The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-29 00:00:00

PAM* WZBIIIIIIDAY Emmet
The English journals have, as I anticipated; dose
fall justice to the admirable theories put forth' in
the Emperor's speech of Sunday last. But, un-
fortunately, scarcely a day passes without sup-
plying fresh instances of that want of harmony
between words and deeds which I was constrained
to insist upon as a qualification of my own humble
mead of praise. Here is the latest practical
example of the progress of liberty in France ; and
I commend it especially to the consideration of those
politicians who habitually take the measure of the
Emperor by the scale of his own professions.
On Jan. 17 M. Emile 011ivier, the deputy for
Paris, addressed the following letter to the Prefect
of Police :
Paris, Jan. 17.
Monsieur le Prefet---assardiag to our present legislation,
no nubile meeting whatever pas WO place without pre-
vious arthotissibs. I thereto* adll you for permission to
calla puns zweeliss for the geoid sad a:dative purpose
of colleadag eslisodpikes foe *s spwatives sot of west.
If, as kisspe, year mower shall be fairewishis, I will
inform low of the elay;lmayr, and *se drimp-ii sales
that yaw assets sera is preset to see that rot/sing lakes
place apatary to law or public ceder.—Accept,
Runs OiLuvezz,
Deputy, 29, Rae St. Guillaume.
M. E. 011ivier, in transmitting this letter to the
Tempe, writes :
Os Sunday, Jan. Z the commissary of polios of my
quarter called to tell me that be was ordered to tell me
verbally that the authorbation requested could not be
granted. E. °tzarina.
The Temps makes the following remarks upon
the above correspondence :
If, as we must conclude from the dates, the Prefect of
Police took time to consider M. 011ivier's application, it is
perhaps regrettable that he did not take a little more, and
wait for the Emperor's speech of Sunday, the very day on
which the commissary was charged to communicate the
administrative refusal to hf. 011ivier. The right of public
meeting is one of the most essential constituents of that
English liberty so strongly and justly lauded in the speech.
But how shall we ever introduce this right among us if we
are not allowed at leant to make an experiment of it now
sad then !
It appears by recent letters from Mexico that
Gems& Forey's hastened movement in advance
was occasioned not, as has been stated, by the hope
of obtaining the stores of provisions in Puebla
itself, but by the desire to prevent the removal or
destruction which has been ordered by General
Ortega before December 8, of all the crops, whe-
the: growing or otherwise, in a large tract of coun-
try around Puebla. It does not yet appear to what
,extent General Foray succeeded.
It has **vend *zee been confidently announced
thit hi. Walewaki's hobby, the Perpetual Copy-
ITAct, was dp,wn up, and would be passed
. . .
session. .I,believe I can now state that it will
even be proposed. The practical difficulties
pawing out of the absurd idea which is at the root
of the scheme struck the committee more and more
terribly every time the discussion came on, and the
kept meeting broke up in confusion.
* Cherbourg train came Mato eollision last night
With • herd of oxen crossing the rails. Several of
UM animals rushed at the engine, andjria of them
iAire killed. The train was throws 4:14.? rails.
No passenger was injured. The most smokable
mmult of the accident was that a large section of
Paris found itself deprived of milk this morning.
The train contained several waggons laden with the
daily produce of the Normandy dairy farms.
The Bourse remains very dull. The Rente,which
fell yesterday and Monday about 10c. each day,
has not declined further; but the realisation of the
fear that the Bank of England would raise its dis-
count prevents any rise. Closing prices, 69fr. 86c.
A and 69fr. 75c. Railways are rather better.
in The Daily Nora is seized.
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