The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

FRENCH

SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE EX-KING AND QUEEN OF THE

At twelve o'clock the King and Queen, with four at-
tendants, one of whom was a female, stepped from the
boat at Newhaven-bridge. Louis Philippe appeared ex-
tremely delighted at having reached the shores of Eng-
land, and expressed his pleasure in very warm terms to
those around—not more than half a dozen besides the
persons already mentioned. Though cheerful he looked
pale. He exclaimed in reply to a remark from one of the
persons present congratulating him on having reached
this country : " Yes, yes, I know lam safe among you
—a great misfortune. I know the English people; they
are kind to those in misfortune." He shook hands with
all those who offered their hands, as did the Queen.
Some one said his anxieties were now over; to which he
answered, " Yes. I have suffered much during the past
week,—but the country people were very kind to me,"
meaning the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Honfleur,
in whose houses he had been secreted in disguise.
In this disguise he now appeared. It consisted of a
green blouse, dark trowsers, a red and white " comforter,"
and a casquette, or peasant's cap. Over the blouse was a
pea coat, which had been borrowed from the captain of
the Express. The King carried a small cane. The
Queen was attired in mourning of the humblest kind ;
consisting of a black bonnet, a very thick veil, and a
woollen cloak of black and white plaid with broad checks.
She looked much careworn. The whole of the luggage
which the party brought was a small portmanteau about
a foot long.
While they were walking towards the Bridge Inn, Louis
Philippe was very anxious to obtain a London morning
paper, but appeared to be quite cognizant of the latest
events in Paris.
On reachii:g the inn, the party was received by Mrs.
Smith, the hostes', and the first act of the ex-king was to
call for writing materials. " I wish," he said, "to write
to the queen, to inform her of my safe arrival." He then
wrote, in a very short time, more than one letter, and en-
closed them in one envelope, which be addressed to her
Majesty. With this despatch Mr. Iron instantly hastened
to town. So destitute were the fugitives of what was ne-
cessary, that Mr. Iron was commissioned to return with
several articles of under clothing, dressing-cases, &c.
The party having partaken of a little wine and biscuit,
a London paper was brought, over which Louis Philippe
g awed. He had previously sent to Brighton for Mr.
P.ickham. This gentlenian was at one time very much in
theconfidenceof his Majesty respecting several engineering
projects, being a miller, and a tenant of the king, on an
estate near Chateau d'Eu. He has since retired from
business, and resides at Brighton, but was, up to last.
week, in constant communication with the king. Indeed,
he was closeted with Louis Philippe at the commencement
of the outbreak, and, on making some remark respecting
it, the king exclaimed, "Oh !it is nothing—it will soon
blow over !"
A little circumstance occurred in the interval, which
adds another to the many proofs that Louis Philippe gave,
during his last visit, of his extraordinary memory for per-
sons and names. it was intimated to him, that as the
accommodation of the Bridge Inn might be somewhat
deficient, Mr. Cole, a ship agent, of Newhaven, would be
happy to place his house at the disposal of the royal visi-
_
enemy. tors. This offer was thankfully declined • but when the
The Germans, in general, appear to be favourably dis- name and profession were named, and Mr. 'Cole presented
posed to the idea of a republic in France. himself, the ex-King instantly recognized him as a gen-
The poliiical movement is making rapid progress in tleman he had seen at Eu once, and that some time since,
Italy. Parma, although repressed by an army of Austrian in company with his friend, Mr. Packham.
soldiers, has already made a formidable demonstration in The inhabitants of Newhaven offered their sery ces in
favour of liberty and reform. every way which they thought might conduce to the com-
The Tim s, under date three o'clock yesterday morning, fort of the illustrious personages. Mrs, Elphick forwarded
gives further details of the progress of the revolution, from to the apartments a chest of clothes for her Majesty's use,
which we cull the principal heads. but they were respectfully declined. All these various
Paris was more tranquil on Sunday than any Shrove traits of good English hospitality completely overpowered
Sunday for many years past. Not an armed man was to the feelings of bath their Majesties, who, in acknowledg-
be seen, nor a cry nor a shout of victory to be heard. ing them, were affected even to tears.
The cry of " Long live the republic" has propagated itself FLIGHT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE FROM PARIS.
throughout all France. The National newspaper urges We have obtained the following information respecting
tha establishment of a permanent legislature in place of the flight of Louis Philippe and his Consort from Paris.
the provisional one, as soon as possible, though he fore- On leaving Paris they proceeded to Versailles, where
sees some difficulties in the transfer of individual powers. they hired a common vehicle to take them to Dreux. Here
The provisional government have, for the same object, they put up at the house of a person on whose fidelity
already fixed the convocation of the electoral assen-- they could rely, where they passed the night. This
blies for the 9th April, and the meeting of the Constitu- friend, who we understood to be a farmer, procured dis-
tional National Assembly for the 20th of April.. guises for the royal fugitives and suite, the King habiting
•M. de Lamartine, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has ad- himself in an old cloak and cap, having first shaved his
dressed a circular to all the diplomatic agents of the whiskers, discarded his wig, and altogether so disguised
French Republic stationed abroad, explaining to them the himself as to defy the recognition even of his intimate
course of policy contemplated by the Government. "In friends. The other disguises were also complete.
1792," says the Minister, "France was obliged to go to Although we have stated above that they passed the
theams
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war. In 1848 war would be retrograde and might be night at Dreux, they started long before daylight on their
destructive. Fraternity and peace are the desires of way to La Ferte Vidame, where Mr. Packham has been
France. ' People' and ' Peace' are but one word." M. building a mill on some privateproperty ofLouis Philippe's.
de Lamartine says further on that the treaties of 1815 On their route they were accompanied by the farmer, who
are at an and. was well acquainted with the country through which they
A telegraphic despatch from Sarrabruck says :—" The had to pass. They took the road of Evreux, 12 to 15 leagues
• Duke of Hesse Cassel has been expelled, and his chateau from Honfleur. They travelled chiefly by night, and reached
burnt. The Duke of Nassau has fled. The Grand Duke Honfleur at five o'clock on Saturday morning. They
of Baden has been compelled to give to his slabj.rets at ten remained ,t Iloofleur, in the house of a. gentleman whom
minutes' notice a constitution founded on the most de- the king knew, for a short time, and then crossed to Trou-
plcratic basis. Mayence, notwithstanding its garrison of ville, a short distance from the town. It was their inten-
Au.•trian and Prussian soldiers, is in a state of agitation." tion to embark at Trouville, but owing to the boisterous
These reports are not, however, to be implicitly relied state of the weather they were compelled to remain at the
upon. . latter place two days, when finding they could not embark
The Austrian ambassador, and several other diplomatic they returned to Honfleur, with the intention of embark.
persons who had resolved upon quitting Paris on Thurs- ing from that place, but the weather still continued very
da. night, have (says the Times correspondent in his let- rough, and the king fearing that the queen in her ex-
ter of Friday) yielded to the advice or the example of the hausted condition would be unable to bear the fatigues of
Marquis. of Normanby, and will remain till events or a rough passage, deferred his departure till the weather orders from their respective governments call for their changed on Thursday.
withdrawall. He adds :--Every moment additional mea- On Thursday afternoon, the gentleman who sheltered
sures are ordered by the government with the view of the the dethroned monarch and his consort at Honfleur en-
preservation of order, and the re-establishment of the dif- gaged a French fishing boat to convey the party from
engaged
Englishman.
nlomen moment transpired
French to theon
ferent public departments. Honfleur to Havre, and fearing that in this small vessel
All the telegraphic despatches received from the depart- the features of the King might be recognised, the gentle-
g passage to Havre,an d at whereui.
Il u
o'clock
ments mention that tranquility everywhere prevailed.
King, who to render his disguise more complete,passed
Too EARLY A COMPLIMENT.—A letter from the•Duc
d'Aumale, ex-governor of Algeria, has arrived at the
ministry of the war department, in which M. Guizot is peswas waitingwith._
on Thursday
congratulated, in the warmest manner, upon the energetic
the r l
attitude he had assumed in the affair of the banquet. roefugitives and suite set sail for England.
The Morning Herald cites, as a proof that " the mi- THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY, &c.
nisters, as a body, entertain no warlike feelings, that they The Duchess de Nemours, with her youthful family, and
have abolished Bonapartism, and that Jerome Bonaparte's the Duke de Montpensier arrived at Southampton on
mischievous address about the treaties of 1815 has fallen *Wednesday, from Havre.
stillborn." The Bonapartes may reside' in France with. Telegraphic despatches of Thursday_ state that the
out fear. and without hope. Duchess of Orleans and General Le Febre were at St.
Some robbers were caught on Friday in the Tuileries ; Heliers, Isle of Wight, also M. Guizot. They have since
and it may be noticed as a sign of the returning ascend- arrived at Southampton.
ancy of the law, that they were not summarily shot but I The fugitives gave £4OO to the commander of the cut-
committed for trial, On the other hand, the keepers of ter Princess Alexandrina to convey them from Granville
roulette tables have emerged through the general license, to Jersey.
and carry on their trade audaciously along the Boulevards. Prince Louis Napoleon and General Heaudelot arrived
It may not prove uninteresting to those who study the by steamer at Folkstone on Thursday morning. Madame
statistics of poverty, to know that the number of articles Guizot is still in France.
released from pawn under the loan of 10f. by the Provi- The sympathy of the English people, apart from politi-
sional Government, amounts to 100,000, at a cost of cal considerations, with the fallen fortunes of the ex-king
700,000 f. As pawned articles belong generally to the and his ministers is very general; and nothing can exceed
blushing, struggling po6r, how great must be the mass of the empressement with which several of the nobility and
unnoticed misery in Paris ! How great in all cities ! I .gentry have offered temporary domiciles to the members
A proclamation ordains the organization of national of the court of the Tuileries.
workshops.- in other words, sets a number of labourers THE FRENCH ROYAL Lt*GAGE.—Several packages,
to work at various railways and public works in progress. covered with oilskin, and addressed to her Most Gracious
Other decrees have been issued for the formation of a Majesty the Queen, were landed at Dover on Sunday
moveable National Guard, each man to receive 30 sous a 1 night, from her Majesty's packet Widgeon, Hare corn-
-day (15d.) This finds employment for the penniless or mander,frorciOstend. They were immediately despatched
idle, and enables the government to get rid of a trouble- by the government authorities by the railway to London,
some class, or to avail itself of its services should there be and were duly delivered on Monday at Buckingham
need. Palace. They were believed to contain the wearing apparel
TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS.—Being attracted and effects of kis royal highness the Duke de Nemours
by the church of St. Roche, which was the church of the and other members of the French royal family, who ar-
royal family, I entered it, and was pained to see that the . rived at Ostend on the same morning, and had subse-
royal tribune, where the poor Queen so often sat, was quently left Dover by train at half-past three, p.m.
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entirely removed, and the benches, stripped of their velvet ,
covering, occupied by some charity children. I heard
some bitter comments on this front servant women ; for,
to the credit of that class, they all, as far as my observa-
tion goes, feel for the royal family. The priesthood have
prudently bent to the storm : they never warmly accepted
Louis Philippe, and now perhaps they regret that they
did not help him against a republic . which must make
their hearts sad

In order to bring awa;a7i.v.--English persons or French
refugees the Express, Southampton steamer, has been
cruis►ng off the French coast, near Honfleur; and on
Thursday afternoon, just before dark, fell in with a fish-
ing a boat, from which the captain was hailed. It con-
tained, besides the crew, five persons, who proved to be
the ex-King and Queen of the French, and their attend-
ants. They were immediately taken on board, and the
vessel turned towards England. After steaming the whole
night the Express arrived off Newhaven at seven o'clock
on Friday morning, but owing to the state of tide and the
weather the vessel could not safely enter the harbour till
noon.

An article in the National, which is edited by a mem-
ber of the provisional government, states the French re-
public would not encounter any great repugnance in Eng-
land, and that, "We are now at liberty to declare that
we will accept an alliance with the '
great English nation,
in terms honourable to both countries, and with such se-
curities as we have a right to expect. Another point still
excited our opposition ; it appeared to us that the French
government did not deal with that of England on a foot-
ing of equality." The article concludes as follows :
"The French Republic, occupied in its own organization,
and employed in fructifying the future of the working
classes, would only undertake war if European nation-
alists were menaced. On the other hand, there is in
England no government so rash, so destructive, as to
compromise the interests of all by plunging into war.
The neutrality of England appears, therefore, to be in-
sured to us for the present. This neutrality will be
transformed into some more intimate connexion, more
efficacious as regards the peace and security of Europe,
which will be the result of time, of events, and of human
actions. But thus much is certain,—that the two na-
tions, if they unite for any great and common object of
justice and civilization, will weigh too heavily in the scales
to be counterbalanced by any other influence."
The Times Paris correspondence of Thursday says that
Paris was tranquil.
A decree of the government appoints M. Armand
Barbes colonel of the 12th legion. In 1839, this Young
man headed an attempt, with 400 men, to upset the go-
vernment of Louis Philippe against fearful odds, and was
condemned to death ; but the punishment was commuted
to imprisonment for life. He is now at the head of one of
the finest legions in Paris.
The country was, with triflinc, exceptions, in behalf of
the republic : but it was regretted that a decree had super-
seded M. Dupin. Deputations in favour of the govern-
ment were received from the provinces.
Order and tranquility continued to prevail throughout
France, the republic being everywhere proclaimed without
resistance, even in Brittany and La Vendee.
The public works had been resumed in Paris with con-
siderable activity.

The exact amount of money at the disposal of the state
amounts to 890,000,000 f., of which 835,000.000 f. are de-
posited in the hank of France, and 55,000,000 in the trea-
The price of gold had fallen 25 per cent. since

Monday

The price of bread had fallen, and there was a supply
ofwheatin Paris for 35 days.

More than 20,000 young men are already enrolled in the
new National Guard, between whom and the old the best
spirit reigns. The artillery of the National Guard is
being reorganised.
Already are the different sections of the working classes
drawing out their lists of grievances for the consideration
of the government commission.

Two volumes of the M.S. nemoirs of the ex-King of
the French (hound in red morocco) have been saved from
the wre. kof -his property. These memoirs terminate at
the period when the commissioners of the consulate pro-
claimed the republic in presence of the armies of the

A DANGEROUS CAItOUSE.—The Debats says,—" In
the devastation and burning of the Château of Neuilly,
some bandits rushed into the apartments, whilst others
went to the cellars. The latter there found wine of all
descriptions. and a cask of rum, which they broke open.
Some instants after they were all drunk, and then a ter-
rific battle took place between them, their principal wea-
pons being bottles. At length they fell to the ground,
overcome by intoxication or by wounds. Meanwhile the
men who went into the apartments ravaged and pillaged
them completely, after which they set them on fire, and
the whole building was soon in flames. In a short time
the then in the cellars were either burned to death or
suffocated. On Sunday from 100 to 120 dead bodies were
dug out."

ARRIVAL OF M. GUIZOT.
M. Guizot arrived at Dover on Friday morning by the
Ville de Bruges steamer from Ostend. The ex-minister
travelled to town by the 4 p.m. express train. On his
arrival at the London-bridge terminus he was received by
Mr. MacGregor and the officials of the company. M.
Guizot was recognised by the bystanders, and there was
some slight cheering as the carriage in which he rode
drove out of the station. A Frenchman present, how-
ever, exhibited an opposite feeling, and cried out " A bas
Guizot 1" The ex-minister was enveloped in a large
cloak, and carried a glazed portmanteau. He looked
careworn and ill.

SCENES IN THE FRENCH THEATRES.—On Sunday, the
managers of the Porte St. Martin gave a gratuitous re-
presentation at two o'clock. The house was crammed,
and Frederic Lemaitre was the principal actor. The play
was "The Chiffonier." In the well known pannier scene
his auditors were raised to a pitch of indescribable en-
thusiasm. Lemaitre, as the Chiffonier, hooked a royal
crown out of his hamper, and at this " hit " the whole
audience rose en masse, and a roar, for it cannot be called
a cry, of " Vire la _Republique" reverberated through the
foundation of the edifice. The actor afterwards drew
forth a police ordinance, and exclaimed, " All banquets
are prohibited ; " a sally which was of course received
with shouts of laughter. The Afarsellaise hymn was
then chanted, followed by the celebrated Chant du De-
part, after which the audience dispersed. The Charivari
was distributed in the theatre gratis.

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A crowd of persons had collected at the station to see
M. Guizot, and a rush was made towards the carriage in
which the ex-minister was seated, every person present
being eager to catch a glimpse of his person. He was
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As M. Guizot stepped out of the carriage a gentleman
addressed him in English and said, " I suppose, sir, you
have heard that your daughters have arrived and are safe."
M. Guizot took the gentleman's hand, and with some
emotion said, " Yes, I have—thank you—God bless you."
M. Guizot travelled without any luggage, except a small
writing-case, which he carried in his hand.

A new edition of the " Paris Directory" will soon be
required. The names of buildings and streets are
changing fast. Royalty, even as a sign, is disappearing.
On all the public offices appears the well-known motto,
" Liberty, EjaliW, Fraternii6." It is painted over the
doors of churches, at the branch posts, and the minor
Government offices ; it is chalked till the painter can
make it permanent. The Rue de Louis Philippe has
ceased to be ; a board is nailed over the name at the cor-
ner. The Hotel des Princes, in the Rue Richelieu,. is the
Hotel des --; the old title is erased and a new one not
yet given. The busts of the King have been broken
down as .quickly as the Roman " plebs" demolished the
statues of Sejanus—the unpopular minister of those days
—when the ." long and wordy epistle" brought his ruin.
Perms directing letters to their friends living in streets
or h )tels named from the monarchy bad better.address as
usU:l. and truit to the new Registrar of the Republican
Post•office.

BRITISH WlNEs.—The home-made wines of England
have of late years been so much superior to former quali-
ties that their manufacture has become a distinct pursuit ;
and amongst those who have taken the lead for excellence
(more particularly of the Green Ginger Wine) the name of
" Hiles" is familiar to the public. He has however, now
retired from business, and transferred his connexion to
Messrs. Groves and Hartley, with such a recommendation
as not only reflects credit on themselves, but ensures to
the public a faithful fulfilment of their commands.
HOLLOWAYS PILLS, A CURB FOR BILE, LIVER,
STOMACH AND BOWEL COMPLAINTS.--These diseases
are most prevalent in hot, close, and sultry weather, and
if not abated by the timely use of proper medicines fre-
quently lay the foundation of disorders which become
incurable, to avoid which take Holloway's Pills, there
being no medicine so efficacious in the cure of these com-
plaints, not only that they rid the liver of all redundant
bile, but they likewise create a keen appetite and perma-
nently invigorate the constitution. Persons of all ages
may take these invaluable Pills with perfect safety, for
sick headaches, disordered stomachs, weakness, and de-
bility.