The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1848.

One of those excentrsc discussions which never take
place anywhere but in the House of Lords occupied
the attention of our hereditary legislators yesterday
evening. It was a discussion provoked by the in-
quiry of Lord KINNAIRD as to whether or no the
Government were prepared to lay before Parliament
printed copies of documents relating to the recent
disturbances in Posen. Lord KINNAIRD, we say,
made the interrogation, Lord HARROWBY objected to
the production of the required papers as constituting
an unwarrantable interference in foreign politics on
the part of the British Legislature. Lord BEAUMONT,
on the contrary, considered that such a proceeding
would not only be perfectly justifiable, but that it
was in a great measure incumbent upon the adminis-
tration ; and Lord LANSDOWNE settled the matter,
off hand, by declining altogether to entertain the
notion of such an official reprint, being a reprint of
documents referring exclusively to a remote quarter
of the European continent, and involving in no re-
spect whatever either the interests of the English
people or the character of the English Government.
From the particular stress laid upon the inquiry by
Lord KINNAIRD, from the peculiar curiosity
evinced by Lord BEAUMONT, and from the ear-
nestness of tone which characterised the whole of
this interjectional debate, any one ignorant of the
late revolutionary movement in Prussian Poland
inand
would certainly have conjectured that the papers
question were as rare and precious curiosities as a
halcyon's egg, or an autograph of SHAKsPEax
little dreaming that every one of those documents
(the Convention signed at Jaroslawiec on the 11th ,
of April, 1848, between the Commissary of the King
of PRussu and the Polish National Committee, the
Piveasnotien issued from Boguszyn on the 17th of

Nwil, by General VON WILLISEN, and the Address
to the Commissary voted at a meeting of the inha-
bitants of Berlin on the 26th of April, and subse-
quently conveyed to General %VILLISEN by a deputation
of those citizens,) were already familiar to every ob-
servant man in Christendom. It is the prerogative
indeed of the European press, the presa of Germany,
of France, of Italy, of the Peninsula, and of Great
Britain, alike, to anticipate the sluggish compositors
and tardy pressmen employed by their several Go-
vernments ; and in illustration of this circumstance it
is only necessary to remark that many thousand
copies of the very papers demanded last night with
so much solicitude by Lord KINNAIRD have been
long since distributed throughout the United King-
dom by the aid of journalists and the pam-
phleteers.
As was intimated yesterday evening in the Upper
House of the British Parliament, those documents
are of a very peculiar and remarkable importance,
seeing that they vindicate the unfortunate population
of the Duchy of Posen from the charges of cruelty,
brutality, and faithlessness bruited against them by
their antagonists. To give an epitome of the occur-
rences which have latterly transpired among the
Poles situated on the frontiers of Prussia Proper, and
to give that epitome with more direct authentications

than were adduced either last night by Lord KIN-
NAIRD, or on the night of the 16th of May by Lord
DUDLEY STUART, will, we doubt not, prove by no
means unacceptable.
Of the three divisions of Poland, Posen has enjoyed
the most liberal institutions—institutions almost the
direct antithesis of those under which the Gallicians
and Lithuanians have groaned since the first epoch
of the partition. Nevertheless, after the grand out-
burst of democracy in Berlin, on the 13th of March,
it was but natural that a vision of brighter days to
Poland should have lured that enthusiastic people to
a sympathetic demonstration, and should have in-
flamed their hearts with the idea of the resurrection of

their nationality. Palpitating with these hopes,
Posen rose, almost to a man, on the 20th of March,
and in scarcely seven days there sprang into existence
an army of liberation, an army of peasants, from
20,000 to 25,000 strong, an army of patriots, bearing
in their hands every description of weapon, from the
huntsman's fowling-piece to the mower's scythe. A
Committee of Safety was constituted, a deputation
from the committee proceeded to the capital city of
Berlin, demanding from the SOVEREIGN concessions
akin to those which had already been accorded
to the Prussians, those demands were frankly
acceded te, and the deputation returned homewards
in exultation. Meanwhile the Prussian soldiers,
driven out of the metropolis by the population, had
gone a-crusading against the inhabitants of the
doomed Duchy, to the number of 45,000, 20,000
of which troops were quartered in the city of Posen
alone. Without the permission, and certainly with-
out the instigation of the Prussian Ministry, these
bticcaneering warriors roved in formidable bands over
the country, slaughtering the people en masse, and
ravaging several districts with all the barba-
rities of fire and sword, of rape, carnage,
and spoliation. In the midst of these fright-
{ ful atrocities an extraordinary commissary
General VON WlLLisEN—was dispatched from
the seat of Government, in the hope of leading to a
speedy pacification of the Duchy. On the arrival of
this commissary, what was the position of affairs ?
The Prussian troopers, drunk with their previous
butcheries, were preparing for a general mas-
sacre ! Thanks, however, to the energetic saga-
city of General Vox WILLIS EN, a Convention
between the belligerents, signed on the 11th of
April, restored tranquillity, to all appear-
ance, to the Duchy ; the Poles, in fulfilment
of the stipulations of the Convention laying down
ther arms. That the Poles did in truth fulfil those
stipulations is manifest from the assertion made by
the Commisary in the very preamble of his proclama-
tion, to the effect that "the conditions of the Conven-
tion were executed most conscientiously, and with the
utmost punctuality and vigour by the Polish com-
manders." Yet immediately the poor peasantry of Posen
had resigned their arms in a perfect reliance upon
Prussian honour, they were deliberately fusilladed
as they passed through the villages by Jews and Ger-
mans lying in ambuscade. Six Polish officers were
shot—" erroneously and accidentally shot," as was
afterwards confessed by their assassins, and a
variety of other barbarous and perfidious deeds drove
the inhabitants into a mood of absolute distraction.
Who can blame them that they rose again ? Who
can be amazed to find that bands of these simple
peasants, armed only with scythes, could reap
down the warriors of Prussia like stubble in
the frenzy of their indignation ? It is
against the horrible cruelties inflicted upon
the people of Prussian Poland—cruelties which
for a moment distracted the peasantry to such a
pitch of heroism that for the moment they were vic-
torious under appalling odds—that the voice of
Christendom has become so clamorous ; it is that
which seems to impend, like a thunderbolt, over the
Palace of the Great FREDERICK; it is that which had
deprived the reigning monarch of Prussia of the mere
chance of the imperial diadem of Germany !

The debate on the West Indian question has again
been adjourned, the House having now been occu-
pied no less than four nights in the discussion of the
preliminary resolutions. Should these resolutions be
carried, and a Bill founded thereon introduced, there
will be no less than seven stages through which it
will have to pass before it can be sent to the House
of Lords, and as it will be a money Bill, in which,
according to the standing rules of the House, no two
stages can be disposed of on the same day, a con-
siderable period must elapse, even under the most
favourable circumstances, before the propositions
submitted by the Government for the relief of the West
Indian colonists can pass into a law. These propositions
are undoubtedly of a beneficial character for the colo-
nists. The temporary protection afforded by the Act
of 1846 is intended to be increased both in amount
and in duration. A considerable reduction is to be
made in the differential duties between rum and Bri-

tish spirits, and a large sum of money (.500,0001.
sterling, in addition to 160,000/. already granted), is
to be advanced to the colonies for the purpose of
enabling them to obtain an adequate supply of labour
for the cultivation of their plantations, which has been
described as the great desideratum with which they
Would be enabled successfully to compete with the
slave-holding states. It cannot be denied that these are

important boons, which should be received with gra-
titude by the
parties for whose especial benefit they
are conceded. The only possible question, with the
greatest advocate for protection is,
whether they
afford adequate relief, and are sufficient
to stimulate
the failing energies of
the planters, who are, unques-
tionably, in common with every other in eres t t , as
well domestic as colonial, suffering under the pres-
sure of the unparalleled distress of last year. Full
justice should, therefore, be rendered to her MA-
JESTY'S Government for the spirit in whi •
ch they have
entered upon the consideration of the question, and
their aexiety to grant every assistance uot inconsis-
tent with their duty to the community at large.
It must not be supposed that the planters are
the only persons whose interests are involved in
the result. Our own industrious and hardworking
population are also deeply concerned. Sugar is now
an article of daily consumption with the working
classes, and any addition to the cost price thereof
must inflict a serious injury on them. The sums of
which they would thus be deprived would not in-
crease the national revenue, or diminis.h the other
burdens by which the public are oppressed. They
would be levied for tha benefit, or fancied. benefit, of
a particular class, and the probable resul t would be
to prevent parties from exhibiting that active in-
dustry, and introducing those improvements in the
cultivation and manufacture of the article, which
would prove a thousand times more beneficial,
and create greater prosperity, than the es-
tablishment of the most stringent monopoly.
The great principle of free trade must not be aban-
doned. On this point there can be no retrogression.
The country will no longer permanently sanction im-
posts on sugar for the mere purpose of protecticn any
more than on any other commodity. By the Act of
1846 this point was clearly decided. Bu.t the Legis-
lature did not desire that the erroneous system should
be changed with too great rapidity, or without afford-
ing a reasonable time for the transition. What was
then considered a reasonable protection was granted
by that Act, but various circumstances deprived the
colonists of the full benefit which it was intended they

should receive. The Under-Secretary for
the Colonies last night stated two reasons why
the law then enacted should be modified-Ist, " That
the commercial distress so universally prevalent had
deprived the West Indies of a portion of that time
which they might otherwise have used in preparing
for free trade ;" and 2dly, " The introduction which
was not anticipated of a superior quality of sugar,
65., which sugar was worth more in the market
relatively to other sugars, and came in at
a _less duty." It therefore became necessary to
carry out the spirit of the law, the real
intention of the Legislature in sanctioning these
enactments—and the alterations now contemplated
are for that purpose and no other. The duties on colo-
nial sugar would, from the sth of July, having been
145., and on foreign 18s. 6d. That for colonial will be
reduced to 135., 'while; the duty on ordinary foreign
Muscovado is to remain, as fixed by the Act of
1846; but that on brown clayed sugar is to remain
for another year, until the sth of July, 1849, at the
present duty of
.20s. That will afford, as shown by
the Hon. Member for Dartmouth, on Thursday,
increase of protection of from 33 to 34 per cent.,
and give it for an additional period of two years. It
is hard, indeed, to satisfy the Protectionists, when
even these concession are received not only without
thanks but with vituperation and reproaches.
We cannot conclude without censuring the unfor-
tunate practice in which the Protectionist Leader so
frequently indulges, of making the most serious
personal charges against his political opponents. It
is perfectly legitimate to examine the .policy of their
measures, and to reprehend their actions if they
should be found worthy of censure ; but it is most
improper to impute gross fraud and dishonesty to
gentlemen of the most unimpeachable characters,
without the most convincing evidence thereof. On
Thursday much valuable time was unnecessarily
consumed in consequence of the Noble Lord, the
Member for King's Lynn, intimating that
the Government were bargaining with the Irish
Members, in order to obtain their support to the Bill.
Two hours were wasted in the discussion that took
place thereon. But even that was pardonable when
compared with his most unjustifiable attack last night
upon as high-minded a nobleman and as upright and
honourable a gentleman as any who have ever taken
a part in public affairs. Lord GREY and Mr. B.
HAwEs scarcely require that their characters for in-
tegrity and good faith should be vindicated before their
countrymen. Full and convincing answers, however,
were given by their colleagues in the Ministry to the
unwarrantable charges made against them. Lord
GEORGE BENTINCE. should consider that undue per-
sonalities never further any cause, and that they are
more calculated to recoil on and injure the vitupe-
rator than the persons on whom his reproaches have
been lavished. Sir ROBERT PEEL never stood higher
in the opinion of his countrymen, or cbtained greater
sympathy from all classes, than when he so con-
vincingly repelled the aspersions that had been cast
upon him by the Noble Lord in reference to the
premature decease of Mr. CANNING.

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived.

The Carlist general Emo has entered Navarre,
and CABRERA and ZARIATEGURI are at Toulouse with
SALAMANCA and Don ENRIQUE, concerting measures
for a general rising throughout Spain—a rising that
cannot but be successful, as CRRISTINA and NARVAEZ
have exhausted all the available resources of the
Treasury.
ISTuRITz passed through Bayonne on the 19th. It
is said that he is excessively disgusted with the con-
duct of NARVAEZ and SOTOMAYOR towards Sir
HENRY: BULWER.
The Bolsa was closed on the 18th.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Minister of Marine communicated to the
Assembly dispatches which he had received
from the colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
The Governor of those islands wrote to say that
considerable disturbances had occurred at St. Pierre
and Point-a-Pitre, as well as in the interior of the
islands. It was on the 20th of May that the distur-
bances began. The slaves evinced a spirit of insu-
bordination, which went on increasing to the 22d.
Houses were burned down at St. Pierre, where, in
one house, 35 persons perished. The Governor, by

the advice of the Colonial Council, and as the best
means of restoring calm, proclaimed the total aboli
tion of slavery, which took place on the 23d. The
agitation spread to Guadaloupe, and the same mea-
sure was had recourse to, and the abolition of sla-
very was proclaimed. When the Governor had sent
off his dispatches on the 23d, matters had become
more tranquil, and it was hoped that there would
be no further disturbance. Such, said the Minister
in conclusion, is the true state of the case; and his
statement would have the effect, he hoped, of pre-
venting too ready belief being given to exaggerated
rumours.

A private letter from Martinique, of the 24th ult.,
gives the following details of the rising of the slaves
in the island :

"On the 24th, M. Duchamp, landowner, residing in
the commune of the Pretcheur, obtained permission
from the authorities to cause one of his slaves, who had
committed the crime of talking politics, to be arrested.
Four gendarmes proceeded to effect the arrest; but being
hooted and attacked by his fellow-labourers, it was with
difficulty they succeeded in lodging him in gaol. No
s,.,oner was this dune than an immense crowd furiously
demanded his release. Shortly after, the men employed
on the neighbouring estate:, called tNether by the
blowing of horns, descended in arms on the town. By
that time the people had begun to utipave the streets anti
to form barricades, when M. Papy, a citizen of great
energy and influence, first deputy to the mayor, feeling
the imprudence of the arrest, and that it might cause fatal
consequences, ordered the prisoner to be set at liberty,
which was done. But it was too late—aaother imprudence
compromised all. Fear, and the sentiment of preservation,
caused a certain number of white persons to assemble
at the house of M. de Sannois, one of the largest in the
town. One of them, M. Desabey, fired on a baud which
was passing along the street. A man fell mortally
wounded, and immediately the people of the city, and
the population of the country, assembled round the
corpse, crying, and demanding vengeance. The hotel
was invaded, and every one of the men who were there
perished. The revolution began to the cries of 'Vive
la Liberte and on both sides victims were counted.
M. Fourniol, jun., was killed. Presently a fire broke
out in the quarter of the fort, and numerous victims
perished in the flames. In one house there were no less
than 35 victims. At the Px,ieheur, the gendarmerie and
the crew of a vessel fired on the slaves, who were march-
ing in columns to cries of ' Vivo la LibertaT Many fell,
but the columns continued to march, and threw them-
selves on the town, which became the scene, of frightful
carnage. The flames subsequently consumed three-
fourths of the houses. At Fort de France the news of
what occured at St. Pierre caused an impression impos-
sible to describe. We have also had our day of revolu-
tion, but to-day all is calm."

The discussion on the Government project for the
seizure of the railways was commenced on Thursday in
the National Assembly. The general feeling appears
to be against the measure. M. DE MONTALEMBERT
opposed it, because in his opinion it is the first step
towards Communism, towards making the Govern-
ment the sole proprietor and the sole employer in
the State. In the meanwhile Socialist clubs are
agitating, and the ouvriera in the Ateliers Nationaux
are preparing for an outbreak. The Journal des Debate
gives the following account of the proceedings of
the ouvriers

Ateliersl2,ooortasNeolia3ma:hoeiadvay.s past the Government, pressed by the
energetic resolutions of the Assembly, has considered it
its duty to take measures for the dissolution of the
go to the onaux A fresh census has been made, and
provinces
enmscribed their names as being
endea-
voured to excite ready to
would be ill-treated icnant
agitatorsdis went among them, and quired. Some es wherever their services may be re-
thent, by telling them that 'they
beeenprovinces, and that those who
had already gone had beaten by the country people.
On T band
Thursday morning a
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about
demanded4oo an A, o rkm
inter-
viewenproceeded to the Luxembourg,
Committee.
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wishhimin,g to ad-
telling
him that as he formed part of the bard ("1 r' eerses
which had
invaded the Chamber, he could not consich r him as the
organ of the workmen, and turning to the other four
can
said, ' You are not the slaves of that man, you
point out your wishes as well as he can.' M. Marie,
;after listening with the most patient attention to
their compkiets, sought to dissuade them from allow-
ing themselves to be led away by agitators, who
wished to put them into a stale of rebellion against
authority and society. lie fully assured them that the
Government were zealously employed in considering of
the best means of improvirg their condition. It would
appear that the delegates had not correctly reported to
their comrades the remarks of M. Marie, for they said
that he had tailed them slaves. The whole band then
began to raise cries of ' A bas Marie f' ' A bas la j

Commission Executive !" A bas l'Assemb!63 I' Some
of the m ran towards the bel• ry of the Church of Saint 1
Sulpice, near which they bad waited the return of their
delegates, evidently with the intention of sounding the
tocsin, but, fortunately their intention was foreseen and
the door closed. The band then proceeded towards
Faubourgs Saint Antoine and Marceau, gradually in-
creasing in numbers as it went. In the evening it took
up its station on the Place de la Bastille and the Bar-
riere du Trone. Commissaries of police received orders
to proceed to the spot to disperse them. The only
cries which were raised were Vice Napoleon 1'
Vive l'Empereur A bas Marie ! ' ' Nous reste-
rens ! ' The Government fearing that these perturba-
tors might proceed to the Assembly, ordered the armed
force there to be increased, and General Negrier, one of
the questors of the chamber, took the command of all
the troops on duty.
" MIDNIGHT.—The manifestations made during the
day by a part of the workmen of the ateliers national*:
caused great agitation in Paris during the evening.
The neighbourhood of the Hotel de Ville was crowded
with people, and numerous bands were also assembled on
different points of the Boulevards. At about eight
o'clock the Place du Pantheon was covered with
several thousand workmen, from whence they proceeded
in a column, with a flag at their head, towards the Place
de la Bastille and the Quartier Saint Antoine. Every •
precaution was taken at the Hotel de Ville, and after
the above column had passed through it was surrounded
by the armed force. The National Guards were called
out by summons at their respective houses, but the
rappel was not beaten : and at ten o'clock a largo force
took up their station on the Place. At eleven o'clock a
battalion of the line marched into the prefecture of
police, and the peristyle of the Palais de Justice was
guarded by a body of the Garde Mobile, and at all the
Mairies a large force was kept in reserve. The night
passed off without any collision."
Qpiignani contains the following :
" The resolution come to that the workmen employed
in the ateliers nationaur shall be paid by the piece, and
not by the day, has, during the last two or three days
given rise to loud remonstrances, and in some places
would have led to acts of violence, had not the Govern-
ment taken ample measures of prevention. To notice
one exemple, the men at Puteaux, between Neuilly and
Surestre, positively refused to submit to this arrange-
ment; whereupon the local authorities, after having in
vain reasoned with theca, declared that if they persisted
in their refusal they should be dismissed, and men from
other ateliers nationaux called upon to take their work.
The refractory men replied that if such an attempt were
made it would be resisted. Under this threat, and upon
a report from the local authorities, to the Minister of
Public Works and the prefect of police, three battalions
of the Garde Mobile, quartered at Courbevoie, a
fourth at Rueil, and a regiment of the line in the same
quarters, were kept under arms, ready to march at the
first call. But fortunately their services were
not wanted ; for, when the men from Paris ar-
rived; those of Puteaux received them without any
violent resistance, and calmly exposed to them
the grounds of their objections against piece work.
They also said that they did not think it equitable that
the engraver, the cabinet-maker, the piano manufac-
turer, the jeweller, and artisans of that class, should be
brought into competition with the labourer of Alsace
and the mason of Greuse, who were able to earn from
3f. to 4f. a day, while the persons alluded to, with all
their exertions and fatigue, could not gain more than a
few centimes. The men from Paris urged some strong
arguments in reply, but, as the men of Puteaux made
no use of violence, they withdrew without coining to
any collision. However, at not many paces distant, on
the road from Puteaux to Suresne, there are to be found
artisans at work by the piece in the making of a main
drain, each of whom earns from 2i. 50:.. to 3f. in a day
of eight hours. The men of Puteaux were well inclined
to prevent these men from continuing their work, but
were overawed by the imposing force known to be sta-
tioned around—and, it may be added, the marks of dis-
I approbation from the people in general—and thus pre-
vented from making any hostile demonstration. At nine
o'clock last night they remained quiet, although some in
the public-houses, and in the micelle of groupe out doors,
endeavoured to keep tip the excitement.
" The hat-manufacturers have for several days past re-
sumed a certain degree of activity. Some of the men
have returned to their work, but the greater number have
refused to do so. Hence have arisen serious collisions
between the two parties. On Tuesday, one of the minor
party, against whom loud threats had been uttered, on
coming out of his manufactory, was escorted home to his
lodging, in the Rue Bourtibourg, by a party of the gar-
diens de Paris, sent expressly for his protection. When
they arrived at his house the gardieris left him, as they
believed in safety; but six of the major party, who had
concealed themselves on the staircase of the house, set
Upon him es he was going up, and beat him so severely,
that the poor man, when they left him, was carried up to
his room almost deprived of life. Yesterday a not less
deplorable scene took place in the Rue de l'Homme
Ara*. Another hatter, returning home from work,
was assailed by two of his comrades, and a conflict be-
tween him and them ensued, during which he drew a
poignard, with which, knowing what he had to expect,
he disabled one of his adversaries by stabbing him in the
arm."
INSURRECTION OF THE OUV-
RIERS IN PARIS, ERECTION OF
BARRICADES, FIGHTING IN
THE STREETS, AND GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE.

The attempt to carry into effect the decree order-
ing the enrolment into the army of the workmen, be-
tween the ages of 17 and 25, maintained by the State
in the Ateliers Nationaux, has produced resistance on
their part, and eventually open insurrection. On
Thursday they quitted their workshops, and in bands
of from 500 to 600 paraded the streets with banners.
They then held meetings in the Place of St. Sulpice,
on the Place of the BastPe, and at the Barri4re du
Trone. These were preparatory to the outbreak of
the next day. Of the events of the early part of
yesterday, we find the following account in Galig-
nani's Messenger, which is published at three o'clock
in the afternoon :
" Paris was thrown into consternation this morning
by a report that the workmen of the Ateliers Nationaux
had broken out into open revolt, and constructed barri-
cades at the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis. We regret
to say that this report was soon confirmed. The gene-
rale was beaten for the National Guards, who turned
out, at first rather slowly, but as the danger became
more apparent, the numbers increased rapidly. The
barricades were defended by about six or seven hun-
dredu men, s
of chiefly armed with muskets; but the fau-
rgSt. Martin and St. Denis were filled with
bo
groups of workmen, most of whom appeared to be
waiting for a signal to join the insurgents. The
barricades were formed in the usual way, with public
carriages which had been turned over, and paving
stones and iron railings, which had been torn down. We
are informed that the post of the Bonne Nouvelle was
attacked by the insurgents, who attempted to disarm it,
but met with a courageous resistance, and, after exchang-
ing a few shots, fled. At about 11 o'clock several other
barricades had been erected, and others were erecting;
but as the National Guards and troops of the line were
arriving rapidly and charging upon the groups, it was
hoped that the further construction of barricades would
be prevented. At halt-past twelve a small body of
National Guards came down the Rue d'Aboukir, and at

the corner were fired at by a party of the people. They
immediately returned it, and several men were killed
and wounded. The people then rushed forward
in force, and the National Guards were obliged

to give way. At the corner of the Rue de
Clery a similar scene took place ; the Na-
tional Guards, however, held their ground, and forced

the people to fiy. Our reporter saw one National
Guard wounded, though not seriously. About one
o'clock a smart fire of musketry was opened by the
troops on the barricades erected at the Portes Sr. Mar-
tin and St. Donis, which was at first warmly returned
by the people, but after a few more discharges from the
military the fire of the insurgents slackened, and orders
were given to carry them at the point of the bayonet,
which ich
and
ds done in
in the attack at these points ; but
four style. A great number were,
four of the barricades were carried in succession. Just
at this moment a battery of artillery arrived on the spot
and was place in a position to command them. At the
Hotel de Ville nothing in the shape of a collision had
taken place. The Place was occupied by a large body
of troops and strong bodies of the National Guards,
al aced en echelon in all the streets leading to it, so that
an y attempt to raise barricades would have been imme-
ii ately prevented. The National Guards in that quarter
ha d mustered in very large numbers, and they appeared
to be animated by the most determined spirit. In the
Rue St. Antoine. opposite the Church of St. Paul, a bar-
ricade had been erected, but it was carried by the Na-
tional Guards at the point of the bayonet. Several ar-
rests were made of persons uttering seditious cries, and
one workman, carrying a flag belonging to the Ateliers
Nationaux, was stopped by the National Guards, and his
flag taken from him. At the Palais de Justice two bar-
ricades were formed, which were attacked by the Na_
tional Guards, and taken at the point of the bayonet.
A great number of the defenders of those barricades
have been made prisoners."
The post left at five o'clock, at which time the
fighting continued. The I ational Guards, supported
by the military, had made several attacks on the
ouvriers, who defended their barricades with the
greatest obstinacy, and the loss of life on both sides
has been very great. It was rumoured that the
Executive Committee had resigned their power
into the hands of General CAVAIGNAC, who had been
placed at the head of the armed force. A messenger,
who left Boulogne at four o'clock this morning, states
that at that hour the mail train from Paris had not
arrived, but that it was currently re-
ported in
Boulogne that a collision had
taken place in Paris between the military and

the ouuriers, attended with great bloodshed and
terrific loss of life, and that the Paris and Boulogne
Railway had been broken up,