Star.
London, England, 1830-08-03 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

STAR 6FFICE, Fit O'CLOCK.
A rumour has just reached us that Prince POLIG N

is taken.

A gentleman who left Paris on Sunday evening in-
forms us that, down to that period, the utmost tranquil-
lity prevailed in Paris. On the road to Calais, postilions,
peasants, all rank and conditions, even the ecclesiastics'
wore the tri-coloured cockade : and the tri-coloured flag
was likewise flying wherever there was a turret or a
flag-staff.
At Boulogne and Calais the people have put themselves
under the new system of Government, and have liko‘ise
hoisted the tri-coloured flag at the Townhouse in both
places ; and the people universally display that symbol of
their emancipation, in their caps and hats, delighted
with their providential deliverance.

We have received since the First Edition of our Paper
went to Press, a long letter of the Ist of August, from a
Correspondent at Paris, containing n:any interesting par-
ticulars of the late struggle. Much of his detail is al-
ready contained in our columns, but we are tempted to
give our Readers a few additional facts :
When the people broke in upon the Swiss Guards in the I
Tuilleries, a few only who were refractory were thrown
out of the windows—the majority yielded up their arms,
and were, on the contrary, kindly treated. A scene then
ensued within, of an amusing description. It commenced
by throwing the King's statues out of the window—one
was hung out by the neck. A few glasses and curtains were
destroyed. The people assumed the character of police,and
one or two who had appropriated something deemed of
value, were forced to give it up, and were shot for their
conduet. The hats of the Princes and Princesses, and
their wardrobes generally, were considered fair game--
the mob put them on. The crosses of the French orders
and foreign orders were taken down, and placed round
the necks of the brave youths of L'ecole Poly technique.
It was amusing to see the youths decorated with these
orders by their countrymen•—while some of the lowest
market-people assumed the dress of Generals ;—one
was seen with the dress of the Duchess deBER ay , and his
head ornamented with a Bird of Paradise ; another with a
plume of three white feathers. With all this frivolity,
there was little or no robbery. " I,"—says our Correa-
pondent—" say no robbery,because I was witness to what
occurred. I saw one who had committed theft carried
by the mob past my window, and shot. Another who
was caught robbing, was struck down at once. He arose
again—they tied a handkerchief over his eyes, and shot
him dead on the spot. Every thing is now (Sunday) quiet."
The following is our Correspondent's detail of the earliest
scenes:

" The slaughter in the City was great ; but difficult to
calculate. What do you think of a cannon ball, of the
largest size, which having entered one house, went out
at four doors' distance, as in the Faubourg St. Antoine.

" I will give you a more detailed account than probably
yon have had of the recent occurrences here, which
ensued in consequence of the act of folly of our Ex-Kiw a.
On the evening of the eventful day, the crowd began by
breaking the windows of the Ministers, shouting," Vive
la Charte." The following morning, the tumult in-
creasing, the Guards were strengthened, and commenced
firing on the people, with the view of terrifying them.
The Royal Guard— each soldier receiving 30 francs per
day—the Lancers, the Cuirassiers, the Musqueteers, the
Horse Grenadiers, the Gene d'armes, the Swiss Guard,
the 4th Regiment of the Line, and the Artillery, with
twelve pieces of cannon, parading the streets, and
firing at intervals upon the unarmed population, who
were moving about in groups. The people became exas-
perated ; shops were shut ; workshops closed ; and every
man that had a musket, or who could arm himself with
any weapon, capable of inflicting death, sallied forth.
The pavements were torn up, and barricadoes erected at
every corner. Hackney-coaches, cabriolets, omnibuses,
the water-carts, were upset, and converted to this pur-
pose ; even two diligences were stopped in the street, the
horses removed, and the carriages overturned. Formidable
ramparts were made, and broken bottles scattered over the
roads, to prevent the cavalry from acting. The treason the
Boulevards were cut down. These measures were suffi-
cient to prevent the army from proceeding along, but
not from firing. The people, still comparatively defence-
less, becoming furious, from the numbers who were
slain, threw themselves, with the pupils of the
Polytechnic School at their .head, on the Royal Guard
—disarmed them, and commenced offensive operations
with their arms. Their first effort was to get possession
of the arsenal, then of the Hotel de Ville—where the na-
tional colours were hoisted ; and lastly of the gates of
St. Denis and St. Martin. At last the troops were
vanquished.

cirr, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 90i, opened this
morning atl9oe and at present may be quoted 90i
for the account.

We learn for a certainty that the Royal guard, en-
camped between St. Denis and Cleynemount—have aban-
doned their colours. _ _

It is said that the French Funds 3 per Cents, were on
Saturday at Paris 70 to 71.
Nothing as yet doing in the Foreign Market, but they
are rather looking up.
CITY, HALF PAST ONE.
Consols may be quoted at present, at 90 f, for
the account, with little doing. In the foreign funds,
tpanish is rather lower Other securities little doing.—
Shares South Neapolitan goes 2 I, / premium.

IMPORTANT DETAILS OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.

From Galignani's Messenger.
PARIS, JULY 31.

1 he state of the metropolis, for the last two days, has
been such as to render the publication of the Messenger,
impracticable, and obliges us even to-day, although,
affairs have already assumed a more favourable aspect, to
limit our impression to half a sheet, and defer a great
mass of interesting matter for our next. The intelligence
from England, in itself unimportant, is rendered doubly
so by the momentous scenes which have been acted in
Paris since Monday last, of which we have endeavoured
to lay before our readers a faithful account, without the
slightest colour of party feeling or opinion. The want
of a methodical arrangement in our articles will be ac-
counted for by the confusion that prevails, and the dif-
ficulty of getting any publication through the press.
The combat began on Tuesday afternoon, at four
o'clock, in the rue St. Honore, on the part of the troops,
and the resistance offered was immediate. The firing
continued during the whole of the night. On the fol-
lowing morning, the inhabitants formed but one army.
Some of the National Guards re-appeared in their uniforms,
and were greeted with reiterated acclamations. A ninl-
titude of citizens joined the National Guard. Gunpowder
and arms were procured, and they marched to the Place
de Greve. On Tuesday night the guard-house near the
Exchange was set on fire, and totally destroyed ; and on
that and the following night all the lamps in the streets
of the capital were broken. On Wednesday Paris was
declared in a state of siege, that is to say, it was to
acknowledge no military authority but that of the Duke
de Ragusa. The principal encounters of the day took
place at the Hotel de Ville, the Porte St. Denis, the rue du
Cloitre St. Mederic, on the Boulevards, in the rue d'Antin,
in the rue des Prouvaires, and in the rue Montmartre.
The action in the latter street arose out of an attack made
by the Duke de Ragusa in person. During part of the
day the Place des Victoires was occupied by some troops,
among whom was a part of the sth regiment of the line, I
who bad long gone over to the National Guards estab- I
lished at the Petits Peres. About two o'clock the Duke
de Ragusa arrived at the Place at the head of fresh
troops. He drew them up opposite the rues du Mail,
des Fosses Montmartre, Croix des Petits Champs, and II
Neuve des Petits Champs. He immediately commanded I
a charge, and on both sides several men were killed or
wounded. The Marshal directed his troops down the
rue du Mail, and they scoured the me Montmartre without
noich difficulty, till they reached the rue Joquelet, when
the citizens firing upon them from their windows, the
Marshal and his troops were compelled to retreat. In
the course of the day, most of the military posts and
guard-houses were attacked and defended, taken and
retaken, but in the end remained in the power of the
National troops. The black flag was displayed on the
Porte St. Denis and other monuments. In the evening
the barricading of the streets commenced. A great
number of the largest trees on the Boulevards were
cut down and thrown accross the road ; in the streets
the paving.stones were taken up, and either piled
in heaps or scattered about a foot's distance, to pre-
vent the approach of troops ; the gate of the
Palace de Justice was pulled down, and lamp-posts,
scaffoldings, carts, waggons, and vehicles of every de-
scription, laid under requisition to form barricades. In
the course of the day placards and patriotic proclamations
were posted up in every direction. The citizens pro
ceeded to the houses of the armourers, and took posses-
sion of all the arms they could find ; the same was done
at the different theatres, but all the other property was
respected. Several telegraphs, including that on the
Church des Petits Peres, were dismounted. The sittings
of the Courts of Justice, the Exchange, and all the
public and private establishments, were closed on this day.
Here the Swiss troops, stationed within the edifice, and
a large body of the Royal Guards, supported by their
artillery, again managed to keep the assailants in cheek
until midnight, when the conflict gradually ceased, and
the populace, exhausted with fatigue, retired for the
night, having been engaged for eleven hours with a
regular military force, their superiors in numbers, plenti-
fully supplied with arms and ammunition, and, in fine,
with every advantage in their favour. The people, who
seemed generally of the labouring classes, and the small
number of the National Guards by whom they were
assisted, not being half-armed, and several times
during the day were in actual want of ammunition !
The melancholy chiming of the tocsin, sounded by
the people, and the cry of Aux arises ! Aux arises !
heard at every intermission of the firing, added a fearful
feeling of uncertainty as to the result of the conflict,
and the fate of the brave men who were thus devoting
themselves against such overwhelming odds. Thus
ended the night of Wednesday. After the people had
retired, a large body of the Royal Guards were stationed
for the night in front of the Louvre, but about three
o'clock were removed, and the defence of this part of the
palace confided to the Swiss troops, three of whom were
placed behind each of the double columns between the
windows of the first floor, and in other parts, from which
they could fire in security. At half-past three in the
morning, the tocsins began to sound in various quarters,
and the cries of Aux arms ! were plainly heard as the
populace began to assemble. The noise of breaking up
the pavement in various streets contiguous to the Palace,
now plainly indicated that the attack was about to be
renewed ; and at half-past four, at the extremity of the
rue des Poulies, a narrow short street leading from the
To St. Honore, the populace commenced removing from
their places the paving-stones, in order to form a barrier
on the left of the Louvre. Upon this point a mur-
derous fire was commenced by the Swiss troops, which
was kept up without a moment's intermission during.
the whole progress of its erection. A few shots were
fired from a window of the house next the spot where the
barrier was erecting, which, without doing much mischief,
divided the attention of the Swiss ; but many of the
populace fell. One of the unfortunates after he had
received his death wound, cried, or rather shrieked out to
his associates, Vive /a Malone !' and instantly drop-
ped upon the stones at which he was at work. This event
drew forth loud shouts of vengeance from his companions,
and seemed to make a momentary impression on the
royal troops. The barrier was completed about eleven
o'clock, and a smart fire kept up from it. It was from
this that two of the assailants first sprang forward and
pined the iron railings enclosing the front of the Louvre,
where there is a dwarf wall (about two feet and a half),
under which they lay down, and continued to fire ups
the troops. Their example was soon followed by two of
the National Guards, one of whom carried a large tri-
coloured flag, with which he contrived to crawl to a water
butt standing close to the railing, and from behind it man-
aged to place the flag with his gun and bayonet
on the railing of the Louvre. This courageous act
was hailed with reiterated cries of ' Vive la Na-,
lion,' and very soon alter about two hundred of the
assailants, notwithstanding the terrific fire to which they
were exposed, now rushed forward to the gate, and alter
a brisk discharge, the last heard in this part of the build-
ing during the day, entered in triumph amid loud shouts

of " Vive la node," at precisely a quarter to twelve.
They were, of course, speedily followed by thousands.
The contest was, however, not yet ended, for the troops
still retained possession of the gates opposite the Rue du
Coq, and other parts of the edifice, which they defended
until their ultimate expulsion, which took place in a
short time afterwards. Four charettes, filled with dead,
were seen leaving the Louvre within two hours of the as-
sault, and many bodies were left on the grass-plot, where
they were yesterday interred. About 60 wounded were
also removed from the Palace by their comrades to the
Hotel Dieu, and it was truly gratifying to witness the
kind and gentle care with which these brave fellows
treated their mutilated and suffering companions. To
the undaunted courage and gallantry of the victors, it is
impossible to do justice without an appearance of exag-
geration. Let it suffice to say, that the conduct of the
people of Paris, on this spot, on the 29th of July, was
never surpassed in the brightest annals of her wars.
" On Thursday, at ten o'clock in the morning, the ci-
tizens inhabiting the quarters of St. Jacques, St Ger-
: main, the Odeon, and Gross Caillou, excited by the
sound of the tocsin from almost all the churches, and
by the unanimous shout of Vice la Char* ! came
forth in arms, the mass amounting to 5,000 or 6,000
men. They had to combat two regiments of the Royal
' Guards posted in the courts of the Louvre and in the
garden of the Infants, and three strong detachments
of Lancers, Cuirassieurs, and Foot Grenadiers, occu-
pying the Carrousel, supported by a reserve of Artillery
planted in the garden of the Tuileries. The attack
commenced in the Garden of the Infants. The Royal
Guards permitted the first assailants to approach, and
there the contest ended almost us soon as it was
began, by the slaughter of the front rank. Almost at
the same instant, fresh assailants drove back the de-
fenders of this important post. In the midst of a con-
stantly rolling fire, the iron railings were broken down.
This manreuvre, which in the end rendered the citizens
master of the Tuileries, was effected with extraordinary
resolution and rapidity. Still resistance was offered
with bloody obstinacy on other points, particularly the
Pavilion of Flora, from which a constant tiring• had been
kept up from seven in the morning upon the Pont Royal,
and many were killed. Musket-shots from the apart-
ments of the Duchess of Angouleme were fired without
cessation. Therefore, as soon as the Pavilion of Flora was
taken, every article offurniture, and thousands of scattered
papers, among which were proclamations to the troops
to stimulate them against the citizens, were thrown
out of the windows. l'wice the Palace of the Tuileries
was taken and abandoned, but at half-past one the citi-
zens were finally victorious, and two tri-coloured flags
were planted on the central pavilion. Except the de
struction of the furniture abovementioned, little excess
was committed. Arms alone were taken, and these of
course were eagerly seized wherever found, and the only
trophy carried off by the victors was a very richly orna-
mented sword, said to belong to the Duke of Ragusa.
A tremendous struggle took place on Thursday between
a party of the National troops and the Swiss of the
Royal Guards, in the rue St. Honors, near the ex-
tremity of the rue de Richelieu, and also in the place
du Patois Royal, the Swiss and Royal Guards
having intrenched themselves in some of the
houses. The result was in favour of the popular
cause, and the slaughter was very great on both sides.
General Gerard and General Pajol have accepted com-
missions under General Lafayette. Thursday when the
citizens in arms were demanding a leader, some one re-
commended M. Evariste Dumoulin to apply to General
Dubourg. Dumoulin immediately proceeded to the
General's house to propose to him to take the command.
" I have just arrived from the country," said the General,
" and have no uniform here." " You shall soon have
one," was the reply. In fact, in a quarter of an hour,
a uniform was brought. The General, with a party
which augmented every instant, marched to the
Place de la Bourse. There General Dubourg de-
livered an harangue, and they departed for the
Hotel de Ville. The Hotel de Ville being already in

possession of the national troops, the doors were opened,
and General Dubourg entered. M. Douu►uulin went
immediately to M. Lafitte's, where the Deputies were
assembled, to make known these proceedings, and
upon arriving learned that General Lafayette had been
unanimously appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
national forces. General Lafayette immediately set
out, and at the head of the National Guards and an
immense multitude, proceeded amidst universal accla-
mations to the Hotel de Ville, where he was installed in
his functions. General Dubourg has a post under the
Commander-in-Chief. At two o'clock the royal troops
quitted Paris and retreated beyond the barrier de l'Etoile.

Yesterday they had proceeded to the Bois de Boulogne
and Sevres.

The greatest portion of the guards are concentrated
round Saint Cloud. One of their advanced pests occupy
the side of a hill under Mount Calvary ; towards Neuilly
on the other side, they extend towards Meudon. Means
are taken to prevent their passing the bridge Of Neuilly,
which, however, they have not shown any disposition to
attempt. On the contrary•, everything appears to indicate
a retreat. The troops refuse to return against Paris, and
it is even said they threaten to desert and join the ranks
of the citizens if they are again sent towards the capital.