The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

his reason. He perceived M. Merman, the pria,
of the Censtinstiennel, who was present, and appoolTit°l
him. The statement of M. de ffirardin was co '
M. MeteTUlttl,
After a moment of silence, the King said—. What es
be done ?"—"Abdicate, sire!—"Abdicate ! ye,
out a moment's hesitation, and confer the regency 0,,Z
Duchess of Orleans, for the Duke de Nemours will he
accepted.'
The King rose sad said, " Gentlemen, shall I mount en
hone ?"" Ne," was the reply.—The Duke de ?Continua;
approached the King, and pressed hi n to abdicate.—'fie
King said, " I abdicate. The regency of the Duchess of
Orleans is accepted."
The discharge of musketry was more distincly bunt
It
was then clear that the Tu leries would soon be anaega...:
Go, go, M. de Girardin !"—ld. de Girardia went with 63
other guarantee than the word of the King,
At the corner of the Rue Richelieu and the Rue St,
Honore he was stopped by the guardians of the bare„moo
He announced te them the abdication of the Kug ni;
regency of the Duchess of Orleans, the dimulutioa of the
chamber, and a general amnesiy. They would net bate,
Et.—" Is it printed ?" "No !"—" Is it written " "No.',
—" What guarantee have we then ?" "My word."—.. who
are you ? " " Emile de Girardin." The &piny who
has resigned ? " " Yes."—" That is enough." n p
par."— Acclamations were heard on all sides,, sad etaofoo„
transport, " The King has abdicated !"—" The chamber
dissolved!"
M. de Oirardin panes, and arrives at the Place du Pala
Royal, where the fire was kept up between the post of the
Cnateau d'Eu and the people. Ile endeavoured ineffeeta.
ally to stop tbe fire. General Lamorietitre was nut more for.
he was aka wounded is the arra._
tunate ;

Alter an hour thus spent, M. de Girardin returned to the
Tuileries, where he found neither king, princes .0,
miaioeers. "Where were they I" M. de Girardin dsd p4t,
know.—lnterogated by the crowd, who entered, he coda
only reply : " The King has abdicated! The Duch. d
Orleans is regent ! The chamber is dissolved ! A gesso.'
amnesty is proclaimed!" "Is that true ?"—o yiLo
" Write and sign it then." M. de Girardin sot down at
table where he wrote and signed about 500 bulletins of abdi
cation, for which the crowd almost fought. Mk was
one o'clock. At this time the regency of the Duchess
Orleans was favourably received, but as news too good
be tine.
" Lead us to the Chamber of Deputies," said the crow
to M. de Oirardin. He complied. A host of [nee follow
him, and was preceded by a Hag borne by an eld aid
camp of Napoleon, Colonel Dumoulin.
Arrived at the Ctiamlier of Deputies he went in alone,
took his old place near that of M. de Lanoutine, hut he
quitted it to go behind the seat on which the Duchess
Orleans was placed between her two sons, by the side of
Duke of Nemours. She held in her hand a speech.
" Madame, ascend the tribune with your two ions,"
M. de Girardin. The duchess hesitated. She roe,
again sat down. The public tribunes were lhairged. The
duchess and her sons retired. M. de Oirardin immediately
ascended the public tribunes, and addressing the crowd,
said, " Quick, a flag to protect the Duchess of Orleans:"
One of the combatants immediately descend,4 'Oh his bag.
A moment afterwards the duchess was at the hotel of the
President of the Chamber, and then left in a carriage, with.
out foreseeing the events which afterwards occurred.

Che Court.
Yesterday, the birth-day of the l'rincess Alice was
celebrated at Osborne.
The Viscountess Jocelyn, lady in waiting to her
Majesty, took her departure from Osborne, 3estezday
morning.
The royal dinner party at Osborne last evening in.
eluded the Duchess of Kent, hie Excellency Baron de
Benet, the Baroness de Bpeth, and Sir G. Coupe,. The
Marchioness of Douro was also expected to arrive at Osborne
esterday evening,

(From last night's Gazette.)
DoWNING-STREET, APRIL 25.—The Queen hue
appointed the Hon. W. Napier to be Clerk of the Works
and Civil Engineer for the island of Hong-Kong.
WAR-OFFICE, Aram 21.
let Rer. Life Gds.—Lieut. G. H. Cavendish to be cant., without
pur., Tice Sir C. W. Kent, Bart., dee.; Cor. Geo. Visct. Du;TUB to
he lieut., vice Cavendish; Lieut. T. H. Kingnote, from hop. 12th If.
Drags., to be cot, and suh-tieut., vie. Lord Gwynn; 1. P. Grams,
gent., to be cor. and sub-lieut., by pur.' vim Kingscon., who rets.
2nd Drag. Gds.—CapL A.D. Wiped, from h..p. 00th F., to be apt,
Lice Fir 11. St. J. Mildmay, Bart., who each.
14th Lt. Drag.—LicuL-Col. S. R. Warren, from h..p., unattached,
to be lieut-coL, vise E Harvey, who en.; Major J. W. King, to be
lieut.-col., by pur„ vice Warren, who vt. ; Capt. C. smuart, tole
major, by put., vice King; Lieut. J. F. Fitzgerald, to be capL, by
pur., Lice Steuart ; Cornet S. K. Ibbetson, to be licut„ by pur., vim
Fitzgerald.
Coldstream Regt. of F. Gds.—Major and Brevet-Col. T. Chaplain, to
be lieut..coL, by pur., vice C. A. F. Bentlaek, who rvt upon hop.
unattached ; Capt. and Lieut-CoL and Brevet-Col. C. M. Hay, to te
major, by par., vice Chopta; Brevet-Col. J. Uncle, from b..s,
undtt., to be rapt. and lieutocol., vice Huy; Lieut. and Capt. G. A.
Vernon, to be aim. and lieutocol., by par., rice Linton, who M.;
Ens. and Lieut. W. G. Dawkins, to be lieut and rapt by pur., vice
Vernon ; D. B. Williamson, gent., to be ens and lieut., by par., nee
Dawkins.
23th Regt. of F.—Ens. W. G. Tomer, to be heat., without pa,
vice Whiny, dee.; C. C. Dick, gent., to be ens. vice 'turner.
Sali F.—Major N. It. Brown, to be lieut.-ail, without put, via
Deeds, dec. ' • Capt. A. C. Guodeuengb, to be major, vice Brown;
Lieut. T. Bourke, to be cant , vice Goodenough; En.. J. Joni^ to bs
Brute pros
~ouke; Ens. W. Scott, to be lieut., by par., rice Jades,
whose prom by par., has been canc.; E G. Kenny, gent., to be era,
without par., vice Scott.
4Srd F.—Brec-Major H. Bruere, to he major, without par., vies
Egerton, dec.; Lieut. J. W. Primed e, to be apt., awe Bruere ; Ere.
W. Manes, to be lieut., without par., nee 'Saloum, app. adjvd.;
Lieut. F. G. Wilkinson, to adjut, vice PIitIITOSC, promoted.
64th F.—Assist-Burg. W. 11. Short, from Slth F., to be mast,
stirs., vice Pardon, who resigns
74th F.—Lieut. T. W. Evans, to be apt,without pur., vice Bra..
Major Alma, dec.; gent., to be ens., without per.
69th F.—nerg.-Major W. Watson, to be quartennast, Der;
deceased.
Cape Mounted Rillemen.—Lieut. J. F. Doyen, to be adjut
Harvey, retired.
Coinassansar.—Dep.-Aseist. CommilLoGen. P. 11. St. John Nail.
may has hero permitted to resign his commisaion, from Slat Jen.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aram 21.
Omps of Royal Engineers.—urea.-elajor G. C. Page, to be beat,
; ma, am Alderson, seconded ; Sec. Capt. 11. W. Lusdrd to be caPtsi
vice Page; First LieuL A. D. Craigte to be sec. rapt., ace Luilirdi
-Lieut. G. H. Gordon, to be first lieut., vice Caulk..

ART-UNION OF LONDON.
Yesterday, the twelfth annual meeting of this
association was held in Drury lane Theatre. The Duke d
Cambridge took the chair, and, after briefly alluding to the
falling oil' of the subscriptions, called upon the smeary,
Mr. G. Godwin, to read the report, which, owing to pun:
cuter circumstances, exceeded in length that of any previa.
year. The following are the principal features of this
document :
" RiPORT.—The council of the Art-Union of London
have been accastomed, from the foundation
ono.f the society, to
announce at each anniversary no large ncrease on the
amount of, the preceding year's subscription, that they
Collie before you on the present occasion with less elation
than the amount which they have to report would amply
justify, but for such previous great success. The total nth
subscribed which they have to report at this, the twelfth
annual meeting, is 12,6571. ss.' being nearly 6,0001. leg
than the amount last year. This great diminution must be
attributed to various concurring causes. A season of eon-
mercial embirrastment, and the exciting events of the
period (events which will make it memorable in the sneak
of the world), would suffice to account fir part of the bill-
ing off. The council, however, are compelled to attribute
it mainly to circumstances of more immediate coalmine
with the society. • • • • •
The council were much surprised on receiving, in October
last, a communication from the L'irds of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade, claiming a right of interierensi
which extended to changing the constitution of the 'weir
Lion, under clauses in the charter, introduced by your cuaa-
cil themselves, with the view simply of preventing the per
of the association from its legitimate purposes, by
it
dividuals for their pirate gain. In this communication ths
Board of Trade proposed these alteratiene
1. That the whole Dumber of ',onto of art from which the
prism were to be taken should be Perks ltd by a committee, instead of
permitting the prizetiolders to select, as heretofore, from the vetoes
public exhibitions of the year.-2. The abandonment altogether of r
annual distribution of engravings from modern pictures, and taa
thereof the occasional distribution of engravings of a superior chine
ter as prizes amongst the subseribein—And 3. The retention of 10
per cent. out of the receipts," for the purchase of work' not for die
tribution, but for public exhibition."
" In a long correspondence which followed, and has bees
published, your council first strenuously denied the right of
the Board of Trade to alter the constitution of the eatery. ;
and secondly, pointed out the impracticability and the us-
jurious results which would be caused by the changes pp'
posed, if they could be carried out. A deputation from the
council afterwards attended the Right lion. If. Laboaeheel,
President of the Board of Trade, to expla'n further their
views, when the board withdrew, pro temix,re, the require'
menus in respect of the engravings and the retention of 10
per cent. of the subscribers' money ; but c lied for theorist,
lion of, at all events, the higher prises by :he cauncil, and
requested that the council would consider whether the/
could themselves suggest some arrangement to that effect.
At the next meeting of the council, a letter mu orderedt•
be sant to the board, containing the following resolatiots
passed unanimously :
That the council having eonsidered the commanication whish to*
place at the relent interview wit! the Preeklerd of the horded
=
respectfully beg leave to state it as their opinion, [hate
a Mange in the constitution of the locker, as to take ally
the selection of the pictures from any of the prizeliolders, .041 a b.',
mole Injurious to the Art-Union; and they trust that the Board o
Trade will leave unaltered a principle which has Lein the bale of the
swami of this society.
" The reply to this from the Board of Trade contained
timation that their lordshife had " made the following bye-
laws in addition to those which had been transmitted 10
them by the council of the Art-Union of London ":
1. In the annual distribution of prises fur yeari 1949, IMO !!,
1851 reepectively, a certain proportion of tbe prise- ili,anbuteds•t.
consist of pictures, drawings, iculpture or other narks of azt.6l;l
ously selected by a committee appointed in such manner ss a
meeting of the member. of the society Mall decirlr, or, in de .4.r.
such appointment, by the council for the time Grrig nib". d in or a comourz.
thereof ; and in the distribution for the year lal2, an all
quest distributions, the whole of the prizes dietributed shidl do?et
of works previously selected in milmirr aformaiil.-2.
IslThei nreen,
of prizes to be previously selected in the year, I +10! andris!_tr.
and the mode of distributing the prises so elected in those
subsequent years, shall be divided by a general meet r
matt:: 1
rs he of the society, to be holden at least three months
of the fo _
e 0!!",
Trade, or o r
distribution oany otherf the year
commi ll,l9ttee ,subj
of the prny council to ect to the approval.f.f /,;
f n.
consideration of art-unions may at the time be referrer&
" On the 11th of the present month, when the effect Mai
hinotneorfrearryenceietronetm7the fuadnddsTomef thde
taocheielolly
President of the Board:
this day, the Marquis of Northampton, Vioeiltreddnt,
.010
1 waa requested to state to you that the amount of sidann.
B'v,—At a meeting of the council of the Art-tninn et kondoe,ll6l,
the present year will fall short of that of eithir of theo
three years by several thousands of pounds. This enonn &int.
flan of their reavarow, which will be most diesels to sins%
wowasinaig 'c°letTetered'r to *toe—