The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

EXTRAORDINARY INSULT BY THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO A CANDI-
DATE FOR PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY Evwico.

One of those acts of brutal and unreasoning
violence which from time to time drive to despair
honest citizens who are sincerely desirous of living
on good terms with the Empire, and working with
it for the public good, has just been committed by
the government. M. Gamier Pages' private resi-
dence, No. 45, Rue St. Roch, was invaded by the
police last night, and his friends, with whom Le
was discussing the prospects of his election on this
day week, were turned out of doors. In order that
you may not suppose that the meeting thus dis-
persed was a very large one, it is necessary to state
that M. Gamier Pages lives in an humble set
of apartments on one floor—a flat, as it
would be called in Edinburgh. The minister
who ordered this invasion of his domicile,
like all the great statesmen who have the luck to
serve the Empire, inhabits a palace, and keeps
carriages, horses, and troops of menials. M.
Gamier Pages, the Finance Minister of 1848, left
office with clean hands, and like all his colleagues
of that time, lives in honest poverty. The few
friends, therefore, that M. Gamier Pages' modest
drawing-room held could not have imperilled the
public peace ; and yet they were numerous enough
to be free from the reproach that they formed •
secret meeting. The Prefect of the Police had
intimated to the candidates for Paris that they
were at liberty to assemble their friends provided
they did ae by personal letters of invitation. In
M. Gamier Pages' case I foresee, though I do not
know the fact, that a quibble will be raised on the
the ground that the letters were signed, not by
himself, but by his son-in-law, M. Dreo, who lives
in the same building. At all events it was a meet-
ing of private friends held without noisy demon-
stration, in a small private house, and for the legi-
timate purpose of organising a lawful canvass for
a seat in the legislature. It is positively infamous
that it should have been interfered with. In these
days, when there is so much disposition to dictate
to other countries on the pretext of progress,
nationalities, and what not, it is right that
public opinion in Europe should speak out and
say what it thinks of this wanton aggression upon
the plainest rights of peaceful citizens.

There is a rumour which I have not been able to
verify, but which I have heard in several quarters,
that M. Garnier Pages' papers were overhauled by
the police with a view of getting possession of a
letter written by M. Fould in 1848, in which he
recommended national bankruptcy. The text of
this letter is published in M. Gander Pages'
"History of the Revolution of 1848." The
original letter is not in his house now, but
has been deposited in a place of safety.
If there were any doubt of M. Gamier Pages'
election before, there is none now. The electors
of Paris will certainly reply to this monstrous in-
sult to him by au overwhelming majority in his
favour.

Rossini's new mass, which has been so long
spoken of, was performed for the first time yester-
day at M. Pellet Wilk's. Meyerboer was present,
and added Lis enthusiastic plaudits to those of the
general company.
The illustrious chemist Liebig Las just expressed,
ou the subject of the oidium in vines and the
potato disease, an opinion which is worthy of
mention. The cause, he says, is not in the atmo-
sphere, as many people suppose, but in a want of
vigour and an exhaustion of the soil, which defect
may be remedied by the use of bone powder and
ashes.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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