The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

Ist. The National Ass
is re-established.

2nd. The law of tl
3rd. The French people

from the 14thrto the 21st December,

4th. The state of siege is decreed in the

tary division

sth. The Council of State is dissolved.
6th. The Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution
of this decree. Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

In addition to this decree, proclamations were issued 'Jy
the President to the nation and the army, which we
subjoin

APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
Frenchmen,—The present situation cannot last much longer.
Each day the situation of the country becomes worse. The
Assembly, which ought to be the firmest supporter of order,
has become a theatre of plots. The patriotism of 300 of its
members could not arrest its fatal tendencies. In place of
making laws for the general interests of the people, it was forging
arms for civil war. It attacked the power t hold directly from
the people; it encouraged every evil passion; it endangered
the repose of France. I have dissolved it, and I make the
whole people judge between me and it. The constitution, as
you know. had been made with the object of weakening before-
hand the powers you intrusted to me. Six millions of votes
were a striking r rotest against it, and yet I have faithfully ob-
served it. Provoca ions, calumnies, outrages, found me pas-
sive. But now that the fundamental part is no longer respected
by those who incessantly invoke it, and the men who have al-
ready destroyed two monarchies wish to tie up my hands in
order to overthrow the Republic- my duty is to baffle their per-
fidious projects, to maintain the Republic, and to save the
country by appealing to the solemn judgments of the only
Sovereign I recognise in France—the people.
I, then, make a loyal appeal to the entire nation; and I say
to you, if you wish to continue this state of disquietude Ind
malaise that degrades you and endangers the future, choose
another person in my place, for I no longer wish for a place
which is powerless for pod, but which makes me responsible
for acts that I cannot hinder, and chains me to the helm when

I see the vessel rushin,,, into the abyss. If, on the contrary,
you have still confidence in me, give me the means of accom-
plishing the grand mission I hold from you. That mission
consists in closing the era of revolution, in satisfying the legi-
timate wants of the people, and in protecting, them against
subversive passions. It consists especially to create institutions
which survive men, and which are the foundation on which
something durable is based. Persuaded that the instability of
power, that the preponderance of a single Assembly, are the
permanent causes of trouble and discord, I submit to your suf-
frages the fundamental basis of a constitution which the assem-
blies will develope hereafter.

1. A responsible chief named for 10 years.
2. The Ministers dependent on the Pixecutive alone.
3. A Council of State formed of the most distinznished men,
reparing the laws and maintaining the discussion before the

legislative corps,
4. A legislative corps, discussing and voting the laws, named
by universal suffrage, without the serutin de liste which talsi-

Ices the election

Al,. GOCS.,•kr.•
5. A second Assembly formed of all the illustrious persons of
the nation ' • a preponderating power, guardian of the funda-
mental pact and of public liberty.
This system, created by the First Consul in the beginning of
the present century, has already given to France repose and
Drosnerity. It guarantees them still. Such is my profound

conviction. If you partake it, declare so by your suffrages. it,
on the contrary, you prefer a government without force, mo-
narchial or republican, borrowed from some chimerical future,
reply in the negative. Thus, then, for the first time since 1804.
you will vote with complete knowledge of the fact, and know-
ing for whom and for what you vote.
If I do not obtain the majority of the votes I shall summon
a new Assembly, and lay down before it the mission I have re-
ceived from you. But if you believe that the cause of which

my name is the symbol. that is, France regenerated by the re-
volution of 'B9, and organised by the Emperor, is still yours ;
proclaim it to be so by ratifying the powers I demand of you.
Then France and Europe will be preserved from anarchy, ob-
stacles will be removed, rivalries will have disappeared, for all
will respect, in the will of the people, the decree of Providence.
Done at the Palace of the Elysee this 2d of December.

- -
Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC TO THE ARMY.
Soldiers!—Be proud of your mission • you will save the
country. I rely upon you, not to violate mission;
laws, but to coin-
'nand respect for the first law of the country—national
sovereignty—of which lam the legitimate representative.
You long suffered, like me, from the obstacles that prevented
me doing all the good I intended, and opposed the demonstra-
tions of your sympathy in my favour. Those obstacles are
removed. The Assembly sought to impair the authority which
I derive from the entire nation ; it has ceased to exist.
I make a loyal appeal to the people and the army, and I tell
them—Either give me the means of insuring your prosperity,
or choose another in my place.
In 1830, as well as in 1848, you were treated as a vanquished
army. After having branded your heroical disinterestedness,
they disdained to consult your sympathies and wishes, and,
nevertheless, you are the elite of the nation. To-day, at this
solemn moment, I wish the voice of the army to be heard.
Vote, then, freely as citizens; but, as soldiers, do not forget
that passive obedience to the orders of the chief of the govern-
ment is the rigorous duty of the army, from the general down
to the soldier. It is for me, who am responsible for my ac-
tions before the people and posterity, to adopt the measures
most conducive to the public welfare.
As for you, maintain entire the rules of discipline and honor.
By your imposing attitude assist the country in manifesting
its will with calmness and reflection. Be ready to repress all
attempts against the free exercise of the sovereignty of the
people.
Soldiers, I do not speak to you of the recollections attached
to my name. They are engraved on your hearts. We are
united by indissoluble ties. Your history is mine. There is
between us in the past a community of glory and misfortunes.
There shall be in the future a community of sentiments and
resolutions for the repose and grandeur of France.
_ _ (Signed) Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

Palaciorthe Ely see, Dec. 2

The Prefect of Police addressed a proclamation to the
inhabitants of Paris, stating that the President, " by a
courageous initiative, had baffled the machinations of
parties," and submitted his conduct to the people, calling
upon thorn to make " Order" their watchword, and de-
claring his intention to put down any attempts at dis-
turbance.

At about eleven o'clock an attempt was made by about
forty members of the Assembly to force their way to the
Letislative Palace, but they were all turned back. The
Tuileries Gardens were closed, and a report was current
in the crowd that, in the course of the day, the President
of the Republic would take up his residence in the palace
of the Tuileries.

Several important political arrests were made at a very
early hour in the morning, amongst whom the following
are mentioned :--M. Dupin, the President of the National
Assembly ; Bedeau, one of the Vice-Presidents ; Generals
Cavaignac, Changarnier, and Lamorciere; Gen. Perrot,
ex-Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards, and
Gen. Foltz, ex-Chief of the Staff; Col. Charms, M. de
la Rochejaquelin, M. Roger du Nord, Nadaud, Michel
de Bourges. and M. Greppo and other members of the
mountain. It is rumoured that General Cavaignac made
great resistance, but was overpowered. Orders were, it
is said, given to arrest M. Thiers, but he did not sleep at
home.

The President of the Republic, attended by a brilliant
staff, left the Elysee at about half-past ten o'clock in the
morning, and went along the Quais. Ile was saluted with
loud cries of " Five la Republique ! Five Napoleon !"
The number of representatives who presented them-
selves at the gates of the Legislative Palace was about 200.
After being refused admission. on the ground that the
Assembly no longer existed, having been dissolved by the
President, they proceeded, by invitation, to the Mairie of
the Tenth Arrondissement. M. Daru, one of the Vice-
Presidents, took the chair. After a deliberation. con-
ducted in due form, and at which the short-hand writers
of the Moniteur were present, the conduct of Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared to be illegal, and con-
trary in every respect to the Constitution. In conse-
quence, they affirmed him to have forfeited all claim to
the high dignity of President of the Republic, and passed
a decree pronouncing his decheance, in conformity with
Art. 68 of the Constitution. Another decree freed the
officers of the army and navy, and the public function-
aries, from their oath of obedience to Louis Napoleon.
The High Court of Justice was convoked to judge the
President and his Ministers. This decree was signed by
all the members present, with M. Daru's name at the
head. After these proceedings, a body of Chasseurs sur-
rounded the building. M. Berryer addressed the crowd
from the windows, announcing the measures the repre-
sentatives had taken, but he was coldly received. The
meeting was dispersed. M. Daru was arrested at once,
and M. Cremieux afterwards in the street.
The President wrote an affectionate letter to M. de
Thorigny, and also to the ministers, declaring that his
mind was made up—that he could not allow himself to be
sacrificed by his enemies, who were conspiring at that
moment; lint that, as he was unwilling to compromise
them in any way by implicating them in his acts, he thought
it better they should resign. It is unnecessary to say the
request was complied with at once.
The new ministry appointed is composed of M. de
Morny, Interior ; M. Theodore Ducos, Marine • Fould,
Finance ; Rouher, Justice ; Magne, Public Works ; M.
Lefevre Durnfle, Commerce ; St. Arnaud, War ; Fortoul,
Public Instruction ; Turgot,
Foreign Affairs. MM. Ba-
roche, Drouyn de L'Huys, Admiral Cecille, MM. Mon-
talembert, Lucien Murat, and 73 other distinguished
members of the National Assembly, form the new Council
of State.
The Minister at War addressed a circular to the Gene-
rals of the Army and Chiefs of Corps.
The soldiers are to vote for the election of a President
within 48 hours from the receipt of the circular. ‘• Yes"
or " No" simply is to be replied to the following propo.

sition

• The French people wishes the maintenance of the autho•
rity of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and entrusts him with tin
powers necessary to fran;,!' a Constitution on the bssis men.

WEDNESDAY'.
BARRICADES AND LOSS OF LIFE

Things went on smoothly enough for Louis Nat...
until about ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, at whicu

hour a representative of the people, M. Baudin, a mem-
ber of the Mountain, suddenly appeared on horseback in
the Rue St. Antoine. He wore a travelling cap, and cer-
ried a naked sword in his hand. He was followed by six
other representatives, and they all wore their insignia of
representatives. The hour he appeared was that at which
the workmen of the Faubourg leave their workshops to go
to breakfast. M. Baudin's appearance attracted a great
many groups, whom he harangued, and summoned to
take up arms for the delivery of such of the representa-
tives arrested who were in the prison of Mazas, which is
in the neighbourhood. He was aided in his efforts by his
colleagues, and soon the cry of " Aux arnies I" was
heard. A great deal of agitation was the cons, quence;
and many of the workmen ran about to look for arms.
Their first attempt was made against the guard-house of
Montreuil, which they surrounded, and soon succeeded in
disarming the few soldiers that were there, overpowered
as they were by numbers, and at a distance from all aid.
Others of the insurgents set about making barricades, and
succeeded in making two, which, however, were very fra-
gile, being composed only of an omnibus, a dune-cart,
and a cabriolet. The moment these indications of hosti-

litv were of

ved, expresses were despatched for aid, and
in a very short time the insurgents were caught between
two detachments of the troops—one from Vincennes,
headed by General Maralay, and the other from an oppo-
site direction, under the orders of General Courtiges.
The troops had received orders not to fire unless they were
attacked. They advanced les armes au bras up to the
face of the barricade, when they were fired at. One sol-
dier was killed, and one or two wounded. The
troops immediately returned the fire ; M. Baudin, the
representative, was killed on the spot, and, it is said, six
or seven of the other insurgents wounded. A woman
who happened to he passing near the place was mortally
wounded. The insurgents, who were not in very large
numbers, fled in all directions. The barricade, such as it
was, was taken, and the soldiers advanced to the second,

which they as quickly took and removed. Detachments
continued to arrive, and soon the whole of the Rue St.
Antoine was occupied by the troops.
The whole operation of taking the barricades, which
were at the corner of the Rue St. Marguerite, did not oc-
cupy more than seven minutes.

In the removal of the barricade of the Rue Rambuteau
on Wednesday night, some insurgents were killed, and
three soldiers killed and wounded. A group of about 200
men continued shouting and singing on the Boulevard des
Italiens, until half-past 11 o'clock. They were particu-
larly noisy as each detachment of troops or regiments
detachments moved along the Boule-
ts during the greater part of

passed. St

ardsand the adjace

the night.

THURSDAY

zhting re-commenced at an early hour on Thurs.
Among the excitements to disorder on
ght was a procession carrying the body of a

Wednesday

representativ

either Baudin or Madier de Montan, upon
a litter through the streets. The procession came down
the Boulevards and then turned down a bye street. They
were charged by a body of troops, and two of the men
carrying the corpse were killed. An attempt was also
made to pillage the shop of Lepage, the armourer, of the
Rue IV' '• -0. lit. Sew " I,arri." Qwere

_tinelieu, during Lne nigh _ral In —we .ve.
erected before day-break. They were destroyed by the
troops in the morning. The accounts of loss of life vary ;
about twenty of the insurgents were either killed or
wounded, and some made prisoners. Only one soldier
was killed and a few wounded, during these morning in-
surrections, which were suppressed by eight o'clock. Some
thirty of the old leaders were arrested.
About twelve o'clock the insurrection broke out in ear-
Fresh barricades were constructed in the Rue St
-d near the Porte St. Denis. A re,-

resentative
appeared on this barricade, and read the placard signed
by Victor Hugo. When he had finished the people gave
a tremendous shout of Vice la Republique ! A similar
barricade was erected opposite to the Porte St. Martin,
and others at the mouths of the streets westward, to pre-
vent the soldiers from circumventing the insurgents. All
the houses in the neighbourhood of the barricades were
occupied by insurgents.
At the corner of the Rue de la Grange Bateliere there
was a large barricade, and shots were fired on the troops
from Tortoni's coffee-house. Several people were killed
in the Rue no Grammont. M. Sallandrouze's

carpet
manufactory was riddled by cannon, and it is said that
thirty people who were in it were killed.
At about half-past one o'clock an enormous body of
about 50,000 troops moving along the Boulevards was
fired on from some neighbouring passages and houses.
The fire was instantly returned, and again answered by
the insurgents, and a combat ensued which lasted briskly
for upwards of half an hour. Cannon shots and musketry
were at the same time firing further down the Boulevards.
At half-past four o'elock, p.m., the fire, which had been
kept up briskly for the last two hours, had nearly ceased,
at least in the neighbourhood of the Boulevard des Pa-
liens; 'but regiments of Lancers were still stationed in
the neighbourhood, with their carbines loaded.
Shots were fired from the Cafe Anglais, opposite the
rue Lafitte, where some of the insurgents were concealed ;
they were at once replied to, and the firing kept up for
some minutes. There was fighting, also, in the Rue Ri-
chelieu. All the houses from the Rue Montmartre to the
Porte St. Denis, and beyond, have their windows com-
pletely smashed. Many are shattered by cannon.

The insurgents made lodgments in some of the houses
on the Boulevard des Italiens. A house at the corner
of the Rue Louis-le-Grand, close to the Ru• de la
Paix, and opposite the Rue de la Chaussee d' Antin,
was entered by the insurgents, who fired from the win-
dows on the troops; so that on this point there took
place a regular engagement between the besieging soldiers
and the insurgents, which ended of course in the former
entering the house and making prisoners. A similar
event took place higher up, at the corner of the Rue
Grange Belvidere, opposite_the Rue Richelieu._ _ _

The Daily News publishes a letter from Paris dated
Friday morning, which gives an interesting account of
the progress of the insurrection. We subjoin some ex-
tracts from it :
" Between the Porte St. Denis and Rue St. Montmartre
the Boulevard was one wreck and waste, not a soul to be
seen anywhere, the windows all smashed, and the pave-
ment glittering with glass. The cannon had done their
work of destruction on several houses. Ido not suppose
that many persons could have been killed, for I saw
neither any dead body nor any trace of blood. There
was a barricade in the Rue Montmartre.

" Hearing at noon that barricades were forming on the
Boulevard, opposite the Porte St. Denis, I walked up in
the direction, and penetrated as far as the spot. The
barricade was already half formed. The pavement was
torn up in every direction. The people at work were few
in comparison with the immense concourse of people
looking on. There were not more than ten blouses
among them. The rest were all in coats, and looked of
the class of clerks and shopmen, with some one or two of
a more determined and intelligent aspect directing. In
all there were not two hundred at work. Some of these
were tearing up the iron railings near the Porte St. Denis.
Others were upsetting a diligence, which they filled with
paving stones. All carts and carriages of every descrip-
tion were seized, and went to the completion of this ugly
structure. I was surprised to see no people with arms.
The people had broken into the Court of the Alessageries,
near at hand, and wheeled out a succession of diligences,
which they upset to form the staple of the defensive
work. The fighting men were ready to grasp at any
and the iron railings seemed destined to be used

weapon,

as pikes.
" A similar barricade was erected opposite the Port St.
Martin, and others at the mouths of the streets westward,
to prevent the soldiers from circumventing the insurgents.
All the houses in the neighbourhood of the barricades
were occupied by insurgents. All the Persian blinds of
the houses on the Boulevard des Italiens as far as the eye
could reach, were closed, and, it presently appeared, not
without reason. Still fresh columns of infantry rolled
from the direction of the Madeleine ; and last came the
artillery. When the General and his staff reached the
Chaussee d'Antin, the mouth of which, as well as of all
other streets opening on the Boulevards, were occupied by
picquets of lancers, a halt was made. The cavalry wheeled
halfround, and drew up in a line along the pavement, while
the column of infantry passed through them and marched
up the cleared boulevard. Meantime a battalion of brisk-
looking little fellows, in dark suits, who were in fact
the famous sharpshooters of Vincennes, marched behind,
and dovetailed theirlinesalternately with those of the regt.
of infantry. The spectaclewas extremely grand. As faras
the eye could reach on either hand stretched this imposing
column ; and stilt when they moved forward fresh bayonets
poured from the west behind. The column formed in
order of battle, marched on up the hill, while the Chas-
seurs de Vincennes ran forward at the pas de charge.
The crowd, which closed in after them, could get no fur-
ther than the Chausee d'Antin, from whence they gazed
anxiously after the troops, their sympathies being evi-
dently with the insurgents. Whenever a solitary orderly
galloped down he was hooted. But wherever a picquet of
lancers was stationed these demonstrations were very soon
coerced by a charge, which set the whole band of specta-
tors running down the street, and taking refuge where
they could."
The greatest loss on the part of the " insurgents" on
Thursday was on the Boulevard Poissoniere, the Rue
Montorgueil, Rue Montmartre, Rue Transnonain, Rue
St. Mery, and the Porte St. Denis.
Thirty-five bodies were found in one heap on Friday
morning in the first-named street, in addition to those
that had been removed.

Several prisoners taken with arms in their hands have

been shot

Emissaries, said to come from London and Switzerland,
have been arrested.

The night of Thursday was perfectly tranquil. The
troops left the Boulevards at 7 o'clock for their barracks.
The heavy cavalry from Versailles bivouacked in the
Champs Elysees.
By the last accounts the number of killed on Thursday
is stated at 300.

The state prisoners have been transmitted to Tram, the
President's old abode in Normandy. M. Odilon Barrot,
who solicited an arrest on Tuesday, has been indulged :
he, M. Tocqueville, and others, have been added to the
number of the captives. M. de Broglie, M. Keratry, and
M. Daru are also under restraint, but permitted to remain
in their own houses. The proclamation summoning the
people to a revision or reconstruction of the constitution,
was generally posted up. The following extracts explain
its tenour

" Art. 1. The French people are solemnly convoked in their
respective districts for the 14th of this present month of De-
cember, to accept or reject the following plebisciste
_::`:l'..pe,yrensh people wills the maintenance of -

he authority

vapoieon Bonaparte, and delegates to him the powers
necessary to frame a constitution on the basis proposed in his
proclamation Df the 2nd of December.'
" Art. 2. All Frenchmen, aged 21, and enjoying their civil
and political rights, are called capon to vote. They must justify
Vior being inscribed on the electoral lists, in conformity with

the law of the 15th of March, 1849, or having fulfilled the con-
ditions required by the said law since the formation of the
lists."

FRIDAY.
The information received as to the state of affairs in
Paris, on Friday, was that the government had issued
placards announcing to the inhabitants that the insurrec-
tion wai snpressed ; and that the news from Lyons and
the provinces was perfectly satisfactory.
The Pfrsident had issued a decree restoring the vote by
ballot, which he had abolished on the 2d of Decembtr.
The most important streets were occupied by the troops,
Great agitation still reigned, but there was no firing.
The Government warned the public not to believe in
the thousand false rumours that are flying about.
The account up to eight o'clock on Friday evening was
that the insurrection was completely subdued. The
mode of voting of universal suffrage by secret ballot had
been favourably received.