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LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY. The French Government having postponed the adjudication f tria Ly o ns and Avignon Railway from the 19th instant to the 3d f Janud ry next, the Ciaimants of the Caution 3foney formerly de posited for this undertaking are urgently requested to met at the London Tavern, Ri s hopsgate-street, TO-3101tROW, TUESDAY , the 23(1 i ns tant, at TWO o'clock precisely, to consider and determine upon such active measures as rsay be immediately necessary for the protection of their rights and interests. DAVID SALOMONS, Chairman of the Committee. C. T. BEKE, Honorary Secretary. 6, St. Mildred's-court, Dec. 22, 1851 TRIBUN AL S OF COMMERCE. A MEETING was held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday, the 17th instant, J. M. FRASER, Esq., in the Chair. In oar opinion, great injastize was done to our indefatigable and Talaab!e Honorary Secretary, FRANCIS LYNE, Esq , by the pro ceedings of this meeting; and the Circular issued by Mr. Fraser yes terday, " to the Subscribers," omits the principal fact on which we rest onr condern nation o f the proceedings. We are inclined to concur with Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., that it woald appear that there exists a desire to rob Mr. Francis Lyne cf the praise due to him for the manner in which he has brought this most important movement before the public. We hope the friends of this sense will now rally with renewed warmth around Mr. Lyne, and so save the cause we wish to see prosper. HENRIIANR LEYCESTER, TllO - iiAS ASTON. The only two members of the General Committee who attended Mr. Tracer's meeting of the 17th instant. 12, Mark-lane, Dee, 20. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREYT. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. This Evening, Monday, Dec. 22.—The Merchant of Venioe-- Tender Precautions—and Betsy Baker, being the last night of per forming previous to the Christmas Holidays. friday, 28.—The Merchant of Venice —with a new grand Chri.st; mae Pantomime, entitle]. Harlequin Billy Taylor ; or, The Datchinan and the King of Raritongo. Harleq uin, Mr. Corritc,,„! Clown, Mr. Flixmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Sprite, Mr. Le and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Saturday, 27. —Town and Country—and the Pantomime. HUNGER -FORD-HALL, STNAN D. UNRIVALLED COMBINATION' OF ATTRACTIONS. ANIMAL MAGNET IS SOIREFS LASSAIONE every even ing (Saturday excepted), at Eight o'clock Admission Is,, F,o?rs's , Bookseler to her 2g., and 4s. Stalls and Reserved Seats in be secured at Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. Jaines's-Atreet ; at Mr. Majesty, 47, Old 13w-id-street; ant at the A Nlabit4er'S (Mace, th inger . ford-hall. TEIE.ATRE of OPTICA-LIr..LINS. Amusements, by M. " SOIREES MYSTERIECI,ES." Juvenile i a n 2. the celebrated Indian Juggler, and Madame Langlois, of rar- , Djalma, with Die.olving ~, 1 , 5• . , u , . and 2s. Gd. ~,,,,,, C . _ tt . ro , m:it!ope, &c., every Evening, at Seven o'cloc't. Aumissimi r. . t 0.0. i xelv, to Three. Prices of Ad- DIORAMA. —Every D-2. Minion Is. 6.1. Is., and i 4: irom - Ten A.M. to Ten r.s. Admission Free. BAZAARS -- ' O, en" ') ~ , IT , , , . , .....„ c uitti.l._ "3 and the MAGNETOSCOPE. Dr. IliAt.,NE,l9ii, . .Experidieltal Lectures every Saturday Leger's Philosophical and ,t Adinssion Is. and 23. EMIIIW, at FA,NI, . on s . tur a tt y Evening, Dec. 27. M. Lassalgne and Madlle. Pru dencewi give an Experimental Soiree in Animal Magnetism, at the Victor:a or Bull Hotel, Rochester, at Half past Eight o'clock precisely. TgEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Wcwrs3r, iohe :kianager, Cl. Rt'omPtz'a TTII E F. NT NG, Will be perk3rtned TUE REI 4.lti.'S OPERA. Calitain Macheath Mr. W. Harrison ; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. We:ss; Filch, Mr. Buck- Stone ; Foily Peacham, Miss Lou sa Yyne ; Lucy Leckit, Mrs. Fitz- After which a new Farce, entitled TIIE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Buck in,thani• To conclude with HI; FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Horatio Craven, Lei .h Murray ; Dicky W.V.t, Mr. 11. Bedford; Emily Morton, Ml -s A. Vining. J 1 A. 1., .1.1.1. L. r '1 - a direction of Mr. B. Webster. The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, having recoverel from his In• will appear This Anoruluus sUCCC33 CI the Tankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. ••" • ' " Will be performed the comic Drama, entitled THE FORE ST ROS! and the YANKEE PLOUHBOT. Jouathan Ploughbo boy' Mr. J. ,•,ilsbco• 13eilarny, Mr. Worre .l ; Harriet Miller, Miss lins; Sally Forest, Miss E. Chaplin. ro be Icl:owed by the Comedy of PAUL PRY. CoSlonelriiithH ardy,. Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wrigh t ; Grasp, Mr. O. ;Mr Willis, Mr. Worrell; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After w hich, a new and laitzhatilo pie de Circonstance, entitled BL ~ : d OOMEItt ; or, The lol'des ot a Day. Mr. A ic, l Green, Mr. Honey ; Mr. Flighty Pon..ce. Mr. Paul Bedford ; g John trey, :sin 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Worrell; Mrs. Portia LU ereala Green, Miss Woolgar. EI:T. ROYAL PRI'iICESS'S THEATRE, 4IH11)-87 Vanageni o ntat Mr. C. Nese Last Night before t 1 -. his m e rs as 1101 l lays. 011 4 :3 , Ii Will be performed TIE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Principal eha - a.ters by Messrs. Wigan, Harley, Fisher, J. Vinin;, Ryder, Addison, C. Kean; Misses Rob.2rtson, Mary Keeley, and Franklani. After which. a new and onginal Comedy, in two acts, entitled TENDER PRECAUTIONS; or, the Romance of Marriage, In which Mr. and Mr:. Keeley, and Nil% and Mrs. Wigan will appear. :I.°To conclude with the Farce of BETSY BAKER, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Invate Boars, Itc., to be bad of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Masedighsm ; of whom also places may be taken at the Boi-office, f`yeord-street, from Eleven till Five o'clock. aOY.A.I. LYCEUM TtiEATILE. Under the Management of M sdame Vestri& Tfl IS EVENING, 11l be performed FORTY AND FIFTY. To be f glowed by THZ GAME OF SPECULA.TION.. Principal characters by Messrs. C. 31 , Ithews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss; 31. Oliver. To conclad2 with A PRACTICAL MAN. ittsix aL ul.l..urit.: Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Darren. THIs E VENING, Will be performed LUCILLE; or, The Story of a Heart. St. C; r, Mr. H. Farrell ; 'Vernet, Mr. Dillear ; Izais, Mr. Shaiders ; Von Metz, Mr. Cooke ; Lucille, Miss. L. Howard ; Julie, Miss Fielding. With the FAST COACH. To conclude with THE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEXN, sup ported by Messrs. 11. iarreti, W. k arr.n, Betide:, Norton, Mesdames Fielding and J. Adams. Yl."NCz3''i PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATK.E. Luso , Mr. W. it. COPF.LAND. Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. Another New Farce. Till. Will be performed SINII.6ON AND CO. After which, IlltE AKF AST FOIL TWO. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Ito;ers, Belton, Romer, Misses Marshall and lias'tell. With STROLLERS AND ,iTRA'IAGEMS. To conclude wan a Farce, entitled TUE FIFTH OF NOVEM BER, by Messrs. Tabury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misses Saunders and Maskell. The prices of admission are arranged as foLlaw :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; hoist (frsi circle), as.; (2. , ;cond circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be openel at Half-pant Six, and the perlcrmMicss to commence at Seven precisely. A second price will be teen to the Boxes only at Nino o'clock —first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Ralf cacti. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. ASTI..Er A.i, 'Under the ratrona",e of r.er bta s ie.ty and his Soya Highness Prince ,Vbert. 'err p ";r. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. Azael still continuesHlN E the ar ENING of the Theatrical World. T Star WM be produced new grand Spectacle, froin the pen of E. Fitzball, req., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, in which will be introduced tho same highly-trained Horses and Camels that appe trod in the Opera at her Majesty's Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, ice., Exc., the whole of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever witnessed within the walls of a theatre, assisted with magnificent scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour of appearing every evening until further notice. With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British Male and Female Artists of superior talent. On Friday a new Pantomime, written expressly for this Amphi %entre by Nelson Lee, Esq., founded on the ludicrous exploits of Ili; E,Eofacetiously set forth by the inimitable " Punch," entitled MR. and MRS. BRIGGS ; or, Punch's Festival—Mirth, Wit, and Jollity. Har•equin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Mrs. Harvey ; Panta. loon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the coarse of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the Rock Liar monieon. Tickets to be had at the Be:-effice from Eleven till Four daily. stage Mr. T. 'Thompson. PORTRAITS SOULT AND WELLINGTON, WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SZMILIES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, - - _ !Olt WHICH TR& MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Is THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT TEE SUI OFFICE, 112, STRAND' PRICE ONE SHILLING. HIGI.I WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. T DAT —Morning 16 rain. 1 Evening 40 min after I 10 ..MosRow—Morning 2 min ' *lt " 2 'Evening 26 min after 2 THE WEATHER. —SUN o» C ; — THER:btomwrva, 11 , TELE z. RR 21. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during t a„, night 46—this day, at noon. Bakto:Arrfrs, 29.72. Wum S. to S.E.—dull, muggy weather, with sligh t rain, and half a gale. MONDAY, DECE:A.I3 ER 22. TECEE.MONDLTSP., TUB MIAPS. 47 —highest since noon yest.arl&y. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 44—t 'a day, at nron. Biatostrrika; went down to 2963, m&re than half an inch since Saturday ; now 2 68. *ruin S.E.—dirty, dull, muggy weather, with rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pr.lr - swum—Wind S , gentle breeze—rain. BRIGHTON—Wind S W., strong breeze—rain. Ms - Taxon—Wind S. W.. fresh breeze —overcast. SorrniAscrrox—Wind S., strong breeze —rain. 1 :a 1 C E ST°S 4- 7 d S.W., strong breeze —overcast. TUSURIDoz—Wind S. . 7 calm scud, rain. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STACOD _Win i d S. W., st rong b reeze —rein. nd . S.. gentle breeze— p U artially cloudy. —Wind S.W., gentle breez 3 overcast. COLCESTER ourx—Wind S E., calm —rain. TEIS POET/Ir PROFFSSORIMP OF OxinixD.—The following are the candidates named for the Poetry Professor ship: —Dr. Goulburn, the Head Maeter of Rugby, f ormed a Fellow of Merton College, ob tained a first class i n classics in 1839, and was l3ampton Lecturer in 1850. The R ev . J. E. Bede, late Student and Cen=or of Christ Church, obtained the Hertford Latin Scholraship and a firt class in classics. The Rev. T. L. Claughton, M.A., late Fe llow of Trinit y College, obtained a priz.3 for " Latin Verse" in 1828, ti e " Xewdigste" in 1829, a first clas* in classics in le3l, ar.d the "Latin Essay" in 1832, THE SUN, TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authen ticated by the name and address of the writer• Rejected communications cannot be returned. ty- to ti, l ,r (I' ) ;-*- - .4 ,, , ft, *„ t t i , ____, .i. ,„#•-_. -). - .., i . N-•' - - l' '.l ,- 4,1.1 lg. d. , 1., , .a_ 15 t4e2t,! ;.%., - ~r-eitii- ,-,- . 0,0'4 1. • K al• - Otto . )i. I, )., ... - ij j "-- i. --.) ..,,3yl:V '' ''' eu t ivln e ,.llcit LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1851. What we have repeatedly advocated as a most de sirable improvement in the construction of our ships of war, has, we are rejoiced to observe, at length been deliberately adopted by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty. The fact is announced in a nother column, explicitly enough, as may be seen by a glance at the Naval Intelligence. After delays a nd evasions innumerable it has at last been resolved to apply to our larger vessels of war the advantages which accrue from the judicious combination of the steam-engine with the screw-propeller. As ample testimony that this resolution on the part of the authorities is now about to be carried into practical operation, and that, moreover, upon no incon siderable scale, it will ba perceived that the screw and auxilliary engines are about to be fitted into the Royal Albert, a magnificent ship of 120 guns, the largest ever built for the Royal Navy, so that every one interested in the welfare of his country must Fault in witnessing the scheme referred to applied to a structure of such very noble and remark able dimensi ms. That we ours.lves in particular should regard the intention of the Lords of the Ad miralty with feelings of peculiar gratification may, as our more observant readers may at once understand, be readily conj , ctured. During several years peat our columns have been rendered the vehicle for arguments often reiterated, but until now ineffectual,demonstrat ing not merely the propriety,but the absolute and im. perativ= necessity of trying the sc rew u p on a lar g e scale end with proper precaution s,if only as an experiment. W hat has hitherto been done in the matter, to the end that the benefit of the screw as a motive power for ships of war might be rendered visible, can scarcely be dignified with the, name even of a test 89 to its s ufficiency. In spite of every objection, we felt assured from the outset that this invention, be- Y ond all other! , was the one to which our energies s bould be directed, as the most valuable means ufforded us both as a weapon of defence and as a weapon of aggression. While the Americana were contriving their formidable addition to the art of modern firearms, and the French were simulta- neouily cdming into effect their marvellou3 info vatic:lm in Musketry, we brew that in the scientific application of the screw propeller to our naval force lay the secret of enhancirs the maritime strength of EnglAnd. Everyone knows well enough, in all conscience, the astonishing and terrible powers af forded to a combatant by the possession of one of COLT'S revolvers. Everyone also knows, or at any rate everyone ought by this time to know, the fearful and deadly effects :producible by the discharge of the newly invented muskets of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. According to the most moderate calculations yet made, one of the conical bullets discharged from the latter description of weapons, may be propelled to a distance of no less than one thousand yards—•hurling destruction beyond a range three times that within the reach of the regulation musket hitherto used in the English army. With these extraordinary changes developing themselves in France and the United States, yielding to the forces of those great countries an astounding increase of capacity for war like aggression, it is lamentable to reflect upon the apathy evinced heretofore amongst ourselves in reference to the adoption of any such really gigantic measure s of improvement. Fortunately, however, of late there has been manifested in the right quarters a readiness to enable our soldiers to avail themselves of these very important innovations. Before long, therefore, we are sanguine of beholding the adoption generally throughout the English army,not merely of pistols fitted out similarly to COLT'S revolvers, but of muskets contrived upon the same principle as those alrewiy in the hands of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. It wou'd be satisfactory of course to witness, in addition to all this, the organization a this country of an institution kindred in its charxter with the noble establishment called the "Ecole CCE:It Major," in which France is perpetually educating for her forces a reserve of deeply•experieoced, sagacious, and gifted generals. Such a dream, however, appears to us little lees than an_ absurdity after the proceed ings which, during the present year, have called down such merited derision upon the authorities at the Admiralty. If we look for improvement, we must look fur improvements more compatible Ns ith our lung-established regulations. Among such improve ments, among improvements thus immediately prac ticable, we may now happily classify that of applying to our ships of war the advantages of the screw pro peller. Already we have enumerated so very frequently the benefits accruing to a vessel fitted out with this novel and wonderful application of the steam-engine as a motive power, that a repetition of those benefits has become altogether superfluous. The additional speed ensured, the independence of wind and tide, the safety of the internal machinery, from the circum stance of its being sunk below the level of the water — an advantage which it is obvious could never be ob tained with the old and cumbrous system of side paddles—must be results such as cannot fell to force themselves at once upon the mind on the mere mention of the adoption of the screw power in our men-of-war. There are other consequences besides these which must ensue from the employment of •the screw in the Royal Navy of England, which cannot but spontaneously arise in the re fl - fctions of the naval architect. Those, nevertheless, which are above men tioned, brief and incidental though the reference be, will, we are satisfied, with the majority be more than sufficient. Such appear to be the impressions which have at length carried conviction to the judgment of the LordaCommissioners of the Admiralty. Tardy though this concession is, it is for that reason, perhaps, only the more acceptable and the more entitled to our very earnest expressions of gratification. The Royal Al bert will, by reason of this change in the resolution of the Admiralty, be the means of inaugurating, we feel assured, a new and memorable era in the history of our maritime power. Satisfied upon this point, we are rejoiced to learn that she proved to be in a for ward state when viewed on Friday last by Captain Sir BALDWIN Wealeet, on the occasion of his visit to Woolwich Dockyard, for the purpose of inspecting the Agamemnon. So forward, indeed, that it is expected, after the requisite alteration s to fit her with a screw propeller have been effected, the launch of this splendid vessel may take place Were the close of 1852-1842 having witnessed her commencement, and ten years having been conse quently devoted to the labour of construction. After alluding to the facts above-mentioned, we rest satisfied that every wellwisher of our navy will exult with ourselves in the realization of what we have long an ticipated, the screw-propeller being at last selected as the motive power to be applied to a magnificent vessel like the Ro) al Albert, a vessel of 120 guns) and 3, 394 tons old measurement. of 100 lams, the Jampoeswe. Besides the Royal AlberWatt, an d t h e Agamemnon, t there are the Sanspareil, .r equi va l ent to one-third of guns--in course of being fitted many a ves se l w h en o n two decks, o f 80 T in acLion, seein g t h at she can ma anwgernua pr e di caments out s p i , t s li c s o c m r e p b a v n s a ma noeuvre without her sails w h en the _ rigging is de• s o t ff r o a y ed lee . shAidore, hAoirdee, thoethesrcrde s hipwreck. may be readily saved from dorbyin It will not be through the judicious or statetman_ like conduct of her MAJESTY'S Government, or, we hhould rather say, of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if one of its most important end valuable dependencies be still preserved to the British empire. We will not say that Australia is 'sacrificed, but most assuredly the bonds by Inbich it is connected with the mother country are considerably weakened and impaired through the cbOinacy and perversity, or negligence wroola'. and in souciance li of Earl Gk,Y or Sir cu The errors of these Mi- nisters are of a totally opposite character. the one doing too much, the other too little—the one being of commission, the other of omission ; but they are equally mischievous, inflicting the deepest injury on the colonists, either through vexatious interference and constant meddling, or through the most con temptuous and heartless indifference to, and disregard of, their just claims. To those at all acquainted with Sir CHARLES WOOD it is unnecessary to say that it is in his department that the do-nothing policy predominates ; that he:still considers every question in the penny-wise-and-pound-foolish spirit, and that he is at this moment alienating our Australian brethren, and holding out the strongest inducements to them to seek assistance from the United States, rather than risk a few paltry thousands per annum by conceding the postal facilities so urgently demanded by the colonists, and to which their rapidly increasing im portance so justly entitle them. The tardy proposition of establishing (not a bi-monthly communication, but) a mail once every two months—six times a year— was adding insult to injury, and inflicting intolerable provocation on the claimants. The errors of the noble brother-in-law of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, although Equally mischievous, are of a less contemptible character, and we certainly should have greater hope of improve ment on his side than on that of his close ally and relative. He is unfortunately too deeply attached to the principles of centralization; too anxious to move all the wires and is sue all the commands from his office in Downing-street, and too much impressed with the idea that the interests, or the supposed in terests, of the parent State are alone to be considered in the management and government of our colonies, to be much moved by the representations which occa sionally find their way even from the antipodes to the inmost recesses of the Colonial-office. He thus ad judicates and decides on matters of vast importance on the most insufficient data, and is surprised at the discontent occasioned by regulations which would never have been framed or carried into execution had he possessed anything approaching to an accurate knowledge of the circumstances of the case, or the feelings of the colonists. We shall not now refer to the grievances arising from the erroneous principles on which the sales of Government lands have been conducted, or the refusal to bestow the privilege of " self-government" to the extent reasonably and justly required by the people. These vexatm questiones are sufficiently annoying, and subversive of the good under standing that should be most strenuously cultivated ; but there is another grievance even of a more vexatious dercripticn, the evils of which are patent to the most superficial observer, and on which a remarkable unanimity of opinion prevails in all the Australasian dependencies, which, we regret to say, is met by an unbending obstinacy, a stern deter mivation on the part of the Noble Esrl, which be mis calls "firmness," but which m)y be designated by a different and more homely appellation. The demand so anxiously urged by the colonists, and so strenuously rejected by Earl GREY, is the dis continence of transportation to any of the Australian settlements. An Anti-Transportation League has alrezdy been formed, which may proceed to very formidable lengths so soon as the determined perti nacity or reckless perversity (as it may be termed) of the Colonial Secretary becomes known. The example afforded by the men of Cape-town—the sig nal victory which they obtained over the Govern ment, which endeavoured, contrary to their wishes so clearly and unequivocally expressed, to transform the Cape of Good Hope into a penal colony—the receptacle for our most depraved and hardened convicts, the offscouriegs of our popu lation, will not be disregarded by the Austra lians. Under the auspices of Earl GREY, a contest was rendered inevitable, in which the Colonial-office was signally, decisively, and disgracefully defeated ; and it is by no means improbable, that we may have a repetition of similar proceedings, and with similar results, in Australia. Such a course must be productive of the most dangerous consequences, which might be averted by a timely and graceful concession. Within a few weeks past Mr. KING, a highly in telligent gentleman who had arrived on official busi ness from the colony, laid the real facts of the case befo'e his Lordship, and drew his attention to the question in its most important bearings. lie pointed out the circumstances under which transportation to New South Whiles bad been di:continued, and Van Dimen'a Land made the sole receptacle for British criminals, and clearly and explicitly detailed the frightful moral and social evils which the convict system bad entailed not only on that colony, but also on all the other Australian colonies to which the liberated felons repaired on ob- taining conditional pardons available for any part of the Antipodes. More recently these pardons have been granted to whole shiploads of convicts imme diately after their arrival. It may be difficult to understand the full extent of this grievance, but we may easily conceive that it must be of a very aggravated character, more particularly now that the gold regions hold out so many temptations to all unsettled persons. Mr. KING ably discussed the subject in all its bearings, and showed the natural state of irritation to which the public mind had been excited. Earl GREY was, however, unmoved. He gave his views in favour of the system so loudly complained of, and declared that "he could hold out no hope that transportation to the originally convict colony of Van Diemen's land would be abandoned, nor that the Government would not continue to send transported offenders to such other of the Australian colonies as bad consented or might hereafter consent to receive them." Issue is now fairly joined on this important question, and if the Legislature do not interpose at an early period of the session, and compel the Government to change their colonial policy, we fear that the consequences will be of an exceedingly formidable and unwelcome character. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE ELECTION. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] (From a Third Editicu of the Morning Post, published at three o'clock). PARIS, MONDAY, Disc. 22, 2.11 P.M. Votes known at Lille, Rouen, Meilne, Valenciennes, and some towns in the provinces : Yes 173,000 No LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending Dec. 20,11851 ... £8,34t 5 5 Traffic—Week ending Dec. 21, 1850 ... 8,333 17 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 320,064 0 10 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 292,889 17 11 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Dec. 20, 1851 ... 44,865 _ Passengers ... Goods ... ... ... ... £6,467 110 ... ... ... 1,877 3 7 Total ... ... £8,344 5 5 Total miles open, 1851, 17314; ditto, 1850, 171 1 ‘ London Terminus, Dec. 22, 1851. Amongst the notices for application to Parliament for Bills iu the ensuing session we observe one entitled " The Great London Drainage Company," being to incorpo rate a company for the purpose of effectually draining the metropolis, to collect the sewage from all existing sewers which are now emptied into the river Thames, and to pre serve the river from the impurities at present passing into it, by diverting them into a tunnel sewer, and to collect all the produce of the sewers for application to agricultural purposes. When we see the many great and advantageous schemes which have been carrier ii to successful operation, surely the one noticed above, promoted by Mr. Morewood, cannot fail not only of being well supported, but warmly encouraged. CELLBRATION OF THE DUKE OF NORTBUMBER LAND's BiaTllDAY.—Monday last being the anniversary of the birthday of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, the occasion was celebrated by a public dinner in the theatre at Aluwick. The party was a very numerous one, numbering nearly 230 individuals, the theatre being completely filled. The company was principally composed of the tradesmen htiliC:l;a w ithdrawne:'t and others of Aluwick, and a sprinkling of the tenantry of The chair was occupied by Mr. Mark Smith, bookseller.—Berwick Warder. . PR OFESSORSHIP OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AT OZ. , isannforoumnceedomthpeattallilorn.Bfaorrr),i,heof next vacancy College, in the Professorship of political economy. The contest will now lie between Aolfr.C. MagdalenN.eate, Fellow of O r i e l ; M r . R. L owe , The candidate s are alle and formerly Scholar of T r i n it y . and Mr. G. li. Rickards, l a t e Michel Fell ow of late Fell ow Queen's ; e m rs b o er f s co o n f vo t c h a e tio b n a . r. The present expires in March n ex t. Th e ap professor's term of aticem p o intment is in the memb We understand that Le ~ the grand master of the free this division of the . county, has the sum cf 2,70 01 . in endowing schools in MASONIC MUNIFICENCE.— lso endowed a church with Gel. looking out fur eligible hla ; ii tls e ed n il y d iae r ci e e gcxe : ppu i teo c ent l ididroehml expended sd S : t na a s r n k df i c e ir: aE3s also an 'a o s th l e a r te c l h y urch with A sum from 7 - '. an pur chase to 100/. perper annum, a n tnnouuraemn:d.idiacaurn standard. MONDAY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have reztived the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. Saturday, the first day of the Presidential election, passed off in Paris without the slightst appearance of disturbance. In the morning the proclamations to the people and to the army, issued by the PRESIDENT of the Republic on the 2d of December, were again placarded in all the principal streets. n the course of the day upwards of 100,000 electors voted in the department of the Seine. The voting was conducted with the most perfect order. The polling places were guarded by detachments of troops of the line and Na tional Guards. In the arrondissements of which the National Guard is dissolved the troops of the line alone were on duty. The number of electors in scribed in the department of the Seine amounts to 290,000. M. DE SESMAISONS having written a letter in which he protests against his name being published as a member of a Consultative Commission, the lifo • niteur of to-day announces that there never was an idea of making him one. The Consultative Commission is summoned to meet on Tuesday next, for the purpose of examining the votes on the Presidential election. It is announced in the Constitutionne/ that the seven Communal Councils composing the arrondissement of St. Denis have voted an address of sympathy to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. It is also announced that addresses and adhesions of Municipal Councillors, National Guards, Chambers of Commerce, &c., have been presented from 115 places in thirty-eight departments. The Presse and the Pays have given their formal adhesion to the renewal of the power of Louis iN A. POLEON. _ The votes of the army and navy have been an nounced by a communication transmitted by subma rine telegraph from Paris on Saturday morning to be as follows: VOTE OF THE ARMY. For Against Abstaining ... VOTE OF THE NAVY. For •• ... ... ... ... 243,854 ... 16,384 ... 845 14 675 Against ••• •.• .. 4,830 Abstaining ... 417 The decree of the Bth, respecting liberated convicts en rupture de ban, and persons proved to belopg to secret societies, has already produced a good effect. It has caused Paris to be freed of the greater part o the malefactors who had been released from the bag nes and the central prisons—they having taken to fight to escape transportation. A number of persons have, however, been arrested, and amongst them several noted convicts. The Government has received telegraphic dis patches from several departments announcing that the people were voting with the greatest eagerness. The elections go on with order both in town and country. A dispatch fram Toulouse announces the arrest of the three insurgent leaders at ALziraiel, and from Avranches of the arrest of Colonel liouTosr. The Debuts of Saturday has, fur the first time, a short leader highly praising the resolution of the Mit:ister of War to reward the gendarmes who in the late troubles most signalised themselves by their courage and resolution. The article is significant of no - deep hostility to the Government. We are told by a provincial journal that the Duo D'AustALE has ordered all the per Eons who are charged with the administration of his immense private possessions to vote for Louis NAPOLEON. The Constitutionnel, as well as the Pays and the Presse, strenuously appeals to the country in his behalf. They all represent the question as one be tween government and anarchy. The Constitu tionnel promises that the delegation to Louts NAPO LEON of the necessary powers to found a Government shall be followed by years of peace, the interests of the country requiring that time should be given to repair the evils of revolutions by the revival of in dustry, commerce, and cultivation. The outspoken article in the Pays says— " Of the three forces of Government resulting from the Republic—the Constitution, the Assrmbly, and the President, the first two are annihilated—the President alone remains. If the President were to-morrow to be condemned by the majority of the country there would remain nothing of the Republic. Revolution would re,,ume its course without obstacle. One out of two things would then happen. Either the army would go to the Elyse 3 to seek Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and take him to the Tuileries, or Demagogy would go to the Hotel de Ville, to there prepare the Government of Terror and of Communism. In the former case we should have a military dictatorship; in the latter, a revolutionary one. We prefer a legitimate and regular government, the force of which will be right and law. France will think with UP. I: will like better to ba governed than oppressed. 'Yes, means a government; No, a revolution. Between a government and a revo lution Franca will have to choose. She has already chosen." General DE CASTELLANE has, speaking in reply to a deputation of citizens of Lyons, used these remark able expressions : " You are, Alessi, urs, under great obligations to Louis Napoleon; you may have your personal preferences, but at such a moment as this you ought to bury thin in your heart. We ought all to rally rouud him, for be has saved the country. What we must now look to above everything is order and the safety of society. Before these last circnmstacces took place, I Teeny doubted the greatness of the evil, and the nature of the jaquerie which was preparing. Doubt is now no longer possible. What we have just witnessed is assassination, pillage, incendiarism—it is universal destruction. That which passes under our eyes explains what I never before had comprehended—how great peoples and great cities have fallen into decay and disappeared from the list of nations. Without doubt it was in follow ing such courses that these peoples reached annihilation. Two years ago I feared for a moment, when I saw of adopteddepa r t o m p e e li n ts in eheir addresses family and property attacked , that we were entering on the same course, to arive at the same result. Happily, to us better pros we need fear so no long er. The vigorous measures hold similar language. Th e Pre fect of the Oise, for in e stance, says," There ca n be n o mistake about it—the w e h c i t c s h ." h a Thevjust u prefects s t been question is clearly put between civilization aad barbar ism—between order and anarchy—b etween property and robbery—between religion and the most degrediug cynime." The Protestant congregation at Strasbourg has given in its adhesion, through its pastor, to the measures taken by the President of the Re public " in the interest of Prance, put in peril by the violent struggles of parties; and in the interests of religious and civil society, troubled to its foundations by menaces of anarchy." Whatever, then, may be the future policy of the GrOverMllent, there can be no doubt of the actual dangers of society, testified to as they are by general cfficers, by epgistrates, by journalists of honourable name, and by the correspondence, public and private, addressed to foreign papers or to individuals. The estimates made of the number of votes likely to be given in favour of LOUIS NAPOLEON'S demand for power to found a new Government, range between six and eight millions. It appears that for more than fifteen days before the coup d . itat, Louis NeroLzort imparted his plans to three confidents, General ST. ARNAUD, M. DE Moltrir, and M. DE MAUPAE, the Prefect of Police. They kept his counsel, 4nd concerted their measures so well, that not one of the seventy•eight persons, whom it was determined to arrest on the night of the 2d of December, escaped them. We are indebted to the Morning Post for a con siderable portion of M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC'S pamphlet on the events of the 23 of December. The Paris Correspondent of our Contemporary writes as follows I promised to you yesterday some quotations from the "recit complet et autltentique des evenements de Di cembre, 1851," by M. Granier de Cassaguac. I forward to you the first portion of the work—at least one-third of the whole, and by far the most interesting portion, as the latter part of the real contains the Presidents preclamations and half a hundred other things with which the public are already perfectly acquainted. I recommend the narrative to your readers' attention, as it throws new lights on the coup d'etat, and relates many of its most interesting details:— THE RECIT. The situation in which France was plated by the systematic hostility of the Assembly, and the flagrant conspiracies of the old monarchical parties, was in tolerable. It was impossible to work or to govern. All things suffered —agriculture , manufactures, commerce, laws, authority, and society—all endured a common agony. The Asse mbly prevented the execution of railways, and such public works, by irceesant delays and imprac ticable systems. The Assembly checked the vigorous action of the executive, necessary for the repression of Socialism, by refusing to pass a law which permitted the Chief of the State to dismiss unworthy mayors. The Assembly refused the gratitude and considera tion due to the services of the army, by rejecting the modest demand which wile made, with a view to succour the misfortunes of old soldiers. The Assembly refused the revision of a senseless Constitution, which delivered France, bound hand and foot, into the hands of communism and demagogy. The Assembly refused the revision, though it was demanded by more than two million petitioners, by the immense majority of the councils of arrondissement, and by eighty , out of eighty-six councils general of the departments. The situation, then, was intolerable. It was necessary to put an end to it. All parties felt this. In startin' for their departments, at the time of the prorogation of the Assembly, a great number of Conservative repretenta tins, in taking leave of the President, conjured him to dissolve the Assembly before the time of its re•as sembling. At the tame period, the party which is termed that of fusion, caused overtures to be made to the President, to offer its aid in saving society, and to join him in the event of its becoming Ldispensable for him to make a coup d'etat. A few days before the meeting of the Assembly, in November, representatives belonging to the Red and Socialist party proposal to the President that he should rely on them, and should choose a Ministry from their ranks. Lastly, on the let of December, in the evening, a pro position of aid (contours) was brought to ',Juts Napo leon, in the name of the Logitimatist chiefs. It may bn thus seen that all parties, without excep tion, considered the position to be no longer tenable; all proposed to the President to help him to put an end to it. But each of these parties wished the President to rely on it alone, and Louis Napoleon refused to rely on any party—he relied upon Franc.). The President of the Republic, threatened by two con spiracies, and bound by his responsibility as Chief of the State, had no longer any choice of conduct. The only choice that remained to him was in what manner he should devote him,elf to save France and Europe. _ Iu the first place, there existed a vast organization of brigands, directed by secret societies, ranging itself beneath the flag of what were termed Montagnard men, who, for the most part, assuredly, were not aware of the extent and of the nature of the abominations they were patronising. The Government was, however, acquainted with every mesh of this vast net. The pre cise and detailed reports of the various prefectures left no doubt as to the plans of pillage and massacre which would certainly have exploded in the month of May next, and which, moreover, might explode under cover of the very first crisis. There existed, secondly, a conspiracy, batched by the old monarchical parties, coalesced against the President of the Republic. Their design was to overthrow him, and substi:ute in his place the dictatorship of the As sembly. The projects and the plans of, and the persons engaged in, the conspiteley were all perfectly well known to L mis Napoleon, and when, in the Constitutionnel of the 24th of November, we loudly denounced them, by name, the conspirators did not dare to summon us to the bar of the Assembly, because they supposed, not without reason, that we should appear there with dates, facts, and documents, and that we should have presented an indictment instead of a defence. This con spiraey of the old parties was so far advanced that amongst the papers of M. 13.1ze have been found the or ganic decrees of the new government, the distribution of the principal places, and the preparations for taking arms, grounded on the presumed aid of the tenth legion of the National Guard of Paris. Thus,the Constitution to which the Parliamentary men affected to pay an hypocritical veneration, was threat ened by them with speedy ruin. The President, charged with an immense responsibility, could hesitate no longer. Why should he hesitate ? Parties were notoriously powerless to effect the salvation of France, and their coa lition would not have survived their triumph. Legality was every day aggravating the perils of society, by weakening the Executive Power, by strengthening Coot. munism, by lessening the jurisdiction of the rvlaiinistra ilea and of the law. The President was sill master of his movements. In a fevr months it would have been too late for him and for all. In face of such perils, and penetrated with the confi denceof six millions of men who had confided their des- tines to him, and appreciating the duty that such a con fideneo imposed on him, ho resolved to save his coun try, knowing well that he was giving, as proofs of his loyally, his head to the passions of the present, and his memory to the judgment of the future. It was immediately after the hostile act of the quati tors that the President took his resolution and his measures for an eventuality that was evidently very near. Three min were his confidants—M. de Saint Arnaud, Minister if War; M.. de Morny, re presentative; and M. de llaupas, Prefect of Police. Louis Napoleon aplained to them the immense dangers that threatened society, and which each day was aggravating. lie dig. covered to them the designs he had formed for the dissi pation of those dangers, and ho asked them for their aid- All three promised it. M. do Morny, as Minister of the Interior, would ausaer for all the political responsibility; M. do St. Arnaud fur the military operations; and M. de Maupas for the action of the police. During more than a fortnight, these gentlemen, in conjunction with the President, determined on every detail of this immense act, which the famous dix-Butt Brumaire by no means equals, either in difficulty, in cleverness, or in grandeur. The least things were fore seen, concerted on, and prepared in detail, with such marvellous secresy, that even the safest friends and the most necessary agents had not the least idea of what was to happen, till the supreme moment which pre ceded the execution of the project. That all the measures that were to bo taken should be effected simultaneously was evidently the first condi tion of success; the principal measures were four in number:-Ist. The arrest of guilty or dangerous persons. 2d. The publication of official decrees. 3d. The invest• raent and occupation of the palace of the Assembly; and 4th. The distribution of troops on the necessary strate gic points. Quarter-past six A.M. was the hour fixed upon for the simultaneous execution of all these measures. _ _ The plan was not to be discovered by some one of its parts, but was to be revealed by the action of all. At a quarter past six, the arrests were being made; at half past six, the troops arrived at their posts; at seven o'clock, the decree of dissolution of the Assembly and the other proclamations, left the Prefecture of Police, to cover the walls of Paris. At exactly half-past six, M. de Morny took possession of the Ministry of the Interior, accompanied by 250 chasseurs de Vincennes, and he placed in tho hands of M. de Thorigny a letter, in.which the President thanked that gentleman for his servicer, and communicated to him the decisive act ho had re solved on. All that concerned the printing awl publication of the decree dissolving the Assembly, of the proclamation to the army, and ot the appeal to the people, had been en trusted to M. de Pi/itle, lieutenant-colonel attached to the staff, and officier d'ordonnance of the President. The necessary workmen were summoned to the National Printing-office for an argent piece of work. The pre sence of the director was required at eleven o'clock pro• cis ly under a decent pretext. As midnight struck, a company ot gendarmerie mosilc, summoned to protect the office from an imaginary danger, enured the court yard. Sentinels were immediately placed at every door, and at every window, It was only after these precau tions that M. de Be rale produced the documents which were confided to him, and %hose printing and subse quent delivery to the Prefecture of Police he superin tended in person. VI. o him. The persons who wore to be arrested by the police were of two descriptions-Ist, representatives more or less engaged in a flagrant couspiricacy ; and 2d, the chiefs of secret societies teed the cummande•rs of barri cades, always ready to execute the orders of factions. All these had been strictly watched for a fortnight by agents of whose presence they had not the remotest notion; and of the agents not one was aware of his real missi ,D, having all received various or imaginary orders. The total number of persons to be arrested was 78, of whom 18 were representatives, and 60 chiefs of secret societies and barricades. The 800 scrgens de villa and the brigades of safety (de suret6) hod been ordered to attend at, the Prefecture of Police at eleven o'clock at night on the Ist December. The alleged pretext fur summoning them was the pre sence in Paris of some of the refugees from Loudon. At hea-pest three on the morning of the 2d, the officiers de paix and the forty commissaires de police were summoned from their houses. At halt-past four ell had arrived. They were placed in groups, ap irt, in sepa rate rooms, in order to avoid questionin g e. At five o'clock, the commisiaires were all summoned, one by one, to the chamber of the Prefect, and received from his mouth the full and complete revelation of the truth, together Stith orders, indications, urod the neces sary instruments. The men were, with great care, each appointed to the charge that bust suited him, and they all left, lull of zeal and of ardour, resolved to accom plish their duty at any price. None failed to perform his promise. A great number of carriages, prepared beforehand, were stationed in groups on the quays, near the Prefecture, in the manner least calculated to excite atteniion. The arrests had so been arranged by the Prefect of Police and the Minister of War, that they should pre cede by a quarter of an hour the arrival of the troops on the appointed ground. The arrests were to be made at a quarter past six, and the officers had received orders to be at the doors of the persons pointed out to them at five minutes past six. Everything was effected with extraordinary punctuality, and no arrest required more than twenty minutes. VII. Some of the arrests present characteristic traits, and it may be of some interest to relate the particulars of some of the principal ones. All the details that are here given are scrupulously exact, having been ( xtracted from the official document. The most important of all, that of General Changar flier, was confided to two men of rare energy, the Cern missaire de Police, Leras, and Captain Baudinct, of the Republican Guard. They were assisted by 15 chosen police agents, 30 of the Republican Guards, and a pic quet of 10 horsemen. At five minutes past six the Contßtissaire de Police rang at the door of the house of the General, No. 3, Rue de F:-.ubourg St. Ilonotfi. The porter, as usual, asked" Who's there?" The reply was, " Open the door, I wish to speak to you." The porter, however, refused to open. It was evident he was on his guard. The agent who had spoken to him was directed, in a whisper, to carry on the conversation with the porter, so as to divert him from giving the alarm to the General. In the same house, and beside the entrance door, is a greccr's shop—some customers were alnady in it. Th e commissaire was struck with the idea that the shop might probably communicate with the court yard of the house. Ile entered, wised in an imperative tone for the key of the door that communicated with the court, and obtained it. Ile thus penetrated into the house, followed by his agents. The porter, however, had already given the alarm by ringing bells, w hi c h were hung in the General's apartments. His servant was found on the landing•place of the first story above the entresol. The key of the apartment, which he had in his hand, was taken from him. The caminiszairo opened the door and entered. At the same moment a bed-room door was opened, and the General appeared in his nightshirt, with naked feet, and a pistol in each hand. The commissaire rushed to him, and put down his arms, saying, " What are you about, Golaral; we do not seek your life—there is no need to defend it." The General remained ealas, gave up his pistols, and said, "I am yours (Je suis a virus) I w ill dress myself." The General was dressed by his servant - , and said to the Commismire, "I know that M. de Maupas, is a gen tleman—have the kindness to say to hies from me, that I hope that his ccurtesy will not allow him to deprive me of my servant, whose assistance is necessary to me" (dent je ne puffs one passer). His r:que.it was et once granted. On his way to prison in the vehicle, the General spcke of the event of the day. "Thu re•electign of the President was certain," said ho. "He had no need to resort to a coup d'dtat —he gave himself much trouble for no purpose." Oa another occasion ho said, " When the President has a foreign war on his hands, he will be glad to seek me to give me the command of an army." VIII. The arrest of General Civaignac was neither more difficult, nor did it demand more time. Having effected his entrance, into the house, No. 17, flue du Helder, the Commi,saire Colin spoke as follows to the porter.— " Where does General Cavaignac live?" "lie's not at home." _ " I must speak to him ; I know he is at home." "He is not; besides, he is asleep. You come too early; his lodgings are on the entregol." The Commissaire proceeded thither, knocked at the door, and asked for the General. A female voice first replied, "He is not here." A moment afterwards the commissaire rung again. Then a man's voice asked, " Who's there?" "A commissary of police—in the name of the law, open." The General then opened the door himself. The CJmmissaire said to him—" General, you are my prisoner. All resistance is useless. I have to secure your person in virtue of an order, which I will read to you. 'Tis useless." The General became very angry, struck his hand upon a marble table, and burst out into invectives. The Commissairo begged him to be moderate. The General lookei fixed at him and said, " How I do you arrest me? Give me your names." "We will not hide them from you, General. But this is not the moment— you must dress yourself and follow me." The General then became calm, and said—" Very well, sir, I am ready to follow you—give met;mo to dress, and order four people out of th© room." He askeo, also, the permission to write, which was accorded When the General was ready, he said to the commis sary—'' Let us go, sir; I ask bte, one favour from you, that is, that I may go to my destiottion with you alone." The commissary at once granted this. During the ride the General appeared absorbed in deep thought, which was only interrupted by these words—" Am I the only person arrested?" " General, I cannot answi r that question." " Where are you taking me to?" "To 111?zas." When the commissary of police, Blanchet, presented himself at No. 11, Rue Las Cases, the house inhabited by General Latnoricere, the porter refused to give a light or point cut the apartment of the General. The commissary rung at the door of the first story; a servant opened and instantly shut the door. Ho looked out again, holding a lamp in his hand, and per ceiving the scarf of the commissary, put out his lamp, and ran away by a back staircate, shouting out " Thieves!" Ho was stopped by the sergens de vile in the street. He then gave himself up, and conducted the commissary to his master's room. At first the General said not a word; then he cast his eyes on the chimney-piece, and asked his servant what had become of the money he had left there. The ser vant having answered that it was safe, the General asked for his clothes and dussed himself. The commissary said to him, " Sir, the observation you have just made wounds me." " How do I know that you aro not rob bers?" said the General. The commissaire showed him his scarf. The General was silent. M. lilanchet then said to him," General, I have re ceived orders from the Prefect of Police to treat you with every posAble rei pet (eyard), and if you will give ni your parole that you will not try to escape, I will have you placed in a brougham and I alone will accom• Noy you." The General replied, " I will give nothing. I will answer for nothing. Do as you please with me." lle was then placed in a hacliney-c,..ach, with agents of police. Opposite the post of th, Legion of Honour, the General put his head out of the window, and at tempted to harangue the troops. The cornmissaire did not allow him to utter a word, and observed that he should be obliged; to treat him harshly if he made an other attempt. The General replied, "Doss you please." On arriving at Mazss, the General became much more calm. He begged the commissaire not to seiz3 his pre• cious arms, and to send him cigars, and a History of the French Revolution. The cornmissaire fulfilled his wishes. General LeflO, who resides at the Questure, was in bed. The Commiesaire Bertoglio wuke him up, and made him acquainted with his orders. He rose sad dressed, tbreaiening the commissaire, and abusing the President—" Napoleon wishes to make his coup d eta We will shoot him at Vincennes. As for you, we won't send you to Nuuka Hive, fur we will shoot you with him." The uommissaire replied that he (the General) could make no resistance, that Paris was in a state of siege, and that he ought to be aware of the conse quences. In getting into a carriage, the General attempted to apostrophise the colonel of the 423, acd wished to ha rangue the soldiers. Colunel E,pinasse ordered him to be silent, and the soldiers presented their bayonets at him. I❑ gang from the Aisenably to Maz.ts, Ganeral Lao did not titter a single word. XI. General Bedeau lived at No. 30, rue do l'Universito, a large house, whera there were several staircase!. The Commissaire Bubaut did not know which led to the General's apartments, or on which story they were situated. On apply ing to the porter, he said, " I've never seen you before, and at such an hour you must be one of the people who prowl about." Ho at last gave way, and guided the commitsaire to the apartment. The servant half opened the door, the corn nissaire pushed it open. The servant ran away, the coratnissaire followed, and reached the General; he communicated his orders to him. The General vas overwhelmed, but soon recovering from his surprise, he protested against the violation ot the Constitution, and said to the commissaire, " You place yourself without the pale of the law. You must ❑ot forget that lam a representative of the people. You can arrest," since you do not state that you arrest me in flagrance &lido." He next protested that he did not conspire, and asked for the nanio of the commissaire. Ot receiving it he said hu had seon his name honourably mentioned in the journals, and that he was so much LSO more astonished to think that ha could arrest a General, a Vice-Presi dent of the Assembly, a soldier who had. shed his blood for the cause of order, who knew how to risk his life, and who, if he had had such an intention, could have already overturned several. The commissaire replied that his duty was to execute not to comment upon his orders—that if the General knew how to defend his life, he also was ready to sacri fice his own in the performance of his duty—that it was necessary he should submit without violence, or that, otherwise, he should be obliged to have recourse to extrtme measures. lie ordered the General to get up. The General dressed himself with excessive slowness. At the mo ment of starting, his lace became overcast and angry. He put his back to the chimney, and said, N )vg will not go—l will not leave this room, unless you take me hence as a malefactor, unless you drag me hence, unless you dare to se:a) me by the collar —me, the Vice- President of the National assembly!" The commissaire said to bins, " Do you admit that in my mission I have made use of proper proceedings to wards you?" "Yes," replied the General. The commissaire then seized him, He made a very strong resistance, and was carried into tho carriage. He cried out " Treason! to arms; I am the Vice-President of the Assembly, and they are arresting me." It was all useless—the carriage started, and' the sergens de ville followed it. Oa arriving at Mcz is, he apostrophised a company of the Republican Guard, which remained deaf to his words. At the Registry he met Generals LAO, Changarnier, and Cavaigaac. He embraced the last. XIL Colonel Charras, who lived at No. 14, rue St. Honore, refused at first to ope❑ his door; but seeing it about to be burst open. He said, " Stop, I will open it." He did so. The Commissaire Coureille notified his orders to him. The Colonel said, " I had foreseen this—l ex pected it—l might have saved myself, but I would not quit my post. I believed that it would have been done at least two d:iya earlier, and believing that, I had charged my pistol—but I have now drawn the charge," and he shomid, a double-barrelled pistol. The commissaire seized it, " If you had come that day," said the Colonel, " I would have blown your brains out." lie got into the carriage without resistance. Pre sently, he asked where they were taken him to. As the commist,aire hesitated to reply, ho said to him, " Are you taking me to be shot?" The commissaire then told him that he was being coridncted to Meals. At the prison M. Charras bentrae animated, and re paired the authorities to put "representative of the peo ple" on his order of arrest. XIII. The Commissaire Boudrot entered the chamber of the celebrated M. Charles Lagrange, No. 27, rue Casimir Perier, at the moment that he was getting up to inquire what the cries of terror of his servant, who had just opened the door, meant. M. Lagrange protested. lie said that the constitution was violated, that he had but to fire a pistol out of win dow, and the people would rush to arms; but if he wiahed to defend himself, he could kill them (the police), and that they should employ force before they should make him prisoner. A great number of political papers were seized—two pistols, a regulatOn musket, two moulds for balls, car tridges, three poignarde, and a cavalry sabre, numbered 478, ree: , gnised by the quarter-master of the Republican Guard, Kerkan, as having formerly belonged to him, and as having been stolen en the 24th of Ftbruury, from the barracks where ho way liviLg. In going to Mazas, M. Charles Lagrange r e p ea t e d several times—" The stroke as bold; but it s well played." At Mazas, M. Lagrange addressed M. de Latuoric6re, and said to him, " Well, General, we meant to have done for him, but 'tis he that hay done for us." IN'ous vow' iimes de f— dalans, muis c'est lad gut nous y met. XIV. M. Greppo, the ardent Socialist, lived at No. 15, rue do Ponthieu. lie had a complete arsenal hidden under his bed. Amongst other things were found an enormous two poignards, a loaded superb bonnet rouge, bran new. On the b pi a a t t t o l e l a endxe , a freshly sharpened, ar rival of the Comenist;atre Groubier and his agents, M. Greppo was plunged into a state of complete prostra tion. On being questioned as to the thin , is found under his bed , ho answered that he had bought them because ho had a taste for the navy. Madame Greppo, who is a woman of great energy, aoldress2d her husband in a most energetic inam , r:—" Is it possible," she said, "to possess so little resolution as to let oneself ba ar rested without resistance?' Bat neither these words nor the sight of the battle ax, could animate M. Gieppo—" How could help it?" writes au ocular witness. '°Greppo fist saisi dun derangement, allquel it dut eatigfaire.' XV. 1 The arrest of M. Biz) was made without any serious hindrance, though at the cost of a personal ntruggl attor• e• M. 131Z3 resisted untiuibus et rostro, lik e one of the neys that Petroulas calls vultures togati. XVI. When the CommisLair° de Police Ilubaut, the elder , entered tho bed-room of M. Th era , No. 1, rig" Georges, M. Thiers was fast ash ep. The commissatre put aside the damask and muslin curtains, woke up Igf• Thiers, and made him aware of his mission. Thiers sat up quickly, rubbed his eyes —over which his white nightcap was fallng—and said, " What's the matter?" lam come to make a search in your house —be tranquil, no one will hurt you. Your life is for no danger." This last assurance seemed n ecessary, r for IL filters was overwhelmed "But what do you mean to do? Do you know that I am a represenve? Yes, but I tati cannot " discuss any point with you; I Must execute my orders." " But that which yon are c l u i n g may bring you r head to the scaffold?' _ "Nothing shall stop me in the execution of my duty." It is a coup treat that you are effectinX ° v u " I cannot answer your interpelletions. 1 Pray • to have the goodness to get up." Do you know whether I alone am arrested? --are my colleagues in the same plight?" " I do not know." M. Thiers got up and dressed slowly, refusing th e 65° sistauee of the agents. Suddenly he said to the conr naissaire, " Suppose I were to blow your brains out I " I believe, M. Thiers, that you arc incapable of all an act, but, at any rate, I have taken my raeasuree, and shall prevent anything of the kind ." that e Are you cover° of the law ? Do you know you are violating the Constitution?" " M bus is not to iscusou, and bes ides you pos y sess iness knowledge toe d superior with to m y ine. I Ti n c ' o n u i li execute the orders which are given to me, 53 ' Vi Tin. have , vee , xecuted yours when you were Min ister o f th tenor." e A search being made in the cabinet of M. Thiers, no wire's h e e xp a r lw es a s y in s g se h n is t a su li rp h r i i s se p a e t li t t h in is al political correspondence was found. On the etaintaT that M. England, and that nothing would be found in his hong: When begged to walk down stairs, and start, b i u Thiers appeared troubled, fearful, and hesitating in . movements. He was led to believe that they were 0101.4_ him to the Prefect of Police. The direction that tr carriage took augmented his apprehensions, and he e e : deavoured en route, by all sorts of captiousemd threateu r T e 8 1 ' p i e e n r s d e r D e ing reasonings, to divert the agents from the 90 00112. plishment of their duties. b o , Abe! . When M. Thiers arrived at Mazas, be tesked EverY it' s he could have his cafe au lait as at borne ? tcntion was paid to him. His courage, it wust et peeliee.o h e did a avowed, quite abandoned him in prison, and rise allele, the level of M. Greppo in firmness. , g e es Dispensed by a high will from imprisonment ,"", no M. Thiers was provisionally brought home to his no house. According to a new decision he was condaD4 to the right bank of the Rhine, at the Bridge of Ne: f j. The oJJicier d:1 pair, Veindenbach, went to fetnu t o i % Thiera !rum his house on the 6th of December. at ac' o'clock at night. M. Mignet and another hie n bur g companied M. Thiers to the terminus o f the Stras .. Railway, and M. Grargier de la Merie ni4:e sen°lll:e nied him to Kehl. o gle, a t Mi - At the moment of starting, and during t h e firs t 0 flutes of travel, M. Thiers wept much. Just, n 0 fruitful tears, if they were shed as an expietion forbiosi from vexation an n o L f i 0 o a k e j d e t . t i l e o r u h s many revolutionary teachings and so many an e gre f t ee acts; bitter tears if they were but the outbrela ni. 110 out eolut. • D V On arriving at Kehl, M. Graingier de is Alan% of brought to the officier de paix, Veindenbach e a t, 'tor(' a eiagilailitei:istahto"ubtlediaglnnibtyilia°lll34 ifilitiv protest against the act of the new governm and letter of thanks for the attentions that had bee n I n g 80 to him. M. Thiers announced that be ws 3 g, ° ; - „, - eet 0 WOW , ' in Frankfurt, and thence to Dresden, where h an old friend with whom he should seek &WOO° painting. XVII. t he 01 014 Simultaneously with the representatives, l,,,rr idangerous chiefs of the secret societies , and of th e ""- , con cedes, were arrested. These arrests are Still belPg 00 "Ce eo of L r t e ant i ly continued, and have already produced these results. The public is not acquainted with the oe f t... , audacious and indefatigable enemies of s e of subjoined are some of the most notorious in the g r i d emeutes : A r seat They are MM. Grignon Stev not, Michel , ` - ' -t idt, regiment was Beir. Guiller, Philippe, Bregnet, Del eecb, Gabriel ell gettit Baune, a brother of the representative,' VasbentND rti Cellier, Ginoticr, Koch, Six, lirunLemeslet ",tilele4 II ( h iblard, Lrcomte, Meanier, Buisso'n, Mussot, Def,e.„roel• o quin, G utterie, Billotte, Voinier, Thoreasy,..nene, Boireau, Crousse, Baillet, Noguez, LUCA •- Cahaigne, Magen, Polino. n i s ei Although essentially delicate in its nature, the r° lo r e as to L o i s , salt, to the army could leave no doubt ~ either on the mind of the President or of the ter of War. so i l In fact, what did Louis Napoleon BonaPsrte srdebliaa of the army—a throne? By no means. The of L a o p u o i l s i ti N ea a l p p o a l e r o ty a ? a s N k e o d t in t h t e h least.e arm to Pret e°. - .dale"' against the enterprises of factions niven, and to re - so• i order in the streets until ten millions of f leete r % by emnly consulted, should have made known th eir° n ar v m A ot m e s . n is a si d on so simple, so noble, so loyal, e enfici .. ci de lltil . accepted lt y w as aoin f i n dl ) i disciplined,,rpaauhtil,yehtauiat,-lipy half-past fulfilled, itfihlreed c e o . i u n l d t ; l o o t but b e u " . : c , ..-tb f4B i nornAo o f al e hours before the moment fixed for the exccutloor,,f til e coup—that General Magnet), commander-iii-chitywary army of Paris, was summoned to the 31inislcr ei,osill and o received from him at the same time the etPOOOl7 or f d t e he measures that were to be taken, and the etas ej; ready for their execution. General Mag na° Of J P ' . setvrean y ttud r a e li c t e y i , ved communication of the probabilitYdoor the necessity of the measure was only t , to him, and ho had requested that be 131 7,ired So , be warned at the moment when he should be r e q.,, - cipli e : in the There is such sivs g : : th od at s e e v n e s r e y a r n e d such ge ed 'll lO O r c Colonel o s f p P in a a r f e o t f he t h , : d gi a9 sl° , 6 l ; at the minute army y E 3, 0 0 c harged to invest and occupy e C om nna m minute indicated. a battalion of the 42d, five Assembly. The Assembly was guarded 'IVO' who exercised his command in the yo? of tba ilsga l t bly. Colonel Espinasse is an officer ffienaot rare iot e h lii r tisO ; and strong resolution, and has o onnorof the ine, ; L , -- e l lf ir . er reputations in the army. He distinguished '7, 5 10 0 : pecially at the siege of' Rome, and more reeee".lo col" bylia, in several hard-fought combats, wh et b mended the rear-guard. At a quarter past six Colonel EsPih esso Il i e ftled ; 1110 the gate of the Assembly which faces sea tt e for 1 7,. Bourgogne. He caused it to be opened, an d , thcoorh matnhadeneddrersbi floc chef de battalion, whilst his troops occupie" A .-e a bi - t it° The chef de battalion was regularly superoe"cs t oot,/ superior officer, and the battalion on duty 7:i 03 0, 4 P - barracks. At the same time that th e n rob - , the Legislative Palace, three Commissaires e e 4g ed - . ar eac re h stth 0' g i so Al, accompaniedby 10 agents also arrived, ch.-- The Hall of the Assembly being Buffoon'," soi2c,, c d u e pted without the least difficulty, at 116111 10 0 D .llO . Persigny, who had assisted at this deliestf it OS P .- portant operation, went to give an aeee rint ° Elyt 6e. g se. IV Public Five pe r S c e e c n u t r s i . tie e s p c e o n n ed tin a u t e Itoo2rli.seastatd the i" lci T e O u i °l. at co i l 25c. for the end of the month. The Three per Ltd closed at 65f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Sbere;iorther ; Rouen, 6501. ; Havre, 237 f. 50c. • G reat 13 " - f: 5161. 25c. ; Avignon, 220 f.• Vierzon', 4881. 7;;01,b0..., 176 f. 25e.; Bordeaux, 4011 . 250. ; Paris all , to 13°11' 423 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 250"itiee- li 40 .9 logne, 2701. v vA 0 A T ' BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL , ; --1 eO. pot LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE' ' - ',l, Alai Boulogne and Amiens, 10% - Dutch Rbee lt3- t t lio ee ' . - . 0 Indian, 20'% —Luxembourg 2% —Northers of J . ' 2-. 4 el —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 Paris and itoeesl3;obre and Strasbourg, 14%—Rouen and- Havre, 9 4 --- Meuse, 3%—Tours and Nantes, 7% ex int. -......... . hadpnaiosilri. itecisgi: Madrid journals -ofBthPeAl6ltNh inst. have f irrire iv el l ;ic-h . The QUE o E p N es h o a f d experienced some 133ibn09t those was iven re h por reported in a c e s t. ' : that '' l46 . bnyienbtis.o3o IV n d , t r of Public Works. It was said that Cabin w:A6b .uld replace Signor 11,g0 be firth, occasioned of the latter Minister from the C l3 l;v l c- c l No definitive of re th so e e re-assembling the to Aranjuez from to tIO w purchasesilflucul t s oi a obr i ea nte ei e t nd o s b y t r P hsae l dcg id e i r , e b i t ia il ve c t i i eei l a r e a l e o r a d a d n e r o c cc fp r el t e t e ' ° s e e : 11a dl i 11 Sibignor SALAMANCA• A 0 1,.. , purchase money e re lo ' The Madrid Gazette publishes a royal de cr y b tbe Three_ per Cent. Stock. rive to the sale of some church lands, of lib , e i r c ao lel3t d in 6° ' : The e wi T th b o r u e t e IpnetrereC,et,nsts.2 were done °n theoophr ,st v3t • 1, ,- - , 2 : cash i the Five per Cents. at 161 ; C °l4 of GERMAN Y. itiber 6 111 Government e : rdE nSusblrsEidlle,do In its sitting of the 16th the Second CIO-/ th A H il a i L n d o s v t e r y r , a a d o resolutionted inviting the the op pGo soiytieren:conee tetoao lay before the Chamber all the documet3A r 0 th with the late appeal of the Equestrian Lit-e Diet. t iliti robs I'o geL/,ti-mhrepeeuenrzosZur icanzolgduisiEgprinsintragrte.essstohfaitituhsesrie,tlsvit:iPti g: i , 13 ,111 d 6 fll the The i : l l o il a Jo g 1 ;13 The Austrian Cabinet has annonnec,bet tboUna circular note to the German Governn3ent " Li() ; to g e- A t it regrets Prussia will not accept its invit3Lhe v ia i 0 an envoy to the Commercial Congres3 tait'eratioo ii, Vienna, this refusal will not make anY 3 6 9 14' its plan, and that the Conference will 013 bc ici ber ° pointed. Chain ii a A Munich letter states that the 13 Ivariginova for,col had rejected the motion of a deputy 05',,r'politrj, amnesty for persons in confinement w wo ti ccu t o offences. Upon this the KING, Of his C ',. v d 04°0 pardoned the non-commissioned officers ' 4 :O shel l who hsd tAiken part in the insurrection ' (lo ver' Bavaria, to the number of 168. Trail -p tP The Archduke ALBERT, civil and na l ;„ re tat nor of Hungary, left Vienna oil the 15' i ' l3l . Perth. 4 1 .. ,k't4 1 vt.t 41 t)i (41 1, 1 f 4t it) 1 .1 1 1 g ,'! . 1 c 41) 4 , °111, 1 44tk:qt, LON DON, EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1851.