FRANCE. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE INSURRECTION.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 255, 8 November 1848, Page 3

FRANCE. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE INSURRECTION.

A despatch from our Paris eoire^pondent, rpceiv* d by electric telegraph from Dover, and dated Paris, Tueiday (yesie day) morning, satess ates that though the insurgents were mostly subdued, a body collected in Pcits la Chaise ttill resisted, as did also bodies in different j arts of the iiaiifieus. It iB stjted that altogether above 3,000 have been killed, and about 6,000 wounded; M general offic rswerc killed aud wounled. Four members of the National Aseemb y were killed, and four wounded. Five thousand insurgents were ttken |>ri oners. The Archbisliop of Pa is, whom we ha>e announced as wounded, is since dead. The state of siege continued.

Since the above was in type we have received our regular despatches, wiih the following letter from our coi respondent:— " Tuesday Morning. " The rappcl was beaten again this morning at seven o clock. The barriers are uttll strictly guatded. Persons seeking to filter Puns mui>t be provided with passes. Searches ars made on the persons of all who pass through the streets. One is stopped at every hundred yards, and the pockets and clothing searched. A 1 carriages of every desciiption are strictly searched ; waggons and market carts a-e accompanied by an escort to the place where they are unloaded. " An exact estimate of the loss of life, anil the num. ber of wounded, is at present unattainable; but according to the most authentic returns obtained by the authorises in the Assembly, it apueais that the killed ] on both sides may amount to from 3,000 to 1,000, and the wounded to about twice that number, making a to al of 10.000. " The number of prisoners taken among the insur- ' gents it 5,0u0, who are deposited in the vaults and dungeons under the Tuilsries, the Louvre, the Palais Royal, the Chamber of Deputies, the Hotel de Ville, and in the various prisons. " Four or hve of (he members of the Assembly are among the killed, and about as many au-ong the woundtd. " Foui seen general officers have been put h )rs d<3 combat, several being killed. The loss in superior officers has been greater than in the most biilliant engagements duiing the wars of Napoleon. '• The greatest praise is accorded by all parties to the troops of cvory class. The National Guard behaved heroically ; tlie Ga^de Mobile, composed chiefly of boys under 20, exhibited an ardour characteristic of their youth, conimittin? imprudences, proceeding from an excess of bravery. The imputation of an unwillingness to act, which has been cast up,n them in the beginning, was the extreme reverse ot the uuth. The regular troops behaved nobly, aid were distinguished m their bearing from the civic soldi rs just as such professional soldieis might be exptc ed to be distinguished fiom oivilim volunteers; with less external manifesta'ion ot ardour, they showed equal braveiy, tempeicd with the most admit able coolness and deter" mmation. " Although the insurrection may be considered as quelled, it is not expected that the capital will be alt"g- ther Iree from partial disturbance for many days o c mie. " A body of the insurgents, who have not yet submitted, have iiiuenrhbd them-elves in the cemetouy ot Pi' re la Clwi fc «nd oilier tlet.ii.hcJ bodieb have taken refuge in La Villette and other parts of the northern and t astern " Banlime." "The struggle wiil now commence iv the Assembly, wh< re a ministry will have to be agreed upon. ' The ex - puKion ot the body of cleiks who now occupy the ministries will be eilecied as a matter of course, their ignorance, piesumption, vulgarity, and imbecility, have excited unmitigated disgust and indignation. "diieral Cavaignac is regarded as a brave and geivrous so dier, animated by the best intentions, but wanting judgment and d cision ; the palm of the last foui drtya it. accorded unanimously to General Lania-

" General Changamier, to whom the eyes of the moderate party are especially directed, is expected to arrive to-day. With respect to the probable ministry, much dissension will prevr.il in the majority of the Assembly. The great capacities and practical experiences are excluded for the present by their antecedents ; thus, M. Thiers cannot yet arrive at affairs. It is not impossib'e, however, that several of the former deputies will take a leading put. " I subjoin a variety of details from the events of yesterday and the preceding days, which have transpired since my last despatches. " Only a paiti.il publication of journals hai taken place to-day, and the lew which have appeared consists only of single leaves. " The dead, and the dying, and the wounded, continue to pass in vain and on litteis. Last night the inhabitants were oidered to keep their windows illuminated during the night. The capital exhibited a strange aspect. At nine o'clock the rdraile was beaten, after which no person appeared in the streets except the sentinels and patrols The former were pobt^d at inteivalt of 200 or 300 yards. The patrols moved slowly and silently every hour. The sentinels every quarter of an hour called Sentinelle, prenez garde aiotts to each other; which, as on the night bi'iorr, resounded in more and more distant sounds, like a dying echo. " Never, un'il this fatal day, was civil war carried an with such bloodthirsty anlour, find never did the plans of the in*>ui gents appeal so well demised. Onp is compelled to see that the plan was tngiuused, since the combat was confined to four principal points, wheraas in all the other insuirections hisikles and birricadts ' were heard and seen in every quarter of Paiis at oncp. " The uninterrupted vigilance during three days and nights by the National Guard prevented the idle -mtl curious, almost as dangerous ai the insurgents, ftoui encumbering the public streets, and preventing the | action of the tioops. ! "The chculation being interdicted ell communication was cut off, and the obtaining the journals was a matter ot the greatest difficulty, ** almost all the employes, fro-n the editor to the ycrleur, were out with the National Guaid "The physiognomy of Puis during the last three days is eitraordmaiy. The general aspect is that of an immense cty, liie whole of whose population has suddenly disappeared. The quays, the boulevards, and the streetß, aie silent as the desert, save when the silence is broken by the tiamp of troops, the beating the alarm drum, the sitmtcr rolling of muskeciy, or the more awful thunder of the cannon. The only population apparent are the military, and these devoted men watched and fought for a million of souls, who waittd with dread anxiety the issue of a struggle that might perchance consign them to the hand of the murderer and their property to pillage. " On Sunday the ArchbMnp of Paris, whose wound we have already spoken of, left the aichbishopric at half-past five, to wait upon General Cavaignac, to ask him ll it were forbidden to him to go amongst the insurgents to carry them words of peace or conciliation, " The general replied th^t he could not take upon , himself to give any ad\ice ; that such a step wan certainly highly peiilous, but at all events he himself could not but be very giatctul, and that he was convinced the whole population of Paris would be greatly moved at it. f -Tlie aichbishop fh n laid he was lesolved. He returned in haste to his palace, took some penonal piecautions, and at about eight o'clock presented himself at the foot of the column of the Busttle. Many of the i cpresenutives tendered their services tj accompany him, but weie rejected, iiis two grand vjcars were his sole companions. ! " The military authority ordered the firing to be stopped, a branch was broken from a tree on the boulevard, an.l this sign of peace was the ouly one which preceded the prelate ; an-1 the two ecclesiastics ascended the barricade, where the insurgents had re« ceived, but a few moments before, an envoy announcing to them t ho step taken by the archbishop. " Scarcely had the venerable pastor pronounced soTie words expiessue of Irs Lye a >d chanty, when a shot was fired as if by eh ince, n > one could (list em from what side. I' caii-ed the greatest agitation amongst the iiiMjrgi'nts. They immediately discharged their muskets. The Mobile Guard re-posted with cnt'igy. The nature of the wound gives ev^iy reason to believe that the shot was fiied downwardu, as from a window. The archbishop dropped down, shot in the loins, nnd wag immediately liUed up by the insurgents, and convpyed by them to their quarter, to the house ot the Cure dcs GUinZc Vingts. Ho was there a'tended by oiu of the surgeons of tlu* insurgents, and the next day, when the negotiations for a truce weie commenced, he was placed on a litter and conveyed to hit place. The state ot the venerable parent becomes more alarming from hour to hour, lie had revived the last s lcraments before he left the Faubourg St. Antoine, feaiing he should breathe his lost before he reached his residence, and shortly afterwards, without any emo ion, he ceased to eaist. "The representatives met yesterday morning in their bureaux to name a committee of fifteen members, who are to examine a decree relative to the immediate deportation, in countries beyond the seas, of all these insurgents who have been taken prisoner 1 -. " The leaders, instigators of the insurrection, and those who have seconded it by assassinati n, are to hi condemned to deportation, and immediately sent bejond the seas. " The Bureaux yesterday named a committee of fi f teen members to invektigate the affairs of the 15th May, and the cause of the insurrection of the 23rd June. "The representatives are desirous of ascertaining the causes of the two ievolutions, and the connexion which ra<iy exist between the cmeute Barb^s and Blatiqui, and the emeute called that of the at'lters nationavx"