Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-12-25
GorciQu Ncws.
The Europa has just arrived with The follow
ing startling lntegencc:-
FRANCE
Revolution in France.

FRAME.
The news from Fra &c is most important, The
affairs Of that country have engrOSsed attention
tn tire exclusion OF everything else. The llng
dreaded toup d etdt has been made, and the
President. having seized the relns of government
dlssoIv d he Assembly, declared Paris in a
state Of siPg4 arrested the Leading opponents of
hs policy, and appended TO the people. All this
was done at an early hour on Tuesday, the 2lst
inst. rrep,r ttons for It having been perfected
with consnmlte sklI and crecy during The
preceding ght. The whole Thing was done
a. d completed before any one had the least idea
that It was n progression or in contemplation.
An entire new Ministry was formed 4 ring the
nigt on Monday. Proeauutons dlsSolvng
the Assembly, and appealing to the people, rr-
storing UNIVERSAL suffrage and proposing new
system OF government was printed at private
printing press, in the Eiysee, and posted through
ont PARIS before daylight. Copies Of these and
Of cncunrs from the Ministry, and the Perfect
of Police, printed in like manner, were des
patched 10 all tue provinces, announcing what
lud been done, appealing re the nation at large,
and conveying stringent orders and Instructions
to all The officers Of the Government throughout
the country The Presidents proposal is. the
instant restoration OF universal suffrage, the in
slant election by the people and by the army oil
a President to hold office for ten years, support
ed by council Of State and bv two Houses Of
Legislature, and that during The few days re-
Cured to complete the elections, the executive
power shall remain in the hands of the Presi.
dent. The election is RXed TO take place during
the present month, and the President promises
to bow to the will Of the people, whether they
elect hims ( or any one else. and declares that
he holds power only till the will of the people
can Oe made kaown. Meantime he demands
preliminary vote from both the army aud the peo-
p'h, To dec are whether they cOnhde to him the
executive power dd inierim-the army 10 record
their vote within forty eight hours, the people
being allowed a longer time. The President
declares himself to have been forced into this
measure, and it is uscertained that Changaruier,
Lamorcere, Theirs, and others of his opponents,
had decided to demand his arrest and lnpeach.
ment on The I'd instant, and were together, and
in the very net OF confirming this decision when
they were themselves arrested and conveyed 10
the fortress of Vncennes, whence they were
next day removed to Hull Han.l The TEN
porary hall used for the Assembly has b en- Ia
ken down by the Government, and whenever
members have attempted TO meet officially they
have beGu ordered 10 dispense, and arrested II
they refused. More than two undled have been
arrested in ali, many, however, being released
in few hours. but all the leaders of The oppos-
ton & imprisoned. Many nicniers of th. As.
semby have gigen IN their adhesion TO the Press
idcnt--,t is said as mnny as tn CO hundred du-
IIng the first day. No organized resistance to
the Gwernnrnt was attempted. and ttlngfuphic
reports from the departments declared the news
to have been hslled with enthusiasm by the pro
vnclal population Subsequently,, however. par.
tlal attempts at opposition were made in Paris,
aid umors reached that city hostile 10 the al
legged unanmlly If feeling il the provinces.
Barbados were erected IN The more turbulent
qnAters at PARIS, but we've I'LL taken by the
tF0opS-at one OF them, two members Of the As
semblY tnklng prominent places, were killed in
the conflict. A SECTION Of the Assembly con-
trlvpd to meet at one Of the Partisan MaOrIcS on
TUESDAY, and had decrepd the deposition Of the
PteSdpnt, and his lmpt achmeni Tor high treason,
but the meeting was Dispersed by The troops
and the decree r,dculed and disregnrded on all
hands. In I'D iltnn 10 The arrest. troops were
paced in HE houses Of Snne OF the TX officers OF
the Assembly, who were exempted FROM arrest
amnng others, that cd NJ Dtrpjn, President OF
the Assembly, was occupied by troops, aud him
self under a sart Of durauce, although he WAS not
actual arrested. The tilI rignr ut martial law
har been proclaimed agans' all persons CON
ctrn7d in barricadcs, and accordingly all taken
wire shot without delay. Up TO Saturday night
the success Ut The Government seemed certain,
aud London advices to Friday light did not vary
materially from the same prospect, bat new Gle.
ments were constantly mixed IN the struggle,
So long as any actual contest Continue must
there be more or less uncertainty, bat the diff
Guilty of obtaining reliable information was II.
descrbable.
PARIS, Friday mornng.-A decree appeared,
ordering the voting on the 2J' n inst, To be sc
cret nsteaG Of public. There were rullors of
the fighting being continued to day, but nuihng
canfrnaorY has appeared il any London paper,
The latest published accounts state that the in
surgen's were put down after severe struggle.
The Provincial reports are satisfactory. II is
said that seven hundred French reiugeee left
London for PARIS on Thursday evening. Il is
also stated that the French Government has
stopped the Transmission of dispatches by tele
graph. The movements of troops are silent and
firm, During the day banlcades have been
thrownup in earnest. At half past one o'clock,
crowd OF about five thousand troops moving
along the BOulevards WAS fired on from the
neighborng passages and houses close by. The
firing was returned, and answered by the insur-
gents, and tie combat lasted hrisky for upwards
OF half an hour, both BY canon shot and RuskCt-
ry At the same time further down the BOuIe-
vnrds, firing was brlskly kept up TO four P. Nj.
1t had then nearly ceased ia the neghborhoo1 OF
the Bouleyards, at There's, but continued in other
quarters. Complete particulars cannot be oh
laned Nothing is certain but that sangnin,
any struggle llas taken place. Many pasSers-by
We're injured, and gentleman and his daughter
arr reported to have been killed together
On the BouIevardS d Itaiens the firing had
almost entirely ceased at seven O'Clock The
fighting ragged in the streets from midday until
five O'Clock. especially IN The Quarters ST. Mar
tin and st. Denis The insurrecllon, however,
was qnelled in all parts. Cannon were required
to destroy several barric AIDES Troops returned
to their barracks. The barfcales of the Eau
bourg St. Drnis, and St, Martin ard Boultvards
near the Bastle had been destroyed when the
troops retired.
Strasbourg and Rheims are also said TO have
risen.
ENGLAND
It is SAID there is an intention among the Arc
tic officers IN England 10 propose national tes-
tilnonial to Mr.. Gfmnel, for his noble and hu.
name condnct in fitting out at his own private
expense, The expedition which sailed la year
from he United States in search OF Sir John
Franklin under oonmlnd of Lieut. De Haven.
The project will shortly be commenced, and
there Is no doubt that it will meet with univer-
sal apptob4lien in England.
The Mediterranean mail steamer Sultan has
arrived at Southampton with dates from s nyrna
70 Nov. 18Th, Malta l2th, and Giblallar 29h.
From Gibrater she briugs news Of bunbard
meut Of the cities OF Rabbat and Stee, in Nor
Deco, by The French fleet. The bonlbardment
lasted eight hours, and caused great loss OF hie
to the Muors. The Frehch aIsn suffered slightly
from the fire from the Castle at Rtbbat. 1t Is
also Reported that the feet proceeded to Tan.
giers for the purpose Of blmharding that place