The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-05 00:00:00

Elie •xureofc. TO CORRKSPON DENTS. goond Salsa ef " [mum; opiftyiNg 'be ommas; palibeed am ory 11..M.7 is! Trlief 'fight, m tlr Ime [l.- Sileseummesumsmiel ler «7M Lome; imam v is ta mir. mei Mat M. Mem. M. Bamemnemanal, yl Two lesink es Me [Ng mow' 111011 WATER AT 14" toe DAT ie. 1041•4a0W--111112b11 BRIDGE 1111.7 ft. 1216 Um. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. WE are unfortunate in provoking the ire of abso lutist princes and political police magnates. Put rigidly gi I Oide.r, in Italy, no column of ours, though ' in a foreign tongue, can bring truth or consolation to ' the Italian liberal. It is hut the other day we ' stated the circumstance of our correspondent having been forcibly ejected from Vienna, without a shadow of accusation directed against him. His crime was merely that of sending a correct account of what passed before his eyes. or was attested by cre dible witnesses. He was seized, however, and compelled to quit Vienna, without the English am bassador,—whom Lord PALMERSTON has lately appointed,—exerting himself in the least in behalf et a British subject who was in Vienna on the most lawful of errands. After the Austrian police had escorted our corres pondent to the Bohemian frontier, he was there sig nalised to the Saxon police as a dangerous person— as one capable of writing down facts, and telling the English world the universal abhorrence in which his Saxon Majesty is held by hie subjects. Freed, however, from the surreillante of the Saxon police, and entering the so-ealled constitutional monarchy of Prussia,—whose King once promised the freedom of the press, with other kinds of freedom, by a solemn oath,--our correspondent thought he might pursue his calling without molestation. The Prussian parlia ment was. opening. Its debates were interest ing. And they will especially be so to the commercial world, as the discussion of the tariff-union with Hanover could not fail to be the first and mast prominent subject. Our correspondent applied himself with his usual zeal to be well in formed, and to send correct information on these points, when lo! the Prussian police pounce upon him,—again fur no crime, save the dire one of being an agent of publicity, and off our correspondent is packed to Hamburg. We have no doubt, the Prus sian police, in this arbitrary and unwarrantable act, were merely the instruments of Austrian dictation and vindictiveness. And the meaner and more dis graceful is this on the part of the Pruniau authori ties. Fur no organ of public opinion has so loudly and so strenuously supported that came which Prussia sustained fur a time against the insolent , and despotic dictation of Austria. We knew, indeed, before this, by very manifest signs, that the Austrian cabinet were masters to the very shores of the Baltic, and that they . were en titled to have their orders submitted to in the eabi ae of Cbarlottenburg. But anything so barefaced es the expulsion of a writer, who has really been most just and favourable to Prussian interests—this expul sion taking place at the demand of the Austrian poKee, —is Lot, perhaps, a very important, but is yet a very significant proof of how completely M. MANTEUFFEL and his myrmidons have clothed themselves in Aus trian livery, and constituted themselves the political domestics and shim' of Prince MCII MARTEN Iran. We must he prepared, however, for there things, and devise means to defeat the result of that universal exclusion with which the only liberal morning journal of this metropolis is menaced. The tide of despotism now rises higher and higher, as well at nearer and nearer, every day. Last year it overwhelmed Borne and Berlin. But now it has inundated the capital of France, where we already find no organ of the press tolerated that does not wear the livery of mili tary absolutism. He that was . yesterday President of a civic republic, and who is to-day the self-ap pointed tribune of the French army, has appealed to that army to grunt to hint the right to abolish all the liberties, political and civil, of Frenchmen, in order that he may substitute for them, at his gond pleasure, such a measure and kind of political freedom as may be consonant with his interests and wisdom. He also talks of consulting the country as to their wishes. But when the mili tary have first declared their adhesion, what can uni versal suffrage itself be—hut a form? The Czar of ItusstA could have promulgated no kind of govern ment more in harmony with theidta of St. l'etersburg than that which has lamed from the Elyske. And that palace which has thus become a focus of des potism, as intense as St. Petersburg and Vienna, is no longer within a day's distance of us, but an hour's. Through the electric telegraph we feel every pulsa tion. 'Popular or anti-popular, in Paris. However alarming the proximity, let us hope that the old and the new =UM of communication may subsist, and that the press of either country may communicate to the other its unbiassed opinions, sympathies and judgment. But we must own that we have fear of the tolerance or fairness of a military' r&iste, and foresee the possibility of Paris becoming • St. Petersburg or • Berlin, where words dare not be uttered, and whence even letters thirst not be addressed. We dread the continental blockade of otisns against our ideas, as against our other productions. Prussia, we fear, is but too much in clined to proscribe truth; and she will soon have an Emperor NAPI/LLON in Paris to help her with his counsel, and, perhaps, with his order., in proscribing the iuterrsts and the intelligence of Great Britain. lei the Conference of reformers at Manchester, Lord lone Itvistu. will find a standard of the measure of reform that is likely to satisfy • very numerous and very influential class of Englishmen. The Conference was composed of men more in earnest; more addicted to plain speaking, than libe rals of that class of society with which the Premier is most familiar. The reformers represented at Man theater may have conventionalities of their own, but they are conventionalities which mould and modify the opinions of a much wider circle than is composed by the aristocratic whigs. On the other hand, the hlerals represented in the Conference sannot with any propriety of language be called ultras, if regard is had to the views generally entertained by those of their rank in society throughout the kingdom. The Conference was composed principally of reformers from Lancashire and the West Riding. A reference to the list of delegates will show that there were comparatively few representatives of towns beyond these limits. Nay more, the resolu tions adopted by the meeting appear to have been canvassed and prepared at a preliminary meeting of Leeds and Manchester delegates. The predominating influence at the Conference was, in short, that which made and kept the anti-corn-law league a " ekes" movement. Mr. Cosine and Mr. Bum's have bad as much to say in deciding the tone and tamper of the resolutions, a they had to may in the preparation of the manifestoes of anti•coni-law dole tiebefore they assumed the designation of "the 7f7nything, the composition of the confirm.. was more deeWey " e on tinged by a democratic spint,—than was that of the conferences in which the Anti-Corn:la! League originated. In • the latter Mr. COBDEN W. as now, the drag-chain of Mr. EDWAitp Hems wen ; but on the other hand be held the ant of Mr. JOMEPII STUMM ) Mr. Jow4stvss (Olgugow). swan Ile ban stood aloof altogether !are ]lldras Oiedlieate ; s the wl= Dintemsb wee selleMeled forts seam Obagew. l et antg lbe Win et the new re form alevailn are len pesesanameed mists than were the leaden of the anti-corn-bar Memenent. Why de we dwell on these dreaminess? I n n o rt at akierallemai sat of no dub • play the wrist, en swans mellwaljellemles t tat simply for tbe repose or impembir via lord !Harr Rums& en reformers ebb elemp, the conviction that mob a mom or sollimi r Ms found favour in the gm et tar Nefeketliw eselleseee, is the very host ain tit i ogy Ewe of What la, or aogr en tioso, ipoot d the b. Lead Ea do the hook ilow bon et ^ vioilliono two of a noso Illooovikpoloc, hero an wiragessaisi wet. llimliiiiniened Sir Joan t woail bow Mod non hp =rem of hose plow than they did an It is very likely that our conservative contempo— raries may waste a great quantity of very indifferent wit about the rather sheep debate that took plate id the Conference between Mr. TtiOttreos and JOSHUA W.CLMSLET on the one hand, and Mr. BRIGHT, with his numerate supporters, on the other. Nay, it would in no way surprise to were " cones vative reformers," as the phrase is, to indulge . in grave and dull arguments and groundless in ferences on the subject. This bickering need not in truth disconcert the friends of reform. On the contrary, the show of temper on one or both sides, affords a guarantee that both were in earairat ; while the cordiality that was afterwards maniheted, gave evidence that the ebullition was transient ; that the out-voted party was inclined to acquiesce in the resolutions of the majority; that these resolutions, though scarcely so strong or de cided as many reformers (even of the middle class) could have wished, may command general assent and support, if men can only be convinced that there is a chance of hoeing them carried into effect. Of the scope and tendency of the resolutions we are disposed to approve. We cannot, indeed, in conscience say that they are very felicitously worded. They are elaborately and even tediously inmate in their details without being very clear. This was per haps unavoidable. In literary composition, as in matters gastronomic, too many cooks spoil the broth." When a sentence must be added to please one gentleman, and a parenthetical phrase thrown in to please another, verbiage and circumlocution is the inevitable result. And when these additions and interpolations are made, not to render a definition more explicit, or the expression of a principle more lucid, but to reconcile a timid critic to one phrase, or an impetuous critic to another,—nothing can well come of such tinkering but lumbering obscurity. Doubt less the resolutions as they emanated from Mr. Bawler were much more terse and clear than after they had undergone the diluting process of Mr. BAINES'S revision. If the resolutions mean anything, they mean that the reform bill contemplated by Lord Jonx ought to embrace triennial parliaments, a rate-paying suffrage, a re-distribution of the electoral distncts, vote by ballot, and no property qualifica tions for members. This was Mr. COBDEN'S exposi tion of the somewhat prolix and obscure text, and we confess we prefer his abridgment to the tedious prolixity of the original. Without saying that the resolutions of the Confe rence', as explained by Mr. COBDEN, embrace all that we could desire, or that the are the very least we should regard as acceptable, we may freely state that they constitute a measure of reform we should be right glad to see carried. On the neces sity of doing away with small constituencies,—adopt ing some method by which the voter will be disco abled to show how he hasvoted,—and rendering gene ral elections more frequent,—we have repeatedly had occasion to express our opinions. As to the exten sion of the franchise, there are various considera tions to be token into account. The extension ought to be a real, not a mere nominal one. The qualification ought to be such as will facilitate registration, and render it less expensive. A rateable qualifica tion might be made to possess both of these requi sites. In the first place, if every payer of a direct tax, general or local, were entitled to vote, the con ' stituency would receive numerous additions ; and, in the second place, while the tax-gatherers would take care that no person liable to pay rates escaped en rolment in the rate-book, few would wish to see their names recorded there merely for the sake of obtain ing a vote. The rate-book would be a self-adjusting register of voters. But we see no necessity for making the payment of rates a condition of the exercise of the franchise ; nor do we sco that the arguments at Manchester quite settled the question of how long a residence should be necessary to qualify. On the whole we think reformers might go further and fare worse than by taking up with the pro gramme of the Manchester Conference; and still more decidedly are we of opinion that no measure of reform short of that which politicians like Mr. BAINEP, of Leeds, and the bulk of the manufac- tare's of Manchester, are prepared to demand, has the slightest chance of meeting with that unanimous and enthusiastic support requisite to carry through parliament a reform bill,—even though introduced by a Minister. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVRNING, DECEMBER 5. 1851: The following decree bas been issued by the Prefect of Police against tumultuous assemblages : We, the Prefect of Police, taking into consideration the decree of December 2, 18.51, which places the first military division in a state of siege, order what follows: Art. 1. All assemblages of persons are rigorously inter dicted, and will be immediately dispersed by the public force. Art. 2. Every seditious cry, posting up of political wri tings, or reading of the same not emanating from the regu larly constituted authorities, are equally forbidden. Art. 3. The agents of the public force are tosee to the ex ecution of the Fescue decree. Given at the Prefecture of Police, this 3d Dec. Da MAIMAR, Prefect of Police. Seen, and approved of, Da MORNT, Minister of the Interior. The following is the order of the day addressed to le national guards of the Seine by their com- Soldiers of the National Guard,—The confidence of the Prince, President of the Republic, has just placed me at your head. In this circumstance, the chief of the state has infinitely more consulted my devotedness and patriotism than the merit of my old services; be has been pleased to honour in me a reemini•cence which will be always dear to you, that of the illustrious Marshal Gerard, who, for thirty six years, condescended to name me his friend. It I have accepted an honour which I am far from having aimed at, it is because I can present with confidence to your consideration the past acts of my whole life. I ' have always had an invincible horror of that revolutionary patriotism which sets one's private interests in the place of those of the country. I have never consented to serve my country except under one standard—that which has guided us triumphant in the universe—l have only one thought in coming amongst you, and that is, to draw closer and closer the ties which unite you to that noble army of which you are'prond, because it recruits its men from amongst your brothers and children, and because it is always ready to shed its generous blood in defence of its country. I am certain, soldiers of the National Guard, that the senti ments which animate me are also yours ; yes, if ever the de magogical crowd should dare to raise its head, if the am bitious men, so impotent and so selfish, who aro in move ment, should attempt to realise their fatal designs, you will come with me to range yourselves by the side of my invin cible battalions; and you will not come except as I order you. I will not hesitate to punish, with an inflexible ' rigour, any persons who should dare to have the rappel beaten without my sanction,- you will be, in fine, disciplined ' soldiers, for it is not through vanity, and to figure at your head, that I have accepted the honour of commanding you. Soldiers of the national guard, I count on your patriotism, as you may reckon on my devotedness' and cordial sym pathies. LAWOESTINZ, General-in-Chief, VIETII.A, Colonel of the Staff. The following proclamation, by the Prefect of Police, was also posted up this morning: - • • - - • - Inhabitants of Paris,—Like us, you desire order and peace; like us, you arc impatient to come to an end with that handful of factious men who, since yesterday, have raised the standard of insurrection. Everywhere our courageous and intrepid army has overthrown and van quished them. The people have remained deaf to their excitations. There are necessary measures, commanded by public gaiety. The state of seige is decreed. The moment has arrived to apply the rigorous consequences of it. Exer cising the power which it gives us— We, the prefect of the police, decree—Art. 1. Circulation is interdicted to all public and private vehicles. An excep tion will only be admitted in favour of those which serve to the alimentation of Paris, and the conveyance of materials. Art. 2. The stationing of people in the streets, and the for mation of groups, are absolutely interdicted. They shall be, without summons, dispersed by arms. Let peaceable citizens stop at home. There will be serious peril in vio• lating the measures decreed. 4th December. DE MAI:PAS. The following has just been placarded in the streets : Inhabitants of Paris!—The whole of France associates itself by its approbation to the great events which have just taken place. The acts of the government, which were known two days ago at Lyons, Lille Amiens, Rheims, Nantes, Poitiers, and in all the centres Of commerce and in dustry, have met them with the best reception. Order has been nowhere disturbed. The Minister of tho Interior, Da MORNY. The soldiers at all the small posts in Paris have been withdrawn, to prevent the possibility of their being surprised and disarmed. The following is the government version of the accounts received from the prefects of the depart ments by the minister of the interior: The civil and military authorities of Chateauroux and Limoges promise to cooperate energetically in the defence of the cause of the executive power, which is that of society. Nord: The accounts from Turcoing and Roubaix are very satisfactory. The publication of the governmental docu ments was well received in both these manufacturing towns. The working classes pursue their occupations as usual. Tranquillity prevails at Valenciennes, Douai, and Dunkirk. The night passed off quietly at St. Amend, Derain, and Conde. The prefect has closed the places of meeting of the anarchists. Indre-et-Loire : Every precaution has been adopted, and the prefect thinks he can answer fur public tranquillity. Tours is perfectly quiet. In the groups the majority appear to approve of the act of the President, and accept it as a solution to political difficulties.—Seine-Infe rieure: Rouen is perfectly tranquil. The national guard respond eagerly to the appeal of the authorities. The news from there and the other towns arc satisfactory. The pre fecchas adopted the most complete measuresto secure tran quillity, and repress any disorders that may take place.— ' Marne :—The instructions of the minister have been trans mitted to the civic and military authorities, and measures have been taken for their complete execution. The news is not everywheie spread. Everything is calm.— Vienne: Every measure has been taken to secure tranquil lity. A squadron of dragoons and two companies of artil lery have been sent to Chatellerault. Everything is quiet.— Low-et-Cher: The department is perfectly quiet. At Blois and at Vendome measures have been taken to main tain order.—Somme: Every precaution has been adopted. There is much agitation, and fresh accounts from Paris are anxiously looked fur. Order has not been disturbed.— Nievre : Order has not been disturbed at Rheims.— Oise: The civil and military authorities act in concert. Everything is calm.—Pas-de-Calais : Everything goes elf well; some demagogues have been moving about, but at the slightest demonstration they will Ise arrested. The workmen and the mass of the people approve of the measures.—Cher: Complete tranquillity.—Eure-et-Loir : Every measure has been taken. Much emotion is visible, but without agitation. The Prefect is surrounded by all the functionaries, and relies on their co-operation.—Loiret: The demagogical party excited by its agitators has endea voured to invade the mairie ; they were energetically re pulsed by the national guard and the troops united. About 4.5 of the ringleaders have been arrested. Among them are the representatives Martin Mielsol, Tavernier, and Pereira. This repression has produced a good effect.—Meuse At Bar-le-Due, the events have given general satisfaction. Every thing is tranquil.—Angouleme : Every thing tran quil.—Nantes : Cousiderable crowds, but no symptom of agitation." The Court of Caseation sat yesterday, under the presidency of M. Fortelle, the president. The judges of the Court of Assizes easembled, but were unable to proceed with business. M. A. I. reslon has resigned the post of advocate general at the Court of Cessation. The Impartial, a legitimist journal of Rouen, was seized on Tuesday for an article published in a sup plement giving an account of the events of the day. The Mondale Parisian says there is no truth in the statement of the demi:talon of the talk prorisoire of the Legislative Assembly. Bonase, Two o'CLoce.—The Funds have fallen. Five per Cents. for cash are at 90E 30c.; and Threes at 55f. 30c. I have sent two couriers to get later prices, who have returned unsuccessful, owing to many streets being blocked up by the soldiery. (THOR ANOTHER CORZREPONDENT.) Half-Pest 3 o'Clock.—l have just crossed the Place de la Concorde to the Ministry of the Interior. In I going I was struck with the absolute quiet, contrast ing so forcibly with what is going on upon the boule vards. I tendered the following despatch at the telegraph office. " Paris, 2 o'Clock.—The shops are shut. Two strong barricades are constructed across the boulevard at the Porte St. Martin and the Porte Bt. Denis. A strong division of troops with artillery is marching towards the barricades, and sweeping the boulevards." The despatch was refused, the clerks alleging that they had orders to accept none. I applied to the private secretary of the Minister of the Interior, and met with a positive refusal. On quitting the ministry I found immense masses of troops moving rapidly along the Rue Orenelle St. Germain towards the east. I counted ten guns, and saw bay onets as far as my eye could reach in each direction along the street. Crossing them with difficulty, I , saw another equally numerous bod_y of troops march ing in a parallel line along the Rue Dominique St. Germain. They seemed to be converging towards the Hotel de Ville. Crossing the Pont do la Con corde, I saw artillery moving towards the same point aloes the quay between the river and the Tuileries garns. The expression of the soldiers' countenances was sad and anxious. They do not look like butchers, though I fear they are destined to do the work of butchers this night. I heard not a single cry of any description as they passed. On the steps of the As sembly, I saw the soldiers spreading blankets to sleep upon. I met hosts of envandares carrying refreshments for the soldiery, as if a night bi vouac were expected. Large groups are collected about the Madeleine and the boulevards in that quarter are crowded with well-dressed people, regardless of the danger, and of the proclamation warning people to stay at home. The windows too arc thronged with curious and anxious observers. At this moment I hear a tremendous firing going on at the east-end of the Boulevard des Balk -its, be tween the Cafe do Paris and the Jockey Club. On the evening preceding the eventful 2nd of December, the President, at his soiree, approached M. Vieyra, his new congenial staff-officer of the national guard, and, coolly twirling his moustache, said to him: " Don't change countenance at what I am going to tell you. I strike my grand blow to night—don't say a word—go and talk to the ladies fora minute in the drawing-room, then go to bed, but put a guard at your door. Above all things let there be no calling out of the national guard." M. Vicyra understood hts instructions. The Pays appears to-day and contains the follow ing letter from its different editors to the manager : " In the presence of the events that are passing, wo can have nothing more to do a 51 journalists at present. We resign.—A. de la Guerroniere ; F. Ducuing ; A. Blame (des Vosges) ; Ch. Rolland ; E. L. Ileritier ; E. Gourdon ; J. NI. Lejean." It also contains a letter from M. de la Guerroniere to the Minister of the Interior, stating that lie has observed his (M. de la Guerroniere's) brother's name in the list of new sub-prefects published on the day of the dissolution of the National Assembly. Ile takes upon himself to resign, in the name of his bro ther, an office which lie reels sure he will not ac cept under existing circumstances. The editors of the Ass..,iihMe Natimiate have also resigned, in a letter which the manager of that journal dares not publish. PARIS, TIII:RSDAT MORNING. There is a momentary quiet, but I fear only mo mentary. If we have no lighting to-day a desperate conflict seems certain later. The high court met yesterday at Rouen, and formally pronounced the decheanee of the President of the Republic. and con demned him of high treason. This morning, lam told by an eye witness who has just conic from the eastern faubourgs, a placard signed by Victor Hugo, Schee!cher, and others, has been posted, daaaring this sentence of the high court to the people, and calling on them to refuse the President all obedience. Another placard, signed by Emile Girardin and all the representatives of the Left, has also been attempted to be posted, which declares that the Assembly is not dissolved ; on the contrary, that it is the only legal power, that the President has forfeited all authority, and that the executive passes to the hands of the Assembly. It calls on the army at their peril to disobey the Assembly. Immense excitement pervades all classes, from tiro evident tendency of the National Guard to take the part of the Assembly against Louis Napoleon. I forgot to add that the placard signed by Victor Hugo tells the people that the Na tional Guards and line are marching on Paris to depose the usurper. The disorders which have taken place at Orleans, Nantes, and other places are mentioned lightly by the C'onstitietionnel, whose accounts must at the present moment be accepted with some dis trust. A proclamation of the Perfect of Police prohibits all circulation of tarringes. A friend just arrived by railway could get no cab to bring him here. The Minister of NVar has issued a' decree, announcing that groups will be dispersed without warning. Any one detected in the act of making barricades will be shot on the instant. Once more all is calm; but the calm is deception. People are terrified, and stay at home front fear. The only conveyances allowed to circulate are those which carry provisions. I un derstand, from emissaries of the eastern faubourgs, that Ledru Rollin and the London proscritA arc expected there this morning. The only dis order which occurred late last night was occasioned by a procession carrying the body of a representa tive, either Baudin or Madier de Montau (who was also shot), upon a litter through the streets to excite the people. The procession came down the Boule vards and then turned down a bye street. They were charged by a body of troops. Two of the men carrying the corpse were killed, and the Conatitu auntie' announces that the votes of the army known up to the present hour (eight brigades) are unanimous in favour of the prolongation of the President's powers. The republican guard, both horse and foot, forming upwards of 2,000 men, and the two batta lions of gendarmerie mobile, about 8,400, have given also their votes in favour of the President. Yesterday a desperate attempt was made by the socialists to regain their footing lost since February, 1848. The forced aggression of Louis Napoleon on the royalist leaders, and the consider able number of their adherents exasperated by these acts of violence, made the moment one of extreme hazard; for the attitude of the bourgeoisie rendered it highly probable that the national guards would turn against the army, in which case a division must have taken place between the troops more attached to Louis Napoleon, such as the cavalry, and a part of the line supposed to have less zeal in his cause. For the moment the danger has been happily evaded by the vigorous attitude of the army, and the success with which the troops have everywhere carried the bar ricades and kept in check the insurgents. Last night at seven I found the infantry ranged in line of battle along the Boulevard des Capucines facing the east, and ready on the instant to use their arms against any hostile body which might appear in that direction. Meanwhile the barricades ill the eastern faubourgs had been all carried and destroyed. At nine or ten the complete calm was only inter rupted by the tramp of the squadrons of Lancers which passed alternately up and down. Strong patrols of infantry threaded all quarters. This morning I have seen on the boulevards no troops whatever; and I hear from persons who have traversed other more distant quarters that they have not seen any where a considerable body of soldiers. All in fact appears perfectly calm. At this moment (91 a.m.) two battalions of the line are marching back from the eastern boulevards under these windows towards the Madeleine. The following official account ia given of the arrest of' Changarnier, Thiers, Lamoricii:re, Cavaig nac, and others. The number of persons arrested on the night of the Ist of December was 31, of whom 28 were representatives. These arrests were exe cuted by the agents usually charged with such duties. None of the persons arrested made the least resistance. All the malicious reports on this subject are absolutely without the least foundation. These 31 persons had been confined temporarily in the cellular prison of Maros. At five o'clock they were transferred to the Northern Railway, and con• Iveyed in a special train to the castle of Ham, where i they would arrive before midnight. A battalion of troops superintended the execution of these orders. ' Lodgings had been prepared for them at Ham. The prisoners have been treated with all the attentions compatible with the state of political affairs. An article by M. Granier de Cassagnac appears in the Constitulionnel, which contains a singular reve lation. He says, " Did not the most accredited chief of the legitimists send, last Monday, this verbal message to the President of the Republic, ' Execute a (vote Vial, transport the sosialist minority, and five minutes after we are with you'? If this mes sage is denied, we will name the legitimist chief who gave it, and the representative who brought it. Thus the same men who begged the President on Monday to make a coup d'aat for their profit, drew up an act of impeachment on Tuesday against the President for a amp cretat for the advantage of order and society." The greatest pains are taken by official organs to smooth away the capture and detention of the 180 representatives arrested at the mayory of the 10th arrondissement. It is asserted that they have been treated with the greatest civility during their con finement at the barracks of the Quai D'Orsay ; that all who chose to give their names, with a promise to be quiet, were set at liberty. The rest were con veyed in common omnibuses, and not in closed vans, to Mont-Valerien, a fort above the Seine at Suresne, where the officers' apartments have been placed at their disposal. Their wives and friends were ad mitted to see and speak with them, both at the Quai D'Orsay and at Mont-Valerien. Yesterday, a number of generals called at the Elysee, and offered their services to the President : Marshals Exelmans and Jerome Napoleon; Generals de Flahant, d'Authonard, Schramm, d'Hautpoul, Baraguay d'Hilliers, de Bourjolly, de l'Etacy, Morris, Vast-Nirneux Daumas, Delarue, Ornano, Preval, Parchappe, iongenal, Lebreton, Piat Rebillot, Tour nemine, de Resigny, St. Sunoril, &c. General Lowcestine, in a proclamation to the Na tional Guard, reminds them that he was for 38 years honoured by the friendship of Marshal Gerard. He threatens with the severest punishment any Na tional Guards who may beat the rappel without his • orders. The Conatitietionnel profanes to have received •••••••• I news from the departmems generally favourable to the President. The exceptions to the general trac t . , quillity, that it admits, aro principally in the Loire; in the Eure-et-Loire, at Orleans, and at Nantes. Nothing serious is, however, spoken of except at Orleans, where there has been a collision between the troops and the mob. The representatives Martins Michot, Tavernier, and Pereira have been arrested there as well as 45 other persons. About five o'clock last evening barricades w ere raised in the Rue Itainbuteau. General Magiuui ordered some troops to that point with orders for them to be immediately carried and destroyed. That was accomplised without difficulty by the 9th Foot Chasscurs and a battalion of the Gendarmerie Mobile, the rioters taking to flight on the approa c h of the troops. About half-past four a hand of about 200 persons formed a barricade in the Rae des idles Audriettes by upsetting sonic carts. M. d e St. Georges, director of the National Priatim t - o ffi ee ' had a detaelinient of the gendarmery dir ec t e d to t h e spot. The rioters fired, and the tire was returned by the troops, when the barricade was deserted by its defenders. Another attempt at riot was commenced in the Cloitre St. NlC , ry, but it was immediately quelled. Gencrel Leydet, ex-represeniative of dm Mountain, has been arrested. An oiler of freedom has been made to the arrested deputies, on condition of their verbal submission to Louis Napeleon. They have refused, almost to a man. Of the eighty names published by Louis Napoleon as members of a Consultative Council, only thirty. nine have accepted the nomination. The protest of the 180 members of the Assembly has been further adhered to by the following MM. bers : Desmousseaux de Givr6, Jules lirain, Admiral Bcrnoux, Donay, Angles, Estancclin, Dupont-Del porte, Charmer, Thomine-Desmazures, Belrke, La Redorte, Ferrol, Aubry des Vosges, C. Ayme%, F. David, Fournier, Fiancoville, de Neuritic, Martel, de Orandmay, de La itochtjaquelein. PROCLAMATION OF TILE MINISFER AT WAR. TO THE DIRAISITANTP OP PALOS, Inhabitants of Paris !—The enemies of order and of so. ciety have commenced the struggle. It is not against the government, not against the elicted of the nation that they fight ; but they wish for pillage and destruction. Let good citizens unite in defence of society, and of the families that arc menaced. Remain calm, inhabitants of Paris! Let there be no useless lookers on in the streets ; they get in the way of the movements of our brave soldiers, who protect you with their bayonets. For myself, you will find me ever immoveable in my determination to defend you. and to maintain order.—The General of llevivion, Minister at War, sr. AUNAVD. The following is another account of the state of Paris on Wednesday: Informed that orders had been given to the demo cratic sections to meet yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, in the Foubourg Saint-Antoine. the Prefect of Police had prescribed the most energetic measures to defeat their designs. This meeting decided upon in the committees held here and there during the night did not take place. The workmen did not respond to the appeal of their chiefs. During the first hours of the morning the fuubourgs were calm, and the shops were open as usual. The wine shops of the faubourg, however, were gra dually tilled, and among the persons who entered were remarked a considerable number of those pecu liar faces which are seen in every crisis. The Prefect of Police soon ascertained that deliberations were going on. Towards ten o'clock groups were formed in several parts of the faubourg, and in some of tho adjacent streets. Several Mont , grand ex-representa tives, and sonic men armed with fowling-pieces and poniard-knives, were seen. Soon afterwards were posted up appeals to arms in manu script, some in red, others in black, signed bi Michel (de Bourges), Madicr de Montlau, Emmanuel Arago, Sehoeleher, Bandit', De- Hope, and other members of the Mountain. Almost at the same time, some persons most of thorn armed, passed along the Boulevards St. Martin. St. Denis, Bonne Nouvelle, and Montmartre, endea vouring, by reading aloud a proclamation of the ex-representatives who assembled yesterday nt tho Mairie of the 10th Arrondissinent, to rally the crowd to their cause, and excite seditious cries. In an in stant, these groups, very compact, and assuming an hostile attitude, were dispersed by some sergens-de ville. The placards pasted up were taken down without resistance, and sometimes amidst the feeblo acclamations of persons present. At this moment (half-past 11), three or four bands of men en biome left the.,Faubourg St. Antoine and the Rue du Temple and spread themselves in different directions. They I had at their head several of the ex-Montagnard representatives. That hand which was led on by tho ex-representative Baudin began to raise a barricade at the corner of the Rue Ste. Marguerite. On a bat talion of the line advancing, a shot was fired from the barricade. The troops returned the tire very vigorously, and the chief of the barricade, the ex-re presentative Baudin, fell dead, having been struck in the head with a ball. On another point, the ex representative M. Madier de :gentian was struck by a ball from the troops in defending a barricade erected on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. It is posi tively stated that the ex-representative Schocleher has been wounded in an engagement with the soldiers. Ihe Nlontagnards had an intention of attacking the prison Mazes, but the measures taken for its defence prevented the execution of the plan. At noon the whole of that part of the Boulevards from the Chateau d'Eau to the Bastille, was cleared and occupied militarily by the regiments of cuirassiers, chasseurs, and the line. The brigade of General Marullaz was stationed on the Place do la Bastille, with 12 pieces of cannon. The houses at the corner of the streets from whence the insurgents were able in the days of June, 1848, to kill seven generals, and the venerable Archbishop of Paris, were occupied militarily from the cellar to the garret. Three mortars were directed towards tho Faubourg Saint Antoine, and ready to fire. In presence of the most vigorous orders, executed with promptness, and the excellent conduct of the troops, the insurgents retired to the bottom of the faubourg, from whence they were driven in a few minutes by the brigade of General Courtigis, which followed them up close. Several arrests were made. The court martiais sitting en permanence will decide on the fate of these persons, most of whom were taken in arms. Several groups of students went through the Quartier Latin, calling to arms. Somo vain attempts at raising barricades were made, but a single company of the Chasscurs de Vincinnea was sufficient to restore the quarter to its usual calm. The ex-Montagnard representative Delhetz was arrested in the afternoon at the corner of the rue Richelieu. He was in a cabriolet, and wore his badge as a representative. He was addressing an extremely agitated crowd. A student was ar rested os the Place do l'Ecole dc Wdecino, for having struck a sergent-de.ville with a cane. He was taken to the Conciergerie. The barricade raised in the Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, at which the ex-representative Bandin was killed, was carried by Captain Henry, at the head of the first company of the Ist battalion of the 19th Light Infantry, com manded by Chef de Bataillon Pujol. The Faubourg Saint Marceau is perfectly tranqdil. Towards the middle of the day some men, driven from tke Fau bourg St. Antoine, attempted to get up a demonstra tion in the Place do l'Ecole de Mkleeine. General I Sauboul dispersed the persons making this attempt by sending out a strong patrol. The Faubourg St. Antoine, which was exceedingly agitated in the morning, was quite calm in the evening. The Patric of Wednesday states that before the troops fired on the barricade in the Rue Sainte Mar guerite a soldier was killed by the insurgents, and that, by the fire of the troops, M. Madier fdeMontjaa as well as M. Baudin was killed. M. Esquires is said to have saved himself by flight. Vbe Court. OSBORNE, Doe. 4. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna D4wson, and Sir George Cooper, arrived at Osborne ymterday afternoon, having travelled by the South Western Railway to Southampton. The Duke of Parma and the Duke of Cambridge are ex pected to•day on a visit to the Queen. Tho dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Marta Dawson, and Sir George Cooper. Despatches were received esterday at the Colonial-ofllc from the Governor of Gibra ltar. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office yesterday, at two o'clock. The ministers present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Lord Truro, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Minto, Sir George Grey, Lord Palmerston, Lord Grey, Sir F. T. Baring, Lord Broughton, Right lion. H. Labouchere, Lord Granville, Lord Seymour, Marquis of Clanri carde, Earl of Carlisle, and the Right Hon. Fox Hanle. THE " SHAKSPERE TESTIMONIAL TO KOSSUTH." TO Till EDITOR. OY TILE DAILY NEWEL Dna Sta,—Can you give a corner to enclosed. I tbiak it curious. Faithfully yours, DOUGLAS J ERRO LD. , Among other signillesat subscriptions to this growing fund is that of a hundred and twenty pennies from " the piles, &beano), and a few of the inhabitants of Holy I LW"' The following additional sabscriptions have reached the Doily News OMBee —A few friends in Liverpool, la 6d. ; 186 inhabitants of Lewes, pr Mrs. H. Browne and Mn. Sam. Wood, 15s. lid. ; a few workmen in government ser vice, 2s. ; printers in employ of Walton and, Mitchell, War dour-street, Soho, Ild.; Messrs. Waterloo's printimpofilee, London-wall, ls. 6d.; persona in the employ of Mr. Crock ford, 29, Esser -street, Strand, 25.; per D. 8., Liverpool, Ils. 3d.; 12 working men of Eibweetli, Beauchamp, Leiosstehire. Is. • an old friend to Hungarians, Is. . • five persons, per Fred. Ash, Birmingham, fid. • E. Ward Jaek sou, Stockton-on-Tees, Is. 6d. ; 24 " o;iMns," 25.; J. Lowered's., household, and family, Is. ld. ; 100 centributon at 104, Fore.street, Be. 4d. • 12 " Hero Worshi " Is. ; IL and J. Morley's, 18, WOod-etreet, Chen ci, 4e. 7d. • 38 workmen and others in the employ of J. B. Howe and Co., of Brentfonl, 3s. 2d. ; 30 porters and lads in the em ploy of Messrs. Burrows and Sons, confectioner, Hounds ditch, their second subscription, 20.6 d.; admirers at Barnes, la. • from the gentlemen fragmenting the bar of the Golden Lion, Forge-lane, Sheffield, fia 3d. ; E. A. J., Islington, 6d. WATERLOO BRIDGE COMPA/18.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. Anderson in the chair. A report was read, which disclosed the following facts. The tolls 'waived for the half year ending on the 23rd of August kW, asneranted to 10,204 f. 9s. 10d. ; and those for the cotes period to 8,4341. lbe. 84.; showing an inercue of Is. Is. 2d. ; of which sum 1,4001. 2s. was derived teem tans and carriages, and 6691. 9s. 2d. from foot pas senger,. A further increase bad taken place both in the base and foot toll since August teat, the former amounting te 7391. 134. 10d. ; and the latter to, 607/. 6.. 241. The committee were aware that the attractions of the Exhibition greatly tended to increase the tolls, yet they had great pleasure is informing the proprietors that premiums to that there was • proves save improvement in the ordinary and general tragic. At the last general meeting it was reported that after paying the current charges and expenses, and making • dividend of , 1. In the pound in February last, there remained a balance of 9001. 2s. bd., and the committee were now enabled to state that, after paying the current charges and expenses, end providing (or the interest upon the company's bonds, and making a dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound to the annul. tante in August last, there remained a balance of 2,6141. Os. 11d. The committee assured the proprietors that every . measure affeetiag the interests of the company bad received their best consideration, and they were happy to say that the bridge continued m • wand and substantial condition. The report having been received and adopted, • proprietor inquired whether there was any truth in the report that the South Western Railway Company intended to throw • bridge across the Thames to Rungerford Market To this question • director I replied that there did not appear to be any probability that the South Western Railway Company would construct such a bridge, and if the idea were in contemplation the work would be carried out quite irrespective of the interests of that company. Mr. lomat Oliveira was elected a director, and three other gentlemen were re-elected. The meeting then *twisted, with the usual vote of thanks to the chair- REVISION OF POSTAL DISTIUCTS.—The Post erior-Girard Os wised dr wink al ea districts et dr rural Isesresdas Ss MD soled, is aster eat bettor esemesalles ay be dbeki 1.7 M pub. RHF'OLU'PION IN FRANCE. • THIS DAY'S NEWS FROM FRANCE. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. A decree appears, ordering that the voting, open ing on the 20th inst., will be secret instead of public. DESPERATE FIGHTING AT THE BARRICADES. PARIS, THURSDAY, 6 P.H. I proceed to give you at the latest hour possible the summary of this day. There has been a great deal of fighting, chiefly on the Boulevard near the Porten St. Denis and St. Martin, where two strong barricades were erected. These were attacked by an overpowering force at half-past three. After severe lighting they were both taken. Several other barricades, erected in various parts of Paris, have , been carried by the troops with comparative ease. I saw the barricade at the Porte St. Denis building, and afterwards with great difficulty penetrated thither again after it was taken, so that you may accept these facts for certain. Between the Porte St. Denis and the Rue Montmartre the Boulevard was one wreck and waste, not a soul to be seen any where, the windows all smashed, and the pavement glittering with glass. The cannon had done their work of destruction on several houses. I do not suppose that many persons could have been killed, for I saw neither any dead body nor any trace of blood. There was a barricade in the Rue Montmartre. It is now a quarter after six, and all is quiet. A friend tells me it is impossible to penetrate to the general poet. Hearing at noon that barricades were forming on the Boulevard, opposite the Porte St. Denis, I walked up in that direction, and penetrated as far as the spot. The barricade was already half formed. The pave ment was torn up in every direction. The people at work were few in comparison with the immense concourse of people looking on. There were not more than tau blouses among them. The rest were all in coats, and looked of the class of clerks and shopmen, with some ono or two of a more determined and intelligent aspect directing. In all there were not two hundred at work. Some of these were tearing up the iron railings near the Porte St. Denis. Others were up setting a diligence, which they filled with paving stones. All carts and carriages of every description were seized, and went to the completion of this ugly structure. I was surprised to sec no people with anus. The people had broken into the Court of the Nlessagenes, near at hand, and wheeled out a suc cession of diligences, which they upset to form the staple of the defensive work. The fighting men were ready to grasp at any weapon, and the iron railings seemed destined to be used as pikes. A representative appeared mounted on this barri cade. and proceeded to read the placard I have already mentioned as signed by Victor Hugo, as chairman, and Schcelcher, as secretary, announcing to the people the de'eheanee of the President, his condemnation and outlawry by the Haute Cour assembled at Rouen, and calling upon all people to resist his usurped authority. When he had finished, tho people gave a tremendous shout of " Vivo la Republique A similar barricade was erected opposite the Port St. Martin, and others at the mouths of the streets westward, to prevent the soldiers from circumvent ing the insurgents. All the houses in the neigh bourhood of the barricades were occupied by insur gents, as I was told, but I did not see their arms, good store of which no doubt lay in the houses. Not a soldier was visable in any direction. It seemed evident that the work of the insurgents was allowed to proceed designedly. On returning I found all the serious people looking very grave indeed,and expecting e sanguinary day of desperate conflict. On reaching the Rue Vivienne, I saw one solitary company of soldiers. These spread themselves across the boule vard and interdicted all further passage eastward. All cars, cabs, and conveyances were turned back, together with foot passengers. It appeared le be the intention to isolate the insurgent quarters. Shortly after I reached my . lodging on the Boulevard des Capueines, from the windows of which one com mands the whole length of the western boulevards,' I perceived at half-past two the first sign of serious intentions on the part of the mili tary to march against the insurgents. First came a squadron of lancers, with their horses walking slowly, and the men so still in their saddles, the little tricoloured flags at the end of their lances scarcely waived. Two lancers, one of whom, quite pale, with clenched teeth, looked very full of mis chief, rode with cocked pistols pointed upwards. A whole regiment of lancers followed in squadrons, while the crowd on the pathway maintained a dead silence. A company of the line, in their grey frocks, yellow worsted epaulettes, and red trousers, marched next, with shouldered muskets and fixed bayonets. A single line of grenadiers followed, and then came a general with his staff. A whole regiment of the line followed. In the meantime I perceived that the lancers a-head were pricking at groups on either aide of the slope mounting . the Boulevard des Italians, and great was the coursing of these small black swarms along the broad pavement in consequence. All the Persian blinds of the houses, as far as eye could reach, were closed, and, it presently appeared, not without rea son. Still fresh columns of infantry rolled from the direction of the Madeleine ; and last came the artillery. When the general and his staff reached the Chansee d'Antin, the mouth of which, as well as of all other streets opening on the Boule vards, were occupied by piequets of lancers, a halt was made. The cavalry wheeled half-round, and drew up in line along the pavement, while the column of infantry passed through them and marched up the cleared boulevard. Meantime a battalion of brisk looking little fellows, in dark suits, who were in fact the famous sharpshooters of Vincennes, marched be hind, and dovetailed their lines alternately with those of the regiment of infantry. The spectacle was grand in the extreme. As far as eye could reach on either hand stretched this imposing column; and still when they moved forward fresh bayonets poured from the west behind. The column, formed in order of battle, marched on up the hill, while the Mae sears de Vincennes ran forward at the pas de I charge. The crowd, which closed in after theme, could get no further than the Chaussee tin, from whence they gazed anxiously after the troops, their sympathies being evidently with the insurgents. Whenever a solitary orderly gallopped down he was hooted. But wherever quet of lancers was stationed these de were very soon coerced by a charge, which mg lbs whole band of spectators running down the Wad, and taking refuge where they could. Quarter-past 3, p.m.—A rush of people back t 1 wards the Madeleine, followed by a squadron of lancers, who stop on the Boulevard des Relies% where there is a - hot fight engaged, the troops firing against the houses on both aides the way. The dis charge of musketry is incessant; and from the body of the chasseurs beyond the lancers I see continued flashes; but, as yet, few in answer from the houses. The houses seem gniduallv silenced; an occasional shot only is fired from the, troops. 4 p.m. Fresh firing on the Boulevard des Italica'. The people rush back before the lancers. Several altroupernesits of this descrip tion. The firing approaches close to our neigh bourhood, and discharges are directed against houses Ile 1V asighbourhood of the Rue de la Pao. CIVASTIR PAST SIX O'CLOCIS. All is quiet. The boulevards, from the Madeleine I. the Bastille are in possession of the soldiery. No paring allowed there above Rue Vivienne. The neighbourhood of the General Post strongly guarded. No pairing allowed through the lower part of the Rue Montmartre. People stand gloomily at the emus of the streets, but make no domoustratim. The upper part of the boulevards are very dark, the the lamp-p ob osts having been torn down this maniac by General Neumayer is said to he marching from the north with four regiments. P.S.—ln coming here to the po s t I saw a p arty Dame pullinga• up the iron railing of the Church Notre Loreta. ADDRESS OF THE FRENCH EXILES TO THEIR COUNTRYMEN. The following proclamation has been sent to Paris by the French refugees whose names arc subscribed to it: TO THE PEOPLE, EH EREP DOERS IN LONDON WHOSE NAMES ABE S V HSCHIEID. Will yon be debased? Will you be enslaved? Will you become henceforth an object of eternal contempt sad ridicule to the oppressed peoples who awaited their deliury ance at your hands ? Louis Bonaparte has just crowded into a few hours more crimes than it would have been thought possible to Mamie I in the life of man. Like a thief, he has seized upon the liberties of his coun try by a nocturnal surprise —a ♦ulgar artifice, which oat lain people have been rash enough to call courage.