Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-27
FOREIGN.
PIE LATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, DEcEMRER 3, 1851.

PARIS, DECEMBER 3, 1851.
Paris is under martial law once more M. Bona
PARTE has effected the military coup 6etat so loni
threatened, so much talked Of, so often announced
as imminent The Republic no more exists even IL
name. A Dictator lords it over France. Its Sove
reign Legislature has been arbitrarily dissolved
Two hundred and fifty of its principal members have
been arbitrarily arrested and are now in prison nj
Thiers, M Berger, Michel, ode Bourges) M
Baze, with many of the colleagues are some in the
fortress Of Vincennes, some in the fortress at Mont
Valerien Generals Cavaignac Lamoriciere, Chan
GARNER, Lefo and Col Charras are prisoners in the
very fortress of Ham from which M. Bonaparte es
capped few years since. Bonaparte is absolute mas
ter of Paris, and will probably ere long be absolute
master Of France The revolution has been thus
effected: On Monday night there was grand recep-
ton at the Palace Elysee The Presidential saloons
were crowded with the beautiful and the brave. 1t
was the most brilliant and animated soiree of the
season. The President himself did the honors OF
the mansion with princey afability, and seemingly
with entire devotion to the entertainment of his
guests, without thought of the audacious, reck-
less, perilous drama of which, i'll three or four hours
he was to be the prominent actor. 1t Is said, IN
deed, and am told upon good authority, that
though the coup Retat had been resolved on and
arranged in all the details of its execution for two
ton had renamed undetermined and was not IN
fact fixed till couple of hours before the commence
ment of execution The President was called out
about midnight from circle of Officers and projects
of departments who playing the courtler IN the
presence of him whom they would be one day
their Emperor He passed into adjoining cabinet
where he couple of his intimate councillors and de-
voted partsans They told him that the decisive moment
had that in fact he must now choose whether he
would go prison captive or to the Tuileries as an
Emperor; that the allied factions in Parliament intended
on the morrow to introduce and carry that
would infalbly result in his impeachment and mcarcera
ton unless energecay prevented by the prompt execu
ton of the counter stroke that had been long since
pared and which he must now let fall Every we'll gen
tlemen hand the decree and the proclamations; P
sign them But the Minister Of the Interior is not pre-
sent have time to send for and consult with
him / appoint at the instant, NJ. DE MoRsEr Minister
Of tt Interior let him countersign the decree And now
let it be Immediately executed and let the proclamatons
be issued
The President then retuedo the crowded saloons, and
couple of friends of mne who were the Eysee that
evening report that he continued to perform his role Of
host with wonderful sang oid and cheerfulness of
ner that prevented the first suspicion the part of his
guests that he had just played the decisive game Of his
fortunes-his head against throne! Before day the
next morning Generals CHANaARNIER, LAMoRCIEGE, and
CAvnGSAc seized their respective residences by
detachment Of troops dispatched for the purpose Be-
fore day. and with the utmost silence without causing
the slightest alarm in the city, large bodies of troops
directed upon the Place du Paais Bourbon the Place de
la Concorde the Champs Eysees, the Hotel de Vle and
the Place du Carousa Daylight found all these strategic
points Of the city the quiet possession Of NJ Bonapartes
sodiery. The quesors of the Assembly arrested
All the entrances into the Palace in which the sttings
held guarded by troops with strict orders
prevent members of the Assembly from passing in The
first intimation that the Parisans had of the auda
cie rs revolutionary movement which In process of
execution from the pacars which, by order of tho
usurpng Dictator, pasted up the walls all
the city.
In the Aone of this morning appears decree of the
President which, setting forth his desire surround him
self with Of consideration and deservedy enjoying
tire confidence of the country, dominates Commission
Consultative, composed of eighty individuals chiefly
bers of the late Assembly who have sgnfed their adhe-
sion to the order of things. Among the names
mark those of Gen. paraguay dHilers Baroche Ferd
Barrot Boulay, de Ia Meurthe,) Denjoy, Drouyn-de-
rHuys, Dumas, Marshal Excemans, Gen dHautpoul,
Leon Faucher Lacrosse Leyerier Montalembert L. Mu-
rat Persigny Gen. Random Rouher, Gen. Flahaut Gen.
Ornano, Gen. de Bar sc.
During the whole Of yesterday Paris was, of course in
of high excitement The Bouevards, the Champs
Elysees and the whole western half Of the city were
swarming with the curious astonshed and indignant
thousands of the Partisan population There was no
sign of fragrant hostility spent the whole day in
traversing Paris in all directions. Groups were seen
in every quarter reading the procamaions and
ing the event of the morning No extraordinary military
force displayed in the great democratic revolutionary
centres passed through them all The representatives
of the people in the Assembly they made their appear
ance at the Palais Bourbon received by colonel
stationed the principal entrances He refused them adj
mittance, and told them to off, they would be
rested disturbers of the peace Some quietly obeyed
others resisted and attempted force entrance these
arrested and marched off to prison between files of
soldiers In the of the morning several attempts
made by separate portions Of the Assembly meet
in other places declare themselves the Assembly APP
peals TO the army and people, and decree the mpeach
ment Of the usurping dictator But the military auhori-
ties were 50 vgilant that these Attempts promptly
discovered and broken up by force The most considers
bic was at the Mayors Office of the tenth ACCOMPLISHMENT
Some two hundred members of all parties met and
shutting themselves the Assembly, under Of the
NJ Box.pARrE and the appointment Of Gen. oupISor as
Of the army of Paris to oppose the
revolutionary party of the President Cen FoREY sud
denly made his appearance among them at the head Of
battalion of foo chaseur and ordered the representa-
tives to dsperse. They refused and we're Immediately
arrested the whole two hundred and marched off to the
barracks under military Thence they in the
course the day conducted to various prisons excepting