The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-03 00:00:00

sines Monday last, of which we have endeavoured to,lay
before our readers a faithful account, without the slightest
colour of party feeling or opinion. The want of a me-
thodical arrangement in our articles will be accounted for
by the confusion that prevails, and the difficulty of getting
any publication through the Press.

44 The combat began on Tuesday afternoon, at four
o'clock, in the Rue St. Honore, on the part of the troops,
and the resistance offered was immediate. The firing
continued during the whole of the night. On the follow-
ing morning the inhabitants formed but one army. Some
of the National Guards reappeared in their uniforms, anti
were greeted with reiterated acclamations. A multitude
of citizens joined the National Guards. Gunpowder and
arms were procured, anti they marched to the Place de
Greve. On Tuesday night the guard-house near the
Exchange was set on fire, and totally destroyed ; anti on
that and the following night, all the lamps in the streets of
the capital were broken.
" On Wednesday Paris was declared in a state of siege,
that is to say, it was to acknowledge no military authority
but that of the Duke de Ragusa. The principal encoun-
ters of the day took place et the Hotel de Ville, the Porte
St. Danis, the rue du Cloitre St. Mederic, on the Boule-
vards, in the rue d'Antin, in the rue des Prouveires, and
in the rue Montmartre. The action in the latter street
arose out of an attack made by the Duke de Ragusa in
person. During part of the day the Place des Victoires
was occupied by sonic troops, among whom was a part of
the sth Regiment of the Line, who had long gone over to
the National Guards established at the Petits Peres. About
two o'clock the Duke de Ragusa arrived at the Place at
the head of fresh troops. lie drew them up opposite the
rues du Mail, dew Fosses Montmartre, Croix des Petits
Champs, and Neuve des Petits Champ.. He immedi-
ately commanded a charge, anti On both aides several men
were killed or wounded. The Marshal directed his troops
down the rue du Mail, and they scoured the rue Mont-
martre without much difficulty, till they reached the rue
Joquelet, when the citizens firing upon them from their
windows, the Marshal and his troops were compelled to
retreat. In the course of the day, most of the military
posts and guard.houses were attacked and defended, taken
and retaken, but in the end remained in the power of the
National troops. •The black flag was displayed on the
Porte St. Denis and other monuments. In the evening
the barricading of the streets commenced. A great
number of the largest trees on the Boulevards were cut
down and thrown across the road ; in the streets the
pavingsstones were taken up, and either piled in heaps
or scattered about a foot's distance, to prevent the ap-
proach of troops ; the gate of the Valais de Justice was
pulled down, and lamp-posts, scaffolding, carts, wag.
guns, and vehicles of every description laid under requi-
*Woo to form barricades. In the course of the clay
placards and patriotic proclamations were posted up in
every directions. The citizens proceeded to the houses
of the armourers and took possession of all the arms they
could find ; the same was done at the different theatres,
but all the other property was respected. several tele-
graphy, including that on the Church des Petits Peres,
were dismounted. The sittings of the Courts of Justice,
the Exchange, and all the public and private establish-
ments, were closed on this day. Here the Swiss troops,
stationed within the edifice, and a large body of the Royal
Guards, supported by their artillery, again managed to
keep the assailants in check until midnight, when the con-
flict gradually ceased, and the populace, exhausted with
fatigue, retired for the night, having been engaged for
eleven hours with a regular military force, their superiors
in numbers, plentifully supplied with arms and ammuni-
tion, and, in fine, with every advantage in their favour.
The people, who seemed generally of the labouring classes,
and the small number of the National Guards by whom
they were assisted, not being half-armed, and several times
during the day were in actual want of ammunition ! The
melancholy chiming of the tocsin, sounded by the people,
and the cry of Aux anneal Aux armee l beard at every
intermission of the firing, added a fearful feeling of uncer.
tainty as to the result of the conflict, and the fate of the
brave men who were thus devoting themselves against
such overwhehning odds. Thus ended the night of Wed-
nesday. After the people had retired, a large body of the
Iloyal Guard. were stationed for the night in front of the
Louvre, but about three o'clock were removed, and the
defence of this part of the palace confided to the Swiss
troops, three of whom were placed behind each of the
double columns between the windows of the first floor,
and in other parts, from which they could fire in secu-
rity. At hall-past three in the morning, the tocsins
began to sound in various quarters, and the cries of
Aux armee were plainly heard as the, populace
began to assemble. The noire of breaking up the
pavements in the various streets contiguous to the
Palace now plainly indicated that the attack was
about to be renewed ; and at half-part four, at the extre-
mity of the rue des Poulies, a narrow short street leading
from therm, St. Honore, the populace commenced removing
from their places the laavitsg.stones, in order to form a barrier
on the left of the Louvre. Upon this part a nuirderoue
fire was commenced by the Swiss troops, which was kept
up without a moment's intermission during the whole
progress of its erection. A. few shots were fired from a
window of the house next the spot where the barrier was
treating, which, without doing much mischief, divided the
attention of the Swiss ; hut many of the populace fell.
(.fns of these unfortunates, after lie had received his death
wound, cried, or rather shrieked out to his associates,
Vine la Nation I' and instantly dropped upon the stones
at which he was at work. This event drew forth loud
shouts of vengeance from his companions, and seemed to
tusks a momentary impression on the royal troops. The
barrier was completed about eleven o'clock, and a smut
Are kept up from it. It was from this that two of the
asantilarini filet sprang forward and gained the iron railings
inclining the front of the Louvre, where there is a dwarf
wall (about two feet and a half), under which they lay
down, and continued to fire upon the troupe. Their ex-
ample was soon after followed by two of the National
Guards, one of whom carried a large 0 i-coloured flag, with
which hecontrived to crawl to a water-butt standing close
to the railing, and from behind it managed to place the
flag with his gun and bayonet on the railing of the Louvre.
'This courageous act was hailed with reiterated cries of
Vice la Notion l' and very soon after about 200 of the
meeallsote, notwithstanding the terrific fire to which they
were upend, now rushed forward to the gate, and alter
a brisk discharge, the last heard in this part of the build-
lag during the day, entered in triumph amid loud shouts
of Vies la Charte,' at precisely a quarter to 12. They
were, of course speedily followed by thousands. The
canting was, however, not yet ended, for the troops still
retained possession of the gates opposite tire rue du Coq,
And other parte of the edifice, which they defended mail
their ultimate expulsion, which took place in a short time
afterward*. Four chanties, tilled with dead, were seen
leaving the Louvre within two hours of the assault, and
many bodies were left on the gramplot, where they were
yeeterilay interred. About 90 wounded were also re-
moved from the Palace by their comrades to the Hotel
Dieu, and it was truly gratifying to witness the kind and
gentle care with which these brave fellows treated their
mutilated and waling companions. To the itielainited
courage and gallantry of the victors, it ii impossible to do
justice without an appearance of exaggeration. Let it
suffice to say that the conduct of the people of Paris on
this spot, on the 29th of July, war never surpassed in the
brightest annals of her wars.

r ea on Thursday, at ten o'clock in the morning, the
eitireas inhabiting the quarter* of St. Jacques, St. Ger-
main, the Od4on, anti Gros Gabber, excited by the sound
of the tocsin frem almost all the churches, and by the
unanimous shouts of Vive In Chart, I cause forth in
arms, the mass amounting to 6,000 or 6,000 men. They
had to combat two regiments oldie Royal Guards posted in
the courts of the Louvre and in the garden of the. Infants,
and three strong detachments of Lancers, Cuirassier.,
end Foot Grenadiers, occupying the Carousel, supported
by a reserve of Artillery planted in the garden of the
Tuileries. The attack commenced in the Garden of the
liolvits, The Itoyal Guards permitted the brat assailants
to approach, and there the contest ended almost as soon US
it was begun, by the slaughter of the front ranks.
Almost st the same instant, fresh assailant" drove back
the defenders of this important post. In the midst of a
”nstantly rolling fire the iron railings were broken down.
141* menonsvre, which in the end rendered the citizens
muter* of Use Tuilleries, was effected with extraordinary
resolotuns And rapidity., Still realillance was offered with
bleody °habitue: on other points, particularly the Pavilion
of Piers, from which a constant firing had been kept up
knot Nevin in the morning upon the Pont Royal, and
fll4 y wore killed. Musket shots from the apartments of
the Donbas of Angoularris wars fired without cessation.
Therefore, as ewer as the Paviiirm of Flo;taken,
miry article of furniture, and thosuanths of 11wasscatteredp
pare, among -which were proclamations to troupell'*
stimulate them against the °Kuala w thrown to,
the windows. Twice the Pitate' of °ttleie i. out of
tato sod abandoned, And at half past ozu4ten.cleistizwenass
were finally victorious, mid two tro,colois
planted on the central pavilion,. Eu*o the 42n
t: were
of the furniture abovententioned, era*** wasuettn
mitted. Arms alone were taken, and thew of courieZie
eagerly seized, wherever found, and the only trophy car-
vied off by the victors was a very richly-ortounerited sword,
said to belong to the Duke of Ragusa.
" A tremendous struggle took place on 'Thursday be-

tween a party of the National troops and the Swiss of the
Royal Guards, in the rue St. Honot4, near the extremity
of the rue de Richelieu, and also in the Place do Palais
Royal, the Swiss and Royal Guards having entrenched
themselves in some of the homes. The result was in fa-
vour of the popular cause, and the slaughter was very
great on both sides.
" General Gerard and General Pajol have accepted com-
missions under General Lafayette.
" On Thursday, when the citizens in arms were de-
mantling a leader, some one recommended M. Everitt.
Dumoulin to apply to General Dabourg. M. Dumoulin
immediately proceeded to the General's house to propose
to him to take the command. I have just arrived from
the country,' said the General, ' and have no uniform
here.' You shad soon have one,' was the reply. In
fact, in a quarter of an hour a uniform was brought. The
General, with a party which augmented every instant,
marched to the Place de la Bourse. There General
Dubourg delivered an harangue, and they departed for the
Hotel de Ville. The Hotel de Ville being already in pee-
session of the national troops, the doors were opened, and
General Dubourg entered. M. Dumouliu went imme-
diately to M. Lafitte's, where the Deputies were assembled,
to snake known these proceedings, and upon arriving
learned that General Lafayette had been unanimously
appointed Commander-in-Chief of the national forces.
General Lafayette immediately set out, and at the head of
the National Guards, and an immense multitude, pro-
ceeded amidst universal acclamations to the Hotel de Ville,
where he was installed in his functions. General Du-
bourg has a post under the Commander-in-Chief.
"On Thursday, at two o'clock, the Royal troops
quitted Paris, and retreated beyond the Barrier de
l'Etoile. Yesterday they had proceeded to the Bois de
Boulogne and Sevres.