The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-03 00:00:00

ifte eyorefso. T 1) CORI' SPONI ) r.NTS. A . ..ea .! Edit ea •I " easwiednr ne eame i• es I • armte." tway T. Way aall*.d.l •tgL:..•••u Me - " Lvte , sor pper, 41" n• "• T uza We ca.• V ar.Pfles. .."WW.llllfOOl, • so c• • 11.1 pshiantiss. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. w.—Varrhig M ..... ....Aftemeav, 1011 Mm. Ilvmvauw--lbosla II v u s . 38%. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3. THE interest of the scrio-comic drains of St. Albans Las been kept up, as the critics have it, unabated to the close. The tmusmodic terrors of the few bribers who had enough of shame left to deny to the last the receipt of the unrighteous money, when they found that they had thereby excluded themselves from claiming the " eel tificates" which are to cover as many sins as charity, transcended anything ever dm played by Ker.t.Ev. They crowded round the Com missioners to declare they too were rascals, with as much of eager pertinacity as ever honest Doglcerry clamoured to have himself " written down an ass." In vain : the Commissioners sternly exclaimed, " Woe who too late rcpents," and left these procras tinating political Jaae Shores to wear their volun tarily-assumed white sheets without one shadow of hope that they arc to earn commutation of punish ment by their penance. Their fidgetty tremours and woe-begone looks were amusing enough, but paled before the broader fun of a " consider-yourself-horse whipped" nettle, enacted in lace of the Commis 'rimier* by Messrs. Hun' inns and Gnesti sm. A couple of new characters were brought upon the stage on Monday. The earlier sittings of the com missioners had exhibited bribed voters audaciously proclaiming their own disgrace, and bribed voters smirking and blushing and trying to hide their shame; electioneering agents revealing the myste ries of their craft, with a lurking hope that their character for " 'eutt ness" would rise as their character for scrupulous morality fell ; and (not the least amus ing) a " purity eandidete "—that is, a gentleman who professes to have speculated on the chance of getting a few unbought voters, and having himself returned on petit ion --or. in other words, getting a seat is the legislature, not bee rumen body of electors had deemed him competent to represent them, but simply becloud: he had frequented the haunts of bribers and otht r disreputable lwrions, without taking any part is their nefarious transactions. Hut Monday " suw another sight "—candidates obliged to own the soft impeachment of having, at least, connived at bribery, if they did rut actively, and in person, promote it. The lion. F. CRAVEN, upon his own showing, might he taken for DICKLNS's Lord F. Vericopht had sot the historicn of that very feeble sprig of nobility informed us that his carter was cut short in a duel. The lion. F. Citsvev did not recollect who induced him to come forward for St. Albans ; did not recol lect how he lawny connected with the borough ; was as oblivious, in fact, as Msiocem, of " non mi rieordo" memory. Then the lion. F. CHAVEN knew nothing of what was done on his behalf at the elec tion : " he was mill- told by his agents that they were giving bribes;" like Lady Macbeth, he was " innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck." Lastly, the 111. m. F. Cu %WEN had everything done fur him by his friends; or, at most, only exerted himself suf ficiently to do something to please them. " lie only went to the HI to gratify the wishes of some gen tlemen who had shown him civility." But with all his Judy apathy and inertness, the lion. F. eltAVltt4 knew that he was doing wind was not right : " he had a shrewd suspicion that bribery was going on. And that it was probelile the same sort of thing was going on on his own side." lie willingly doted his eyes to the rascality practised on his be halt': countenanced its practitioners by coming for ward to join them publicly in indifferent actions; and was willing, if not anxious, to reap the profit of their mbidenwanours. Mr. IiP.PTON and the lion. F. CILMIN are us moth alike as the twa gulls in BEN JON•iiiN'S " Every Man in his Humour—Master Vephen and Master Moth•a—are like each other. Mr. ltia-rot4 did nothing for or of himself: " the matter was managed altogether by his family and friends;" " Mr. Ikaia: never told him of what was doing in his name, nor did his f ;" " he knew nothing about it until many months after tho election was over;" in fact he only t;nind it out accidentally," by looking at an old banker's book." Mr. It►:rtuv, ►owever. no more than the lion. F. CRAVEN, could not be without his "shrewd suspicions;" for before the election he paid Mr. BLAGG 4501., and ten dues after it was over he paid him 1,01,0/. When told before the election that this 1,0001, would be wanted, " he said he would have nothing to do with that sys- tem 'again." And here we pause to request the electors of Eng land to admire the representatives of the Itxrrox and CRAVEN class, for whom they are indebted to the systi m of which tit. Albans and Sudbury have formed a part. .fliere are dealers in rotten boroughs who know what they are about, who deliberately, and with strength of purpose, set about buying constituencies in order to sell them at a pro fit; or, even if they arc outbid, of making sand other way for their expenditure. We have seen one ex-member for Weymouth occu pying the anomalous office of dry-nurse to the King of the Mosquito.; and a defeated candidate for Ipswich appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands. But your Ity.reusis and Cittet:ss are of a different complexion ; they are not tit for appointments, and do nut aspire to them: they are contented to be pushed into parliament as thee would be contented to be pushed into a fashionable club, "because it is the vol rf Ming." They lack energy to conceive the aml.itious thought or work their own way, but allow themselves to be pushed on or led by others' . like dumb sheep going to the slaughter. 'They are nwre puppets, with unscrupulous intriguers pul ling the wires which make them appear to act. 'a'u be represented by political jobbers in person may be more dangerous ; but to be represented by such automaton sprigs of the aristocracy—titled or moneyed—is more discreditable. It makes the House of I'ommons a thing to be laughed at. And this reflection leads us to another and more important consideration. The St. Albans inquiry has closed. The Commissioners have adjourned pro forma to a distant day; that is, they will only meet again to go through the form of agreeing to their report. Thu ry has left the box, and the public is all agog fur t he verdict. " Guilty," there can be no doubt:—but what the punishment? Or rather, who is to punish? What man among the assembled judges in the House of Commons es so immaculate as to be entitled to throw the first stone at the offending borough? If all the members I of the house who have deliberately and intentionally ; trafficked iu votes, or who have accepted the fruits of corruption, knowing them to be such,—though they ! refu-ed to witness the malpractices by which they were reared and ripened.—are to go out one atter another until only the pure are left, how many will remain to pronounce judgment and execute it . Par liament—the House of Commons—must be judges in the matter ; the wholesale merchants who have pro fited by corruption must sentence the petty agents of their own guilt ; the justices. " with beard of cut Iw%, re,' must condemn the detected sharers of their itours of illicit joy. Can public morality or common decency be promoted by the enactment of so scanda lous a farce. In this lamentable exposure there is no warrant for punishment of the past ; there is only ground for prevention in the future. Nothing else has been done at St. Albans than has been done, to a greater or leas extent. in nine out of every ten constituencies in the kingdom. No crime has been committed by its corrapted voters and electioneering panderers than has been done or connived at by members of the senate. What is looked for at the hands of the House of Commons is not an exercise of the judicial function of puni4hment, but an act of voluntary con trition and penance—such an alteration of the elec toral system as will put it oat of the power of mem bers to find their way back to tilt house by corrupt practices, even if they have a mind. We must have full electoral reform, and with it, above all things, we must have the Ballot. mrLAR !LPORTATION.—Two hundred live hues wet divatehed a few drys since from a domain in the nmehborirtiood of !Woodbridge, to Pori.. whether for the prirpoe of breeding, or being busted , we aro not informed. —lpswich Esprit's. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1851. THE . REVOLUTION IN . FRANCE DISSOLUTION OF MB ASSEMBLY. ARREST OF IIEi'RESENTATIYES. The following correspondence gives full particulars of the highly important intelligence, the heads of which were published in yesterday's Erpress : PARIS, TrE3DAY, 3 r.x. Last night all Paris went to bed quietly, without dreaming of revolution. To-day the peaceable citi zens rise to find the streets occupied with soldiers, and to read the pioclanmtions, posted in aU public places, as the only clue to the enigma. The most important of these is one decreeing as follows: 1. The National Assembly is dissolved. 2. Universal suffrage is re-established. The law of May 31st is abolished. 3. The French people is convoked in its electoral colleges from the 11th to the 21st December. 4. The state of siege is decreed throughout the first division. .. The council of state is dissolved. A second proclamation issued to the French people declares that " the President's good intentions to wards the people" have been frustrated by the Assembly. And having proclaimed its dissolution, Loafs Napoleon proposes the establishment of the following government :- 1. A chief magistrate elected for ten years by universal suffrage. 2. A ministry depending upon the executive alone. 3. A council of state. 4. A legislative assembly elected by universal suf frage without scrutiny of the electoral lists. 5. A senate. A proclamation to the soldiers is posted up as fol lows : It is stated that one of the men who arrested General Bedesu was wounded by him, and that the Veneral had to be bowed. Attempts have been made on the Boulevards to get ap some disturbance, but to all appearance they lam failed. A man who headed a procession of about 60 or 60 young men, shouting, was arrested. There are Ito sold►iers along the Boulevards. Every precaution has been taken to prevent any disorder. The Mountain is now sitting. It is said that a manifesto will be addressed by them to the people. " Soldiers ! Re proud of your mission. You will save the country, for I count upon you not to violate the laws, but to cause to be respected the first law— the national sovereignty. The obstacles that were placed in the way of the benefits which I sought to achieve for the common good have been broken down. The attempt which the Assembly made against my authority has been burned. The Assembly itself has mimed to exist. As citizens vote as you please ; but as soldiers remember the duty of obedience. Louts BONAPARTE." his morning, at tour o'clock, General Changar nier was arrested at his lodgings, where several other representatives were assembled, who were also arrested. They were all conveyed to Vincennes, General Lantoricire and M. Thiess were among these. At the moment of his arrest General Chan gamier harangued the troops sent to take him; but the soldiers refused to listen to him, and his voicewas drowned in the noise of drums. A battalion is still posted close to his lodgings, and is employed in making searches in the neighbourhood. General Cavaignac is arrested, us are also the following mem bers of the Assemb:y Charms, Roger du Nord, Bedeau. Baune. Greppo, ]tine, Mint, Nadaud, and Valentin. Among these you will recognize several names of the Mountain. The whole Board of the Assembly is said to have been arrested. Charms is said to have killed one of the men who attempted to arrest him. M. Dupla has re turned to his former house in the Rue du Bac, and has invited the representatives to meet there. His hotel is occupied militarily. M. Mallac, former rAn' de redact of M. l)uchatcl, has been arrested. Several offices of papers have been occupied milita rily ; among these are the National, Opinion Pah .llexsayer, Repatolipie, Order, and .It , lnentent, which papers are suspended. The director-general of the post has been ordered to reserve to-day and to-morrow all the places of the moles pastes for the prefects, sub-prefects, and other functionaries who are repairing to their vista. The President is making, at this moment, the round of the principal quarters of Paris. General Itoquet, his aide-de-camp, has just rid den, at a walk, along the Boulevards, with two or three orderlies. Ile is received with deafening cheers of " Vice la lOpublique !" All the avenues of the Legislative Palace are beset with troops. A line of infantry extends from the Port Royale along the Quat I)'Orsay. The cavalry occupies the Place du la Concorde as far as the Rend Point, the Quat Billy, and the bridge. The boulevards and streets generally are at this hour, 3 p.m., crowded with people. The President has removed from the Elysk to the Tuileries. The entrance to the gardens is of course inaccessible. The Carrousel is full of troops and cannon. 'f he following is front Oaleleinani : " The most extraordinary feature in this most im- Fora O'Crocr, Groups still assemble in the boulevards. When ever an officer of the staff passes on horseback, they shout out " Five la Republique." The Rue St. Honore and the Faubourg are still occupied by troops ; and artillery and troops are on the Place de la Concorde, and surround the Assembly. The Valais Royale and the Chateau d'Eau are also occupied by troops. Pickets are at the corners of the streets to preserve order. portant affair was the apparent calm of the people on reading these proclamations and witnessing the arrangements Out had been made to ensure the suc cess of the enterprise. Here and there, indeed, the proclamations were torn down or defaced, but this was be no means general. "The approuelits to the National Assembly and the Elysis: were guarded at an early hour, but at the outside of the hue of troops a considerable crowd had collected, and many persons exclaimed, " II a Lien fait,' but there were fewer cries than usual in political demonstrations. "At about eleven o'clock an attempt was made by about forty members of the Assembly to force their way to the Legislative Palace, but they were all turned back. The Tuileries Gardens were closed, and a report was current, in the course of the day, that the President of the Republic would take up his residence in the Palace of the Tuileries. FIVE O'CLOCK. A manuscript decree, purporting to emanate from the representatives who met in the Munic.:- pality of the 10th arrondissement, under the presi dency of Odilon Barret, has just appeared. By tkat decree Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is declared ot.t hwed, and the High Court of Justice is convoked to try him for high treason. The army is relieved from its allegiance, and a General appointed to command it. General Lauriston is said to have placed the 10th Legion of the National Guard at the disposal of the Assembly. Another report states that he has been arrested. " Several important political arrests N. ere made at a very early lour this morning, but there are various rumours ar to the number, and the persons who have been arrested. The following are mentioned: M. Dupin, the President of the National Assembly, [ who is said to be yard.: .1 nsa : Bedcau, one or the vice-presidents; Generals Cavaignac, Changarnier, Lamorich:Te • and General Perrot, ex-Commander. The Faubourg St. Antoine is perfectly tranquil. About 100 persons are on the Place do la Bastile discussing public affairs. A strong body of troops is stationed at the Chateau &Eau, Portes St. Denis and St. Martin. Whatever agitation there is is on the Boulevards, and particularly observable amongst the bourgeoisie. One hundred and eighty representatives of the Right, with Berryer at their head,have been arrested in the mairio of the tenth arrondissement. Some of the members of the Left, assembled at Cremieux's house, have been arrested also. Generals Changarnier, Cavaignac, Bedeau, Lamo riciere, Letlo, Colonel Charras, MM. Bozo, Thiers, Brun, the Commissary.of Police of the Assembly, were conducted to Vincennes, and it is understood, will be transferred to-morrow to the fortress of Ham. It is also reported that M. Michel (de Bourges) and M. Odilon Barrot are under arrest, but this is doubt ful. The decree dissolving the Assembly, &c., is signed, it will be observed, by M. de Monty, the new Minister of the Interior. _ Six o'CLoCX. Having sent off a special express with the news up to five o'clock, I proceed to give you what fresh details I have been able to gather since that hour of this momentous revolution. I begin with the latest and most important. The DA members of the Assembly referred to were chiefly legitimists, and had succeeded in meeting at the Mayory of the 10th arrondissement. Soon after the hotel was beset by troops, and the whole IMO, with M. Berryer at their head, were arrested just at the moment when the chief of the legitimists was trying to harangue the people in the open court. Up to the present hour no armed collision has taken place. All the shops, even those of the gold smiths and jewellers, remain open everywhere as far as I have seen. I observed that arms had been re moved from the armourers. M. erkmieux was arrested this afternoon. An order was given at half-past 4 to destroy im mediately the salle premisnire., which M. Ledru Rollin had caused to be erected of wood and plaster for the " constituent," and which yesterday was used by the Assembly. The soldiers who occupied the legislative palace joined the workmen in exe cuting this order. The President, as I informed you this morning, true to his saying of " I march—follow me," has shown himself without hesitation in public. At about 10 he mounted on horseback, and rude along from the Elyste, before the Madeleine, to the Place Vendome and the Tuileries. This is indeed not a very wide circuit ; but it would hare been in the highest degree foolhardy to have exposed himself and the destinies of the country to the acci dents which could not fail to cross his, path had lie taken an extensive circuit. The most remarkable feature in this manifestation was the paucity of the President's escort. Ile was ac companied by General St. Arnaud, the minister of war, General Magnan, the commander-in-chief of the army in Paris, and a staff of general officers. A few lancers followed. The President was s rected every where with cries, in which that of " %ire la Repub lique' predominated. It is clear that his policy is too new to move enthusiasm. Marshal Execlmam, at about twelve, followed by two aides-de-camp, rode out of the Elysce, and was re ceivedwiththe same cries. When the Marshal arrived opposite the Rue de la Madeleine, a picquet of the line debouched, bringing prisoner a representative, who held his scarf in his hand. This incident produced a momentary disturbance, but silence was immediately restored. At half-past two several regiments re-en tered their barracks. Not a soldier has been visible' all day on the Boulevards, except the small post I mentioned this morning and a patrol of a few lan cers. The crowd on the Boulevards, especially about the Rue Montmartre, is prodigious. In ge neral, the orderlies are saluted with cries of " Vire Itcpublique." At the Bourse the Fives closed at 89.70 with a fall of If. 90c. The Threes fell If. 20c. and closed at 55f. 20. Very little business was done, and people confined themselves to the liquidation of previous engage- ments without contracting fresh. the Fives opened at PW.75, then rose to 90.25 to sink again to 89, and finally closed at 89.70. There was a corresponding depression iu the railway share market. The following are the proclamations above referred IN THE NAME OP THE TRENCH reoeta The President of the Republic decrees : Art. 1. The National Miserably is dissolved. Art. 2. Universal suffrage is re-established. The law of the 31st May is abrogated. Art. 3. The French people are convoked in their respect ive districts from the 14th to the 21st December. Art. 4. The state of siege is decreed in all the extent of the military division. Art. 5. The Council of State is dissolved. Art. 6. The Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace of the Elvsee, the 2nd December, LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. The Minister of the Interior, De MORNY. The following proclamation to the people was also placarded: PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPCBLIC. in-Chiel of the National Guards, and General Foltz, ex-Chief of the Stuff, Colonel Charms, M. de La rochejaquelein, M. Roger du Nord, Nadaud, Michel de Bourgea, and M. Greppo, and other members of the Mountain. It is rumoured that General Caraig nae made great resistance, but was overpowered. Orders were, it is said, given to arrest M. 'Tiers, but we learn that he did not sleep at home. " Up to the time of going to press the capital was tranquil. There is not the slightest agitation in the faubourgs. " The President of the Republic, attended by a ; brilliant staff, left the Elysec at about half•past 10 o'clock this morning, and went along the Quasi. He was saluted with loud cries of " Vive la Repub lique! Vire Napoleon.."' 1 "It is a curious fact, in connexion with the impor tant events of this day, that the 2nd December is the anniversary• of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon in I'lo4, and of the battle of Austerlitz in 1503.“ Frenchmen ! The present situation ca nnot last longer. I Every day which pasaetaggravates the dangers of the coun try. The Assembly, which ought to be the firmest sup port of order, has become a centre of conspiracies. The patriotism of three hundred of its members has not been able to check its fatal tendencies. Instead of making laws for the general interest, it forges arms for civil war . • it attacks the power which I hold directly from the people ; it encourages all bad passions; it compromises the repose of France. I have dissolved it, and I make the people Judge between it and myself. The constitution, you know, was made with the view of enfeebling in advance the power that you were about to The President wrote late last night an affectionate confide tome. Six millions of suffrages wer e a str iki ng letter to M. de Thorigny, and also to the Ministers, Dr i tt , estta g tns e t it,.. m ad ni, v ,s etl d have faithLu v Ul fo restiec in te t d im it.. declaring that his mind was made up—that he could passible. But now that the o f u u t u r rineotal compact un i ' s no not allow himself to be sacrificed by his enemies, who longer respected, even by those who incessantly invoke were conspiring at that moment ; but that, as he was it ; and that men who have already . ruined two unwilling to compromise them in any way by impli- mo"th", wish to tie my hands in order to coating them iu his acts, he thought it better they overthrow pttscertesTubtolic, n ' i n y tain iut t y he re p ublic, and to should resign. It is unnecessary to say the request tee the country j by invoking the solemn judgment of the was complied with at o ce. only sovereign I acknowledge in France—the people. Thenew .Ministersare understood to be M.ele Morny, 1 make thou a loyal appeal to the whole nation, and I Interior ;M. Fauld, Finance ; M. 'toucher. Justice ; pay to you -• if you wish to continue the state of disquietude i f iad l rom i trom no is i es our futu n re, choose M. l'ortoul. Public Instruction; M. Chasseloup-lau- which aaotlterdgvad"l us good, onewrhriextreangeonvemme tyst, Marine; General St. Arnaud, War ; and it is said ment whwicTilji.F place , to w do 0. de Persigny will be the Minister of Foreign Af• respons ib le for m acts I cannot prevent, and binds eto the fairs. General Mugnan still retains command of the helm when I see the vessel driving towards the abyss. army. Orders have been given to take down the If, on the contrary, you have confidence in me, give me fro the m in y c o a u ns . of accomplishing the great minion which I hold temporary hall where the representatives were wont to meet. Eight journals ate suspended, amore theta This mission consists in closing the era of revolutions by the Erenenient saiisfying the legitimate wants of the people, and protect- The pretests on leave of absents. in Paris or else- ing them against subversive passions. It especially eon where, have !wen ordered to return instantly t, their sista in creatin; institutions which shall survive men, and departments. The same order has been coiniuuni- which are the foundations on which somethin g durable can Wfunctionaries tinted to the other public on leave of I ; h. placed. that the instability of the government, and absence. I the preponderance of a single Assembly, are permanent A number of representatives met this morning at CAW 'S of trouble and discord, I submit to your suffriges Count Darn's. They were dispersed by the police. the following fundamental bases of a constitution which Some of them afterwards repaired to the municipality assemblies win develop at s later period. I. A reoponaible eief named for 10 years. of the 10th arrondissement, but also received orders 2. Ministers dependent upon the executive power alone. to retire. 3. A Council of State composed of the most distinguished . rata, , prettanuti` laws, and maintaining their discussion I befoge the; legitimise body. 4. A legislative body, discussing and voting the laws, domed by wiiversal suffrage, without scrutinising the list, which viulatys the electoral principle. 5. A second assembly, composed of all the distinguished i men of the country, a preponderating power, guardian of us fundamental compact, and of public liberties. This fristem, created by the First Consul at the com mencement of the century, has already given to France repose and prosperity ; it would still gua rantee them. Such is my deep conviction. If you share iii it, declare it by your votes. If, on the con trary, you prefer a government without force, monarchical or republicAn, token from I know not what past, or from what cnimcrical future, reply in the negative. Thus, then for the first time since 1804, you will ,vote with your eyes open, knowing for whom, and Cur what you are voting. If Ido not obtain the majority of your votes, I shall call for the meeting of a new Assembly, to whom I will deliver the mandate I have received from you. But if you believe in the cause of which my name is the symbol, that is,France regene rated by the Revolution of ' 89, and organised by the Emperor, if you believe that cause to be still yours, proclaim it by consecrating the powers 1 ask of you. Thus France and Europe will be preserved from anarchy; obstacles will be removed ; all rivalries will have disappeared ; for all will reflect on the decision of the people—the decree of Provi dence. Given at the Palace of the Elysie, this 2nd day of De cember. LOUIS NAPOLEON BON•PAILTE. The following is the proclamation to the army : PROCLAXATION OF THE PRIAIDENT OF THE REPUIILIC . TO TILE ANAT. Soldiers'—Be proud of your mission—you will save the country; fur 1 count oa you not to violate the laws, but to cause to be repected the first law of the country— national sovereignty, of which I am the legitimate repre sentative. For a long time you have suffered, like me, by the ob stacles which opposed themselves both to the good: I wished to do you, and to the demonstrations of your sympathy in my favour. These obstacles are broken down (brisees). The Assembly hat endeavoured to attack the authority which I Mild from the whole nation. It has ceased to exist. I make an honest appeal to the people and the army, and I say to them--Either give me the means of assuring your prosperity, or choose another in my place. In lao, as in 1018, you were treated as if conquered raiiicark Aber having branded your heroic disinterestedness, you were not considered worthy of having your sympathies and your wishes consulted, and yet you are the wile of the nation. To-day, in this solemn moment, I am resolved that the army shall be heard. Vote then freely as citizens. But us soldiers do not forget that the passive observance of the orders of the Chief of the government is the rigorous duty of the army, from the general down to the soldier. It is for me, r•- sponsible fur my actions before the pimple and before posterity, to take the measures which seem to me indis pensable f o r the public good. As to you, remain immovable within the rules of disci pline and honour. Aid by your imposing attitude the coun try to manifest its will in calm and reflection. Be ready to repress any attack ou the free exacise of the sovereignty of the people. Soldiers, I do not speak to you of the souvenirs which my name recalls. They are engraved in your hearts. We are united by indissoluble ties ; your history is mine. There is between us iu the past community of glory and misfortune. There will be in the future community of sentiments and of resolutions for the repose and grandeur of France. Given at the Palace of the Elves., this '_'ad December. 1.01:1,1 NAPOI.EoN IioNAPAUTS. The Prefect of Police has issued the following : 'roclamatiou ut the Pretect of Police to the luhabit.tots of The President of the Republic, by a courageous initiative, has just baffled the machinations of parties, and put an cad to the agony of the country. It is in the name of the people, fur their interest, and fur the maintenance of the republic, that the event has been accomplished. It is to the judgment of the people that Louis Napoleon Bonaparte submits his con duct. The grandeur of the act will make you sufficiently understand with what imposing and solemn culla the free exercise of popular sovereignty should be manifested. To day, then, as yesterlay, let order be our flag ; let all good citizens, animated like me by the love of the country, afford me their eo•operatiun with the firmest resolution. Inhabitants of Paris—llave confidence iu him whom six milliuus of votes raised to be the first magistrate of the country. When he calls on the who.c people to express its will, the factious alone can wish to throw au obstacle in the way. Auy attempt at disorder will therefore be promptly and inflexibly repressed. Paris, "_nd Decembir. M.sc eas. The tollowing circular has been addressed to the Commis saries of Police by the Prefect : Monsieur le einumissaire,—The more circumstances be come serious, the more important do your functions also become. Watch with courage and with unflinching energy fur the purpose of supporting and maintaining the public tranquillity. Do not tolerate the slightest assemblage on any point of the capital ; do, not permit any meeting, the ob j ect of which may appear to you to be suspicious. Let no attempt at disturbaiice take place without immediately putting ma 1401) to it by inflexible measures of repression. 1 rely on your devotedness ; rely on my support. Di MAUYAI3. conjecture what mighty events the next hour may i bring forth, a Parisian will less than ever commit I himself to any expression of an opinion. But I must say, judging from the countenance of the readers, i tlie hold and explicit lanmage of the President , seems to inspire both couffirence and admiration. I 1 observed smiles of approving satisfaction in all directions. la the Chaussee d'Antin I met a mem ber of the Council of State. I asked him how he ' felt after being dissolved, and what he thought was going to happen. He said laughingly, " Oh, I sup pose we shall go on quietly either to the Consulate 'or the Empire." But said I, "Do you mean ' then to take it so quietly ? Where arc Clem ' gander and the parliamentary army?" At this ' ho only shook his head. I have just seen a large body of cavalry marching upon Paris along the high ' road from St. Denis. There is no doubt but that troops will speedily arrive from all parts of the country. It is now evident that the rumours of an expected emente, so industriously circulated by the government on t-aturday, were got up to serve as a pretext for ordering troops to Paris. Thus far, then, everything favours the cow) (Alai. The President has stolen a march upon the Assem bly, and while they were meditating how to make him responsible, and how to raise an army to pro ' tea themselves, ho has sent them all about their business. The great question now is, what will the army do? The moment has arrived that will test the accuracy of General Changarnier's opinion of the army, when he said not a general, not a colonel, not a regiment, not a scc ' tion of a company could be found to march against the Assembly. I venture to promise that, for the mo ment at least, the army will follow Louis Napoleon, for the simple reason that no other leader is ready to hoist a flag with any definite object. I must here mention that I have heard that Changarnier and several other parliamentary generals were arrested ' in the night, and are at this moment lodged in Vincennes. I believe this to be true. It is I not probable that the President would have r taken the present desperately hazardous step with out first securing himself against the possibility of a counter proclamation from so during a spirit, and so bitter an enemy, as Changarnier. I ant told that ' at the soiree last night the President appeared un usually gay, and that these arrests were effected immediately after the company left the Elysee, at . two o'clock this morning. the morning papers contain not a syllable from which the great events of the night could be inferred. They speak of a ' rumour that General .Magnan had resigned the unctions of Commander-in-Chief; I am prepared to credit this, and that some other general, unre servealy devoted to the fortunes of the President, has consented to share the reiponsibility of his act. ' You arc aware that General Leewestme has suc ceeded General Perrot in the command of the Na tional Guard. In concluding this hurried note, I must call your attention to one point essen tial, not to be forgotten when reflecting coolly ' upon this momentous crisis in all its phases. r By proclaiming the dissolution of the Assembly the President has committed that specific act of high I treason which the constitution specially describes and • provides against. By law he is now ipve jiudo divested • of his functions. The executive power now legally be longs to the Assembly. If the Assembly could devise the means of meeting in any part of France, and were to appoint a Minister of IV'ar, it would be the duty of every officer in the army to obey his orders, and the regiments that might follow Louis Napoleon I would be mere voluntary armed bands. That ' the Assembly in its present crippled, divided, and disereditid state, should attempt any assertion of • their constitutional rights and duties against the pre , sent usurpation is in the highest degree MI- 1 probable. But if it dues not France lies prostrate at the feet of an unscrupulous die- I tator. The appeal to the people is evidently a . farce. Without a free press, without freedom of speech, without electoral meetings, with the terrors • of martial law in Paris and numerous departments, ! and with prison doors yawning to receive every man of independent spirit, it is obvious that no serious , opposition to the President's will can be organised in t the course of the next fortnight. THIS DAY'S NEWS FROM FRANCE. A CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION. B 1 SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. PARIS, WIDNESDAT MOUSING. A Consultative Commission of 80 notable men is formed. The Ministry is not yet definitively con stituted. The following items are of Bach interest as to be well deserving of a place here. Our correspondent in his letter of yesterday, says Perhaps at budi a moment a few details as to the outward appearance of Paris, that fall within the scope of one's own observation, may . not be unin teresting. I was no sooner up, at eight, this morn ing,. than our concierge told me the Place de la Con corde was full of troops. I proceeded immediately' along the Boulevards to the Madeleine. Very few people were in the streets at that hour. The first thing which struck me was that the telegraphic wire which passes along the Boulevards communicating with the ministries and forts and the railways was cut. I saw a small post before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If any people appeared on the bal conies, they were instantly warned back by sentries posted at the corners of the streets. When ['reached the front of the Miuleleine, I found the Rue Royale regularly occupied with troops. I observed a strong post before No. 3, Rue du Faubourg do St. Hohore, Changarnier's lodging. The rumour was that he was now lodged at Vincennes. The Rue de Faubourg St. Ifonori, was lined with troops as far as the ElysZe. I passed without obstruction as far as the Place de la Concorde, which was wholly occupied by troops, with their arms piled, and with several cannon in the centre near the Obelisk. GER lIANY. A'regiment of Lancers was drawn up along the quay: towards Plumy. No carriages were allowed to cross the bridge opposite the Assembly, but I was allowed to cross on foot. The steps and garden of the legislative palace were occupied by the republican guard in their yellow cross-belts. fhe Place de Bourgoyne, opposite the back en trance of the Assembly, was occupied by troops with cannon. Opposite the Ministry of War I first fell in with the four proclamations, which I send herewith by express. Scarcely a soul had yet looked at t'hem; they had just been posted. Having copied their tenour, I proceeded to the Telegraphic Office, at the Ministry of the Interior. I The despatch was refused. Orders had been re ceived to let none pass. But having learned that others who came after me had been authorised by the Minister of the Interior to send the news, I returned, and succeeded °in procuring the same leave. Quicker than I can describe the proclamations were posted up all over Paris ; and in two or three hours the streets were crowded with people. THE NEW AUSTRIAN TARIFF. yIENNA, Nov. 26. Another correspondent writes nt 12 o'clock yes terday, as follows: The Austrian tariff, the principal provisions of which were contained in the potent forwarded yes terday, has at length appeared, in the form of a small pamphlet. The prohibitions formerly enforced against the admission and exportation of various goods into or front the Austrian territories are abolished, excepting in respect of common salt, gun powder, and tobacco. Mixed goods, as those are called which have passed through two or more stages of manufacture, are divided into three categories. Articles included in the lowest of these pay 15 florins per cwt. The second-class, containing materials which are liable to c higher duty than the foregoing, pays 59 florins. The third, consisting of furniture made up of silk and feather beds of the same material, or of the finest wool or cotton, pays 100 florins per cwt. The fol lowing are the rates per Customs' cwt. of some of the more important articles of commerce ;—tea, 15 flurins ; raw coffee, 10 florins; cocoa, 7 florins, 30 kreutzers; loaf sugar, 14 florins; moist ditto, 11 florins; syrup, 5 florins; common spices, 10 florins; fine, 25 florins; nutmegs mace, vanilla, and the finest spices, So florins; sago and tapioca, 5 florins; prepared food, 20 florins; skins, 25 kreut zers ; furs, lot florins ; preprations of lead, 2 florins 30 kreutzers; iron, 2 florins 30 kreutzers ; rails and tires, 3 florins 30 kreutzers; block sheet iron, 4 flo rins ; steel, 4 florins; raw cast iron goods, 2 florins ; copper, in sheets, or wire, 25 florins; beaten tin, 7 florins 30 kreutzers ; raw cotton flax, hemp and wool, 5 kreutzers; raw and unspun bilk, 45 kreut zers; raw and spun silk, 15 florins ; cleaned and dyed or undyed silk, 25 florins; cotton yarn, 7 florins ; raw, 10 florins; bleached, stretched, or spun, 15 fl. ; dyedlinen yarn, 2 florins 30 kreutzers; raw, 12 florins 30 kreutzers dyed and 30 florins spun. The import duty on raw linen yarn will be raised to 6 florins three years after the introduction of this tariff. Woollen yarn, raw, 6 florins ; dyed and spun, 12 florins 30 . 1creutzers. Cotton goods, common, raw, unbleached, 50 florins; middle fine (as stockings, &c.), 75 florMs ; fine printed, 100 forums ; extra fine, 149 jacconets, muslins, Ite., 150 florins; finest, as lace, 2 florins 30 krcutzers per lb. Linen goods, 7 florins 30 kreutzers, 20 florins, 75 florins, and 100 florins, according to specified qualities; the finest, 2 florins 30 kreutzers per lb. Coarse silk goods, 2 florins 30 kreutzers; fine, 6 florins. Leather goods, 25, 50, and 100 florins. Paper, 7 florins 30 kreutzers, and 25 florins. Clay goods, 5, 10, 15, and 40 florins. Manufactured iron goods, 10, 15, 25 and 100 florins; manufactured Britannia metal, 100 florins ; zinc manufactures, 7 florins 30 kreutzers, 15 and 50 florins; machines and imple ments, 15 florins. During the first year the import duty on raw cotton will be 1 florin per cwt., and on cotton yarn 8 florins. This gradual reduction is in tended to protect those speculators from sudden and serious loss who possess large stores of cotton. The !former duty of 1.40 florins per cwt. produced an an nual average return of 700,000 florins to the revenue. The tariff will take effect throughout the empire, with the exception of Dalmatia, N (mice, and Trieste, and the town of Brady, in Gallicia, on the Ist of February next. PARIS, TUESDAY. tip to a quirter to 12 (the moment at which I write), the most profound tranquillity prevails in Paris. I have passed along the Boulevards from the Maclaine to the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, I have been to the Bourse, the Post-office in the Rue Jean Jaques Rousseau, I have visited the populous quarters of the Rue St. Honore', and the Faubourg Poisson nire, as well as the quiet Rue St. Lazare, and the Quartier Tivoli, andsaw nothing more or less than the usual aspect of Paris. If anything, there were fewer Serpens de Ville" than usual, and I saw no sol diers whatsoever. They are doubtless concentrated about the Assembly, in order, by an imposing mani festation of force, to render any attempt of the As sembly to disobey the President's proclamation out of the question, proclainutions are placarded in all p.rts of Paris, in such abundance that no crowds arc collected to read them in any one place. The little groups of attentive readers might be supposed to be reading an ordinary proclamation of the Prefect of Police on the result of Sunday's election. 1 heard no observation from anyone. It is never safe to talk politics in Paris, and now, when no man can GENERAL MINING COMPANY FOR IRELAND.- The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Monday at the company'. office in Dublin ; Thomas J. Quinton, Esq., in the chair. The secretary read the re- quisition convening the meeting, and submitted the audit( d balance-sheet. The directors' rep•rt was neat read, which explained many points of interest on the past operations and future prospects of the mines, and concluded by an nouncing that a dividend of 10 per cent. for the past half year out of the profits would be paid on and after the 3rd inst. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman and directors, for the mannir in which they had managed the affairs of the company, a htllot for directors fur the neat year took place, which resulted in the re-election of the present board. THE CAB NUISANCE AT NOTTING!' tlf.—Great astonishment pervaded the different districts of the town on Monday morning, in co..sequence of the non-appear ance of the cabs at the usual tune. Upon inquiry we learned that a resolution was cense to at a late meeting of the town council to lessen the rate of charge from Is. to 9d. per rude. This the cahmen petitioned against, and rewired to vacate their stands until the old prices were paid. A number of cshs were sent the same morning on to the stands by an extensive owner, but the drivers were greeted with such hearty groans and hisses, that they were obliged to make a retreat. UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, TUFAI,AV, The British and North Amerituri Royal A i n steamer Canada, Captain Harrison, liotn Sew York direct, an ived here this afternoon, at a quarter Ise. fore 3, with (date New York, Nov. 19) the usual mails, 57 passengers, 1,296,000 dollars in specie, and a small cargo. She reports that she met the steamer Africa, of the same service, in 1! hour after le av i ng New York. The news by this arrival, though varied, is not of striking importance. . . By the arrival of the steamer Georgia, with ad vices from Havana to the I.lth ult., we learn that Mr. John S. Thrasher has been tried and convicted of high treason, and sentenced to the chain gang for eight years. It is said that he will be sent to Spain, fhe accounts from the Isthmus are highly unfa vourable, so far as regards the present facilities for travel on the Nicaragua route. The Georgia brings many of the passengers who crossed that way, but was obliged to leave some 200 behind. She also brings nearly two millions in gold dust. The California had arrived at Panama with 0;0 passengers ; and the New Orleans with 300. The steamer Central America, after three dies' labour, passed the shoals at the mouth of the Iti;er San Juan, and, at last accounts, was steaming away in fine style 25 miles up the river. A serious ite:3- dent had occurred on the San Juan by the sinking of one of (ho small steamers plying on the rivers. Several lives of returned Californians and consider. able money were lost. The Daniel Webster reports as follows: Sailed from San Juan Nov. 6: when 12 hours out, expe rienced a severe norther, which la-sted three days. Oa the 15th in the gulf off Cape Hatteras, encountered a 'drll; gale from the south-cag ; carried away paddlebeses, ship behaving nobly throughout the gale ; made the pamige out to San Juan in 10 and a half dap, towing the steam boat Central America from the wharfin New York to San Juan Nov. 4.—Arrived at San Juan, Englishatcamer Dee. Sailed again on the sth with 150 pa‘sengers--returned Californians —bound to New Orleans. The Daniel. Webster brings stovers who left San Francisco by the steamers Indep, ii denve ;mil North America, to the 15th October. Our miscellaneous advices mention that the cele brated Kosciusko will case had been decided in favour of the creditors of the late Colonel Handbill, the ad ministrator to the estate. The Nero lurk Ilera4l gives the following summary of a large meeting held in New York to express svmpathy with the efforts of the Catholics of Ireland to establish a university for themselves, and to render them assistanee in car rying out that object: It was crowded almost to sufrication. The greatest en thusiasm and good humour prevailed. Archbishop Hugh. s delivered a speech of great length, ability, and logical wax men. lie did not demolish the socialists and red republi cans, but he took a Hing at Kossuth, and at the Times, the enemy of Koo.uth. lle disposed very summarily of the claims of the Attglo-Saron race," and contended stren uously fur his own particular views us to the necessity ot religious education, end held that the state had nothing to do with the matter. It was rumoured that Archbishop Hughes had been made a cardinal. Colonel llorace L. Kinney, the great Texas landowner, had offered Kossuth amid his companions 10,000 acres of land if they desire to locate in that country. The land is situated on the Seneca River. The steam-ship, Daniel Webster, ten days from San Juan, had brought to New York,ria the Nicaragua route eleven days later intelligence from California. The important movement in the southern counties of Calithrnia for the division of the state is assuming the form of sys'entatic action. The address of the delegates of Monterey presents in a threibio manner the reasons and necessities culling for the propo-ed division. A convention of all the southern counties was to have been held at Santa Barbara on the 2fitit ultimo. The quartz mining continues highly successful. The news front the mining regions is of the most en couraging character, and the yield of the precious metal promises to be greater than ever. There seems to be still some difficulty with the Mexican inhabi tants, who will not conform to the laws of the state. The commercial business of San Francisco with the East, and especially with China, is rapidly growing, and sho ws that that port will yet be one of the great depots for the reception of goods front the East. It does not appear frmn thu Was/ins/ton News that either Mr. I . lebster or Mr. Calderon de la Barea entertain any belligerent intentions. The only dif ficulty appears to be the absence of any discretionary power on the part of the Spanish minister. lie has had to send for fresh instructions to Madrid, as was suspected ; so that we shall have th ese negotiations still pending on the meeting of Congress. The New lurk Hcrald has the following, referring to the Tahuantepee route: The telegraphic despatches in yesterday's paper stated that Governor Letcher had assured the Mexican authorities that the American cabinet would not sustain the provisions (proceedings, we suppose) of the Tehusastepee Company; and, alas, that the company were negotiating with Mexico to surrender their cluiinc on certain terms. The facts, we understand, arc that the charter given to Senor Don Jose Garay by the government or Santa Anna was sold by Mr. Garay to the house of llargous and Co. for 3,000,00 n dols. The Mexican government has offered this company 1,000,155) dots. to get back this charter, which, it is under stood, they decline to take. Mr. Lacher must likely dis avowed, on behalf of the government,certain proceedings of the Tehuantepec surveying party last summer, but he will be proud to see that justice is done to the American con tractors. The charter is very clear and explicit. A report of the survey of the whole of this route between COLdes coalor. and Tehuantepec will appear in a few weeks, by which the superior advantages of this route over all others, either for a railroad or canal, will be demonstrated. Mean time, the work of opening a road has been arrested by the Mexican government. It will be the duty of Mr. Luther to look into this business. Our correspondent writes : NEW YORK, Nov. 19. By way of New Orleans we have news from the city of Mexico as well as the Rio Grande. Our dates from the former are to the ritli of November. Governor Letcher, the American minister, had as sured the Mexican authorities that the cabinet of Mr. Fillmore would not sustain the provisions of the Te -1 huantepec Company, and also stated that the cent puny were negotiating with Mexico to surrender titer claims on certain terms. The whole Ntexicatt country is in a stato of dissa tisfaction and agitation, especially on the Gulf eistst. The immediate muse is the discussion of a prohibi tory tariff. Symptoms of insurrection are extending to the states of Vera Cruz and Puebla. An arrival from Brazos reports that Caravajal, on the 9th inst., raised the siege of Matamoros, and his followers disbanded. This news is considered very doubtful, as is also the report recently brought front Vero Cruz of the capture of Matamoros by the re volutionists. Our domestic news has the usual characteristics. We have had many reports that Mr. Webster was about leaving tho department of state, in conse quence of his being a candidate for thel office of president. I do not believe it; he is too sensible a man to suppose for a moment that he has the least chalice fir the succession. If he ever had, he cannot now have any hopes. Mr. Webster, who is one of our very greatest men, has always been the victim of infirmities that often beset the great. In reviewing the news by this arrival we have to notice two things. Thvre is a want of confirmation of a previous report, that the Sandwich Islands are about to claim the protection of the United States. IBut there is a very strong probability that Califoniia will be divided into two states. The southern por tion appears tobe too distant from the seat of goy-L.lm -1 meat to be well governed, and the recent discovery of valuable silver mines within its territory appears to have given a fresh impulse to the friends of divi sion. Our large territories are like the polypi; cut and divide them as you please, they always become fresh and perfect polypi. The telegraphic dispatches from New Orleans this morning seem to confirm the story of the tli;lit of Caravajal and his forces from Matamoras. It was, says the account, a perfect stampede. Ile halted at Reynosa, where some of his runaway soldiers have rejoined him. A Rio Bravo paper says that Captain Ford, of Texas, is about to take command of the insurgents. Sooner or later Mexico must fall to pieces. The last blow she has r.veived from Mr. llovle, who de mended indemnity for British claims under the pain and penalty of a blockade. The letter postage measure adopted in the United States last July appears to have been quite sueee-i --ful. Over six hundred thousand dollars worth of postage stamps have been disposed of by the deert ment at Washington since the Ist of July. this will give some idea of the high estimate which the people of this country place upon the cheap letter postage system, notwithstanding all the bad manage ment of the department. However, the regulations relative to the transmission of newspapers and other ie victim Live to fit mat ion lands are d States. hem por- t govern- discovery sappears ot diri- ilypi; cut .s become leans this tii;lit of It was, halted at lers have Ford, of isurgents. The last who de- the pain no United WOEIII of he depart- Av. rhis which the rap letter d maniere- egulationi and other