The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-26 00:00:00

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K (AN la Meurthe) died
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the President of the Republic to present three cin..7.
didatas for the vice presidentelilp to the Nefeesal
Assembly, from which list of three they were to
choose one. M. Bonlay (de la Meurthe), (who had
the title of count although be did not generally an
it) was the eon of a member of the council of 600,
'who became a minister under the First Empire.
He was born at Nancy in 1797. His father left hint
a large fortune. He was called to the bar in Paris
in 1820, but never practised, and was never heard of
as a public man till after 1890. Then his fortune
recommended him for a field officer's oommiselen in
the National Guard; he became a deputy for Lun►
villa ander Lords Philippe, and for the Vosges after
the rerolation of February, 1848, and fought in the
street. of Paris at the head of hislegion in the days
of June. la the chambers he frequently supported
proposals for the recall of the Bonaparte family,
and this was his title to the favour of the President
of the Republic, who pat his name at the head of
the three candidates which he had the right to pro-
pose. The Assembly chose hint in order to conciliate
the President. Had Louis Napoleon died, the
government of France would have devolved upon
M. Egalu) (do it Metarthe), and no one knew better
than himself that he had no qaaliticatioas for snob a
heavy task. He was quits aware that he waa a politi-
cal nullity. He gave hie salary to the poor,
and never meddled /Athena, aiftire. The Emperor
made him a senator. He was an inoffensive man.
generally respected. Liis lino was principally de-
voted to agricultural pursuits, and he once wrote a
treatise on cholera morbus.

Death is busy with celebrated men. The news
from London of the death of Lord Lyons, hes made
a great sensation. There is a rumour of the death
of Prince Metternich, bat the truth of it is doubted.
Re is 83 years of age, and was indisposed a few
days ago.
At the conolusion of the Montalembert trial, it
was a moot point at the Pali& ds Justioe yesterday,
whether it would be more advisable to appeal against
the sentence to the " Imperial Court "—or Court of
Appeal, ea it was formerly. celled—or to carry the
case at once before the Court of Caseation to have
it quashed for irregularity, apparent upon the farm
of the judgment. I believe the present intention of
M. de Montalemberee advisers is to resort to the
Court of Appeal. I have in a former letter explained
to a certain extent the vice of the constitution
of this court, but it is, after all, more respectable, by
many shades, than the Correctional Tribunal, which
is composed entirely of the lowest order of judges,
who are all hungering for advancement..
It is rumoured to-day in the " antechambers* of
which M. de \lontalembert speaks, that all the
foreign journals, English, Belgian, German, Italian,
&0., which give any report of the proceedings of his
trial will be seized and confiscated in the French
pest office. I do, not believe it. Some doubtless
will be seized out of spite, bat very many will cer-
taioly be allowed to circulate.

M. C. Brainne, a writer in the Press*, who,
during the Emperor's progress in Brittany, wrote
several letters distinguished by their enthusiastic
loyalty, was lately sentenced by a court of justice
to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 300 fr.
for a libel upon M. Voisin, a receiver-general in
the Maine and Loire. He has just received a free
pardon from the Emperor.

M. de Thonveneal has arrived in Paris this
minutes, from Montpellier, where, as 1 have men-
tioned, he went immediately after his arrival at
Marseilles, from Constantinople.
A letter just received from Djeddab, dated Nov.
7, states that ten of the leading merchants of the
place, as well as the cadi, all of whom are seriously
compromised by M. Emerat's report, have been
arrested.

The Bourse has been weak, notwithstanding
news that the Bank has lowered its clisocunt. The
Rents fell 15c. for account, closing at 74fr. 100. For
cash the last price was 74fr. 100., as yesNeliay,
Mobilier fell 2fr. 500. Railways were abowt.ets.
lower.