The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4. 1851.

sure in the exercise of their intellects, instead of in the' boar last night the following telegraphic despatches
abuse of their passions, such reprehensible victims as were reoctred from prefects :
KENNEDY, and such confirmed sbarprs as the Nicer', Pair-day at Nevem • proclamations have been
ALLEYIOId, D'Ascul, and COYLE3 would never have well reeeived.—Matne-et-LoireAalf-past 4 ; Indre-at-Loire,
tainted tha Army List. 56 minutes after 4 ; Somme, 5 o'clock ; Indrc, half-past 5;
Nord, Dunkirk, 40 minutes after 6 : Perfect tranquillity.
—Pas-de-Calais, 25 minutes after 8 : Perfect tranquillity
at Arras and at Amiens, as well as in other places in the
two departments.—Seine-Inferieure, 60 minutes after 8 :
THE Rouen is tranquil. The national guard has given its sup-
port to the authorities. Havre and the other towns are
quiet.—Nord, 8 o'clock : Lille, Valenciennes, Douai, &e.,
purfect tranquillity.
The Minister of the Interior has sent the following
circular to all the prefects, accompanied by fire copies
of the proclamations published yesterday morning:
Monsieur le Prefet,—The parties who agitate in the
Assembly menaced France with the compromise of its
repose, by fomenting plots against the government, the
object of which was to overthrow it. The Assembly has
been dissolved amidst the applause of all the population of
Paris. On the receipt of the present you will cause the
proclamations of the President of the Republic to be :lhzcd
an all the communes, and you will send to the mayors and
juges de pain the circulars which I address to you, with
the models of the register of votes. You will see to the
strict execution of the measures prescribed by these circulars.
You will immediately replace thejuges de pais, the mayors,
and the other functionaries whose co-operation may not be
assured to you. With this object, you will demand from
all public functionaries to give you in writing their adhe-
sion to the great measure which the government has just
adopted. leau will immediately cause to be arrested every
individual who may attempt to disturb tranquillity, and
you will cause to be suspended every journal whose pole-
inks may place it in danger. I count, Monsieur le Prefet,
on your devotedness and your zeal to take all the precau-
tions necessary for the maintenance of public order ; and
you will come to an unnerstanding on this subject bath with
the general commanding the department and with the ju-
dicial authorities. You will acknowledge by telegraph the
receipt of this despatch, and you will send me, until new
orators, a daily report on the state of your department. I
have no need to recommend to you to send me by telegraph
any news of gravity. Receive, &c.
The Minister of the Interior. Moaxr.
The following circulars have been sent from the
Ministry of Justice to the Proeureurs-Gi:ll‘:raux and
the Jugcs do Paix :
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Paris, 2nd December.
Monsieur le •Procureur-General,—You are acquainted
with the events which have just been accomplished iu Paris.
The sovereignty residing in the people, the President has
believed it indispensable to convoke them to repress factions
and save the country. I send you the proclamations and
the circulars addressed direct to the Juge, de Paix and to
the Procureurs of the Republic. See that they be com-
municated to each of the functionaries placed under your
orelert, and make them understand all the gravity of the
situation, and the necessity of their devoted co-operation,
on which the government counts as on yours.
Faris, 2nd December.
Monsieur Ic Juge de Paix,—The proclamations of this
day will make known te you the events which have occurred
in Paris. The decree of the varee date gives you, then,
Monsieur le Jugc de Paix, the mission of superintending in
each commune of your canton tho establishment of registers
fur acceptance or rejection, and tocootrol all which concerns
their being regularly kept, by conforming with the detail:l
instructions which have been addressed to the mayors.
You must then, within twenty-four hours of the reception
of the aforesaid decree, personally visit each commune of
your canton. Yon are charged also under the surveillance
of the superior authorities, to net aside or vanquish all the
obstacles which may oppose themselves to the solemn mani-
festation of the popular will. You will personally
ascertain the opening of the registers of votes. You will
verify if they be in conformity with the models hereto
annexed, and if required you will make any necessary rec-
tification. In the case, iu which, for any cause what-
ever, these registers may not have been established,
you will call for or effect the opening of them; and you
will, if necessary, charge, in the place of the mayor,
either ono of the members of the municipal council,
or one of the notable inhabitants of the commune,
to proceed to the reception and summing up of the suffrage.,
as also to close and transmit the registers to the prefect
through the sub-prefect. Finally, you will sec that the
inhabitants shall lee informed of the opening of the ballet
by all the modes of publication employed in the commune.
Atter the expiration of the period of eight days, that is
to say from Sunday, 11th December, to Sunday, the 21st
December inclusively, I recommend you again to superin-
tmd the execution of tho formalities of ascertaining the
number of the votes, and of transmitting the registers; and
for this purpose you will make a new inspection of the
communes of your canton*. You must address every day
to the sub-prefect a report, stating the result of your
surveillance. The mission which is collided to you,
Monsieur le Juge-de-Paix, has too much importance, and
must receive from your intervention a too high character of
impartiality for you to delegate it. The delegation to one
of your substitutes only appears to me to be admis-
sible in ease you are labouring under a grave
malady, or in ease the territorial extent of your can-
ton should impose on you, for the work of inspection,
a division which would better assure the accomplishment of
the formalities of the opening and closing of the registers.
I count on your patriotism to co-operate by all your efforts
in the free and sincere manifestation of the will of a great
people.

By a decree of the President of tho republic, dated
the Ist, forty-six changes of sub-prefecte are effected.
The following account is given from the best
sources of the occupation of the Assembly, and sub-
sequent dispersion and capture :—Towards 6 in the
morning several agents of the public force presented
themselves at the same time ut the several points
of the Patois Bourbon, occupied by the questoni.
M. Bare and General Lefto were arrested.
The colonel of one of the regiments which
occupied the Assembly had signified to General
Lefto that he was charged provisionally with the
guard of the palace. Neither M. Dupin, the presi-
dent, or M. de Perot, the third questor, wero mo-
lested. At half-past 11 about 100 representatives
were met in the Salle des Conferences. A com-
mander of gendarmerie mobile came to order them
to evacuate immediately all the dependencies of the
palace. Whilst the commander went into the pas-
sage some representatives penetrated into the hall
where the sittings are held. Neither the president
nor any of the secretaries were at the bureau.
The troops then arrived, and the hall was
cleared. The great body of conservative mem-
bers then repaired to the house of M. Daru.
Two or three companies of troops of the line soon
arrived to disperse them. The commander of the
troops announced to tho members of the meeting
that ho had received orders to allow them to leave
the place of meeting in full liberty, but if they should
attempt to assemble in any other place they would
expose themselves to arrest. M. de Fallout, who
formed part of the meeting, endeavoured to sound
the dispositions of the troops, and, addressing the
soldiers, said: " I do not believe that representatives
have anything to fear from the army. Is it not true
that none of you would dare to arrest us?" The
commander immediately, with a bow of the greatest
politeness, said, "Gentlemen, you have only to make
the experiment—you have only to endeavour to re-
sist. Wo should act with the greatest respect, but we
should do our duty." On receiving this peremptory
reply, the representatives retired in great agitation.
It was resolved that an attempt should bo made to
enter the Legislative Palace, and between 11 and 12
o'clock about 40 of the party went for that purpose.
They were turned back, and one of them, in offering
resistance, was, it is said, slightly wounded. At a
later period, information having been received that
the Mairie of the 10th arrondissement was at their
disposal, and an offer having been made of the pro-
tection of a portion of the national guards of that
legion, about 200 representatives went thither, and
entered into discussion. Among them were MM. Darn,
the vice-president ; Grimault an I Molin, secre-
taries; Do Larcy, Berryer, Dufaure, &c. At this
meeting several decrees were resolved upon, and
amongst them was one declaring the President of
the Republic deprived of his authority, and another,
appointing General Oudinot commander-in-chief, in
the name of the Assembly, of the army of Paris,
and of the National Guard. M. Berryer, wearing a
tricolor scarf, appeared at a window to harangue the
crowd on the outside, and announce the decisions
that had been come to. He was, however, very un-
favourably received, and the cry of " Vive l'As-
semblee," got up by the National Guards, was
very faintly echoed. Whilst this was going
on, the Maine was surrounded by a large
force of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, and a chef
de bataillon entered the room where the
members were assembled, and desired them
to disperse. They refused, and thereupon were
conducted between a double line of cbssseurs to the
cavalry barracks of the Quai d'Orsay. General
Oudinot, General Lanriston, MM. Berryer, Piscatory,
Chapot, de Talhouet, and Victor Lefranc were among
the number arrested.
The representatives who met yesterday to essay
into effect the decree of the constitution, which pro-
claims the d,,ch4anee of the President of the Re-
public for the violation of the fundamental law, and
appoints General Oudinot military dictator, were,
alter their capture, detained for some time in the
cavalry barracks of the Quai d'Orsay. But this was
• only a temporary arrangement. Several of them
L have been since permitted to return to their homes.
' There is no foundation foe the rumour that MM.
I de Broglie or Dufauro were arrested. These emi-
nent representatives, as well as M. Dupin, have re-
mained in their respective homes.

if A The Paris says: —" We are informed that about
200 representatives have already sent their adhesion
to the President of the Republic, and a great number
are expected in the evening. Amongst those who
;' have presented themselves at the Elyeke are specially
I cited MM. do Beaumont (Somme), De Ranee, F.
Barret, Lucien Murat, General Va.4-Virneux, A.
Bonaparte, P. Bonaparte, General de Grammont,
General d'Hautpoul, Berger, Gavini, Colonel La-
borde, Bataille, De la Moskowa, Baraguav-d'llilliers,
Echasseriaux, Casabianca, Porton], Da-
riste, Mimerel, Fould, Berard, Vaisse, Dumas, De
Greslan, A. Girnud, Leverrier, Vieillard, Seger
d'Aguesseau, De Solis, Abattucci, sen., Abattucci,
jun., &c.
Five representatives presented themselves yester-
day at the mayory of the I lth arrondissement and
demanded from the mayorauthorisation to hold there
a parliamentary meeting. The mayor answered
that Paris being in a state of seiqehe could only
obey the executive power; whereupon the five
representatives retinal.
Yesterday, at 4 o'clock, the President reviewed the
cuirassiers and carahineers, in the Avenue of the
Champs Elysdes, and was loudly cheered by them
with cries of " Vice Napoleon!"
At half-past two General Renaud set out from the
Ecole Militaire, followed by his staff and an escort,
to visit all the pasts of the left bank of the Seine.
The salle of the Assembly, called the Salle de
Carton, where the representatives held their sit-
tings, no longer exists. Yesterday mousing an officier
de paix, followed by a considerable number of work-
men, went to the place, and proceeded to demolish it.
The presidential decrees were expedited this morn-
ing by telegraph to all the prefects, with orders for
their immediate publication. This evening the most
satisfactory replies have been received from a great
number of prefects. The President's appeal to the
people has been received everywhere with sym-
pathy.
' The prefects who have already sent answers are
those of the following departments :—lndre and
Loire, Seine Inferieure' lndre, Loir and Cher,
Nievre, Vienne, Marie, Maine and Loire, Pas de
Calais, Nord, Loiret, Somme, Cher.
Three despatches have been received from the
department of the Nord, all declaring that the news
from the capital has been received with jov.
The prefects of the Nord and Pas do Zalais state
that the sous-prefets have received their orders, and
that already the mayors and colonels of the national
guards of the principal towns have assured the
authorities of their support.
All iv quiet to-day at Lille, as also at Arras, and
all the towns on the telegraphic lines. Rouen and
its environs are tranquil. 'rho news has been well
received there. A number of telegraphic despatches
is continually pouring iu ; all bring most assuring

broken out into civil war. While reciprocal denun-
ciations of conspiracy flew openly between these in.
censed antagonists, they were secretly employed in
gathering their men and counting their forces for
dealing. the decisive blow. C to the last, while
rendering lip homage to legality, the leading men of
the parliament knew that the knot could never be
legally unravelled. The mast daring and de.
termincd of them held their councils in knots
of half-a-dozen deep, into the hours after midnight;
when Changarnier was arrested at four ycs:
tcrday morning Tliiers and Lamorich'ae were
sitting up with him, unquestionably with the design
of doing with Louis Napoleon what Louis Napoleon
succeeded, by seizing the right moment, in doing
with them. One of the powers had to disappear be.
fore the other, at least for a time. nut the parlia-
mentary power is not vanquished Fuse its leinicre
arc at Vincennes; neither is Louis Napoleon the sic-
tor because he is for the moment dictator. The ques-
tion, as ho says in his proclamation, between hint
and the Assembly is referred to the decision of the
people. The citizens of France will decide, between
the lith and 21st of December, whether they are
prepared to delegate powers to Louis Napoleon for
establishing the constitution put forward in his pro-
clamation. I believe that fur this purpose recourse
will be had to tho electoral lists of May, NO, by
which the Legislative Assembly was chosen, and
which will receive the corrections rendered ne.
cessury by deaths, judgments, and other caives.
If the majority of the electors pronounce
in favour of the policy of Louis Napoleon,
he will be proclaimed chief of the executive power
for ten wears ; the consultative commission appointed
in the -ifesiiteur of this morning may possibly tonn
the new senate, and a legislative body will be chosen
by universal suffrage for a term of years to be set.
tied in a future proclamatiou, which will develop° the
details of the constition.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,
LOSS OF LIFE ON THE
BARRICADES.

TILE NEW MINISTRY.

The following names arc now given autherita•
tively as those of the new ministry :
Monty
Fould
Itouher
Magner . . . Public Works.
Dandle
St. Arnaud War.
Ducos
Turgot Foreign A tnirs.
Fortoul Public Instruction.

reports. -
The follmring are translations of the resolution
and protest of the members of the Assembly agreed
•to at the jlairie of the Ist arrondi,qpruent

It is positively stated that M. Fould, nominated to
the Ministry of Finance, has refused to havo any.
thing to do with Louis Napoleon's Ministry.
A number of the Deputies, whose names are placed
the Consultative Commission, meet to-day to protest
against this liberty taken with their characters.

Republique Francaise, Assent',lee Nationale, Dec.?, Pril.
Whereas art. fig of the constitution enacts as toll s .—T he
President out his ministers are each responsible for the
acts of the government, and any measure by isit:th the Pre-
sident of the Republic slmll dissolve or prorozuc the Na-
tional Assembly, or place any obstacle to the exercise of its
functions, is an act of high treason. By that very. act the
President forfeits his authority, and every citizen is bound
to refuse obedience to his orders.

Three banicades were erected to-day in the Itue
du Faubourg St. Antoine. The llontagnard Al-
phonse Esquiroz mounted one barricade antl liar-
rangued the people. It is said that II was shot at
and wounded. It is added that two soldiers wen,
shot by the people who defended the first barricade.
The barricades were all carried with great vigour by
the soldiers. It is said that Bandit' was killed and
Mather de Monjau wounded at a barricade.
Some of the deputies who were confined yesterday
at the barracks of the Quai d'Orsai were removed in
the evening to the fort of Mont Valerien. Several of
them, among whom are MM. Broglie, Bur:tare, and
Flavigriy, have, however, been set at liberty.
The house of M. Baru, vice-president of the As-
sembly, is occupied by a detachment of troops.
This morning at an early hour the Boulevards
were occupied by military, from the Porte St. Martin
to tho Place de la Bastile. A report was current that
one or two barricades had been erected in the Rao
do Charonne, and that a representative who had
taken the command had been wounded in the cap-
ture of these by the soldiery. But this is a mere ru-
mour.

The Assembly, therefore, since it is hindered by violence
from accomplishing its mission, decrees :
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is deprived of his functions
Prmident of the Republic, cunt the citizens are called on
to refuse hint obedience. . . .

The executive power passes in its plenitude to tho As-
sembly.
The judges of the High Court of Justice arc called on to
meet immediately upon pain of dismissal, to proceed to
judgment against the President and his accomplices.
It is enjoined upon all functionaries that they obey the
requisition made in the name of the Assembly, under pe-
nalty of forfeiture and the punishment prescribed for high
treason.

Made in public sitting this 2nd December, ISit.
(Signed) 111:NOIST IYAZN, President.
Virzi., Vice-President.
CUAVUT and Mot:LIN, Secretaries.
PROTEST.

Whereas article GS of the constitution provided, &c. (see
it quoted in the above resolution).
Con%idet inn that Louis Napoleon Bonaparte h.ts violated
his oaths and the constitution. and employed the public
force to consummate this crime :

The undersigned members of the Assembly, after taking
official cogni.auce of the violence offered by the President
to its meeting, and the arrest of its bureau and several of
its members, declare :

Colonel Charms, representative of tho ,fountain,
who received a dangerous wound at the time of his
arrest, is said to have expired at 3 o'clock to-day.
A placard, signed by the ex-representatives Vitet,
Chapot, Moulin, and others, declanng the President
deposed front his functions in virtue of the 68th arti-
cle of the Constitution, and calling upon the soldiers
and people to deny him obedience, was posted up
this morning, but torn down immediately by tho
police.
. . _ .

That the 4tith Article of the constitution points out to
every citizen the duty he has to fulfil.
The President is thus declared deprived of his authority;
the High Court of Ju-stice is summoned ; every citizen in
forbidden to obey the deposed power under pain of
punishment.
The General-Councils are convoked, and are to meet im-
mediately : they will name a commission front the members
of their own body, who will assume the administration of
their departments, and correspond with the Assembly in
whatever place it shall choose to meet.
Every receiver of the public funds, who shall render up
possession of the same to any person or persons other than
those authorised in the regular and lawful manner, shall be
Meld responsible both in property and person.
Done this 2nd of December, 18.i1.
"Gallon Barrot, A. Chambolle, De Tozqueville, Gust.
De Beaumont, Dufaure' H. Etienne,, hlispoulet, Ose.
Lafayette, LatiMinais, V. Do Tracy, Paillet, L. Butt it,
le General Pabvier, Dixie, Ch. Itemusat, Hip. Patsy,
Piscatory, De IlroglM Duvergier do Ilauranne, De Cor-
wiles, A. d'Hespel, Dc Luppe, De Sese, Guiltier De la
Tousche, S. Vitiation., Chow, Sainte-Beuve, Becher,
Do Laboulie, \titer, De Montigny, 1)e Montebello,
'fburiot.de la Hosiers, Mathieu Do la ltedorte, ctor
Lefranc, Benjamin Delessert, &c., &c.

The only Paris journals that have appeared this
morning are the DAats, Constitutionnel, Patric, and
,Issenibble Nationale (the latter published on a half-
sheet), and the law papers, the Gazette des Triba-
naux, and the //reit. The Constitutionnet has the
following on the important change that has taken
place in the government :

It is unnecessary for us to say that the proclamations and
documents which appeared in Paris yesterday morning
produced an immense sensation. The news, as Is usual iu
all great events, spread with the rapidity of lightning.
There was emotion or. every side, and astonishment no-
where. There was emotion because the act was an im-
portant one; there was no astonishment because the act
was of a nature that was foreseen. The avowal of
every one was that the state of affairs was such that
could only be remedied by extraordinary measures. The
parties hostile to the executive power had already in
a stormy sitting talked of impeaching the President of the
Republic. That opportunity failing, another was prepared
for sending the elect of six millions of retest° Vincennes. If
the plan had succeeded, the Assembly would have prolonged
its powers, and would have taken no other judge
besides itself between it and the President of the Republic.
The President of the ItepubFe only prevented the immi-
nent aggression with which he was threatened, and,
instead of proceeding, as the Assembly, would have done
—that is to say, in constituting himself judge and
party, he abolished restricted, and re-established universal,
suffrage; he facilitated the exercise of it by bringing the
elector to the place where he ought to vote, and he takes
the whole of the French people as judge between the As-
sembly and himself. This is not all. Louis Napoleon puts
the shortest possible interval between this grand national
consultation and the decree which institutes it, in order to
bring within the closest possible limit the duration of a
power which might be reproached, if it were to be pro-
longed, with wanting sanction. This act of strict impar-
tiality has been understood by the population of Paris, as
it will be throughout the whole of France. Paris,
although agitated, has not witnessed the slightest disorder
on any point. The people comment on the proclamations
and the decrees with manifest sympathy. The shops every-
where remained open. Louis Napoleon, who went through
several quarters of Paris, was saluted with numerous accla-
mations. This day, whichl will be remarkable in his history,
will have for effect to prevent all the misfortunes which
were expected in 1852.

The vote of the army is of course looked to with
the greatest anxiety ; and a great deal of the shout-
ing of the workmen of the taubourgs must be set
down to canvassing in a rude way the votes of the
soldiers against the quasi-imperial regime which
Louis Napoleon proposes to establish.
There arc at this moment more than 100,000
troops in Paris, including the finest regiments of ca-
valry in the service. The arrangements of this
commander-in-chief, General Marian, are spoken
of on all hands with the highest confi-
dence, and the spirits of the soldiery is ex-
cellent. In consequence of these facts, although
there prevails undeniably to-day a much fiercer spirit
of hostility than yesterday among the working-
classes, and much greater state of excitement in tho
eastern faubourgs, the public has not for a moment
been dismayed with apprehensions of a serious f,/mite,
or frayed with the terrible prospect of a successful
insurrection. Early this morning strong detachments
of cuirassiers, followed by a numerous train of artil-
lery, proceeded along the Boulevards to the Place do
in Bastille. All communication beyond the Rue St.
Denis was cut off.

General Terms, commanding the brigade of
cavalry of Versailles, came to l'aris yesterday after-
noon, at the head of two regiments of carabineers.
This brigade of cavalry went along the boulevards as
far as the Quartier St. Martin. At the entrance of
the faubowg sonic groups, evidently with a hostile
intention, raised a cry " Vive la it publique," to
which the two regiments replied by a unanimous cry
of " Viva Napokon."
If any disturbance occur in the eastern faubourgs,
the overwhelming military force will put it down
immediately.
A decree has been just posted up, prohibiting all
meeting's, assemblages, and groups, all seditious
cries, all public reading in the streets, and all posting
up of bills.
The working faubourgs present to-day a much
more sinister and menacing aspect than yesterday.
Accordingly they have been occupied since the morn-
ing with strong bodies of cuirassiers with artillery.
The streets in the faubourgs St. Antoine and St.
Denis were, at half-past two, densely crowded wit".l
workmen, who shouted incessantly "Viva la Repr.b.
lique," which is still used as a rallying sign of nos-
tility to the government. Throughout Pae.s, in
fact, the working classes are evidently unfa-
vourable to tho coup d'etat. In tb.e Ruc
St. Denis, and other democratic quarters,
placard was posted during the night, which, after
leading off with " Vivo la-Republique ! Viva lo suf.
frago universal ! Viva la constitution!" went on to
proclaim Louis Napoleon a traitor to the state, who
had forfeited his powers. This was signed with the
name of Victor Hugo and others,, probably without
authority. AB first it was torn down by the sergcns
do vine, it reappeared again in some other quarter.
Another placard, effaced with equal zeal by the
police, called upon the people to rally together
against usurpation. Generally throughout this
region fighting was expected and announced 43
imminent

The Patric says :
Some representative of the people, covering themselves
with their inviolability as with a cloak to conceal their fiber-
Seidel projects, menaced the existence of the republic and
the liberty of the President. They wished to attack the
sovere4nty of the nation by overthrowing a power which
proceea from the free and spontaneous expression of
universal suffrage, to raise on the ruins of that popular
power • government which would not 'have had the
sanction of the country. Louis Napoleon has called to
mind the immense duties imposed upon him by the
glorious souvenirs attached to his name, and the
hopes which the country placed on him when it confided to
him the exercise of authority. He has defeated the plots
of parties and the plans of factions. Ho has desired that'
France should declare herself as to her future. He has
appealed to the nation. The entire country will respond
with enthusiasm to the cry of patriotism. It is a
future of order, and peace, of, progress and prosperity that
is to be founded. France will accept this future with gra-
titude from the bands of the nephew of the Emperor. At
the price of a few days of emotion, our generation, fatigued
with revolutions, will at length obtain years of calm and
security. Hope, then, hope and confidence.

Immense numbers of arrests have taken place to-
day in consequence of the more aggressive attitude
of the lower classes, who do not seem to give Louis
Napoleon credit for the least sincerity. They say
that having once broken his oath he deserves no
further reliance, and seem not to trouble their heads
in the least about the force exercised upon his will
by the violent alternative in which he was placed.
I attempted last night to give you notice by tele-
graph of the important circular, in which the mi-
nister of war calls upon the generals of corps to take
the votes of the soldiers in 48 hours, affirmatively or
negatively, upon the question of delegating to Louis
Napoleon the powers he requires. The minister of
the interior having refused to authorise my despatch,
I was obliged to wait till this morning, when I sent
you the circular at length. I call your attention to.
it particularly as one of the most important fact? of
the present revolution. The first and most objection-
, ablefmture in this proceeding is Hutt the circularexacts

The Nbats and the Asseniblt'e Nationale abstain
from remarks.

Everyone who has followed with attention the
proceedings of the Assembly since the 4th of No-
vember must agree with the first assertion of Louis
Napoleon in his proclamation to the people that such
a state of things could not last. Tho two powers were
already in open conflict, and must inevitably have

a—publicity for the vote of the soldiers, which is ma
required for that of the private citizens.
At this moment (3 o'clock) the cuirusiers an re-
turning along the Boulevards from the Rue Bt.
Danis. This is a symptom of restored quiet.
The artillery is now (at a quarter to six) returning
from the eastern fsubourgs along the boulevards to
she Place de la Concorde, a sign that no apprehen-
tion is entertained of serious disturbance.
Victor liugo's house has been invaded by soldiers
and searched by the police, lie is concealed, and
up to the present time his hiding-place has not been
discovered.
The shops along the Boulevards, eastward of the
Boulevard des habeas, hare been closed since three.
Beyond the Boulevard BonneNouvelle all circulation
Is stopped by the troops.
All the Associations Fraternelles in the working
quarters have been closed.
Great numbers of arrests have been made in the
following way. The principal streets are cleared by
cavalry; the people naturally take refuge in the bye-
streets ; but here sergens de ville lie in wait, and
when three or tour enter the bhop together, pounce
en them. _ _

During the delivery of the usual lecture this morn-
ing at the Ecole de 3lcelecine, considerable excite-
ment was manifested among the assembled stu-
dents, which eventually resolved itself into the
familiar cry of '‘ ire la Itepublique." It
being found impossible to restore tranquillity,
by any other means, re...istance was sent tor, and on
the arrival of a strong body of soldiers the mast re-
fractory students, who v cry mustered in strong num-
bers, were arrested, and the building immediately
occupied by the military. It was then in-
timated to the remainder of the students
that it would be advisable to disperse. The
hint was promptly adopted, and the building
was immediately closed. The excitement, however,
was not closed quite so speedily, fur the
open space in front of the school was the scene of
a somewhat noisy dellunstmtion, which lasted
a considerable time. It did not appear, how-
ever, that there was any definite object in these
proceedings, except that of cheering the republic.
This is the first manifestation of political excitement
which seems to have token iu the scholastic
regions of the Quartier Latin.
The following decree has been posted up to-day :
Considering that the ~vtrrignty resides in the unis.rsa-
lity of the citizens, and Cast no fraction of the people can
attribute to it,elf the exerei.e Ciereof;

Considering the laws and decrees which have hitherto
regulated the lONIC of aim .al to the people, and particu-
larly the decrees of the ritli Fructillor, year 11., the 24th
anal 25th Frimaire, in the y. ar 8 of the republic, the decree
of the tfitii Flom), year Wand the Sewage. Consul& of the
28th Flfi:eal, year 12;
The Pr...idea% of the It. public decrees as follows:
Art. I. T;ic French people ore solemnly convoked in their
respettise ilistricts for the 11th of this present month of
Deamlar, to accept or nj..ct the following plesiseite
The Freiali people will., the inaintennnee of the authority
Of Louie, Napoleon Bonaparte, and delegates to hint the
powers necessary to frame a t7onstitution on the bases pro-
posed in his proclamation of the 2il December.
Art. 2. All Frenchmen aged 27, and enjoying their
civil and political rights, oro called upon to vote. They
must justify their being inscribed on the electoral lists, in
conformity with the law of the 15th Mardi, 1819, or having
fulfilled the conditions required by the said law since tho
formation of the lists.

Art. 3. On receipt of tho preacnt decree, the morn of
each eanlllllllllV will open two retri.ten, one of acceptation,
andtheotht r of non-acceptation of the re'tisciie.

The 4 • art•u registers le states that the,e registe or. to be closed
on the 2lth December. The other article.; of the there°
point out the mode of taking the volts and summing
them up. It is dated fonm the 1.1)14e, and signed,
Louts NAPOLZOM 110NAMILTI.
Countersigned by the Minister of the Interior,
De Muumr.

This morning Louis Napoleon and a numerous staff
left the Elysee. He was received with acclamation
by the crowd and by the troops stationed in the Fan-
bourg St. Hoeori•. Thence the President went to
the Place de la Concorde, where he passed iu review
the troops, who were ranged there in order of battle,
and who saluted him with cries of "Vivo Napoleon."
Ile then traversed the gardens of the Tuileries to
♦isit the staff of the army of Paris, crossed the Seine
by the Pont National, and re%ieved the troops
stationed on the quays. lie afterwards visited the
Invalides, and throughout has perambulations was
received with rims and acclamations. Soon after

noon he returned to the Elysee. Tho 'Nlinister of
War was received in a similar manner. In the af-
ternoon Napoleon again perambulated the Boule-
vards, and received the same reception as before. lie
also reviewed the division of cavalry stationed in the
Champs Elysir, by whom ho was received with ab-
solute enthwiiasm.

An occasional correspondent writes as follow.:

PARIS, Dte, 2.
Your regular correspondent will have informed
you of the President's coup if flat, and sent you his.
proclamations. They came upon the people this
morning like a thunder-clap. It is about the only
moment for a twelvemonth when such demonstra-
tions could have surprised them. The apparent
issue between Louis Napoleon and the Assembly was
considered a ruse. The divisions existing between
the various sections of the monarchical party were
looked upon as temporary,; and the opinion was
gaining ground that before 32 they would all termi-
nate in a general fusion against the republicans,
and in favour of Napoleon. This opinion was not
without basis. But meanwhile the President, stung
by the recent treatment he has received from the
Assembly, and knowing that at beet ho would be
considered by his prospective allies as a parcenu
and pretender —to be endured fur the mo-
ment only. as a stepping-stone to legitimacy,
Or Orlcanism, has been actively and insidiously
engaged in preparing the way for the bold and
skilful movement of this morning. He has outwitted
them all. One by one, for months past, he has been
removing the obstacles to his imperial progress, until
now, having surrounded himself with a merely
nominal ministry, placed a general at the head of the
army of Paris whom he can use ii discretion, and
replaced M. earlier by the most supple of Prefects, he
was prepared to strike at the only remaining and in-
dependent power—the National Assembly—without
fear of opposition. Had the coup debut been di-
rected against the peopk, all France would have
been in arms against him in a moment, and
his fate, if not his grave, would have been sealed
before sunset. But having directed it against
an Assembly which is looked upon with universal
suspicion, and whieh is especially detested by the
republicans for having deceived and betrayed them,
he is, alas, almost sure of success. It was a master
stroke.

The republicans, nevertheless, will not come to his
support, tor they have no faith either in his honesty
or ability ; but, on the other hand, they will not
come to tic support of the Assembly.
The mass of the people, quieted by his bold ap-
pealto the unlimited suffrage which his decree has
. restored to them, will wait the day appointed
the expression of their opinion with anxiety but
without fear.

That when that day arrives he will receive their
votes, is by no means certain. The common opinion
in Paris is, that he is ill not. Such, at any rate, is
the writer's opinion. But who can tell what a fort-
night may bring forth in this country of revo-
lutions ?

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Whether, meanwhile, there will be bloodshed, is
also a problem. At this moment (4 p.m.) all is calm.
The centre of interest is the National Assembly.
Crowds of people are gathered in the vicinity, but
their aspect is peaceable and even good-natured. For
the most part they speak of the crisis as a comedy.
The Place lie It Concorde and the quays thence to
the Pont National (on the left bank of the Seine),
are filled with soldiers, and forbidden to the public;
so, also, are the gardens of the Tuileries, the Place
de la Greve (in front of the Hotel de Ville), and all
the environs of the public offices.
The whole metropolis appears stupifled, but not
alarmed. The Luxembourg and its gardens are de-
serted. Groups of people gather round every spot
where the proclamations are posted,but none of them
appear much excited. They read the significant de-
crees as they would read a playbill. All business is at a
stand. Nobody knows who's who, or what's what.
Everybody has grown wonderfully cautious. People
sip their coffee in silence. The servants are all
knowing and diplomatic. The appearance of the
soldiers is most amusing ; they seem like men just reco-
veredfromtheennui. No one of them says sword about
the crisis. They have big loaves of bread strapped
to their knapsacks, and look as if preparing for a
jelly winter encampment. Many of them are mak-
mg their pipes, and I have just seen two of the
municipal guards performing 'private waltz within
gunshot of the 'Paris.
The indifference of the people is frightful.

The President is at the National Assembly with his
eye upon " another place." Ile has shown himself
two or three times, and been greeted with mixed
cries of " Vive Napoleon" and " Vice la Repub-
lique."
Many of the representatives are said to have left
town to wake up the interior.
I could give more particulars, butthey will be sent
to you by others.
M. lupin attempted in vain to get up a meeting
of the representatives at his house, and, failing in
this, he signed a protest against the proceedings of
Louis Napoleon. That attempt having failed, about
200 deputies assembled at the Mairie of the 10th
arrondissement, which is very socialist. General
Lauriston turned out the 10th Legion of National
Guards to protect them, but General Magnan sent
a strong force of Chasseurs to surround the Mairie.
The National Guards shouted " Vice l'Aasemblee,"
but the cry had a very slight echo in the crowd.
The deputies began to discuss, and finished by de-
claring Louis Napoleon to have committed high trea-
son, and appointed General Oudinot to be Com-
mander-in-chief of the Army of Paris and the National
Guards. General Oudinot was present. M. Berryer put
on a tri-coloured scarf, and attempted to harangue
the people. He was little listened to, and cries were
uttered of "No Berrver—he is only the lagemis of
Henry the Fifth." 'When M. Berryer announced
that General Oudinot had been appointed to the com-
mand of the army, there was a loud cry of "No
Oudinot, he is the man of Rome." The whole affair
appearing to be a failure, the deputies attempted to
effect a retreat, but they were not permitted to go
quietly away; the chasseurs took them into custody.
The National Guards, finding that they could not
effect a reaction, went quietly home.
M. Michel (do &urges) harangued the people in
the Boulevard. His reception was a mixed one, and
he has since been arrested.

At six o'clock four French regiments entered
Paris. Two of them were Carabineers devoted to
the President. The Boulevards were next cleared,
and cannon was sent to the fauhourgs. Other regi-
ments have been sent for by telegraph. At four
o'clock Louis Napoleon reviewed division of the
army. lie was enthusiastically received by the
troops, and well received by the people on the Boule-
vards. General Lauriston's 10th Legion of National
Guards has been dissolved.

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PORTUGAL.

(By ineettle Telegraph.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WRDNEWAY nowt
The Montrose has just arrived. lier dates are,
Gibraltar, Nov. 2b ; Lisbon, 29th.

The Janus sailed finm Gibraltar on the 24th ult.
to arrange with the English Consul about the ransom
of the British seamen captured by the Moors ; two
out of the five prisoners have died, and 1,000 dollars
is the price demanded to ransom the three survivors.
The French squadron left Cadiz on the 24th. The
squadron will tirst make a demonstration at Sallee,
and then proceed to Mogadore and Tangiers, to re-
dress the complaints of the French Consul. The
Spanish government steamer Fernando Catolico,
from Havannalt, which was supposed to be lost, hadarrived at Cadiz. Her Majesty's ships Hogue and
Dauntless were to proceed from Lisbon to Tangiers
to protect British interests there, should the French
bombard the town.

According to an analysis of the return of the
election of the Lower Chamber, Saldanha will have
a working majority. His great difficulty will be
with the Chamber of Peers, a large number of the
members of which are creatures of Count Thomar.
Some most valuable and elaborate statistics re-
specting Portuguese commerce have been published.
Mr. Hirlop's railway projects have been rejected
by the Portuguese government.
Exchange, .50l; dis. on Lisbon bank notes,