eleven o'clock
The people are to march to the Chamber of Deputies and sing the Marseillaise . '' All the avenues to the Palais Bourbon and part of the Place around the Madeleine were now occupied by the 21st Regiment of the Line and mounted Municipal Guards . Before the Chamber of Deputies was marshaled a squadron of dragoons , and a battalion of the 69th Regiment of Cuirassiers stood ready to charge on the throng . At eleven o'clock two thousand students in blouses from the Parthenon were joined by an immense column of workmen from the faubourgs , and , having fraternized in the Place de la Concorde , advanced in perfect order in procession , led by National Guards , shouting the Marseillaise and the Hymn of the Girondins . Slowly and solemnly moved the vast mass up the Rue Royale to the Pont de la Concorde , leading to the Place of the Chamber of Deputies . At twelve o'clock the vast arena between the Chamber of Deputies and the Madeleine contained thirty thousand people . Along the railing of the church was drawn up a regiment of horse .