The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The ball of the Hotel de Ville went off last night
in the most brilliant style. In the vast suite of
apartments, crowded with SAO guests, every sort
of dance in vogue succeeded without interruption.
The Salle des Banquets and the Salle du Trone, il-
luminated by hundreds of lustres, and ornamented
with flags, presented a magic spectacle. 'ken from
the galleries, the interior court below, with its
fountain, had a Moorish look, full of romantic charm.
In the rooms, the habitual monotony of the black
coat was varied by uniforms of all nations, among
which the English red coats were conspicuous. The
Lord Mayor and aldermen arrived early. Sir Charles
Musgrove wore his scarlet robes, and the aldermen
their brown dresses with the sword. The Pre-

sident arrived about 10. and passed through
the rooms with M. Berger, Prefect of the
Seine, Lord Normanby, the Lord Mayor, and
several of the ministers, Ihe Chinese mandarin

was not the least object of curiosity, and promenaded
about with unembarrassed placidity. The immense
crowd circulated without a great deal of difficulty in 1
the magnificent suite of rooms, and the visitors ex-
pressed
the highest gratification at their cordial
reception by. the city of Paris.
The review to-day was brilliantly successful.
At half-past 3 o'clock the President of the Republic
left the l'alace of the Elyst,e, accompanied by a
-numerous and brilliant etae-major. On his right
rode 'Marshal Exelmans, Grand Chancellor of the
Legion of Honour, and General Oudinot, and on
his left Marshal Narvacz. Ten or twelve other
generals of brigade and division followed, together
with officers belonging to every army in Europe,
dressed in their uniforms. At four o'clock,
Louis Napoleon having reached the Champ de Mars,
two signal guns were fired on both sides of the river,
and hostilities commenced. The pantonniers im-
mediately proceeded to construct a bridge of boats,
under the protection of a heavy fire of artillery and
musketry, which was responded to by the troops on
the right hank. In less than three-quarters of an
hoar the bridge was completed, and a battalion
crossed it au pas de course. A similar movement
took place on the Pont de Jena, and the attack of
the heights of the Trocadero commenced. The two
armies were afterwards to defile before the President
of the Republic. The river was covered with boats
full of spectaors, and the quays lined with immense
multitudes. The manmuvres passed off without any
accident, and were favoured with the most beautiful
weather.

This morning the Prefect of the Seine gave a mag-
nificent &Yellin' to the English visitors. Covers were
laid for 200. An excellent orchestra performed an
admirable selection of music during the (I,Yeuni.
The Orleanisti, are about to bring forward the
Prince de Joinville as candidate for a seat in the As-
sembly at ono of the earliest vacancies, following in
Ithis the course pursued by the Bonapartists with re-
spect to Louis Napoleon, who was elected represen-
tative while in exile. The ground of this proceed-
ing is the opinion of the Conseil d'Etat, which I re-
ported to you some time ago, concerning the validity
of the possible election of the Orleans prince.
The election of the prince, however, would
not, if successful, be followed, in all probability,
as in the case of Louis Napoleon, by admission to
take his seat, as there is n strong coalition between
the Legitimists and Bonapartist% on this question,
which commands a majority in the Assembly, even
were the Left to vote in favour of the admission, a
step which they might be induced to take with the
view of promoting disisions in the majority on the
eve of an election. A rumour is afloat, which would
make the Prince de Joinville candidate for the Seine,
in replacement of General Magnan ; and to-day there
was a good deal of talk in the Assembly on this sub-
ject. Nothing however is fixed.
The Opinion Pel64ne insists to-day upon the ab-
solute necessity of bringing forward a constitutional
candidature for the presidency. Notwithstanding
the apparently firm tone of the ultra-leetimists in
opposition to the Elysee, it is thought that, at the
last moment, the fear of seeing the Prince de Join-
ville enter the lists will drive them into the camp, of
which they at present affect so great an abhorrence. '
The Messager leads the assault against the Elysee '
with a venomous pertinacity,- worthy of its soujicur,
General Changarmer. You are aware that the editor
of this paper, M. Eugene Foreade, was recently con-
demned to three months imprisonment for publish-
ing a statement, which he was unable to substantiate,
that the Minister of Wax bad issued orders to the
colonels of several regiments out of Paris to hold
themselves in readiness to march at a mo-
ment's notice on the capital. As if to retaliate

for this chastisement by the authorities, M. Port ;71.0
has published in the dr:cower of last night a docu-
ment which has been eagerly taken up by. the anti-
Bonapartist papers of this morning. This is within;
more nor less titan n prospectus, published in London,
and circulated at the Stock Exchange iimnediately
before the presidential election in 1818, concerning
loan to be secured on the claims of Louis Napoleon
on the French government, as the heir of his mother,
the Duchess de St. Lcu, better known us the
Queen I lortense. The article in question is headed
" The financial consequences of prolonging the
powers of the President." The prospectus, which the
-1/easayer prints in large type, in the Engli.,h
language, is as follows :
The late Duchesse de St. Leu, formerly Queen line-
al:llW, at the time of her decease had claims upon the French
government to the extent of 28,847,001 Hr., or 1,115,1h0/.
sterling, which claims were founded upon the treaty of
Fontainebleau, and were confirmed by royal decree of the
30th May, ISt-I. The legitimacy of such claims was never
needon yet to serve politica purposes i •
no ,fuithe, r allusion on thel present wh
endeavours were but too successfully made, undo.
the last French dynasties to neutralise their effect. Ilk
Imperial Highness, l'rinee Napoleon Louis Bonaporte (who
after nearly 30 years of proscription and exile, has at last
recovered his country and his rights of citizenship), as sole
heir under the succession of his mother, the said Duchess
of St. Lou,is the only party entitled to demand the settle-
ment of those claims. The political purposes referred to
have been rendered inoperative by recent events : those
that are now passing in France, independently of other
favouring circumstances, lead to he conviction that:claims
that have too long and too wrongfully remained unliqui-
dated will speedily receive the consideration and sati,Lie-
tion they merit. Of these claims 10,000,000 f. or 400,000/.
were for the considerations mentioned in an " Aete sous
acing prise," hearing date the 15th day of Novem-
ber lust, assigned by his Imperial Highness to ,Ir.
X. of Paris, banker, then in London. This " Aetc "
has been duly deposited with the underrnentioniel
notary public, and has further been duly acknow-
ledged by his Imperial Highness and Mr. X., he sn
act passed before the same notary, his Imperial filch
I ness thereby engaging that the proportion of claims ~o a'-
signed by him shall he entitled to settlement out of the first
that may be directed to be satisfied by the French govern-
ment. Mr. X. having divided these 10,000,000 or 500,115 W.
sterling into 100 parts or shares, helbas prepared 1011 certifi-
cates representing 100,000 fr. or 4,0001. sterling each; and
he proposes issuing the same to such parties as may he will-
ing to pay 4001. sterling upon each. The' e certificates purport
that Mr. X. will prosecute the liquidation of the chums,
assisted by the advice of two of the largest holders of eerti.
i• ficates; that he will divide the amount he may recover, first
deducting the expenses he may incur in the prosecution
. thereof, as follows :—First he will repay the 41/01. per certi-
ficate to each of the holders ; and secondly, he will divide
, the residue into two equal moieties, one of which moieties
) he will retain for his own use and benefit, and the other of
such moieties lie will divide rateably amongst such holders.
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Mr. X. also proposes assigning a portion of the moiety so
retained by him, upon terms to be communicated by the

same notary.
Applications for certificates of shares, or for portions of
the moiety above referred to, to be made to Mr. A. de
Vinna, notary public and conveyancer, foreign and English,
at his chambers, No. 3, Bartholomew-lane, Royal Ex-
change, London.
The article then sets forth an attestation of Mr.
ltupert Rains, of London, notary, dated June 24,
1851, certifying that at the request of Mr. Thomas
Michel, of Pans, he had called upon Mr. de l'inna,
who had admitted the genuineness of the above cir-
cular, but that Mr. de Pinna had said that
the " acts " of November 15, 1818, was no
longer in his possession, and that for all further in-
formation he must refer to his imperial highness
himself, or to Mr. X., whose name appears in tho
printed circular. Mr. de Pinna prefeiTed not to
state the reason why the affair was not proceeded
with in London. or to say how many certificates had
been disposed of. Mr. Foreade affirms that the claims
of M. L. N. Bonaparte, as the heir of Queen
Hortense, are not more valid than the analogous
claims of the other members of the Bonaparte tinnily,
which are said to amount to 1000/00,finfi fr. It must
he assumed that M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte be-
lieves his claim to be valid, or he would not have
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offered it as a security. The article concludes by
stating it to be a serious question for France to con-
sider, whether the day after a re-election she might
not be imperiously presented with a little bill of 109
millions of francs in the name of his imperial
highness.
M. Eugene Fun-ado was yesterday arrested and
taken to prison, but this was in pursuance of the
sentence to which I have alluded, and a few hours
before the above article appeared in print.
The profession of a journalist now-a-days in Paris
is one requiring no small degree of courage, us the
following list will show :—The prison of the con-
eiergerie contains at present 2 editors of the Prose,
3 of the Er,,nemcsit, I of the People, and 2 of the
Messayer de l'Asstlobb'e. One of the editors of the
Siecle will probably join them to-morrow.
In the Assembly to-day, atter the rejection of M.
Cremicux's amendment by 381 against 211, the
ministerial plan for making a temporary provision
for continuing the works on the Paris and Avignon
Railway, by a vote of 0 millions of francs, was
adopted by 538 to 34. Urgency was afterwards
voted on the two railway hills, i.e., that from Paris
to Lyons and that front Lyons to Avignon, and it
was decided that the discussion of both the projects
should stand on the order of the day on the 10th of
November next.
A meeting of deputies of the Right. who are mem-
bers of the councils-general, and of legitimist mem-
bers of the councils-general who happen to be in
Paris, was held yesterday, at the house of M. Ilerryer,
to decide upon a course of action during the vitia-
tion. M. lierryer was of opinion that, pursuing this
line of conduct which had been commenced in the
Assembly, the legitimists should use all their influence
in the councils-general in support of the principle
of total revision. Partial revision might be dis-
missed from their minds, because that idea was
equally foreign to the speeches and the votes of the
recent debate. M. de Laboulie inquired what there
was to say or do in the councils-general. M. de Ful-
loux answered that there was a great deal; that
they should point out the advantages which the mo-
narchical principle had gained by the revision
debate and organise committees to prepare for the
parliamentary elections of 1832, in concert with all
sections of the party of order. 'the meeting then
adjourned to the parliamentary club, in the Rue de
lttvoli, where all the legitimist deputies had been in-
vited to attend. The assemblage was very nume-
rous. M. Berryer addressed them with great energy,
in continuation of his previous remarks. Ile added,
that on the subject of a candidate for the presidency
they ought to maintain the greatest reserve.
Legality was for them a defensive arm, to be
kept ready fur use against all follies and adven-
tures whatsoever. But it was not their mission, as
monarchists, to do the work of the republie, and to
seek about for a candidate. They would wait, keep
their position, and act according to circumstances.
M. Berryer's reasons were adopted unanimously by
L those who were present at the conclusion of the
meeting M. Alfred Nettement, of the OpiniOlt Mdk'
liglle, had been present, but left without voting.
• The adjournment of the Lyons Railway question
L now inevitable.
• The Councils of Arrondisemcnt commenced theit
- sessions on Monday. Those of Rouen, Chateauroux,
- and Montreiul-sur-Mer have voted the revision of the
- constitution.
The trial by court-martial of the offenders con-
cerned in the plot of Lyons began yesterday. The
accused are 50 in number, 14 of whom have taken
flight. MM. Cremicus and Michel de Bourges will
o plead on behalf of the prisoners.
n At the Bourse to-day the Fives rose 15c., clo•iiii;
31 at 93.95 ; and the Threes rose 13c., and closed at
'n 37.43.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, Acct. I.

Two new ordinances, at the instance of the com-
missioners of the bund, have been published by the Hesse
Cassel government. The first suspends the action of the
remaining standing committee, and brings to public know-
ledge that the ordinance of the 26th Dec., 18.50, of the com-
missioners of the band interdicts all efficial assembling vi
the permanent committee of the Chambers, any disilie-
dience to which ordinance will subject the offebiliaX
parties to the sentence of the military tnbunal alluded to in
that instrument. The second edict published on the same
authority relates to the execution of the late rules and ordi-
nances issued at the instance of the commissioner, and
declares that "all explanation or criticism touching thc`o
ordinances on the part of the electoral authorities and otti-
cials is strictly prohibited, as well as all comments respect-
ing their legality and validity, or the authority whence
they have sprung, or any conduct or proceedings. direct or
indirect, tending to impede their being carried into effect,
and that any act or acts which can bear this construction
shall he regarded as rebellion, and dealt with acconlinoY. ,
The Cassel Zeitung "announces further, that additionn
edicts are about to appear, which refer," that paper :If'.
" to publicity, liberty of speech and the jury, whereby all 111.
' proceedings will be made much simpler and much cheaper,
' as all small causes, which cost more money than they am
f worth, will be withdrawn from the jurisdiction or sentence

Opines. The number of law tribunals will be diminished
to toe amount of two, and the juries to the amount of nine."
The meeting of the Communal Council (Gcntemille-Italhe-
wrsanduay) in Danish., convoked to elect new members
far the provincial Diet, is described by the Kweingsberg
Zeituny as having hes n as stormy a one as was ever ,
known in Germany. One member, who was warmly'
seconded by others, objected to the legality of the minis-
terial rescript by which the Diets are again called together.
Uc called upon the President to put it to the Assembly
to declare by what law of the constitution this rescript
could be brought into harmony with the constitution itself,
and said that till this harmony should he demonstrated, I
those wbo had sworn to obey the constitution could
not parti.ipate in an act in direct violation of it. The
president refused to entertain this subject at all. It
was then proposed that n special meeting of the
Communal Council should iw summoned, to take
this question into their special consideration. The
president also refused to put the proposition before the
Assembly. Whereupon the opposition memlwrs withdrew ;
but on some ultra conservatives proposing that they should
be hoed fur disrespect to the Assembly, this motion was
negatived. The agitation this matter has given rise to at
Danisie is more likely to increase, the provincial papers say,
than to subside.