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

The English papers have recently published
some very interesting extracts from the will of the
late Duchess Of Orleans-a document which is not
less remarkable for its solemn appeal to the
French nation, to respect the claims of her son,
the Count of Paris, to the throne of France, and
for the confidence it expresses in the eventual re-
establishment of the Orleans dynasty than for its
vein of profound pety, tenderness, and deep
womanly feeling. The public reproduction of
this will has been prohibited in France, and we
can readily understand the reasons that dictated
its suppression. The Duke of Orleans, the eldest
son of LOUIS PHILIPPE, was by far the most popu-
lar member of the Orleans family, and his sudden
and unexpected death, in 1872 created at the
time, profound sensation. By his decease. his
child, the Count of Paris became the next heir to
the throne. Had the life of the Duke of Orleans
been prolonged six years later, it is at least prob
able that those arbitrary acts, which led to the
expulsion of LOUIS PHILIPPE, would never have
been promulgated, and that the widowed Duchess
would have been spared the terrible ordeal
through which she was destined to pass. But
after successfully battling, for seventeen years. the
designs OF the Legitmists, the Constituencies,
and the Republicans; growing yearly more and
more unpopular, the crafty and covetous old Citi-
zen King drew down upon himself the storm that
mad long been impending; and, by single de-
cree-the lnterdict placed upon holding Reform
oAnque'-foAsaa the long dormant spirit of the
fafisiahS' on the 22d of February, ls4s, they
rose III lisurfecuon. The following day. at the
f'0cs 0eS f0"s Peres, and in the Rue Lepel1etier,
the national guards fraternised with the insur-
gems, ana turned their bayonets upon the SQUAD
rons OF cuiraSSers that ATTEMPTED TO disnerse
them. FROM that moment affairs essumed On
grave an aspect, that LOUIS PHILIPPE found him
self constrained, either to abdicata tho tbrono or
to dismiss his chief advisers-N1 c,1,zor and
DucHAlhh' He accepted the latter alternative
ana M MOLE was charged with the reconstrpct;on
OF Caninet. The Chamber of DEPUTIES was inn
mediately notified of the concession tbot hod hoo
made, and courlers We're dispatched 70 onnornoo
to the citizens the formation Of q ,o,.
The announcement was received Will, .,.--,c
joy. The insurgents congratulated oooh go
their almost boodless triumph. tbo 60 o',l'r on
and that night all Paris was i,. :uiieu,
in honor of the victory that had hoo-
ed py 'he people The aides-de-camp and
orderly ofhcers, who had been dispatcbed to
ascertain the temper of the citizens. =.
Tailleries and reported, to the ROYAL FamlU . as
sembled there that the danger was o,,or o.5 A.
insurrectionary outbreak at an end -. -
present when this welcome news was roco;1'oa
the widowed Duchess of Orleans Tool,;no. 49,.
into the night, and seeing the windows Of tIo 49,,
everywhere Illuminated, she folded tba Corn+ Is
Paris in her arms and said-'Poor cbiIa 49,.
crown has indeed been compromised. bn+ uoo,,o,,
has restored it, The words had scarcely left bor
lips when news was brought that BattaI;o, of .,,o
Line, drawn up in front of the Hotel of Foro;on
Affairs had fired upon column of neonlo "a
vancing from the Fauxbourgs, and had strewed
the pavement with the dead and the dyino From
that moment the Revolutionary spirit was effectu-
ally aroused. About noon the next day EMILE
GIRARDIN, the well known editor of La Presse the
organ Of the Constitutional party, was admitted to
an Interview with the King He explained in
iew orlef words the position of affairs, and de-
manded the abdication of LOUIS PHILIPPE in
IaVor OF the Count of Paris and Regency
Inc Crisis admitted of no alternative The
Aing sat down and wrote as follows 81 oh.
"dicate IN favor of my grandson tbe count &c
''Faris, and trust that he will bo -. c-~...-
'than have BEEN" When he had 49, y,
nunciation, the discrowned monarch d.. ~,
immediate preparation should be- mad 'e'eu 'l,a'