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cipation. Then the brass pot of the revolt was broken,
and the Genius of the Revolution rose from it like a
colossus, and overshadowed the empire of France.
Then Monarchy was doomed, and the interests of the
Orleans dynasty blown like chaff before the breath:of
an outraged nation.
During the morning of that day a procession had
strayed through the principal thoroughfares of the
capital—tbe standard of that procession being the
helmet of an officer of cuirassiers, who had bE en
destroyed in the first disturbances, that helmet being
borne as a glittering, but ominous trophy, on the end
of a pole.
During the same evening and night, another pro-
cession arrived slowly through the darkened streets
—a procession more terrible, and more significant.
It was formed by a vast multitude, headed
by four men bearing lighted flambeaux :—the multi-
tude sang together in a low voice and with a sullen
intonation a song famous in French history—it was
the death-song of the Girondins, Mourir pour la
Pattie .I—through the deep tones of that chorus were
audible the trampling of many thousand footsteps,
and the rolling of wheels, the wheels of a tumbril
carrying the dead bodies of the four men killed before
the Hotel des Affaires Etrangeres. It was a
memorable procession—the funeral procession of
sovereignty ! It paused before the office of
the National: and then, the sullen song
of the Girondins rose into shrieks for
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The Palais Royale was attacked and captured by
the populace after a carnage of some 500 citizens.
A guard-house in the Champs Elysees was
assaulted ; contrary to the recommendation of their
commander the soldiers in garrison fired upon their
assailants ; the guard-house was quickly in the hands
of the mob and every man in it was butchered.
Inspirited by their successes elsewhere the Pari-
sians marched upon the Royal Palace of the Tuileries ;
the chateau was speedily in their possession, and
gutted from the roof to the basement.
As a splendid trophy of the national conquest the
throne was carried through the metropolis by an
enormous rabble, shouting at the utmost pitch of
their voices the glorious stanzas of the Marseillaise.
The French monarchy was not only doomed ; it
was annihilated.

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LOUIS PHILIPPE is described as having abdicated ;
if the truth is to be spoken be has been dethroned.
He who was recently the Majesty of France—now once
more Lours PHILIPPE, Duc d' ORLEANS—abdicated
in favour of his grandson the young Comte DE PARIS.
At first the acceptance of the child monarch was
seriously debated in the Chambers, as the rule of
NAPOLEON 11. had been discussed in 1815: it was
only a question at the outset whether he should be
Sovereign under the Regency of the Duc DE NEMoURS
or the Duchesse D'OaLBANs.

Both regencies were ultimately rejected, and a
Provisional Government installed in the Hotel de
Ville, the- members of this Provisional Government
being-p-

M. LAMARTINE,
M. LEDRU ROLLIN,
M. MARRAST,
M. ODILON BARROT,
M. MARIE,
M. ARAGO,
M. GARNIER PAGES,
M. LOUIS BLANC, Secretary.

Here, therefore, we have a foretaste of a Republic—a
Republic for France, for France of '69, for France
of '99, for France of '3O, for France of '4B ! Shall
it not be a Republic ? Is not Lannu ROLLIN a
Republican ? Is not Gentile'', PAGES a Republican ?
Is not MARRAST MARRAST, the editor of the
National—a Republican ? Is not Louis BLANC
the historian of the Revolution of 1830 a Re-
publican ? Is not Anent:l—the great philosopher
of Europe—a Republican ? Is not LAMARTINE—
the noble and eloquent panegyrist of the Girondins—
a Republican ?
Glory, therefore, say we to the Parisians who have
conquered their liberties in the presence of an army
of 100,000 men, who have broken the throne in the
Boulevards, and trampled its atoms in the mud,
who hare driven from their palace a recreant and
faithless tyrant, and elevated in his stead the triune
symbol of the people—
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY !

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday,
and from them we extract the following account of
the important events which attended the downful of
monarchy and the establishment of republicanism in
France, as stated in several editions of The Sun of
last evening, to the following effect :

LOUIS PHILIPPE HAS ABDICATED !-
THE COUNT DE PARIS IS KING!

THE DUKE OF NEMOURS, AS REGENT,
IS REJECTED. THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS
LEFT PARIS.

A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS IN-
STALLED, COMPOSED OF LAMARTINE,
LEDRU ROLLIN, ODILON I3ARROT, MARIE,
ARAGO, GARNIER PAGES, LOUIS
BLANC.

From the telegraphic dispatch it will he seen that
this people have become completely victorious. We
much doubt whether the reign of the Count DE PARIS
Will be longer than that of NAPOLEON 11.

Among the members of the Provisional Govern-
ment, M. ODILoN BARROT 15 the only one who
belongs to the Dynastic party ; we doubt whether he
will have sufficient power to act the part played by
LAFAYETTE in 1830, and persuade the people to
accept a Constitutional King, as La illeilleure
de Republipes. M. DE LAMARTINH is
sentimental Republican, who has been a Carlist
but he is not a man of business or of action. ARAlso
is a Republican from conviction, and his name will
carry great weight with it. LEDRU ROLLIN and
GARNIER PAGEs, however, will be the souls of
the movement, both being popular, both Republican,
both having that audage which, according to DANT();
is the great secret of success in revolutions. These
are the men who will really sway the destinies of
France, and with the•ltssistance of LOUIS BLANC (an
able coadjutor) become the founders of the new
Republique Frangaise.

It appears that Count MOLE proving unacceptable
to the people, the fighting was renewed on Wednes-
day, and M. TRIERS and M. ODILON BARROT were
applied to to form a Ministry, and placards announcing
that MM. THIERS, ODILON BARROT, and General
LAMORICIERE had been appointed Ministers. This
announcement was received with indignation, and the
placards everywhere were torn down.
The Palace of the Palais Royale (the private
palace of the KING when Duke of ORLEANS)
was taken by the people after mueh car-
nage. The people then proceeded to at-
tack the Tuileries at one o'clock yesterday.
In this they were successful. The KING having
abdicated in favour of the Count DE PARIS, lel t the
Palace, escorted by the National Guard and cavalry,
and proceeded towards the Barriere de Passy. The
Duke DE NEMOURS having been rejected, an attempt
was made to proclaim the Duchess of ORLEANS Regent.
The Chamber of Deputies declared its sittings per-
manent, and the Count of Rams, accompanied by his
mother, the Duchess of ORLEANS, and his uncle, the
Duke DE NEMOURS, proceeded to the Chamber.
The people had also penetrated into the interior of
the Chamber, and the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Count
de PARIS and the Duke Da NEMOURS
were rejected by the Chambers and the people, and
a Provisional Government composed of—.

M. LAMARTINE,
M. LEDRU ROLLIN,
M. MARRAST, Editor of the National,
M. ODILON BARROT,
M. MARIE,
M. ARAGO,
M. GARNIER PAGES,

M. LOUIS BLANC, Secretary,
was accepted by the Chambers, and installed at the
Hotel de Ville, at four o'clock.

13y two o'clock the Tuileries was in the hands of
the National Guards and the people, who threw the
furniture out of the windows, and burned it in the
garden and Place Carrousel. The throne was taken
possession of and carried through the streets in grand
procession, by a party of men singing the "Marseil•
laise."

The troops and National Guard fraternized with the

people, and thus decided the contest. The inter-
course with the Quartier Latin and Faubourg St.
Germain was cut off, but firing was heard in that
direction in the forenoon of yesterday. General
TIBURCE SEBASTIANI, is said to have been killed.

mense crowd, which also sang as one man Mourir
pour la patrie 1' varied alternately with the ' Allons,
enfans de la pa.trie !' and Aux armes citoyens Vof
the Marseillaise: On ascending the Rue St Honore
they fell in with a detachment of National Guards
and of a regiment of the line; whereupon a thousand
voices cried ' Long live the National Guard ! long
live the line !' and to wind up came a fierce shout of
Down with Guizot !'

The Bourse was closed during the whole of the
day, but at four o'clock, when the Provisional Go-
vernment was installed, the firing had ceased. The
people had broken open the cellars of the Tuileries,
and were distributing wine.

" When the news of the resignation of the Ministry
had become generally known in Paris, there was a
burst of satisfaction which it would be difficult to
describe. Large parties of the National Guard
paraded the streets, the officers and men shouting
'Vice la Reforme,' and the crowd cheering loudly.
Bands of 500 to 1,500 men and boys, went about
crying 'Vice la Reforme,' and singing the 'llfarseil-
laise,' and on being met by the troops, they divided
to let them pass, and as soon as they had passed re-
peated their cries and their song. Towards half past
six o'clock an illumination was spoken of, and many
persons lighted up spontaneously. The illumination
of course became more general when the populace in
large numbers went through the streets, calling
light up.' Numerous bands alone, or following
detachments of National Guards, went about shout-
ing Vive le Roi,"Vive la Rforme,' and singing the
Marseillaise: On many of the points where barri-
cades had been erected, and the people were resisting the
troops, they ceased resistance when they heard the
news of the resignation of the Ministers, and the
troops retired ; but we hear that on other points the
people were less reasonable, and between nine and ten
o'clock in the evening a large crowd from one of the
faubourgs arrived opposite the hotel of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, and some shots were fired at the
hotel.

An attempt had been made to storm the Hotel
of the Minister of Finance, but it had failed.
The number of killed, in the attack on the Valais
Royal and the Tuileries, is said to have exceeded 500.
Thus far we published in the late editions of
The Sun of last evening. We- now resume our
narrative from the French papers, which have been
received this morning.
Galignani's Messenger gives the following narra•
tive of the events of Wednesday night and Thursday

morning
The following information of the events of yes-
terday will be found of great interest, both as regards
some of the details and their results :

" By about nine o'clock in the morning people
assembled in considerable numbers in the quarters
St. Denis and St. Martin, and at ten o'clock they had
succeeded in erecting barricades at the Porte St.
Denis, in the Rue de Clery, the Rue Neuve Saint
Eustache, the Rue de Cadran, and the Rue du Petit-
Carreau. A fusillade took place at some of these
barricades between the populace and the Municipal
Guards. Two young men were killed, and a munici-
pal guard was disarmed. Several municipal guards
were pursued to the Place du Caire, by young men
armed with sticks. The guards fired, and wounded
several persons. A woman, the relative of a trades-
man, was, we understand, killed on the spot. Accord-
ing to the Patrie, the officer of a platoon of the Na-
tional Guard, who was on the place, was so indignant
that he cried To arms !' whereupon the municipal
guard beat a retreat. Two hours later one of our
reporters passed through the Place du Caire. It was
then perfectly calm—in fact, not a soul was to be
seen except three National Guards in the Passage du
Caire.

" At the Porte St. Denis the troops charged the
people, and the barricade in the Rue Cadran, at the
entrance to the Rue Montmartre, was attacked by the
Municipal Guard, who fired on the mob, whereby a
child was killed, and two workmen and three women
were, it is said, seriously wounded.
" At eleven o'clock, the crowd was dense in the
vicinity of the Porte St. Martin, and there were cries
of Down with Guizot!" Long live Reform !' A
detachment of troops fired on the mob, compelling it
to retreat.

" At twelve, all the quarter of the markets was
fully occupied. There was a battalion of the 21st
regiment on the Marche des Innocens, besides de-
tachments of the Municipal Guard, horse and foot, and
two detachments of Cuirassiers. Two pieces of can-
non were on the spot, one of which was directed
towards the Rue Montmartre, the other towards the
Rue de la Ferronnerie. They were ready to be em-
ployed at a moment's notice. The fish-market was
occupied by a battalion of the Ist regiment.
" On the Place du Carrousel the horse Municipal
Guard charged the groups who were assembled there ;
but the people, after dispersing on one spot, imme-
diately re-assembled on another.
" At the barricade in the Rue de Clery, which was
half destroyed, the Municipal Guard fired, and several
persons were wounded.
" Between one and two o'clock one of our reporters
visited the different quarters in which disturbances
prevailed. On the Boulevards, in the Rue St. Denis,
the Rue St. Martin, the Rue lontmarte, the Rue St.
Honore, and, in fact, all the principal streets, the
crowds were very dense. On the Boulevards, espe-
cially near the Portes St. Denis and St. Martin, there
was a large assemblage of military, infantry, dragoons,
light dragoons, and municipal guards, both horse and
foot. In the Rue St. Martin frequent charges were
executed.

" The National Guard mustered rather strong yes-
terday, and, when the news of the resignation of the
Ministry was known, a great number more who had
refused to turn out made their appearance.;
_ .

"ELEVEN O'CLOCK.—At this hour there was no
actual disturbance in the Rue St. Denis, the Rue St.
Martin, and that neighbourhood, and the troops were
all withdrawn ; but the people were busily engaged
in constructing a formidable barricade near the Porto.
They had turned up a great part of the foot-pavement,
had seized some carts, broken down some iron railing,
and in fact possessed themselves of almost everything
which it was possible to remove. The difficulty of
removing some of the stones was considerable, but the
mob enlivened their labour with reiterated shouts of
"Down with Guizot !" In the Rue Montmartre a
barricade was being constructed, near the hotel of
Baron Delessert, a short distance from the
Boulevard. The pavement was there dug up
—the railing in front of the hotel was broken
down, and several back-cabs were seized. At the
entrance into the Faubourg Montmartre from the
Boulevard, the mob was also engaged in constructing
a barricade. Surprise was expressed at all the troops
being withdrawn, but it was said that they were
busily engaged near the Hotel of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and the noise of frequent fusillades
confirmed that statement. The mob seemed tolerably
good-humoured, for several of them politely advised
our reporter to take the by-streets in preference to
the Boulevards, stating that there was danger in the
passing along the latter. Many persons were walk-
ing up and down the Boulevards, armed with muskets
and clubs. The only armed force we saw was a
patrol of the National Guard, which was greeted by
the mob with cries of Arive la Garde Nationale !'
A. number of boys amused themselves in smashing the
gas lamps. The Guardhouse of the Boulevarde
Bonne Nouvelle has been abandoned by the troops,
and the mob was occupied in pulling everything to
pieces in the interior, breaking down the iron rail.
ing, &c.
" TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.—It is with the
deepest regret that we announce that the 14th regi-
ment of the line, stationed in the front of the Hotel
des Affaires Estrangeres, fired to night on a nume-
rous groop of young men who were passing, with
some National Guards at their head, and killed a
considerable number of them, besides wounding many
others. This event caused the greatest excitement,
particularly at a later hour of the night, when some
of the dead bodies, (at least 20, it was said), were
carried in a waggon along the Boulevard towards the
Bastille. Some barricades were immediately thrown
up in the Rue ;du Faubourg Montmartre, the Rue
Montmartre, and other streets close to the Boulevards.
Some Cabriolets, trees, barrels, and other articles,
were also flung together across the Boulevard des
Italiens, so as to form a kind of barricade, but the
pavement had not been torn up as in other places
mentioned. At the hour at which we write matters
have become more tranquil.
The I?eforme has the following :
" When the 10th Legion of the National Guard
was assembled yesterday morning on the Place Ta-
ranne, one of them shouted Vive la Reformer

"An attempt to erect barricades in the Rue St.
Antoine was prevented, as were also other attempts
in the Rues St. Laurent and St. Lazare.
"In the Rue de la Cite and Rue de Constantine
the troops had to disperse the mob. On the Place
du Chatelet and the Pont au Change, a fusillade was
kept up for some time. In the Rue des Pities de
Calvaire barricades were established, but were de-
stroyed by the troops. Barricades which were con-
structed in the Rue du Temple were destroyed by the
troops about four o'clock. A chef-de-bataillon was,
it is said, killed.
"The Place des Victoires and the Place du Car-
roussel were occupied by strong detachments both of
dragoons and infantry. The Petrie relates that, in
passing along the former, the pickets of the National
Guard cried 'Down with Guizot ! Long live Re-
form !' They proceeded to the Place des Petits Peres,
and from thence to the Rue Montmartre. They were
followed by an immense crowd, who alternately
chaunted the = Marseillaise,' and cried Vive la Garde
Nationale!' At the same time charges were made
on the assembled people in the Place de St. Andre
des Arts, the Place de l'Ecole do Medecine, and in
all the adjoining streets, as fax as the Place Maubert.
Pickets of troops of the line, National and Municipal
Guards, were stationed at almost all the corners of
the streets.

whereupon M. Lemercier, the Colonel, gave orders
that he should be seized, but the National Guards,
surrounding him, declared that he bad only expressed
their sentiments.

" The Patrie asserts that at the corner of Rue Lepel-
letier, M. Delaborde, chef- de-bataillon of the 2d Le
gion, at the head of a strong detachment, refused to
allow a detachment of Cuirassiers to enter the street,
a proceeding in which he was warmly supported by
his men, who uttered cries of "Long live Reform !
Down with Guizot !' In one street which leads to
the Place de Petits Peres, some National Guards also
prevented the troops from entering. On the Boulevard
between the Chateau d'Eu and the Atnbigu a supe-
rior officer ordered the National Guard to charge the
people, but, says the Patric, they refused.
"In the course of the day M. Cretnieux, the De-
puty, went along the Quai du Louvre, to the
Chamber of Deputies, followed by 400 National
Guards in uniform, without arms.
"In the morning, a post of the Municipal Guard,
in the Rue Mauconseil, was carried by the people.
Soon after, the Municipal Guards succeeded in re-
taking it ; but the people subsequently attacked it
with renewed ardour, and succeeded in again getting
possession of it.
"During the whole day a large crowd was assem-
bled in the vicinity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They cried incessantly, Down with Guizot! Long
live Reform !'
" A strong force of the National Guard occupied
the Arcades and Rue de Rivoli during the day. A
large crowd was assembled there, and it amused itself
in shouting Long live the National Guard !'
"In the course of the afternoon the mob attacked
a body of the Municipal Guard, which was stationed
under a gateway in a street in the Marais, and a
small number of National Guards having come up,
assisted, it was asserted, in disarming them.
" About four o'clock the intelligence that the
Ministry had given in its resignation began to be
generally known. It was received by every demon-
stration of satisfaction. Even a large crowd of well-
dressed persons on the Boulevards testified their joy
by shouting, Vire la Reforme!'
"At about five o'clock the mob made an attack on
the guard-house on the Boulevards Bonno Nouvelle,
where some prisoners were confined. It succeeded in
disarming the soldiers who occupied the post, and in
releasing the prisoners. All the windows of the
guard-house were smashed. The National Guard
also released some prisoners who were confined in the
Mairie of the 3d arrondissement.

" The Patrie announces that a strong picket of the
National Guard was passing before the Imprimerie
Royal, followed by a numerous crowd shouting,
Long live Reform ! Long live the National Guard !'
A detachment of the Municipal Guard fired on them,
ani wounded seven. Great exasperation was pro-
duced by this, but it was somewhat calmed down
when the mob learned the downfall of the Guizot
Ministry.
" At seven o'clock an immense crowd, consisting
almost exclusively of persons of the working classes,
many of them very young, descended the Boulevards.
They were headed by men bearing blazing torches.
They sang the new favourite song, beginning,
" Mourir pour la patrie
C'est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d'envie !'
Or it would be more correct to say that they sang
only those two lines, for they rarely got beyond them,
repeating them over and over again. At intervals,
however, they changed the refrain, by shouting with
all the force of their lungs—
' " Down with Guizot ! Down with Guizot
" On reaching the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
they found assembled very strong forces of infantry
and dragoons, which occupied the whole width of the
Boulevards with the exception of the pavement near the
Rue Bosse du Rampart. Some persons expected to
see the mob come into collision with the troops, but
instead of that the torch-bearers filed off on the pave-
ment, shouting ' Vivo la ligne! Vive la ligne and
they were followed by all their large train.
" After having passed the soldiers the crowd
raised a terrific shout of Down with Guizot !' after
which, having formed themselves into something
like order, they struck up the eternal ' Mourir pour
la patrie !' and continued to bawl until they reached
the church of the Madeleine. There a large detach-
ment of the National Guard was stationed. The
commandant, on seeing the mob, went to the leaders
of it, recommending them to extinguish their torches,
and to be orderly. The torch-bearers immediately
complied with the request, and a thousand voices
shouted ' Long live the National Guard !' The mob
then cried To Duchatel,' and went along. the Rue
Royale, with apparently the intention of paying a
visit to the Minister of the Interior.
" In the Rue St. Honore there was also an im-

" A detachment, consisting of tevoral companies of
the 3d Legion, prevented the Municipal Guard from
attacking the people near the Pont Notre Dame.
Between five and six o'clock, about fifty Municipal

Guards, who were shut up in a court-yard of t;
house in the Rue Bourg l'Abbe, were forced to lay
down their arms. The National Guard negociated
between the people and the Municipal Guard for the
disarming, and when it was effected the former took
the latter under their protection. The exasperation
of the crowd against the Municipal Guard was most
intense, owing to the severity with which that b3dyhad
acted in different quarters ; and when they issued from
the court-yard a strong force was required to protect
them. The people then demanded that they should
be made to take off their schakos, and that they were
obliged to do. They were then led along a number
of streets headed by a detachment of cuirassiers, and
surrounded by the National Guard, the troops of the
line forming a passage for them to pass. On arriv-
ing at the Place de Motel de Ville, a clever cavalry
movement prevented the crowd from entering, and
the Municipal Guard were thereby enabled to escape
into the place. They then warmly expressed their
thanks to their deliverers.

" At nine o'clock the quartier Transnonain and
part of the Rue St. Martin were filled with barri-
cades, which were guarded in military fashion by
the people. The inhabitants were politely conducted
to their residences. Fires were lighted for the bi-
vouac. In the Rue Rambuteau, the people carrying
torches knocked at ;the doors, until some one an-

sw::,red. They then cried,] Have you arms ?'
Yes.' Then give them.' When the arms were
given the people wrote on the doors, On a donne des
urines:

"As the crowd was assembled before the hotel of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and were uttering the
usual cries, they were fired on without any previous
notice, and 52 persons fell dead or wounded. A cry
of vengeance was immediately uttered by the people,
the victims of an abominable ambuscade, and several
of them hastened into the neighbouring streets, shout-
ing To arms ! to arms ! We are being assassi-
nated!' Shortly after we saw a cart arrive at the
offices of the National, containing dead bodies. The
vehicle was surrounded by people, who were weeping
and full of indignation, and who showed us the
bloody bodies, crying, ' They are assassins who have
slain them ! We will avenge them ! Give us arms !
—arms !' The torches, casting their glare by turns
on the bodies and on the people, added to the violent
emotions of the scene. M. Garnier Pages, being at
that moment in the offices of the National, addressed
the people. He promised that he would employ his
efforts to obtain for the people thus attacked the satis-
faction which is required from these impious and
atrocious Ministers. The funeral train left our offices
conducted and lighted in the same manner ; they
conveyed the bodies to distant quarters."
The National thus continues the history of this
affecting incident, which seems to have been the first
occurrence that raised in the people a desire of blood-
shed and of vengeance, and which has cost Louis
PHILIPPE his throne, and may cost his Ministers their
lives :

" M. de Courtais, deputy of the Opposition, hastened
to the Boulevard des Capucines to ascertain the
causes of this shameful butchery. He informs us
that the colonel of the regiment which had caused
the firing to take place was in consternation at what
had occurred. He thus explained what he called a
deplorable imprudence:—At the moment at which the
crowd arrived a bullet from a gun, which went off
by accident in the garden of the hotel, broke the leg
of the Lieutenant-Colonel's horse. The officer com-
manding the detachment believed that it was an
attack, and immediately with a guilty want of reflec-
tion commanded his men to fire. This officer was
immediately placed in prison.
",M. Lemercier, Peer of France, and Colonel of the
10th Legion, having stated to a battalion of the
legion that the entente was crushed, and that the
National Guard was called on to give a testimony of
confidence to the Government, one of the National
Guards stepped forward and declared that they would
not do it, and that they all desire a change of Ministry
and reform. These words were received with accla-
mations.

" General Friant having stated at the Post des
Petits Peres that they had compelled M. Guizot and
M. Duchatel to resign, there was a cry—' That is
not enough—we want the overthrow of the whole
Ministry and its impeachment !'
" In a detachment of the National Guard in the
Rue- Pinon, there were cries, in addition to those of
Down with the Ministry !' of ' We won't have
thieves in embroidery, any more than in rags !'
" In the Palais Royale the Municipal Guard at-
tempted to charge the people, but were prevented by
the National Guard.
" The employes of the octrois at the barriers yes-
terday received orders to remove ; the barriers are
occupied by the National Guard.

" About two o'clock the colonels of the twelve the National Guard waited on the KING for the pair*
Legions sent a deputation to the King, informing pose of demanding a change of Ministry, the King
him that it was impossible to preserve the tranquillity sent for Count MOLE, who undertook to form a new
of the city unless prompt and important concessions
" Ministry of the Barricades." This, however, by no
should be made.
" Just before seven o'clock an immense body of means satisfied the people, who insisted cas guarantee?,
infantry marched up the Boulevards towards the Porte exclaiming that there should be no mist eke this tune.
St. Denis, and other strong detachments occupied Count MOLE then proceeded to the KING, and de-
the vicinity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. dined to undertake the composition of a Ministry
Some firing took place between the soldiers and the whereupon the KING sent for M. THINRS, and that
people at the barricade at the entrance to the Fau-
gentleman at once undertook to submit. to his Ittae
bourg Montmartre.
" From seven to ten o'clock the people continued to JESTY the list of a new Cabinet, makin g a proviso,
erect barricades in different streets, and in some places however, that he might be permitted to Soh) with him
there was firing. as one of his colleagues M. ODILON B ARROY. To
"At about ten o'clock the troops ware all under this his MAJESTY was graciously pleased to accede;
arms, as hitherto, opposite the hotel of the Ministry In the morning a little before eight o'clock, as s
for Foreign Affairs. A large body of cavalry was
number of people were busily employed- in erecting a
drawn up in the middle of the street, and a dense
mass of infantry was drawn round the whole of the barricade at the end of the Rue Taitbout, close to the
hotel. Drums were heard, and a body of infantry Boulevard, they saw a group of gentlenst ea approach-
advancing. As they approached it was perceived ing from the end nearest to the Rue des 'l7.rois Freres.
that they were preceded by a body of the people all Some of the crowd immediately recognised them, and
armed in different ways, and bearing the tri-colour loud cries of "Vive M. Thiers," "Vive If. O. Bar'
flag. The people and this body of soldiers advanced
rot," burst forth. With these gentlemen were tif•
towards the soldiers on guard, and, after some expla-
DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, M. DE REMUSAT, Prince
nations, accompanied by shakings of hands and
crossing swords, in the military style of salutation, DE LA Muscowa, and other members belonging to
all the soldiers, en masse, sheathed their bayonets, the Opposition. The whole party walked .on towards
the officers sheathed their swords, and quitted the the Chateau, followed by cries of " Vive la .Refornle:'
hotel, leaving the people to act as they pleased. All i, yes, yes," said N. TRIERS, "you shall have it."
that the latter did was to cheer vehemently, while a
At another point, in the Rue Grammorst, the cr/
young man mounted up over the gate and took down,
of ~
amid loud cheers, the flag which was waving over arose Empechez au moms lee coup de lima!
it. Shortly after this a body of National Guards which was also responded to affirmatively by the
came from the Rue des Capucines amidst great group of Deputies. The whole way from the Boule'
cheering, and took their station opposite the hotel, as
yards to the Rue St. Honore is intercepted by iIII.
the cavalry retired towards the Madeleine. Every-
mense barricades, some of them considerably higher
where the soldiers along the Boulevards took off their
bayonets from their muskets, which they then re- than a man's stature. At each of these impediments
versed, appearing much to enjoy the scene. Whilst M. TIIIERS and the other gentlemen were obliged to
this was going on the people wantonly set fire to the pass singly, and as the rumour spread that the Hoe'
bureau of the hackney-coach station nearly opposite Gentleman was going to the Kum loud cheers con'
the hotel. tinned to greet him.
"In the evening a group of young men, headed by
About ten o'clock M. °LIMON BAREOT passed OP
tri-colour flags and torches, and led by a captain, a
lieutenant, and a sub-officer of the National Guard, the Rue St. Anne on foot towards the Boulevards,
went to the Caserne de Neuilly, to demand the release proclaiming General LAMORICIERE Commandant of
of some persons who had been arrested. On being the National Guard of Paris, and accompanied by 0
assured that they had been released they quietly numerous escort of National Guards and eitazne" 05
dispersed. intermingled. On arriving at the corner of the Rue
"An attack was made on the Hotel de la Chan-
cellerie ; the windows were smashed, and the crowd Richelieu, M. O. PARROT gave orders to a troop of
insisted on the windows being illuminated. dragoons and the 21st regiment of the line to proceed
"An attack has been directed against Mont-Val6- to their barracks. The order was immediately
rien— some sheds were burned down. .... . obeyed amidst shouts of " Vive Lamoriciere ! Vice

" At the Batignolles four children have been killed,
and their bodies are deposited at the guard-house.
" The Debats says that the collision which took
place at•the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was caused
by a crowd, headed with torches and flags, attempt-
ing to force its way through the ranks of the sol-
diers. It says nothing of the number of persons
killed and wounded.
" After midnight the tocsin was sounded in the
Church St. Germain des Pres, and the rappel was
beaten in several quarters.
" The following declaration was yesterday signed
in the 4th Legion of the National Guard :
" 'We, the undersigned, all belonging to the _Na-
tional Guard, declare that, in the midst of the trou-
bles of the capital, the summons to assemble having
been beaten, we, the protectors of order, shall pro
teed wherever we may be ordered to go to prevent
or arrest the effusion of blood; but at the same time,
being protectors of liberty, we declare that cur ob-
ject is not in any way to approve of the Ministerial
policy, either at home or abroad, or to lend any sup-
port to a Ministry which, on the contrary, we blame
with all the energy of good citizens. We do not
deliberate under arms—we merely state our way of
thinking, before we go to our post.'
" Yesterday evening, at about 8 o'clock, an'immense
crowd proceeded to the residence of M. Odillon Bar-
rot, and entered the court-yard of his house, and
many of them his apartment, in the most penceable
manner. A deputation advanced towards M. Odillon
Barrot, who was at the time in company with many
of his colleagues. M. 0. Barrot addressed the depu-
tation as follows :
"My Friends,—l think I see your fathers of
July 1830 ; it is a display of the same courage—the
same generosity.—(Unanimous cheers.) And to be,
like them, worthy of liberty, be calm in triumph ;
that is the character which is suitable to the cause of
right and liberty."
"Loud cries of Long live Odillon Barrot' were
then raised. M. Garnier Pages added a few energetic
words to persuade the crowd to retire peaceably. The
shouts recommenced with increased strength, and
were taken up by the people in the Rue de la Ferule
des Mathurins.
The correspondent of the Times, who was present,
gives the following graphic account of the unfortunate
event which occurred at the hotel of M. GUIZOT :
" At ten o'clock a column of 600 or 800 people of
all ranks, who had been fighting, passed up the
Boulevard. Among them were evidently many of
the Communistes, and, possibly, some of those male-
factors who will mix in all popular movements.
The bearing and attitude of this column was ter-
rible. The subsequent act of one of the party jus-
tified the apprehension which their appearance sug-
gested.
"Although M. Guizot had retired from the Ministry,
the Hotel des Affaires Etrangeres remained occupied
and guarded by troops. About ten o'clock a young
man walked up to the officer in command, and ble w
his brains out with a pistol. Seeing him fall, his
soldiers without orders fired on the people, of whom
four or five were killed.
" The report of this discharge at a moment when
we flattered ourselves that all was tolerably well over
created a painful sensation. Twenty minutes after-
wards, however, a mGst touching and melancholy pro-
cession arrived, and, as far as I could perceive,
turned alarm into rage.
" The busz of an approaching multitude coming
from the Boulevard des Capucines was heard, and a
low song of death, Mourir pour la patrie,' was
chanted by the throng instead of the victorious Mar.
ceillaise. Mingled with this awful and imposing
chorus, the noise of wheels could be heard. A large
body of the people slowly advanced. Four in front
carried torches. Behind them came an open cart
surrounded by torch-bearers. The light was strong,
and discovered four or five dead bodies, partly un-
dressed, which appeared to have been carefully ranged
in the cart.
" When the head of the column reached the corner
of the Rue Lepelletier the song was changed to a
burst of fury, which will not soon be forgotten by
those who heard it. The procession halted at the
office of the National, and the whole party burst into
a unanimous shriek or cry of Vengeance !' You
know how sonorous is that word when pronounced
in French. The dead bodies in the cart were those
of the men who fell under the fire of the soldiers
above-mentioned.
"This event is deplorable. It may possibly change
the issue of the affair.
" The night was an awful one. The noise of work-
men appeared to break on the stillness. Having heard
a similar one in 1830, I guessed what was going on.
Barricades—one immensely strong at the end of the
Rue Richelieu—were in progress of construction.
This has continued up to this moment (half-past ten).
Every tree on the whole line of the Boulevard has
been felled. Every one of the superb lamp-posts
has been thrown down, and all converted into bar-
ricades.

"At the corner of every street is aharricade—gen-
tlemen, shopkeepers, clerks, workmth, all labouring

• • • •
at the work with an eagerness and an earnestness
beyond description."
The Journal des Debats says :
" Between three and four o'clock a deputation of
about 100 members of the National Guard, composed

for the most part of officers of the fourth Legion,
went towards the Chamber of Deputies. A battalion

of the tenth Legion, which was in the service of the
Chamber, advanced to the middle of the Pont de la
Concorde, and declared that they had orders
not to permit any deputation to proceed to
the Chambers. At the moment at whieh this
was passing M. Odillon 13arrot and M. Gander
Pages, who were followed by a great number of
deputies of the Opposition, joined the deputation.
The petition was then remitted to M. Cremieux.
"The efforts of the crowd were concentrated
between Rue St. Antoine and the Rue Montmartre,

and between the Rue Vielle du Temple an the
d
St. Martin, the barricadus of which, as has
been already stated, were constructed with ddi

gences, cabs, carts, &c., tilled with paving stones.
Most were abandoned without resistance, and the
crowd assembled in 4er spots. A barricade in the
Rue Vieille du Temple, near the Rues de l'Oseille
and de Poitou, was surmounted by a red flag. An
officer who commanded a detachment which attacked

O.lilon Barrot ! Vice le Vingt-unieme de ligrxe !" the
soldiers fraternising with the people. The caissons
of the regiment were in an instant broken, and their
contents immediately distributed amongst the crowds.
By eleven o'clock the muster of the National
Guards had become very strong, and most of the
posts which had been cccupied by the infantry of the
line were taken possession of by them. A company
of the line was seen returning to their barracks, hl
the Rue de Faubourg Poissonniere. Many of theta
were disarmed, having given their muskets when
demanded by the people, or rather by mere lads, who
were in the crowd. Those who were not disarmed
had their muskets reversed. Two pieces of cannot
and two caissons were seized on the Boulevart del
Italiens by a party of the people, mixed with
National Guards. The powder was taken out of the
caissons and distributed to the people, and then the
cannon and the caissons were taken to the mairie of
the second arrondissement.
The following proclamation has been posted at the
Bourse :
" Orders have been given to cease firing ever
where.
We have just been charged by the King to fortis
a Ministry.
" The Chamber will be dissolved, and an :spPesl
be made to the country.
" General Lamoriciere has been appointed Corr
mandant of the National Guards.
(Signed) " THIERS.
ODILON BARROT.
DU VE RGIE It DE UAURANI
L AMORJCIERE."
In the meanwhile the people had not been
During the whole night the people were busily ere
gaged in erecting barricades in the principal street,
as well as in those smaller ones in which it might
appear of importance to prevent the entrance of the
military. Barricades existed at an early hour this
morning in different parts of the Boulevards, especial
near the Porte St. Denis, where there was a yen
formidable one, and near the Rue Richelieu, -where
there were two ; in the upper end of the Rue ;dont'
martre two, the Faubourg Montmartre, the Rue
Geoffrey Marie, the Rue de Provence, the Rase
Cadet, the Rue Vivienne two, the Rue Richelieu, the
Rue des Deux Ecus, the Rue St. Honore, the Rue
des Vielles Etuves, the Rue des Fosses St. Geemale
l'Auxerrois, and in a multitude of other places, i°
fact, it would occupy a column to name all. The bat'
ricades were constructed partially of cabs, diligencem
carts, boards, or anything else the people could 14
their hands on; and these different objects being piled
and fitted together as well as possible, were kept iu
their places by paving-stones torn up from the street*
On the Boulevards a'great many of the trees were
cut down, and the bureaux of the men who mists'
the hackney cabs were dragged into the middle of the
roadway. Almost every barricade was guarded by •
small number of persons, some of whom were armed
with guns, others with clubs, but the great majority
were without arms at all. The people at the barn'
cedes behaved very civilly to the passengers, allowing
them to pass most of the barricades without Much
difficulty ; but at some of those which opened on the
Boulevards, permission to pass was refused.
Exasperated with the slaughter which had tithe°
place in front of the Hotel of M. GuizoT, they at'
tacked and carried the Palais Royale and the Tuilerie*
and insisted on the abdication of the KING:; and tbi
Ministerial combination which, if made on Monday,
would have saved to Louts Puteirre his throne, woe
in consequence of this delay of three days, insufficieht
to save the monarchy itself.
At twelve o'clock M. ODILON BARROT, WOO'
panied by General LAMORICIERE, repaired from the
Chamber of Deputies to the Ministry of the Interior,
where he was formerly installed, in presence of the
National Guard and a multitude of citizens, who filled
the Court. Shortly afterwards the following procle"
mation was posted up on the gate, amidst universal
acclamations :
e, My dear Comrades,—l have been invested by the
new Cabinet with the superior command of the $ll-
- Guard of the Department of the Seine.
" By your energetic attitude you have asserted the
triumph of liberty. You have been, and will ever
be, the defenders of order. I rely upon you, as you
may rely upon me.

" Your comrade,
(Signed)
" General LAMORICIERE•
(Countersigned) " ODILON BARROP.
" Puri•, Feb. 24, 1848:
At two o'clock the following procla►nation: wig
posted on the walls of Paris:—

one of the barricades in that quarter was struck by a
ball. A barricade at the entry to the Rue de Perche
was destroyed by artillery.
" In an attack on the Place du Chatelet, M. de St.
Hilaire, chef de bataillon of the 34th Regiment, was
killed."

" Citizens of Paris,—
" The King has abdicated. The crown, bestowed,
by the revolution of July, is now placed on the head
of a child, protected by his mother. They are both
under the safeguard of the honour and courage of the
Parisian population. All cause of division amongst
us has ceased to exist. Orders have been given to
the troops of the line to return to their respective
quarters. Our brave army can be better employed
than in shedding its blood in so deplorable a col-
lision.
" My beloved fellow-citizens ! —From this moment
the maintenance of order is intrusted to the courag°
and prudence of the people of Paris and its heroic
National Guard. They have ever been faithful to
our noble country. They will not desert it in this
grave emergency.

~ ODILON I3ARROT."

The following is from the Conserv3teur :
" The service of the arrondissement post•offices
was
impeded yesterday and the day before by the insur-
gents. The post-office for the Hanes remained con..
stantly closed. That in the Rue I'Echiquer was
partially interrupted. Yesterday and the day before
the insurgents prevented the postmen from taking the
letters from the receiving boxes, and on Tuesday
night one of these postmen was surrounded and de-
tained for several hours. The post-office omnibuses
were prevented from running the whole of the day by
an assemblage of 400 or. 500 armed men. Some
letters were spoilel by the injection into the receiving
boxes of water or some other matter."

When in the night of Tuesday, the deputation from

All the military poets on the left bank of the
Seine were disarmed early in the morning, and co'
cupiell partly by National Guards and men of
the people. At noon a party of armed workmen,
headed by pupils of the Polytechnic School, pre"
sented themselves at the barrack of the firemen, in
the Rue du Vieux Colombier. The sentinel at first
()tiered resistance, but when told that they acted in
the name of the National Guard the officers junl3°'
diately agreed to surrender their arms, which were
passed to the people under the gateway. The firemen
then appeared at their windows and cried " Vive la
Re forme ! Down with Guizot !" The people prod
ceeded thence to release the prisoners confined in the
military- prisons of the Abbaye and the Conseils de
Guerre, three of whom had been sentenced to be shot'
All the bedsteads and furniture where then brought
out into the street, formed into a heap, and set on fire•
At one moment it was feared that the fire would corn-
munieate to the adjoining houses, and the firemen
were s:.‘nt for in order to extinguish it.
The troops having evacuated the Tuileries, the
palace was immediately occupied by the insurgents,

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS•

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the louse of Commons.)

FRIDAY, FEB. 25.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :

That in the case of the Severn Navigation Improve-
ment Commission petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to
proceed with their Bill, provided that the same be pre-
sented not later than three clear days after the presen-
tation of this report.—Resolution agreed to.
The undernamed Railway Bill was ordered to be
brought in:—
Edinburgh and Northern, and Stirling and Dunfermline
(Queensferry and Inverkeithing Branches).

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS,

(From the Votes and Proeceilings of the 110148 e of Commons.)

FRIDAY, FEB. 25.
SUPPLY.

Order for Committee read ; Estimate of Expenses of
Kafir War (presented 3d February) referred:—Motion made,
and Quation proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair ;"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the
word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the
words " it is expedient that the Expenditure of the Country
should be reduced, not only to render an increase of Taxati4n
in this session unnecessary, but that the Expenditure should
be further reduced as speedily as possible, to admit of a re-
duction of the present large amount of Taxation," instead
thereof:—Question put, " That the iwords proposed to be
left out stand part of the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 157.
Abdy, Thomas N. Gibson, T. M. Paget, Lord Clarence
Adair, Hugh E. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Bounden
Adair, R. Shafto Giyn, George Carr Parker, John
Anson, Viscount Goring, Charles Peel, Sir Robert
Arbuthaott, Hugh Graham, Sir James Perfect, Robert
Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. Pinney, William
Arundel, Earl of Guest, Sir J. Plumptre, J. P.
Bagshaw, John Gwyn, Bowel Plowden, W. H.
Baring, 11. B. Haggitt, F.:lt. Power, Dr.
Baring, F. T. Hamilton, G. A. Power, Nicholas
Baring, W. B. Hay, Lord John Prime, Richard
Barnard, E. G. Ilayter, W. G. Rendlesham, Lord
Bellew, R. M. Henthcoat, John Ricardo, Osman
Berkeley, Captain Henley, J. W. Rich, Henry
Bernal, Ralph Herbert, Henry A. Robinson. George
Bernard, Viscount Heywood, James Russell, Lord J.
Bowles, Admiral Ilildyart, R. C. Sadleir, John
Boyle, Robert E. Hodges, T. L. Sandars, George
Brackley, Viscount Hood, sir A. Seymour, Lord
Bremridge,:Eichard Hope, Sir J. Shelburne, Earl of
Broadley, 11. Hornby, John : Sheridan, R. B.
Brockman, E. D. Hotham, Lord Slaney, Robert A.
Brooke, Lord Howard, C W.G. Somers, J. P.
Bruce, C. L. C. Ingestre, Viscount Somerville, Sir W.
Buck, L. W. Inglis, Sir R. li. Spearman, 11. J.
Bunbury, Edward Jervis, John Spooner, Richard
Burghley, Lord Heppel, George T. Stafford, Augustus
Busfeild, W. Ker, Richard Stinten, W. H.
Chichester, Lord J. Kildare, Marquis of Staunton, Sir G.
Christy, Samuel Labouchere, Henry Strickland,lSir G.
Clay, James Lemon, Sir Charles Strutt, Edward
Clerk Sir G. Lennard, T. R. Stuart, J.
Cockburn, Alex. Lewis, Sir T. Tancred, H. W.
Compton, It. C. Lewis, George C. Tollemaclte, John
Corry, Henry Littleton, E. It. Towneley, John
Cowper, W. F. Locke, Joseph Tswnshend. John
Craig, W. G. - Lockhart, A. E. Trelawny, J. S.
Cubittt, William Lockhart, W. Trevor, J. R.
Davie, Sir 11, Macnamara, Major Tynte, Charles
Davies, D. A. S. Ill‘Naghtee, Sir 6. Vane, Lord 11.
Denison, J. E. M'Tavish, C. C. Verney Sir H.
Dnimlaurig, Vis. Martin, J. Walpole, S. 11.',:
Dundas, Admiral 3lasterman, J. Ward, [l. G.
Dundas, Sir David Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel
Dunne, Francis r. Maule, Fox West, F. R.
Ebrington, Viscount Miles, W. Westhead, J. P.
F,lwards, Henry Moffatt, George Wood, Sir Charles
Elllce, Edward Monsell, William Wyld, James
Farrer, James Moody, C. A. Wyvill, Marmadako
Fitzpatrick. J W. Moore, George H.
Fitzroy, Henry Morpeth, Viscount TELLERS.
Fortescue, Chichester Newdegate, C. N. Tuihell, Henry
French, F. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Hill, Lord M.
Fuller, A. E. Paget, Lord A.

MINORITY-NOES, 59.

Aglionby, 11. A. Hardcastle, J. A. Peto, Samuel M.
Alcock, Thomas Basile, Alexander Pilkington, James
Anstey, Thomas C. Henry, Alexander Raphael, Alexander
Blewlit, R. J. Hindley, C. Salwey, Colonel
Bright, John Ilumphery, Ald. • Schelefleld, William
Brotherton, Joseph Jackson, William Sibthorp, Colonel
Brown, W. Kershaw, James Sidney, Thomas
Cobden, It. King, Peter John Smith, John B.
Crawford, W. S. M'Gregor, John Stuart, Lord 1).
Deering, John P. Meagher, Thomas Sullivan, Michael
Devereux, John T. Marshi.ll, J. G. Thicknesse, It. A.
D'Eyncourt, T. Mitchell, T. A. Thompson, Colonel
Duncan, Viscount Molesworth, Sir W. Thompson, George
Duncan, George Mowatt, Francis Thornely, T.
Duncuft, John Nugent, Lord Walmsley, Sir J.
Evans, John O'Brien, W. S. Wawn, J T.
Ewart, William O'Connor, Feargus Williams, John
Fagan, William O'Flaherty, Anthony
Fordyce, A. D. Osborne, Ralph TELLIERe.
Fcx, W. J. Pattison, James Hume, Joseph
Gardner, J. D. Pearson, Charles Bowring, Dr.

THE UNITED STATES.

"An indescribable scene of tumult ensued. A
'number of Deputies collected round the Duchess and
her children, and the Dukes of Nemours and Mont-
Rensier. National Guards also rallied round the
-ttoyal Family.
"M. Marie then ascended the tribune without
being able to speak, his voice being drowned
by deafening cries. When silence was re •
stored M. Marie said that in the critical
situation in which the capital was placed,
it was urgently necessary to adopt some
measures calculattd to calm the population. Since
morning tl e evil had made immense progress.
Shall we Iro .laim the Duke de Nemours or the
Duchess of Orleans regent ? M. Cremieux, who
followed, was of opinion to uphold the new Govern-
ment. M. Genoude thought that an appeal ought to
be addressed to the people. M. Odillon Barrot next
ascended the tribune, and advocated the rights of
the Duchesse d'Orleans. M. Larochejaquelin sup-
ported the appeal to the people. M. Lamartine and
and M. Ledru Rollin insisted on the necessity of
appointing a Provisional Government. M. Sauzet
here put on his hat, and concluded the sitting. The
Princes retired, followed by all the members of the
Centre, those of the Left alone remaining in
the hall. The insurgents then called, or rather
Carried M. Dupont de l'Eure to the Presidential
chair. The tribune and all the seats were occupied
by the people and National Guards, and the names of
the following Members of the Provisional Govern-
ment were proclaimed amidst a scene which bas not
been witnessed since the Conventicn :
" Garnier Pages,
" Arago,
" Marie,
" Ledru Rollin,
" Lamartine,
" Cremieux."

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Acadia has arrired. She brings nine thousand
pounds in specie. The Sarah Sands was at New
York on the 10th of February, and the Hibernia
steamer at Halifax on the 11th.
The political news is unimportant.
The Money Market was easy. Exchange on
London, 110 to 1104.
Flour lower, at from 5 dolls, 84e. to 6 dolls. and 6+
dolls. Indian Corn, 60c. to 62+c.
The Cotton Market was dull, and the price de-
clining.

- " This list was received with cries of Viva la
Rdpublique,' and the Assembly then adjourned to the
Hotel de Vila to instal the Provisional Government."
The people still remain under arms, and are de-
termined not to lay down their arms until their liber-
ties shall have been secured. The tri-colour flag
has been hauled down from the Tuileries, and the red
flag substituted in its place.

The last accounts of Louis Piimirrs state
that he had proceeded with his family to the
Chateau d'Eu. The rumours of his arrival is
England, which were currently circulated in the
City yesterday, and which were confidently believed
last night, turn out to have been premature,—we say
premature, because we believe that it is exceedingly
probable that he will seek refuge in this country. None
of the papers give any information at to the fate of
M. GuizoT, or that of any of his colleagues.
The Provisional Government installed at the hotel
de Ville have proclaimed a Republic. The following
ig a list of the new Ministry appointed by the Provi-
aional Government :
President M. DUPONT DA L'EURE.

THE SUN, LON DON, SATU RDA Y_L:

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
quiet, and taking into account the operations of the
week, prices are not supported. Ordinary and middling
American have been id. per lb. lower. Sales of the
week, 19,170 bales. Railway Shares were dull.
The Bank of England still increases materially its
reserves of bullion and notes, while the amount of secu-
rities held has been diminished. The following are the
main points during the week to the 19th instant:—
Notes issued
Increase • 307,810
Rest
Decrease • 3,798,398
6,627
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits . 9,797,938
Decrease 163,907
Seven Day and other Bills 866,898
Decrease 34,992
Government Securities No alteration.
Other Securities
Decrease 355,178
Notes 9,806,010
Increase
Bullion
Increase
Active circulation
Decrease 433,965
There is scarcely any abatement of the excitement
that prevailed yesterday throughout the City, and
indeed throughout the metropolis; we have never known
such extraordinary scenes to occur.
The evening papers were bought up with the most
extraordinary avidity. The inquiries for The Sun
were numerous, and had the newavendors round 'Change
been more fully supplied, hundreds upon hundreds would
have been taken. Since the Revolution of 1830 such a
scer.e as that witnessed last afternoon has not existed.
This morning apparently all attention is directed to
the news from Paris, of which, however, not much of
importance has yet come to hand.
After the regular c lose of the market, yesterday after-
noon, the report was current that the Citizen King had
really abdicated, and the private bargain operations be-
came immense. A run down in the value of Consols
occurred from 88i to 86, and soon to 85k, this irregular
business closing at about 851
Early this morning the dealers and jobbers were in
full and most anxious attendance. Long before the
period for the regular commencement of transactions in
the Stock Exchange various bargains wore made at 841
and at 83, but it is questionable if any real business was
done at the latter value; but as soon as the market was
regularly opened, all was hurry and haste to sell. The
first reported sale was at 84/ ; from this a rise to
85 occurred—as rapidly did Consols go back to 83, then
up again to 85k, down to 84, and at a bargain, to 84/.
It would be extremely difficult to say how many
thousands of Stock were booked during these important
changes. The market is in a most excited state at the
present hour. Consols for Money have changed fre-
quently from 841 to 63, and up to 831. The other
regular Stocks have been subjected to about equal rates.
In Exchequer-bills the fluctuations have been slight.
Bank Stock has gone back from 199/ to 194-5.
The Foreign Bond Market has been almost entirely
deserted all the morning. The only quotations have
been for Mexican at 17k; in the Portuguese Four per
Cents. at 22k; in the Russian Five per Cents. at 108;
and in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51 and 50.
The Railway Share Market has been little attended
to all day.

ONE CLOSING
rule E 3 OF ISRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock

3 ) or Cent. Reduced Anns 84% 83 8514 841{
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84% 83 83% 83%
New 314 per Cent. Anne B5 83% 84% 85',1; 85
Long Anus. to expire Jan.1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 8 11-16 lA 8%
India Stock 242 242

India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ....... - 2 O 2O p 20 p
Consols for Account April 84% 85 833/4 84%
83 854 84% 85% 84 84% 833/4
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
500/.

Small .
Ditto Advertised 22 18 24 p

31i)
17p

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. nucF,s
aLexiesui, 5 per Cent. 1846 1714 18 IA
Portuguese S per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 22V. 22%
Russian Bonds - IOS 108

_____
Dividends on the above payble in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 51 50 50
Ditto. 4 per Cent Certificates 79
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAIL WAY SIIARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 45 ...... ......... ......
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junetion 31(......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% —
Belfast & County Down. 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction '.... ... 20 - ......... lose • • 24%
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145... ... •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire, _ .

and Cheshire June,.... 734 — ... .... ..... .
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds

Ditto ditto .., .... .... 40
Ditto, Thirds ..........81. Gs. 8d.... ...
London, SAlisbury, aP.d
Ygovii ..... - ..... .. 1 %......
Londonderry &Colerain e 27 IA — .. - _
Londonderry i.nd Ennis-
...

kill,n -
•
LAvestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (G per et.) ..... 3 - .....
MAn:_lie4er.l.3uxion.and

Matlock .. 3
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100 ••• •. 000000000

Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 71,4 —
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 71,13 —
Ditto and Grimsby 25
Ditto ditto . —... 7 ••••••
Ditto ditto

Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 7',4 ••• • •• • • —•• •
Do., Grimsby Dock l2l/ —
Do. Man. &Lin. Union 2s
Manchest. & Southampt. 21

.
Niidlani
110 108 lOB
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do. 401. Shares
Do. 50/. Shares l5 ... 124
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do.Consol. Bristol and
!Binning., 6 per ct.... 100
Midlnd, Brat. & Glocstr. 36 ....
Ditto, ditto ...... .. 11/. 3s. 6d... ••••••••
Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastleand Carlisle...100

- - -- .-
Do. Quarters 25 .. . ..
Newairket &Chesterforel 18 4
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford —
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warren point,
and Rostrevor l2l/e — •• ....-
Norfolk ..
Do. New 201.
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed 51~i pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ... .... ... 25 - 241,4
Do. Half Shares
Do. Quarters SIA
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds l%
North & South -Westorn 2 ...... ........ ......
North Staffordshire lO ...... 9% 14 . ...... ... 97%
North Wales . 3I,E — . • •
North Western.
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton - -
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 22% • .... —
Ditto, New. ......... ..... 10
Sheffield, _ Rotherham, _

Trinidad. 24, Madonna, Caldwell, Demerara; Elizabeth
Swift, Swift, New York.
Coax, Frn. 23.—Arrd. Mount Stewart Elphinstone,
Thompson, Valparaiso.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN.

Potatoes, from 6s to 8s 6d per cwt.; Onions, 2s
to 3s; and Apples, Is 9d to 3s 6d; per kalf-sieve ;
Walnuts, 8d to Is; and Oranges, 5s to 123 per 100;
Pureed Asparagus, 6s to 8s per bundle; New Potatoes,
Is 61 to is 9d per lb; Greens, 2s to 3s; Turnips, 2s
to 2s 9d; Leeks, 8d to is 2d; and Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d per
dozen bunches; Savoys, 8d to is 2d per dozen; Celery,
10d to Is 9d; Horseradish, 2s to 4s 3d; and Brocoli,
Is 6cl to 28 9d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d per lb;
Spinacb, 5s per sieve; Sa Kail, is 6d to 3s per punnet.

RIINGERWORD. - -
Our market to-day was fairly supplied with most
articles of produce, which met a slow sale at barely sta-
tionary prices.
NEVI/GATE AND lAMILDENZAZZ.
Prime Mutton sold freely at full prices; otherwise the
demand was in a very sluggish state. :Beef from 3s
to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 2d to Sc 2d;
and Pork 3s 8d to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase.
Turkeys, 3s 6d to 8s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks,
Is 6d to 2s Gd ; Rabbits, 10d to is 8d ; Pigeons, 6d
to 10d ; and roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each. Fowls, 3s
t 9a ; and Chickens, 2s 6d to 5s per couple; Fresh
Butter, Is id to Is 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to
3s 6d; Hares, 2s to 3s ; Grouse, is to 2s ; and Wild
Ducks, Is to 2s each.

NEWPORT.

lind Goole .
Shrewsbury and Birn3... 7 . — .. . 3
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 —
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. IV. 3lin.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto S ...... .. ... —
Ditto Oswestry ...... 12
Ditto New

Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5
Shrewsbury and Ilerefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon....
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 4 ...... .. ...... ....
Fouth East= & Dover 33IA 28% 2B
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3 ...,... ...... 20
Do., No. 4
South Wales ....... 18 -
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3
Swans. & Loughor & Ca- '
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6
Taw Vale Extension ..., 4
Thames Haven Dock _

Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d;
Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs.

SVIII7IECH.A.PEL.

Beef from 3s to 3s 10d; lutton, as 6d to 4$ 81;
Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4.s to 4s 10d per 81131,

171 h
Vale of Neath 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 13
‘Vaterford and Limerick 40
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wi.,st Cornwall
Whitehaven & Furness 10
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... 02s
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ........ 30
York, Nwcastle, and
8erwick........ 25 32
Do. Original New and
Berwick 25
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 13
Do. do. No. 2......... 10
1)o. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... B'% ........ 9
York and North Midland 50

,
EVLN ING FEBRUARY
26 1848.

Counties Guaranteed Stock, carrying 5 per cent.
interest in perpetuity, would be issued for the 2/. 10s.
and for the Si. respectively paid. The total amount
received under this measure from defaulters did not.
exceed 31,0481., and in respect of that sum and fcrmer
payments, scrip had been issued in accordance with
the advertisement. The result of the measure, inde
pendently of the above receipts, had been to place in
the company's hands the power of issuing, or selling
with the sanction of the proprietors, a stock of about
400,0001. in amount, either as York Extension Share',
or as a perpetual Five-per-Cent. Stock. The
directors who retired were—Mr. Waddington, Mr.
Butler, and ➢lr. Wells, all of whom were eligible for
re-election."

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and
Mr. Justice ERLE.) _ _

The Court sat to-day to give judgment in the follow•
ing eases:—

EARL OF EGREMONT WILLIAMS.
Rule for a new triai discharged.

GAME V. COUNTNET.
Rule to enter a nonsuit made absolute.

BIDDITLPH V•. POOL.
In this case the Court gate judgment for th© dew
fondant.

EARL OF EGREMONT V. LANGTON.
Mr. Justice Wightman was to have given judgment is
this case, but he was prevented by illness from attend-
ing to do so.

From the financial statement of the company it ap-
peared that the capital stock of the company amounted
to a gross sum of 7,320,3201. Is. 6d., the disburse-
ments to the sum of 730,724/. Bs. 3d., leaving a
balance in hand of 28,0781. 13s. 3d. The revenue
account of the half-year ending 4th of January, 1848,
showed receipts amounting to 323,8561. Is. 4d., the
expenses to 179,380/. 14s. 5d., leaving a surplus
available for the payment of dividends of a sum of
144,475/. Gs. 10d.

LOCK WOOD V. WOOD.
A rule for a new trial was granted in this ease.
DYE V. MOITNTFORD.
Rule absolute to enter a nonsuit for the defendant.
with liberty for the plaintiff to amend his pleadings, and
have a new trial.

110IIIIOUSE V. JAMES.
Rule absolute to enter a nonsuit.
LEWIS v. HARRIS.
In this case the Court gate judgment for the defen.
dant.

LEVY V. ELDON.
Rule absolute to enter a verdict for the defendant is
all his pleas but one.

JEACOCK V. STEVENS.

In this case the COURT gave judgment for the defend•
ant, on the ground that the declaration did not disclose
a sufficient cause of action.

QUEEN V. RYALLS.
In this else the COURT gave judgment for the Crown!
(Sittings at Guildhall before Lord DENMAN and
special jury.)
THE QUEEN V. coocrt.

This case, which was before the Court-'yesterday, wag
resumed this morning.
On the part of the Crown several witnesses were
called yesterday, whose evidente went to show that they
had, under the direction of the defendants, caused the
marks from a number of bales of wool to be
taken out, and other marks inserted, for the purpose of
allowing the goods to be cleared at a lower rate of duty
than was properly chargeable upon them.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE to-day addressed the jury for the
defendants, and proceeded to call several witnesses, with
a view of rebutting the evidence offered on the part
of the Crown.

Mr. WATSON the replied on the part of the Crown.
His Lonbstur having summed up, the jury retired to
consider their verdict.
The jury retired, and after an absence of upwards of
an hour, returned a verdict of Guilty against both
the defendants for conspiring together to defraud th•
revenue, and Not Guilty of conspiring together to de•
fraud the consignee of the goods
The sentence upon the defendants was deferred.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
LYME REGIS.

The Lyme Regis Election Committee re-assembled at
the usual hour this morning; Lord Ashley in the chair.
Giles Purchase proved that Mr. Templer, Sir Fitzroy
Kelly's agent, sent for him at the last election, and told
him that if he would vote for Sir Fitzroy Kelly he should
have a situation procured for him, and that until thee
situation was found he should receive his wages every
Saturday night.
The wife of the last witness confirmed his testimony.
The Committee were occupied the whole of the day
in receiving similar evidence to that given by the pra•
ceding witnesses.
The Committee adjourned at its rising till Monday.