The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

ALARMING NEWS FROM

PARIS.

PARIS. WIDNIIIDAT. 5 JO, P
Paris is in a state of siege, riots have taken place,
barricades have been formed, and lives lo t. Such is
a remphtlation of the news from this city to-day.
It was scarcely posy ble hut the proceclinge in the
chamber yester 'al would lied to this consequence.
This morning, m anticipation of an ou break, the
national guard had bre° called to arms, and met is
the r usu .1 mustering-else-es. It had been determined
to form a grand procession, to go to the National AT-
SOMbilt and impress cn the members the fact that the
constitution had been violated. In the mustering-
places several naiional guards paired off, refusing
to take arm•, but determined to join in the procession
to th• National Assembly. The rallying cry of all
was the breach of the coxstitution on the part of
government in ordering the attack on Rome.
The grand manifestation was to start from the
Chase d' Rao, on the Boulevard chi Temple, where
a large number of national guardr, students from the
schools, and men in blouses, met together sod farmed
is rows.
The muster reckonei in number from 15,000
to 20.001, two-thirds of whom were nati teal guards,
is unif,rm, but without arms. Tee Chef de Bataillon
Roinne Arago marched at the head of the cortige,
which eirectod its counts towards the Naional
Amen lily. Immense numb: rs of workmen were
assen.bl d on the foot pavement, as well u at the
Portee Denis and St. Mertio.
All the shops in the line of march were closed,
biz` menhir g like a symptom cf distorhance was visi-
ble. Not a single urgent-de-villa was to be seen,
the authorities evidently wishing to avoid all
excuse for collision ; but large bodies of national
pais were under arms at their respective
points of muster. In the neighbouth -oft of the
Assembly everything was perfectly quit during
the m uning. About one o'clock, intelligence
basing. rur:ved that a Liege body of m n were •p
pprrooasch.ng,trools were sent for to the Esplanade of the
lavali t. s, and almort immediately four squadrons of
lancers came down the quay, crossed the !midge, and
took op p attions in front of :he Garde-Meuhle. at the
same time blocking upthe Reis Royale, Rue Si. Floras
tie, and the other streets leading to the Place de la Oes-
cordn. The Tuileries gardens were closed, being
strtnfly occupied by the treops. At about half-past
one oe ock, the Chasseurs of Vincennes were seen
to issue suddenly from the gardens, and run with
great speed arrow the PI cc de la Concord,: towards

the Rue de la Pail. A strong body of cuirassiers
came up immediately after at fu'l trot. At the end
of the Rue de la Pau, the body forming the demon-
stration were MAW the troops. and it being signified
to them that th.y Inuit at once disperse, the body was
broken by the troops, one pasty withdrawing by the
small stne's hiding from the boulevard, and the lest
towards the Madeleine. General Changernier was
present, with the prefect of police, when the sum-
mons to disperse was made. The boulevards were
cleared by large bodies of cavalry. Some accidents
occurred whilst the cavalry was proceeding down the
boulevards, one dragoon being hurt by a fall, and a
satioral guard having bad his face cut with a sabre.
The pumps remained interrupted in the neighboar-
tdrd of the Ras de la Pain.

Troop. of all arms occupied the boulevards and all
the places important in a strategic print of view. No
lees than 100,000 men were under arms. It was a
fine sight to see the cavalry ridirg op the boulevards,
hey and straw hanging on each side, ready for an
emergency. Tne crowds of pe:pll lining the streets on
each side waving their hats, and crying oat, "Viva
la Coutitution! Vivo la Republique." Now and
then small bodice detached themselves from the main

corps, and 'cowed down the strews, where the pople
might be seen flying trantioilly from the swords of
the drsgoons.
In the Amber the most intereatinf
missive& These was to have been no ratting, bettur
deputies had met in the bonen', and an honourable
membm baying put questions as to the state of Paris,
M. Odillon Barrot ascended the tribune, and

and that " the sitting of yesterday had brought on
direct provocation. This morning a great agitation
existed in Paris, and revolutionary meetings took
Our. Groups of people, and national guards, in uni-
firm, formed themselves, and cries were u'tered
against the government. The authot ides were re aiy,
and means of repression prepared. As soon as the
groups marched upon the Assembly they were dis-
perser' ; but cries of "aux barricades" were uttered,
and which the people began to put into execution. I
expeA every moment the sr.iyal of reports, but the
eircumstsnoes are sufficiently gave to all for the
sitting of the Assembly en permanence, in order to
provide for all hazards, withrut set akness or precipi-
tation. If this revolt should extend to an armed in-

sarrection, I shall ask you for mote extended
powers, eircamaances not allowing of hesitatiou."
At this period of the poet edit gs a letter was herded
to the Fetident of the council from M. 7)ofanre,in
which the minister of the interior said that he Lai

waited se loog as he could for the development of
events, to ask, as ho then did, that Paris should
be deelired in a *tate of siege. The letter
contained a project of law to the (fleet
proposed by M. Dufauee. M. Odillon Barret
pieced it on the bureau, ani demanded the urgency
of the dab ate. _

Upon this M. La range got up and said these were
ri us matters, and it was impossible to come to a
decision during the &burro of those members upon
whom severe acts may weigh (M. Ledru Rollin
and savers' of the Monlagnord party being abs?nt).
M. Odill in Barret r saccade d the tribure, and as he
did so a great tumult arcse. M. Taseheretu was
passing near General Leydet, when the latter threat-
ened to kick him. Several members rushed on
General Leydet, some with sticke. After much noise
silence was again obtained, and M. Pierre Bonaparte
declare d at the tribune that the g. neral regretted his
momentary vivacity." This excuse being considered
insufficient, the general I iliself went up, and made
excuse in person.
M. Barret then begged of the chamber to retire to
its hunwux to discoss the prniect of the permanence of
the Assembly, and the question of the state of sege.
M. Chorea., upon this, rushed forward, and said I
that when iu June lost the cannon was roaring in
Paris, M. 0. Barnet had refused to vote for the state
of siege. and now there was no such excuse for it as
then. The urgency of the motion was, however,
vo ed by the Assembly ducat unanimously, the
Mounrsin ahataining.
M. Iheaure, who had in the meanwhile entered
the chamber, ascended the tram le, and said that
the extraordinary provocations contained in the jrun
nets this morning—provocati:ns which had been pre-
viiiusly ones impled —had found a part of the people
indifferent. Several men, and am ingot them national
guards, bad rot °bled the summons of the law.
Shots had been fired, cries to arms uttered, and, per-
haps, at that moment barricades were being made.
At twelve o'clock M. Lacrosse, minister of public
works, went down the Boulevards, accompanie 1 by
an orderly. Ito was surrounded by several unarmed
national guard., who ill-treated him. In the Luc de
la )'six a national guard, seeing a body of cuiraosi, re
coming down with drawn words, opened Lit coat
with both bards, and, standing in the middle of tho
road, bored his breast. A cuirassier transfixed him
as he passed.
General Changarnier pissed through the streets,
examining the order of the troops, and mein g how
they behaved.
Felix Pyat and Theodore Bee, two of the red
member., have been arrested.
A ergreepondent, writing from the Boulevard des
Capueines, dating Lis letter rite relay, 2 p.m., says :
"An incident which hos ja.t occurred under my
windows may be considered interesting, as markirg
the disposition that prevails. When the cavalry an-
vanced to clear the boulevards, about a dozen men
rushed forward, and threw themselves down on their
knees as a living barricade, in front of the Rue
Csiamse d'Antio. The approaching troops ssemed
far a moment to hesitate before such a devote d
obstacle; bur, following the impulse of their office»,
they eventually rode up at full trot. Half of the
barricade», if they may so be termed, upon this rose
and reined; but the others remained till the cavalry
with ems tirailleurs came up; and one of them ac-
tually refused to move till the bayonet bad entered
his breast. Even then he was dragged up by an
athletic horseman, whose admiration seemed to be
involuntarily raised by such devoted courage. Another
of them was seized by a general officer, said to be
Changernier—though 1 believe him to have been
Perrot—far still continuing to shout ' Five la Con-
stitution !' and rescued by the mob. He was only ,
recaptured and secured, when an officer drew a pistol
and threatened to shoot him on the spot if the at-
tempted rescue were persevered in."
The Vraie Ripublique states that yesterday a do-
miciliary visit was made in the apartment of M. Felix
Pyat, and all his papers seized.
A very stringent proclamation, from the pen of M.
llofaure, has bean published, impressing on the
national guard the illegality of their deliberating on
the affairs of the republic.
The Assemblfe Nationale says that, immediately
when the conclusions of the committee upon the
urgency of the proposition for the impeachment of
the pre ident of the republic arid the ministers was
known, M. Leder' Rollin, and all those who signed
the proposition, assembled in the 14th oommit.tee-
room to consult. MM.Goudchaux, Degousee, Etienne
Arse°, Demoothines 011ivier, and Flocon, all late
representatives, but not re-ele-ted, joined this meet-
ing; but M. Baze, one of the questors, went into the
committeeroom, and desired the five ex-Montagnaid
representative to retire.
M. Etienne Arego has addnverl a letter to M. de
Bar, colonel of the 3rd legion of the national guard of I
Paris, stating that, not bring any longer a represen-
tative of the people, he bad not this time signed the
proposition to impeach M. Louis Bonaparte and his
ministers. But, as chef de battalion of the 3rd legion,
he would propose that a meeting of the superior
offic: rs of that legion should take place, to draw up
an energetic protest against the violation of the con-
stitution.
By order cf the minister of justice prosecuti ns
have been commenced against the persons who drew
up and signed different manifestoes, published yes-
terday morning by the socialist journals.
" Numerous arrests," aye the Assemblie Nationale,
" were made yesterday, and amongst others were two
Italians wearing a foreign uniform and swords. Some
important papers have been seized, compromising a
great many representatives of the Mountain."
The Salted(' Pas-Pcrdui, having been pointed out