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

ARREST OF BLANQUI.
The following details are given of the arrest of
anqui :—The Executive Committee had received
nformation: that M. Blanqui, after having taken
refuge with several different friends, had at last
sought an asylum with M. D—, residing at No.
14, rue Montholon. From the attempt on May 15,
he had led an errant life. Pursued by justice,
on the very next day after, by means which
have not yet been ascertained, he was let
out of the Prefecture of Police, M. Blanqui
contrived to evade the most active researches.
Being an experienced and professed conspirator,
full of sang-froid and audacity, he brought into
play, with rare ability, all his resources for throw-
ing his pursuers off the scent. Small in person
and weak in constitution, with features which when
once known cannot well be ever forgotten, having a
deformity which makes it extremely painful to him
to walk, it was more difficult for him than almost
any other man to bear the fatigue of body and
anxiety of mind in escaping from the pursuits of
justice. But in the great energy of his mind,
excited by his desperate situation, he found suf-
ficient vigour. He not only shaved off his beard,
but, it is said, on occasions disguised himself in wo-
men's clothes. However this may be, and it is not one
of the least singular traits of character in this strange
personage, Blanqui never ceased to keep up a corre-
spondence with his principal confederates, and keep
in his own hand the strings of the complicated in-
trigues of the anarchist party. Communications, the
correctness of which seemed to be free from doubt,
as to Blanqui's retreat, reached the authorities on
Friday morning. The house No. 14, rue Montho-
lon, is inhabited, with other tenants, by M.Berthelin,
one of the judges of the Tribunal de Prerniire
Instance of the Seine. A. M. D-- occupies the
second floor, with his family. The charge of making
the search was intrusted to M. Yon, the Commis-
sary of Police. On this important expedition he
went with only a very few officers, but these were
men of tried character and vigour. But sufficient
forces were placed at his command, and these he
posted with great care in the neighbourhood. M.
Yon entered the house at half-past five in the after-
noon, and immediately went up with his men to the
apartment of M. D—, who was at dinner with
hils wife and daughter, but there was no appearance
of BLANQUI having been of the party. The
commissary made known the object of his visit.
M. D— showed no emotion, but protested that
he had not given hospitality to a man in whose opi-
nions he did not participate, and of whose con-
duct he disapproved. Nevertheless, M. Yon pro-
ceeded to make a minute search in all the rooms,
closets, corners, and chimneys of the apartment.
Finding no one he was about to withdraw, when he
suddenly recollected that, although the house was
three stories high, the staircase did not ascend beyond
the second floor, and that consequently there must be
a private staircase from that in which he was to the
one above. Renewing the search with increased
vigilance, he discovered another door concealed by
taestry, which, on being opened, gave entrance
to a narrow and very dark staircase.
air Yon, as a precaution against any armed
resistance, made M. and,Mme. D— go up be-
fore him. He followed him into a garret, in which
was a table spread with all the delicacies of the
season, wine and fruit. He found four persons
standing at the table, evidently in great agitation.
Advancing to one of them, he laid his hand upon him,
crying, "Citoyen Blanqui, in the name of the law, I
arrest you." Blanqui, who at once resumed his
'
habitual coolness, replied with that bitter irony
al ways imprinted on his language, "Ah ah !
Citoyen Yon you arrested the patriots under
Louis Philippe, and it seems you follow the same
trade under the Republic." M. Yon seeing that
Blanqui's companions seemed disposed to defend
him, though none of them were armed, at least osten-
sibly so, cried, " Let the injunctions of the law be
obeyed, or at my call a company of the National
Guard will soon come to my aid." These words
seemed to make a deep impression upon them all ;
but Blanqui said, " You will at least suffer me
to take something before I go." To this M. Yon
replied, " Yes. I will allow you to take a glass o

water to wash down the papers you have swal-
lowed." The fact was that Blanqui, on the appear-
ance of the Commissary and his men, had put some
papers into his mouth. He was then immediately
conducted by the officer to the Conciergerie,
where he underwent a long examination before the

magistrates appointed to investigate the circum-
stances of the attempt of the 15th. At three o'clock
in the morning, Blanqui was committed to the fort of
Vincennes. Among the persons who were with
Blanqui in the rue Montholon, all of whom made
their escape, was, it is said, M. Lacambre. This ar-
rest was made with so much precaution that no one
in the neighbourhood was aware at the time of what
was passing. According to an account in the Presse,
Blanqui, while being conveyed from Paris to Vin-
cennes, talked in the most incoherent manner, he
wept, laughed, and sung by turns ; he spoke of his
wife, of his children. There wa3, he said, but one
Republican in France, and that was himself. On
arriving at Vincennes he said, " Let me not be placed
near Barbes, he is a fool—he has lost the game—he
is a bad player." lie afterwards fell into a complete
state of prostration. When his keeper brought him
some food, he said to him, " Go, and tell them, that,
if they have the head of Blanqui, they have not got
the rest ; before a month I shall be higher than the
cathedrals ; go, and tell them that." The Procureur
of the Republic, accompanied by an examining magis-
trate, was to have interrogated M. Blanqui on Satur-
day morning.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLU.I3.•-- The following
were entered on Thursday night. for the 100 guineas
prize, given by this club, open to all the royal yacht
clubs, appointed to be sailed on the 13th inst.:—
Heroine, 50, Gen. Wallace; Arrow, 84, T. Chamber-
laine, Esq.; Ino, 25, H. Gebson; Terolce, 13, A. Cox ;
Secret, 25, J Meeks; Daring, 31, G. Cook; Musquito,
50, C. Mare. It will be a time race, half a minute per
ton. The distance (wind permitting) from Erith round
the Wore Light and back.
The sister of the Duke de Bordeaux, who married
the son of the ex-Duke of Parma, has retired to Flo-
rence, and taken up her residence in the charming villa
of Montughi, belonging to the Grand Duke Leopold.