The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS. rILUBSDAY EVIININO.
The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic
despatch from the prefect of the department of the
Cote d'Or to the Minister of the Interior, dated
_ .

CHALON era-Saosa, AtO., 14, 11 A.Y.
The President went yesterday to Fi,xin. A considerable
concourse of parole was gathered about the monument of
Napoleon, and greeted him with lively acclamations. A
toast was proposed by the mayor of Dijon at the banquet
given by the Ppaident, the reply to which was lenity
cheered. Tile ball given by the town of Dijon was attended
by more than 2,000 persons. The journey from Dijon to
Chaionaur-Ssone was effected without accident. At ?Nita,
Beaune, and Chem the national guards waited for the
President, who was very well received. He was also per-
fectly wall received at Chalon, where a review took place
on the Plies d'Armes, and a reception at the Hotel de Ville.
The President totk his departure for Macon by the ste..mer
HirondeUe.
The correspondent of the Erineesent writes from
Dijon that 6. Vire la Republique rien qua Is Re-
publique !" was the only cry shouted by 20,000
citizens at the arrival of Louis Napoleon in that city,
and that never was any protestation more energetic
and unanimous, It is well to bear both sides of the
question.
Yesterday evening, MM. Deltic (formerly president
of the Democratic Socialist Committee), Veebentier
(editor of the I'euple), and three other members of the
same committee, were arrested by the police, at the
house of M. Blachette, with whom they were dining.
They were immediately placed an secret, and domi-
ciliary visits were made by the police at their lodgings.
When the journey of Louis Napoleon was first
announced, the motives assigned by the official papers
for this move were such as might lead simple pc Ike
to suppose that the country would derive somo benefit
from the tour of inspection proposed by the chief ma-
gistrate. He was to probe the real state of the pre vinces,
to study the resources and wants of localities, to ex-
amine institutions, and consult with authorities, to

see the people face to few ,ar.d become fsmilisr with
their genuine feelings. Some expectations Gf this
kind seem also to have inspired the proclamation of
the Mayor of Lyons, which tells the inhabitants that
the President of the Republic comes to sympathise
with the labourions population, to visit the manufac-
thrice' and study the needs of commerce. Far, how-
ever, has been the hitherto progress of Louis Napo-
leon from accomplishing the ends set down in the
official programme. It would be difficult, indeed, to'
find in the annals of any age or country a more
empty display. of absurd pomp, a more senseless se-
ries of pretentious formalities and tinsel shows than
have been exhibited upon this occasion. All the most
objectionable features of monarchy, its tedious et re-
monies, its wasteful expenditure on worthless ob-
jects, its puffed vain-glorionsniss and flunky ac-
companiments, have been accumulated to satiety
in this voyage of the first magistrate of the republic.
It would perhaps be unreasonable to demand from a
French President the plainness of the chief magis-
trate of the United States, who, when he starts on a
journey, goes down to the train in a common tra-
velling cap, fullowed by a black help carrying hie
little portmanteau, and awakening not the least com-
motion among spectators right or left. Bat to pre.
tend to study the wants of France by holding n
round of lerkes and reviews is a stupid anachronism
and affront to common sense. The President wants
to know Melun ;he reviews the 7th Lane, rs. He
wants to kcow hers; be exchanges a formal phrrse
with the sub-prefect. Ile wants to know the agricul- •
tural state of the department of Yonne; damsels in
white present their nosegays at the carriage-chore as
he stops to change horses. It is not by bowing his '1
way through a vista of inane formalities, or by
listening to the punctual cheers of the movable ,
elageurs of the club of the Dix Docembre,
that he will learn anything of the state or opinions of
France. But, granting that the journey was made
with a different object, and intended as a prelude to
grasping a settled authority by means of a military
coup &Oat, still the demonstrations of the President
and hie friends have been equally injudicious ; for
precisely the men whose co-operation is indispensable
to such a serious undertaking nave been most dis-
gusted and offended by the idle vanity of his apings
of imperial dignity. Among the leading moderates
left in Paris there is but one feeling as to the inap-
titude and unseasonableness of the style assumed.
It deserves to be noticed that at Dijon only 13 of
of the 27 members of the municipal council would
consent to meet him. The Mayor of Montbar, M. Ma-
riez, a member of the Constituent, formally interdicted
the passage through his commune of the parties of
Rational guards who were on their way to meet the
President. At this place, by the way, there was a
little incident which, by its gracefulness, atoned foe
the sternness of the mayor—several women came
to thank the President for the decorations which he
had bestowed upon their husbands.
A new manifesto, published by twenty-five dis-
senting members of the Mountain, contains nothing
worth extracting.
To-day the greet fife of the Assumption of the
Virgin has been disfigured by a gloomy sky pouring
incessant rain.
The Conatitutionnel says:
We pointed out a few days since the increase in the pro-
ceeds of the indirect taxes for the first seven months of the
year, which amounts to nearly 21 millions. We now men-
tion another indication of the improved state c f the country,
viz., the facility with whi:h the direct taxes are collected.
The amount of the twelfths receivatese at the end of July was
216 millions ; out of this sum 2101 millions have been pail
in; that is to say, the taxes in &erase are on 11 millions, co '
about 2 per cent. Last year, at the same period, the sneers
amounted to about 18 millions, or from S to 9 per cent.
The same journal, remarking on the receipt' of the
ocereS of Pans, says :
As idea of the different political and commercial phases
tilosrrionneile which we have passed in the last four veers may be
by consulting the following tables :—The receipts
effected in Paris os the entrance duties received by the
state, from the Ist Jemmy to the lest August of the years
1847 to 1840 were : —1847, 7.311,000 fr. ; IsiB-6,094,000rt.;
1949-7,418,000 fr. ; 1850-8,374,000 fr. Thus, the proceeds
of the entrance duties, after having undergone a considerable
depression in 1848, again rose in 1849, under the ietluence
of the re-establishment of order, to the same amount as
before the revolution of February, and now exceed those of
1847 by more than a million. The octroi dues retwirsd by
the city during the corresponding periods were :-1947-
20,833,000 fr ; 1849-14,214,009 fr.; 1519-19,3557,000 h.
1860-21,8113,000 h. There is also in 1830, according to this
table, ea increase of more than one million on 1847; bat an
asemas must be taken of the double denies end of the new
taxes. In making this deduction, the amount is found to be
a little below that of 1847; the diminution solely applies to
the dun on building nourish, which have not yet rallied.
All the other items of receipts are improving.
A medal has recently been struck off, but only cir-
culated among thorough-bred democrats. It is about
the size of an old three-franc piece, in whitened cop-
per, and provided with a ring to suspend it by. it
bears on one side the words, " 11 te y a pas de lei myth.*
le drat. Rrliebligtse From.aise." In the middle is the
triangle of equality, surmounted by the cap, and having
in the centre two hands united, with the words " So-
lidarite." Oa the three aides of the triangle are the
time dates, 11'89, 1830, 1848 ; the medal also bears on
lime side these words, " Souvenir ciriiiue. Levee de
rinterdit Electoral, le 24 .Rerier, 1848," ' and on the
other, " Dedile our six millions d'eleeleurs exelus par
ks loida 31 mai," and further on, " 1832. In the mean-
time speak, write, discuss, contest, enlighten your-
selves, and enlighten others." The number of these
medals ls at present very limited, bat some are struck
off every day.
There was to-day no Bourse, on account of the fete.

/Mats, Avower 14.—Vobuttery Low 1061 ; New State
L. Fourawd-a-lialf par Coats., 99 1.6; Natecaul
; Oonetalal Karim floalety's rrieututt, 111/1; Beak
Sham, 97k.
Mica, Atropos 13.—Flv• per Cott. Metelltgare, 961;
Fouretad.a-lialt per Ceuta., 811. Ezeltaap on Loadeoe
11.40.