Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-12-01
LA FAYETTE.

Paris. Oct. lo-The following is a
detailed account Of what passed at
Rouen, during the short stay OF General
La Fayette in that city, on his way
from Havre to his seat of La Grange.
"Itwas on Friday evening that Gen.
La Fayette arrived in the ancient capt.
tai OF Normandy, which the English
have called the Manchester OF France.
1t was soon known upon the Exchange.
and in all the city, that the guest OF
the American nation was to dine with
the Hon. NJ. Cabanon, who had always
been elected Deputy ofthe Lower Seine,
whilst his fellow.citizens could elect
candidates of their own choice. AT
Rouen as at fTavre, NJ La Fayette, was
accompanied by his family and some
friends. At FIVE o'clock they sat down
to dinner; one health only was drank;
i. was that of the defender, the veteran
of liberty in the two worlds. Towards
eight in the evening, great number
of citizens and females repaired to the
rue de Crosne, where the house OF NJ.
Cabapon is situated, and notwithstand.
ing the crowd, which increased every
minute, above all, when they perceived
NJ. La Fayette at the Balcony, the
greatest tranquility reigned in tM>rue
de Crosne and it enyirons, and sere-
made given to the General was heard
with perfect silence Between the
symphonies acclamations were raised
in honor of Gen La Fayette; it was
then, that unperceived by the crowd,
there arrived at the same time, by the
two opposite extremities OF the rue de
Crosne, detachment OF the Garde
Royale and detachment Of gendarm-
erie The Garde Royale, in this in.
stance, as in others, conducted itself
with moderation s prudence which
unfortunately was not initiated by the
gendarmerie. The latter, in order to
disperse peaceable citizens, whose
meeting had occasioned no disturbance,
treated them as riotous and charged
Suddenly the women and children ut.
tered cries of terror-every one was
seized with panic, but the orders
given to he gendarmerie were so pre-
else that they nevertheless continued
their march. Many females were
thrown down and murdered; manu-
facturer ofthe city'of Bolbec; an inha
bitant of Rouen, 70 years Of age, and
many other persons, received wounds
more or less severe, and the whole as
sembly was put to flight by the sabres
and bayonets Of the gendarmes, who
arrested many individuals. Before
their arrival all had passed at Rouen,
as at Havre, but it was thought ex2e-
dent at Rouen to interpose the police
and an armed force; from this all the
mischief has arisen, The observation
is unanswerable; and, nevertheless, the
authorities at Rouen, seeing, as il must
be taken, the necessity Of justifying
measures which had no necessity, in
serted in the journal of the Prefecture,
a note, in which it said that the "citi-
zens groaned to see the tranquility me-
naced by the presence Of man whose
sad celebrity connects itself with the
most disastrous period Of the Revolu-
ton"
Notwithstanding the order which
had been given to the inn-keepers to
let out horses TO no one, NJ. Lafayette
left Rouen early the following Saturday,
escorted, three leagues from the city,
by numerous and brilliant cavalcade,
proud of having received his congratu-
iations and farewell. 1t is thought
that NJ La Fayette will come TO Paris
at the end Of the week
Journal de Paris.