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We extract the following summary of the latest English intelligence, and of the exciting events which are again taking place in France, from the " Lytteltop Times :"— The schooner " Wity aHhe Wisp" arrived on Thursday, bringing files of the Van Diemen's Land papers up to the >24th of March. The supply of gold and of crime seem both to be largely on the increase at the diggings in Victoria. The intelligence from England is to the 26th December. Lord Palmerston has resigned his post as Foreign Secretary. He is succeeded by Lord Granville. A vacancy is thus created in the Board of Trade. The state of the markets in Paris at one o'clock every day is now immediately after posted at the Exchange in LondonMarshal Soult died on the 26th of November, at St. Armaud, aged 82 years. Father Matthew has returned to Ireland. Sir John Ross, of Arctic celebrity, and M. de Lamartine the eloquent French historian, were dangerously ill. Lord Mackenzie, the eminent Scotch lawyer and judge, died at Belmont, near Corstorphine, Edinburgh, at the advanced age of 74. He was the son of the celebrated author of the '•Man of Feeling." REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. By the arrival at Hobart Town of the " Aboukir" with male prisoners, we have received our files of English journals up to 26th December. On Tuesday, December 2, the submarine telegraph, and the numerous ramification of the magic wires, transmitted over the "kingdom intelligence of another French revolution. " Paris is in a state of siege. The President re-establishes his universal suffrage, and appeals to the people." Such were the sentences that startled the commercial public of these realms, momentarily checking business, and, for the time being, pulling down the prices of consols, stocks, and railway shares. Later in the day came the following despatches, under date : — " Paris, Tuesday, 11 a.m. " The President of the Republic accomplished a ' coup d' etat' this morning. The principal streets in Paris were occupied at an early hour by strong bodies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and the following decree was posted on the walls of Paris :: — • In the name of the French people. The President of the Republic decrees — Art. 1. The National Assembly is dis- ! solved. Art. 2. Universal Suffrage is re-esta-blished. The law of the 31st of May is repealed. Art. 3. The French people are con- ' yoked in their elective colleges from the 14th to the 21st Dec. Art. 4. The state of siege is decreed in the whole of the first military division. Art. 5. The Council of State is dissolved. Art. 6. The Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of the decree. " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. " De Morny, Minister of the Interior." " The Prefect of Police has addressed a proclamation to the citizens of Paris, exhorting them to calmness and order. The President of the Republic descended into the streets this morning at about 12 o'clock, attended by a brilliant staff, and preceded and followed by .troops of curiassiers and lancers. He was re- i heaved with respect, but without enthusiasm. ' Vive la Republique !' was the only cry uttered j by the crowds assembled. No attempts were made to repress the expression of the people's opinion. The attitude of the troops were calm and firm. The President has caused three proclamations to be posted up in Paris. Troops occupy the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde, the Rue and Faubourg St. Honore, and the Hotel de Ville. It is said Generals Changarnier, Cavaignac, Lamorieiere and.,. Bedeau, Colonel Charras, M. Thiers, and some others are arrested. The greatest part of the Legitimist representatives assembled at the Marie to the number of 30 have been arrested and conducted by a battalion of soldiers to the barracks on Ihe Quai d'Orsay." The Paris correspondent of the " Times," writing on Tuesday afternoon, says, — " The President of the Republic was informed last night, that a meeting was held at General Changarnier's house, attended by M. Thiers, H. Base, and others of the chiefs of parties, at which it was decided that the coup against the President should be made this very day — that is, that he should be arrested, the Assembly prorogued or dissolved, and) no doubt, the Republic abolished." The President considered it absolutely necessary to take steps immediately. Proclamations were at once prepared, addressed to the nation and to the aunry. In the address to the people, the President, after- describing the existing order of things as unstable and unsatisfactory, says, —
" Persuaded that the instability of power, and the preponderance of a single assembly, are the permanent causes of trouble and discord, I submit to your suffrages the fundamental basis of a constitution which the assemblies will develope hereafter. " 1. A responsible chief named for fen years. 2. The ministers dependent on the Executive alone. 3. A Council of State formed of the most distinguished men, preparing 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 ' scrutin de liste" which falsifies the election. 5. A second assembly, formed j of all the illustrious persons of the nation ; a preponderating power, guardian of the preponderating pack, and public liberty." The proclamation to the army calls upon the soldiers, by their imposing attitude, to assist the country, and to be ready to repress all attempt against the free exercise of the sovereignty of the people. The Prefect of Police, M. de Maupas, addressed a circular to all the Commissaries of Police, inviting them to watch with courage j and energy over public tranquillity, and to allow j no meeting, the object of which should appear j to them suspicious. ! On Tuesday morning, at an early hour, the Place de la Concord, the Faubourg St. Honore, the Tuilleries, the Louvre, and the Place de Carousol, were covered •with troops, the ari rangements having been made during the night. i General Changarnier, Cavaignac, Bedeau, i Lamoriciere, Leflo, Colonel Charras. M. M. : Baze Thiers, Brun, the Commissary of Police, of the assembly, and many others were arrested. ! The first named was committed to Vincennes ; 1 and, it was said, would be transferred to the I fortress of Ham. General Changarnier at- | tempted to harangue the soldiers sent to arrest 1 him ; but they refused to listen to him. Colonel Charras is said to have wounded one of the | agents who arrested him. The new Ministers are M. de Moray, In- : terior ; M. Fould, Finance ; M . Rouher, Justice ; M. Fountous, Public Instruction ; M. Chasseloup Saubat, Marine ; General St. Arnaud, War ; and it is said, M. de Persigny will be the minister for Foreign affairs. General Magnan still retains command of the army. I Orders have been given to pull down the tern' porary hall where the representatives were wont to meet. Eight journals are suspended, among them the " Evenement." A manuscript decree, purporting to emanate from the representatives who met in the municipality of the 11th arrondissement, under the presidency of M. Odillon Barrot has just appeared. By that decree Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is declared outlawed, and the high Court of justice is convoked to try him for high treason. The army is relieved from its allegiance, and a General appointed to command it. A consultative commission of eighty notable men was formed on the 3rd. The ministry is j composed of M. de Morny, Interior ; Fould, Finance ; Rouher, Justice ; Magne, Public Works ; Chasseloup Saubat, Marine ; Cassa Bianca, Commerce; St. Arnaud, War ; Fortoud, Public Instruction ; Turgot, Foreign Affairs. Paris is perfectly tranquil. The theatres were opened yesterday evening, and the intelligence received from seventeen departments announce the greatest tranquillity. An account up to the evening of the 3rd says :—": — " The meeting of two hundred members in the 10th Arrondissement has turned out a complete failure. They declared the President to be turned out of office, and appointed General Audinot to command the army of Paris. Some of the National Guard got up the cry of ' Vive 1' Assemblies,' but the people only hooted them. A party of the foot Chasseurs arrived, when the National Guards walked quietly home, and the representatives were marched off, two by two, under escort, it is said, to the Invalides." The " Globe" correspondent, writing at 6 o'clock on the 3rd, states that four regiments had just entered Paris. Two of them were carbineers, devoted to the President. The Boulevards had been cleared, and cannon sent to the Faubourgs. Other regiments have been sent for. Louis Napoleon reviewed a division in the army, and was enthusiastically received by the troops and people on the Boulevards. The President's proceedings are very popular in the market places, which is a great point. At the Bourse the belief is that he will succeed. M. M. Barouche, Drouyn, de l'Huys, Admiral Cecio, Montalembart, Lucien Marat, and seventy-five other distinguished members of the National Assembly, form the New Council of State. These events had not been accompanied by any serious disturbances amongst the citizens. The military, which is .devoted to the President, was engaged in preserving order, and in crushing any attempt at opposition. The barricades
erected by some of the citizens in a few localities were all levelled without difficulty, and some of the insurgents were shot. The presidential election was not decided on the evening of the 26th December, The number of votes known up to that time amounted to about six millions, of which the proportions were — 9 to 1 for the President. Her Majesty's Estate of Balmoral. — We are happy to be able to announce that the beautiful estate of Balmoral, in this country — the Highland home of our beloved Sovereign , for four years past — is now " royal property." We believe that Dr. Robertson, commissioner j for his royal Highness Prince Albert, and Edward White, Esq., solicitor, have come to a final agreement with the trustees of the Earl of Fife, by which the fee-simple of the estate has become the property of Her Majesty the Queen. — Aberdeen Journal. The property (says the " Perth Courier") extends fully seven miles in length by four in breadth, and includes the best deer range in the Grampian chain. The purchase money agreed on is £31,500. To this has also to be added other £2000 as a solatium to the tenant of Balmoral, for her Majesty's occupancy during these two or three past seasons has been in the capacity of a subtenant, the premises being under lease to a different party, and of which there were upwards of 20 years to run. Troops for the Cape. — The Cabinet Council lately held was to take into consideration the state of affairs at the Cape of Good Hope, when it was resolved that two general officers, with five regiments and a competent staff, should be sentout without delay to that colony, but the final adjustment of it was deferred.— United Service Gazette. Telegraphy. — Telegraphy is making rapid strides as a commercial instrument. It is but a few weeks since the proprietors of the " Daily News" and " Times" surprised the exchanges of the metropolis and great English towns by ' giving the previous day's quotations from all the great continental bourses, and signalised the commencement of this great achievement by saving the mercantile interest several thousands in the negociation of one day's bills on Vienna. It was but last week that the completion of the submarine telegraph was announced. This week we have to report the | opening of the Continental Telegraph Office by Mr. Julius Reuter, the telegraph agent, and who has now opened offices in Calais and London, the latter at No. 1 Royal Exchange- j buildings, close to the great mercantile establishments. Already Mr. Reuter communicates with nearly 100 continental stations ; and for most of them he offers the choice of the Ostend and Calais routes, the former being the cheapest, and the latter the quickest. It will be seen with surprise that this establishment communicates with Venice, Pesth, and Cracow, and with all the commercial capitals in that range. The prices in the infancy of the establishment must be considered moderate, as a despatch can be sent even to Cracow for 225. As the traffic increases these rates will of course be further reduced. A Paris despatch could be sent for 6s. lid. — (London Paper.)
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Otago Witness, Issue 52, 15 May 1852, Page 4
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