The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1852

gaming upon this to raise the arrogant exactions
of France. We learn that Leopold had sent
for M. Verhnegen, and held a long conference
with that gentleman, who is president of the Cham-
ber of I)epaties. In consequence of the King not
haring convoked the Chambers, it appears that he
was of opinion that these would not hear of the re-
newal of the treaty at the sacrifice of any moral
principle, and that the result would have agitated
the country and aggravated the bad understanding
with France. The Debuts contains the following
notice on this subject :
The accounts which we receive from DTWIIeIII announce
that the present ministry remains in office, with the excel)•
Lion of N. Freer Rebut, who retires from the Finance de-
pedant, and is about to proceed on a journey of pleuuro
into Italy. His successor is not yet named. It is known
that the negotiations of the treaty of commerce which have
beat suspended for some time, are about to be resumed.
Lisdta, governor of Brabant, and one of the negotiators
of the treaty, returned to Paris the day before yesterday.'
A .prnislonel emanation will be signed for ex-
tending the treaty to the end of the year, but
the only object of this convention is to avoid the
rupture of the treaty, which was about to expire,
and the deflnAive treaty appears likely to be KM concluded.
It Is, in feet, announced that the Belgian Chambers will
shortly be convoked to discuss the bill relative to the treaty,
as according to article 68 of the constitution, treaties of com-
merce cad other treaties which may tax the state or indi-
vidually bind the Belgians, cannot take effect until after
, they have received the assent of the Chambers. This ex-
traordinary session, in which the members cl! the Chamber
of Representatives will meet for the first time, wid be effort,
and will not lead to any political discussion. The bill rale-
tive to the treaty of commerce will be the only measure on
! the order of the day. It is generally believed that it will be
, accepted, but by a small majority. _ _ _

The Mimiteur of this morning contains the first
official allusion to the President's trip to the Sologne,
in the following paragraph:
The Prince President set out on Saturday evening to visit
the works that he is now causing to be executed in the So-
logos. He will return soon (pnxhairiensenl).
At the time of the publication of this annousoe-
ment, the Prince had already returned to St. Cloud,
where ho arrived safely at 7 o'clock last night.
By a decree in the Moniker the interim adminis-
tration of the ministry of thOnterior, agriculture, and
commerce, during the absence of M. Persigny, is con-
fided to M. Magee, minister of public works.
By another it is declared that the clauses
of the decree of the sth November, 18.51, relative to
borax, shall be exclusively applicable to raw native
borax.

M. Barre has been appointed chef du cabinet of
the minister of public works.
A further official list of councillors-general elected
on Sunday is. published to-day. M. Duces, the mi-
nister of marine, has succeeded in one of the cantons
of Bordeaux. The results of the polling in the other
cantons is not given, from which circumstance it is
supposed that some opposition candidates may have
been elected there. At Rouen the government no-
minees have all been chosen, but the abstentions
were more numerous than on the first occasion,
only 4,200 electors out of 23,000 having voted. At
Hans only 1,070 out of 8,000 took part in the
' election. On the second ballot, however, the elec-
tions are valid without reference to the proportion of
the eleetors that may vote. A protest has been
signed by a number of the inhabitants of the Cha-
rente InPricure against the election of Prince Murat,
upon the ground that the prefect declared in a pro-
clamation that to vote against Prince Murat would be
to vote against the President himself, and that leave
was refused to the supporters of M. Chasseloup
Laubat to placard his name in the election-hall by
the side of that of his opponent. The protesting
parties pray that the election may bo declared void,'
and call upon the returning officers to annex their
protest to the return. It is an argument in favour'
of the petitioners that the council of the
prefecture of the Pas do Calais has can-
celled the elections of the opposition municipal
councillors of Fampoux, as having been affected by
illegal pressure, disloyal manceuvres, and lying
reports.
A letter from Vienna, of August 5, published in a
semi-official lithographed correspondence of Paris,
states that Cardinal Hohenlohe, one of the most
intimate friends of the Pope, is expected at Vienna
to negotiate on the subject of the evacuation of the
Roman States by the French and Austrian troops
the re-organisation of the pontifical army being
nearly completed.
The preparations for the ftte of the 15th are pro-
ceeding actively in all parts of Paris. In the Champs
Epees a great number of workmen are occupied in
erecting fountains on both sides of the roadway,
and in cutting trenches for distributing the water.
The basins of the fountains will be in zinc, and the
wood-work will be stuccoed. There are to be two
falls of water in each fountain, one from a consi-
derable height. It is believed that the electric light
playing on the water will produce a great effect. In
Ithe centre of the Rond-Point, the temporary pedes-
tal destined to receive the equestrian statue of the
Emperor is nearly completed. The pedestal has been
covered with stucco, and workmen are employed in
forming basso-relievos on it. The wood-work for
the fireworks near the Chamber of Deputies, is pro-
greasing rapidly. Stands are to be erected on the,
Quai de Billy, to afford a view of the naval combat
which the frigate is to maintain against some steam-
ers. The frigate is already completely masted and
rigged. The operations of the vessel have been con-
ducted by Capt. Montour, aide-de-camp to the minis-
ter of marine.

The choice of the fourteen young females who are
to receive dowries on the occasion of the 16th August
has been made. The marriage contracts will be
signed at the Hotel de Ville, in pretence of the pre-
fect of the Seine, and the marriage ceremony both
civil and religious will be performed on the 14th.
The horticulturists know not how to supply the
' numerous orders addressed to them for flowers for
the famous ball at the central markets. The Dames
de Halles themselves require more than 4,000
bouquets. The flowers of which they will be com-
posed will be selected from among the finest that the
gardens round Paris produce. contractors for
the decorations of the ball-room have been autho-
rised to choose in the forests and parks of the state
the freshest and finest branches to ornament the ap-
proaches to the interior of the room. Several of the
Dames de la Hallo have decided on assuming for the
occasion a costume which, from its form and richness,
will recall to mind the fashions of the empire. More
than 600 workmen are now at work is preparing
and decorating the temporary ball-room.
At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents, fell
40, closing at 104.50; the Threes fell 26e., and closed
at 74.80. The fall was attributed to uneasiness on
the subject of Belgium. Bank of France shares fell
20. The Orleans railway fell 17.60; Northern, 15;
Lyons, 8.75 ; Strasbourg, 8.25 ; Havre and Western,
6 each; Rouen rose 2.60.

The correspondent of a morning cotempormy
says :
It is rumonred that some untoward accident has occurred
to interfere with, some say to break off entirely, the Presi-
dent's projected matrimonial alliance. In quarters that
ought to be well-informed it is denied that a rupture has
taken place, though it would appear that something ham ft-
marred, not, howevea, u I am informed, of a serious cha-
racter. Every one knows that the " cosine of true love
I never does run smooth," but I believe it would be puma-
tare to say that it has been definitively interrupted. The
President's brief absence within the last day or two has
also given rise to a multitude of rumours, and that about
the marriage wee one of the first. The President returned
to St. Cloud last night.

arrests. Fifty-four soldiers had deserted in conse-
quence.
Mews. Collie and Co., of Manchester, had claimed
two mead ready-made clothes seised by the custom-
house officers of Civita Vecchia.
Count Antonelli had arrived from Paris.

NAPLES, Acourr 4.
General Filangieri is again Lord-Lieutenant of Si-
cily, having triumphed in the cabinet council of
Gaeta. There are, however, moms difficulties yet to
be surmounted, the question of unlimited rule in
Sicily being the chief feature in this quasi-reconci•
listion between the king and the old soldier of Mu-
rat. Like all irresponsible governments, the cabinet
of Naples is divided and full of intrigue, his Majesty
playing the part of big bully when things come to a
crisis.
I am told fresh communications have reached the

Neapolitan government, relative to the retirement of
the French troops from Rome. The Pope, it appears,
does not want the Austrians to go too far from the
Vatican,unless ho can count on Neapolitan or French
aid.

GERMANY.

The Courrier du Btu-Rhin

that the

German governments havo ratified the convention
with France for the junction of the French and Ger-
man railways.