The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

VICTIMES

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22, 23, AND 24 FEVRIER."
Tri-coloured flags were floating from the public
buildings and many private houses.
At the end of every street leading to the Boule-
vards lines of National Guards prevented the pas-
sage of vehicles of every description, and when their
own turn came to take part in the procession, they
gave the word, the people opened their dense mass, as
it by magic, and the vacant place in the corlese was
occupied.

About one o'clock the funeral ceremony at the
Madeleine had concluded, and the procession began
to move. A vast body of mounted National Guards
led the van, with band at head and tri-coloured ban-
ner flying. The drums and trumpets were all
covered with crape, and crape streamers were at-
tached to every flag staff used in the ceremony.
Alter the above-named body came a squadron of
the horse National Guard, a squadron of dragoons,
and a squadron of cuirassiers each of these
bodies played marches or the heroic airs of
the day the masters of the ceremonies of
the Pompes Funebres, the hands of the first six
legions of the National Guard, headed by their
drums, a company of the first and second battalions
of each legion, composed of National Guards in
uniform and not in uniform, commanded by the
colonel, and between each legion a company of
infantry of the army. After these came the Or-
pheonists, a musical body, taught to sing in masses
by the methode Wilhem ; they bore a banner with
their name inscribed, and were followed by another
with a flag bearing the words " Societe Musicale."
Both of these parties sang occasionally during the
course of their passage, and the effect was admirable.
Next came the employes of the different railways,
with flags. After them came the clergy of the
Madeleine in -six mourning carriages, preceding six
,hearses, each containing several bodies of the victims.
Immense faisceaux of tri- colored flags were displayed
from each corner, and the cords from the four corners
of the bier were held each by a National Guard.
From each hearse floated a flag bearing the words
Victimes de Fe crier." As this part of the cortege
passed every head was uncovered, and the deepest
silence was observed.

A body of National Guards followed, and after
them came a cabriolet drawn by a white horse, and
bearing a flag with the inscription Victimes Politiques
In the vehicle were seated two m'n, both evidently
in bad health. One was said to be BARBEE, and the
other a man naroed HUBERT. The former was an
uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness
and suffering. Behind the cabriolet followed about
ten or a dozen men of various ages, all coming under
the same category of political victims. No group
throughout the day attracted so much attention as
this. After them came a large body of National
Guards, with immortelles at the end of their muskets ;
then the representatives of the various trades and
callings. Then came the municipalities of the arron-
dissements, preceded by the families of the victims,
men, women, and children. Then advanced the
judges and other heads of the various law tribunals
in their black robes and red caps; then next the
medical body ; the freemasons, with a variety of
banners symbolical of their craft; the staff of the
National Guard, of the Ist military division, and of
the Place ; a company of the 3d and 4th battalions
of each legion, composed of National Guards, com-
manded by the Lieutenant-Colonel, and a company
of infantry of the army between each legion.
After these came a part of the procession which
excited universal interest—namely, the schools. They
consisted of the pupils of the Polytechnic establish•
ment, of St. Cyr, of the Marine, and the schools of
Medicine and of Law ; the two last out of uniform.
After these came along such of the wounded as
could bear the fatigue of the day ; they were all,
without exception, young men. They were followed
by the triumphal car of liberty, drawn by eight
white horses. It was a lofty vehicle, perhaps fifteen
to twenty feet high, divided into several compart-
ments, placed on each other, and the whole sur-
mounted with a gilt hand, holding the index and
second finger erect, and the rest closed. The lower
part of the car was covered with crimson velvet,
ornamented with gold, and bearing wreaths of laurel
at the corners. Immense tri-coloured flags were hung
out from each corner, and the centre compartment
bore the word Patric.. Laurel was profusely dis-
tributed over every part of the vehicle, as well as on
the harness at the horses' heads. The housings which
the latter bore were of crimson velvet and gold to
match the car. After this came a large body of
mounted National Guards ; then a number of troops
of the line, the horse artillery, the Fonts. et-Ciaaus-
sees, and at last the Provisional Government and the
Ministers, preceded and followed by the fasces of the
Republic. This part of the procession was most
anxiously regarded, but nothing could be more
simple than their appearance. M. GARNIER PAGES,
in his quality of Mayor of Paris, and some of the
other gentlemen, wore a tricoloured scarf, but the
rest were without any distinctive mark. A squadron
of the Horse National Guard and a squadron of
cavalry of the army closed the procession.
The National Guard which formed the line at
each side, in the centre of the Boulevard from the
Madeline to the Place de la Bastile, placed itself at
the end of the procession, according as its turn came
on. The whole time occupied by the passing of this
immense cortege was within a few minutes of three
hours.

When the procession arrived at th Bastile the
troops filed off to each side, and the ceremony of
depositing the remains of the victims of February by
the side of those of the victims of July, under the
'column of the Place, took place. Several orations
were made by the members of the Provisional Go-
vernment and others, which concluded the ceremony.
Not the least disorder occurred during the whole day.
The Minister of the Interior has sent an order to
the director of the museum of the Louvre for the
opening of the exhibition of 1848 within a fortnight.
All works sent in this year are to be received without
exception. All the artists are to assemble at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts on the sth, at twelve o'clock, to
name a commission of forty members, viz., fifteen
painters, eleven sculptors, five engravers, five archi-
tects, and four lithographers, to assist the directors of
the museum in placing the works to be exhibited.
The Moniteur publishes another decree, which
will be read with universal satisfaction in England.
Slavery is to be abolished at once. The following is ,
the decree :

"FRENCH REPUBLIC.
"LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY.
" The Provisional Government of the Republic,
considering that no French land should any longer
bear slaves,
" Decrees..—
"A commission is instituted under the Provisional
Minister of Colonies and the Marine, to prepare,
within the shortest delay, the Act for the immediate
emancipation of the slaves in all the colonies of the
Republic. " F. ARAGO.
"Pari,,, March 4."

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. illaucH 4.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Namur and Liege, 4:11 ex int.
Northern of France, 514—Paris and Lyons, 2%—Sambre
and Meuse, 6.

FEARFUL CONFLICT AT TIIE FEEJEE ISLANDS.—
EIGHT HUNDRED KILLED.—By the arrival of the
Sydney mail we are informed of a most severe battle
having taken place on the 4th September, at the Fetjee
Islands, between the chiefs and the people of Albau and
Rena, in which the latter were .defeated, but escaped
with a number of their adherents to Juva harbour, abtiut
seven miles west of Rena Roads, where they intended to
settle, all the habitations of Rena being burnt to the
ground by the chiefs of Albau. The number slain on
both sides amounted to upwards of eight hundred, the
bodies of whom still remained exposed there. Fortu-
nately for the missionaries, the scene of warfare occurred
at some distance from their location.

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We are informed that the Emperor of Russia is
serionsl7 indisposed.;

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ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
LYME REGIS.
The Lyme Regis Election Committee re-assembled
this morning; Lurd Ashley in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had
come to the following resolution, with respect to the
point raised on Friday, in reference to the legality of
the petition:—Resolved unanimously, that the Coo'
mittee having seri"usly deliberated on the eorroPi
relation existing between Mr. Attwood and she
voters, whose names appear upon the petitios•
and having ascertained that Mr. Attwood woe
virtually the petitioner in this case, they hare
considered the propriety of stopping the further
progress of the petition, but have resolved unanimooli
that, under the existing law, the Committee have not
the necessary power to do so. Resolved unanimousll
that, in entering on the case of scrutiny, the Committee
will first proceed to strike out the votes of those parties
against whom it has been proved, or shall be proved,
that they have received loans from Mr. Attwood.

The Committee then adjourned fora short time, to
enable counsel to ch,cide what course they would adept
in reference to the scrutiny.

BEWDLEY.
The Select Committee upon the Bewdley Election
Committee reatsembled at the usual time this morning,
Mr. Wrightson in the chair.

St.veral witnesses were examined in support of ill
allerations contained in the petition of treating all°
bribery.

CARLISLE.

The Carlisle Election Committee re. assembled ail
morning; Mr. Divett in the chair.
One additional witness was examined, which closed
the evidence for the sitting Member.
Mr. JAMES then summed up.
Mr. S rgeant WRANGHA.M was about to reply, but WO
interrupted by
The CHAIRMAN, who stated that the Committee wet.
unanimously of opinion that the election was void, but
that Mr. Ilodgson was not disqualified from again be-
coming a Member.
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Mr.—Svrgentit WRANGRAM submitted that Mr, flodr
son ought to be disqualified, or they would never be
able to put down this ungracious system of bribery and
treating. In fact, it Mr. Hodgson were not disqualified,
the Committee would put him in, a position to go down
to Carlisle, and take advantage of the illegal expendi•
ture which had already taken place.

ABOLITION of the INCOME-TAX.

(THIS DAY.)

TIIE PROPOSED MEETING IN TRAFALGAR-
SQUARE DECLARED ILLEGAL BY THE
COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE.

A meeting was called for one o'clock today, by Mr.
Charles Cochrane, in Trafalgar-square, to consider the
best means to be adopted to obtain the immediate and
total repeal of the income•tax. Long before that hour
the steps of the National Gallery, the raised platforms,
the balustrades, and the body of the square were
crowded by respectably dressed persons, the majority
of whom were working men. In the square itself *
gang of ruffians, who could easily be distinguished from
the sober and industrious portion of the throng, amused
themselves by insulting some of the more respectable
portion by knocking their hats over their brows, plucke
ing them off their heads, and tossing them, amidst
boisterous laughter, into the air. The rushing too and
fro of this knot of blackguards was rather irksome. A
tight or two occurred. At length a respectable-looking
young man, whose hat was knocked over his head by
one et these scoundrels, turned upon his assailants, who
forced him to retreat at a violent rate towards one of the
basins; he, however, struck at them, and some respect'
able persons joining him and keeping their ground, their
amusements were in a measure brought to a close. Alto*
ge:her there were about 500 persons present. Shortly'
before the appointed hour Superintendent Pierce and Dr,
spector artin walked through the square and round it,
and the next minute a number of policemen, without the
usual band on their arms which denotes that
they are on duty, appeared at different parts
of die square. Immediately after several men
presented themselves, carrying the following
placard :—" The Coanelisioners of Police having de-
(flared that the public meeting to be held this day its
Trafalgar-square, against the income-tax, is illegal, Mr.
Cochrane respectfully, but earnestly, requests the publis
will not congregate or remain in the square, but return
quietly and orderly to their homes. He deeply regrets.,
in consequence of the decision of the Commissioner',
he has put the public to so much unnecessary income
venience.— Monday morning, March 6, 1848."
The writer of the placard did not present himself,
and many of the people went .away at this intimation;
but the aggregate number of the throng continued to
increase rather than diminish, in consequence of large
numbers of persons flocking towards the spot in the
expectation that the meeting would take place as ati•
nounced.

A working man at this period got upon the balustrade
of the terrace. The crowd flocked towards the spot.
The man said," Brethren, members of the great human/
family," and the crowd composed itself and prepared tae
hear him steak. He did not however address them, but
produced a placard headed " The Revolution in France;
and attc r stating that the " sceptre had fallen out of the
bawds of 1.3 ranny in France," implored them to attend
an open air meeting on Cterkenwell•green this evening.
at five o'clock, to take into consideration the best means
to be adopt&d to obtain the passing of the " Charter."
Mr. U. W. M. REINOLDS then presented himself at
the same part, and suggested, as Mr. Cochrane had not
appeared, in coresequence of au intimation from theCom-
w.ssioners of Police that the meeting would be an illegal
one, that those who had assembled should form them•
selves into a inceting to congratulate the Parisians who
had achieved so great and glorious a victory over tyranny
and oppression.

Thtiuppyarunce of both of these persona brought
pariial cheers from the crowd, who seemed rather Iwo-
wailed at their hurdiliood.

At this point not less than 10,000 or 12,000 Person
were pie,,,ent.

Mr: REYNOLDS, adverting to the purpose for which
the first meeting had been called, declared the income-
tax to be pern►cious, and that nothing should be left
undone to abolish it altogether. If no one would preside
he would do so. The offer was received with great de•
monstrations of applause.
Several other persons, whose names we could not
learn, addressed the meeting in favour of the Charter,
against the income-tax, and in eulogy of the recent pro•
ct,edirigs in Paris.
Resolutions were then passed to the effect that the
income-tax ought. to be abolished at once; and the com-
mittee was directed to write to Sir George Grey, ex-
pressing the opinion of the meeting, and calling upon
the Ministers if they did not consent to repeal the fa%
to resign.

Time cheers were then given for the people of France,
and the meeting separated.
Mr. REYNOLDS, who is the author of the " My&
teties of London," and several other works•
then proceeded down the Strand, followed by some two
or three hundred persons, whom he exhorted to commit
no act of violet:4m, crying out "Bravo Reynolds."
They followed him to his residence, in Upper Welling•
toa-street, from the balcony of which he addressed then'
for some time.

The meeting in Trafalgar square separated on the
understanding that a " monster' meeting should be held
at twelve o'clock on Monday next, on Kennington..
Common.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—An inquest took plea
on Saturday, before Mr. Bedford, the coroner for West-
minster, at the Charing-cross Hospital, respecting the
death of a respectably-dressed female, whose death took
place under the following circumstances:—A young
woman, servant at 110, St. Martin's-lane, stated that on
Tuesday night she saw the deceased sitting on the steps
of the door, and, finding that she was in a weakened do•
beat° state, she got the policeman to take her to the
Charing-cress Hospital. She had previously informed
the witness that she had a son living in the neighbour-
hood of Chelsi a. Mr. Steggles, the house surgeon of the
hospital, stated that he saw the deceased on her adage.
shin, and she appeared dead, but as he considered it
might be a ease of suspended animation, arising from wet
and cold, he directed her to be taken up stairs, so that
every means should be used to restore life. When he
saw her there, however, it was quite evident she was
dead. He had since made a post martens examination of
the body, and found that death was the result of great
disc ase of the lungs. The Coroner asked if any inquiry
had been made to find out who the deceased was? The
sergeant of police stated that information had been sent
to all the stations, but no clue had been obtained which
could lead to the identity of the deceased. The jury
returned a verdict of “ Natural death," and the Coroner
r,commended that the body should be kept at the hos-
pital as long as possible, and that the clothes should be
retained at the workhouse, in the hope that some of her
friends would come forward.
THE PORTSMOUTH MANAGER DONE BY THE LON'
DONER.—A grand concert was given at the Theatre
Royal last night, under the direction of a Mr. Vaudrey;
the vocal performers being Miss Poole, Madame F.
Lablache, Miss Messent, and Signor F. Lablache; the
instrumentalists, Mr. Prospere (ophicleide), Mr. Kiall-
mark (pianoforte), and our fellow-townsman, Ur. J. B.
Chattel ton, the eminent harpist to her Majesty. Aeon•
cert embracing such a combination of vocal and instrue
mental excellence as this we are seldom treated with. It
afforded great delight to a full and fashionable company.
A curious scene presented itself at the close of the aude•
enco. It then appeared that a person of the name of
Vaudrey (a nom de guerrc, by the way), had engaged the
performers for one hundred guineas—they supposing
they were engaged on the respectability of Mr. Hogg.
the lessee of the theatre; Mr. Hogg, on the other hand.
supposed it was a joint professional enterprise of the Ti.
sptetable artistes who had Brformed, and that Vaudrey
was merely the man of business; the performers re-
quested of Mr. Hogg the amount of their engagement.
and Mr. llogg requested of them the hire of his theatre
—at all event}, Mr. Vaudrey was called for, but he was
not forthec ming; he had carefully collected every shil-
ling received at the doors, and for the tickets sold, but
had not left a clue to his whereabout. At present.
therefore, Mr. Hogg and the performers have a sorry
laugh against each other—in which they are joined by
the printer and the bill-sticker, and even by the poor
wretches employed all day in sweating under a large
placarded board. Of course, however, it is only a joke
on the part of Mr. Vaudrey, who intends to return to
give his friends the jollification that he had generously
promised to throw in to-day, into the bargain.—Bants
Telegraph.

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We have to announce the death of Major-General
Aitchison, of the Bow bay Army, and Lieutenant-General
Cleiland Thomas Pollock, also of the Ella India Com•
pany's service.—United Service Gazette.