Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-25

ed by the troops and DISPERSED pu reassemDed IN various
quarters They showed their hatred Of M Guzot by demo
ishng his windows and attempting to force into
his hotel but were again epused by the troops All the mill
tay in Paris and all the National Guards summoned to
arms and every preparation made the part the Govern
ment to put down The mob The latter raised barbados
various places and unpaved the Streets overturned omni-
buses and made preparations for vigorous assault pro-
traced resistance.
All the from Paris represent the city in terrific
state of excitement aud dsmay the whole of that day. All
the streets leading the Chamber of Deputies were, like the
BRIDGE occupied by strong deachmens of troops and
allowed pass except the Deputies the newspaper
poers and those who furnished with special tickets OF
| admission.
4 Correspondence Of he London Morning Chronicle.
1 Paris, TUESDAY EVENING.
The which you this morning will have pre-
pared you for great confusion in the streets of Paris great
sembages of the people, and partial disturbance, not for
ua Instruction The result is just what might have been
expected Immense have paraded the public thorough
fares throughout the day Troops in numbers
foot and occasionally, where the became than
ordinarily Dense charges cavalry made upon the peo
p and the streets were cleared with wonderful quckness
The shops were all closed and business of every kind
suspended The crowd generally directed itself towards the
Place de la Madeleine, where if the banquet had gone on
the procession the Deputies to have started FROM the
Place de la Concorde and to the neghbohood Of the Cham
Der of Deputies.
The principal portion Of the crowd appeared TO have been
drawn together from curiosity than from the wish to
disorder and they far formidable from their
numbers than from their apparent ntentons STILL how
ever there occasional parties of very different charac
Masses in blouses frequently amounting to thou
sands to be marching together with certain de-
gree Of order aud apparently under regular leaders large
4 4 ID
others Of ambiguous if Of dangerous de-
scrpon singing the MaseHaise the very pitch Of their
voices and yoceating "A bas Gu-ot bas h Mnisterei
Viue la Reae 7" accompanied with groans cheers the
case might be- If TO this you add regiments of Municipal
Guards horse and foot drawn up in different quarters, and
occasionally charging the people where they assembled in large
numbers appeared threatening thousands upon thousands
OF cavalry and infantry in all the principal squares, Boue-
wards and quays and muitudes Of anxious people crowd
ing the windows wherever there chance of seeing what
was going you have before you picture Of what Paris
was during the whole of this day.
shall now proceed give you detached details, which it
is difficult arrange regular and connected form. have
already said that the principal point which the crowd tended
was Place de la Madeleine and the Place de la Concode
About hapas. eleven regiment OF infantry and several
squadons drew up the church Of the Madeleine where
the crowd was most Dense few minutes afterwards
said upwards Of six thousand, appeared from the
direction of Bouevard but could exactly say from
wha, place they They marched procession, holding
each others arms and sung the arseiise in general
chorus When passing Duands restaurant they gave three
cheers for reform, and then proceeded without stopping to
the Place de Cnncode their evident intention being to make
their the Chamber of Deputies AT the bridge opPo-
site the Chamber Of Deputies however, they stopped by
large body of cavalry and infantry, drawn up the bridge
They then brought 10 saEd STILL and their numbers
great that they filled the whole of the Place de Ia
Concorde the largest squares 10 Europe Just at that
moment portion of the regiment Of cavalry at the bridge
charged upon the mass separated and drove considerable
portion back towards the Bouevads while the rest driven
the Champs Eyees and the rest down the Rue Rvo
The whole Of the Place cleared in less time than
be conceived but the soldiers though they did their duty with
great determination and effect far from using unnecessarily
harsh means appeared to 60 about with great humanity,
and good humo The portion Of the crowd driven back
towards the BouevaJs ard sui marching IN ORDER and arm
arm had four National Guards at their head armed with
sabes. In the Place de Ia Madeleine attempt made
by the troops dpee them, which only partially
ceso and shortly afterwards they met another large body,
the leaders of whom aernay embraced the National Guards
I men, On arriving in front OF the Hotel DIES AHaires Etrdn
CERES they stopped and sung the Mdrsdse IN full chorus
They then began cry bas GuSot 6as ie Minis
re " and the excitement evidently increasing Al length
very young took up large stone, which he hurled
against the great gate Of the hotel example which was fol-
lowed by the rest who began knocking against the gate
shower OF stones thrown at the hme and broke
yeral windows During this time body Of the Municipal
Guards who drawn up within the gates deliberately
loaded their muskets and prepared for what might follow
but body Of cavalry, emerging from the Rue des Capucne
that moment charged struck OF the most active with
the fiat side of their sabe and very succeeded in dis
peng the crowd and relieving the residence OF the Preden
: Of the Council from the danger il was in.
may well mention that among the other cries which
issued from the crowd that Of Vire Ia Egne which
be heard every time the compact bodies which appeared
from time time, passed regiment Of Infantry grea
number Of prisoners taken by the police who had beer
caught in the Of uteng sedous cries throwing stones
These the principal incidents which have come within
my notice in the Of the day. They not very
rous themselves but they just of nature that nigh
al any moment lead TO a catastrophe One thing must ap
pear evident 10 any who has the aspect Of Par
during this day and that is that the Government IN deter
mining allow the procession Of Deputies and the enor
additional number persons which would have assem-
: bled had il taken place. 20 wise determination
Whether they would not have done better bad they gver
the orders for stopping at earlier period, and before the
preparations made is another matter. think they
would Had the notice been given three days that thu
meeting not TO be allowed great deal OF the excitement
and confusion Of this day would have been avoided The
Of the Government that il did not interfere until thu
promoters OF the banquet began to organize and arrange Ma
onal Guards and other persons TO form the procession The
hardly enabe, for il known and clearly an
several days before that the procession was 10 be
of the principal parts OF the demonstration. II Is rumore'
eleven Of the twelve deputies Of Paris have resigned ihe
u seats
s IuPEAcHmEST MIsIsTRr.-At the meeting OF tn
Chamber Of Deputies the 3d. the Deputies Of the OpPo
r.