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the West, upon whose statements-we rely,
have never yet deceived us, and the reasons
which they give, seein to us perfectly incon-
trovertible. Wc have placed in another co
lumn, the names of the members of both hou-
lies of the Kentucky Legislature, and their
political character as fully ascertained. Some
of them claimed by the Clay party, in order
to make up a meagre majority, are known to
be expressly elected as Jacksonians, and open
ly pledged to support the administration.—
The victory is great and decisive The fate
of Mr. Clay is sealed; deserted by his own
State, he can only hope to protract his politi
cal existence by a few more desperate strug
gles. It is reserved for Maryland, in which
last struggle will ho made to give him the
coup de grace. BARTON is defeated by a
large majority in Missouri. JOHNSTON will
be left at home in Louisiana. A friend to the
administration will be returned to the U. S.
Senate from Kentucky, Llinois is unmoved
We have heard nothing distinct from Indiana,
but have no fears, and have a firm reliance that
the republicans of Maryland will leave Ezeki
el F Chambers at home to meditate on Dil-
worth, and study the multiplication table.
Baltimore Republican.
FOREIGN.
HIGHLY IMPORTANTf
From the New York Commercial Advertiser,
of the 3d mst. we copy the following important
intelligence.—Char Cour.
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE!
The packet ship Hibernia, Capt. Maxwell,
announced as being in the offing yesterday, has
brorght the Editors of the Commercial Adver
tised their London papers to the 3d of Au"»«t
bt>., n goi 10 rne ^io, Dotn inclusive.
It was evident from the complexion of the
fcreign advices yesterday, that a crisis was
Dear at hand n France. Still wc had no idea
that the gathering tempest was so soon to
feeak upon us. But tte explosion has fallen
flpon the startled e* r quick as the thunder
crash follows the ^“ize of the lightning. An
other agonv -'■as begun. The streets of the
French r^pltol have again been deluged with
bioiW. Charles X. lias ceased to reign. The
haughty Bourbons are again fugitives. LA
FAYETTE—almost OUR OWN Lafayette,
is again at the head of the National Army, and
France reposes once more in the arms of her
legitimate sovereign—THE PEOPLE. Am
ple details of these most extraordinary events
will be found below.
A letter from Paris, datod July 29th. says—
•'The most horrible carnage has taken place in
Paris, yesterday till 8 o’clock in the evening,
and to-day till noon. The number of killed and
wounded is considerable on both sides, but the
Royal Guard was at length repulsed on ali
points, and the tricolored flag is hoisted on the
Tuilleries. It could never have been suppos
ed that there was such invincible courage in
the population ofthc Capitol. Every one flew
to arms, and this morning Paris, could have re
sisted 100 000 men. The Royal Guard is noiv
posted along the road to St Cloud; but it ap
pears that having received reinforcements
from Beauvais, it will attempt another attack
this night.
The Moniteur, of the same date, announces
that “The Deputies present «ti Paris, Have
found it necessary to assemble to remedy the
serious dangers which threatened the security
of persons and property. A Commission has
been appointed to watch over the interests ot
nil. in the entire absence of a regular organiza
tion. Messrs. Ar.dry de Puiravieu Compte
Gerard, Jaques Lafitte, Compte de Lobau,—
Mauguin, Odier, Casimer Perrier, and De
Schonon, compose the Commission. General
Lafayette is Commander in Chief of the Na
tional Guard. The National Guards are mas
ters of Paris at all points.”
On Saturday, the 31st of July, the Capitol
Was entirely free from the troops who adher
ed to the King; ail was tranquil in Paris, and
fie Duke of Orleans had, at the request of the
Deputies, consented to act provisionally as Lt.
G nrrul of the Kingdom. The Ministers ap
pointed by the Deputies to carry on the busi
ness of government are—Baron Louis for the
Finances; M. Dupont De L’Eure for the De
partment of Justice; General Gerard for War;
Admiral deRigny for the Marine; M. Bignon,
lor Foreign Affairs; M. Guizot, for Public In
struction; and M. Casimir Perrierc, for the In
terior. Such of the Swiss Guard as had sur
vived the carnage have forsaken the King.
The King had fled to Nantz. accompanied
by the Duke de Bordeaux, (the young heir
presumptive,) and other members of the Roy
al Fimiiy. They have carried with them the
crown and all the jewels. At Nantz they were
t<» wait for tho Ex-Ministers, when it will be
decided whether they will proceed to Germa
ny or to England. [Another account, both be
ing of the latest date, states that the Royal
flight was to Rheims.] Thus it would appear
that Charles has set his Crown upon a cast—
has stood the hazard of the die—and lost it.
A letter from an English gentleman in Paris,
dated August 1st., says;
“We have emerged from a dreadful crisis —
Tvranny has been subdued, and liberty has tri
umphed. Glory and honor to the Parisians!
they have achieved a mighty action. For
three days has Paris been a scene of warfare.
Blood has flowed in torrents; at least 3000 men
have fallen on both sides; some say 6000; but
the military are the principal sufferers. The
spirit of the people was inconceivable; they
successively carried every post, drove the sol
diers before them, took the . Tuilleries, the
Louvre, and all the public buildings by assault.
Yesterday, at 6 o’clock, all Paris was in the
hands of the citizens. To their honor, be it
said, property, public or private, was every
where respected. The gates of the city are
open, and the streets, which had been torn up
bv the populace, with the intention of throwing
the stones from the tops ol the houses upon
the military, are repairing.”
Much blood has doubtless been shed. In
the Fauxboorg of St. Denis, it was reported
from one to two thousand persons had been sa
lt diced, when the guards and the artillery,
shocked at so much carnage, and seeing the
determination of the people, bad refused to
fire.
The events connected with this revolution
have passed before us with sqch unexampled
rapidity, that they float hazily in the mind like
a dream, rather than facts officially authentica
ted. We must endeavor, however, to present
the reader with something like an intelligible
history of the week during which they occur
red. The Royal Ordinances which we pub
lished yesterday, and which were the immedi
ate cause of the explosion, were dated on the
251 h of July, and published on the 26th, which
was Monday. Simultaneously with the issu
ing of these decrees. Marshal Marmont, (Duke
of Ragusa.) was invested with the command
of the troops. On the day following, (Ihe
26th,) the Bank refused to discount Bills, upon
which all the manufacturers discharge their
workmen, and the streets ol Paris were tilled
with groups discussing aloud the extraordina
ry state of things. , r
On the evening of the same day, the follow
ing ordinance was posted up iu Paris, which
served to increase the agitation already pro
duced:
“We, Prefect of Police, 4-c. seeing the ordi
nance of the King, dated the 25th inst. which
put again in force articles 1, 2 and 9, of the
law of the 21st October, 1814, &c. we have or
dained and ordain as follows;
"Art. 1. Every individual who shall distri
bute printed writings, on which there shall not
be the true indication ot the names, profession,
and residence of the author and of the printer,
or who shall give to tlie public the same writ
ings to read, shall be brought before the Com
missary of Police of the quarter, and the writ
ings shall be seized.
“2. Every individual keeping a reading
room, coffee house &c who shall give to be
react journals or other writings, printed con
trary to the ordinance of the King, of the ~otb
inst. relative to the press, shall be prosecuted
as gumy ot the misdemeanors which
these
journals, or writings, may constitute, and his
establishment shall be provisionally closed.”
Tuesday the 27th, was early a day of great
excitement and agitation. The Police were
busy in attempting to prevent the people from
visiting the usual places of resort tor paper:
and news. The Journal of Commerce appear
ed by permission, and a royal ordinance was
issued, requiring the printer to proceed wit!
its composition the following day. A similar
order was issued for the publication of La
France Nouvelle, but it was disobeyed. The
students of the schools were ordered not to
take part in any illegal assemblage and public
disorders. On both sides blood was shed.—
Indeed the insurrection had commenced.
In consequence of the decree against the
freedom of the press, the following journals
were suppressed on the 27th: The Constilu
tionnel, with its 27,000 subscribers, the Cour
rier Francais, the Journal du, Commerce the
National, the French Times, the Messa-
r des Chambres, and all the res*, of the
liberal or moderate papers of the Liberal side
were put down The English were without
their Galignani’s Messenger, and their London
Express; and the following are the only pa
ners which had the liberty to appear that
morning, viz: Moniteur, Universe/, Qvotidi
tnne, Gazette de France Drapeau Blanc■ The
proprietors of Journals purely ministerial, ex
perienced, of course, no difficulty; but all oth
ers, which treated, in the most remote degree
of political matters were unlicensed.
On Wednesday, the "Oth, Paiis was In pos
session of the insurgents. The citizens were
all armed with pikes, with pistols, with fire
arms, or with bludgeons. The soldiers had
lor the most part either joined with or refused
to act against the people
The seizure*pf the presses of the liberal
journals, appeared to be the signal ofthe inani
festation of public opinion. The populace wa
no longer to be intimidated by the troops, and
hloodshed ensued to a frightful extent, on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the Na
*ional Guards now spontaneously took up arm:
in defeuce of the public liberties, hut the Go
vernment neglected to profit by this open de
monstration of feeling, ar.d persevered in the
course which terminated in its ruin This state
of things continued until the enraged populaep
and the National Guard attacked and carried
the Hotel de Ville and several small posts —
The King’s troops then charged in turn, and
after an obstinate resistance, in which much
blood was spilt, succeeded in retaking them
The possession, was of a short duration, as the
students of the Ecole De Droit, and of the E-
cole Polytechnique, fell vigorously on the mil
tary. and drove them from their posts.
The National Guard being then organized
to a considerable extent, and having at »h ?;
head General Gerard, undertook the duty ot
protecting the city, and gained over to tbe
cause ofthe people, the 5th and 53.1 regiment;
of the line.
During these proceedings the populace be
ing formed into bands, armed every way, and
organized to a great extent, gained considera
ble ground, and pushed their advantages to
the extremities of the city. The Royal Guards
who had been ordered to evacuate Paris, were
directed to proceed to St. Cloud. The third
regiment of Guards and the Swiss Guards who
had not quitted their posts at the Tuilleries,
were attacked there at twelve o’clock in the
day, and the p >sts being forced, the troops re
treated to the Louvre. Here they were again
attacked at three o’clock, and, after a heavy
firing, they were dispossessed, and finding far
ther resistance hopeless, retired from Paris.
A meeting ofthe Peers had taken place, but
with no material result.
The Deputies met in Paris, and agreed to a
protest, which was sent to the King at St.
Cloud, but it did not appear that the King
would make any concession The Deputies,
on ascertaining the obstinacy of the King, re
assembled to deliberate, and to take measures
for the safety of the country.
The tri-coloured flag was floating on the
Tuilleries, and, according to some accounts,
on Notre Dame also.
The occurrences of Thursday the 29th, are
detailed at full length, in the articles below
from the Journal des Debats, and the Messen
ger des Chambre, of July 30. And in addition
io the accounts given above, of the result of
the insurrection in the Capitol, and the state
of affairs on the 1st of August, we here insert
the substance ofthe news as received by the
third and latest express which arrived in Lon
don on Monday, the 2d ultimo. It is copied
from the Sun ofthe evening of that day:
A third express kas been aeceRredftoa Pa
ris. . As far as the intelligence has been gutter
ed to transpire, we are informed that the tyrant
king had abdicated in favor of the Duke de
Bordeaux; that the Duke of Orleans had been
declared Regent, or, as others have it, King-
that Charles X and the Royal Family bad set
out for Rheims; and that Prince Polignac had
been compiled to surrender to General La
Fayette. The troops of the line at Leslie, at
Rouen, at Havre, and generally throughout the
departments, had joined the citizens. Inis
express left Paris on Saturday night, at which
time the Provisional Government was most
successfully exerting itself to restore order,
and the city was generally resuming its tran
quil appearance, though the greatest enthusi
asm prevailed. A deputation from Lisle had
arrived at Paris, offering 5000 men, il needed.
A deputation troin Lyons was also stated to be
on the way to Paris. At Marseilles the inhabi-
lants and military had universally risen against
the Government ol Charles X. The Mar
seilles hymn was chaunted in the streets, and
a force was organizing to resist any attempt of
the tyrant. The Provisional Government ot
Paris was about to send two thousand men to
ward Calais, and on the arrival of the expect
ed quotas from the provinces, other bodies
would be despatched in different directions.
One general feeling is said to animate the
French people, and they are not more distin
guished by toe heroism with which they nave
asserted their liberties, than by the avoidance
of all anarchy and plunder during the strongest
excitement.
Toe accounts from Marseilles state, that in
formation had arrived there of there having a
risen discontents among the French iroops at
Algiers It was said that 10,000 had been or
dered borne. The convicts at I oulon had at
tempted to escape but were prevented. In
Marseilles great excitement prevailed, aDdtho
Marseilles hymn had been sung in the open
streets with cheers of down with the Bourbons
—long live liberty. At Lisle, Nismes, Avig
non, and other places, the national guard has
taken up arms in favor ofthe people.
On Wednesday, about one o’clock, the tu
multuous assemblages had greatly increased,
>v*ien there was repeated discharges ot muske
try. The populace was every where collect
ed in dense masses, but more especially in Rue
St. Horiore and the market places. The place
Louis Quinze was crowded with persons, in
the strongest state of excitement, calling out,
with deafening shouts—“As has les Bourbons!’
“A has les Despoles!” d'C. By the various dis
charges, it was said that five or six hundred
individuals had been killed. At the Boule
vards the people cut down the trees and tore
up the chaussees. One unfortunate English
man, looking out of the window of Lawson’s
Hotel, was shot. Every shop with the ensig
nia ofthe royal family was attacked—the aj/i-
clies were torn down, and the shops were lite-
rally battered to pieces. The Tuilleries were
quite closed, and large bodies of military were
tationed allround. The current report, wheu
our informant left Paris was, that M. Cassi-
tner Perrier had issued a proclamation, stating
hat obedience was no longer due to Govern
ment, which was to be considered at an end.
The national guard had assembled in great
force, and it was understood that M. Lafitte, or
lienerai Lamarque, was to he at the head ol it.
The great massacre of the people happened
when they were breaking into every place
where ihere were arms to seize them. None
of the mads were allowed to quit Paris, and it
took about four hundred men to succeed in get
ting the mail to tLis country out of the capital.
Tins could not have been effected but lor a re
giment, winch had gone over to the people,
Having taken charge of it. All the Bureaux
had closed, and it was impossible to procure
passports. The English who were all eager
toquit Paris, were taking their departure with
out passports. All the English were stopped
by the populace, and made to call out ‘ Vive
la C'harte.” The people tore off theJlcurs de Us
from the dresses of the postillions. Whai
added considerbly to the consternation of the
English was the circumstance of Lady Stuart
de liothsay having left Paris. It was confi
dently reported and believed that the Pc feet
of Rouen had been hanged Indeed in every
quarter the indigo-ti *n wa- strong a
4 unst government, and what added to the ex-
ctement was the complete destitution of all
men in office who had not, during tho recent
"lection, exerted themselves in procuring
votes. As much depends upon the feeling of
the army, our informant says that the Gardes
du Corps and the Swiss arc supposed to be
staunch to the government, but the regiments
ofthe line were on the side of the people to a
man. He assures us that on this most import
ant point there is not the least doubt enter
tained that all the regiments of the line are
with the people. The defection is complete.
An officer on duty was desired to fire by one
ofthe Cardes du Corps. The answ'er was,
No, I will not fire on mv own country
men ” It was reported in Paris that individ
uals of the Gardes du Corps, found separate
from the boy, had been dragged from their
horses and massacred. The report was that
treat damage had been done to the Louvre.
It was said that cannon were posted on both
sid< sol the Seine, and strong detachments of
cavalry were marching from all the neighbor
ing country on Paris. Handbills wen distrib
uted every ten minutes or so among the
crowds containing the most vehement philip
pics against the K ng and Ministers, summon
ing every man to arm for his country, and to
aid in ejecting the Bourbon. The Palais Royal
was the scene of all sorts of devastation. The
Duke of Orleans, from his having the misfor
tune to be a Bourbon, is a great sufferer for
the sins of his relations. Our informant as
sures us, that no exception is made—the
race is devoted Paris, he says, exhibits a
most extraordinary appearance at this time.—
The state of excitement connot be described.
Great indignation was felt at the meanness of
(he King in skulking at such a lime. Some
said he was concealed in Paris, others that he
had gone to Compeigne. It was considered
by the Parisians that the government had in
tended (he destruction of the capitol The
Gardes du Cops our informant said, did not by
any means appear elated; they seem »o be fill
ed with anything rather than anticipations of
a successful i.ssue No frenchman had the
least doubt of the issue. The people were
pouring into Paris from ail Jhe places ot the
ne ighborhood, with such arms as they could
find, breathing vengeance agaiust the Bour
bons.—Morning Chronicle.
‘‘The following manifesto is preceded by a
letter dated Pans, 27th July, subscribed—By
authorization, the Secelary ofthe preparatory
Rc-Union of Frenchmen, D. M.’ which begins
by stating, *1 am charged to transmit to you,
with a request to msert it in your next number,
the following document, which after delibera
tion, was adopted this day by a numerous as
sembly, met spontaneously iu order to concert
the measures which circumstances render ne
cessary and indispensable for the preservation
of our rights, and the establishment ol a true
Constitutional Government.’
"Manifesto to the French—to all people and
“ to all Governments
“A solemn act had, in 1816, laid the basis
of a reconciliation between the French nation
and the ancient dynasty, and fixed the condi
tions by which the chief of the bourbon family
should resume and preserve the exercise ol
the Royal authority; reiterated oaths have at
different epochs rendered more imperious the
obligations contracted by the chiefs ot this
family, and had made their Charter the sole
title to the obedience of the French -—
All these oaths have been violated
the last sixteen years, by the establ
a great number of laws, opposed in their spirit
and letter to the spirit of the Constitutional
Charter; but each of the attempts hitherto
made against this fundamental law had au ap
pearance of legality, and had not exceeded
legislative forms, which, while they had been
pieserved offered, the means of reparation.
The French nation, with an equanimity
which has often been called indifference or
weakness, has supported itself against alt the
inroads of power, all the attacks against its
rights, which, made by the different adminis
(rations which had succeeded each other uu
dor the reign of the astute Louis XVIII. as un
tier that of his successor. The national pa
tience, instead of briuging back the govern
ment to the sentiments of justice, of confidence,
of benevolence, had on the contrary, inspired
it with sufficient audacity to march more open
|y to the overthrow of our institutions, to tlie
spoliation of all our rights, to the rc-establish-
ment of those principles of Divine right, ol
those Royal prerogatives which are in opposi
tion to the interests and the prerogatives of the
people, which cannot be regarded otherwise
than as an outrage to human reason, and
which England first stigmatised with her an
athemas, and destroyed by her arms. The or
dinances ofthe 25th of the present month, in
abolishing (he principle guarantees consecia-
ted by the Constitutional Charter, have set ai
naught the positive terms of that Charter, and
of well considered laws, adopted by the two
Chambers, and sanctioned by the King accor-
img io legal forms, have at length taught Ihe
nation that the chief which she had diegued
to acknowledge, notwithstanding four years ot
vices, of corruptions, and of treasons against
his country, wished to govern it by his own
will, and according to the caprices of his own
gt-od pleasure. By these Ordinances tin
Chief of the Government has placed himself
above the laze; thf.refore he has put himself
OUT OF THE PALE OF THE LAW.
“In consequence of Charles Philip Cnpot,
formerly Count oi Artoisc, has ceased of
to be king of France; the French are reieaac
from all their obligations to him in that ch r
actor. Ail the Ordinances which he may pro-
mulge will be like those of ihe 25lh, null, ami
as it they had never been given. The Mints
isters composing the Government of the Ex-
Khig, named Polignac, Peyronnet, Monthel
d’Haussez, de Ctiantalause, Gueruon, Ran ville,
arc declared attainted and convicted of high
treason It is the duty of all Frenchmen to re
sist, by every means in their power, the orders
of Charles Philip Capet, or his agents, under
whatever denomination they may present them
selves, to refuse payment of all imposts, and
to take arms it it should be necessary, to put
an end to a Government defacto. and to estab
lish a nciv Government de jure.
“The army is released Irom its oaths offi
delity to the Ex-King, its country invokes ifs
concurrence. Charles Philip Capet—his self-
styled Ministers or Counsellors, their abettors
and adherents, the Generals the chiefs of Reg
iments and Officers, are responsible for every
effusion of blood resulting from the resistance
ofthe Government de facto to the national
will.
“Louis Philip of Orleans, Duke of Orleans,
is called upon to fulfil under the present cir
cumstances, Ihe duties which are imposed up
on him, and to concur with bis fellow citizens
in the re-establishment of n constitutional Go-
vernment.and on his refusal to do so h- must
with his faintly quit the French territory until
the perfect consolidation of tho new Govern
ment has been effected.
“Voted in Session at Paris, 27th day of Ju
ly 1830.
(Signed) “T. S. Provisional President
“G. De M. ) Provisional
“J. Du. D $ Secetaries.”
[From the Journal Des Debats.]
•PROTEST OF THE DEPUTIES.’
“The undersigned regularly elected by the
Colleges of Arrondissements, by virtue ofthe
Royal Ordinance of the } and conformida-
blytothe Constitutional Charter, and to the
laws relative to elections of the , and who
now at Paris:
Chamber of Deputies not having l-iten consti
tuted, could not be legally dissolved; on the
other, that the attempt to’furm a nc wr Chamber
of Deputies in a novel arid arbitrary manner,
is directly opposed to the Constitutional Char
ter, & to the acquired rights ofthe e, lectors: the
undersigned declare that they will ^till consid
er themselves as legally elected to the depu
tation by the Colleges ofthe Arrcradissement
and Departments whose suffrages they have
obtained, and as incapable of hemp* replaced*
except by virtue of elections made accor
ding to the principles and forms prescribed by
the laws. And if the undersigned do not ef
fectively exercise the rights nor perform alt
the duties which they derive from their legal
election, it is because they are hindered by
absolute violence. Many Deputies are expec
ted at Paris to-morrow or the day after A-
mong those who have already signed are M. M.
Labhy de Pompiere, Sebastians, Mechin, Pe-
rier. (Casimer.) Guizot, Andry de Puyraveau,
Andre Gollot, Gaetan de la Rochefoucauld,
Mauguin, Bernard, Voison, de GuriempS, Froi*
defont ile Bellisle, Viliemain, Didot, (Firmin)
Daunon, Persil, Villcnfot, De la Ribossiere,
Bondv. [Corole] Duris Deiresne. Gifod d’ Ain,.
Laisne de la Vilieveque, Delesserl, (Benjamin)
Marchal, Nau de Champlouis, Comte de Loban,
Baron Louis, Millianx, Estourmel [ComteJ
, . - T Montguyon, (C^mte) Levaillant, Tronchou,
, ur,I 'b.i Qerard, (General) Lafitte, (Jacques) Garcwsv
JL^ugas, Montbel, Camille Perier. Vassal, Alex
andre Delaborde, Jaques Lefebvre, Mat hieu
Dumas, Eusebe Salvtrte, De Pouhner, Her-
uoux, Chardel, Bavoux, Charles Dupin, Heiy
d’Hovss*£l. Eugene d’Harcout, Baillot Lafay
ette (General) Lafayette. [Georges] Jonven-
cal, Bertin de Vaux, Comte de Lameth, Re
gard, Duchaffaut, Auguste de St. Aignae, Ke-
ratry Ternaux, Jaques Odier, Benjamin Con
stant, &c. &c.
“PROCLAMATION u
Addressed to the French by the Deputies of De
partments assembled at Paris.
'Frenchmen!—France is free. Absolute
arc
“Consider themselves as absolutely obliged
by (heir duties and their honor to protest a-
gainst the measures which the advisers of the
Crown have lately caused to be proclaimed
for the overthrow of the legal system of elec
tions, and the ruin of the liberty of the Press
“The same measures contained in the ordi
nances of the—— are in the opinion of ihe un
dersigned, directly contrary to the constitu
tional rights ofthe Chamber of Peers, to the
Public rights of the French, to the attributes
and to the decrees of the tribunal, and calcu
lated to throw the State into a confusion,
which equally endangers the peace of the
present moment, and the security of the future.
“In consequencci the undersigned, inviola
bly faithful to their oath, protest in concert,
not only against the said measures, but against
all the acts which may result from them.
“And considering, on the one bund, that the
power raised its standard; the heroic popula
tion of Paris has overthrown it. Paris at
tacked has made the sacred cause triumph by
arms which had triumphed in vain in the elec
tions. A power which usurped our rights and
disturbed our repose, threatened at once lib
erty and order. We return to the possession
of order and liberty. There is no more fear
for acquired rights; no more barrier between
us and the rights which we still want. A Go
vernment which may without delay secure to
us these advantag s is now the first want of
our country Frenchmen, those of your depu
tes w*ho arc already at Paris, have assembled,
and till the Chambers can regularly intervene,
they have invited a Frenchman who has never
fought hut for France; the Duke of Orleans;
to exercise the functions of Lieutenant Gener
al ofthe Kingdom. This is in their opin
ion the surest means promptly to accomplish
by peace the success of the most legitimate
defence.
The Duke of Orleans is devoted to the na
tional ami constitutional cause. He has always
defended its iuierests, and professed its princi
ples, IIomvill respect our rights for he will
derive his own from us. VVe shall secure to
uurselves by laws, all the guarantees necessary
'.o liberty, strong and durable.
“T«ie re establishment of the National
Guard, vitb the intervention of the National
Guards in the choice ofthe the Officers.
1 T.e intervention of the citizens in the for-
. • .in ofthe departmental aud municipal ad*
•luuL-tratious
“The jury for the transgressions of the press;
'he legally organized responsibility of tho
Ministers and the secondary agents of ti.e ad
ministration.
“The re-election of Deputies appointed to
public offices vie shall give at length to our
nslitutinns, in concert with the head of the
State, the developments of which they have
need. >
Frenchmen.—The Duke of Orleans himself
has already spoken, and his language is that
which is suitable to a free country.
“The Chambers says he, ‘are going tn as
semble, they will consider the means to ensure
the reign of the laws and the maintenance of
the rights ofthe nation.’
“The Charter will henceforth he the truth.”j
[Imprinterie du temps.
[From the Journal du Commerce ]
“PARIS JULY 31—noon—Inhabitants of
Paris .The Deputies of France at this moment
asssemblcd at Paris, have expressed to me
(he desire that 1 should repair to this capital,
to exercise the (unctions ot Lieutenant Gener
al ofthe Kingdom.
“I have not hesitated to come and share
vour dangers, to place myself in the midst of
your heroic population, and to exert all my
efforts to pri serve you from the calamities of
e*vil war and of anarchy*
“On returning tcrtiis city of Paris I wore
with pride those glorious colors which you
have resumed, and which I myself long wore.
The Chambers are going to assemble, they
will consider the means of securing the reign
of the laws,and the maintenance of the nation.
“The Charter will henceforward be the truth
“LOUIS PHILIPPE DOR LEA NS.” '
STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
OFFICIAL.
Sent to the Municipality of Paris.
General Lafayette announces to the Mayors
and Members ot t bet different arrondissements,
that he has accepted the command in chief of
the National Guard, which has been offered
to him by the voice ot the public, and which
has been unanimously confercd upon him by
Ihe Deputies now assembled at the house of
M Lalayette. He invites the Mayor and Mu-
nicipalCjmTvttees of each arroQdissement to
send an officer to receive the orders of the
General at the town hotel, to which he is now
proceeding, and to wait for him there.
By order of Gen. LAFAYETTE, ^
Member ofthe Constitutional Municipal
Committee of the City of Paris.
LAFITTE, LOBAN,
CASSIMIR PERRIER, ODIER,
General GERA RD.
PROCLAMATION.
“Fellow Citizens—You have by unanimous
acclamation elected me your General. 1 shall
prove myself worthy of the choice of the Paris
ian National Guard. Wc fight for our !a\*s
and our liberties.