The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-26 00:00:00

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cipation. Then the brass pot of the revolt was broken,
and the Genius of the ItevolutiOn 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 theinorning of that day a procession had
strayed through the principal thoroughfares of the
capital—the standard of that procession being the
helmet of an officer of cuirassiers, who had b,,on
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
Patric 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 Ajraires 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
Vengeance, and the procession proceeded with the
exultant and triumphal chorus of the Marseillaise.
Since that solemn demonstration of the popular
rage and determination many surprising events have
occurred.

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 Marseil'aise.
The French monarchy was not only doomed; it
was annihilated.

LOUIS PHILIPPE is described as having abdicated ;
if the truth is to be spoken he has been dethroned.
He who was recently the Majesty of France—now once
more Louis PHILIPPE, Duc d' ORLEANS—abdicated
in favour of his grandson the young Comte DE rams.
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 Nzmouas
or the Duchesse D'ORLEANS.

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

M. LAMARTINE,
M. LEDRU ROLLIN,
M. MAR,RAST,
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 LEDRU ROLLIN a
Republican ? Is not GAANIER 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 ARAGO—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 have 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 downfal 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 BARROT, MARIE,
ARAGO, GARNIER PAGES, LOUIS
BLANC.

From the telegraphic dispatch it will be seen that
this people have become completely victorious. \Sre
much doubt whether the reign of the Count DE PARIS
will be longer than that of NAPOLEON 11.
Among the members of the Provisional Go% ern-
mint, M. ()DELON BARROT is 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 Meilleure
de Republipes. M. DE LAMARTINB is a
sentimental Republican, who has been a Carlist
but he is not a man of business or of action. AaAelo
is a Republican from conviction, and his name will
carry great weight with it. LEDRU ROLLIN and
GAIINIER PAGES, however, will be the souls of
the movement, both being popular, both Republican,
both having that audace which, according to DANTON,
is the great secret of success in revolutions. These
are the men who will really sway the destinies of
France, and with the assistance of LOUIS BLANC (an
able coadjutor) become the founders of the new
Republique Francaise.

It appears that Count MOLE proving unacceptable
to the people, the fighting was renewed on Wednes-
day, and M. TIIIERS and M. ODILON BARROT were
applied to to form a Ministry, and placards announcing
that MM. TM ERS, ODILON BARROT, and General
L AMORICIERE 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 much 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 DB PARIS, lei t the
Palace, escorted by the National Guard and cavalry,
and proceeded towards the Barrier*? 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 PARIS, 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 DB NEMOURS
were rejected by the Chambers and the people, and
a Provisional Government composed of—

M. LAM ARTINE,
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 Chamber:, and installed at the
Hotel de Villu, at four o'clock.
By 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 "Marieil•
laise."

The troops and National Guard fraternized with the

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