The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

CO URT CIRCULAR.,

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

(THI6 DAY.)

The delegates met this morning at the usual hour.
UNION WITH THE MIDDLE CLASSES.

Mr. CLARK supported the motion in favour of coali-
tion with the middle classes. Ho fat fully convinced
that it was impossible for them, unaided by that class, to
obtain the ends which they were seeking to attain, espe-
cially as they had not even now the assistance of the
whole of the working classes themselves.
Mr. WEST was oi opinion that the people of the coun-
try were slaves, and he did not think that any associa-
tion with that class which had established the Antt•
Corn-law League, in order to promote their own into.
rests acd oppress the people, would be likely to prove of
any service to the cause of the Charter. The war that
they were bound to wage was a war against the aris-
tocracy of the country, and if he could obtain the
assistance of the middle classes in that object, it should
be without a surrender of their principles.

CHARTIST MISSIONARIES.
A DELEGATE brought up the report of a committee
appointed to inquire into this subject. The report
stated that the committee had divided the country into
eight districts, and had appointed two missionaries to
each district.
Considerable discussion took place upon the propriety
of sending any delegates to Ireland. It was contended
in support of the proposition that Ireland was a portion
of the United Kingdom, and ought to be agitated as well
as the other portions of the kingdom. Upon the other
side it was maintained that Ireland was now fully occu-
pied with the question of repeal, and that no portion of
the national petition had been constituted by the people
of that country. Subsequently, however, three of the
delegates were appointed to go over to Ireland as a de-
putation from the Convention.
Neerly the whole of the missionaries nominated by
the committee either moved for leave of absence, ex-
pressed a wish to go home and see their wives and fami-
lies, or declared in favour of working in their humble
capacities as local agitators in the neighbourhood of
their own homes, and were dissatisfied with the dise
tricts assigned to them, and a motion was made to the
effect that the delegates upon whom the choice had fallen,
should retire, in order to settle their differences.
Mr. CLARE moved, as an amendment, that the dele-
gates should not retire. It was most important for them
to be present, to hear the debate that was to be
resumed. _

A DELEGATE said that he did not see the slightest
necessity for the whole of the delegates sitting there to
listen to the same arguments and facts a dozen times
repeated.
The amendment of Mr. Clark was ultimately agreed
to, and the debate upon the motion with respect to the
union of the middle classes was resumed by Mr. Reynolds,
who was followed by several other speakers.
The motion was then agreed to.
ALIEN BILL.

Mr. KIDD brought forward a motion condemnatory of
the Bill introduced by Lord Lansdowne in the House of
Lords on the subject of aliens.
The Convention then adjourned until the evening
sitting.

COMMON COUNCIL.-THIS DAY.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE
CITY TO LORD HARDINGE.
At twelve o'clock this day a Special Court was held
in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of
presenting Lord Hardinge, K.C.8., with the freedom of
the City of London. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen
wore their scarlet, and the Common Councilmen their
mazarine gowns.
As soon as the Lord Mayor had taken his seat his
Lordship was introduced by Mr. R. L. Jones, and was
accompanied by the Lin) y of the Merchant Tailors'
Company.
The Chamberlain read aloud the resolution unani-
mously come to by the Court of Common Council, that
the freedom of the city, enclosed in a gold box of the
value of 100 guineas, should be presented to Lieutenant-
General Lord Hardirige, K.C.8., for the distinguished
talent and the energy he had displayed in the administra-
tion of the resources of the British dominions in India and
for the gallant manner in which he had conducted the
operations of the army under his command in the battles of
Sobraon, &c., fought on the 21st and 22d of December,
and for the ',example of ,determination which ;he had
exhibited to the soldiers under his command on these
trying days.
The Noble Lord was then formally presented with the
freedom of the City, and installed a member of the Mer-
chant Tailors' Company. The usual oaths having been
administered; ar d
TheCnAMBERLAIN having addressed his Lordship in
a complimentary speech,
Lord lIARDINGE, who read his address, said that,
in receiving this token of the approbation of the Corpo-
ration which represented the freemen of the metro-
politan city of the empire, he was deeply sensible of the
honour which had been conferred on him, and felt
correspondingly grateful for the :.obliging manner
in which that honour had been conferred upon him. It
was a source of gratification to him that the manner in
which he had conducted the government of India
had received the approbation of his Sovereign and of
his country, and he was glad to say that in his experi-
ence the soldiers of the empire had maintained in India
the reputation which they had in so many fields
acquired. his Lordship then bi iefly referred to
the transactions in the Punjaub, and in conclu-
sion, expressed his firm conviction that the sol-
diers would ever be found enlisted on the side of good
order, and, in connexion with the citizens of this coun-
try, would, by their exertions, preserve entire the laws
of the country and the stability of the Government.

Mr. R. LiONES proposed, which was seconded and
carried, that tho address be placed on the records of the
Corporation.

THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF
SCOTLAND.-(THIS DAY.)

A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen -interested in
the objects of the Scottish Patriotic Society was held this
day, at the Freemasons"ravern, Great Queen-street,
for the purpose of hearing the report of a deputation from
the parent society in Edinburgh.
The CHISHOLM, who occupied the chair, explained
that the association was originated for the purpose of
improving the condition of the Highland peasantry by
encouraging a better class of cottages, and
habits of cleanliness; and also introducing an
improved method of agriculture, particularly of spade
husbandry, on the system so extensively practised in
Belgium and other continental countries. The present
mode of " croft " cultivation was barbarous in the ex-
treme, and therefore the landlords of Scotland, with the
view of improving the condition of the crofter, had
formed themselves into the Scottish Patriotic Society.
There was present a deputation from Scotland, who
would explain to the meeting the progress already made
and the success which had attended the efforts of the
the Association.
Mr. BOND, the Secretary, then explained in detail
that to which the Chairman had only shortly referred.
The object of the present meeting was to found
a branch society in London in connexion with the pre-
sent Association in Edinburgh.
Dr. M'KENZIE adduced much interesting information
with respect to 600 improved ,five-acre farms (which
were cultivated on Belgian agricultural principles) at
Gairloch, in Ross-shire. These he personally superin-
tended, and the result was most satisfactory. He augured
the greatest good to the Highlands of Scotland from the
efforts of this society.
Resolutions were afterwards moved, seconded, and
adopted, pledgir.g those present to support the institution,
and to use their best endeavour to extend its benefits by
presents of seeds, and contributions in money.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
broke up.

Ctirb 112bitton

NEWMARKET RACES.
(THIS DAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Sweepstakes of 100 EOM each. P.M.
Corsican... ~. ... ... ...
C by Don John, out of Impertinence ~.

Won in a canter.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each. D.M.
Hornpipe ... ... ... ... ...
Keraun ... • • ... ... ... ...
Hccuba ... ... ... ... ... ...

Won in a canter.
Subscription Plate of 504 D.M.

. Blackball ... ... .. ... ... ... 1
Fistiana ••• ... ... ... ...
Craftsman ... 3
... ••• .... ..•
Cos chin... ... .. ... ... ...
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. Criterion Course.
The Fiddler ... .. ... ... 1
... ...
Good Boy ... 2
... ... ... ... ...
Telegraph
... 3
... ... ... ... ...
Dover ... ... ••• ... ... ... 4

The Countess de Landsfeldt (Lola Montes) arrived
on Friday last from Geneva at Berne.
IRONNETsI)I7y._T O TR
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da yt the secondE. —V o
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the E R
quarterlyr. i.l!o , lV
meetingssD
of the ironmasters of this district was held at the Swan
Hotel, in this town, and was well attended. There were,
however, few orders in the market, but the general be-
lief was, that the prices of the last quarter would be
maintained. The meeting to-incr:ow at Birmingham
will be decisive, as it is in that town the confirmation of
previous arrangements take place.
THE BUTCHERS 01 LONDON AND THE ABATTOIR
dinner was given last evening at the London
Tavern by the principal butchers of the metropolis, to
celebrate their successful opposition to the " New Smith-
field Market and Abattoir" Company Bill s. The com-
pany included many of the gentlemen who had opposed
the Bill in the House of Commons, nanacily, Mr. Lush-
ington, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. George Thompson, Mr.
Warrington, and Mr. Wyld.
THE SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION.—A t leeting was
held last night in the Freemasons' 'rave ria, in Great
Queen-street,.Lineoln's Inn-fields, of civil s;aveyors, for
the purpose of forming an association to c( insist of the
civil surveyors of England. Mr. Clout was called to the
chair. The rules and all the necessary fo PIS for con-
stituting the society were duly adopted.

- - .
The V:ic,u;:4ss Jocclyn, Lakly in Waiting to her
Majesty, arrived at Osborne on Tuesday..
Her Royal Highness tl o Princess Helena was taken
an airing in the pleasure grounds of Osborne on Tuesday.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party at
Osborne on Tuesday evening,

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce and Baroness de Speth, left her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past
twelve o'clock yesterday, for Frogmore House, Windsor.
His Royal Highn( ss the Prince of Prussia visited their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
yesterday, at Cambridge House.
Mr. Scotland had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
committee meeting yesterday, at their office in White-
hall-place.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and only 5 ft if
declared; for three yrs ols, &c. Cambridge Course.
(7 Subs., 2 of whom paid 5 soya, each to the owner of
LDourkde
co
fdßedford'sen,s
Mantilla,Fistiana,
3 y9rs4st
6,3s•srtsst,
471sbot.
.7 71b the second horse.)
Baron R. Maltzahn's Armin, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ••• •••
sh The
Bayonet,Cur, aged, 3
yrs, ••• ••
Mr. Mr. Bolt's
5h......(Pe eacthti.t..)..ags4!:t
Betting-7 to 4 agat Fistiana, and sto 2
The Cur and Armin.
The Cur took the load at starting, and made running
at a good pace to the turn of the lands, where he was
passed by Fistiana, Mantilla, and Armin, the former
leading; half-way between the Duke's Stand and home
Fistiana and Armin joined issue, and ran a head-and-
head race to the cords, where the horse gave way, and
the mare ran home a clever winner by a length, Mantilla
a bad third. Run in 2 min. 8 secs. (This race came
off immediately after a heavy storm of hail and rain.)
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old
colts, Bst 71b each, &c. D.M. (9 Subs.)
Colonel Anson's Backbiter (F. Butler) 1
Lord Exeter's Swordplayer , ••• "'
Colonel Peel's Sesostris (allowed 31b)... •• • "'
Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council .. ••• "' -
Even on Sesostris, and sto 4 eget Backbiter. Back-
biter made all the running, and won cleverly by half a
length, Sesostris a bad third. Run in 1 min. 42 sees.
Match, 150 soya ,50 ft. A.F.
Duke of Bedford's Saddle, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (F. Butler) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Cecilia, 5 yrs, Tat 81b ••• ••• 2
9 to 4 en Saddle, who waited into the cords, and won
very easily by half a length. Run in 2 mins. 22 secs.
The Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for three yrs
old, colts, 9st 71b; and fillies, Bat 41b. R.M. (26 Subs.)
Mr. Adams's Ellerslie, Bst 41b (Wakefield) 1
Colonel Anson's Corsican, Bst 71b ••• 2
Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, Bst 41b 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Lord Exeter's Swordplayer, Bst 71b 0
Lord W. Powlett's Jest, Bst 41b 0
Colonel Peel's Jenny Lind, Bst 41b ... 0
Colonel Peel's Teetotum, Bst 41b 0
Betting—Even on Corsican, 5 to 1 agst Ellerslie, sto
1 agst Jest, and 6to 1 agst Teetotum. This race admits
of very little in the shape of description, Ellerslie having
made all the running, and winning very easily by a
length, Hornpipe a good third, and Swordplayer fourth.
Run in 1 min. 47 secs.
Match, 200, h ft. A.F.
Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst 71b, agat Mr. Grc-
yille's Geraldine, 7st 121 b—off by consent.
Subscription Plate of 501. T.Y.C.
Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob (Barthok mew) 1
Lord Stanley's Bowstring, 4 yrs •.• 2
Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 3 yrs ..• ••• 3
Mr. St. Aubyn's Julie, 5 yrs ..• ••• ... 4
5 to 1 on the Cob, and 7 to 4on Bowstring. A splendid
race between the first two was won on the post by a neck.
Run in 1 min. 12 secs.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for three yrs old. T.Y.C.
Mr. G. H. Moore's Wilmot, Bst 31b ... (Butler) 1
Sir G. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst 31b • 2
7t04 on Lovelace. Won by half a length. Run in
1 min. 20 secs.

LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.

14 to 1 agst War Eagle
17 to 1 agst Glen Saddel
25 to 1 agst Inheritress
30 to 1 apt Lightning
TWO THOUSAND
6 to 4 agst Blaze

9 to 1 agst Springy Jack
0 to 1 agst Surplice
1 to 1 apt Glendower—t
3 to 1 agst Loadstone—t
OA

40 to 1 agst The Magnet
50 to 1 agst Giselle—t
50 to 1 agst Sunnyside—t

GUINEA STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Flatcatcher
IBY.
17 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume
28 to 1 agst Swiss Boy
50 to 1 agst Sponge

10 to 1 agst Lola Montez 16 to 1 agst lodine
15 to 1 agst Queen of the 16 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth
May 20 to 1 agst Prairie Bird
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
Subscription Plate of 50 sovs. D.M.
Mr. J. S. Douglas's Sam Hood, 3 yrs
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Black Ball, 3 yrs
Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, 3 yrs
Mr. Hussey's Embrace, 3 yrs
Mr. Francis's Nautila, 4 yrs
Sir J. Hawley's Millwood, 4 yrs
Lord Orford's Craftsman, 4 yrs
Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs
Mr. Hargreave's No go (late Crim. Con.), 6 yrs
Handicap of 20 sons. each, &C.; for four yrs old, &c. A.F.
Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 4 yrs
Lord Clifden's Sagacity, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs
Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Blaze (4 to 1 agst Flateateher—t.
It CUP.
40 to 1 agst Magnet
50 to 1 agst Giselle
50 to 1
>unnyside—t.
Lauriae
g_stt Sir Peter

CHESTS
13 to 1 agst War Eagle
17 to 1 agst Glen Saddle
25 to 1 agst Inheritress
30 to 1 agst Lightning—t
50 to 1 agst

DERBY.
9to 1 agst Springy Jack 18 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume
10 to 1 agst Surplice 28 to 1 agst Swiss Boy
11 to 1 agst Glendower—t 50 to 1 agst Sponge
13 to 1 agst Loadstone—t 50 to 1 agst Cervus
50 to 1 agst Rosslyn.
The Handicap Sweepstakes for Thursday is no race.
CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASES—TUESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c., with
100 added. Four miles.
Mr. Storey's Standard Guard, lOst 121 b ...... (Taylor) 1
Mr. Kitten's Link Boy, 9st 51b ...........................
Mr. Brown's Dubious, lOst 101 b ......................... 3
All ran but Pullaway, Beltshazzar, the Dove and
Gayhurst.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. About
three miles. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Davenport's Thurgarton .................. (Archer) 1
Mr. 011iver's Vanguard .................................... 2
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added;
All started but Redshank.
Three miles
Mr. Brotheridge's Free and E ........... 1
asy ............
Mr. Hawkins's Dursley
...
Mr. W. Arkell's Conrad .................... . .............. 3
Match-1W sovs.. Four miles. 1
Captain Little's Pullaway ........................ (011iver)
Mr. Stuart's The Dandy ................................... 9
12st each.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE C ITY.—
Yeiterclay afternoon Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner,
end a numerous jury, assembled at the Cross Keys hotel,
Gracechurch-street, for the purpose of inquiring into the
circumstances connected with the late destructive fire
which occurred upon the premises ofMr.Gladwell, carver
and gilder, No. 21, in the same street. The jury re-
turned a verdict that " There was not sufficient evidence
to prove how the fire originated, but they believed it was
purely accidental."
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THE CO g
NWAY TUBE.--The Conway
in 1,300 tons, was raised 14 feet on Aconday morning,
h-
during a storm of hail. Only ten men were employed
in the operation, and the presses were found to answer
admirably. The rising was at the rate of twelve feet
per hour. The operation was conducted by Mr. Edwin
Clark, assistant engineer to Mr. Robert Stephenson, at
Conway.
CHRIST'S IIoSPITAL.--lit a Court of' Governors
of Christ's Hospital,
Highness Prince Alfred
ahnamextir3aigeto:—n,
was appointed a Gover-
nor. Her Majesty had been . graciously pleased to
held on Tuesday, hi, Royal
transmit to the hospital a donation of 500/. on behalf of
the youthful Prince, with the expression of her wish that
tbhyeMr.
ueen to announce to you that
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he should be appointed a Governor, in a letter written
it is her Majesty's wish that his Royal Highness Prince
" I am authorised by the Q
Alfred should become a Governor of that excellent
treasurer,G . NV W.
from Anson
whichto A 1
tr h.
institution of Christ's Hospital. Her Majesty most
highly appreciates the benefits which Christ's Hospital
confers throughout the country, and is glad of every op•
portunity of marking her sense of its value." We give the
following passage from the address of the Governors in
reply:—" The Governors have received with peculiar
pleasure this additional mark of your Majesty's approba-
tion and favour, inasmuch as the continued interest which
your Majesty takes in the welfare of the school of
Christ's Hospital affords to the country and to the world
a pledge and assurance of the anxious desire of your
Majesty to foster and extend the blessings of a sound,
moral, and religious education to the poorer classes of
your Majesty's subjects, which fits the objects of it for
the business of life and prepares them to be useful mem-
bers of society, to be good men and loyal subjects. The
Governors desire to express their ardent hope that your
Maj-sty may live long in the enjoyment of health and
happiness, to continue to Christ's Hospital the benefit of
your exalted patronage, and to the United Kingdom the
blessings of paternal government." There are now five
members of the Royal Family Governors of Christ's
Hospital—her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince George of Cambridge.
SUPPOSED SuIPwRECIC OF THE Sine EWART. A
plank has been thrown on the beach in the Bay of
Dinan, near Camaret, on which the name Ewart is
written in gold letters. It is supposed to be the wreck
of an English ship, lost in the storm of the 26th of
February.
THE POSTMAN BRADLEY.—The Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury 1
ave, upon the Iwo
.a
mendation of the Postmaster-General, granted Bradln?.
the letter-carrier who was so brutally treated in M. ly,
are-
court, Wood-street, some time ago, while in the execu-
tion of his duty, the sum of 1001. per annum for his life.
1 Bradley will receive the amount quarterly in the form
of a superannuation allowance, he having been discharged
from.future duty.

LITERATURE.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF- FEB-
RUARY, 1848. 1 Vol., pp. 383. By Percy B.
St. John.

The author of this attractive volume has been
doubly fortunate—an a man and as a writer—in wit.
nessing the late remarkable and glorious revolution.
We, residents in England are fortunate likewise in
the circumstance that Mr. Percy St. John was a
sojourner in Paris during the immortal days of Feb-
ruary. He has appreciated so accurately the
position of parties in the French capital ; he ob-
served the 6 meutes so vigilantly; he sympathised
with the people so thoroughly ; he has de-
scribed recent occurrences with a pencil so vivid,
so rapid, and so inimitably copious (considering
that the book under consideration was completed
within a fortnight after the transference of the Go •
vernrnent from the Tuileries to the Hotel de Ville),
that we may well congratulate ourselves on the coin-
cidence of his presence throughout the disturbances.
Those who may erroneously anticipate from the
title-page a narrative of the entire revolution from
personal observation are sanguine overmuch, and (if
the apparent play upon words is allowable) frivolous
over more. 'They are associating the divine attribute
of übiquity with the body of a mere bookman. No
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Mr. St. John has judiciously collected his materials
from a variety of authentic sources—from his own
experience as an eye-witness, from the hearsay of
trustworthy informers, from orations, reports, pro-
clamations, and printed sketches. The book evi-
dences in every sentence the hurry in which it was
composed and the excitement with which it was pro-
jected; yet these very characteristics—characteristics
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This accumulation of reasons for an insurrectionary
movement has long been notorious. Chapter 11.
displays the overt progress of the popular opposition
as revealed by the " Reform Banquets" in the vicinity
of the capital, and in the departments ; and thus
preludes the opening of the newly-elected Parliament
of 7

" To face the Legislature, composed of a compact
majority of contented placemen, ministers, and personal
friends of King and Cabinet, there was an old King, who
for eighteen years had succeeded every day in adding
some link to the chain of power, with one son, the future
regent; another married to the heiress presumptive to
the throne of Spain ; another Viceroy of Algeria ;
another with a high position in the navy; a daughter the
wife of a neighbouring King ; in close alliance with the
Monarch of Austria, and ruling in Spain through his
creatures; with an army general!ed and officered at his
will ; a capital surrounded by the most extraordinary
fortifications in the world, and commanded by eighteen
detached forts ; a police the most perfect and extensive
known to civilized society, and composed not only of
constables, but of regiments of horse and foot;—he
seemed to occupy an impregnable position, from which
nothing but the thunder of the Almighty could dislodge
him; a Cabinet, headed by a great orator and historian,
though an impracticable statesman, enjoying the friend-
ship and support of its Sovereign, and commanding a
perfectly servile cohort of Deputies in the Chamber.
" The Opposition was in itself weak, but in the errors
of their opponents they were mighty ; for the Cabinet
of the 29th of October stood before the country con-
victed of corruption and servility; of alliance with abso-
lutism ; of opposing the liberal intentions of the Pope;
of conniving with Jesuits to enslave Switzerland; of im-
pelling Ferdinand of Naples to resist the just demand of
his subjects ; and, worse than all, of having, in their
anxiety to curry favour with the dynasty, given way to
every counter-revolutionary scheme of Louis Philippe. "
In Chapter 111. " the opening of the Chambers "
(the last session of the Parliament of the French
monarchy) by Louis Philippe, in person, on the
28th December, 1847, is described with graphic
brilliancy. Chapter IV. glances at " the February
sittings of the Chambers," and recounts very mi-
nutely " the preparations for the great Reform Ban-
quet." Chapter V. begins the diary of the revolution
with " Sunday and Monday, February 20 and 21 ;"‘
Chapter VI., " Tuesday, February 22 ;" Chapter
VII., " The night of the 22d and 23d ;" Chapter
VIII., " The last night of the French Monarchy."
Chapter IX. is an interpolation, detailing a '6 pep-
sonal narrative." Chapter X. depicts " the fall of
Louis Philippe." Chapter XI. gives a rather
meagre outline of " the taking of the Tuileries."
Chapter XII. details with a punctilious nicety
" the last sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,"
a scene which Mr. St. John correctly declares to be
" unparalleled in the history of any revolution."
Chapter XIII. is another episode or " personal nar-
rative." Chapter XIV. records " the proclamation
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biographic epitome of the careers of Louis Philippe
—of Francois-Pierre Guizot, born 14th October,
1787—0 f Louis Adolphe Thiers, born 16th April,
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1797—0 f Louis Mathieu Mole, born in 1780--of
Odilon Barrot, born 19th July, 1790—and of Thomas
Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, born in 1786.
Chapter XVII. concludes the volume with eight very
different profiles, namely, those of the Ministers of the
Provisional Government— Alphonse du Prat, after-
wards called Lamartine, born 21st October, 1790;
Dominique Francois Aran n, born 26th February,
1786 ; Cremieux, Ledru _Rollin, Marie, Marrast,
Flocon, Louis Blanc, and Albert. Here are a few
anecdotes of the revolution, culled from the present
volume,
in consequence of their novelty and signifi-
cance :

THE FIRST DREAM OF A REPUBLIC.
" One, a warm enthusiastic Republican, said, 'Mon-
sieur, give me a roun3 sum of money and a dozen reso-
lute men, and I will revolutionize Paris in one night.'
I asked how. The sacristains of Paris, like the priests,
are all Carlists. I would go round to th 4 m, and hold-
ing out hopes, that atter a revolution Henry V. would
stand a good chance if he had the friends he was as-
serted to have. I would beg or buy admission into
every church in Paris. In each I would place one de-
termined man, who tonight, at midnight, should sound
the tocsin, when all would be over; the rising would be
general; every one would rush to arms, and before dawn
Paris would be ours. Bonjour, monsieur,' and the
journeyman painter, who had been speaking, walked
away, leaving me convinced of the deep-rooted hatred
of monarchy which had put such notions into the
people's minds."