FRENCH REVOLUTION. THE LAST SCENE AT THE TUILERIES.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 221, 12 July 1848, Page 2

FRENCH REVOLUTION. THE LAST SCENE AT THE TUILERIES.

It appears that the King, ever since the death of Madame Adelaide, had lost much of his energy, and j given up in some degree his early habits and the punctuality in business for which he had always been ' distinguished. On the morning of Thursday he had risen somewhat later than usual. He said that he had passed a restless uight, and he was weary, botli in mind and body, with tht petitioning of the royal duke 3 (Nemours and Montpensier) for that which they knew lie could not grant. He had been writing all the pre- | ceding evening in his bedroom, aiid a sealed letter to the Queen of Belgium was found upon his writing desk. I understand that the seal was respected, and that the letter was religiously sent to its destination. So little fear was felt as to the result of the day's debate, that the royal children were brought as usual to the King ; and it being Thursday his Majesty had examined, as was his wont, on that day all the copy books of the Count do Paris, and expressed his sa isfaction at the progress evinced by the royal pupil in his various studies. At ten o'clock the children were dismissed, and that hour the strife began by the announcement of" M. Eniile dc Giraldin. " Nay, but i received him yesterday," exclaimed the King, much agitated, to the aid-de-camp in waiting. " Pardon me, sire, he says his business is urgent, and that the safety of the empire depends upon your Majesty's reception of his message." The King now interested, but not alarmed, gave tho order for the visitor to be admitted. It appears by M . de Giraldin's own account, that he was so overcome with emotion, that for an instant he could not speak, and the King said abruptly, and in no measured tone of voice, " What more is now required by you and your fellows ; have we not made enough concession in all conscience." "There is yet another one, your Majesty, which is become more necessary than all the rest." " Then it cannot be granted," returned the King peevishly ; •« indeed I have regret for that which is already done." " And so have I, your Majesty, for it is not yet enough." " Qu'est-ce-a dire ?" exclaimed the King, interrupting him with gieat vehemence. The haughtiness of the expression, which is untranslateable, the abruptness of the tone in which it was uttered, roused the fieiy temper of Giraldin, and he answered almost coarsely, " The one concession more which is demanded by the people is your Majesty's abdiciition, on the initant too, and without any reservation." The King started to his feet with such sudden, movement, that he upset the inkstand which he had just been using, and the broad black stain may yet be seen upon the carpet. He rushed to the window, whither Girardin followed him, and pointing to the crowd, ex« claimed, " Six battalions of the National Guards surround the palace ; all are of one mind, and those who sent me here are strong in their unanimity. Blood has been shed, and now there is no letreat." Louis Philippe grew deadly pale, and his hand shook violently as he took that of M. de Girardin, but his voice faltered not as he answered, " You are perhaps in the right, Monsieur. I will go down to the Chambers, riot to plead for myself, but to protect my dynasty." At this moment the Queen, who had been watching and hovering obout the apartment in the greatest alarm, appeared upon the door sill. She spoke not ; she evidently did not wish to be observed, for she did not advance one step into the room. She was attired in the deepest mourning, and her silver hair escaped from beneath a cap of black crape. Her face was so pale and ghastly, that she seemed about to faint. Her tall thin form bent not, but the agitation of the movement was so gieat that she was seized with that palsied shaking of the knees to which she has been subject ever since the death of the Duke of Orleans. She drew back as the King passed out. I*o great was his own pre-occupntion, that he perceived her not, and she followed him thus in silence, and with noiseless stops, little heeding whHici he was leading her, so that he was

not lost to sijrht. It was thus that she found herself in the midst of ihe gardens of the Tuilories, surrounded by a countless multitude, exposed to all the rigours of a stormy sky, without shawl or bonnet, or any of the appuilcnances cither ot her age or rank. It was a touching sight to behold this eager solicitude, tins tendei love, stronger than the fear of death, which actuated the Queen in this desertion of all besides h f> r husband. And I know of many, wound up to fierce excitement then, who cannot, now thai all is over, think of that scene without tears. It was not till Louis Philippe had reached the Pont Tournant thai he had even been aware of the presence of the Queen. It is said that his smile of recognition was a strango and fearful one. He would have turned. Perhaps his me mory carried him back to another crowd which lio had seen before on the selfsame spot, and lie dreaded the advance. Just then a squadron of cavalry meeting the crowd, issuing from the gate of the Tuileiies, bore down on the mass, A gentleman seized the arm of the Queen to preserve her from danger. She turned m phrenzy upon him, deeming it an attack. " Laissez moi, monsieur," exclaimed she, in a loud and angry voice, and seizing the hand of the King, dragged liim with undaunted courage towards a little onehorse citadine, which stood upon the Quay, and forcing his Majesty into it, took her seat beside him. while Marshal Gourgard, who by this time had pierced the dense mass of people, and joined his Majesty, spoke in a low voicej|to the coachman. In an instant the little vehicle set oh" at a furious gallop along the Quay in the direction of St. Cloud, and the monarchy of July wus no more. This is the true liiitory of the fligbt from the Tuilleries of Louis Philip'pe, King of the French. It is not tine that the whole of the Koyal family accompanied him in liis escape. Up to this hour nothing is known for certain of the destination of the Duchess de Nemours. The Duchess de Montpensier, the innocent cause of all the uproar, after having been scared from the palace by the inroads of the mobs, wandered about the streets of Palis until five o'clock that day, accompanied by an old Spanish servant, who knows not a word of French. She was met in the Rue dv Havie, close to the railway station, by a gentleman who, knowing her by sight, took upon himself to protect her and conduct her to his house. How she managed to stray unmolested ai>d unrecognized so far from home is a mystery to this hour. She says that seeking to avoid the crowd, she turned down the streets that seemed most free, without caring whither they might lead."— Paris Correspondent of Atlas.

ESCAPE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. The King reached the chateau at Dreux, on the night of tho 24th February. It was stated thaUm his arrival there he had only a solitary five«franc piece in his pocket. Tlint he had even this, \v»s owing to the presence of mind of the Queen, who, remembering in I the hurry of leaving the chuteuu, that they were with* | out money, returned at some riik to a bureau in which were a few hundred francs. These, however, scarcely served to defray the expense! of tho journey. A letto from Dreux says— " Louis Philippe arrived nt the chateau here, A supper was sent out for amongst the public eating houses of the town. He ilcpt at the chateau, after having lent for the Sub Prefect, and Rome i tinaatc acquaintances. He was in a Btute of complete prostmiion, and repeated, each moment— " Lke Chnrlfs X !" He left next morning in a hired carriage, and by byroads for Vei non." Another account say«— " On his ai rival at Versailles, Louis Philippe and lia suite, not finding any post horirs, were obliged to u«k for horses Irom a regiment of cavalry. His fligl t had been so rapid and unforeseen, that he was forced to make, at Trianon, a collection among the officers, which produced two hundred francs. It was with thin sum that he wa« enabled to reach Eu, where he cmbaked for England, and whore he will find the millions sent abroad by hi* providence. They there preserved the strictest incognito until the name of the King was accidentally pronounced by the only footmim who accompanied them. Their only suite consisted of two femmes dc chambre. The ex King and hit family quitted Dreux on Friday the 25th, at nine o'clock in the morning. In order to conceal thtir departure, the footman who occupied the box had put off his livery, and was clothed in a rodingote and other garments bought tn o hours before. The Under-Prrfect attended the carriage at its leaving the town, and was seated on the box next tht footman. The gens^d'artnes of St. Andie having demanded, while changing horses at their place, who were the persons in the carriage, the Undcr-Prefect immediately got off the box, whispered to them for a moment, und the gens-d'armes instantly retired. Theex«King had hardly crossed the forest of Anette, when the workmen from a neighbouring paper mill arrived w tli the intention of stopping htm." There was some joking in Paris when' it wan stated that the vehicle in which the ex- King 'took his hasty flight from Paris was called a Brougham. It is said that he drove «>fF to St. Cloud at such a rate that when they had crossed the bridge, the horse was too exhausted to mount the hill leading to the chateau. Several men pushed the carriage up, however. After taking some papen, the ex-King entered a hackney coach at St. Cloud, and drove off to Versailles and thence to Trianon. He, in a short time, entered a travelling carriage, hut, before leaving the park, he iaw at a distance, approaching towards him, six men on horseback, and became afraid that they were in search of him. He therefore ordered the coachman to stop, alighted, and ran into a guardhouse at the gate of the park, near the .railroad station ( Montr etout), and concealed himself behind a stove. The men having pasied, an aid de camp informed him that there was no danger. He accordingly re-entered the carriage and drove off. At La Queue, on the road to Dreux, he was joiucd by the Dukes of Nemours, and Montpensier. After much wonder had been expressed in England aB to his whereabout, Louis Philippe and his Queen landed in England, at Newhaven, on Friday morning. At Dreux, it appears, a farmer procured disguises for the Royal fugitives and suite, the King habiting himself in an old cloak and an old cap, having first shaved his whiskers, discarded his wig, and altogether so disguised himself as to defy the recognition even of his most intimate friends. The other disguises were also complete — Courier.

ARRIVAL OF LOUIS PHILIPPE IN ENGLAND. On Thursday afternoon, Maich2,thc gentleman who sheltered the dethroned monarch and nis consort, at Hon'leur, engaged a Fiench fishing boat to convey the party fiom llmilleur to Havre, ami fearing that in this small vessel the features of the King mig-ht be recogli/ed, the gentleman engaged an intcrpicter to inier•ct French to the King, who, to render his disguise •• complete, passed. as an Englishman, Nothing of

moment trampiied on the passage io ilnvir, wlieic (lie Express was waiting with hor sicaii) up, and ;it nine o'clock on Thurschy evening the ioy.il fugitives set sail for I- upland. '1 lie vessel reached Newhai'cn li.ubour at seven o'clock this morning, but owing to the st.ite of the tide they could not enter the haibonr till nearly twelve [o'clock. Meantime, however, (icncinl Dumas and General Rumisjny landed in boats, Gencrnl Dumas proceeding to London with the intelligence oi the anival. It bad been known for some days that the Brighton and Continental Steam Navigation Company's [packets, besides other steainus, ha/1 her n sent to tlic French coast, tor the purpose of bringing away any pei.sons, Englishmen or Ftench lofugecs, who might be seeking means ot teaching our shoies. One of these boats, the Newhaven, Captain Moore, had been causing under orders ot the English Admiralty several days along the coast of Havre, St. Vallery, S.t Malo, Dieppe, and 'ire port, and we now learn with the special object ol taking on board bis Majesty the ox-King. Failing in this object, the vessel was yestei day sent from Havre, by the English consul there, with despatches tiom the French to the English Govei nment. Meanwhile, the Express, Southampton steamer, was cruisinn olt the coast, near Honfleiti ; and on Thnrs day afternoon, just before daik, fell in with a fishing boat, fiom which the captain was h.iiletl It contained, besides the crew, five persons, who piovec' to be the ex-King and Queen of the Fienoh,;md their attendants. They were immediately taken on boaid, and the vessel turned towards England. Alter steaming tl'C whole niirht, the Express arrived oIF Newbaven at seven o'clock yesterday morning, but owing to the state of the tide and the weather the vessel could not safely enter the haibour till noon. Soon alter eleven o'clock, Mr. Iron, sccretaiy of the Brighton and Continental Steam Navigation Company, put oiT in a shore boat to meet the royal fugitives, who had by this time left the steamer in one ot her boats, and having addressed Louis Philippe, offering him ,'every facility and nssistnncc it 'was possible for him to alFbrd, returned to iccuive him and his suite on shore, which he did in company withjyfew other gentlemen. At twelve o'clock the King and Queen, with four attendants, one of whom was a female, stepped from the boat at Newhaven btidge. Louis Philippe uppcaicd extremely delighted at having reached the shores of England, and expressed his pleasuie in very warm terms to those around him — not mote than half a dozen besides the persons already mentioned. Though cheerful, he looked pale. Our correspondent was one of those who heard him exclaim, in reply to a lemaik from one oi the pet sons present congratulating him on having i cached this country — " Yes, yes, I know 1 am safe among you— a great misfortune. 1 know the English people ; they are kind lo those in misfoitiine-" lie shook, hands with all those who oilcrcd their bands, as did the Cjucen. Some one said his anxieties were now over; io winch he answered--" Yes, 1 have suflcicd much during the past week, but the country people were very kind to me," meaning the people in the neighbourhood of Honllcur, in whose houses he had been secreted in disguiseIn this disguise he now appeared. It consisted of a green blowc, dark trousers, a red and white " com forter," and a casquette, or peasant's cap- Ovci the blouse was a pea coat, which had been borrowed from the captain of the Express. '1 lie King carried a small cane. The Queen was attired in mourning of the humblest kind ; consisting of a black bonm t, a veiy thick veil, and a woollen cloak of black and white plaid with broad checks. She looked much cate»wom. The whole of the luggage which the party brought was a small portmanteau about a toot long. While they weic walking towards the Bridge Inn, Louis l'hilippe was very anxious to obtain a London mornin;,' paper, but appealed to be quite cognisant of the latest events in Pans. On teaching the inn, the party was received by Mrs. Smith, the hostess, and the fust act of the ex-King was to call for writing materials. " 1 wish," he said, ''to write to the Queen, to inform her of my safe aniwil." Ue then wiote in a very shoit time moie than one letter, and enclosed them in one envelope, which he addressed to her Majestyi With this dispatch Mr. lion instantly hastened to town. It was then about hallpast one, and that gentleman had performed his mission to Buckingham Palace by about twenty minutes past four o'cloiU, having travctscd the whole distance, including twelve miles of hoist* and chaise travelling, in about two hours and forty minutes- So destitute wet c the fugitives of what was accessary, that IVi r. i i on was commissioned to return with several articles f under-clothing, diesbiug-cases, &c. The party having partaken of a little wine and bib cuit,' a London paper was brought, over which Louis Philippe glanced. Pic had previously sent to Brighton for Mr. Beck ham. This gentleman was at one time very much in the confidence oi his Majesty respecting several engineering pi ojects, being a miller and a tenant oi the Kintr on an estate near to the Chateau d Eu. He has since retired from business, and resides at Brighton, but wdi, up to lust week, in constant [communication with the King. Indeed, he was closeted with Louis Philippe at the commencement of the outbreak, and, on making some lennuk icspectiiig it, the King exclaimed, " Oh, it is nothing, it will soon blow over." A little circumstance occuied in the interval which adds another to the many proofs that Louis Philippe gave during his last visit of his cxtraordinaiy memory for persons and names. It was intimated to him that- as the accommodation of the Bridge Inn might be somewhat deficient, Mr. Cole, a ship agent of Newhaven, would be happy to place his house at the disposal of the royal visitors. This offer was thankfully declined, but when the name and profession were named, and Mr. Cole presented himself, the ex» Kingimmediately,'recognised him as a gentleman he had seen at E>i once, and that some lime btnee, m company with his iriend, Mr. Packham. At three o'clock, the Hon. Captain Ilotham, one of the Duectors of the London and Brighton Railway, and Chaii man of the Packet Company, left Brighton by special train for Newhaven, taking with him the carriage built lor the Duchess of Kent, to be placed at the service oi the ex-Monarch. Soon after an express train started with a second parcel of despatches from Louis Philippe to the Queen- Their Majesties did not leave Newhaven for that day, havine engaged beds at the Bridge Inn. It was announced lo them that Claremont was proposed tv receive them, and next day they proceeded thitlic/-

Paris, Monday.— A correspondent under this date says,— We have hecn peifectly tranquil during the day. The streets have hren etowded with well-dressed persons, and the carriages rolling through them almost as numerous as heibre the Revolution. The enthusiasm for the Itepmlic is indescribable. I went this afternoon to the stall' of the National Guard in the Palace dv Carrousel, where I had business, but was unable to cn'cr, for the avenue was crowded to excess with volunteers for the Garde Mobile. On Saturday the volunteeis were chiefly workmen who had taken part in the levolution, but yesterday and to day ihe sons of respectable citizens have come forward. 1 saw to-day at least 300 assembled at one time ; and of these at least three fourths were young men of biiperior appearance, both in face and dress. Most of them were in fact as well-diessed as pcisons in the first rank of hie could be. It is, of course, understood that these young men will be scut to guard the frontier as jo on as the government and the new institutions »hall be fully established. The enthusiasm of the youths of France for the Republic in cause is so great, that I am sure an army of two hundred thousand men might be enrolled in six days, if the spirit in the provinces be only half as enthusiastic as it is here. And according to all accounts it is just the same With all this, how. ever, thcie is no ciy of war. The ciy is "Peace ; but nutjoflul ialependence. Louis Plaice pui chased

pence by bsiscnu&s — wo will command it by our ntttlude." Some rather wild papers have been posted up, nppealmg to the old nations nbmt nutior.nl glory, and great enthusiasm was excited by n report that Belgium was in revolution, and hud declared for a junction with France; but this icelin£ was calming down, for all people believe that the greatest obstacle to an nllinncc with ISnglnnd would be the union of Franco nnd Belgium. The ucwb to-day from Brussels, showing that up to yesterday morning there had been no revolution, ban not therefore caused much irritation. If lielpium can be kept from revolution for a few days, nil will go on well. At any rate, none of the better claisas detiire u junction.