The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(ploy 001 OW

PARIS, limoAy Ensure.

The SU& publishes a bold, practical, and oom-
pendious programme for the liberal party at the
cowing elections. The electors are recommended
to scrutinise very carefully the professions of can-
didates for their suffrages, and to see especially that
they hold sound doctrines so far as regards the fol-
lowing articles :

Fair play at the elections.
Abolition of official candidaturee, which are now un-
called for, even in a governmental point of view, since all
candidatures whatsoever are necessarily, end by virtue of
tits law, within the circle of the constitution.
Liberty of the press, and a revision of the laws which
restrict this liberty.
Liberty of public meetings and private societies, and for
these very elections free electoral meetings.
Substantial guarantees for individual liberty, reform of
the penitentiary system, and of the rules of preventive
imprisonment.
Abolition of the immunities of public functionaries for
their illegal acts. _ _

Whosoever, says the &Sok, does not declare
categorically in favour of the above reforms is no
candidate for the democracy.

In addition to the above formula the Siete
advocates strict economy, reform in the mode of
taxation, and in the system of keeping the public
accounts, and it condemns as a failure the
eirements (transfers of credits) from which
Fould anticipated so much benefit. Gratuitous
and obligatory instruction, an augmentation of
schoolmasters' salaries, completion of cross roads as
well as of railways, and legislation to prevent
recurring instances of that manufacturing distress
which has been lately relieved in such an exemplary
manner by "public fraternity" complete the
&We's programme as to home affairs.
It only occurs to me to make two objections to
this programme. I mistrust the legislation which
M. Ravin would propose to prevent the COll4B-
- at the scarcity of a particular article of
commerce, and I protest altogether against
obligatory instruction. I agree with the Notion
(with which I very seldom agree) that government
has no more right to force a ploughman to send his
son to school, than the rope had to take away the
boy Mortars from his Jewish parents to make bins
learn the Roman catholic catechism.

As to foreign policy, the principal points in-
sisted upon by the Side are the evacuation of
Rome, assistance to Poland if she shall not have
achieved her freedom before the elections oome on,
and the withdrawal of the invading army from
Mexico at the earliest moment that the hononr of
the flag will admit of.

About the war in America the democratic pro-
gramme aaya not a word.

_
There was a panic at the Bonne, for which no
cause was positively assigned. Bente fell 40c., and
Mobilier nearly 20fr.
A letter from Marseilles states that a second
manifestation in favour of the Poles has taken
place on the Plaine St. Michel, bet the crowd
immediately dispersed on the appearance of the
polka, with cries of " Vivo rEmpereur !" " Vire
le Pologne !"

A Paris letter of Sunday says :—" The sporting
mama was te•day imaged with great Mat al La Yezeits.
The diaplay of splendidly appointed equipages was greater
lima I have sees them ou former occasions. I counted
Masa carriages drawn molt by four hones, caparisoised as
are these which draw the Penperor's travelling carriages.
Their tails were tied up like the tails of omnibus bones,
and the harness covered with bells whioh jingled so loudly
se to be almost heard from ore end of the Arum de
rlniperstrice to the other. In addition to the postilions
wens two footmen on the balm of these equipoises, w►ic►
were all wide enough to metals three gentlemen on seek
mat, se probably a pair of vary fashionable ladies, without
being squeal& This mister of "state embalm" mid
tandems was aim of as pure blood and high mettle as say
that maid be ems during the aftergoon of a May day in
Hyde Park.

The mayor of the town of Chatellerault having
attempted to prevent the actors of the theatre from play-
ing the Pik de GtheireP, the prefect interfered, and both°.
rimed the performance. It took place before a crowded au-
dience, and with great applause. The mayor has sent in
his resignation.

Theltalie of Turin annnunoes that the men con-
demned to death at Palermo for having atilettosd several
pationa Ms straits of that city. were amootados tholOth.
_

A letter from Stattgarcit of the 11th says :
"M. de Gunther, tutor to the heir premmptive to the
throne, and chaplain to the coact, has left to-day for Paris
oo an invitatios from the Evangelical Alliance of Loam-
Hs will be met in the Preach capital by the other members
ot a deputation, composed of Ifinglidassi, Ditellassa, and
timeless, whe will prosesd to Madrid to Make mmessata-
ikon le that emit la foresail the Amalie Prolailsata elso
him boa esodeased to the galleys for &WWII( 11141 s."