The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

FONTAINEBLEAU, SONDAY EVENING.
I heard two reports about the duration of the
President's stay: according to one, ho leaves for
Paris to-morrow, according to another ho will re.
main till Wednesday, but both concur in this, that he
will speedily return. Everybody speaks of the
secrecy which attends all the movements of the
court. Telegraphic communication has just litetl
established between Paris and the Palace of Fon-
-1
tainebleau, from which it may be inferred that the
Prince intends to be there frequently. I have learnt
a secret here about the tiiumplial arch. The
papers said that it was run up in a few hours when
the news of the President's approach arrived, and
they adduced it as an instance of tho enthusiasm of
the population. The truth is, that the arch was
built by the mayor three weeks ago, and during the
interval the Prince's visit has been daily expeAed.
Whilst I was at dinner to-day, in the coffee-room
of my hotel, two gendarmes came up and interro-
gated me very severely about my name, vocation,
residence, and business in Fountaineblcau. They
seemed horror-struck at finding that I had ae
i passport. I was obliged to write down my name
and address, and to give a reference to
some one knew me in the town. I thought
myself only too happy to escape being dragged
to a felon's gaol, a lite which has lately Walk%
many a wayfarer who has been so imprudent as
to venture into a town favoured by the visit of the
Prince ('resident without having his "papers" about
him. From the conversation which occurred in the
coffee room when the gendarmes left I learnt that a
large number of arrests were made in the forest yes.
terday among the spectators of the stag hunt.
The Sitcle—still the organ of the Cavaignac re.
publicans—publishes a manifesto to-day, from which
it appears that tho leaders of that party have decided
not to abstain from Toting on the 21st and 22nd. Oa
which side they will vote may be surmised, althoagit
the Sleek, for obvious reasons, confines itself to as
exhortation to its friends to rush to the poll, thus
echoing the proclamations of the government. The
&tele says:
Under the law of May 31, as since the repeal of that law,
the .Ssecle has ever been opposed to the system of stwention.
Under elective governm•nta, the minority, whatever may be
the conditions imposed upon it should make ark of their
rights, sod accomplish their duties. We, then, without
any hesitation,eall upon all the electors—and parties-
tarty upon our friends—to put their conscientious vote
into the urn on the 21st and 22nd of November. We in.
vite them to do so with the more confidence, beembe As
political men with whom we shall always be happy to !aet
have pronounced an opinion contrary to the sysem of ab-
stention, and have decided to vote upon the gebis,ife sub.
mitted to the nation.

The legitimists and Orleanists arc not inactive.
Any placard against the Empire is of course torn
down at once, as a "seditious writing," and searches
are made for the authors in order to prosecute them.
But numerous circulars are sent by post containing
arguments for voting "No." The prefects arc in a
state of great anxiety. They know that a largir
number of votes than the 7,500,000 recorded
in favour of the last pitbiß.ite is expected
from their exertions, and yet the difficulties,
owing less to the opposition of various parties than
to the apathy of the masses, appear insuperable in
the way of obtaining such an enormous number by
fair means. Still the general belief is that the re.
waked number will be made to appear upon the
returns.

The Bishop of Rennes has directed hid clergy to
use their influence to obtain votes for the empire.
His letter, addressed to the parish priebts of his dio-
cese, is as follows :

ItatsNgs, Nor. 9.
My dear Co-operators,—We have been asked front all
parts of the diocese what course the clergy is to pursue re.
lathe to the plebiscite of the 21st and 22nd inst. Nut being
accustomed to decline any responsibility whatsoever when
we consider it incumbent on our pastoral functions, we will
tell you with all the simplicity of our heart, and openly,
" Vote, and prevail upon such of your parishioners who*
confidence you posse's, to vote in favour of the
Senatta Consulttua about to be submitted to the ratification
of France. Let all write OM! on their tickets, and deposit
them in the electoral urns. You know too well, gentlemen
and dear co-operators, the independence of our character
and the disinterestedness of our personal intentions, to
attribute this recommendation, which we give with so mach
frankness, to soy other motive than that of the sacred n.
tenet' of religion, society, and family, to-day just as much,
and perhaps more, menaced, than in 1848 and Let
every man then, as at those two periods so glorious for the
diocese of Rennes, lay uido his ideas or private
affections, and think only of our dear and unhappy
country, which Louis Napoleon alone can save from a
universal cataclysm. With regard to you, my deer
co-operators, we request you to be the advisers of your
obedient flocks, as you were four years ago. Stimulate
their natural indifference, guide their inexperience, sad
direct their votes. Fear nothing. If necessary, invoke oar
authority to shelter yourselves, and throw upon your bishop
the respocsibility of a measure which his conscience accepts
without fear or reproach, for he formally regards it as the
accomplishment of a duty. This letter is to be publicly
read from the pulpit, at high mass, on the Suodsy follow-
ing that of its reception. You know this long time, dear
co-operators, our attachment to you, believe it to be more
and more cordial and devoted.

(Signed) Bishop of SENKM.
P.S. You will receive in duo time printed tickets, which
we request you to distribute.

Tho Pays gives no explanation of its extraordi-
nary misrepresentation of the Queen's speech.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur publishes the protest of the Count
de Chambord, and proclamation from the Revola-
lutionary Committee of London, and from the Jersey
refugees. The latter is signed Victor Hugo, Fox-
berteaux, Philippe Faure.
The streets of Paris to-day present a curious epee.
tacle. Groups of people assembled in front of all the
megrim and public offices are reading seditious pla-
cards posted by order of the government. The sober
operation of his legitimate claims by the Count
de Chambord, and the incendiary views of
the red republicans, which last night could
only be read furtively at the risk of imprison.
merit and transportation, are alike circulated this
morning in the columns of the Afeniteur, and pla-
carded " by order," as fit reading for the edification
of the masses. The government has at length re•
solved to make a virtue of necessity, and, find-
ing that its utmost efforts to prevent the
dissemination of these documents merely serve
to add a zest to their perusal, puts a bold face upon
the matter, and running counter to the whole course
of policy pursued since Dec. 2, declares that there can
be no possible objection to the people knowing the
worst that its enemies can say. This measureof Louis
Napoleon's is calculated to throw the minds of all
functionaries throughout France, from the prefect is
the garde champdtre, into a state of confusion. ThZ
have hitherto been taught that to hinder, by
means in their power, the dissemination of adverse
political writings was the most important part of
their duties. They never acted up to this part of
their mission with greater energy than at the e•
sent moment. Accounts received this very day from
various parts of the country speak of seizures, ar-
rests, domiciliary visits, and police telegraphic
despatches, all having relation to the clam
destine circulation of the very documents which
it is now lawful for every one to read. At the
Lille frontier 175,000 copies of the (bunt
de Chambord's protest were seized, packed in
two square bides covered with straw. At Dijon, the
same address was extensively placarded during the
night, and dispatches have arrived describing the
zeal of the gendarmes in tearing them down. Several
private homes have been entered in search of the
treasonable paper. Six copies, addressed to
Berryer, and a toast of the Count do Chambord, also
intended for him, were seized. Another despatch
states that at Nantes " • seditious writing" (mean•
jog the said protest) has been placarded. lt
is added that " of course " the placards have
been torn down, and active measures taken UP
discover the authors of them. Tho authorities from
Blois and Orleans write that those towns arc :nun-
dated with the protests by post. At liazebromk a
proclamation of Ledru Rollin's has been seized.
What is to be done now? Are the arrests and pro-
secutions to continue, now that rho government
thinks fit to give the widest publicity to the incri-
minated papers?
The following paragraph in the Moniteur eontaim
the only antidote thought necessary to accompany
theidemocratic poison with which it is now thoight
safe to inoculate the people :
Considerable efforts and museums of all kinds are mails
to spread amongst the people, at the moment of the solemn
vote which it is called on to give, the protests of perlice•
The government has no interest in opposing the pishlicatwa
of these documents, and will make thorn know itself, fee
in the great national movement which canal
France to the re-establishment of the Empires
the opinion of the people must be enlightened, and its wills
allinifilated without constraint, be the eapressica of its cur

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victim. Let dm the mesilheasse et the " Revolationasy
Committee of London." sad et "tie Proferibed Denecratte
turs.ll,t, of Frame rigidify' at teem, and united in gou-
rd atzeobli," be red.

SWITZERLAND.

Another convoy of Swiss, illegally enrolled for the
military service of the Pope, has been stopped at
Tuition. The recruits consisted of six men of Frei-
bur:: and one Vandals.
'the t 010 di re' of Freiburg having spoken of the
seal with • !deli the illicit enlistment is carried on by
the aid of the clergy, in spite of the exertions of the
police gives a purl circular which has just been
stud on a recruiting agent. The document bears
no signature, for. as the last paragraph
esplains, "The officers appointed to circulate the
foregoing considerations among personnes raigewes
cannot for prudential motives subscribe their names."
flowerer, the young Swiss are informed that allneoes-
eary information will be freely furnished them by
wrsons especially appointed by the holy Father.
The recruits an recommended to use the greatest
discretion until they arrive at their destination,
which will be made known at the moment of their
dtlurture.
An English forger has been among the first to
prove the efficiency of the electric telegraph so re-
cently introduced into Switzerland. At Interlachen
he hail issued some false kUrrs de champ., and was
captured when he got as far as Zurich.