The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-29 00:00:00

LANCE.

(F/Olt OUR OWN 001.1118PONDINT.)
PARIS, SATURDAY SYlmat
The grand review of cavalry by the Emperor ot
the plain of Satory, at Versailles, took place min.
day, as announced. Notwithstanding the threaten.
ing appearance of the weather in the morning, the
two Versailles railways took down an imams
I number of persons, who filled every part of the
adjoining ground from which a view could is
obtained. At one o'clock the plain presented a toot
animated aspect. Forty squadrons of light and heavy
cavalry, lancers, &c., forming an effective strergth of
about 5,600 men, were drawn up in different linen
At halt-past one a regular tempest broke ova v".
oilier, and the rain came down in torrents, but to
crowd held their ground with great good hummer,
Rumours of a counter-order soon atter beagle surest,
but before they could have time to operate on them.
woo assembled, the clang of trump is announced as
arrival of the imperial party. The Emperte and
Empress arrived in a caliche, her Majesty hui,„
the Duchess de Brabant by her side, and thetapt;
the young duke at his right. Four other cop,
tines followed, containing the ladies of the Ream
and of the Duchess, and the officers of the hooseholt.
Marshal Magnan rode on the right of the carom.
and Colonel Edgar Ney on the left. On reoehiTi
the grouted, the Emperor, who wore the Grand C.
don of the Order of Leopold, and the Duke de Brabant,
wearing that of the Legion of Honour, mounted ihek
horses, and being attended by a brilliant staff, sarong
whom were several foreign officers, galloped 'keg
the line. The Emperor then ordered several ms.
nceuvree, which were executed with greet pt.
elision, but the continued severity of the weather
soon put an end to what under other circumstances
would have been a most animated eight. The Be-
peror, the Duke, and the staff then t0,,1c op a poetic&
near the carriage of the Empress, and the filing d
took place at a rapid pace. The Emperor sat
Duke then re-entered the carriage, and the lapin
party left the ground. Both on their arrival oath
ground and on leaving, the Emperor and Eratqu
were greeted with loud cheers. At two o'clock tie
Duke and Duchess left Bt. Cloud for Brussels.
M. Von der Pfordten, Prime Minister of thenn
of Bavaria, has arrived in Paris, to visit the Rig
bition. ...ee:

The Moniteur publishes an official *waif Sa
receipts of the difft rent railways in Frame d
the third quarter of the present year. The tota
amount has been 83 640,670 f. to 55,246,213 f. for the
oorresponding period of 1854. The receipts for the
first nine months of the present year bare been
196,202,184 f. to 141,095,943 f. for the corresponding
period of 18M, the augmentation for that time being
55,103,8691.
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The Tribunal of Correctional Police of Am,
tried, on Wednesday, a new category of M cent
who took part in the attempted insurrection int*
city on the 26.11 of August, or who belonged to en
secret political society the Marianne. Them m
were not sent before the Court of Assizes hits tin
others, because their offences were not cocsidend ci
such an aggravated character. The Tribunal &Wand
them all guilty, and sentenced four to two years' M.
prisonmest and 100 f. fine, and all the others toff*
one to eighteen months.

The Minister of Public Works has addressed the
following circular to the directors of the differed
railway companies:
Gestlemen,—The frequency and the serious mats eft*
accidents which have recently taken place on amenl lied
of railway have justly excited public feeling, and nursed
the serious attention of the gom is an implore
duty for it, in presence of such painful evert, to dein
from you redoubled vigilance in girder to secure ths Wig
*escudos of the regulsting prescriptions on which pride
security depends. Dsubtless these reeolatiooe,aprone4d
' on your proposition, and which are the fruits of lam
pertence, present ruerantees for promr working of the lims,
and the government conoantly endeavour', in coast di
you, to introduce every amelioration that may be idol
*smeary. Terre are certainly special swargeneenee
regulating every part of the service, such as surreillasse
tie line, orgseir.tion of watchmen, right and day ma,
taanagement of the switches, service of the epee.
drivers sad stoker', special precautions in cos a the
accidental delay or stoppage of trains, and all tha
feast circumstances connected with the ad*
eta railway have been duly thought of, sad have best vats
the object of precise insrrectioes. But then iorreetim,
however well drown up, will be powerless to mum drew
if the vigilance of the employds and a constant imams
de sot mere their szact and sarupulons ematioa. tee
judicial investigations which are going on at this MOM
wiU inform us whether that vigilante and remake Nth
dished regulations, imposed en every one manta silks
railway, have not been wanting among some of them* the
circumstances which have recently occurred. Bet dotal
may be the resole of the searching investitstioes yak
well be. made by the
.judicial authorities, I meat yes,
gentlemen, to again morass on every one in your sauna
that an alisoints obedience to the established regalada
is the fleet of their duties, and that it is at the sew
time the only selecuerd which can gnomon the peth
and themselves from ,he consequences, too often dissect
of an net of imprudence or forgstfularas The* raw
mendacious are partimalativ necessary at the period
heef
year on which we are now entering. Foy, which
frequent at this season, render the surface of the rah AP
pery, sot retard the regular speed of the traissaibi
ease time that they prevent the signals from being am st
so great a distance. These atmospheric dramatises&
quire a closer attention then usual, and the "sat applies
lion of the week, precautionary IlleMs?“ provided by yait
regulations. Yon mart coo deeply deplore, retinue*
melancholy events which have jest occurred sot le
is the feeling which dimities ay words. You will
bend that the government, called oa for the interest
to fill, as regards the companies chattel with the wadi(
et the railways, the (Bice of eeeee illai es and control, ore
set hesitate to coil for all the !severities of their. cia
does of the vgillatii.ns, even when, from a mediate'
circumstance, these infractions may not have been atteMi
with any fatal cent:gamma for the passengers A IMO
discipline, en iSC*6l4llllt surveillance, and a positive euenses.
Y the departure, the progress, and the arrival of they'd%
ens alone ensure that security in the working whitish
earnestly desired bath by the company sad by *oozy-
emu&
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