The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-19

they always side with the peopls whom the question Is
that OF liberty The banquet which interrupted In
the l2th reimbursement, was again called on fol-
lowing Sunday but although thi, i, the only
ed for diversion they that day ordered to keep
their rooms The reunion, however, did not then
take place as the srrsngements were not fully
But 1t is now fixed defnit ely for Tuesday
the 22d OF this month Every thing is in progress the
excitement intense each person holding hts wrath,
1t were till the dreadful day passed The arrange
ments for this solemn fes altogether extraordinary
aud imposing A piece Of ground has been hired by
private individual for the scene of the banqust 1t is
situated In the Champs Eysse and being private the
government will have no right to complain People from
all parts Of France to the amount Of many thousand,
per day. fockug IN to Paris assist the banquet
ard any other business that shall rgimstely be-
fore the assembly Several peers and about hundred
deputies are pledged t. aid in the business Of the day
and this Will be backed by some hundreds Of thou
sands OF citizens, and from ten to twenty thousand
National Guards as an escort and to preserve order
whether the government will again interfere It Is
bound In duty TO itself to aud thus produce ter
.s noo or ~ @
ministry adopt entirely different foreign policy and
thus avoid perfect overthrow OF the government she
dyrasty and the d'ssrsoeful limo Of conduct towards
Switzerland and Italy
The French feel now more sensbly than ever, the
evils arising from the unfortunate Spanish marriage.
This hiss been, in fact, the real of all the bitter
ness between the goverpm'nt and tho people 1t has
driven rem them the ally they had just made England
arms OF Austria And this arrangement necessarily
compelled them to side against all the revolutionary
COnuomuE.
WILL it is probable put end to the Orleans dynasty
Is the cause Of almost all the misfortune which poor
old Louis Philippe is now suffering And it must be
renouncedthe advantages expected from 1.-THE Span.
ish crown-must be forfeited, fear the present
reign will only be permitted to complete eighteen years
which will end about the last Of July ls4s
But will close this letter, hoping to be able to give
you some account Of the great banquet which is to
take place tomorrow. The weather time, has
been shockingy bad; but this morning the comes
out in all its spendor, as to welcome some momentous
event. Yours,
PARIS, Feb %, 1913.
To-day the question in reference to the Banquet has
been resolved by being put down by force by the Gov
ernment and that followed by species of revolu
ton. The opposition had fixed upon half past eleven
clock to move In body, from Place della Madeleine
TO the place for the banqustbstween double line of
the National Guard, without arms, ten thousand in
numberone toast only to have been given and only
speech made; and that By O. Barrot the opposi-
ton candidate for President of the Chamber About two
thousand had subscribed guests and the Committee
bad pledged themselves for the preservation of order
But, Mt about nine O'Clock this morning. troops or
dered to demolish the preparations Tor the Banquet
which executed and guard placed round that no
should enter upon the ground selected for the cele
bratiop. Notices posted up in the city, notifying
the public that any crowd which did INN distely
dispsrse upon being commanded to would be fred
upon by the troops Upon information Of this proceed
ing the Deputies determined to remain in their seats in
the Chamber and that there should bs attempt to
form procession, or to hold Banquet At about
esvsn the multitude immense upon the Place de Ia
Coneord and upon the south side Of the Seine oppo-
site and about the Chamberapd before their nose
anticipated two thousand rushed by the guard into
Chamber broke In the doors and made their ay
to the Chamber where the Deputies in session and
cried Vie Ia reforme," and bas ie Roi - This cry
of Down with the king,n unexpec ted aud alarm
ing; and Marshal Bugeaud with two reauasnts charged
ments Of troops wore placed round the Chamber ard
troops Of hores upon the bridge connecting the Chamber
with Place de Ia Coneord" Thousands gathered round
the troops and bridge and rent the air with the
cry and slternatsd with singing the Msrssilss Hymn
Tue Government Issued an order forbidding them to
epg this revolutionary hymn but, with hundred
people Assem- oiled aud excited the order ves
aisrsgacGsd, aud could not % executed. rhe horse
thsn with drawn sabres, charged The all di
rections and spmo and cut the heads of sons
others The sight of blood excited tho passions OF the
masses and they stoned The troops they could
get an opportunity This contest Continued for hours
and ia the meantime vast muitudes attempted to enter
the Garden of the Tuieries to saluts the king with
sae cry as they did the Chamber aud troops but th
troops prevented them drove all fIom the Garden and
planted troops ut every avenue TO prevent tho entrances
OF shy thereafter Thousands Of horse and Infantry
finally drove majority OF toe mssees from the place
de Ia Coucorde,n and then they rushed along the
Champs Elyse and attacked every object Govern
ment which they met. Thy arrested the running Of
the oEDibncses-ssized stripped il of the horses
and turned up Sideways the prone
this beautiful part of the CITY, to aid 10 barrie aiding the
street with the materials from booths sc which they
tore down. they mad. three scross the
Eysees la spite Of tho troops They then being driven
further, assembled In Rue Montignau and Montsigne,
leading out of tho Champs Eysess and cut and
down forty Of the trees in that part of hs city
with them, and other materials, barrcsded these and
the other streets leading them and then set
fire to aud burned down beautiful guard house. carry
ing the trcolored flag, and singing the Marsses mn
They attacked and broke in the windows Of the other
gusrd-housss in this neighborhood and probably a
thousand lamps for lighting the city In the early part
of This evening" they ected all the public chairs 10 ths
Champs Elytesr amounting to severs thousand seats
lamp-posts Sc. &c., and throwing them into Immense
piles burnt them up crying, Down with tho kingn SO
The night is very dark and stormy ana 90 not learn
that tbs populace have eded further than have
described. The events have described took place
der my observation and have been informed that
they have set fire to obnoxious Dsputy's house; but
do koow how the report may be It is said that
there are, in and near Paris one hundred thousand
troops there several thousand duty to-day but
they failed to control the multitude to protect the
public property No guns have yet been used eher
nee and do not hear positively that any have bseo
killed Whether this will be prolonged to morrow
or terminate with this day temporarily no one de
ternine; but fearful issue has been male up and
for the frat time during the reign of Louis Philippe to-
dsy, the cry Of" Down with the King has bsen heard
The government has put dowu the banqusts by force;
drawn their sword upon the people and the latter have
resisted WHAT is to be the result of this contest
OBSERVER.
PARIS, Feb %, Is4s
The 22d b.irg paced, will now briefly nsrrate the
events of the day. In the fret place, all Psr,
prised yesterday morning. to learn that the opposition
deputies and peers had rereated from their position and
resolved not to be present at the calling upon the
public to refrain from creating excitement
bling large crowds The they sssgn is that the
government had determ by force this BAN
qust; and being themselves involable the king him
self they did not wish to draw certain death hot Of
their friends who possessed not this nviosbity But
the people assembled, nevertheless in immense crowds
filing the Place de la Concord and all the
from the door, Of the Chamber Of Deputies the beau
tiful Madeleine Church. The bridge opposite the
Chamber CT Deputies forced; also the gates of the
court of the Chamber itself But yet there blood
she'd The imm'nse of human beings Staging the
MaTs'e' Hymn, and crying vlve Ia Garde Natl on
sc etc continued to occupy their places until about
O'Clock when some stones having been thrown ut the
soldiers they charged the people striking them with
the sides Of their .abres Two three only used the
gee, and as many more their hayoDets, woundiug few
persons dangerously but, believe, Ginng none. Soon
after the crowd driven cut Of ths Place de la CoDoord
the Jardin des Tseries cleared aud also the Place
do Caroussi Rue Rvo stopped up aud In fscs, all the
principal streets In that negnoorncot Up to O'Clock,
saw nowhsre more than 20 to 80 soldiers together
fewer In fact than oranary but after they bgsn
to appear ee n by enchsnteut from all points and Ia