The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

THE DISTURBANCES AT GENEVA.

The following a:tracts from private correspon-
dence have been placed in oar bands for publi-
cation :

GENEVA, d.uaosT 22.

Geneva was yesterday afternoon the scene of fighting
and riot. An election for a member of the council had bare
conducted during Sunday, the 20th ; the rind candidates
were M. MIMI Pary end M. Chesevirre; Y. Puy, the
radical, who bar so long held a leading position In the admi-
nistration of Geneva, and M. Arthur Obeaulirs, a good
financier, who has already denounced the reckless expendi-
ture of M. Puy and his partisans, and the maiadminia.
tration of the public domain recovered from one aids of the
fortifications, by • the sale of which Geneva, in-
stead of profiling, has incurred a debt of 300,000 f.
M. Cheuviere was elected by a majority of 375.
The result of the election was to be published
on Monday, the 21st, but some of M. Puy's adherents in
the government delayed the publication, and tried to de-
clue the election void, upon the ground of two votes that
were not valid. The other pasty, with their large majority,
which was not affected by two votes, insisted upon
name being published as the elected atodidate.
The government gave in, sad the officials went round the
town, accompanied by some of the Chenevihe partisans, to
proclaim the election. Whilst they were passing through
part of the tows, on the right bask of the Rhone, these
unarmed men 'wen fired upon from the windows by the
Feu party They then dispersal, took arms from the arsenal,
and returned to fight with the aggressor,. A sharp fuel-
lade then took place about 4 p.m., one party firing
from under a railway bridge at the beck of the catholic
church, the other froth the rue Cbeategoordet, in the town.
Several people were killed and wounded. Al usual in these
cases moat of the sufferers bad nothing to do with the
strife. Some of the rioters got hold of four cannon, and one
man war on the point of applyiag the match and disdain-
ing grape-ahot into the crowded strait, when his arm was
'struck op by another maw The =Doe were then broiled
down to the bridges, sad eau Owed at M. Puy's boos to
guard it. The radicals, or Fasy's party, then took
poreesion of all the bridges, and Interrupted the communi-
cations between one part of the town sad the ether till
some time after dark.

There was web talk of sending for Federal troops from
Berne, in the Centers de Vaud ; they have not, however,
arrived. A Federal commissioner, If. Foroerod, Ine ar-
rived, with powers to summon troops from Neufchatel and
the Canton of Vend ; but the Berne COVOMMISIIt should not
red coolant with tha►, but should occupy the tows before
the fete of the 10th of September, and on all future omit-
lions when elections tate place, or else the party of disorder,
who are the tools o the annexation to Freud party, of
whom IL Fasy is the head, will swami in oompromirlog
timberland, and even at present the Bosom end anarchy
which they have iatrodooed crude • feeling of preference
for • stress end settled government to this mob law. If
unto a feedbag extend itself, it will be owing to the Bolds
and negligence of the central government at Berne, which
might to take judicial deb for inquiring into the conduct of
IL Puy.

Auscerr 22.

M. lazy, the author of the bloodshed of yesterday, was
saved in the French revolution of 1830. He was editor
of the journal The Betefotion. He wu one of those who
went to the Hotel de Ville, sod who sought to become •
member of the proviaiooal governmeot He wee shut out
by Lafayette, and afterwards sent out of France. He was
a chief mover of the war of the Sonderbuod in 1847, and
tired the Geneve government. He expelled the Bishop of
Geneve. In 1849 be proclaimed in the public square of
Yelard the deposition of the Pope. Notwithstanding these
put incidents, he is now supported by the catholic priests.
He got possession of the finances, refused to reader se-
ethane, and in tea years has involved the town I. • debt of
20 millions of francs. Is milling the lands of the fortifica-
tions the result was, instead of • profit to the town, three
was • loss of 300,000(.
These traneactioe• have been brought to light by the
present successful candidate, Chea•vihre.
The rioting arose from the party of Peaty firing from the
windows and street* on the unarmed women= which,
Immo:ling to custom, came to announce the result of the

On the annexation of Savoy L Fs.zy organised ea exp..
dition to excite the diatricta of Cbablais and Faucigay to
demand annexation to Geneva instead of Fauna, hiring a
steamer and giving supplies from the arsenal. On the dis-
covery of the plot the same thing occurred as did yesterday—
the government was taken prisoners is the Hotel de Ville.
They were denounced as traitors sold to Franc*, who had
phoned this expedition to give a pretest for ieclodieg
Green is the annexation. Oe this a steamer was seat
after the expedition, and made it prisoner. The effects of
Y. Fary'a career in Geneva have been the dibipidation of
the imams, the mutual exasperation of the factious, sad
frequent disturbances.
This morning, le the common crievenation of the streets,
Geneva is spokes of ea a town that France ought to take
iota her band., beaten it can neither govern itself oar leave
its neighbours is pose.
The biography of IL Foxy should at oboe be written, so
he as of wane to become a martyr and hero in the European

Th. parties are nearly balanced, and in a town of 40,000
inhabitant' them are 12.000 French. The well waiving
portion of the community desire to maintain their inde-
pendent* ; and after having for so long Lorne the despotic
and corrupt administration of this man, they are growling
themealves, and have now thrice excluded him by thou
votes from the council.

BOAZD or TRADE, WHITIMALL, AOOI7IIT 26.
The Sight Hootiaralile the Lords of the Ceounittot of Privy
Oonseil tar Trade hare received, from the Secretary of
Slats for Foreign Affairs, • copy of • despatch from her
Mapisty's minister at Turin, eeclosing a traastatum of a re-
sort bah= decree abolishing the suerams duties on the ho.
pertatkes to the amount of 100 kilogrammes ol petroleum.
ail of bitominoto state. sod roegh asphalt, sod axing the
duty on the woe articles distilled. rased, and purified at
ff. per 100 kilos.—Oareta
Flail Mr STILATFOILD. —The mill-room at Moon.
Jima rad Co.'s sop* manntactory. Sugar-hoome-lims,
Siartfard, wee dadreyed by firs rranduraisiLerstre Warm
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