The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON

" Three o'Clock.—The approaches to the National Assem-
bly are guarded by troops of the line and by the Gai de Mo-
bile. On the Place de la Concorde strong pickets of Dra-
goons are stationed as well as several batteries of artillery.
The word is given, "I'o arms,' and all the Dragoons mount,
but there is no crowd on the Place, though it is sod that a
body is approaching by the B ailevards. The Dragoons and
Artillery cross the bridge and take up a position near the
peristyle of the Chamber. The generale is beating in the
10th arrondissement.
"Half-past Three o'clock.—The Luxembourg is guarded
b a large armed force. Numerous detachments of infantry
and cavalry, and a battery of artillery, are now arriving
there.
"Quarter to Four o'clock.—A brisk fusillade has taken
place at the Pont de l'Hotel Dieu. The artillery have made
several discharges. The killed and wounded, it is said, are
very numerous.
"Four o'clock.—Two barricades are formed at the Pont
Neuf, one at the angle of the Quai des Grands Augustins,
anti. the other at the angle of the Qua Conti. The tocsin of
the church St. Severin is heard mingling with the noise of
the fusillades and the roar of the cannon. Among the
groups ate to be seen men talking in menacing terms against
the National Guards, observing they wish entirely to exter-
minate them. The National Guard at a quarter past Four
o'clock debouched by the quays, and the men of the barri-
cades fled at their approach.
" Twenty Minutes past Four o'clock—A numerous depu-
tation of the Polytechnic School, headed by their Com-
mandant, and followed by a detachment of the National
Guard, are debouching on the Quai de l'Horloge, on their
way, it is said, to the National Assembly. The assemblages
of people were here dispersed by a smart fall of rain, which
also had the effect of stopping the fusillade. The barricades
of the Pont Neuf are abandoned ; they have been destroyed
by the National Guard.
" Ilalf past Four o'clock—The fusillade, as well as the
sound of cannon, are again heard. Two National Guards,
passing at this time across the Pont Neuf, are set upon by
about 50 people, by whom they are maltreated and disarmed.
The approaches of the bridge, abandoned by the National
Guard, after carrying the barricades, are not guarded by any
troops. It was not until 5 o'clock that both ends of the
Pont Neuf were occupied by detachments of the 4th Legion
and of the 11th Regiment, having pupils of the Polytechnic
School at their head. At the present moment there are
passing along the quay on the right bank of the river, on
their way to the Hotel de Ville, some regiments of infantry,
cavalry, and artillery."
" The first barricade was constructed across the Boulevard
near the Porte St. Denis, which, with the houses situated
at the corners of the adjacent streets, formed a complete
system of defence. Other barricades, to the number of nine,
were successively erected in the Rue St. Denis and in the
other streets in the immediate vicinity.
" The third battalion of the 3d Legion, which first reached
this point, attacked the insurgents without hesitation, and
took the barricade, but it was unable to get possession of the
houses, whence the insurgents kept up a destructive fire
upon the National Guard.
" General Lamoriciere, who commanded the troops as-
sembled before the hall of the National Assembly, marched
out at once, and, accompanied by M. Roger (du Nord), chief
of battalion, and M. Heecheren, a representative, proceeded
towards the Porte St. Denis by way of the Boulevards. The
General, before he resorted to force, endeavoured to make
the insurgents hear the force of reason, but his addresses
were only answered by firing. The troops then successively
took possession of all the houses, where many persons were
arrested. It appears that there were found among them
several persons tolerably well dressed, one of whom wore a
blouse under his redingote, and was furnished with money
and cartridges to a considerable amount.
" The representatives, when they had reached the Na-
tional Assembly, met in the old Salle de Seances, when they
were acquainted by the President of the measures that had
been taken in conjunction with the Executive Committee.
"During the whole continuance of the session much agita-
tion prevailed in the Salle des Pas-perdus and in that of the
Conferences. The orderly officers and different persons came
one after another from all parts of the city, andsommacated to the representatives all that was going O. A Nid-
tional Guard arrived with a piece of a flag, which he sa
had been taken in a barricade of the Rue St. Denis. This
flag carried for its inscription Labour or death It was
put into the hands of the President, who caused it to be de-
posited in the Salle de Conferences. Two officers of the
Republican Guard, who had been dismissed, were brat the
ht
into the Salle des Pas-perdus. They were marching
head of a group of workmen in the direction of the National
Assembly. They were arrested by the officers of the 10th
Legion. They desired to see M. Caussidiere, who went out
to speak with them.
" During this interview they sought to justify their pro-
ceedings by saying that they were coming to ,the Assembly
to offer their services, and that they had already made a si-
milar statement to Colonel Hingray, of the 10th Leeion.
They were arrested provisionally, until their conduct should
be more satisfactorily explained.
" 111. de Treveneux, the representative who had first pro-
posed to his colleagues. before the public session, to proceed
to the scene of contest to represent the National Assembly,
with the National Guard and the army, accompanied 111.
Cavaignac, the General-in-Chief. Other representatives
joined the different legions of the National Guard. Generals
Lebreton and Rey, and other officers, dressed in uniform, put
themselves under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief.
" The students of the Polytehnic School, with the staff of the
school, came, by order of the Executive Committee, to offer
their services to the National Assembly.
"General Cavaignac, with
,band Caussidiere, the represen-
tative of the people, at his side followed by his staff and
a squadron of dragoons, traversed the Boulevards at three
o'clock. He was saluted on all sides with the most lively
acclamations.
" M. Arago, member of the Executive Committee, quitted
the Palace of the Luxembourg at the same time. He was
at the head of some detachments of the National Guard, the
Garde Mobile, the troops of the line, and two pieces of artil-
lery. He presented himself before a barricade raised at the
corner of the Rue Soufflot and the Rue St. Jacques. There
he made a conciliatory address, which led to the abandon-
ment of the barricade. The unanimous cries of the populace
received N. Arago.
" Scarcely, however, had the troops of the line and
the National Guard demolished the barricade than they
were assailed by a shower of ball from the neighbouring
houses. These houses were instantly attacked and entered,
and many insurgents were arrested in them. In one of
them a young man was captured, armed with two pistols,
but wounded in the cheek. A trumpeter of the 7th Regi-
ment of light troops was wounded by a ball in the right
cheek, and another was killed by an insurgent, who has been
captured.
" The firing continued on the Place du Pantheon, especially
in the Rue St. Jacques, where there was found a strong bared
ricade at the top of the Rue des Gies. A large • number of
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insurgent had taken refuge in the unfinished houses in the
Rue Soufllot, whence they were dislodged with ball and
bayonet by the National Guard.
" On entering the Rue St. Jacques the National Guards
had orders to take aim at the windows and fire upon every
one who appeared. During this time the insurgents, who
had abandoned the Rue Soutllot, proceeded towards St.
Etienne du Mont, when they sounded the tocsin. The barri-
cade of the Rue St. Jacques was taken by the troops of the
line, and by the Garde Mobile, whose courage cannot be too
highly commended.
" The insurgents had raised barricades in the Rues des
Mathurins, St. Jacques, and des Poirdes. M. Arago sent
artillery towards this point. The barricades were demo-
lished by cannon, and a smart fire was kept up between the
troops and the insurgents. A captain of the 7th Light Re-
ginient was killed on the barricade •, the company which he
commanded has suffered much. Many officers of the Na-
tional Guard and many privates of the National Guard have
been killed and wounded. The number of prisoners is con-
siderable. They have all been conducted, under a strong es-
cort, to the prison of the Luxembourg, to be kept out of the
way of public indignation.
" Another barricade has been raised at the bottom of the
Rue de la Harpe, at the corner of the Rue St. Severin. It is
here that we have to lament the death of M. Masson, chief of
the 4th battalion, who mounted the barricade to persuade the
insurgents to retire. Scarcely had he ceased speaking than
he fell struck by five balls, as well as two soldiers of the line
who were by his side.
" M. Arago exhausted every expedient to prevent a colli-
sion. All the troops and the National Guard showed the
greatest courage and admirable devotion. We have seen
many of their weapons broken in their hands by the bullets
of the insurgents. An officer of the National
quartermaster
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tillery was grievously wounded, iec.
" An itinerant hospital was established in the Rue Souffiot,
and another in the Rue de la Harpe, opposite the Rue Ra-
cine. The services of the Val de Grace deserve the highest
praise; its agents where everywhere paying the greatest
attention to the wounded. We are assured that a surgeon
of the National Guard had his thigh broken while be was
dressing a man's wound near the barricade at the bottom of
the Rue de la Harpe. The number of wounded is said to
I have been considerable.
" We have seen many of the prisoners, who were drunk,
and could scarcely walk.
" Afterwards, at six o'clock, M. Arago proceeded to the
strongest barricade—that of the Place Cambrai. Here, less
fortunate than before, he could not make himself heard.
The attack then commenced. There were several dis-
charges of artillery; but the barricades resisted vigorously.
Being once taken it was speedily recovered. We have not
heard whether any new effort has been made to regain it.
" At seven o'clock M. Arago returned to the Luxembourg.
" Brujeau and M. Bixio, hearing in the Assembly the
disorders which stained Paris with blood, expressed at the
tribune their conviction that the members of the Chamber
ought to be the first to expose themselves to the fire. Our
place,' cried M. Bixio, is at the head of the National
Guard, to prevent bloodshed if possible,' Then, borrowing
his comrade's tricolor scarf, he darted out.
" 111, Bixio had been but too faithful to his glorious
thought. Placed in the front rank of the National Guard,
he received a ball in the chest, and it is feared that the
wound will prove mortal.
" Another representative, M. Domes, editor 'of the
National, had been wounded in the groin.
"M. Pierre Bonaparte, son of Lucien, has had a horse
wounded by a ball by the side of DI. de Lamartine.
" The Republican Guards who were seen on the barricades
among the insurgents are those who,were disbanded a few
days ago, :but who have preserved their uniform. The
Guards newly organized experienced considerable loss in
killed and wounded, and appeared to be animated by a
strong feeling against their old comrades, who had joined
and commanded the insurgents. The Rue de la Cite,
occupied since ten o'clock by the insurgents, was taken about
eight o'clock, after numerous discharges of artillery and well
maintained fusillades from the infantry. The firing com-
menced immediately afterwards towards the end of the Rue
St. Jacques, but it was not so much sustained.
" Several women have been arrested, and among them
one who lived in furnished lodgings, and who admitted into
her !apartment eight insurgents, who fired out of the
windows.
s of workmen
"On the Boulevard Montmartre, group
forced some isolated National Guards to unfix their bayonets
and to replace them in the scabbard.
" A foundry for balls was established on the Place Cam-
brai. The insurgents in different quarters were all perfectly
armed. It is calculated that th mb
eents in number of National Guards
killed in the various engagem
Porte St. Denis, amounts to 12 or 15. The victims of this
deplorable collision were placed in a cafe at thecorner of that
street. Several National Guards were wounded by shots
fired from windows.
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dressing the delegates of the workmen of the ateliers na-
tionaux, called those workmen slaves.' These expressions
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passing from group to group created a great fermentation.
We, however, reported on Thursday the expressions really
used by 111. Marie."
The slaughter has been terrific. General CAVAIGNAC
ordered rockets to be thrown among the insurgents,
which did immense execution. In the Faubourg St.
Marceau the insurgents who had possession of the houses
poured boiling oil and boiling water on the troops and
National Guards. An officer who had been dispatched
by General CAVAIGNAC to Vincennes for rein-
forcements w4s taken by the insurgents, and