The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-29 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WZDNBSDLY Evairnra.

General de Goyon, the commander-in-chief of
the army of occupation of Rome, has arrived in
Paris on leave of absence.

Madlle. Eveillard had an interview with the
Empress yesterday.

Prince Napoleon is understood to be devising
measures to divert the stream of emigration which
annually flows from France and Germany to the
western world, towards Algeria; extraordinary
advantages are, it is said, to be held out to African
colonists. The friends of the Prince, penetrated
with the wisdom of the saying that the duty of
every good magistrate is to extend his j nrisdiction,
are continually suggesting plans for increasing his
power and responsibility. The Preue ventilates a
plan for abolishing the office of Minister of Commerce,
and transferring the half of his duties which relate to
the colonies to Prince Napoleon, as Minister of
Algeria and the Colonies, while the other half
would be confided to the Minister of the Interior.
This idea probably originated in the Preue office,
and can only be regarded u a feeler; but it must
be remembered that the Presse is the organ of the
Prince.

M. Levtel, the sculptor of the equestrian statue
of Napoleon 1., just erected at Cherbourg, was only
six years ago a grocer's boy in the village of
Briquebee, in Normandy. He had a natural taste
for the fine arts, and found mesas to come to Paris,
where he became a pupil of the celebrated Rudder,
and made extraordinary progress in his studies.
He was selected to execute the present work, no
doubt because he was a native of the environs of
Cherbourg, as on amount of his precocious talent.
The Nord of Brussels says that the statue was
originally intended to have been so placed that the
hand of the Emperor would point towards the
English coast, but that on account of the outcry
made in England, the word of command
" left face," has been giver', and the hand now
points westward toward the basins. The statue
will remain veiled daring the Quota's visit, and
after she has left will be publicly inaugurated by
the Emperor on Sunday, Aug. 8.
As soon as the Ville de Nantes is launched, on
ttugnst 7, another vessel is to be commenced, to be
culled the Prince Imperial.
The coincidence is remarked that Cherbourg was
taken on August 5, 1758, by an English fleet, Boma.
minded by Lord Howe, and that on August 5, 1858,
an English fleet, with a grandson of Lord Howe
(Admiral Fremantle) as second in command, will
bring the Queen of England to Cherbourg to dine
with the Emperor of the French in the harbour.

The BalutPtsbke of Lyons asserts that the Pops'.
Nuncio has remonstrated with Count Walewski on
the subject of some articles on " Modern Rome,"
written by M. E. About, and recently published in
the Monikur.

Although the journals are silent as the grave con-
cerning the conspiracy of St. Etienne, the Prefee.
two is in a state of great excitement about it. Two
magistrates hare joist been despatched to a southern
town in consequence of a report that another con•

'piracy connected with the former has been dis-
covered.

M. Proudhon's appeal against the sentence of three
years' imprisonment and 4,000 fr. fine, pronounced
against him by the Correctional Tribunal, on acoount
of his work, "De la Justice dans la Revolution et
dans l'Egliae,* was called on to-day before the Im-
perial Court. A letter from M. Prondhon, dated
from Brussels, was read, requesting that the hearing
might be postponed for a month. The court re-
jected the demand, and proceeded with the case
by default. The judgment will not be given till late
this evening.
It is announced that M. de Montalembert'a
daughter is about to be married to M. de Meaux, a
catholic writer belonging to the legitimist party,
who published several articles in the Revue Ces-
teusporairte at the time when it was directed by the
Marquis de Belleval.

The Bourse continnes to be extremely dell, owing
to the absence of speculation. The Rente fell 15c.
for cash, closing at 68fr. 10c., and left off at yester-
day's price, 68fr. 20c., for account. There was
scarcely any alteration in the price of railways.

SWITZERLAND.

BERNE, JULY 25.
An inquiry is going on relative to the circum-
stances which led to the official announcement that
M. Frey Heron had been elected president of the
Confederation, whereas, in fact, he only obtained 111
votes against 145 given to M. Staempfli. One of
the scrutineers is suspected of fraud: the Federal
Assembly is convoked for to-morrow to investigate
the affair, which occasions a very great sensation.