The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-02 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2.

Louis NAPOLEON has a habit in politics, of which
we have otserved the counterpart on the stage of the
Italian opera. There, the Onger who would create a
striking effect, comes forth with a magnificent burst
of voice, which he follows up, by way of contrast,
with a tiny falsetto. It is a peal of thunder followed
by a few notes on a fife. Amateurs applaud these
flings ; which, even in operas, are not to oar taste.
What shall we say to them in politics?
To go not too far back, there was the President's
letter on the effigies of Rome. It was a brave defiance
to the powers of absolutism, and a determination to
*rue the Pope and his conclave to be liberal.
A fine deep base runs through the whole epistle.
But with what a treble was it followed? How was
M. TOCOCETILLE allowed to explain it, and fritter it
away P The roar of the Frenchman's determination
sank into the whine of his weakness.
The last post from Paris has brought us another
peal of thunder from the President. His letter to the
National Assembly would have not misbecome the
mouth of Lours the Founrsztern when he entered
his Parlernent, and addressed it whip-in-hand. It
severely chastises the ministry of M. Bongos, and
not one but all the parties in it, the strongest reproach
to them being their neglect to feel the hind, the will,
and the flag of LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The late ministers, however, do this very much
and eery evidently in obedience to the will of the
Assembly, which declare d on a late occasion by a
solemn debate and a solemn vote, how immeasurably
it considered itself superior to the President, and
bow lightly it considered him. The thundering note'
of objurgation was therefore as pointedly aimed at the
National Masembly, as at the fallen ministry. Yet
bow is this stroke of authority followed op ? By the
nominal' e to office of a set of nonentities capable of
noughtbilt falling on their knees before the Assembly,
and as unfit to support the President in a struggle
with it, se if he had taken so many boys from
school. Even their inclination to enter epos such a
stung is to be doubted. Harreoun is a legitimist,
EATNEVAL a Ouizotist, ACHILLE FOULD anything
the rest nothing. None but idiots would accept office
with such a programme as the President's message,
unless he were of the school of M. CAUSSIDIERE, de-
termined to 'Anal from the Assembly to the coun-
try, and pretty sure, moreover, of success in a move
so desperate.
We do not blame the President's motives or sus-
pect his hoomity of purpose. Most of the
.grievances
be puts forth are sell founded. His wean has
been vacillating, a continued compromise between
contending. views and factions, that compromiseal-
ined invariably endieg in concession to the reachon-
ary and anti-republican party. The tergiversation,
treachery, and weakness of M. Baitacree cabinet in
the affair of Rome were disgraceful. It is also true,
quite true, that both cabinet and Assembly were as
such under the domination of a club, as the Convention
was under the dictation of the old club of the jacobias,
and that the club have more the nom'nition of
ministers and of functionaries t an the President
himself. But who is to blame? Did not Louis
NAPOLEON humble himself to accept the presidency
at the hands of the eub, when he might have won
it from the people ? And if the chiefs of this
monarchic club made a toel and a cat's-paw of the
President, din not the latter bend himself from the
first to so ignoble a position ?
And now he would emancipate himself. The desire
is natural. But the mode adopted is &dish, ill-
conceived, impossible of success. It is a mere second
edition of Queen IssarmA's fantastic scheme for de-
posing NARVA72, without the power or the courage to
secomplish it. If the move have sprung from Louis
NAPOLEON'S OWS headstrong caprice, it will last a
day. If suggested and supported by more designing
Cotheir aim must be to create anarchy, and
wlings into confusion, for them to step in as the
saviours. The moat manifest result must be to discre-
dit the President, and pave the way for his over-
throw, legal or illegal. We can conceive a party,
best on the speedy reiteration of the Boiritsoits, to
have magamdied Louis NAPOLEON to each a step.
It could not have proceeded from any wise or sincere
supporters of either the republic or of a Napoleonian
interest.
Muth, therefore, ea we approve the good intention
of the President, and sympathise with the spirit of
liberaliani, and of pride that was at the bottom of
this grave resolution of his, we still see in it greater
cause than ever to mistrust his wisdom, and to fore-
see his fall.

Moose= has painted an inimitable scene in the
Old Fleet Prison, where one of the unhappy inmates
is pourtraved with the solemn kok of a projectx, bat
in the dilapidated plight of a ruined man. The form
and features are meant to indicate those of a hullo,
and among the expressive accessories there is a half-
unfolded papa lying at his feet, inscribed, " Plots for
Painof the Notional Debt."
e ROOMIER living, we should almost be
tempted to fancy that Mr. Diana= had been sitting
for his picture. There are many points of curious
resemblance between the honourable member for
Books and the character which the great artist
bas delineated. A certain oriental air of mystery
--oomething between the furtive glance of a gipsy
and the', rapt look of an apocryphal pro
phet. No doubt there warsome one a century ago
favoured, like the protectionist chief, with a financial
ambition. Like our projector he dreamed of a sinking
fund that would make guineas as plenty as blackber-
ries. What were the details of his plan history has
net lammed as. Such is fame, and the gratitude of
a tar-paying world! We know not even the Mistri-
als man's mime t and were it not far thecae taken by
the Aareroeiatias of the brush, even his lineaments
hml been loafer ever. For fear of similar accidents,
we would vmpsetfully suggest to Mr. Dins= the
prim set only of registering his invention at the
=Ass, but of having the incidents of its origi-
made the subject of as historical by
some distinguished artist—suppose we say picture
It is quite impossible to read. the proceedings
et the late meeting of the new Association for
the Belief of Real Property edified amuse-
ment. The seriousness with which the smaller
ma Adler squires congregate round their only
einaltrter, sad the earnestness with %high they try to
perm& one another that their solknissioned
de i-
versr's plan is all right—Ohne& fir the life of them
they can-see understand it is lermietibly comic.
Tea and sugar are cheap ; aryl acts and hay. Ma-
nures never could be had se low and implements
an down to a third of what they used to be. Never-
theless, they find it hard to keep reefs tip he ills
old mark, when every article that tads go
to buy his &Ilea forty per rent, sad am
of them much more. Fiasneisl reformers, issegielleg
that now if ever, the agricultural mind might be spa
to a soigisstion, proposed in the innocence of thole
buster that town and country should make mom
some iirdiet expanding expenditure, and Oat they
Arad insist upon cutting down the CHANCELLOR ow
gin Excites:weal; rents as he had cut down those
reselved by the landlords. Let him spend less on sol-
diers and sailors and bondordlera ; and then we shall