NATIONAL GUARD.

A Corps many thousand strong,—composed of Citizens,—mostly shopkeepers, and bound, therefore, in interest, as well as duty, to protect property, and preserve the peace,—being posted in different quarters, and performing the chief part of the military duty,—of Paris.

These are stationed in the court yard of the Palais Royal, near the Duke of Orléans' apartments (the Place du Palais Royal appearing thro' the archway)—and have more “the “air of Christian and man” and of their avocations, than the Militaire.—Perhaps,

“Such outward things dwell not in their desires,—

“But, if it be a sin to” protect the capital,

“They are the most offending souls alive.”