The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-27 00:00:00

des, be weeded te the request, end at nor, ea the 31st of
July, he went to Fail', and accepted the &See which had
bees reigned to him. On the tad of August the abdica-
tion of Change X. sad of hie sea was pieced I. the hands of
faire lleatenuit-griseral—the abdicates, however, heir he
Came of 'Ye Dike of Borers. Oa the 7th, the Chamber
el
Reprise deelased the throne meat, sad es the eollooine
der She gle ember west in • body to Louis Poilire, sad
Offered him tke rows ea teas of a trier Shane/ which
lasheneetly waled Is the Chamber of Deputies oe *tarter,
9A.
Be burr to the threes birds which proullasly fitted him
fhr native Minus. Without poeeeesisg say -briniest at
showy triers, hi was • peter el gust general inhumation ;
its calm and tranquil metre ; of a treenail) cold sad re-
✓ued dispositios r &labs of moment ; distisguired alike
peat chimp and is small by prudence and prove/am.
Hs was a men of imam's** labour. tibia, • pleasure in
affairs and is the trametioa and despatch of hearer He
imiumiaed himself all importerr paes somected with the
stairs of state, read the principal journals, and &needed
ma to the details of Lie owe private fortis* and to the
more= at of time &Min of bit Gamily ad children.
Though in public the Klee was ea tacemat sad tether
egotistical talker ea ordinary tortes of so asoneent, yet he
spoke bet little at cabinet councils, generally listening very
attentively.
A writer in FYaser's Mosesine, writing some years ago,
mys:—" The Xing of the Frew* Wee an early riser, seldom
berg found is bed after sin in the summer or alter eight
in winter. At el. yen. when in Paris, he inmerally vietted
the `wild's,. of the Tailings and Preis Royal. On such
occasions he was rites acerapaemed by his deputed sister,
and generally by his architect. Here be was is • congenial
element. He bed no mess knowledge of architecture, and
was seldom so happy es when dabbling in bricks sad menu,
and ordering sensory alterations and repairs. Mir •
council the king would proved over the Tellers's sad
Louvre. foe be liked to visit the ateliers of platen. If he
metered ire conversance with an artist wham mousers anal
dimmers, pleased him, he told the painter how he sighed
en remegebetios the times when he walked Ines one end of
Faris to another with en umbrella under his ens. ' Ab,
my good iir.' he would gay, when I was Dyke of Orleans,
I weld carry my .14 umbrella se • walking-stick from one
end of P..ria to the other—go out with • pair of strong old
shale, which had got the shape and form of my feet, and
gave mg ample rem and verge enough! is such guise sad'
par I could stare rat all the prise rod book rope, look
over the stalls, which was a gnat delight end pleasure to
me; bat, brie. Lin of the French, I cannot do that
sow. The other day my people' wonted to prevent •
worthy .as and • dininesished magistrate the viten. to me
berm he castled an old umbrella, sad was soar/bet dirt-
berattned ; bat I told 'my people' teat those who emir
traCelks, and whose shoes, haw, sad troweere were essae-
chat marked with la boss. lie Paris, were the happiest
people after all. Josh k fait, non boa mosuriere "
The civil hat prated to Louie Philippe by the law of the I
lad of Match, 1832. differed is sweat of snowmen' in
mosey from that to his predecessor by about twisty
of fuses per .anew, but Louis Pldbppe was relieved from
keeping up en establishment of perdu du corps, The greet I
was twelve millions, exclusive of the tenure to be desired
from asat•roas woods, foresee, sad estates. Os the other
hand, the keeping up and terbium these estate, were at the
'barge of 'he civil list. As Louis Philippe had • strong pas-
ser for building, be had taken care to have • clause in-
setted in the civil het law, authorising him to make such
aiditioas, altirations. and eenb-ilishaegats as he should
demi proper to any of the royal domains. The fall swing
wl kb Loris Philippe gave to this hobby wu evinced by the
Wpm-mute in trig palace of the Tuileries, the restoring
of Fontatableau and its depeedeacise, the conversion of the
Palace ei Versailles into an bieterical maws.. end works
se other places, largely indebted the civil list—to what
arum has been variously 'toted.
Howem amiable some of his private qualities might be,
It was Ire found that, in bb public (*parity, Louis Phi-
lipps was not acceptable to the French nation. The came
rev setsrpts made to seeneeirte him are t afficteetly feed-
bar. He would not give way to the advanciog spirit of the
op, sad year by year hie severmeat berme mare and more
rennet and unpopular. Wits s great private fortune sad •
liberal civil list, he yrirea law debt. His traduces we re con-
ies= applying to him for payment. Ho owe.! his flutterers
93, franc-, and hie baker at Nuttily 23,000 francs. No
ass possessed in a higher dem* the mania of beeping pri -
visions, pondering -without measure, and ee. orally without
rake TIPP eellan of ?loudly contained 23.000 bottles of
130 different kinds of wines, and upwards of 1.200 fan hogs-
heads. The breeze stores of Vdliers were filled with a guff-
Mat quantity of works of art, small statues, clocks, venoms
aranegats in gilt browse and others, to furnish three pilaus.

At lest the—period of his deenifsi MIL He opposed the
reforms loudly demanded. The fatal day wee the 24:k of
February, 1849. The story has been thus graphically told
by M. End • de Oirardin, in his personal narrative of the
events whisk took play is the palace of the Tuileties on the
day of the abdication and Bight of Louis Phili pe
' Emile de Oirardin was passing be:nre the Hotel des
Affair's Baseline, when the acesiental discharge whisk
lighted a revolutioa took place. On February 24, at seven
o'clock in the morning, he had gone tbrough the streets,
and had, by personal observation sati.fied himself of the
gravity of the sitsatiwa ; he then determined to so to the
Tuileries and arrived then at eight o'clock after having
scaled several barricades. He demanded to speak to
the King; °costal Rumigny nquested him first to
es Ikl Then, who was at the bead.quarten of the
Cartussl with MM. Barret, de Rtapasat, Dangler,
&Houma, and 1411110fiCiefi. M. de Guardia went
there and convinced them that the situation was mote
grave than they imagined. From the head quarters he
went heel to the Tuileries—a proclatnaciin was got up
hastily, but where war it to be printed ? There was plenty
of artillery, but no printing office. A printing press and
types would at that moment have been worth more than ten
cannons and their ammunition. M. Thins implored M.
Merman and M. de Oirudin to compose and print as quickly
as risible at the printing offices of the Conettettiorissel and
the Press* the proclamation which had been prepared, and
which announced the formation of the ministry of Thieve,
Horror, Dovergier, and Flimsiest, and the dissolution of the
chamber. At the mute moment that M. de Girardin
tame out of the Tuileries MM. Ouiat, as Broglie, and
d'Haussoneille arrived then on foot. They were not
received. &clads an hats. To go from the Tuileries
to the Ave Menunstre, crossing thirty barriers, required
more than thirty minutes. The proclamation of M.
Thins is composed and printed. It was in vein to attempt
to poet it up ; it was hissed at, and immediately torn down.
M. de Girardin, judging by this fact of the gravity of cir-
cumstances, tiok tiros himself to coupon immediately the
following proclamation: "Tuileries, Feb. 24, 1849; 11
o'clock in the morning—Abdication of the king; regency
of the Dinkiest of 0 Inns ; diseolution of the chamber;
general amnesty ;" and returned with all despatch to the
Tuileries. He informed Marshal Bugeaud at the head
quarters of the Caroosel, of what was pasting, and then
went to the cabinet of the king, where he was introduced
after 1081111 several minutes in attending. The king was
in an arm .eheir, near the window. MM. Thies and de
Remota were Fresent; they were standing near the fire-

"*het is the matter, M. de Girardin ?" said the ng.—
" There is n't, sire, a moment to lose, and if the most de-
drive measures are not now taken in en hoar royalty will
hare ceased in France."

All eym were directed on IL de Ofrardin, se if he had
lost his reason. He perceived M. Merman, the principal
editor of the Conslitutionnel who was present,and appealed
to him. The statement of M. de Girardin was confirmed by
H. Merriam.

After a moment of silence the Kiss said, What Is to be
ions ?"—" Abdicate, sire l—abdicate !"—" Yes, without a
moment's hesitation, and confer she regency oa the
Duchess of Orleans, fcr the Duke de Neumann will not be
accepted."
Toe King toes and sold, " Otatleaten, shall I mount my
bone ?"—" No," was the reply.—The Duke de Nontpea-
der approached the King and pressed him to abdiare.—The
King said, " I abdicate. The regency of the Duchess of
Orleans is accepted."
The Menage? ran the following se the autograph act of
abdication signed by Lou,. Philippe:
• ACTZ ArroomArai VARDICATION Dr ROI LOUIS I