The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Treguist EVZSINO.
M. Carnet has been elected deputy of the Seine by
a majority of 3,410 votes over M. Moreau, the go-
vernment candidate, the total number of voters being
30,096. Considering the desperate efforts of the go-
vernment to bring in its candidate, and the nature
of the population of the 4th electoral circumscription
of Paris, this is certainly the most scrimp; demon-
stration which has yet been made against the despo-
tism of Louis Napeicon, with the exception of the
election of General Cavaignac for the 3rd
circumscription. I already drew your attention to
the manoeuvre Qf establishing an additional section
in the ward of a hospital to enable the patients to
stagger to the poll. In this supplementary section
alone the government obtained a majority. This
dodge may pass for a measure of the unscrupulous
meanness of the machinery resorted to. The 4th
circumscription embraces tho faubourgs of St. Denis,
St. Antoine, and the Temple, the very names of
which, while they announce a dense population of
artisans, are pregnant with revolutionary as-
sociations. While tho shopkeepers of Paris
protested against a government based on perfidy
and violence by tho election of Cavaignac, the work-
men recorded their opinions and expressed their feel-
ings by voting for Carnet. To describe, in a word,
the meaning of M. Carnot'd election it suffices to say
that Cavaignac agreed to withdraw his own candi-
dateship for the presidency if Carnet would consent
to come forward. The democratic party hoped by
this arrangement to effect an union of the moderate
republicans and the socialists. In fact, M. Carnet
is perhaps what we should call the most respectable
socialist in France.
The government accounts of the provincial elec-
tions theta that the government candidates, MM. F.
Fevre and O'Herlincour have been elected respec-
tively at Nantes and Arras. At Lille, M. Legrand,
the opposition candidate has a considerable majority
over M. Itichebe, but the result of several communes
remains to be known. The election for Lyons is
adjourned till the 19th inst.
It is now reported that the civil list of Louis Na-
poleon will be 8 millions of francs, free from the
charge of maintaining the royal establishments,
which fell upon Louis Philippe. The civil list of the
late king was 12 millions of francs.
The Moniteur contains an arrett issued by the
Minister of Finance, in the name of the President of
the Republic, giving directions relative to the mode
of proceeding for the conversion of the Five per
Cents :

Art. 1. The bolds, of The per Cent. Stock who accept
the 0011 T. nion will bars no declaration to sake. The new
nominative tithe, revolting froze the conversion, will be ex-
eltanpd for the di ewe, either gradually, as transfers take
place, or at the ties of the mast of the half-yearly
dividend N the treasury of Pans, or by the receivers-gene-
ral in the lepeetments.
Aft i beielptioss to bearer will only be converted on
et the dd Sew These titles will be received
* the tasehr epee at the Bourse on sad altar
Witri,7pini. MIL Desk reesese of rents as ney,to
esseeetreee ely the seesselas, Ile *dosed below the ail.
sum et Mr., will be essverbil sersisative *wiper
tweeetlag re the fame tree* est by the esiaseesse of
Apia 29, 1831.
Ail. 3. Freedom of a hese int Wag inedbabb as the
trawl Jim, belled= of ielabwessmat fat the Imulless
willsh may result hen the eesseeelesr w be het Med to
palm with their now titles. The swam* of Own free-
doms will be pelt at the was has meths belf leer's divi-
des& Parties who held mewl weeebellee
awl *be white mite titre Is air to mil the ed.-
beremest
the let Sep, VOL
seems, beds,*me heedwa.mme esei *dr Wes Mthe
Art. 4. Staithelders who trag dines to be said of,
mit sear a whites edemas speuedlas se the arm
°griThe ishoelleaw:or by the held.,,
"sift suisehel met be mesa.
lse edema of the ft win be imbed
Pots et the Illaktry of plusses, efts* the lambed
Debt. est Is the etthe 'Mose the isedvers•
Geedl, mil es the TM 14112. A reads
um willateir. The ieesrlpeiess topside* will
be isamelieely
Art. & The delempseled by the semi peresteph of
Art. 2 of the &see of Kush 14 ere net app lied& to
holders of real* teliserer.

13Tri.:litilina.-. Smut.
The above decree is followed by a model of the
declaration alladed to in Art. 4.

A decree on the reform of this octroie is reported to
be on the eve of premulgatioa.
Commercial accounts from most parts of the
country coacur in noticing • slight increase of acti-
vity. In Paris purchasers still set with timidity,
but they have come forward in rester numbers, and
if business has not become active, it is because the
commission agents have been seeking for conceseions
which the manufacturers cannot make to them.
Raw materials keep up at such prices as render the
sale of the manufactured articles difficult, but, as the
wants of consumers continue to increase, the commis-
sion agents must submit to pay an advance. Some
large sales have been already made for the provinces
in new articles for the spring trade. The Marchand.
de Nonmetal. have commenced their purchases at
Itheims,Amiens,Roubsix,Tourceing,and Lyons, in the
hope of a good spring sale. But a curious symptom has
been observed. The tradesmen being forced by the
events of the last 4 years to abridge their credits and
to deal almost entirely for ready money, show but
little disposition to avail themselves of the reduction
in the rate of interest by giving bills at long dates.
The abundance of mosey enables them easily to effect
loans, with which they buy for cash, and get the be-
nefit of a discount upon each transaction. In this
way their purchases are more limited than when
they were accustomed to buy, often with too little
prudence, upon credit. The now habit has uow
become so deeply rooted that it will be difficult to
return to the old system. The large houses
complain, it is true, of the dulness of business,
but the retail dealers are not glutted as formerly
with an accumulation of goods beyond the wants of
their customer,. In the provinces there are no
striking changes to notice since last week. Corn
still rises, and exportation to Germany continuos.
The reorganisation of the consular body, so often
announced, and so constantly postponed, appeiuw at
length to be coming to a conclusion. Ten of the old
consulates have been re-established, and almost all
the consuls who were appointed by the provisional
government have been set aside, with the exception
of M. Sentis, who retains his post at Sydney. An
old page of tr. Emperor, M. de Lantivy, formerly
appointed by M. Guizot as consul at Jerusalem, and
who is now in Germany, goes as consul to Dublin •
and M. Huct, a relation of M. de Mackau, proceeds
to Lisbon. It has been said that M. Mimant, the
consul lieneral at Genoa, had been replaced by M.
Aladviuse, who is now at Nice, but this appointment