Meantime the approaches to the Arsenal were in the hands of members of the Citizen Soldiery. They established their headquarters in a sort of reorestion groand about a mile from the Arsenal, and, when carriages arrived, these wore stopped by a piquet with fixed bayonets. These volonteora could to a great extent speak English, and they advised the occapanta not to proceed farther, bat if they did they would do so at their own risk, Up to about eight o'clock the roads leading from this point to the Arsenal were patrolled and equsds could even be arms, bat haviog no although distinguished by wolationary band round their arms, At all the various places flags were hoisted, and while they were not the orthodox revolationsry fag, the volunteers themselves stated that they bad an equal signification. They were ted with one corner white, snd emblizstarred circlet, as on the parely white flag of the revolutionaries elsewhere, 'A proclamation was posted on the walls at the instance of the revelation ries, calling apon the people to mai tain a poncefal attitude.
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