The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

SUSPENSION OF THE WORKS AT THE

LOUVRE.

Wl= LX OCCASIONAL

We believe we may now safely state that the
works of the Louvre are to be suspended. The ex.
tenor walls will be completed, but the interior, with
the marvellous richness of its proposed decoration
will be left to be carried out under more favourable
auspices. This cessation from the wild investment in
stone and cement which has been going on in every
put of France during the last three or four years, is
a healthy symptom. To spend tens of thousands
upon statues of clerical nobodies, raised by the
vicious system of lotteries ; to authorise hare•
deeds of town.halls, and prefectures, and sous-prefeo-
tures, to be re-built, or re-furnished, or re-decorated ;
to gratify the municipal pride of the provinces, by
allowing every town, from Calais to Marseilles, to
borrow heavy sums of money for the elaboration of
more or lees desirable improvements—was to bring
about much of the financial difficulty under which
France is now labouring. The career of improve-
ment in towns was soon in full swing. Crowds of
architects and sculptors, almost demanding commis-
sions from the state; workmen bartering their alle-
giance to the new order of things against promises
of work; and the almost pardonable vanity of
leaving solid marks of its existence in the coun-
try, have earned for the Second Empire a
reputation as an epoch inaugurated by finsn.
dal operations as daring as those of Law, and
perhaps as disastrous. Men of a bold, speculative
turn are not fit to be rulers. They may be fortunate
in their enterprises, but the chances are that some
few good ideas will be swamped amid a host of bad
ones. At the present moment, Paris, it must be con-
fessed, is terrible evidence of the grave consequences
to which over-speculation, and the daring application
of queetiosable theories may reduce a great and
remarkable city.
The works of the government have had the effect
of drawing crowds of labourers from the provinces to
Paris, to help to sink the capital of the state in stone
and iron. It has been with considerable difficulty,
in many parts of Franc*, that the farmers have this
year been able to get in their crops.
Labour had deserted the fields, and was bury upon
metropolitan boulevards and provincial prefecture,.
While the owners of the land were hastening to
withdraw their capital from the soil to east it upon
the Bourse, to be carried off for the projection of
foreign railways, their labourers were leaving the farm
to erect some Little local temple in the nearest town,
raised by a lottery, or were making their way to
Paris to build the Louvre, or water the healthy lawns
of the Bois de Boulogne.
The reign of cent. per cent. set in. Sound
industrial projects could offer no profits like those
promised by the Pereires, the lantana, the Prost*,
and the De Mornys. Glorious was the city with the
Imperial eagle swooping above it. The dirty tene-
ments of the poor were disappearing. At every
turn you sew the long soo'y lines of ancient
chimneys upon the walls where the destructive
pickaxe had finished its work; crowds of bronzed
workmen lounged near the wine shops, eating some
grapes and bread for their dinner ; and senators'
carriages and Bourn men's dogcarts flew about in all
directions, bespeaking the wondrous prosperity of the
Imperial risime. Revolutionary Paris—dejected,
inert, and without credit—had become a splendid
city, warmed in the sunshine of great and prosperous
finitude».

Artificial lakes made the stranger believe that water
was as plentiful in Paris as at Stockholm. The
&sine wu to present to the wondering gaud visitors
a forest of masts. A broad boulevard was cut—as
with the wand of a magician—from the Lyons Rail-
way Station ; mid the tall of Sebastopol came oppor•
timely to give the great work a great name. The
Garde Marble (where Louis the Sixteenth stands,
in all the majesty of bronze, with the gram
growing about his royal knees, and where
the pedestal of the Dnke of Orleans' status
lima in blocks, sundered by the strength of the rankest
weeds)—this suggestive place was crowded with
sculptured ministers, and cupids, and allegories, to
grace the exterior of the completed Louvre! Coarse-
voioed men roared along the boulevards every day
the u nunteros gagnonts " of the lit lottery. The
typefonodere were puzzled to produce letters large
enough to announce the new companies that leaned
whole pages of the morning and evening papers.
Ladies' dresses grew daily more elaborate—Bounces
not trimmed with marabout feathers became tnesguin.
The grisettes threw aside their snow-white cape, and
aspired to be crowned by Lucy Hocquet. The female
form was barricaded behind—mere crinoline at first,
but soon whalebone, and air tubes, and steel springs
were laid under contribution, to complete the fortifi-
cation. The Count de Horny gave a crowning fete
that cost a moderate fortune.

Not one in all the giddy throng of speculators, of
busy architects and busier milliners, of Bourse states.
men and speculative birettas, saw the point of danger
to which they were collectively drifting. They ironed
before the white walls of the Louvre to see the web-
like scaffolding with which it was encompassed, and
to point with pride to the huge blocks of stone the
bloused workmen were incessantly hoisting. Not an
boar's reflection was given to the country : bread
was dear, but wages were high. Only some few
serious men, anxious to improve their land, and con-
tent to reap a fair profit, saw that it was impossible
to get money for legitimate investments. They began
to ask themselves whether high farming was possible
when money could not be got on good landed property,
and on a first mortgage, at 10 per cent. Meanwhile the
Credit Mobiliers all over the Continent were draining
capital out of the country, to the songs of triumph
of the Bonne, rejoicing in fabulous premiums. Yet
the voice of prudent men began to make itself heard.
People with money in hand began to board on the
one hand, while money changers hastened with the
silver to the frontier.
Tbe remelt is the present state of France ! Rather
We, the Emperor has seen that he might repeat the
expo:leans of Versailles in the Louvre. He has
done well to pause—to bid deeoraton shut op their
frail books of gold leaf, and to send back the work-
men to the country, where their labour is wanted to
produce bread. He has reined in the Imperial Pa
Baas at the very edge of the precipice.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANIRUPTCT.
110011 COWX1•0011111
IX xi et[LTaa.
The twahrept, ain ear, et Malden, applied fey bh terti-
Siete. Debts, ; meets, about 10e. ie the pound.
Mr. liaelep supported; Mr. Rock, for the militates,
offered eo opposttioe ; aid his Hawse, oheerviag that the
fader' was portly attrftetabls to %Ger.:tidal:de loss awl raw
formal, greeted a eertlfiest• of the ennead

IN 11 J. I. SLUMS.

The beaks apt was described as a smelter, of Old Koot-
enai. Thu was the sojouraed esuniastion sate/g.
Debts, ot;ol. ; habi.uio, 2,521.; a-seta, 160 J. It appeered
that the.* had been a fouler bankruptcy is 1863, whoa ttse
honk rapt obtained a third clam COMM:CO. All b4s prowl/
had base mortgaged to his mother; but the mopese had
effected an arrangemest, by shish they had recommended
160/. for the equity of redemption. The "doubtful
debts" were returned at 589/, of which 600!. was doe
from a p, non named Peecoe, now in the Queen's Beach
l'rison. _ .

lir. Howard, for the ruinous, offered 110 oppcsition to
the bankrupt passing.
The Comminioser—Well, I suppose an Aped will result
from a further stoeransent; but UHT* will be a gnat deal
to ssy on the entitiettemeettag. This nu, It appears, is
not new to haokreptey. What is this 6001. wbkb hostel's
Is due from FOCA I

Mr. llogrard sud that lometbleg would be demo about
that before the erruficate meetia3. The emeigseee =east to
91101111011 Pawl*. . _ _

The Commissionsr—Who is is the Queen's Bench. What
do you expect to get by that
Mr. will compel him to Ilk bie schedule.
The Commesioser—You cosset pt paid by a abided*.
(Lenahtsr). Howse ea then is no expectation of a
better account, the bsairspt may pass.

111111 11/1111L SUM'.
This was the liasatisatioa manias, ia ths ems of Samuel
Smith, the saw:hiss maker, of Northampton. It was stated
that the bunkrapt had died sinee the proceediap com-
menced.

THE POLICE COURTS.
IHIS DAY.

Mr. Sathoren applied tio Str Pater Laurie, the prodding
sm., for • warrant sadist two prisonon is Whit*.
mem street prima, loran meads cesaaisod apes binocular
the lapwing citemostances :
Mr. Stamen stated that bis had hoes in Om Seiesse
prison, WM ocromestroot, sheet a mudili. INS la Nam
quells of what ha otearvod there Is the eindwee et the
regular priroaers, who bad bees thin to. be mete to
a daily paper, exposing the abase gemphisad of,
which bad my la great cams to thormar It
minuted that tbirro was a prudes p die crud of
thenoadieg If. from *very now comer, who required
for remelts menial onion to be porters* eel If the de-
mand were not complied with, the pathos mem osivjected to
every speck* of anaoyabee. 0a this sesslos
M was leaving the priiton, whoa hodered Wl=
who had lent his a pair of shads deeleele Mr there.
Thu one, however, dmaandod 7s. 6d. he sea el the
shoots, and applimat occordinply arid N. mailer
elailiag with the Mow to satisfy 11111 ram.time, that 7s. 6d. was so oaorbitasa dedlelog
is ply sere than ha had slued, gleam. 11a woe basso
ouisedingly unseat, and said ha wield be enact est he-
Sore ha lift tho place. Shortly after, la he wee going
oat, it. was est upon by four or Ito of the
prlsonon ids jaded him abost, sad not *sly I
tee his el= hat lacerated his loco &Meese, and woe of
'
the the door of the ward, preparatory to tar-
Yaw towords him, whin he asseseded, with the
motivate of it. of the limper., in making his amps
Ilk Pets r Lase* impaired of Mr. Berke tho reverter
Janet Prima, if it was tree asee of Um
prieleave hod bees thins for as bags period es Iva years t
Mr. Herds said he baliovad it was ; ho knew slow mesh
mtlatsa

—Biz I.Lausis—liew an limy supplied whit provisions
amdoikar nessesidest

Mi.-13irrio a-1 Weems* by *sir Moeda; bit sortataly
not from say Weed Is ties pima. There wars • great
=my who wadi a living = tbe gibes by putoradag medal
moss ext pagans who woe Is 'plias= to pay be ans.
Mr P. Laurie—l saw Carlin Wilms yisteriay, vend I.
Mk me that of ail the phone le ha visited sem City
Debtors' Prim fa OM =gest.
Alderman Copied mats musnmed la tain Wit.
Ilesm's spits% and a sisal sammins had Use Cap is kr
tbs ire skis a mina spa idgwei *amour 1.0
rem In sasssestass et missalnas 51 lie
is dam of pi-
NOM mbebbeed
Mr Petra Idasks—l am very glad 1 lase isms it anal a
ammitasa, is is roma.ga smaphisell of ma wands-
Isn..

Cliorkai—lt is a Madras IMMO Omni let or
la *Dram segloilM Ile lbeir
WI. soros leNip Is
Awls *dr dilisbosi. about%
thee
lie ape 2=rseriod 4i. lbe Wm pelisses la
.1/.
Mr. Illollisres edi It wee usage the ettesseetsees whieb
MMI illellee. est whisk teemed 'sly pert eh spunk
h
be NOM Itre • warms pima tarit paths airsaltiag

AMON= .—lf Mr. asthma will asks oath
Intheo Os of the seoplaint M fan to nabs they
twill have Oa goods hosagtt benne As magistrate:, sad
they wilt be pesibeil to the utmost Oa he will Clow.
Mr. floniois—is jaollos to email, I suet sato that
Say niDgiossilast, if sada to so, wall noble us
to pis amass by congaing theta la the strong
saes, apse the lobos disk bread and water.
la
Osipimed odd Is was so um gratis'
a +sweat @Oast snob Tbs only remolly for
date dtsgrasetol tre the atteeasyipthisal
Wog is a bill to the artilw of Übe tailemele
grit, by width, stela lomat dam lbw ma a 1101 of
1,2001 &yam at 111.8nMeses dismal. to hoilletti=
the pelsenese, and as bog es then Sand was
is that manses, se bag would then dININOMOINO
aoadaos. The Basher of pose prisoners has of /ado pears
so greatly fallen .1 that tie had la divided moo. a lbw,
who are enabled to liw basibeesly apes It
bit Polar Laurie sold, if the warns* was gruttod, the
sea would near be brought up, fx if they got liberated
sae day, they would go beak to prison the ant. It was
only seadiag than home to wad thee to prism.
Warms refund.

11117TAL cull OP WWIATINS.
Heavy Tabrahaw, a rosy ti laeltiag fellow, destribed IS a
meteirmesipw, voiding at No. I, Neorge's plate, Holloway,
appeared SO a tents., before Kr. Tyrwbitt, Muriel with
laving Mialistly assaulted hie wiN, Mardis Amelia
Tabeekam,
Mr. Jets Wakeling aypeared for the easaplalasat.
It appeared hose the evidence that is Monday Met As
delesdeat west home about els is the 'veal's, swil sAr
\wisp tea with his wife, inked Oee to ge 'petal's awl M
his seat, mike Ilse vellassill M day Wry_ biabli hag Ni.
were previesely. He wow{ wad mot it tinsic sad wiles
he sue dews be Omit bee will Me fir. est irk
"Ider " f yesßr wsatea way yew will de r my Swim
is • prort•te, with whim be
Mrs sp. He thew west eat sad am leak the weer be
bqoer, sad the threw • quart Jeig of rear wry bet. rest
wraith Mt stork Ur with his Id Is Ms otraweb.
threatened to murder her, sad threw • wrathy of rotten
wolinmebeLle b Mr bee.
Ti. pessase, who did or deny saNdwg his wile, was
weer to the Here of Corned= with bud lobar fee two
saliaki rears.

_______
11$4, primmer, who mood my .w .spriest at Um,
&tidos. was *ls removed.

YVTai
Menlo likleber, a pug ws stt et swathe appear-
s:ewe eildhwell beams fir ellitiMe wet hi balm Kr.
Nevem with skim sal Weems ereiset, eed
with leeaMes eme pm at the saw et Mr.
R. Law" VesumMer, the Hoer sad Grapes,
CleenteArnme. WeaMetatMe.
Mr. AmeasMetiled OM the dettedest was itie eemplete
tatter ef Ihe seliMbembeed. rid led seek mad bees
brought le Ible wwwt bin. he eettegeeee squaws et hie
been. Ilte•wlthatredhei the dritessiewee et his bowleg for
woe used, pot mime ie mete bey. is wee mill wilieste4
le the ones Ado. Aft um lab lass Wow
the Art/
moldy lad Migiftwiteft. bIiMP. sad rams
treated ship mesablece el peter rowed Me .
Mr. Power—What hays you get say, dithellest
Dotradaat—Ob, I dust lama Via always Wag Miami
sleet. sad pithy a Map oa 44; heed draw seem ens at
other.

Lassete--I saw prove that she stand teed amebae
low is the bard tee the ewer pupae el
totals/ sty
Mr. rarsese—iss this wean' bees hems Oda ?
Deeds (de gesdr)—Repostedly. Ile.Arse:d. is sea-
segued al bat desporato sedge. I bead% aide she vas
have lees lalauled that lot aostistioa dead be retarded.
Jades /baba, Id a. raid that a had woad of poems
des telkolai W her ostrageoss seeded his sight hit
language on hoollit.
Mr. Pwalto—Taar mama h most abgrassfal, awl step
aut be takes so tbe podia era eeerageses
endure 1 sae 111111111111 ii yea tee a used li Is hard
labour to lb* House el' Osersatlita. I shall hare that tea-
violas morsel to for quitter essoksaa sad that will
wads de to ere you Ores maths If aged brought ba-
ted we.
boa.Dedhadeat—A math ; thank yea. I ama is that am w 7
A. she vas beteg lashed up she {atonal the gaoler that
" she'd break samsbede's -- saes wide she gee lima"

♦ musty simian:—
Jibs Alamo, • Mardi m•ioo Wow, weil L•ni to the
0 Safi of Ins l[.dMity Nis. ass moss arlidszalA
was tregbiht before Mt. liwias. awed ell
polis•-• 0•44•114 364 A. irlib 111 NII fi MIA
TIN Namable .MW OM IS es melon doblo

ten o'clock, ho was on duty I. RepaLstreet, whoa,
his mutton wee esUed to the prams?, who was
sitting ea the daps of the County •p-
-unsay I. a most torlora sad destitute Nadi.
don. Laewiag hi. to ho • emamen wheat, le
vaulted his movemmts for • glut Wu, mad
saw him address several persons who Upposed to
be parfait. At lest he get up aad pissed bluets berme an
elderly geathessu, sad, laying hold et his arm, sold,
" °ardor, I'm herd up sad infortaate, sad mut have
some money." The old gentlensa, who woo very mesh
alumni at the prisoner's meaner, mats of as fast es be
could. The prisoner woo about to follow hies, when wit
nese puma upon his, sad took him taut custody.
Os the way to the station the prisoner resorted hie indigoes-
daue, as • trio bora Mesa, to do as Lek liked, sad es •
eleaelser to this infloperkem smut. he dish the mastatsie
• tremendous blow SS *tab of the head.
Tin prisoser la Mime mid ho was Lard up, aad had aot
• blosiod soppy Y Ilkolosoil. nor " Not so work to do." As
to hitting thooloolailio f>at be Ism moissoly desist*.
Mr. Butgboao sail liejdigast woo @Tidied, one of Woo
saws who waned ea weft U ds, sad for Um moult ea Um
constable he should soma him ter sews days.