ANECDOTES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 225, 26 July 1848, Page 3

ANECDOTES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

The throne uhlc'! ™i tnl en from ths Tuilciies was burned M the (; Xof t',in column of July. Tbc roaches of tha roy 1 Lmiiy f r d fui.ikme oi the rhntcaa were burned in the w».l ot lie " wilcne*. A fire \ras also mnk in the Cfu t ot the Vatea RoyJ in the same wuv. ' A pa'.ioijaj his teen opened for the benefit of the wouii cd and .he families cf those killed in the revolution, to which the p-incipal banking; hou cs rind «,tbcr public companies have already subAcribiid. Te sub'«ription nmomit'd on Saturday to 387,412 franca. M. de "othsc'niki sent 50,100 francs, to the Mayor of L'dris, for the wounded. The hospital list shows that the number of wounded ia 428, of whom .550 are civilians, and 78 military. ' All the mmiatevd cf tho late govermuent were assemblrd, it ib fciiid, on the 24'h instant, about twelve o'clock, at tbe Ministry of the Interior, when at the newß of the abdication of Louis Philippe they all jumped out of the wmdowa into the gan'en, and sepalatcd at the door in difllrent dirccti ns. .The bhud ooni dtnee of the ex-Kmg wns unshnkcah'le- On the day of thj reform banquet Louis Phi^ lippe saiil to a foici^n nmbasaulor, " 1 tear nothing ; I aiknuhim!/ seated tn my ia&.le that T dread neiiher n change of mimstiy nor a disobedience of my c m.ranuV Tt r Ki.is, «'.so .rqucted a gfi^kmnn about f.< qfiit th>- capital < i Vm.ice tr> remain «ncl witness the quioi m.i.r..er- in t.cLi he (Uie King) was about to I(J j)ut lioun" t'nt- inol>. The " Le,/nimists" have no chance. Tfn young men alternated, Gays the Counter Fmncais, "to get up a legithaU min>lest..tion in tbe Faubouig St. Geim>iii). Tbe people seeing them all dicssed ia black, with white ex kaaes in their hats, cried out l Titm! Ticm' A funeral! They are undertakers*

1 Tl)o }cung ire", finding the people in M.eh mnoui; Imrcl .trlv to woik. 'FiiniUy , v<l tlip\, l icni"n'jr Tlc.iy t V. . and pnrhim : . cnnlnnt. I/i" 1 hv Tci'.'-'V,!' ilrp'orlr, yi'iic piio! luuiii r\ , ii» ■'iciii ''Ov nrd o-ir. ' A!\ he, tlir «'<•"!> p. v > It he rot dead** So , 'I'clcter! L r rki> ' ; r <"'■' I'l-.irt'^ to 1 ; ~>, if ■ tare £ n'-'cmf i rr i r > Kir '■ l«e \. r 1! bo lle'uv s den' l Vive In 717 1 I'Yiv"' 1 Th»s did th» i« j tuin !<■ i' <rry '" (m t wn 1 - IfwMelate iici, it is > v o> 1' "> "dd '.In!-, in ('e^ir fir tl>r \ they inimn a cl>' v»:.if ti t'" i "vo 1\'";1 \'"; en r sneeiivc t ■ .y«< lUirc, rs ,<.iilv ril IV yun" (>,- the P/Mil>',nrg St Cvrvam . I'd nl'i jdy ('one. <s lca)t,imiry has turned into i-".iO^pci -".iO^pc m't'ii. the • < tbinj it 'oul.l co. ' llcmv IV. is dead. Long ■ the Republic nn " Ciiamvaiu" cri Ki^cs and Hfvoiit- > v. — "A single remark will piove better th.in ;\ ' -usnnd commi'iiti'nes tl'at kinrs aie dead—utterly net,! In 1793, the fiist king tlint was dothtoned .»'. . pcd uneasiness ;-nd Ik* \\"S guillotined. In ISP.O, . . -econd Idnfj wl'o.n t!ie \KO\dc depoi.cd\vas escoited , sui -kl',k 1 ', Piiil .i stnct v.atch kept o\or him until J set eail f.t m the sl'Oivs of h t'dle France. In S-JR, ilie people licit the ex-Kins; with sublime disi'di'—tix'v ( ivp thrmchva »o '.rouble wbalevcr ron:nir';lnm. ki- r » »ocs ulnihcrsoevor hiM\ill — .o one lnolcs nflrr lur.i, ro pain' 1 arc e\cr taken to if he does r:o cr not. A fey? da>s f fecrwards ■me report that he is dei'd, mil the ic^lvis 'Ah!' ' hers affiim that t^o p-ov dcil is \eiy «r-11, and thp i fly is fi'ill, 'Ah!' I'io one enrrs to le a r surcd v 'sthei In* be dead or a'uve. As little vi easiness is tas if lie hi«l never been in c\i«-tcrce! Is it po:si- >' i to rupi/rcss p kiiv and a w\v. l» dvt o^ty rrore c<-ra» l ck' I}'1 }' cr with rit it>r i;oreroMty ? Lit i^ Pi c ucthc reei of iVg-ndi'icn : itic aw taent of J 7Sf? kislcd -ipeyoTs. T ftwniih i exulted in the l{^LMation 1 stod three nioittlis. 'I lv> nvlvfrn of 1830 Jaslrd iu'i c dav^. The rfvr'u'ion of iSIS lusted thice l'ourr. -Ijppily no irorp ntciutnrs ere possible, for, tonsideunq; the tapid jrtlo invlvdi tlie Micnmh of the vcn\ li 1 incrcnces, <-ue\\ a revolution would be accompiishod in thro 1 ljiinuics " The Journal (,\s Dtlot'S, the dcv ted nnd even p>"i /ile oigan of ihe ex ICn q, joined the Republican Tvernmcnt on Sunduj ! Ihe jncss is unaiiimnjs in a% the world to um'o; stand that monarchUl i emment is for ever thrown in France, and that a ' i lblio is t\ iine qua ncn. During (he uiauh of ti.e people to the Tuikiies, a ■vvonian, well dressed and very pretty, v;s ceen brorn ■sliing a largo hcr.e pistol to excile the peoj^le on eir march. She fiequ-i ily r.\amined the priming of u:e w'tspon. She l^de ala analioe on a small grey -""orfe. at the head of a lvnd composed paitly of T>7 "tioi al Guards and pait'y of cit ; zens, who loudly iiiinted the Marseiil iise, in \vhich she most encrgevici !y joined. On the Thursday, vilrn (he crowd bei;an to withdiaw from tie Tuilerles, aftpr flinging 'Out of the windows all the rich articles of clothing, picture?, and furniture, a wosking nun. with a musket en his shoulder, was going along the llorlc^ards to the Madeline, he suddenly stopped hefoie !wo gont'emen and a lady who had ventured down to their porte cochcre to get a poop ut what was gcing nn. " Who do you suppose," said he, addressing the <,ioup, " w ill bs most put out by this famous chaiiva.i ? Why, Abd-cl-Kader to be sure. For what nr>\v bccon'cs of the famous promise made at his capitulation ? Enforce VArabe!" And £P./inc; so, quite satisfied at having unburdened his mind to some one, he passed en his way. Ihe Provisionnl Government has r,t its disposal 20f1,('0 0 00f. (t'v pcsitod in (he Bark of Franc). The domains of the I'vcivil list me aiiiicscd to the domain <,2 the republic The bruiting hous-s ha\e all resumed business, beaded by tl c Bank of France. That bank discounted 7,00:1,000 worth of papCr (n Saturday, and Uio Pn visional Govcrrn erl has lodged in its rofien 200,000 OOOf. The buiU BuhscubeJ ICO.OOOf. to the fund in favour of the wounded in the late struggle. The A^;cn3 de Change at tlu Bouise decided, in add it on to the price of 73/. 35c. for the Eettlem nfc of Febiuary, that 73. f. 50c. is to be ihe quotntion for such rente a3 wi.s carried to the end of March. The following incident in the invasion o ? the Tmlerics is seated to ha\c occurred :—ln: — In one of the apartments Avas foil nd a consiricjable sum of money. One of the commanders of the insurgents called a s^a'l party of the men en blouse, entrusted it tothmi, with ditections to carry it to the treasury, telling them tl c nature and value of the charge ; a tiust which they performed with the sttictest fidelity. The hostility of the j opnlace to the English, in the first instance, was rr?niic"ted by then* destruction of the Bwtish arms erected over the doors of the tradesmen of the Britibh embassy. Tlu thop of Roberts, the apothecary, in the Rue de la I\iix, encountered the especial hostility of the popalrce. The amis were not only torn iV wn, but the wimiosvs and eveiything in tbe-i entiu'ly destrojed. ruring the iiert of the contest, aa armed man was caught in tha act of stealing a silver spoon. Inmrdiaic'.y the brr^c men who were fighting with him, porccivii; \ 'hit he had done, said, " You do not bc'on? to our cuusc — we CA avow you. Down on your tor,ce3 tl 's i "-'a^t — and ws rill show you how we treat tbic7Ci !" Al (ha sau.ie moment five balls struck him, and he fell dead. A deaf hdv, living 1 in apartments at the Tuileries, heard noihing oi th 3 cr.icidc, when she was sui prised leading by the entry of the people. When she re. romed hei elf, they told he? she must quit the palace, bu' fhruld be escorted whiiher she pleabed, and mLht tal.c her clothco end jev7f Is will) h^r, and leaving her to pack up l>er fhiiiK 1 ; they locked' her door nnd pieced a gn-rd before if, Thiee hours later they returned to take her nw:iy, wh/n one of her lnrgeboies corded, cone open, and ail her things fell out; they packed it a?;ain for ber, a:.d marched avaay with three diums in f-cnt and a strong guaid, and deposited her and her pioperty at the house of one of her relation. 'l'be MaujUis tie I'olignac, second son of the minister of Cinrles X., enrolled himself in the battalion mobile of the loth Le b : on. He was unanimously elected captain. M. Armand the editor of the National, who contributed so j-.o^i fully to the late politicbl catastrophe, has been ch.ired with the administration ct the civil hbt, and with tnat o» the domainc privee, r.n'l of the piluccs and piinccsscs of the ex-royal family, v.lrch have been sequeslraled. A youix ",iil was j.r^snt at the last massacre of the Municipal (Juard of' the pest of the Pl«ce de la Concoide, which fired on <he sth k-gion. There remained only one of these u-itoitunate men. •• Mdlle." cried ][vL dc V , coumanc'ant of the fiiemen, " you may sive tli.s rr«n !" " V7hat must Ido ? lam ready 1" "'•h \ w ' our r 'Ji' irto ii". arms, and clnira him as your f.'ih i." " The youn'r kin l'iio>v h-iself at the same moment into tin d iis of ihe u'licijul guaul. and, fo-jjlii^, cii"d, "G .l'binen, in U!.' name of God, ', a.v. my fat 1 r T , cr U'!l n.f with him."' At the bame n'-oirpnt tU • mvs'.e'is of the n'sill nt>; r-ei c lowcpd. r.na tnunicipu\ gaiird, jutccua by It ?s ljb<;iat.ess. was t3rt' ; cd, '