The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-05 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 5. 1852

forward to oppose M. Chasseloup Laubat, who you
will remember was the reporter upon the budget of
1853 in the Corps Legialatif. In his report he
expressed in moderate language the opinion
of the committee that he represented with
respect to certain items in the budget. He
recommended economy, and expressed an in-
tention not to imitate the extravagant zeal of
certain new converts, but to give the government
that independent counsel which, as • representative
of the people charged to watch over the public ex-
penditure, it was his duty to do. For this attempt
to rise above the degradel level to which the Corps
Legislatif is condemned, M. Chasseloup Laubat, who,
but six short months ago, was himself a government
candidate, is now denounced by the prefect to the
electors of the Charente, in the following terms :
The attitude, the acts, and the language of M. Chasseloup
Laubat in the Corps Legislatif have not justified the con-
fidence of the gosernment. These acts, and this language,
have unfortunately leant but too much to equivocal supr.
sitions, and have served, even although their auth;.r may
nut have so intended, as a new and dangerous stimulant to
these fatal passions which yet meditate the overthrow of
society.
This indecent attack by a dependent official upon a
memberof the Legislative Body forhaving discharged
his duty, is in keeping with a system of government
which spares not even those members of the highest
judicial tribunal, who dare to act upon their convic-
tions. The prefect does not take upon himself the
responsibility of this monstrous act. He affirms that
he has received explicit directions from his govern-
ment to resist the candidature of M. Chasseloup
Lanbat.

Since writing the above I have been furnished
with the latest electoral intelligence of the day. Ab-
stentions continuo to be leading characteristic. The
elections have failed at Strasbourg in one canton,
Toul in two cantons, at Abbeville in one canton, at
Auxerre in one canton, and at Caeu in one canton.
At Dole out of 2,673 electors only 424 voted. At
Bourg but 469 voted out of 2,786. M. Lefebvre
Duru&, the ex-minister of public works, has been
elected in the Euro. At Marseilles the mayor has
been elected in one canton, but in the other two can-
tons the votes fell short by several hundreds of the
legal number. At St. Etienne out of 19,173 regis-
tered electors there were 15,438 abstentions. At La
Sure, Chateau-du-Loir, and La Chartre, in the
Sarthe, opposition candidates have been elected.
, The Union de la Sarthe ironically says that since the
institution of universal suffrage, tho electors have
never shown so much eagerness not to use the
liberty of exercising their electoral rights. The
Blaine, a provincial journal just arrived, mentions an
entirely novel instance of official zeal. The mayor of
one of the cantons of Mans tendered the oath of
fidelity to tho President to every elector who pre-
sented himself. A priest, who objected to this illegal
proceeding, was treated with much rudeness.
At Dijon the republican party has resolutely come
forward in spite of all difficulties. A government
journal of the Cote d'Or expresses the greatest ap•
prehension that the whole opposition list will be
elected. The authorities have arrested fourteen men
for canvassing in favour of republican candidates.
General Allard, the new president of the conten-
tious section of the Council of State, and M. de La-
rochejaquolin have been elected in the I)eux Sevres.
General d'llautpoul has been elected in the Cher.
A decree of the President of the Republic, in the
Moniteur, convokes the councils of arrondissement

to meet on the 12th of the present month, for the
first part of their session, which is limited to five
days.
The Patric publishes the following as the complete
and official programme of the fete of August 15, ap-
proved by the Prince President:
In the morning the Prince-President will be present at
a Te Deum, executed in the church of the Madeleine. In
the Champs Elvers, the grand avenue will be lined with
sixty-two fountains, seven feet high, adorned with statues,
flowers, and ornament,, fur illuminations at night. At each
side gas apparatus will be placed in 156 places, fitted to the
present candelabra. and set out with eagles and the cipher
N., surmounted with a crown, which at night will be ,
marked out in jots of gas. The bronze equestrian statue
of the emperor, by M. de Newerkerque, is to be placed at
the Rond-Point, on the spot where the asin stands. Two
theatres and two mats-de-cocagne are to be erected in the
grand cure. At night all the fountains will be illuminated.
A colossal eagle is to be placed on the top of the MC-
de•Triomphe. In the day it will look Lk/ bronze;
at night it will be marked out by hues of light. The
monument itself will be lit up with electric light. In the
Place de la Concorde, the Obelisk, the fountains, the figures
of the cities of France, and the rostrum columns, will be
dressed out with flowers and evergreens. At night they
will all be illuminated. Luminous arcades are to surround
the place The hotel of the minister of marine, the Garde
Meuble, the Rue Royale, and the Madeleine, are to be
illuminated at night. At two o'clock a regatta is to be held
on the piece of water between the Pont Itoyal and the Pont
de la Concorde. A mock fight will take place in the course
of the afternoon, between the Pont L'Lena and the Pont des
Invalides, the school-frigate, steamers, and boats, with
armed men taking part in it. The combat will last until
dusk. Teats and tribunes will be erected for the spectators.
At night the various craft will be illuminated. The Tuile-
ries gardens will be illuminated with electric light.
Banners will adorn the neighbourhood of the grand basin.
The jet-d'eau will be luminous and coloured. An orchestra
will be placed at the angle of the Terrace des Feulllans. In
the Place Vendome, the column will be illuminated spirally
to the top by means of gas. At the top cornice four eagles
placed at the corners, are to be illuminated and to bear im-
perial crowns, also illuminated with coloured lights, to re-
present the various jewels supposed to be set in them. The
Plate will be surrounded with shields, on which will he in-
scribed the names of eight great victories of the empire.
From the boulevard to the Place, and thence to the rue de
Rivoli,the houses will be illuminated. The rue de ltivoli
will be so likewise to the Place de la Concorde.
From the Place de la Bastille to the Madeleine, one
hundred and fifty of the three hundred candelabras, at
each side of the boulevard, used by the municipal audio-
rities for the ordinary lighting of the city, will have
received, in place of their present lamps, an ingenious
apparatus in sine and sheet iron, cut out so as to imitate the
branches of a palm tree, forming a sheaf of light two metres
in diameter, illuminated each with numerous gas bees,
sad having coloured globes at the extremities. In the
Seine, between the Pont d'Austerlits and the Pont do la
Rejigs. jointing and nautical sports will take place. A
theatre will be erected on the Place du Boulevard de
PHOpital, where there will be two mats-de-comae and games
of various kinds. On the Place Maze there will be a band
of music, games, and stalls. In the evening, these localities
will be illuminated, and fireworks will be let off from one
end of the Pont d'Austerlitz. Fireworks will also be let off
at the Barriers du Trone. A display of fireworks will also
be given in front of the Paler* of the Legislative Body. It
will represent the Passage of Mont St. Bernard. A new
species of firework will imitate snow. After several pyrotech-
nical
pieces .have been exhibited, a colossal figure of the
Emperor en horseback, in the attitude of David's picture,
will appear in the: midst of a brilliant light ; after
which wiil come the bouquet, or grand closing display. A
balloon will take up some newly-invented fireworks, and let
them off when high in the air. In the course of the day,
bands of music will execute symphonies on the Place de la
Bastille' Plate du Chateau-d'liau, Place Vendome, and in
front of the Elyeee. At night, there will be a general illu-
mination of the public edifices. A ball will be given to the
Dames de la Halle in the Marche des Innocenti. The mar-
ket will, on this occasion, be transformed into an immense
ball-room, capable of containing 20,000 spectators. The
&attain will be splendidly illuminated, and buffets will be
arranged for refreshments. On the afternoon of the 14th,
at two o'clock, there will :be a gratuitous representation at
the Opera, the Opera Comiquo, and the Theatre Francais;
and on the 15th, at the Hippodrome, the Arenas Nationales,
and the Cirque in the Champs Etymon.

. - -
Tho Superior Council of Public Instruction yes-
terday adopted the regulations for religions instruc-
tion in the various colleges. It also examined the
programmes proposed by the mixed commission.
After having its assent to the twelve resolutions which
serve as the basis of the convention concluded between
the delegates of the departments of War, Morino, Fi-
nance, and Public In et ruct iono he council adopted, sue-
ceseively : 1. The scientific programmes for scientific
pupils; 2. The literary programmes whichare to regu-
late the instruction of history, geography, living lan-
guages, and Latin and French literature. In the
preceding sittings, the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion had presented the draft of the project for re-
gulating the literary and scientific studies of the
Superior Normal School, and the new programmes
for the decree of bachelier-es-lettres ; yesterday ho
communicated to the council the regulations for the
decree of bath:eller-es-sciences, as well as the last
' propositions of the mixed commission containing the
temporary measures which are to lead gradually to
the complete execution of the decree of April 10,
The Courrier du !byre says:
We have to mention, on the subject of the farewell visit
made by the municipal' council to Prince Jerome, a circum-
stance which must be of great importance to our town. After
having thanked the municipal council for their visit, Prince
Jerome added, " that the union of the three communes was
made officially, but it had still to be effected, and that, after
having studied the wants of the town, he thought that the
enlargement of Havre would necessitate the destruction of
the fortifications."

At the Bourse the Four•and-a-Ilalf per Cents. rose
40e., and closed at 105.40; the Threes rose 15c., and
closed at 70.15. Bank of France shares fell Of. The
railway market was unsettled. Orleans fell 10fr. ;
Havre, 6.25; Lyons and Avignon, 5; Bordeaux and
Testy, 2.50; Strasbourg rose 7.50; Dieppe and
Western, 5 each; Lyons, 2.50.