a shade over last week's prices, and we think it not impro bable that a portion of the recent decline wid be recovered, as shipments are not comiug so freely forward as hitherto. In Flour there was rather more passing, but 375. cannot be exceeded for choice households, whilst doubtful marks meet with little attention at shout our preview' currency. In Rye we have little change to note. Mating Barley in slow request, and, when tales am made, the turn in favour of the buyer. Malt dull, and inclining cheaper. Beans also, some what easier, and the same may be said with regard to boilieg Peas. Having a large supply of Oats front the couutry, with liberal arrivals coastwise, voles could only be effected by sub mitting to a decline of fully Is. per qr. The arrivals this week coastwise, are : Wheat, 601 qrs. ; Rye, 190 ; Barley, 222; Malt, 23; Oats, 1,882; Peas, A ; Flour, 400 sacks. NEWPORT (ISLE OF WIOHT), Feb. 26.-There was but little business done at our market to-day, without any alte ration in prices. Wheat add at from 45'. to 62*. Barley, I malting, 30e. to 325.; grinding, 265. to 295. Oats, 22e. to 245. Beane, 40s. to 441, Peas, Ms. to 40s. Flour, 40e. per sack. NORWICH, Feb. 26.-Our market was barely supplied with Wheat to-day from the growers, and, the demand being limited, prices remained the same as last week ; merchants offering pretty freely, both English and foreign, at late prices. Flour met • sale at late rates. Barley remains the same u last week. Beans, Is. per qr. cheaper. Peas, also ls. per qr. cheaper. Oats remain the sane, and a slow sale. l'ETERBOR0 , :011, Feb. 26.-The 'apply of Wheat and Barley is not so large as of late, but there is a fair quantity of Beans and Oats offering. The millers take rdf all the good qualities of Wheat at tally late rat s; the inferior sorts are offered at rather less money. Barley gait(' as dear. Oats Is. cheaper. New Beans, from the large supply, aro Is. lower. Peewonrie, Feb. 26.-The continuance of damp weather caueing the samples to come in out of conditian, the trade in Wheat was dull here to-day. Barley and other grain in slow demand, the demand for aced being checked. READING, Feb. 26.-But little business could peacibly be done in our Corn market to-day, in consequence of fhe incessant rain. The few transactions that could pessihly be made in Wheat was at the full rates of last wick, the supply of which wae short. In other doer:pawls of grain, the tr isle being dull, fird the weather so very we;, e sallicient business was het done to allow of quoting any alteration in prices. SAFFRON WALDEN, Feb. 26.-Wheat comes to hand so very damp, that there is but a dull market for it ; but dry samples, of which there aro hut few, maintain decent prices. Barley the nine. Oats, Peas, and Beans, lower. SUNDERLAND, Feb. 26.-The weather has ken broken' all the week, and a great deal of rain has fallen since last night, which may account for tha rather small supply of grain from the farmers to day. The arrival. coastwise have been 1,350 qrs. of Oats, end 330 sacks of Flour. Wheat met with ready .alo at about last wok's prices, theugh in re her soft condition. The best Wheats are worth Ols. to 3.ie. ; good wrings parcels, 30s. to 535. ; and inferior qualities, which are not in much request, 16s. to 48s. per qr. South country Wheats and goad foreign aro in demand at these prices : Malting Barley is slow sale at 28r. to 32e. Beans are in demand, ler ac ed, at 40s. to 425.: and grey Peas at 33s to 40s. There have been tome rather large transactions iii Oats, which may be quated Is. to 2s. per qr. lower. Fleur, of weielt there is a liberal supply, Isle. to '2e. per sack lower ; south country is charged 30z. to 40e. ; and homemade, to Ks. per sack ; American, 28s. to 302. ; and Indian Meal, 16e. to 17s. per barrel. WARMINSTER, Feb. 26.-Wheat, when dry sold,at a tri flieg advance over last Saturday's ',rims, inferior rerashiag on hand without a bidding. Daley and O,.ts, hest melting, at 345. per qr.; Air samples, at 3 4 4 • common, at ; inferior, at 274 to 28s. Oats were in better demand; prices withrott variation. Buns were 2s. lower than last wei K ; but 50e. per gr. Peas, flue white, 46e. per qr, ; gray, 43a.; common ditto and maple, 425. to 44Fs THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1848. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—ESTURDAT. LANCAVIEIt.—The petitioner's case closed to-day, and WU summed up by Mr. Wordsworth, when the com mittee adjourned until Monday (this day). The sitting me mber Is prepared with a cave of rebutting evidence. LiMi 'Mts.—Giles Parches was examined, and swore that Sir F. Kelly had personally pr oems osed him per mmest ware, " K ell y h play," if he him his vote. This evidence was corroborated by his wife, who said that Sir Fitzroy had pledged himself to her to give her husband work and wages, and told her there were as " good fish in the MS as ever were caught." Mary Stevens proved that she had been solicited by Sir Fitzroy to use her influence with her husband for his vote, the petitioner promising her that he would ever be a friend to her. Witness produced Sir F. Kelly's card , whic h she said the latter had given her L " ex a Fil l ed, e vrg t o h g i a li vr s imi lar intentions. e n v ti ire ll * adjourned to Monday (this day). ce.O.thnear the e tn ai enes vr t e te re e Isol : ToN..—'lhe coo of the netitioner was opened 4TI ' • by lifr. &t first an. . M . rangnarn ; it was one of bribery and treating. he witness called was Jas. Green, ea years old, who said he had been promised a sovereign, and a shil ling per week while he lived, it be voted for Mr. Boiling. Witness oleo deposed to having lived at free quarters at the sitting member's expense during the election.—J. Creektun deposed to buying been made so drunk at Mr. Bolling's ex pellee, that he fell out of 'window and was nearly killed. These were the only witnesses examined. . . . KINSALE.—The seratin demanded by the peti tioner was proceeded with. even votes were impeached, but could nut he invalidated ; the committee having decid.d that the payment of local rates by third partite did not mai. tate against the franchise. it prove, could bite at. In no cies do we perceive the possibility of quarrel or animosity. The names of those at the head of the provisional government are perhaps the only names, and the best ones, which in each a state of things could be proposed. Their present eminence is not the seeking of those men. They have shown courage in accepting the dangerous poste offered them. And instead of being thwarted and calumniated in tleir droll; to preserve peace and keep going the wheels of government, 'they ought to receive every encouragement. As a de facto government, they have quite as much right, if they last, to be recognised by as, as Louts PRILIPPE in 1830, and it is to be hoped that our diplomacy and Foreign-office will not prove squeamish. M. LAMARTINE, said to be at the head of foreign affairs, is an old diplomatist, who became ultra-liberal merely because he prophetically foresaw the errors I 77! tte ill!: i:ynasty. Ile is a humane, e nlightened, and experienced man. CARROT and ARAGO are scholars and men of science ; LEDRU ROLLIN and Mame lawyers, who have won the con fidence of the extreme democratic party. All are men of property and of good society, members of the legis lature, and skilled m public affairs. If the national guard of the capital will rally to and support them, and all citizens, however mortified, still come forward to make the best of the present contingency, instead of holding aloof, and either despairing or plotting, the provisional government may bring France through its present day of incertitude and peril. Should that government fail, there is nothing left but military despotism. The disgust with which the claims of even the in nocent Count of PARIS were set aside by the Chamber and the Hotel do Ville, gives lead hopes of the Oittesse power than might at first have been enter tained. And we must say that Louts PIIILIPPE'd past conduct has herein ruined his posterity. The infamous mode in which ho first broke through, and then denied, his promise at the Hotel do Ville in August, 18:30, made it imperative with the revolu tionary leaders never again to trust him or his family. And, indeed, the accepting tke Count of l'Ants would have been to give back power to thatvery conservative party in the Chamber which, during the last week, so grossly and unconstitutionally abused it. We see, therefore, in the present prospects and composition of the provisional government of France some room for I hope, and certainly none for blame. WE cannot persuade ourselves that ministers will be so blind to the signs of the times, or so reckless of consequences, as to Maisel obstinately by their budget, notwithstanding the universal disapprobation with which it has been received. The public in general are sceptical as to the necessity fur any increase of taxation ; a general impre-sion prevails that re ductions may be advantageously effected in more than one administrative &pan ment, quite sufficient to make good the deficit. There is something ex tremely suspicious about the way is which various pretexts have been assigned for the proposed augmen• Mien of the annual expenditure, and in turn deserted. John Bull suspects that some mysti fication is gang on, of which his pocket is meant to be the victim. But if scepticism be the proper term to designate the state of the public mind with regard to the alleged necessity of an addi tian to taxation, it is altogether inapplicable to the view taken of the particular tax which it is proposed to increase. The country has spoken out most un equivocally on the proposal to raise the income-tax. That it will not submit to. There is nothing for it but to go over the national accounts once more with a view to try in good faith whether some means of economising cannot be dis covered, and if none presents itself, then, as a last re source, to beat about for some leas oppressive im post than that which has elicited protests from the Land's-end to John o'Groat's. And this is a tail in which the country expects parliament to take an active part, either assisting ministers if they under take the business,or doing it for them if they be found recusant. The watchwords of Lord GREY'S party in 1830 were, " lteforrc, retrenchment, and non-intervention." How the first and last promises have been fullilled may be inquired into hereafter; how far faith has been kept with the public in the matter of retrench ment is the question of the moment. The total receipt of revenue in 1823 was 58,498,4371.; the total expenditure, 3097,410/. The total receipt of revenue in 1846 was 38,429,3331.; the total expenditure, 33,583,023/. The total revenue in the sixteenth year since the accession of a re-1 trenching government to office, is within a trifle of, the total revenue at the time when the power of the old boroughmongering government remained un shaken. The expenditure in the sixteenth year of ' the era of retrenchment is upwards of a million greater than it was in the year alter CASTLEREAGH'S death. We are told in extenuation of this startling fact, that the population and resour,s aof the country, and with them the business of the government, have largely increased during the interim—that with every expansion of national powers and dimensions, national expenses must proportionally increase. The abstract proposition is plausible enough, but how does it tally with facts ? There can be no doubt that grants for educational purposes, improvements in pri• son discipline, and other social and civil reforms, are not to be had for nothing. But is it increased dis bursements for these and similar ends that make the expenditure of 1816 a million in excess of that of 1N23, and occasion the upward tendency of the esti mates of 1848? Unluckily for our faith in such a charitable interpretation, we find that while the total expenditure for army, navy, and ordnance, was 11,591,561/. in 1823, it had increased to 16,86 4,6971. in 1816. It is precisely in that class of extravagant expenses which were regarded as the most unpardon able in old Tory governments, that faith has been worst kept with the nation ou the score of retrench ment. _ . An instructive passage in that chapter of the history of reform bill administration which relates to finance, is suggested by two returns issu. d from the Treasury chambers on the 27th and 30th of March, 1817. The first presents in a tabular form the totals of revenue and expenditure for each year from 1822 to 1846 inclusive ; the second the totals of expenditure under the heads army, navy, and ordnance for each year during the same period. In the first we trace a steady di minution of annual income (indicative of remitted financial burdens), and a corresponding diminution of annual expenditure from 1822 to 1830. Income and expenditure continue at the lowest average from 1830 to 1837. A reversal of the former process then com mences, and from 1837 to 1846 a steady increase of income and expenditure is in progress, which leaves the annual burdens of the nation and the annual out lay of the government pretty much on the same scale as they were at the beginning of the quarter of a eentury we have been passing under review. The progress of army expenditure is exactly parallel. The interpretation of these fee's is obvious. The progress of public enlightenment, and an awakened sense of profligate expenditure, was brought to hear upon government from 1822 to 1830. Under this pressure, reduction after reduction was effected, till the functionaries of the unreformed system felt that a more economical government would not at all suit their purposes, though it might suit the purposes of the people. To concede more, would render govern ment appointments no longer worthy of their accept ance, and they refused to give way any further. The people then said, if the old-fashioned government will concede no more, we must try a new one. A new one was accordingly formed, which promised to continue the good work of retrenchment, and for some six or seven years kept its promise. Bat the old fiend of extravagant ex penditure, which, after being exorcised by the Re form Bill, had gone about seeking a habitation and finding none, came back to its old 'ram about 1837, and finding it swept and garnished, has again enter, d into possession, and is woiking jollity on after a fashion which, unless peremptorily checked, will make our latter case, as in anotner recorded instance of demoniac possession, worse than the former. Warned by past experience, the country must in sist upon having the national accounts—every item of income and expenditure—thoroughly overhauled. We have seen the value of partial and na -1 systematic eonceasions to the urgency of the moment. Particular taxes remitted may be re-imposed, or others may b.: substituted in their place, after the excitement has gone down. Establishments reduced may be gradually expanded again till they attain even inure than their original extent. In 1835, the ex , penditure for armr, navy, and ordnance, was 11,657,4 1 7 1 .; in 1836 it was 12,112,933/. ; in 1837 it was 12,716,897 ; and in this insidious manner it hu been amtergled up, till 16,970,1311. is asked in 1848, and gral credit taken for not demanding more, and broad hints given that this sum is quite inadequate. A searching inquiry into the manner in which all the money is spent; the processes by which it is brought in ; the services received in return for the , various payments; and their necessity or u tilit y; is in ' dispensable. And the results of this scrutiny ought to be embodied in an improved system of national book-keeping, and an improved manner of laying the annual accounts:before parliaments, such swill pre vent the clandestine increase of taxation and expen diture whisk has; been in progress for the last ten or eleven years. In the course of these remarks a number of sub jects have been indicated, each of ehich demands at this moment minute and deliberate investigation. Is any increase of taxation really required, or may the exceed of expenditure over income be readjusted by retrenchment alone ? On the assumption that some additional revenue may be required for a year or two, l ie it not possible to levy it lees oppressively than in the way :miniaters propose ; so to increase our income for the mean-time that when the tem porary pressure abates, the permanent annual taxation may be made to press less heavily than it has hitherto done? With reference to the former question, it deserves to be remarked, that the manner in which the estimates are annually submitted to parliament is eminently favourable to mystification. The interest of the debt is said to require so much. Then formal and detailed estimates are submitted of the proposed expenditure for the army, the navy, and, the ordnance. And then all the other expenses of government are huddled together under the head of miscellaneous estimates." Members of parliament shrug their shoulders when the debt is mentioned : they cannot help themselves. All the vigour of retrenching patriots, and of great statesmen anxious to enlighten the vulgar mind on the abstruse doctrine that seeming extravagance is true economy, is spent upon the one question of our armaments. All the other and infinitely greater aims of government, with the cost of realising them, aro slurred over as " miscellaneous," and under that unassuming title carried with little noise in odd quarters of hours not otherwise occupied, long after midnight. Is this system of hoodwinking parliament and the country as to the total of national expenditure and the application of specific sums of money, to be longer tolerated? With reference to the second question it may be ob served, that our taxes are resolvable into three great classes, collected by different agencies: the taxes which are or may be considered as direct—income, stamps, assessed, &c ; the indirect taxes on imported goods—customs; the indirect taxes on home products —excise. Is it possible to apportion the direct taxes I more equally, and economise their collection ? Is it possible to do the same with the customs? Is it pos sible to devise a tax on home products that may be free from that vexatious control and surveillance which is the worst evil of the excise system ? It is upon these questions, and others of the same class, that public attention and the public will ought at this moment to be concentrated ; and to aid, as far as we can, in keeping a ive this desirable temper, we pro pose, day after day, to address a condio ad populism on one or other of them. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC. BURNING OF THE INDIA MAIL. We gave exebisieely on Saturday, in our First Edition, a telegraphic announcement of the procla mation of a republic iu Paris, and the formation of a regular ministry, provivionally nominated to perform the functions of *he several departments. In various impressions of our late editions of the Ecprese, we gave full details, as they reached us by telegraph and special express. The intelligence previously given reached to Thursday night only. We now lay before our readers news from Paris to Saturday afternoon. As we have stated, the Chamber, in its sitting on 'Thursday (a full report of which appears in another column), accepted the provisional government. The following is the proclamation naming the provisional government. " TO TUE FRENCH PEOPLE, A retrograde and oligarchic 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 hes flowed, as in July but, happily, it will not have been shed in vain. It has secured a national and popular government in accordance with the rights, the progrese, and the will of this great and generous people. A provisional government, chosen by the acclama tion and at the call of the people and some of the deputies of the departments in the sitting of the 24th of Feb., is for the moment invested with the care of organising and securing the national victory. It is composed of MM. Dupont (de l'Eure), Lamartine, Cremieux, Arago (de l'lnstitut), Ledra-Rollin, and Gamier Pages. The secretaries to this government are MM. Armand Merritt, editor of the Natiwaal, Louis Blanc, Ferdinand Flocon,editor of the Reforms, and Aubert. These citizens have not hesitated for an instant to accept the patriotic mission which has been imposed upon them by the urgency of the occasion. When the capital of France is under fire the mis sion of the provisional government is that of public safety. All France will understand this, and will give the assistance of its patriotism. Under the po pular government now proclaimed by the provisional government, every citizen is a magistrate. Frenchmen, give to the world the example which l'aris has given to France. Prepare yourselves, by order and confidence in yourselves, fur those strong institutions which you are about to be called upon to give yourselves. The provisional government desires a republic, subject to the ratification of the French people, who are to be immediately consulted. Neither the people of Paris 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. The unity of the nation, formed henceforth of all classes of the people which compose it: The governme , x of the natioa by itself : Liberty, equality, and fraternity for its principles : The national device and pass-word to be " The 1 7,-- • -- 'emote:" Such is the democratic government which France owes to hers'lf, and which our efforts will assure to her. Such are the first acts of the provisional government. (Signed), Dupont (de l'Eure), Lamartine, Ledru- Rollin, Bedean, Michel Goudechaux, Arago, Beth mont, Marie, Carnot, Cavaignac, Gamier-Pages. The municipal guard is disbanded. The protection of the city of Paris is confided to the national guard, under the orders of M. Courtais." The provisional government adjourned to the Hotel de Ville on Thursday evening after the close of the sitting in the Chambers. There 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 capi tal. Individually the great majority of them were opposed to the establishment of an unmiti gated democracy. The populace, however, filled the hall, and completely overpowered them by demon stration 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 na ture was met by menacing shouts directed even against the most popdar of the members of the government. Duporlt (de l'Enre), who made many re ceropts to defend the p.'opoaition of a republic in its less demo cratic shope, was compelled to silence by the most deafening shouts of " Dupont A la feni:tre," and W:l4 so exhausted by fatigue rind excitement that lie twice fainted. M. Marie met with no better success. The anxieties he neerwent had such an effect on his countenance, that on leaving the meeting his own son could not recognise him. The ripullee willed that a pure democratic republic should be formed, and that every male above a certain age s'tonld be eligible to the National Guard, and empowered to carry arms. Every attempt to poi this, ia hoa , ever mitigated a form, was the signal of renewed shouts of "Dupont I la fenetre !" '• fenetre." The popular will prevailed, and were paned in accordance with it. The following proclamations were t!! a printed and placarded all over the town ._ ney were everywhere visible on Friday and Satto It is hereby ordered by the prcv ,e 1 govern . ment :M. Dopant de L'Eure is uam. - ovisionst president of the council, without port, •• , o; NI. de l Lamartine, provisional minister of fort iii RU N; M. Cremieux, provisional minister of jie• ice; Ledru-Rollin, provisional minister of interior ; Michel Goudecheaux, provisional f finance; M. Francois Arago, provisional ininiatta m ar i ne , General Itedeau, provisional minister it ; Carnot, provisional minister of public in , ir lion and a worship; M. llethmont, provisional mink( r of com merce; M. Marie, provisional minister of public works; General Cavaignac, governor of Al: iria. The Municipal Guard is dissolved. M. Gamier-Pees is named Mayor of l'aris, sod to him are given as or joints, MM. Guinard ard M. F; and is named eecretary-generot. All the other mayors of Paris are provisionally maintained. . _ The Prefecture of Police is under the d..peudenee of the Mayor of Paris. The maintenance of the safety Paris is entrusted t, the patriotism of the nati, pard, wider the command of Col. Courtais. _ _ (Signed) Cremieux, Lamartine, Marie, Ciaruier-Psgh e Dupont de l'Eure, A's:to, mad e ,. of the provisional government." In the name of France, the provisional g"veen t u ht decides that the Chamber of Deputies is dis.olved, The Chamber of Peers is forbidden to nu-, t. A national assembly will be convoked sox es • the provisional government shall have reg Ag e d t h e necessary measures of order and police. The following notice was also publish( - " la the Name of the Sovereign People. The pisovisional government has just been installed; it is composed, by the will of the pe , ,pe, of the citizens Ar3go, Louis Blanc, Marie, Lamartine, Flacon, Learn-Rollin, Recurt, Marmot, Aubert. To watch wee the execution of the measures which will be. taken by the government, the will of the people ha, s. o chosen for delegates in the department of the ' , dice the citizens Caussidiitre and Sobrier. The ,anie sove- reign will of the people has designated eie citizen Et. Arago to the Direction-General of tee l'ost-eiffice. As first execution of the orders giver: by th e provisional government, it is advisisl 'hat the bakers, or furnishers of provisions of Pare. keep their shops open to all those who may kave occae.. forthem. It is expressly recommended to the people to quit their arms, their positions or their levee. -eery atti tude. They have often been deceived be • -.aeon : it is important that they should not give eeeertunities to attacks as criminal as they are terrible' In order to satisfy the general wish of te , • sovereign people, the provisional government has eft id, with the aid of the national guard, the liberatiee .1 all our brothers who have been imprisoned T. political grounds. But it has, at the same time, detained in the prisons—also with the assistance of the most honourable national guard—all those who %eve been convicted of crimes and misdemeamee against person and property. The families of the citizens who have de .1 or have been wounded in defending the rights of the sovereign people, are invited to present, as soon as p'.ssible. to the delegates of the department of police. tie names of those who have fallen victims to their devotion to the public cause, in order that their on e pressing wants may be attended to. Given at Paris, in the hotel of the Preh tare of the Police, Feb. 24, leie. (Signed), the Delegates of the Depertment of Police, CAUSSIDIER and :-..BRIER. The following important announceme:e hes been put forth in the official paper, the Connie : " Paris is revolutionised. The republics n regimeis proclaimed. A provisional government has taken the direction of the popular movement. New let Paris watch over the maintenance of its conquest, with its handred thousand muskets, its cannon, at.:! its barri cades. Let the departments be thought 0f.... Later we will think of the foreigner. The departments all follow the sublime movement of Paris. But there are in the departments, at the head of divers office*, men clever in deceit, who will feign to adopt the re publican regime, and yet nurse in their heeite culpable sympathies ; yesterday courtiers of mieeqoly, they would make themselves the courtiers of tee people. New men are wanting for anew state of things. The government will therefore send immesiuttelyisto each department a conunissioner of the prorisiond government to revolutionise the department, that is to say to change men and systems, and bring into that public contempt, in which they had lived, tee men of corruption and abases; to re-establish every shere, upon large foundations, the reign of justice, good faith, and popular virtue." We may, in passing, point attention to the sentence we have marked in italics. The following was also generally placarded through Paris:— "Wishes of the people. Reforms for all! A general amnesty, with the exception of the ministers, who are to be put on their trial. Right of meeting, consecrated by a m atifestation to be made; immediate dissolution of the chamber; and convocation of the assemblers printaires. A city guard, under the orders of the municipality. Abolition of the laws of September. Liberty of speech, of the presto, of petition, of association, and of election. Electoral reform. Every national guard to be an elector and capable of being elected. Parliamentary reform. Salaries to deputies and public functionaries in their proper functions. Reform of the Chamber of Peers. No royal no- minations or aristocratic inheritance. Administra tive reform. Guarantees for all fuecti mare s against the abuse of favours and influences. Proeerty to be respected, but the right to work guara'ntee ' d. Work to be assured to the people. Union and fraternal associations between the chiefs of manufactories and their workmen. Equality of rights by education, to be given to all. Foundling hospitals, asylums, rural and urban schools. No more oppression or infant labour. Liberty of wor ship. Absolute liberty of conscience. Church inde pendent of state. Protection for the feeble, children, and women. Peace and holy alliance amongst nations. Abolition of war, where the people only serve as food for can non. Independence for every nationality. France to be guardian of the rights of all weak nations. Order founded on liberty. Universal brceherhood. (Signed) TUE EDITORS OF TILE Democratic Pacilue. Ihere is one man who has already accepted and proclaimed these principles in France. That man is M. de Lima. tine.' The ministers appointed by the provisional go vernineet have taken possession of their various official residences. A to rrible catastrophe took place at the " poste de garde," opposite the Palais Royal, in the Rue St. Honore. We stated on Friday tee fatal obstinacy with which the unfortunate men occupying that post visited every summons to surrender, and leave it, even though their personal safety was guaranteed to them. Ultimately after interchange of fusillade and much loss of life, fire was applied to the guard-house, which placed its occupants in the hor rible alternative of either being burned to death or being shot on issuing from the door. Some chose the latter fate, one fell under a shower of balls. The re mains of more than twenty persons were, we are assured, taken out of the smouldering ruins of the conflagration. The hostility of the populace to the English was manifested, by their destruction of the British arms erected over the doors of the tradesmen of the British embeasy. The shop of Roberts, the apoth.cery, in the Rne de la l'aix, encountered the especial hos tility of the populace. The arms were not only torn down, but the windows and everything in them en tirely destroyed. Some threatening manifestations were made at the gate of the British embassy in t'.e Rue Faubourg St. Honore, over which the British arms are sculptured. It does not appear, however, that any act of positive out r . ge was committed. 'Lie uartative of all that has fallen within our knowledge or observation would fill a volume. In the 'Tuileries all objects of art were respected, as well as the furniture and decorations of all the apiutcrents appropriated to public purposes, the only exception to this being the h armless indulgence of triumph ex hibited in eerie in ; off the throne and bearing it in triumphul proce s-ion through the town. When the populace entered, a few of their leaders announced to WINCHISTIR, Feb. 26.-Of Wheat, all the beat samples made rather more money, say at lust ss. per load. Barley was of more ready sale, a shade more in favour of the seller. Some fine Chevalier made 345. per qr.: good samples, 325.; some new grinding 305.; Inferior, 285.; a fair quantity selling, Id alt not l et o f brisk ale; prime from 7s. to 7s. 9d. per bashed. made the prices of last week. Peas, white, 46.. per qr.; grey, 435.; common Maple 40s. to 42a. Oats, Potato, mild at 275. per qr. ; Polands, 265.; Irish, white, 241. ; common feed, 225. ; interior, 20s. WienacH, Feb. 26.-The supply is .mall of any kind de grain here to-day. The condition of Wheat is worse, aad eke tzade is very dull, at last week's prices. Oats lad Beans dull, and rather lower. WORCESTER, Feb. 26. - We had a large supply of Wheat at our market to-day; hu t, t he condition being inferior, the Vide ruled dull, at last week's price ed ces. .Repulllsoi 9s o . ta' ci;lt pc oee r t Lag of 9 at. 101 b.; whit*, 2 0.. Gd. uction °. 2 h disposal, at 21. per.‘ q pressed in value, and the detnand fiery tnfii a ag. t- r.re ans _,raw much nibs a free pale, at a trifling reduction from last week's Wei, YORK, Feb. 26.-We have a larger supply of Wheat at this day's market than for several months put. Wheat has met a fair demand at about last week's prices. Barley dull sale at late prices. Oats, steady. In other articles no alteration. Dentin, Feb. 7.5.-The supplies to our market this week have been small. especially of Wheat, and we have to notice an improved valuemost articl. e advane our quotations on the week '2.e. on Whea e t, s an d c 6d. per barrel each on Oats and Barley. Oatmeal and Flour also met an improved demand, at somewhat enhanced rates; and Indian Corn is held fur rather more money. The following was the general currency:-Wheat, red, 245. to 28..; white, 275. to 31M., per 280 lbs.; Oats, 91. 6d. to Ils. 61 per 196 lbs. Barley. 14s. so 17s. per '224 lbs. Oatmeal Its. to 12s. per ewe. Flour in sacks, 153. to 161. per cwt. for seconds. Indian Corn, 26.. to 325. per quarter of 480 lbs. BELFAST, Feb. 21.-We have bad moderate supplies this week from the country, but quite sufficient for the demand, which still continues very dull for every article. We have no alteration to notice in Wheat, but Oats, B airy, and Oat meal are 3d. per cwt. lower. Indian Corn, without much in quiry, and may be quoted ss. per ton lower. The weather continues very wet and unfavourable for spring labour. Indian Corn, white, 81. to 81. ss. ; yellow, 71. is. to 71. 10s. per ton. Indian Cora Meal, white, 81. 15s. to 91. ; yellow, 71. 15.. to 81. per ton. American, 15s. to 16.. per barrel. Ryeineal, Russian, 7s. Gd. to Bs. per cwt. Wheat, red, 9.. to 104. 3d. ; white, 9.. 64. to 10s. 64. Ostmeal, 10s. 6d. to Ils. Oats, ss. 6d.to 61. 6d. Barley, Os. 6d. to 7e. Wheaten meal. 13s. to 14e. Guano, ichahoe, Bs. 64. Coax, Feb. 2.5.-The Wheat trade has exhibited some what more firmness, still there is not that animation that, at this period of the year, we generally expect. In pre pared Wheat there is no business passing. Barley is unchanged in value. Oats have rather given way; at least the tendency is downward. In prepared Oats. so perfectly lifelese is the trade that prices ere altogether nominal. Although holders have not altered their demands, we think that they would readily accept lower rates. In the London market the arti cles appears to be a perfect drug. The Flour trade con. tinues in the same state as last noted, and the business meet ing is of the most retail character. Indian Corn his again receded in value, the extreme rate for prime Gslatz being now only 71, 12s. Gd. per ton, while some arc selling as low as 71. 10s. At these rates the trade is anything but brisk. Indian Corn Meal meets a very languid inquiry. AU other Meals are entirely neglected. LIMERICK, Feb. 26.-The supplies of *rain for the week have been very moderate, owing to the badness of the weather. At our Wheat market today there was a good supply, and prices were fully maintained. Oats come slowly ;no change in value. The trade in Indian Corn and Meal very dull, and to make sales a reduction would be submitted to. Steed, Feb. 26.-Oat', 81. Gd. to Be. 9d. per hi. Oat meal, 10.. per cwt. kilions-meal, Bs. 6.1. to 9.. per cwt. Wheat, 193. to 21s. per bl. American Flour, 31s. to 31s. 6d. per M. WATFRFORD, Feb. 26. - With diminished supplies of Wheat during the week, prices hare advanced tram Gd. to 1.. per barrel; and Barley, being more inquired for than of late, must be noted donee by 3.1. to 62. Receipts of Oats have considerably increased, and prices of booth White and Mick have declined fully 6d. per barrel. Indian Corn attracted attention in the early part of the week, and some large sales were then mule at the prices of Saturday last; subsequently holders demanded an advance of 3d. to 6d. per barrel, which, however, has not been rib tabled except is retail. At this morning's market, supplies of grain from the country were small • but as buyers acted with extreme caution, tne trade ruled dull without any change in prices. The demand for Hein continues steady, and all, except the best qualities, which are 6d. per sack cheaper, maintain late rates. No change can be noted in the value of Indian Meal. KIRCALDT, Feb. 213.-.1 great quantity of' rain, and some snow have fallen this week, m 'king the ginned very wet, more so than it has been for many years at this season. At our country markets this tem k we had only moderate quantities of Wneat and Oetk I.lr , ring ; both sold slowly, at about Is. per qr. reduction. Barley was in very short supply, and last week's rates were readily paid for this article. Here to day we had a fair supply of Wheat, the condition of which was much affected by the weather; sales were slow, at Is. to 2s. per qr under sot week's rates. Barley in very sraell supply, and fully as dear. 0 its in large supply, and fully Is. per qr. lower. Wheat. 42.. to 51s. per qr. Berlev. 26.. to 31s. Oats, 20s. to 213. G.I. Oatmeal, per of 280:b5., 31s. to 3.55. HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, 71(111 Clock. Mt ~an. l'attenden and Smith report that tile market remains the same. New 31:11t S. Kent, 3 1 . atnsl. 1 Ycultog itent.,p.cwt. 21. 91021.0 Sew Warthl of Keats 2 LI to 3 12 Yearling Sroeog „ 2 6t02 13 Sew &owe: 2 11 to 310 UM Hope ..... „ 1 oto2 0 WOOL.-lAvertroot.—ln foreign Wool a mode rate business hes born dme this week; but there hai been less activity than fur some time past. A fair business has beat done in Mince, but pries are hardly equal to former rates. Scotch has been rather mere in requeu, but priers are without change. Import. forth' week ending 26: Foreign, SO bales; previnudr, 14,447 ; Total, 14,197 bales. Scotch, 58S; previously, 1..5.53; Total, 2,141 bales. CATTLE, &c.—sm.TiIFIELD, Two 0 9 Clock The supply of Beasts to day iamoderate ; trade is slow, owing to an effort on the part of salesmen to advance prices; this however it is difficult to accomplish, except in a low instances. A choice Scot makes 4s. Bd. in some case:, hut the average is about the same as on Mon day last. There are a very few more Sheep to day ; however, trade is dull, and, exc-pt for the very best doser:p , ione, rather lower rates arc submitted to. We have a very limited supply of Calves; trade is consequently brisk, hut we cinnot observe much advance in price. Trade is brisk for Pigs. at late prices. From Holland there are 161 Beasts, 270 Sheep, and 37 Calves. From Scotland 300 Ikasts, Ireland, 71, and about 2,000 from Norfolk and Suffolk. Per stone of Sten. a. d. e. d. Per stone of 8181. ad.e. d. Best Swto. II crefonls.. 4, 4 6 heat 1)04. kI I t.-M4. 81) 00 0 0 8c.4 Sitort-liorro ...... 4 9 4 6 80.-.4 Luo4 woolB 4 8 8 0 ) , ,cond quality ltrasta.. 30 4 0 Do. de. ebom Calves ................4 6 6 Mwes and seems] qua li ty 40 4 6 Plgs Bost Dos. la llsdf.brede 8 3 5 6 I Tanabe Droste at unrest, 2,540 ; Shoop sad Ladies, : Calms. 85: Pips, 250. Fnoste, Feb. 26.—Best fat Bullocks made Ils. to lls. 9d. per Pcore; second quality, 10s. 61. to Wt. 9d. ; moderate, 10a. to 10s. 3d. ; poor, and coarse, 9s. 6d. Cafe., bets. fat, at Ito. 61; smaller, Ils. Rather a large fair. Sales brisk. The show of Sheep very thin ; prices ran high ; the best Downs went at from ss. to 50. 4i. per stone. For Sat urrlar's Alarkols see last page. SHIPPING. MAILS ARRIVED.-111:17s,8;iaerford, 4 ; DOSaghadte 1 ; French, 2 ; Flanders, 1 ; Lisbon, 1 ; Boston, I. Lownox, Feb. 211.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine. RAMaGATE, Feb. 2G —The Japers, from London to Ba tavia, with loss of anchor and chains. and cutwa , er and bows damaged, having struck on the West - pier , put into this har bour to-day. l'otrr.sxorrn, Feb. 27.—The Vanilla, from Dordt to Belfast, which put in here on the 22nd instant, was in con tact yesterday morning during the gale with the brig Useful, when the former rsceived crone damage, and has come in to ha surveyed. It blew very hard all night and this day, from W.S.W. Most of the outward•bound are now riding (7 p.m.) with two anchors down. Aurnuovev, Feb. 23.—A piece of a ship's long-boat, ap parently not long in the wat r, about ten feet in length, and marked on a piece of, the stern, " John Duncan," has been washed ashore here. Hanwieg, Feb. 27.—1 t has blown a heavy ga'e from the westward during the day, and soil continues. ARDROssAN, Feb. 25.—A barge, supposed to be the Rose, of Glasgow, and raid to have a large quantity of gunpowder on board, has gone onshore at Brodick Boy, Isle of Arran. at high water; nothing hut the masts and rigging are vioible. : Norma, Deerara. Sailed, 24th Saar; 11sdatow, B imbay ; Rose, Rio m Janeiro. LiVERPOOI., Feb. 26, E. ; 27, W.S.W.—Arrived 26th : o.ixa, Bombay; Martha, Demerara; Commerce, Cuba; Elisabeth, New Ordeal.% 27th: Columbine, Cuba. Sailed, 27th: Panther, Calc•itta; Pert.vian, Aisles ; Swordfish, Pernambuco • Mary Aliso, Jimmies; Jamestown, New York. 23th: iturnic, Lima; Cambria, at., UAL:. Put back, 26th : Ann Best, for Coquimbo. Off port, 27th : John CUMmina., Savannah. Ore PultTaMOVTll.—Arrived, 27th: Simlah, Calcutta. Ore POSTLAND.—Manchester, from New York for Antwerp. SWANSEA, Feb. 26 —S.E.—Arrived : Alderman Thomp son, Cuba. Sailed! Young Queen, Cuba. CALLA' ROADS, Feb. 24 —Cyr., Savannah, for Liverpool. PLYROCTU, Feb. 27.—W.S.W.—Arrived Euthemenes, Clued:dour, for Barre. Wares/rums, Feb. 26 —N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrired : C.ungtrill. St. John's, N B. Coax. Feb. 25.—S.E.—Arrived: Sather:and, Shanghae ; Alpine, New York. Bei rear, Feb. 26.—E.N.E.—Arrived : John Brombam, New Debars. WannENromr, Feb. 24.—Arrived: Nova Scotia, Bt. John's. N. 1.1. DoVEIL,Fcb. 27.—The Reagent, at., struck against the pier of Calais harbour yesterday and auk ; three passengen, one man, and a boy drown ii. Pit..vnoent, Feb. 27.—1 t has blown a terrific gale since Friday, and continues. lItLL Feb. 26.—The Easter, Spalding to London, was in with yesterday.. 4 the Spurn, with mast c .rned bi the Lion, from Hamburg, and ts;wcol in here. , Y /WOO. MAILS The malls for New South Wales, Van Hienwnsi Taut, and New Zealand will be made up on the evening of the 25th February. The mails for the West ('oast of Africa and Madeira will be made up on the evening of the 25th Febenary. The West India Malta, Including Bermuda, NUMMI, Havanna. Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Tampiio, and l'orto Rico, and excluding those for Madeira, Juemel, Carthigena, Santa Martha, Chagres, Panama, West Coast of South America, and St. Juau.de , Nicaragua, tetli I.e made up on the morning of the 2nd March. ' lbo overlent roads for Gibraltar, Melts, Greece, the locum islands Keypt, Aden, Coeyloni,t!e ~, ndie,llionnagcl thecon and g irdl tan h a, . eta Southampton madewill tee p an The mails for the Made, the River riMe, Monte Video. Perst,ra. bugs, Rabin Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on the evening ul the 4th WO eh. trot overland closed mails, ere Martelike, to the Mediterranean. r:cypt, Mop, lediu, Hong Kong, Ac., will be made up on the evening of the 7th March. The mails for Unlade North America, Berme , * and the United states. will be made up on the evening of the 10tb March. NOTICE. TEE number of S VAMPS lamed to the DAILY NEWS by the authorities of the Stamp-office, during the year ISO, RAI: FTOTE JAN. I, V 3 DEC. 31, 3,447,009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the number issued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, end Morning Post, ALL PUT TOOLTHEIL In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Mornina Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition, THE EXPRESS, From JAN. 1, to Deo. 31 778,714 Which was more we believe, than were issued either to the Glob; or Standard, Evening Papers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • Lawn Memento Unlashed fee `TM Shalom" Madan evenlag phew. =us bh at tba M. in. linumelemreet. by Tote eeletk on the Ms of ptiblicattoo. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BtiUol. ton Dsm—llar•lng, 37 Allll. p 7: Af.nooos. rais. Mn S. t♦ymY - ••—.-' MMa pot NI AfterifeallA.Zl MA. pea, 9. LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 28. Tits French will now be put to a very sore and severe trial. The system, as Louis Put iret was wont to term his mode of government, must have everywhere fallen in, throughout the province a as in the capital. And some time must, it is to be feared, elapse ere a solid and popular form of government can be organised to take its place. Had the late king's domestic policy been a wise and just one, he would have allowed the municipal and civic institu. Lions, founded in July, MO, to develop themselves liberally and fairly ;'and had he done so, there would have been no lack of authority and of civic force to maintain that authority in every town. But, unfur -1 tunately, one of the prejudices of Louts l'ilittere and the party by which he governed, was a dislike to municipal institutions. And he accordingly crushed them in Spain, and corrupted them in France. so as to make town councils the mere nominees of the Home Office. The Mayors were the same, whilst the institution of the National Guard was diseounten. mired. And instead of the municipality and the civic guard, the Prefect and the crown lawyer, and the military commandant and the commissary of police, formed the quadruple authority on which admini stration in the provinces rested. The first effect of the revolution will be to put these authorities to flight; and between the hoar of their disappearance and such time as a genuine municipal and national guard can be got together, there will be an interval of license which ruffians may take advantage of. Had the national guard and the civic authorities been freely elected and less established, we repeat that there would now be no difficulty and no anarchy, arid that the friends of the government, now probably in peril, would have needed neither concealment nor protection. In many towns and cities, no doubt, the national guard will at once assemble, and this assemblage of the best citizens will impose upon the anarchists. But what is to be the result at Lyons, for example, where there never has been a national guard allowed? Lyons was dominated by forts and strongholds in the possession of the soldiery. If it be known that the soldiery will not act, and it is very probable that they will thus far imitate their comrades in Paris, the popu lace will rush to the demolition of the forts, and in the hour of frantic triumph all order and moderation will be forgotten. The blame of these deplorable excesses, should they take place, will be laid at the door of the republic and the revolution, whilst in reality the true blame lies with a monarch and a dietatorialministry, who forgot their promisee and neglected their duty. What may happen from these causes in the pro vinces fills us a ith even more anxiety than we feel for the fate of Paris. Of Lyons we have the worst appre hensions, and of Marseilles ; for iu the latter city, as well as Toulouse and throughout the south, Carlist agents will be immediately at work, and they will be aided by the religious party. At Toulouse both sects and factions are in the highest state of mutual exaspe ration in consequence of the trial of Friar Lcolade for rape and murder. Bordeaux, once so Bourboeite, has ceased to be so. It is, however, the reverse of repub lican. Strasburg is decidedly democratic. The towns of the north and east will all second the republican movement; whilst those of the west, Bonen, Havre, Bordeaux, will be amongst the most monarchic. Nantes, an exception to its latitude, will be democratic Amidst these conflicting elements, must be taken into account the appearance and rise of energetic charac ters, either in command of the military, or possessing influence over their fellow-citizens. One of the first acts of the provisional government will be, no doubt, to dispatch commissioners to the chief provincial towns. On the reception of these and the respect shown them, much will depend. The conflict in some cases will he keener, as it will be a struggle for the treasury chest and the deposits. The Re ceiver-General will be in an awfully responsible position. And the army, what of it? Its conduct in the streets of Paris has been unaccountable. Not dis affected, nor yet loyal, but simply indifferent—the soldiers seem to have acted the part of philosophers, professing utter indifference to the current of events. Ilene was the mistake of Louis PHILIPPE: he thought the quiet and murmuring state of the army sufficient. lie did not see, that the spiffier requires to be filled and fraught with enthusiasm of some kind, and that without such spirit he is a dangerous instrument, The old armies were inspired by loyalty in face of sedition, as by . national pride in presence of an enemy. Loyalty is extinct in France : the peasant knows it not. He may get attached to a person as a general, but • mere king is no longer the idol that he can worship. A monarch that is not a hero cannot, therefore, reign in France by the grace of the soldiery. Louts PHI LIPPE ought to have known this, and to have reigned, in consequence, by the love and favour of Lis citizen subjects. The great fear is, that the impossibility of governing but by the army, and of governing by the army without precipitating it to war, will strike those now in possession of power ; and they will go to war, not from love of foreign ronquest, but literally as a means of domestic government. This is an idea likely to occur to and be acted upon by such men as LAIIO - and 'limits, as well as by mere republicans like UMW ROLLIN and CAW:OT. England, how ever, could hot be the object of such warlike designs. There is nothing to be had from us 'nut Nows, and we shall give no provocation for thei.i. In short England is the hardest file that the French serpent, if serpent 'T - 1 1 I 1 I Fr - -1 they that ble. aPe' Ii pen the inat gen mai circ the ape , I bur also fan the kill int( fool the: ant 1 4 : 11 tym to tht au( its for 1 Ii 1