Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-04-06

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Louis Philippe and the royal family, with
Guizot, have arrived in England
Riots have occurred in London, Glasgow,
Edinburg, and Manchester
The chateau at Neuville, France, has been
sacked and burned to the ground
The shops of Paris are all filled with carri-
catures of Louis Phillippe-at least 30, 900 in
number They have appeared as if by magic.
The colonies of the 10Th ond 18th regiments
were nearly all massacreed by their own men
for refusing to march against the Tulleries.
The palace of the Tuileries has been convert
ed into hospital, under the name of fla Ho
tel des Invalides."
The Rouen railway has been stopped by the
populace, who have burned the bridges of
Amiens.
The statue of the late Due d'Orleans, which
stood in the court of the Louvre, has been TAX
en- down. o
The ex-king and queen arrived at New Ha-
ven, England
Brighton, March 3.-The king, on landing.
was dressed in green blouse and blue over
coat borrowed of the captain Of the vessel The
king did not have change of clothing with
him. They had been for some days NOV
ing from farm house to farm house inthe neigh
borhood of Freeport. They were nearly ex-
hausted by fatigue, and night or two back he
was on the point of giving himself up. Louis
Philippe and the ex-queen, with a male and
female attendant who constituted their suite
embarked on board French fishing boat near
Freepor: with the intention of crossing the
channel. At sea the party was picked up by
the express South Hampton and harbor steam
packet boat, which Immediately stood for New
Haven, and the king and queen on landing pro-
ceeded to the British Hotel
Her Majesty's first act was TO despatch q
messenger to Brighton to procure the attention
of Lord Rockingham; the second, to write
letter to England's most gracious sovereign
communicating the intelligence of her arrival
ProclamaG tons and DEGREES were issued du
during the revolution in Paris, by the provis
iona government, interdicting the meeting o
the exchamber of peers, and converting tn,
Tuilleries into an asylum for invalid, workmen
Capital punishment is TO be abolished and al
political prisoners to be liberated and furnish
ed with means to join their families.
A suppression of the Chamber of Peers anC
the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputie
have been recognized by the Constitution of tn,
Republic. Every citizen is compelled to be
s / Al.
the press is guaranteed, and freedom of thought.
and expression of opinion secured. Nationa
workshops are to be opened for the unemploy
! ed. There is a total obliteration of titles an(
nobility. Ten days additional time has beer
granted to pay bills throughout the republic
] A national assembly is to meet on the 9th ol
April and decree constitution. The popu
lation to be the basis of elective representatives
of the people is fixed at 900, including those o.
/ Algeria and the colonies. Suffrage to be di-
rect and universal. All Frenehmen of 81 year:
to be electors and makes 2o the period of eli
| gibiity to Office. The ballots to be secret. A
constitutional assembly is to meet on the 20tt
of April. All prosecutions against the press
for political offences, to be Withdrawn, and the
persons confined for such offences to be releas.
ed. All works of utility to be preserved and
respected.
| The royal residences are to be sold, and the
proceeds to be applied to the victims OF the
revolution and as compensation for losses in
trade and manufactures.
Il DEGREES have also been issued changing the
names of several vessels in the navy; also those
of streets which have any reference to monar.
t chy or members of the fallen kings family.
, Commercial following are the latest
quotations by the Caledonia:
Best Western canal -four, 28sa28s Cd per Dbl
5 Philadelphia and Baltimore, 27s cd 28s; N. O.
and Ohio 26 28s.
i u States and Canada wheat, white and mix
ed, rs 4d a 9s per 70lbs red 6s 4da7s.
Indian corn. per 480 lbs, 27s Cd Dos 3d.
Meal per Dbl, l3s Id. Since the departure
of the last steamer the market has evinced a
somewhat improved tone, consequent upon an
increase demand and limited supply; The
5 general tendency of breadstuffs is upward, and
q the demand for Indian corn, for Ireland, has
been active.
: Mn. BucHAKAN's OFFER TO MExIco.-By
the letter of instructions sent by Mr. Buchanan
to Mr. Slidell, before the breaking out of the war
> he was directed to offer for the boundary Of
the Rio Grande, the assumption by the United
States of the debt due our citizens BY Me xico
: For the baIanca of Now Meyicc o. n00 000