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report, at day-break. It is conceived in these

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"All the soldiers at this moment in Paris, "armed or not armed, will repair immediately, "those of the first, second, and sixth corps in "front of the height of Cinq Moulins, near the "butte Montmartre, and the village la Chapelle; "those of the cavalry, mounted or not mounted, 66 upon the road to St. Denis, to the cross roads "of Clichy.

"Those of the third and the fourth corps, to "the telegraph upon the height of Belleville.

"Those of the infantry of the guard, command"ed by General Deriot, upon the road to Vin"cennes, near Petit Charonne.

"The general officers, and those of the staff, "belonging to these different corps, will be"take themselves to the posts respectively as"signed.

"The general officers of the staff, who have "no destination, will repair to the head of the "village of Lavillette, near the canal of L'Ourq, "where is fixed the general head quarters.

"It is expressly forbidden, under the severest "penalties, to give asylum to soldiers not wound. "ed, who shall not repair to the post to which "they are called by the voice of honour, and of "their country,

"There shall be established, in each place "above assigned, a depot of 4000 arms. Gene"ral Desforneaux for the first, second, and "sixth corps; General Pully for all the cavalry, "mounted or not mounted; General Beau"mont for the third and fourth corps, and Gene"ral Deriot for the guard, are charged to review "their respective troops, armed or not armed, "to take cognisance of the number of arms "wanting, and to expedite an order, with which "the officer of artillery, appointed by General “Evam, at each of the depôts, will take care to comply."

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No notice is taken of arming any other portion of the federates than such as are comprised under the term riflemen of the national guard; and I learn that not more than 7000 musquets have, as yet, been distributed amongst them. It is not to be doubted but that considerable alarm is entertained by such of the Parisians as are known to be attached to the royalist cause, many of whom now say, that all their hopes for the preservation of Paris centre in Fouché: the other members of the commission are forgotten; and his house alone, at the demand of the national guard, is protected by a guard of honour. Yet I find the Tuileries' gardens, and the boulevards, as full of company as usual, and my friend M. de

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whilst walking in the former place, was asked why he had so melancholy a face, and if any thing had happened to him!!! may seem strange to you, that the only man with a melancholy face in the Tuileries to-day should be a foreigner, when you consider that the Square Vendôme, close by, is covered at one corner with wounded men, lying on straw, at the other with the waggons carrying all the property of the villagers, driven in by the enemy; and that a battle is to be fought tomorrow, for the honour and independence of France, with the last relics of the army, under the walls of the city. More singular still may it appear to you, that the whole plain under Montmartre is crowded by men, women, and children, straggling about, to visit their comrades and acquaintance in the French camp; and that the barriers towards that quarter are choked up with carts and coaches, going to, and returning from, the expected scene of to-morrow's battle. Although it is the more common opinion on the whole, that there will be no fighting in the town itself, yet every one is aware, that between the gallantry of the troops, the despair of the federates, and the exasperation of the Prussians, such a tremendous extremity is at least upon the chances. There were secret commit

tees in each chamber to receive messages from the government, and it is understood that a determination not to defend the interior of the capital was positively premised before the cham, bers were required to declare the town in a state of siege, M. Durbach, in the open sitting, dis, claimed such a notion to have entered into the head of any member of the government. There are two royalist reports on this subject; one is that the whole hostile movement is but a semblance on the part of Fouché, to keep quiet the army and the suburbs, until the force of the enemy shall be so overwhelming as to make all opposition fruitless, and justify a surrender; the other spreads the notion that the remainder of the army is to be sacrificed to-morrow, to secure the repose of the capital, and of France. The latter report finds encouragement even with the army; it came to me first through an officer of the imperial guard. The Prince of Eckmülh has taken the command of the whole army, which is now close to Paris, Marshal Grouchy's corps arrived this morning.

The representatives of the people, far from proclaiming Louis last night, manifested a spirit which seems to rise with their difficulties; although a few individuals amongst them have begun to waver, or rather to show their royalist pro

pensities. It would be too much to expect that not one rogue, nor coward, nor mistaken man, should be found out of six hundred and twenty, nine members. They proceeded to the important object of their labours; the nine members of the committee of constitution were finally chosen, and M. Gamon, in a speech, which was listened to, said the General Solignac, in mysteri, bus silence, proposed the resurrection of the con stitution of 1791, as the last hope and rallying point of the true friends of rational liberty, and as the only means of uniting the partisans, whe ther of Louis, of Napoleon the Second, or of the Duke of Orleans. It was referred to the committee to examine this constitution, and report thereupon. Upon hearing the alarming details of the progress of the enemy, communicated in a message from the government, General Raymond, who had visited the army, comforted the assembly by assuring them that their defenders had taken up the fine position of the course of the Seine, and that there was no ground for alarm. General Mouton-Duvernet followed him, with an account of his mission to the army of the north, with which he and General Ogier had been charged by the government, on the 25th.

They had succeeded partially in stopping the rout, by an appeal to the soldiers, whom they met flying in every direction, with and without

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