The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SUEZ, itrire_2S.

The Messageries Impala.les steamer Oamboge,
with the India and China nisi* strived here st
4 a.m. to-day.

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THE FRENCH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—
CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTER OF THE
1 INTERIOR. _ ____ . ....

PART% Ja" 29.

An imperial decree has been issued dissolving the
municipal councils througboat France, wnich have
now reached the last year ol" the'r teem of office.
The elections of the new commits will take p'ace on
the 22nd and 23rd of July next, in the communes
of 25,000 inhabitants and above, sod on the 23rd
July in those having a population beneath that
number. The municipal couno's of the city of
Paris, of the other communes of the Department
of the Seine, and of the city of Lyons, do no:
come under the provisions of this drone.
The Minister of the Interior has Maur(' the fol-

Weir% circalar to the prefects il v:ew of the ai

proacbrng eseotione :
Mr. Putsch-1n a few days a general appeal will be made
to the country. All the minimums of France will have to
•ct their reprmentative, and for the third time stnoe the
t :-"stablistment of the empire they will recoustiktte their
municipal consolle. In view of this fre eh apiintien of
universal suffrage the feeling which animates the goveroment
respect for the rights of all. What it desires before allots*
is sincerity of election. The same idea, air, will inspire all
your acts. Faithful to the line of coastal which it
hoe laced out sad desirous of encooragiag the regular
development of commercial Ms, the goveroment will
await the result of the elections to proond t a the or-
ganisation of the mayoralties without reaouncing the
necessary right conferred by Article 57 of the Coostitve
Lion, the government entataine the just hope of Mimi
able to choose the heads of the municipal administratice
among the counsellor' bemused by the suffrage of
their fellow citisena. The Emperor's most mutes►
wish is that all the mayors may come before
the country with this doubts authority, so bemoaning the
paternal character of this popular magistracy. In the
plonk debate which is about to take pl. 30 loc-1 erica:or •
will be aims at stake. The governavet relies with co.-
Meese upon the good sense of the people. An impartial
spectator of the contest, you, sir, a*" therefore leave the
electoral body to expiate their sentiments spout/meanly.
Your intervention will only be justifiable should improdeut
moo, contrary to publics opinion, endeavour to disturb the
character of the election by placing it es political ground,
and seek, for personal ends, to cre►te ignition which • '
p owes, established by the nationsl will, cannot vitae:
without opposing.
My circular of the 14th May goioted out what vales
I attach to the perfect regularity of the eintoe.l
u,wratioas ; this is a question of high monlity worthy
of all your solicitude. The lilts for 1865 have hem
revised wick scrupulotto attention. Lot the same c
be taken in pm/paring all the detlin of the election.
Remind the mayors of the prescriptions of the law, invite
them tocoeform religiously thereto, sod went them,
needful, with year advice.
in short to guarantee to the communes free expression o.
the *hake of their representatives for the charge of their
municipal linemen:, to maintain the exclusively communal
character of the sleotioo, and to prevent or oppose the in.
kod,,ctiun of piety spirit, or political panion, mob, sir, r e
the principles you have to follow in order to respond to MI
wishes of the goverment—Receive,