The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-19 00:00:00

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A , - . • 4 .:-." 17, ' ^ * CZ :4" ." 1 '-', , i ..:' D - ifiart -,- ~ tqr . irt , I 4'o. N , ;, , t-4 ow • •P:. 5 . 2 : 4 ." 1 -4''' '• O .--,v. , . . . . 4 :A- -,.. - Eiriii nt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1848. Until the meeting of the National Assembl France will necessarily be subj:cted to continual dis quietude. Until the aggregate representatives of the country shall have met together in the capital, and shall have consecrated the Republican Government by their cordial and unanimous acceptance, Paris will remain a prey to the turbulent and disaffected, to the audacity of Anarchists and the schemings of Com munism. Not that we anticipate any disaster whatever to that cause of moderation which has again and again obtained the encouragement of the multitude, or any peril, even the most momentary, to those Provisional Ministers who have repeatedly received the homage of the population. No—the Re publican Cabinet which was inaugurated on the 24th of February, has been confirmed on the 16th of April ; the statesmen who were elevated on the shoulders of the people during the downfal of the Deputies have been rewarded by the unpurchased acclamations of the million on the platform of the Hotel de Ville. There is no immediate danger to the Provisional Government. Frenchmen of all classes, of all factions, of all sentiments, have fraternized for their protection. They are armed with the love of the populace, they are rendered invulnerable by the prestige accruing to them as the recipients of the national confidence. Confidence I—that is the word which they should wear es an amulet against destruc tion. Confidence !—it is the symbol of their unity, of their wisdom, of their devotion, and of their valorous and patriotic ambition. Confidence !—it is the epitome of those heroic truths which have been c'elivered to France by the inspired lips of LAMAR TINS. Listen to the words of that Great Tribune, ss he addressed himself, on Monday morning, to a deputation of the Parisians:se." At the period of the First Republic," said he, " there was a fatal word which destroyed everything, and incited the best citizens to turn their arms against each other. That word was distrust! And, nevertheless, it was then explained by the situation of the country, menaced byl $ coalition abroad and by enemies at home. Now that the mere proclamation of our principles of fraternal democracy and respect for nationalities has opened in all Europe the horizon of France, and in duced all nations to salute us as friends, instead of waging war against us—now that the Republic is accepted everywhere, without opposition at home, and , protects the prosperity, security, and liberty of all—there is but One word corresponding with that situation, and that word is confidence !" " Yes, yes!" cried the Deputation, " Confidence in the Government." " Inscribe that word," continued LAMARTINE, "in scribe that word on your banners and in your hearts. Lot it be the watchword of all citizens and of all parts of the empire, and the Republic is saved. The Provisional Government sets you an example by the deserved confidence which each of us evinces to wards his colleagues, and which he receives in his turn. It gives you to. day a proof of it by refusing at any price to disunite and separate themselves from any of the members wlto constitute its force by their unity. The indi visibility of t he Provi s i onal Government will thus be the civic conqu est of this magnificent and unanimous manifestation. Paris and the departments, re-as ured respecting its powe r and the attachment you bear the arto it, shall unit e, in imitation of us and you, for salvation of the Republic, and will enable us to deliver entire to the National Assembl y th e del., of the country which the people of the 24th February hail committed t o our hands. That confidence which I recommend you, citizens, is the word, the senti ment I heard expressed on the days of battle at the very spot, on t hese steps, in these courts, by the mouths of the wounded in the heroical struggle o f the people. Yes, I heard it expressed by those who capired here for the Republic, and who seemed to wish thus to bequeath to us at that supreme moment die word which is to save the new Republic and the viuntry." After this persuasive an impassioned appeal, it is scarcely surprising that the deputation should have ithdrawn, crying "Vive le Gouvernement Pro vi;oire tout entier !" No : the Spirit of the Genius of tl e Revolution had already diffused itself over the . em . blage ; the auditors already app reciated that at t ment of Confidence which the Orator had apos trophised. nowe.Ter solicitous we may be to r^cognise in the li c .- / ina l t e p w O b f ich th: an P a r l oyisional Government that una• iv the Public Mind:onawe inspire this saving confidence ecannot possibly expect any t.; lin . g approaching cordialße reciprocation of feeling between the Moderate Republicanism of LAmAR 7/tig, DUPONT de L'Eure, Ultra -Republicanism PAGES, and ARMAND MARRAST, and that doctrines tra-Republicanism of of which merges into the EnDLEDRU ROLLIhNe, Communists in the imagin a a n ti ci on ; LOCIS BLANC, ALBERT, f e l ; i c L° heart Feautiful as is the trustfulness of Mich throbbed to the delicious rhytihNthaAtrnlcpbo Jocelyn, we can by no means instill into our bosom o a those sanguine ideas which w ere addressed by n him of m to the me mbers of the deputation. " Citizens," he, if any difference of opinion, such as maybe e:. d p _,cted in the gvat councils of th e country, should p-evail respecting administrative questions, the unity exists in their patriotism, in the same love of the Republic, in the same devotedness with which they are animated towards Paris and France. Their union is the symbol of that of all the citiz.ns I" Yes, it is the symbol of that popular unanimity which influences on the one side the devotedness of the pa.. iotic chiefs Coo RTAIS and Duviv.tEß, and on the other the anarchical predilections of the disaffected leaders of the Clubs and the Communists, such as CADET and E LA Ngur. Such unanimity prevails among the erembers of the Government as is discoverable among the different sections of the eommuefity. The an- tagonisms of opinion are in both instances con- I spicuous, but in both instances likewise the over whelming preponderance of the Moderate Republicans is equally conspicuous. With the National Assembly will repose the responsibility of weeding the Government, of discarding whatsoever is pernicious, and of nominating to the glorious digni ties of the Republican Administration only such men as France and Europe can regard with a supreme and unreserved CONFIDENCE. Such a man may LOUIS BLANC yet prove himself to be, such also may be ALBERT, and perhaps, by a sort of political miracle, FERDINAND FLOCON himself. But LEDRU ROLLIN ! the man who has evinced all the ambition but not one jot of the courage to render himself the Dictator of the Capital and the Departments : LEDRU ROLLIN !—the outcast of O'CONNELL—the panegyrist of our trumpery National Convention—the physical force advocate of Paris ! Of such a man's sound and secure conversion to moderate ideas in legislation we despair. In spite of the positive declaration of me of our contemporary correspondents (writing from Paris, at noon yesterday) —" I have just heard from pod authority that a perfectly good understanding :low really subsists between M. LEDRU ROLLIN and all his colleagues of the Provisional G o vernment" — we .annot credit the cordiality or permanence of that reconciliation. Every incident in the political life of :he Provisional Minister of the Interior justifies this suspicion. Let the Parisians remain vigilant, for the anarchists are plotting ! dogne says, " A striking fact has just occurred at Nontron. M. CHARLES MONTAGUT, the Government commissary, being at a banquet which was offered to him by the inhabitants, proposed a toast to the health of M. LEDRU ROLLIN. The entire assembly replied with the cry of Vive LAMARTINE: The following admirable article, which is attributed to the pen of M. TRIERS, appears in the Constitu tionnel, on the subject of M. LEDRU ROLLIN'S last Bulletin : duce them to make the concessions that have been demanded—concessions be it remembered, which imply the dismemberment of the empire—but to resist them to the very uttermost, to expose their country to all the horrors of " Civil dissension, with its vip'rous tooth, That gnaws the bowels of the commonweal— to carry on a " war to the knife" with England and the friends of the British connexion in Ireland—to have blood flowing in the streets, and a total suspension of those works of industry that can alone work the regeneration of their country, and develop its hidden resources to the utmost extent. Surely no well-dis posed person will say that it was not time for the Executive to interpose, or that in so doing they have in any manner unduly interfered with the liberty of the subject. We do not desire that the unfortunate men who have been led astray by such outrageous counsels, and who have thereby exposed themselves to the penalties of the law, should be too severely dealt with in the first instance, or that the provisions of the salutary statute should on the present occasion be enforced with the utmost stringency ; we would gladly see those persons permitted to escape unharmed, it they make a prompt submission and pledge themselves solemnly that they will not again offend in like manner. The law had to a certain extent become obsolete and fallen into deitietude. For many years no prosecu tion had been instituted founded on its enactments, for happily there had been no occasion for such an appeal to the tribunals of the country. The Liberator of his country had ever disavowed the sanguinary doctrines of the present school of physical force poli ticians. His triumphs were gained by moral force alone. They were won by sound arguments, by powerful reasoning, by appeals to the immutable principles of truth and justice. They were not stained or tarnished by the shedding of one drop of human blood, and no v idow or orphan could have justly accused him as being in any the slightest degree instrumental in leading to the loss of the husband or father. But that great man has passed from amongst us, his memory alone remains to his country, and it does not speak highly for the gratitude of the people of whom he was for so many years the acknowledge(' leader, that they have so speedily forgotten his counsels, and de serted the paths by which they achieved so many bloodless victories. The men, who would fain occupy the proud position he had attained, but who are wholly inadequate thereto, have endeavoured to con ceal- their incapacity by using truculent and blood thirsty language ; in place of moderating the passions of the excitable multitude, and exhorting them to a strict obedience to the law, they have inflamed their minds with revolutionary harangues, and have urged the violation of public order, and of every law by which it has been secured. O'CONNELL im plored his countrymen to abstain from meeting with arms, knowing that from their ardent tem perament irreparable mischief might be occa sioned to the cause he advocated. The Confederates of the present day recommend a totally cpposite course. Hence, those provisions which, during his lifetime, were practically useless, are now es sential to the safety of the country, but we would not have any persons punished under a law of which they were ignorant. The prosecutions that have al ready taken place will act as beacons to warn others from danger. Let those persons, then, be dismissed (after conviction) with a merely nominal punishment, but let it be fully understood that no such plea will be available for future offenders, but that hencefor ward every transgressor will be treated with the ut most rigour of the law. " What is this publication? It appears in a semi periodical manner. It is posted on the walls. It is printed on white paper, a colour exclusively reserved for official placards. It has reached its sixteenth number, and has never been signed. Is it a journal, an expression of individual opinion? But the decree which abolished the caution money and the stamps has not authorised the suppres sion of the name of the respons i b le editor. Every jour nal remains und er the guarant ee of the responsibility tY of the party who s i g ns it. The Prefect respwould not allow private handbills to oof Police usurp the colour which constitutes the ostensible cha racter of public announcements. The Government would not permit any citizen to put Ministirre do l'lnterieur ' at the bead of such proclamations. Every thing, therefore, seems to indicate that this Bulletin emanates from an official source. And, nevertheless, when one sees that the document is anonymous, it cannot be believed that M. Ledru Rollin is the author of it. He signs boldly; and then what circulars are his? When one has read this pro clamation, one can scarcely believe that it can be his. Is it. in fact, to be credited that a member of the Previsional Government would dare to put forth the principles, give the advice, and fulminate the threats contained in this indescribable document ? What ! 'if the departments do not cause to triumph in the elections what you call la mite sociale, there will be only one means of safety, which would be for the people of Paris to manifest their will a second time, and to ad journ the decisions of a false national representation. Paris rightly regards itself as the representative of all the population of the national territory ; and, if it can not persuade, it will have the pain of conquering.' Such are your principles and your threats. Never at any period did a counter-revolutionary spirit make a more audacious attack on the freedom of elections. What ! Is it on the eve of the day when the whole people are about for the first time to exercise their rights that you place all the committees of France under the cannon of Paris I You tell them, in the name of the capital,' Your vote or your life !' for what you say is to wish to deprive the country of the political lite to which it has just given birth I It is the dismissal, en masse, of the citizens. The idea had been entertained of threat ening the dismissal of independent functionaries ; but it had never been imagined to threaten an independent nation with depriving it of its sovereignty. This, however, is what is done by the bulletin, in begging the citizens of the departments to resign themselves to persuasion, and to spare Paris the pain of conquering. And to conquer whom ? The whole of France, if it be not wise! From whence p roceeds, we ask, this monstrous doctrine which makes Paris alone the supreme interpreter of the will of all the nation? In what law is it written that a city, however enlightened and patriotic it may be, shall transform itself into the supreme arbiter, in a political sense, of all the great State of which it forms a part ? By uttering such a blasphemy the lie is given to all the liberal expressions delivered by the Pro visional Government to the deputation which came to it to demand the postponement of the elections. " The will of Paris," all the Members of the Government, including M. Ledru Rollin, replied, " cannot have the authority of the will expressed by the whole nation." That truth has been reiterated under every form, and now it is sought to force on th e whole body of French citizens the reforming and dic tatorial power of Paris. But has Paris any right to use such language towards France ? Paris noes not wish for the impious dicta torship which is attributed to it, and it authorises no one to take it on himself in its name. The citizens of Paris only see in France brothers, and not vassals who depend on its political justice. The national guards of Paris, that is to say the whole population, do not consider they have received arms to conquer their fellow citizens in the provinces—to make slaves of those who are beyond the boundaries of their city. These words of the bulletin will be, thank God, repudiated by France as by Paris. The concord which is in their hearts will destroy the odious germ of division. At the same time that Paris believes in the Republican feeling of departmental France, the tatter confides in the liberalism and loyalty of the Parisian population. Never have the department heard Paris boast of posses sing, alone, the formula of social verity, and imposing on the other parts of France the tyrannical alternative of either rallying round it or compelling itself to be conquered. Where is your social verity ? Who gives to one more than to another the right of being a judge of it ? Beyond the national sovereignty expressed by the majority of the citizens of all France there is only the doctrine of divine right I The divine right of whom ? Paris does not say that she possesses it. In whom is it then? Where is this Messiah of sccial verity? We only see it too well—the dictatorship of Paris will be yours, anonymous dictators of the Bulletin ! This is why we say that those men of pretended violent &Imo cratic opinions are only in reality purely counter-revo tiomery. They say that Paris may wish to change the form of the electoral rights. But that form is universal suffrage. To change is to restrict it. The first per spective then which dictatorship shows is a diminution of liberty; but what is that diminution, since before restricting that liberty by a new law they suppress it by violence? To sum up, this bulletin, which appears to emanate from authority, the duty of which is to make the rights of the country respected, and to secure by concord the safety of the Republic, this bulletin exagge rates, to the length of the absurd and the odious, the rights of one part of the population; it annuls the rights of the other; it sows the seeds of division and civil war; it contains the most absolute denial of national sove reignty, that is to say, the negation of the Republic itself, which is the free and sincere government of all by all, and not by one man or by a minority. If this bul letin is the private work of a citizen, we ask whether laws no linger exist?" The Reforme publishes the following address to the Government, from the delegates of the Cor poration of Workmen assembled at the Champ de Mars : The Security of the Crown and Government Bill last night passed the House of Commons, the third reading having been carried by a majority of 255. The debate of last evening—the last debate upon an apparently most coercive measure —was rendered eminently satisfactory by affording an opportunity :'or the expression of most liberal sentiments and most encouraging assurances on the parts of the late and the present Prime Ministers. In reference to the advice so frequently given to the Government, that they should propose remedial rather than coercive measures, Lord J. RUSSELL mph atic al 1 y and explicitly declared, that so far from being averse to the consideration of such (remedial) measures, he intended, immediately after the Easter reefs!, to proceed with those questions which relate to the political state of Ireland. And not only, he added, was it the intention of the Government to pro- pose such measures themselves, but they would be prepared to give every attention to any similar measures proposed by the Irish Members. " Let any Hon. Member," said Lord J. RUSSELL last night, " bring forward such propositions as may tend, in his opinion, to the advantage of Ireland, and to any pro position which may be supported by the great majority of the Irish Members, having for its object to improve the laws of the country, the situation of landlord and tenant, or to remove any social or political grievance under which they think they labour, I shall be ready to listen." It is earnestly to be desired that, instead of promoting dissatisfac tion among their countrymen, the Irish Members may take Lord Jour RUSSELL at his word, and bring forward, in their places in Parliament, those measures which the exigencies of the country may require. It would, however, be infinitely more desirable were the Government to forestal such propositions by themselves introducing the ne cessary refurms, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S assurance leads us to anticipate. But the Security Bill, the passing of which gave occasion for those encouraging promises to Ireland, relates, be it remembered, to England as well as Ireland, and hence the promises of remedial as well as coercive measures must be understood (let us hope) as applying to England as %v'sll as Ireland, and the chatlenge to the Liberal Members to come forward and propose beneficial re- forms, relying upon the consideration, if not the co operation of the Government, will, or should have the effect of instigating fresh exertions on the part of the representatives of the people. Sir R. PEEL has hitherto given a silent support to the Government measure; last night, however, he enforced that support with an eloquent assurance of his concurrence in the views of the Government on this subject. Frequent as have been the occasions on which the Right lion. Member for Tamworth has addressed the House of Commons, seldom has he addressed them in a more earnest and animated dis course than that of last evening, seldom have his expressions been conceived in a happier spirit. And seldom, be it especially remarked, has he given utter ance to more liberal sentiments than those with which he qualified his approbation of a coercive mea sure. In the commencement of his speech Sir R. PEEL drew the following very correct distinction between patriots of the school of HAMPDEN and SYDNEY, and of that of O'BuxErt, MBAGHER, and MITCHELL :—" I make great allowance for those who, inspired by an ardent love of liberty, are ready to sacrifice their lives and fortunes under circum stances of great necessity, and when liberty is really in danger. I have great admiration for those who are ready to set an example of peril to others and engage in a common cause ; but I have no sympathy, no re spect, no admiration for those who involve the igno rant in the capital punishment of treason, and content themselves with escaping from all . responsibility. Sir, I cannot conceive a more detestable character than the man who, for the purpose of gratifying his personal vanity, in the hope of having his name associated with splendid names that are in cluded in the category of traitors, urges on the miserable, deluded followers by his speeches or writings but is not ready to share with them a common fate. I rejoice to see such characters reduced, as they ought to be, to the condition of felons. Let us keep those frogs that are croaking sedition in the marshes in their proper position, and not let them puff themselves into the dimensions of the nobler animals that bellow treason." In alluding to the recent revolution in France, the ex-Premier expressed similar sentiments to those already enunciated by his successors, as to the advisability of our al). staking frogs all interference in the internal affairs of foreign' countries. " I believe it to be essential to the peace 'of the world," added the Right Hon. Baronet, " and to the stability of Government, that the experi ments now making in France should have a fair trial, without being embarrassed or disturbed by extrinsic intervention." But while abstaining. from pro nouncing any opinion as to the political move ments of Fran ce , Si r R OBERT P EE L took occasion hparvoegr reference to deprec a t e ' a n d denounce 'all social changes such as a progress r e o n n e e the o sContinent.oeh changes hao g e l s f thisast h o sde precationere now desired in by M. LEDR/3 RoLLue, we heartily concur in it, and, „furthermore, we heartily concur in the con cluding declaration of Sir R. PEEL last night, that it is upon the exertions of the l peop eof this country, and not upon police, nor upon armies,that the tran quillity, if not the safety, of this country depend s . As having been the vehicle for the eloquent discourse of Sir R. PEEL, and the encouraging assurances o f Lord J. J. RUSSELL, the debate of last evening was, as we have already said, eminently satisfactory. the iw t nf o ah - ldiascaeshys assembling certain mbloinu grsawtb ecomes journalsh theoi cuhrc Champ a c ua o m(tiy u p n a t dn e - - - - absurd and dangerous commentaries ~c itimens,—Our manifestation of yesterday has given rise to counter revolutionary manceuvres, to a thousand r noti false onanng act uherpeetophon misunderstandingoet mrhht other ri and yob uat rni e ti, a t i pre ceded our arrival at the Hotel de Ville, gave rise there d our dignity to explain clearly. We commence by affirm- Mars, we had no other objects than these— " 1. To elect 14 from amongst ourselves to compose a part of the etat maj or of the National Guard. " 2. To prove that the ideas of organisation of la bour,and of association so courageously sustained by the o a h re ay t e he fo id r ea e s ffe o c f t th to e men nldwhohave a v a e r are i e c v a o r t r e i d e dto if oiutr failedc use people, according t o whom the revolution of February put an end to the exploitation of man by man. " To eller to the Provisional Government, after the expression of our views, the support of our patriotism against reaction. " In proof of which we have to appeal to the mottoes on our banners, the text of the petition presented by our deputies at the Hotel de Ville , the unalterable calm ness of our demeanour, and the offering brought by us to the Provisional Government of the Republic. " How, then, does it happen that the National Guard was extraordinarily convoked, and in arms, as in a day of danger? How does it happen that, before the arrival at the Hotel de Ville of our triends and representatives, the citizens, Louis Blanc and Albert, our delegates, met a reception which had all the characteristics of dis trust? " We now know the cause, and will tell it to yon. " Precisely because they knew that our manifestation was calm, truly republican, and favourable to the con solidation of the popular revolution of February. The reactionaries spread about the story that we wanted to overthrow the Provisional Government for the sake of the citizen Bianqui, in order to excite against us all those who see is the existence of the Provisional Go• vernment the guarantee of order and of liberty. At the same time the e missaries of reaction spread the monstrous calumny that Louis Blanc and Albert had en couraged us to cut down violently the Provisional Go vernment—a calumny against which we protest with all the strength ot our indignant mind. It we had wished to overthrow the Government or to change it we should not have assembled u narmed in the Champ de Mars ; we should hate taken measures to have mus tered, not one hundred thousand, as we were yesterday, but two hundred thousand, which we could readily have done. We should not have made the collection amongon ourselves which we carried to the Hotel de ld we should not have concluded our petition with the words Vive le Gouvernement Provisoire.' This it is which it is well for us to make known to all. We must also denounce, as a proof of the manceuvres emplo) ed by certain agents of reaction, t he report which was circulated, that an attempt had been made on the life of Citizen Louis Blanc—a report propagated, doubtless, to cause disorder; but of the falsity ot which we were soon made aware, and which only proved to us how deeply rooted was the union between the people and those in whom it had placed confidence, notvrithstanding all that might be said by the reactionary party. Let it, then, be well known that there was nothing in the movement of Sunday to create ahrinn• The people know their strength; and it is permitted to them to remain calm. It is ready to d e f en d the revolution, in the light they understand it; under their safeguard it will not perish. " We confide this protest to the Provisional Govern ment, and we beg it to make it public. (Signed) " LAGARDE, President of the Central C o mmittee, DUMON, GOWN, Vice-Presidents. A. LAFAURE, Secretary, (Delegates of the Trades)." " The a -elegates of the workmen of the Ateliers Na tionaux equally protest, in the name of their brethren, assembled on Sunday a t the Hipp odrome, against the calumnies of which their meeting has been the object, and unite their voices to those of all the delegates at the Luxembourg. (Signed) " GUSTAVE ROBERT , Vice President. JACQUE, Delegate. AUGUSTE DEHAUT, Secretary." The National has the following correct explanation of the manifestations of Sunday " It has been artfully given out t hat there were two manifestations — one i n favour of the Republic and of the Provisional Government—the other in favour of counter revolutionary reaction. That is false. The truth is this: independently, and by the side of the meeting at the Champ de Mars, there was a plot against the Provi- Steps have at length been taken to relieve the peaceable portion of the community in Ireland from the nuisance to which they have recently been ex posed in the perpetual meetings for drill and military exercise which had become of daily occurrence throughout the entire country. Several parties have been arrested and held to bail, both in Dublin and Cork, on charges of having violated the provisions of the statute which renders it unlawful for " large as semblies of armed men to meet together for the prac tice of military movements," and which subjects the offenders to the punishment of seven years' transpor tation or imprisonment, at the discretion of the pre siding judge. In no other country in the world would matters have been suffered to proceed to the extremi tiesr to which they have been carried in the sister kingdom ,pen o l os moving in a respectable position in society have whom y proclaimed themselves the apostles of sedition, and preached denunciations iwnhai:hbyttlhieeoyyphetnaavveeinduced to listen to their outrageous of the Government by law established ; Tio r e rd their intention of subvert doctrines of physicai e fo and armed resistance. The prepared, not only by the possession the necessity of being offence, but by such skill in p th oss . ession of weapons of best advantage, use as would enable them to be turned to the o p r reTr e a p t t il i l g at u e h n c t. advantage, have been inculcated in no measured'l means o e f onc a e ll aie t d h , is age. And the It is not been by no THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL I l9, 1848. sional Government. Some bad and ambitious anarchists have insolently divided into two fractions the Provisional Government --they have attributed to the one some sort of pretended dictatorship of public safety, and to the other they have with equal insult attributed an insensate proscription. Informed by the beat of drum of the plot and the peril that menaced the Government, the people of Paris rose altogether. Before this immense moral force anarchy disappeared, as a month ago the counter revolution disappeared. Thus a baffled plot, and a grand popular manifestation, such was the history of the day— all the rest is but artifice—imaginative falsehood." The Riformel publishes a letter from M. CADET, denying that be was present at the meeting of opera tives at the Champs de Mars on Sunday last, and adding, that he has written to the Provisional Go vernment to institute an inquiry into the matter. The Moniteur contains the following : " The Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice have directed the Attorney• General and the Commissary of the Government attached to the tribunal of the Seine, in the name of the Provisional Govern ment, to institute an inquiry into the different facts which took place on Sunday last, and from which it appears that a conspiracy was formed against the Go vernment of the Republic. On the invitation of M. Portalis, M. Laudrin immediately commenced proceed ings. A judge of instruction has been appointed, and all the citizens are invited to communicate to him the informatien they consider useful for the manifestation of the truth." The Moniteur publishes the following official ac count of the events of Sunday : "Paris made to day one of the most spontaneous and imposing manifestations ever witnessed by that great city. The Provisional Government had been informed that some leaders, whose machinations were watched, had circulated an insane report of the creation of a Committee of Public Satety. The Provisional Government was convinced that tranquillity could not be setiourly disturbed by those attempts, of which it knew the ridiculous impotence. Nevertheless, in order to allay the uneasiness eepressed around them, the Members of the Government, whilst deliberating at the Ministry of Finance on the affairs of the State, thought proper to adept some precautionary measures round the Hotel de Ville. At the first beat of the drums an immense number of armed citizens turned out. 'rho squares, quays, and boulevards were covered with an innumerable crowd of National Guards, in their uniforms and in plain clothes, who cried energetically, Vice let Republique!' Vice le Gouvernement I'rovisoire !".che, workmen assembled in the Champ de Mars, after having indignantly rejected the provocations of the disturbers of the public peace, were informed that an attempt was being made to deceive the Government respecting their intentions. They accordingly sent a deputation to the Hotel de Ville to repeat the assurance of their complete adhesion, to ex press their. wishes, and offer a patriotic gift. They afterwards arrived in a mass to defile before the Provi sional Government. The unanimity of public opinion, the admirable co-operation of all classes of the popu letion, gave to that manifestation that great feature which has characterised, since the revolution of February, the fraternal union of the people of Paris in favour of the Republic. The members of the Provi sional Government descended on the square, passed through the dense ranks of that population, composed of the National Guards of the different legions and the battalions of the Garde Mobile, so remarkable for their spirit and discipline, and were everywhere re ceived with the loudest enthusiasm. Generals Courtais and Duvivier, who were at the head of the National Guards, evinced a zeal and devotedness which the entire population acknowledged by repeated applause. An idea may be formed of the mass assembled on the occa sion from the fact that the National Guards continued to defile from three o'clock until half past ten at night. All Paris joined in tie entinitestation, which has given additional force to the Provisional Government, and proved once more to France and Europe that the Re public rests on a basis not to be shaken." The pupils of the Polytechnic School, on being told that the Provisional Government was in danger, immediately repaired to the Hotel de Ville to place themselves at its disposal. M. LAIIARTINE addressed them as follows: " We have been apprised that it was contemplated to attack the Provisional Government. A Committee of Public Safety had been proclaimed in its place, and an at tempt was to have been made to divide it, and sow anarchy amongst its members, as well as in the opinion of the country. We knew well that on the first intimation of such an attempt all the good citizens would rally to defend us. Your sole presence, your sole proceeding, is a mani festation highly honourable fur us, and more than suffi cient for order and the Government. It will be useless, however, for another object, thanks to the almost una nimity of the population, which has arrayed itself round the Provisional Government to give it force and assistance until the moment when it shall resign its powers into the hands of the National Assembly. We request you, citi tens, to remain, to-day, until nightfall, and to-morrow, if necessary, at the disposal of the Provisional Govern ment. We shall not want you, but we are happy to as sign to you on this occasion the place of honour you have so well deserved amongst us." Great satisfaction has been expressed both by the National Guard and the public by the announcement of the appointment of General CDANOARNIER to the chief command :of the National Guards of the De partment of the Seine, in tile place of General COUR. TAts, but the appointment is not yet official. General CUANGARNIER passed several of the legions in review this morning, and was everywhere received with great cordiality. In the course of the review he called the officers of the legions together, and asked them if they or their men had any abjec tion to the return of the troops of the line to Paris; and, on consultation with the men, the officers invariably brought back the answer that they were very desirous for the return of the troops A large body of the officers then accompanied General CHANGARNIER to the Hotel de Ville, to express their wishes to the Provisional Government; and it is understood, that this very evening, from six to seven thousand troops will enter the capital, and that more will follow to-morrow and next day. It is said that General CHARGARNIER, in accepting the command of the National Guards, made it a condition that a gar rison of at least 20,000 troops of . the line should be brought into Paris. A considerable number of persons have been ar rested who were caught in the act of distributing seditious proclamations among the people, and stuck up inflammatory placards in the streets. Four per sons have been arrested in the Fauburg St. Antoine, who were dressed in the uniform of captains of the National Guard, but it is doubtful if they are enti tled to the distinction. Among those arrested it is said that the notorious SORRIER is one. It will be remembered that he was for a few days joint dele gate With M. CAUSIDERE at the police. lie is the president of several of the most violent clubs, and one of the principal editors of the Commune de Paris, which is the organ of the Communists. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 11. THREE O'CLOCK. —The French funds have been ex ceedingly firm all day, and the closing prices show a considerable advance over those of the day before. The Five per Cents. opened at 59f. 50c., and closed at filf., being a rise of 2f. 75c.; the Three per Cents. opened at 35f. 50c., and closed at 401. 75c., being a rise of If. 25e. This advance was generally attributed to the belief that a considerable number of the troeps of the line wore to enter Paris in the course of the day. During the Bourse it became known that one regiment had already arrived at the ,Batignolles, and only awaited orders to pass the Barriere and march to barracks. Bank of France shares were firm, closing at 1,125 f., being au advance of 25f. ; Roman is f higher, closing at 50f. ; Belgian Fives (1840), are lower, this decline being the counter blow of lower prices from Brussels, on Monday, in consequence, it was said, of the movement in Paris the day before ; Belgian Bank Shares are 101. better, closing at 510 f. Very little business was tran sected iu the miscellaneous securities, but they also closed better ; Obligations de la Ville at 960 f., and Quatre Canaux at 6651., both sf. higher. Reilvvay Shares have varied but little, the movement being rather upwards than otherwise ; Vierzon a re sf. higher, closing at 2251 .; Orleans and Bordeaux, 21. 50c. each better, at 4501. and 390 f.; Northern, Stras burg, and Nantes, if. 25c., at 333 f. 75c., 345 f., and 3351.; Dieppe have advanced 15E, closing at 1501. On the other hand, Marseilles and Havre have fallen 5f., closing at 1951. and 170f.eLyons, 2f. 50c., at 306 f. 25c.; Rouen are unaltered at 3055. ; Bons du Titsor were done at 40 per cent. iris ; French gold continues at 501. ; and the charge for cashing a I,ooof. note 10f. Gold con tinues to arrive in rather large quantities at Paris from London. During the past week the amount received was about 1,150,0001, a large portion of which came to Messrs. de Rothschild's. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, Anne 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 / 4 —Namur and Liege ' 1— Northern of France, 234—Orleans and Bordeaux, 1 1 / 2 Paris and Lyons, 2. IMPORTANT from SWITZERLAND. THE DIET—THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The Presse has the following from Berne, the 13th instant : " The reception given here to the representative of the French Republic was of a most remarkable kind. A procession, organised by the Committee of the Patriotic Association, and composed of more than 500 persons, preceded by a military band, and bear ing banners, French and Swiss united, went by torch light, in the evening, to the residence of General TIIIARD. The French diplomatist appeared at the windows, when he was most loudly cheered. The following complimentary address was delivered to him : " ' General Thiard,---The Patriotic Association of the canton of Berne hasten to bid you welcome. Represen tative of the French Republic, it is with joy and with happiness that we see you in the midst of us. To a des potic and tyrannizing Government has succeeded, in fine, a Government of liberty, equality, and fraternity. With us also, General, a party gloriously conquered, meditated the destruction of our liberties, but it has fallen never to , emigration who may:arrive at Cracow. The gill rise again. It only remains for us to exp ress our wishes I that France and Switzerland may b e united like two V sisters, and sham the same sentiments of liberty, ASTIGL IONE, has wr itten to tart' Governor, Count C equality, and fraternity. Long live G re eneral Thiard. his post. to dt, , mand the dismissal of Baron K from aEt* Long live the French Republic.' 8 "The general replied as follows : palities of the Danube. Prince BIBEECO _ Some disturbances have broken out in theapnrdinehii " ' Citizens, I must express to you my opinion and party have been driven away. The Servians have my gratitude for the fricsndly manifestation which you wade in favour of the representatives ,of the French also driven away the Turkish garriso n of Belgrade' . Republic, for it is not to me, to the man, that you address yourself. Believe me, citizens, that the •wishes of the French Government towards Switzerland are as warm as those which you express for France, sand that it will not depend on tier if the French and Swiss nations aro not united in the same sentiments of liberty, (quality, and fraternity. Once mere, citizens, I thank you for the a elcome you have given me, and with. which lam deeply affected.' "The English Charge d'Affaires was standing at one of the windows of the General's apartment, and At a window in the story above LCLA. )\loNtEz made her appearance. " The Diet opened its proceedings this morning with the consideration of the project of the Federal Constitution, prepared by the Commission of .11evi vion of the Pact, which was appointed by the Diet in August, 1847. The following is an otttline of this project " Chapter 1 treats of the general provisions, which are as follows :-- " The population of the 22 sovereign cantons o Switzerland from the SwiSs Confederation. PRUSSIA. His MAJESTY has been pleased to accep t the resig nation of his Minister VON ROTIIEit as Presid ent o f f the Chief Administration of the Trea sur y , of the Marine, and Chief of the Prussian Bank. 31 VON LAmrßEcwr, President of the Bank Direction, the has been charged with the administration of latter office ad interim.—Prussian State Ga'letie' April 16. The execution of the decree of the G erman Diet on the subject of Schleswig-Holstein , h as been entrusted to Prussia, and the Prussian Government has ju °`" us as Chie ordered several battalions of infan tr y , a di,ll cavalry, and mounted artillery, to p roceed to r 1 " The cantons are sovereign, in so much as their sovereignty is not limited by the federal constitution, which guarantees to them their territory, their con stitutions, liberty, and the rights of the people, as well as the rights and attributions which it has conferred on the authorities. " All particular alliances and treaties of a political nature between the cantons is forbidden. stein On the 10th inst. a circular from the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs was affixed to the Stettin Bourse. It bore the date of the 6 th , and sta ted th in a t the report that Prussian vessels had been detained the Sound or pursued by Danish men-of-war was unfounded. It is added that the Prussian fns sador at Copenhagen has received instructions to obtain a declaration from the Danish Cabinet thiad they will respect private property, an d that sho re there be a refusal, measures will betae for re e questing the English Government to war n rrn ssiell vessels of the danger that awaits them, so that they may take refuge in English ports. It is proposed to give this warning by means of British cru isers in the English Channel. Serious disturbances have taken place at Aix -11 , 1 : Chapelle. A letter dated April 15, NO - Ikb is V"' lished in the Cologne Gazette, says— " Our city is in the grea t es t commotion: The burgher guard is under a rms. The couunntierif arose in consequence of a dispute betw een solve °e the reserve corps and a number of worktnen. soldiers were disarmed, and two of them were 11ille The workmen, armed with hatchets, spades, &el °re traversing the streets, the military have been on signed to the brracks, and a promise has bee n efaa cially given that the reserves shall be sent off i ° ' morrow. Th e reserves of the 34th entered only the dill before yesterday, and immediately excited ill-Wi n 11 marching in with a black and white harmer, an d fi l l : daciously tearing off the black, red, and gold Co e " ' ades which were worn by the burghers." The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette of the 17th 5 5 5 1.-.. ' " The disturbances were renewed to-day, in cen ey „ay: . o l ;rd quence of which a proclamation was issued the inhabitants to be quiet. There was an " tWA v es calm afterwanis, and it was hoped that the rese r )) . r would be permitted to depart in quietness. The b ur b g at" guard completely shut up the streets, but the 1 0 %0 tacked them; many shots were fired.; several Pei's the° were killed and others wounded. The cavalry wa g called out and cleared the streets, and the hated reset); were obliged to quit the city. At the time wh ; e 13 ,, it 0 Aix-la- Chapelle Gazette wasgoing to pre ss the c ,l l still in commotion." Spandau has also been the scene of serial's turbances. A letter from that city, dated April lir says— " Yesterday serious disturbances took plaetsA;itittfh' House of Correction. There were evidences of u' s- ato ances in the afternoon, and the prisoners rehli,se appear before the director respecting their yrn r ' ; ' o a by accordingly repaired to the work-room, acconarin,flers, several officers, and was about to address the pri s( _, ) ", of when one of them stood up, and declared in the see rig. the rest that they would not have any more W-06 The director succeeded in appeasing them , and qui,trnoyer• was apparently restored. In the evening, C), . there was an outbreak. Utensils, d oor s, and V " l2 p od were demolished, and the revolt b eca me formidable, ri, it became necessary to call in the military.- e e , S o y sonera were exhorted to return to obedience, Dui , • is t commenced demolishing the roof, and thr ew the 61 1 to the heads of the soldiers, who were then cornPelle „a fire. One of the prisoners, who had been CO to 25 years' imprisonment, was killed , an d another I"- mortally wounded. None of the prisoners escaped*" " The Confederation; alone has the right to declare war and to conclude peace, as well as to nmke alliances and treaties with foreign states. " The official relations between the cantons and foreign Governments shall be carried on. through the Federal Council. "Military capitulations are forbidden, "The Confederation has not the right to keep up a standing army. This provision does not extend to the necessary institutions for the instructions of the Federal army. " The Confederation will establish a Swiss uni versity, a polytechnic school, and a seminary for in structors ; it has the right, by paying an indemnity, to suppress in whole or in part any tolls on roads or rivers, the right of transit of highways and bridges, customs dues, &e., but it cannot receive at the Swiss frontier the import, export, and transit dues. It takes on itself the direction of the post-office through out the whole of Switzerland, as well as to coin money, and also to introduce a uniformity in the weights and measures of the country. The manu facture and sale of gunpowder is also to belong to it. " The right of free establishments for all Swiss, and the free exercise of the recognised Christian worship is guaranteed throughout the Confederation. " The liberty of the press is guaranteed. "Chapter 2 relates to the Federal authorities. " The supreme authority of the Confederation is exercised by the Federal Assembly, which is com - posed of two councils—the National Council, and the Council of States. " The National Council is composed of Deputies of the Swiss people, elected in the proportion of one member for every 20,000 souls; it is elected for three years, and is integrally renewed every time. " The Council of the States is composed of 44 Deputies of the Cantons. " These two councils shall deliberate on all ques tions which the present constitution places within the limits of the Confederation. " The directorial and superior executive authority of the Conferation is exercised by a Federal Council, composed of five members, chosen for three years. "There shall be a Federal Tribunal for the admi nistration of justice in federal matters, and a jury for penal causes. The Federal Tribunal shall be composed of eleven members, and five supplementary ones. " The sitting of the Diet on the 13th was not of much importance. General RILCCIIIA, the Sardinian Envoy, was present. The subjects brought under consideration were confined to local interests. The cashier of the Federal Treasury announced that after the payment of the expenses occasioned by the late war, which amounted to 5,800,000 f , there would be a Oeficit of 3,313,000 f., which will be covered by the loan contracted by the COnfederation. The Deputy for Appenzell declared that his canton would not be responsible for any part of the loan, as it would be a full step towards involving Switzerland in a heavy debt. Twelve states voted in favour of it." POSEN. al It appears by the Berlinische Zeitung that in sever parts of the Grand Duchy of Posen the Polish grille' corps have had conflicts with the Prussian o.o°oo and that several persons have been killed on both sido• Seven Poles, implicated in the former insurrection in Posen ; hare been arrested in Grandens, on the charge of high treason. The same journal states that the Royal Commissioner, General Von WILLISEN, very unpopular amongst the German inhabitants re nr Posen, and that he displays every day more and Mo a leaning towards the Poles, whose society ke al most exclusively frequents. It is added, in a private corn' munication from the Bernbaum district, that an l in t. ; mense number of Germans have already left tito t duchy, because the Poles intend to force them march against Russia. The 6 , 000 armed Polesdaiss. sembled in the neighbourhood of Gnesen have GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. persed. issi° • net General VON WILLISEN, the Roya l Comm hY for the national (Polish) reorganizatio n of the duc of Posen, arrived on the 13th in Berlin. lie ir°lll e il diately;proceeded to Potsdam, where a Cabinet Ceon", was summoned. It is asserted that it h as been reof solved to declare the duchy of Posen indepe ndent ti r e Prussia, with the exception of those parts Wbiebyer, all but exclusively German. The Pole s, l'evie demand the restoration of their country in its I licie ht to limits, and contend that they have as mu ch rhgaer claim the so-called German parts of Posen as is of many has to demand the so-called Danish pox' AUSTRIA. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of the 12th publihes amongst its latest intelligence the contents of a letter said to have been received from Venice, to the effect that two parties have formed themselves in that city one siding with Austria, the other with Italy. It is said that both of them parade the streets with their respective banners, and that the Austrian party has applied to the authorities at Trieste requesting that the steam communication may be renewed between the two ports. MArliti and ToMMAsEO are reported to have disappeared. This account, however, is considered to be very apocryphal. The Vienna Gazette of the same day contains a protest of the German inhabitants of Bohemia against any measures, such as a distinct Ministry, &c., for which the Sclavonic portion of the population have applied, which might tend to a separation between that state and the Austrian empire. An intimation has been made by the Ministry, that the provisional law on the press, not having been published three times in the Vienna Gazette (as the law directs), is not to be considered in force. Some dissatisfaction is expressed in Vienna at the delay of the Austrian Government to bring forward a scheme for the formation of a representative assembly. The EMPEROR has accepted the resignation of Count STADION as Governor of Bohemia. The EMPEROR was at Presburgh on the 12th of April, and closed the Hungarian Diet in person. The Archduke STEPHEN addressed the assembly. He said, " Let us rejoice that we have obtained all we desired, and let us use our newly-acquired con cessions with moderation." The Prime Minister, Kossurn, spoke also; and after a few words in Hungarian from the EMPEROR, the business ter• minated. Schleswig. General VON WILLISEN has issued a ci retl i , llll. ii under date the 12th of April, stating that he si consider his mission at an end, as soon ns he finds; z that there is no longer any peaceful way of settl.o., the disturbances which exist in the Grand Ducbini and that he shall immediately resign his post Wb e- a he discovers that, on the expiration of the see ° ,,, e . 6 delay of three days (a delay which expired "/ day), the armed Poles do not disperse. De states, moreover, that he will not sacrifice any of the rig ht° of his countrymen — t he Germans. Up to the de' par ture of the post no further news of any certainti h a d been received from P osen, or rather from Schroa w h e re the armed Poles a re assembled. They had been summ oned to disperse on the 11th, but at the re' quest of General VON WILLISEN a delay was grante a till the 14th. It is said that Prussia is ready to acknowledge the independence of Posen. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. R ENDSBURG , APRIL 14.—The Da nes moved for, ward yesterday with the g reater p art of the trooPs: concen trated at their main head - qua rters in Scble wig, to the number of eight thousand men, and too up a position near Danne rvirde, about ten miles i• the road to Rendsburg. Soon after one o'clo c no the afternoon the KING, escorted by two squildff, • of dragoons and one of curas s i ers, and attended b; splendid staff, entered Schleswig fro m Flenshtlf°,l followed by the troops, rode through the WWI 6. °13 0 , returned to Flensburg at five in the afternoon. r neral Von lIEDEMAAN has the command-in•ehie"„or This morning the Danes continued to ec c ; yesterday's position. The troops of Schlesil.7l; Holstein are posted near Schestedt, and the 1111116 :i t y nearfmoro: morning, iedn S mg o ,ratgnghbeiesra magistracy extremec aße . The caknedn io councilr advancedA Ito n a Volunteer posts, t B e v r - d f. of Deputies -at l burg have latterly reorganized the Prov isions ;,, f vernment, and the Burgomaster has had an lot er ni vi with the KING, and told himboldly, " I larger., Schleswig-Holsteiner, and the worthier nei"'oo portion of my citizens are of my sentiments. no longer serve the King of DENMAB i d The troops are animated with the b est sPirq the desire an opportunity t o measure swor ds wit"beeo enemy. The prisoners taken at K ruslen have ors sent to Eperbergen, and are there to be take n board a razed ship-of-the line. _a to In Schleswig a corps of young men, who offer:into serve their country, were, on Tuesday, betritY6.`t n ts, the hands of the Danes by two of the inhabitmon who had long been sus:ecte Ham e spies se a h e a ge, .13orsen of them were captured. — urgh April 15th. (FROM THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH comritsii.) HULL, Tuzsol' , By the Queen of Scotland s teamer from 115t11,,'r_ burgh, arrived this morning, we are p ut in possessw of the following intelligence r : s ll' REND SBURG, Ar _o On Tuesday evening a skir mish took p lace u Some further proceedings took place at the Town, hall, and the EMPEROR left amidst the greatest cheer ing and acclamation, about two o'clock, for Vienna. A letter from Vienna published in the Augsburg, Gazette says— " Russia will not delay much longer. The early de parture of the Russian Ambassador is expected. On reading the day before yesterday a violent article in the Austrian Gazette, against the Emperor Nicholas, he stated that if the attitude of the Austrian press continues unchanged, a declaration of war on the part of Russia must be shortly expected. Many free corps are openly being formed hero against Russian Poland. More than 2,000 volunteers have already enrolled themselves at Professor Podulak's. The Government, on the other hand, takes no more volunteers for Italy, a fact which would almost lead us to conce ive that its intentions are pacific." Disturbances took place at Gratz on the 6th of April. The people set fire to the Custom-house, for the 'purpose of destroying a guard-house of the officers, who fired on them from the windows. The bakers' shops were pillaged. Attempts were also made on the butchers ; the latter, armed with hatchets, and aided by the National Guard, vigorously defended themselves. To put a stop to these disorders, martial law has been proclaimed. Money matters get worse and worse at Vienna. The deficit in the last quarter amounted to eight millions of florins, and it is thought that the current month will show a much larger deficit. The value of public securities is dreadfully shaken, and stagnation is general. There is no doubt of the Archduke FRANCOIS JOSEPH having been sent to Bohemia as Governor. An inde pendent Ministry is to be given to this extensive province. The Count DE ST. STADION, the actual Governor, resigns. The Breslau Gazette states that the Imperial Commissary, Baron KREJCI, has given orders for the immediate meet of all the members of the Polish SPAIN. Madrid journals of the lath have arrived. The conduct of NARVARE continues to be of the most arbitrary character. He has established a reign of terror in Madrid of as atrocious a character as that established by ROBESPIERRE during the first re volution. Parties are arrested without regard to age, class, or circumstances, and lodged in the criminal gaol, where they are forced to associate with thieves and murderers, and are driven off, tied together in rows, to places on the sea coast, from whence they are transported either to Africa or the Philliphine Islands. Mr. BELWER has presented to the Duke of SOTO. MAYER a note of remonstrance against the practice of these horrible cruelties—this note has been very ill received by the Minister, and in consequence Mr. &TIMER has refused to accept an invitation to a diplomatic soirée given by NARVAES. The grand review has been postponed sine die. The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER con tinue in Madrid. _ _ The KING has had a fall from his horse, and in jured his arm. It is hoped that the accident will not be attended with any serious consequences. Mr. BULWER was not present at the reception of the Duchess DE MONTPENSIER. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 13.—Three per Cents., 21 cash ; Five per Cents. 131 paper ; Passives, 4,1 paper ; Coupons, 9} paper • Bank of St. Ferdinand, 104 . paper; Exchange on Lon don, 43 50-100 at 60 days. After Bourse, Threes, 21 cash, 20i- paper ; Fives, 13f cash ; Passives, 411. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Paris was in a great state of excitement. Early in the morning the rappel was beat, and the whole of the National Guard turned out, and took up positions for the defence of the Hotel de Vine, the Bank, the Bourse, and the hotels of the Ministers The pupils of St.Cyr,who act as officers of ordonnance to the Provisional Government, were constantly gal- loping about from the Hotel de Ville to the various posts of the National Guards. The Boulevards were lined with National Guards, ranged four deep, and the general and staff-officers, as they passed, addressed some words to each company, apiitialing to their patriotism to protect the Provisional Government. To these appeals the response invariably was, " Vive la Republique," " Vive le Gouvernement Provisoire," " A bas les Communistes." It was said that the ,Go vernment had received information that it was the intention of the Communist authors of the abortive demonstration of Sunday to renew their attempt yes terday, under pretence of preventing the entry of the regular troops into Paris ; that they intended to at tack the Hotel de Ville, the Treasury, and the Bank, and to commence a general system of plunder. There is reason to fear that there was but too much cause for this alarm. An unsuccessful attack was, it is said, made upon. the Hotel de Ville during the course of the morning by Communist supporters of M. LEDRu ROLLIN, and two of the posts of the National Guard were attacked in the Rue St. Denis, but the assailants were repelled. The Communists en deavoured to persuade the workmen on the Strasburg Railway to join them, but the vvof kmen refused. Two young men attempted to address the 1)eople in favour of Communism, and for this purpose mounted on the steps of the Bourse. They were, however, so roughly handled that they thought it prudent to withdraw. Several of the leaders of the Communists, among others BrANctur and CADET, have bettritrrested, and the Provisional Government has closecOeveral of the clubs. lip to five o'clock no colliion or disturbance had taken place. The regular troops were then marching into Paris, and the National Guard had been withdrawn, but with orders to be in readiness at a moment's notice. .11 0 / p o e n n d e their R e p c u l b u l b i c s a i o n n s a s y , u s n — d a " y T e h v e e n C i o n m g 7 a u n n a i s s t did l n h o e t was even said that some of their chiefs would run great risks if they showed themselves in public." The Moniteur contains a proclamation signed by all the members of the Government, congratulating the citizens on the demonstration of Sunday. - Another decree declares that the law rendering the magistracy irremoveable is suspended, and this is followed by a series of decrees dismissing a great number of public functionaries of the first order. One hundred generals, colonels, and lieutenant colonels in the army have been put on half-pay. By another decree the octroi duties (or town dues) on meat are abolished throughout France. will be a gener al festival in Paris. The the Courts , Tri b u nals, and all Bank,public Thursday theßourse, establishments u will be closed ; commerce will be suspended, bills f a llin g due being payable the or following day• Nothing can exceed the hatred borne to M. LEDRU RowN, his commissaries and his party, throughout le Perigord of the Dor- ince.