The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVRNING, DECEMBER 5. 1851:

The following decree bas been issued by the Prefect
of Police against tumultuous assemblages :
We, the Prefect of Police, taking into consideration the
decree of December 2, 18.51, which places the first military
division in a state of siege, order what follows:
Art. 1. All assemblages of persons are rigorously inter-
dicted, and will be immediately dispersed by the public
force.
Art. 2. Every seditious cry, posting up of political wri-
tings, or reading of the same not emanating from the regu-
larly constituted authorities, are equally forbidden.
Art. 3. The agents of the public force are tosee to the ex-
ecution of the Fescue decree.
Given at the Prefecture of Police, this 3d Dec.
Da MAIMAR, Prefect of Police.

Seen, and approved of,
Da MORNT, Minister of the Interior.
The following is the order of the day addressed to
le national guards of the Seine by their com-

Soldiers of the National Guard,—The confidence of the
Prince, President of the Republic, has just placed me at
your head. In this circumstance, the chief of the state has
infinitely more consulted my devotedness and patriotism
than the merit of my old services; be has been pleased to
honour in me a reemini•cence which will be always dear to
you, that of the illustrious Marshal Gerard, who, for thirty-
six years, condescended to name me his friend. It I have
accepted an honour which I am far from having
aimed at, it is because I can present with confidence
to your consideration the past acts of my whole life. I '
have always had an invincible horror of that revolutionary
patriotism which sets one's private interests in the place of
those of the country. I have never consented to serve my
country except under one standard—that which has guided
us triumphant in the universe—l have only one thought in
coming amongst you, and that is, to draw closer and closer
the ties which unite you to that noble army of which you
are'prond, because it recruits its men from amongst your
brothers and children, and because it is always ready
to shed its generous blood in defence of its country. I
am certain, soldiers of the National Guard, that the senti-
ments which animate me are also yours ; yes, if ever the de-
magogical crowd should dare to raise its head, if the am-
bitious men, so impotent and so selfish, who aro in move-
ment, should attempt to realise their fatal designs, you will
come with me to range yourselves by the side of my invin-
cible battalions; and you will not come except as I order
you. I will not hesitate to punish, with an inflexible
' rigour, any persons who should dare to have the rappel
beaten without my sanction,- you will be, in fine, disciplined
' soldiers, for it is not through vanity, and to figure at your
head, that I have accepted the honour of commanding you.
Soldiers of the national guard, I count on your patriotism,
as you may reckon on my devotedness' and cordial sym-
pathies. LAWOESTINZ, General-in-Chief,
VIETII.A, Colonel of the Staff.
The following proclamation, by the Prefect of
Police, was also posted up this morning:
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Inhabitants of Paris,—Like us, you desire order and
peace; like us, you arc impatient to come to an end with
that handful of factious men who, since yesterday, have
raised the standard of insurrection. Everywhere our
courageous and intrepid army has overthrown and van-
quished them. The people have remained deaf to their
excitations. There are necessary measures, commanded by
public gaiety. The state of seige is decreed. The moment
has arrived to apply the rigorous consequences of it. Exer-
cising the power which it gives us—
We, the prefect of the police, decree—Art. 1. Circulation
is interdicted to all public and private vehicles. An excep-
tion will only be admitted in favour of those which serve to
the alimentation of Paris, and the conveyance of materials.
Art. 2. The stationing of people in the streets, and the for-
mation of groups, are absolutely interdicted. They shall
be, without summons, dispersed by arms. Let peaceable
citizens stop at home. There will be serious peril in vio•
lating the measures decreed.
4th December. DE MAI:PAS.
The following has just been placarded in the
streets :

Inhabitants of Paris!—The whole of France associates
itself by its approbation to the great events which have just
taken place. The acts of the government, which were
known two days ago at Lyons, Lille Amiens, Rheims,
Nantes, Poitiers, and in all the centres Of commerce and in-
dustry, have met them with the best reception. Order has
been nowhere disturbed.

The Minister of tho Interior, Da MORNY.

The soldiers at all the small posts in Paris have
been withdrawn, to prevent the possibility of their
being surprised and disarmed.
The following is the government version of the
accounts received from the prefects of the depart-
ments by the minister of the interior:

The civil and military authorities of Chateauroux and
Limoges promise to cooperate energetically in the defence
of the cause of the executive power, which is that of society.
Nord: The accounts from Turcoing and Roubaix are very
satisfactory. The publication of the governmental docu-
ments was well received in both these manufacturing towns.
The working classes pursue their occupations as usual.
Tranquillity prevails at Valenciennes, Douai, and Dunkirk.
The night passed off quietly at St. Amend, Derain, and
Conde. The prefect has closed the places of meeting of the
anarchists. Indre-et-Loire : Every precaution has been
adopted, and the prefect thinks he can answer fur public
tranquillity. Tours is perfectly quiet. In the groups the
majority appear to approve of the act of the President, and
accept it as a solution to political difficulties.—Seine-Infe-
rieure: Rouen is perfectly tranquil. The national guard
respond eagerly to the appeal of the authorities. The news
from there and the other towns arc satisfactory. The pre-
fecchas adopted the most complete measuresto secure tran-
quillity, and repress any disorders that may take place.—
' Marne :—The instructions of the minister have been trans-
mitted to the civic and military authorities, and
measures have been taken for their complete execution.
The news is not everywheie spread. Everything is calm.—
Vienne: Every measure has been taken to secure tranquil-
lity. A squadron of dragoons and two companies of artil-
lery have been sent to Chatellerault. Everything is quiet.—
Low-et-Cher: The department is perfectly quiet. At
Blois and at Vendome measures have been taken to main-
tain order.—Somme: Every precaution has been adopted.
There is much agitation, and fresh accounts from Paris are
anxiously looked fur. Order has not been disturbed.—
Nievre : Order has not been disturbed at Rheims.—
Oise: The civil and military authorities act in concert.
Everything is calm.—Pas-de-Calais : Everything goes elf
well; some demagogues have been moving about, but
at the slightest demonstration they will Ise arrested.
The workmen and the mass of the people approve of the
measures.—Cher: Complete tranquillity.—Eure-et-Loir :
Every measure has been taken. Much emotion is visible,
but without agitation. The Prefect is surrounded by all the
functionaries, and relies on their co-operation.—Loiret:
The demagogical party excited by its agitators has endea-
voured to invade the mairie ; they were energetically re-
pulsed by the national guard and the troops united. About
4.5 of the ringleaders have been arrested. Among them are
the representatives Martin Mielsol, Tavernier, and Pereira.
This repression has produced a good effect.—Meuse At
Bar-le-Due, the events have given general satisfaction.
Every thing is tranquil.—Angouleme : Every thing tran-
quil.—Nantes : Cousiderable crowds, but no symptom of
agitation."

The Court of Caseation sat yesterday, under the
presidency of M. Fortelle, the president. The
judges of the Court of Assizes easembled, but were
unable to proceed with business.
M. A. I. reslon has resigned the post of advocate-
general at the Court of Cessation.
The Impartial, a legitimist journal of Rouen, was
seized on Tuesday for an article published in a sup-
plement giving an account of the events of the day.
The Mondale Parisian says there is no truth in
the statement of the demi:talon of the talk prorisoire
of the Legislative Assembly.
Bonase, Two o'CLoce.—The Funds have fallen.
Five per Cents. for cash are at 90E 30c.; and Threes
at 55f. 30c.
I have sent two couriers to get later prices, who
have returned unsuccessful, owing to many streets
being blocked up by the soldiery.

(THOR ANOTHER CORZREPONDENT.)
Half-Pest 3 o'Clock.—l have just crossed the Place
de la Concorde to the Ministry of the Interior. In
I going I was struck with the absolute quiet, contrast-
ing so forcibly with what is going on upon the boule-
vards. I tendered the following despatch at the
telegraph office. " Paris, 2 o'Clock.—The shops are
shut. Two strong barricades are constructed across
the boulevard at the Porte St. Martin and the Porte
Bt. Denis. A strong division of troops with artillery
is marching towards the barricades, and sweeping
the boulevards." The despatch was refused, the
clerks alleging that they had orders to accept none.
I applied to the private secretary of the Minister of
the Interior, and met with a positive refusal. On
quitting the ministry I found immense masses of troops
moving rapidly along the Rue Orenelle St. Germain
towards the east. I counted ten guns, and saw bay-
onets as far as my eye could reach in each direction
along the street. Crossing them with difficulty, I ,
saw another equally numerous bod_y of troops march-
ing in a parallel line along the Rue Dominique St.
Germain. They seemed to be converging towards
the Hotel de Ville. Crossing the Pont do la Con-
corde, I saw artillery moving towards the same point
aloes the quay between the river and the Tuileries
garns.
The expression of the soldiers' countenances was
sad and anxious. They do not look like butchers,
though I fear they are destined to do the work of
butchers this night. I heard not a single cry of any
description as they passed. On the steps of the As-
sembly, I saw the soldiers spreading blankets to
sleep upon. I met hosts of envandares carrying
refreshments for the soldiery, as if a night bi-
vouac were expected. Large groups are collected
about the Madeleine and the boulevards in that
quarter are crowded with well-dressed people,
regardless of the danger, and of the proclamation

warning people to stay at home. The windows too
arc thronged with curious and anxious observers.
At this moment I hear a tremendous firing going
on at the east-end of the Boulevard des Balk-its, be-
tween the Cafe do Paris and the Jockey Club.
On the evening preceding the eventful 2nd of
December, the President, at his soiree, approached
M. Vieyra, his new congenial staff-officer of the
national guard, and, coolly twirling his moustache,
said to him: " Don't change countenance at what I
am going to tell you. I strike my grand blow to-
night—don't say a word—go and talk to the
ladies fora minute in the drawing-room, then go to
bed, but put a guard at your door. Above all things
let there be no calling out of the national guard." M.
Vicyra understood hts instructions.
The Pays appears to-day and contains the follow
ing letter from its different editors to the manager :
" In the presence of the events that are passing,
wo can have nothing more to do a 51 journalists at
present. We resign.—A. de la Guerroniere ; F.
Ducuing ; A. Blame (des Vosges) ; Ch. Rolland ;
E. L. Ileritier ; E. Gourdon ; J. NI. Lejean."
It also contains a letter from M. de la Guerroniere
to the Minister of the Interior, stating that lie has
observed his (M. de la Guerroniere's) brother's name
in the list of new sub-prefects published on the day
of the dissolution of the National Assembly. Ile
takes upon himself to resign, in the name of his bro-
ther, an office which lie reels sure he will not ac-
cept under existing circumstances.
The editors of the Ass..,iihMe Natimiate have also
resigned, in a letter which the manager of that
journal dares not publish.

PARIS, TIII:RSDAT MORNING.
There is a momentary quiet, but I fear only mo-
mentary. If we have no lighting to-day a desperate
conflict seems certain later. The high court met
yesterday at Rouen, and formally pronounced the
decheanee of the President of the Republic. and con-
demned him of high treason. This morning, lam
told by an eye witness who has just conic from the
eastern faubourgs, a placard signed by Victor
Hugo, Schee!cher, and others, has been posted,
daaaring this sentence of the high court
to the people, and calling on them to refuse
the President all obedience. Another placard,
signed by Emile Girardin and all the representatives
of the Left, has also been attempted to be posted,
which declares that the Assembly is not dissolved ;
on the contrary, that it is the only legal power, that
the President has forfeited all authority, and that
the executive passes to the hands of the Assembly.
It calls on the army at their peril to disobey the
Assembly. Immense excitement pervades all classes,
from tiro evident tendency of the National
Guard to take the part of the Assembly against
Louis Napoleon. I forgot to add that the placard
signed by Victor Hugo tells the people that the Na-
tional Guards and line are marching on Paris to depose
the usurper. The disorders which have taken place at
Orleans, Nantes, and other places are mentioned
lightly by the C'onstitietionnel, whose accounts must
at the present moment be accepted with some dis-
trust. A proclamation of the Perfect of Police prohibits
all circulation of tarringes. A friend just arrived by
railway could get no cab to bring him here. The
Minister of NVar has issued a' decree, announcing
that groups will be dispersed without warning. Any-
one detected in the act of making barricades will be
shot on the instant. Once more all is calm; but the
calm is deception. People are terrified, and stay at
home front fear. The only conveyances allowed to
circulate are those which carry provisions. I un-
derstand, from emissaries of the eastern faubourgs,
that Ledru Rollin and the London proscritA
arc expected there this morning. The only dis-
order which occurred late last night was occasioned
by a procession carrying the body of a representa-
tive, either Baudin or Madier de Montau (who was
also shot), upon a litter through the streets to excite
the people. The procession came down the Boule-
vards and then turned down a bye street. They
were charged by a body of troops. Two of the men
carrying the corpse were killed, and the Conatitu-
auntie' announces that the votes of the army known
up to the present hour (eight brigades) are unanimous
in favour of the prolongation of the President's
powers. The republican guard, both horse and foot,
forming upwards of 2,000 men, and the two batta-
lions of gendarmerie mobile, about 8,400, have given
also their votes in favour of the President.

Yesterday a desperate attempt was made by
the socialists to regain their footing lost since
February, 1848. The forced aggression of Louis
Napoleon on the royalist leaders, and the consider-
able number of their adherents exasperated by these
acts of violence, made the moment one of extreme
hazard; for the attitude of the bourgeoisie rendered it
highly probable that the national guards would turn
against the army, in which case a division must have
taken place between the troops more attached to
Louis Napoleon, such as the cavalry, and a part of the
line supposed to have less zeal in his cause. For the
moment the danger has been happily evaded by the
vigorous attitude of the army, and the success with
which the troops have everywhere carried the bar-
ricades and kept in check the insurgents. Last
night at seven I found the infantry ranged in line
of battle along the Boulevard des Capucines facing
the east, and ready on the instant to use their arms
against any hostile body which might appear in that
direction. Meanwhile the barricades ill the eastern
faubourgs had been all carried and destroyed. At
nine or ten the complete calm was only inter-
rupted by the tramp of the squadrons of Lancers
which passed alternately up and down. Strong patrols
of infantry threaded all quarters. This morning
I have seen on the boulevards no troops whatever;
and I hear from persons who have traversed other
more distant quarters that they have not seen any-
where a considerable body of soldiers. All in fact
appears perfectly calm. At this moment (91 a.m.)
two battalions of the line are marching back from the
eastern boulevards under these windows towards the
Madeleine. The following official account ia given of the
arrest of' Changarnier, Thiers, Lamoricii:re, Cavaig-
nac, and others. The number of persons arrested on
the night of the Ist of December was 31, of whom
28 were representatives. These arrests were exe-
cuted by the agents usually charged with such
duties. None of the persons arrested made the
least resistance. All the malicious reports on this
subject are absolutely without the least foundation.
These 31 persons had been confined temporarily in
the cellular prison of Maros. At five o'clock they
were transferred to the Northern Railway, and con•
Iveyed in a special train to the castle of Ham, where
i they would arrive before midnight. A battalion of
troops superintended the execution of these orders.
'Lodgings had been prepared for them at Ham. The
prisoners have been treated with all the attentions
compatible with the state of political affairs.
An article by M. Granier de Cassagnac appears in
the Constitulionnel, which contains a singular reve-
lation. He says, " Did not the most accredited chief
of the legitimists send, last Monday, this verbal
message to the President of the Republic, ' Execute
a (vote Vial, transport the sosialist minority, and
five minutes after we are with you'? If this mes-
sage is denied, we will name the legitimist chief
who gave it, and the representative who brought it.
Thus the same men who begged the President on
Monday to make a coup d'aat for their profit, drew
up an act of impeachment on Tuesday against
the President for a amp cretat for the advantage of
order and society."
The greatest pains are taken by official organs to
smooth away the capture and detention of the 180
representatives arrested at the mayory of the 10th
arrondissement. It is asserted that they have been
treated with the greatest civility during their con-
finement at the barracks of the Quai D'Orsay ; that
all who chose to give their names, with a promise to
be quiet, were set at liberty. The rest were con-
veyed in common omnibuses, and not in closed vans,
to Mont-Valerien, a fort above the Seine at Suresne,
where the officers' apartments have been placed at
their disposal. Their wives and friends were ad-
mitted to see and speak with them, both at the Quai
D'Orsay and at Mont-Valerien.
Yesterday, a number of generals called at the
Elysee, and offered their services to the President :
Marshals Exelmans and Jerome Napoleon; Generals
de Flahant, d'Authonard, Schramm, d'Hautpoul,
Baraguay d'Hilliers, de Bourjolly, de l'Etacy, Morris,
Vast-Nirneux Daumas, Delarue, Ornano, Preval,
Parchappe, iongenal, Lebreton, Piat Rebillot, Tour-
nemine, de Resigny, St. Sunoril, &c.
General Lowcestine, in a proclamation to the Na-
tional Guard, reminds them that he was for 38 years
honoured by the friendship of Marshal Gerard. He
threatens with the severest punishment any Na-
tional Guards who may beat the rappel without his
• orders. The Conatitietionnel profanes to have received

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I news from the departmems generally favourable to
the President. The exceptions to the general tract.
, quillity, that it admits, aro principally in the Loire;
in the Eure-et-Loire, at Orleans, and at Nantes.
Nothing serious is, however, spoken of except at
Orleans, where there has been a collision between the
troops and the mob. The representatives Martins
Michot, Tavernier, and Pereira have been arrested
there as well as 45 other persons.
About five o'clock last evening barricades were
raised in the Rue Itainbuteau. General Magiuui
ordered some troops to that point with orders for
them to be immediately carried and destroyed. That
was accomplised without difficulty by the 9th Foot
Chasscurs and a battalion of the Gendarmerie
Mobile, the rioters taking to flight on the approach
of the troops. About half-past four a hand of about
200 persons formed a barricade in the Rae des
idles Audriettes by upsetting sonic carts. M. de
St. Georges, director of the National Priatimt-offiee'
had a detaelinient of the gendarmery directed to the
spot. The rioters fired, and the tire was returned by
the troops, when the barricade was deserted by its
defenders. Another attempt at riot was commenced
in the Cloitre St. NlC,ry, but it was immediately
quelled. Gencrel Leydet, ex-represeniative of dm
Mountain, has been arrested.

An oiler of freedom has been made to the arrested
deputies, on condition of their verbal submission to
Louis Napeleon. They have refused, almost to a
man.

Of the eighty names published by Louis Napoleon
as members of a Consultative Council, only thirty.
nine have accepted the nomination.
The protest of the 180 members of the Assembly
has been further adhered to by the following MM.
bers : Desmousseaux de Givr6, Jules lirain, Admiral
Bcrnoux, Donay, Angles, Estancclin, Dupont-Del-
porte, Charmer, Thomine-Desmazures, Belrke, La
Redorte, Ferrol, Aubry des Vosges, C. Ayme%,
F. David, Fournier, Fiancoville, de Neuritic, Martel,
de Orandmay, de La itochtjaquelein.

PROCLAMATION OF TILE MINISFER AT WAR.

TO THE DIRAISITANTP OP PALOS,

Inhabitants of Paris !—The enemies of order and of so.
ciety have commenced the struggle. It is not against the
government, not against the elicted of the nation that they
fight ; but they wish for pillage and destruction. Let
good citizens unite in defence of society, and of the families
that arc menaced. Remain calm, inhabitants of Paris!
Let there be no useless lookers on in the streets ; they get
in the way of the movements of our brave soldiers, who
protect you with their bayonets. For myself, you will find
me ever immoveable in my determination to defend you.
and to maintain order.—The General of llevivion, Minister
at War, sr. AUNAVD.

The following is another account of the state of
Paris on Wednesday:
Informed that orders had been given to the demo-
cratic sections to meet yesterday morning, at seven
o'clock, in the Foubourg Saint-Antoine. the Prefect
of Police had prescribed the most energetic measures
to defeat their designs. This meeting decided upon
in the committees held here and there during the
night did not take place. The workmen did not
respond to the appeal of their chiefs. During the
first hours of the morning the fuubourgs were
calm, and the shops were open as usual.
The wine shops of the faubourg, however, were gra-
dually tilled, and among the persons who entered
were remarked a considerable number of those pecu-
liar faces which are seen in every crisis. The Prefect
of Police soon ascertained that deliberations were
going on. Towards ten o'clock groups were formed
in several parts of the faubourg, and in some of tho
adjacent streets. Several Mont ,grand ex-representa-
tives, and sonic men armed with fowling-pieces and
poniard-knives, were seen. Soon afterwards
were posted up appeals to arms in manu-
script, some in red, others in black, signed
bi Michel (de Bourges), Madicr de Montlau,
Emmanuel Arago, Sehoeleher, Bandit', De-
Hope, and other members of the Mountain.
Almost at the same time, some persons most of thorn
armed, passed along the Boulevards St. Martin. St.
Denis, Bonne Nouvelle, and Montmartre, endea-
vouring, by reading aloud a proclamation of the
ex-representatives who assembled yesterday nt tho
Mairie of the 10th Arrondissinent, to rally the crowd
to their cause, and excite seditious cries. In an in-
stant, these groups, very compact, and assuming an
hostile attitude, were dispersed by some sergens-de-
ville. The placards pasted up were taken down
without resistance, and sometimes amidst the feeblo
acclamations of persons present. At this moment
(half-past 11), three or four bands of men en biome
left the.,Faubourg St. Antoine and the Rue du Temple
and spread themselves in different directions. They
I had at their head several of the ex-Montagnard
representatives. That hand which was led on by tho
ex-representative Baudin began to raise a barricade
at the corner of the Rue Ste. Marguerite. On a bat-
talion of the line advancing, a shot was fired from
the barricade. The troops returned the tire very
vigorously, and the chief of the barricade, the ex-re-
presentative Baudin, fell dead, having been struck
in the head with a ball. On another point, the ex-
representative M. Madier de :gentian was struck by
a ball from the troops in defending a barricade
erected on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. It is posi-
tively stated that the ex-representative Schocleher
has been wounded in an engagement with the
soldiers.

Ihe Nlontagnards had an intention of attacking
the prison Mazes, but the measures taken for its
defence prevented the execution of the plan. At
noon the whole of that part of the Boulevards from
the Chateau d'Eau to the Bastille, was cleared and
occupied militarily by the regiments of cuirassiers,
chasseurs, and the line. The brigade of General
Marullaz was stationed on the Place do la Bastille,
with 12 pieces of cannon. The houses at the corner
of the streets from whence the insurgents were able
in the days of June, 1848, to kill seven generals, and
the venerable Archbishop of Paris, were occupied
militarily from the cellar to the garret. Three
mortars were directed towards tho Faubourg Saint
Antoine, and ready to fire.
In presence of the most vigorous orders, executed
with promptness, and the excellent conduct of the
troops, the insurgents retired to the bottom of the
faubourg, from whence they were driven in a few
minutes by the brigade of General Courtigis, which
followed them up close. Several arrests were made.
The court martiais sitting en permanence will decide
on the fate of these persons, most of whom were
taken in arms. Several groups of students went
through the Quartier Latin, calling to arms. Somo
vain attempts at raising barricades were made, but
a single company of the Chasscurs de Vincinnea was
sufficient to restore the quarter to its usual calm.
The ex-Montagnard representative Delhetz was
arrested in the afternoon at the corner of the rue
Richelieu. He was in a cabriolet, and wore his
badge as a representative. He was addressing an
extremely agitated crowd. A student was ar-
rested os the Place do l'Ecole dc Wdecino, for
having struck a sergent-de.ville with a cane.
He was taken to the Conciergerie. The barricade
raised in the Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, at which
the ex-representative Bandin was killed, was carried
by Captain Henry, at the head of the first company
of the Ist battalion of the 19th Light Infantry, com-
manded by Chef de Bataillon Pujol. The Faubourg
Saint Marceau is perfectly tranqdil. Towards the
middle of the day some men, driven from tke Fau-
bourg St. Antoine, attempted to get up a demonstra-
tion in the Place do l'Ecole de Mkleeine. General
I Sauboul dispersed the persons making this attempt
by sending out a strong patrol.
The Faubourg St. Antoine, which was exceedingly
agitated in the morning, was quite calm in the
evening.
The Patric of Wednesday states that before the
troops fired on the barricade in the Rue Sainte Mar-
guerite a soldier was killed by the insurgents, and
that, by the fire of the troops, M. Madier fdeMontjaa
as well as M. Baudin was killed. M. Esquires is
said to have saved himself by flight.