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

THE STREETS OF PARTS ON SUNDAY,

The excitement in the streets culminated on Sunday.
The National Guard and the people were enraged
at file conduct of the police on the Boulevard
Bonne-Nouvelle on Saturday evening. At one o'clock
a deputation of the National Guard appeared un-
armed at the Pont de la Concorde on their way to.
the Corps Legislatif. A body of gendarmes were at
the end of the bridge. The members of the depu-
tation demanded permission to pass, and were answered
by sabre cuts. One man of the National Guard, who re-
ceived a deep wound on the head, fell covered with blood.
His comrades got round him, took him on their shoulders,
and bore him to General Trochu's house. Two battalions
of the National Guard who were there to ask for instruc-
tions were crying out, " Vive Trochu ! vive la France !"

When the wounded man was brought to the house, the

cries were redoubled ; the men called for General Trochu,
and demanded vengeance on their assailants. The appear.
ance of a captain of the line was the signal for loud cries
of " Vive la Ligne !" which was gracefully acknowledged
by the gallant officer. Some few minutes afterwards M.
Durieux appeared on the steps of the house. He said,
" General Trochu is unwell; he cannot receive you at this
moment; he has directed me to tell you to get your arms
and march to the Place de la Concorde, but with bayonets
not fixed." After a short time hundreds of the National
Guard might be seen in the Rue de Rivoli, on their way
towards the place specified by the General. In the court-
yard of the Tuileries carabineers, grenadiers, and light
infantry were encamped. After the opening of the
Chamber the Place de la Concorde was the theatre of
scenes which pass description. The companies of the

, National Guard, who arrived one after another, carrying
arms, were the objects of enthusiastic acclamations from
a hundred thousand excited speet§tors: The cry of
" Vive la France ! " is raised, and some one replies, " Vive
la R4publique ! " Presently the passage of tho bridge,
which was guarded by mounted gendarmes, is forced, and
National Guards in a few moments cover the steps in
front of the Palais-Bourbon, while above the immense
crowd floats the tricolour. At half-pant two the Guards
of Paris, who had been posted in the environs of the
Chamber, retired in good order, and the sergents-de-ville
followed—the majority of the latter being disarmed by the
populace. Some of their swords were twisted and thrown
into the Seine or laid at the foot of the:city .of Strasburg,
which since Saturday has been covered with flags and gar-
lands of flowers. One of the crowd sings the " Marseil-
laise," and the refrain is taken up in a moment
by thirty thousand voices. One of the Garde
Mobile, meanwhile, places upon the pedestal
the swords and three-cornered hats of the ser-
gents-de-ville, and takes off the eagles from the
flags. One cry is heard above all. It is this " Vive la
R6publique !" At four o'clock MM. Cremieux and
Gambetta, followed by an immense crowd of citizens and
National Guards, went to the Hotel de Ville
by the left bank of the River. All the men
of the National Guard had taken the eagles out
of their shakoes. On the quays of the left bank
MM. Ferry and Jules Favre were seen, also going to
the Hotel de Ville. All the rifles of the National
Guard and the hats of the crowd were ornamented with
ivy leaves. From the Place de la Concorde to the Hotel

de Vile, the Rue de Rivoli was crowded with people
who, with one voice, cried out, " Vive la Republique !"
Towards the Hotel de Ville, columns of National Guards,
with and without arms, flowed in from all sides. A four-
seated vehicle was provided for MM. Jules Favre, Jules
Ferry, Gambetta, and Crdmieux. After a short parley,
the gates of the Hotel de Ville were opened, and the
Deputies entered, followed by an immense crowd. The
place outside was densely packed. M. Pelletan arrived
in a carriage, and entered the hotel amidst the acclama-
tions of the crowd, which he frequently acknowledged.
A detachment of the 66th of the Line, and a contingent
of the Municipal Guard raised their guns in the air
amidst the loud and prolonged cheering of the people.
The cries of " Vive la Rtipublique !" and " Vive
Rochefort" were then redoubled. A carriage containing
Rochefort and the brothers Fonvielle drove into the
square through the avenue Victoria, whence it was
dragged along by the people. Before the vehicle marched
one of the' citizens, carrying a tricolOr. The people cou-
tinued to cheer the Deputy of the First Circumscription,
and the carriage in which he was sitting entered the court-
yard of the Hotel de Vile amidst a scene of enthusiasm
which may be not inappropriately described as a triumph.
Correspondent of Telejraph.