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arms , in ivhich they accuse the National Assembly , or rather its decrees , and more particularly the deputies whojc letters they are possessed of as the authors of those troubles which lay waste the provinces . This the municipalit y have looked on as a crime do Leze Nation , and probably willing to show thc steadiness of their adherence

on every point but one , they have sent to express their abhorrence of the act , aud to demand the punishment of its authors . I wrote you some time ago that false addresses to the National Assembly were always produced when any town was named as showing its discontent , not only that manoeuvre is tried with success to

conceal murmurs , which too often pierce through the attempts that are made to conceal them . The committee appointed to receive addresses takes no notice of those which are not favourable to their bouse ; the Vicomte de Mirabeau has a list of 160 that have been thus buried iu silence

and oblivion . There are no less than three corps composed of the proprietors of the provinces where the troubles have most prevailed under arms . One of 1 , 500 in Brittany , under the command of a nobleman of that

province marches against all the plunderers in the vicinity . He is , as you may suppose , denouce to the Assembl y ' . M . de la Fayette has received a rebuff from the Minister of the War Department . He asked the rank of Maj . General for a M . de Gouvionand is now Maj . General of

, the Paris Militia , ivho had served with him in America . The Minister refused to propose it to the King . M . de la Fayette insisted that the King would not refuse . The Minister answered , I never will propose it to his Majesty , and when

I receive his order for it , " ma demission est toute prcto . " A M . de Lezieres , an old officer in the French Guards , has been taken up and imprisoned for a libel against M . de la Fayette , Baillie , Mirabeau , & c . I send you a book * which is exposed to sale chvilv , impunement ; I leave you to draw y our own inferences .

The districts begin to revolt against the common council of Paris . I wrote you what they ivere last post ; you may imagine how

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theyregulate the police , when I tell you that nothing but gambling tables are seen on the quays and boulevards , where the people are cheated out of the little money they possess . The committee of the commons , who have the regulation of the theatre , mean to

demand the box occupied by the lords of the bed chamber , who formerly had the superintendence of the playhouses . A club is established here under the name of the Club de 29 . Their institution is intended to sow the

principles of liberty in all parts of the world ; they will not exist long , for they are already nick-named la Propaganda . The Queen is not yet informed of the Emperor ' s death , although the courier arrived at one o ' clock to-day .

Narrative Of An Unrecorded Arctic Expedition.

NARRATIVE OF AN UNRECORDED ARCTIC EXPEDITION .

( BY THE SOLI ? suavrvoR . ) 'Twas in the Arctic Ocean , And the wind filled all our sails , For it was our role to find the pole , And not to hunt for whales .

But we had not gone a furlong Into the laud of snow , When we lost our mast , aud the ship stuck fast In the midst of a thick ice-floe .

And such was our position That we couldn ' t move an inch ; And , 0 clear me , it was sad for to sec The frost our noses pinch . Then six of us were eaten By a great big bear in the ni g ht

, And the ice broke through with other twenty-two , And buried them from our sight ! Our hatchets and our crowbars AVe worked with mi ght and main ;

But every slice that we cut from the ice AVas frozen up again . So we all sat down in a bod y , And swore that it ivas no go ; And we " piped our eye" to think that we should die Forgotten on a cold icc-iloo