The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-23 00:00:00

Trig guN LONDON,

Committee had changed everything. It was an
appeal to classes opposed to the Government, and was
dangerous to the peace of the capital. The Govern-
ment was inclined to allow the question to be settled
judicially, but could not allow an imperium in imperio
They therefore resolved to suppress the meeting.
The Chamber immediately afterwards rose in great
agitation.
In the course of the evening the following procla-
mation was posted at the corners of all the streets of

Paris :
" Inhabitants of Paris !—A disquietude injurious •o
labour and business bus reigned for some time in the
public mind. This arises from manifestations in prepa.
ration. The Government, from motives of public order
but too well justified, and exercising the right invested
by the laws, and which has been constantly brought into
use without dispute, has interdicted the banquet of the
12th arrondissement. Nevertheless, as it has declared in
the Chamber of Deputies, as this question was of a
nature to admit of a judicial solution, instead of oppos-
ing by force the projected meeting, it came to a re-
solution to suffer the contravention to be estab-
lished by permitting the guests to enter the
banquet-room, hoping that they would have the pru-
dence to retire at the first summons in order not to
convert a simple contravention into an act of rebellion.
This was the only means of bringing the question before
the supreme Court of Cassation. The Government per-
sists in this determination, but the manifesto published
this morning by the journals of the Opposition an
nounces another object and other intentions"; it sets up
a Government against the true Government of the
country, that which is instituted by the charter, and
which rests upon the majority of the Chambers; it calls
for a public manifestation which is dangerous to the
peace of the city; it convokes, in violation of the law of
1831, the National Guards, whom it arranges before-
hand in regular line by number of legion, with the
cfficers at their head. Here no doubt is longer possible.
The clearest and best established laws are violated.
The Government will cause them to be respected; they
are the foundation and the guarantee of public order.
I invite all good citizens to conform to these laws, and
not join in any assemblage, fur fear it may give rise to
disturbances that may be regretted. I make this appeal
to their patriotism and their right reason, in the name
of our institutions, of public peace, and the dearest
interests of the city.
" G. DELESSERT, Peer of France, Prefect of Pollee.
" Paris, Feb. 21."
At the same time were issued two ordonnances of
police, one prohibiting the banquet, and another pro-
hibiting all assemblages of the people. General
JacsantlitsoT also issued a general order to the Na-
tional Guard, prohibiting their attendance at the
banquet.
The Opposition Deputies, on leaving the Chamber,
proceeded to the house of M. ODILLON BARROT. The
Patric thus announces the result of their delibera-
tions :

" We stop the press to announce that the Opposition
have met at the house of M. Odillon Barrot, and that,
being unwilling► to make themselves responsible, directly
or indirectly, for the consequences which may result
from the new measures adopted today by the Govern-
ment, they have decided that they will not go to the
banquet. They abjure all good citizens to abstain from
any meeting or manifestation which could serve as a
pretext for acts of violence. At the same time the en-
tire Opposition feels that the new resolutions of the
Ministry impose upon them new and grave duties, which
the`• will fulfil."

The Opposition papers of yesterday morning
publish the following address, agreed to at the
meeting at M. ODILLON BARROT'S :

" TO ALL CITIZENS.
" A great solemn man& station was to have taken
place to-day in favour of the right of meeting, which is
contested by the Government. All the measures had
been taken to insure order and to prevent every kind of
disturbance. The Government was informed for several
days of these measures, and knew what would be the
form of that protest. It was not ignorant that the
Deputies would go in a body to the place where the
banquet was to he held, accompanied by a great number
of citizens, and of National Guards without arms.
" It had announced the intention of not throwing any
obstacle in the way of this demonstration, as long as
order should not be disturbed, and to limit itself to
proving, by a proces verbal, what it regarded as a con-
travention, and what the Opposition regards as the
exercise of a just right. All of a sudden, taking as
pretext a publication of which the sole object was to
prevent disorder, which might have arisen from a great
gathering of citizens, the Government has made known
its resolution to prevent by force all assemblages in the
public streets, and to interdict both to the population,
and to all participation in the projected manifestation.
" This tardive resolution of Government would not
allow the Oppositition at So late an hour to change the
character of the demonstration. It finds itself, there-
fore, placed in the alternative either of encouraging a
collision between the citizens and the public force, or of
renouncing the legal and pacific protests upon which it
had resolved. In this position the members of the Op-
position, personally protected by their quality of deputy,
could not willingly expose th© citizens to the conse-
quences of a struggle so injurious to order and liberty.
The Opposition has therefore thought that it ought to
abstain, and to leave to the Government all the respon-
sibility of its measures. It requests all good citizens to
follow its example.
" In thus adjourning the exercise of a right, the Op-
pcsition engages itself to the country to establish this
right by all constitutional means. It will nut be want-
ing in this duty, and it will pursue with perseverance,
and with more energy than even the atrugg!c which it
has tuldertaken against a corrupt, violent, and anti-na-
tional policy.
" In not going to the banquet the Opposition accom-
plishes a great act of moderation and humanity. It
knows that there still remains for it to accomplish a
great act of firmness and justice."
At this meeting it was resolved to impeach the
Ministry, and on Tuesday, at four o'clock, M.
°DILLON BARROT, in the Chamber of Deputies,
moved their impeachment, in compliance with this
resolution. The motion will be supported by MM.
Duvergier d'Hauranne, De Malleville, d'Aragon,
Abatucei, Beaumont (Somme), Georges de Lafayette,
Boissel, Garnier-Pages, Carnot, Chambolle, Drotnyn
del Hwys, Ferdinand de Larteyrie, Havin, de Cour-
tais, Vavin, Garnon, Marquis, Jouvencel, Taillandier,
Bureau de Puzy, Luveau, St. Albin, Carnbaceres,
Moreau (Seine), Berger, Marie, Bethmont, de Thiars,
Dupont (de l'Eure), &c. Should it be rejected, the
Opposition Deputies will at once resign their seats.
Several of the Deputies and Peers wished the ban-
quet to be held in spite of the prohibition of the
Ministers ; among these the most conspicuous was
Count ALTON SIIEE. They went to the offices of the
Reforrne and of the National, declaring that they
would attend the banquet at all risks, and
advising others to follow their example. They
at length, however, yielded to the representa-
tions of their colleagues, and, ere midnight, an
official communication was made to M. DUCHATEL,
announcing that the intention of holding the banquet
had been definitively abandoned. Orders were issued
to the troops not to take possession of the various
military positions in the city at day-break, as had
been previously ordered, but the soldiers were to
remain under arms in their barracks. The people,
however, showed no disposition to obey the proclama-
tion of the Minister, or to attend to the advice of the
Deputies. Thousands continued pouring into the
Place Madeleine and the Champs Elysees during the
whole morning, and the troops were soon ordered
from their barracks, to take military possession of
various parts of the city. The Marseillaise was sung
by the people as they paraded the streets, and rushed
to the attack on the Chamber and on the hotel of the
Minster for Foreign Affairs. It is said that the
Faubourgs also have risen in rebellion, and when the
intelligence of this outbreak shall have reached the
provinces, it is probable that a similar insurrection
will take place in many of the provincial towns, in
which it has been determined hold banquets.
Addresses to the Deputies of the Opposition are
daily arriving from all parts of France.
Notwithstanding the gravity of the situation, the
Funds still kept up. The Three per Cents. opened at
73f. Doc. and closed at 74f.
Galignanis Messenger, which was published yes-
terday at two o'clock, gives the following account of
the proceedings up to that hour :
" Very great excitement has been created in Paris
by the proclamations prohibiting the holding of the
Reform banquet, but we are happy to state that up to
the hour of our going to press no disturbancg had

occurred.
" On the Boulevards, opposite the hotel of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, a dense mass of people
assembled, and it was necessary to call for the assist-
ance of the municipal guards and troops of the line to
keep the mob in movement. This was, however,
effected without any violence, by small patrols being
kept in motion on the footway. The troops of the
line appeared to have been prepared fur active opera-
tions, many of them being provided with pickaxes, as
if to destroy barricades.
" On the Place de la Concorde an immense crowd
had assembled. The bridge was closed at each end
and guarded by a strong body of cuirassiers and
municipal guards, and none but Members of the
Chamber were allowed to pass. When any of the
Opposition Members passed they were loudly cheered.
At intervals, when the crowd became too compact,
the military faced and marched towards them, when
they soon scampered off. The people appeared per-