The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-10 00:00:00

SCENES IN PARIS.

The Daily .News Clrreepondrnt, writing on Sonday
veniog, thus deleribes thc Fceuee that occurred ou the
news of the Emperoe'a or rcender becoming known

This Is the greatest day i ever saw, In my life. I have
witneased a peaceful resole*, la Pat Is, with al great
results as the bloodiest that this eat) Of revolutions was ever
the theatre of. lem .-at to d .• words for this
pest strictly what I sew , and I t. to see a great
deal. Knowing that ilee (;niiO'i was to hold an ex-
traordinary eitting at one . iota a carriage at
two, and told the !ever t, go,, , ...npa Elyse., hang
about the Placed, one of the brtiges
to the Faubourg ,-•,. • that there were
great crowds In the route I had • o, out f, r him, and
doubted whether be would get al. •r. .• I ry," said I, and so he
did, and we succeeded. On the place co,a Cmcorde there were
many groups of people and several companies of National
Guards, but still carriages could circulate. I observed that
he National Guard. carried laurels on their bayonets, and
that numbers of citizens bad sprigs of green (meant to re-
present laurels) in their hats. The laurels could not mean
victory over the foreign enemy; but thee were worn as
emblems of victory over the internal enemy—the Emperor.
My attention was attracted to one of the cellossalallegorical
statue. at the north-east corner of the place, representing
the City pj atrasbligg. This Cattle WU decked out with
flowers, rod an enormous placard was hung round the neck
bearing the words •• Honour and glory to General Chrich."
A succession of democratic orators mounted the parapet at
: the foot of the statue and harangued a vaat crowd with great
aticress. I could not get near enough to hear their eloquence,
but it was about the Republic and the certain victory which
the Republic could bring.
I then turned my mirriage and went towards the Place de
la:Concorde. The approach a were occupied by troops, and
It was impossible to cross. I observed the steps of the Corps
Legislatif en the other side of the river covered with people,
and saw that the quays right anti left were closely studded
with infantry, cavalry, National Guards, and the people,
ell mixed up together. At this moment the weather was
beautiful—it was one of the most gleritille early September
days ever seen. I drove slowly along the quay parallel with
the orangeries of the Tuileries towards the palace. The
Tuileries gardens were full of people. I learned that in the
morphia orders had been given to close the gates,bat that half
an hour before I passed,the troops had forced them open, and
, that neither the troops nor the police, made any resista.
My coachman, who, I dare say, was an Imperialist yesterday,
but was a very strong Republi,an to-day, pointed out to me
several groups of people bearing red flags. I told him that
the tricolour bet:Arming the presence of the Empress still
floated from the central tower of the Tuileries. While I was
speaking, and exactly at twenty miuntea past three, I saw
that deg taken down. That in an event in a man's life not to
be forgotten. _

Crossing over the Pont de Sone rine to the gnat d'Orsay I
witimesed an extraord nary sight ludeed. From the windows
of those great barracks formerly peopled with troops, every
man of whom was supposed to be ready to die for his Ern.
perm, law soldiers smiling. waving handkerchiefs, and re-
*meting to the cries of 'Viva Is Itepublique" raised by
gendarmes, cavalry, soldiers of the line, national guards, and
people below. Well-dressed ladles in open carriages shook
hands with private soldiers and men itt blouses, at crying
"Vice la Republique!' Nay, strangers fell on each others'
neck and kissed elicit other with "effusion." In the neigh-
bourhood of the Pont Nerd I saw people on the tops of
ladders bulky pulling down the Emperor's but, which
the late loyalty of the people induced item to stick
about in all possible and impossible plats. 1 raw the
busts Nulled in mock prorxsaion to the parapet of the
Pont Nat end thrown into the seine, clapping of hands and
hearty laughter greeting the splash which the graven linage
of the mighty monarch made in the water. I went as for as
the Motel de Ville, and found Ha popession of His Mejaty
the movereign people. Nous,' were in every one of M.
Haussmaten balconies, How they got there Ido not know.
I presume that NI. Chevreau did not tevite them. But they
got in somehow without violence. The great anima in
Hoot of the hotel de Ville was full of the National Guards,
most of them without witform. They carried the butts of
their muskets in the sir, in token that they were fraternimug
with the people. The snort perfect good humour prevailed.
Portraits of the Enperm and Emprea, wh,Ch nurly of your
readers roust have seen in the Hotel de Ville ball rooms
were thrown out of the window, and the people trod and
deuced upon the caves. At the hotel placards ennounced
that Count de Keratry was Prefect of police, and 31. E.
Arago, Mayor of Paris. On leaving the Hotel de Ville I saw
in the Avenue Victoria M. Henri Rxhefort let out of prison,
as a logical Consequence of events but half an hour before.
He was at. a triumphal one, and wore a seariet scarf. Ile
was escorted by no immense moil ce)firr "Vine Rochefort."
Ile looked in far better health than I expected to see him
alter his lee g imprisonment, and his ...miaow.° beamed
srth doiihl. lie has seen his desire on his enemy.