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

EVENING SITTING.

At half-past eight the Representatives again took
their places ; the public galleries were crowded with
spectators.
M. Portalis, one of the Vice-Presidents, was in the
chair. He said—No official communication has been
transmitted to us. I regret to announce that our worthy
colleague Cl6,nent Thomas has been badly wounded,
though not so greviously as was thought at first. Much
blood has been shed in Paris.

M. Considiirant--During the time that the sitting
was suspended, I have spoken to a number of persons
who conversed with groups in various quarters where
the fighting was going on. These communications have
proved to me that there is a misapprehension on the
part ot the insurgent population—(Violent murmurs)—
that a number of the men were misled, and that a pro-
ceeding on the part of the Assembly could easily restore
peace in the capital. I have drawn up a proclamation,
which I submit to the Assembly.—(No, no.)
M. Payer stated that he had just come from the
Quartier Latin. There were barricades in the Rue St.
Jacques, Rue des Mathurins, and the corner of the Rue
Sorbonne. Two ot them had been taken by M. Arago
and M. Lamartine. On the Place St. Michel there
were five pieces of cannon, and the insurgents had been
fired on.

M. Raynal—Why do you only mention two members
of the Provisional Government?

M. Payer—l only speak of what I saw.
The Minister of Finance had gone to the Faubourg
St. Denis, where a barricade was attacked. Their
colleague, Pierre Bonaparte, was with him, and
had his horse wounded in the leg. General
Francois was wounded, as was a chef de batail-
lon. General Cavaignac and General Lainorie*e
were at the head or the troops. The insurrection
was concentrated on that side between the Chateau
d'Eau and the Rue de Bondi, La Chapelle, and the Place
de la Bastille. Every precaution was taken for the
Champs Ely:6-3s and the Place de la Concorde.

Just at this moment a shot was heard from outside.
Some agitation ensued, but it was soon ascertained that
it was a musket which had gone off by accident.
The President could not receive the proposition of
M. Consid6rant. No conditions could be come to with
insurgents.—(Bear, hear.)
M. Considecaut ascended the tribune, but the tumult
which arose was so great that it was impossible for him
to obtain a hearing. We at last understood him to say
that he demanded a secret committee to consider the
terms of his proclamation.—(Loud cries of "No, no.")
M. Baze—l demand the previous question.
This was pronounced in the midst of excessive tumult,
and the proposition was set aside.
The President—M. Arago has just informed me that
he has passed the greater part of the day in face of the
barricades, and that several times arrangements were
proposed by the insurgents, but that he had always re-
fused unless they first laid down their arms —(Appro-
bation.) Every proclamation whatever would be in
disastrous contradiction with the conduct of that mem-
ber of the Executive Committee.

M. Leon Faucher had to demand permission to inter-
pellite the Minister of the Interior.—("No ! No ! wait
until the disorders have ceased !")
M. Caussidiere—Twenty-five National Guards of the
10th Legion have fallen! Blood still flows, shed by
French hands! Will you stop this dreadful state of
things? It is not by vain proclamations. The Repre-
sentatives ought all to go out and join the officer in com-
mand, and the Executive Committee. If you wish to
stop the civil war, go out without pomp and attendants
amongst the people.— (T he noise which arose drowned
the voice of the speaker.)
The' Minister of Finance ascended the tribune, but
the agitation was so great that he could not obtain a
hearing.
The President—lt was absolutely necessary that the
Ministers should always be heard.

The Minister ;ot Finance—What could you do in the
street? General Cavaignac is on the place of combat.
If a catastrophe, which I do not anticipate, should take
place, there would then be no Government—the factious
would be masters.—(Agitation.) The people are well
inclined, but it is calumniated to you, as you are to it.
The barricade near which I stood was defended by the
old Republican Guard, but not the new one—(Move-
ment ot indignation)—and I have to state that the in-
surgents were armed with the muskets which were spoken
of here a month back.—(Agitation.) I conjure you to
remain firm at your post.
A Voice—Suspend the sitting.
The President—l put the suspension to the vote.
The Assembly decided that the sitting should be sus-
pended for half an hour. It was then half-past nine.
At a quarter past ten o'clock M. asaard, the Presi-
dent, took the chair.

General Cavaignac ascended the tribune—l regret
not to be able to give you but an incomplete account
of what is passing. There has been on several
points a very serious resistance, particularly in the
Faubourg du Temple. Generals Lamoriciere and
Lafontaine have rendered themselves masters of all the
positions. The space comprised between the boulevard
and the barriers in the north is quite disengaged.
There still remain barricades in the Faubourg St. An-
toine, where General Reclean commands. I am about to
employ all the d6posable troops to put down the insur-
rection. The National Guards of the banlieue are ar-
riving, and orders have been given to send in additional
troops by the railways.—(Agitation.)
Tne President—l have nut received any general re-
port, but the short accounts sent in to me announce that
the insurrection is being put down on every point.
M. Etienne Arago begged to re-assare the Assembly
regarding the departure or the couriers. Several mails
had been stopped at and on their way to the Northern
Railway, but that was soon remedied, and they had all
departed fur their destinations.
The President wished to submit to the Assembly a
proposition which had been suggested to him by what
had been said during the debate. Endeavours had been
made to deceive the people and even the National Beard;
a report had been spread that the National Assembly
was in a state of complete dissolution, and that it did
not intend further to defend the Republic. He consi-
dered that these calumnies required a formal denial. In
consequence, he propsed that the Asit'utbly should
adopt the following formal resolution:—
" Tbe National Assembly decrees—
" Art. 1. The National Assembly declares itself en
permanence.
'• Art. 2. The National Assembly, resolved to Nail
in their widest extent the great duties imposed on it b)
the confidence of the nation, firmly relies for the main-
tenance of the• democratic laws and institutions con-
quired by France, on the patriotism and assistance of all
good citizens.
The whole Assembly rose up to cries of Vive la Re-
publique
fi. Anthony Thouret thought that a word should be
added that the Assembly like,ise counieJ on the artily.
Tne resolution was adopted by acclamation.
M. Lagrange said that the Assecatly might have p-r-
-ceived how anxious he had been to sacrifice eve ryiiiing
tothe Republican union, which ought to
be the objectl:ll7Ytinjnet
of Of all. By not stating the reasons
which induced me to addrees intorpellatients W the

Executive Committee, whom I accuse of not hiving
taken all the measure% necessary to prevent the torn-
siuti, I have corunromisd a popularity justly acqnted.
—(Agitation.) Ido riot stand here now to inquire oto
the parricide interitions of thooe woo have placed able
in the hands of brothers against brothers. I only wsh
to say that w e should all die in our places if necessity.
Even were that to occur, the Republic will not pert.b.
But if any one attempted to overturn it, then woe std
imprecation be on than who have wished to commit tlitt
parricidal act ! Woe to any pretender who should pri.
sume to sit on the throne which February has cast down t
Let us show ourselves worthy to be Frenchmen. " Vivo
la Republique !"
The sitttug was again suspended amidst the utmost
agitation. . _ •

-During this suspension the affairs of the day were
discussed. M. Bixio, one of the representatives, had, it
was said, been mortally wounded by a ball in the breast.
At eleven o'clock the sitting was resumed. M. de
Lamartine was in his place.
M. Garnier-Pages ascended the tribune, and related,
in the name of the Executive Commission, the state of
Paris up to that hour. M. Arago, he said, had re-
ceeded to the 12th arrondissement, and himself, in union
with the troops, mounting on the barricades, had fora
long time parleyed with the insurgents, and succeeded in
gaining some of them ; but, being stopped by others, be
had energetically summoned the insurgents to surrender.
" This being without avail," continued the Hon. Repre-
sentative, " we were obliged to fire the artillery on them.
—(Sensation.) At present, in the 11th and 12th
arrondissements, only a few points remain occupied
by the insurgents. General Lametz had so surrounded
them that he hoped at break of day to put the factious
down. In the Faubourg du Temple Generals Cavaignac
and Lamoricidre had carried all the barricades. A fey►
still remained, but in the morning •order would be re-
stored. The National Guards of the banlieue had an•
swered the call ; those of Versailles and St. Germain
are arriving, while the National Guards of the Seine-
Inf6rieure, the Loiret, and the Somme are on the march.
Many serious losses have to be deplored. Generals
Thomas and Bedeau have been wounded. Our col-
league M. Donis has been badly wounded, and it it
feared that another, M. Bixio, is in such a dangerous
state that he will not survive the night. The Executive
Committee has done and will continue to do their duty
in these sad circumstances, though we hoped to have
triumphed by to-morrow." He concluded by begging
the Assembly to rely on the Committee as it relied ups
them.
M. Degoussee denounced an anarehiee journals
Organisation du Travail, which, with Some others, had
calumniated the National Assembly, and excited tbe
people against it. Ile demanded to have it seized, for •
the National Guards had, in their indignation, wished
to break the presses, but he had engaged them to rely
upon the laws.
The Minister of Finance said, that the Government
would do its duty, but could not allow the very pre'
ventive measures, against which they had contended for
seventeen years, to be now enforced. Though a con-
spiracy existed, they would put it down in a legs/
manner.—(Hear, hear.)
A Member said that, though the National Guard and
the troops were being slaughtered for them, they had .
not even once thanked them.—(Loud cries of denial, end
calls to order, interrupted the speaker.)
Another Member recommended that the barricades
already taken should be guarded, so that the insurgent's
might not in the night resume possession of them.
The President recommended that the Chamber
should now suspend the sitting until eight in the
morning.
Many voices.—That is too late : until five o'clock.
Other Members cried out that they ought to continue
sitting all night.
The President.—The permanence is suspended until
eight to-morrow morning.
The sitting was terminated at midnight.
SITTING OF SATURDAY.
RESIGNATION OF THE EXECUTIVE.—GE-
NERAL CAVAIGNAC APPOINTED DIC-
TATOR.—PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE.

The Assembly met at a quarter-past eight o'clock.
The President at once proceeded to describe the state
of affairs. There had been no attack on either side from
the time they left last night to one o'clock. The in-
surgents appeared to have extended their means. Se"
veral barricades that had been destroyed yesterday were
restored, and, in fact, the insurrection had spread. Se
bad no doubt that from the measures taken to confine
the insurrection within a particular quarter that in A
few hours it would bo put down. Nevertheless, an
energetic struggle would be required, and they could
count on the National Guard, the army, and the Mo'
bile Guard. He then announced the arrival of rein-
forcements of National Guards and troops from thedepart-
ments. He mentioned that it was the feeling of many
members of the National Assembly that they ought to
testify their gratitude to the National Guard in some
better way than mere thanks. He had, therefore, to
propose that a provision he made in the name of the Re-
public for widows and orphans of National Guards Rho
had fallen in its defence.

M. Dupont would propose that nothing be added to
the words expressive of gratitude.
, M. 0. Barrot would say, in the name of grateful
France.
The proposition was adopted unanimously.
A letter was read from M. St. George, a member,
stating that he was seriously wounded.
The President stated that the wound of M. Betio was
very severe; the wounds of M. Domes and of General
Thomas were not so dangerous. It was not true that
General Lamoriciere had been wounded.
The sitting was suspended until half-past nine o'clock.
On their reassembling 111. PASCAL DUPRAT pro-
posed the following decree :

" Art. 1. The National Assembly remains en perma-
nence.
" Art. 2. Paris is in a state of siege.
" Art. 3. All power and authority is delegated to Ge-
neral Cavaignac.

An attempt was made by the Communist Members
of the Assembly to get up a discussion, but
General Caviagnac put an end to it by saying, " Ci•
tizenb, I conjure you to cease these discussions. In an
hour, perhaps, the Chamber may be taken. This is a
time for energetic measures not discussion."
The articles of the law were put seriatim, amidst at•
tempts of talking by some Members, which would 1344
be tolerated. . _

.._. ...._.........
. M. Jules Favre moved that the Executive Commissioll
cease to exercise its functions. _

M. Duclerc pointed out the danger of such a course
coming after a Bill of public safety.
A discussion here arose as to the means of making the
decree known to the National Guards and people.
ultra members of the left bellowed against the deereei
and there was great confusion. At last it was agrel
that the mode should be settled in Committee, and the
sitting was again suspended.
Immediately after the President presented the follow'
jug message from the Executive Commission:— ,
" Monsieur le President—The Executive Conu't"'il
would think that it it was wanting alike to its duty ap
its honour it it withdrew before a sedition and a public
peril. It withdraws only on a vote of the Assembly'
In remitting to it the power with which it invested us'
we return to the ranks of the National Assembly'
devote ourselves with you to the common danger, and $4l
the safety of the Republic.

"ARAGO,
" GARNIER
" LAM ARSINE.
" MARIE,
"The Members of the Executive Committee. „
" 24th June. " PAGNERRE, SecretarY.
General Cavaignac said that as it was settled ths`
deputation of members should go to announce t°
people the resolutions taken, he would recommend tte
to go to the three following places of rendezvous:-.1;:i.
Porte St. Denis, where General Lamoriciere command,
Hotel de Ville, where General Duvivier Was
star
tioned; and Place de la Sorbonne, where General
mesme commanded.
dar
M. Lagrange protested against Paris being put UP
martial law.

ain suspended.
The sitting was ag
sresuma eddisaptahwahlf:psatasttitnwgetlhveato:chleeek
The
ee
Presidenttaitting was
read
theon had been taken from the insurgents after $ brh7,4
cannonade. The barricade of the Place Mantle° - •
also been carried. n flg
M. Doieell announced that the deputation 8101- clod
the decree of martial law had been well receive' The
that the decree had produced an excellent effect• dor
decree adopting widows and orphans produced ell'eral
siasm. At the Faubourg du Temple, where GretrY
Larooriciere was stationed, there was sharp wiltiLThe
firing in the Rue St. Nicholas and Rue du Tetucue' and
insurgents occupied a house in the former street, -.0
were firing. The General wanted reinforcement°, -de
happily they met reinforcements going. In the 141 e
Temple the firing had considerably slackened.
M. Raynal, who followed, stated that he and his collet:
had been everywhere received with the greatest entlitispgl tod
by the National Guard and population, who had reclt!-- to
him to assure the Assembly of their unanimous devotion i r
the consolidation of the Republic. The most perfect ne t
prevailed on„ the boulevard. In the Faubourg
.Fl:file.
Denis, the fusillade was still heard in the Rue VILI"°--tito
The National Guard, which was not numerousl",lsol
morning, subsequently arrived in a mass. The barricade la
the Rue Boucherat was on the point of being attackew ore
a few hours he trusted order would reign in
decrees issued by the Assembly had the best r'-‘
produced
sible effect. II /it
Dampiere, who followed, said I have also ea of
news to communicate to the Assembl On the scluti'-,n9
the Pantheon 1,500 insurgents hove down their 10-
laid
and capit ulat.
Sonifile
Alter a short suspension, M. Reaumont de Is to
ascended the tribune to give an account of his missitere
the Hotel de Ville. He and his colleagues, he said, ":0(1
Paris.
_Ali
received on their passage with the greatest enthusiasm', 1,1
nothing could exceeu the joy manifested by the Ngtibe°
Guards and troops at hearing that martial law had
stied
procLiiined, and that the country adopted the widow 4 „rsl
children of the victims. Whilst conferring with Ge,r,i'
litivivier and the Mayor of Paris, at the Hotel de Vii!e:be
deputation of the insurgents, defending the barricades (I'.-ier
Place Maubert, came to propose terms. General 0t0",,,,,
gave them every explanation they required, and theri
suild
parted, promising to communicate what they had see sc'
hoard to their coons es. The Representatives who
o_o
companied M. Beaumont next divided into two partio.,4,
of which visited the fourth, filth, and sixth multicipani,,L,'o,
and the other the first, second, and third. the same e
siasm prevailed everywhere.
Assemily an act of heroism, perhaps, unparalleled uqie
M. Boujean, who hollowed, beged leave to relate to t
tory. M. LcclerC, an odd soldier and member of
ks
Legion of lle,nour,:Served with his eldest sou m the I:g_':;,d
of the 3d Legion of the National Guard. The latter bf,,,
struck with a ball, his father 15%16 carrying tdin to a,u it;"0,
homing house, when a second ball killed him in bis.l 0e?" i 4
The brave old man went for his younger son, placed
rands the musket of his brother, and returned Alai 1111"
his comp any. h bad
Another Member informed the Assembly how
proceeded, with twenty of his colleagues, to the he .4

"oP
eral Lamoriciere, and been everywhere received
14411..„the liveliest enthusiasm. He had trave •sed the whole
jr:t. Denis, haranguing the National Guar is and troops,
14, Whom were devoted to the Republic aul order. He
±4l-XiOUS to visit the Rue St. Martin, b it tome shots
itimg still fired in that street, the National Guards would
titt allow him to pass. He had subsequently inspected all
t3sta in the Rue Mauconseil, and on reaching the Pointe
pb;___Ustache, he found the National Guard and troops pi
e-
to attack a barricade in Rue Rambuteau. Both the
tb,:el'4 and armed citizens manifested a determination to
ta themselves under the ruins of Paris, for the defence of
and the Republic, and to remain day and night at their
The decrees of the Assembly were regarded by them
tlarantees of order and liberty.
tit Laboulie, who spoke next, stated that he had visited
ißue de Clery, the Passage du Caire, and the neigh-
bef f; and reviewed the entire sth Legion, whom
mound determined to perform their duty and die fur the
-44Y-
of4„Other Member, who had proceeded along the left bank
114`4,4 river, stated that all the barricades of the Place
)4blirrt had been gallantly taken by the Moveable and Re-
lean Guards, but that their loss had been very serious.
14151 environs of the Place Maubert and the Cite were then
fISIIII. A non-commissioned officer of the Republican
Od had seized on one of the barricades a flag of the
41,Nonts, on which was written—" 13th brigade of the
c tonal Workshops—Central School." The tricoloured
'CP he regretted to say, was disgraced by the association of
4rYgian cap.
• Duclerc, Minister of Finance, then begged leave to
Bane
tan .a personal explanation to the Assembly. When it
Invested General Cavaignac with the executive power,
t. General requested his co-operation. He replied that it
178 ,I_(t depend on the National Assembly, but that in all
„,.be should only retain office until the close of the battle.
Ore will, then, all resign," exclaimed one of the Ministers.
Lacrosse, the Vice-President, next announced that he
do informed
received a letter from a surgeon of the 11th Legion,
informed him that the ball had been extracted from the
it dof M. Bixio, and that his situation was satisfactory.
:I'scrosse added that he had visited, an hour before,
ktherld Bedeau, whose wound, although serious, inspired no
'erellension.
Desessarts, who had just left M. Domes, stated that he
tin been wounded by a ball in the thigh, but that his situa-
-1 Presented no danger.
The sitting was again suspended, and had not been re-
d at post hour.
fetachments of the National Guard of Rouen, Amiens,
Ilvais, and Poissy,, arrived in Paris at four o'clock, and
/t up on the quay in front of the Palace. The former
prr„ bested of 1,500 men. It was reported that the barricades
0,14 e Rues Rambuteau and Lafayette had been taken. No
rations had yet commenced against the insurgents in the
O 4 nurg St. Antoine, which was entirely covered with
cades. A battalion of miners had been sent for to Arras,
;,`. General Cavaignac was determined to recur to the siege,
to bombard the faubourg in order to reduce it. The
rt 441% of the Pantheon had been broken in with artillery, but
A,nappeared the 1,500 men intrenched in it had partly
led. The fugitives fled towards the Barriere d'Enfer,
in pursuing them General Damesme was shot through
e thigh.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25.
ilk half-past eight o'clock M. Senard, the President, took
•ge chair.
4The communications I have to make to the Assembly,"
iti,
pe4 M. Senard, " are most satisfactory. The night was
tiectly calm, and what is better, there is a certainty that
el' will be quickly restored in the quarters where the re-
411isnce had been most obstinate. The whole of the left
is pacified. Strong patrols traverse the quarters of St.
oF'ques and St. Marceau, and nowhere existed the least
7tacle. The barriers of Fontainebleau, Arcueil, and Enfer
kein possession of the troops and National Guard. Early
thet„, morning I received a deputation of some of the most
t7Pectable citizens of the 12th Arrondissement, who exposed
used the anarchy that prevailed there in the ranks of the
4tetional Guard and in the municipal administration. Ge-
CaVaignacignac immediately took measures to remedy the
it complained of, and had prepared a decree confiding to
tee representatives of the people, Messrs. Vaulabelle,
itri°ussard, and Deludre, the provisional administration of
e arrondissement ana the re-organization of the National
Guard. The accounts from the right bank are also favour-
kle
4,2 General Duvivier is no longer circumscribed within a
11;470W space round the Hotel de Ville. All vestiges of the
insurrection had disappeared in the neighbourhood. General
tlsoloriciere had taken energetic measures to put an end to
he revolt in the suburbs of the Temple and St. Antoine,
17,'c11 am confident that, in a few hours, I shall have to an-
Snce to you the complete suppression of the insurrection.
ige e greatest discouragement prevails in the ranks of the
Nvolters, and in the quarters where the contest had been
the sanguinary the labourers who joined in it expressed
i greatest sorrow, and declared that they did not know
w St they were doing.— (Loud murmurs in the Assembly.)
,me
news I have received from the departments is also
Ott reassuring. I will only cite a dispatch from Angou-
,:e handed to me as I was entering the hall. The Prefect
403,Inces that the intelligence from Paris had created uni-
e.rsal indignation. All the male inhabitants were enrolling
eir names to march to the assistance of the capital. The
. illhusiastia was at its height. The intelligence from all the
her parts of France was equally satisfactory."
~,,
'he President then read to the Assembly a project of de-
,sie, which, after stating that the agitation and sanguinary
Zlision which took place during the last two days had
"brPended all the works and deprived the labouring classes
,all means of existence, proposed to open a credit of
of the 14
to be distributed among the indigent population
led 14 arrondissements of the department of the Seine,
le'', charged the Minister of the Interior and the Mayor of
'Pa with that mission. The President observed that the
ii by °Ption of the decree was urgent, and the Assembly voted
acclamation.
The sitting was afterwards suspended.
The fat:ming listory of the events of Friday, which
/)e extract from the Journal des Dellats, will, in con-
julletion with the reports of the proceedings of the Na-
ti°l:lal Assembly, give a complete history of the events of
t •
he Insurrection up to Sunday morning:
:On Thursday the assemblages and the movements in
ZAsups of the workmen of the ataiers nationaux manifested
disposition of a threatening character, and the close of the
""Y did not witness the termination of the excitement and
agitation. In the night time the assemblages remained un -
dispersed,
and it is said that some patrols of the National
Guard were disarmed. On Friday morning, at nice o'clock,
the
rappel was beaten in the district of all the legions of the
National Guard, and at eleven o'clock it was that veritable
soundof alarm, the generale, that summoned the National
'lards to arms.
Th4A force of an imposing nature was concentrated in the
ting and during the day about the National Assembly.
I,;,_!eems that the evening before the Executive Committee
the President of the Assembly had been made aware
•il'at the leaders of the movement, who for some days past,
kl kept up a secret agitation amongst the workmen of the
4
L'ellers nationaux intended to organize for Friday an armed
surrection in the' most populous quarters of the city, in
I:der to effect the overthrow of the Government and the
"Issolution of the National Assembly.
"On Friday morning the President of the Assembly di-
tee
-t01:1 the rappel, for the National Guards to be beaten in all
the eteroediesements. The whole of the Executive Com-
t."ttee assembled at the Presidency of the Assembly, and in
tiTacert with M. Senard, the President, there confided
Ge command in chief of all the military force to
fre,lieral Cavaignac, Minister of War, with authority
Cul that moment to adopt every measure he might deem
wecessary to oppose the insurrectionary movement -which
toin course of preparation. General "Cavaignac consented
th accept these powers, but he insisted upon not being
h7arted in respect to the orders he might issue, and upon
10,41 g at liberty to issue them without control, taking the
"le responsibility of his acts on himself.
:"The movement commenced at the Place de la Bastille,
*herenine the first assemblage of workmen was formed about
4e,
o'clock in the "morning. From thence the crowd, con-
Bia',"
the Boulevards
already of from 600 to 700 persons, proceeded along
ra.Boulevards to the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis,
..T.'ng cries ot Down with the National Assembly," Dewn
Marie,'
Lamartine,' Down with Ledru-Rollin," Down with
'Long live the Republic, democratic and social.'
At 10 o'clock the barricades ,began to be formed at the
brtes St. Martin and St. Denis. About 2,000 persons deed
soched by the faubourgs with the banners of the .Ateliers
Iv :tionaus, having at their head leaders recognizable by blue
,
Ps with gold lace, and among them were men wearing the
t.,toforre of the Republican Guard. On reaching the Porte
ft• benie, this body commenced pulling up the pavement and
tearing down the iron railings along the ascent leading to
'ne Rue de Clary, and destroyed the drum of a drummer who
taking
beating the raj pel ; and who only escaped himself by
refuge in the Restaurant de Mil-de-B.:eV, on the
Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle.
"At 10 o'clock an omnibus was seized, and, the horses
"eing taken away, was used in barricading the Porte St.
Denis; two cabriolets and a water carrier's cart were next
taken and employed in constructing a second barricade in
the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, where a third barricade was
also formed.
"At this time, among the barricades on this boulevard, in
front of the Rue Mazagran, a number of children and women
were observable, the latter exhibiting great animation ; the
men of the barricades entered the houses and demanded
arms. They broke open the court-yard gates of two houses
in the Rue de Cltry, and committed the same violence
wherever the inmates refused to let them in. At half-past
11 o'clock firing was heard in the Boulevard St. Martin, at
which time only a few isolated detachments of the National
Guards were to be seen. At noon the National Guard de-
bouched by the Rue de Clery, and a brisk firing began ; one
Man was killed, while other persons, and among them a
'woman, were wounded. The killed and wounded were carried
off by the men of the barricades. M. Roger (du Nord), formerly
deputy, rode to the spot by himself, dressed inhis uniform
Its Chef de Bataillon of the National Guard. Some of the
Persons assembled manifested an antentionboldly resisted their
to disarm him
and force him to quit his horse, but he
attempt:., arrested one of the individuals levell , and
ed irected the
National Guard to join him. A man, who his piec
at M. Roger, who during the whole of th
slain and felis s.eene exhl
dead
ibited
great coolness and presence of mind, was
at his feet. At this moment the firing of musketry was
heard at different points at once. Three National Guards
Were killed at the barricade Mazagran and their bodies re-_
"'l
re-
mained on the Boulevard, being stripped by the men of
e barricades. At this moment shots were fired from 3
N_o •
3 and No. 5 of the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle ; No.
being the Café du Coranierce, and No. 5 the Restaurant
Thierry.
"Twenty Minutes to One o'Clock.—At this moment our
reporter was compelled to quit the balcony of the house
O. 10, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, in consequence of the
Shots which were proceeding from all directions, and which
Penetrated into the room, where several persons were as-
sembled. One of the inmates was wounded in the hand by
the rebound of a bullet, which at first hit the ceiling and got
flattened. It was not before one o'clock that the troops of
the line arrived from St. Denis, and up to that period the
°Lilly force engaged in the conflict was the National Guard.
At one o'clock a battalion of Light Infantry arrived with
General Cavaignac at its head, and followed by a battalion
of the Garde Mobile. The firing had now ceased to a great
extent; only some isolated discharges being heard. About
the same time the artillery arrived.
"Two o*Clock.—All the shops are closed; the gjnerale is
beating, in the quartier of the Hotel de Ville; the Place de
‘-'ri.:ve is occupied by a detachment of the Republican Guard
and by troops of the line. A barricade is formed on the
Quai de la Megisserie, at the top of the Rue Planche Mibray,
and mother is constructed on the Quai aux Fleurs, at the
corner of the Rue de la Cite. The Pont d'Arcolei is
occupied by the Garde Mobile, and the Pont-au-Change by
ite Republican Guard. Three barricades are made in the
_ue de Deux-Ponts, and in the streets leading to the Parvis
Notre Dame. They are guarded by numerous and formidable
bodies of men, who are all armed. Patrols of Dragoons are
Passing along the quays on the right bank of the river, where
are to be seen numerous animated groups of people.
" Half-past Two o'Clock.—A barricade is formed at the
Pant3t. Michel. The Palais de Justice and the Prefecture
of Police are occupied by troops of the line, by the Repub-
lican Guard, and the Garde Mobile. All the different floors
of the Palais de Justice, at the angle of the Quai de l'Hor-
loge, are occupied by the Garde Mobile, who may be seen at
the windows. The Louvre and the Tuileries are clond, and
occupied by the National Guard.