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BELGIUM . isiiifpi them atVmceto pay the ^ ei "ted m ajano * a discount of five per cent will be allowed . REFORMS IN THE GERMAN STATES . The following is an extract from a letter , dated Enis , March 3 : — V 7 e are in a state of gteat exeitmeat herfl . In Wiesbaden , the capital of the duchy , the people are to Have all -h > -y ask for , to bs armed , and a fresh form of dec tion , io . The Duchess of Orleans , with her two sons , arrived here the Dfght before la « t , ana they are going to rsmain . They had net a change of clothes . The Cologvb Gazette of the 4 th inat . publishes the following letter , dated Leipsic , 1 st inst .:
—The htc events in France have produced an extra . Mdiniry impression en the public mind in this city . The Piris papers are eagerly sought for . It is proposed to address a petition to the government demanding the prompt convocation of the representatives ef the people . The iihertr of th- prets an& trial by jury are likewise deznuniiei . T . ie censorship in Saxony has for some time past become as severe 88 in Austria . The Suabia-v Mekcurt of the Srd insr . contains ? ha tllowing Royal ordinance , published W the E ! n * of Wirtembarg at Stuttgart , on the 2 nd inst . ;_ TVilliam , by the Grace of God Kiaff of WirtemDurg , &c . i have resolved ks follows : - Article 1 . The censorship eEtablifhea the 8 th of
October , 1 S 29 , is abolished . A-ticIe 2 . All thn dispositions of fte law ef the 30 th of January , 1817 , relating to the liberty of the press are restored . Article 3 . A law relative to the provisional introduction of public trial in matters coanected with the press ghall be presented to the States . Our Ministers of Justice , of Foreign Affairs , and of the Interior , ere instructed to carrr into execution the present ordinance . * WitLIAH . Disturbances occurred at Cologne last Friday eveninp . ' . The IWfi-connsil were sitting in deliberate when a large crowd assembled round the Ilotel de Ville . and demanded , 1 . UaiTe'sal Suffice ; all legislation and governtieat to proeeed from the peonle . 2 . Liberb of the press , aed f reedora 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 for the ssnp ' v of all necessaries . 6 . State edaciti"n for all children . For Boise time the Town-eoancil -was held prisoners by the mob , and at length the military were ca'l ? d out ; they cleared the square , taking prisoaer one of the most active leaders . An extraordinary supplement to the Cologne Ga-SfTTE has been received ; it contains a proclamation csliinK on all pond citizens to assist the Governor in preserving the public peace . The tmtuU was most unexpected .
We h-ve news from Cologne to the 6 th . Tha town council there resslved 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 takin" the following Bteps : —1 st . To convoke the anted Diet immediately , to enlarpe the law relating t <» the franchise ; to bestow a ' deciding '( in eontradistincrinn 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 firm basis-2 . To abolish the censf rs > ap . 3 . To modify the constitution of the Germanic Confed- ration , so as to bind the German people more closely together , and also to enable that people to have direct representatives amongst the authorities of the Germanic Confederation ( Bundesbehorde ) .
Shortly after the address was drawn up and tigned , er . iw . ls assembled in front of the Guildhall , and sent in the' demands' which we have already published . Tbe day aft er the assemblage in front of the Guildhall bad been dispersed there was 8 very numerous m ? etfn £ ofthec ! tfz 3 ns of Colegne . Resolutions in favour of the 'demands' already referred to were passed unanimously , and there was an additional one in favour of a Germsn parliament . It must be stated , however , that the' demand' for the disbanding of the standing army was modified , in the sense ihit th s present was nnt the time to take such a siep . f > ut that thn army should serve aa a school for the Landwthr . The meeting , which lasted during three hnnrs , did not etve rise to anj disorder .
The Fraskwitbr Joursal asserts that n treaty of alliance between Austria . Russia , and Prussia , was ratified at Berlin on the 2 S : h . The object is to sup port Austria in its efforts to suppress the movement in My . Three corps < Tarm 6 ehaxp been pnt on a war footing ; nne will march from Saxony and Thnringia ts "Westi . halia ; another will descend from Wegtohalia to Cologne ; a third wiliba stationed on the French frontiers . General Radowitz left Berlin for Vienna on a special mission to the Austrian Court . The Wnrtemberg and Baden governments have formed a species of alliance , and have resolved to place themselves ' at the head of the true middle claa , and thereby resist unreasonable demand ; ' . '
Letters from Leipzieof theoth inst ., state that the dsputation sent from thence te Dresden to have an interview with the Kin < r , demanding the reforms ¦ whxh we have already mentioned , viz ., liberty of the press and modifications in the representative system , reached the capital on the 2 nd . The King received it kindly , but said that he conld not give an immediate answer to the petition , bat wonld return oho as Eoon nspossible . The deputation was aBXtansly expected at Leipzi g , on its return on the 4 th ; but , as it iad not arrived on the evening of that day , tha people assembled at the railway station to wait for it . I ? did nnt arrive during the night , and the people vent = d their spleen by giving a charivari , and breaking the windooB of the house af Herr Brockhau 3 , one of the members of the Saxon &i& es .
Accounts < rom Carkruhe state that on the evenin : of the 2 nd , a . fire broke ont in the hotel of Ihe Minister of Foreign Afftirs . The furniture and papers were saved . There is no doubt that the fire was the ¦ work of an incendiary . Attempts at incendiarism cere aisa discovered in other hnusee , and threatening letters bad been addressed to several landlords Numerous patrols were kept up by the inhabitants . A letter fro * n Manheim , dated March 1 , says : — The news of the concessions granted ug by enrgorernsient ha « created a very lively feeling of joy ; and the iahabit mis hare proved thatthey well know how to appreciate so great a bensfit . From 1 5 M to 1 , 609 persons went this morning to the railway . Sereral ladles distribated tricoloared scarfs—black , rtd , and gold . Crowds of tbe people parade through the streets , singing , ea < 3 weoris ^ triceloared jcarfr , Heatares have been takrn to prf 6 erve ' tranquillity . It is hoped the cirie guard will bs organised immediately .
A pnblic meeting was held at Frankfort on the 3 rd inst ., in order to draw np a petition to the Senate , urging it fa grantpopular concessions similar to these given in Wnrtemberg , Baden , and other Germaa stale ? . Amongst th « iseconcessions complete religiejs to ' epation is included . The Duke of NsKBau hss returned posthaste from Berlin to Wiesbaden . lie immediitely decreed the liberty of tha press , publicity in courts of justice , religious freedom , and the establishment of tae jury system . These * concessians ' were loudly fcut peaceaWy demanded by the people and the army . Delay xzss rfaneer . us ; refusal destraction itself . Hence the hasty and comprehensive ' concessions . ' A change of ministry is expected . Up to the 3 rd instant , fcu 3 incs 3 continued to be suspended on the Frankfort Bnnrse .
Lettera from the Hague , state that the royal arniB in front of ihe French embassy have been removed , and that M . de Breteuil , the secretary of that legation , who by the departure of M . de Bnssieres is now at the head of the embassy , has given in bis adhesion to the French Republic , atsd has also followed its orders respecting the abolition of titles of nsbility . A suene of a curious nature occurred at Mayence on she evening of the 1 st instant . It is customary < J-: r * n-: r ihe Carnival to form masquerading societies tmder all s ; rt 3 of denominations . The recent events in i- ' r ince have completely marred the joyous festivit 76 » and in a grand meeting of the Jfarrcn-vereiti , or feel ' s assembly , on the evening in question , all the ttocthif s with one accord pulled off their conical caps v « th bells attached , and solemnly declared that it
• S ? a 3 T . O time for jesting , and that all good citizens abo i'& fr . cct to petition the government to make the cnncf . ' sinns which the spirit of the age required . In { he twinkling sf an eye the barren assembly was ehang < -rf into a public seeting for despatch of bustness , and bef > re they broke up it was decided that a dPDutp . ' « in of no less that twe hundred citizens E ^ onld proceed to Darmstadt , to petition for' Libirty of the prvss , a civic guard , a diminution of the army , sad a G r-an ParliatneBt' On the 2 nd the deputi'ion pioeeeded to Darmstadt , and was to present it cntheS . d . A deputation from Offenbach arrived tre Faroe day , and the citizeas of Darmstadt , proposed rrcsenfcing an address of a similar nature . Acwrdingr to the laws of Darmstadt such petitions ar . ' 'irohihifed . The States are sitting at the present fiionant .
TJio . Comgse Gazette give the following aeetunt atto mov . emj » otat Wiesbaden : — W « Sf !!? E * ' ' - ~ ThQ first number of a journal St ^ S ^ ai ) peare < J « " »««»«» e . We ex . Sr . £ ^ '& % accouut from it : - This da y ( m ««»» &th *« £ 8 S' £ SenW ? tte-qa-r . before
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eartied unauicoaily . A deputation of Eerea citJiens , headed by Herr TonjHergenhahn , was thon appointed to wait upon the Minister of State , Von Dangern ( the duke being- absent ) , to demand his sanction . The assembly r solved to wait the result ia the square , and occupied the interveain ? time by speeches and patriotic Boog * . An honr elapsed , and the meeting began to evince Bjmptoms of impatience , whea the deputation was observed returning , and was hailed with enthusiastic cheers . Procurator Hergenhahn ' announced that their two first demands ( arming of the citizens and deli « ry of 2 , 900 gtandeofarmitothem ) had been granted by the minister , who promised to lay the remaining resolutions before the Dake . After some demur , the people were prevailed upon to disperse , conrokiug a general meeting for the « h . t ** M « nni = nnn « ir _ A deDntatlon of bbteh citirenB .
The civic guard was at once organised . The other demands are—entire liberty of the press , convocation of a German Parliament , an oath to the . constitution to be takea by the troops , right of meeting , public and oral trial by jury , declaration that the domain belonging to the state shall be under the control of the administration of the States of the duchy , the immediate eonvfoation of the second chamber , for the purpose of forming a new electoral law on ( he basis that eligibility is not dependent on wealth ; and supDression of restrictions oh religious liberty . '
Each state of Germany will have its mouvment ' and obtain concessions , and the e ; reat point of attraction will be the Diet of Frankfort . The Diet has already given up the idea of a universal law of the press for all Germany , leaving it in the option of each respective state to exercise its own judgment in the matter . This decision of the Diet , which was made known on the 3 rd , caused great joy . The decree , however , adds that it is granted under the guarantees which protect R 3 much aa possible the ether federal states and the wholo confederation against an abuse of the freedom of the press .
GLOHI 0 US TROaRESS . The 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 hat betn ratified . From the Rhenish provinces aHd Switeerland the news of Wedaesday mornin ? is by no means pacific . The canton of Neufchatel , it is said , has revolted . and a provisional government has been proclaimed . At Baden the people hare arisen , and the troops having expressed their determination to make commoa cause vith the people , the duke has wisely yielded to their demands , and has abolished the censorship of the press , granted liberty of worship , trial
by jury , &c-. In addition a change of ministry has been demanded , but no disturbances have taken place . At Frankfort and Wirtember / j similar concessions have been promptly wade . On the 2 nd and 3 rd there were popular commotions and large assemblages of the people at Wiesbaden , on the Place du Theatre ; and at Maycnoe they proceeded so far as to break the windows of the Hotel du Gouverneraent , and of the hotels of some of the obnoxious deputies , and notwithstanding the immense garrison of the town , and the imposing patrols of cavalry and infantry , much difficulty was experienced in restoring
order . At Carlsruhe the sitting of the chamber on the l « t was of a very atormy character , the government refusing to yield upon any poiut . Meantime an immense crowd assembled round , the chamber , loudly olamouring 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 wore adopted abolishing the censorshi p , recognising the responsibility of ministers , equality of religious opinions , and recommending a more 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 strone language , adopted . Even at Hamburgh , demands had been made to the Senate . Similar effects of the French Revolution are visible in Sleswig and Holgtein . Petitions , calculated to ob struct the conciliatory arrangements lately proposed by the n « w King ef Denmark , have been forwarded to Copenhagen Brussels , March 6 th . —The great question of the dayjnst now in Belgium is the procuring of employment for the working classes , and the whole attention of the ' authorities that be * is engrossed with that truly weighty subject .
Several cities in this country have forwarded deputati 6 ns to the government in order to solicit pecuniary advances , as it is feundall but impossible to get bills discounted . The government had been obliged to refuse acceding to several applications , but ha ? thought proper to advance the sum of 300 , 000 francsito the Bank of Flanders ( Ghent)—a sam which will now enable it to discount to the amount of 600 000 francs , as it holds 300 railway shares ef 1 , 000 francs each , which , it can turn , or set turned , into cash or give as securities . The leading baskets and merchants of Ghent have signified their readiness to take , a * heretofore , thenetea
of the above bank , which is mainly upheld by English 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 owa trade . The atelier is supported by tne 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 rurel communes in the two Flanders The subscription for the needy elasses in those provinces etill continues , and the army has already given very liberal sums .
SWITZERLAND . Advices from Switzerland inform us that the re . trograda or Prussian party in the canton of Neufchatel have fallen before a popular manifestation . The government resigned en the morning of the 1 st inst . Surprised by the eatastrophe of Pari 3 , it desired to negotiate with the Montagnards , but it soon found it necessary to surrender the reins of the government to the hands of the opposition . The Chancello- Favarger had passed the Soleure , as was supposed , en rowtcto Berlin . The seat of the new government was transferred from Neufchatel to Chauxde-Fonds . A prorisional government was named . The Prus-Eian sovereignty was overturned .
The following is the proclamation addressed to the citizens of the canton of Neufohatel , on its throwing off the sovereignty of the King of Prussia , and constituting itself into an independent republic , similar to the other cantons of Switzerland . Citizens of Chauz de Fonda—The revolution which we have eo long expected in oar country has just broken out . Our brethren of Loele , like ourselves , proclaim a Republic . Let us all now unite to guarantee oar properties and our livts . Let us prove , by our energy and our wisdom , that we are worthy of being Republicans . The members of the Royaliet Committee of Defenca have abandoned their functions . It is by your calmnee * that you will prove tte Inutility of that committee . We are engaged in taking all the necessary meaaurw for the organisation of a provisional authority at Ghaur de Fonds . Vive la Bepiittique . Vive la Confederation Suiae , our beloved countr ) . —Chaus de Fonds , Feb . 22 . f Signed by the Members of tba Committee . )
Lettera from Neufchatel , of the 2 nd inst ., supply the particulars of the revolution . Neufehatel , one of the cantons of the Swiss confederation , has not been like all the others a republio , ! but was a princinality , of which the King of Prussia was the hereditary sovereign . The revolution , which bad been for some time foreseen as an inevitable result of the impolitic measures of Prussian government , broke out on March let . From 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 men entered ifc in the ereninff ; they were the patriots of Chaux e Fonds . They entered in the most perfect order and without aay effusion of blood . The populace received them with cries of ' Switzerland for ever . ' The
Republic for ever . ' ' The Confederation for ever . ' The government was without support , the different populations of the canton on whose fanaticism it relied did not answer to their summons . The pa ^ triots of Loele . of Vat de Travers , and of Vignelle , arrived and sent Borne parties to disarm some villages whose opinions were suspected . The federal flag waB hoisted , and now floats on all the towers of Neufchatel . A provisional government , composed of the most influential persons , has been formed . The members of the former government having 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 the Vorori , M . Schnoider and de Nidan , CoiinBeller of State and Vice-President nf ( he Diet , and M . Migy . ajudge , have arrived at Neufchatel , and have acknowledged the Provisional Government .
UNITED STATES-MEXICO . The following appeared in a" second edition of the Daily News of Tuesday ; The Washington , steamer , which left New York on the 21 st ulfc , reached Southampton , on Tuesday . She encountered dreadful weather . The most interesting intelligence brought by this mail if , that tha bill authorising a loan for sixteen millions of dollars at six per cent ., at twenty years , with a restriction that the stock shall not be negotiated under par , was passed on ihe 17 th in tho Hou ? e of Representatives .
At present , says C < urier and Enquirer , although United Sfates stocks are a shade above par , it seems hardly possible that a Hew loan of sixteen millions should be negotiated at par , when the payments must be made all in gold , and the instalments be called in at 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 30 th June next . A message from tho President of the United States was sent into the House of Representatives on the 18 th , ~ stating explicitly that ' no communication has been received from Mexico , containing propositions from the Mexican authorities or commissioners for a treaty of peace , 'except the one offered in September Jast .
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^^^^^^^^ g ^ g ^^^^^^^ A ^ UUHI ^^^^ nB ^ Q ^^ A ^ MW ^ A ^^^^ H ^^ BB ^^^^^ D ^^^^^ E ^^^ UC ^ fll ^ HvP ^ V ^^^ KWM ^ ' *^ It is evident there is a strong peaca party in tbe States , the member * of which not desiring the ambition of conquest are resolutely opposed to a continuance of the Mexican War and the immense expanditure it occasions . The New York mercantile community are , in faefc , between two fires , or rathor two drains of specie—one to correct the adverae European exchanges , the other to carry on the Mexican war . ¦ So far as the precious metala are concerned ) Mexico appears to be benefited rather than impoverished from occupation by the American forces ; large quantities of specie are constantly being des'" " = It is evident there is a atron ? nMna noi . fr in tbe
patched for payment of the United States troop 3 , which specie is , of course , apent , circulated , and left m the country . Orizaba , a point on the rout e between Mexico an the seaboard , ' from which tho guerilla forces have derived aid and consequence , has been occupied by a detachment frona the American army , and will be held . " By this movement the guerilla hostilities and depredations on tbe great roads will be essentially broken up , and the security of transportation of productg from VeraCruzto Tampico will givecirculalation to money and increased resources to the American collection of taxes and imposts .
The New Yohk Herald of February 20 tb , states that agents of Louis Phili ppe 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 Btocka in anticipation of some outbreak in France .
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TO THIS MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCE . Friends , —A great responsibilit y has suddenly fallen upon you . * 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 let fools contest , That which Is best administered is best . ' Any government based on false principles must be supported by farce and fraud , and produce evil continually . All governments hitherto have baen based on falsehood , and have of necessity been supported by force and fraud .
Yon may now establish & new government based on truth alono , which Bhall be an example for the world and beneficial for every individual of the human race . The results of a government so based will be to establish—1 . Perpetual , beneficial , phjaicaJ , and mental employment for every one , according to age aHd strength of body and mind . 2 . Universal training and education from birth , so as to draw out and cultivate in the best manner
knewn tho physical , mental , moral , and praocical powers of every one , according to their respective qualities or organisations when born . S . As all religious and imaginary notions are the necessary results ef the great circumstances belonging to the various latitudes and longitudes over the 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 , ere long , truth will universally supersede it and reign triumphant
4 . Universal liberty of speech and writing , and also of action , when it 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 , eo 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 be the ereature of the circumstances in which the folly or wisdom of society shall place him , and as wisdom say ? , ' replace all the Inferior by superior , ' such should be che immediate practice for adoption .
6 . As isolated and disunited men cannot effect this change from inferior to Euperiorcircumstances ^ principles of unity and rational association should be introduced for practice , making due allowance for the habits of isolation in which all of the present genera * tion have been trained . : t > . Self local governments in each new-formed dirision of men and women , based on the prevloualystated principles and practiees , and each of . these divisions not to exceed the number most advantageous in one establishment , or scientific arrangement of society , to enable all to be well employed , to create the most valuable wealth , and to distribute it the moat advantageously ; to be well trained and educated from birth , and to bo well locally governed . All should be taught to know that these results can be attained only when the partiea shall be properly placed to secure these all-important objects . ,
10 . To be so placed they muat be formed into new practical arrangements , by whicb , throngh their own well-directed industry , they will be supported in comfort and respectability , without fear of falling back in tbe world , which , to great numbers , ia a souroe 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 wisdom in all nations to preserve peace and a good understanding with you . 13 . To be an armed nation for self-defence , bnt not to interfere with other nations ; i
The knowledge , therefore , whioh has to be acquired and put into practice is , how to devise and execute such arrangements as will gradually admit of all beiDg 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 satiety , 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 Chans '* , and thus to establish charity , peace , kindness , amidBt a rapid annual increase of wealth and knowledge through France , and ifc would soon become a& example for all tutious and people to follow . Bo moderate , be merciful to your enemies and opponents , be jast to all , and your triumph will be glorious , great , and permanent . Your friend , ROBBBT OWBN . London , 27 ta February , 1848 . P . S . I will prepare , and submit for your _ oonai = deration , a fall and complete constitution ) with deailed reasons for each of its laws .
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Fire . —Thb Cbowh Taverk , Kbssingtok . —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 in High-street , Kensington , and which was nearly attended with a sacrifice of life . Mr White the landlord of the tavern , was awoke by hearing the alarm in the street , and , upon opening his bedroom door , he found flumes 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 stsire . 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 effecting hie own escape , but not until the flames had 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 ueeleas to attomptto save any portion of Mr White ' s property , they therefore exerted themselves to cut off the further 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 np the thoroughfare , and forcing in the front of Mr Boidin&'s linen drapery warehouse on the opposite side of the road . The side fronts of the houses adjoining : the Crown , on either side , also fell into the street . The firemen . however , nothing daunted kept to their posts , but notwithstanding that every one exerted himself to the utmost nearly three hours elapsed before the flames were extinguished , by which 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 Helytown , The river Oalder pusses there through a deep ravine ; on tbe right bank , 8 rolling mill was erected about five years ago , and , to meet the increased demands of railways , another was erected and put in operation during 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 wero at work in them at seven o ' clock on Monday morning , when suddenly a fearful
explosion was heard . Ifc proved to be the great boiler of one of thesteam-enginea , about eighty horse power , of the new rolling mill . The boiler was blown into the air , and , flying across the river , it descended through the roof of tho 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 for the relief of the surviving sufferers . The sheriff and procurator-fiscal of tho Airdrie district were also sent for to investigate the causes of theaooident . * our dead bodies wore found much mangled , and several other men received severe injuries . The man in charge of the boiler is unhurt .
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¦ THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . LOUIS PHILIPPE IFd OTHER EXILED BOURBONS ... The Ex-King and Queen remajned at Newhaven , where , as we stated in our last , they landed on in , day in disguise , until Saturday morning .. In the . interval , arrangements had been made by Queen Victoria for their residence at Claremont House . During tbe time they remained the snobs of Brighton , Lewea , and the adjacent neighbourhood eYeerly pressed forward to ' toady' the deposed king and show themselves 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 the rest of their imbecile existence . As a specimen of this kind ef ' snobbishness , ' perfect m ^^ r ruriT TT 70 T TTTTON Ln . ki r nujni ^ a . xvD Yuuuiiu " .
its way , we take the following , and also as an iIIuhtration of the twaddle upon this particular portion of the events flowing out of the revolution , which swell out the columns of the daily papers : — It being thought proper to formally congratulate their Majesties en their safe arrival , and to ottW the hospitality of the inhabitants of Newhaven , the Rev . Theyre T . Smith , the rector , the Rev . F . Spurrell , the curate , and Mr Elphiok , the principal landowner . Bent in their cards to His Majesty , intimating they had arrived to pay their respects ; and they were immediately admitted to his presence . The King advanced and eagerly shook hands with all , expressing his delight at being once more among the English , whom he said were always his friends .
Mr Smith addressed a few words of condolence to His Majesty , and expressed deep regret at the uhhappy circumstances which had occurred , adding that it was no small 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 offer such help and assistance as Newhaven afforded , adding , that shsuld His Majesty prefer the quiet of a private heuao , Mr Elphick had come to place his at their Majesties' service . Mr Elphick followed up the offer of his house by that of his carriage and horses , and any other service that he could render . In reply , His Majesty said , he deeply felt the kind , nesa ef allthese attentions and hospitable services ,
and for which ho felt truly thankful ; but it being his intention to pass the night at Newhaven , he should prefer remaining at the inn , where he found himeelf aomfortablo , without accepting Mr Elphick ' a generous offers . ' Truly happy and thankful indeed am 1 / the King said , that I have once snore arrived in England , and which I will not leave again . The bullets were Btriking the windows and doors when I escaped from the Tuileries , but here I amj aafe and unhurt . I have nothiBg to tax my conscience with , and nothing to refleofc upon ( laying his hand upon his heart ) , and I thank you very much . But hew are only two cards , and there are three of you , and I wish to take care of them all three , as containing the names of the kind friends , the first to welcome me
to Newhaveu and to England ; where ia the other V Colonel Roumigny accordingly gave the other . card , which happened to be that of the rector ot Newhaven , to His Majesty . ' Mr Smith ! ' exclaimed the King , after identifying the individuals with their name 3 ; ' that is eurious 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 woree for the fatigue of travelling , and talked cheerfully and in good spirits during all the time . Hia Majesty had not changed his dress since he left France , and lew , perhaps , would have recognised KiDg Louie Philippe in a blue pilot coat , with a pocket handkerchief for a cravat , without his usual lefty wig , and with his face bearing proofs of being untrimmed for many days . About half-past two o'clock , knowing the distress the Q , neen must be in from having no luggage , Mrs Elphiek , 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 ef the visit to the Queen ' s attendant , her Majesty immediately desired them to enter that she might return h ( r thanks . On their entering the room , the King , who waa by this time dressed , shook bands with them and led them to the Queen . Her Majesty , advancing a step or two , similarly welcomed them , and set chairs for Mrs Elphick and her sister on either side other ; and having gently forced them to sit down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her having arrived safely , and having met with euch kind friends . After condoling with her Majesty Mrs Elphick begged her Majesty to make use of the contents of the box she had brought , but her Majesty , with tears , distinctly , yet most thankfully , declining '
the kindness . ' Vow etes trop bonnesshe said' mail j ' ai aehettdes habits ,, ' After conversing some time in French and English , and thankfully declining all assistance , the King eaid , Where is Mr Elphick ? I wish to introduce him to the Queen ; no , no , not to the Queen , to tbe Countess de Neuilly . ' On being informed that Mr Elpbick was in the adjoining room , the King sent for him , and receiving him warmly again introduced him to the Queen , who heartily ehook hands with him . After again declining all assistance the Queen affectionately kissed Mrs Elphick and her siBter , who then retired . Visits recommenced again early on Saturday moraine ; among those who came to offer condolence were , Mr Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel , who had a long
inter-View . Count Duchatel , ex-Minister of the Interior , who had been Btayingat the Bedford Hotel , Brighton , also arrived and had an audience . At eleven o ' clock they left Newhaven , being conveyed in carriages to the Newhaven station , where a special train waB in readinefiB to convey them to Croydon , where they arrived at a quarter past twelve , accompanied by the Comte de Jarnac , and attended by General Dumas and General Rumigny . Here they were met by the Dukede Nemours and the Duke and Duchess Auguate of Saxe Cobnurg , who had arrived from town early in the morning to receive their parents . By the Duke de Nemoura ' s express desire , no intimation of their expected arrival was made , and on alighting at the Croydon station they cave 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 the 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 sprae time , the royal party , ascertaining that no train waa 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 for some 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 of the 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 . Id consequence of some enquiries made by a Bervant 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 indivduals whose names had recently been so prominently before the world . The royal exiles , however , appeared most anxious to avoid observation , and confined themselves to the waiting room . The Duke de Nemours , while at the station , purchased a copy of a morning newspaper , and read therefrom to his illustrious relatives the latest intelligence from Franoe , with great apparent interest .
About eleven o ' clock Mr PascoeGrenfell , M . P ., and several other directors of the railway company , came down from town , having received intelligence of the expected arrival of the royal exiles . The first step taken by the direetorB was to exclude every stranger from the station , and keep the platform perfectly clear for the convenience of the royal party . The Duke of Nemours acknowledged to the chairman in very streng terms , this aot of courtesy . Shortly before twelve o ' clock three back 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 Oroydon to Claremont .
At a quarter past twelve a ' signal was given that the speoial train was in sight . The royal party had been on the platform for gome time previously , anxiously waiting its arrival , and now emotion was painfully depicted on the countenances of the royal fugitives . In a few minutes after tho signal had been given the train drew up within tho station , and a scene ensued which , we feel totally unable adequately to describe . Suffice it briefly to relate the facts—any attempt to substantiate by description the sadness of the soeno can but fall infinitely short of the reality . At the moment the train was brought to a stand-still , tbe Duke of Nemours rushed towards the winnow of the
carnage in which his exiled parents were seated , and grasping his father's hand he covered it with kisses . The Queen , who was sitting on the right of her husband , and was consequently further from the platform , on observing the duke gave utterance to a acmam , apparently from excessive joy , and then fell back in her seat . Tbo door of the carriage haviae been opened the ex-king alighted and immediately embraced his s ^ n with great apparent fervency , kissing him again and smain , while tho terns poured down his furrowed cheeks . Tho next moment tho et-monarch clasped in his arms the Princess Clementine , who wa 6 Btandips close to her brother . The princess , who up to this moment had
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maintained ah admirable ( " self-possession , now gave vent to her stifled feelings and sobbed convulsively . The Tex-king biased her nnoeaafogly for some moments , and then turning to her august husband , embraced and greeted him affectionately . The Queen recovering herself in a few moments , stepped pufc . of the carriage after the King , and successively embraced , with intense feeling , her shildren . The whole party were for some time much agitated , and apparently altogether unconsciouB of the presence of atrangera . The first burst of emotion over , the royal fugitives were conducted into the waiting room , where they remained for seme time in seclusion . maintained ah admirable ' seif-pofisession . now gave f ooij-na nnrt Hrihhs > ri nnnvnlaivelv .
After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour , the ex-king Bent for Mr Grenfell . with whom he warmly shook hands , expressing at the same time his grate ful acknowledgments for the courtesy and attention whioh had been shown to his convenience * The King then desired to be introduced to the chairman and those of the co-directors present , and shook hands with each , and repeated theacksowledgmentshehad previously expressed to Mr Grenfell . At half-past twelve the ex king entered one of tbe hired carriages above alluded to , the Queen , with the Duke of Nemours and the Prince&s Clementine , taking seats in the same vehicle . As the ex-monarch entered the carriage he was cheered by the persons assembled around the station . Several pressed forward , and begged permission to shake hands with the 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 Majesty ' s hand , © n which the exiled monarch remarked , ' Ob , do not apologise , air . I receive your hand as a token of your friendship ; of the friendship , I ought to say , of the 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 carriages , 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 the station yard , he was again loudly cheered by the spectators . The 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 of the Count and Countess of Neuilly . The other royal fugitives in this country are now assembled at Claremont .
CONVOCATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Park , March . 4 . — -In the sitting of tbo 4 th of March , the provisional government of the Republic fixed the convocation of the electoral assemblies for the 9 th of April next , and the meeting of the Natipnal 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 the 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 . 5 . That . all Frenchmen of twenty-one yearB oi age be electors , and all Frenchmen of twenty-five be eligible . 8 . That the ballot be secret . Our Paris letter ef Friday evening ( says th ' Tikes ) , announces the continuance of tranquility in the capital . The government was still universally popular , 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 boons on their part . The government ; asked ef its friends- —* Pray wait a moment . _ We are not yet ; in tbe saddle . We mean well , and in all our acts are guided not bo much by a sense of expediency aa by a desire to work tho permanent security of the country . ' M . Cabet , formerly a member of the Chamber of Deputies , and so many years a political refugee in this country , and who 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 additional measures were ordered by the government with the view to the preservation of order and the re-establishment of the different public departments . The commander-in-Chief of the National Guard had informed the eitizens of Paris that , evcry able-bedied 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 would be opened to inscribe their names . The Provisional Government was to arm all , and those who shonld not be able to equip themselves were to be 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 te deposit his vote . Already 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 Parisandits viciniy . '
All the telegraphic despatches received from the departments mention that tranquillity everywhere prevailed . At Lyons the volunteer civic guards were being organised and placed under the command of two officers of the . army . The Republic was proclaimed at Brest on the let inst . in presence of the National Guard . At Narbonne gome apprehensions for tbe continuance of order had been for a moment entertained , but on the 29 lh they vanished on receipt of the despatches from Paris , and the National Guards were nearly organised throughout the department . At BayonDe , the general commanding tbe military division had joined the population with the troops under his orders ; and General Excelmans the last to lay down his arms in 1815 , was to be appointed Colonel of the National Guard . Some at-; empt at disorder on the part of liberated conviois had been energetically repressed by the National Guard at Chartres . In the department of the Loirat
bands of plunderers traversed the country , but were quickly dispersed by the National Guards and troops of the lene . Some rioting had occurred at St Quentin , and the prefect had been obliged to quit the tows . La Fere was tranquil , and the artillery magazines were preserved . The Castle of Guise , garrisoned by twenty-eight men , . bad 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 Compidgne 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 Beauvais . 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 Mefs , had revolted agaust its colonel ,, and compelled him to resign his command . With these exceptions order was nearly every * where eBtabliahed ,-and the whole country was recognising the Republic
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION . The funeral honours , decreed by the Republic to the vifitima of the conflict that has destroyed the dynasty of the Bourbons , were performed on Saturday , with all the splendour that could be given to suoh a spectacle . The Timbb correspondent says : — ' It ia difficult to define the impression it produced ; it was too brilliant for solemnity ; it expressed no 8 orrowforthe dead , for all " was exultation ; there were no emblems of grief—no mourners , save the fow who wept in secret for a loss ^ nothing can supply , and they are scarcely thought of in the absorbing excitement ot the hour . Ths pomp , the martial music , the songs and shouts amidst which the procession
paaaed nlon ? , leave behind the idea of a rejoicing , of tho celebration of a victory . It was , indeed , a popular triumph ; an ovation suph as we can imagine the march of a Roman general may have , been to the capttol . In that , too ,.. death was mingled with the pomp , and the living captives led to their doom in the train of the conqueror , were probably as little thought of by the mass , whose pride waB flattered by the display of pawer , as the dust of those who were borne to-day to the silence of the tomb with such magnificence . This impression ia created , perhaps , by all tho religious part ot the ceremony having passed unseen by the populace . To the public eye , little or nothing was visible indicating the occasion . Tho funeral cars were decorated with the colours that will soon wave as gaily over the revels of the
balmasque ; military splendour is the same at all times , and there was no attempt to give the cortfge 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 csremo . nial . Ihe chariot of the Republic , the most proininem feature in the display , and the emblems of its power , the classic fasces , will serve as appropriately for tho inauguration of tho first president—when he is elected . And , lastly , tho masses of people , tae orowd that , from its immensity , gave something of sublime to tho scene , was an exulting one . From the moment the bodies wero carried from the church , the procession took the character of a public triumph .
Long before 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 Canucins ( a name now erased ); and it was in , front of this edifice the fatal vollies were fired that precipitated tho revolution . Not far from it is tho church whera the servica of the dead wus to he oertoi rued over those it ho fell beneath them . The beginning and the end of the grand catastrophe are
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in close proximity . The hotel where M {^ T ?^ sided as Minister , is certainly the uelftof Pt 5 . building : in Paris , and now the asawiations don ^ % with'it in the minds of the people areas disil ^ as its aspect . It isone of the many fatalirtf *?^ « eem to have attended the fall of the m 2 H July , that the great impulse to the revolt whiifcl * troyed it should have been eivon from the offii . , f « chiefinatrument . 'Mortd , Guizot' is still W ^ tho walls , in rude red letters ; but I satisfied e ° & that theyare not traced with blood ; ^ S Along the whole line of the Boulevard ? . frftm . Madeleine to the Column of July , with a fewi J te ruption » , a tricoloured band was extended on o side from tree to tree , or lamp to lamp ; atinterv *^ black , lnzange-abaped shields were placed wjr J ' i ! nnn .. ? nfSAM * Roanonf . qiit * mnnaa Ana — : _ i .: ^ v ^ tha £ ^ in close proximity . The hotel where mTg £ ?^ sided as Minister , is certainly the noi ^ .: ' Pfn .
puiv" ) »» . •»»» - . — -- »•* ww v »* n > iuUUlrJJ lift fw 23 , et 24 Fevrier . ' - The exterior walla and portin ' the ch . urch were hung with black cloth , with dd 0 * tions of trieoloured flags and funeral wreaths ft *" the doorway was inscribed , Aux Citoyen ' s » n ! S pou r la Libert 6 . ' A portion of the steps to the ri i of the entrance was fitted up as a choir- nootP preparations were visible . From ten till twpi o'clock the Bpace areund it began to fill andtv Crowd was fully occupied in watching tbe fre < m ! , passing and repassing of the troops , now a ' -d etart ment of the National Guards , or a body of the newi ' enlisted citizens , in their blouHes , with number !! cards in their hate , all that distinguishes them 9 , militaires at present ; a detachment of the rewjla cavalry , cuirassiers , that rode along with their ban ! playing the Chant dt Depart ( nearJy the same ah . as our ' Deathof NeW ) . caused the firafc se ^ tion . As time wore on tbe crowd grew mi L den » e , till the whole space for gome distance down the Boulevard to the right , and in . front almost to
the Place de la Concorde , waa a compact masa m people . So dense was the crowd by twelve o ' clock , that way could scarcely be made through it for the magis . tra ! e 8 , the officials , and the families of the victims who alone were allowed to enter the church , The movement of portions of the mass to and fro resombled currents in an ocean settingdifferent wajs but there was no disorder , no violence of any kind ' Nor was any expreesion made of a feeling of er . mity to the authorities ; they could not hare escaped it had it existed , for they walked through the whole of the crowd in full costume . The day was beautiful , and a brilliant sun shining on the sharp clear
outlines of the white Grecian church , on the lofty old fashioned honses around it , so picturesque in their complete contrast with it , and glancing from the forest ef bayonets bristling among hundreds of tricolour ^ fla gs , above the 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 spec , tacle that no city save Paris ceuld furnish , and Paris only on such an occasion . There was some , tiling awful in teat mass of human life ; it was easy to imagine how armies fail in collision with such myriads ; yet it was but r fraction of the host the city poured forth from every street into the main ehannel , in which flowed the business ef the day .
While the authorities were with difficulty pushing their way into the church , the choir under the portico , drawn from the three operas , and conducted by MM . Girard and Laty , contributed its part to the proceedinp . The arrival of the Provisional Government was hailed by the Marseillaise , splendidly snng , with the accompaniment of a military band . The instrumental piece that followed , a faneral march by Cherubini , was eomparatively weak ; little of it was heard above the hum of the crowd ; this was succeeded by the . * oath' chorus from GuilJaume Tell , a piece from the 'Creation' ( 'the Heavens are tel . line' ) , and the prayer from ' Mose in Egitto , ' The selection . seemed to alternate mourning and suddIU
cation with the notesof trumph ; the effect was sublirse . . Ab the music cessed , the funeral cars on which the coffin 3 bad been placed , were , r . eadr to proceed ; as the firafc of the six moved onward , the Marseillaise was repeated : one verse was sung by the female voices akme , tbe men taking np the chorus , * Aux armeB . As the spirit-stirring strain arose , the whole crowd uncovered and remained so till tbe last of the cars , which were open showing the forma of tbe coffins under the black palls , had passed . The dramatic effect at that moment , tbe homage of the people , the . fierce invocation to battle , the stiltne « s of death , all uniting , made the hearts ef all beat quicker with excitement . The scene for that moment was grand , almost overpowering .
The Mobnikg Chboricle says , to the credit of the Parisian population en this occasion , I must declare that I saw them pay but little attention to these trifles . Their demeanour throughout the day waa severe and grave , as bofittod tbe great , solemn , and public teatimeny of rcipect which the Republic had thought it fit to pay to those who had purchased with their lives the benefits whieh all hoped to enjoy under the new order of things . But this very gravity and general silence added to the eSeotproduced occasionally by the sadden outburst of the Marseillaise , the Pariaienne . or the Girondin chant , as some body
of enthusiastic Republicans in passing along raised the strain , and the whole body ofthepeoplotookitup . Or the sound would pass along the line , untilatlastit 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 some of the airs mentioned above , tbe people , as if involuntarily , would burst forth and join in the sound , as if urged to the act by an inward force which they could not resist . Every gesture and movement of the mighty mass I saw beforeine gave evidence of tbe deepest 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 the passage of vehicles of every description , and when their own turn eame to take part in the 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 aay kind took place all day , and the precision of every movement was more like what we are accustomed to eee in a theatrical representation , than in the acts of a vast people , acting freely from the impulse of their own will . About one o'clock the funeral ceremony at the Madeleine had concluded , and the proeeraion began to move . The order of maroh published was not in all instances followed , several changes , of no
importance however , having takinf place . A vast body of mounted National Guards led the van , with band at head and tri-eoloured banner dying-. 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 cuirassiers Teach of these bodies played marches or the heroic airs of the day—the masters of the ceremonies of the Pompea Fuaebres . 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 uniform , commanded by the colonel , and between each legion a " e 6 nipan > "of infantry of the army . Alter theBe came the OrpheaniBts , amusioal body , taught
to sing in masses by the *» efftbd « Wilheni , 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 Sositte Musicale . Both of these parties sang occasionally during the course of their passage , and the effect was admirable . Next came the employes of the different railways , with flags . After them came the clergy of the Madeleine in six mourning carriages , preceding six hearges , each containing several , bodies of the victims . Immense faiiiceaux of tri-ooloured flags were displayed from each corner , and tko cords from the four corners of the bier were held each by a National Guard . From each hearse floated a flag bearing the words ' Vietimes de Fevrier . ' As this pnrfc of the cortege passed every head was uncovered and the deepest silence was observed .
A body of National Guards followed , and after them came a cabriolet drawn by a white horse , and bearinp a fhg with tbo inscription of Victims FolitU qws . In the vehicle were seated two nten , both evidently in bad health . One was said to be Barbea , ane the other a man named Uuhert . The former waa an uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness or suffering , still his features could not have given ro . 9 the idea of him who was in 1839 known in Paris 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 dozen men of various ages , all coming Hnder the same category of political victims . No group throughout the day attracted so much attention as this . After them came a large body of National Guards , witb Immortelks at the end of their muskets ; then the representatives
of tho various trades and callings , all with banners signifying what they were , and eaoh haying at the top the words Rtpubliqua Francaise . Some of thoso banners were exceedingly handsome , being edged with gold lace intertwined with laurel , and a variety of symbols of fraternity and liberty , Then cairns tho municipalities of the arrondissements , preceded by the families of the victims , men , wemen , and children . Then advanced the judges and other beads of the various law tribunals in their black robes and red cups ; then next the medical body ; the freeraasonB , with a variety of banners symbolical of their craft ; the staff of tbe National Guard , of the 1 st military division , and of tho Place ; a company of the 3 rd and 4 th . battalions of eaeli lejiios , composed of National Guards , commanded by tho lieutenant-colonel , and a company of infantry of the army between eaeb legion .
After the so came a part of tho procession which excited universal interest ; namely , the schools , they consisted of the pupils of tho Polytechnic establishment , oi St Cyr , ot the Marine , and the schools of MedlCjne , and of Law ; the two last out of uniform . After these came along ; such of the wounded as could bear the fatigue of the day ; they were all without exception young men , They wero followed by the triumphal car oi liberty , drawn by eight white horse ? i It was a lotty vehicle , perhaps fifteen to twenty feot high , dmled into several compartnu'nU , placed on I each other , and the whole surmounted with a g ilt
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1461/page/6/
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