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* ., , ,. . it- „ : _ „_„„ ...,, „ .,, ? Mn n- conld be more simple than their appearance . \\ Girnier-Pages , in his quality of Mayor of Paris . jj some ofthe other gentlemen , wore a tricoloured j ^ r f , but the rest were without any distinctive mark , " e squadron of the llorse National Guard and a squa-¦ 5 , 511 of cavalry of the army closed the procession . T he National Gnard which formed the line ateach - jfo in the certre of the Boulevard , from the-Made jeieto the Place de la Bastile . placed itself at the jjiJ of the procession , according as its tarn esmeou j-jie whole time occupied by the passing of this ltDt-e ^ e torUgt was within a few minutes of three
JiOH . A t tbe Place de J . i Bastile which was its destinajioD , the * pace round the column wss kept clew by troops . From its summit drooped two flags of black crape , nearly as long as the column itself , spangled rtth silver stars , symbolic of mourning and tears . "gefore the entrance to the vault beneath it were peeled t-cto imnien ? e pillars or altars , each snrponote * by a tripod and hune with black cloth . It yjs nearly five o ' clock ere the funeral cars arrived st the column ; the coffins were then home into the rtflJf , while the ' sacred fire' was kindled on the
alters . The rest of the procession then slowly filed past , and the people dispersed ; all was over . Every p ITrS cf the Boulevards was as crowded as that from eviieh the procession smarted : all the windows and bilconies . the parapets of the houses , every ? buttress srJ coin of vantage' were occupied . The people at 111 points uncovered as the bodies passed ; at intervals the Marseillaise was snng by _ the people joining the procession , and the military bands pkved . On no part of the route was public peace or tnJer for a moment distnrbrd .
The folio wins speeches were delivered by the membf rs of the provisional government . > I . Paguerre , Secretary-General of the provisional rovernmfnt , who had b . 'en charged with the direction pf that great solemnity , spoke as follows : — Citizens . — -Family ntT-: Ctlose , however holy they may j urist on this occasion give way to the great affection ofthe conntrp . The relations whom you have lost , the children whom you deplore , who have died for the R :-pablic , are abave all the sons af tbe R « pnblic . I t is for ii JO glorify the faneral rights . Leave to us , leave to to- provisional government the pious mission efespressinz at tbe fame time the aeenj of private grief , and the profound feeling of gratitude and f ublic grief . At these words , the relations of the victims , with a pitching resignation , retired to make place for the members of the provisional Government .
These gentlemen then placed themselves in the ppen space . The cries nf * Vive la RepubKque'for a loa 2 time prevented M . Dupont ( de ' l'Eure ) from Eaking himself heard . When silence bad been restored , the venerable President of tbe provisional government spoke as follows : — C-fens !«—I am deeply arU'Cted at having to address jes on the occasion for which we bare assembled , So cr . esore ' . han myself can desire to pey to the unfortunate bat glorious victims of onr fine and last revolution
fte testimony ofthe gratitude which is dae to them . tat I CHTHlOt my strtRgtk will not alien- ma to mako Eyiiif hearil . Several of my colleagues ef the provisional government propose to do so . and they will tell j 02 in a more worthy msnner than I can do , how grand bat bow painful is the solemnity which has called us tortt ' aerat tke foot of this monument . Let me be only psraitted to deposit this crown of liurel and immortelles ca the er-Sns of those -who are Boon about to repose car c-nr brethren who died for liber ty in 1833 . ' Yive la Kspublique !'
Loud and nnammons acclamations here arose on ail sides , with reiterated shouts of * Vive la Republiqne ! - " M . Cremienr , member of the provisional Governisent , then spoke as follows : — Citizens . —Behold the ran of the Repnblic J—it comes in all its mejesty to shed its ray * from above on this jrreat end glorious ceremony !—It cemes to proclaim in the midst otns ths immortality of our brethren who have d : ? i for liberty . ( Loud applanse . ) Happy citizens ! — Esppj are they who die for their cotm'ry , particularly in grateful France!—their names will ba impfr ! sr > abla , po ^ terity will mention them to ourlatest de . scendints . It has r qniredj citizens , no less than three saecssire revelations to achieve that Eepnblie , the
olj-: et of all cur wishes and of all our fondest hopes . "What gratitude should we not feel , what emotions should we not experience , in speaking cf those who hare 2 z-t isa'Se the last conquest , and secured to France the Republic which it has proclaimed , an £ which we , its first elect , have just proclaimed in the name of" tbe sovereign poople . ( Cries of 'Bravo , bravo ! ' 'YivelaRepubliqne !') This people , citizens , we have many times seen at work daring the last half century ; we thought we knew them , but we were not aware of their werth ; it rfqaired these last three days to display to us what patriotism—what ardocr for the public weal—what thirrt for liberty , was felt by those men who died b :-cisdoar plcrions barricades , and secured the establishisestof ths fiepnblle .
The men of tbe people have also their flag 1 Onr soldiers follow with enthusiasm the standard of glory . Do yon know what standard it is that our people follow ? It is an idea , and that idea is liberty ; and to achieve that idea they die , and , when < 3 ead , public gratitude esclairas . ' Uenonr to the heroes who perish to achieve liierty / ( Cries of « Bravo , bravo V ) Citizens , in 1 'SS the Bastile-was here taken ; in 183 d tbis column was given ns in commemcrition ofthe thrse great days , the remembrance of which it has been finee wished to efface . Sow , in ISiS , we have ioane ? e < i the Republic : such is the gradation . ( Cries of' Bravo ! - ) Ltt us hopa , citizens , that this will te the last combat . Onr latest deseeneiatita w : ll come into this enclosure , tendering homage to those heroes who have died for U 3 —will proclaim their names and exclaim , * Honour to tfco ^ e men , for they have secured for ever to France the 2 epub ! . cangovernment / ( Cries of ' Yes , ye ? , ' ' Yivela Sepabligue . ' j
The orator , then , advancing towards the tomb . said : — CilizsnS i -Tho repose beneath tbis ^ lorloas toaib , ms ' onr voice reach you . What eloquence is there not necessary to respond worthily to tbe emotion of this imaecfe people , which has followed vou with their lond acclamations I Let those acclamations ofthe public tell Jen what my voice cannot . * Honour to yon , yesterday , onr bretbrec , now noble martyr * to " tfee ' cause of holy liberty J Honocr to yoa , immortal founders of onr inuEor til Republic . ' ( Prolonged applause . )
^ Among ancient nations some particular men have been cited who devoted the-mstlves to achieve the liberty of thtir country . At Paris it was the eneire nopulation * bieb rose—that people so full of ganerous feeling ? , to orerSonir-g wilh courage , so animated by pore patriotism --that people who , on tha day after the victory , peaceably resum-ei their occupations as if to tell us , ' I have achieves libmy ; it is for yoa to wnsecrate it . ' ( Criep Of' Bravo , brave . ' ) Yes , dear friends of 1348—3 f & r friends of tbe Revola .
boaof Jusy . 1 S 30—de & r friends of the people who lament andexUtyon—your names will be sacred for us , they will fce rapi-a ^ n on < j Br heart?—th < -y will keep up in the midst cf ns the love of the Republic ; as 1 ob ss we live we shall give you the most holy worship , andon each succprdini anniversary of this < Jaj , those -who will be at tfcehead cf-our Republic will come and bend with respect at this place , and from the midst of an affected tad gratefel crowd , will raise the cry of ' Honour to the founders asd to the martyrs of liberty . Vive la Repnbliqna !'
The speech of If . Cremfeux caused great emotion among the assembled multitude , and cries ¦ 17 n ReDabl , " qn 9 > ' rsse from all sides . M . Gamier Page ? , member of tbe provisional government , then spoke as follows : — C t : zens—The fallen government was founded on tbe worship of a single man . To tbe will of that man it sscnSced the honour , the glory , the Nearest inter * sts of - ranee . Tfce career of those governments is invariably fieei oat ; they onl y live by corruption , and it is ihat tthh destroy them . Tbe government whieb you have dri
ves out sto-ped to seduce and to corrupt every man ' s amd . After an tptemwal success for a few days , the "bole public mind was raised . Onr proua France raided against it a universal cry of reprobation , and i t S'sappeared . On those rains , which time will never 2 ? eic raise np , the people Uke for its symbol the eternal aotto of revolution , liberty , equality , fraternity Liberty , equality , and fraternity , citizens , is thecondema « ioa of tbe past , the work of the present , and of the hi ' -ure . Let us adopt , as the only object and meacs of Eoverament , the moral purity of heart and justice . ( Cries of 'Bravo , bravo . ' )
The _ members of the provisional government tben withdrew , amidst much cheering . The rest % % ort * 3 c at onca broke np , end continued to & e off for upwards of an hour . Tie crowd by decrees disperged , and the Bon ' evards , after a time , tlw e eThf n 8 UaI £ PP earance of a tinged « i ? * "" I ' etten frem L y ° ^ 9 ofthe 2 nd inst . state rhl nS . reat deal of agitation sffll existed in that W v . communists had taken possession of the ^ " . of , fteB erBariin « ^' lcb the ? 8 tnl be ] d Cat against the anth oriti ^ , and refused to surrender , ^ SHP ^ H ^ wMwhieheonldnotbegfanted . ' The delega e of the widowl government , M . E . fe » parieje f 1 i them { ° t » n » time , but by , uejast mounts theystiR refused to lav down their
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EFFECT OF TIIE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN GERMANY .
ILLNESS OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA . From Berlia , under date of Feb . 29 , we learn that a courier from St Feteraburg arrived tbat day at the Russian embassy . The contents of hia despatches were immediately communicated to the coort , where they made a verj profound impression . It was asserted thatthe courrier brought the intelligence of the serious illness of the Emperor of Russia . Prussia is making extraordinary military preparations . The Prussian Diet is about to be convoked immediately . The Germanic Diet published on tbe 1 st instant a proclamation in wliich all Germans are exhorted to be united ; and measures , it is said , will be taken to preserve peace at home , and the Confederation from
. Advices frem Vienna of the 27 th announce a state of great agitation , produced as much by the news from Italy and the financial embarrassments of government , as by the news from France . The GiRisBUHB Gazette of the 2 nd says that petitions had been hid before tbe chamber demanding the , general arming of the people for the Mlowine objects : The free election of officers ; a German parliament , freely elected by the people ; every German who has attained bis twenty-first year to be an elector ; one elector for every thousand souls , and one deputy for everv 100 000 ; every Germsn who has attained his twenty-fifth year , of whatever rank , fortune , or religion , can become a member of Par liament ; the German parliament to oe held at Frankfort-on-the-Msine ; tiie parliament to make its own regulations ; absolute liberty of the press ;
complete liberty in all affairs relative to religion , conscience , and instruction ; trial by jury ; the general rights of a German citizen ; Income Tax ; welfare and education of all ; protecionand guarantee _ of labour ; equitable and economical popular administration ; responsibility of ministers and public officers ; abolition of privileges . In tha afternoon , after tbesitting of the chamber , an immensolcrowd repaired to the castle , which was guarded , aa a measure of precaution . Some voices were heard to demand a political amnesty , and to request tbat tbe persons taken into castody on the eve should be set at liberty . Five of these persons were set free . Several deputies of the Opposition requested the crowd to withdraw , a request which they complied with . Patrols » f cavalry went round the city in the evenina . The avenues to the Town-hall and tha prison were gnardfd by ihe military .
The Coloose Gazette of the 3 rd says : —The Baden government have annonnced the abolition of tbe censorshi p , tbe establishment of a civic guard , and the introduction of tbe jurv system .
FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC . 51 . Lstnartine , the Foreign Minister , has issued the following manifesto to the diplomatic agents of the Republic : — 1 , — Yon know tbe ev-ntsof Psris ; tbe victory of the people , their heroism , moderation , and tranquilllsatlon , and the restoration of order by the CO-operation of all the cit- ' zens , as if , in tbat interregnum of tha visible powers , general reason was alone the government of France . The French Revolution has thns entered upon its
definitive period . France is a Republic ; tha French Republic does not require to be rf cognised in order to exist . It rests on natural and national right . It is tiie wish of a preat people fully entitled to judge for themselves . Nevertheless , the French R-public deiiring to enter into tbe famil y of established governments as a regular power , and not as a pheoomenon destructive of European order , it is expedient tbat you promptly make known to the government to which you are accredited tbe principles and tendencies which will in future direct ihe external p olicy of the French government .
The proclamation ofthe French Republic is not an act of aggression arjainst any form of government in tbe world . The forms of government h-. ve diversities as lc . piiimate as the diversities ef character , of geographical situation , and intellectual , moral , and material development among nations . Nations , as well as individuals , have different ages . The principles which govern them have successive phases . The monarchial , aristocraticaJ , constitutional , and republican governments aje the expression of those different degrees of maturity of tke eenius of nations . They require more liberty ,
accordins as they reel themselves able to bear more ; they require more equality and democracy , according as they are inspired by more justices towards , and aff » ction for , the people . It is a mere question of time . A . natisn de . stroys itself by anticipatiDjr the hour cf that maturity , as it dishonours Itself by suffering it to escape without seizing it . Monarchy and Republic are not , in the eyes of real statesmen , absolute principles , which combat each other to the last extremity ; they are facts , which contrast with each other and can live face to face by understanding and reepecting each other .
War is not accordingly tbe principle of the French Republic as in 1792 , when it became its fatal and glorious necessity . Hslf a century separates 1792 from 1818 . To return , after half a century , to tha principles of 1792 , and to the principle of conquest of the empire , would not ho to advance bnt actually to retrograde . The Revolution of yesterday is a step forward , not backward . The world aad we desire fraternity and peace . If the situation of the French Repnrli ' e in 17 S 2 accounted for tbe necessity of war , the differences txis ' . ing between tbat period of onr history and the presentepoch account for the necessity of peace . Yon must apply yourself to understand those differences and explain them around you .
In 1792 the nation was notnniten . Two nations existed on the same soil . A terrible straggle was continued between tbe classes deprived of tbeirprivileges and the classes which had just conquered equality and liberty , The dispossessed classes coalesced with captive royalty and forcignsrs anxious to deny France her revolution , and impose again upon her , by invasion , monarchy , aristocracy , and theocracy . There are no longer distinct or privileged classes . Liberty has freed tbem all . Fraternity , of which we proclaim the application , and of which the National Assembly will erganisetbe blessings , will unite everything . There 5 s not a single citizen of France , to whatever epinion he may belong , who will not rally round tbe principle of tbe country , and render it inexpugnable by that very union against the attempts and fears of invasion .
In 1792 it was nai the entire people who bad taken possession of the government ; it was the middle class alone who tvished to exirci ? e liberty and erjoy it . The triumph of the midd : e classes then was egotistical , like the triumph of oligarchy . It wished to monopolise the rights conquered by all . To that effect it was necessary to operates powtrful diversion against the advent of the people , by urging tbem towards the field of battle , in order to prevent them from having a share in their own government , Tbat diversion was war . War was desired hy the Monarchists and the Sirondins ; it was not desired by the more advanced democrats , who wished , as we do , the sincere , complete , and regularreign of the people , comprising , under tbat denomination all toe classes , wittout exclusion or preference , which constitute tbe nation .
In 1792 the people were but the instruments of the revolution , and not its object . To-day the revolution was effected by them and for them . The people and the revolution are identical . By entering it , they introduced into it their new wants of labour , industry , instruction , agriculture , commerce , morality , welfe-r-- , properry , cheap living , navigation , civilisation , in fine , which are all wants of peace ! The people and peace are bn « one word . In 1792 the ideas of France snd Europe were not prepared to comprehend end accept the great harmony of
nations among themselves , for fee benefit of aiankind . The views of the century jnst expiring wire limited to a few philosophers . Philosophy is new popular . Fifty years of liberty of thought , speech , and writing , have produced their result . The boobs , journals , and tribunes have accomplished tha apostolic mission of European Intelligence . Reason beaming from all points across tbe frontiers of nations , has created in the minds that grand intellectual nationality which shall be tbe completion of tbe French Revolution , and the constitution of interna tional fraternity all over tbe clobe .
Finally , in Vidi . liberty was a novelty , equality a scandal , and the republic a problem . The rights ofthe people , only jnst discovered by Fenelon , Montesqnieu , and Rousseau , were so much forgotten , buried , and profaced by the ancient feudal dynastic and priestly traditions , that the most legitimate interventions of the people in its affairs appeared a monstrosity in the eyes of the statesmen ef the ane ' ent school . Democracy made both thrones ea < l tbe foundations of society tremble . To-day thrones aad people are accustomed to the word , to the farms , to the regular agitations of libirty eser . cised in various proportions in almost all , even monorchia ! states . They will accasiom themselves to tho republic , which ba * its complete form among the mora advanced nations . They will acioowledgethat there is
a conservative liberty that there may be in a republic not only a better order , but also e more genuine order in that government ot all for the sake of all , than in tha government of a few for the sake of a few . Moreover , besides these soosiderations , intereetalone in the consolidation and deration of the republic would inspire the statesmen of France with ideas of oesee . It is not the country but liberty which rnns the greatest danger in war . War is almost alwsys a diet u & oasnip . Soldiers forget the institutions , acknowledging them only . Thrones tempt the ambitions . Gloiy dazzles patriot ism . Tbe prestige of a victorious name veils the attempt made against the national sovereignty . Tie republic desires glory , no douht , bnt it desires it . ' or ttself , and not for Crssars or Napoleons !
Nevertheless , do not deceive yourselves : tiiese ideas that the provisional government charge you to eabmit to the foreign powers , as a pledge of European ^ eeoxity , have not their object to obtain pardon for the 1 "epnblic , for tbo audacity and temerity it ^ had displayed to presuming to come into life , and still' less to number demand the place of a great right and of a greet people in Europe . They have a more noble object in view , which is to make both sovereigns and nations reflect , and nit to allow them to be involuntary deceived respecting the * character cfotir revolution ; to place tbe event in itsi proper light , and impart a Jast impression to its features ; finally , to give pledges to humanity before giving
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th-m to our rights and fcononr , if tbey should be tulsuuuerstootJ . The French republic , tbeu , will not commence war with any state whatever . It need DOt 88 ? that it will accept war if conditions of war are offered to the Freneh . The sentiments of the men who now govern France are these—France vrill bo bappy if war be- d eclared agAiust her , and if she bs thus forced , in spite of hor moderation , to Increase in power and glory . Terrible would be however , the responsibility of France , if th > republic itself decUra war without any provocation .
Such is the feeling of the men who at this moment govern France . In the first case , her martial gefliu 0 , her impatience for action , her strength ( accumulated during 80 many Tears of peace ) , would render her invincible at home , and perhaps redoubtable beyond her frontiers . In the second rata , sha would torn against her tbe remembrance of her conquests which indisposes other na tions towards her , and she would compromise her first and most universal alliance , which is the spirit and goodwill of surrounding nations and the genius of civilisation . '
According to these principles , sir , which are those of cool and deliberate France—principles which she can avow without fear as without defiance to her friends or enemies—yoa will pleats to impress yourself with the substance of tha following declarations : — Tho treaties of 1815 no leoger legally Exist In tke eyes of the French Republic , but the territorial limits fired by those treaties are facts which it admits as the basis of , and the starting point in , her relations with other nations . Bu' if the treaties of 1815 no longer exist except as facts to be modified by common accord , and if the Republic openly declares tbat her right and mission are to arrive regularly and pacifically at those modifications , the good sense , the moderation , the consciousness , the prudence of the Republic exist , and are lor Europe a setter and more honourable guarantee than the letters of those treaties so often violated or modified by Europe .
Apply yourself , sir , to make those with whom yon have relation to understand end admit with # oed faith that the emancipation of the RepuVVc from the treaties of 1815 is reconcileable with the repose of Europe . For these reasons we declare loudly , that if the hour for the reconstruction of some oppressed nations in Europe or elsewhere should appear to have arrived according to the decrees of Providence—if Switzerland our faithful ally since the time of Francis I ., should be constrained « r menaced in the movement of progress which it is accomplishing at home to lend additional strength to the unian of Democratic Governments—if the independent states of Italy should be invaded—If limits or obstacles should be imposed on their internal transformations—if their right to form an alliance amonest themselves to consolidate an Italian nation should be contested by force of arms , the French Republic would believe itself justifies fn armingfto protect these legitimate movements for the advancement and the national ! fv of states .
The Republic , yon perceive , has traversed the first step in the era of proscriptions and dictatorships . It Is determined never to cover liberty at home with a veil . It is equally determined never to veil its democratic principle abroad . It will not suffer the hand of an j tody to be interposed between tbo pacific rays of its lib' rty and the regard'of nations . It proclaims itself the intellectaal and cordial ally of all rights , of all progress , of every legitimate development of the institutions of those nations who wish to live according to the principle which governs it . It will not pursue a course of secret
« r incendiary propaganda amongst its neighbours . It is conscious that there are no liberties durable except these which originate in their own soil ; but it will exercise by the light of Its ideas , by the spectacle of order and of peace , which it expects to give to the world , tho only and honourable proseljtism—the proselytism of esteem and sympathy . Snob is not war ; it is nature . It is not the agitation of Europe ; it is the life . Such a coursa is not to cause a conflagration throughout tbo world ; it ia to shine from its place on ( he horizon of nations , and at the same time to anticipate tbem and to guide them .
We desire , for the sake of humanity , that peace may be preserved . We even expect that it may be so , A siutile case of war was raised a year eince between France and England . It was not Republican France which raised that question ; it was the dynasty . The dynasty carries wfth f' that ( fanger of war for Europe which it had excited through tbe pureiy personal ambition of its family alliances in Spain . Thus tbis domestic policy of the fallen dynasty , which lay as a dead weight during seventeen years on our national dignity , was au obstacle at the same tim . > to our libaral alliane ^ s and to peace , In consequence of its pretentions to an additional Crown at Madrid . The Republic has no ambition . Tbe Repul-lic has no nepotism to gratify . It Inherits no family pretentions . Let Spain govern itself . Let Spain he independent and free . France relies more for the consolidation of this natural alliance on tbe conformity of principles than on the successions of tbebousa of Bourbon .
Such , sir , is the spirit of the councils of the Rs * public . Such will invariably be the character of the candid , firm , and moderate policy which you will have to represent . The Republichas pronounced at its b ' rth , and in the midst of the excitement of a contest not provoked by the people , three wort ' s which have revealed its soul , and which call down on its cradle the benedictions of God aad of man—liberty , equality , fraternity . It has given on the day folio wipg , by tha abolition ef tho punishmeat of death for political offences , the true commentary en those three words as regards its domestic policy ;
give them likewise their true commentary abroad . The meaning of those three words applied to our foreign relations is as follows—the emancipation of France from ihe chains which fettered her principle and her dignity —tbe reeevety ol the rank which she ought to occupy amongst the great European powers—in fine , the declaration of alliance and friendship amongst all nations . If France ba conscious of her part in the liberal and civilising mission of the age , there is not one of those words which signify war . If Europe be prudent and just , there ia not one ef those words which does not signify peace ;
Receive , sir , the assurance of my distinguished consideration , Lamaetine , Member ofthe provisional government of the Republic and Minister for Foreign Affairs . Paris , March 2 , 1848 .
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . The decree of the provisional government respecting the elections , aa published in the Moniteub , is as follows : — l The provisional government , wishing to deliver at as early a period as possible into the hands of a definitive government those powers they , now exert in the interest , and by tbe command of the people , decree : — 1 . The electoral cantonal assemblies are convbeated for tbe 9 th of April next to Choese the representatives for the people , at tbe national assembly , which is to dictate the constitution . 2 . The election will have for its basis tbe population . 3 . The total number of the representatives of the people will be nine hundred , including therein Algeria and the French colonies . 4 . They will be divided among the departments in the proportion indicated in a table sabjoined . 5 . Tbe votes will be direct and nnivereal .
6 . All Frenchmen who have attained their twenty , first year , and who have resided fer six months in a commune are electors ; providing they are neither suspended in , nor deprived of , the exercise of their civic rights . 7 . All Frenchmen who have attained their twentyfifch year , and who are neither suspended in , nor deprived of , the exercise of their civic rights , are eligible , 8 . The voting will be by ballot . 9 . All the electors will vote at tho chef luu of their canton , by scrutin- and list . Each bulletin will contain as many names as there shall be representatives to choose in the department . No . one can be named representative of the people unless he has two thousand rotas . 18 . Eich representative of the people will receive an indemnity of twenty-five francs per diem during the time of tbe session .
11 . An instruction of the provisional government will regulate the details relative to the execution of the present decree . 12 . The National Constituent Assembly will open on tha 20 th of April . 13 . - ' The present decree shall be Immediately sent inte every department , and published and posted in every commune of the republic , Given at Paris , in the council of the government , March 5 , 1848 . The members of the provisional government , Arm and Marrast , Garnier-Fages , Arago , Albert , Marie , OremieuT , Dupont ( de l'Eure ) , Louis Blanc , Lodra-Rollin , Flocon , Lamartine . —The Secretary-general of the Provisional Government . Faguebee .
The Mokiixck publishes ! a decree nominating a commission for the liquidation of the moveables and immoveables of the ancient liste civile and tbe private domains ofthe Crown . M .. Lberbette is appointed L ' " q
Another decree appoints M . Nachet , Advocate-General of the Court of Cassation , in place of M . Pascalis ; M . Benoit Champy , Advocate General of the Court of Cassation , in place of M . Ghegary ; and M . Lavue to a similar place in place of M . Rowland . An answer has been received from Admiral Trefeouart , the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron , giving in his own adhesion and that of the whole fleet to the provisional government . The Prince de Ligne , ambassador from the King ofthe Belgians , had his first interview with M . de Lamartine on Monday morning . He communicated a despatch which he received from his government authorising tim to announce to the Ministee of Foreign AfTairfl of the provisional government that the government of the King of the Belgians wishes to keep np with tho French government official relations on the most amicable footing .
M . Kisseleff , tha Russian charge d ' affaires , has had some intercourse with M . de Lamartine , but merely with respect to passports and other routine jfriBj ' nees . It ia announced that the entire » ersonel of { he
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corps diplomatique will be changed . ¦ The Duke d'HavcoBrt , or Citoyen d'llaroourt , as ho ia now ca lled , will go as ambassador to London , It is said that the Citoyen de Boisay ( late Marquis ) will ro as ambassador to Rome , and General Thiard to Rome . Twelve thousand five . franc pieces , bearing the name and emblem of the Republic , will be issued from the mint today . As a specimen of the principles of commercial communism which the revolution is rapidlv establishing , our correspondent translates from La Pbbsse a document , by which the proprietors of that journal announce their adof-tion of the principle of allowing all persons tbey employ to share in common with themselves the profits ef the property . This has already been done by the directors of the Great Northern Railway .
' _ There is , ' he adds , ' another feature bv which fhis _ revolution is contrasted with that of If 89 and distinguished from , if not opposed to , that of 1830 The people , reputed sceptics and scoffers , have placed tho revolution of 1848 nnder the safeguard of the altar . In the sack of the palaces , the chapels and Iho oratories were held inviolable . A crucifix picked from the floor of a bedroom , was borne with reverence to the Church of St Roch , and the crowd of insurgents as they deposited it in tbe temple acknowledged on their knees the divinity ot the Saviour . ' Tte provisional sov < 5 rnment have publicly called on the clergy of all denominations to invoke the benediction of the most high on the Freneh people , and to pray for the enli ghtenment of tbat assembly in whose hands the future destinies of France are about to bo placed . Bv a decree of the provisional government of the 5 th inst ., Algeria and the Colonies are to return 15 members to the Constituent Assembly .
With the exception of the continued strike of the ommbns drivers and conductors , everything was quiet arid orderly in Paris . Thecxtranrdinary gaiety with which Shrovetide was formerly celebrated in the French capital was , however , sadly contrasted by the almost complete absence of masks in the streets and Boulevards on Sunday . The Carnival had for same years been going out of fashion ; tbe late revolution had sutrges ' ed serious reflections , and the wea'her had become moot unfavourable—circumstances which were held to account fp . r- the comparative trhtesse of Sunday ; but it was b -lieved tbat this day—always the grand day of the Csrnivaf—would produce the fat ox ( who is this year named JDuchatel ) with all the pomp of former time . ' Generally speaking , ' says one of our letters , ' the revolution has for the moment injured Paris . The English have already left in great numbers , nor has the panic yet subsided .
The proprietors o ( houses and hotels , ofthe restaurants and ca /«* , _ and , in fact , all who lived upon the expenses of foreigners in the capital , are nearly in despair . They hope , hawever , tfcat the formal recognition of the revolution by Great Britain , the moment that its government shall have been installed , wiU recall the former British residents of Paris , and dve an example to other foreigners to resume their residence in the capital . The people , who had until then retained nossession
of the chateau of the Tuileries , finally left it last Saturday . Never in this wirld was a house or palace more completely gutted than this . ' ¦ Not even a pair of lace cuffs , ' said a ladv who saw it the day after the revolution , ' escaped . ' Furniture , ornaments , curtains , clothing , and carriages , were all conveyed into the court-yard or tbe streets , and pitilessly burnt . The apartments of tho Duchess of Orleans and of the Duchess of Nemours in the Pavilion Marsan , should , however , be mentioned as having been comparatively respected .
The Monitkur Alobrien of the 29 th ult . publishes three orders of tbe day , signed by the Duke d'Aumale , informing the population and aray ofthe event * that bad occurred in Paris down to the even , ing ofthe 24 th . with the exception only of the proclamation of the republic , which was not known at that date . M . Lamartine ' s manifesto constituted the theme for general comment by the Parisian press , and on its first appaarance is said to have excited a general apprehension that f ho French would interfere with other countries . The correspondent of the Times , writing on Monday , says , however , that the feeling of apprehension , founded on the manife » to of M .
Lamartine , wliich prevailed so generally that morning , had in some degree subsided . Either the mio'ster had given verbal explanations and assurances mat had removed all fears thit the provisional govern ment meant to push the propaganda , or more mature consideration of his manifesto had dissipated the fears conceived on its first appearance , fo < - the impression had become general that the French ( provisional ; government desired peace before all things . This improved condition of the public mind and its tendency to restore confidence was , however , qualified by the resignation of M . Godechaux , minister of finance , who is succeeded by M . Garnier Pages .
' This serious event was brought about in this way , ' says our correspondent : — 'M . Godechaux , at whose instance the proposed abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers had been suspended , became displeased when the measure was ordered to take Hb course . He said to his colleagues , ' You have announced your intention to anticipate the date at which the interest on the public debt becomes payable , and you have otherwise unnecessarily undertaken obligations of immense amount , and here yon take from me the stomp duty on newspapers 1 What security have I that I shall not be similarly deprived of other resources ? ' M . Godechaux then tendered
his resignation . He wag , however , afterwards prevftiled upon to resume his functions , and would have gone on with the business of the finance department had not the astounding intelligence reached him that the banking-house of MM . Gouin and Co ., formerly that ef Jacques Lafitte and Co ., had stopped , pay ment . He thereupon resigned office definitively . The creditors of the _ bartkinsr-hoHse ( of Gouin and Co . ) would , it waa said , ultimately be paid in full , and the Fharebolders in tho Caisse Gouin , ci-devant Caisse Laffitte , would , it is said , be heavy losers .
Several deputations of workmen of different trades waited on Sunday on the government at the Hotel de Ville , to make known their grievances . Among them was one ofthe calico printers , who presented an address in which they stated that what they had . to complain of was not excess of wurk , but want of work , and that want , they said , was owing to machines , which , however , they asserted they did not desire to see destroyed . They intimated that an increase in the exports would afford them relief . M . Cremieux replied by assuring them that the government would be their devoted friends . About three
thousand young men , employed in the mercers and linen drapers' shops , waited on the deputy mayor of Paris , to demand the organisation of labour . The deputy mayor promised to submit their demand to the government . A deputation of the pupils of the colleges of Paris waited on M , de Lamartine , to present their homage , and give expression to their hopes , confidence , and devotedness . M . de Lamartine received them kindly , and made a speech , in which he thanked them for their manifestation , and expressed hia warm sympathy for his young hearers .
On Saturday evening there was a numerous meeting of hotel keepers at the Salle do la Redoute , in the Rue Crenelle Saint Honore , to take into consideration a proposition fer an application to the provisional government for relief in the present crisis . The chairman of the meeting , after alluding to the rents paid for hotels , which he said were so high as to have left the tenants scarcely a chance of honourable existence even in prosperous times , but which would now cause tho utter ruin of such as have leases if no reduction be made , recommended that the government should be petitioned to issue a decree preventing the landlords from claiming at the present moment more than half their rents , and that the National Assembly should be aubaeouently applied to for a law regulating the
position of landlord and tenant on bases ofjustice and equity , according to the new circumstances created by the revolution . A motion to this effect was put and carried with only one dissentient voice . It was then proposed that the shopkeepers of Paris generally who have leases should be invited to join in the manifestation , and notice was given for a general meeting at the Salle Valentine yesterday , at twelve o'clock . ISotwithstanding the shortness of the notice , nearly 2 , 000 tradesmen assembled , and adopted unanimously the resolutions of which the hotelkeepers had assumed the initiative . A delegate from each trade was appointed to co-operate with the chairman in the measures to be pursued , and the meeting then broke up . It was stifcrd that the number of shopkeepers in Paris is forty thousand , of whom two-thirds are supposed to hold leases ,
On Saturday evening a deputation of the persons who were wounded iu the three days , waited on the provisional government , and we ? e received by M . Paguetre , the Secretary General , M . Chateau Renaud , who presented tho deputation , made a brief speech , to which M . Paguerre replied : — Citizeas , you have fought for liberty ; but , more fortunate than your Brethren , vrhose ashes -vre have just honoured , you enjoy the result of your efforts—you have tho Republic for which they gloriously fought . You will for the future live under laws which you will vote your , selves , for all of you , citizens , will be called oh to express
your will , the will of the country . There are no more persons privileged ; all oitVsas have the same rights , and there is only one sovereignty , the sovereignty of the peop le ; Citizens , you have new duties to fulfil—after hstrlsg obtained liberty you must preserve it , you must constitute the Republic . Whatyour courage commenced , your wisdom will accomplish . The Republic Is not like the monarchy—it is not ungrateful , and will know how to reward servfcds rendered . ( Bravo . ) Yours are immense , and I can say at present , that the provisional government Is preparing a commission , which will in » scribe tbem in the records of tho national gratitude I
Cries of ' Bravo I Vive la Repvkbliquet' followed this speech . A Pole , who formed part of the deputation , demanded that France should not forget Poland , whose children had fought for her , M . Paguerre , in reply , assured him that that illustrious and unfortunate country possessed all the sympathies of
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the Republic . As the deputation was about to withdraw , M . Paguerre suggested that the preoer place for their banners was the Hotel de Ville . The deputation immediately consented to leave thom in the hotel . The general commanding the National Guard assured the deputation that the fl igs would be in perfect safety , and that , to take them from the Hotel de Ville , it would bo first necessnry to crush the provisional government . A dinner was given to the deputation by the commandant of the Hotel , and when it concluded , they broke up with cries of' Vive la Republique !' The schedule annexed to tbe decree convening the National Assembly gives the number of representa tives to be chosen in each department , there being one representative for every -40 , 000 inhabitants .
General Cubieres , whose name has become 80 famous as one of those implicated in the Teste affair , has tendered his adhesion to the provisional government , with an offer of his services to tbe republic . It is said that tho offer has been received very drily ; and that the Minister of War replied that if Monsieur Cobiores wished to serve the republic in a military capacty , there was no reason why he should not do so , but that the nsnal way for tho ? e who had no rank in the army was to enter as simple soldiers of the line . It is not likely thatM . Cubieres' zeal for the republic ia so strong as to induce him to devoto himself to iti service on these conditions .
A considerable sensation has been created ( says the Morning Chronicie ) by an act of illegality into which the provisional government has allowed itself to fall . By the laws regulating the National Guards each regiment has the right to choose its own officers , and the officers nominate the colonel ; but tbe provisional government has taken upon itself , in the face of the law , to nominate a colonel to the twelfth legion . The person in who ? e favour the government has done this is no other than M . Barbes , who has been besides appointed Governor of the Palace of the Luxembourg . Barbes was condemned to death as , ' the leader of tho conspiracy of the 12 th May , 1839 . On that dav he presented himself at the gate of the Pa ' ais de Justice on the Quai aox Fleurs , at the head of a body of armed men . He summoned the officer on guard , whose name was Drouineau , to lay down his arms , and on his refusal Barbes shot him dead . This is
the crime for which he was condemned . The 12 th legion now claim not only their right to elect tbeir own colonel , but they declare that in any case they will not be commanded by an assassin . Yesterday ( Sunday ) the 12 bh legion formally refused to receive Barbes as colonel , and the whole of tho officers have intimated that if the government persist in the appointment , they will all resign . The legion ia to be called out again to-day , and some disturbance ia feared . The more respectable portion of the legion being against Barbes , and the working classes being
in his favour , it is feared that a collision may take place . It is _ more probable , however , that the respectables will stay away and allow Barbes and his friends to have their own way . This appointment of Barbes is , to say the least of it , an sot of great imprudence on the part of the new powers . Nothing can be a clearer evidence of the general disapprobation of tho appointment , than the fact that the colonels of the other eleven legions into which the National Guard is divided have intimated that they will throw up their eommanda if the appointment of Barbes be confirmed .
To-day several large , bodies of the working classes went in procession te the Palace of the Luxembourg , to demand the organisation of labour . They were preceded by flags and bands of music , but their behaviour was perfectly peaceable . M . Louis Blanc harangued them at some length , promising them some efficient measures in their favour , after which they retired peaceably . Letters from Lyons of the 4 th state that thero is still a great deal of agitation in that city : The labouring classes of the Faubourg of the Croix Rouge have seized upon tbe fortifications of the place , ' and expressed a determination to destroy them . The < lelegate of the provisional government , M . Arago , went away then , and is said to have stated that they wera quite right to destroy fortifications which were raised by the Orleans government for their oppression . M-Berryer , the Legitimist deputy , has addressed the following-letter to his constituents at Marseilles : —
' Ton know the events which have occurred at Paris , Tell all my friends openly that my line ef conduct is ab . solutely and firmly this : —To sustain the provisional government ; to cause persons and property tp be respected ; to maintain tha liberty of voting , and to wait for the decision of th' - - National Assembly . Any other thought is shameful—any oitie-r manifestation culpable . ' It is said tliRt M . Emilede Girardin has refused the Director-Generalship of the Post-office . Intelligence was received in Paris on Monday tbat the workmen of the coal-pits of Anain ( Nord ) had struck for an increase of wages , demanding 3 f . a day in place of If . 50 c . What is considered grave in this affair is , that this example will , it is supposed , be followed by the other miners of the Nord , the Somme , and the Pas de Calais , and Jhat 100 , 000 men would so be out of employment . The news from Paris on Wednesday waa of a favourable character , the Times says . —
Not only had the French capital become calm as in ordinary timet , but the journals were recovering their tone and attitude , changed or abandoned during the stermy fortnight tha f -justelapsed . The National , without affecting to be tho organ of 'he provisional government , was believed to be such in reality . In the columns of that paper were , the-eforo , sought with avidity indications of the though ' sand intentions of the Cabinet . The number of ; -te National just received was on that - \ ccount n ¦¦ ¦ A with considerable satisfaction ; for rs content- * ere interpreted favourably for foreign and domestic peace and order .
Another sign of the return of confidence in the maintenance of ordeif 18 futnished by the JOTJRNAI oes Debats , which somewhat directly questions the expediency of establisning universal suffrage . The elections seom , in fact , to be regarded with fear and awe by all thinking men , and begin already to occupy , beyond all other subjects , the attention of the whole community , and to suggest misgivings which we shall be happy to see proved destitute of foundation . ' If , ' says the Debats , * France will be better governed with universal suffrage—if she will
enjoy more liberty , more wisdom , more strength—if there result from that immense mass ef suffrages an assembly filled with wisdom , intelligence , moderation , and courage , the problem will be solved , and we shall acknowledge ourselves vanquished , not merely in fact , but by reason , and we shall be among the first to admit that the former guarantees , modifications , and qualifications , so msch approved by public writers of even the most liberal opinions , were only vain and useless fetters and offensive precautions . '
From this brief extract it will be seen thatthe JOURNAL . » ks Debats disapproves universal suffrage and apprehends from its exercise misfortune for France ; and proceeds to recommend in preference , the systems that , obtain in Great Britain and the United States respectively . It then concludes by repeating its desire to find all its doulsts of the expediency of rendering the sufirage unlimited falsified by the result . * The Debats would appear , however , premature in its critique and anticipations , ' says our correspondent . 'Resort to Universal Suffrage was in this preparatory instance unavoidable . The whole nation is merely called upon to elect a constituent assembly , which in framing a . constitution will necessarily hare to lay down and enact a permanent electoral law . '
'The object of the leading article ofthe National Is , ' observes one of our letters , 'to prove thnt the accession ofthe Freneh Republic has simplified the relationsof France with Great Britain , the good understanding which ought to exist between those powers having been compromised by the Spanish marriages which f orced the Orleans dynasty fee throw itself into the avma of Austria . " ' If ' , ' says the National—A revolution had not occurred , the moat serieus con .
sequences would have ensued from the Spanish roamages . It was determined by tne-Court party to send tho Duke de Montpensier to Madrid , in cass the Queen of Spain should die or abdicate . England , on her side , was determined to oppose any arrangement which would place the government of Spain in the hands of the chief of the Orleans dynasty ; and Spain was far from being satisfied with tbe authority which the French govern , ment arrogated to itself . So that it would have been possible to see a new war of succession arise In the midst ofthe nineteenth century .
The National next recommends the government , now that no danger exists of an interruption of a g » od understanding with England , to apply itself to the arrangement of the detail for the elections , and to set the finances in order . The National relies upon Italy , Switzerland , and Spain to assist France , shou'd the absolute Powers of the North attack her , regardless pfthe consequences which might occur in Germany and Poland from the report of cannon on the Rhine . The National recommends that prompt measures should he adopted to re-establish a good feeling
between the people and the army . The people had already given the example to tho Minister of War by fraternising with the troops during the grand ceremony which took place on Saturday last . The National Guard were , moreover , almost worn out by the constant service imposed on ihera , and those amongst them whose families depended upon their labour for support are ruined . All military duty , therefore , should henceforth be equally divided between the National Guard and the troops oltha line , which no doubt will be done now that the attention of the military authorities is called to tbe subject .
The-business ? , properly apeaking , of tho republic would appear to be sedulously attended to . The ministers were necessarily occupied in re-orRanisina and in improving the regulations of their respective departments , and in discussing and publishing new measures for the public service . Addresses of con . gratulation , too , were pouring in ' , and adhesions to the republic were arriving in such numbers aa to ten .
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der unquestionable its universal ww **™ - still there appeared none Of the noisv inflated declamation or verbosity that distinguished the periods of 1789 1700 and 1830 , The reroution would appear IIt ceVedI sincerely , but with becommj ^ vity . The MoNiiKon publishesadeoreoof the provisional government , abrogating the . law of the 9 th of Sep . tember , 1835 , relative to enmes and offences committed by me ' ana of the press and replaolBgit , uuti the meeting of the National Assembly , by the laws previously in force . The verdict of the jury win require in future majority of nine votes .
a On Monday the Marquis of Normanby nau an interview with M . de Lamartine , on the subject ol tho collisions which teokplaczat Rouen and Havre between the French and English workmen , the consequence of which has ken that many of th © English workmen have been forced to leave their work , and embark for England , without even receiving the wages due to tbem . Lord Normanby al * o complained of tho conduct of the inhabitants of Granville , who have prevented the exportation or French cattle to England . M . de LamarSine stated that acts of viol « noe and excesses of this nature
were equally injurious to trade , and contrary to the relations of friendship existing between the two conntries , but that it was only the effect of emotion and want of reflection , in those two places . He added tbat the government would not fail to reestablish between the labourers and the sailors of the two countries the liberty , security , and friendship wbiob ought to exist , and be stren ? thened , between the two governments . Notwithstanding this , however , it appears from . the Havre journal that a
vessel arrived in that port from Rouen with 260 English artisans , who had been dismissed from a manufactory in that town , where they had been employed for years . Tha Prksssb states that the provisional government , intends to place the tomb of Napoleon under the care of the Emperor ' s brother Jerome , who ia to be appointed Governor of the Jnvalides . It adds , that Marshal Molitor , the present Governor of the Invalidea , highly approved ot the appointment , and was the first to give it his sanction .
M . Arago , the present Minister of the Marine , 18 to succeed M . Garnier Pages as Mayor of Paris M . Garnier Pages having been appointed Minister of the ) Finances . The successor ofM . Arago is not yefe mentioned . The provisional government yesterday received a deputation of upwards of 280 citizens of the United States . Thesi gentlemen walked in procession to the Hotel de Ville , and amongst them was home the American flag and that of the Freneh Republic united together , and flowing from the same staff . Mr Goodrich , in the name of his countrymen , presented the following address . —
flentlemen , members of the provisional government of the French Republic— As citizens ofthe United States of America , and spectators of recent events in Paris , we como to offur you our congratulations , a grateful recol . lection ofthe past , and the ties of amity which have esisted between your country and ours , prompt us to ba among the first to testify to you and to tbe people of Prance the sympathy , respect , and admiration which , those events inspire . Acknowledging the rii ; bt of every nation to form its own government , we may still be permitted to felieitata France upon the choice of a system which recognises as Ite basis the great principles of rational liberty and political equality . Io the progress o £ tbo recent struggle here we have admired tho
magnanimity of tha French people , their self-command in tho hour of triumph , and their speedy return to order and law after the tumult and confusion of revolution . Wo see in these circumstances happy omtns of good to France and to mankind , assurances that what has beea so nobly b » gun will bo consummate' ! in the permanent establishment of a just and liberal government , and the consequent enjoyment of liberty , peace , and prosperity among the citizens of ihia great country . Accept these testimonials of tbe sentiments which fill our hearts ac the present moment , and be assured thatthe news ofthe revolution which you have jaafc achieved will be hailed by our couatrymen , on the other side of the Atlantic , with no other emotions than those of nope and joy for France aad for the world .
M . Arago replied 33 follows : — Citizens of tho United States—We are happy to hear the expression of the sentiments which youhavejusfc manifested , and we are happy such sentiments proceed from tbe citizens ofafree people . Wears , above all , ; bappy at tb . 6 uiatHiar in which . 30 U appreciate the acts of the Parisian population . You have perceived what courage our fellow . cltiBens have shown on the day of combat , and what moderation they have shown after the victory * you have also seen with what eagerness that people , after having departed from its ordinary sphere , again placet ! itself under the dominion , of its laws . You have justly declared tbat a peopl * has a right to give to itself such a ( tovernment as suits It . loek at your own flag — yon behold there tho evident proofs of your prosperity ; tbe number of stars which are there displayed has been prodigiously augmented , and will be still more so . ( Bravo , bravo !) What has been so great an
advantage to the American population , cannot fail to be so likewise for tbe French people , ( Cheers . ) VTe have ns doubt thnt your fellow citizens in the United States will join in the sentiments which have brought you this dsy before the Provisional government . Wo have no doubt that fresh applause will also be siren there to the valiant population of Paris . [• We can answer for that . '] Gentlemen , the prayer that we effer up , and which will be realised , is to the American nation and tbe French nation living in tha most intimate union . ( Laud cheering . ) There ia no motive of difference between you and us , once that we arc established as a republic , and that we advance in the republic path ef liberty , equality , and fraternity . lam convinced that the two nations will bo united , as are the ' two colours which you there bear amongst you . 'Vive la KepubHqae . ' ( The cry was three times repeated by the deputation . ) One ef the American gentlemen then said : —
¦ The Americana here present request SOU t 0 aCCGpt tbeso two flogs united—they are tbe eternal emblem of the alliance between France and the United States of North America . ( The members of the deputation : ' We swear it by our blood V ) M . Azaqo : Wo revive the colonr with gratitude . It shall be ' placed in the Hotel do Ville ; and I . trust that never will despotism attempt to snatch it thence . ( Loud applause . ) The double flag was then placed In the Sallo des Bece-ptions . - The deputation then withdrew amidst reiterated cries of * Vive la Republique !' The provisional government has just named a committee to examine the claims of all persons who htwe suffered damage in their property during the late revolution , and to award compensation for the same . .
The provisional government has just issued a de « oree , declaring that , as the laws of September , from !« eing a flagrant violation of the Constitution , have always called forth tha unanimous reprobation of tha nation , and as they are aa infringement of the liberty ofthe press , they are henceforth abrogated . All anterior laws relative to the press are to remain ia force until such time as the Constituent Assembly sha'l have come to some decision on the matter . The Mositeor contains a decree of the provisional government , whereby , in all the industrial and commercial towns a ' Comptoir National d '
Escompte' is to be created , destined to spread the credit of all branches of production . The capital of these comptoirs is to vary according to the wants _ of the localities , and tbe capital is to consist of a third iueash , contributed by the subscribers , a third in obligations entered into by tbe towns , and a third in treasury bonds . Another decree institutes at Pan ' s a' Comptoir National d'Escompte , ' with a capital of twenty millions . The city of Paris has subscribed a third of that sum , promises another third in obligations , and ) tbo state nffirds the third third . Another decree restores to the island of Bourbon its republican name of ' Reunion . '
The Palace , of the Tuileries , now ' Palais des lava Udes Civils , 'was cleared , on Tuesday morning , Oi the armed people who had remained in it sinoa Louis Philippe ' s deoarture . It would appear , contrary to the reports ' spread at Paris , that they had conducted themselves well in tho Palace , and that tbey ultimately left it without insisting on the pensions or ether remuneration ' they had at first required . ^ Throughout Monday numerous delations succeeded one another at the Luxembourg Pataee , where the Government ' Commission des Travailleurs' sit .
According to the Cotfsrn-rjriONNEi ,, the following diplomatic appointments are to take place : —M . d'flarcourt , London ; M . Bnissy , Rome ; M . d'Alton-Shee-, Turin * , GeneralFabvier , Constantinople ; M . dc Tracy , United States ; M . Beaumont Vassy , Denmark ; M . de la Moskowa , Spain . All tbess gentlemen were , if we mistake uot , membersof tha late Chamber of Peers . The Minister of War has issued a general order to tha army , declaring that the cockades for the different corps are to consist Of the three Colours , blue , red , and white , in the order just mentioned ; the Crown , hitherto placed over the brass plate on the shakos of the infantry is to be suppressed . _ A new arrangement of the colours of the national flag has been ordered to be made by the government —henceforth the blue is to be attached to the _ staff .
1 the white to be in the middle , and the red at the extremity . Thia is tbe order in which they were hxed by the National Convention of tho 27 th Pluvoise An . II . ... .. Complete tranquillity continued to prevail in toe Franch capital . Tha provisional government- laboured incessantly for the re-estebhshment of order , but webegin to find Cr . -mplaints : pf several ofthonmr functionaries in tbe journal * - ^ . N ational . forexample , which had most contributed tobnr s nbuut the revolution . It had become essential . »<* ™?> T SS & Clonal S ^ tnt ^ mt M of a portion of tho duty i » P « ed « P « a them . m total cessation of service by that the people of Paris 8 familiar with the appearance that all pretext for »» V » ; men not in uniform should nouns compl » ins > that n »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11031848/page/7/
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