The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

19, 1862.

FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUESDAY ETZKIMO.
M. Baroche gave some very bad reasons yesterday
for the rejection of the amendment of the "five"
members calling for elective municipal councils for
Paris and Lyons. In the first place, he said the
municipal commission which the republican mem-
bers now complain of was the invention of the pro-
visional government of 1848. That is very true,
but then it was like the government which created
it, expressly termed "provisional," and was
assuredly never meant by them to be a permanent
institution. Then he argued that since the Corps
Legislatif in 1855 had approved of the bill
Igiving power to the Emperor to appoint the
L municipality of those great cities, there was no
reason now for reversing the decision. This reason-
ing leaves out of sight the fact that in 1855 the
Corps Legislatif was a nullity, and that now, after
Nov. 24, 1860, it may fairly aspire to be a real
power in the state. One reason, however, M. Ba-
roche did give which I am afr►id must be accepted
as a good one under the circumstances. He said,
with a sly laugh, that he apprehended that univer-
sal suffrage would not re-elect the men who now sit
at the Hotel de Ville. Certainly it would not.
The fact cannot be denied that the vast
majority of the inhabitants of Paris is
hostile to the imperial system of govern-
ment, and it is hardly to be expected that
the Emperor, as long as he has the power to prevent
it, will resign the management of the vast funds of
the city into hostile hands. M. Picard, who
attempted to reply to M. Baroche, was put down,
Count de Morny encouraging the house to vote that
the question had been sufficiently argued, and that
they hastened to do. After a long statement by M•
Lemercier of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
and a very firm declaration by M. Billault, that
government held the organisation of that society
to be dangerous and ultramontane, and would keep
a tight hand upon it, M. Brame opened a pro-
tectionist debate, which is going on to-day.
At the Bourse the Bente declined 20c., both for
sash and account, closing at 69fr. 50c. and 69fr. 60c.
The considerable fall had little influence on other
securities, which left off at about yesterday's prices.
It is announced that the Lyons and Chalons
camps will be opened this year earlier than usual.
The Toulontiois of March 15 speaks of further re•
inforoements to the absorbing Mexican expedition.
The Ceres transport, now in Toulon harbour, and
the Vauban frigate at Cherbourg, were, it is said,
under orders to take out a fresh brigade, and to
start simultaneously from Toulon and Cherbourg ;
but it being found that the Ceres requires repairs,
which cannot be executed in less than a month, the
Aube, which may be got under weigh in a few (lays,
is substituted. The Pays this evening says that
General Douai commands the new brigade ordered
for Mexico, and that "three or four" frigates,
carrying these troops, will leave Toulon at the

beginning of next week.
I noticed a few days ago that after M. Billault I
had asserted in the Corps Legislatif that the
allies were already in the city of Mexico, the
Patric represented that Admiral Jurien de la
Gravibre would probably wait for the arrival of
General de Lorenoes. It occurred to me that M.
de la Guerronnierb's journal must have some per-
tinent reason for thus contradicting IL Billault's
assumption. The Patric of to-night states, as
" latest news," that according to despatches from
Havannah, dated February 22, the allies had
decided, in a council of war, to wait for General
de Lorenoes, who was expected at Vera Cruz from
March Ist to 6th at latest. But inasmuch as only
a small part of his troops would arrive with him,
there can be little doubt that the invading force
will not have marched for the capital till the first
fortnight of this month, if so soon.
M. Mires now in confinement in a maison de
sant4 in the Champs Klysifes, has received notice
that a guard of gendarmes will take him to Douai
on Wednesday, there to await the new trial which
he has obtained from the Court of Caseation. He
at once objected that he had a right to go by rail-
way, if he chose to pay the expenses, instead of
being marched across the country from one military
station to another. This claim was admitted ; but
then he was told that he could only go by a third-
clam carriage, and that he must sit between two
gendarmes in uniform. The Court of Douai
yesterday refused s motion to allow him
to travel free on giving bail. This day an
application was to be made to postpone his
departure till Wednesday week, on the ground that
he has occasion to consult with his counsel in Paris.
This famous prisoner, therefore, continues to show
, the energy and ingenuity which he has displayed
L since his arrest in inventing interlocutory motions
for the decision of the court.