The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-06 00:00:00

(6On-nt-e-reign-- ed)gsiloasr:liiinistArof the Interior.

The following placard was posted over the govern-
ment proclamation in the Rue Lamartine, at 2 o'clock
to-day :

The decree of the High Court of Justice has declared
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte guilty of high treason. News
front the departments.—Lyons ; General Ceitellene, taking
part with the population, refases to obey the command of
the usurper.— Lille : The garrison fraternises with the
population.—Rheims : The operatives are masters of the
town.—Amiens: The populace is in possession of the pre-
fecture ; the mayor of the town has assumed the command
of the department.—Elbeuf: The operatives bivouac in the
Place Rouen ; the official journal publishes the decree de-
posing Louis Bonaparte.—Centre. General Neumayer, at
the bead of 30,000 soldiers, is cheering on the people towards
Paris, to the cry of Vier la Republique " " ice la Con.
stitution

MASSACRE ON THE BOULEVARD MONT-

MABTRE.

Yesterday, the 4th of IN:C., itTo'elock in the afternoon,
a battalion of the line renewed upon the Boulevard Mont-
iii.irtre the scone of the Boulevard dm Capucines. With-
out provocation, without previous warning, the soldiers
upon the command of their officers, kept up for five mi-
nutes together a continuous tire upon the passengers, and
upon the windows and balconies. A large number of in-
offensive victims perished by their balls.
During a quarter of en hour I saw crowds of
people reading this placard, in spite of the mat

'danger of so doing; and as the crowd was often Bo
treat that all could not see at once, some one person
I read it aloud to the delight of the audience. For 4
long time no soldiers were visible at this spot, but
presently the crowd suddenly dispersed, and I was
told by a man in a blouse, from whom I afterwards
obtained a copy of the proclamation, that they saw
police agents coming up. I do not give implicit
credit to the truth of this placard, any more than I
do to the government proclamations; but I quote
it, not only as an example of the courage of the
Parisian democrats, but also as the only instance of
genuine feeling that I have seen. Public opinion is
for the moment mute, perforce at the point of the
bayonet.
the (

in an article headed "Les
Faustus Nouvelles," gives the following In a
moment like this every inventor, every propagator
of false news is a public enemy. So all that they
have said of the presence of NI. Ledru Rollin at
Paris; of a victorious insurrection at Lyons; of a
victorious insurrection at Rheims ; of the raking of
two regiments, which, under the ordL rs of General
Neumayer, aro on their march to Paris; of the
wounding and death of General liedeau ; of
the bad treatment inflicted upon the representa-
tives who have been for the moment arrested at the
reunion of the 10th arrondissement, and who are now

at liberty; of troubles which have taken place at
Amiens; of a pretended decree of accusation issued
by the High Court against Louis Napoleon ;—all is
false —radically false. There arc as many more ridi-
culous and culpable inventions, fabricates" or clamed
by the most criminal and disloyal malignity.
M. Lcdru Rollin has not appeated at Paris;
and precautions have been taken to prevent
the entry of any of the demagogues from London
into France to take revenge for June, 1848. Lyons
is perfectly calm. ltheims is equally tranquil ; the
workmen show themselves favourable to the act of
the President; the troops and the national guards
are there fraternizing. General Neumayer has not
any command. He inhabits Paris, in the quality of
a retired general officer; and, notwithstanding, the
authors of the false news state him to be at Rouen
and Lille. General Bedeau, in common with the
rest of the persons detained at Ham, enjoys
the most perfect health. We can vouch for the
respect with which the ex-representatives who have
been placed temporarily. at Mount Valerien, and of
whom the enlargement is certain, have been treated.
Amiens is in complete tranquillity. The High Court
has not issued any decree against the President of
the Republic. One of the absurd and odious rumours
that the enemies of the public peace are propagating is,
that the government has laid its hand on the money at
the bank, and has already withdrawn 23 millions.
This abominable calumny rests upon ono of the most
regular proceedings possible: N 1 but is true is, that
the government, in virtue of its treaty with the bank,
had still at its disposal 23 millions of the loan con-
tracted with it; and anterior to the recent events, it
had given notice to the bank of its intention to call
for that amount."
A despatch from Ham announces to the govern-
ment that the prisoners had been lodged in the cita-
del. The journey was effected in the greatest order,
and no incident occurred.

The following are further official accounts received
by government from the departments:

Amiens: All the officers of the national guard have
offered their services to the prefect. Everything tranquil
in other parts of the department. Two-thirds of the inha-
bitants of the towns And all of those is the country ilktricts
have loudly declared in favour of Louis Napoleon.
—Sculls: Everything tranquil; the feeling appeared to
be divided between astonishment and satisfaction.—
_

Beauvais: The accounts from all parts of the department
are good. The working classes are satisfied. Some imita-
tion was at first shown in the commune of Mony, but it lias
subsided.—Lille : This city it stated to be tranquil.—liou.
bail : The workmen hailed the proclamation with
cries of Vivo Napoleon."—Denain : Troops had
been sent to this place, which is one of the hut-beds of
socialism. They were well received —Valenciennes : An
estunaince called the Econornique, has been shut up, ant
the master of it and his mistress arrested, for insulting
the public force.—Douai and Arras : Perfectly tran-
quil, as well as the other parts of the dcpartment.—Bou-
logne, St. Omer, and Calais, perfectly tranquil. Tao
country people expresa their satisfaction at what has been
done.— Chalons-sur-Murne : At Rheims the working
classes are perfectly tranquil; ao are the men employed on
the railway at El„ rnay. The accounts from Vitry utd
Sainte-Menehoud are equally satisfactory.—Bordeaux
Perfectly tranquil. Orleans : Everything quiet.
Perigueuz, Donegal, Besancon, and Metz, perfectly
calm. Loon, Blois, Pitheviers, and Montargis: accounts
equally satisfactory.—ltouen : Everything perfectly tiaa-
quil. \York has not been for a moment interrupted.—
Barre and ',enviers: The same quiet presalls.—Angou-
le= The proclamations have catund considerable emotion
but everything tranquil.—Frunt St. Amami. lusoudun, La.
Chatre, 111auc, Laval, Nancy, Chartres, Troyes, Dijon,
Tarbes, Bar-le-Due, the accounts are equally satisfactory.
At Moulins, a small number of armed men collected, but
' they were easily dispersed by the troops, and twelve ar-
rested.

In the affair of vestesday Colonel Loubeuu, of the
72nd was killed, -and Colonel Quilier, of the same
regiment, was wounded, as well as several other
officers.