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      BELGIU M . ThoBW . na ^ tp . ^ J ^^ 'SRirt sive scheme of P « ? f o e " ? ( " dit also contains oncesubm itted ^ f / the landowners , praying £ eSlc e ^^ a discount of -five per cent , will be

      aUowed-REFORMS IN THE GERMAN STATES . The- following is an extract from a letter , dated Ems , March 3 : — We are in a state of great ercitmeat here . In Wiesbst ' rn the capital of tee duchy , the peop le are to have ail thfrv ask for , to bs armed , and a fresh form of dec tion , ic . TheDucheu of Orleans , with h » r two sons , errired here the night before la » t , and they are going to remain . They had not a change of cla' -hes . Tbe Cologne Gazette of the 4 th inst . publishes the following letter , dated Leipsic , 1 st jnst .: — The lata events in France have prodaced an extraordinary impresiion en the public mind in this city . The Paris papers are eagerly songht for . It u proposed to address a petition to the gorernm-nt demanding ths prompt convocation of the representatives of the people . The liberty of th = press and trial by Jury arehkew . se demanded . The censorship ia Saiony has for toma time past become as severe as in Austris .

      The SlJABUK MeBCCRT Of the 3 rd mst . contains the following Royal ordinance , published by the King of Wirtembnrg at Stnttgard , on the 2 nd inst .: — William , by the Graca of God Kiflg of Wirtemburg , & c , have resolved as follows :- .,,.,. -n Article 1 . The censorship established the 8 th Of October . 1 S 29 , is abolished . Article 2 . AU the depositions of the law ef the oOtb of January , 1 S 17 , relating to the liberty of the press arcrestored . . . .... Article 3 . A law relative to the provisional introduction of public trial in matters connected with the press shall bs presented to the States . Oar Ministers of Justice , of Foreign Affairs , and of the Interior , are in strutted to carrj into execution the present ordinance . WlLLIAK . Disturbances occurred at Cologne last Friday evening . ...

      . , , The Tows-council were sitting in deliberation -when a large crowd assembled round the Hotel de Ville . and demanded , . * 1 . Universal Suffrage ; all legislation and government to proceed from the peonle . 2 . Liberty of ibs press , and f readom of speech . 3 . Abolition of the standing army , and armament Of the people , who are to elect their own officers . 4 . Full right of public meeting . 5 . Protection to labour , and a guarantee lor the suoplv of all necessaries . 6 . State education for all children . For some time the Town-council was held prisoners bv tho mob , and at length , the military were called out ; they cleared the square , taking prisoser one of the most active leaders .

      An extraordinary supplement to the Coiosks Gazute has been received ; it contains a proclamation calling on all snod citizens to assist the Governor in preserving the public peace . The imeuts was most unexpected . We h * ve news from Cologne to the 6 th . Tab town council there resolved on the 3 rd inst . to forward an address to their representatives in the Diet , urging the necessity on the part of the Prussian government of taking the following steps : —1 st . To convoke the united Diet immediately , to enlarge the law relating ta the franchise ; to bestowa 'deciding' ( : n contradistinction to a mere ' deliberative' ) voice on the united Diet , and to guarantee those rights which are considered necessary by the representatives of the people for establishing the constitution on a firra basis . 2 . To abolish the cense rsMp . 5 . To modifv ihe constitution of the GeMnftfiie

      Confederation , so as to bind the German people more closely tosetber , and also to enable that people to have direct representatives amongst the authorities ofthe Gsrmanic Confederation ( Bundesbehorde ) . Shortly after the address was drawn up and signed , crowds assembled in front ofthe Guildhall , and sent in the' demands' which we hare already published The day after the assemblage in front of the Guildhall bad been dispersed there was a very numerous meeting of the citizens of Colsgne . Resolutions in favour of the 'demands' already referred to were passed unanimously , asd there was an additional one in favour of a German parliament . It must be stated , however , tbat the' demand' for the disbanding of the standing array was modified , in the sense that th-i present was not the time to take such a step , bet that the army should serve as a school for the Landwehr . The meeting , which lasted during three hours , did not give rise to any disorder .

      The Fb & skwiteb Joubsal asserts ihat o- treaty of alliance between Austria , Russia , and Prussia , was ratitiedatBerlinonthe 28 ih . The object is to sup port Austria in its efforts to suppress the movement in Italy . Three eorpi oVarmie have been put en a "war footlag ; one will march from Saxony and Thnringia te "Westphalia ; another will descend from Westphalia to Cologne ; a third will be stationed on the French frontiers . General Radowiiz left Berlin for Vienna on a special mission to the Austrian Court . The WurtemWg and Baden governments have formed a species of alliance , and have resolved to plaea themselves ' at the head of the true middle class , and thereby resist unreasonable demands *

      Letters from Leipzig of the oth inst ., state that tbe deputation sent from thence te Dresden to have an interview with the King , demanding the reforms which we have already mentioned , viz ., liberty of tbe press and modifications in the representative system , reached the capital on the 2 nd . The King received it kindly , but said that he could not give an immediate answer to the petition , bnfc would return one as eoon as possible . The deputation was anxiously expected at Leipzig , on its return on the 4 th ; but , as it nad not arrived on the evening of that « 3 ay , the people assembled at the railway station to wait for it . It did not arrive during tha night , and the people vented their spleen by giving a charivari , end breaking tha windows of the house of Herr Brockhan ? , one of the members of the Saxon states .

      Accounts from Carlsruhe state that on the evening of the 2 nd , a fire broke out in the hotel ofthe Minister of Foreign Affairs . The farnitnre and papers Were saved . There is no doubt that the fire was the -work of an incendiary . Attempts at incendiarism were also discovered in other houses , and threatening letters had been addressed to several landlords . Numerous patrols were kept up by the inhabitants . - A letter from Manheim , dated Marek 1 , says ;—The news of the coneessiooi granted us by onr govtrnmerit has created a very lively feeling of joy ; and the inhabitants have prered thatthey well knowhow to appreciate so great a benefit . Prom 1 . 509 to 1 , 809 persons went this morning to the railway . Several ladies distributed tricoloured scarfi—black , red , and gold . Crowds ofthe people parade through the streets , singing , aad wearing tricaloured scarfe . Measures hava been

      taken to preserve tranquillity . It is hoped the civic guard will be organised immediately . A public meeting was held si Frankfort on the 3 rd inst ., in order to draw up a petition to the Senate ,, urging it to grantpopularconcessionssimilar to thsse given in Wnrtemberg , Baden , and o ' . her German states . Amongst those concessions complete religions io'eration is included . The Duke of Nassau has returned past-haste from Berlin to "Wiesbaden . He immediately decreed the liberty of the press , publicity in courts of justice , religious freedom , and tie establishment of the jury system . These ' concessions ' were loudly but peaceably demanded by the people and the army . Delay ¦ was dangerous ; refusal destruction itself . Hence the hasty and comprehensive 'conoeesioM . ' A change of ministry is expected . TJp to the 3 rd instant , business continued to be suspended on the Frankfort Bourse .

      Letters from the Uague , state that the royal arms in front ofthe French embassy have been removed , and that M . de Breteuil , the secretary of that legation , who by the departure of M . de Bussidres is now at the head of the embassy , has given in his adhesion to the French Republic , aad has also followed its orders respecting the abolition of titles of nobility . A scene of a curious nature occurred at Mayence on the evening ofthe 1 st instant . It is customary durine the Carnival to form _ masquerading societies under all sirts of denominations . The recent eyents in France have completely marred the joyous festivities and in a grand meeting of the Narren-verein , or fool ' s assembly , on the evening in question , all the worthies with one accord pulled off their cosical caps with bells attached , and solemnly declared tbat it no ime for

      ^ as t jesting , and that all good citizens should meet to petition the government to make the concessions which the spirit ofthe age required . In the twinkling of an eye the Narren assembly was Changed into a public meeting for despatch of business , and befjre they broke up it was decided that a deputation of no less that two hundred citizens should prosesd to Darmstadt , to petition for * Liberty of the press , a civic guard , a diminution ofthe army , and a G rean Pariiameat . ' On the 2 nd the deputation proceeded to Darmstadt , and was to presentit on tbe 3 rd . A deputation from Offenbach arrived tbe same day , and the citizens of Darmstadt , proposed f resenting an address of a similar nature . Accarding to the laws of Darmstadt such petitions ar * prohibited . The States are sitting at the present raom ^ nt .

      . The Coloqxe Gazette give the following account w the movement at Wiesbaden : — fr ~ V SUi £ *> MABca 3 —The first number of a journal tratttha f ? , - ipha 8 ap ? sarea * Mb morning . We ex-2 j 8 ablve S o c ' t - a ? WUUt fr 0 m it :-TLis da ? &<** the theat ;^ ^™ " ? 1 d « *» « qoara «* fore ^^*? SSLT &* £ 2 ! Z ~

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      carried unanimously . A deputation of saves citlreni , hesded by Herr YonJHergenhahn . was then appointed to wait upon the Minister of Stats , Yon Dangern ( the duke bain ? absent ) , to demand fels sanction . Thu assembly r solved to wait tha result hi the square , and occupied the interveainir time by speeches and patriotic song * . An hour elapsed , and the meeting began to evince symptoms of impatience , when the deputation was observed returnin ? , and was hailed with enthusiastic cheers . Procurator Hergenbahn announced tbat their two first demands ( arming ofthe citizens and delir ^ ry of 2 , 000 stands of arms to them ) had been granted by the mini § - ter , who promised to lay tha remaining reaulutions before tbe Duke . After some demur , the people were prevailed upon to disperse , convoking a general meeting for theitb .

      The civic guard was at once organised . The other demands are-entire liberty ofthe press , convocation of a German Parliament , an oath to the . constitution to be taken by the troops , right of meeting , public and oral trial hy jurv , declaration that the domain belonging to the state shall be under the control of the administration ofthe States of the duchy , the immediate convocation of the second chamber , for the purpose of forming a new electoral law on tbe basis that eligibility is not dependent on wealth ; and suppression of restrictions on religious liberty . its mouvement

      Each state of Germany will have ' , and obtain concessions , and the great point of attraction will ba the Diet of Frankfort . The Diet has already given up the idea of a universal Iawof the press for all Germany , leaving it in the option of each respective state to exercise its own judgment in the matter . This decision ofthe Diet , which was made known on the 3 rd . caused great joy . The decree , however , stdds that it ia granted under the guarantees which protect as much as possible the other federal states and the whole confederation against an abuse of the freedom of the press .

      GLORIOUS FROOliESS . Ths spirit of change is at work—Germany , too , on the brink of revolution . The treaty of alliance between Austria , Russia , and Prussia , for supporting in common Austria in Italy has been ratified . From the Rhenish provinces and Switzsrland the news of v 7 edaeaday morning is by no means pacific . The canton of Nenfchatel , it is said , has revolted . and a provisional government has been proclaimed . At Baden the people have arisen , and the troops having expressed their determination ie > make common cause with the people , the duke has wisely yielded to their demands , and has abolished the censorship ofthe press , granted liberty of worship , trial

      by jury , < fec . In addition a change of ministry has been demanded , but no disturbances have taken place . At Frankfort and Wirtemberg similar concessions bare been promptly made . On tbe 2 nd and 3 rd there wera popular ? commotions and large , assemblages of tha people at Wiesbaden , on the Place du Theatre ; and at Mayence they proceeded so far as to break the windows of the Hotel du Gouvernement , and of tho hotels of some of the obnoxious deputies , and notwithstanding the immense garrison ot the town , and the imposing patrols of cavalry and infantry , much difficulty waa experienced in restoring

      order . At Carlsruhe the sitting of the chamber on the 1 st was of a very stormy character , the government refusing to yield upnn any point . Meantime an immense crowd assembled round the chamber , loudly clamouring for the release of the parties arrested the evening before . The troops and the civic guard arrived in time to prevent the populace from proceeding ta extremities , but the next day the demands of the people were conceded . Resolutions ware adopted abolishing the censorship , recognising tho responsibility of ministers , equality of religious opinions , and recommending a mora equitable arrangement of the taxes , with other reforms .

      Agitation , it would seem , was also rife in Hanover , where meetings had been held , and petitions , couched in strong laneuage , adopted . Even at Hamburgh , demands had been made to the Senate , Similar effects of the French Revolution are visible in Sleswig and Holstein . Petitions , calculated toob struct the conciliatory arrangements lately proposed by the now King of Denmark , have been forwarded to Copenhagen . Brussels , March 6 th . —The great question of the dayjnsfc now in Belgium is the procuring of employment for the working classes , and the whole attention ofthe' authorities that be' is engrossed with that truly weighty subject .

      Several cities in this country have forwarded deputations to the government in order to solicit pecuniary advances , as it is found all but impossible to get bills discounted . The government had been obliged to refuse acceding to several applications , but ba ? thought proper to advance the sum of 300 , 000 francs to the Bank of Flanders ( Ghent )—a gum which will now enable it to discouwt to the amount of 600 . 000 francs , as it holds 300 railway shares ef 1 , 000 francs eaeh , which it can turn , or get turned , into cash er give as securities . The leading bankers and merchants of Ghent have signified their readiness to take , a * heretofore , the netes

      of the above bank , which is mainly upheld by Eng . lish capital . An atelier de charite , or general workshop , has been opened at Sleydinge , near Ghent . This establishment is open for old people and the indigent sick , for orphans and for the unoccupied poor . Each inmate has an opportunity of following his or her own trade . The atelier is supported by tna profit of the work carried on in it and by voluntary contributions . Large quantities of clothing have been already distributed amongst the poor of sixty rural communes in the two Flanders The subscription fer the needy classes in those prsvinces still continues , and the army has already given very liberal sums .

      SWITZERLAND . Advices from Switzerland inform us that the retrograde or Prussian party in the canton of Nenfchatel have fallen before a popular manifestation . The government resigned en thtrmoraing of the 1 st inst . Surprised by the catastrophe of Paris , it desired to negotiate with the Montagnards , but it soon found it necessary to surrender the reins of the government to the hands ofthe opposition . The Chancello * Favarger had passed the Soleure , as was supposed ! en route to Berlin . The seat ofthe new government was transferred from Neufchatel to Chauxde-Fonds-A provisional government waa named . Tho Prussian sovereignty was overturned .

      The following is the proclamation addressed to the citizens of the canton of Nenfchatel , oa its throwing off the sovereignty ofthe King of Prussia , and constituting itself into an independent republic , similar to the other cantons of Switzerland . Citiisns of Chaux de Ponds—The revolution which wa have so long expected in our country has just broken out . Oar brethren of Loele , like ourselves , proclaim a Republic . Let as all now unite to gnaranteu oar properties and onr lives . Let us prove by oar energy and our wisdom , that wa are worthy of being Republicans . The members ofthe Royalist Committee of Defence have abandoned their functions . It is by your calmness that you will prove the inutility of tbat committee . We are engaged in taking all the necessary measures for tbe organisation of a provisional authority at Chaux de Jonds . Tive la . lUpublique . Vive la Confederation Suisse , our beloved country . —Chaux de Fonda , Feb . 22 . ( Sigaed by the Membersof tbe Committee . )

      Letters from Neufchatel , ofthe 2 nd inst ., supply the particulars of the revolution . Neufchatel , one of the cantons of the Swiss confederation , has not been like all the others a republic , ; but was a princioality , of which the King of Prussia was the hereditary sovereign . . , The revolution , _ which had been for some time foreseen as an inevitable result of the impolitic measures of Prussian government , broke onton March 1 st . From 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 men entered it in the evening ; they were the patriots of Chaux de Fonds They entered in tho moat perfect order and withoat any effusion of blood . The populace received them with cries of ' Switzerland for ever . ' « The

      Republic forever . ' 'The Confederation for ever . ' The government was without support , the different populations of the canton en whose fanaticism it relied did not answer to their summons . The patriots of Loele , of Yal de Travers , and of Vignelle , arrived and sent some parties to disarm some villages whosa opinions were suspected . The federal flag was hoisted , and nowfloats on all the towers of Neufchatel . A provisional government , composed of the most influential persons , has been formed . The members of the former gov ernment havirg refused to resign , have been arrested , a measure rendered necessary by the fear of a re-action on the part of the troops who have been dismissed .

      Two federal commissioners delegated by tbe Vorort M . Schneider and deNidan , Counseller of State and Vice-President of the Diet , and M . Migy , a judge have arrived at Neufchatel , and have acknowledged the Provisional Government .

      UNITED STATES-MEXICO . The following appeared in a ] second edition of the Dailt News of Tuesday ; T * u S l ^ ""/ * ' g arner , which left New York on the 2 lst ult ., reached Southampton , on Tuesday . She encountered dreadful weather The most interesting intelligence brought by this mail in , thatthe bill authorising a loan for sixteen millions of dollars at six per cent ., at twenty years , with a restriction thatthe stock shall notbenegol hated under par was passed on the 17 cU in the House of Representatives . sa

      tt -i I ^ f } " ys ™ iER anD Enquirer , although United Sfatesstocks are ashade above par , it seems £ Jy P ° sslble that a new loan of sixteen millions Should ba negotiated at par , when ihe payments must be made all in gold , and the instalments be called mat the rate of four millions a month-for the official annual report declared that the whole of this loan would be needed for the service of the fiscal year to expire on the 50 th June-next ! A message from the President of the United States was sent into the Douse of Representatives on the lSih ^ statin ? explicitly that * no communication has been receired from Mexico , containing propositions from the Mexican authorities or commissioners for a treaty of peace , ' except the one offered in September ' ast .

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      It is evident there is a strong peace party in the States , tha members of which not desiring the ambition of conquest are resolutely opposed to a continuance of the Mexican War and the immense expenditure it occasions . The New York mercantile community are , in fact , between two fires , or rather two drains of specie—one to correct the adverse European exchanges , the other to carry on tho Mexican war . So far as tho precious metals are concerned , Mexico appears to be benefited rather than impoverished from occupation by the American forces ; large quantities ot specie are constantly being despatched for payment of the United States troops , which specie is , of course , spent , circulated , and left in the country .

      Orizaba , a point on the ronre between Mexico and the seaboard , from shich the guerilla forces have derived aid and consequence , has been occupiid by a detachment from the American army , and will be held . By this movement the guerilla hostilities and t ' . epredations on the great roads will be essentially broken up , and the security of transportation of products from Vera Cruz to Tampico will give circulslafcion to money and increased resources to the American collect'on of taxes and imposts . The New York Herald of February 20 th , states that agents of Louis Philippe were in New York , investing property for him in case bis family should after his death be driven from the Throne of France and it was estimated that his ex-Majesty has one million of dollars in houses and American stocks in anticipation of some outbreak in France .

      To The Men And Women Of France. Friends,...

      TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCE . Friends , —A great responsibility has suddenly fallen upon yon . In consequence , great foresight , wisdom , forbearance , and charity are required from you by the public mind of Europe , which will now look to you for a superior example worthy of general imitation . The opportunity , wisely used , is glorious beyond all precedent . It has been well said—• For forms of government lot fools contest , That which ia best administered is boat , ' Any government based on false principles must be supported by force and fraud , and produce evil continually . All governments hitherto have been based on falsehood , and hare of necessity been supported by force and fraud .

      Yon may now establish a new government based on truth alone , which shall be an example for the world and beneficial for every individual of tbe

      human race . The results of . a government so based will be to establish—1 . Perpetual , beneficial , physical , and mental employment for every one , according to age and strength of body and mind . 2 . Universal training and education from birth , so as to draw out and cultivate in the best manner known tho physical , mental , mora ) , and pracDical powers of every one , according to their respective qualities or organisations when born . 3 . As all religious and imaginary notions are tho necessary results ef thegreatcircurastances belonging to the various latitudes and longitudes over tho earth , all religious opinions should be equally free , without any one having more advantages from legal power than another . Thus , and thus alone , will error die quietly its-natural death , and , era long , truth will universally suparaede it and reign triamphnnt .

      I Universal liberty of speech and writing , and also of action , when U does not interfere with the happiness of those trained to become rational in mind and conduct . 5 . Equality of training , education and condition , according to age , so far as birth-born capacity will admit . 6 . No tax except a graduated property tax , until wealth shall be annually created to become superabundant for all . 7- As man , by the laws of his nature , must he the creature of the circumstances in which the folly or wisdom of society shall place him , and as wisdom says , ' replace all the inferior by superior , ' such should be the immediate practice for adoption .

      8 . As isolated and disunited men cannot effect this change from inferior to superior circumstances , principles of unity and rational association should be introduced for practice , making due allowance for tho habits of isolation in which all of the present genera , tion have been trained . 0 . Self local gooernmenfs in each new-formed division of men and women , baaed on the previouslystated principles and practices , and each of these divisions not to exceed the number most advantageous in one establishment , or scientific arrangement of society , to enable all to ba well employed , to

      create the roost valuable wealth , and to distribute it the most advantageously ; to be well trained and educated from birth , and to be well locally governed . All should be taught to know tbat these results can be attained only when the parties shall bo properly placed to secure these all-important objects . 10 . To be so placed they must be formed into new practical arrangements , bj which , through their own well-directed industry , they will be supported in comfort and respectability , without fear of falling back in the world , which , to great numbers , is a source of daily dread and misery .

      11 . The American government , in principle , with some essential modifications in their practice , will be a good present model with which to commence . 12 . Non-interference by any foreign power , except as mediator to stay hostilities ; but it will be wiidom in all nations to preserve , peace and a good understanding with yon . 13 . To be an armed nation for self-defence , but not to interfere with other nations : The knowledge , therefore ,. which has to be acquired and pot into practice is , how to devise and execute such arrangements as . will gradually admit of all being so placed as in the best manner to create and distribute wealth ; to have a superior character , according to natural qualities , formed for them ; and to be well locally and generally governed .

      This is the comprehensive new social change required by the world ; and with the enormous new productive scientific power at the disposal of society , for the benefit of all nations and people , this new placing of the population of all countries may be peaceably and most advantageously effected . You have now the best opportunity that has ever occurred in the history of nations to accomplish this great and glorious social chang" , and thus to establish charity , neace , kindness , amidst a rapid annual increase of wealth and knowledge through France , and it would soon become an example for all nations and people to follow .

      Be moderate , be merciful to your enemies and opponents , be just to all , aad your triumph will be glorious , great , and permanent . Yonr friend , r j n > . r ,, Robsrt Owrn . London , 27 th February , 1848 . P . S . I will prepare , and submit for your oonsideration , a full and complete constitution , with de > tailed reasons for each of its Jawa .

      Fire.—The Crowh Tavern, Kessingtok.—On T...

      Fire . —The Crowh Tavern , Kessingtok . —On Tuesday morning , at an early hour , a fire , resulting in the total destruction of the Crown Tavern , and the partial demolition of several other buildings , occurred m High-street , Kensington , and which was nearly attended with a sacrifice of life . Mr White the landlord of the tavern , waa awoke b- hearing the alarm in the street , and , upon opening his bedroom door , he found fhmes mounting the staircase . He immediately aroused his family and domestics , but so fiercely was the fire burning , that none of the parties were able to get down the stairs . Fortunately , Mr White procured a rope , by means of which he lowered his family and servants out of one of the back windows , and , eventually , he succeeded in effectinghisown e > cape , but not until theflimeshad penetrated the room in which he was standing . Had

      the parties remained five minutes longer , every one must have been burned to death . Upon the arrival of the firemen they found that it was uteless to attempt to save any portion of Mr vVhite's property , they therefore exerted themselves to cut off the fur ' - ther progress of the flames . Whilst so engaged several of the men nearly lost their lives , for all of a sudden the front wall of the tavern fell into the road , completely stopping up the thoroughfare , and forcing in the front of Mr Holding ' s linen drapery warehouse on the opposite side of tho road . The side fronts of the houses adjoining the Crown , on either side , also fell into the street . The firtmen , however , nothing daunted kept to their posts , but notwithstanding that every ene exerted himself to the utmost nearly three hours elapsed before the flames were extinguished , bywhich time the tavern was totally destroyed .

      Dreadful Explosion . —Four Lives Lost—An accident , attended with loss of life , took place on Monday morning , at the Malleable Iron Works of the Monkland Iron Company , near Holytown . The river Calder passes there through a deep ravine ; on the right bank , a rolling mill was . erected about five years ago , and , to meet the increased demands of railways , another was erected and put in operation daring last summer . It is understood to be the strongest in Scotland , and of a very powerful description . Both mills were in full operation , and all hands were at work in them at seven o ' clock on Monday morning , when suddenly a fearful

      explosion was heard . It proved to be the great boiler of one of the steam-engines , about eighty horse power , ofthe new rolling mill . The boiler was blown into the air , and , flying across the _ river , it descended through the roof of the older mill , spreading devastation all around . Mr Buttery , one of the proprietors , was instantly at the spot , and sent for medical aid , giving prompt directions for everything useful fer the relief of the surviving sufferers . The sheriff and procurator-fiscal of the Ainlne district were also sent for to investigate the causes of the accident . Four dead bodies were found much mantjled , and several other men received severe injuries . The man in charge of the bpijer is , unhurt ,

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      THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . LOUIS PHILIPPE AND OTHER EXILED BOURBONS . The Ex-King and Queen remained at Newhaven , where , as we stated in our last , they landed on Friday in disguise , until Situr- ay moraine . In the interval , arrangements had been made by Queen Victoria for their residence at Claremont House . During the time they remained the ' snobs' of Brighton , Lewes , and the adjacent neighbourhood eagerly pressed forward to' toady' the deposed king and show themsalveB off by offering all kinds of assistance , and solicit the honour of shaking hands , in order that they may have something to boast of during tho rest of their imbecile existence . An a specimen of ( his kind ef * snobbishness , ' perfect in

      its way , wo take the following , and also as an illustration of the twaddle upon this particular portion oi t he events flowing out of the revolution , which swell out the columns ofthe daily papers : — It being thought proper to formally congratulate their Majesties en tbeir safe arrival , and to offer the hospitality ofthe inhabitants of Newhaven , the Rev . Thcyre T . Smith , the rector , the Rev . F . Spurrell , the curate , and Mr Elphiok , the principal landowner , sent in their cards to Ilis Majesty , intimating they had arrived to pay their respects ; and they were immediately admitted to his presence . The King advanced and eaaerly shook hands with all , expressing his delight at being once more among the English , whsm he said were always his friends .

      Mr Smith addressed a few words of condolence to His Majesty , and expressed deep regret at the unhappy circumstances which had occurred , adding that it was no email source of congratulation to welcome His Majesty to Newhaven on having safely arrived at the shores of Britain . Mr Spurrell then informed His Majesty that they had come also to ivfftr such help and assistance as Newhaven afforded , adding , that shsuld His Majesty prefer the quiet of a private house , Mr Elphick had come to place his at their Majesties' service . Mr Elphick followed up the offer of his house by that ol" his carriage and horses , and any other service that he could render . In reply , His Majesty said , he deeply felt the kindness ef all thsse attentions and hospitable services ,

      and for which he felt truly thankful ; but it being his intention to pass the night at Newhaven , he should prefer remaining at the inn , where he found himself comfortable , without accepting Mr Elphiok ' s generous offers . ' Truly happy and thankful indeed am I , ' the King said , * that I have once more arrived in England , and which I will not leave again . The bullets were striking the windows and doors when I escaped from the Tuileries , but here I am , safe and unhurt . 1 have nothing to tax my conscience with , and nothing to reflect upon ( laying his hand upon bis heart ) , and I thank you very much . But here are only two card ? , and these are three of you , and I wish to tako care of them all three , as containing the names of the kind frienda , the first to welcome me

      to Newhaven and to England ; where is the other V Colonel Roumigny accordingly gave the other card , which happened to be that of the rector oi Newhaven , to His Majesty . Mr Smith ! ' exclaimed the King , after identifying the individuals with their names ; ' that is curious indeed ! and very remarkable that the first to welcome me should be a Mr Smith , since the assumed name was Smith by which I escaped from France ; and look , this is my passport made out in the name of William Smith ! ' At the end of the interview Mr Elphick again offered his house and services , when the King ' s resolution seemed shaken ; he accordingly went to ask the Queen , who was in an adjoining room , but who declined to accept the offer , and His Majesty therefore

      declined too , after again and again thanking the whole party and shaking their hands repeatedly . The King seemed but little the worse for the fa'igue of travelling , and talked cheerfully and in good spirits during all the time . His Majesty had not changed his dress since he left France , and few , perha p s , would have recognised King Louis Philippe in a blufe pilot coat , with a pocket y handkerchief for a cravat , without his usual lefty wig , and with his face bearing proofs of being untriramed for many days . About half-past two o ' clock , knowing the distress the Queen must be in from having no luggage , Mrs Elphick , accompanied by her sister , Miss F . Gray , proceeded to the inn with a chest of linen and toilet necessaries , to offer for her Majesty's use . Having

      sent in their cards and explained the object of the visit to the Queen ' s attendant , her Majesty immediately desired them to enter that she might return her thanks . On their entering the room , the King , who was by this time dressed , shook hands with them and led them to the Queen . Her Majesty , ad . vancing & step or two , similarly welcomed them , and set chaira for Mrs Elphick and her sister on either side of her ; and having gently forced them to sit down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her having arrived safely , and having met with such kind friends . After condoling with hei ? Majesty Mrs Elphick begged her Majesty to make use of the contents ofthe box she had brought , but her Majesty , with tears , distinctly , yet most thankfully , declining

      the kindness . ' Vous eles trap JoiiMew . ' she said maie j ' ai achete des halUs , ' After conversing some tim . 3 in French and English , and thankfully declining all assistance , the King said , ' Where is Mr Elphick ? I wish to introduce him to the Queen ; no , no , not to the Queen , to the Countess de Neuilly . ' On being informed that Mr Elphick was in the adjoining room , the King sent for him , and receiving him warmly again introduced him to the Queen , who heartily shook hands with him . After again declining all assistance the Queen affectionately kissed Mrs Elphick and her sister , who then retired . Visits recommenced again early on Saturday morning ; among those who came to offer condolence were , Mr

      Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel , who had a long interview . Count Duchatel , ex-Minister of the Interior , who had been staying at the Bedford Hotel , Brighton , also arrived and had an audience . At eleven o'clock they left JSewhayen , baing conveyed in carriages to the Newhaven station , where a special train wis in readiness to convey them to Croydon , whero they arrived at a quarter past twelve , accompanied by the Comte de Jarnar , and attended by General Dumas and General Rumigny . Here they were met by the Duke do Nemours and the Duke and Duchess Augu « te of Saxe Cobnurg , who had arrived from town early in the morning to receive their parents . By the Duke de Nemours ' s express desire , no intimation of their expected arrival was made , and on alighting

      at the Croydon station they gave up their tickets in the ordinary way , requesting at the same , time permission to occupy a small waiting room . This was at once granted , and the exiled prince and princess , with tbe husband of the latter entered it and sat down before the fire . The whole party appeared deeply depressed , but the Princess Clementine , who is a very interesting woman , bore up wonderfully , and appeared to endeavour to cheer her brother . After having waited some time , the royal party , ascertaining that no train was expected from Newhaven until nearly eleven o ' clock , left the station , and took a short walk into the village . As they were very plainly dressed , their appearance excited no observation , after strolling about forsome little time , they returned to the station to await the arrival of the train then nearly due . The train drew up alongside the platform at a few minutes after eleven o'clock . All the royal party were on the platform ,

      and as the carriages glided by the princes looked anxiously for their royal relatives . The ex-King , and Queen , however , did not come by this train , but a special messenger arrived , who brought intelligence ofthe fact that the ex-monarch would leave Newhaven at half-past ten o'clock by a special train , and that he might be expected to reach Croydon about twelve . In consequence of some enquiries made by a servant who accompanied the royal party , their rank became known very soon after their arrival , and a number of persons congregated about the station , anxious to obtain a glimpse ot indivdimls whose names h ad recently been so prominently before the world . Tho royal exiles , however , appeared most anxious to avoid observation , and confine ! themselves to the waiting room . The Dnke de Nemours , while at the station , purchased a copy of a morning newspaper , and read therefrom to his illustrious relatives the latest intelligence from France , with great apparent interest .

      About eleven o'clock Mr Pascoe Grenfell , M . P ., and several other directors of the railway company , came down from town , having received intelligence of tho exyectcd arrival of the royal exiles . The first step taken by the directors was to exclude every stranger from the station , and keep the platform perfectlv clear for tho convenience of the royal party , The Duke of Nemours acknowledged to the chairman in very strong terms , this act of courtesy . Shortly before twelve o ' clock three hack broughams , each drawn by a pair of horses , which : had been hired in the town , drove into the station yard . These were the vehicles destined to convey the ex-king of the French and his family from Croydon to Claremont .

      At a quarter past twelve a ' signal was given tbat the special train waa in sight . The royal party had been on the p latform for some time previously , anxiously waiting its arrival , and now emotion was painfully depicted on the countenances of the royal fugitive ? . In a few minutes after the signal had been given tho train drew un within the station , and a scene ensued which wo feel totally unable adequately to describe . Suffice it briefly to relate the facts—any attempt to substantiate by description the sadness of the scene can but fall infinitely short of the reality . At the moment the train was brought to a stand-still , the Dnke of Nemours rushed towards the window of the

      carriage in which his exiled parents were seated , and grasping his father's hand he covered it with kisaes . Tho Queen , who was sitting on tho right of her husband , and was consequently further from the platform , on observing the duke gave utterance to a scream , apparently from excessive joy , and then fell back in her seat . Tbe door of the carriage having been opened the ex-king alighted and immediately embraced his sin with great apparent fervency , kissing him again and asiain . while the tears poured down his furrowed cheeks . Tho next moment the ex-monarch clasped in his arms the Princess Clementine , who was standing close to her brother . Tiie princess , who unto tola Ewment had

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      maintained aa admirable self-possession , now g & re vent to her stifled feelings and sobbed convulsively . The ex-king kissed her unceasingly for some moments , and then turning to her august husband , em braced and greeted him affectionately . The Queen recovering herself in a few moments , stepped out of the carriage after the King , and successively embraced , with intense feeling , her children . The whole party were for some time much agitated , and apparently altogether unconscious of the presence of strangers ; The first buret of emotion over , the royal fugitives were conducted into the waiting room , where they remained for seme time in seclusion .

      After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour , the ex-king sent for Mr Grenfell , with whom he warmly shook hands , expressing at the same time his grateful acknowledgments for the courtesy and attention which had been shown to his convenience . The King then desired to be introduced to tho chairman and those of the co-directors present , and shook hands with each , and repeated the acknowledgments he had previously expressed to Mr Grenfell . At half-past twelve the ex king entered one of tho hired carriages above alluded to , the Queen , with tbe Duke of Nemours and ttw Princess Clementine , taking seats in the same vehicle . Aa the ex-monaroh entered the carriage he was cheered by tbe persons assembled around the station . Several pressed

      torward , and begged permission to shake hands with tha exiled King , a favour which he very readily allowed to all who sought it . One gentleman apologised for the liberty he had taken in grasping his Majoity ' s hand , en which the exiled monarch remarked , ' Ob , do not apologise , sir . I receive your hand as a token of your friendship ; of the friendship , I ought to say , ofthe British people . ' The ex king addressed similar observations to several other persons , and appeared greatly moved at the kindness of feeling shown towards him . The remaining members of the party having entered the other two carriagea , the whole three drove of in the direction of Claremont , which is distant from Croydon about fourteen miles . As the ex-monarch drove out of tho station yard , he was again loudly cheered by the spectators .

      Tho party arrived at Claremont at three o ' clock . About five Prince Albert , attended by Colonel Bouverie , arrived to pay his respects . After an interview with them he took his departure and returned to town . The ex-King and Queen of the French have assumed the title ot the Connt and Countess of Neuilly , The other royal fugitives in this country are now assembled at Claremont .

      CONVOCATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Paris , March 4 . —In the sitting of the 4 th of March , the provisional government ofthe Republic fixed the convocation of the electoral assemblies for the 9 th of April next , and the meeting of the National Constituent Assembly for the 20 th of April . At the same sitting it adopted for general principles of the decree which is to be issued—1 . That the National Assembly should decree the constitution . 2 . That the election should be the basis of toe population . 3 . That the representatives of the people are to be 900 . i . That the suffrage should be direct and universal , without any condition whatever .

      o . That all Frenchmen of twenty-one years of age be electors , and all Frenchmen of twenty-five be eligible . 6 . Tbat the ballot be secret . Our Paris letter ef Friday evening ( says th-Times ) , announces tho continuance of tranquility in tbe capital . The government was still universally pepular , and the people were working at their respective trades and callings with alacrity , There was a feeling of uneasiness abroad , however , founded on the large concessions made to the working classes and

      the incessant demands for further boohs on their part . The government asked ef its friends— ' Pray wait a moment . We are not yet in the saddle . We mean well , and in all our acts are guided not so much by a sense of expediency as by a desire to work the permanent security of the country . ' M . Cabet , formerly a member of the Chamber of Deputies , and so many yenrs a political refugee in this country , and whe is deemed the head of the working classes , was said , moreover , to have signified his intention to press for no further concessions for the moment .

      Every moment additienal measures were ordered by the government with the view to the preservation of order and the re-establishment of the different pnblic departments . The commander-in-Chief of the National Guard had informed the citizens of Paris that every able-bodied man from twenty to fifty-five years of age was entitled to enter the National Guard , and invited them to present themselves at their respective municipalities , where registers wonld be opened to inscribe their names . Tho Provisional Government waa to arm all , and those who should not be able to equip themselves were to ba clothed at the public expense . * It is of importance , ' says the Commander-in-Chief , 'that , on the day appointed for the general elections , every citizens be at his post ta deposit his vote . Alread y has the number of National Guards increased in a considerable proportion .. In a short time 200 000 citizens will be enrolled in the National Guard of Paris and its vicini y . '

      All the telegraphic despatches received from the departments mention that tranquillity everywhere prevailed . At Lyons the volunteer civic guards were being nvganised and placed under the command of two officers of tho army . The Republic was proclaimed at Brest on tbe 1 st inst . in presence of the National Guard . At Narbonne some apprehensions for the continuance of order had been for a moment entertained , but oh tbe 29 th they vanished on receipt of the despatches from Paris , and the National Guards were nearly organised throughout the department . At Bayonne , the general commanding the military division had joined the population with the troops under his orders ; and General Excelraans the last to lay down his arms in 1815 , was to be appointed Colonel of the National Guard . Some

      attempt at disorder on the part of liberated convicts had been energetically repressed by the National Guard at Chartres . In the department of the Loiret bands of plunderers traversed the country , but were quickly dispersed by the National Guards and troops of thelene . Some rioting had occurred atStQuentin , and the prefect had been obliged to quit the town . La Fere was tranquil , and the artillery magazines were preserved . The Castle of Guise , garrisoned by twenty-tfight men , had been menaced by an incendiary band , and it was found necessary to send thither a reinforcement of 100 cannoneers . On the 28 th the authorities of Compie ^ ne were informed that some malefactors meditated the destruction of the railroad station . The National Guard , however , arrived in time te protect it . Incendiaries had also appeared in the neighbourhood of Beanvais .

      The workmen of Lyons , had not yet adopted the tricoloured cockade , but still continued to wear the red one ( the badge of Communism . ) They were , moreover , in possession of the fort of La Croix Rousse , which they threatened to demolish . A regiment ot Engineers , in garrison at IVIets , had revolted aganst its colonel , and compelled him to resign his command . With these exceptions order was nearly everywhere established , and the whole country was recognising the Republic .

      FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION . The funeral honours , decreed by tbe Republic to the victims of the conflict that has destroyed the dynasty of the Bourbons , were performed on Saturday , with all the splendour that could be given to such a spectacle . The Tiim correspondent says : — 1 It is difficult to define the impression it produced ; it was too brilliant for solemnity ; it expressed no sorrow for the dead , for all waa exultation ; there were no emble ms of grief—no mourners , save the few who wept in secret for a loss nothing can supply , and they are scarcely thought of in the absorbing excitement of the hour . The pomp , the martial music , the songs and shouts amidst which the procession

      passed alone , leave behind the idea of a rejoicing , of the celebration of a victory . It was , iudeed , a popular trinmph ; an ovation such as we can imagine the march of a Roman general may have been to the capitol . Iu that , too , death was mingled with the pomp , and the living captives led to thoirdoom in the train ofthe conqueror were probablv as little thought of by the mass , whose pride was flattered by the display of power , as the dust of those who were borne to-day to the silence of tho tomb with such magnificence . . This impression is created , perhaps , by all tho religious part of the ceremony having passed upsecn by the populace . To the public eye , little or nothing was visible indicating the occasion . The funeral cars were decorated with the colours that will soon wave as gaily over the revels of the

      balmasque '; military splendour is the aament all times , and there was no attempt to give the cortege the _ solemnity which is so impressive in a soldier ' s burial , though , as the victims died in combat , this might have been fitly done . All the authorities attended , as they would any civic or political oeremo . nial . The chariot of the Republic , the moat prominent feature in the display , and the emblems of its power , thoclasaio fasces , will serve aa appropriately for the inauguration ofthe first president—when he is elected . And , lastly , the masses of people , tho crowd that , from its immensity , gave something of sublime to tho scene , was an oxulting one , From the moment the bodies wero carried from the church , the procession took tbe character of a public triumph .

      Long brfore noon the people began to assemble about the Madeleine ; the Boulevards were thronged by thousands pressing on to this locality . The hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs is on the Boulevard des Capucins ( a name now erased ); and it was in front of this edifice the fatal vollies were fired that precipitated the revolution . Not far from it is the church where the service of the dead was to be perlormed over those ; rho fell beneath them . The beginning and the end dike , grand catastrophe ar «

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      in close proximity . The hotel where lVMirXT ^ sided as Minister , is certainly the utS - building in Paris , and now the asMciations iZ PD |) I ia with it in the minds ofthe people are as diss * ^ as its aspect . It is ono of the many fataliti , ^^ seem to have attended the fall of the mn „ J }*<& July , that the Kreat impulse to the revolt S I of troytd it should kave been ttivon from the offiep f ^ chief instrument . ' Mori « Guizot' is still ler / ihi " the walls , in rude red letters ; but I satisfied ^ 0 ft that theyare not traced with blood ; mj 8 e lf Along the whole line ofthe Boulevard s from « . Madeleine to the Column of July , with afewht ruptions , a tricoloured band was extended on ! !" side from tree to tree , or lamp to lamp ; atinterv i black , lozenge-shaped shields were placed with a ' inscription , * Respect aux manes des victimes do o

      ot tne entrance was ntted up as a choir- no nth preparations were visible . From ten till twel o ' clock the space around it began to fill and fh crowd was fully occupied in watching tbefreaJn ? passing and repassing of the troops , no * a detae ? ment of the National Guards , or a body of the UZZ enlisted citizens , in their blouses , with number ^ cards in their hats , all that distinguishes them ! » militaim at present ; a detachment of the regular cavalry , cuirassiers , that rode along with their band playing the Chant de Depart ( nearly the same air as our ' Death of Nelson' ) , caused the first senaa . tion . As time wore on the crowd grew more dense , till the whole space for some distance down the Boulevard to the right , and in front almost to the Place de la Concorde , was a compact mass of people . So dense was the crowd by twelve o ' clock , tha t way could scarcely be made through it for the magig , tra'es , the officials , and the families ofthe victims .

      who alone were allowed to eater the church . The movement of portions of the mass to and fro reserabled currents in an ocean setting different ways ; but there was no disordar , no violence of any kind . Nor wag any expression made of a feeling of ei . m \ ty to the authorities ; they could not have escaped it , had it existed , for they walked through tha whole of the crowd in full costume . The day was beau , tiful , and a brilliant sun shining on the sharp , clear outlines of the white Grecian church , on the lofty old fashioned houses around it , so piefcuresoue in

      their complete contrast with it , and glancing from the forest ef bayonets bristling among hundreds o { tricolourfd flags , above tbe surface of the motley and closely packed crowd , of which no end was to be seen as far as the eye could reach , formed a spectacle that no city save Paris ceuld furnish , and Paris only on such aa occasion . There was aorrje « thing awful in that mass of human life ; it was easy to imagine how armies fail in collision with such myriads ; yet it was but a fraction of the host the city-rioured forth from every street into the main channel , in which flowed the business ef the day .

      While the authorities were with difficulty pushing their way into tbe church , the choir under the por ° tico , drawn from the three operas , and conducted by MM . Girard and Laty , contributed its part to the proceeding . The arrival of the Provisional Government was hailed by the Marseillaise , splendidly sung , with the accompaniment of a military band . The instrumental piece that followed , a funeral march by Cherubini , waa comparatively weak ; little of it was heard above the hum of the crowd ; this wis succeeded by the oath' chorus from Guillaume Tell , a piece from the 'Creation' ( ' the Heavens are telling' ) , and the prayer from ' Mcse in Egitto . ' The selection seemed to alternate mourning and

      supplication with the notesof trumph ; the effect was sublime . As the music ceased , the funeral cais on which the cofBns had been p laced , were ready to proceed ; as the first of tbe six moved onward , tha Marseillaise was repeated ; one verso was sung by the female voices alone , tbe men taking up the chorus , ' Auxarmes . ' As the spirit-stirring strain arose , the whole crowd uncovered and remained so till tbe last of the ears , which were open showing the forms of tbe coffins nnder the black palls , had passed . The dramatic effect at that moment , the homage of the people , the fierce invocation to battle , the still ' - ness of death , all uniting , made the hearts ef all beat quicker with excitement . The scene for that moment was grand , almost overpowering .

      The Mobmixg Chromclb says , to the credit of tho Parisian population on this occasion , I must declare that I saw them pay but little attention to these trifl'S . Their demeanour throughout the day waa severe and grave , as befitted the great , solemn , and public testimony of respect which the Republic had thought it fit to pay to those who had purchased with tbeir lives the benefits which all hoped to enjoy nnder the new order of things . But this very gravity and general silence added to tho effect produced occasionally by the sudden outburst of the Marseillaise , the Parisienne . or the Girondin chant , as some body

      of enthusiastic Republicans in passing along raised the strain , and the whole body of the people took it up . Or Ihe sound would pass along the line , untilat last it became lost in the distance , like the music we sometimes , on awaking from sleep , imagine we have heard in a dream . Occasionally , too , when the bands played seme of the airs mentioned above , the people , as if involuntarily , would burst forth and join in the gound , as if urged to the act hy an inward force which they could not resist . Every gesture and movement of the mighty mass I saw before me gave evidence of tbe de « pe * t exultation , but sobered and kept down by the feeling that a vast unknown lay before them .

      At the end of every street leading to the boulevards , lines of the National Guards prevented tho passage of vehicles of every description , and when their own turn came to take part in tha procession , they gave the word , the people opened their dense mass as if by magic , and the vacant place in the cortege was occupied . No tumult of any kind took place all day , and the precision of every movementwas more like what we are accustomed to see in a theatrical representation , than in the acts of a vast people , acting freely from the impulse of their own will .

      Ab ;> ut ono o ' clock the funeral ceremony at the Madeleine had concluded , and the procession began to move . The order of march published was not in all instances followed , several changes , of no importance however , having taking place . A vast body of mounted National Guards led the van , with band at head and tri-coloured banner flying . The drums and trumpets were all covered with crape , and crape streamers were attached to every flag-staff used in the ceremony . After the above-named body came a squadron of the horse National Guard , a squadron of dragoons , and a squadron of cuirassieis —each of these bodies played marches or the heroio airs of the day—the masters of the ceremonies of the Pompes Funebres , the bands of the first six legions of the National Guard , headed by their drums , a company of the first and second battalions of each legion , composed of National Guards in uniform and not in aniformi commanded by the colonel , and between

      each legion a company of infantry ofthe army . After these came the Orpheonists , a musical br-dv , taught to sing in masses by the methode Wilhem , as is witnessed occasionally at Exeter Hall and other places in England ; they bore a banner with their name inscribed , and were followed by another with a flag bearing the words Sociefe Musicale . Both of these parties sane occasionally during the course of their passage , and the effect was admirable . Next came the employes of ihe different railways , with flags . After them came the clergy of the Madeleine in six mourning carriages , preceding six hearses , each containing several bodies of the victims . Immense laiseeaux of tri-csloured flags were displayed from each corner , and the cords from the four corners of the bier were held each by a National Guard . From each hearse floated a flig bearing the words ' Vie . times de Fevrier . ' As this part of the cortege passed every head was uncovered and the deepest silence was observed .

      A body of National Guards followed , and affer them came a cabriolet drawn by a white horae , nnd bearing a fhg with the inscription of Victimes Politi gues . In the vehicle were seated two men , both evidently in bad health . Ono was said to be Barbes , ane the other a man named II uhert . The former wae an uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness cr suffering , still his features could not have given rae the idea of him who was in 1839 known in Paria by the epithet of ' Le beau Barbes" and who was reckoned one of the handsomest men of the day . Behind the cabriolet followed about ten or a dczen men of various ages , all coming nnder the same category

      of political victims . No group throughout the day attracted so much attention as this . After them cam © a large body of National Guards , with immortelles' at the end of their muskets ; then the representatives of tbe variom trades and callings , all with bannerssignifying what they were , and each having at the top the words Eepublique Franchise . Some of these banners were exceedingly handsome , being edgei with gold lace intertwined with laurel , and a variety of symbols of fraternity and liberty , Then same themunicipalities of the arrondissements , preceded byr the families of the victims , men , women * and children . Then advanced the- judges and otbev heads of the various law tribunals in their black robes and reti

      oaps ; then next the medical body ; the freemasons , with a variety of banners symbelical of their craft j the staff of the National ; Gmard , of the 1 st military division , and ofthe Place ; a company of the 3 rd and 4 th battalions of each legion , composed of National Guards , commanded by the lieutenant-colonel , aud a company of infantry of the array between each legion . After these came- % part of the procession which excited universalintf , rest ; namely , the schools . They consisted of tha papib of the Polytechnic establishment , of St Cyr > r , f the Marine , and the schools of Medicine , and of Law ; the two last out of uniform .

      After thf / se came along such of the wounded aa could bear .- the fatigue of the day ; they were all without exce ption youngmen . They werefollowed by the tr iu-mv-lial car of liberty , drawn by eight white horsed it ' was a lofty vehicle , perhaps fifteen to twenty feet \ b \ g \ divided into several compartments , placed on I ' sivh other , and the wiu / k surrajuated with a giltj

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11031848/page/6/