The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1852.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY ReMenge.
The Mowing letter, dated " Venice, April 27,"
has been addressed to his friends in France by the
Count do Chambord :
knee the *vests of the month of December last, I have
several times made known to my friends the nature of my
sentimens, my wishes, and my daises. But, considering
the language lately held by the chief of the priming govern-
ment, and the tendencies which are store and more mani-
fested Heel the necessity of again addressing a few words
to all 'those who have till now remained, and who wish
still to remain, faithful to the principle of which I am the
representative, a principle which can alone secure to France
bee repose, her happiness, end her liberties. I shall, there-
fore, frankly and loyally explain the line of conduct which
it appears to me necessary to adopt under the present cir-
cumstances, without concealing the sacrifices which it re-
quires from theirdevotednees.
The brat duty of roys/ists is to do no act, to enter into no
engagement, in opposation with their political faith ; firmly
emanated that the salvation of the country is attached to
the re-establishment of the legitimate monarchy, they
ought, above all, to endeavour to maintain intact the prin-
ciples of which it is the basis. Thus, then, whatever ad-
vantage may be obtained by Elting positions and offices
which place them in relation and habitual contact with the
people, they must nut hesitate to refuse all such in
case engagements or promises be required from them
contrary to their prisciples, and which would not permit
them to do in all circumstances what their isonvictions im-

pose on them.
Hut even where the royalists should find themselves
forced by motives of conscience, honour, and loyalty, to re-
nounce all public functions, there still devolve on them
duties, and important duties, to fulfil towards France and
to society. Let them continue to reside as much as possible,
and as I have not ceased to request them, in the midst of
the population on whom they can exercise influence, and let
them try, by rendering themselves useful, to acquire each
day still greater claims to their confidence and their grati-
tude. They may also (and even they are bound to do so)
aid the government in the struggle it carries on against
anarchical and socialist doctrines • and if • new crisis un-
happily should arise, they ought still (as they have already
done) to show themselves the most zealous and the most
courageous defenders of social order.
bverthing strengthens the belief that an attempt will
soon be made to effect a considerable change in the form of
the government. They who are attached to monarchy will
not oppose by violence that new experiment, for, by my
example, they will abstain from doing anything which
could trouble the repose of the country; but it will be-
come a rigorous obligation to protest formally„and by every
means in their power of a pacific kind, against a change
which can only have fetid consequences by endangering
the destinies of France, and exposing it once more to catas-
trophes and to perils, from which the legitimate monarchy
only can save it.
I shall here repeat what I have often said to my Mends
—be unalterable on matters of principle, but, at the same
time, be calm, patient, and ever moderate and conciliating
towards persons; let your ranks, your hearts, like mine,
remain continually open to all. l'erhaps some per,ons
amongst you, retained by various modem will not at first
follow the path which 1 have just indicated; but enlight-
ened at a future period by experience, and by the course of
events, they will all return to us, I have no doubt, and we
shall receive them then with happiness.
Let us receive also with eagerness, and with cordiality,
all those of other opinions who are approaching to us each
day, and who bring to us the valuable aid of their zeal,
their intelligence, and their patriotism.
It is on presenting to France the reassuring spectacle of
the intimate anion of the entire monarchical force that we
shall bring her to finally renounce so many fruitless designs,
and to recognise of *herself where her best and surest
future is. _ _

We are all thrown on times of trials and of sacrifices
and my friends will not forget that it is from the land of
exile that I make this new appeal to their constancy and
their devoti dues'. Happier days are yet in store for France,
and for us: lam certain of the fact. It is in my ardent love
for my country, it is in the hope or serving it, of being able
to serve it, that I gather the strength and the courage ne-
cessary for me to accomplish the great duties which have
been imposed on me by Providence.
It is lit and proper that the necessary measures be adopted,
that the present instructions, written and signed by my
hand, shell, with the utmost possible promptitude, be
brought to the knowledge of all my friends, for it is of im-
hartance that none of them shall have to complain that he
s not been informed at the proper period of the intentions
and the desires which I have manifested.

HENItY.

An article of the Constitutionnel, upon the attitud
prescribed to the legitimists by the Prince whose title
they support, has stirred much sensation. The above
letter has been handed about during some days past
in the salons of the Faubourg St. Germain, in which
the Count de Chambord issues, under the form of a
private communication to a leading legitimist, a sort
of manifesto, describing the course he wishes to be
pursued by his partisans under present circumstances.
The drift of the Constitutuninsi is to call
public attention to the preciac order of the
exiled prince, and to teach public opinion to
measure *bolero° of the legitimist party hy the number
of legitimists who obey their chief. Now, as probe-
bly only a very small minority of chevaliers preuz
will comply with instructions, which would cut
down their incomes, abdicate their influence, and
impair the sinews of their faction, the prettotion of
the Constautionnel to claim as sincere adherents to

Louis Napoleon all the legitimists who take the oath
is more complimentary to their principles than con-
sonant to common sense. The article says:
As no one doubts the docility with which these iniunc•
lions will be followed, we may expect a new evolution of
the legitimist party ; it is the abandonment of the policy
which the men usually considered as theguides of thi, party
base made prevail for several years, and particularly
since 1848 ; it is the triumph of what the Fsubourg
St. Germain itself calls the pailique des dues. The
arrival of the letter alluded to is the most serious
event that has occurred among the legitimist party since the
manifesto of Wiesbaden. If it be an ineontestible adnn-
tage for a government to see clearly into the conduct and
progress of its adversaries, and to know with certainty on
what it may or may not reckon, we cannot see with dis-
pleasure the new movement of the legitimist party ; if it
suits it to now number its forces, we can only regard it as a
useful lesson for it and for France.
Another letter has been received at Paris, which
makes scarcely less noise than that of the Count do
Chambord. General Changarnier has addressed from
his exile at Moline; in Belgium, to General do St.
Arnaud, the minister of war, a refusal to take the
oath. (This letter appears in another column).
It is expected that the generals who were General
Changarmer's companions in the prison of Ham, will
also refuse the oath. By this means they will lose
the pay which they receive at present as officers en
dispontbilittg, and only receive the pension of generals
retraite.
The dinner given by the President of the Repub-
lic to the superior officers of the army of Paris, and
to the officers who had come to be present at the dis-
tribution of the eagles, took place yesterday. at the
Tuileries. The guests began to arrive at six in the
evening, and were 800 in number. Tho tables were
sot out in the grand gallery: The Prince arrived at
eleven and, alter conversing a short time with
sewer:Ll officers, led the way to dinner. The
banquet continued until nine o'clock, alter which
the prima sad his guests proceeded to the theatre,
already ied by a considerable number of ladies,
corps, and a certain number of the
11111111111111116 tbs great bodies of the state, in official
sualsaa Ths company of the Theatre Francais
gAdNNalessoiselle de la Seigliere;" and that of the
Oeudgue the " Rendezvous Bourgeois." This
theatre, which has never been opened since the revo-
Won of February, was first built by Louis XIV.,
Sir the first representation of Moliere's "Psyche."
Louis 15th, when ten years old, danced upon its
boards with several grandees of his court, in the
comedy of the Inconno." In 17;10 Servandoui, the
architect, obtained permission from Louis 16th to
perform pantomimes and spectacles for his own be-
Dent and for the improvement of his pupils in the
alto: decoration. After the fire which destroyed
a pat of the Pattie Royal in 1763, the Opera was
for a lies roativrd to the Tuileries theatre. In 1770
it allimbelliegiblity to the comedians of the Fosses
St. Oceiaski, whose theatre was tumbling down. It
was hers that on March 30, 1778, Voltaire, on his
return tem Ferny to Paris, was the object of that
enthusigelle ovation which preceded his deigh. Oa
entering his box a unanimous cry arose el
" the esawn, the crown." One of the
king's eassdians advanced and placed it upon his
head in the presence of Count d'Artois, afterwards
Charles X. When the curtain fell, after the per.
formance of " Irene," it rose immediately afterwards,
and discovered the whole company grouped around
Voltaire's bust, which was crowned by Madame
Vestris, who sang some venire in honour of the philo-
sopher. After being ransacked by the snob in 1792,
transformed into a parliament house for the sittings
of the convention in 1793, and serving, after the
expiration of the convention, for the ancients who sat
up to the 18th Brumaire, it was restored to its pri-
mitive destination under the empire. It has been
entirely renovated since the 2nd of December. Last
evening Mdlle. Judith came forward between the
and reed a long copy of verses, by Alphonse
recreP
upon the return of the eagle.
A beariet is to be given to-day by the President
of dos Depiablic to about 2,000 non-commissioned
limn and soldiers composing the deputations from
veglasats not in Paris that were sent to represent

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their reipletlve caps at the distribution of the eagles.
Die l=ent will be given in the spisetbd tent
Greeted hr the ball at the Emle Militaiew when the
dmorations still remain. It is expected that the
Or

esident will appear in the coarse el the dinner, and
address a few words to his military pests.
The President is expected to pay a flying visit to
Havre, to inspect the Brine Hortense steam-frigate,
which will shortly arrive at that port.
The Moteiteter contains the following commaii-1
cated note, with reference to a part of the pawls&
of the confiscation of the Orleans property :
The Prises-President, by his decree of the 22nd it
January last, appropriated a sum of ten millions to the ma.
attraction of more healthy dwellings for the workmen in tarp
towns. Ont of this sum three millions will be devoted to
the erection of three model establishments in the three
most populous arrondissements of Paris. Each of theme
establishments is to satisfy all the conditions et
the following programme .—To erect a building in whisk
married or unmarried workmen may have a healthy sad
airy residence, suitably warmed, li*hted, and provided with
water, in which each family may live completely apart, and
where the only thing in common both for them and for the
public will be a large wash-house, for bathing, for washing
linen, and offering every facility for drying. The
essential condition of these buildings, which are to
serve as models for private industry, is that they may
be erected with such economy, and on a plan so
precise, that the workmen may be the better although moire
cheaply lodged; and, on the other hand, that the proprietor
may find a proper interest for their money. The problem
has been solved in England, and it will be, we doubt not,
in France ; and, in order to secure this solution, the Prince
President makes an appeal to the architects of Paris. A
premium of 5,000 fr. is offered from his private purse to
whoever shall produce the best plan.
General St. Arnaud is said to have prepared a re-
I port of the military ceremony of the 10th ; but some
difficulty occurs as to its appearance in the libmilear,
as it would be awkward to affirm the cries of Vive
l'Empereur r while the omission would lead people
to argue the coldness of the troops in the imperial
cause.
1 mentioned some days ago that the administration
of the state domains had operated the seizure of the
chateau and estate of ltaincy, belonging to the
Orleans family. It appears that the minister'
of finances is considerably embarrassed as to
the sale of these domains; as those who could
best afford to become buyers are not favourable to
the goveniment,.while the adherents of the Presi-
dent, who have money to spare, scarce deem the in-
vestment a safe one. So that between the capitalists,
who are shy out of prudence and those who decline
the purchase upon principle, there are likely to be
few bidders in the field. Hence the President will,
if disposed to acquire certain estates like Chantilly,
enjoy a good chance of getting a princely estate dirt
cheap.
The present of Louis Napoleon to M. de Persigny
on his marriage is to be half a million of francs, paid
in annuities of a thousand pounds sterling per annum
for twenty years.
M. de Seville, an officer of engineers, and aide-dc-
camp of the President, is spoken of as likely to sup-
plant M. Lefebvre I)urufl6 in the Ministry of Pubhc
Works.
The electric telegraph between- Paris and Lyons
is open to-day for private communication. It is an-
nounced that by the 29th of September the line of
wires will be completed to Marseilles.
The society for the encouragement of national in-
dustry has just fixed the pnzcs to be awarded in
1853. Among them are the following :—For a new
and improved spinning machine for flax, 4,000 fr.;
for a conclusive demonstration of the resistance of
metals at different degrees of temperature, 6,000 fr.;
for a satisfastory substitute for isinglass in fining
beer, 2,000 fr.; for a salubrious process as a subrel-
tute for the steeping of flax and hemp, 6,0001 r.; for
improvements in the carbonisation of wood, 2,000 fr.;
for a more economical process in the manufacture of
bougies, 4,000 fr.; for the culture in France of fari-
naceous roots fit for food hitherto not cultivated in
Europe, and which would be a substitute for potatoes,
10,000 fr. ; for improvements in the cultivation of
beet root, 5,000 fr.; for a satisfactory demonstration
of the nature of soil and its expedition in the produce
of different kinds of wood, 5,000 fr.
At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell
5c., and closed at 99.90; the Three per Cents. rose
5c., closing at 70.45. Railways again fell. Rouen,
7.50; Orleans, 5 ; Central, Northern, Strasbourg, and
Dieppe, 2.50 each ; Sceaux,lo. However, Marseilles
rose &fr., and Lyons, 1.25.