Already there appears, not merely in the language of the popular journals, but in the official acts of the Provisional Government, decisive evidence that the _socialist ideas_ are about to be carried into execution by the supreme authority in France. On March 1st, there appeared the following decree of the Provisional Government:— “The Provisional Government, considering that the revolution made by the people should be made for them: “That it is time to put an end to the long and iniquitous sufferings of the working classes: “That the question of labour is one of supreme importance: “That there can be no higher or more dignified preoccupation of the Republican Government: “That it becomes France to study ardently, and to solve, a problem which now occupies all the states of Europe: “That it is indispensable, without a moment’s delay, to guarantee to the people the fruits of their labours: “The Provisional Government has decreed,— “That a permanent commission shall be formed, which shall be entitled, ‘The Commission of Government for the Labourers,’ and charged, in a peculiar and especial manner, with their lot. “To show the importance which government attaches to this commission, it names one of its members, M. Louis Blanc, president of the commission, and for vice-president, another of its members, M. Albret, mechanical workman. “Workmen are invited to form part of the commission. “It shall hold its sittings in the palace of the Luxembourg. “LOUIS BLANC. “ARMAND MARRAST. “GARNIER PAGES.”[6] How is the Provisional Government to _find funds_ for the enormous multitudes who will thus be thrown upon them, or to satisfy the boundless expectations thus formed of them, and which their own acts have done so much to cherish? Already the want of money has been experienced. Nearly all the banks of Paris have failed; the savings’ banks have been virtually confiscated, by the depositors being paid only a tenth in specie, and the Bank of France has suspended cash payments. The government has got into an altercation with a class of the highest importance, under existing circumstances, which is striving to liberate itself from the imposts which are more immediately felt by it. So early as March 2d, the journalists claimed an exemption from the stamp duties on the public journals; and on the government hesitating to comply with their requests, they loudly demand the dismissal of M. Cremieux, the new minister of justice. The _Democratie Pacifique_ of March 2d, observes—