The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-03 00:00:00

I the hipsa of 300 or 400 republicans, intending
to overthrow a government having at its
command a garrison of 60,000 troops of the
line and 80,000 national guards. then well affected,
and was put down after a struggle of six,and-thirty
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Court of Peers, but the capital sentence was com-
muted into " imprisonment for life." He is now
placed at the head of one of the finest legions of Paris,
and one of those which strenuously opposed his insur-
rection, the members of which, in the course of nine
years, have become as ardently republican as himself.
M. Pagnerre is named secretary-general of the pro-
visional government.
M. Gander l'ages hits nominated a labouring man,
named Carbon, as his private secretary and chef•de-

cabinet.
M. Armand Marmot, the editor of the Notional,
who contributed so powerfully to the late political
catastrophe, has been charged with the administra-
tion of the civil list, and with that of the efinaine
prirej, and of the princes and princesses of the ex-
' royal family, which have been sequestrated.
A circular from General Sabeone orders all mili-
tary to rest at their posts, and those en conglp to re-
turn to their duty. A form of proclamation of the re-
public is given to officers, to be read at the head of
their regiments. The soldiers and national guards to
act together for protection of all public establishments.
There will be a public funeral of citizens who died
fur liberty, on the 4th March.
The report of the observations of Lord John Hassell,
in answer to the question of Mr. Hume, which arrived
in Paris yesterday morning, has been productive sefl
the best effect in restoring confidence.
Bands of thieves and brigands have infested Paris
for several nights, pretending to be patrols of the
national guard. This expedient was rendered to al
great extent successful, by the circumstance of a
large portion of the national guard being without
uniforms. Orders have been issued to all patrols of
the naffehal guard to summon each preeesded patrols,
wherever they may be encountered, to deliver up
their arms, and on a refusal to fire on them.
The meeting of the operatives took place yesterday-
at the Luxembourg, under the presidence of M. Louis
Blanc. He sat on the fauteuil of the president, the
Duke de Pasquier, and the seats but a few hours
since glittering in all the pomp and pride of the peer-
age, were now filled with the more plebeian nobility
of the populace. The two points to be arranged
were thequestion of "marchandage" and the fixing the
hours of labour. In their impatience for an imme-
diate solution of these questions, M. Arago and M.
Louis Blanc found great difficulty in obtaining aven-
tion to the prudent advice which they gave; but at
length they succeeded in inducing the operatives to
return to their ateliers and advise their comrades to
accompany them, and the question was adjourned for
two days.
Great quantities:of iron bedsteads were carried down
the Champs Elysees yesterday afternoon, intended,
as was said, to be erected in the Tuileries, preparatory
to the conversion of that palace into an hospital for
civil invalids.
The Marquis de l'olignac,second son of the minister
of Ci erica X., curetted himself yesterday in the bat-
talion mobile of the 10th Legion. lie was unanimously
elected captain.
M. Victor lingo had addressed on Thursday, on
the Place Royale, some words to the people there
collected. Groans were heard, and exclamations of
"Heis a peer of France !" I know nothing about
that." said the strong voice of a person in a blouse,
" but he is a great man !" The crowd responded to
this, by shouting out, " Vive Victor Hugo !'
There is daily the greatest apparent agitation in
the Passage de L'Opera among the coulissiers and
other unacknowledged agents of the Bourse. The
courtiers, however, in a meeting held on Tuesday
night, fixed their settling price of the Threes at 72.
The day of settling has not yet, however, been fixed,
but it is believed will be the 10th.
M. de Rothschild has deposited in the treasury 41 '
millions of francs in treasury bonds as a guarantee for
the future payments of hie last loan.
The rapidity with which confidence has been re-
stored is indicated by the fact that 1,000 r. in gold, '1
which fetched on Monday 100 fr., fell on IVednesday
evening to 25fr., and has since undergone a further
reduction.
Telegraphic despatches have arrived from innume-
rable quarters in the provinces, in almost all of which
the revolution has been accerted either with entha-
siasm or at least withor :ante. In a few in-
etances.where disturbances ocs... eel, they were speedily
and easily repressed. The provisional government
has at its disposal, for the immediate exigencies of the I
state, about 200 millions of francs. The panic which
produced the flight of so many foreigners and the emi-
gration of wealthy families has subsultd.
The public promenades yesterd iy, the weather
being fine, were frequented by considerable numbers
of persons. We observed in the Champs Elysees the
families of several members of the English nobility
now visiting Paris. We have reason to believe that
a comparatively small number of the English residents
here have left.
Paris is resuming its ordinary appearance with a
magical rapidity. Already almost every trace of bar-
ricades has disappeared. Many hundreds of men
were engaged yesterday and this morning in replacing
the pavements which were torn up. and the streets
now are in a condition fitted for general traffic and
circulation. The workshops of mechanics are again
in activity. In most cases the men have returned to
their respective employments. The gardens of the
Tuileries continue to be closed against the public.
The palace, occupied hitherto by a number of the
populace who seized it, is now reported to be
evacuated.
A vast quantity of valuables were rescued by the
Polytechnic pupils from the conflagration of Neuilly.
The plate given up to the treasury is alone valued at
1,200,000 f. The valuables saved from the Tuileries
were also immense.
Two volumes of MS. Memoirs of the ex-ling of the
French (bound in red morocco) have been saved from
the wreck of his property. These memoirs terminate
at the period when the Commissioners of the Con-
sulate proclaimed the republic in presence of the
armies of the enemy.
The lectures at the Sorbonne have been resumed.
M. Dumas opened them with his course of chemistry,
which was preceded by the following address, to an
audience consisting of more than 1,500 students, from
the different schools :
Gentlemen,—You can conceive that it is not without some
disturbance of mind that I meet you in this place again,
atter days which will be so solemn an episode in the history
~f France. We have to deplore those children of the coun-
try who have fallen victims in the late conflict. My heart
is °pressed with the recollection of them. May their ashes
be blessed, and ever held sacred. But we have also to in-
augurate a great event, calculated to carry to the highest de-
gree of moral grandeur the mat rial prosperity of France—
an event which must also insure the widest expanse for the
study of the sciences in their most elevated theories, as well
as in their practical application to every thing that can pro-
mote the happiness of mankind. Let us halt with confidence
this new era, through which science and virtue must lead us

in safety.
The ladies of the Convent of the Sacri!-Cmur re-
ceived into their house many persons wounded in the
late struggle, and continue to attend them with the
most touching solicitude. They have also sent a sum
of WOfr. to the mairie of the 10th arrondissement,
for the relief of the wounded ; and four complete beds
to the palace lately called the Tuileries, but now set
aside to invalided workmen. These ladies have also
determined to adopt six orphans of • he victims of the
recent events.
During the late contest, a number of persons pre-
sented themselves at the house of an inhabitant of
Possy, arid demanded arms : " I have not got any,"
said he ; " you can search the house if you
" Well, then, we must have 50tr. to buy some." The
inhabitant gave the sum asked for ; but, a few minutes
after, two or three of the men returned, and said,
" We have just reflected that we cannot take this
money—that it looks like a theft. Excuse us; here
is your money;" and they handed it back to him.
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following manifesto, intended at once to reas-
sure one class and allay the injurious excitement of
another, is put forth in the National of this morning:
The programme of the new government should h.., on the
one band, acknowledgment and practied consecration of the
popular rights which victory has just proclaimed ; and, on
the other hand, respect of those rights anteriorly acquired,
the xercise of which cannot constitute a pried, ge ; and.
above all, let us declare it aloud, respect of those heed,
eternal rules, upon which every society is rounded—respect of
human liberty, respect of that inviolable acquisition of a free
man—property. Amongst the state maxims which we re-
commended, without being attended to, during the days of
the struggle, we must first of all recall this. To govern a to
know and to foresee. A wise government must always ad-
vance, but with a regular step ; its duty is to satisfy every
want which arises in the bosom of the state ; to listen to. and
to satisfy those wishes manifested be the conscience of the
people, but without losing sight of things established, of in-
terests founded, of necessities of order. Place then lull reli-
ance on the government you have proclaimed, all ye comba-
tants of the first hour, artisan citizens, where rights were de-
, nied by an opprwaire legislation. Ere long von will be