"That a Provisional Government be established, to consist of 13 members:--Moreau, President; Carnot, Vice-President; General Augereau, Bigonet, Destutt-Tracy, Florent Guyot, Frochot; Mathieu Montmorency, General Mallet, Noailles, Truguet; Volney, Garat. "That this Provisional Government be required to watch over the internal and external safety of the State, and to enter into negociations with the military powers for the re-establishment of peace. "That a constitution shall be drawn up and submitted to the General Assembly of the French realm. "That the National Guard be reconstituted as formerly. "That a general Amnesty be proclaimed for all political offences; that all emigrants, exiles, be permitted to return. "That the freedom of the Press be restored. "That the command of the army of the Centre, and which consists of 50,000 men, and is stationed near Paris, be given to General Lecombe. "That General Mallet replaces General Hulin as commandant of Paris, and in the first division. He will have the right to nominate the officers in the general staff that will surround him." There were many other orders, 19 in all, but these will suffice to indicate the tendency of the document. It was signed by the President and his Secretaries. President, SIEYES. Secretaries, LANJUINAIS, et GREGOIRE. "Approved, and compared with a similar paper in my own hands, Signed, MALLET, General of Division, Commandant of the main army of Paris, and of the forces of the First Division." This document, which was designed to be shown to the troops, to the officers and officials, was drawn up in a form so close to the genuine form, and the signatures and seals were so accurately imitated, that the document was not likely at the first glance to excite mistrust. Moreover, Mallet had drawn up an order for the day, and a proclamation, which was printed in many thousand copies. On the 22nd October, 1812, at 10 o'clock at night, after he had been playing cards with great composure in the hospital, Mallet made his escape, along with four others, one was the Abbé Lafon, another a corporal named Rateau, whom he had named as his aide-de-camp. Mallet had just twelve francs in his pocket, and so furnished he embarked on his undertaking to upset the throne of the Emperor. He at once went to a Spanish monk, whose acquaintance he had made in prison; and in his rooms found his general's uniform which had been brought there by a woman the evening before. Uniforms and swords for his confederates were also ready. But it rained that night--it rained in torrents, and the streets of Paris ran with water. It has been remarked that rain in Paris has a very sobering effect on political agitations, and acts even better than bayonets in preventing a disturbance of the public peace.