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THE GAZETTE:
By EDGAlt SNOWDEN._
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LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
After a long repose, the tranquility of the Old
World seems to be again disturbed. Two arri- ;
vals at this port from Havre, bearing intelli- ;
gence from Paris to the 15th of April, have sup
plied us with the details of events of much more
than usual interest.—2V. Y. Com.
From GalignanVs Messenger, 12th April.
EVENTS AT LYONS AND ITS VICINITY.
The Ministerial Evening Journal gives the
following details relative to the events at Lyons:
“The government received this morning, by
express, a report of the proceedings at Lyons
on Wednesday. It presents a lamentable pic
ture, since French blood has been shed—but, at
the same time, affords positive assurances of
the triumph of order and the laws. For seve
ral days the authorities had been warned, and
were prepared for sinister occurrences. Every
thing showed that the agitators, despairing of
success in the capital, where the magistracy is
sustained by the National Guards and the gar
rison, determined to make an attempt in the,
provinces, and the unfortunate city of Lyons,
the capital of industry, obtained the deplor
able preference.
The Mutuellists appeared little disposed to
engage in the plot, and it has been clearly de
monstrated that only such workmen as have
become connected with political societies join
ed the anarchists. As early as the preceding
day, the brave General Aimard made his ar
rangements. The court was well guarded; re
inforcements were called in from the environs.
The Prefect went to the place St. Jean to judge
of the state of affairs, and to consult with
the military commanders. Although the
court was sitting, the place St. Jean was
nr\ m nlptplv frpp from anv assemblages of the
people, and this solitude evidently proved that
the anarchists had determined to come &n masse.
In fact, they made their appearance about 11
o’clock. A man read an incendiary address,
and in a few minutes after the barricades were
begun. The Prefect, without a moment’s hesi
tation, gave orders for their being destroyed.
Major Gen. Buchet commanding the Depart
ment of the Couches-du-Reone, under General
Aimard, directly brought the troops forward.
The Gendarmery under Col. Ganuet, and the
Infantry, assailed the barricades with the most
determined resolution and carried them under
a brisk tire. The Prefect never quitted the
troops during the action. The barricades were
all thrown down as soon as they were raised,
but still there were a great many seriously
wounded, and some killed; but the greatest loss
was not on the side of the troops. The severest
part of the action took place in the Palace de
Ja Prefecture. The anarchists found their most
* solid entrenchment in the new temporary hall,
and it became necessary to beat down the pali
sades with cannon shot. They were soon de
stroyed, and those who had endeavored to de
fend them were put to flight. The place was
then entered by the troops, and a long ex
change of musketry ensued between the sol
diery and the insurgents, who had stationed
themselves in what is called the Organ Gallery.
Cannon were again used, the Gallery was forc
ed from the alley and entered. A house, filled
with rioters armed with muskets, was burst open
by means of petards. A great number of pri
soners were taken, some wounded, and others
blackened with gunpowder. At every point the
troops had the advantage. Other engagements
took place on the bridges, at the Place des Ter
reaux, and at La Croix Rousse.
The cannon and musketry were fired for se
veral hours together in the midst of this com
mercial city, where nothing would be heard but
the sound of the looms, if factions had not at
tempted to put a stop to them. During a con
test of five hours the troops displayed a firm
ness which must put an end to the criminal
hopes of those who, it is said, relied upon their
defection. The military and civil authorities
rivalled each other in zeal and devotedness. It
is painful to have to bestow upon them this
praise, but it is a duty to do honor ta those who
expose their lives for the maintainance of or
der and the laws. At four o’clock the action
ceased. Some few musket shots resounded af
tprivarHs nt intervals in thp stmptc in thp ppntrp
of the town. The troops were in repose. The
Government has not received any telegraphic
dispatches since that of yesterday morning,
which announced that Gen. Aimard was in full
possession of all the positions, but to day no te
legraphic communication could come beyond
Semur. Dispatches from all the surrounding
country, as well as from St. Etienne, Macon,
and Dijon, announce that all was quiet there.
The Constitutionnel, after giving the report
upon the proceedings at Lyons, on Wednes
day, from the evening Ministerial journal, which
will be found in another column, has the follow
ing:—'* The despatches from which the above
recital was taken, were brought yesterday morn
ing by an Officer d’Ordonnance, who left Ly
ons at 10 o’clock on the night of the 9th inst.
They comprise a report from Gen. Aimard, ad
dressed to the Minister of War, and a letter
from the Prefect. We are enabled to add to
the above extract various details it does not
contain, but which transpired in the course of
the day. It appears that the workmen made
their first advances in columns, and in good or
der, towards the Palais of Justice, announcing*
their resolution to protect their brethren then
before the Court, as the Judges were defended
by the troops. Numbers of them were armed.
After ineffectual injunctions to them to retire,
hostilities commenced, and about twenty-five
soldiers were put hors de combat. Upon this,
the troops retorted with great vigor. The work
men, on their side, defended themselves with
great intrepidity. Their movements were di
rected with great regularity, and the orders
given were followed with the utmost precision.
The artillery drove them for shelter into the
narrow street, in the centre of the town, and
particularly in Rue Merciere, where it was dif
ficult to reach them. The number of workmen
en£a£ea in combat is said to amount to be
tween seven and eight thousand. Their loss
has been very considerable. The dispatches do
not give the numbers of the killed jyid wound
ed; but we are informed that a letter received
by a commercial house says: “ We have obtain
ed to-day a great advantage, but it has been
dearly bought.,
It is said that an attempt was made in the
Place Bellecour, to proclaim a Republic. When
the despatches were sent off, the rioters were
concentrated in the streets which are in the
neighborhood of the Archbishop’s Palace.—
Three houses they occupied were fired upon
with grape shot, and in one of them 150 prison
ers were taken, many of whom were wounded.
Although the National Guards are not embo
died, a certain number of the citizens, dressed |
in the uniform, mingled with the troops, who
remained faithful against all attempts at seduc
tion. The Telegraph which has been deranged
is that at Limonset, two leagues from Lyons,
and that at Fouviere has been dismounted. It
is to be regretted that the cloudy weather yes
terday prevented the telegraphic despatches
coming beyond Semier, and thus hindered the
arrival of news. The last accounts by the te
legraph were received on Thursday, and were
dated 12 o’clock.
At that hour, as appears by the statement in
the Ministerial Evening Journal, the insurgents
had not been dislodged from the houses they
occupied in the centre of the town, but theie is
every reason to presume that before the eve
ning this deplorable revolt had been put an end
to.”
Telegraphic Despatch.
From Lyons, 12th April.—eleven o'clock at night.
“ To the Minister of the Interior,—
Lyons is delivered. The faubourgs occupied
by the insurgents have fallen into our povver.—
The intercourse is every where re-establishe d.
The mails have this evening again taken their
usual routes. The anarchists are in the great
est disorder.”
EVENTS IN PARIS.
From the Galignani Messenger of April 13.
The band of rioters who last night attempted
to renew the scenes of the Cloitre St. Mery, in
this capital, have been defeated at every point
by the the bravery and devotion of the troops
and the National Guards, who vied with each
other in zeal and energy to put an end to these
iawless and desperate outrages. The insurgents
placed themselves in streets in which they had ta -
ken their stand,whence they could fire in compa
rative safetyupon the troops and national guards,
and thus assassinate their brave antagonists.
They keptup in this manner an occasional firing
duringthe entire night,which was not returned by
the troops; but when daylight enabled the latter
to act, to take the possession of every barricade,
and every house which anoraed mem sneiier,
was but the work of an hour, and, between se
ven and eight o’clock, they were masters of eve
ry hostile position. It is stated (but in the dis
order necessarily prevailing at a moment like
the present, we cannot vouch for the truth of
every statement we receive,) that in one of the
houses, a number of the rioters were discover
ed, who had been most active in their murder
ous assailment of the National Guards and sol
diery, and that not one of them were suffered
to escape alive. The insurgents were evident
ly intimidated at the break of day by the dis
play of the force which surrounded them on all
sides, and by the arrival of the artillery; they
immediately abandoned their advanced bar
ricades, and retreated to the houses of the
narrow streets and allej?s, which were then
blockaded by the armed force on all sides,
and several prisoners made. The National
Guards of the Banlieue arrived in Paris during
the night, and were stationed in the Place dll
Carousel, and, with other detachments, are now
patrolling the disturbed quarters. At six in the
morning, the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours
mounted their horses and rode to the scene of
disturbance, taking the Quays, the Place de
Greve, and the adjacent streets, to the Rue St.
Martin. They were received in their progress
with the warmest acclamations from the troops,
the national guards, and the people. They re
i turned to the Tuileries at 8 o’clock.
The following additional particulars have
reached us relative to the proceedings of last
night:—In the 7th arrondissement the whole po
pulation, and especially the working men, be
held with indignation the assassination of a
drummer and a genadier of the 7th Legion who
were walking alone. An officer of the staffon
his way with orders for the 12th legion, receiv
ed a bullet, which pierced his arm and entered
his side. His life, however, is not despaired of.
The National Guards and the Line received
each other with cries of Vive la Garde Nation
ale! Vive la Linge! At the Pointe St. Eust
ache, the barricades were carried by a column
of two battalions of the 4th Legion of the Na
tional Guards, one of the 1st, and a battalion of
the 54th of the Line. M. Chapuis, Col. of the
4th Legion, a most gallant officer, was wound
ed in the arm by a bullet, and was replaced in
the command by Gen. Allez. The lamps, as a
matter of course, were broken by the insurgents
in a part of the Rues St. Denis and St. Martin,
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as well US 1X1 SCVCUll me t*V4j**ewiv om.vw,
but their absence was made up for by the in
habitants lighting up their houses. The Minis
ter of the Interior remained almost constantly
on horseback during the evening. He was with
Gen. Bugeaud at the attack of a barricade; a
young auditor of the Council of State, an offi
cer of the National Guards who was on horse
back by his side, received a bullet in the collar
bone.
P. S.—(One o’clock.)—His Majesty is now
reviewing the troops in the Place du Carrousal,
preparatory to riding through the quarters of
Paris which have become the seat of disorder,
as he did in June, 1832; he was received by the
troops and National Guards, as well as the as
sembled crowd, with enthusiastic cheers, and
cries of Vive le Roi! Vice Louis Philippe! The
quarters where the disturbances took place are
still occupied by the Military and Municipal
Guard, and the vigilance of the Government is.
unabated. Cavalry, infantry, and masses of the
citizen troops remain under arms, ready to act
at a moment’s notice, should their services be
again called for, of which, however, wTe are
happy to announce no apprehension is enter
tained. A great number of prisoners were made
at the various barricades. As the Dukes of
Orleans and Nemours were passing the Rue
de Ponceau, two shots were fired at them, hap
pily without effect.
The National announces that the patent of
M. Mie, printer of the Tribune, has been with
; drawn. The number of this morning, has not
| appeared.
Paris, April 14.
The King, accompanied by the Dukes of Or
leans and Nemours, and the Prince de Joinville,
the Minister ot \\ ar, Marshal Gerard, and nu
merous Genei als, yesterday at twelve o’clock,
reviewed the 5tn Regiment of Light Infantry,
the 54th of the Line, and the 8th Horse Chas
seurs in the Court of the Tuileries. After the
review his Majesty received in the Hall of the
Marshals, all the officers of the regiments that
had been reviewed, and in the presence of the
Queen, Madame Adelaide, the young Princess,
and the Princesses, addressed to them in a
voice tull of emotion, but at the same time in a
firm tone, the following speech:—k‘ My dear
| Comrades: I have wished that you should partici
pate in the satisfaction I experience, and thus j
relieve my heart, which has been deeply afflict
ed, by announcing to you myself that the la
mented struggle in which the city of Lyons has
'been for four davs engaged, has at last termina
ted in the triumph of order, the laws, and liber
ty by this new guarantee for our institutions,
which vour brave comiades of the garrison of
Lyons have sealed with their blood! Though
we have to lament the loss of so many brave
men, and particularly that of cuoIo“el
who perished gloriously at the head of the 28 th,
we have at least the consolation of feeling that
the army of France has given a new proot ot
its valour, its fidelity, and its patriotism. I nms ,
through you, to thank the garrison of Lyons,
and at the same time testify my full confidence
that, on every occasion, the army will show that
it remains what it has shown itself at all times,
faithful to its duty and to its honor. It will al
ways find me ready to second it, and it is with
my whole heart that I appreciate the noble sen
timents with which it is animated, as well as
the great services which it has rendered to the
country.” The moment the King concluded,
he was answered by cries of Vive le Roi, Vive la
Famille Royale! uttered by every individual in
the Hall with ah enthusiasm difficult to describe.
His Majesty, who was sensibly affected, spoke
ao-ain, and said, “ I cannot express how I am
impressed with the sentiments you have mani
fested with so much force. It is always with my
whole heart that I renew those which I bear to
wards the army. I was brought up in its ranks,
and was ever ready to share its dangers, and
identify myself with its glory, as I had the hap
piness of doing in my youth.” The exclama
tions of Vive le Roi! were renewed with increa
sed enthusiasm, and resounded through the hall
long after their Majesties hud retired.
The disastrous events at Lyons, which have
so painfully occupied the capital for the last few
days, have been made the occasion of another
attempt to disturb the tranquility of the capital;
which, though presenting nothing of a very
alarming character, cannot but be deeply de
plored by every friend to public order. The de
signs of the pertubators had been however fore
seen, and fully provided for by the Government,
and every measure taken to defeat them. The
troops were consigned to their several barracks,
and strong pickets paraded the streets, on the
night of Saturday, but public tranquility can
scarcely be said to have been disturbed, for
though a handful of disorderly individuals at
tempted to create some disturbance, in the Rue
Tprm .Tarnnes Rousseau, the Rue St. Martin, and
other quarters they were too insignificant in
number, and too alert in their movements at the
slightest approach of the military, or civic force,
to inspire any thing in the nature of alarm. A
party, we presume a branch of the above pa
raded the Boulevards btween ten and 11 o’clock,
singing the Marseillaise, and shouting l ivent les
Lyonnais! .4 bas le Juste Milieu between the
couplets. Upon arriving opposite the Guard
house situated on the Boulevard Bonne Nouvel
le, occupied by a picket of troops, they cheered
the soldiery with cries of Vive la Ligne. The
detachment, who were drawn up before the post,
receive this compliment in perfect silence; the
band however appeal'd disposed to station them
selves on the spot, but on the peremptory sum
mons of the serjeant, they retreated with the ut
most rapidity. Someother parties traversed the
streets, but displayed no disposition whatever to
tumult, as they dispersed themselves upon the
appearance of the pickets with cries of Vive la
Ligne! Vive le Roi!
Yesterday the favorable news from Lyons
spread general gratification thoughoutthe capi
tal, except among those who look to the reign
of tumult and disorder as a means of furthering
the purpose of faction. This party had evi
dently been busy preparing means of insurrec
tion, and though during the day every part of
Paris wore the most peaceful aspect, towards
evening groups began to assemble near the Port
St. Martin, and in several of the little streets
branching from the other end of the Rue St.
Martin towards the River. The rappel soon be
gan to beat to arms in every quarter, which was
answered by the National Guards at all points
with alacrity, and detachments of the citizen
troops united with the troops of the line, patrol
led the various streets. The enemies of public
order, however, contrived to elude the vigilance
of the troops, and by seizing an omnibus and
some other vehicles which were passing, from
which they unharnessed the horses, rapidly
raised a barriacade at the corner of the Rue
Jean Robert, and afterwardssucceeded in erect
1 ing others in the Rue Greniere St. Lazare,
Rue Beaubourg, and the Rue duincampoix,
near the Rue Aubry-le-Boucher, all narrow
streets, and calculated to render an attack on
the part of military at once difficult and danger
ous. The greater part of them, however, were
speedily taken possession of by the troops in
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me IllUSl gtliltWll uianucj, nujjjjuj icu \jy me na
tional Guards, but, we are sorry to say, not with
out some loss, principally on the part of the mis
guided perturbators, and some wounded on the
side of the soldiery. The entire of the barri
cades, which presented a very feeble obstacle
j to the bravely of the troops, would have been at
! once destroyed but for the fall of night,
j The inhabitants at each end of the Rue St.
j Martin, the Rue St. Denis, and other places
1 where the military might require to act, sponta
neously lighted up their windows, in order
to render the gallant defenders of public
order all the assistance in their power. The
devotion of the troops, seconded as it is by the
; noble zeal of the National Guards, both of whom
have earned on this occasion a new title to the
: gratitude of their fellow citizens, are a sure
j guarantee that the present madly rash attempt
I will meet the fate ofall those which have preced
| ed it, and terminate like them in discomfiture
| and defeat.
CHAMBER OF PEERS.—Sitt ing of April 14.
At two o’clock Baron Pasquiertook the chair.
Immediately after the adoption of the proces
verbal of the preceding sitting.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs ascended the
tribune and addressed the Chamber in the fol
lowing words:— '
Gentlemen, have the satisfaction to announce,
that order is established at Lyons, that the
lawistriumphant there,andthatthe insurgents,
attacked in all the positions where they had en
trenched themselves, are in the most complete
state of dissolution. As to the events which
have taken place in the capital, I shall remark,
that though we were threatened with a battle,
we have witnessed only a serious of assassina
tions. The person of the Prince Royal was for
a moment in danger. Several officers of the
National Guard and of the Line have fallen in
the performance of their duty. I shall not en
ter into further details at present, not having an
accurate knowledge of them myself. This, how
ever, I shall add, that the troops of the Line and
the National Guard rivalled each other in their
zeal and ardent defence of the Constitutional
Monarchy. By such conduct the national char
acter has been raised; but by a deplorable con
trast, that same national character has been de
graded in the persons of some desperate menj
whd being led astray by those sinister doctrines
that have been assiduously spread for some time
back have not hesitated to deliver up the capital
to the same horrors of which Lyons has been the
theatre, and have endeavored to renew the fa
tal days ofthe 5th and 6th of June. In these grave
circumstances, the Government is deliberating
upon the measures necessary to be proposed to
the Chambers, but pressing as the circumstan
ces are, the habitual wisdom of the Chamber
will make it see how important it is for the Go
vernment in the present state of the countiy, not
not to resolve upon these measures until after
the most calm and mature deliberation. (Pro
found sensation.)
The President, after expressing in the name
of the Chamber his concurrence in the senti
ments uttered by the Minister, said that if the
Chamber wished to repair to the Palace to ad
dress the King, the sitting should be suspended.
! The sitting was accordingly suspended, and
the President and a great number o( Peers le
paired to the Palace of the Tuileries.
At a quarter to four o’clock the sitting was
resumed, when the President communicated
the following Address, which he had delivered
to the King, with his Majesty’s answer.
“ Sire—The Chamber of Peers has felt aunani
mous desire of renewing to your Majesty under
the present serious circumstances the expres
sion of its invariable devotedness. More than
once already the madness of factious men have
' imposed the duty upon it. If their fanatcism is
l.not yet exhausted, if their criminal efforts have
just been renewed, at least the sterile and san
guinary atrocity of their last acts attests more
than ever their impotence. Whatever attempts
Sire, they may make, they will never weary ei
; ther the civic courage of the National Guards.
| or the intrepid zeal of the army, or the firm de
! votedness of the great bodies of the State, and
! particularly of the Chamber of Peers, which is
j attached to your Majesty by a profound sense
of patriotism and social duty.”
To this address the King replied—‘:TheCham
ber of Peers has uniformly at every crisis we
have been destined to pass through testified the
same sentiments. This is a great lesson to those
i who so frequently have had the criminal audaci
ty to renew the lamentable scenes which we
have just witnessed. It is again to the valor
and perseverance of our brave troops, and Na
tional Guards, that w*e ow*e our deliverance from
the dangers with which we have been threaten
ed. They have shown themselves w'orthy ol
the opinion which France entertains of them.—
I have seconded them to the utmost of my pow
er, and I feel confident that with your concur
rence, and the support of the nation, these in
stitutions will be guaranteed against every at
tempt. The step which the Chamber of Peers
has just taken will add to the strength of the Go
vernment; a strength which is so necessary in
times when the factious are in movement in
every direction, and will never abandon their
guilty hopes of renewing the calamities we have
! at this moment to deplore. This hope, howev
. er, will be deceived, and the expectations of
j France will not be disappointed. I am deeply
! affected by the sentiments which the Chamber
; of Peers has testified towards my person, and
I wish it to rely upon a continuance of those
which I bear towards it, and which are truly sin
cere.”
At four o’clock the Chamber rose.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—Siting of April
11th.
M. Dupin, President, in the Chair.
A great number of Deputies were present.—
Immediately after the adoption of the proces
verbal of the preceding sitting.
M. Andre Koechlin ascended the tribune, and
said—Gentlemen, some of the journals have
contained some pretended expressions of mine
relative to a pretended insurrection at Belfort.
I wish to declare to the Chamber, that all the
incidents relative to this subject contained in
the Paris papers, are altogether false.
The Minister of Public Instruction—Gentle
men: The Government had already informed
the Chamber and the public, that the report
spread abroad, of an insurrection at Belfort,
was completely false. I shall (added the Minis
ter,) with the permission of the Chamber, say a
few words upon what has taken place in the ca
pital—(Profound Silence.) The day before yes
terday, we made the Chamber acquainted with
the state of Lyons. The morning after we ac
quired the fullest certainty that these unfortu
nate events had terminated in a manner the
most favorable for public order. We may now
affirm that all danger is over at Lyons. Deplo
rable as these events have been, they will at least
serve to convince the country, that no person or
persons shall attempt with impunity to disturb
public order, or oppose the public force. At the
moment when we acquired this certainty, scenes
of an analogous nature were beginning to be
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were something of a different character. We
exdected to find at Paris as at Lyons, an attempt
at insurrection—a commencement of civil war.
But we have witnessed only the murderous ef
fort of a band of assassins—(From the Centre,)
“Yes, yes.”
M. Salvandy—Infamous assassins!
The Minister of Public Instruction. It is im
possible to characterize otherwise what has tak
! en place yesterday evening.—(From the centre,
i “Yes, yes, it is true.”) A band of assassins
concealed themselves in houses and behind bar
ricades, and when the troops came forward
they saw no enemy to encounter, whilst these
concealed murderers fired upon & assassinated
them. (General and loud cries of assent from
the centre.) This was the character of the
events of yesterday: it is the last degree of de
gradation of a political party, (from the centre,
I “yes, yes,”) but it should not the less call for
the solicitude of the Government and the Cham
bers. I assure you the most serious object of
the attention of Government is the framing of
measures that shall forever prevent the recur
rence of such odious excesses. (From the cen
tre, “Bravo!”) On this point you may expel
every doubt from your minds. Nevertheless,
lively as our sentiments may be on this occasion
; nothing should be done lightly nor abruptly. It
is necessary that the Government and the Cham
ber should maturely consider what is best to be
done. Let the Chamber be assured that as far
as the Government is concerned, this maturity
of judgment will diminish in no manner its ener
gy. The Government will not be wanting in
answering to its duty, but in the exercise
of which whilst respecting constitutional li
berty, the palladium of our future prosperity, it
will adopt measures in concurrence with the
Chambers that shall forever put an end to the
machinations of those agitators with which we
are perpetually threatened.—(The centre, “Bra
vo!” some voices, ‘ Vive le Roi!’)
The President—A great number of Deputies
have expressed a wish to repair to the Palace,
to testify to the King their sentiments upon what
has taken place in Paris. If the Chamber wish -
es the sitting shall be suspended until then re
turn.—(Several voices,)—“ yes yes.5
The President left the chair, and the Depu
ties with the exception of Messrs. Berryer, Laf
fitee Audry de Puvraveau, Bricqueville, Cha
sft&ss?**' »«• »«..
At three o’clock the sitting was resume
The President—Gentlemen, a great nL
ot Deputies accompanied by your p, '
have been at the Palace of the Tuil|eri«den'
were admitted into the presence of the k’iL"'1
whom tlie following address was delivere.i 10
‘Sire,—The Members of the Chamber of n„
puties could not resist the desire of crown
round the Constitutional Throne of your M-ii, H®
under the afflicting circumstances in wi fi ./’
country finds itself-circumstanccs that ?«. e
give as much pain to your Majestv-s *
they tiave done to the country at lam- w5
are desirous of renewing the assurance «r „
; attachment to your person, and ol our fir n°,"r
; solution to maintain our Constitutional I,,',;?'
j tions, and of our loyal readiness to concur in ,r
j legal measures necessary to prevent the rec.n
rence of attempts similar to those of whirl, „
have just been witnesses.” Uf
The King’s reply was as follows:
Vi111 Slnsiblt touc^ied by this proceeding o'
the Chamber of Deputies, whose kindne-Ts ;
have been accustomed to, under other <•„,/
stances, the recollection of which is not U
painfui My heart, no doubt, is profoundly af
flicted by the evils which P ranee has just suffer
ed from, by those particularly which have fallr
upon Lyons, and by those of which we have
been witnesses in the streets of Paris. I am coi
vinced, equally with your President, of thene
^ fth ^re GX1StS t0 emP*0y all the powers 01
the State to lepiess such attempts, not only wi.i
a view to protect our institutions from the a
tacks directed against them, but also to ensur!
public tranquility and individual liberty <() ;
tally compromised by the possibility of beina
surprised, in tlie midst of peace, by similar
crimes. Itliankyou, gentlemen, for the Wa
concurrence which you offer me: it is an a '
tional proof of the union that reigns between a!!
the powers of the State. 1 thank you (or ^
sentiments you have expressed to me pers.:
ally. I cannot better show my gratitude tin ,
in devoting myself entirely, as 1 have alwav
done, to the safety of France, and the maintmi
ance of our institutions, that, aided by you I
shall uphold. Strengthened by your concur
rence, I confidently engage that 'no detriment
shall happen to them.”
The Chamber then resumed its ordinary Ill
ness.
M. Genoux said he rose to refute an assertion
published in several journals, relative to a bat
talion of tlie 52d Regiment, which, it was sm.i
had, at Vesoul, trampled under foot theRuvu.
symbols, and that in presence of a regiment of
Dragoons. I declare, added the Hon. Deputy,
that this circumstance, which was said to have
been communicated to me, is entirely unknown
to me, and I believe it to be altogether false.
M. Fulchiron proposed that the Chamber
should pass a vote of thanks to the Army and
the National Guards; he should, also, he said,
propose that the Chamber should send a mes
sage of condolence to M. Baillot, w hose sor. had
been wounded on Sunday evening.
The President said, that he had already nnii
cipated the intention of the Chamber, having
sent to inquire after M. Baillot, junior, and 1 an.
happy to announce that some hopes are emei
tained of his recovery. 1 shall, added the Me
sident, write to M. Baillot in the name of h
Chamber.
AMERICAN TREATY.
The Paris papers may probably be talon as
an index of the public sentiment in the French
capital, on the subject of the refusal of the Cham
bers to make appropriations for carrying into
effect the late treaty between France and th?
United States. The voice of the Press is cer
tainly in favor of the Chambers.
Mr. Livingston, our Minister in France, was
received by the King on the 3d of April. On
the 2d, Mr. L. was at the grand Diplomatic Din
ner given by Count Borgo to Lord Durham.—
The following, we presume, relates to despatch
es for our government:
From the Journal de Paris, April 12.
On the reception of despatches, requiring the
utmost speed in their transmission, at the Mari
time Department, at Brest, Capt. Bruix, of the
brig La Cuirassier, was almost immediately or
j dered to be in attendance. The despatches from
government were handed to him, with instruc
tions to make sail instantly for the United States,
and to use the greatest exertions to make a
quick passage. A quarter of an hour after'ward
the Cuirassier was under sail.
BELGIUM.
A riot, threatening serious results, occurred
at Brussels on the 5th of April. The dwelling
i of the Duke d’Ursel,of the Prince de Ligne.and
of M. de Frazegnier were respectively attack' d
by a mob of more than a thousand persons
windows broken, and furniture destroyed; but
we do not perceive that there was any loss o
lifp nr limb. On thft following dav King L 1
pold went out on horseback, accompanied 1 v *
numerous staff. His presence, however, did no
restore order, although he was received with to
kens of respect. These tumultous proceeding'
have been ascribed to a newspaper called t*
Lynx, which has been suspended, it not sup
pressed, by the government. The latest ai
counts, which are to the 10th of April, repress
that tranquillity had been restored to the Em?
capital.
The Philosophy of Sleep, by Robert Macnish, l
American edition: 1 vol.: Xew York. D
ton df Co.
Is not this, gentle reader, a very taking L.
c< The Philosophy ot Sleep!” and does it
forthwith set the waking faculties upon inT]
ing into that state, which the author denomi
nates “ the suspension of animal life,” dur*
the continuance of which “ the creatine e1
der the influence of organic life alone?
Such, we think, will be its general ellett. a.
we may promise in all safety, that, whetlni i
losophers or not, those who take up this'011,1
will find themselves both instructed and ink*
estedbyit. We make a short extract 1
dreams.—New York Am.
There is a strong analogy between dremm^
and insanity. Dr. Abercrombie deling *- {,
ference between the two states to be, tliai *.
latter the erroneous impression, being P .
nent, affects the conduct; whereas in di e* ^
no influence on the conduct is produce
cause the vision is dissipated on awaking- ^
definition is nearly, but not wholly, oor*‘^lir
in somnambulism and sleep-talking,t,,cCi)OCto»‘
is influenced by the prevailing dream. ^
Rush has, with great shrewdness, remai •
a dream may be considered as a trfns t ,rnia
roxysm of delirium, and delirium a> a 1
nent dream. , t dream
Man is not the only animal subject (jiai
ing. We have every reason to dui* ^
many ofthe lower animals do the san . in
neigh and rear, and dogs *{aiK .& enl
their sleep. Probably, at such b ’ ,,;lc«in£
hrance ofthe chase or the combat I
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