The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-28 00:00:00

SUT4t, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1846,

Master of us all P The people took the Christ, and
bore it solemnly to the Church St. Roch. Citizens,
of with your hats! Salae Christ P said the people;
and everybody inclined in a religious sentiment. Noble
people 1 who respect all that is sacred ! Noble people
who bless the Being who proclaimed the law of uni-
versal fraternity !" This, we repeat it, is a sublime
token of the legality of this glorious and most com-
plete Revolution. It is a token that the Republican
sentiments of the French co-exist with the vital
energies of Christianity.

The Paris papers of Thursday give the following
account of what will probably be the last sitting of
the Chamber of Peers (as on Friday the Provisional
Government published a decree interdicting the ex-
Chamber of Peers from again holding any sittings),
and of the sitting in the Chamber of Deputies, in
which the Monarchy was rejected and a Provisional
Government was established.
CHAMBER OF PEERS.
SITTING OF FED. 24.

The President took the chair at two o'clock.
About sixty Members were present. The Secretaries
were in their uniform of National Guards.

The Marquis de Boissy complained that the regu-
lations had not been followed the preceding day when
his proposition to interrogate the Ministry, relative
to the state of Paris, was presented.
A short discussion arose on this point, in the course
of which Count de Tascher and M. Barthe declared,
that everything had passed with perfect regularity;
and that besides, the Noble Peer was so constantly in
the habit of abusing the liberty of discussion, that he
ought to be the last person to complain. The matter
then dropped.
The President then rose and said—Now, Gentle-
men, I only know from the Moniteur, that the pre-
ceding Ministry no longer exists, and that a new
Government is being formed. I have not yet re-
ceived any communication and consequently I have
no statement to make to the Chamber. Yesterday
the discussion commenced on the Bill relating to the
mortgage system in the colonies, but no Minister
being now present, that deliberation cannot con-
tinue.

Baron C. Dupin—Besides, the Chamber is not in
sufficient number to deliberate.
Baron Maurice Duval—The Government knows
that the Chambers are sitting. lam of opinion that
we ought to remain in a state of permanence, in order
that if communications be addressed to us, it may
not be necessary to seek us through Paris.—(Yes !)
The Peers then left their seats, and collected round
the President's chair, the sitting being suspended.
About three o'clock, it was rumoured that the
Duchess of Orleans and the Count de Paris were
coming to the Chamber.
Some minutes after the President rose and said, I
have not received any communication, but I am in-
formed that the Regent and the young King are on
their way here.—(Profound sensation.) I shall draw
lots for a grand deputation to go and receive them.
During the drawing lots in the usual way the
public tribunes became filled with a considerable
number of spectators, amongst whom were many
National Guards.

The arm-chairs usually occupied by the Secretaries
were removed, and replaced by others of crimson
velvet for the expected visitors. The President left
his place, and seated himself below, in one of the
benches usually occupied by Ministers.
However, the expectation thus raised was not gra-
tified, and about four o'clock the President and the
Peers withdrew. An usher then announced that the
sitting was over. The spectators retired in consider-
able agitation.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF PEB. 24.

The public sitting was to have taken place at three
o'clock, a meeting in the bureaux being appointed to
be holden previously, but the important events of the
morning caused a change in the order of pro-

ceeding.
The President took the chair at one o'clock.

About 300 Deputies were present from the com-
mencement of the sitting, but nothing was done for

some time.

M. C. Laffitte—Gentlemen, I address myself to all
parties in this Chamber, particularly to the Members
of the extremities, praying them to keep down all
angry passions.—(Hear, hear.) Looking at the cir-
cumstances in which we are now placed, I propose to
the Chamber to declare itself in permanence.—(Loud
cries of " Yes, yes.")
M. Dutier—J demand to have the proposition
postponed, and that the Chamber simply declares
itself sitting, with the faculty of afterwards adopting
such measures as it may deem advisable.—(Yes, yes.)
M. de Cambaceres—l propose that the Chamber
shall remain in permanence until the end of the
crisis.—(Yes, yes.)
the President—There cannot be any other ques-
tion of permanence than this—the Chamber has
opened its sitting, and will remain so as long as no
motion be made to adjourn it.—(Hear, hear.)
About half•past one it was rumoured about that
the Duchess of Orleans and the two young Princes,
her sons, were about to arrive. Shortly after a
movement was apparent in the passage on the left of
the Chamber, and the Duchess and her two sons en-
tered, followed by the Duke de Nemours and the
Duke de Montpensier. The Count de Paris entered
first of all, a person holding him by the hand. With
difficulty he penetrated as far as the semi-circle in
front of the President's chair, so encumbered was it
with Deputies and National Guards. His presence
and that of the rest of the royal party created a great
sensation. The Duchess seated herself in an arm-
chair with her sons at each side of her in the wide
space just mentioned.
Almost immediately after the passages to the
various parts of the Chamber were filled with an
immense body of the people and National Guards,
both armed. Cries of " You cannot enter ! " " You
have no right to enter !" were then heard ; but the
nett moment a number of men belonging to the
people forced their way into the Chamber, and placed
themselves right under the tribune.
The Duchess of Orleans then rose, and taking the
young Princes by the hand, led them to the range of
seats forming the pourtour behind the Deputies, and
still exactly in front of the President. The Duke de
Nemours and the Duke de Montpensier placed them-
selves in the last line of seats, immediately behind
the Princess and her son. The greatest agitation
prevailed in every part of the Chamber ; and it was a
moment after increased by the public tribunes being
rushed into by another body of the people.
M. Dupin then ascended the tribune, and amidst
deep silence said—ln the present situation of the
capital and the critical circumstances in which the
country is placed, the Chamber was bound to as-
semble immediately. The King has just abdicated.
—(Sensation.) He has disposed of the crown in
favour of his grandson, the Count de Paris; and has
constituted the Duchess of Orleans Regent.—(Ap-
plause from all the benches of the Centre, and from
some of the public tribunes, and with loud disappro-
bation on the Left.)
A voice from one of the Tribunes—lt is too late

An agitation, impossible to describe, here arose.
A number of Deputies collected round the
Duchess of Orleans and the rest of the royal
group. National Guards without ceremony came
and mingled with the Deputies who had done so.
M. Marie ascended the tribune, but was obliged to
remain there a length of time without being able to
obtain a hearing. At last, silence being restored, he
-aid—Gentlemen, in the situation in which Paris now
is, it is both necessary and urgent for us to adopt
some measure which may have some authority with
the population. Since this morning the evil has made
immense progress.—(Hear, hear.) What course will
you take ? Just now, the Duchess of Orleans was
announced as Regent ; but a law exists which gives
the regency to the Duke de Nemours, and you cannot
at the present moment pass a law to revoke it. 'What
must be done is to nominate a Provisional Govern-
ment—(Loud cries from the Left of "Hear, hear).....
not to give institutions, but to consult with the two
Chambers on the necessity of satisfying the wishes cf
the country.
M. Cremieux—ln the interest of the public safety
a great measure is necessary. It is important that
every one should he of the same mind to proclaim a
great principle, and to ensure to the victorious people
serious guarantees. Let us not do as in 1830, since it
has been found necessary to commence again, in 1848,
what was then done.—(Applause.) We cannot at
the present do more than establish a provisional Go-
vernment.—(Cries of " No, no.") I have the
greatest respect for the Duchess of Orleans—(Cries
of " Bravo, bravo !")—and I just now conducted the
Royal Family to the carriage which bore them
away.
A Voice—Bon voyage !—(Murmurs.)
M. Crereieux—The population of Paris has shown
the most profound respect for the King's misfortune,
but we who have been sent here to enact the laws,
cannot violate them. A law already voted disposes of
the regency, and I cannot admit that it can be abro-
gated at this moment. Since we have come to the point
of undergoing a revolution let us confide ourselves to
the country. I propose a provisional Government of five
members.—(Voices in the tribunes, "Yes, yes.")
The Abbe de Genoude ascended the tribune, and
was about to address the Chamber, when M. O.
Barrot entered.

Numerous yoices-0. Barrot to the tribune ! Let
0. Barrot speak !
The Abbe de Genoude—l have only a word to say
(M. 0. Barrot, who had ascended the tribune, signi-
fied his acquiescence, and remained standing with his
back against the President's bureau, the Abbe said)
—You cannot effect anything without the co-opera-
tion of the people. You trie I it in 1830, and you
see what has come to pass.
N. 4. Burot—Never have we had need of more

coolness and patriotism. May we be all united in
one sentiment—that of saving our country from the
most dreadful of visitations—a civil war.—(Applause.)
Nations, I am aware, do not die, but they become
weak from intestine dissensions, and France never had
more need than now of all her force—of the aid of
all her children. Our duty is clearly traced out—it
calls on us to unite ourselves to what is most gene-
rous in the heart of the nation. The crown of July
rests on the head of a child and a woman.—(Loud
marks of assent from the greatest part of the Cham-
ber, great disapprobation from the public tribunes.)
—lt is a solemn appeal.
The Duchess of Orleans here rose and pronounced
some words which we could not catch. The persons
near her appeared to recommend her to sit down.
M. 0. Barrot—lt is in the name of the political
liberty existing in our country, of the necessities of
order which have occurred to every one's mind, of
the union and accord which ought to reign amongst
all good citizens, that I call on all my colleagues to
support this double representation of July.—(Re•
newed assent and disapprobation, as before.) I would
give my life a thousand times to ensure the triumph
of the cause of liberty in my country—
The Marquis de Larochejaquelin—You do not
know what you are doing !
M. 0. Barrot—Can it be that anyone can imagine
that what was decided by the Revolution of July can
be again called in question ?—(Great agitation.)
Gentlemen, the work, I allow, is difficult; but there
are such elements of generosity, greatness, and good
sense in this country, that it suffices to appeal to them
to induce the whole population to rally round the stan-
dard I display.—(Murmurs in the tribunes.) Our duty
is simple—it is traced out by the laws and by honour.
If we do not fulfil it with firmness, I cannot say what
the consequences will be, but be certain of this, that
whoever should dare to incur the responsibility of a
civil war, would be in the highest degree culpable
towards his country.—(Hear, hear.) For my part,
what I conceive to be most fitting for the situation is
this—the regency of the Duchess of Orleans; a
Ministry chosen from the most tried opinions ; and an
appeal to the country, which will pronounce with full
liberty, in an extent sanctioned by law. Such is my
opinion, and I cannot consent to assume the respon-
sibility of any other situation.—(Agitation.)
The Marquis de Larochejaquelin—Gentlemen, I
feel the most profound respect for what there is
painful in the position of certain persons. I am,
perhaps, more than another called ,on to defend here
the people and liberty. But I must reply to M. 0.
Barrot that I cannot have here the intention of up-
holding a particular opinion ; that Hon. Gentleman
has not comprehended the sentiment which animates
me. Gentlemen, here you are nothing—
Loud cries from all sides of " Order, order."
The President—M. de Larochejaquelin, you are
sinning against the respect due to the Chamber; I
call you to order.
The Marquis de Larochejaquelin—When I affirm
that you are nothing, I do not mean to say that the
Chamber is annulled. _ _ _ _

A person not belonging to the Chamber, M. Che-
vallier, editor of the Bibliothglue Historique, here
ascended the tribune.—(Great confusion.)
M. Chevallier—l shall speak with the greatest
moderation.—(You have no right to be there.) Be-
ware of proclaiming the Count de Paris without
being authorised to do so; but if the Duchess of
Orleans and the young Count have sufficient courage
to go along the Boulevards, in the midst of the people
and the National Guards, I answer for their safety.
If the people will not consent to confer on him the
crown— _ _ _

Voices in the crowd—" Vive la Republique."
M. Chevallier—What you have now to do is to give
us a Government, and to give it at once; you cannot
leave a whole population without magistrates, without
directing heads.—(The noise prevented the voice of
the speaker from being heard.)
At this moment a vast crowd broke into the
Chamber. They were dressed in the most heteroge-
neous manner, some in blouses with dragoons' helmets
on their heads ! others with cross-belts and infantry
caps I others again in ordinary clothes, but all with
arms—swords, lances, spears, muskets, and tri•
coloured flags. These persons at once seized on such
Deputies' seats as were unoccupied, several even
ascended the tribune, and fixed themselves there.
The President perceiving what had occurred, and in
order to mark bis disapprobation, as well perhaps
as to signify that the sitting could not go on
under such circumstances, put on his hat. This
created a dreadful uproar, and numerous cries of
" Off with your hat, President 1" were heard from
new corners. Several of them even directed their
muskets at him. The scene was of almost unima-
ginable violence.
M. Ledru-Rollin, from hid' place, overpowering the
tumult with his voice—Gentlemen, in the name of
the people, I call for silence
A number of the Deputies, appearing to consider
their position perilous, began to withdraw, and as
they abandoned their places the crowd took possession
of them. The tumult was tremendous, and many
Deputies looked with anxiety towards the Duchess
of Orleans and her children. She however sat calm
amidst the uproar.
M. Ledru-Rollin after some time succeeded in
making himself heard.—ln the name of the people,
(said the Hon. Deputy) I protest against the kind
of Government which has just been proposed to you.
—(lmmense applause, cries of "Bravo!" bravo I"
from the new corners, and their comrades in the
public tribunes ; the shouts were deafening.) This
is not the first time that I have thus protested ;
already, in 1842, I demanded the constitution of
1791.—(Cheers.) That constitution declared that it
should be necessary to make an appeal to the people
when a Regency Bill was to be passed.—(The loudest
applause) I protest, therefore, against the Govern-
ment that it is attempted to establish—l do so in the
name of the citizens whom I see before me—who for
the last two days have been fighting, and who will,
if necessary, again combat this evening. (From
every side cries of " Yes 1 yes I' cheers with bran •
dishing of arms, and in some cases raising of muskets
to the shoulder • indescribable tumult.) I demand
in the name of the people that a provisional Govern-
ment be named.—(Great applause.)
M. de Lamartine—Gentlemen, I shared in the
sentiments of grief which just now agitated this
assembly in beholding the most afflicting spectacle
that human annals can present—that of a Princess
coming forward with her innocent son, after
having quitted her deserted Palace, to place herself
under the protection of the nation. But if I shared
in that testimony of respect for a great misfortune, I
also share in the solicitude—in the admiration which

that people, now fighting during two days against a
perfidious Governmeat for the purpose of re•esta-
blishing order and liberty, ought to inspire.—(Great
applause from the tribunes.) Let us not deceive
ourselves—let us nut imagine that an acclamation in
this Cha:nber can replace the co-operation of thirty-
five millions of men. Whatever Government be
established in the country it must be cemented by
solid definitive guarantees! How will you find the
conditions necessary for such a Government in the
midst of the floating elements which surround us ?
By descending into the very depth of the country
itself, boldly sounding the great mystery of the right
of nations.—(Great applause in the tribunes.) In
place of having recourse to these subterfuges, to these
emotions, in order to maintain one of those fictions
which have no stability, I propose to you to form a
Government, not definitive, but provisional—a Go-
vernment charged, first of all, with the task of stanch-
ing the blood which flows, of putting a stop to civil
war—(Cheers)—a Government which we appoint
without putting aside anything of our resentments
and of our indignation; and in the next place a Go-
vernment on which we shall impose the duty of con-
voking and consulting the people in its totality—all
that possess in their title of man the right of a citi-
zen.—(Tremendous applause from the people in the
tribunes.)
At this moment, a violent and imperative knocking
was heard at the door of an upper tribune, which was
not entirely filled. On the door being opened, a
number of men rushed in, well provided with arms,
and who appeared to have just come from a combat.
Several of them forced their way to the front seats,
and pointed their muskets at the Deputies below.
Some of these weapons were also turned in the
direction of the royal party.
Immediately the persons near the Duchess of
Orleans seemed to address her energetically, and a
moment after she rose, and, with her sons and the
two Princes, quitted the Chamber by a door on the
extreme left.
M. Sauzet at the same moment withdrew from the
President's chair, and nearly all the Deputies who had
remained quitted their places. The noise and dis-
order at this moment were at the greatest height.
Shortly after, silence being somewhat restored,
M. Ledru-Rollin said—According as I 4ead out
the names you will say d yes" or " no," just as they
Please you, and, in order to act officially, I call on the
reporters of the public press to note down the names
and the manner in which they are received, that
France may know what has been done here.—(The
Hon. Deputy then read out the names of MM. Du-
pont (de l'Eure), Arago, de Lamartine, Ledru-Rollin,
Gamier-Pages, Marie, and Cremieux, all of which
were received with acclamations.)
Cries of " To the Hotel de Ville !" here arose,
followed by a cry of "No Civil List," and another of
" No King!" Some one having directed the atten-
tion of the crowd to the picture of Louis Philippe
swearing obedience to the Charter, cries of " Tear it
down ;" arose. A workman armed with a double-
barrelled fowling-piece, who was standing in the
semi-circle, cried out, " Just wait until I have a shot
at Louis Philippe !" and at the same moment both
barrels were discharged.—(Great confusion ensued,
in the midst of which two men jumped on the chairs
behind the President's seat, and prepared to cut the
picture to pieces with their sabres.)
Another workman ran up the steps of the tribune, -

and exclaimed :—Respect public monuments ! respect
property ! Why destroy the pictures with balls ?
We have shown that the people will not allow itself
to be ill governed ; let us now show that it knows
how to conduct itself properly after its victory ;
(Great applause.)
The next instant, M. Dupont (de l'Eure) took
possession of the chair. MM. de Lamartine and Ledru
Rollin attempted successively to obtain a hearing, but
unsuccessfully. Several of the National Guards, and
some of the people also made similar attempts, but
without effect. A cry then arose in one of the tri-
bunes of " Let Lamartine speak !" and at once all the
others took it up.
M. de Lamartine—A Provisional Government will
be at once proclaimed.—(Enthusiastic cries of " Vive
Lamartine I")
Other Voices—The names! the names ! _ _

M. Cremieux, amidst great tumult, said—lt is
essential that silence be restored, in order that one
venerable colleague, M. Dupont (de l'Eure), may read
to you the names which you wish to learn.
As the tumult, which had lulled for a second
whilst the Honourable Deputy was speaking, recom-
menced just as violently as ever, the names were
written down on a sheet of paper, and that, being
placed on the end of a musket, was so paraded about
the Chamber.
M. Ledru- Rollin, in the midst of the noise—A
Provisional Government cannot be organized in a light
or careless manner. I shall read over the names
aloud, and you will approve of them, or reject them,
as you think fit.
In the midst of shouts and cries, the Hon. Deputy
read out the names, but nothing could be heard.
Nearly all the Deputies had by this time departed,
and the National Guards and the people had the
Chamber to themselves.
M. Ledru-Rollin—We are obliged to close the
sitting in order to proceed to the seat of Govern-
ment.
From all sides—To the Hotel de Ville ! Vive la
Republique 1
This most extraordinary sitting was then brought
to a conclusion at four o'clock.
The people withdrew in the utmost tumult.
The Provisional Government having been installed
at the Hotel de Ville, sat to decide upon the course
to ,be adopted in the present state of the capital.
Individually the great majority of them were opposed
to the establishment of an unmitigated democracy.
The populace, however, filled the hall, and completely
overpowered them by demonstration of their inflexible
purpose of seeing a republic in its most democratic
form resolved on. In vain it was attempted to ad-
journ the question till minds should become calm.
Every proposition of the like nature was met by me-
nacing shouts directed even against the most popular
of the members of the Government. M. DUPONT
(de l'Eure), who made many attempts to defend
the proposition of a republic in its less democra-
tic shape, was compelled to silence by the most
deafening shouts of " Dupont a la fenetre," and was
so exhausted by fatigue and excitement that he twice
fainted. M. MARIE met with no better success. The
anxieties he underwent had such an effect on his
countenance that on leaving the meeting his own son
could not recognise him. The populace willed that a
pure democratic republic should be formed, and that
every male above a certain age should be eligible to
the National Guard and empowered to carry arms.
Every attempt to oppose this, in however mitigated a
form, was the signal of renewed shouts of "Dupont
ala fenetre !" " Marie ala fenetre." The popular
will prevailed, and resolutions were passed in accord-
ance with it.
The following proclamations were,then issued by
the Provisional Government :
" PROCLAMATION OF THE PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT.
" To THE FRENCH PEOPLE,
" A retrograde Government has been overturned
by the heroism of the people of Paris.
"The Government has fled, leaving behind it traces
of blood, which will for ever forbid its return.
" The blood of the people has flowed, as in July ;
but, happily, it has not been shed in vain. It has
secured a national and popular Government in accord-
ance with the rights, the progress, aid the will of this
great and generous people.
"A Provisional Government, at the call of the
people and some Deputies in the sitting of the 24th
of February, is for the moment invested with the
care of organizing and securing the national victory.
It is composed of MM. DUPONT DR L'EURE, LAMAR..
TINE, CREMIEUX, ARAGO, LEDRU-ROLLIN, and
GARNIER PAGES. The Secretaries to this Govern-
ment are MM. ARMAND, MARRAST, Louis BLANC,
and FERDINAND FLOCON.
" These citizens have not hesitated for an instant to
accept the patriotic mission which has been imposed
upon them by the urgency of the occasion
" Frenchmen, give to the world the example
Paris has given to France. Prepare yourselves,
by order and confidence in yourselves, for the in-
stitutions which are about to be given you.
" The Provisional Government desires a republic,
pending the ratification of the French pople, who
are to be immediately consulted.
" Neither the people of Paris, nor the Provisional
Government, desire to substitute their opinion for the
opinions of the citizens at large, upon the definite
form of Government, which the national sovereignty
shall proclaim.
" L'unite de la nation, formed henceforth of all classes
of the people which compose it.
" The Government of the nation by itself.
" Liberty, equality, and fraternity for its prin-
ciples.
" The people to devise and to maintain order.
" Such is the Democratic Government which
France owes to herself, and which our efforts will
assure to her.
" Such are the first acts of the Provisional Go-
vernment.
(signed)

" DUPONT (DE L'EURE), " LANARTINE,
" LEDRU ROLLIN, " BEDEAU,
" MICLIEL GODCHAUX, " ARAGO,
" BETHMONT MARIE, " CARNOT,
" CAVAIGNAC, " GARNIER PAGES.
" The Municipal Guard is disbanded.
" The protection of the city of Paris is confided
tr) the National Guard, under the orders of M.
Courtais."
"It is hereby ordered by the Provisional Govern-
ment : M. Dupont de L'Eure is named provisional
President of the Council, without portfolio; M. de
Lamartine, provisional Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
M. Cremieux, provisional Minister of Justice ; M.
Ledru-Rollin, provisional Minister of the Interior;
Michel Goudecheaux, provisional Minister of Finance;
M. Francois Arago, provisional Minister of Marine ;
General Bedeau, provisional Minister of War; M.
Carnot, provisional Minister of Public Instruction
and Worship ; M. Bethmont, provisional Minister of
Commerce ; M. Marie, provisional Minister of Public
Works; General Cavaignac,. Governor of Algeria.
"The Municipal Guard is dissolved.
" M. Gamier-Pages is named Mayor of Paris, and
to him are given as adjoints, MM. Guinard and
Recurt.
" M. Flotard is named Secretary-General.
" All the other mayors of Paris are provisionally.
maintained.
" The Prefecture of Police is under the dependence
of the Mayor of Paris.
" The maintenance of the safety of Paris is en-
trusted to the patriotism of the National Guard,
under the command of Colonel Courtais.
" (Signed) Cremieux, Lamartine, Marie, Garnier-
Pages, Dupont de l'Eure, Ledru-Rollin, Arago,
Members of the Provisional Government.
" In the name of France, the Provisional Govern-
ment decides that the Chamber of Deputies is dis-
solved.

" The Chamber of Peers is forbidden to meet.

" A national assembly will be convoked as soon as
the Provisional Government shall have regulated the
necessary measures of order and police.
"In the name of the Sovereign people.
" Citizens—The Provisional Government has just
been installed ; it is composed, by the will of the
people, of the Citizens Frederick Arago, Louis Blanc,
Marie, Lamartine, Flocon, Ledru Rollin, Recurt,
Marrast, Albert—to watch over the execution of the
measures which will be taken by the Government ;
the will of the people has also chosen for delegates in
the department of the police the citizens Caussidiere
and Sobrier.
" The same sovereign will of the people has desig-
nated the citizen Et Arago to the Direction• General
of the Post-office.
"As first execution of the orders given by the
Provisional Government, it is advised that the bakers
or furnishers of provisions of Paris, keep their shops
open to all those who may have occasion for them.
" It is expressly recommended to the people not
to quit their arms, their positions, or their revo-
lutionary attitude. They have often been deceived
by treason : it is important that they should not
give opportunities to attacks as criminal as they are
terrible."

The following order has also been issued :
" In the name of the French People,
" It is interdicted to the Members of the ex-Cham-
ber of Peers to meet.

"Paris, 24th February.

" DUPONT (de I'Eure).
" LAMARTINE.
" LEDRIT ROLIN.
" AD CREMIEUX.
" MARIE.
" ARAGO."
4 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE NATIONAL

GUARD.

" Citizens,—Your attitude in these late and glo-

rious days has been such as was to be expected from
men long accustomed to struggles for liberty. T hanks
to your fraternal union with the people and the
schools, the revolution is accomplished. The c4aucary
will be grateful to you for it. At the present hour
all the citizens form part of the National Guard
are bound to co-operate actively with the Provisional
Government for the regular triumph of public liber-
ties. The Provisional Government reckons on your
zeal and your devotedness to second its efforts in the
difficult mission which the people have conferred
upon it:
" The Members of the Provisional Government,
" DuroNT (de l'Eure), " CREMIEUX,
" F. ARAGO, " LEDRU-ROLLIN
" bIARIU, " GARNIER PAGES.
" LAMARTINE,
" LOTUS BLANC, FLocoN,
Secretaries."
" ARMAND MARRAST, AURERT,
" IN THR NAME Or THE FRENCH PEOPLE.

" The Provisional Government decrees :
" M. Dupont (de I'Eure) is named provisional Pr-
esident of the Council without fortfolio.
" M. de Latnartine, provisional Minister of Foreign
Affairs. _ _

" M. Cre'nieux, provisional Minister of Justice.
"M. Ledru•Rollin, provisional Minister of the In-

terior.
" M. Michel Goudchaux, provisional Minister of
Marine.

" General Bedeau, provisional Minister of War.
"M. Carnot, provisional Minister of Public Instruc•
tion (public worship will firm a division of this
ministry).
" M. Bethmont, provisional Minister of Commerce.
" M. Marie, provisional Minister of Public Works.
" General Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria.
" The municipal guard is dissolved.
" M. Garnier Pages is named Mayor of Paris.
" MM. Guinart and Recurt are appointed deputies
to the Mayor of Paris.
" M. Flotard is named Secretary-General.
"All the other mayors of Paris, as also the deputy
mayors, are maintained as mayors and deputy mayors
of arrondissements.
"The prefecture of police is placed under the de-
pendence of the Mayor of Paris.
" The maintenance of the security of the city of
Paris is confided to the patriotism of the National
Guard, under the chief command given to Colonel
de Courtais.
" The troops of the first military division will unite
with the National Guard.

"A. CREHIEUX.
" LAMARTINE.
" MARIE.

"DUPONT (de l'Eure).
" LEDRU-ROLLIN.
" ARAGO.

" GARNIER-PAGES.
" Members of the Provisional Government."
"IN THE NAME OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
" The Provisional Government decrees :
"The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved. The
Chamber of Peers is prohibited from meeting.
"A national assembly will be convoked ns sooa as
the Provisional Government shall have regulated the
ineasures of order and police necessary for the vote
of all the citizens.

" LAMARTINE, LEDRU •ROLLIN.
" LOUIS BLANC, Secretary.

" IN THE NAME OF TUE FRENCH PEOPLE.

" The Provisional Government decrees :
" The meeting of the ex• Chamber of Peers is in
terdicted.

"DUPONT (de I'Eure). "AD. CREMIEUX.
"LAMARTINE. "MARIE.
"LEDRIJ-ROLLIN. " ARAGO."

" Everything that concerns the direction of the
beaux arts and the mztsees, hitherto in the attribu-
tions or t:e civil list, will constitute a new divi-
sion of the Ministry of the Interior. The jury
charged to receive the paintings for the annual
exhibitions will be named by election. Artists
will be convoked for this purpose by an early de-
cree. The exhibition of 1848 will be opened on
the 15th of March.

" LEDRU ROLLIN."

"Colonel Dumoulin, formerly aide•de-camp of the
Emperor, is charged with the chief command of
the Louvre and the particular surveillance of the
library of the Louvre and the National Museum ;
M. Felix Bovier is to assist him. (The Minister
of Public Instruction.)

CARNOT.
" L.kMARTINE, AD. CREMIEUX."

"The Provisional Government appoints M Saint•
Amami, captain of the Ist Legion, Commandant o
the Palace of the Tuileries.

"AD. CREMIEUX, GARNIER PAGES,

" LEDRU ROLLIN, D u PONT (de

All the above decrees, &c., are dated the 24th.

The following proclamation by the editors of the
Democratic Pacifique was extensively placarded
throughout Paris on Friday :
(Proclamation.)
" THE WISHES OF THE PEOFLE.
" UNIVERSAL REFORM !

"A general amnesty, the (late) Ministers to be ex-
cepted therefrom, and brought to trial.
" The right of meeting to be consecrated by an
immediate manifestation ; the immediate dissolution
of the Chamber, and convocation of the primary
assemblies.

" A civic guard, under the command of the muni-
cipal authorities. Abolition of the law:, of September.
Liberty of speech, liberty of the press, liberty of
petitioning, liberty of association, freedom of election.
" Electoral reform. Every Aational Guard is an
elector, and eligible. Parliamentary reform. Re-
muneration of the Deputies; public functionaries to
their mind.

"Reform of the Chamber of Peers. Royal nomi•
nation will no longer be tolerated, any noire than
aristocratic hereditary right. Administrative reform.
Guarantees for all public functionaries and employes
against the abuse of favours and influences. PRO-
PERTY TO us RESPECTED (these words are printed in
large capital letters)) but the RIGHTS OP LABOUR TO
BE GUARANTEED. Work to be insured to the people.
" Union and fraternal association between the
heads of trading establishments and the operatives.
Equality of rights by education given to all; asylums
(creches), places of refuge, rural schools, and civic
(or urban) schools. Absolute freedom of religion.
Absolute independence of conscience. The Church
to be independent of the State.
" Protection to all the weak, and to women and
children. Peace and holy alliance amongst all nations.
Abolition of war, in which the people serve as a gun-
carriage.
" Independence of all nationalities.
"France the protectress (gardienne) of the rights
of weak nations

" ORDER FOUNDED ON LIBERTY (in large capitals).
"UNIVERSAL FEATEENITY (likewise in large
capitals) "
(Sig❑ed by the editors of the Democratie Pacifique.)
To this is added—

" P.S.—There is a man in France who accepts
these principles, and who has already proclaimed
them—namely, M. de Lamartine."

On Friday the Chateau of Vincennes wag surren •
dered to the Provisional Government, and on Satur-
day tranquillity had been so far restored, that ladies
and children again ventured to appear in the streets.
The army has accepted the Provisional Government,
and the provincial towns are hourly sending in their
adhesion. It is said that the people are determined
to restore to France the frontier of the Rhine by
annexing Belgium, and preparations are making for
opposing any attempts on the part of the absolutist
powers to invade France. It is generally believed
that England will recognise the republic, and,
notwithstanding the damage done to the hotel of
the British Ambassador, and feelings excited by the
numerous applications for passports (applications
so numerous that it is physically impossible to comply
with them all at once) the people are generally favour-
ably disposed towards England : it is against Austria
that they are most indignant. The strong fortress of
Mont Valerien surrendered on Friday night, after a
siege of five hours, and all the detached forts are in pos-
session of the Government.

The new Minister of Finance, M. GOUDCHAUX, a
Jew, has confirmed all the clerks in their employ-
ment, and business is going on as usual. The whole
of the ensuing year's taxes (notice for the payment of
which was issued on Monday) will fall into the hands
of the Provisilnal Government, so that they will be
well in funds to commence with. The million a month
voted for the Civil List has been transferred to the
fund for the relief of ithe people. The law courts
have resumed their sittings (the Cour Royale being
called the Cour National), and the Post-office and
shops are open. The Palace of the Tuileries is to he
appropriated as an asylum for invalid work-
men. It is not true that the whole of
the furniture of the Tuileries was destroyed.
It was only the private furniture in the
apartments of LOUIS PHILIPPE. The public property
was religiously respected. Every good citizen is declared
a National Guard, and to them are entrusted the task
of preserving order in the city. A man discovered steal-
ing a silver spoon was shot on the spot. The debtors,
the political and female prisoners detained in the
various prisons of the capital, have been released, food
has been distributed at the hospitals, and the Provi-
sional Government has issued orders to the bakers
and provision merchants to issue rations to the citi-
zens under arms, for the payment of which the
Government will be answerable. The streets are
being partially cleared of the barricades, under the
direction of the vudents of the Polytechnic School. A
portion of the National Guard has been mobilised to

guard the frontiers. Several of the armed workmenbsn:
been draugllted into it—their pay is thirty sons
day. LAMORICIERE will take the command of the srrnl°'
the frontier. A Polish Legion has been formed, as
a
it is generally understood that if other nstincs
demand the assistance of France it will not bs
withheld.
The Bank of France has announced its intention
not to limit its discounts, and it has prolonge
time for payment of bills falling due ten days lone
It has also put down 100,000 f. for the wounded. get
DE ROTHSCHILD has given 50,000 f., and expressed
his determination not to leave Paris. Everything °
doing to prevent the people from committing Wessel
All pawned articles under ten francs are to bs
redeemed for the owners by the Minister of Finance'
The Bourse will not be open till Tuesday.
The following has been published by the Direct
c't
of the General Post-office :

" Paris, Feb. 0'
" Citizen Governors —I hasten to announce to Y°ll
that the mails which were detained yesterday (thee
24th) at the Bastille by the barricades of 010°1.
Charanton quitted Paris early this morning for thilel,s
destination. receive by the couriers arrived tl.
morning the most satisfactory accounts of the dePsr,a
inents through which they passed. Everywhere
proclamation sent yesterday from Paris to cum municsl
the brilliant triumph obtained by the citizens
Paris, and the installation of the Provisional Gnver"
th • The
ment, was ved with the liveliest sympa •
statementsrecei of the couriers conclude with the follo,l
ing information :—A company of the line has arr 11!"
from Amiens, and stopped at Enghein. From 1.411101)
movements of troops stopped at St. Denis. La°,
have entered ltambounlet, and infantry Versaills:
It was said that a regiment from Beauvais was ei
pected at La Chapelle St. Denis.
" The Provisional Director-General of the rogt‘
office,
" ETIENNE ARAGO."
" P.S. The Princesses were met near Dreia
the courier of Brest. No new movement of trong;
I have received this instant a packet of minister 3
dispatches, in arrears 24 hours, probably because 1
was not possible or prudent to send them on. „
" E. AItAGO.
We read in the National—" Alarming rumours 1'
regards property are spread. The authors .of thee
false imputations can only be enemies of the Govern'
ment which the people has just acquired by its gle*
rious victory. It is also said that grave misunder•
standings separate the members of the Provisional
Government. We can affirm that the most perfect
union has not ceased to exist between the devoted
citizens who have accepted the mission of organizing.
public powers, and of presiding over the establishment
of the republican constitution now demanded bi
almost all the departments."
The members of the Provisional Government fir°
firmly resisting all attempts that are being made SG
coerce them. The people attempted to force them O
accept the red flag as the national colour, instead °f
the tri-colour.

The Presse says—
" Five times during the day M. de Lamartine
dressed the people assembled under the windows,A
the Hotel de Ville. It is thus that you are
from calumny to calumny against the men sql'i
have devoted themselves, head, heart, and bre.'
to give you a real republic, the republic of all rights'
all interests, and all the legitimate rights of tbs
people. Yesterday you asked us to usurp, in tbB
name of the people of Paris, the rights of thirtr
five millions of men, to vote them an absolute republl:c'
instead of a republic invested with the strength of the,'
consent, that is to say, to make of that republic, it!:
posed and not consented, the will of a part of
tu.
people instead of the will of the whole nation. -1•°
(lay you demand from us the red flag instead !),1
the tri-colour one. Citizens I for my part, I 1111'
never adopt the red flag; and I will explain in
word why I will oppose it with all the strength °
my patriotism. It is, citizens, because the tri-colour
flag has made the tour of the world, under the Re'
public and the Empire, with our liberties and °tit_
glories, and that the red flag has only made the tour,
of the Champ de Mars, trained through torrents 0'
the blood of the people.' "
At this part of the speech of M. DS LAMANCIra'
in that astonishing sitting of sixty hours, in the midst
of an irritated crowd, every one was suddenly affected
by his words; hands were clapped, and tears shed'
and they finished by embracing him, shaking hill
hands, and bearing him in triumph. In a moment
after, fresh masses of people arrived, armed with
sabres and bayonets ; they knocked at the doors
they filled the salles. The cry was that Ai
was lost ; that the people were about to fire on
or stifle the members of the Provisional Government.
M. DE LAMARTIXE was called for. He was SW
plicated to go once more for the last time to address
the people. lie was raised on a step of the staircase,
the crowd remained for half an hour without consent'
ing to listen to him, vociferating, brandishing arms 0f
all kinds over his head. M. DE LAMARTINE folded
his arms, recommenced his address, and finished hi
softening, appeasing, and caressing the intelligent
and sensible people, and determining them either to
withdraw; or to become themselves the safe-guard of
the Provisional Government.

The Provisional Government has announced that
the drapeau tricolour is the national flag of the
French Republic, and it has published an appeal to
the people not to think of abandoning either the
Three Colours or the Gallic Cock.
The Provisional Government has been proclaimed
at Dijon.

It was reported at Paris that Neuilly was burnt.
Nothing has been heard of the ex-Ministers. TheY
were assembled at M. DUCHATEL.B when they heard
of the KING'S abdication, and immediately fled.
The KING had, it was Laid, gone to Eu, with the
intention of embarking, at Treport, for England.

It is said that the QUEEN and the Princesse.
escaped with him from the Tuileries.

The directors of the Havre Railroad have placed
at the direction of the Provisional Government.

The officer charged with the care of An•DEL'
Kai Ea has been changed.
Prince Louis NAPOLEON arrived at Boulogne on
Saturday, and immediately set off for Paris to tender
his services to the Government.

M. LAMAILTINE, with a view to BM such of the
ex-Ministers as may fall into the hands of the people,
had proposed the abolition of the punishment of
death, but his proposal had been rejected.

There was a rumour current in Havre yesterday
that Louis PHILIPPE was dead ; it was, howeter, not
credited. The probability is that he would embark
at Treport for Portsmouth.
In the cabinet of M. BERTSIOIB, the Aide-de-Camp
to Louis PHILIPPE, there was found (on the
capture of the Tuileries), the list and number
of the troops and their stations in Paris, and also
the number and stations of the pieces of artillery
destined for the defence of the streets, together with
a correspondence on the subject betwen the Duc DO
MONTPENSIFE and General TIBURCE SEBASTIAIO,
showing that the arrangements had been made As
early as the 10th February.

ARRIVAL OF TIIE DUKE DE NEMOURS IN LONDOI4.
—The Duke DR NEMOURS, accompanied by his sister
the Duchess Of COBURG KOHARY, and by COO/
JARNAC, arrived in London, at the Embassy in Man-
chester-square, last evening, having landed at Dover
yesterday morning. One of his children accom-
panied him, but his wife, the Duchess DB NEMOURi
(cousin of Prince ALBERT) had been lost,: it wins
said, in the streets of Paris. He himself escaped in
disguise, and had not had time to provide himself
with even a change of linen. He knew not what had
become of the other members of the Royal Family.
N. DELESSERT, the ex-prefect of police, accompanied
by Madame DELESSERT and the Duke DR MONTE'
nem.° ex-Minister of Marine, have also arrived in
London. There is every reason to fear that M.
GUIZOT has fallen into the hands of the people.
BURNING OF TUE INDIAN MAIL.—It is said that
the Indian mail, from England, en route for Mar-
seilles, was seized by the people, in the neighbour-
hood of Paris, and burned.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tag

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 26.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10—Namur and Liege, 6—North•ll3„
of France, 71/2—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and
Lyons, 31/2—Sambre and Meuse, 534.

Accounts from Messina of the 17th state, that the
greatest agitation reigned in that city when the n eV,
constitution had been rejected. A great number
of the people from Palermo had just arrived with
artillery to assist the people of Messina. They were
preparing to attack the marine fort, which has
strong garrison. Some assassinations had been com-
mitted in the town under barbarous circumstances.

Great excitement was occasioned in Brussels on
the receipt of the intelligence of the proclamation of
the republic in Paris.
The Bruncis aerald of Saturday sqs—" The

excitement, far from being on the decrease, is be-
coming still more intense. Every one has his say
on the important events in Paris, and comments of
the most diversified kind are freely indulged in.
Last night there was a quiet meeting of many
leading Liberals, and questions relating to
monarchies and republics, to the independence
of Belgium, or to its annexation to some other
continental power, formed the topics of consi-
deration. One of the chief speakers was M.
BAITAELS, a well-known Liberal, or rather Radical.
Ha expressed himself, however, in very mode-
rate terms, asserting that the independence and
neutrality of Belgium should be maintained at all
risks, and admitting that any attempt at a revolution
in Belgium would be an unjustifiable one. He even
declared that the institutions of this country were in
advance of the people. It was admitted on all hands,
and the opinion to that effect is general even amongst
Conservatives, that if the late anti-Reform Ministry
were still in power in this kingdom, and particularly if
the prices of provisions were so high as they lately were,
it would be all but impossible to prevent a popular
outbreak. The riots which occurred some time ago in
Brussels and Ghent prove that there are not a few ill-
disposed persons in this country, although in general the
population is a peaceful one. It was stated on good
authority that it has been resolved to put frontier
fortresses (which should have been dismantled) into
thorough repair. A. Cabinet Council was sitting
during the entire night, and nearly all the employes
in the office of the Minister of War were occupied
till an early hour this morning. Some superior
officers have been sent to France to watch the move-
ments of the victorious insurgents. This day the

bills on London (three days after sight) were from
25f. 50c. to 24f. 50c., considerably below par. The
English bankers in this city (REYNOLDS and
Co.) attribute this falling off to the great
run on the banks. A number of military
Are stationed before the Bank of Belgium, in
order to facilitate the entrance of the numerous per-
sons wishing to withdraw their money. It was re-
ported during a part of the day, that his Majesty
the Kure of the BELGIANS had resolved to remove the
QUIMN and the Royal Family from Laeken. Reports
even of a more alarming nature were current amongst
the English residents, but they are unfounded. It

would be impossible for any one to display more
firmness and sang froid than does his Belgian Ma-
jesty; and, assuredly, no one is more ready to re-
main at his post than he. The independence of
Belgium depends upon its KING, and the Belgians
know that fact. It is feared that there will be some
noisy, assemblages this night."

LITERATURE.
THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.
•-• , Another number of this veteran periodical sustains
Y- - reputation. To ourselves the most interesting
taper in it is the biographical account of Percy
; •
she Shelley—suggested by the recent production
,Or Captain Medwin. The Reviewer is somewhat more
r. • - :lenient to the demerits of Captain Medwin's work
-?than preceding critics, but this is scarcely surprising,
`as his attention is, throughout, principally engrossed
"17 the subject of the memoir, and only glances
inci-
:"•dentally at the qualifications of the writer of that
; Ineoimr. But little delicacy, we conceive, has guided
him in his reference to the first acquaintance between
Percy Shelley and his second wife, Mary Wollstone-
craft Godwin. There are truths which should not be
spoken—much less written. Especially should the
generous old adage have been remembered during the
lifetime of the widow of the illustrious and unfortu-
nate poet. In speaking of the infidel notions of
Shelley, the Reviewer beautifully notes his ado-
ration of a Supreme Being, where he reminds
US that in one part of his writings the poet apos-
trophises the Divinity—" 0 awful loveliness ! "
Dr. Bunsen's work on " The Constitution of the
Church of the Future " is considered in a spirit of
calmness and dispassionate serenity. The Eclectic
seems to regard the Navigation Laws as the mere
shadows of the shadow of a bulwark for the empire
—the last ghosts of Protection. It relies as much
for our maritime supremacy as for our mercantile
prosperity upon the union of the whole world in the
bonds of friendship. Mr. Cobden might have put
his seal to the article. " Canter's Reformation in
Europe " is immediately afterwards noticed ; and a
timely comment upon " The Results of Emancipa-
tion," and upon " The Case of Dr. Hampden
timely, we mean, in as regards the interest just now
attached to those topics from the squabbles for the
episcopal mitre of Hereford, and the agitation re-
specting the Ministerial scheme of immigration to the
West Indies—brings the February number to a con-
clusion. The review contains, not only subjects
Worth reading, but matter for serious reflection.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
BOLTON. . _

The Select Committee appointed to consider the
merits of the Bolton Election Committee re-assembled
at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Hamilton in the
chair.

RICHARD Eccleston, a publican of Bolton, proved
that he was presented with two barrels of ale to support
the sitting Member. An order was given to him for
the ale upon a Bolton brewer, and the invoices that were
delivered with the ale was made out in the name of Mr.
Henry Knight, one of the agents of the sitting
Member. He never paid for the ale.
Eceleston's wife corroborated his testimony.
William Clarke, an elector for Bolton, proved that he
♦oted for Bowring and Brooks, and that Mr. Henry
Itnight, acted as the agent of the sitting Member.