The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1852.

FRANCE.

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ItIAT antlitsigked
I usdeslitand thielhe Predden -himself
ever the Ai of invitations for the tzlp to-morreW fa
the presicleidial train, and with hie earn hand gillick
out sanseal names. Among the names erased wen
those of M. Armandlertin' of the DIU& t Blanqui,
dine ; Weron Auld last, not least, the ex-favourite and
minister of die coup d'etat, de Morey: Orders have
been given that the engines are to bo in readiness by
seven o'clock to-marrow morning ; but the exact hour
of starting will Bata am informed, be ands public).
Three officers from each of the three ministnee of
police, war, and the interior will be at the station to
Intel; the exustion of the strict orders against the
personation of invited [assts. The Prince desires to
travel only in the company of maxis approved by
himself. The state train will iteop at Nancy in going,
and at Commercy in returning, and probably at some
other places not yet publicly known. At these halting
stations there will be reviews of national guards and
troops brought from the neighbouring garrisons. The
other trains will not be allowed to stop any when near
thescenesof thecontemplated ruralovations,sothst the
President will be secure as far as possible from the
intrusion of any unsympathetic company till he ar-
rives at Strasbourg. I know, however, that several
people have left Paris for Nancy this evening, that
they may see what goes on there. At Strasbourg
the proceedings will consist of consecration of the
engines by the clergy, reception of the authorities by
the President, and processions on both banks of the
Rhine of the rural population, in their traditional
costumes. On the second day there will be a sham
fight on the Rhine ; an invading army will attempt
to cross, and a bridge will be thrown over. I am
assured that the Prince-President will command the
army on the French side of the river in person, and
the invaders will no doubt be signally defeated. The
most striking feature of the whole fete will bo the coin-
' plete illumination of the cathedral of Strasbourg. The
unrivalled steeple of that edifice has I believe only
twice reared such a blazing. pyramid of light in the
heavens, once on the occasion of the visit of Louis
15th, and again on that of Marie Therese. The cost
of the illumination to the town will be not loss than
80W. I was to-day informed by an inhabitant of
Strasbourg of a fact which is not likely to figure in
any official account of the fête. When the munici-
ity was convened for the purpose of voting money
r the reception of the President, only six munici-
pal councillors out of thirty-six attended the meeting,
and of those one came to oppose the grant. Thesup-
ply was therefore voted by five members only. I
must not omit to mention that the festivities of the
second day will conclude with a ball, given in the
theatre, by the railway company.
The Commit General of the Bas Rhin, held an un-
official meeting on the 14th, at which it was resolved
that the whole body should wait upon the prince to
compliment him upon his arrival in the department.
The municipal council of Toul have expressed their
regret that their town will not have the happiness to
receive the prince within its walls, and that the
note in the Monikur of July 4 deprives them of the
satisfaction of offering hospitality to the President.
They have voted a credit for a proper display of their
good feeling at the railway station as the President
plums, but they leave the precise amount to the wis-1
dom of the mayor. The municipality of Foug, with
more particularity, have voted 83. for the erection of
a triumphal arch.
The bands of the 2nd regiment of engineers, and
the 23rd of the line, in barracks at Metz, have re-
ceived orders to march to Nancy. A battery of
artillery left Metz on the 15th for the same de-
stination.

The minister of public works, who left Paris on
Tuesday last at twenty minutes past six in the morn-
ing for Strasburg, arrived there in the evening at
thirty-five minutes past seven. Ile left that city
again on Wednesday morning at fifteen minutes past
seven, and arrived at the Paris terminus at five

minutes past eight in the evening. On the first day
there were stoppages of one hour and twenty-four
minutes, and on the second day one hour and fifty-
four minutes. Thus the journey to and fro being
being a distance of 250 leagues was performed at the
average rate of eleven leaves an hour. As the
object was to inspect a new portion of the line,
which required a more particular examination than
the other parts, the speed between Luneville and
Sarrebonrg, was reduced to twenty kilometres an
hour. On the day of the inauguration the Presi-
dent's train will go at an average rate of forty-six
kilometres an hour ; and it will perform the distance
feesa Paris to Strasbourg in eleven hours. This dis-
tance of five hundred kilometres is the longest that
Ye 'Tor yet been gone over in France in one con-,
Kw.

The ifendeur thou contradict the rumours so long
acereditad that new marshals were about to be
created:

lisniejsurnals have announced, on the faith of foreign
senemadeses, that several paerale et &Mika are on the
point a beim to the erMy et marshal of
Freels se the term ef tie kw el August 4,
es lie ef the mewl Mir et the rimy
the troy et medsl moo be mined mem sa gees-
, rats Miles eke hare seemekkg k Mist beim the
menty—let, ea assay, or a amps lamas, composed of
several die ademsefMmmt erne ; the artillery and
the esgisses k as essay empesed of moral mpg
The esakist unties readesed w mkt, by the generals
, who esemesiled the amity whoa it bed to ambit smithy
sad samese Mollies has procured for them dicers the
radish, se the chief et the state, sad that of all Frame,
bat lt ha ant gland them is the esektisse re-
' gaited by the law le MOM dr bates of moskl. The re-
premiss ef ski sulk keimet develsgsets; it requires
a peolssed et sift" aims; its hazards pre-
sent my dews. seesedidek the glory whirls it
bvla is Ins. Mk by the.. wb ebleisA kr I. days
of wUlaa they ens net segules. bet Mrgilded Mew.
cities; whim dw weep ere sidled ii ambit Although
it may be the skim Mae et the gerenseset to recom-
pose as they ikon% sash giskrabed M who bare
devoted themeless to the ishillea of the awtry, the news
'Weeks theism* we elude te is entirely iasgtato of
foulard".

By a degree et the President of the Republic the
vacatiaa at the Osman of State is to commence on
Asyut U sal to finish on October 15. A com-
mittee, essalaiag el MM. Ronher and Boojean,
sialialleasi MM. Herman, Berbareux,
litors, fie Miseisny, Leroy de St. Arnaud,
Thad* Fraky, Ferdinand Barrot, Vuitry, Baron '
de irlaissit, de Vuilletroy,CPetitet, Thayer GaL
Beaune, Mastro, Brinier, Darricanl and Heartier,
are sweated te deliberate upon administrative, and
all igreat_ _ during the recess.
The Abiartair contains an article on the municipal
dealer, is erbielt are explained the leading change,
whisk have beis made in the laws which regulates
them It is meaesselary to observe that these
ehaaase are seek as to throw more power into the
of the soseative, and thus to annihilate all op-
position is the aimaidAmalities.
The Genii do Aimee stake that a manorial,
idgned by havers 900 and 900 Olken sad soldier,
of the royal amine Nadi sad La Peed* um pre-
sented a few days sines in the President of the Re-
public, for the purposed mem an inquiry to be
instituted into the tzsgball INA at the Dubs de
Bourbon Conde, and to mass this prow losadosed
in the will of the prince lobe pet tato the enjoyment
of their respective
A committee, sols of MM. Chyme% necre-
tary-general of the Minister of the Interior; Colonel
Bovine, aide-de-camp to the President; Baron Vied,
M. Vuillefroy, councillor of state; M. Dabeaux,
maitre des requites, and M. Jew, head of the com-
munal department in the ministry of the interior, is
appointed to consider all
,questions relative to com-
munal property.
The Sieek, in reply to the article in yesterday's
Moniteur, says that it has the authority of two woe-
admirals for the statement that the council of the
Admiralty had expressed an opinion in favour of the
maintenance of Admiral Baudin upon the active lie.
The Sled* will not withdraw its statement upon any-
thing less than the personal assertion of the minister
of marine, and even then it will ask leave of the two
vice-admirals to make their names public. An ar-
ticle without a signature in the Moniteur, it con-
siders of even less authority than that of an ordinary
journalist who gives the guarantee of his signature.
At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. rose
25, and closed at 103.26 ; the Threes raw 40, closing
at 7245. Bank of France shares fell 6. The
Orleans railway rape 25 ; Rouen and Lyons, 10 each;
Northern, 6; Strasbourg, 3.75; Bordeaux and Torte,
1.26.