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

THURSDAY EVENING,

the act of erecting or defending a barricade or
bearing arms shall suffer according to the most
rigorous laws of war."

Another decree of the Prefect of Police
prohibits the assembling of groups. All seditious
cries, all placards of political import, &c.,: are also
forbidden.

The groups are to be dispersed by the armed force,
and without previous notice.

The circulation of public vehicles is likewise pro-
hibited, as well as of waggons loaded with provisions
and materials.

M. Baroche has accepted the Presidency of the
new Council of State.

The news received from the departments is satis-
factory. At Orleans the demagogical party assem-
bled to invade the Town-hall ; they have been
energetically repulsed by the National Guard and
the troops. Forty-five of the principal promoters
have been arrested, and amongst others the represen-
tatives, Martin, Michaut Tavernier, and Pereira.
Paris is perfectly quiet.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROGRESS of the COUP D'ETAT.
The only Paris journals published yesterday were
the Journal des Debats, the Constitutionnel, the Pa-
tric, the Univers, and the Assembles. The latter
journal is permitted to appear out of compliment to
M. Guizot, who has recently shown himself favour-
ably disposed towards the PRESIDENT. The Journal
des Debuts merely publishes the official proclamations
of the PRESIDENT without comment. It has no leading
article. In the Debats we find the following letter
from M. MOLE :

" Paris, Dec. 2, 1851.
" Monsieur—Permit me to ask you to insert this
letter, which I send at the same time to the Moniteur.
After having been this morning expelled from the resi-
dence of M. Darn, Vice-President of the National As-
sembly, with all the rest of my colleagues who had as-
sembled there, to protest against violence and oppres-
sion, I vainly attempted to join the members of the As-
sembly who had met at the 10th Arrondissement. Nu-
merous troops prevented me, as well as several other
representatives, from reaching the door of the Mairie.
I now have recourse to your columns to declare that I
join fully in the conduct and acts of my colleagues as-
sembled at the Mairie of the 10th Arrondissement, and
that if it had depended on me, I should have shared their
fate.—Receive. Monsieur, &c., " MoLE."
The Constitutionnel states that the most satisfactory
intelligence had been received from the various pre-
fects as. to the state of the departments. The same
journal defends the conduct of the PRESIDENT, in
making a coup d'etat. It says—
" It is unnecessary for us to say that. the proclamations
and documents which appeared in yam yesterday morn-
ing produced an immense sensation. The news, as is
usual in all great events, spread with the rapidity of
lightning. There was emotion on every side, and asto-
nishment nowhere. There was emotion, because the
act was an important 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 as could only be remedied by extraordinary mea-
sures. 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 votes to Vincennes. If the plan had succeeded the As
sembly would have prolonged its powers, and would have
taken no other judge besides itself between it and the Presi-
dent of the Republic. The President of the Republic only
prevented the imminent aggression with which he was
threatened, and instead of proceeding, as the Assembly
restricted, and re-estab
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would have done, that is to say, in constituting himself
judge andunv
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aegbee:lishhe facilitated abolished,
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 Assembly 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 prolonged, with wanting
sanction. This act of strict impartiality has been under-
stood by the population of Paris, as it will bo through-
out the whole of France. Paris, although agitated, has
not witnessed any the slightest disorder on any point.
The people comment on the proclamations and the de-
crees with manifest sympathy. The shops everywhere
remained open; and Louie Napoleon, who went through
several quarters of Paris, was saluted with numerous
acclamations. This day, which will be remarkable in
history, will have for effect to prevent all the misfor-
tunes which were expected in 1852."
The Patrie says--" We are informed that about
200 representatives have already sent their adherence
to the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and a great num-
ber are expected in the evening. Amongst those
who have presented themselves at the Elysee are spe-
cially cited MM. de Beaumont (Somme), de Rance,
F. Barrot, Lucien Murat, General Vast Vimeux, A.
Bonaparte, P. Bonaparte, General de Grammon t,
General d'Hautpoul, Berger, Gavini, Colonel La-
borde, Rittaille, De la Moskowa, Baraguay-dThl-
Hers, Godelle, Echasseriaux, Dc Casabianca, Fortoul,
Dariste, Mitnerel, Fould, Berard, Vaisse, Dumas,
De Greslan, A. Giraud, Leverrier, Viellard, Segur-
d'Aguesseau, de Salis, A bbatucci, sen., Abbatucci,
jun., &c.
We read in the same journal—" The members of
the Parliamentary Club, in the Rue de l'Univer-
site, assembled yesterday morning in their ordinary
place of meeting. Two or three companies of troops
of the line soon arrived to disperse thesn. The
commander of the troops announced to the members
of the meeting that he 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. DI. DE
FALLOUX, who formed part of the meeting, endea-
voured to sound the dispositions of the troops, and,
addressing the soldiers, said—' Ido 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 en-
deavour to resi▪
st. We should act with the greatest
respect, but we should do our duty.' On receiving
this perempt.ory__reply, the representatives retired in
great agitation.
The followi▪
ng circular of the Minister of War
has been sent to all the generals and chiefs of
corps:—
" General—l transmit to you the proclamations of the
President of the Republic addressed to the French peo-
ple and to the army: You will cause them to be imme-
diately posted up in the barracks, and you will give
orders to each commanding officer to have them read
aloud at the head of each company. I likewise transmit
to you the decree of this day, in virtue of which the
army is called on to express its will in forty-eight hours
after the reception of the present manifestoes. You
will consequently without delay have registers prepared
in the various corps according to the accompanying
models, and you will invite the officers, non-commis-
sioned officers, and soldiers to mark their votes down
in them, or get marked down, with the least possible
delay. As soon as the votes of the corps under your
orders shall have been collected, you will forward the
same to me with statements connected with the same,
certified by the different chiefs of corps or detachments
and by yourself, setting forth the whole number of
votes of acceptance or of rejection. The President
reckons on the support of the nation and of the army;
and in what regards the division which you command,
on the energy of your demeanour, and on the prompt
and severe repression of the slightest attempt at dis-
order.—Accept, &c.,
"DE ST. ARNAUD, General of Division."
Accompanying the above circular are the following
models of acceptance or rejection :
" Acceptance—ln virtue of the order of the
the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers,
whose names are affixed, have replied ' affirmatively' to
the resolution presented to it in the following terms:—
The French people desires the maintenance of the au-
thority of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and delegates to
him the powers necessary to make a constitution on the
bases set forth in his proclamation of the ---.' "
"Rejection—ln virtue of the order, Scc.". [The rest
being precisely the same as the preceding, with the single
exception of the word "negatively," substituted for "af-
firmatively.']
The Minister of the Interior has sent the following
circular to all the prefects, accompanied by five copies
of the proclamations published yesterday morning :
" Monsieur le Pricet,—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.

"Oa the receipt of the present, you will cause the
proclamations of the President of the Republic to be af-
fixed in all the communes, and you will send to the
mayors and juges de prix the circulars which I address
to you, with the models of the register of votes.

"You will see to the strict execution of the measure
prescribed by these circulars. You will immediately re-
place the judges de paix, the mayors, and other func-
tionaries whose co-operation may not be assured to you.
With this object, you will demand from all public func-
tionaries to give you in writing their adhesion to the
great measures which the Government has just adopted.
"You will immediately cause to be arrested every in-
dividual who may attempt to disturb tranquillity, and
you will cause to be suspended every journal whose po-
lemics may place it in danger.
" I count, Monsieur le Pt oftfet, on your devotedness and
your zeal to take all the precautions necessary for the
maintenance of public order; and you will come to an
understanding on this subject both with the general
commanding the department and with the judicial au-
thorities.
" You will acknowledge by telegraph the receipt of
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