The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1851.

REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.

considerable,—as any one who may have watched
year by year the progress of the Smithfield Show
will attest. The contrast between the well-shaped
animals of all breeds and sorts now exhibited to
those shown fifteen or twenty years ago is most
striking. Years ago mere accumulations of fat, without
reference to breeding or symmetry, seemed to be the
only object of the exhibitors; now no animal has
the slightest chance of a prize unless it be so well
fashioned as to be, apart from mere fatness, of the best
form and quality. It is possible that the meat of the
prize beasts may be somewhat too fat for ordinary
consumption : and it is certain that none will re-
pay the cost of bringing them to such a condition of
over ripeness; but it is no less certain that by thus
developing to the utmost the aptitude of our best
stock to fatten, it is that our breeders and graziers
have attained their admitted pre-cerinenee.
The problem for the practical agriculturist of this
country at this moment to resolve is,—how to pro-
duce meat at the cheapest rate ; for, if the fanner can
so manage his live stock as to make it profitable. if
he can produce fat bullocks. sheep, and swine, with a
profit upon feeding them. he has in his own hands
Ole means of increasing his grain crops almost indefi-
nitely. Now, the efforts of the various exhibitors of
th Srnithf cid Club open to his inspection a page
from whilr he may—and must—derive ample instruc-
tion. lie there sees that the animal to be sel,eted must
be well bred, shapely, and of kindly disposition;
and that if it is to be made to attain that India-
' pcnsAb:e condition to profitable feeding—early ma-
turity—it must bo well kept from the time of its
birth. This, in our view, renders the 3rd class,
consisting of "oxen or steers of any breed above i wo
and not exceeding three years old, of the Smithfield
Club prize list, by far the most interesting cud
important.
It is comparatively easy to produce a good ox in
either of the two former classes, namely, between
four and five, and three and four years old, but the
triumph of rural skill in this department of bus-
handry is to bring out the steers hit for the butcher
when two years old. This can only ho done by
means of good breeding and good keeping. In the
third class of the present year the majority of ani-
mals shown are, ns usual, of the short-horn breed,
and it is fir this quality of early maturity that the
short-horns are so distinguished ; and this which ren-
ders+ them so peculiarly worthy of the attention of our
agriculturists. The lkvons, and more especially the
lierefiads, approach them in this particular, and
some few individuals of those breeds are made as
ripe between two and three years old as the short-
horns ;—but such early maturity is not their charac-
teristic.

STATE OF PARIS.

PARTS, Tersnav Moaxneo.
After the ballot of the 20th, if the result. as is ife-
nor ally expected, should be favourable to Louis Na-
poleon, a decree will appear promulgating the consti-
tution, of which the outlines were given in the ap-
peal to the people on the 2nd December. The Senate
and the Council of State will be constituted; and a
proximate period will be fixed for the elections of '
the legislative body, the number of membets in which
will be fixed by the organic decree of the constitu-
tion.
I hear from a private source that M. do envy,
editor of the Courtier tic la Girmul., a paper that
stmnuously advocated the candidature of General
Clumgarmer, made, just before the dissoludou of the
Assembly, a journey to Claremont.
It was amanged that immediately MM. Thiers
and Changarnier had made their cotta, the Orleanist
princes should appear in France. M. de Crugy is
said to have held on his return front England a con-
ference with the former prefect of police. Whether
through this or some other channel the scheme
leaked and got to the cars of government, certain it
is that the revolution of December 2 m as the contre-
coup of an Orleanist plot.
'the Mona"ecar of this day contains ti, most de-
cided symptom which I have yet seen of an inten-
tion on the part of the governmcrt to dis-
pense with all law. Upon the pier that no
penal statute of sufficient severity exists, to
enable the government to deal with sedi-
tious offences, a decree is promulgated which em-
powers the executive to transport, for ten years, any
obnoxious person. I give the substance of the de-
cree in these general terms, as nothing would be
leasier than to bring within the category of delin-
quents specified any person whom the government
found an obstacle to as designs. This is the first
formal usurpation of the legislative power which I
have yet seen, the other decrees being more or less
the necesiary consequences or aceompaniaments of
the coup debit. But the decree in question is the
proatulgatiou of an arbitrary penal statute, which
henceforth forms, on long as the present power en-
dures, an integral portion of the penal code. Usually,
when an extraordinary piece of legislation is re-
quired during the suspension or recess of the legis-
!Mire power, in constitutional countries, a
reserve is made in the last article in fa-
your of parliamentary rights, raid the necessity i
of legislative sanction rs implicitly recognised by an
engagement to submit a bill for this object to the
leguilature when it shall meet. The present decree
makes no such reserve whatever. Nor is thero at
present any guarantee whatever that the whole body
of French law may not bo entirely vitiated and per-
verted by a series of arbitrary decrees of the same
nature.
The following is the decree:
The President of the Republic, on the porosities of the
Minister of the Interior,
Considering that France has need of order, work' rind
security ; that during ten many years past society has been
deeply agitated and troubled by the machinations of anarchy,
as well us by the insurrectional attempts of those who are :
affiliated to secret societies, anal ex-vaivicts, always ready
to become instruments of disorder;
Consid,.ring that by Cie it cons:nut habits of revolt against
all laws this e'ass of men not only compromises tranquillity,
worke and public order, but also authorises unjust attacks
and deplorable calumnies against the sound working popu-
lation of Paris and Lyons ;
Considering that the actual legislation is insufficient, and
that it is to cessary to modify the same, while reconciling
the duties of humanity with the interests of the general
(security, decrees:
1. Every individual placed under the mrveillanee of the
high pole e, who shall be found guilty of the wane° of rup-
ture of Lan, may be transported, as a meneure of general
security, to a perdtcntiary colony in Cayenne or Algeria.
Thu term of transportation shall be at the least five years,
anal at the longest ten.
2. The same measure shall be applicable to individuals
found guilty of having belonged to a secret society.
3. The effect of re-subjection to the surveillaute of the
high police shall be for the ;liter: to g's' e the government
the right of determining the place in which the condemned
person is to reside after having undergone his punishment.
4. All individuals placed under the surveillance of the
high yoliec arc forbidden to reside at nada or in the
6. The persons de-ignated by the preceding article shall
be obliged to quit Voris and the Gatilitair within the delay
of ten days from the promuluation of the pr sent decree,
%teams tiny have obtained a permit of retedence from the
administration. To such as apply there will be delivered a
passport and ticket of nid, wined will lay down their itine-
rary as tier as their native place or to the place which they
designate.
O. in case of contravention of articles 4 and 5 of tho pre- '
sent decree, the peneaus contravening may be transported,
as a measure of general security, to a penitentiary colony in
Cayenne or Algeria.
7. The individuals transported by virtue of the present
decree shall be subjected to work on the penitentiary estn-
blishmeut. They shall le• deprived of their civil and poli-
tical rights. They shall be subject to military jurisdiction ;
the military laws shall be applicable to them. In case of
escape from the establishment the transported shall be con-
demned to as imprisonment, the term of which shall not
exceed the remaining period for which they have to undergo
transportation. They shall be subjected to military disci-
CITT SEWEIt.4 CoNlMlSSlON.—Yeaterday a court plinkand subordination towards their chiefs and civil or
was held, when Mr. Barber, the oninator of: •the scheme military superintendents during the period of the imprison-
for the opening of the western area of St. l'aul's-church- meet.
yard. desired that the clerk (Mr. law) should be requested 8. Regulation' of the executive power shall determine
to write to the Dean and Chapter, for the purpose of ewer- the organisation of these penitentiary colonies,.
Mining on what day it would be convenient fur them (the ti. The Ministers of the Interior and of War are charged,
authorities) to receive a deputation from that court, lie each in what concerns him, with the execution of the 'inc-
hed omit ratood that the members for the Ci,y of London sent decree.
would attend the deputation if they were invited to do so, Done at Paris, at the Elpie-National, the council of Mi-
ss well as several influential parties.—Decided that the nisters having been heard,lke. 8,1w51..
application be• arm eat to.—Mr. S. Blake, jun., having been LOUD) NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
chosen assistant clerk in the room of Mr. Ticlumr, resigned, Countersigned by the Minister of the Interior, Dr al ona. v.
Mr. Simon prewnted his third annual report upon the The prefect of the Seine has issued a decree, order-
health of the City of London. ing the sth Legion of the national guards to deposit,
Wootwleu, O.—The Pioneer and Intrepid within 48 hours, at the mayory of the sth arroudisse-
anew steam-yees:le.fonnerly emploted in the Arctic expecli- merit, the arms and uniforms confided to them by the
eke, undort:apt. 11. T.Austin,U.D., have been taken into.the
inner basin alongside. the factory here, to have their engines city of Paris.
.After the above-mentioned term all
examined and any defects found in tliem anode good, prepa• who detain their equipments will be prosecuted ac-
examined
to tl.e vessels being again made mid; in the spneg cording to the law.
a 14,2. far a further search for Sir dohn Franklin and Jerome Bonaparte, on the night of the 4th of
his long absent companions. December, addressed the following letter to the Pre-
Finn AND Loss or LIFE AT FIA•ZEETON. sident of the Republic:
Newark, Tuesday.—The terrible calamity brietiy described My dear Nephew,—French blood is flowing; stop it by
in yesterday's EsPress, as having swum(' at Fill"?' serious appeal to the people. Your sentiments are badiy un-
ion, a small village on the left bank of the Trent, Sir derstood. The second proclamation, in which you tall: of
miles from this town, anal fourteen from Nottingham, has plebiscit.', is badly received by the people, who do not eon-
proved more disastrous than was anticipated, five indivi- Sider it there-establishment of the right of suffrage. Liberty
duals instead of four, as was at first supposed, having lost is without guarantee if an Assembly does not suit tho con-
their lives. The mill destroyed stood on a small river 'Caution of the republic. The army has tho upper hand.
known as the Urcet, within a few yards of its junction
with the Treat. It was five stories high, and was It is the moment to complete the material victory by a
worked partly by water power, anal partly by steam. moral victory ; and what the government cannot do when
As was sutra yesierelay, the only mans ot Recounting. for it is beaten it ought frequently to do when it Is victorious.
the accident is by supposing that a long strap which revoked After having beaten the ancient parties, restore the people ;
proclaim that univereal suffrage, sincere, unshackled, acting
uon a number of wooden cogs chafed a;taenitt some portion
oh' the woodwerk, owing to the machinery getting slightly in accordance with the greatest liberty, will nomieate the
out of &ear and the woodwork being almost entirely of President and Constituent Assembly, to save and restore
the republic.
light dry deal, ignition rapidly enacted, the name' quickly It is in the name of the memory of my brother, and par-
sprealing over the entire building. The en SParty in taking his horror of civil war, that I write to you. Believe
charge of the premises at the time was Charles Ward, one in my old experience ; think that France, Europe, and
of the millers, and he made great exertions to extinguish posterity will well judge you.
the fire, but without saeecas. While labourers were en- Your affectionate uncle,
gaged in removing the wheat and flour in the building theJEROME BONAPARTE.
roof fell in, and directly afterwards every floor together to
the basement, without the slightest warning, and before The Pattie states that at Cabestang, in the Hi:-
the fire had reached the basement story, or grinding rault, the socialists entered the houses of some of the
door. At the time this catastrophe occurred, John most respectable legitimists and me-asinated them.
Bailey. a miller's apprentice, was coming out at the door, At Boxier& several of the principal inhabitants have
and was arisen forward by the rush of wind occasioned by
the dropping of so great a weight of roofing, flooring been murdered.
Sour. meal, ice.. within. llenry Britton, a labourer, wb; Riots broke out on the 4th at Poligtiy, near Lens-
WAS in the doorway, just behind Bailey, with a sack of flour le-Saulnier, in the Jura. The insurgents gained pos.
on his back, was knocked down, and partly buried in the sion of the town and exercised several atrocities, but
ruins, but being dragged out, it SPAS found that he was were at length expelled.
not mortally injured, though his nose and left shoulder M. ArthurMarcy-Monge, cousin of the general
were seriously bruised. A man named Reynolds, and
;Of that name fun„„,„,„,, has been assassinated at Suits Ciao
another named Britton. directly behind him,
Trim to the door, each with a rack of dour or grain on his d'Or).
back, were knocked down and smothered, as also were two I The mayors of Paris and of the cantons of the
others, named Llurl and Robinson, who were at a greater homiletic met yesterday at the Hotel de Ville, under
distance from the door. Mayfield, the bead miller, who ft ,a,„esiden,,,. of the 4 tof the E •
is supposed WAS loaliug the others each in turn, was •••••• pre ce
found standing up with his face to the wall, at measures for drawing up the electoral lists, and
the western end of the building. Ile was the making all the necessary preparations for the ballot
only one who was burnt, his head being tho- 'of the 20th.
roughly roasted. A man named Sleight and his son, a The Sia'cl, re-appears this morning.
young man about 22 years old, were also buried in the
ruins, but ttuL
n a
ately they happened to be near a window I Strasbourg. is placed in a state of siege.
at the time, which they smed ash, and let themselves out at l. edieu is a-ppointed director of the Monte de
the northern side of the building. The greatest po,sible Pieta': of Paris, in the place of M. Dolmas.
exerti.ats were made, outlast great danger, to rescue the , PARIS, TUESDAY EYLNING.
holies, but it was LAW before the whole of them were I The fifty-one representatives confined in Mont
obtained, anal during the search other lives were threatened Volerien have been all liberated, excepting Generals
by the fa"
of
tit soutiwr° aids of the building. rpon 0 et tand Lahtit nand twelve members of the
being found, each in tura was carried to an adjoining u ino
stable, and laid upon straw, where they were viewed in the Mountain. I met to-day at the side-door of the
evening of the Same day by Mr. Falkner and a coroner's ministry of finance Nl.Dupin talking with smothered
lary. They were found to be—William Stinson, aged 30, I earnestness to two representatives, who had probably
bourer, of Rolkstont ; John Reynolds, 21, labourer, em- 'net touched their salary up to the Ist of December. 1
ployed in the mill; F. Lloyd, 22, butcher, of Rollestone ;
Nlayfield, aged 28, wacgoner, employed at the - ever did I see men who had just fingered their pay
mill; and James Robinson, aged 3'), foreman and engineer look so completely dejected. The ex-President of
at the mill. Robinson was the only one who was married, the Assembly, standing with his umbrella under his
!arm in the well-known thick-soled shoes upon the
and he, unfortunately, has left a wife and five small chil-
dren entirely dependent ...upon his labour for their sub- muddy pavement, , sistenee. Atter inspecting the bodies, the j was gesticulating with a sup-
ury adjourned.while he poured into despondent cars
to the Waggon and Bones public-house, mthe village. I pressed energy,
where, after a full inquiry had been instituted, a verdict of iwords which made his hearers look still graver, and
" Accidentally killed' was returned. seemed destitute of a single spark of those facetious

So with sheep. Amongst the long-woolled slum,
—which con-titutc the prevailing stork in all our
more fertile districts,—scarcely anuninialexldbite•d is
more than twenty months old, and the best Soath-
down breeders Produce their fat wethers at an
equally early age,—though there is still a class for
short-woolkd sheep of two years old, for the South-
downs have not, and probably never will, attain such
early maturity as the Cotswolds and the Leicesters.
Formerly, four and live-year-old wether mutton
formed a regular article in the• market ; now, such
thing is unheard of,—exeept in the park of some epi-
COMM landowner, who keeps his mutton, as he dues
his venison. for its Caviar, and not with a view to
any profitable use of his land. To the great mass of
eon-um:es. our modern improvements in live stock
attend a must important advantage. It is this—that
the same. laud which formerly furnished theta
with mutton once in four, and beef once in
MIX, seven, or eight years, will no•v produce
a larger weight of mutton and beef—better
in quality and nutritious power, though crh•tps
less " gamey" in flavour—in twenty months and
three years respectively! And this increased pro-
duce of meat, kt it be remembered, is not at
the expense of a diminished produce of grain,
though large quantities of grain arc applied to fad-
ing the improved stock. On the cantncry, the high-
feeding of sheep and bullocks incident to the modern
system is one of the chief causes of the greatly in-
ere.e•;d quantities of corn our soil has of late yt. trs
reduced. Thus the improvement of stock, to which
the Smithfield Club has must essentially contributA,
nut only directly serves to increase our supplies of
animal food, but tends, scarcely indirectly, to
augment our home growth of grain as well.
If the reader wishes to see what modern care
and skid applied to the breeding of sheep
has accomplished, let him look at any of the ripe
specimens of twenty months old Leicester or SJuth-
don it wethers iu Baker-street; and then let him rate
amongst the cater stock of short-woolled eheep "a
48 months old horn or Dorset ewe" front Somerset-
shire ; aud,—recollecting that all those districts of the
west of England which are occupied by Southdown
sheep were, within the memory of men now living,
entirely filled with the old \Viltshire horn chop,—he
will appreciate the merits of the indefatigable and
spirited breeders who have sattributesl to render the
Smithfield Club Fat Stock Show what it has become,
—a fair :•peeitnen, and no more tl.an a fair specimen
of the improved stock of England.

sallies that were wont to set the Assembly on a roar.
And if my information be correct, the representatives I
may well look grave, for I hear that it has been in-
timated to them from the Ministry of War that if
they meet anywhere to deliberate, they will be
seized and tried forthwith by court-martial. It is
said that many of them believe that General St. Ar-
naud would have very little compunction in order-
jog them to be shot if they were found guilty
of contravening the orders of the state of siege.
Without partaking of these extreme fears we may I
be sure that the government would have very little !
hesitation in transporting such offenders to Cayenne
or Algeria. It is already affirmed that this doom is
suspended over the heads of the prisoners still remain- d
ing in the Castle of Mare and the fort of Mont Vas j
lerien. In fact the decree in the ifoniteur is espe-
cially
levied at these prisoners, who arc thereby, if
they break their ban, subject to transportation. Any
attempt to escape would therefore subject Generals
Changarnier, Cavaignac, Lanioriciere, Oudiuot, or
Lauriston, or the Iklontagnard reprezentatives in con-
finement, to be tried instantly by. court-martial and
shipped off to the pestiferous tropical penal colony of
' Cayenne. With that singular cynicism which has
marked several of the acts of tho government since
the 2nd of December, the instrument which is forged
for decline this outrageous blow is headed by the
much maltreated trinal device of the revolution of
Fe'irliasy—" Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity."
I understand from a private source, which may be
relied on, that Louis Napoleon has sent invitations
to all the liberated representatives to attend the sit-
tings of tic consultative commission. In no single
instance have these invitations, so fur as I can learn,
been accepted.
Last night there was a grand reception at the
Eiysee. Although there had appeared no announce-
ment of this in any journal, it being the usual official
night of receptiens, those who were eager to carry
their devoti ai to the rising power poured to the pa-
lace in such crowds that it is stated that three
thousand persons at least were present; and the
dancing rooms of last winter had to he thrown
open, for the circulation of the crowd. Much
surprise has been evinced in various quarters
at the preseuce of Lord Normanby among the
other members of the diplomatic corps, as this im-
plicit recognition of an illegal and usurped power
before the ruti!ication of the acts of December 2 by
the vote of the French nation was deemed prema-
ture and impolitic. Of course the English ambas-
sador would not present himself upon such an occa-
si n without positsve instructions from his govern-
meat, which he has now the po,ver of consulting
momently by the sabnurrine telegraph. The eager-
ness of die other members of the diplomatic corps to
pay their court to the new dictator seems scarcely
more prudent, for the revival of the imperial regime
may bring about, among other contingencies, the
absorption of the provinces of tho Rhine, and
other schemes of aggrandisement which in-
variably float before the heated fancy of
Frenchmen at every new revolution. If a
military despotism arise in France, it is fine to hope
for the preservation of the small constitutional king-
doms of Belgium and I'iedmont on its frontier. It
would, therefore, have bean more politic in the re-
presentations of foreign towers to have waited for
the result of the ballot of the 20th of December.
For the rest, the reception was chiefly of a military
cast. More than 100 generals were present, with
Marshal Exeelmnns at their head. All tie: Minis-
ters were there. Lord and Lady Douglas were
present.
The correspondent of the Chruaielr is permitted to
remain, and is released from all further molestations
on the part of the police.
The :11eniteor of to-marrow or the next day is ex-
pected to contain a fresh batch of members of the
consultative commission. _

Tho folloning circular relative to the ensuing elec-
tion has been scut by the Minister of Justice to all
the juges de puix.

PRris, Dee. G, 1851.

which the men who had posseesed themselves of the public
authority caused to he stuck up. It was an appeal to arms,
and was signed H. Herniae, provisional sub-prefect; J.
B. Lamy, provisional mayor ; and Dorrival, provisional
commander of the republican guard. The mail from Paris
had to go across the plain to reach the town, but the
letter-bags were seized by the insurgents. By order of
the provisional sub-pretest, two young men went to
the houses of different persons, and took away
their arms. The Hotel do Ville and the sub-pre-
fecture were occupied by the insurgents. As time wore
on, however, then_ men began to feel afraid as to
the consequences of their acts ma when in the evening
they learned that some bands which they had sent against
Loossle-Saulnier had been dispersed—aloe, that strong
bodies of troops were marching against them, end that
Arbois, Salim , and the greater parent' the drpakinent
rc-
inained tranquil—they lost all courage. They accordingly
released all the pris,:tom, removed the. barricades relieved
the streets, and too:: to flight. Shorty after tho Woos,
headed by the pref.et, arrived by forced marches in the
town, where some arrests were effected. Tho prefect after-
wards visited Arbois au.l Saline, and returned to Lont-le-
Saulnier. Subsequent accounts state that new and more
ecrimis disturbances hid brole,n oat at Poligny.
At Nervy, near Nevers, soma disturbanc-s broke not,
but they were promptly repressed. Three rioters who had
I been taken with arms in trair hands had been shot.
DIJON accounts state that the °assassin of H. Maroc-
Mongc is known, but he has taken to flight. Ile is one of
the leaders of the demagogical party, and another of the
chiefs, who has been arrested, is accused of being an accom-
plice with him.
At Cntustoarr-FEnaann, on the sth, a crowd, to the
number of from 150 to 200, many of them strangers to tho
place, ass. tabled opposite the Post-tiller, awaitiug the mail
from Pari,s. Ou its arrival the crowd attempted to take
possession of the letter-bags, but were prevented by the
soldiers stationed to preserve order. In a short time after
the town was perfectly tranquil. On the 51:i the workmen
at the tannery of La Saxe. near Lo Mans, to the number of
from 300 to 340, invaded the mairic of the commune, where
they took possession of the arms, and afterwards preceeded
to the gendarmery barracks, where they took five of the
gendarm:, prisouctsi. Out hearing of this the socialists of
Le Mans prepared to unite with them. Considerable agita•
lion prevailed. and it was said that an attult was to bo
made on the Hotel do Vide. The me our. adopted by the
civil and military authorities were however 50 prompt that
no attempt was made, and the croieds whit !I had Lissom:ilea
dispersed on the appearance of the patrols, which were or-
dered to clear the streets. An armed force bad beta sent
to La Sure, where: the insurgents 113.1 erected barricades,
but little doubt existed that they would soon be dimersixl.
Tho latest news from Strasbourg report the agita-
tioa to be over. The cavalry made two charges in
the I'lace d'Austerlit::, and two barristers, MM.
Bever and Catoire, were arrested. After this all
was quiet.
Nineteen persons have been arrested iu the Jura,
including M. Borbier, the editor of the Tranfne de
(Rot, which journal has been suspended.
In the Ain, near Villars, a conflict has taken place
between a squadron of Genera! Castellaue's dragoons
and a large body of insurgents, in which the lath/
were routed and 4 prironers taken. In a similar
affair at llaye-lc-Chatel, 5 prisoners were made.
The refugees in Switzerland have not succeeded
in crossing the frontier into France.
From the South the latest news is more serious.

Monster Ic Jam: do Pais,—By a circular of the 2nd of
this month, your attention wits called to the duties imposed
upon you by the decree of the same date, relative to the
mode of voting in the " plebiscite " submitted to the nation
by the Pnsident of the Itopeblic.
In order to dispel all doubt as to the free and independent
expression of the popular will, a new decree of the 4th ol
this month re-established secret voting. Notwithstanding
Ithis clianve in the mode of voting toe duties imposed upon
you by the decree of Ike. 2 remain intact. Thus yen
will visit every commune in your canto', to watch over and,
ensurer the preparation or completion of the electoral lists.
In ease of refusal, abstention or absence on tic part of the
mayors, you will delegate the duty of receiving the votes
either to a member of the municipal council, or to ono of
the notables of your district. And in case of any objection
on the part of citizens, you take every care that th::
formalities establi-lo il by Arts. 7,8, 9, and 10 of the law of
Much 15, 1819, are fulfilled with all despatch, and 'so far
as possible before the vote. The Mini ter of the Interior
will teen smit direct, both to you and to the mayors, the
new instructions rendered ni :emery by the change in the
mode of voting. I request you to contOrm exactly to tisuse
instructions so far as you are concerned, and I have to re-
peat my recommendation that you should personally fulfil
the important mission coniided to you, unless you be abso-
lutely prevented from doing so.
foe will be good enough to acknowledge the receipt of
this circular to the procureur-general.
The is of the Beals, Minister of Justice,
E. Reim Ea.
M. Thiers was so ill while in prison that the go-
vernment were only too glad to set him free, lest
they might be suspected of foul play. should ho
have died. General Cavaignae is not yet mended;
he is only allowed to correspond with his bride elect
through the prefect of police.
Every post from the Nievre, the Jura, 'lC:lnuit,
and other departments where disturbances have
broken out, and the red republicans have got the
upper hand, brings the most horrible accounts of ra-
pine, murder, and violence exercised on women and
children. Several priests have been murdered.
The Patric soya:
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Commercial letters received yesterday and to-day all
agree in stating that tranquillity generally prevails in the
departments. fha agitation which had been Nhible in
some manufacturing towns, under the influence of well-
known agitators, is completely calmed. The manufacturers
and dealers loudly applaud the measure. which Juice been
just adopted by the President, and regard them a, the in-
fallible signal fur a resumption of business.
The government continues to publish good ac-
counts from the great majority of the departments.
The (Wise/tot/mid, however. gives the following
further particulars from the disturbed districts :

At Bezier, a large armed band surrounded the
mayoralty. A volley wa3 fired at them, which :silted
8 and wounded several. They then fled, but shortly
afterwards returned with reinforcements and fell upon
two gentlemen, M. Bernard and Wernher, whorl they
killed, and mutilated with hatchets. They were
afterwards driven out of the town by the troops.
At Cuspestang scenes nearly similar are said to
have occurred. _ . .

At Mayannes, Castelsirrasia, and Maissae. there
har born risings, but, so tar as is yet known, a ithout
resulting in bloodshed. .1 large number of prisoners
have ken made, who are forthwith to be tried a
Toulouse.

At Montpelier, General &tatolan has taken 174
prisoners.
Telegraphic despatches state that there have been
disturbances at Bayonne, Mulhouse, and in the
Tarn-et-Garonne, Nit that the authorities are every-
where victorious. _ _

The Prefect of the Haute Marne has ordered that
any officer or soldier of the national gutrd who may
put on his uniform without having been legally con-
voked, shall be arrested.
The C'onstitutim:»el says:—" The Custom-house
was yesterday filled with packages for exportation,
and there was great activity in the commercial quar-
ters. Diving the day
.a considerable number of
foreigners arrived in Paris."
The banquet and ball, which was to have been
given to-morrow (the 10th of December), at the Hotel
do Vile, is not to take place.
Yesterday the mayors of Paris and the baulieue
met at the 116te1 dC Ville, to adopt the necessary
measures for the preparation of the lists for the elec-
tion on the 20th and 21st itzt.

Immediately after the nomination of the new pre-
fect of the Gironde, M. Ilaussmann, nearly all the
public functionaries of Bordeaux waited ou him, and
gave their adhesion to the government of Louis Na-
poleon.
The following is the latter in which M. de Goulard
notified to the President his refusal to become a
member of the " consultative commission.'
Paris, Dec. 4.
Monsieur le President —At the same instant that I left
the prison of Maras, 1 learned that my name figures upon
the list called by you to form a consultative commission. I
have the honour to inform you that I positively refuse the
mission you would confide to me. Honour and my (*a-
m:kJ:co forbid me to accept it.
Agrees, Mona. le President
Dt Goer-tan.

In the night of the sth a band of several hundred irsur-
gents, armed with muskets, scythes, and clubs, penetrated
into the town or Clamecy ; the national guard were taken
by surprise, but nevertheless assembled, and, united to the
gendarmery, opposed a vigorous resistance. Their effints
were vain, as they were numeric.illy too weak to drive
back the insurgents, who became complete masters of
tt,e town, and barricaded every str,et, so that no
oac could either enter or leave it. Some of thorn sounded
the tocsin in order to raise the country, while others went
to the sub-preheture, which was pillaged and devastated.
All the houses in the town were sacked, women were as-
saulted, and a number of the inhabitants assassinated. On
receiving intelligence of these events, the prefect of the
department and General l'ellion proceeded to the spot;
they had with them a sufficient force to keep the insurgents
in awe, but unfortunately not enough to make an immedi-
ate attack on the town. They were compelled to send for
reinforcements to the neighbouring garri-ens. The authori-
ties and the troops took a position on the heights which
command the town, where they
,waited until they were pre-
pared to make an assault on it. ' A telegraphic account,
since received by the government, gives the following par-
ticulars : " The pracureur of the republic, the commissary
of police, and the agent for the trade in woods, concealed
themselves under the roof of a high house covered over
with blankets. They remained there more than treaty-
four hours, when a little bread was brought to them by
some friends. The insurgents several times visited the
house in search of them, but without success. Tho red flag
was hoisted, and cries of ' Five llarbes ! A la guillotine les
aristos ! dm., were uttered. One of the first acts of the
insurgents had been to set at liberty all the criminals con-
fined in the prison. During the tidy, the insurgents shin-
I (toned the devastated town, and took to flight. All the
' authorities have returned and presented themselves to the
prefect, with the exception of the mayor, w ho has fled with
the insurgents."
WAt POLIGNT, department of the Jura, on receipt of the
news from Paris the chiefs of the secret societies agembled
in committee on the 4th, and resolved to make an appeal to
their adherents in the neighbourhood. Accordingly in the
evening, groups collected in the streets, and indulged in
violent language. The sub-prefect, not having an armed
force capable of resistance at his orders, convoked some
friends to defend his authority. At midnight the socialist
contingents of the neighbouring villages arrived in arms,
end at a given signal all the bells sounded the tocsin. An
I armed band invaded the sub-prefecture, and having
seized M. Chevasseu (formerly a representative) sub-
prefect, M. Gamer, receiver of taxes, and his son,
31. Osgnin, lieutenant in an infantry regiment, on
! leave of absence, lodged them in the gaol. M. Ou-
Wier, who exercises the functions of mayor, at-
tempted to oppose these arrest*, but his authority was dis-
regarded, and he was also placed in prison. During the
whole of the night the tocsin was sounded at intervals,
and drums beat the rappel : barricades also were thrown
up. Iu all the neighbouring villages, too, the tocsin was
I rung. The next morning was rather mom quiet ; but
groups assembled in the streets to read the proclamation