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

Tnt—FRENCH REPUBLIC. ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED -4441111S IN A STATE OF SIEGE. RES T of the PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS (Pra t the Morning. Herald Correspondent.) Y ou PARIS, TUESDAY, Foust P.M. par,lreadY know that the Assembly is dissolved, t °pr o ,, ls ja i n a state of siege. As it was impossible )1 1li e h i " r e all the documents in time for the m ttl 1p e j 8 , 43 at a quarter to twelve o'clock, I send en gine the President's proclamation to the k ree ‘8 Presid ent ' s a Teal to the people, the Itl 'a s ) ()f w hich you have already had the sub 4ad the proclamation of the Prefect of I ll'th lt betraversed the city in all directions, I can lit ktiri, aspect of the people so far is rather re- Altho ugh I have heard of the proclama et have a ("en torn down in some places, Y k l il ret: t ,,B e d any angry demonstration of the kind. n4a er , - 're are proclamations—and they are nu '7,Bllvi.:;,Gugh---groups of people are seen reading l ',4t° ates tll ., ri°s itY, but without signs of excitement. ti ,? ,, ars,,, t c e p towards the middle of the day became , and attroupements, as they used to be FB is t ea rlY day s of the revolution, formed them ;4raithlvhich lively discussion might be heard, but t ti , 4t4 r t , 'igns of passion. The police and soldiery Precede l ittle as posssble. Occasionally a bat ° t"eded b trot, Y a band of music, marches gaily morbid symp L4polit7u3, without exciting any m 16 Ali qu leal feeling. Some shouts of Vive la 1 4 1 a ' ai l , e) e ) r ) whi ch, now -' that the President has re -404r of 841 suffrage, and appeals to the people ~em)tjtllf the Republic only with a different con- Cl, 0 7 th ba siai is no longer a factious cry. A Assembly having walked up to th , e , ,ilicited some cries of , 4 Vive la Chambr t e h . e yj de I,,°,eheiaequelein being recognised near " k,oncorde, was beset with shouts of kitl a R ,Vletr,b-rqublque," and the honourable . Legiti '°lll/blie Will e wh°secanclidature for the Presidency of hpllerefu probably now be withd . rawn,. had . mod, a f, 4 B : d 1 : 1 a hospitable house until a vehicle ht ka lt 'or his escape. AI. Nadaud, the fet -1,. igi) a ., )ti th the Whose name has also . beenmen- Sk eotsiciPresidency of the Republic, attempted Nt tl bly er ahle number of Members of the last they ` a forc e his way into the Chamber, tat t ary We re all .repulsed and put under ks a ftre a a t ; res t• Amongst those said to be ar hr•C ul Y • 1-) oPin, President of the National ' witla q r , the four vice presidents and the Nrqlclet'lleral Changarnier, General Cavaignac, t i: l3) a re b ani ,, °ricie re, General Bedeau, and Colonel 4t ttrliold.-4,,er arrest. M. Thiers' house is occu• te r , t Several other distinguished persons 71th 0 4), ' 1 44 8 -uger arrest or under surveillance in te:4Pqm,' G uards of soldiers are at the different 114 4:i k ' l letar' e " , but it is not likely that there will he par,s,,tl!Peh!ion of publication. On the other 4ta.l,7Es orrtts`rs will not be allowed to discuss h :ti, l4 the f, Executive power. The only change it'l'Yol,l‘.Bl4°et Bo far is with respect to the Et ttl!,ll,ict:reiliaterior. M. de Thorigny is replacea Ne tlt I , a gentleman personally attached to L' 4 ll N eal th e Republic. Louis Napoleon does 4 44 (1e I -se lf, but appears publicly, and by his 4 0a kast ha in the a r , people elicits favourable cries, tre t i o `ak i 4re that " Vive la Republique" 111 4 tili aat 111°ngst the loyal tokens, and this cr3 W 4 i) "' s a w e a while ago a general offices W i t 3 tis. Ilhiea, attended simply by a couple 14 1 ' -e did not put his horse out of I ji 7 l :: pa l: }l ,.e l p ie ubii ll g e ue, ro le vehemently shouted and ip he bowed and bowed thatik is theti° ackno wledgments. All that is now th: ri „ a he of the Republic. It is under 'e Public does not fall with an As aoralvets a focus of conspiracy. It Ent? , kl b4 a e dae a of the secrecy with which this last .4)anaged, that although there was a ! )l o a l° , 4 l.e k , h l g h t at the Elyse e, Ely gee, not a whisper of . Cald heard bled crowd, I• 4 ‘lt 'me l e _ .amongst the assembled ;a, ,Nr., leas indication of emotion be traced 1.), 14 t,,l4scruta bl ecountenance of the chief oi ls ex . IPwa, extraordinary drama. E . ven . the 4 0 41 , 4 ,a a : Pt in the dark. The official Jour 'ltti `Qat we q-out of prefects and sub-pre 4. • t h e a, 4, I,ster Partments are all in sure hands L th. Dro a l °f the Interior has reliable agents. l'atte 4rnatieas • d a t the EIP- 4 ash lti _ were printed akm tog-odes, at which the . 114 , 1 a h as ° be worked off. It is said the s JA I) , ttol l Ictlatle his escape. Now comes 11 4 th . lb , 44 % „ ' l5 coup d . etat succeed ? So , 1 8 sat',"l.e favoarable to the President. The 0 v iv e tt,!tc:l)tital-V,a,,t he restoration . of the suffrage. la Republique" were being Pt I r4sti well o f the people did " Vive la Re- Ottallntve,, towards the President ? and the ' was, t, N • because he has 'kilt t the doubt of it, 'l ilt e P u hlic, and has restored universal A, -e a re Persons who, on the other hand, ttl .4 • -ec)ont from• will be w lth s the provinces - 4 Ftl 4t a all h illciel Y• It is well that the on for w" re in the city, where they can be 44 11 ce lla ! they scattered through the country o`, p quietl tl lt th at th InlY endeavour to stir up resistance. e Military members of the Assembly t l t t C ' l o 1 net Ch to arrest. If we are t o credit la, k ri hi rtt. ha rras killed the man who laid his General Cavaignac received some , iiefereilaL edeau is wounded. 04 e ll 14) , t details have, as you may well ima v d o „,. 4 1,0 a "h otnewhat at random, as fast ,t, it ket4rit, collected, and without any attemp se men, , be v!hich under the present circurn tlilket,4ll,44ll,olr°P°Bsible. 61,411 at 11 4„: ~t h at a m eet i ng of the Assem bl y (41 of Ghat Lau r i s t on ' s, represen t a tive deerth lo'h National Guard, where the t' aei Lira deche ance of the President, and • I -4414; ,IL I k (7 ton, nis a Legitimist, and as the 10th at - Pos e d 4 4 . • G en , of the inhabitants of the Pau aths, the great Legitimist quarter, ,Mt`o ia sitgitlathorities of the same quarter have ete t ile A s that Colonel Lauriston offers to ha t e bef "l ' h lY ; but who will follow him ? jl4, toe i t `11;1 Meetings of the Parliamentary i t 15 tacil Il e des p • • h has always disposed Yramides, which the towards the President. e i 1114' Ike Opinion Publique, the Illessager , 1 tosaspe4tePub/ique, the Ordrc, the Avenc ,' "ed, and the offices occupied by kl l "e tar a "of buchatel is arrested. a t t , re the proclamations, with some fur -It‘ B cc. :-.- !lif E t,ht'altll4llc,ltle!laitiatethe. decree of the President of jr,44°illted rsigned M. de I\lorny, who Pla ce of late last night Minister of the , N lq• de Thorigny ttt t), Q. OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE. q t. - acts', ,i s I. OF TUE REPUBLIC. Oc, The . D ECREE S 4k la ""livs at°Rat Asseuably is dissolved. Att-41;113 !?irrage is re-established. Tho law A tt (4 41 ' , 'Or OgatEd. t sr ' I ~r i cts f p en People are convoked in their.re otilht,'44.24, ratsiti.l3tule of the 14th to the 21st of December. Ykti' • 0 lita r is decreed in all the ex- Y.alvblon. ici s._, E of State is dissolved. t o il f th, pi t. e er se o n f t tl c - i le Interior is s charged with 1)11111 c , •• of tho ec E re l e :ee, the 2d December. 111 '4 " Lour Y 8 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. V:tyll gWlo Mini of the Interior, DE MORNY. " Proclamation to the people was also 11 °N OF THRPRESIDENT OF THE Ap p , REPUBLIC. itG lij'A➢ b aN....•,Pit, TO THE PEOPLE. rile present situation cannot last longer ~.04t a t tif he kasNsB4's eggravatcs the (Linger of the t k k'h t tio t 9t 4r i," °151 3', which ought to bo the firm . es, c l ara 0 1. as become a centre of conspiracies. P, 11 4 4 : 1. 4, 4 !'hre'3 hundred of its members has net 14. t 0. 4 its fatal tendencies. Instead of making t hb :sroal erest, it forges arms for civil war `',,o„,kia,Zranat;awer which I hold directly from . tho s P s „ ta g e ": all bad passions —it comprlomise. Q,lke b, t ••I have dissolved it, and make kirat o4ti ttlti w een it and myself. Ok t ° c„' ° 'lin 94, You know, was made with the f'N 111 advance the , power that you were Pra t t° tee s• •• - ,••• s were piit ,c.st . • ix millions of suffrages vr c) „ gailast it, and yet I have faithfully n • 'tan ° eitti on , ,T4sibio calumnies , and outrages have l 4 But now that the fundamental bar respected, even by these wig' in. THE SUg, cessantly invoke it, and that men who have aiready ruin, d two monarchies wish to tie my hands in order to overthrow the Republic, my duty is to baffle their per fi lious projects, to maintain the Republic, and to save the country by invoking the solemn judgment of the only Sovereign I acknowledge in France—the people. " I make, then, a ioyai appeal to the while nation, and I say to you, if you wish to continue the state of disquietude which degrades us and compromises our future, choose another in my place, for I will no longer retain a Government which is p owerless to do good, which renders me responsible for acts I cannot prevent, and binds me to the helm when I see the vessel driving towards the abyss. " If, on the contrary, you have confidence in me, give me the means of accomphahing the great mission which I hold from you. " This mission consists in closing the era of revolu tions by satisfying the legitimate wants of the people, and protecting them against subversive passions. It es pecially consists in creating institutions which shall survive men, and which are the free foundations on which something d ura ble can be placed. " Persuaded that the instability of the Government, and the preponderance of a single Assembly, are perma nent causes of trouble and discord, I submit to your suffrages the following fundamental bases of a Constitu tion, which Assemblies will develops at a later period. " 1. A responsible chief named for ten years. "2. Ministers dependent upon the Executive power alone. " 3. A Council of State, composed of the most distin guished men, preparing laws, and maintaining their dis cussion before the Legislative body. "4. A legislative body, discussing and voting the laws, named by universal suffrage, without scrutinizing the list, which violates the electoral principle. " 5. A Second Assembly, composed of all the dis tinguished men of the country —a preponderating power, guardian of the fundamental compact, and of the public liberties. This system, created by the First Consul at the commencement of the century, has already given to France repose and prosperity: it would still guarantee them. Such is my deep conviction. If you share in it, declare it by your votes. If, on the contrary, you prefer a Government without force, Monarchical or Republican, taken from I know not what past, or from what chimerical future, reply in the negative. Thus, then, for the first time since 1804, you will vote with your eyes open, knowing for whom and for what you are voting. If I do 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 regenerated by the revolution of 'B9, and organized by the Emperor—if you believe that cause to be still yours, proclaim it by consecrating the powers I 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 Providence. " Given at the Palace of the Elysee, this 2d day of December. " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." The following is the proclamation to the army : " PROCLAMATION OF THE PEESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO THE ARMY. " Soldiers!—Be proud of your mission—you will save the country; for I count on you not to violate the laws, but to cause to be respected 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 obstacles 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 has endeavoured to at tack the authority which I hold 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 assure [ng your prosperity, or choose a nother in my place.' " In 1830, as in 1848, you were treated as if con quered (en vaincus). After having branded your heroic disinterestedness, you were not considered worthy of having your sympathies and your wishes consulted, and yet you are the elite of th e nation. To-day, in this solemn moment, I am resolved that the army shall be /ward. " Vote then freely as citizens. But as soldiers do not corget 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 responsible for my actions before the people, and be esre posterity, to take the measures which seem to me indispensable for the public good. " As to you, remain immovable within the rules of discipline and honour. Aid by your imposing attitude he country to manifest its will in calm and reflection. 3e ready to repress any attack on the free exercise of the sovereignty of the people. " Soldiers! I do not speak to you of the souvenirs which my name recall. They are engraved in your ar arts. We are united in indissoluble ties—your his tory is mine. There is between us in the past comma dty of glory and misfortune. There will be in the fu tire community of sentiments and resolutions for the re pose and grandeur of France. " Given at the Palace of the Elyse a this 2d Decem cer. " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." The Prefect of Police has issued the following : " PROCL A MATION OF THE PREFECT OF PO LICE TO THE INHABITANTS OF PARIS. " The President of the Republic, by a courageous elitiative, has just bsfiled the machinations of parties, and put an end to the agony of the country. It is in the lame of the people, for their interest, and for the main tenance of the Republic, that the event has been accom plished. It is to the judgment of the people that Louis ;Napoleon Bonaparte submits his conduct. The gran. leer of the act will make you sufficiently understand with what imposing and solemn calm the free exercise if popular sovereignty should be manifested. To-day, then, as yesterday, let order be our flag; let all good citizens, animated like me by the love of the country, afford me their co-operation with the firmest resolution. " Inhabitants of Paris!—Have confidence in him whom six millions of votes raised to be the first magis trate of the country. When be calls on the whole people to express its will, the factious alone can wish to throw an obstacle in the way. Any attempt at disorder will therefore be promptly and inflexibly repressed. " " Paris, Dec. 2. " MAIIPAS. The following circular has been addressed to the Commissaries of Police by the Prefect. " Monsieur le Commiqaire,—The more circumstances become serious, the more important do your functions :also become. Watch with courage and with unflinching nergy for 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 object of which may appear to you to be suspicious. Let no attempt at disturbance take place without immediately putting a stop to it by inflexible measures of repression. I rely on your devotedness; rely on my support. " DE MAUPAS." The most extraordinary feature in this most im portant affair was the apparent calm of the people on reading these proclamations, and witnessing the arrangements that had been made to ensure the suc cess of the enterprise. Here and there, indeed, the proclamations were torn down or defaced, but this yeas by no means general. The approaches to the National Assembly and the Elys6e were guarded at an early hour, but at the outside of the line of troops a considerable crowd had collected, and many persons exclaimed, "Il a hien 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 crowd that, in the course of the day, the President of the Republic would take up his residence in the Palace of the Tuileries. Several important political arrests were made at a very early hour this morning, but there are various rumours as to the number, and the persons who have been arrested. The following are mentioned :—M. Dupin, President of the National Assembly, who is said to be garde a vue ; Hedeau, one of the Vice - Presidents ; Generals Cavaignac, Changarnier, La moriciere, and General Perrot, ex-Commander.in- Chief of the National Guards, and General Foltz, ex-Chief of the staff, Colonel Charras, M. de la Rochjaquelin, M. Roger du Nord, Nadaud, Michel de Bourges, anti M. Greppo, and other members of the Mountain. It is rumoured that General Cavaig nae made great resistance, but was overpowered. Orders were, it is said, given to arrest M. Thiers, but we learn that he did not sleep at home. Up to the time of going to press (says Galignani) the capital was tranquil. There is not the slightest agitation in the faubourgs• The President of the Republic, attended by a bril liant staff, left the Elys6e at about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and went along the Quais. He was sa luted with loud cries of "Vive la Republique ! Vive Napoleon I." It is a curious fact, in connexion with the im portant events of this day, that the 2d of December is the anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, in 1804, and , of the battle of Austerlit z, in 1805. The Bourse has only fallen 30 sous. Five per Cents., 891. 50c. The Five per Cents. closed at 89f. 50c.; Three per Cents., 55f. 05c. ; Bank of France, 2,050 f. (From the Times' Correspondent.) PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 4 P.m. You will already, I trust, have received by sub marine telegraph a summary of the news of the ex traordinary events that have passed here this morning. With every disposition to communicate a regular account of these incidents, it is difficult under such circumstances to present other than an abrupt and hurried description. The President of the Republic was informed last 'light that A meeting wfta held at Qenevil Changar7 LONDON, WEDNESDAY nier's house, attended by M. Thiers, M. Baze, and I others of the chiefs of parties, at which it was decided that the coup against the President should be made this very day—that is, that he should be arrested, the Assembly prorogued or dissolved, and no doubt the Republic abolished. It was considered absolutely necessary to take steps immediately. Proclamations were at once pre pared, addressed to the nation and to the army, in the former of which the President explained his causes of complaint, and declared that instead of em ploying itself in taking care of the interests of the people, the Assembly had only become a theatre of conspiracies and plots against him, the elect of the people. He makes an appeal to the people by whom he has been elected. He restores universal suffrage, summons the people to assemble next month in their cornices to elect a new Assembly ; to this new Assem bly he will resign his powers, and let the nation exer cise its will in either electing or rejecting him. He proposes ten years as the period which the Chief of the State should retain power , aided by Ministers re sponsible to the Executive. He abolishes the Council . of State, &c. The Prefect of the Police, M. de Maupas, has ad dressed a circular to all the Commissaries of Police, inviting them to watch with courage and energy over public tranquillity, and to allow no meeting the ob ject of which should appear to them suspicious. This morning, at an early hour, the Place de la Concorde, the Faubourg St. Honore, the Tuileries, the Louvre, and the Place de Carousel were covered with troops, the arrangements having been made during the night. Generals Changarnier, Cavaignac, Bedeau, Lamo riciere, Leflo, Colonel Charras, MM. Baze, Thiers, Brun, the Commissary of Police of the Assembly, and, it is said, 22 or 2S others have been arrested. The first named are committed to Vincennes, and I am assured will be transferred to-morrow to the fortress of Ham. General Changarnier attempted to harangue the soldiers sent to aid the police agents who arrested him ; but it is said they refused to listen to him. Colonel Charras is said to have wounded one of the agents who arrested him. It is also reported.that:M. Michel (de Bourges) and M. Odilon Barrot are under arrest, but this is doubtful. The decree dissolving the Assembly, &c., is signed, as you perceive, by M. de Morny, the new Minister of the Interior. The new Ministers are M. de Morny, Interior ; M. Fould Finance ; M. Rouher, Justice ; M. For toul, Public Instruction ; M. Chasseloup-Laubat, Marine ; General St. Arnaud, War , and it is said M. de Persigny will be Minister of Foreign Affairs General Magnan still retains the command of the army. Orders have been given to take down the temporary hall where the representatives were wont to meet. Eight journals are suspended, among them the Evenement. The Prefects on leave of absence in Paris, or else where, have been ordered to return instantly to their departments. The same order has been communi cated to the other public functionaries on leave of absence. A number of representatives met this morning at the residence of Count Darn. They %sere dispersed by the police. Some of them afterwards repaired to the municipality of the 10th arrondissement, but also received orders to retire. The President wrote late last night an affectionate letter to M. de Thorigny, and also to the Ministers, declaring that his mind was made up—that he could not allow himself to be sacrificed by his enemies, who were conspiring at that moment ; but that, as he was unwilling to compromise them in any way by impli cating them in his Rots, he thought it better they should resign. It is unnecessary to say the request was complied with at once. People have been taken so much by surprise, though such an event might have been foreseen, that it is difficult to say anything on the public feeling. All my accounts from the faubourgs are unanimous in declaring that the people are well pleased at what has been done; and it cannot be denied that the in trigues and plots of the chiefs of parties in the As sembly had long since disgusted them. Groups are, of course, assembled at the different places where the proclamations are posted up; I have heard that in some places they were torn down. I have, however, seen nearly one hundred of them, and not one is either defaced or soiled. I have heard many make observa tions not over flattering to the Assembly, that they richly merited what has befallen them ; and the only thing most of them regretted was their 25 francs a day. The President, mounted on horseback, rode all through the Quays, the Champs Elys‘ss, and other places of the city. He was followed by a crowd, shouting, " Vire . Napoleon !" and " Vive le President !" One or two regiments marched along the Boulevards about half-past twelve o'clock, and the people also hailed them with cries of " Vive le Ligne " Vive la Republique !" " Vive Napoleon." To say that Paris is not agitated would be absurd, hut, so far as I have perceived and heard from others, I do not see that the agitation is of an angry nature. The restoration of universal suffrage and the appeal to the people contribute to their good humour. The troops are, I am assured, to be relied ; on, and express themselves well pleased with what has oc curred. Though there are numbers of people along the Boulevards, ,yet Sin the other parts of the city where I have been the people seem to be at their work as usual. The troops are still in the places mentioned above, to be ready to put down any disturbance that may be attempted. It is stated that one of the men who arrested General Bedeau was wounded by him, and that the General had to be bound. The President's reception last night was never better attended. Not the slightest suspicion existed of what was coming on. Attempts have been made on the Boulevards to get up some disturbance, but to all appearance they have failed. A man who headed a procession of about fifty or sixty young men, shouting, was ar rested. There are no soldiers 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. Ilona Ceoc at. Groups still?assemble in the Boulevards. When ever an officer of the staff passes on horseback, they shout out " Vive 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 Palace Royale and the Chateau d'Eau are also occupied by troops. Pickets are at the corners of the streets to preserve order. FIVE O'CLOCK. A manuscript decree, purporting to emanate from the representatives who met in the Municipality of the 10th arrondissement, under the presidency of M. Odilon Barrot, has just appeared. By that decree Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is declared outlawed, and the High Court of Justice is convoked to try him for high treason. The army is relieved from its alle giance, 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. P.S. The Faubourg St. Antoine is perfectly tranquil. About 100 persons are on the Place de la Bastille, discussing public affairs. A strong body of troops is stationed at the Chateau d'Eau, Portes St. Denis and St. Martin. Whatever agitation there is is on the Boulevards, and particularly observable amongst the bourgeoisie. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) I have walked through the principal thorough fares of Paris from seven o'clock this morning until twelve o'clock, the moment at which I am writing. I have entered into conversation with the Blouses reading the President's decree, and I have not heard one word of disapprobation by anybody at the Pre sident's coup ;tat. The general remark of the ope ratives was, " Ma foi, it a bien fait ; maintenant nous vote rons puisqu'il a retabli le suffrage uni versel." I was passing the pont de la Concorde, about 10 o'clock, when I overtook M. Larochejacque lin who was proceodieg to the Chamber of Deputies, followed by a number of persons who appeared to wish to prevent him, by representing to him the danger. He, however, persevered, and the iron gate was opened to him, and he was permitted to enter. Whether he was allowed to return I know not. The troops who occupied the Chamber of Deputies, when they saw a crowd advancing over the bridge, showed by the earnestness with which they raised their mus kets, that they were determined to maintain their ground. When I passed there again, in about half an-hour, the troops were reinforced by several pieces of artillery. I met the President of the Republic at 11 o'clock. He was crossing the Pont-Royal, from the side of the Tuileries. He was surrounded by a numerous and brilliant staff of general officers, and was preceded and followed by a strong body of Cuirassiers and Lancers. He wore his usual uniform of a general of the Na tional Guard and the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. He bowed right and left and raised his cocked hat to the crowds, who then began to fill the streets. Most of the men raised their hats in return, and there was some cheering, but no enthusiasm. He was followed by an immense mob, shouting, " Viva la Republique !" which they were permitted to do in full liberty. I can safely assert that there was not one cry of " Vive Napoleon" as long as the cortege was within my sight. It must be admitted, on the other hand, that there was no organized mob of De• cembrists, as has been. asserted on former occasions. Everybody was suffered to express himself as he wished without molestation. (From the Morning Chronicle Correspondent.) PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 11 A.M. The President of the Republic accomplished a coup etat this morning ; the principal streets in Paris were occupied at an early hour by strong bodies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. We have since received by Extraordinary Express the following dispatch : PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING, FOUR O'CLOCK. I sent you a telegraphic dispatch this morning, an nouncing the accomplishment by Louis Napoleon of the long-talked of coup d'etat, and a letter in which I gave such details as was then known. With respect to the telegraphic dispatch, I must inform you that in the first instance it was sent back to me by the French authorities, and that it was only two hours afterwards that I received notice that the telegraph had been opened. It will be seen that Louis Napoleon has set the Constitution completely at defiance. Were the Con stiution to be acted upon in its literal sense, Louis Napoleon would no longer be President of the Re public, for it will be remembered that by Article 51 he is forbidden to dissolve or prorogue the Assembly, or to suspend in any manner the authority of the Con stitution and the laws; and by article 68 it is de clared that " the President of the Republic and his Ministers, &c., are responsible, respectively, for all the acts of the Government and the Administration. Any measure by which the President of the Republic dissolves the National Assembly, prorogues it, or impedes the exercise of its charge, is a crime of high treason. By this sole act the President is degraded from his functions ; the citizens are bound to refuse him their obedience ; the executive power passes by right to the National Assembly ; the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice are im mediately to assemble, on pain of forfeiture ; they convoke the jurors at the place they may designate, to proceed to the judgment of the President and his accomplices. A law will determine the other cases of responsibility, as well as the forms and conditions of the prosecution." But, whatever the Constitution may say, Louis Napoleon has cut the Gordian knot. Ile seems to have been more conversant with Voltaire's tragedies than with the code of laws of the Republic, and to have adopted Catiline's opinion when he exclaimed— "Le devoir le plus sacre, le loi la plus cbtrie, C'est d'oublier la loi pour sauver la patrie." From the confused manner in which the news reach me from different quarters, I am obliged to give them without any reference to order. The affair has come quite suddenly on the public, and even upon the Ministry. M. Turgot, de Tho rigny, and the other Ministers, were present at the President's reception, and General de St. Arnaud was the very last to leave the palace. On the other hand, M. de Morny, the new Minister of the Interior, was at the Jockey Club a great part of the night, and remained playing cards till two o'clock in the morning. The new Ministers are MM. Fould, Rouher, Magne, and de Morny. It was at five o'clock this morning that they took possession of their departments. At the same hour the troops were directed in great numbers to the neighbourhood of the Assembly, and the other points of Paris which they were directed to guard. The arrest of the representatives, who were ar rested at their own houses, took place this morning at six o'clock, by detachments of police, assisted by the Republican Guards. The number of arrests amounts, it appears, to about 67. The prisoners were carried, not to Vincennes, as was generally supposed, but to the Prison Mazos. The following were the names of the persons arrested : —Generals Cavaignac, Chan gamier, de Lamoriciere, Bedeau, and Leflo, Colonel Charras, MM. Thiers, Lagrange, Valentin, Panat, Beaune, Greppo, Miot, Nadaud, &c. M. Base has escaped. M. de Mallac, the former secretary of M. Duchatel, is arrested. The following journals heve been suspended : L' Opinion Publique, Le Messager, La Presse, La Republique, L' Ordre, and L' Avenement. The Debats and others have been allowed to appear, but some of them have been subjected to the condition of making no commente on passing events. The question most asked this morning after Louis Napoleon's proclamation became known was, " But what will the Assembly do ?" That body has not allowed its answer to be long waited for. As early as eight o'olock some representatives assembled at the residence of M. Odilon Barrot, but it was immedi esely after decided to go to M. Dam's, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly. Towards eleven o'clock nearly two hundred representatives were assembled. They decided that they ought to proceed to the Legislative Palace, and for mally claim their right t o h o ld their sitting. They then proceeded to the Palace, and advanced in a body towards the usual gates of entrance. They were there refused admittance, the officer of the troops on guard at the gate informing them that the Legis lative Assembly no longer existed, having been dis solved by a decree of the President of the Republic. Some of the representatives expressed themselves warmly, it is said, at such language, and even at tempted to force their way in, in doing which one of them, M. de Larcy, was, I understand, wounded with a bayonet. The representatives, after formally summoning the officers in guard of the entrance to afford them ad mission, left the place, and on the invitation of M. Daru, one of the Vice-Presidents, proceeded to his apartment to deliberate. They were on the point of commencing, when a message arrived from General Lauriston, Colonel of the 10th Legion, declaring that he placed the Marie of the 10th arrondissement at their disposal, and that the 10th Legion was prepared to defend them from all violence. Thither the members of the Legislative Assembly repaired, and taking possession of one of the great rooms of the Mairie, proceeded to deliberate, M. Daru being in the chair. After a deliberation conducted in due form, and at which the short-hand writers of the ]tloniteur were present, the conduct of Louis Napo. leon Bonaparte was declared to be illegal, and con trary in every respect to the Constitution. In conse quence they affirmed him to have forfeited all claim to the high dignity of President of the Republic, and passed a decree pronouncing his ckcheance, in confor mity with Art. 68 of the Constitution. Another decree frees the officers of the army and navy and the public functionaries from their oath of obedience to Louis Napoleon. The High Court of Justice is convoked to judge the President and his Ministers. This decree was signed by all the Members present, with M. Daru's name at the head. Amongst the other names are those of 0. Barrot, de Broglie, Mole, Dufaure, Passy, de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont, Quentin Bsuchart, Dufour, de Tracy, Coquerel, Mortimer Ternaux, de Kerdrel, and Piscatory. Some Mountaineers were present at the sitting, and amongst others, Grevy, Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, Didier, Colfavru, &c. So far matters appeared to go smoothly enough with the Assembly. But after they had passed their various decrees matters changed their aspect. A body of the Chasseurs of Vincennes surrounded the building. They had scarcely taken up their position, when M. Berryer appeared at one of the windows of the Marie, wearing his representative scarf, and declared aloud to the crowd which stood outside looking at the soldiers taking up their places, that the Legislative Assembly, being in sufficient numbers to deliberate, had pronounced the dicheance of the President of the Republic, and appointed Ge neral Oudinot C o mmander-in -Chief of all the troops of Paris. Just as he said this, M. Thatnisier, another representative appeared behind M. Berryer, and raised the cry of " Vive la Republique. This cry was most coldly received by the crowd. " What is Berryer," said one, " but the servant of Henri V. ?" " And what is Oudinot," said another of the persons standing near, " but the man who went to Rome ?" Almost immediately after an officer of the Chasseurs of Vin cennes knocked at the door where the Assembly was sitting with closed doors, and insisted on ga i n i ng f e refused t a e t a a o f n t e c r e , t h b e u t r the admittance. w as officer e cleared. anrseiad t. e d andhi This in wasa Four members, MM. Darts, De Broglie, Wilon Barrot, and Mole., remained in the apartment. An officer of the staff presented himself, saying Barrot ti separate, o f t thh h e en e C s ro h enp o sl u ti i l et t d l u, tt andeo'e , saidt that hei r, that, h a ha s at, m theyea .after s wouldAOdilon uch adi not la vin he demanded to be arrested. The officer replied that he ha d no i ns tru c t i ons to that effect, and that his orders were simply to clear the room. , MM. Odilon Barrot, Mole, and De Broglie then °io withdrew. M. Daru was following them, when the officer declared that he was his prisouer. An employe of the first Mairie arrived, to place the hotel of the Marie at the disposal of the re- EVENING, _DECEMBER 3, 18b1 preaentatives, but the detachments prevented the meeting. Tho — repreentatives then dispersed ; some went to M. de Broglie'e, others to M. Dufaure's. M. Cre mieux was arrested in the street. In the 6th arrondissem ent some representatives of the Mountain made an attempt at resistance. The military occupy the principal bridges of the capital. It is said the troops will support the Pre sident. As yet, the Faulaourgs remain tranquil. The Boulevards are crowded with people, but no disorder has taken place. The agio on gold, which was at 20, has fallen to sf. The calls upon the ba►ak this morning were very nu merous, but have fallen off. After the first panic, a reaction has taken place, but the excitement is very great. A proclamation is expected from the As sembly. Fears are entertained for the night and to-morrow. All the newspaper s have been seized except the Constitutionnel, the Patric, and the Dibats. The President mounted his horse at eleven o'clock, accompanied by the ex-King Jerome and a numerous staff of generals. He rode along the quays, passed in review the troops assembled on the Place de la Concorde, and in the square of the Tuileries. Not a single hostile shout was raised, but no fa vourable acclamations greeted him. A' few voices raised the cry " ViVe la Ripublique." I understand that the Minister of the Marine did not know anything of the coup d'etat till this morning, at nine o'clock, when a friend called upon him, and announced it to him. The Patrie of yesterday publishes the following items, in short paragraphs : General Changariiir was arrested this morning at four o'clock, in his own house. Some other repre sentatives, who were in his room, were arrested at the same time. M. Lamoriciere and M. Thiers are among the number. General Changarnier attempted to harangue the troops, who refused to listen to him. General Cavaignac was also arrested. All the streets leading to the Assembly are occu pied by the troops. - The infantry is drawn up in line from the Quai d'Orsay to the Pont de la Concorde; the Cavalry occupies the Place de la Concorde to the Rond• Point. M. Morny is appointed Minister of the Interior. The following are among the representatives arrested :—MM. Charras, Lamoriciere, Roger (du Nord), Cavaignac, Bedeau, Changarnier, Le FIO, Winne, Greppo, Baze, Miot, Thiers, Nadaud and Valentin. , P.S.—I have just learned, from undoubted autho rity, that 150 representatives of those deliberating have been arrested, and led away between files of sol diers. It is believed that they have been taken to the Invalides for security. (From the Daily News Correspondent.) Last night we received the following : Paris is perfectly quiet. No Parliamentarian army appears. The proclamation to the people is countersigned by the Minister of the Interior. ARREST OF REPRESENTATIVES. One hundred and eighty representatives of the Right, with Berryer at their head, have been arrested in the Mairie of the tenth arrondissement. Some of the members of the Left, assembled at Cremieux's house, have been arrested also. By special express boat and engine we have re ceived the following dispatches from France : PARIS, TUESDAY, 3 P.M. 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 proclamations, posted in all public places, as the only clue to the enigma. This morning, at four o'clock, ,General Changer flier was arrested at his lodging, where several other representatives were assembled, who were also ar rested. They were all conveyed to Vincennes. General Lamoriciere and M. Theirs were among these. At the moment of his arrested General Chan gamier harangued the troops sent to take him ; but the soldiers refused to listen to him, and his voioe was 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, as are also the following mem bers of the Assembly :—Charras, Roger du Nord, Bedeau, Le FIO, Baune, Greppo, Baze, Miot, 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. Charras is said to have killed one of the men who attempted to arrest him. M. Dupin 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 chef de cabinet of M. Duchatel, has been arrested. Se veral offices of papers have been occupied militarily; among these are the National, Opinion Publique, A/Imager, Republique, Ordre, and Avenement, 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 malles-postes for the prefects, sub prefects, and other functionaries who are repairing to their posts. The President is making, at this moment, the round of the principal quarters of Paris. General Roquet, his aide-de-camp, has just ridden, at a walk, along the Boulevards, with two or three orderlies. He is received with deafening cheers of " Vive la Republique I" All the avenues of the Legislative Palace are beset with troops. A line of infantry extends from the Port Royale along the Quai D'Orsay. The cavalry occupies the Place de la Concorde as far as the Rond Point, the Quai Billy, and the bridge. The Boulevards and streets generally are at this hour, 3 P.M., crowded with people. The President is removed from the Elys6e to the Tuileries. The entrance to the gardens is of course inaccessible. The Carrousel is fall of troops and cannon. Some additional facts may, perhaps, be gleaned from the following :—The most extraordinary feature in this most important affair was the apparent calm of the people on reading these proclamations and wit nessing the arrangements that had been made to en sure the success of the enterprise. Here and there, indeed, the proclamations were torn down and defaced, but this was by no means general. The approaches to the National Assembly and the Elysee were guarded at an early hour, but at the out side of the li ne o f troops a considerable crowd had collected, and many persons exclaimed, " Il a Bien fait," but there were fewer cries than usual in poli tical 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. Several important political arrests were made at a very early hour this morning, but there are various rumours as 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 garde a vue : Bedeau i one of the vice presidents ; Generals Cavaignac, Changarnier, La morici4e, and General Perrot, es-Commander-in- Chief of the National Guards, and General Foils, ex- Chief of the Staff, Colonel Charras, M. de Laroche jaquelein, M. Roger du Nord, Nadaud, Michel de Bourges, and M. Greppo, and other members of the Mountain. It is rumoured that General Cavaignac made great resistance, but was overpowered. Orders were, it is said, given to arrest M. Thiers, 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 bril liant staff, left the Elysee at about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and went along the Quills. He was saluted with loud cries of " Vive la Republique ! Vive Napoleon !" It is a curious fact, in connexion with the im portant events of this day, that the 2d December is the anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon in 1804, and of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Perhaps at such 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 morning, than our concierge told me the Place de la Concorde was full of troops. I proceeded immediately along the Boulevards to the Madeleine. V ery 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 balconies, they were instantly warned back by sentries posted at the corners of the streets. When I reached the front of the Madeleine, I found the Rue Royale regularly occupied with troops. I observed a strong post before No. 3, Rue du Faubourg de St. Honore, Changarnier's lodging. The rumour was that he was now lodged at Vincennes. The Rue de Faubourg St. Honore was lined with troops as far as the Elysee. 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. A. regiment of Lancers was drawn up along the quay towards Passy. 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 cccupied by the Republican guard in their yellow cross -belts. The 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 them ; they had just been posted. Having copied their tenour, I proceeded to the Telegraphic Office, at the Ministry of the Interior. The dispatch was refused. Orders had been received to let none pass. But having learned that others who came after me had been authorised by the Minister of the lior send the news, I re t urne d , and succeeded innter proc to ur ing the same leave. Quicker than I can describe the proclamations were posted up all over Paris ; an d i n two or three hours the streets were crowded with people. (From the Morning Post Correspondent.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The President, as I told you in a few hurried lines this forenoon, has executed the coup d'etat into which he was forced .by the Assembly. The walls are co vered with proclamations by Louis Napoleon. The late representatives are in perfect dismay. Thousands of troops are in the Place de la Concorde, and around the Hall of the Assembly. A few minutes ago I saw Henri de la Rochejaquelein de mand admission there ; it was accorded to him amidst the apphuse of an immense concourse of people. The Prefect of Police announces that all attempts at disorder will be instantly and severely suppressed. Rumours fly in every direction. It is said that Generals Changarnier and Lamoriciere, and M. Thiers, have ken lodged in the Chateau de Vin cennes. At the Ely!4e throngs of General Officers have been pressing around the President with offers of support. The streets are crowded with troops and with ani mated masses of people. The scene is most pictu resque, and not a little exciting. Events will now move swiftly. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. We have received by express our usual dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail from India. The dates are Bombay, November 3; Calcutta, October 22 ; Madras, 25. Our correspondent writes as follows:-- ,BOMBAY, Nov. 3, Close on the dispatch of last mail. on the 17th of Oc tober, I sent you a few lines, to inform you of a serious riot on the part of the Mahomedan population, which had, that afternoon, or rather noon, occurred in the native town, in which several parties, chiefly policemen, had been severely beaten and wounded with swords and sticks. By the intrepid conduct of Captain Baynes, superintendent of police, and his small force, the rioters were speedily dispersed, upwards of 90 of them being taken into custody, and who now await their trial before the Supreme Court. Early that morning it was spread abroad that a disturbance was to take place, and some thousands of Musselmen congregated at the Grand Mosque, ostensiely for prayer, but in reality with the view to share in the riot agreed upon pre viously. The cazee, or high priest, having heard of the intended row, harangued the multitude in the mosque, pointing out to them the danger and absurdity of what they meditated, but he was silenced by a fanatic, who stood up and told the people that, as true followers of the Prophet, they should not forgive the insult offered to his and their faith by the publication in a Parsee news paper of a portrait and history of the life of Maliomed, the former of which, owing to bad printing, appeared to them to be intended as a caricature, though, in reality, the drawing was 'a tolerably fair one. What tended most to inflame the Mahomedans was that one of these por traits, one eye of which was daubed or obliterated in the printing, was stuck up on the wall near the main en trance of the mosque, with some jeeriug and ribald lines written underneath, referring to the maimed appearance of the prophet, who, in the biographical sketch, was re pree.ented as a man of beautiful and noble appearance. So soon as the Arab had ended his address in the mosque, by calling on the assemblage to join him in a battle for the faith, they all rushed out and commenced an attack on the small party of police close by, and such people as came in their way. They pro ceeded to the neighbouring Parsee streets and commenced destroying the houses and everything they could lay hands on, many of the inmates being severely ill used and beaten. Parsee liquor-shops were brok4 into, and the liquor thrown into the gutters. About 7,0001. worth of property is said to have been destroyed. An aged Parsee merchant and his son, a boy of eight years of age, were dragged from a carriage and severely beaten, the child's eye being knocked out by a blow from a bludgeon. Eight or ten police, four or five Par sees, and a European constable, named Storey, were put hors de combat ; most of them have recovered, the remainder are in hospital. So soon as Captain Baynes, and the senior magistrrte, Mr. Spens, heard of the ruw, tbey hastened to the spot. The former got a couple of strokes on the legs, and the rioters tried to unhorse him ; but he galloped through them fearlessly, his sepoys at his heels ; and in half an hour the streets were as quiet as if they had never been in habited. Great excitement and alarm prevailed and still continued among the Parsees, as reports have been daily published by one English and several Parsee papers to the effect that to-morrow, the last day of the Mo hurrum, a general massacre of every Parsee found abroad is to take place. The most atrocious deeds are said to have been committed by the Mahomedans— women have been violated, and heaven knows what be side—the whole story being alleged to be false by the police authorities, before whom no such charges have been made by the Parsecs against the Moslems. In truth, the articles published in tho Telegraph have al ways appeared to me most injudicious—calculated to stir up deadly strife, rather than allay agitation, and the ill-feeling undoubtedly prevalen►. Since the 17th, a company of Sepoys, under a captain and two subalterns, has been :daily posted in the market near the great mosque, Juma Musjid. This evening this guard is to be increased, and 100 men and two officers of the 78th Highlanders aro to be posted in the native town, as to-night the Taboots are to be taken in procession through the principal streets. To-morrow all the troops in garrison are to be at their barracks ready to turn out should any distur bance take place. The Taboots will be brought out about one or two o'clock, noon, to be thrown into the sea at Back•bay, and all will be over by six, when it is hoped and believed things will return to their usual state of tranquillity. Should the rabble Mahomedans get any pretext there will doubtless be a row, but it will quickly be put down. Ten Europeans and 200 natives have been engaged as special constables, and it is expected they will be permanently retained, as the present police force is evidently too small for the duties required of them— only 800 foot and about 50 horsemen for the whole island, to preserve the lives and property of upwards of half a millon inhabitants. There is to be an expedition after all from Peshawur into the hills against the tribe of Momunds of Mitchnee, who have been amongst the foremost of our tormentors. Sir Colin Campbell is to command in person, his force to consist of 2,500 men, chiefly Europeans. There cannot be a doubt as to the result of this dour; if we catch them or can come at them, they will pay for their misdeeds— and no doubt Sir Colin hopes he may catch them. In my last I told you that Captain Coke's force had kept Kohat in progress to the newly acquired Valley of the Dour. The last accounts from him are from a place called Koo rum, in the Meeranzaie Valley. Re states that he was succeeding wonderfully in the settlement of the lands; the crops were splendid, and the people able strapping fellows, extremely civil and obliging, and evidently de lighted with having obtained the protection they desired. The force consisted of the Ist Patti nub Infantry and Ist Cavalry, two 9-pounders, and one 24-pounder howitzer, with a company of Sappers. They did not expect to cross the Koorum river, but if they did they would cross the Wnzeeree hills into Bunnoo, and back to Kohat by the salt custom-houses of Nuree or Bahadur Khail. Sick ness, unhappily, was setting in at Peshawar; but once the troops got on the march, they would speedily get all right again. Mr. R. Montgomery has become junior member of the Lahore board of administration • Mr. G. C. LBarnes, succeeds m commissioner r.E aronfe Barnes at t Lahore r a division; and ' w i M I l ;i n ' Major quent on now, it is thought, proceed home as he ' had originally changes h a t v o e occurredtho post cosec i t m intended, r. m an 3 e is These appointment papers say—but it is Nagpore, as the north-west o esiden . t of reported he is to be Commissioner of the Saugor and Nurbudda territories, which are to be annexed to the government of the north-west: Mr. Bushby, who now holds this latter a senior to the Hon. Air. Appointment, being Thomason, the lieu tenant-governor, having been . removed . to the Nag pore residentship. This is extremelyprove likely to true, but as yet no official announcement has been pub lished. Si r Willi am and LadyGoramhare bestowed 3001. on the Punjaub mission. The Calcutta papers state that the frigate Fox and the sloop Serpent, now.at Calcutta, are ab out to b e sent to R angoo n to demand satisfactio n for the insults recently offered to British subjects by the buthorities of that town. A small de tachment of troops is to accompany them, and act against the Burmese should they refuse to make repara tion _ f u r th e l o sses sustained by several captains of British vessels in the port of Rangoon. r 1 S is 'S. Whish, K.C.8., who commanded at M oui obliged nt tan, by ill health to retire from India Lord Dalhousie held a grand Durbar, at Simla, on the 24th October, at which all the Raja's and Ranas, and chiefs from the surrounding country presented themselves, and were received with all ceremony; they each presented their gift, and were in return presented with shawls, &c. It was uncertain when he would quit the hills, probably about the beginning of the present month. The Com mander-in-Chief was to leave on the ith, in progress to Lahore and Peshawur. Sir 11. Lawrence, the Hon. Sir T. Metcalfe, the Hon. Mr. Thomason, and hosts cf other big, wigs were at Simla; but a break-up would ra rete lVi d a h i o sls rt l t y a n b t e r m s d a e d n e t, a hmaosn beenes t t h d e i e r t . ,:) .E si e A t a ' sred Blundellsi e resident sdurin g Colonel Butterworth's absence f or two years on sick leave to Australia. It is not expected the gallant Colonel will ever return to his duties. The ex-Governor-G e neral of Netherlands India is now at Calcutta; he intends pro ceeding through the north-west to Bombay, vid Scrods and Kurrachee; from this he proceeds home overland. His advent at Calcutta gave rise to numberless articles on the niggardliness of the Supreme Government in not keeping part of Governor. nt House always in order for toe reception of "illustrious visitors." Sir Richmond Shakespeare has been restored to his former berth at G walicr; Major Malcolm, who had been removed from Joudpore to succeed him, has been appointed "Political Agent at Gwalicr," a berth apparently created to avoid the necessity of sending him back to ' his old appointment It is reported that Sir G. R. Clerk returns to Bombay as Governor, on Lord Falkland's re tirement. We hope this may turn out true, as Sir George was, or rather would have been, an excellent ruler, had he not been thwarted in all his measures by the members of his council—Messrs. Willoughby and Reid, who were represented by him as constantly and systematically opposing his views. A number of copies of minutes by Lord Falkland and his council on Baroda affairs have been seized on their way to interested parties in that city: they had been surreptitiously ob tained from the secretariat, from which office it is be lieved copies of any document may be obtained for.pay ment by any one desiring them. A searching inquiry is now • out the copyists. Colonel Ing on to find ee 4, e, go I) • eputy Adjutant-General Bombay army, goes to Egypt by this evening's steamer, on two years' leave; be has been succeeded by Captain Warburton. The Ilona. Major Foley and Captain Fitzolarance, to military secretary and aide-de-camp Lord Falkland, are going on a pleasure trip to the Neil gberries. Th e Governor andsirJohn Grey are ex pected at Bombay from Mahabal eswa h r shortly. Dr. Doig, superintending sur army, who re turned from England by lagteon Bombay mailbe brought is about to out, and will retire from • Dr. Don In his present rank. lir. the JD. service, leaving ed Mr. H. W. Reeves asp olitical nverarity has messed atm country, the latter having obta4ent Southern Maur England. Mr. A. N. Sbaw, ained a year's leave to northern division, is also oinrevenue commissioner, g la9m in December. Lieutenants J am i eson and Dugnstervillee 28th Native In fantry, have been appointed acting deputy Hydrabad, i n Si n d e. The orders collectors at of Court of military D,rectore, pr o hibi t i ng their civil and -I ltarY servants the from holding off ice i n joint-stock companlies republished by Government. A private letter of been Ma jor Jacob's (Sinde H orse ) to Major M‘Murdo s been published by som e one w i th the view of showina"gg how much the Major's opinion o f Si r C . Napier asex-- pressed in that letter must have altered before he could have penned the remarks which appeared in a pamphlet recently published on the Bengal army, attributed to the Nlsjor—he has written a long letter to the Times in ex planation. From his statement he certainly had little to thank Sir Charles for; the Gallant General spoke him fair, but requested the home authorities not to make him a C B. for his gallantry in 1843, because the Major had spoken his mind freely in reference to the Outran% and Napier quarrel. And he only got his C.8.-ship when he wrote to the Duke of Wellington long after wards, reminding him of his promise. The system of espionage carried on in Sinde during Sir Charle's administration was disgraceful ; - only those who flattered the old man was promoted— those who denounced his policy were never forgiven. We shall see what answer Sir Charles will give to, the Gallant Major's damning letter. Captain Nixon, 6th Bengal Native Infantry, has been cashiered for embezzlement. Major-General Aitchison's tour on the staff at Madras having expired, he is about to proceed home. His temper has always been ungovernable, and ho has often committed gross breaches of decorum in his language to those under him,—otherwise he has always been reckoned a good officer. The gallant Colonel Bradshaw, C.B. 60th Rifles, di e d at K ussow li e on the 18th ult. Several deaths amongst the military have taken place during the month, enumerated else where. The knapsack has been abolished by the Court of Directors in the Native army; their kits on the march are hereafter to be carried for them. Colonel Lawe, chief engineer at Madras, has been bought out for 3,5001. Colonel Cotton will succeed him. Colonel Troward, 27th Bombay Native Infantry, Majors Davidson and Purves, and Captain French, all of the Bombay army, are also, it is said, about to be purchased out. A Madras paper states that Sir R. Armstrong is in so delicate a state of health that he will have to return home again immediately. So much for send ing out poor old worn-out men to India. A helmet of white metal, like that of the Horse Guards, is about to be substituted in the Bombay cavalry for the present awkward chaco. The Parsee editor who caused the late commotion in the Musseluaan community by the publi cation of a portrait and history of Mohamed, who was taken into custody on the 18th ult. by the chief magis trate at the instigation of the Moslem high priest to keep him in safety from violence, at one time threatened Mr. Spens with a prosecution for illegal imprisonment, but he has now abandoned his intention. Had he not been so placed in custody his life would not have been worth much. During October 854 people died in Bombay, 19 from cholera. In September only 774 deaths took place. I'he deaths in the European community last month amounted to ten, three of which were from accidents. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ganges, 1,400 tons, 500 horse-power, from London, Aug. 19, and the Cepe Oct. 7, arrived here on Saturday, Nov. 1. She starts from China with a mail on the 18th; she is to be placed on our line in place of the Pekin, trans ferred to the Calcutta line. The Pekia had a narrow escape from a hurricane during the last voyage from China on the Ist and 2d of October. Mr native crew refuted to work in the storm, six of her boats were blown away, and but for the vessel being so strongly built and her captain (13 iker) such a good seaman, she must have foundered and all hands bean lost. - - - From Berar we learn that a fight took place on the 4th October betwixt two native chiefs and their fol lowers, in which about 50 were killed and as many wounded. A fort was taken, and some of the defenders killed. Matters at the Nizam's capital appear to be in statu quo. The electric telegraph betwixt Diamond Harbour and Calcutta appears to be in full operation, an account of a hurricane which occurred during the night of the 21st ult. having been telegraphed to the papers at Calcutta. No accidents bad been heard of, though it was feared disasters to the shipping making for the mouth of the Hooghley must have happened. There is literally nothing to report from Sinde, except that scarcely an European at Sakur was out of the sick list. Dr. D. Davies, of the 22d N. 1., had died there in October, after a long illness from fever. At Kurracheo, they had nothing to com plain of in the way of sickness, and nothing to report in the shape of news. P.S.--Strong guards (a company) from all the native corps in garrison, are to mount this afternoon in the na- Live town—a company of the 781 Highlanders taking post near the great mosque in the market place. All the remainder of the garrison to be in readiness to turn out, should they bo required. Great excitement and fear prevail amongst the Parsee community, who are flocking into the fort for protection. It is not likely anything serious will take place to•nighr, though to-morrow may see a row of some sort or other. At Madras the banks had recently in effect been closed, they having no money to accommodate the mer cantile community on any terms, having locked up all their capital in purchasing Company's paper. The Spectator of the 27th, to-day received, says that the Chartered Bank had, or was about to re-commence busi ness as usual, having probably received a 6 upply of coin from Government. At Calcutta five or six European houses are believed to be on the point of closing. report pe,t The Lahor e Ch ron i c l e o f the l t 2 0 5 says f th a u e lt d . eath et. a prevailed at Peshaw u r on the 2 Mahcmed, the ruler of Cabul. The old . Ameer has been ea so often put d out th of ev t e h n e w wh or e l n d th b a e t h . isasnllehbLefabeadrdefftotbheis lievo in his mortal coil."—Daily News. l forifo the iar n . SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY , DEC. 22.---The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Great West ern , C aptain I W v e e l e l t er in s d a t i e le a d , G t u o- lf d o ay t , il a i t e 3 xt r o . o x. , s , p w a i n t i h sh th ls e ia u i s n u , a a l n m d a c il a s She took out 88 passengers, a full cargo, and specie value 2.4001. sterling. It is expected that the next homeward mail steamer, the Dee, will be several days behind her time, in consequence of bad weather encountered by that steamer on the outward voyage, 'and which caused her to put into Fayal ; and the delay deranging the branch packets from St. Thomas to Jamaica and the Gulf will cause a corres ponding detention of the Dee while waiting at St. Thomas for the homeward mails. The 'United States' mail steam t s ßgh b ere i re p etn7 H eaunn e a, rm dl 6soae a m n tf n oia- , ni wrswefrefieklrl l ease iolgymht,Havre, American ia v on re, andcomprisingWednesday mails, ab (this out 1 o day) a ss with e n . Southampton. 2aBosnitoanlls quantity angootidtys from We have b a d an opportunity of inspecting lately e the manufactory o f M essrs. Pits and CO, Finsbury., is rny;i Th beautiful process of crysta li zing all ornamee_tanting carried on he re t o a considerable amount, P ' every description of preserves, in all varietieci:thot; tecyrems not only presenting great attraction: e T firm also is engaged ably heightening the flavour. one but an consider ably sh a pes,ir being a tonic, combining g in carrying on the manufactu t re digestive organs. The Wine of Sarsa parilla to assist the dige to s the taste, and is perfectly denuded parilla is most agr eea b le bUt at the same time possesses all those strength o f wine wfoirthinCOvilealiiddes,rable of all woody T " MASC"STIIt that Lord John Russell has signi fied — We understan d . deputation from the corn medical quali ties CATION. willingness to receive a his M anchester and Salford Borough Education t i ra o m att y e ihid2 re A n x d p er t s h A is L roo ro t E s p o v p a L lu A a ri ble o . r Emu. him in Downing-street. The object to wait upon members deputation is to submit the draft Bill to his Lordship, Bill, and that he has fixed one o'clock to- morrow for the of the the general views of the promoters of the and to explain measure. • The . gentlemen forming the deputation are 11Iessrs. com mittee of the William Lntwisle, chairman ; Oliver Heywood, treasurer John Peel, honorary secretary ; the Rev. C anan Clifton (in the place of the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, who will be preventel attending by a domestic affliction); and the Rev. George Osborn, Wesleyan minister.—Chronicle. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT BA.YSWATEIL, —Yesterday Cardinal Wiseman publicly laid the foundation stone of a new Roman Catholic Church, now in the course of erection, in Westmoreland -terrace, Westbourne-grove, Bayswater. The edifice is being built by subscription, up wards of 6,0001. having been contributed by two ladies, e sisters, now d ecease d , and it is dedicated to St. Helen, etb mother of Co ns t ant i ne, the first Christian emperor.Sevral of the Roma n C at h o li c clergy, from various parts of the . Mr me- tropolis, P. were pres en t at, or assisting in, the cerem the ony P. Howa r d, M . P ., was also in attendance during pro ceedings. by T th h e e vance of A-d. The bar silver fetched so ld yesterday at an ad vance to India. l asilver, Nesta m Indiaou u steamer,t ing t o 1y1,4130:S0:1e ~ 59,1,d. It was purchased for A ship DARING ROBBERY.— perarv, on Thursday i c i , and the dollars which arrived attack was made one of Bianconi's cars, in Tip pen day and a s commercial inn daring m traveller, the only passeng , by a party of five fello l w as s t, in MOW*. on robbed of ' his luggge and 40? 111 11 LS go)