The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

" IMPERLiL " LIBERTY.
(rzom °au owa connarommar.)

PARIS, TetriaDAT Rvisruo.

The following correspondence, inserted in this
evening's Prose, with the ironical heading, " Pro-
gressive Liberty" is well worthy the attention of
students of imperial institutions :
MITER ADORE:MED TO TES PRZFECT Or POLIO,.

Paris, Feb. 11, 1863.

Monsieur le Prefect,—On behalf al the noder•meationed
persons, members of the Institute and others, I have the
honour to inform you that we have conceived the project
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at giving a series of leetures or literati convereatiOns for
the benefit of the poor victim, of the cotton The
laws and regulations in this matter rendering the wrest of
the administrative authorities necessary to the realisation
of our project, I subjoin the names of the proposed lec-
turers, with the subject which each of them will treat of :
N. E. Charton—" Narratives of Travels."

Llaboalaye(ot the Irttitute)—" On Popular Education
in the United States."

M. F. de Lasteyrie (of the Institute)—" Recollection. o
• Tour is Atost:oa."

L Legonve (of the Institute)—" Morel Studies in the
Modern Family ; and fragments of a comedy in verse."
M. Litter (of the Institute)—" Philosophical Prsi..nents."
M. Homy Martln—" The Life of a Gallic 8.-d."
Sense (of the Institute)—" Narrative of a Journey
on the Banks of Lake Tiberias."
M. L. Reybaud (of the Institute)—" Chapters from an

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Unpublished Novel."
M. Sannon—"Reading and Analysis of the PCncipal
Roma at the Misanthrope ci Moliire."
M. H. de Triqueti—" On the artistic education of the
working claim."
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Oar Itestion is to hire M. Hen's ooncert-room, in the
Bete de la retain, for oar intone The meetings will
take place in the afternoon, and two, or at most three, lec-
tures will be delivered at each meeting.

This idea, conceived in a purely charitable view, cannot
fail, as we hope, to meet with the kind sympathy of the

We therefore venture to assume that nothing will occur
to prevent the execution of our plan ; and we hope, Monsieur
L Prefet, that you wil' honour us with a prompt answer.
and thereby aid us in our desire to contribute oar part
towards the alleviation of that distress which now molten
so much emotion throughout France.—Accept, &a.,

FrHDIJLID DI LAWIMIL
TRI rawer OF FOLIOS% MISR=

Patio, Fob. 14.

Nousienr,—You did me the honour to write on the 11th
instant, to submit to the approbation of the administrative
authorities a project conceived by you and several of your
colleague of the Institute and literary friends, to give a
serial of lectures for the benefit of the victims of the cot-
tan wigs. I quite admit the excellent and honourable in-
tentions, and the eminent merit of the persons who desire
to concur in this work, the object and nature of which are
most certainly worthy of all sympathy. I cannot, more-
over, but express my unqualified approbation of the sub-
jects chosen for the lectures ; but it seems to me that, under
existing circumstances, there would be some inoonvenience

in the execution of each a plan, which resembles one lately
proposed to me by men who perhaps did not hold out .0
the 'manatees desirable, and whose request I was on that
amount obliged to refuse. You will be good enough to ob-
serve, betides, that these readings, which would inevitably
be accompanied by comments, and which hear upon many
subjects appertaining to " superior instruction," might turn
cut to be in reality public lectures of the kind which ought
babe submitted to the previous authorisation of the univer-
silty authorities. This is an observation made by the Minim.
ter of Public Instruction, whose advice I have asked, and
I do not think he is favourably disposed towards any such
request as that which you address to me.
Moreover, you see how ample has been the response by
evee7 ekes of the public to the charitable appeals lately
made. Do you not think that there are now sufficient funds
in hand to get over this painful crisis ?

I hope, air, that them latter considerations, as a general
import, will strike you m they have struck NM It is cot.
be well 'scored, without repot that I refuse to comply with
your wiehes.—Aompt,

The Prof of of Police, Boanut.

I have not the least doubt that it was with a
feeling of both regret and shame that the Prefect of
Police, who is but one of the instruments of the
most cunningly-devised system for the repression
of liberty which was ever known in the history of
world, signed the above letter. Aod yet M.
Baroche, speaking from the ministerial bench,
complacently says that France is in possession of
every liberty that can be rationally desired.
The Boum° is a little better. Rage rose 20c.
for cash and bc. for account, closing at 70fr. The.
and 70fr. 10c. Mobilier rose 6c and most of the
railways about 2fr. 50c. ; Western, however,
fell 10fr.

The Seine transport., having on board the battalion
of blacks which had bees placed at the disposal of France by
Bald Bache, the late Viceroy of Egypt, foe the Mexican ex-
psditioe, arrived at Madeira on the 211th alt., sad after a
short stay =Maned her voyage to Vera Ores.