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VOL. I.) W EE K E N DING S A T I' It I) A V , JULY 8 , 1 848 . (NO. 14.
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DETAILS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. following; terms: "The crown which I received from
Tt was on the evening of Wednesday, the 9oth of the French nation I abdicate lo the French nation in fa-
Februarv, at 3 o'clock, that M. Rambuteau, the Prefect v,)r of m.v grand-son."
of the Seine, waited upon his Majesty, Louis Phillippe, The troops having evacuated the Tullerics, the place
to inform him that the Municipal Council had decided "'as immediately o cupifd by the insurgents, who des
on demanding the resignation of the Ministry . The troyed every thing in it wind iws, furniture, pictures,
news of their resignation spread like wildfire through etc. The throne alone was left entire, carried in pro
Paris, and fur a moment the fighting ceased. In Ihe session through the streets and the Boulevarde, and
evening the Rues St. Monroe, St. Martin, and Ramhu- ultimately smashed to pieces. A similar scene of des
teau, were illuminated; the trorps withdrew, with the Auction look place at the Palais Royal. All the furni
eweptinn of those stationed in the Place du Carrousel, turt' was taken out, and burnt in the court,
before the Hotel de Ville and the Hallos they however VVe find the following paragraph in an English paper
allowed the people to move about wherever it pleased of Feb. 2filh:
them. Rands of citizens, earning torches, and singing Sudden departure of Prince Louis Napoleon Bona-
the "Maiseillaise" and the chorus of the Oirondius, parte lo France. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
emerged at intervals from the different streets, and vvhose escape from the fortress of Ham so recently
then vanished in the distance, intermingling their songs agitated Ihe public mind, has again, it would appear,
bv cries of a has f.ui.ol! Vive la Reforme! Quiet determined to try his fortune in the land which was
seemed restored but about ten o'clock a dense mass, the scene of the most remarkable events in the history
consisting chiefly or students, was seen advancing to- 0 J)s uncle.
wards the hotel of the Minister or Foreign Affairs. Tne following appears in a letter from Dover:
They were slopped by a detachment of troops, on duly , "J. have just learned from what I consider an un-
before the hotel they endeavored to force the passage, doubled source, that Louis Napoleon crossed the chan-
when the troops shouldered their muskets and fired, gel tins inornirfg, incognito, and lhat he is now in
Hy one account Ihev did so without orders, being pro- 'ra',Tcc' , .
voiced by an act of allrocious ruffianism on Ihe part of VVe may remark, says the Liverpool Mercury, that
a young man who walked up to Ihe officer in com- the day vvlien Louis Lapoleon Bonaparte is said to have
mand and deliberately blew out his brains with a pislobu crossed over lo France, was the anniversary of the day
"TOlTTTriXTy of- lh(f foiemost fell; of Whom lour or live u,eu "is uncle Napoleou made his escape fnmrEibd.
were killed. This greatly exasperated the mob, and ,n regard to foreign influence in the affairs of France,
cries of "Cuizot a la lanterne," were shouted by some an English correspondent of Wilmer and Smith's limes
of the more furious barricades were immediately writes thus:
erected, and the deep tones of the locsin pealed from "With regard lo foreign affairs, it is generally be
the towers of Notre Dame. About twentv-six minulcs 1,evc(1 thai England will recognize the Republic. It is
after the event, the buzz of an approaching multitude against Austria, not England, thai the popular feeling
coming from the Boulevard des Capucincs was heard, runs- As for invasion of England, it is not thought of
and a loin song of death, "Mourir pour la palrie" was n0,,. and indeed I believe there is respect for the "land
chanted by Ihe throng instead of the victorious Marseil- of liberty." Should an invasion be ever attempted I
laise. Mingled with this awful and imposing chorus, "Mil say this as an eye witness lhat if the English peo
the noise or wheels could be. heard. A large bod v of P,(J were animated with such a spirit as were Ihe
Ihe people slowly advanced-four in front carried tor- French, when in one night they made their capital,
dies. Behind them came an open cart surrounded bv m presence of 100,000 men, impassable for troops, no
torch-bearers, and upon the cart were Ihe dead bodies army of invaders would succeed against them. What
slain before the hotel of M. Cuizot. The procession they seem to fear is a sudden determination of the
halted at the office of the National, and the whole party Northern Powers to take advantage of their unprepared
burst into a unanimous shriek or crv of vengeance! state, and, by means of the railways with which Ger
M. f.arnier Pages, vho happened to be at the office at '"any is intersected, throw an army into France. On
the lime, addressed the people, promising lo use his the other hand, great hopes are entertained of Italy
efforts to obtain justice, and the procession passed on. causing a diversion. The Constitutional points cvidenl
The night was a fearful one, being spent in the forma- to to war, saying, that if other countries demand their
lion of barricades at the corner of almost everv street, assistance, they shall have it; and that this is the feci
al which gentlemen, shopkeepers, clerks, aim opera- "g of the Provisional Government I doubt not. They
lives, all worked with the greatest eagei ness. There have with much tact given the foreign affairs to De
were also numerous skirmishes between the peopleand Lamarline, who is a lover of peace, and whose emi
the municipal guard in different quarters or the city. nently respectable name is calculated to look well in
On Thursday the excitement increased, and early in the eyes of foreign powers,
the morning people were busy barricading the public The people count with a sort of certainty upon the
slreets, assisted by the students of the Polytechnic northern powers being embarrassed by their own sub
School. All classes, both high and low, diligently en- jeets. The Poles in Paris have already offered to form
gaged in these labors. a Polish Legion. It is to Admiral Baudm that Ihe com-
At noon Ihe Palais Royal was attacked and laken maud or Toulon fleet is given; he is one of the old ad-
in about an hour and a hair, after a sanguinary contest, mirals of the empire, and his name is popular.
in which no fewer than five hundred are said to have : . . .
fallen. The pleasures of a caustic satirist are of a peculiar
The Tullerics was also attacked about one o'clock, nature, but lie enjoys them notwithstanding. It is said
when His Majesty immediately abdicated the French lhat Le Sage, the author of Gil Bias, was offered 100,000
throne in Pavor of the young Count de Paris and all Hvrcs lo suppress a play he wrole; but though in ex-
lhe lloyal family left the Tullerics in private carriages, trenie poverty, be preferred gratifying bis satirical re-
The written aJbdicalion is said to be concluded in the vonge to making his fortune.