The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Throughout the whole of Monday there was no
disturbance whatever, although the appearance of the
gay capital was from daybreak until the return of
midnight a scene of excitement, anxiety, noise, and
confusion, which at times appeared to augur the re-
vival of the terrific explosions of Revolution. After
the rappel had been beaten early in the morning, the
streets continued to be crowded with military arma-
ments. Cavalry, infantry, and artillery, appeared in
all the boulevards and open spaces ; rations and am-
munition were plentifully supplied to the soldiers;
the whole city had the aspect of a camp, and the
tumult as of an opening campaign. Several of the
shops in the larger thoroughfares were closed,
and trade and traffic were both abandoned. By yes-
terday (Tuesday) morning the excitement had wholly
died away, and the Parisians were again busied in
_their ordinary avocations. The warlike demonstra-
tion had altogether disappeared, and with it the effer-
vescence of the public passions. _ _

Galignani's Messenger gives the following nar-
rative of the occurrences of Monday :
"We gave in our afternoon edition of yesterday an
account of the rappel having been beaten in several
parts of Paris for the convocation of the National
Guards, and stated that up to two o'clock nothing had
occurred to account for this sudden display of forge.
Our readers, however, will see by our report of the pro-
ceedings in the National Assembly; that it was caused
by information which had reached the Government
of an intention on the part of the enemies of order
to take advantage of the insubordination of a
portion of the Garde Mobile. The muster
of the National Guards was not very nume-
rous until rather a late hour in the afternoon, when the
object of the convocation having transpired, and the
necessity of the precaution being appreciated, the number
was considerably increased. A very large portion of the
National Guards proceeded by order to the environs of
the National Assembly, but large posts were stationed at
other parts, and there were numerous patrols. The Ist
legion, which had been ordered out to the gardens of the
Tuileries in the early part of the day before the general
rappel to receive their new colonel, General Gourgaud,
remained the greater part of it. There was also a strong
display of troops of the line. The 20th regiment occupied
the court-yard of the National Assembly and the Place
de Bourgogne. The 14th were at the end of the rue
de l'Universite, on the Esplanade; and the 2d regiment
of dragoons was stationed at the gate of the house
of the President. The 10th regiment of artillery,
with its guns, and the Ist regiment of engineers,
were in front of the National Assembly, and the
9th light infantry occupied the steps, and, with the
7th regiment, extended to the entrance of the Quai
d'Orsay. The avenue of the Champs Elysees was
guarded by a regiment of lancers. Two battalions of
the Garde Mobile arrived from Courbevoie and Saint
Cloud, and took up a position in the Place de la Con-
corde, and in the rue Nationale. At one o'clock the
President of the Republic, on horseback, accompanied
by General Changarnier, and followed by a few lancers,
passed along the line of the National Guards and the
troops of the line on the Boulevards, the Places de la
Madeleine and la Concorde, and the environs of the Na-
tional Assembly. lie was everywhere well received,
and was followed by an immense concourse of people,
shouting,' Vive la Republique!' and 'Vive Napoleon!'
mingled with cries of L'aranistie !' and A has les
Ministres!' Soon after five o'clock most of the National
Guards were dismissed. Some of the artillery of the
National Guard, on their return to their homes, shouted
Vivo la Republique!' and Viva I'Assemb!6 Nationale!'
mixed with some cries of Viva la Montagne!' All the
railroad stations were well guarded. Up to a late hour
in the evening the public tranquillity remained entirely
undisturbed."

Yesterday afternoon the following proclamation
was posted on the walls of Paris :

" Citizens of Paris,—We have called the National
Guards under arms. We have called them in defence of
social order, once more threatened by the same enemies
who attacked it in the days of June. The
projects of these men are not changed. They wish
to prevent, at any cost, the establishment of a regular
and honest Government. All they want is perpetual
agitation, anarchy, destruction of all property,
the overthrow of all principles. They earnestly hope
to found the despotism of a minority by usurp-
ing, as a privilege, the common property, the
sacred name of Republic. To give a colour
to their revolt against the laws, they assert that we
have violated the Constitution, and wish to destroy
the Republican Government. This is a contemptible
calumny. The Republic has no firmer supporters than
they who seek to preserve it from those revolutionary
excesses with which this form of government has been
too much confounded. The President of the Republic
has sworn to respect it, and to cause it to be respected;
and he will keep his oath. His Ministers, in their past
history, have left no man a right to suspect their future
intentions; and they cannot give a stronger proof of
their attachment to republican institutions than the
energy with which they are determined to repress all
disorder, however great may be its proportions. Inha-
bitants of Paris—it is not sufficient for society to be
strong; it must show its strength. Repose and security
are to be had at this price alone. Let all good citizens
second the Government in the repression of the dis-
turbances which agitate the public places. It is the
Republic, it is society itself, it is the eternal bases of all
power, that these perturbators bring into question. The
triumph of order ought to be decisive and irrevocable.
Let every man do his duty, and the Government will not
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" Officers, Sub-officers, and Volunteers of the Garde Mo-
bile—lf I were to believe your calumniators, you would
allow yourselves to be governed by pernicious and in-
terested counsel. You would disturb the order which
hitherto you have so intrepidly defended, and attack the
Republic and the institutions placed under your safe-
guAr(l, and society, which is proud of your success, and
calls you its glorious children. In the name of the
country, which we will defend against all its enemies,
listen to my voice, and repel these exciters to anarchy,
who, in leading you to your ruin, would revenge them-
selves of your past glory."
Intelligence received from Paris relating to the
proceedings in the National Assembly, after the de-
parture of the accounts published in our Third Edition
of last evening, inform us that the Chimber decided
by a majority of 416 against 405 that the proposition
of RATTEAU, fixing a day fcr the dissolution of the
Assembly, should be read a second time.