The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-07-25
FO r E IGN N E w S.
Paris papers to the Sth June hare been re-
ceiued at .Ae,o York. Their contents are in
tereSting.
ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN
FRANCE

ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN
FRANCE.
An attempt at revolution has been made
in Paris, which has been quelled The
first breaking out was at the funeral of
Gen. Lamarque on the 5th June. Splendid
preparations were made to do the last hon
ors to the remains of the distinguished gen.
eral. The procession after having passed
through several streets, arrived opposite to
the Pont dAusterlitz, where scaffold,
hung with black, and decorated with nu-
merous flags, had been prepared to receive
the body while the speeches on the occa-
sion were delivered Here an immense
crowd were assembled, which interrupted
part of the ceremonies. Gen. Lafayette
addressed the people, and implored them
not TO sully the solemnity Of the day by any
acts of discold or Illegally.
He (Lafayette,) was received with the
most enthusiastic acclamations, and on de-
scending from the platform was conducted
in triumph to his coach. the horses of which
were taken out and he was dragged home
by the popuace. On the conclusion of the
speeches, which was about half past five,
the body was removed to the hearse in
waiting to convey it TO Eyres, Laudes and
the car returned along the quays. While
the speeches we're being made, the regi.
ments of the line, drawn up on TIE borders
If the river, fred the usual number of sa-
utes, and then marched off, the bands
playing the Marsellais" at the request of
the people, who replied by loud shouts of
I" Vive la Ligne" In the mean time, how
ever, that part of the procession which had
not been able TO get nearer to the platform
than the Place de la Basiille, and which con-
sisted principally of the "Amis du Peuple,"
and other similar societies. had become in
volved in II contest with the regiment of ORA
goons stationed there, and Just as the car
with the unarmed National Guards, and
other followers of the procession was re-
turning towards the Rue st. Antoine, the
Dragons charged down that street, and
several individuals were wounded. At the
same time, 4 man on horseback, who had
been parading about with red flag, on
which was inscribed, in black letters, Lib
erte on la Mort" re-appeared with num-
her of other individuals, shouting, "Vive la
Republique," on which the Dragons fired
their carbines, and IA general cry TO arms
was heard. In few minutes barbados
were formed at the end of the Pont d'Aus-
terlitz, at the entrance of the roads on each
side of the canal, and across the quay. The
contagion soon spread to other parts of
Paris, and in the Rues St. Antoine, st. Den
mis-, st. Martin, Montmartre, and Croi-sant,
barricades were formed by overturning
carts, coaches, &c. A few attempts were
made to unpave the streets, but the labor
ers we've So few that scarcely any progress
was made.
The head quarters of the insurgents dur
ing the night, were in the Rue st. Antoine
and its neighbofhood, which they had Sc
cured with strong barbados but all the
line of the Boulevards, and also the Rue
Montmartre, in which barrcades had been
raised, were in the possession of the troops
and the inhabitants Illuminated their win
dows in those streets in which the lamps
had been broken. The Rue Montmartre
was the scene of n severe contest. The
passage du Saumon was occupied by par
ty of insurgents, who kept up an incessant
firing, from half past seven until eleven, at
which hour the troops Of the line and Ma
tional Guards succeeded in forcing the av-
cnues. and clearing the passage. The in
surgents, however, retreated into the upper
stories of the houses in the Rue Montmar-
tire, whence they continued TO annoy the
troops so much, that it was determined to
leave them for the night. About half past
three, the entrance to the passage, which
had been fastened, was again forced by the
insurgents, who proceeded to pull down the
shutters of the empty shops in the passage,
to convert them into weapons of offence or
as circumstances might require.
The noise occasioDed by this proceeding
excited the greatest alarm among the in.
habitants, as it was apprehended that a
general pillage was about to ensue this
nlalm was, however, unfounded, ms no at
tack was made on any inhabited shop.
The troops hearing the tun,uit, returned in !
increased force, and continued fire WAS
kept up until half past four, when the
troops gained possession Of the passage,
and took a considerable number of the lnsur-
gents prisoners, who had taken refuge in the
houses in the passage. They were gener-
ally young men of apparent responsibility,
mixed, however, with others Of the lowest
class. A great number were killed and
wounded in this affuir.
The King arrived in Paris from st. Cloud
late in the evening, and Immediately held
council of Ministers after which he review
ed the troops Of the line, the National