The State guard., 1848-04-18


 A good demlnd for Provisions in London Bacon advanced, Lard declined.
 Business in the manufacturing districts, particularly in Manchester, is represented tobe very gloomy. Prices never known to be so low.
 Louis Philippe's Escape to Eng ..A land.
 The following details from an English paper are full of interest. s THE LAST SCENE IN THE TUIL- aanehaa , FRIES.
 aI It appears that the King, ever since the death of Madame Adelaide, had lost much of his energy, and given up in some de- gree his early habits and the punctualty to business for which he had always been distinguished. On the morning of Thurs day he had risen somewhat later than usual. He said that he had passed rest lessonight, and that he was weary both in mind and body, with the petitioning of the two royal dukes (Nemours and Montpen- sier) for that which they knew he could not grant. He had been writing all the preceding evening in his own bedroom, and sealed letter to the Queen of Belguim was amongst the papers found upon his writing desk. We understand that the seal was respected, and that the letter was relgiously dispatched to it's destina- tion. So little fear was felt as to the re- suit of the days dc bate, that royal children were brought as usual to the King, and itbeing Thursday, his majesty had exam ined, as was his wont on that day, all the copy books of the Count-de Paris, and expressed his satisfaction at the progress evinced by the royal pupil in his various studies. At ten Q clock the children were dismissed. and at that hour the strife began blythe announcement of 1T Emele de Girardin. ''Nay, but I received him yesterday, exclaimed the King, much irri- tated, to the aid-dc camp in waiting. s.Pardon mo, sire, he says that his busi- ness is urgent, and that the safety of the empire depends upon your majesty's re ception of his message" The King, now interested but not alarmed, gave the or der for the visitor to be admitted. It ap- pears by Mir. de. Giradin's own account that he was so overcome with emotion that for an instant he could not speak, and the / King said abruptly, and in no measured tone ofvoice, "What more is now required by you and your fellows, (uouc ct eos parieli,) ) have we not made enough concession, in all conscience p "There is yet another one, your majesty, which has become more necessary than all tho rest" '''rhen it cannot be granted" returned the King. peevishly "indeed l have regret for that which is already done" And so have I, your. majesty, for it is not yet enough" "Qu'cst-ce d-dire i' exclaimed the King, interupting him with great vchemeEce.
 The haughtiness Of the expression which is untranslatable, the abruptness of the tone in which it was uttered, reused the fiery temper of Girardn, and he an- swered almost coarsely, "The one con- cession more which is demanded by the people is your Majesty's abdication. on the instant too, and without any reser- yation." The King started to his feet with such sudden movement that he upset the inkstand he had just been using, and the, broad black stain may yet be seen upon the carpet. He rushed to the win dow. whither Girardin followed him, and pointing to the crowd, exclaimed, "Six sbatalions of National Guards surround the palace; all are ofone mind, and those who sent me here are strong in their un- animity. Blood has been shed, and now re there is DO treat"
 aai Louis Philippe grew deadly pale, and his hand shook violently as heOtook that of M. de Girardin, but his voice faltered not as he answered. "You are, perhaps, in the right, Monsieur, will go down to the Chambers, not to plead for myself, but to protect my dynasty" At this moment the Queen, who had been watching and lowering about the apartment in the grea- test alarm, appeared upon the door-cill. She spoke not; she evidently did not wish \ to be observed, for she did not advance one step into the room. She was attired in the deepest mourning. and her silver hair escaped from beneath cap of black crape--her face was so pale and ghastly that she seemed about to faint--her tall thin form bent not-but the agitation of the moment was so great that she was seized with that palsied shaking of the knees to which she has been subject ever since the death off the Duke of Orleans. She drew back aas the King passed out. So great was his own pre-occupation that he perceived her not, and she followed him thus in silence and with noiseless step, little needing whither he was leading her so that he was not, lost to- sight It was thus that she found herself in the midst of the gardens oftbe Tuiicries, surrounded by a countless multitude, exposed to all the rigors of a stormy sky. without shawl or bonnet, or any of the app'irtenances either of her age or rank. It was a touching sight to behold this eager solicitude, this tender love-, stronger than the fear of death, which actuatcd the Queen in this descr- ton of all beside her husband. And 1t is