The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SA/CRDAT ETRNII/0.
The President's journey to Strasbourg has opened
with a violent thunderstorm, for which the broiled
Parisians are all gratitude, although the brilliancy
of the staid was somewhat impaired by the heavy
showers. Punctual to the pre-appointed minute, the
Prince set out this morning from the Elyste, so as to
reach the Strasbourg terminus at 9. Long flags of
green, sprinkled with gold stars, Boated from masts
planted iu front of this handsome structure;
and a considerable crowd were assembled
notwithstanding the scowling weather, to wit-
ness the President's departure. The great hall of
the terminus was richly decorated with flags and
scutcheous. bearing the cypher of " 1.. N." At the
head of the room was set a marble bust of the Presi-
dent, surrounded by branches and flowers. At the
opposite end a great gilded Fie spread his wings.
The gallery above the prinei entrance was occu-
pied by a military band, whi welcomed the arrival
of the eorktge with lively strains. The President was
received at the terminus by all the ministers except-
ing M. Casablanca, who has been despatched upon a
mission in tho neighbourhood of Strasbourg, the
object of which is explained in another part of this
letter. Besides the eight members of the cabinet,
M. Baroche, Vice-President of the Council of State,
M. Berger, prefect of the Seine, and M. Pietri, pre-
fect of police, and other functionaries of less note,
were all marshalled in their official costumes to make
their bow to the President when he alighted from
his carriage, and to see him off. There is a great
passion just at presetit for the musical compositions
of the Queen Hortense, and the most popular
of these, " Partant pour la Syrie," immortalised
by barrel-organs, was struck up by the band.
Louis Napoleon meantime talked with some of the
ministers, and particularly with M. Persigny,
Minister of the Interior, who is left, with M. de
Maupas, to take care of Paris while the Prince is
absent. The President then got into the "wagon
d'honneur' " and was followed by St. Arnaud, Turgot
and Lefebvre-Durufle. The signal was given and ofi
moved the train, gradually accellerating its speed up
to 27 miles an hour. Nancy, the first destination,
being about three-quarters of the whole distance,
would be reached at about six this evening.
I Your special correspondent will, no doubt, explain
in due time what occurs of interest at that stage of
the journey. In the meantime I may draw your
attention to a decree appointing a military commis-
sion to effect a reform in the studies of the military
college at Metz, comformable to the change already
made in the teaching of the Ecole Poly technique.
The appearance of the decree at this moment no
doubt has reference to the Prince's journey, and is
perhaps a step towards conciliating the favour of the
French Woolwich, which has hitherto shown any-
thing but affection to the nephew of the Emperor.
A batch of the employjs of the ministry of public
works, who have been hard at work mkking the
preparations for the present voyage, will start by a
special train to-night, and remain at the order of M.
Lefebvre-Hurdle.

A telegraphic despatch has been received at Paris
announcing the safe arrival of the President at Cha-
lons-cur-Maime at one in the afternoon. After a halt
of three-quarters of an hour the train continued its
direction towards Nancy. As I have no means of
ascertaining from any disinterested and impartial
source the tone of the President's reception at Cha-
lons, I refrain from reproducing the enthusiastic
vivats announced in the telegraphic despatch.
A series of similar despatches have been received
from several points of the President's journey, and I
now learn that the latest announces the Prince's safe
arrival at Nancy.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVIININO.
We are still without! any Mbar account of the Pre-
sident's bat such as is derivable burn tele-
paphio mat abhor by ibis preheat of de-
=lLm by the nrrtma sessmpusylog the
addressed to the Illideters c Pahl and
the Interim. We gather from thus that Louis Na-
poleon mashed Strasbourg at balf-past twelve this
morning, having left Nasty at 8. The weather,
which bad been raining the whole way from Nancy,
suddenly shared up whoa the PAWS entered Stras-
bourg.
Tbe thilawing telegraph's impetches were re-
calved by the grimenirsat Ms het sight and in the
some of tellay :

Haw, Jalp i 7, 10.30.—The enthasiaens inareesis as we
.bole. kis the beset of this braw, oral patriesis Abase.
It is laipisibbs to ispessent to pea the .iii aflame nap
*bias. apsessmiw wwfirrhowe by
ri=t2
nallgert
Ittil:adts orbs basastaattl es is said -at else ry
balk and by bappisot bops, lobo a payouraost wlleb
sabot mom to the will of ~,tails to to oroatoy aB
igisndoar and_presperity. The resspdes OSIIMMiIIy was
very warm The recoption at Hwy has bow sphomlid.
Ws ore is Se Wilt of fireworks and illswilmilaits. Ta
plies before the prefecture is isfiseded With yes*, lobo
typist a thousand tines tbo oho{ • " vin Napoleon r
Midinght.—The Prince as bean to the bill of the city,
amid saaniesens aesiessatiens, sod seta/mg been it amid
the ems the w
Ws hwar.
12.1111,--ThiriklatnsPion astb:=Vsesirebars orlds
with an mihnsiont of wbkisgeseift inn give an kiss.
WelehTen eindusesd bin bait In its rifisne. He as
just treating bis apigiassis. )fever MOS *rosy made
alder awe happy anspisis. The Mao Mom bilba7
satisfied. We set oat kr etrarboarg at Ned tonnierew
saorabig.
July 18, 7 SAIL —least night there wee a all sad fire-
work& Immense crewcia, and set one hostas cry. The
Prinos's health is perfect. He is Jan on to point of quit-
ting the problem
7.16 a.n.—Tbe sight la pauselintti greatent calm. We
an start*: far Ilassans.
7110.—Tbe Prima Is pewismiL=the streets of Neney,
avoid the anlinaifitas of tits , to repair to the W-
ang... Tin vitals tonis The enthusiasts is at
its Witt. MIMI path= ef eid soldiers are been pre-
sumed-hi

--fir July 18,1.26 p.m—We reach fitraeboorg at
ILI% with wevideeed weather, after haviect pasted
61011101 the VMS valley of the Velem leader heavy rale,
aseweemied es all the dna Nosey to the limits
alba Deaahise. Netwi thisala. which her not
Mizemeesest the whets sonist& the concourse of
wee Imams. The Priem bra Use greeted with
as heal owl wane as yesterday. The spur
taei•yreeelsil by the Swaim is ategaillemit. The crowd
is
the
whom& mile Wale. er la rimmed spew.,
at the wisher, eras No Beak Oa hi arrival the Priasl
was received with as lemene &eat "Vivo Napoleon.'
At this assesat Seim sweiseh betag iniebeetai.
Other desgatehes awsoeuee that the Preident wm
received st the Meth= at 3ee4s-Des and Com-
mercy with arise al" Viva ruipigewe
A column of the Ifeisiteer i aesegbel with tele-
graphic despatches. mummies the sate arrival of
the President at TWO= points of his journey from
Paris to Nancy, the autheelearn of his reception by
the populations, and the review of the
.garrison at
Chalons, the only point at white the tram stopped.
By far the most remarkable of these documents ia
the despatch of the prelbst of the Meurthe, an-
nouncing the arrival et Lee/a Napoleon at Nancy.
In this notable composities the President is men-
tioned under the novel style of " His Highness." It
is as follows :

The Prefect of the department of the Hearth* to the
Minirters of the Interior and Geseral
His highness arrived at Nancy at 740 p.m. He was re-
ceived amid the most enthusiastic applause of the population
with cries a thousand times repeated of Vice Napoleon! "
His march through the streets of the town has been a tri-
umph. Ilis highness is at this moment (halt-past 8) receiv-
ing the authorities. The Place of the Prefecture is crowded
with an immense number of eitlnens.
The telegraphic despatches of the prefects, 'pounc-
ing the President's progress to Strasbourg, are weari-
some in their monotony. The word "enthusiasm" is
mode to do duty in nearly every one of them. The
prefect of the Seine and .Marne, speaking from Meaux,
describes the enthusiasm of the population as at its
height; at Fette the reception yields in nothing to
that of Meaux; at Chateau Thierry tho President is
received amidst the unanimous acclamations of the
population. The prefect of the Marne announces the