the barricade of the Rue de Bretagne, which at this moment Courtigis is

bombarding. There is the barricade of the Invalides, the barricade of the

Barrière des Martyres, the barricade of the Chapelle St. Denis. The

councils of war are sitting in permanence, and order all prisoners to be

shot. The 30th of the Line have shot a woman. Oil upon fire.

The colonel of the 49th of the Line has resigned. Louis Bonaparte has

appointed in his place Lieutenant Colonel Négrier. M. Brun, Officer of

the Police of the Assembly, was arrested at the same time as the

Questors.

"It is said that fifty members of the majority have signed a protest at

M. Odilon Barrot's house.

This evening there is an increasing uneasiness at the Elysée.

Incendiarism is feared. Two battalions of engineer-sappers have

reinforced the Fire Brigade. Maupas has placed guards over the

gasometers.

"Here are the military talons by which Paris has been grasped:--Bivouacs

at all the strategical points. At the Pont Neuf and the Quai aux Fleurs,

the Municipal Guards; at the Place de la Bastille twelve pieces of

cannon, three mortars, lighted matches; at the corner of the Faubourg the

six-storied houses are occupied by soldiers from top to bottom; the

Marulaz brigade at the Hôtel de Ville; the Sauboul brigade at the

Panthéon; the Courtigis brigade at the Faubourg St. Antoine; the Renaud

division at the Faubourg St. Marceau. At the Legislative Palace the

Chasseurs de Vincennes, and a battalion of the 15th Light Infantry; in

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