The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-04

parture The Duchess of Orleans entreatad nor
mission to accompany him. ssMy dear HELENE,
said he, 'the dynasty must be saved and thecrown
preserved 10 your son. Remain here for his sake,
III is Sacrihce which you owe him." Thus they
parted; he to shape his course for England. she to
wait the progress of events. Of all the family of
LOUIS PHILIPPE the Duke of Nemours alone re-
manned behind. Around the latter and the Ouch
ess, few devoted friends still clustered. Whilst
they were still undecided what course to pursue,
NJ. DUPlN entered. ~ come to tell YOU" said
ne addressing the Duchess 'that perhaps the part
''of second MARIA THERESA is reserved for Won.
LET us 60 to the Chamber of Deputies" Accom-
panied by the Duke of Nemours, and NJ. DUp1y.
she set out at once, leading the Count of Paris by
the hand, and followed by an aid-de-camp carry
ing in his arms her younger child the Duke of
Charities They had scarcely left the palace before
1t was entered by body of Republicans, led by
Capt. DUNoYER, who scattered through the apar-
ments and swept away every vestge of ROYALTY.
When the Duchess entered the Chamber of IDENTITIES
leading her two children by the hand, SAuzrT the
President, was advocating her claims to the Recon-
cy, In the midst of the din and confusion caused bv
the presence OF an armed multitude of insurgents
'lat hao forced their way into the Chamber,
cl''ihorous Tor the organization of Provisional
| Government. LAsARTNE moved an adjournment,
but the resolution was not adopted Opu1oy
BARRoT next made an eloquent appeal to the
ohainper to recognize the Regency; but, before
any response was made the Republicans, under
DUNoYER, broke into the Hall to support by their
presence, ''the friends of the people," Several of
the Deputies Immediately flung themselves before
the Duchess to protect her from receiving any vio-
| lence at the hands of the intruders In the midst
OF the confusion, LEDRU RoLLIN rose, and reiterated
the demand for a Provisional Government. La
MARITIME followed him in a speech that has since
become famous, and closed by making similar
demand. While he was still speaking a crowd Of
desperadoes, led by MARRAsT, the editor of the
Republican organ, the National bloody, and pow
der-stained, ragged, ferocious, with wild stream
| ing locks, and armed with muskets, burst open
the doors of the Hall, and making their way to
the galleries. with cries of Clown with the Re
gency! 1.-THE Republic forever p overawed the
Deputies DUNoYER, waving the tri-color over his
head, camhered up behind the Speakers chair
and proclaimed that 'outSide of those walls there
were hundred thousand men who would no
longer submit TO Kings or Regents In the
midst of the tumut that ensued many of the Depu-
ties made their escape. The cause of the Regency
was hopeless. The Duchess of Orleans, hustled by
the crowd and assailed with savage threats was for
some time in serious danger of losing her life. Her
youngest child, the Duke of Charities, was torn
from her grasp, but, after she had suffered for two
days all a mothers agony for his loss. he was re-
stored to her arms uninjured That night a
Provisional Government was organized seThe
''short February day began with a monarchy. and
''ended with Republic" The Duchess of Or
leans, finding all further efforts fruitless, welded
to the entreaties of her friends and embarked for
England, where she resided, subsequently,. until
the period of her death. The recent publication of
her will, and the political importance which the
Orleanist party in France attach to the claims
which she asserts in that instrument, in behalf OF
her son, have induced to lay before our readers
the principal facts upon which these claims are
founded and a brief narrative of the stirrino
scenes through which the Duchess passed in 1S48
in the vain endeavor to obtain from the Chamber
CT Deputes a recognition of the Regency.