The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-20 00:00:00

England could not do otherwise than insi4 upon
the posse)sion of Malta. Hut the btritint; party of
the article are those which, while aif.cting to de-
scribe—and for that matter deficribin4 accurtitf ly—
certain epochs of the ride of the first Napo!. p.iut
in unmistakable colours bcenea now h. hire
oar eyes. Here is a contemptuous reterence to the
court ut the Tuileries as new constituted:

Icy then etla that he drew up !Outwit and took in 1799. he
swore to "magi • every attm;iit t re-establish the
system, or to reproduce the titles and finalities apritaining
to it. It. N 5.... scarcely nam.-,1 Emperor before 1w aped al.
the fa. is of the old four', and created duke., counts.
baton., e ^ where, au-1 Ono rs. e.h daberlain., m of
the wow. I Cuyt.r., eta •4 V. of t! a CergritOltil-4. Aga pages.
The worthlessness of dfieial enthusiasm, and the
hollow et rat tae present tranquillity are depictid in
the following paragraph
Oa the day wiles he caused himself to be 1131/Zra consul for
lit,: •. 1,14. f...! a,.. a pelt herr...oily leading to an
shy... I trio- there were then, as there always will be,
men stupidly servile, or led away by the c intagion ed.
tie. . , .... a .ranched forth in invectives against the revi•lu•
I - the cud of the Directory theta dull ii,ades
mooed to command any attention. Them were also them
far-sighted conservatives who thought every thing going on
admirably Imam* the newspapers were muzzled end the
14 l• 11. h. . • wet: proverolsool, b_eitits• tt ey remlel thole acs
theo.it on 'onnoitioliti, go to the Vieatte, lioune„ and the
• ,• without hearing any other nniee than th it
made by street criers, hawking in every possible form praises
Sta the government. Them bard-headed men did not know
Slut i.e.., 1,11 .11.1 i despotism wi re inure taerldileut th in tie-
'anent'', and that all this se.ffilding of iXftr", stiebi.ite, and
mistily, would come down with timt cci non shut fired
Nth. trout:ere. They very soon found it ant.
What follows is still more pointed :
In spate of •:1 that was to the emanate by the effitial
tenors end government j ,arnal. of the time. the pr 0.14-
matins of the empire was coldly received in France, esp..
teeny wt• ; and what consineirely prates that public
opisioen w 4 vnisynoisatolr, is the extreme core talon by the
government to myna all expression of it. The Triburata
the Corry Le/V.4411f V.& .1 everything with-
get dismission, the Semite watched but for 'signal (tom their
Master, 'se Journals which had survived the Consulate
were delis, irol over to the ear...Wane* of the vote,, every
work oh wee. ter was submitted ins board accuser.• before
being printed (which, however, was no Rumen!. e against PM-
cure of book end prosecution of its author and prioterafter
publication), and 6,000 or 8,000 police agents were 4 'spieled
day end log.'et to pry into the actions and opilions of
(turrets. When he found himself absolute, arid felt ogre of
the future. Napuleon tried t / unite ail parties under h's
aw harry. Ile easily succeeded in rallying the indifferent,
the rem stades, the courtiers, the traitors of every peaty, all
in short who, ten years later, aggravated th.ir contemptible
fl Mee, by their cowardly ingratitude. But as to
the sin eel. royalists sad republicans, he gained
none of the in. Tb. first unceasingly reproached him with
having 'rewrite I the positi n of their king, and
the offsets never forgave him fur having destroyed their
republic. And thee, it was the remark of intelligent men
that the young empire comprised all the vices which had led
to the fall of the monarchy, without nr.y of those principles
or prejudices which combine to support old institutions.
The Presse proposes to continue the subject, and to
show that Napoleon I. deeply injured France both in
her honour and her interests.
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The 3foniteur contents the following official news :
General the Marquis de Castelhajac has, at his own re-
quest been removed from the retired list, and admitted into
the steep 4 section (reserve) of the general staff of the army
from the lat January last.
The Departmental Commission performicg the functions
of Council-General of the Seine, is convoket for to-morrow,
to debt, into cm the plans for the enlargement of the Pairs
de Jetties.
The Salta& has just accorded the decoration of Ikledjidie
of the first class to M. Drouyn de Lb:lye and M. 114roctie ;
of the second elms to Count Baccincebi. of the thin) clam
to Baron Is Chariton, M. ltcynaud, and Captain Rigaud
de Genouilly, of the navy ; and of the fourth class to Lieu-
tenants Dacha and do Beaulieu, of the navy; to M. de
Itocheguile and M. Wells, attaches of the French embassy;
and to all Berman Lippus.
The Emperor has conferred the military medal,
founded with the proceeds of the confiscated Orleans
property, upon General Ornano, Governor of the
localities, tend General Lebrun, (Due de Plaisance),
Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour.
At the Bourse to-day the market far government
securities wes dull, and with a decline on yesterday's
prices. In the Three per Cents. both for cash and
the end of the month, the fall was 10e. in each.
and 15c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for the
account. An improvement of 5E took place in Bank
Stock. The final quotations were :—For Cash : Three
per Cents., 80f. 50e.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
103 f. 70c. For the account : Three per Cents.,
80f. 50c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1031. 53c.
Bank Stock, 2,735 f.
The improvement noted yesterday in the railway
share market continues. Paris and Rotten
shares rose to-day 15E, Western of France 10f., and
Bordeaux and Cette, 7f. 50e. Closing prices: North-
erns, 920 f. 50e.; Orleans, 1,033 f.; Paris and Stru-
bourg, 836 f. 50c ; Paris and Lyon., 947 f. 75e. ; Paris
and Monet), 1,120 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean,
817 f. 50c.; Western of France, 787 f. 30e. ; Rouen and
Havre, 337 f. 30c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 655 f.
Vienna, Tuesday: New Loan, 91Z Bank shares,
1,418; exchange on Paris,l29l. Amsterdam, Tues-
day : Integrals Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64 3-16 ;
Spanish One per Cents., 24 3-16; ditto Three per
Cents. interior, 43; ditto Certificates, 6 11-16;
Amortiseablc debt, 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
40 3-16; Austrian metallique Five per Cents.,
81 9-16 ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 1831-52,
41; ; Ecuador, 41; ditto Deferred, 41; ditto Cou-
pons, 331, 34, 341 cents. Antwerp, Tuesday: Bel-
gian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 981; Spanish One
per Cents., 23(: ditto Three per Cents. interior, 43
1-16; Austrian metallic Five per Cents., 841; ltomau
loan, Five per Cents., 971 ; exchange on London,
23.10. Brussels, Monday : Belgian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 983; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
b5l; Spanish One per Cents., 24 ; Austrian Five per
Cents., 85; Chuleroy and Louvain Railway shares,
509 ; exchange on London, 23.07 e.