The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-28 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(prom the Monzt(nr et .Nov. Qs.—Official Part.)
" ORDINANCE OF KING.
" Louis Philip, King of the French.
" To all present and to come, greeting.
" We have ordained and ordain as follows :
" Art. I. Our beloved son, the Duke of Orleans, and
the Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, our Minister of War, shall
immediately repair to Lyons.
" The Marshal Duke of Dalmatia is authorised to give
all the orders that circumstances shall require.
" During the absence of our said Minister, the func-
tions of Minister of War shall be performed ad interim
by Lieutenant-Gcneral Count Sebastiani, our Minister
for Foreign Affairs,
"2. Our President of the Council, Minister of the
Interior, and our Minister of 'War, are charged each as far
as he is concerned with the execution of the present or-
dinance.
" Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, Nov. 24.
(By the King), " LOUIS PHILIP.
" The President of the Council, Minister of the Interior,
" CASIMIR PERIER."

(Non-official Part.)
" Pears, Nov. 24.—We announced yesterday, from a
telegraphic despatch from Lyons, dated the 22d in the
morning, that serious troubles had taken place on the 21st
in that city. The Government has to-day received two
reports by the ordinary courier, both dated the 21st in
the evening, one from the Prefect of the Rhone, the other
from Lieutenant- General Count Roguet, commanding that
division. The following are the facts that result from
these reports :
" On Monday the 21st, at seven o'clock in the morn-
ing, the silk-weavers who inhabit the commune of the
Croix Rousse rose in a rebellious manner, and barricaded
the quarters which they occupied. They first assaulted
several manufacturers ; they disarmed some National
Guards, and prepared to march against Lyons. This
movement was announced only by loud menaces against
persons and property.
" 'The authorities being warned, immediately took inn-
s-area, and sent troops against the rioters. All endeavours
to disperse them by persuasion having failed, it was net.
ceesery to have recourse to force. The troops of the line
and the National Guard prepared to repel their criminal
aggression; the Prefect repaired to the spot. The work-
men then desired to parley. The Prefect and General
Ordonneau, desiring to stop the effusion of blood, in fact
advanced towards them ; but they had scarcely approached
these madmen when they were seized and made prisoners.
"At the same time General Roguet, who, being sick,
had caused himself to be conveyed to the Town-hall, di-
rected troops to attack and surround the Croix Rousse;
s.nd in fact all the rioters were driven back into that corn-
enene. The armed force remained masters at all points,
and occupied all the avenues.
" Fresh overtures having been made by the rebels, Ge-
neral Roguet declared that the Prefect and General Ordon-
neau mu.: be immediately set at liberty. The Prefect, in
feet, immediately returned to Lyons, but the General was
detained. Affairs were in this situation on the 21st. In
the evening, troops, which bad been sent for from Bur-
goin and Trevoux, were expected in the night of the 21st.
Amidst these serious troubles there are several misfortunes
to be deplored. National Guards, officers, and soldiers of
the line, several manufacturers, have fallen victims to their
courage. Among the latter M. Schilmer is mentioned.
" As for the 22d, the state of the atmosphere has not
eeasee to hinder further communications, the Government
having received only that which it published yesterday in
the lifonieur. The director of the telegraphs writes to-
day to the President of the Council The telegraphic
cm respondence with Lyons is stopped by the state of the
atmosphere, at the post of Semur. The fogs are very te-
nacious at this season of the year, especially when there is
no wind. The fog exists at this moment at the post of
.Sstfree, which is six leagues beyond Semur.'
" This news has been announced to-day on 'Change by
a bulletin which the Government caused to be posted up
Lettere of the 22d, in the evening were spoken of. No-
body could have received any, for no extraordinary courier
had arrived. The Government itself only received by
the ordinary courier the news of the 21st.
" M. Prunelle, Mayor of Lyons, has set out to-day for
that city.
1' Paris, Nov. 25, Four o'clock in the Morning.
" P.S. The President of the Council has received at
midnight an estafette, which a person high in office at
Lyons succeeded in despatching to the Government. His
letter, written on the 23d, at one o'clock in the morning,
announces that the revolt of the workmen has recommenced,
that they have made themselves masters of the bridges, and
intercepted all the communications. The troops were de-
fending the town-hall and arsenal, and the powder maga-
sine. General Ordonneau had been given up by the rebels.
" The writer opened his letter again at five o'clock in
the morning of the same day to say that the Town-hall
had been evacuated after an obstinate resistance, and that
it seemed that the authorities and the troops, as well to
avoid a farther effusion of blood as to combine their union
with forces which they expected from several points, had
retired by the fauxbourg of St. Clair.
" Such are the only accounts that have reached the
Government up to this hour. There is every reason to
hope that the report of the Prefect and the General will
arrive to-day.
" The National Guards and the troops of the Line
have done their duty with equal courage and devotedness.
This revolt, accompanied by threats of burning and pil-
lage, is directed only against property and industry. In
ouch a case the issue cannot be doubtol, for it is a matter
which concerns all citizens as well as the Government.
" The Government has immediately taken further mea-
sures. The Council met this morning at three o'clock,
at the Hotel of the President.
" Orders have been despatched to send troops to the
department of the Rhone. The Prefects who were at
Paris on leave of absence, have been ordered to return
immediately to their post. His Royal Highness the Duke
of Orleans sets out for Lyons this morning, accompanied
by the Marshal Minister of War.
(From the Messager des Chanibres of Saturday.)
t' PARIS, Nov. 25.—The post from Lyons had not
arrired at eleven o'clock this morning. We have there-
fore not received either the Journals or our private corre.
spondence from Lyons, Grenoble, Nismes, Montpellier,
Marseilles, and the whole line.
(From the Gazette de France of Saturday.)
" Pious, Nov. 25.—(After quoting letters from Lyons
in the Quotidienne and the Constitutionntl, the Gazette
adds)—
" All the letters from the banking-houses at Lyons agree
in the following, details :
" For these three days we have been in a state of siege ;
the whole quarter of the Terrau, the Capueiss, and the
environs are closed.
" Five p.m.—The cannon have been firing for these
three hours on the people, and the people return the fire
with advantage because they are masters of the heights.
M. Schirmer, partner in the house of Depouilly, was one
of the first killed ; also several artillerymen. M. Armand
dangerously wounded.
" The weather !ma been very gloomy, and it has rained
almost the whole day', so that the telegraph will hardly
have been able to work. If the same weather continues
to-morrow', these particulars will reach very opportunely'.
" Seven p.m.—Forty of our National Guardia are killed,
above 150 wounded ; despondency has filled every heart.
When will the frightful carnage cease? The insurgent;
cry, Long live Napoleon, chief of the republic !' The
General and the Prefect have been eight hours prisoners
in the hands of the insurgents. They were not released
till three cannon te4enging to the National Guard were
employed.
" Two of these cannon ;Aye fallen into the hands of the
insurgents.
" At the departure of the post they were masters of all
the heights that surround Lyons."
(Extract of a Letter from Paris, dated Thursday.)
" The disturbances at Lyons had nothing political in
their origin or character, but sprung entirety out of dis-
putes which have been going on for some time between the
masters and the ?lien.
" The barracks being very small, the military force sta-
tioned there was inconsiderable, and was unable to restore
order t;11 reinforcements shall arrive. A very large fame
w..s, however, marching in all directions on the town;
40,000 men, at least, and Marshal Soult and the Duke of
Orleans had left Paris for Lyons. There can be no doubt
that order will have been restored, and the ma'ntitude of
the force employed would probably prevent the effusion of
blood, by proving the impossibility of further resistance to
the laws. The towns in the neighbourhood had displayed
tti best spirit, and the inhabitants were ready to neaurcE
sgain-st the insurgent workmen if necessary."
(From the ConstitutionneL)
—Private letters arrived to-day from
PARIS. New. 25.
Lyons, dated the 21st, are not so consolatory u the two
official publications. Most of them agree with the de-
speeches received by the Government, in saying that the
insurrection of the workmen has no political object. We
teas, however, in one of these levers, that the cries of
Viva Napoleon Lt." were heard; and in another, that
tlao working classes are excitol and directed by a faction of

the Congregation, which is very powerful in the city.
The presence of a person in the city who rendered himself
notorious in the sanguinary re-actions of 1815 has been
looked upon as a❑ inauspicious sign. It is said that the
Magistrates had previously received information of at-
tempts to bribe the working classes, and that this infor-
mation was imprudently neglected. The narration of the
events on the 21st is sufficiently afflicting. It is unfor-
tunately too true that the blood of Frenchmen has been
profusely shed by their countrymen ; and, what is more
to he deplored, all the murders committed on this terrible
lday were not done with arms in the hand. Three assas-
sinations were spoken of, committed at the houses of three
citizens. Acccording to a letter which we have not our-
selves seen, disturbances have broken out at Grenoble.
Persons corresponding with Lyons did not yesterday re-
ceive their letters. The following is an extract from a
letter written by a young artilleryman, the truth of which
is guaranteed to us :—" We are in an important crisis—
since eight o'clock this morning (Nov. 21) the drum is
beating to arms throughout the town. The workmen of
the Croix Rousse have displayed the intention of corn-
ing down into the quarter of the Capuchins and
the Terraux, to require the execution of the new
tariff. In fact, since eight o'clock this morning, masses
of workmen have descended armed with pikes, muskets,
and stones, on the side of St. Sebastian. They encoun-
terei there a detachment of the National Guard, who pre-
vented their proceeding further. Threats were used on
both sides, and the workmen very soon began to fire, and
hit several National Guards. It is said that the number
of wounded in 150, and of the killed 20. Probably the
latter number is too much by half. Several attempts have
been made to force the barricades which the rebels have
formed in their quarter, but without success. A shower
of stones compelled the National Guards and the troops of
the line to retreat. 'We left our quarters with our guns
and lighted matches. It was quite necessary to establish
a regular siege, but the impossibility of using guns was
soon acknowledged. From those who know the paths which
led to the Croix Rousse, it is demonstrated that it is im-
possible to force them. On yesterday (Sunday) there was
a review by General Ordonneau, appointed General of the
National Guard at Lyons. He wished this morning to
satisfy himself of the disposition of the working classes; he
was accompanied, it is said, by the Prefect, but they were
surrounded by several hundred workmen and made pri-
soners. It is now seven o'clock, and the place of
contest is tranquil—each party has kept his ground.
The workmen are still masters of their entrench.•
merits and of all the Croix Rousse. To surround
such a place we require two or three regiments,
and we have only one. The whole of the National
Guards did not comply with the call, only three or four
thousand men repaired to the appointed spot. The artil-
lery is placed at the arsenal. We have just heard that M.
Schirmer, the associate of M. Depouilly, is killed. Captain
B. is dangerously wounded. We expect a tranquil night,
but anticipate a terrible morning. The Magistrates have
wanted prudence. 1,,,r several days it was known that
the workmen were arming, and yet the authorities were
in a manner surprised. Nothing was prepared, and even
ammunition was not forthcoming till late, and then only
in small quantities." It may be seen from this that the
business was not over on the night of the 218 t, and re•
ports are in circulation, that letters dated the 22d have
reached Paris, announcing the recommencement of the
contest.

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

PARIS, Nov. 25.—1 t is with the deepest pain that we
yesterday received the cenfirrnatioN of the unpleasant re-
ports that were in circulation concerning Lyons. The
movement has no political features. For some time agi-
tation has prevailed amongst the workmen, but the tariff
for the wages of the silk-manufacturers was the only cause.
On Sunday, the 20th, numerous mobs assembled at the
Croix Rousse, but they dispersed without force being
necessary ; but in the evening the Magistrates were in-
formed that great preparations were making for the follow-
ing day. In fact, on Monday, from 10,000 to 12,000
workmen, mostly armed with muskets, and a great num-
ber dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, as-
sembled at the Croix Rousse, and came down into the
town. The drums immediately beat to arms, and the Na-
tional Guard, Leaded by its chiefs, went to meet the in-
surgents. The Prefect of the Rhone and the Commandant
ordered the garrison under arms, which, unfortunately, was
at this moment not very numerous ; the detachments of
the troops of the line were distributed among the National
Guard.
It seems certain that the first shots were fired by the
workmen at a company of the National Guard, posted at
the end of the Rue des Cupuchins. Two National Guards
were mortally wounded. All the efforts used to persuade
the rioters to disperse were fruitless. After the legal
summonses, several charges were made, and they succeeded
in driving back the insurgents into the old suburb, now the
town of Croix Rousse. That is their central point of
union, and that is situated on one of the hills which com-
mand Lyons. The workmen carried on the contest there
with more boldness, and the firing was twice resumed. A
detachment of National Guards, commanded by General

Ordonneati, supported by a company of the 66th, mounted
the hill by a street that is very steep, and is almost
wholly occupied by the houses of workmen. They bad
hardly reached a certain height before a thundering dis.
charge was made from almost all the windows. Taken
between two fires, and not having much ammunition,
the troops were obliged to retreat, but not without leaving
some dead and some wounded. At this moment some of
the workmen having demanded a parley, the Prefect and
General Ordonneau, willing to stop the effusion of blood,
went in the midst of them, unaccompanied. They began
to speak to them and persuade them to return to their
duty, when they were surrounded, made prisoners, and
confined in a house. The Prefect was threatened to be
hanged if he did not before ten o'clock deliver powder to
the insurgents.
Lieutenant-General Roguet caused the men who came
to demand a parley to be instantly arrested, and sent a de-
mand that General Ordonneau and the Prefect should be

immediately set at liberty, otherwise he would shoot his
prisoners and set fire to the Croix Rousse. The General
and Prefect were speedily set at liberty ; the former is
said to have recei✓ed a blow kith a sword on the bead.
Among the victims are M. Schirmer, a partner in the
house of Depouilly, and an artist of great talent. Some
other manufacturers have perished, and persons of great
r4ildpess have been wounded by paving-stones, when they
went among the workmen. It is hoped, however, that
they will racver. Oii the side of the insurgents it is sup-
posed that the loss 4.7.11 been greater. The grenadiers of
the 66th, on observing the officer fall who commanded
them, made a terrible discharge. great number of
arrests have taken place.
At the departure of the courier the insurgents were our-
rounded in Croi.e itousse, of which the troops of the line,
after a brisk fire of musketry, had succeeded in occupy-
ing the barriers. They have m their power two guns of
the National Guard, but they want ammunition. The
Grand Cote was unpaved and barricaded. The people
paaaal the night under arms, and orders were given to OM-
minute the houses at the least alarm.
A reinfosaTraient is expected at Lyons, the garrison of
which hardly amouut,e to 6,000 men. A large part of the
National Guard is on the aide of the insurgents.
The disturbances were renewed o,n the next day, Tues-
day, 22d; a telegraphic despatch conveyed the informa-
tion. But aurae that time the state of the atmospber.;,, hap
not permitted further communication. We have no de-
tails of the proceedings on tint day, but the preparations
made the evening before by all the acund part of the po-
pulation, the support of the civil and military authorities,
added to the numerous reinforcements which were imme-
diately directed towards Lyons from all the neighbouring
places, allow us to hope that an end was put on the 22d
to the terrible coniiices which the night before had red-
dened with Mood the second tuwrs of the kindorn. M.
Prunelle, Mayor of Lyon, and Member of the Chamber
as eputies, set out yesterday evening for Lyons.
•

:(.Fcgm Galigani's Messenger.)
" bISTINMANCES AT LYONS.

" No intelligence was received yesterday until after two
oscie.c),-. in the afternoon, about which hz..,i;r the following
notice was posted at the Exchange The puiaZz a:e in-
formed, that the correspondence between Paris and Mar-
seilles, Toulon, Nismea, Montpelier, and that part of Pro-
Fence and Languedoc, is for the moment intercepted, in
consquence of the riots which have hroien out in Lyons,
and Which 14:le prevented the Postmaster of thai city from
transmitting theAle;atches from Marseilles to Paris. Yor
the satne reason the despia,.hes from Lyons have not ar-
rived th.:a morning, the mail n94),-aving been able to be
despatched fir... 7.. that city. Mearnres iau,v-z. been taken to
ensure the arrival 4.,C the mail bags by other meaua:

During the day,imgont, n aurally be expected, -
aa re
porta of well, description were :.•,re4,14t.:41; some said that
part of the troops bad joined the insurgents; pthers, that
Napoleon 11. has been proclaimed ; others, that a, ,rovi-
tiond Government had bean established ; and others, that
the insurrection had extended to Chaons ; but from the full
any explicit explanation
Council in the Chambers given by the Wresident of the
, which is confirmed by 0,7:f OWn
information, We feel confident in i.-tserting that no real in-
telligence whatever reached Paris unti.i the arrival of the
mail, which came in about eight o'clock last nigi.ty having
Left Lyons at three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Tbz,
courier states, that when he left, the city was entirely in
possession of the Laments hot that they wet,. at that

time perfectly quiet, awaiting the attack, for which they
had prepared by barricading all the streets—a circumstance
which was the main cause of the retard of the mail.

" SATURDAY, TWO O'CLOCK.

' We have received the Lyons Papers, dated the 23d
and 24th inst , by the mail, which arrived in due course
this morning ; and several letters which were brought by
the mail that arrived last night have also been communi-
cated to us. The details contained in them do not mate-
rially differ from those which we have already published,
except that they remove the only ground for supposing
any hidden political spring to have been employed to set
the affair in motion, by contradicting the statement of the
insurgents being fully armed on the first day. It now
appears that only such of them as belonged to the Na-
tion Guards had muskets, and that it was not until the
morning of the second day, when they had disarmed se-
veral posts and taken pos,ession of the contents of some
armourers' shops, that the great mass were regularly
armed. As in the days of July in Pam, women and
children are said to have taken active parts in the combat.
After the retreat of the troops from the city, the insur-
gents do not appear to have offered any opposition to the
continuance of the Prefect and other municipal authorities
at the Hotel de Ville.

" At seven o'clock on Wednesday evening the following
procl.mation was puhlishei
" Citizens of Lyons,—We have been anxious to avoid
the effusion of blood, and the General, impelled by a senti-
ment of humanity, has consented to withdraw the gar-
rison. Ever devoted to the maintenance of order, it is
for you to inform us, whether the voice of your Magis-
trates is no longer to command your attention. Tremble
at anarchy; think of the welfare of your families and of
the city. We have remained to listen to your grievances,
and concert with you measures for the preservation of
order, compatible with the interests of all ; and for that
purpose continue in permanence in the Hotel of the
Prefecture.

" The Prefect DUMOLART,
" The Mayor BOISSET,
DUPLAN,
" Adjoints E. GAUTIER,
M. B. GROS.,
" Another proclamation invited the leaders of the in-
surgents to meet at the Prefecture, for the purpose of dis-
cussing the measures conducive to the interests of all.
The insurgents have organized a regular civic guard, and
planted sentinels in every spot in which disorders might be
apprehended. The severest denunciations are pronounced
against any pillage or devastation, and we cannot learn
that anything of the kind has taken place, except the de-
struction of the stock and magazines of three manufac-
turers who had rendered themselves particularly obnoxious
by their opposition to the tariff. It is said General Or-
donneau was severely wounded, and the troops of Ge-
neral Roguet suffered severely in their retreat from the
masked fire of the insurgents stationed in the Croix Rousse.
The number of killed en both sides is variously stated at
from 600 to 1,000. The reports of the town of Tarare
having also broken out into insurrection do not appear to
be confirmed, and every thing tends to establish that
the movement is entirely local. These reports originated
with the Gazette du Lyonnais, a journal which has
throughout given the most exaggerated accounts of the
late events. The communications with every part of the
South are open, and the insurgents do not offer the least
impediment to the mails and other conveyances leaving
the city as usual ; on the contrary, they assist them in
passing through the barricades. The Temps of this
morning, however, states that the Government has, as a
measure of precaution, ordered the poste royale not to
supply horses to travellers wishing to take the Lyons route,
hut we have made inquiry, and find that the statement is
totally unfounded : all that is required front travellers
wishing to proceed to Lyons is, that their psnsports should
be perfectly en regle. This is another proof of the facility
with which, in such circumstances, alarm is created by
unfounded reports, and of the caution with which the
truth of all statements should be investigated before they
are allowed to produce impressions of alarm on the mind.
The mail which arrive last night met the Duke of Or-
leans a little above Melon. Thirty thousand troops are
ordered to march upon Lyons, so that there can be no
doubt of the speedy termination of the insurrection. M.
Ajac, who was mentioned as one of the victims of the
first day, has sent a circular to the journals stating that he
was in Paris at the time of the disturbances breaking out.
The following is the official account published in the Mo-
niteur of this morning :
" Accounts addressed to the Government through nearly
the same channel as yesterday, and which arrived by the
mail which left Lyons on the 23d at two o'clock, confirm
what we before stated, that the fighting had ceased. Ge-
neral Roguet, after quitting the Hotel de Ville, in effect
retired by the Quay of St. Clair, as was before stated, on
the 23d at five in the morning, and tGok up a position on
toe fortifications of Montessey, with all his officers and the
troops of the garrison. The Prefect remained with the
Municipality at the Hotel of the Prefecture. The efforts
of these authorities appear to have been insufficient to pre-
vent the pillage of some houses, particularly that of 0601,
which was inhabited by a great many silk-merchants, and
which was completely devastated ; the merchandise, for-
niture, and other effects were burnt upon the Quay.
Other houses, and particularly those in the trading part of
the town, were threatened with the same fate. The mails
from Paris and Marseilles entered Lyons on the 22d, and
hopes were entertained that on the 24th all the roads
would be again open as before. At the departure of the
letter whence these details are extracted, Lieutenant-
General Roguet, with the troops, whose discipline and
zeal continued to merit the highest eulogiums, had
moved from Montessey to Macon. This movement for-
tunately coincides with the route of the Prince
Royal and the Minister of War, who have taken the
Burgundy road, anti can thus concentrate the troops which
are arriving frotn different quarters. In the mean time,
it is hoped that the deplorable scenes which have passed
will have opened the eyes of the people to the evil into
which they have been blindly led. The measures taken
by the Government will do the rest. The candour of the
communications made yesterday to the two Chambers by
the President of the Council, and the eagerness to meet the
confidence of the King, will convince the enemies of order
that they have nothing whatever to hope from weakness
or hesitation on the part of either of the branches of the
State. The reports of these sitting will re-act upon that
part of the population of Lyons which has been so cruelly
misled. Excesses of this nature, we are satisfied, can only
reveal to all true citizens the real character of these riots,
which no doubt make the public at large tremble, but ex-
cite no alarm in the Government. We hope shortly to be
enabled to announce more satisfactory and more decided
intelligence."
" The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular
to the Prefects, with a view of calming the apprehensions
which might be created by the events at Lyons. This
circular has been sent to the post with the Moniteur. All
the Prefects have received orders to adopt the most deci-
sive measures in the event of any revolt in their depart-
ments. Marshal Soult is invested with the most extensive
powers, which he is authorized to exercise, if necessary, in
two or three different departments.
" The panic which reigned yesterday in the Stock Ex-
change has been much (diminished this morning. The
Five per Cents, opened at 94f. 24e. and the Three per
Cents. at 67f. 40c. ; at this moment (two o'clock) the
Fives are quoted at 95f. ac., and the latter at 67f. Stsc.

(Signed)