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rily required in the War Department to attain these and other important ends , the languor sud tauteur in the late regime to » only observab ' e . Many otner reasons for incessant and well-directed efforts in the Ministry of War existed , to wh . ch , as they are no specifically alluded to in the journals , m . shallnot here refer . The distinguished veteran at the head of the War Department iseaid to enjoy the entire confider . ee of thenatioD , but we find that more of life , vigour strength , and promptitude that had not teen displayed since the revolution are expected in him . ( Fromovr Second Edition oflast week . )
LATKST INTELLIGENCE . Pari-5 , Thursday . —The papers of this day contain a lor . g series of decrees and ordinances of the _ provi-ional governmcHt and of the newly-appointed functionaries , which were , generally speaking , regarded with favour . One decree appoints M . Armand Barbes , Colonel of the 12 th . Legion of the Paris National Guard , vice } . ] . Lavocat . M . Barbes , then a young pin of twenty eight or thirty , a oarrister by profession , and erjoying a fortune ofloa . OOflf . i year , turned out on Sundav . the 12 th ef May . 1 S 39 , at the head oi 300
or 400 Republicans to upset a ecvernment h-vingat its command a garrisoa of 60 , 000 troops of the line and 6 Q , 0 QQ National Guards . tieD well affected . lie and they resisted during six-and-tbirty hours . lie was tried and condemned to death by the Court of Peers , but ih * 3 capital sentence was commuted into ' imprisonment for life . ' Here , now , we find liim at the he ; id ot one of the finf st legions of Paris , and one of those who sincerely opposed his insurrection , but which the conduct of the government in the course of the nine years which followed has changed into reoublicass as ardent as himself .
' Pans is , I say emphatically , tranquil at this miment . The general public , taken by EUrprise . did not very clearly appreciate ' the Republic' at first , nor admit th . it the Republic ought to have b- > en immediately proclaimed : but now , when reflection shows that the Orleans family were for ever lost in France , ithat the elder branch of the Bourbons had comparatively very few partisans , and that the Bonapartes ware , for the moment at least , un . considered—now , I say , when those facts suggest themselves , theprociamation and adoption of the Republic is regarded as the only safe eanrse that could have been followed—a conviction that seems likely to becoRiestroDger daily . In the departments tbe enthusiasm for the Republic is extreme . Up to She present moment , moreover , the most perfect unanimity prevails . The government is , however , in an embarrat about the mode of conducting the elections .
Tbe provisional governmeat has issued the following decree : — PRENCH REPUBLIC . LJBSferr , E © . u . ALirr , pbatehxitt . Tbe provisional government , considering that equality is one of the great principles of the French Republic , au § thatitou 2 ht , in consequence , to be immediately earrl- d into envcr , decrees as follows : — A'l the ancient titles of nobility are abolished , and the qualifications which vere attacked thereto , are p ' robi-¦ pitpn . They cannot be used publicly , or figure in any public document whatever .
Signed by Bapont ( del'Eure ) , Lamartine , I . Blane , Gamier Page ? , Arago , Albert , Cremhux , Marrast , Fiocon , Marie , Lsdrn Eollin . Members of the provisional government . Marshals Scnlt , Mo'itor , Sebastiani , Bugeaud , Reille , and Dode da la Brunerie ; General St Yon ( . \ f . Gnunt ' s colleague in the War Department , ] FabvierSchramm , Aupick . late Governor of Paris , Grouche * Preval , Montholon , Feucheres , Oudiust , Achsd , G-. ur ^ and , Lahitte , Paixhans . &c , hive sent in their adhesion to the new government . M . La Rochejsqnelin has addressed his adhesion la the provisional government , ' without ^ he gays . ' any mental reservation , ' his nwtto being— ' Le Pavsavant tout .
Order and tranqniiity continue to prevail throughout France , the Republic being everywhere proclaimed without resistance , even in Brittany and La Vendee . The public works had been resumed in Parig with CCxs : < 5 erab ! e activity . Two handred workmen were employed at Notre Dame , and orders to complete with all possible rabidity the church on the Piace Belle Chasse had been given by the mayor of Paris . The ranst energetic measures had been adopted to repair the railroad , and maintain the traffic . Forty pupils of the Polytechnic School and of St Cyrhad b ? en stationed alorg the Orleans lice for the protection of the road . One hundred and ten hogsheads of wine , found in ¦ die cellars of Neoilly , were removed to Paris en Tuesday , and distributed ainongthe hospitals of that capital . fFrom our Third Edition last wtek . ) LATEST FJIOM PARIS .
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rilE GREAT OPEN AIR MEETING IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE .-BRUTAUTY OF THE POLICE .
In consequence of Mr Charles Cochrane having advertised a publio meeting to be held in Trafalgar , s-qasre , on Monday , March 6 th , at one o ' clock , * To demand the repeal of the Income Tax , or the immediate surrenderof the reins of government by the Ministers , ' an immense assemblage of both sexes were present ; in fact , from the Union Club on one side to St Martin's Church on thejother , and from the Nat onal Gallery to below tbe statue of King Charles at Cfcaring » cr . ss , was filled with human beings . Meanwhile Mr Cochrane , who had called the meeting never made his appeatance , for the Home Office had raked up an old obsolete law , 51 George the Third , chap . 19 , and the commissioners wratetothat effect to Mr Cochrane . Mr Cochrane therefore abandoned his inteation . did not attend the meeting he had called , and sent out instead a number of men oarrjing the following placard —
The commissioners of police having declared that th « public meeting to be held tbls day In Trafalgar-square , against tho income tax , is illegal , Mr Cjchrane respeotfully , but earnestly , requeits that the publio will not congregate or remain In the square , but return quietly and orderly to their homes . He deeply regrets , lu con . tquence of the decision of the commissioners , he bee pat tho public to so much unnecessary inconvenience . — Monday McrniBg , March 6 , 1818 . This announcement wa 3 received with indignation by the people , who tore the bills to shreds , and determined on holdingtheir meeting ; when Mr G . W . M . Reynolds , the author , was called to the chair , and several able addresses WGre delivered , congratulatory of the French people—against the Ineame Tax— iefnunciatory of the present system of taxation—in avour of the People ' s Charter .
Mr Wilson made an excellent epeeob ; and resolutions and a petition were adopted . The meeting gave thundering cheers for the brave Parisians , and the People ' s Chartsr , and the meeting was then peaceably dissolved , on which Mr Reynolds was cheered up the Strand to his residence in Wellington-street , where he addressed the people from the balcony of his house . About three o ' clook , as the meeting was dispersing in the utmost order , some sleek well-fed man aBBerted that the people assembled were lazy , and would not work—that they could get work if they wanted it , which caused an indignant feeling , and he was reprimanded for his libelbaa language on the suffering sons of toil . Some slight excitement having been created , the police commenced a violent and unprovoked interference . When remonstrated with by the people , they drew their staves , and began an onslaught , cutting and wounding the people indiscriminately in all
directions . The people , astonished at this uncalled for outrage , stood to their defence , when a body of the 'A ' division of police , who appeared to have been ready and prepared for what happened , marched up in a body . But the people closed in upon them ; the space which they cleared , one moment , waa again filled up—and they were driven back to Scotland yard . Strong reinforcements of police now poured in on all sides , as at a preconcerted signal , and commenced a fresh attack on the defenceless populace . The police then pulled down the boarding on the north side of the Nelson column , and occupied the enclosure . The police divisions from A . to F were brought out and numerous captives were made , while frequently the maimed and bleeding victims of the brutality of the police were carried to the hospital . Some of the Coldstream Guards mixed among the crowd , and became exceedingly popular .
One of the daily papers says of this disturbance' Had the rioters fihown a little more pluck , they mightiave madetheir demonstration something more formidable than a streot row . ' By eix o'clock the populace snowed everj inclination te desist from violence if left unmolested , but , after this ' time , Borne turbulent characters mixed with the peeple , evidently not belonging to those who had taken . part in the magnificent demonstration of the day . They began tearing down and breaking oome ot the lamps . The police having been again brought out in great force , some severe skirmishing took place , and heavy blows were exchanged on both sides . Men , ' women , and children were now savagely ae 8 ailed and struck by the police—even paBsere-by merely going on their own business . Seven or eight persons are so much injured , that they were removed to Charing-oross hospital to have their wounds dreaae d , One poor boy was so badly wounded , that little hopes of his recovery are held out .
The people became once more exasperated , and shortly sbefora nine o'clock , a detaohment of the crowd , consisting probably ot 200 persons , dashed off towards Pall Mall , amidst loud cheering . Many of them were armed with pieces of wood , snatched from the palisade at the Nelson Column ; and as they proceeded along the Mall , now and then broke a street lamp or a window . Several fquares of glass were broken at the Reform Club ; indeed , all along , as far as St James ' s Palace . A portion of the crowd entered St James ' s Park by the Duke of York ' s Column , and another portion by Stafford House . Here they destroyed a great many lamps , and at length a cry was raised , ' To the Palace . ' In the direction of Buckingham Palace they accordingly
proceeded , breaking almost every lamp in the range lining the south side of the walk , those on the north being left untouched . In front of the palace two or three of the large lamps wera demolished ; the guards were called out , and the crowd passed out at Buckingham-gate iato James-street , and some evil disposed persons who had joined them demolished a considerable number of shop windows in the lower part of James-street and York-street ; they alno forcibly entered one or two bakers' shops and demanded and obtained bread . In one shop they contented themselves with takiner four loaves , but at
another , after the baker had thrown out to them ft large quantity of bread , they demolished his window . In one instance only , they also stopped at a publican ' s and a few of them compelled the landlord to regale them with beer . Proceeding by this routo through Westminster , they reached Strutton-ground , when a party of police encountered them and took one or two into custody . They then rushed round Westminster Abbey , got into Parliament . street , and thence found their way to Charing-croes , from which they had originally started . Hero they gradually diminished , and by twelve o'clock Trafalgar-square was almost entirely cleared .
Tuesday . — In the morning a few boys had gathered together at play in the square , and were playing at horses , around the fountains , and some ef them tore pieces of the boarding that had been damaged the preceding evening , the police appeared in large numbers , composed of the ABODE and P divisions , under the command of Mr Commissionti 1 Mayne and Superintendents Hayes , Pearce , Hughes and Beresford , and chased the boys round and round the square , but , not content with this , they used their staves with brutal severity , and several were again taken to hospitals bleeding and maimed . About 3 , 000 police were ia the neighbourhood . This atrocious violence noon attracted a crowd , and shortly before 12 o ' clock some stones were thrown from the terrace . By five or six alarms body had assembled and moved down Whitehall and Parliament-street , —and by this time the polico had been wisely somewhat withdrawn , and v in proportion to their withdrawal , order was restored .
Oa Wednesday great excitement prevailed—but the police , seeming to have had eomenhat of a lesson , did not obtrude , and consequently , there waB comparatively quiet . In the evening , however , a body of mounted police , armed with cutlasses , rode through the principal streets , at the west-end of town . ' The only tffect of this demonstration' Bays a daily London paper , ' appeared to U 9 to be that a crowd of gaping ragamuflias were thus collected , who might otherwise have been tuking up their usual lodging under the dry arches of eomts of tbe metropolitan bridges . Indeed , we greatly question whe . ther the presence of the police in large numbers bag not bad tbe effect of very much increasing the original excitement . '
Indeed—the whole disturbance owes its origin to the infamous and brutal conduct of the police , and calls for a signal reprobation from the entire people , who would be slaves and cowards to permit such indiscriminate bloodshed . Tho Daily News has tbe following letter , from an important person , and a member of the ' wealthy " circle , en the proceedings of the police in Trafalgar . square ! Thoy may justly be c ;» lkd the Municipal Guard of London . TO THE EDiroB OF THE D 41 LT NEWS .
' Sib , —I wns quite astonished to-day to sou the violent conduct of the police in Trafalgar . square , which Btrutk mo as bting more calculated to create a dieturbanec than to suppress oae . I witnessed several quiet gentlemanly-looking peraons gmely insulted ,
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and when they remonstrated , three or four of the police force rushed on them like ho many ruffians , which , you n »» y suppose , cauoed great excitement . I am perfoctly aware of the arduous duty the police have to perform , but think that duty might be done with more discrimination , Gso , Lanb , 18 , South-parade , St James ' s Park , March 8 tb . ' A placar d hasappeared prohibiting meetings In Tra . falgar-Bqunre . All ifl quiet nnd the police have bsan withdrawn .
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' ¦ Mill ^ llllll—i COMMOTIONS AT GLASGOW . On M onday a large portion of the destitute unemployed assembled on Glasgow Green , in order to take steps for laying their circumstances before the magistrates , and other members of the Relief Committee , who , they were informed , had upwards of £ 2 . 000 in their hands for such objects of relief . An immenae co ncourse was assembled at twelve o ' clock , they were addressed by several speakers of Iheir own order , at the close ot which the immense mass proceeded throug h the Green up into the principal streets , and from thence they waited upon the leading authorities Of the town , when it is understood that , not having got a satisfactory answer to thejr demand for immediate relief , they were greatly » nncyea \ The crowd after this proceeded , by way of Neilsonatreetinto Trongate and the principal streets , where
, thev broke open bakers' shops , victuallers shops , eunsmiths' ehops , and all the prominent warehouses where they could find either food , guns , or pistols . We may mention that the violence was not partaken in by the unemployed directly , except in no far as the bread ehops were concerned ; but the thiovee and blackguards ( if the torn were the real depredators . The military were called out , also the police , and the wealthy inhabitants at once came forward to aid She auth orities to put down the emeute . At the hour we write the etreetB are still crowded , and not quieted ; All tbe Bhops are Bbut—business is completely suspended . The PoBt Office deliveries have not been sent out this afternoon . A number of men have been apprehended . Night 18 coming on . and it ib impossible at present to Bay what may bo the ultimate result . . . .
Besides breaking open the shops , several carts laden with meal were stopped in the most public fitreetfl , and completely emptied in a few momenta . An express waa sent to Edinburgh for a portion of the military stationed in that city , in addition to the force in Glasgow . The first shop broken open was that of Mr Anderson , baker , Trongate , from whioh a large quantity of bread was carried off ; from thence the crowd proceeded to the shop of Messrs Young , Gallowgate , whence they carried off several guns . The riot then Assumed a much more serious appearance , as the gathering was joined by ft number of unemployed nnvieatora and other parties , ond who were not inhabitants of Glasgow . They then proceeded to ent « r
a number of bakers' and provision shopB in Londonstreet , Argyle-atteet , and Buohanan-atraet , breaking the windows of the houses aa they proceeded . At the foot of the last named street they seised a cart aden with men J , which wae hood distributed among ** the women and boys . Amongst « ther shops entered were those of Mr B . Musgrove at the ! Cross , Mr Landella in Candleriggs , Mr Martin , in Exchangesquare , Messrs Paton in the Salt-market , where a great number of fire-arms were taken . A few shots were fired as the crowd proceeded onwards , at the same time cries were raised of 'Bread or Revolution , " Vive la RepuWiqne , ' aai others of a similar character . The alarm by this time was widely spraad . and the Bhopa were closed in many
parts of the town . The police could do little against such a body , bo that the military were . called out , at five o ' clock . A strong body of infantry , followed > y a troop of cavalry , marched along the principal streets , headed by Bailliea Blown and Orr . The riot act having been read at the Cross and . the Exchange , stops were taken to clear those localities . In the meantime other bodies of the people proceeded in different directions , entering provision stores and other shops and warehouses in several parts of the town . During the evening the crowd in the streets was very great , and the greatest alarm was felt . At the time the mail left a large reinforcement of troops waB expected from Edinburgh .
Another writer gives the following account of the causes of this outbreak : — Considerable excitement has prevailed far some days ameng the unemployed , of whom there are several thousands in Glasgow and its suburbs , and for whom ao public provision is made by the Poor Law system of Scotland . Repeated applications having been made to the magistrates without producing any effectual relief , the unemployed resorted last week to the expedient of holding meetings on the Green ; and on Saturday night a distribution of meal took place in the City-ball , by order of the authorities . It was also announced that soup kitchens would be opened to-day , for the relief of the ablebodied in a state of destitution . To-day a large crowd accordingly assembled at the City-hall to obtain the soup tickets , but from some cause or other these were net prepared for them .
LATER PARTICULARS . Oum « m Bt the Out-Prnsionhes . —Five Pmmu Murdered . Tbesbat , One o'Clock—The military and outpen 8 ioneH are still under arms . Rioting has now eommeneed at Bridgeton , where an attempt had been made to stop a mill . The out-pensioners have behaved with unexampled eavageieES . They were ordered to fire by Superintendant Smart , of the Calton police . A poor old man wasBhot through the head ; his brains and blood bestrewed the pavement at the corner of Muslin-street . Another younger man had also been ehot , and three young boys , who chanced to bs near the place where the people were assembled , were shotbut were still in life . Tho
excite-, ment amongst the working population from the mills , who by this this time were collected in crowds , was very great . The out-pensioners , to the number of eighteen , who had committed this act , under the orders ef Superintendent Smart of the Calton police , quitted the scene amidst the shouts and jm precations of the people , and made their way into Glasgow at double-quick time , followed by Dr Campbell , who had examined the bodies . About fifteen minutes afterwards a troop of cavalry , with Captain Pearce at their head , entered Bridgeton at a canter , ana were received by the populace with great cheering . In the midst of the display , one of the dead bodies of the oi « n who had been shot was carried down Main-street on a deal
board , supported on the shoulders of six or eight men , and followed by a concourse of mourners , who ever and anon shouted' military murder ! ' The dragoons at oace made way for the passage of tbe mournful cortegi , by taking the oppofi ite side of the road , 80-that the body and its followed passed without interruption . On inquiry amongBt ^ he people who were assembled at the different corne 8 ° * the streets and on the pavements , we ascertained * ** the cause of the shooting was , that a number o ; boys had , in the firs t instance , oommenoed throw » ° g clods and stones at the out-penBionere , that one boy was made prisoner for so doing , that the orow . effected his rescue , and that Captain Smart gave orders to fire , when five indmdaalfl fell after the first discharge .
Thus this sanguinary policeman ordered tfoapt to fire on tho people , because a few boys threw mud end stones . One of the peraona shot ( James Alexander , proviBi ' on dealer ) was , until one o ' clock in the morning employed aa a constable for preserving the peace , and on this occasion he had just come out of hit own shop , to dissuade the people from standing in the streets . At tbe time wo left , the factory workers in that locality with horror and trepidation , were point ing out to each other the place where the old man's blood was spilled , end truly a lamentable sight it was to look upon .
Fodr o'Clock . —There is still greater excitement amongst passengers on the streets , » s to the events of the day—the shops and warehouses are now entirely closed—large bodies of military parade the leading localities in all parts—the banks and principal publio-offieea are guarded with military , and the Glasgow Police office has more the appearance of a barracks than that of a place for the reoeptioa of prisoners , Wednesday Morning . —Luring the greater part of the night the people remained in possession oi the streets . Two men were seriously injured yesterday by the cavalry when ordered to clear the streets . Wednesday , 6 p . m . —The magistrates have issued a proclamation this afternoon . All is quiet at this hour .
LATEST PARTICULARS . Glasgow , Mabcd 8 , Half-past Sevew , p . m . — The town is at present quiet . It has beeu reported during the day , and it 1 b believed , that the miners of Airdrlo and the workmen of tho Calder ironworks there Intend coming to the city this evening , for the purpose of creating a serioua disturbance at the Bridgetown mills , at the eastern extremity of Glasgow . A considerable military force is stJUioned within tbo mill * so threatened . Tl ) B banks have been closed elnco ono , p m . All business is suspended . The London mail has not arrived , Edinbcbgh , Mabch 8 , Nine p . m . _ Large crowd , ofpeopluhavoaseembled in High-street and its neighbourhood without any avowed object or manifest purposo . By cloven , a heavy rain having set in , tha crowd waa quietly dispersing .
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COMMOTION IN MANCHESTER . ^ On Tuesday evening , a large crowd of working men nnd women assembled in front of the workhouse , in Tile-street , demanding the liberation of the mmatca , immured in the bastile . A strong band of police were marched to the spot- The disturbances oommeneed as early as three o ' clock in the afternoon , and it was not until after seven that tbe people were driven from tho neighbourh « od . The entire police force are assembling at their office . The Old haul operatives are said to be on tbo move .
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STREET FIGHTING . The following extracts are taken from the leading article of the United Irishman , published March L Referring to the conduct of the French peopla in their conflicts with the troops , the writer thus proceeds to point the moral : — They knen well that U railroads , telegraph * , m *\ U , boards , councils , and centralised institutions of one sort or another , enable a King , or Vice-Klng , a government , or Governor , to alt- in a capital , and therefrom tuIo » whole land , the / place at sbe mercy of tbe citizen * of that capital the whole government of that land—that , in fact , to master Parin was to raaater tbe exiting governmeutof Franco ; as if we seized Dublin , we would hold in our gripe English tule in Ireland , i' » head and
body and limbs—to choke it , or let it off again , at wo pleased . A centralised city , which thus enables a government to send its orders to every point , and bring its engines and mercenaries bjr etoam fram every point , is also , for these reasons , admirably adapted to be cut off from every point by a people within . The Parisians accordingly blocked up or destroyed every road leading into the city , seised on tho railway ntatioos and burned gome of them , tore up avery railroad round Paris , broke down embankment * , and cut threngb bridges with case and dexterity . Pario wbb tboB isolated , and tbe oiti . teas and tf oopn within kit to fight it out . Should any train , laden with voracious mercenaries dach an there , puffiag and panting and ccreamfng , it und its burden would tumble down to ErebuB of its own accord , without troubling any one .
The city ( Dublin is supposed ) being now cut off from without , the ' work within is simple enough . ' Aad here ia the ' work' suggested by Mr Mitchel :-1 , Every street is an excellent shooting gallery for disciplined troops , but it is a better defile in which to take them . In the vocabulary of drilling there is oc such phrase ai ' Infantry—prepare for window . poU , brickbats , logs of wood , chimacy-pieces , heary furniture , light pekers , < bc . ; and these thrown vertically on tha heads of n column below from the elevation of ft parapet or Cop story are irrciiattble . The propelling forcei , viz ., ladies or chambermaids , or men , who can do no better , have ( he additional advantage of secnrlty nnd tbe narrower the street and the higher the house , the worse the damage and tbo greater the eecarlty . A mi . lltary proportion we recommend to the study of the bait lady in the lead .
2 . Bottles , dclpb , and such missiles , mixed with these , or of themselves , not only knock down and wound infantry , bnt render tbe streets impassable to cavalry nnd artillery . A . horae may dance on eggs , bat no squadron can charge over broken bottle * . Artillery cannot ride over them , nor Indeed can disciplined footmen keep tho step , or tread among them , with case , These admirable weapons abound in every home ; avad if any engineering urchin take a soda water bottle , or small flank ef thick glass , dry inside , filled with bits of stone or iron , or metal of any sort—nails , for instance- " and with coarse gunpowder thrown into the interstice ? , cork it tight ( the cerk being perforated ) , and then at .
tach a judiolouely adjusted fuice , he will possess a domestic bomb or grenade , by which he can either blow his arm off or act with deadly effect against caralry or Infantry below , especially against cavalry . To thoee missiles , from windows and bouoetopB , revolutionary citizens add always boiling water or grease , or , better , cold vitriol , If available . Molten lead is good , but too valuable—it should be always cast in bullets and allowed to cool . The housetops and spouts furnish in every city abundance ; but care should be taken , ao th « y do in Paris , te run the bulls solid—you cannot calculate on r hollow ball , and that might be the very one selected to shoot a field officer .
8 , The Parisians never fall into this mistake , viz ., to attack barracks er forts in tbe first instance . I hair plan is to draw the soldiery into the sairew streets , where thoy can only advance a few abreast ; and where lanes , alleys , aad streets , rtmnlay at nngleg , afford excellent opportunities of taking them in flank or rear , Street-fightkig in most barrassingon disciplined troopi , especially when subject to the attentions of beadB of families from housetops aad windows , as we have shows above . They are divided—disjointed—worn out doing nothing .
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FIRST EFFECTS OF THE GLORIOUS FRENCH REVOLUTION . An immense meeting of the Delegates of the Trades of the Metropolis , was held at the Bell , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , March 9 th , to consider the distress of the operatives , when the delegates , with one consent , agreed that the basis of any remedy must be " Universal Suffrage . " A full report of this interesting meeting will appear in onr next . The Trades' Delegates assemble again at the Bell , Old Bailey , at half-past seven on Thursday evening , March 16 th .
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Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , Feb . 20 th . —Mr John Miins was unanimously re-elected treasurer oi the Westminster Land Branch , land Mr Grassby was also unanimously elected secretary in the room of Mr T . Pickeragill , who goes to take possession of his allotment at Minster Love / . Mr Wilson then gave notice of the following motion for next Sunday evening : — ' That it ib the opinion of this locality , that unless the members of the LaDd Company , commence Redemption Societies and make weekly payments thereto , there will be no possibility of the sixty thousand members being located for very rr any years ; we are therefore of opinion , that Redemption Societies should be recommended for the consideration of the next Conference , the same to be based on the plan of the building societies , to terminate in twelve years ' . Mr T . Clark appeared on behalf of the Directors , to explain ^ their motive for writing the article that appeared in the Star of the 12 th alt ., commenting upon some observations said to have been made by Mr Grassby . —Mr Grassby stated that he never did complain of the Directors running into the country , he merely stated in reply to those that did say so , that a resolution was passed at the List Conference requesting them to remain in the office , and although such motion does not appear in tho report of the last Conference there is something implied by the observations made , to warrant the belief that such was the understanding . Mr Grassbv said he considered the
letter ot the Directors an attempt on their part to prevent an independent man giving expression to bis sentiments . lie was also of opinion that his name being mixed up with the Dispatach would create an opinion in the country that he was a partisan of that paper . He also thought the concluding portion of the second paragraph to be both vindictive and uncalled for . Mr Grassby also contended , that there never would be any real satisfaction with the reports of Conferences until such time as there should be a supplement of the Star , containing a verbatim report of the whole proceedings from an accredited reporter—the extra expense of Buch supplement he believed would be cheerfully paid for by the members : if this had been the case at the last
Conference , much of the variety of opinion that h&B lately been expressed would have been spared . It was then proposed and seconded , ' That it is the opinion of this locality , that even supposing it be true , that Mr Grassby used tho words as stated in the Directors' lefctor , we are of opinion that their letter is too vindictive and uncalled for . ' Mr Clark stated that tbe Directors were beund to notice the observations of Mr Grassby in the manner they did , or the people would suppose that they w ^ re continually running into the country and neglecting the business of the Company . He was also of opinion that no such motion had passed at the last Conference as Mr Grassby had alluded to . Mr Clark said , if Mr
Grassby had been wrongly reported he was sorry for it , and if such was the case , no body of men would be more willing than the Directors to make the amend honourable . Several of the members gave their opinion that Mr Grasaby had not used the words as set down at the head of the Directors ' letter , and complained that the speech of Mr Cuifay and others had been left out of the report . An amendment was then moved and seconded : — ' That aa it appears by the explanation of both parties that no injury was intended on either side , it is the opinion of this locality that the subject had better be set at rest . ' The amendment was carried by a large majority .
Hyde . —At a meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company , assembled at the house of Mr Thomas Wood , Albion Inn , the attentien of the meeting was occupied for some timt with reading the snirited letter of Mr O'Connor , addressed fcu the' Old Guards , ' together with the enthusiastic leading articles , which were listened to with profound attention . Mr John Giukill , the sub-secretary of the branoh , shortly addressed tbe meeting u oon tho subject of the National Petition , stating tha ( t he had divided the locality into sixteen divisions , and desired that two members should bo appointed to canvas each diviaion for signatures . After a few observations from Messrs Irwin , Candelet , and Hennines , Mr Gaskill ' s recommendation was adopted . Mr William Bailey , a member of this brfl / ich of the Land Company , who h . ta tor sometime past been destitute of employment , in consequence of his enthusiasm in the cause of the Land Company , stated that the distress of himself and family had forced bim to make application for parochial relief ; the guardians , whose charity rosombles the &jtnpathy described by Goldsmith , who 'Clothe the Baked every day when they put on their clothes , ' placed before him tbo choice of three alternativesto break stones for eight pence a day , bring his family to the house , or go to Mr O'Connor , aa he wanted 'nen . Mr Bailey concluded his narrative with producing a very favourable impre-siun as to the capabilities of tho Land . The meeting separated atter collecting 4 s . 5 jH . for the assistance ot Mrs Jones , thewiteot ' lheexpattiated uatriot .
Market Lavington . —The members of the Land Company held a tea-party on the 26 t . h ult ., ia the house of Mr P . A . Love , in honour of F . O'Connor , bsq ., and his brother directors , Mr J . Robinson in tho chair—when a subscription was entered into to delend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament .
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THE MURDER IN 8 T JAMES'S PARK . On Friday , Annette Meyers was tried at the Old Bah ley , tor shooting at Henry Dacher , a soldier . The prisoner looked very pale , and was evidentl y suffering severe mental distress . She was seated ia tbe dock during the trial , and kept her handoherchief to h » face nearly the whole time , and appeared tobs crying , Tha case seemed to create a deal of interest , and the court was filled at an early hour . The evidence given was similar to that which appeared In the paptrB at the timoof the murdwr , and ehowed tha deliberation and determination with which tho murdtr had been committed , as well as the oxtreme provocation to . the crime . The followiBg letter to her mistreas was read : —
' Dear Madam—I am very sorry to leave you tbis ofterboob , bat you will soon learn thereasoaof it . Lore has occasioned It all . I should have been very happy in my place , but ids' love is teo strong ; , and rovengo is tweet when one can have it . You will know to-night wh at I mean .- It will be a warning to all young meD not te deceive o girl as he has done me . ( Signed ) ' Annette Mkyebs . ' The next was a letter written by the deceased a few uaja before the dreadful occurrenca , in which he made an appointment to meet her on the Sunday following oa which occasion there appeared to be no doubt that he made propositions of ajmost disgraceful character to the anhappy prisoner , which she rejected .
Mr Clarkbon , In defence , commented upon the con . duct of the deceased , who , Bfter having polluted and destroyed the wretched girl at the bar , had basely deserted her , because , after having made u « e of all her wages to supply her cravings for money , she refused to comply with an odious suggestion which he bad made to her , as a means of raising more money for him , Mr Clarkson then read a portion of some of the letters that bad been produced , written by the prisoner to the doceased . They wero eouchod in the most affectionate terms . In one of them said , ' My happiness In this world depends « pon you—my very existence is haund up with your well-being and prosperity . ' God help her , poor ere&ture ; said the learned counsel , she was little
aware cow that expression would fie realised . The letter went on , May Heaven watch over yoar health , and speedily conduct you to the arms of your faithful , loving , and affectionate Annette ! ' In another letter 6 he said , ' Dear Henry , shall we ever have a homo of onr own ! Oh ! how happy should I be to tend and cheer you ! With the blessiag of Gsd , I hope that happy day may come , when we shall meet to part do more , until death part as . ' There was no doubt , he said , from these letters and the other circumstances in the case , that the wretched woman entertained the fondeBt affection for the deceased , and that she was goaded almost tomadaesB , and certainly to desperation , by the bate manner in which she was deserted by the man for whom she had sacrificed everything that waB dear to her .
The jury , after deliberating about five minutes , returned a verdict of Guilty , which , however , was accompanied by a strongrecommondatioa tomercy , onaccount of the extraordinary provocation the prisoner had received . The Lord Chief Baroo , in passing sentence of Death , held 6 ut no hope of the recommendation of the jury being attended to ; and the prisoner having been asked whether she had anything to urge in stay of execution ? she replied , in a faiutvolcp , that she bad not . The wretched woman , who appeared to be almost in Hate ef inssneibiiy nas then led from the bar .
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CORN EXCHANGE Mon » at . —The supply of wheat fresh up this morning was rather short than otherwise , and of Spring corn also the arrival was moderate . The trade opened quietly with factors asking more money for wheat , which , how . ever , was not submitted to , except for picked samples , in which cases the millers gave a slight improvement ; but the state of quotations generally is unaltered from this day week . Barley makes about the same rates as last week . The dealers are still slow purcbaisers of oats , and last week ' s prices have undergone no alteration . Beans and peas of all hinds continue slow of sale , but prices are not in any decree cheaper .
BBirisH Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 50 s to 53 b , new red 45 s to 51 b , old white 55 s to 58 s , new white 50 a to 56 g , Norfolk and Lincoln , old red , —s to — b , old white , 48 s to 5 o . —Rye 32 s to 34 s . —Barley : grinding , 25 s to 28 a , distilling , 288 to 30 s , malting , 30 s to 32 g , Chevalier 32 » to 33 s—Malt : Brown 59 s to 52 s , pale 53 s to 55 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 51 s to 58 s , new pale Ware Us to 58 s , old —s to —s , Chevalier 58 s to 59 s . —Beans : Tick 32 s to 31 s , pigeon 19 s to 54 s , Harrow new 38 s to 52 s , old —s to —s . —Peas : white 48 s to 46 s , grey and maple 88 s to iIs . '—Oats : English feed 20 s to 22 s , Poland 24 s to 28 s , Scotch feed 22 s to 269 , Potato 28 s to 80 s . Irish : Limerick and Newry 21 s to 23 s , Cork and Youghal 23 s to 26 s , Cork white —s to — s per qr . —Flour : Town made 43 s to 48 s , Esses and Kent 87 s to 46 s , Norfolk and Stockton 36 g to 10 s , Suffolk —s to —8 per 2801 bs .
Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 52 s to 598 , Mecklenburg 52 s to 65 s , Russian 42 s to 62 s . — Barlej : grinding 2 vs to 25 s , malting 28 s to 31 s . —Bean ; , Egyptian 29 s to 3 is , Mediterranean 28 s to 32 s . —Peas : White 4 . fls ; toUs . —Oats ; Russian —8 to —s , Meclden . burg — s to — s per or . —American flour 25 s to 29 s per mibB . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , March 4 th , —Our market today was only thinly supplied with wheat , but a fair supply of other kinds of grain . Wheat sold from 6 s 3 d to 7 a 9 d ; oats , 2 b 8 dto 3 a 6 d ; barley , 4 n 8 dto 4 fl 9 d ; beanfl l 8 « d to 5 s 3 d , per bushel .
SMITHFIELD . Good Scots to-day made 4 s fid per stone , while Herefords , runts , and Devons were done at 4 s 2 d per stone . Tho cattle market , however , generally Bpeaking , very irregular during the day . With sheep we were subject to a very limited supply , which is unusual at this season of the year ; topping southdownB were taken off the hands of tha salesmen at 5 s 8 d per stone , and coarse , woolled wethers at 5 s 2 d per stone . Business in fleece samples was anything but passive . In the course of another sir weeks we shall be Iwoking out for lambs , when the prices of mutton may be expected to give way in favour of the former elass of meat . Calves were in moderate supply , and the most approved samples found purchasers at about a crown per stono , but ordinary veal left off at a dull course of dt mand . In pigs we had more than nsual stock , and our last week ' s currencies have sustained no manifest alteration . Prime young porkers
were effected at 5 s per 8 ft >; coarse articles hardly occupied a bidding . The quantity of cattle thrown into the market thiR morning may be summed up , in relation to the different grazing pastures throughout tbe Doited Kingdom , as is annexed : —From the north of England , about l , 00 ii ; from the western and midland districts about 509 ; from the eastern counties , 1 , , more o r less ; from Scotland direct , by steam navigation and railways , about two score , in capital condition ; and ^ the rest , consisting of both oxen and cows , were made up from the Continent , the metropolis , * and its suburban localities . The foreign side of the market was but scantily furnished with offerings , nor was the condition of the same beyond mediocrity . There were somewhere abont seven score of Dutch oxen and cows , twelve score and a half of loose formed sheep , andamiddllsg display of large calves . An exchange of hands in this order of stock took place in the course of the day .
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s 4 d to 3 s fid , second quality do 3 s 8 d to Ss lOd , primo largo oxen 4 s to 48 2 d , prime Scots , < fcc , 4 s 4 d to Is 6 d , coarse and inferior iheep 3 s lOd to 4 s , second quality do 4 s 2 d to 4 s 6 d , prima coarse woolled sheep 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , prime southdown do 5 s 4 i to 5 » 6 d , large coarse calves 4 s to 4 s 2 d , prime small do 4 s 8 d to 5 s Od , large hogs 4 « to 4 s 6 d , aeat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 s Per 8 Tbs to sink the offal ; suckling calve » 23 s t © 26 s , and / quarter old store pigs 18 s to 24 § each . Beasts 2 , 962 , sheep 13 , 670 , calves 117 , pigs 295 .
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . Th « supplies of both town and country . killed meat on ofier to-day were seasonably good , both as respects quantity and quality . As the attendance of buyers was small , and the weather extremely damp , the demand for beef , veal , and pork , ruled heavy , and in some instances the quotations had a downward tendency . For mutton especially for Down carcases , the sale was steady , at full priceB . Since our last report , about 200 carcases of foreign meat have appeared on sale . Inferior beef SsOd to 3 s 2 d . Middling ditto 3 s 2 dto 3 s Id prime large ditto 3 s 6 d to 3 g 8 d , prime small ditto 3 s 8 d to 3 s lod , inferior mutton 3 s 8 d to 3 s lod , middling ditto 41 to 4 s 4 d , prime ditto 4 s OA to 4 s 8 d , veal 3 s lOd to 4 s lOd , large pork 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d , 9 mall pork 4 s fid to is lOdper 8 ttm by the carcase .
_ BOROUGH POTATO MARKET . [ The prices of this market govern those of Tooleystreet , SpitnlfieliU , Covent-garden , and all the other Me . tropolitcn Markets . ] The market this morning has been very heavy , and prices have scarcel y varied from our last week '» quotations . . ^ York regents , 130 s to 160 s ; Seotch cups , 100 s to 110 s Kent and Essex regents , 120 s to 140 s ; do kidneys , 140 s do shaws , 100 s to 14 ts ; Wisbeach regents , 100 s to l « « s ' do kidneys , 90 s to UUs ; do blues , UUs to 100 s : tbreicn ' 9 tS to lOUfl . b '
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Nobthers Star Oitice , Saturday mornin ? , Mar . 4 th . ARRIVAL OF THE EX KING AND QUEEN OF THE FRENCH .
L ^ ma Philippe and his Consort arrived at Jtewhaven , on the Sussex coast , at noon . It hsw been known for some days that the Brighton and Continental S ; eam Navigation Company ' s packets , besides other steamers , had been sant to the French coast for the purpose of bringing awsy anv persona . Englishmen or French refugees , who ' mislit be seek > ns means of reaching our shores . One of these b ?> ats , the Newhaven , Captain Moore , ia 4 been craislne under orders from the English Admiralty several days along the coast of Havre , St Vallery , St Malo , Dieppe ,. " and Trelport , as we now learn , -with the special object of taking on board his Majesty , the ex-Kin ? , Failing in this © t > jeet t"A vessel was on Friday sent from Havre , by th * Enslish consul there , with despatches from the French to the English Government , Meanwhile , the Express , Southampton steamer , was cruisme off'the coast , near Honfleur ; and on Tirrsday afternoon . joEt before dark , fell in with a fighin ^ hfat . romw hich the captain was hailed . Itconfcained , r-es'des the crew , five persona , who proved to ba the ex-King and Queen of the French , and their attendants . They were immediately taken on trard , and the vessel turned towards England , ifter steaming the whole night , the Express arrived at Sewhiveu at seven o ' clock , on Friday morning , bat ; owing to the state of the tide and the weather the vessel coaid not safely enter the harbour until awn . Soon after eleven o ' clock . MrlroD , secretary c ? the Brighton and Continental Steam Navigation Company , put off in a shore boat to meet the royal { bguive-- " , who had by this time left the steamer in oae of her boats , and having addressed Loui 3 Phj-H ? pe , offering him every facility and assistance it was possib ' efor him to afford , returned to receive Mm and hh suite oa shore , which he di < l in company H-ith a few other gentlemen . At twelve o ' clock the king and queen , with four attendants , one of v ? hem was a female , stepped from thaboatatNewhaven-bridge . Lonis Philippe appeared extremely delighted at having reached the Ehares of England , and expressed his pleasure in ¦ mtv warm terms to those around—not more than fcalf a dozen besides the persons already mentioned . Though cheerful he looked pale . Oar correspondent \ ns one of tho-e who heard him exclaim , in reply to a remark from one of the persons present , congraiufeiine him on having , reached this country : ' Yes , ves . lknow I am safe among you-a great misfortuEe . I know the English people ; they are kind to those in misfortune . ' He shook hands with all those ¦ who offered their hands , as did the queen . Some one said his anxieties wera now 6 ver ; to which he answered , ' Yea , I have suffered much during the past weefc , —butthe counfrypeop ' e were very kind tome , ' meanin ? the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Honfleur , ia who = e houses he had been secreted in disguise . . _ . . . .
Ia this disguise he now appeared , it consisted ot a D-een blouse , dark trousers , a red and white ' comforter , and a casquette , or pea 3 ant ' s cap . Over the Kou-e was a pea coat , which had been borrowed from the " captain of the Express . The king carried a small cane . The queen wa 3 attired in mourning of the humblest kind ; consisting of a black bonnet , a T « rv thick veii , and a woollen cloak of black and mute ulaid with broad checks . She looked pinch c = re-worn . The whote of the luggage which the Tsart ^ brought was a small portmanteau about afo , t ^ Vlr le they were walking _ toward 3 the Bridge Inn . LiM ' h ' PhfinpB was very anxious to obtain a London juorninsr paper , but appeared to be quite cognisant of
the latest events mraris . On reaching the inn the party was received by Mrs Smith , the hostess , and the first act ; of . the ex-K ™ 5 a , to rail for writing materials . ' I Wish . ' he Mid . « to write to the Qaeen ,: to inform her of my safe arrival ' He then wrote , in a very short time , more than one letter , and enclosed them in < one en « lope , w ! bieb Le 2 ddre 4 d to her Majesty . With this despatch Mr Inn instantly hastened to town . So destitute were the factives of what was necessary , that Air Iron was commissioned-to return with several articles OI under clothing , dressing-casea , &o . . The party having : partaken of a little wine and biscuit , a London paper was brought , over which i ~> w Philippe glanced . He had previously sent to - Br-gutf . n for ' Mr Packham . This gentleman was at o-i tim-j -very much in the confidence of his Majesty ^ i ** 11 " 2 ; several engineering projects , being a mil . er pni a tenant of the king , on an estate near t * the Chateau d'Eu . He has since retired from bubees * , and resides at Brighton , but was , up to last e = sek in constant communication with the kin ° -. Indeed , he was closeted with Louis Philippe at the cammeneenientof the outbreak , and on making some remark respeetisg it , the king exclaimed , Oh , it is imMm ^ m&f
At three o ' clock the lion . Captain Hotbam ( one of the directors of the London and Brighton Railway , and chairman of the Packet Company ) , left Brighton by special train for Newhaven , takinc with him the carriage built for the Duchess of Kent , to be placed at the service of the ex-monarch . Sooh after an express train started with a second parcel of despatches from Louis Philippe to the Queen . The Sussex Express gives the following particulars cleaned by its reporter , who was introduced to Louis Philippe by Mr Packham . his safe
Upon his congratulating his Majesty upon arrival , the King of the French replied , ' 1 am abl . ged for your kind hosp itality and congratulates . llie queen was engaged in writlag during the interview . Hlf Majesty was apparently in good health and spirits . Early on Friday morning a steamer was seen off the hnrboar , and at ten o ' clock the captiin of tbe vessel came ashore aad engaged apertments at the Bridge Imi for a family , observing * degree of caution Which rathtr excited suspicion that the family about to bo anded trom the sttamsr was connected with the French r . fugees . A By was shortly afterwards Bent to the pier , and shortly aftsrwardB a fisaing boat came in with two ladies and tnree gentlemen . As the boat approached the
shore Mr Thomas Stone recognised hia Majesty . Sims , the landing waiter , had the honour of handing the royal party ashore , and congratulating them upon th-Jr safe arrival . His Majesty 8 eemed much agitated . On his entering the Bridge Inn Mr Thomas Stone said . Welcome to England , your Majesty . ' Upon which his Msj-jsty replied , ' I thank you—I thaak you ; I have always felt pleasure in coming to EDgland . Thank God I am in England tnce more . ' Mr Stone then said , ' We will protect your Maje 9 ty . ' The King repeated , much agitated , ' I thauk you—I thank you . ' The Queen seemed much pleased , and expressed her delight at the warm reception which had been given her . It was evident that the royal flight was wholly unprepared , as no
luggage whatever was landed . The custom -bouse officers offered th . ir services to his Majesty , Several parties had interviews , among whom were Mr William Catt and Mf Cole , both Of Whom h » Msjesty recognised . The inhabitants of Newhaven offered their services in every way which they thought might conduce to the comfort of the illuetrioas personage . —Mrs Elphick forwarded to the apartments a chest of clothes for her Majesty ' * use , bnt they were respectfully declined . All these various traits of good English hos pitality completely overpowered the feelings of'both their MajeBties , who in acknowledging them were affected even to tears . . .
Sis o ' clock . —During tbe afternoon several parties had interviews with the King , with which his Majesty seemed much gratified . Dr dry and G . Molmeux , Esq ., were introduced hy bis Majesty ' s attendants , upon which Mr Molineur said , < We congratulate your Majesty upon your eafe arrival in England , where great anxiety has been felt for jour welfare . ' His Majesty responded , 'I am highly gratified with the reception I have had since my arrival , and feel greatly obliged for yosr kind attention . I well remember your name whea I visited Lewes many years ago . ' Dr Cary aho congratulated her Majesty , and upon their taking leave both the King and Qaeen shook them heartily by the hand . A deputation from Brighton and Lewes was afterwards iatroduced and similarly received . Thefollowing t 3 an autheatic account of the flight of Louis Philippe and his consort from Paris : —
i On leaving Paris they proceeded to Versailles , ! where they hired a common vehicle to take them to ! Dreax . Here they put up at the house of a person ! on whose fidelity they could rely , where thoy passed ' the night . This friend , who we understand to be a ' farmer , procured disguises tor the royal fugitives and ' suite , the King habiting himself in an old oloak and cap , having first shaved his whiskers , discarded his i wig , and altogether bo disguised himself , as to defy the recognition even of his intimate frienda . The ether disguises were also complete . Although we have stated above that they passed the night at Dreux , they started long before daylight on their way to La Ferte Vidame , where Mr Packham has been building a mill on seme private
property of Louis Philippe ' s . On their route they were accompanied by the tarraer , who was well acquainted with the country through which they had to pass . They took the road ot Evreus , twelve to fifteen leagues from Ilonflenr . They travelled chiefly by night , and reached H&nfleur at five o ' clock on Saturday morning , i'hey remained at Honfleur , in the house of a gentleman , whom the King knew , for a short time , and then crossed to Tronville , a short distance from the town . It was their intention to embark at Trouville , but owing to the boisterous state of the weather they were compelled to remain at the latter place two days , when finding they could not embark they returned to Honfleur , with the intention of embarking from that place , bnt the weather still continued very rough , and the King fearinz that tbe Queen in her exhausted condition would be unable to bear the fatigues of a rough passage , deferred his departure till the weameantime infor
ther changed on Thursday . In the - mation was secretly conveyed to the Express , Southampton steam-packet , that they would be required to take a party from Havre to England . On Thursday afternoon the gentleman who sheltered the dethroned monarch and his consort at Honfleur engaged a French fishing boat to convey the party from Honfleur to Havre , acd fearing that in this Bm&l ! vessel the features of the King might be recognised , the gentleman engaged an interpreter to interpret French to the King , who , to render his disguise more complete , passed as an Englishman . Nothing of moment transpired on the passage to Havre , where the express was waiting with her steam up , and at nine o ' clock on Thursday evening the royal fugitiees and suite set sail for England . The vessel reached Newhaven harbour at seven o ' clock on Friday morning , but owing to the state of the tide they could not enter the harbour till nearly twelve o ' clock .
We may here state that the ex-King waa accompanied by General Dumas and General Rumigny , M . Thnret ( valet to Louis Philippe ) and a German lady as lady's maid to the Queen . This comprised the whole of the party who fled with Louia Philippe .
ARRIVAL OF M . GUIZOT . M . Guizot arrived at Dover on Friday morning by the Ville de Bruges steamer from Ostend . The ex-Bjinia ' er travelled to town by the 4 p . m . express train . On his arrival at the London-bridge terminus he was received by Mr MacGregor and the officials of the company . M . Guizot was recognised by the by-standers , and there was same slight cheering as the carriage in which he rode drove out of the station . A Frenchman present , however , exhibited an opposite feeling , and cried ont A bas Guizot ! ' The ex-minister was enveloped in a large cloak , and carried a elazed portmanteau . He looked careworn and ill . Pi » is , Friday , Nine a . m . ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC BY BELGIUM .
In the Chamhe ' r of Representatives , on Thursday , M . Castian made a speech eulogistic of the people and provisional government of France , and the speaker then proceeded to ask the cabinet if the existence of the provisional government of France had been notified to the Belgian administration ; and , if so , what reply had been given . He also asked questions respecting the arming of the fortresses , and the recent arrest of various persons in Brussels and other places . M . D'Hoffechuidt , Minister of Foreign Affairs , stated , in reply . I will not enter inte any discussion respecting the grave events which have passed in France , or the reflections which they have suggested to the honourable member ( M . Castian . ) Up to the present time ( continued the minister of foreign affairs ) the government has received no official or direct notification of the establishment of the new
government . But the Prince de Ligne ( the Belgian ambassador in Paris ) forwarded to me yesterday the following letter , which he ( the ambassador ) received from M . de Lamartine : Monsieur TAmbassaieur , —I have the honsur to inform you that the provisional government of the French Republic haB entrusted me with theporfe / euiUeof foreign affairs . The Republican form of the new government has neither changed tbe position of France in Europe nor its sincere disposition to maintain its friendly relations with those powers which like France desire tbe independence of nations and the peace of the world . I shall he happy to concur , throngh all the means ia my power , towards promoting that concord of nations in their reciprocal dignity , and to remind Europe that the principle of peaee and the prinoiple of liberty had birth on the same day in France . —Accept , M . l'Ambassadenr , < fcc , & . C ., si gned Lahaetine . The conclusion of the letter was greatly cheered .
M . D Ucffschmidt ( in conclusion ) : The Belgian government has requested the Prince de Ligne to reply immediately to M . de Lamartine , in order to inform him that tbe Belgian government has received with much pleasure the assurance given by the provisional government that France is actuated by sentimenta favourable to the independence of territory and the peace of the world , sentiments which respond so well to those of Belgium itself . M . DHtffichmidt then proceeded to state that precautionary measures had been taken in the fortresses on all the Belgian frontiers indiscriminately , that Belgium could not interfere in the affairs of other countries , nor busy itself with the form of government they should think fit to adopt . On Thursday afternoon Lord Normanby had
another Ion ? interview with M , de Lamartine , at the Hotel des Affaires Etrangeres , when the ambassador communicated the substance of despatobea he bad received from Lord Palmerston , the tenor of which was , that according to the diplomatic usages , a temporary government like the present was one to which a regular ambassador could net be accredited , but that England nad no intention or desire to _ interfere in any measures which France might take in the formation of a new government , and that whatever tie forms of that government might be , the ambassador should be accredited to it as soon as it was regularly constituted . It was added that in the meanwhile the moat amicable relations between the ambassador and the provisional government would be maintained .
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placo yesterday , both under the presidency of MM . Lou m Blanc and Albert . The immediate result of these meetings has been , thaf toe provisional government have decreed that the working day in Paris shall be reduced from eleven to ten hours , and in the provinces from twelve to eleven hours , and that the employment of workmen by intermediate taskmasters shall be abolished . Nothing is said in the decree respecting the rate of wages , but it was understood that , for the present no chanae in the customary rates will be mnide . The Paris papers of yesterday are crowded with proclamations and decrees of the provisional government , with adhesions to the Republic , and with despatches from the provinces proving that the recognition of the Republic was universal in France .
Paris was perfectly tranquil . The re-organisation of the army and the traising of the new National Guards were proceeding satisfactorily . The public were paying , with undissembled good will , the taxes in advance . Switzerland is in ecstasy at the late events in A rumour has been spread that Baden is in full in . surrection . The tri-co ! oured flag , ft . ia reported , ia displayed in Mayence and Darmstadt .
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THE NORTHERN STAR , March 11 , 1848 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1461/page/8/
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