The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1852.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WIDWUDAT
The remonvlzamies of the legitimist journals against
placing the Count do Chambord', protest in the same
category with the red republican manifestoes has
provoked the following article in the Moniteur,
which may be taken u a deliberate argument put
forth by the highest authority in support of the lcgi-
timacy of the present dynasty :
In pablisbing on the same day the protest of the Count
de Chambord and the manifestoes of the demagogical patty,
the grsornment bed not the idea of assimilating documents
se diarist ; it could not wish to place on the same line a
party which no doubt commits the grave error of disregard-
ing the rights and the wish.* of France, but which respects
the principles of order and social hierarchy, with the savage
emetalttess who do net shirk from OMNI sad make an ap-
peal to ermine; it knees air the to which it owes to
a prince the victim of the milligram of his rase. Never-
theirs, it is very difficult not to see eat asi manifestoes
end the protest ere inspired by • ossmasa error, and
wive definitely at the same rink. On both
sides, in fact, national eoveashinty it denied ; the
demagogues reject it to substitute their own will
for it, the Count de Chambord to place his pommel
rights above the rights of the country. la both err the
consequence' Is the same ; it is that all that the nation his
done, and all that it may do, even if assaimous, is null ;
but the former proclaim it with insult, on the lips and the
poignerd in the band, whilst the Count de Chambord con-
tents himself with declaring it with painful resignation.
Nothing can excite astonishment on the pert of certain de-
magogues; the most ineentestible principle is only for them
an instrument which they break the moment it no longer
serves their ambitious views. It is thus, that after having
placed the principle of popular sovereignty above all, so
long r they could turn it to account, they reedier it
when the people separate from them. To hear them now,
it is no longer the nation which is sovereign, but the re-
public. The contradiction is not 10211 striking in the protest
of the Count de Chambord. In reeding it, would it net be
said that the right recognised is the nation of choosing the
form and the chief of its government is a principle created
yesterday amidst revolutionary storms ? How, however,
can it be forgotten that this principle, true as logic, and old
r the world, hes sever ceased to be the basis of our public
law; that the di monarchy proclaimed it on numerous
edema asseieme, end that fir it could be plated in doubt, ell
NUM OD many usurpations; that consequently
It timadadon of their right? What other principle
than indinal raweentstp rendered the last rasa of our kings
legitimists? Was as heir wanting to the throne of Cherie-
when Hugon Capet seated himself on it? Was that
of )evil vacant when Pepin occupied it? The accord be-
tween the weer and the will of Frence has rendered all dy-
nastic.' legitimate; in separating itself from them the country
has not disregarded either their services at their glory ;
but is virtue of the same right by which it placed them
et its head when they represented interests and wishes, it
set them aside when they ceased to he in accord with their
principle, and when the spirit which animated them was no
longer the national spirit. These are elementary truths.
How could they bedisregarded ? Napoleon was profoundly
' penetrated with them; when receiving the Senalut Consul.
lens which called him to the empire, he pronounced before
the Senate these memorable words, which his nephew, in
identical circumstances, retailed and confirmed : "My
spirit will be no longer with my posterity from the day on
which they shall rue to deserve the love and confidence of
the nation." The national will—such is then the principle
and the right of a dynasty. Its conditions of duration are
to remain the living representation of the great interests of
the country, as its duty is to devote itself to them without

There is little of interest in the political world to-
day beyond what is to be found in the columns of
the official journal. In giving an account of the
return from Fontainebleau, it states that the Prince
was accompanied by all the personages who had been
his guests at the palace, with the exception of Lord
and Lady Cowley, who took leave of him on Monday,
and proceeded at once to London. It appears from
the following extract that the President's apparently
inexhaustible private purse has been liberally opened
during his visit to his sporting residence:
The Prince President, when at Fontainebleau,
visited the hospital, the house of the Sisters of
Charity, and the Orphan Asylum. In each ho left
marks of his munificence. The Prince was accom-
panied by the prefect of the Seine-et-Marne, the sub-
prefect of the town, and the mayor. The Prince
afterwards visited the church, and was much struck
by its small size, and its want of repair. Tho mayor
and the curt, told the Prince that the town ardently
desired to ace a new and larger church constructed,
but that funds were wanting. The Prince reminded
them that he was christened at Fontainebleau, and
promised to give 200,000 francs from his own purse
towards a fund for a new church. He subsequently
charged M. Blouet, architect of the palace, to draw
up a plan of
.the church. When the generosity of
the Prince became known it excited great enthusiasm
amongst the population.
The withdrawal of a new regulation which had
caused& great outcry among the sugtr manufacturers
is thus announced in the Moniteur :

The regulations to which beetroot sugar manufactories
am subjected impose on manufecturers the obligation of
lodging in the, interior or depeudencies of their establish-
ments the employes of the state who are charged to levy
the tales. This obligation having caused some disquietude
amongst the manufacturers, the Prince President hes just
decided that they shall be freed from it. By this decision
his highness has given to the manufactory of native sugar
and agricultural industry a new proof of his solicitude.
The Muniteur next publishes an electioneering ad-
, dress from General 'Laudon, Governor of Algeria, to
the inhabitants of that colony, and a pretty specimen
it is of the true method of drilling universal suffrage.
After alluding to the proposed Senafits Consultum,
and anticipating that it would result in an appeal to
the , he ells, addressing himself to generals
&Timms and prefects of departments:

Ti yen It likep to prepare the population under your
=he the nean. which will doubtless be de.
hoes them. It is for you to make theca understand
that they menet espleate their vote from that of their mo-
ther reentry i owl that to refuse mow to give their support
to the proasnmeat, would be to betray the national
similmeat est to disregard the interests of the colony.
There still owlets us certain localities an old leaven of
Wilily to the present government, and men of
illsordsr will, perhaps endeavour to excite it under cover
of the agitation sawed by political events. Let the police
be vigilant and active to prevent such anarchical efforts, or
61111111111111 the. . The transported politics)
el Jere multifog la iit>Msml parts of the territory should
be ontgested to the surveillance of the local
ved of the right of voting, they may
Meer by mesas to Usage the siguidestion of
the veto. lewd Mama the fespormass of it. Name to me all
these whose enslns yeensdiess JIPS may inspect, mid
=t*dm &ell be Mae Hugs) that the
o sleet le be will find every man in
your* illseseurist es to associate himself sla-
m whit the will
The themes-General, AMMON.
The ifesesbur also speaks of extraordinary honour
having been paid to M. Roche, the French consul-
general, on his arrival at Tripoli. This demonstra-
tion, it says, was " the result of the appearance of
our squadron before Tripoli to support our good
right. We must also perceive that the good recep-
tion given to our consul-general in this town so full
of fanatics is due to the wholesome influence given to
us by the exergetie front and powerful authority
which now prevails in France."
The Prince President went last evening in state to
the Open Comiguo. He arrived about half-past
seven, and was received with loud cries of " Viva
rEmpereur r The front of the theatre, in the Rue 1
Marivaux, was lit up with gas, representing the
cipher of the Prince, and eagles with outspread
wings. The entrance of the theatre was ornamented
with flowers, and hung with crimson velvet. In the
saloon, the bust of the Emperor Napoleon was placed
at one end, and that of the Prince, his nephew, at
the other. When the Prince entered the box reserved
for him, the whole audience rose and received him
with acclamations, even the ladies joining in the cry
of " Vive rEmpereur !" In the Prince's box were
the ex-King Jerome, Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, his
son, and Generals de Lourmel and Roguet. In the
adjoining boxes were the Ministers, Oen. Magnan,
General d'llautpoul, Prince Mont, M. de Money,
M. Mocquart, and other persons of note. The per-
formance consisted of the Donsino Noir, with Mne.
Ugelde and Coudero in their original parts, and a
cantata called the Fetes des Arts, Chant de Arent's.,
the words by M. Merl, and the music by M. A.
Adam. The usual curtain wee replaced by a new one,
prepared for the occasion, representing palace of
Fontainebleau. When this curtain rose, another was
seen behind it, representing velvet sprinkled with bees,
and bearing • colonade, on which were inscribed
the names of the towns which the Prince visited
during his tour. Towards the end of the cantata the
scene changed, and discovered a view of the Louvre
es it will appear when terminated. This view called
forth loud applause. At the end of the cantata, two
figures of Fame descended from the clouds bearing
an imperial crown. A very strong guard of horse
and foot surrounded the theatre during the per-
formance.
The Italian Opera opened yesterday with Madlle.
Cruvelli as prima donna in " Otello." Louis Napo-
leon, to encourage tho theatre, has paid 4,0001. fur
his box for the Demon.

An engraving of Louis Napoleon in imperial robes
is now exhibited in the shop windows. lt is in all

retpects but one a facsimile of the well known
picture of Napoleon in his coronation dress. The '
artist has purposely fashioned the features of
Napoleon 111. in the likeness of his predecessor
"of that name the first." Tho solo variation'
oonsists in the enormous pair of moustachios which
have been faithfully copied from the original. But
these appendages, so little in keeping with the classic
portrait of the real Emperor, excite an irreverend
titter among the loungers at the picture shops. It is
really curious to observe the effect of this trifle upon
the -keen sense of the ridiculous which the Parisians
possess In such an eminent degree. 1 have watched
the groups collected in front of several shops where
this print is exhibited, and without any exception
I have seen the people laughing. It would really be
wise in Napoleon 111. to suppress this engraving,
and to cutoff his monstachios, for no one can say how
dangerous it might be if the French people, thrown
into tits of laughter, like Byron at the idea
of " Sir William Curtis in a kilt," were to
"awake and find it was no dream." Apropos
of these unlucky moustachios a capital old story is
now in circulation. In the time of the empire the
Austrian General Tettenboon was invited to a soir4
at the Tuileries. Etiquette was then rigorously
enforced, and even foreigners were obliged to appear
at court in court dress. Tottenboon presented him-
self in regulation costume, but with the moustachiee
which ho wore as an officer of the Hussars. The
Emperor meeting him in one of the saloons, said, " It
cannot be denied that moustachios are ridiculous
with this costume." "Pardon sire," replied 'ret-
lenboon, " it is rather that this dress is ridiculous
with moustachios." The Emperor smiled assent.
An engraving of the Primoess Wasa is in an ad-
vanced state of preparation, and will bo published
as soon as the approaching marriage shall bo offi-
cially announced. This announcement will not be
long deferred.
The following "communicated note" relative to
the recent arrests at Nantes Las been sent to the
journals of that city :
M. Enterand de la Hachette, the principal editor of the
&prance da Peuple was set at liberty yeNtarilay. It has
been erroneously said that he was enlarged by order of M.
ds Maupas, the Minister of General Police. His liberation
wai the spontaneous act of the prefect. M:Tavresu, one of
the editors of the asses journal, remains in the house of
detention at Nantes. The prefect, who, by reason of ur-
gency, and in pursuance of Art. 10 of th- Code of Criminal
Instruction, took the initiative in the affair, has transmitted
all papers relating to it to the judicial suthorities, with whom
It now rests t. prosecute the matter.
A letter from Malta, of the 9th, states that the
Magellan steam frigate, having on board Count Bac-
ciochi and Vely Pacha, the new Turkish ambassador
to Paris, has put into that port. The Magellan is to
stop two or three days at Naples, and may be ex-
pected in France about the 25th inst.
The Cburrier du Nord states that the increased
duty on Belgian coals has net as yet had the effect
of diminishing the quantity introduced into Prance.
In consequence of the increase of duty and a some-
what dearer freight, the additional charge on Bel-
gian coals to the consumer in Paris is about 30c. the
hectolitre.
The collection of antiquities and autographs of the
late Baron de 'Fremont is not left to the Bibliotheque
Nationale, as has been reported. Ho has left the
bulk of his fortune to charities, and this collection
will be sold by auction on the 9th of December and
following days. The sale is expected to last nearly
a fortnight. Among the autographs there is a series
of letters from all the Kings of France since
Louis VII.

The following are the questions proposed by the
academy of Belles-lettres and Inscriptions for 18.53,
the prize in each case being a gold modal worth
2,000 fr. :

How and by whom have been executed in France, in
the feudal times down to the death of Charles V., great
put die works, such as roads, bridge., canals, churches, Ste."
st What new no loos have been bro .ght to the hist .ry of
Greek sculpture, from the most an, lint times to those of
Alexander, by the specimens placed in the muse... of
Europe since the beginning of th. pre eat century ?"
Its ore the ancient geography of I•.dia from the earliest
times to the period of the Mustmloian inventor)." In ad-
dition, the following kasha subject peop^eed for the ordinary
prize of 1854 To ersmine the a ate of accentuation
it. the Latin inscriptions to the end of the fifth c ntuary,
and compare it with the rules laid down by Quintilian,
Prim ian, and other grammarians, and to endeavour to Rive
• complete theory of the employment of the tunic accent
'1 amongst •he Romans." - -

Business was done at the Bourse in the Four-and-
s-Half per Cents, at 107 f. ' • for account opened at
108 f. and closed at 107 f. 90c.; Three per Cents.,
closed at 86f. 40c.; Bank of France, 3,000 f. Orleans
Railway new shares, 1,140 f. • St. Germaine, 1,525 f.;
Paris and Rouen, 1,0251.; Rouen and Havre, 570 f.;
Northern, 940 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 905 f.; Paris
and Lyons, 1,0001.; Lyons and Avignon, 830 f.;
Western of France, 810 E; St. Dicier in Gray, 6001. •
Dijon to Besancon, 640 L; Dieppe and Fecamp,

PARIS, THOWIDLT Evairixo.
The 21/oniteur undertakes to answer the great
question now in everybody's mind—What secunty is
there that the rote on the 21st and 22nd instant will
be fairly conducted ? The following official explana-
tions will be found well worthy of an attentive pe-
rusal:

At a moment when the ballot is about to be opened upon
the it-rustua contention of Nov. 7, it is well to call to mind
the principal clauses of the electoral law which assure the
secrecy, independence, and sincerity of the votes. The bu-
reau of every electoral college is composed of a president,
four assessors, and a secretary, chosen from among the
electors. The mayor or his delegate is to preside in
each electoral college. The assessors are taken from
the municipal councillors according to the order
in which their muses stand os the list. In default of these,
the two oldest and the two youngest electors present are to
he chosen. Three members of the bureau at least must be
prevent during the whole proceeding, of the college. The
list of electors remains constantly upon the bureau. No one
can be admitted to vote if he is not inscribed upon this list.
The vote of every elector is acetified by the signature or
initials of one of the members of the bureau in the margin
of the voter's name. The battening boxes are sealed upi
and deposited during the night at the secretary's office, or
in the ball of the mayor's house, and the seals are also
placed upon the doers and windows of the hall where the
bows are placed. After the close of the ballot the casting
up of the votes is made. The box is opened end
the number ofa bulletins ascertained. The bureau
selects from among the electors present a certain number of
seratineen able to read and write, who are divided among
several tables, four at least sitting at each table. The pre-
sident divides the bulletins to be checked among the dif-
ferent tables. At each table Doe of the serutinern reads
aloud what is written in the bulletin, and passes it en to
another scrutineer. The result is written down upon lists
prepared for that purpose. The president and the members
of the bureau watch the operation of the scrutiny. The
tables are so arranged that the electors may circulate about
them. Immeliately after the scrutiny the result is made
public • it is drawn op and signed by the b . The
minutes' of the electoral proceedings of each commune are
made out in duplicate. One of thew duplicates remains
deposited with the mayor,. the other is transmitted
to the prefect of the department. When it has quitted the
commune the result of the ballot is still, however, under the
pretection of the law. Art. 31 says, the general census of
the votes for each electoral circumscription is made at the
chief town of the department at a poblie sitting. It is
effected by a COMMiIIIOO composed of three members of the
council-general. To the census of the votes of all the com-
munes succeed the general census for all France. To give
to this operation the authority mud solemnity which it ought
to have the President has convoked the Corps Legislatif
for Nov. 2.5, to certify the regularity of the votes, to cast
them up, and to declare the result. Thus all the proceed-
ings in the national ballot will be controlled by the repre-
sentatives of the nation. The law gives besides to all who
may be distrustful the right and the means of ascertaining
themselves the regularity and fairness of the operations.
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The Journal de iAivie publishes the following
communique:
In order to keep protestant electors away from the Ingot-
log urn, a fetes report is spread that it the empire should be
proclaimed, the Roman catholic religion will be the only
one recognised in France. buck a report is too abetted to be
seriously contradicted.

The prefect of the Moselle has suspended M.
D'lluert, the mayor of the commune of Florange, and
de Puymaigre, mayor of Inglange, " for havimg
broken the oath which the swore to LonisNapoleon."
I shall look out with some interest for further par-
ticulars of this cue. The oath is very simple. It is,
" I swear obedience to the constitution, and fidelity
to the President." It would be curious if a want of
seal in favour of the empire, or even an undisguised
hostility to it, should be construed a breach of this
oath._

A letter from Nismes speaks of the probable re-
signation of the Marquis do Calvii.tres a member of
the Corps Legislatif. This resignation--supposing it
to be confirmed—is mado in o obedience" to the voice

from Frohsdorlf. Hut the Marquis do Calcie'Tes is
understood to lament bitterly the policy which pre-
vails there. He thinks, with many other members
of the legitimist party, that abstention from public
affairs is nothing but a barren confession of impp-I
fence. It is quite possible a crisis might arise, tu
which the course taken by mon in office, members off
the councils-general for instance, might have
a decisive influence. But tho tendency of the
Chambord policy is to place the most devoted ad-

herents of the ancient race of kings in such a position
that they will never have an opportut.ity of aiding
their cause except by an appeal to arms. It is
doubtless very honest to withhold all professions of
allegiance, but the party generally by no means
admit that such honesty ' the best policy." The
difference of opinion that prevails upon the subject
increases the difficulty of action. If some thirty or
forty members of tho Corps Legislatif who may be
supposed to cherish feelings in favour of one
or the other branch of tho Bourbons were

to resign en masse, the demonstration might
I produce a considerable effect. But the Bonapartist'
could desire no better evidence of the weakness of
the legitimist party than two or three isolated re-
signations in pursuance of the commands of its
chief.
Count Thibeaudeau, the regicide, the senior mem-
ber of tho Senate, and the only survivor of the judges
who condemned Louis XVI. to death, claims the
honour of having given the single vote against the
empire, which has been generally attributed to Louis
Napoleon's old tutor M. Viellard.
At the clubs tho favourite dates mentioued for the
approaching changes are Dee. 'god for tho proclama-
lion of the empire, the month of January for the
marriage with tho Princess Was., and May 21 for
coronation.

The manifesto of the Count de Chambord has been
seized at Toulouse, where a considerable number of
copies were sent through the ;wet-office. At l'eri-i
gueux the letters contuining it were seized before
they were distributed. At Le Mans the persons who
received it handed it over to the police. The letters
bore the postmark of Switzerland.
The Refurntiate of Douai, of Nov. 10, says :
Domicialiary visits were made in our towd last Friday.
Justice was in search of copies of a manifesto of the Count
de Chambord. Perquisition were also made in our office.
A number of letters have been seized in the post.
The Correctional Tribunal of Marseilles has iust
condemned a person named Bloch to 10,000 fr. fine,
and six months imprisonment, fur having a clandes-
tine press on his premises.
Count Alphonse de Thieffries, residing near St.
Amand-lea-Eau: (Nord), and his servants, have been
lodged in prison at Valenciennes. under the charge
of distributing political writings clandestinely.
The police of Troyes arrested a man named Luchesi,
a native of the Grand Duchy of Lucca, who was
found hawking about and selling legitimist and sedi-
tious emblems and medals; among the latter was one
bearing the motto Henry IV.-11., different portraits
connected with the same political opinion, and
several subjects relative to the republic of 1703.
Several persons at Troyes have received by the post
copies of the proclamation of the Count do Chambord.
A man has been arrested, by order of the prefect
of the department of the Gors, upon the charge of
disseminating false news.
The High Court of Justice for the trial of offences
against the state is constituted by a decree published
tu-day. It consists entirely of judges selected from
the Court of Caseation, whose names wo may be per-
mitted to hope may never attain any greater degree
of notoriety than now belongs to them. The decree
nominates M. ltocher, M. Brier° de Valigny, M.
Legagneur, M. hoorahs, and M. Foucher, judges of
the Court of Cessation, judger of the Chambre des
Mises en Aceusatian of the High Court of Justice for
the judicial year 1852-3, and M. Fuilhade de Chauvin,
and M. Quenalt, also judges of the Court of Cessation,
substitutes of the same chamber. The following
judges of the Court of Cessation are appointed judges
of the Chambre de Jugement of the High Court of
Justice for the same year—namely, M.P;tcourt,lll. de
Boissenx, M. do Glos, M. Moreau (de la Meurthe),l
and M. Leroux do Bretagne ; and M. Gaultier and
M. Mater substitutes.

The following extract from the non-official part of
the Momleer reveals the extent of the truth of the
rumours so long in circulation about a reduction in
the army :
On the Ist January, 1848, the effective of the army
amounted to 380,400. After the revolution it was 440,h08.
It was so at the time of the first election of Louis Napoleon.
By successive diminutions, the number on the lit Janusry,
Ibl2, had descended to 400,404 men. /Lis highness the
Prince President has just given orders to the Minister of
War to reduce it to 370,177. This effective wil comprise
the army of Africa and that of Rome. On the let of De-
cember next this important measure will be realised; it
will form a reduction of more than 30,000 men in less than
• year.
You may remember that in September last an
order was issued permitting soldiers whose term of
servitude would expire on the 31st of Dec. to go to
their homes wooer than usual, upon the condition of
their being in constant readiness to rejoin the service
when called upon. Of course all the men who lett
their regiments pursuant to that order have been
struck off the effective list. The reduction of 30,000
men is therefore of a very temporary nature. In
June last a bill was passed calling out the full num-
ber of 80,000 recruits for the year 1852, and in this
very day's Voniteur a decree appears directing that
the tables for the levy of 80,000 men for the army of
the class of 1852 are to be published on the 30th
January and the Bth February next, and the draw-
ing by lot of the 80,000 men is to take place on the
28th February. For anything that appears then,
the army will be at least as numerous early in the
spring as it was at the beginning of the year. It is
moreover to be observed that the gendarmerie has
been very considerably increased.
Tho Conititutionnel, in an article on the opening
of the railroad from Metz to Sarrebruck, remarks oft
the facilities which will now be afforded for the
supply of Prussian coal in the French markets,
and urges the completion of the French lines in the
coal districts, which are in the course of construc-
tion, in order that the French coal owners may be
able to compete successfully with foreign producers.
The Conatildionsel, also, expresses a hope that
the French railroad companies in the coal districts
will lower their rate of charge for carriage, so
that the Centre and the North may with the greater
certainty carry on the work of competition. Unless
this be done, says the Cututitutiontiel, French coal
will find no vent at Mulhouse. At present the coal of
St. Etienne is sold there at 29fr. 50e. per ton, and
that of Rive de (tier at 27fr.; whores. the coal of
Sarrebruck can now, by the opening of the railroad,
be sold at 25fr. 10e., and the coal of the Loire will
lose the market of Alsace, as it is two months in
reaching Mulhouse, whilst that of Sarrebruck can
arrive in one or two days.
Tho Prince President has ordered M. Feburier,
engineer-in-chief, and director of bridges and high-
ways, to make surveys for a railway from Rennes to
Brest, with a branch to Loriont,
The Minister of Marine has purchased by private
contract a large quantity of timber for ship building,
at a reduction of one million of francs upon the adju-
dication annulled by lien on the 29th of Oct. last.
No accounts have been received in Paris to confirm
the news given by the Pain's of the return of Ur-
quirt to Buenos Ayres.