[From (the'Times, Wednesday, June 28'.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 340, 4 November 1848, Page 4

[From (t he' Times, Wednesday, June 28.]

We make tbVfollqwing extracts from our correspondent's letter, dated Monday morn-j ing. half-past ten : — •'The, fighting is resumed, "A/battalion of the 61st xegiment _cf the line has just passed along the boulevard towards the Fa,u]>ouvg St. Autoine. I saw them majching in the same direction yesterday. The sections numbered twenty- five, men each. .Toj-dey they average eighteen. Never did men deserve better of their country than these brave fellows. The National 'Quarts, of the,i>Ba.nlieu have acted nobly. Though not so early iv the fight as the others they have gloriously earned an imperishable reputation. " This will he, a dreadful day also. The insurgents a^e. sure to be overpowered, but they fight yet. with desperation m the Faubourg St. Antome. It is but too possible that, ibe humanity displayed by the National Guards, Mobiles, and troops, will have been exhausted, and that terrible examples will be m!ade. - . "Colonel Chajrbonnel has been severely wounded, but is doing well. "It w.asJ.eported.. that., the, Archbishop of Paris was shot in the most cowardly manner yesterday evening, by the insurgenrs in his attempt—carrying, a flagj.ol truee — to induce., them, to siirrerider,- bin. kam told, he is, not* .fearfi , :';.'.'-' ■•-' M. Louis. Blaac>,wasiyexyr»eariya sbot^by= jthfcNatio«a^.Guai d*.oa' tbe^' Bflwle^airdft de.la? 'Madeleine,' wHo sure jaUfi^exM^erafejd'agaiafiti him. '*' '

"The, National Guards ,are marching for tjie- -Faubourg' St. Antovqe, as well as more ij-flops of tbe-H^e. A convoy of animunition and projectiles tyis ju,sji passed; fiscp.rted by dragoons'.. Jiveii',.^ll or(ier£y n wUh letter has an ,esc,ortpf ejgji^or Jep jinp,n, Te reason lor caution i§, tliat^jt is feajedtljp iusurgeiits niay attempt to 'run a-n^uck 1 through thestreet, murder individuals, aqddd ojhfr mischief. "It is staged that Qenefal Lamoriciete^as the, first. man who entered fhe courtyard (ol ( ol ihe Cust9m r house stores jnj the Faubourg.^u Temiile^after^tlie gates had been forced,ppen by cannon shot! r ,Ris horse «r^s .woundejd by the fire of the insurgents,, who Jpst a number of men at .tins point. ' , "TJie jSJationel announces the, .death of General Negrier. "General Charbonnel's wound although severe, iS(iiot dangerous. "General .Renau^ .^as Iwen .severely wounded. "General Deartjs among, the killed. "Am.ongst the woupded, is to be, numbered M. Dchftdenc, a young .painter of talenf, whose! name w^s mention d honourably at the last exposition >of,painling<;. Whilst figh ing in the ranks! of: the Journal Guard be was struck by a balLin^he right arm, from which it has not yet been.erttracled,"

The following is tlie second letter of ,our correspondent : — "Paris, Monday, June 26, 2 o'clock, P.M. "An officer of ordonnai>ce of one of the generals has just p^sed along the Boulevardes, visiting the posts of, National, Guards established at the corners 'of all the streets. He announced to them that although the National Guards, Mobiles, and troops, had obtained the upp_er hand, all was uot over, and they must remain, on guard. ' ti ß,arqn James d^ Rothschild has, however, since arrjved. He came,' in the uniform of his legion of the National Guard, on foot fronTthe Bajjieredu Trone, and announced that throughout there did not exist a barricade or insurgent. He, however, confirms a fact which I, announced to you this forenoon, that the universally respected Archbishop of Paris had been by the insurgents treacherously shot whi)e imploring ,a,party of them surrender. . „ " "Four members of the National Assembly i M.M. Larabit, Cassali, Drouot, andGalli, who ! accompanied the Archbjshop on his mission, of, peace, were made prisoners, and were de1 tamed as hostages. , I "I reserve iqr another time the sad details of {he loss,of,th£ I bra"ve inhabitants of Peris, of the Banker, of the departments, and of the j ar,my of Francfe in these dreadful days. • The cavahy and ajtijlery, have .suffered eqpally with, the infivntry,. Even the engineers have J lost many men, , To he just, General Cavaignac lms been impartial in his distribution of danger, although some corps have, in spite i of this, loj*t jjifijuHely rapr^ban. their proper share. The b*yoc among gener,alsi and ttffi-cei-s b>S, raoreo.v,er, .bfiep. iucre^ibjy beyoud proportion. The :11st ofcaaiipJiK'jr tyill prove a melancholy one. Those of the National Guards who wore; dec^ratjonsj like the .officers, received a deadly .preference from theh foes, whose execrable conduct in most ■ instances destroys the respejQt to which their courage might have entitled them. One reflection comes across. every man's mind while thinking of this conflict: — Had the Communists, Socialist?,.; and Sections succeeded, where should we ail fee.now. , „ * •t, -** Four o'clock. - ,« Wounded men coutinueto be borne 'along the Boulevard; -'''Anoth&r sad Spectacle presented itself this forenoon. Some furni'ure vans passed by filled w ith dead bodies. They have just returned laderc with wine, and pre l ceded by others filled with bread, lor ihe combatants. ? "Covered and 6>h#r~ spring 1 'waggons are mo'vihg in every diredtiort to trarisj&ftf'the sick of the hospi-tals to" other buildings-, Mti-erttee i& ,make room fbr ihe vpoXilldeJ. ' ;< 1 "There is no Bourse to-day." jj

Our correspondent, in his letter qf Mow* day, morning, describing th^ conflicts, of \lhe day before* says — - • , - " The batric?des at the barriers, of Ro?he-T! chousrt* ant)- indeed, nhvg the lir*e o£,the< outer; Roulev^rtl, \?ere e^rrifd PQtlydn \he af r teiaooa.. It.wafii propo^e^ to bring Gannon* agaiust^the' bajficatle B?ochechouajf(^ *XV sitid'the Guards,, 'we will • But th.c loss o£ life?' § >VH« Care wo, for tb& loss of life! „ Tahey (the in^urgents^ have not spared our»' And h wasstt>rm«d| and maa^ folly stownedv anCdiefeuded by tuffiaWs who.' resisttdto,tbc lasn. •*Aftectb^bacricaf3e!SLbai}ebBen darfeiad.. by. .thcttoopsi iNatioHaL Guatdi^< ani' MobUev ther.Cios. Sit:. Lazwdhac*msi<xht*\iieaiie olthe-ifigbting.afcthisfßjidof-thfiimeiropolisk Agreat.; (hospital? mi that* square wJitcte ia not yetr, finished, became the citadel ofr thft'insarartc-s. taon.s^.'Kle a*tatfli u^prp tiia*. ttroaghold^. and ih&tofcwsermew anaony theroott; drdadM in-

cidents,of thj^detMnwned inflection. It was, carried *i,g o'dopk. From thence^il 9 o'clock, tfye troops, were.enMgeeT fawfM' ing the Boulevards ia ,tUe o^jfy: Faubourg St. Antoine. " In the j\f ')$WrP$ A th?tyxisppWifpKe Boulevard dv Temple, from-which Fiescfii' ffreJ onllioujs 'Philippe, thej insurgents foughiwftb the<most •determined- courage throughout sibe day. iSot tjontent'jwith defending- tfie^poii. ticins in'the Rue- de'Crussol and the Rue>Menil Montard, they determined on a. sortfe, and debouching from those streets spread them* selves along the Boulevard to the Theatre de la Gaite fighting hand-to hand with the troops, while 1 heir main body, sweeping by; the Jardin T-urc, drove (he National Guards and -troops past the Cadran Bleu, into the Rue Chariot. Their success was of only brief duration. They were driven back at - the point- of - the bayonet, and although tbey-cori'tinned-to -resist for hours afterwards, were' ' ultimately obliged to retreat. • , " - ' ' "These are'a'few of the incidents to- show the determined'desperate courage of the Sections, for it was they and the- Socialists who here contended, and the valour and.confcrancy ,wi»h which the troops, National' Guards^ (of Paris and the provinces) and the Garde-Mo-bile, repulsed, and in the end- defeated them. "The barricade of the Barrier Rochechoiiart which was defended for so -many -hours, and which cos! so many valuable- lives, 'was- commanded by M. la Rochp (or La Jloque) JlCe editor of the journal the Pire Duchcsne. He was summoned by a Garde Mobile to surrender, and havingrefused, the Garde shot i inn in the head, At Cligancourt, ihe troops found a pail'fUlediwiih turpentine and-olher inflammable roattet, and a syringe with whidh< it was said the Communists were determined to set fire to ihe housesin Paris after they, had'pillaged them. The' troops likewise disctfvfeWd the grocer who'had supplied those material*, and were about to inflict summary jusriee : oh him when the unfortunate man supplicated them to spare his life, assuring'ihera-that bft had been robbed of those articles by an armed force, who broke into his house. This inflammable matter and apparatus have beenlodged in the Mdirie of the 2nd arrottdissemen't. - "In the'Faubburg dv Temple, rhe, 'CfVmale) keeper of a wine-shop is said to have infused arsenic in the wine she served J to 'this ptfbi 1 soldiers. A' person 'tells me be ' sftW v ! seve'?'a'l of them fall : frorn the effects of it; In tire Rue de He'ldet"a ! nd in 'the neighbourhood bt Nbtre Dame de'Lofe'tte, well dressed 'women were detected carrying '\ii\\ carrrißge's in theit baskets. A mat) feigning' to be wobnded was carried on a mattra^s, wlrich' was !j firlied'wit'li gunpowder and" ball, 'and some hearses were seized which contained powder and "baJU' l^ ','„ " I am sorry to say, in short, that tre'a^ chery and cruelty have (this day particularly) characterised ihe warfare carried on by the insurgents. Not only did they in many m? stances butcher their prisoners with the atrocity of savages, but they poisoned the wine and brandy served tfftlie troops, and poured vitriol out of the windows on the brave te)(ows who contended with them franVly and witlj good faith. A party of dragoons were this morning lured into one of the streets off jtb!e Faiiboiirg St. Antoine, and. massacred, Uy the mWsters who filled the houses of it. . " General Negrier, one of the Questors of the National Assembly, i|, 3 ?s you know, d^iidj He fell gloriously. 'The 'following aire^'tn^ particulars of the affair in which He lost his life:— ' „1 ■ . " Yesterday c% f ening, after a sanguinary contest in the neighbouthood of the Hote^ de Ville, he maj.cliedby the Quay dcs Ormes at the head of a detachment of, |he ,24tb of the Line, with artillery and a of the National Guard?, in the direction of the _Pont Marie and the barrack of the Celestins,<wh;iqh was occupied by the insurgents. The Gene,;* i ral, accompanied bylns-aidesrde-campcartie^ in succession a great n^rnber of batricadies, and af.tef an obstjnate .resistance; , re>capture4 'ilje barracks, and -drove t^^jjnsvrgeuts froia ! thVco|n,£jtares, wheiejlujy batl Jilted,?hemi selves ; r ' then, returning by Ithe 1 the Bo,uieyar4 Bourdon, he set}t Commandant Bqizafd^f the ', N.atbnal Gt^m;d,to, ordeij, iein,forcern*«tß, ia ord^er'to re/qjie thjet.upper yar^o/ the- RuejSt. , Antpine, fcom^ tb^e insurgjents, wha werestitl !in the' .neighbourhood of ' the chjirch^ of S^ jPaulj when be f wa,s struck by, a ba)l t a,t;jh;et ' entrance p,f t]ifl Ru^St.-^tnioine^ i% fr,on v v t 3 ot 1 the- great barricade < which defeud.ed 1 the. etm ' trance. of-/the.Faubourg. General: Gh&i^on^ | oel,, a. representative, of the people^ w«s v g?B verely wounded beside, him," , v * ' 5