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We gather the following account oP th. attempt ol'
Ledru uollin to break down the Proisioual Got em
inent froin the European Times of April 22d.
On the IGlh of April, Paris was in a state of great
confusion in consequence of an attempt made by M.
Ledru Rolli'n and the Communists to upset the. Pro
visional Government. It appears that on Salurdjy
evening, at the sitting of thy Provisional Government,
very high words arose between the M7o parties, ul
tra Republican and the more moderate members. .M.
Ledru Uollin was particularly energetic, be.in,' o
posed by M. Marnul, '"ho said that it was his film
intention as well as Hut of hi m ire rnooVr.u 'OY
leagues, to respond to the general wishes of tb ; na
tion, and proceed .with mo I 'ration, as olh'rvv'H,4 n
thing could ensue htit civil war and bloodshed. A
warm altercation ensaed, which ended in M. L'dru
Rollin calling M. 1 irr.nl ux i.ir.ns, which oppro
brioua mith.it wh r jp lid by a sl ip in the f ice. I'h
oth.T in "nhers tnti preve it 'd further violnce: hut
M. L jdni Rolliu it U said, beiig convin.r'd th.it th
working classes weiv with him, gave the, m or d'oroks
for th 'display of physical fonv. Accordingly oti Sun
day morning th i organ oP th-; club, th C wnurine
do Pan-?, niiii'n m 1 all "revol ith i ur s" t n "t in
the Cbinp do Yfm. Hie e T'cl w i 1 1 it l'i t wo iLs
of the morning the Boulevards and streets were crow
ded with pr u.si i as niki'U J ' 'iv to.'.'irl; tin
Chimp de Mars, bat it was not till low ir.ls 2 o'clock
that the. alarm was lak mi by lha Goverum nl. At
th it ho.ir the r 4iii.' hgi:i ti b 'it, t i ! sb p!were
cl H vi and a ti liv v ll piiies-i.'! 'iji 1 1 th i p ihlic.
Tb assembly of ouvniK.tss H th; Chimp de Mars
amounted to upwards of 15'). TJ ii'ti i conciliation
of. delegates took, pl.ice, after which the diTi rent
trades, which wera mirsbilled .ind r d short I ad rs
an 1 iu ireb 'd in c dinnns tea dvp, dir cl d th ir steps
towards thd Hotel de Ville. Auiuigsl the cries were
"A b.is Lamarliue," and "A b.is le Governem 'nt
Prokinio lairc." tha Natio i il Gaird and Gaird. Mo
bile turned out und.T ar ns wlvu tins iuim'Kl. was
beat, aud have sboun the best disposition towards
iho Provisional Government. They occupied the whole
square of the Hotel de Ville, the Bourse, the residen
ces of the Ministers, and tbj various public buildings.
They lemained under arms all night. The supposition
is, that uhcuit was found that the National Guards
were out in great numbeis, tbey thought it advisable
to proceed peaceably.
It appears that there was actually an attempt made to
depose the moderate members of the Provisional Gov
ernment, which was rendered abortive by the firm
ness of M. f.amartine. Before the procession began
to move from the Champ de Mars towards the Hotel
de Ville, M. Cabet went to the Hotel de Ville and
demanded an inlerview with the Provisional Govern
ment. M. l.amartine vva the only one who recermT
him. M. Cabet immediately declared that tbe'iPjro
visional Government had betrayed the cause of the
people, and that it was necessary, and tint it should
be lec instituted. Ho then banded in a list of those
who should form the new Provisional Government,
a id declared, that if it were not accepted, the people
fh n assembled in the Champ de Mars would march
on tli" Hotel de Ville, and efTect by force that which
tb.'V b d would be gra.ited by peaceable m;ans.
I'h list Riven m by M. Cabet contains the following
Floooo, Araga, Raspail,' Pierre TTuTdT: SiflSfc
was proc -eding to makesom further remarks, when M.
La ii irtiue stopped him, d 'daring that he was a trai
tor lo tile R 'public, aud that he would not listen to him.
M. d l.amartine immediately left the room, and, after
co billing with M. Marrast, M. Pages, and some
oth t meinl) ts .r thj governm nt issued an order for
the arrest of M. Gibjl, but tin citizen bid previ
ously l,;ft the Hotel de Ville it is stated, however, that
hi was taken at a late hour in the evening, aud that
tie is now in custody. (Polynesian.
Fnuirs op Courtship.-Ned Grimes wore a sad coun
te mice. H; was often asked what was the nutter;
bul no satisfactory answer was furthcoming. At
length a particular friend obtained the following-ac-coi-il
of htm: 'Vou know said Ned, 'I have been
curling Silly VV. a lon while; and so un had a
gr at nutio'i of getting uurne,d, wiun that darned
ol 1 C il hi d '-'Go on, Njd, d in't oj a bjy ; what
ah ml C iloaji ' Why, you see, Sally said I had
belter ask at u t.ii s 1 1 did, as purlito as I knowed
In v. 5ll. whit reply did he uuki? 'Why, he
kiod r hint d round What kind ol hints did he throw
oat? v iiy, he kinder hintej roiud as if 1 want
waaled liurot' A ell, Ned, iel us know what it was,
vviiit iu Cii.mjl said to disluro yuar miudso.'-.
'V.'hy, Iu said "Said what Why, he. said ir he
caieh.'d on there again he would coiv-hide ine till I
hadn't an inch of rine left on my back darn his
old picturl'
At present, in Great Britain, there is one to 1585 of
the population deaf and dumb, aod one in 1000
blind.