The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-13 00:00:00

LATEST FROM PARIS.

PROCLAMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

PARIS, SUNDAY' 6.30 r sa.
The following statement of the proceedings of this
morning, which I have received from my own
rep_orter, may be relied on for accuracy and fidelity :
The file of the constitution ban been a very gloomy
affair. Nothing was wanting in external pomp, but
there was a total absence of all enthusiasm. In the
morning the government had taken the precaution to
cause the 24th and the 74th regiments of the line, on
whose devotion it could rely, to guard all the avenues. I
The public bodies and the representatives took the,
places assigned to them at nine o'clock, in the tribunes
placed at the right and left of the altar. The arch-
bishop and some bishops ascended to the altar during
the ceremony. After the reading of the constitution
the cries of " Vive la Republique," " Vivo Cavaignac,"
were heard around the altar. The spectators in the
tribunes remained silent, as well as those forming
masses behind the soldiers. During the whole cere-
mony the weather was dreadful, the mow falling.
The legions of the National Guard and the troops de-
filed for several hours before the altar. The first corps
that appeared was the artillery of the National
Guard of Paris, composed in great part of red
renablicana. This corps cried en moose "A bee lea
Pretendans !" and "Vive la Republique!" Some
cried " Vive la Republique Democratiqcte!" and others
added, "et Societe !" The National Guard of the
Banlieue, whose sympathies for Louis ;Napoleon are
well known, kept the most complete silence. One
battalion only cried " Vies la Republique Democra-
tique et Societe !" This battalion: belonged to the
legion of which M. D'Alton Sheet was lately colonel.
Abort eleven o'clock, the National Guard of Arras
and Calais drove from the Place de la Concorde some
°metiers who cried, " Vive Napoleon !" The friends
of M. Louis Bonaparte, had recommended their par-
tisans not to utter any " 'rivet" in honour of the
prince, so as not to compromise him. The cry of
" Viva rumnistie generale," was uttered by one
legion. The muskets of the National Guard
bad much fewer bouquets and drapeaux than
they had at the fete of the revolution. The
" Mannikin" was heard much less frequently than
the " Girondins." Prince Louis Napoleon absented
himself from Paris to-day, to avoid being mixed up
personally in any manifestation or movement which
might occur. This morning 149 insurgents among
these confined in the prisons of Paris were liberated.
La Reforme, the organ of the ultra-democrats,
gives the following comment on the Cavaignac ma-
nifesto, which will show the spirit in which it is
viewed by the party :
We have read this circular attentively; it is a counterfeit
royal speech, a work concocted is council, dimmed, debated,
weighed phrase by phrase, word by word, Can has been
taken to soften the dump points which touched the royalists,
the harshness of the document has been all reserved for the
socialists. It is clever, elegant in shape. N. Defiers has
lent a hand to it. Cavaignac, habitually so short, so stiff
is manners, is only seen in it by his signature. But every
one who signs a deem:mato:apt* its roponsibility, and it is of
him who has signed it we now are about to epode. General
Comtism appears to think that the promulgation of the new
charter hal removed the serious difficulties of the situation,
that sscertsinty suet now give place to perfect confidence,
MN the theories of socialists have had their day, and, en
peasant, he does much injustice to those theories to
wises he attributes the sanguinary days of lune. On the
ens band we are less satisfied than General Cavaignac of the
immediate consequesces of the constitution ; on the other
we observe with regret his parti.l appreciation of the events
el Jr. He ought to know, and he don know is well as
we, the part played by the dynasties on that occasion. A
counter-inquiry exists ; he knows its results; he knows that
mLrry and ignorance were speculated on; that money sad
medal were distributed ; that men were taken on the bar•
ricades and tried, who never belonged to the democracy.
Why doss he, then, attack oral the socialists ? Why attack
some and spare others ? We do not belong to any sett ;we
are under the orders:of no chief; we have no favourite sys-
tem ; we are not then directly interested in this affair, and
we have the right to express our astonishment that the chief
of the executive power should reserve all his anger for adven.
turous theories. When he speaks of the repobliesas of the less-
&main and the priests, he recovers all his suavity. He then
becomes conciliatory, mild, and courteous. He relies on the
sincerity of the one and the patriotism of the other. He
ought to know, however, and he does know, the part they
played on the 24th of February. Are not the manteuvres of
the Rae de Poitiers well known? Is not the retirement of
Ni. Dermot-e plain enough ? Is it not known that all the
royalists receive their inspirations and their sta d'ordre
from this reunion ? As to the clergy, does he sot know the
obstinate war that, six months since, they waged against the
republicans of the wills f Is he ignorant of the nesteamee
they recommend with reference to the election of the prod.
dent ? And it is in promo* of these facts, in protean of
this declared reaction, that General Cavaigase speaks of
°mediation, of sincerity, of patriotism ! AV shams en the
brother of (Milroy, shame on the blind man who offers
wok Inducements to the declared enemies of the republic.
An electioneering peraphlet is in the press, the
purpose of which is to prove that Prince Loots Na-
poleon is not the son of the ex-Xing of Holland.
Sine* the decree for the restoration of the property
of the royal family, the Duchess of; Orleans has re-
named the 300,000 francs annuity secured to her se her
dowry. She has declared that if the government of