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prescr,bes residence aupres du Roi
more than the interests Of his fifteen
thousand countrymen, should Isaye
Paris TO rejoin Charles Dix At Con-
Peigne or ST. Cloud, or wherever else
this second James the Second is at
present in hiding. have not heard
what the Ambassadors intend 10 do.
The Prussisn aud Austrian Wiil not
l@probably act rs becomes the ENJOYS
OF despotism; but a British Ambassa-
dor, under the liberal William, whose
Parliamentary speech has coaciliated
even the French, IN spite Of villain
ton" oughs TO know that his place is
with the upholders Of constitutional
government. and not with the violarors
Of oaths aud charters.
Reports Of fire arms continued 60 DO
heard from time 10 time tiil midnight;
which with the deep knsll Of the toe
SIN that sounded at intervals were
threatening intimations that the mis-
chief only slumbercd till Daylight
ln fact. at ! O'Clock the busine. was
a. brisk az ever; and the firing began
again, and continued fer hours, loud
and incessan:; but with what success
on either side, was not clear, till. on
issuing from the Hotel. a scene that
was passing In the adjacent Place,
plainly told that the cause of the OBJ.
pressed was triumphant. Two or three
bodies Of citizens were drawn up in
something like order, armed with gun
and bayonet, pike, sabre. or bludgeop,
having each a tri-coloured Gag AZ its
head. Among these l observed some
muskets, not rusty like the rest, but
bright ard in good condition. This
was a favourable omen. but a trans
action goiag on 10 a corner Of the
Place was convincing. A detachment
Of the Gards Roynle were busily hand
ing out from their csssrne, mnskets to
the populsce below. Twenty hands
grasped at each in succession. IL at
fected me somewhat to see stout vete-
rams taking tho bayopet from their
sides, to deliver il to striplings that
had ciambered up to the window, then,
with hands pressed on their breasts,
protesting IN dumb-skow 10 the still
unsa!isfied multitude, that more were
not forthcoming. An officer from q
window above. with a face worn with
fatigue, looked down ON the transac-
ton. When I considered that tho
armed men below were IN number suf-
iicient toe1terminatc the whole detach-
mcni. II was no slight indication of .
moderate spirit. that no violence was
offered to disarmcd soldiers. who the
day before had been firiug on the friends
and brothers Of the multitude. The
tri-coloured detachmeuts moved 81,
headed by young men of the Ecols
Poiytechnique, aud preceded by a cart
conveying sundry barrels OF powder.
/ The Louvre was understood to be ,heig
destination. In fact, the troops hav-
ing been dislodged from the Hotel DC
Vile. had found il necessary to eva
cuate the quarters they had occupied
the day before in st. Denis, st. Mar
tin, 50. Antoine, and retire To the
Louvre, which. III its turn, was fierce
Nv attacked by the people, who fired
from the Pont Neuf. and the quays
and streets fronting either side of the
building. The facade OF the Institute
testified that the besisged Of To-day
and the besiegers Of yesterday were
not idle. ! found staff n nearly
fronting the Louvre, IN = sort of piaz
IA. where, -nsronced behind a column,
| could with safety observe what was
going on. The firing at length grew
80 slack on the part OF the besieged.
/ that the assailsnIs WIRE embroidered
60 plant a rude sort Of ladder against
the building, BY which one OF the win
II.
one large body with sword and bsyO-
net glittering in the sun, forced its
way by one gate Of the Louvre, ~hilss
another FASTENED round ahi entered
! by that which fronts the river. The
enemy fred his retreat, for boom
boom. resouDdcd from the interior Of
the court; and the entering multitude
bore preeipitately back, and eommuni
Gated the panic 20 such Of the specta-
tors as had advanced 90 the Pont des
Arts, Oh the strength Of the tri-coIour-
ed Gag seen waving from a window.
( | noted the progress Of this flag, &C
compaDied with the waving OF hats and
swords from window 20 ~iDdow. The
same signal 81 last announced the oe
cupation Of the Tuilleries.
The people on my side Of the waite.
were embOldensd to advance along
with the hsg. till "a reached the Ponr
ROYAL, across which the spectators ven
tofed, after having been sent back pre-
cipItately by one or two false alarms.
As ! traversed the bridge. a fight Of
papers from the windows Of the Full
cries that look on the bridge. show Ell
that the sanctuary Of Majesty was IN
the act % being invaded. The gate
Of The garden was OPEN ventured In
with the rest Tbs smashing Of glass
and ,eiodoVs usues gave me "a fsaV THAI