The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-07 00:00:00

great excitement.

When the crowd forced its way into the garden, it
broke the grating on the side of the place de la Con-
corde, and tore down the eagles which surmounted the
gates. The National Guard and the Garde Mobile took
the lead of the advancing column. One of the Gard€,.
Mobile was sent to treat with the soldiers, and told them

that the Republic was proclaimed, and they cleshed to
enter the building. The General agreed to send away his
troops if the National Guard took charge of the Place.
The flag on the pavilion was then lowered. The

crowd then defiled amid loud cries, but they
committed no outrages. The palace was .de-

serted, one of the National Guard was furnished with

the key of the private apartments, and was greatly
affected on entering them. The reception rooms still
preserved their usual look, but on the ground floor there
waF§ great disorder. According to the opinion of M.
Raveney, the National Guard before mentioned, the
Empress had just departed, and there were signs of great
haste having been made. The Imperial apartments were
strewed with empty boxes, and various articles scattered
about in confusion. In one place a child's sword • was
thrown beside of a packet of some numbers of the Gaulois
and Figaro. In one room there were traces of au
unfinished breakfast. In the Emperor's room
there were several maps of Prussia, the statues
of the Prince Imperial and many illustrations of ,

Prussian officers and soldiers in full costume. No havoc

was committed in the Tuileries, which were guarded by

detachments of the National Guard and the Garde Mobile.
Many inscriptions were traced on the walls, conspicuous
among which was that of Vive la R6publique Francaise."
Figaro says the Empress bad been making preparations
for her departure for a fortnight. She left the Tuileries
at one o'clock in the afternoon in a carriage by the small
gate on the quay, accompanied by M. Felix, a hussar, and
drove rapidly to the Northern Railway Station, The
Empress is going to join her son at Brussels. The Prin-
cess Clotilde remains the last of the Napoleon family in
Paris. After attending divine service, she left the Palais
Royal at three o'clock for Prangiers, where her children
are.

At the Hotel de Ville all the doors were opened to the
crowd, and those who came walked in uninterruptedly
to the Throne Room itself. When the members of
the new Provisional Government made their appearances
the prefect, M. Blanche, immediately gave way to them,-
and they installed themselves in his cabinet while M.
Aragq, the new mayor of Paris, took possession of the sec.
retary's room. The Republic, which had been resolved upon
by the leading members of the Chamber, was prodlaimed
by Gambetta and Jules Ferry in the Prefect's room,
before some hundreds of persons. Some lively discussions
took place,and the popular feeling was very plainly sewn.
A fine portrait of the Emperor would have been destroyed
had not Gambetta turned its face to the wall, saying, "It is
useless." The tricolour flag was taken down from the
wall, Gambetta and others crying that it had led
the people to victory in 1793, and would do so again.
Some protests were heard. "It is the flag of the Bour-
bons." The answer was, "No, the white is the old colour
of France." " The flag has been soiled!" the murmurers cried
again. " We will wash it," was the reply. Rochefort, who
came in, was received with open arms by Gambetta, who
made him take his place among the members already
installed.

The Temps says that the Republic has already gained
twenty millions by the departure of one man and his
family. The Civil Service weighed heavily in the nation's
budget, and with the saving thus effected they can buy
powder and balls. The decree which abolishes the
Senate has also contributed greatly to the saving of
expenses.

THE SCENE IN THE CHAMBER

The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing yesterday
says that on his going about 11 o'clock to the Place de la
Concorde it looked much as usual, the only novelty being
that the statue of " Strasburg," which sits upon a trophy
of cannon near the gate of the Tuileries, had a flag put
Into its hands,and was crowned and decorated with flowers.
Near the bridge, however, there was a crowd assembled, not
a large one at that time, and which was prevented by
lines of mounted Municipal Guards from pressing for-
ward towards the Chamber. There were cries of "Vive
la France I" and the people were manifestly greatly ex-
cited. One or two deputies in open vehicles were cheered
as they drove on to the bridge, which was prohibited
ground to all who had not tickets of admission. The guard
at the Chamber was composed of troops of the line; the
quays and other avenues leading to it were barred at a
certain distance by detachments of cavalry chiefly as far
as I could discern, mounted Municipals. In no direction,
as far as the eye could reach, was there any appearance
of people hastening to the Chamber, the body of which,
when I entered, was entirely empty. The galleries were
already pretty full, and soon became crowded, and in two
of them, appropriated, I believe, to ex-deputies, there
was much loud discussion and more mirth than seemed
becoming at a moment when Paris and France are
plunged in the deepest mourning. It was one etlock
before the roll of the drum announced the President's
arrival. There were few deputies in the House when M.
Schneider took the chair, He looked very much knocked
up, flushed, and heated, and as he sat back in his ehair,
his elbow on the arm, and rested his head upon his hand,
partly shading his eyes, the expression of the old man's
face was inexpressibly sad. The deputies began
to flow fa rapidly ; the Left was the first to
muster in force, and I fancied their air was
confident, and that the Eight looked depressed.
Gambetta was early a his post and Jules Simon and
Ernest Picard,. Angel -c)1(1 Carrier Pages, and other pro-
;ninon* Democrats, Jules ram arrived rather late,
looking pale and haggard and resolute. The Chamber
was very full, and a great malority of the deputies
Were seated when M. Thiers entered, and a buzz ran
round the galleries, "Vol% M. Thiers ! " After some &lay
the President rang his bell, and the sitting was opened.
The public sitting was soon afterwards adjourned., and
I went down into the court, crowded with deputies,
journalists, and spectators from the tribunes. The court
is closed in front by lofty iron railings, continued along
the whole front of the building. In this court animated
conversations went on, and in some cases became angry
disputes, and finally violent quarrels. Several blows
were struck, and at one time two pairs of gentlemen
were exchanging fisticuffs with right good will.
Meanwhile a crowd of National Guards were
uttering various cries, among which were chiefly
distinguishable "La d6ch6ance 1" (of the dynasty,
understood) " Vive la France ! Vive la Republique 1"
A number of persons on the upper steps, some deputies,
some in National Guard uniform, waved their caps and
responded to the cries. At the same time a strong agit-
ation was carried on with the object of replacing the
troops by the National Guard. Officers, some of them
with the insignia of high rank upon their caps, passed to and,
fro. At one moment it seemedias if bloodshed must ensue.
I returned to the box, one of those on the first tier, in
which I had a place. On entering, the deputies were
still absent, with the exception of a few who stood 'about
near the entrance and platform. In the tribune was M.
Gambetta haranguing the galleries, into which a few very
noisy and turbulent persons had found their way, and ex
horting them to order. The malcontents, however, would
not be silenced, although the feeling of the great body of
the spectators was manifestly against them. As we sat
in the tribune we heard strange noises outside. Some
persons at first took them for musketry, but it presently
became manifest that they were caused by blows
dealt upon one of the doors of the building. The
noise increased, and became very loud and violent.
Presently the rumbling, tramping noise of countless foot-
steps ascending the stairs and coursing through the corri-
dors was distinctly heard. The door at which they had
been hammering had given way and the people had in-
vaded the House. The door was opened, and the people,
or National Guards, or whatever they may best be
called, poured in as fast as the narrowness of the entrance
would allow them. The general aspect of the crowd was
not encouraging. I walked down into a large
light lobby, having a very large window and glazed
folding-doors,:opening upon the court,at right angles with
the wall in which is the deputies' entrance. The court
was crowded, crammed ; one could have walked on the
heads of the throng, which consisted of the soldiers of the
line already mentioned, of National Guards, and of
civilians of all classes. Gambetta appeared on the steps.
He is one of the popular heroes of the hour ; his
burly form, dark aquiline countenance, and black
beard were recognised by all. He spoke, but the window
was between us and the noise was still great, and little
of what he said reached one ; he had fallen back into the
crowd that surrounded him, and perhaps had returned
into the Chamber, when the doors opened wide and the
throng in the court began steadily to press forward into
the House. The military force near the Chamber was
very large. The Place de la Concorde was crammed
with people; there was no passage over the bridge lead-
ing to it. The nearest possible way to the boulevards was
by the Pont des Invalides and the Champs Elysees.
Everywhere one saw crowds of people. and groups
in eager discussion. There was a large body of troops in
the Tuileries ; a good many of them were of the Imperial
Guard. The flag still flew on the Palace, indicating the
presence of the Sovereign. It would be a good hearing
that she was gone, for the exasperation seems aug-
menting, and I saw more than one fist shaking
menacingly at the Tuileries. There may be danger of
an attack by the armed and furious multitude, and

if the soldiers are faithful to their trust a
terrible • conflict might ensue. The soldiers at the
Chamber were amenable enough, and quite ready to
acclaim the downfall of the dynasty and the,establish-
ment of a Republic. The Empress is high-spirited and
courageous, and just now greatly excited, and she may
refuse to go, although her obvious place now is with
her son, in Belgium. Last night her cousin, the
Duchess of Malakoff, and the CountessWalewski, who are
her two most intimate friends, did all they could to get
to see her, waited at the Palace, sent in urgent note and
messages, but all in vain. She would see no one, and up
to a late hour none had gained admittance to her. What
has since passed I know not, even at this moment, and it
is now :7 o'clock p.m. I doubt whether Paris knows the
full extent of the national misfortunes.