The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-25 00:00:00

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EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(From the Times.)
We have just received, by an express which left
Paris at midday on Thursday, all the Morning
Journals of that date, and private letters from our
correspondent. The King, on Wednesday night,
went forth among the people, and appears to have
made upon them an impression quite favourable :o
the restoration of the public tranquillity of his capital,
which appears during the three previous days to
have been so seriously threatened.
Prince Polignac and his fellow-sufferers are to be
confined in the fortress of Ha, in Picardy. There, as
well as at Vincennes, this unhappy man has been
for years a captive.
The following are extracts from the French Papers
of Thnraday

(From the Mositeur.)
" ORDER OF THE DAY.

" nic. 22.

" Every order of the day in moments of crisis can
only repeat the thanks of the General-in-Chief to
his dear brothers in arms, because each day gives
them new titles to his public and personal gratitude.
Their conduct on the present occasion will not be
thrown away on the general cause of liberty and
public order. It will show the nature of institu-
tions founded upon a broad and entire confidence in
the rights and sentiments of the French ; it points
out our duties; we shall all know how to fulfil
them; and the revolution of July, which recalls to
the General-in-Chief so many glorious recollections
of his dear comrades, so many marks of their affec-
tion for and confidence in me, which forms between
all of us, men of July, an indissoluble tie, will al-
ways remain great and generous. The General-in-
Chief would gladly enumerate all his obligations,
but what can he do better for the satisfaction of the
National Guard than not to delay the publication of
the letter which he has just received?
" WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 22.
" It is through you, my dear General, that I
desire to transmit to our brave and indefatigable
National Guards the expression of my admiration
for the zeal and energy with which they have main-
tained order and prevented all disturbance. It is to
yourself, however, my dear General, that I must,
in place, offer Mr thanks for having, in
thedaysse
efit r
trial,
rs
again presented an example of
that courage, patriotism, and respect for the laws
you have so repeatedly shown in the course of your
lung and noble career.

"Express, in my name, how much I have re-
joiced in seeing re-established that fine institution,
which had been almost entirely annihilated, but
which again arose brilliant in force and patriotism,
more beautiful and more numerous than it ever was
before the moment the glorious days of July broke
the fetters with which it had been vainly attempted
to blind them for ever. It is this grand institution
that is destined to ensure to us the triumph of the
sacred cause of liberty, by enforcing from without
the kingdom a respect for our national independence,
and by preserving the laws of the country from all
infringement. Let it never be forgotten that
there is no liberty without law, and that there
is no law where any power is able to paralyse its
action and becoMe superior to it.
" These, my dear General, are the sentiments I
wish you to express in my name to the National
Guards. I rely upon a continuance of their efforts
and yours, that nothing may interrupt that tran-
quillity so necessary for Paris.and for all Frat.ce,
and which it is so essential to maintain. Receive,
my dear General, a repetition of the assurance of
the sincere friendship you already know I bear to-
wards you.

" LOUIS PHILIPPE.
(Signed) " LAFAYETTE."
" ORDER OF THE DAY.

" The General-in-Chief could wish to find ex
pressions equal to the sentiments of his heart tau
testify to his brethren in arms of the National Guard
and the Line, his admiration and gratitude for the
ardour, firmness, and devotedness, which they mani-
fested during the toilsome day of yesterday. He
knew well that his confidence in their patriotism
would be justified on every occasion; but he deeply
regrets the fatigue and inconvenience to which they
are exposed, which he could wish to prevent, and
cannot but partake. We all feel equally the neces-
sity of defending the capital against violence and
anarchy,---of protecting the safety of families and
property,—of preventing our revolution Leing sullied
by crimes, and our honour comproMised.. We are
all bound together as ono man for the execution of
these sacred duties ; and amidst the affliction which
the disorders of yesterday and those announced for
to-day cause him, the General-in-Chief finds great
consolation and perfect security in the sentiments
with which he is impressed for his dear and brave
comrades of liberty and public order.
" Dec. 21. " LAFAYETTE."

(Extract from the Jouresil des Debuts.)
We have still to relate passing events. The city

is. stticll.alagm intaftteerd,subcuht
cruelthis agitation
agitation i aft
and
hsuclhostnopbelr;
cl sse►
efforts ; tomorrow mdiosrsriop
stiot: Paris does wnatoetalidlt deserve
ei will
e Thislee
ms
soovtrnhe raj.: g
tLhtreeatewitruNusga
thitoopeuma:
Guard was restingteo fatiguesaof,teeloretkh,euil
it
th
ew curs() sac,
pteear ed
posts againef tranquil,d when
d'lrsuelY which
i theil d i trNereetni
et
ael quartersG earodfe
theh rue de Tournon some stones were thrown. t
Guards; at the nge
time, the Luxembourg, where there were scarcely
30 National Guards,
placards were ex
hi,bi
rwe(als. almost besieged; seditious,
in some of the faubourg s;
the place of
several crowds had assembled on the
Pa!aie Royal, at the Louvre, at the Tuileries, in the
rue St. Honore, on the Carousel
ledge that at one moment there
: we
wmasusta general
at
through
e t y. A thousand strange rumours spread •
It
is to
Paris : but the National Guard was there.
bee
tired
h
be feared that our brave National Guard *III
of hearing every day fresh praises; but
France
is not tired of hearing them, and the Ns-
t I Guard must excuse us. Meanwhile the
itis,mdrummeats
w or
as beating in every street, and in a few
The
companies
these tried citizens rose in perfect readintese '
were formed, the battalions Cois
lec!ed,
Was
,0 the legions were reedy. The Luxembeinfr
tie
Tuunn set free ; the sixth legion swept the roe
on and the adjacent streets: Order tees
re-establishedr in a moment; the guard on hour
hick
roiie through the Faubourg St. Germain. The
agitators
everyc where surprised,withdrew in sancta
Oathe
led by aacplbla 'lt'
of the Pantheon, a crowd in disordeto `
flag, carried a seditious proelamatitfe.
This
ilscrowd went to the Ecok de Droll to excite the
u to revolt. The gates of the school opined
01 y es if by themselves. The students ante
nasse; and dissipated at once this crowd ant
seditious vagabonds. In less than two boort the
atid, offenders were vanquished, their hopes monibilated.
as on the preceding evening, the meat violent
were The
town apprehended,
l and Paris waittintrillized.
its ;el had scarcely had time to know the reason of
ays.
One thing contributed not a little to trait,
thi quillize the inhabitants, and this was the Conduct of
students—of the pupils of the Eiode Poll,
technique,i..e Of the Ecole de Droll, and of Mer
illle. A report had been propagated by the
malevolent to create a belief that they wee
toy be joined by these young men in their ender
?urs to disturb the public peace. The youth, IP
dignant. at this calumny,on the first appearance of sedi•
lion, asked permission to form themselves into a bodyte
tranquillise the town. M. Odillon parrot approve
We
of the address of the schools. saw these puss
men marching through the streets of Paris ander
thehats
banners of the 12th liegiott ; they bore on their
the cards of students, to convince the n!
habitants of their identity ; National Goslis
students, all went pell-mell to the Pelnii 241-. f
the students went to express to the King their lolv•
intentions and their sincere wishes for the hapless°
and repose of the .country. When the column Oroi
rived at the Louvre, a deputation, composed ~
Col. Legriel and of Major A. Tardien, of the Illi"
Legion, arid of two students of the three whet.' .
and of two grenadiers, went to the King, 1111!„.7 .
stint ly received them. The pupils assured the AP%
hll 00'
of their devotion to his person and to pily-_,Ac {be
Major l'ardien and the grenadiers expeessned
same sentiments. The King replied that he Inliir
the schools and the National Guard for L'e
patriotic demonstrations ; that his sentisolmr,./wWeria• •
in accordance with theirs ; that tel eflibie 1"":,,v
continue togive 1
France those institutions necr.::l
Zst
for the consolidation of her liberty, order, onioe,,M
public tranquillity was necessary. ,that 01.0113-,
were taken by his Government to ensure t 110;
servence of the laws, and that lie relied upon to! ~
operation of all the friends of their country. I.
The deputation retired amidst cries of f' Ili /04.
Roi !" arid swearing that they wouldd
die,_,,,Rl
emery, for his pet-son. It again proceede Item
the town, and met everhilywhie and fora'
ere a tioaaimolo at . ,
ration of love for Louis Ppp
This day is quite different from y.esteidey. Y ,
day there `van mortal fears—ajudgment Wee"!
with anger— aesembled Chamber—a sentenns_;
be protected —order to be maintained—the i1i11.‘..,
of a town in a state of war, and all the gloollit s'
of 609
courugement of a people in expectation ... A.
great event; and when all was said yesterditli
National Guard returned home in sad and toolls;t
silence. One would have said that all ollsslo
over, and what ocousioned some anxiety !ski&
reflection that amonrt those men who Ilsnip
served so well of the country there were eorgle:iir e,
contented. To-day the disturbances assumed nor f
rent aspect. It was an agitation without 5if,,,,,,.
object ; crowds uttered a thousand
iambc7- •
lions, like idlers who seek a little d ~...d
the sake of employment. Above all, tSLit
citizens had time daring the night to reflesr,cc
the 'wilt of the trial, and they had understooo
era
happiness it wits for France to` avoid the opetko.
bloodshed upon the Greve. hat glory for 1"..t0
selves to have resisted such cruel recolle:t.il sets
have protected those very men whose ote, 7bi,
they had resisted with such valour! "og
might have concluded the benefits valo
ur the ptsci.%
,or
one—it consecrated the sentence of the Chlonr
Peers—it tranquillized ull mils& and all he:glit to/
Thus these tsso days were tereaien,te,(l,ritiese
different manner. Yestertley, at eoloo,4""; 'pine
sad and severe in Paris. 'fbis ever"l4o,,,sof joys €
o'clock, the town had assumed the aspect -piece I
From the Fauxbourg s
_t. Germain to the board.
Ittyale the cry of " Vire le Roi !" is t°,be golve
Those guards who yesterday withdrew inildi too
silence, us if they foresaw that they W°l:, in joy-
more to do the next day, now returned Ins mug
ful activity, crying "Vire lee lioir k 00 iii
understand by this cry alon, that le:revolt
calmed—that the agitators have lit
op over
to return—that a great tempest le
14651.,4.,30 41 VI"
our heads. When a free people Wl er-an
is * praybow
le Roi !" be assured that this cry
a ea
exclamation of gratitude toward. s.Ol
Heaven has saved it. r •
,awa elgetheA
• •
1 •his morning the aspect of Pali* "-I opounese.
threatening and alarming. The teotelle* Pi to Ole
by the Court of Peers had made almost 0 pot or
1 impression as the ordinances of JillY °lstrop net
the population. This evening, on the nonhout the
one single vociferation is uttered threllt,obere.
whole city. Our joy is now equal to mato to
lions; and fear having induced the into"; et pre..
illuminate their Woes, the streets b.et'' figis is
sent the appearanee of a public, festival ice pad
not now preparing for dreadful scenes (21,4_5.1'040e
bloodshed, but rather for rejoicings. I,°:rseens
of the National Guard is no more wanteo tap
the disorders of the night. crept,'
Let us all rejoice that we have thus go 40,40 1
a crisis which •all apprehended. V° 040 '
which we expected have not taken Ogees
~ othi
a happy issue is due to the indefatigable 110",oesie
National Guard, or rather to the excelle.n!;:
ti°," of the immense majority of the Porlsl'olthilt
It was expected that any
.other sentericew 0410 1
of death against the Ex-Ministers svould fl,l „weer.
disiensions amongst the inhabitants, elfteri,`tlitil
..
cause the most deplorable contea betwivedest
who might be determined to do theeniesn 0,0105 ..
with their own hands, and those W10,°,„ 001111 L,
..
trail, sbould be resolved to maintain t-n.vioto the
order and peace. However, such bellOci`la risks,e,.cs,
case. The defenders of order have enr°reil,eisei7,
to the laws by the firmness oftheirf6 ;000,10
their numbers, and their language °l,gr 10474
not by any display of force. 011 the OM. off.i.'
' 00 0/01/5
portion of the people, which was with 0,
that f Ott
not exrrience that thirst of blood, L. I, is 0".
delight, In teeing its victims fall, vole ,M „le ,
times drove it to the greatest exess"O'd s pas
tional Guard easily soothed the Or , ,
already more than half vanquished t ' , „
of public reason and civilization. ~ ortiPii-in-
flowever, we must confer' that a re",,,,'000,0
gagements must have taken place tni! 'OO4 tau---
the fauxbourg St. Germans, bad net 0 .I,i
, or
belonging to the public schools intstle . . !

ilthritY, 'We may say, by crying " Order ! " " Li-
" and thus obliged both the detachments of
As National Guards and the workmen themselves
Ilefollow them. The Ecole Polytechnique, the me-
it eiti students, as also those studying the law, tut-
feud the populous quarters of Paris which were
oat agitated, calming and fortifying the National
Ltieord on the one hand, and on the other endeavour-
eg to excite feelings of generosity and respect for the
Siti. The effect of this youthful interruption was
teally miraculous. The people followed the young
:men, repeating with them the cries of " Liberty !"
;"Public order!" And after thus promenading
Idering two or three hours, the crowd retired, as-
itenished at finding that its sanguinary dispositions
Iliad entirely subsided.
In the course of the evening the King left the
iPslais Royal, and accompanied a detachment of the
Notional Guard on horseback. He was everywhere
gieeted by the cries of " Vire le Roi
We may now affirm that the glorious and power-
N population of Paris are closely united by the
!Wide of mutual affection. The sentence of the
Peers has been ratified by the people. The revolu-
I don of-July has shown itself' to be indulgent after
*tory, and nobody can say that it has been forced
ladulgences, for not a single drop of blood has
beets spilled toxnure, respect to the laws ; and the
'Notional Guard, which guaranteed the liberty of the
tribunal--our young men who have intervened in a
so highly honourable to themselves,—and, in
people, who have listened so easily to per-
leasiatt) are all entitled to a share in this great act
hational moderation.
We no not think, that it is the sentence itself
Welt was defended by the National Guards ; and,
Weed, when two hours before it was pronounced, a
tumour prevailed that two of the Ex-Ministers
itera condemed to death, it was evident that a
ireerer sentence would have been more agreeable to
_the public in general. But, in our opinion, the
Court of Peers would have been dishonoured by
!Petlerening theEx-Ministers to death ; and we es-
teem our sentiment with the same candour which
ggi‘i ahvays guided us during the course of the trial.
The Ex-Ministers certainly deserved that penalty
. quite as much us those who suffered under the res-
,loMtion—victime of pretended conspiracies; but as
tht members of the noble tribunal were almost all
Political friends of the Ex-Ministers, they could not
PRl4eitn them to death without going against every
principle of their consciences,--National.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
-' -.' ' -PRIVATE. CORRESPONDENCE.
P*azs, TIIVItSDAY, 'MID-DAY.—llaving in my
iwe'previous letters described to you the state of
katit-this week, and conveyed to you the serious
.Ipprefiensions of the great bulk of the inhabitants
4or the preiervation of public tranquillity, I now
hasten to inform you, by express, that these fears
' have been dissipated ; and that the view which I
had taken myself that these tumults would yield
before any prompt movement of the authorities, has
been realized.
Last night, soon after candle-light, the streets
* avers, as usual, thronged, the populace noisy, anti
is bad humour, the National Guards and regiments
of the. line every where strongly posted, and the ut-
most apprehensions expressed by the public for the
peace of the metropolis through the night.
The King, however, put an end to all these ap-
prehensioniby a coup d'ciat of his own. Ile went
forth instantly from his Palace, accompanied by his
second son, the Duke de Nemours, and threw him-
:1111f at once in the crowded streets among the
, ilieopli;ind' this appeal to their amour propre had
'it once the desired effect, and his enthusiastic re-
`teeption equalled the poet's description of that of
sour Duke of Monmouth in:Devonshire ; but with
Snore chances, I trust, of a successful result.
„
' Atlnight-fall, as I have already mentioned, the
~crowds rather increased, as was expected, and the
:I§lstionel Guards had difliculties which, amongst
•.,,, !ells disciplined men, might have led to serious con-
:: mlnetties, ' in keeping the streets clear in the neigh-
:`,.bourhood of the Wahl Royal and the Tuileries.
:The Rue St. -11onore, at five o'clock, contained a
' dense ' snaso:,;,.:. Of , people,, crying " Death to
:',Poligtrao 1" •••iind at-0m0....t.ime it looked as if the
Quayle must have charged bayonets to tlpen a corn-
-1
Aunication. Through the extreme self-possession
l'. of the officer in command, this extremity was not
a.. resorted to, and a passage for the corps was found
without more violence than the upsetting of a few
persons who evinced a refractory spirit.
In the whole line of streets from the place Ven-
.dome to the Place des Victoires, the instant night set
in, the houses were, up to the third floor in some of
them, illuminated, so that no advantage could have
been derived by rioters from the destruction of the
• lamps, and, in this direction, I did not see one
iliMp broken.
An hour later in the evening, the appearance of
the city was singularly picturesque, the ballustrades
of the Tuileries, Louvre, and Palais Royal were
closed, and each of these strong posts was filled by
I.; regiments of the line, and National Guards of all
Corp‘; the night was wet, cold, and tempestuous,
'; and the troops early and every where lighted their
ivouack fires upon the damp ground. The smo-
thering volumes of smoke which arose from piles
Of cradling wood; the showers of spaiks con-
: itantly emitted, as they stirred the burning embers
with their bayonets ; the reflection of the flames
upon the bristling arms, and contrasted uniforms of
the many regiments, cavalry and infantry, enclosed
lit squares and circles to imbibe the warmth of these
Wittehfites, and the light thus shed upon the sur-
roueding houses, tinder the opaque and dense canopy
• of a dark sky, presented the most extraordinary
spectacle I ever witnessed ; it was not that of a
town actually taken by storm, but it looked not un-
[ ' like that of ono so taken when the pillage was over.
1 • In the Palms Royal, as usual, at eight o'clock, the
I regiments of the line commenced chatinting the
I ' Parisian hymn, with, of course, the dissonant chorus
i °f the mob, who were pent up in the side walks
lrithout the iron railings. In the midst of these
k. Vocal performances, around some of the biveuack
i :: fires in the %yet court of the Palais Royal, the
~ Soldiers dispersed themselves in dancing circles, and
thus they went on, singing and prancing like Indians
Itt.a festival of the desert.
While this strange exhibition of military pastimes
WWI relieving the incommoding pressure of a wet
~, night, shouts of 4‘ Long live site King," were at
nine o'clock heard from the soldiers immediately
under the windows of the Royal apartments. The
King and his sons appeared then on the balcony
',. with 4 train of servants anti flambeaus, and bowed
to the noisy throng of his subjects, who had been
~.
Mlles velafeningdi him just before with their gambols. His
:-. Y et' descended into the front and rear
tourts of his Palace, and conversed and mingled
With the people. The shouts of " Viva le Roi"
were now tremendous, and if the population of the
alal! Royal fairly represent the opinion of France,
h
, . ° king in Entope has a more devoted race of sub-
Jetts then Philip the First.
~ Allured,
I Presume, by this enthusiastic recep-
tbr, or perhaps impelled by his own frank and off-
. ,of°l demeanour, the King called for the cavalry
oa' ur ~:National Guard, who were in atteedance,
. what were certainly as fine a body of teen as I
' 4 everitn. 'LW, and placing himself at their head, accom-
panied te4 bY his younger son, the Duke of Nemours,
it
. rode forth into the streets of Paris, to execute
w,n_l4•l have called his own coup if dal. The trum-
kts sounde4 a Royal flourish, and the officers in
or* among whom were several of the Marshals of
eromney* as they rude into the rue des Petits Champs,
0 la.the rue Valois, in clearing the Palais Royal,
limed "red. `.' The King is behind us, in the cloak
' withTth"lit his hat;. the Duke of Nemours rides
the ~,,/,,e,',The people who lined the streets, cheered
i—i,"' wilily, with enthusiasm. " Long live the
1J " Long live the National Guard,"
was the
the :1"1"! crY, and the burst of enthusiasm along
--"3'clitie of the streets through which the King
pissertfo '
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OW ' *.
.4wo lours was' tremendously decisive of
' 'I
As Y 8 personal influence.
the
ItreBLB were every what strongly picketed

by the different corps of the National Guard, the
drums beat up at all corners as the King passed;
the Polytechnic scholars, and the students of the
different universities of Paris, each class wearing in
their hats the cards of their respective classes,
joined the parading corps of the National Guards,
and determined, by a demonstration which could not
be mistaken, to wipe off the scandalous imputation
some malcontents had been for the last two days
passing upon them,—that they were leagued with
counter-revolutionary bands. These young men
every where shouted, " Long live the King;
liberty and public order."
The King seemed, as indeed well he might, to be
delighted at his reception. In the willow streets
he was closely pent by the people, with many of
whom he shook hands, and familiarly conversed, and
from all of whom, as far as I observed, he received
proofs of warm attachment. If Paris be, as some
will tell you, the focus of conspiracies at this mo-
ment against the dynasty of Philip 1,, the passage
of the King through every street, and in the dead of
night, afforded abundant opportunities to these con-
spirators to execute their purpose, and veil the new
throne in mourning; but no hand was raised except
to pay him homage; no voice was beard except in
his applause. '1 he night, us I have mentioned, was
wet and tempestuous. The King, though wrapped
in a loose cloak, held his hat in his hand through
this street of perambulation for two hours, and in no
single instance was an obnoxious phrase ever heard
by the royal ear, although an hour before the ear
resounded with phrases, which insulted the kingly
authority. The moment this procession was over,
the people everywhere exclaimed, " The counter
movement is now over; tranquillity is restored."
The extracts which ,I subjoin from this day's
Paris papers will convey to you further particulars
of the state 'of opinions and occurrences in this
great city.
I ought th tell'yetrat once, from information upon
which I can rely, that Paris was, in point of fact,
for the last week the great centre of conspiracies.
There have been always, for the last 30 years, in
this city, hosts of people, police•agents, gam-
blers, young men of broken fortunes, who have used
every passing grievance to create a tumult. Such
a revolution as the last—such a process so bungled
and mismanaged throughout as that of the late trial,
could not fail to furnish the elements of combustion
to all fire-worshippers ; they, as is ever the case, con-
trived to mix up with their classes the young, the
giddy, and the impatiently well-principled people, '
who look at the work of politics, like that of anchor
forging, and expect that metal, once in the furnace,
must be hammered into shape and form at the first
heat. It may be also stated, now that the great mis-
chief is over, that there was great danger in
bringing the National Guards into collision with the
people. Several corps were formed in the faux-
lining of small shopkeepers, dependent a good deal
upon the workmen for their trade; the disbanded
society of the friends of the people were also ade-
quately represented in the National Guard, and it is
well known to General Lafayette that great bodies
of his soldiers had declared they would protect the
prisoners if they could, " but that for such culprits,
they would not spill blood, or provoke the extremity
of a counter revolution." These expressions were
even conveyed in writing, and by officers too, ac-
companied with most threatening and dangerous
comments both to the King and the General-in-
Chief. I have heard of letters of this kind written
both to the highest civil and military authorities,
which in any ocher country (and I think they ought
in this) would have brought the writers of them at
once to a drum-head court.martial, and, on proof of
the identity of the hand-writing, have caused their
execution on the spot. Napoleon would have been
a very ugly customer for the venders of such com-
modities; but these are, happily, different times.
The circumstances attendant upon the explosion
of the late conspiracy are rather singular, and as I
have them from indisputable authority, they are
worth recording. The Government had, since the
revolution of July, been harassed with communi-
cations of counter efforts, on the part of the adhe-
rents of the exiled family, anti of the extreme old
Church or Jesuit party. Upon the agitation of
these co-acting parties, was engrafted a compound
element of a most extraordinary character; the
broken gen'darmes, the disbanded military, and rest-
less half-pay officers, with two or three Generals
of well-known intrigue, all whispered together the
chance of a push in the name of young Napoleon;
with these for the moment acted the republican
party, who hoped, us the storm gathered, to grow
stronger, and then—
" Ride o'er the whirlmiNtl, and direct the Atom."

The latter had, undoubtedly, from the nature of the
late Revolution, the strongest party of all, if they
had good address, and promptitude of action ; but
they lost their cause (happily, for it would have at
once embroiled all Europe in war), and then became,
like the other, a scattered faction. All the ingre-
dients, however, remained of the worst part of these
political clubs and factions, and as the real work of
the Revolution had been done by the workmen of
Paris, they availed themselves of the pampered tri-
butes of praise of which they were long the objects,
and endeavoured by means of their own to extend
a system of organization not exactly consistent with
the integrity of good municipal rule. The means
they employed were those of your benefit socities,
each class had its own club, time and place of
meeting, and fund ; ull, however, under the name Of
trade purposes.
It was not easy to know how the pay-chest was
furnished, the employment of these people being
indifferent, but supplied it was; and it struck the
Government as a singular peculiarity, that immedi-
ately after the late revolution, although a reward
was offered for each gun,sword, or bayonet, picked
up or snatched during that combat, so few were
brought into the Hotel de Ville, although for months
a public market was held of these military weapons
by the people on the quays. You may remember
seeing fellows, last summer, selling the swords and
accoutrements of the beaten Swiss and Gar(!ti du
Corps, near the Pont Neuf, dressed in the breast-
plates and armour of the Cuirassiers.
This was to the Government, I have said, a source
of uneasiness, and the police (lid not buy up these
implements of mischief with the alacrity they might.
During the whole of the last fortnight the police
were engaged in seizing small depots of powder in
the little workshops of the fauxbourg St. Antoine;
the proups of workmen who mingled, as I have be-
fore mentioned to you, among the National Guards,
on Monday and Wednesday evening, in their
conversation, talked freely of a republic and young
Napoleon, but said they did not want a House of
Peers, nor a large pension list ; adding that the
best plan would be tut to congregate around the
Luxembourg, but to attack the Peers' houses in
detail, and plunder the mansions of the rich,
until they compelled them to concede a more equal
division of the property. The great bulk of the
National Guards being shopkeepers, with something
to lose, took these hints, as might have been ex-
peeled; they saw that the reign of principle was to
yield to a rush for plunder, in which the bounds of
the rich and middling classes were not likely to be
very accurately defined or respected : they hinted
to their officers that this was an altered state of
things, to destroy and not to repair, and from that
moment (Monday night), as far agi-the mob broke
the lamps in the rue de Seine, and small streets, the
shopkeepers who inhabited them put forth lamps
and candles and flambeaux from their first-floor
windows, anti a line of principle as well as of
action was at once drawn between the protecting
and the insurrectionary classes of society, which put
an end to the hopes of the latter. The arrests still
go on, but I cannot learn that any person of consi-
deration is proved to be among the conspirators.—
All the adherents of the Bourbons are under sur-
veillance ; the Bonapartists Sank will soon dispose
of in the •army ; and thousands of the workmen
will be employed, as soon as the Freed' Govern-
' rnent can raise funds, upon the lines for the fortifica-
tions °f Paris, and the improvement of the roads,
which are really a disgrace to the nation.
With reference to the late trial of the Ex:xMinisi

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1830.

We direct attention to the very important
Dublin meeting, which will be found in another
column, at which Mr. O'CONNELL presided.
If something effectually be not done (and
speedily too) by the present Ministry, to put a
stop to the mischievous proceedings of this arch-
Agitator, the consequences will be dreadful to
both countries, more especially to Ireland. Had
Mr. O'CONNELL the slightest respect for public
decency, he would not select for the purposes of
agitation the very period when the new Ministers
are doing all in their power to ameliorate the
condition of Ireland. He would, at any rate,
wait until they had had a fair trial. Were the
Duke of WELLINGTON still in power, there
might, perhaps, be some slight excuse for Mr.
O'CONNELL'S agitation, but as the Ministry is
at present constituted, he has not the slightest.

Sir ANTHONY HART hid farewell, last week,
to the Bar of Ireland, on which occasion the
Right Bon, W. SAURIN announced also his in.
tention of retiring.

We rejoice to learn by the accounts which
have been received up to the noon of Thursday,
that tranquillity is restored in Paris. The pa-
triotism of the youth of the Polytechnic School,
combined with the prompt energy of the KING
and the forbearance of the National Guard, have
succeeded in rescuing France from anarchy.

We have advices from Mexico, which give the
particulars of the execution of General Vic-
TORIA, on the 11th of September. He died
with great firmness. He had been taken at
Flon, and conducted to Puebla, where, as he
had been condemned to death by a Court Mar-
tial, he was ordered by the Commander-General
to prepare for' death in 24 hours. He was
brought to the place of execution, and the troops
were drawn up. A seat was brought him on
which he placed himself, and asked permis-
sion to say two words to the people. This
being granted, ho rose and said with a loud
voice, " Countrymen and Friends, I am to die,
but there will be many to revenge my death, and
that speedily. Ho then sat down with, calm.
ness, placed his hands upon his knees with a
tranquil countenance, and without any other
movement than merely turning his hands over
on his knees. The commerce of the capital was
exceedingly depressed, and that of Vera Cruz
in a similar state.

We have advises from Maracaibo to the
19th October, and from Bogota to the 17th.
On the 4th of the latter month an arrangement
was agreed on between the Commissioners of
president MORGUIRA and those of Colonel
PENENS, Commander of the Callao battalion,
respecting the condition embraced in the Articles
of Capitulation, which required certain indivi-
duals to depart from Carthogena within three days.
The Government of Bogota was provisionally in
the hands of Gen. URDANETA. The communica-
tion between Maracaibo and Bogota was stopped.
A co►t►plete revolution had taken place in favour
of BOLIVAR at Mompax, which was besieged
20 days, and, on taking the bridge leading to
the town, 300 men were killed. General
BRUENA was in possession of the vallies of
Cuenta. All was quiet at Maracaibo, and as
this was important as a key to new Granada,
PAEZ has sent some of his most faithful troops
to garrison the place. Business was at a com-
plete stand, and the place somewhat sickly.

We received last night per .Birmingham, from
the North and South American Coffee-house,
American Papers to the 26th of November.
On the 25th of November, the French Revolu-
tion was celebrated in New York, by salutes
from the battery, processions of Mayor and Cor•
poration, High Sheriff, Governor and Lieut.-
Governor of the State, and Governor of New
Jersey, Members of Congress, and the State
Legislature, Judges of the United States, and
State Courts, the Clergy, Foreign Ministers,
and the different Trades and Professions. The

usual accompaniments of music and orations
were not wanting. The effect of the whole must
have been imposing.

" Aimee. —The Daily Advertiser contains extracts
from private lettets written from Vera Cruz as late as the
23d ult. Colonel Victoria was captured a second time in
a farm•house at Finn, and taken to Puebla. Having been
previously condemned to death by a court-martial, his
execution was ordered to take place in 24 hours. He
was shot, exhibiting perfect cooloos en the occasion, on
the 11th of September.
" Oujaca is revolutionized, and more completely so
than is reported. The supplement of the 18th number
of the Register Official will give an idea of the state of
things there. Colonel Martinez, who was Commandant-
General of the State of Chiapas, and who emigrated to
Guatemala at the time of the Jalapa plan, is in Comitau,
on the frontiers of the two countries, with about 2,000
troops.
" General Guerrero is in the south, with Salgado and
Almonte, who are his Ministers. Codallos, with 1,500
men, is near Valladolid ; General Alvarez met the division
of General Armijo, of 1,500 men, between the 26th aid
30th ult. ; and although it has been said that be lost his
life by throwing himself into a ravine, it is the fact, that
having taken a piece of artillery, which was posted with a
sufficient body of troops, awl approaching Alvarez and his
division, Amigo prep wed for ti;Oiting ; but just as a
battle was beginning, his troops joined those of Alvarez,
and Armijo was made prisoner, after receiving seventeen
wounds, and died almost immediately. General Bravo
fled from Acapulco, to seek refuge in Chilpancingo.
" Colonel Mantilla died at Acapulco, and his regiment
(No. 1) was destroyed.
" Another letter informs us that the Minister of War,
Facie, has been removed, awl Colonel Lander() will
probably take his place.
" %The commerce of the capital is exceedingly depressed
and that of Vera Cruz is in a similar state.
" It is stated in the letters that General Guerrero has
begun the formation of a new Government, having made
two Ministers. Of course we are not to place full credit
in what the Mexican papers say on every thing, as they
are under Cho controul ike Administration, whose
interests would lead them strongly to wish to give a
different colouring to the force of the popular party, the
head of which Guerrero is considered.

" Tn the present state of the country we can trust only
lettere."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Montreal Papers to the 2lat Nov., Quebec to the 20th
Nov., and Singapore Papers to the Ist of August, have
been received at the North and South American Wee.
house.

The easterly winds, which km blown without inter-
mission during 17 day', ceased yesterday, and came round
to the West. The numerous fleet which had collected, got
under weigh this morning, and proceeded to sea between
the hours of eight and ten. Sixty sail were round Point
Levy.
Snow commenced falling in this neighbourhood on
Wednesday, nod the ground it; now concealed, although
the • weather it mild.
(From the Sineapore Papers.)
_ _

On the I7th 'inst. his 111,desty's sloop of war Zebra
anchored in the roads, under a came of nine guns, and we
are infOrmed from authentic souses that the settlement is
indebted fur the visit of his Alsjesty's sloop to the conduct
of Itsjah Miler, whose suspicious proCcedines have been
noticed by the Admiral. It was the Zebra's inten-
tion to have proceeded direct to the Caimans to seize
Jafiler. On the 17th, the cutter Emerald re:;...ued ffoM
Tringanee, and brings very unfavourable accounts of the
negotiations with the Rajah.
This being Christmas-day it is a close holiday in the
city, all public places being closed. The express from
Paris this tuorning, confirms our express which we gave
yesterday in eur city article, that Paris was tranquil, and
the Nttionil Guard succeeded in dispersing the mob.