The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-23 00:00:00

additions to existing liberties are disdain-
hilly dismissed without being directly alluded
;se
ap " vain theories," brought forward under
" manakin appearances." Passages in the
follow which Deena to me the weakest
c 1 most trivial that the Emperor ever uttered in
ii: a peach from the throne. It is no argument at all
i ' st reform to say that the assembly which
s 'k s from voting it would net take the trouble
of attending to parliamentary business unless they
4ant well and were truly patriotic. As little is
it an argument for the Emperor to groan over the
"!burden" of power which he has borne for
eiighteen years, and then plaintively ask whether
h• ought not to be,believed when he says he knows
'i 's best. Pope's " whatever is, is right," which
applied to the Deity, will not bear this
lute construction from earthly sinless. The
y sort of liberty which the Emperor will tole-
the name of is that undefined sort which he
' Is oonaistent with " intelligence, generous in-
ets, and the noble efforts of labour." He
speaks an he did fifteen years ago of France being
in " his hands." And he enumerates as the gua-
rantees upon which he relies to keep Fromm in his
hands, and that of his posterity-Ist, The
sapport of the great bodies of the State ; 2nd, The
devotedness of the army ; 3rd, The patriotism of
at good citizens ; and 4th, Divine Providence.
Great exception may be taken to every one of these
fdur heads in the way in which they are used. In
i the first place, that "great body of the state" the
(lprps Legisiatif, so far from treating political
4erty an • vain theory, is, as the Dtbate shows
to-day, in favour of more liberty by a considerable
majority. Not only has that formidable and sig-
nificant new agglomeration the tiers parti adopted
much of the programme of the "Left," bat many
of the faithful majority, represented for instance by
Ni. &grim, agree that more liberty is wanted,
billy they think it inexpedient to press the
riVernment on the subject. The allusion to the
army ou • matter of pure home policy is most un-
happy, and smells woundily of coup &riot reminis-
cences. The " citizens" whose " patriotism " is
talked of, have shown their opinions by the most
urprising and successful rebellion against official
dzilling at many recent elections. And as for
Divine Providence so lightly alluded to by all belli-
gerents, whether political or military—Juarez,
Soulouque, and the King of Naples, for instanoe—no
human argument can be founded upon such an in-
vocation.
The Presse announces to-night that M. Emile
1 011ivier has accepted the position of political
director, which was lately resigned by M. Emile de
Girardin. A hurried pen might possibly infer from
this news that the Preset is now the organ of the
tiers parti, but this would be incorrect. M. Emile
011ivier may have aspired to be the creator and
leader of a tiers parti, buthe certainly is not the leader
at present. He came in at the tail of it, and spoke
so late in the debate that his speech, which I think
an admirable one, was impatiently listened
to by a wearied house. He " adhered" at the
last moment to the amendment of the
forty-six, but Was not one of the concoctors, and
did not even sign it. He has long applied in vain
to the government, which his old friends accuse
him of being too subservient to, for permission to
found a journaL He is now at the head of one
with a long established reputation. " What will
he do with it r is a question.
The Bourse was again very uneasy. Rents fell
25c. for cash and 10c. for account, closing at
681 r. 35c. and 681 r. 45c. laobilier fell sfr., and
Credit Fonder 201 r.