The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-11 00:00:00

fi E. IG N INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the 3looiteur of Thursday.)
REPORT TO THE KING.
melts, JrLY 6, 1831.
SIRF.—We are approaching the anniversary of those
-three memorable days when a meat just resistance was
crowned by the most heroic victory. I obey the desire of
your Majesty, I anticipate the wishes of France, in pro-
posing that the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July should be
celebrated as national fetes.
Sire, I have the honour to propose that you should
riirect the celebration of three fetes, to only of which
shall be dedicated to the expreesiett of public joy and the
remembrance of our triumph. Its generous victims de-
mand a tribute of mourning; the first day fielongs to them.
If your Majesty approve, a general mourning will occupy
the first day.
At sun-rise guards of h.^.:lour will take post at ail the
}daces where repose the remains of those heroes, and war-
like instruments will perform marches and funeral airs.
In all the churches a funeral service will be celebrated.
The public health forbids at the present moment the
exhumation of the victims, but their last reitin7,-place
will be inaugurated and consecrated on the S.:l-th of July.
Sire, the Pantheon alone is suitalt?ri for this purpose ;
we must place the men who saved France by the side of
those whom France honours. Let the illustrious names to
whom this monument is dedicated be associated with thost
Of the generous hand who braved death in the name of the
laws and of liberty. In the project of list:, for a new con-
secration of the Pantheon let there be introduced a clause
for the above purpose.

In the mean time their names will he engraved on plates
of brass, which, eccot ding to the wish of your M
will be affixed to the walls of the Pantheon on tie 07th.
But, Sire, it is not enough to lay their ashes in thi-
n ble asylum. Your Majesty desires that a commemora-
tire monument, for them alone, should unceasingly recall
their memory to France and to posterity. I bare the ho-
nour to propose the site of the ancient Bast;le for this re•
notaph. It will there raise itself t efo, e the rue Louis
Philippe, at the extremity of the great avenue so long
projected, which will soon open a direct communication be-
tween the Louvre and the Bastile, between the two theatres
of the two grandest triumphs in our national bi,storv.
According to the wish you have expressed, your Majesty
yourself will lay the first stone of this monument.
On the second day the rejoicings will commence ; and
games and amusements of every description will succeed
each other till nightfall.
After this popular felt the third day will be devoted to
a military ceremony. The National Guards and the troop,
of the line will he passed in review by your Majesty ; their
columns will extend from the Barriere du Trone to the
Arc dc l'Etoile.

During the three days alms will he given to the poor.
Sire, you are about to found the noblest of anniversaries.
France desires to appear, year after year, worthy of her-
self ; she will he jealous of the pretervation pure and un-
blemished of that system of liberty and public order, of
energy and moderation, which resulted from the three
d.vs ; and we shall all find in the solemnities of July
occasions constantly recurring for strengthening and ren-
dering firmer the sacred ties which will for ever unite
Frenchmen to your Maje,ty and your descendants.
I am, with respect, &c. C. D'ARGOUT.
ORDONNANCE OF THE KING.
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Louis Philippe, King of the French.
On the report of our Minister Secretary of State in the
Department of Commerce and Public Wolk.,

We have ordained and ordain as follows
Art. I. The days of the 27th, 29th, and 29th of July
shall be celebrated as national fetes.

2. The mortal remains of the citizens who died for their
country, in defending its laws and liberties, on the 27th,
28th, and 29th of July, shall be, as soon as the exhumation
can take place, placed in the Pantheon. A law shall be
prevented to the Chamber accordingly ; and a ceremony of
imutguration shall be performed on the 27th.

3. There shall be erected on the site of the ancient
Bastile a funeral monument in honour of the victims of the
three days. The first stone will he laid by us on the 27th
of this month.

4. The programme of the fetes shall be drawn up Ly
our Secretary of State for Public Works.
5. Our Ministers are charged with the execution of
the present Ordinance, as also to issue all the necessary
orders for the celebration of the approaching anniversary of
the three days throughout the provinces, and by the land
and sea farces.
At St. Cloud, July 6, 1831,