The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

ammo op Doc. 31, 1861.

The Consultative Commission charged by the decree of
December 14 to proceed to the general verification of the
vette given upon the project of plebiscite 'proposed on De-
ember 2 by the President of the Republic for the weepi-
er°, of the French people. After having examined in its
bureaus, and during the sittings of the 24th, 26th, 27th,
28th, 291, 30th, and 31st December, the returns of the
election prepared in the different departments of the re-
public, and is all the core composing the army of the land
and sea, which return have been transmitted to the commis-
sion by the Ministers of the Interior, War, and Marine;
after having in the general meeting of this day heard the
reports which have bees made to the commission from each
of its bureau ; considering that it is established by the
derma= submitted to its examination that the election
has been freely and regularly accomplished ; that if the re-
turns of the election prepared in the department of the
Bares-Alpes, as well as in some communes of two depart-
mute, and in a part of Algeria, have not yet arrived at
the Ministry of the Interior, it is & and proper, seeing the
immense majority °blabbed by tbeirojeet of plaiscite, and
not to delay the proclaimed= of &a vote, to take provi-
sionally se a basis, and saint ft ulterior verifications for
those naom, the numbering= by the correspondence of the
prefects,aed with respect to Algeria to reckon only the votes
known up to the present time; declares that it results from
the general verificatioa of the votes given upon the project of
the plebiscite of December 2, mad from the general table
which has been prepared, and will be annexed to the re-
tarn—That the /palletize bearing the word "Yee" are in
number 7,439,216; them bearing tho word "No,"
640,737 ; the bulletins declared void are 36,880.
The Consultative Commission decides that it will go this
evening at half-past Bto the Elyria to present the result of
the general verification to the President of the Republic.
A counterpart of these minutes, 4ned by the vies-president
and secretaries, shall be address= to the Minister of the
Interior, to be deposited in the national archives.
Done at the Palace of the Quai d'Orsay, at a gestural
meeting of the Coosultative Commission, the 31st
ber, 1861.
BAsocits,
Vine-Preddent of the Consultative Commission.
DIZAZD, Puts LIIII•LLItti, Di MOttITIZ/L, %MAIM"
BOOST, Da PLANCT, DATAILI" Secretaries.
lit. Bartsch° then spoke u follows :

Monsieur lo President,—ln making an appeal to the
French people, by your proclamation of December 2, you
said :

"Ise toper will bold a power which is powerless to do
peed, and whisk chains me to the helm while I behold the
vessel driving towards en abyss. If you have confidence
in me, give or the moo of accomplishing the great !Ma-
slen which I bell ben yea."
Te that loyal appeal, node to its conscience end its sore-
'sleety, thewatio bee reepoiled, by an imams, ochres.
Oa by upards of DIMS lisit bar bodied thew
and
woo Ten Primes, non has soldiers ink
Ile las assidense in your eseeeipe, is your oohed
and is year love for her! And they eeeloor 'Nib she hoe
Jot given of that feet hse nor theme gleilres that
It h alto three you' of a geornoest, the pre-
dates and peldellia of which it thus ousierelev
the
Hasondsle _dared the died tif Dee. 10,
apse hiss 111411, wn Idemedfeop le wof
Has rthy of
Ise the p
be rightly erliereed the =irks that he sesolved
Let that gerren be sited of the soon Wiles of votes
Oda have sew esnliesed the hews oirlate, 'vest add.
Op to it a =ovenbird's end Mae old' =Mdse.
Mover be any onntiy hes the nellsol WA be. se o-
ho* inellholed. Mot did oy grommet diets soh
ea male/ of siesed—riner hod it • ewes =On got
=re kitting= lad men worthy of the respect of
(Appealman.)
Übe pressies. Priarsot this govenunent, whist' bee
hen so dee* eiridsd to ye= Use it in other le de-
_ idsee the flodmeentsl beim wlie the
alinillerle have eineorelei by thole Men Re-
in Naos the riot* et ealbed= 'shish has
boo lee =ire shaken hello bit ileispenisanalzean-
siedlinalelorsik =lstegisell nadellens. psi-
sagaeletego Oho nay wbishyea hive to par-
aod inggeoe. er dies hoe boa dregaillose facts and
hong= mimes. Ray Its., be et hag= delivered
AM Doe Nada wt's see always rev* he soft mod pl.
lego—of tries men who is thL rolney les the
Meow of elvalestho sled wbo, by awards, dr mos
r=ssat 'se to carry us Ave eintnries
(Lind met)
Prier" ea the led of Deeer_aberiee tea *pro mirk
" France regerneled by the Rovidien et IXI4 and eqpv
ahs_uly the Imam ^ that to lo way. a who as wise.
.a hong Ind res by dL
WTerar ese end year patriotism realise idea.
Resign to this ocientry, so rah, so hill of life nod of fours
preeperisaissre. greatest of all biessap—esdrs, stability,
as with energy the wide et=
as welt Tosirries have saved Ammo,
the whole of Deno trot an intern= easser, sal added
to pear ame a seer sad ismosislabie glory.
Comiderable applause Sallemsd this address, to
wins **Ply
width the President of the RepabLio rude the fol-

lademea,—Presee Laosespeakt W the hysl appeal
Ala I weds te her. She his assissehewisi that I tle.
MOM hese *Why sal, le Mesa te sljobe. • 17pwsrds of
sews wilier et owes lave jast shistreft
ea est whist had se ether elfeet te ewe Frame. sae
Pinslis &Met I
Ilea kmpea Ia yeses of lasable sad starchy.
Frame.)
mbi eansei law
oedema esi ersaliseses this sualfisleilea hes hew
If I essiestakle west, sa Ibis Manse sikeslea. I aye
frees pull* lett busses ft ghee we the hoe te speak sad
sit es becesses the heed of grew swim like oars. (Loud
Mee of Bravo.")
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I undersbad sli the imam el sow minima, aad I
do not deceive speelt es le ih DO whh ea up-
right heart, with the eewpateliew 0 A MIS
who, like yew, ill iambi au with tbekell awl
rapport ow with their jaliellm, with the heeeliaa
et ewe
evelwal vela the yealeslioa whisk I vialP
whisk Ihe
leariewew bum& llama le
I Win, hope to woke werlhartlre
psi* iISIiSSOAS 11081 la ne—(hmei
MI—I hope is .raw. the deel el Frame by
aslitutiewe ell& seepead at the onetime to the
imaisels et the melee, esd le the gamier
sapesual valve to have bowsaw& a Mew wadi
geweessraL (Wens oohs at wilbedea.) In fogrigt
sethhelles le Ow aigeweise at the ray, by er2Lehm.!
rilliwhisk esemetitales astbseley, without
lledles el equality, tad elem. desiog Day p'r"l"d'i 3
inyeeveneat, h le by the hesialion at the only edible
aerobia ef auggetthig a wise awl beseleiwt Mem.

Cries at" Vire Nvoletar le Pelisident r
were then sad s sonvereation took plass be-
tween the aid asocial inenhers of the
which hated about twenty minutes.
et the Chneadtative Coma pre-
met their esniestnialiens. and seas or the
members remaimed seavenatien with him
till the arrival d the dipieneatie imps, which
prentatly saesealed. Tide was presented by
the apostoli• arm* sad roesoved without any

and archbishop, the metropolitan chapter,
and the ,of Paris were then received. The
szchbish p roiled himself as follows: .
L - r ielPreeideit,—We come to present yea our fir
lieltatleas and good wiriest What we an gehapt te do to-
morrow, we will do reify day of the year about to commence.
We will pray to God with fervour for the curses of the
high mission welded to you ; for the peace sod prosperity
of the republic ; fro the union and concord of all citizens.
t But, in order that they may be ell good citizens, we will
pray God to make them good Christians.
The President thanked the archbishop for having
recommended to the Divine protection acts which
bad been inspired by the sentiment which dictated
these words —" Let the good take heart, and let the
winked tremble."

The doyen of the clergy of Paris, the venerable
curate of St.Nieolas, 87 years old, briskly approached
the President, and said, with a gay tone, " I am
happy, Monseigneur, to say to you with the prophet,
'the work of God will succeed, whatever may
happen '"
In the sitting of the Consultative Commission yes-
terdiv, M. Segue d'Aguesseau proposed that the
President should be invited to take up his abode at
the Tuileries. M. Baroche answered that they ought
to leave the President to take spontaneously all the
measures that he should deem necessary to raise the
majesty of the executive power. The motion was
then withdrawn. .

The following monstrous decree appears, restrict-
-111:1g oven conversation as well as wnting upon poli-
tical matters':

The President of the Republic, on the report of the
keeper of the seals, insister of justice ; considering that
among the Abeam tomesen by the law in vigour on the
press, those whisk are committed by means of speech, such
as verbal °Mimeos ar seditious cries, have considerably mul-
tiplied ; con that the attribution to the Court of
Assizes of the of them 0.1110118 renders the re-
pension thereof mid ed disomisua ; considering that
it is a principle that laws of psoindani sad competi-
tion are immediately applicable to alibi not yet tried,
decrees that this oryaknoce of all offenses mmtoesplated by
the laws apes dm press, and committed by word of mouth,
is Mlediered apes the tribunals of this aorreetkmed police,
these Wham& will take cognisance Odom orgasm which
have been committed anteriorly to the present decree, and
which have not hitherto been tried " mmtradictoirement."
The prosecutions will be conducted according to the forms
and redes prescribed by the code of criminal instruction for
correctional jurisdiction.

Thursday being kept as a grand national holiday,
the Post-office and the public offices were closed at
noon. The Bourse was also closed.

Our Paris correspondent's parcel of last evening
had not arrived at the hour of going to press.

We take the following from our correspondent's
letter of Wednesday, which should have arrived
yesterday:

PARIS, WEDNIIIDAT EVRNINO.

To account for the contradictory views which ap-
pear in papers, all of which are equally. devoted to
the government, and under its control, it is necessary
to understand that the policy of the Elyski is no
more single and determined under the auspices of
M. de Mornay, than it was in the days of M. Leon
Faucher's ministry. There are still two parties there
in constant antagonism, the sanguine imperialists
and the moderate party, who lean towards consti-
tntionalism. M. de Morney, after the comple-
tion of the coup d'etat and the result of the elec-
tions, is disposed to give way to the moderato party
on some points, but he is inflexibly opposed to
liberty of the press. The Princess Mathilda and
General St. Arnaud, are leading influences in the
other party, but the presiding genius of the latter is
M. de Muntalembert, who urges the President to get
rid of the Republic with all despatch, and to assume
the imperial purple. The jesuits desire a pure des-
potism. During the few last days it is said that the
moderate party has gained ground. This is sup.
ported by Veron, who is not without hope of tamper-
ing the insane ambition of the military, set with some
cool drops of reason. It is even maid that Uiranlin
is not idle in promoting a movement in this direc-
tion, for at present the frantic imperialism professed
in certain quarters, put forth in the Petrie, is hailed
by all the shreweder observers of the career of Louis
Napoleon as a certain prognostic of his speedy
down fat.

Great efforts are making to reconcile some of the
working conservatives and legitimists to the Elyike.
The latter hold off resolutely ; but some of the con-
servatives are said to waver, and even to covet the
lucrative post of senator.
Up to this morning, I am able to guarantee this
news as official, no judicial body whatever had as
yet received an invitation to the receptions to-
morrow, at the Tuileries. Doubtless, this afternoon,
the omission will be repaired. But the cause of the
delay is, doubtless, the undisguised displeasure of
the Elyse() at the reserved attitude of these bodies.
It is not yet decided whether the sitting of the
courts-martial are to be public or not. It would be
unexampled in France for trials by such tribunals to
go on with closed doors. Even the revolutionary
tribunal held its sittings publicly.
The arbitrary powers given to themilitary commis-
sioners, which were intended at first to act as a sort
of grand jury to the courts-martial, is a subject of
m oral and indignant complaint. These commis-
Woes asquit prisoners, or pronounce upon their pen-
tane of transportation to Cayenne, without even
burin the persons interested.

Tho following story Is current to-day among circles
, usually well informed. I live it, however, with
all reserve. It is certain, however, that the
strange recital was prevented by the autho-
rities from appearing in the Public, a paper
set on foot by a partyof the Ely!ee.
Two or three days ago as the President was coming
out of the Elyste he vru shot at by a sentry belong-
ing to the grenadier company of a regiment of the
line. The man was immediately arrested, tried
at once by a court-martial, and shot by some sol-
diers of his own regiment in a corner of the garden
of the Elysee. MT informant says that the authori-
tative details of this tragic affair were sent to all the
government journals ; but that after the story was
actually in type, orders were sent that it should not
be published.

The Decembrists employ every possible means to
make the illumination of to-morrow night as general
as possible. I believe that candles would, if the
thing could be done without drawing down the
seousgeratirseral ridicule, be distributed at private
home by those organised emissaries. But one
thing certain, that the decree which delivers over
song ma and tavern in Paris to the tender mercies
OIL i Maupas will operate as a "salutary terror"
In stimulating all establishments of that description
to Hone oat as ostentatiously as powalle. In fact, so
little shame or scruple attends the vindictive mea-
sures of the police, that one can hardly doubt that a
cafe which refused to illuminate would be immedi-
ately closed. If lam rightly informed, the commis-
saries of each arseudieossnent have sent round agents
to signify to all sohnoisets and ear& that it will be
taken as a pledge of their good disposition in Avow
of order to light up au brilliantly as panda If,
after all dues mans, the should be
a failure, it will ho apf that the algative voters
are not ltamood R to avow their sontbnents.

;lire iliskatemem-
bars ar the Left=and amen them of addicting
themselves to agitation, tie object being to,
haws them, by the taw of impingement, to adherel
or to expatriate themselves.
Eugene Sue, whose eked= was the determining
came of the law of the 31st May, and who has thus
had a singular inflame in the turn events have
taken, is said to have taken rehr in Piedmont.
Oeniller, socialist Willitiate in 1849, Vubenter,
editor of the Peuple, and 66 other prisoners were
liberated yesterday. It is expected that there will
ho an extensive amnesty granted to-morrow, on the
Osission of the ceremony.
_ .

The Bulletin de Poi:is, alluding to the various
stejsetares now afloat as to what the tenor of the
sew constitution will be, says that they are all
wrong, and that one of these fine mornings the
Mon steer will surprise everybody. I can only say
that it will surprise me if it should promulgate a
constitution containing anything but a mockery of
representative government. The same journal, speak-
ing of the reception at the Tuileries to-morrow, says
that people are saying in the streets to-day, " Who
has so good a right to inAabit them as Louis Napo-
leon P"
A medal is to be struck in commemoration of the
election of December 20 and 21 ; them is to be a
holiday is all the lyceums and colleges from January
Ist to 4th; and in further celebration of the event the
Prefect of the Seine, with the authorisation of the
Minister of the Interior, has placed at the disposal

Pads
64: mayor,/ er Pads a rem of 86,000 f., to be dis-
t ted =soft the poor of the capital.
&R unic touncil of La Fre has been dis-
eolsied by the, rifle of the Aisne. A committee of
five members was immediately appointed to transact
the necessary business.
The Monsieur Algeria* of the 23th states that on
the following day a general disarmament of the
national guard was to take place, by order of the
governor-general.
At the Bourse the Five per Cents. rose 63c., closing
at 101.00; the Three per Cents. rose 75, and closed
at 67.20. Railways were well supported. Northern
rose 11&. 23c. ; Marseilles, 20fr. ; Strasbourg,l
13fr. 76c.