New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-11

of Louis Philippe Formidable as their nau bers
were il xas believed that the precautionary meas
ures which had been adopted would be sufficient to
aver: the danger snd confirm the reispg dynnty
The Ex-M5nister Is fay persusded that The
sHeufs was Dot originally OF Character more
alarming thar the riotous meeting at IfaiAgr'
squsrs. An ample military force was at hand
aud The soldiers were prepared 20 act against the
rioters IL vas a. this critical moment that zoe
King by wavering. parayred the efforts OF al VINO
had been resoiute 70 defend bin W hen IN conse-
qlence Of the tamu,uous proceedings OF confused
assemblage ct vOrkmen and boys. be announced
a change Of the Ministers. the secret societies
were OF opinion that the time Tor action was
come. snd that TO wait for the death OF the
present incumbent OF the throne was uaneces
ssry The soldiers who might a. first have
been depended upon, could no longer depend upon
the King. They saw the Ministers pat aside to
propitiAte the rioters, and knew not what their
own fate might De If they offered serious resistance
Their embarrsssmentd decided the National Guards
and all was over. Louis Philippe found the knel
Of bis authority had sounded He first sbdicsted
and then fed
NJ Guizot did not accompany the Royal fugitive
While be was reported to have been seen At places
distant from the Of strife he scarcely moved
a step from the spot which be had last officially
appeared. While furious democrats were loudly
calling for his head. he was secreted in the house
next TO the hotel OF the Minister OF Public Works
The obnoxious Prime Minister heard the bureaaL
forced in the adjoining building. and the OFT repeat
ed cries OF Mort a GHisot - but these sounds,
dissonant and indeed appalling, as they might be,
did not make him resolve on too pTecipitate re.
treat At the moment be was said to have reached
Guernsey he remained In the heart OF Pans, and In
the midst OF his enemies.
When the popular rage was at length on the de
cline and vigilance, believing that he was 10 safe.
ty was no longer on the alert, he left his retreat
In disguise and directed his steps toward Brns-
sells He met with no impediment but IN one place,
where the bridge had been destroy ed and, having
reached Belgium, ne soon found his way 10 Eng
land.
To him it appears that Louis Philippe had no
anxious desire 10 remain on the throne, bat be WAS
most eager to secure it for his posterity He was
content TO abdcate provided the Count de Paris
were declared the King Of the French. and this it
was caused him xpeditlousy TO resign the scep-
ire himself HIS dynasty he of all things desired
n know confirmed. "Vsulting ambition" has cos,
him everything
Curiosity will naturally be felt to know what the
ex Minister thinks OF the new Government IL Is
hi. opinion that il must fall But the danger which
he sees in it, path mas no. been generally known
10 exist in England. He is persuaded that the
army is not well affected 10 Lamartlne and his CO.
adiators The cause is this, that so much praise
has been lavished on the National Guards that the
troops Of the line feel that they are inJurlously
treated; and il is more than probable that II any
moderately popular leader were now to present
himself the army, almost TO a man, would declare
in bis avor-so great is the evaporation which the
ex. Minister believes to prevail IN consequence OF
the honors too largely bestowed on the National
Guard.
Like Pitt and other Ministers who have been
pursued by the bitter rsncor Of those whose affairs
they bad undertaken to administer, NJ. Guizot has
not enriched himself by those measures which
have proved so fatal to his sovereign. he cannot
claim honors due to the pilot who westhered the
storm :" but the Chief Minister of France retires
from hi, bsh post with such slender resources that
few acknowledgements shopseepers could envy
bis pecuniary means His income at the present
moment il is positively asserted, does not exceed
fi00 per snpum.