Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1851-12-26
FOREIGN 8EWS.
Another Revolution in France!

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The CRISIS IN FRANCE.-The affairs Of
France have reached the long-dreaded cri
sis. The coup defdt has been made.
On the Ist inst, the President, Louis
Napoleon, seized the reins of government,
dissolved the Assembly by proclamation
declared the city of Paris in state of
siege, arrested the leaders of the opposi-
tion, and appealed to the people.
The preparations on the part OF the
President for this movement were perfect
ed with consummate skill and secresy.
Everything was consummated before the
Assembly had the least idea of the Presl-
dents intentions.
During Monday night an entire new
Ministry was formed.
At daylight on Monday morning the
Presidents proclamation was found posted
everywhere throughout the city, in which
he ordered the dispersion of the Assembly,
the restoration of universal suffrage, and
also proposed new system of govern
ment. He proposes the instant election
bv the people and army of a President, TO
hold his office for ten years, and to be sup
ported by Council of State and by two
Houses of the Legislature. Pending the
election, the Executive power is to remain
in the hands of the President
The election is to take place during the
present month, and the President promises
to bow 10 the will of the people. lie says
he has been forced into his present attitude.
1t is certain that Theirs, Changarnier,
and others, opponents of the President,
had decided 10 demand his arrest and i'm
parchment on the I'd inst. and were al
most in the act of moving in the matter.
when they and their principal friends were
arrested and conveyed TO Fincennes, where
they are CLOSELY confined.
Whenever the members Of the Assem-
bly, have attempted to meet officially, they
have been ordered to disperse, and arrested
if they refused.
Two hundred members had been arrest
ed ; many had subsequently been released
but all the leaders of the opposition were
in prison.
Three hundred of the members Of the
Assembly are said to have given in their
adhesion to the President, and telegraphic
dispatches from the Departments, state that
the Presidents demonstration has been
hailed with the utmost enthusiasm
Subsequently, however, the reports were
contradicled, and on the strength of such
contradiction, numerous barricades were
erected in different quarters of Paris, but
were speedily broken down by the troops. /
At one of these two members of the As /.
sembly, occupying prominent places among +
the populace, were killed in the conflict. /.
On Tuesday, section of the Assembly .
continued TO meet, and decreed the deposi-
ton of the President and his impeachment |
for high treason. The meeting, however,
was dispersed by the troops. (
The decree of the President is ridiculed .
on all hands.
Troops have been placed in the houses
of ex-of1iceTs of the Assembly, who were /
exempted from arrest; among others, NJ. /
Dupin.
The full rigor of martial-law had been ;
proclaimed against all persons concerned .
in erecting barricades, who may be found
at them, and large number had been
shot
Up to Thursday night the complete sue
cess of the President seemed certain.
by Telegraph From London to Liverpool
PARIS, Friday, Dec. 5.-The decree of
the President appeared to-day, ordering
the voting which is to take place on the
10Th instant, to be secret instead of pub
lie. There are rumOrs of continued fgh-
ting to-day in various quarters of the su-
burbs, but they are not relied upon. The (
latest published accounts state that The in
surgeuts have been put down, but not .
without severe struggle. The accounts /
from the provinces are generally favorable (
to the President. The movements of the |
troops are rapid, silent and firm. During
Thursday many barricades were thrown /
up in various quarters of Paris. At one .
o clock, whilst body of 5000 troops .
was passing along the Boulevards, several .
shots were fired from the neighboring pas
sages and houses. The firing was returned .
by the troops, and the combat continued |
with spirit for about half an hour Fur /
ther down the Boulevards cannon and .
muskets were freely employed until four |
o o'clock, when the fighting in that quarter
ceased, but was continued with vigor III
other sections.
No defrile particulars have been pub
hshcd, and little is known beyond the .
fact that a sanguinary conflict has taken /
place. Many persons engaged on either
side have been killed or wounded. ,
A gentleman and his daughter, who .
were passing, were also killed. At six /
O'Clock, on the Boulevards des Italianes,
the firing had almost ceased. A fight oc-
Cured in the streets in the Quarters St. (,
Martins and ST. Dennis, which lasted .
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