The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. TUUDAT
The Moniteur of to-day contains the following :
"FONTAINEBLEAU, MAT if„,.
" His Excellency Earl Cowley, the r,t,eahoft
ambassador, arrived at Fontainebleau this day, and
was admitted to present to their M‘jettie, the
Emperor and Empress the letters et notificaties
which have been addressed to them ).,y the Queens/
Great Britain, upon the occasion bf the birth of a
princess."
M. Vieillard, the Emperor'', personal friend, died
at three o'clock this morning. The Emperor came
to Paris from Fontaitrebleau again yesterday at
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purpose to tee him. 'M. Vuillard wu tutor to 11,;
Emperor's brother, Napoleon Bonaparte, who waa
I killed under Or, walls of Ancona in 1831; but be

was not, so ha, been erroneously stated, tutor to the
Emperor. During the early part of Louis Philippe's
reign M. Vieillard was an enthusiastic St. Simonian,
and he •hee habitually wore the peculiar costume of

that rest. In 1842 he was elected a deputy, and rat
on the left of the chamber. He voted with
)11. Havin, his colleague for the department
of the Manche, and M. Dupont de l'Eure
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against the famous Pritchard indemnity. At I
later period he supported M. de Remuat's bill
for parliamentary reform, and voted against the
fortifications of Poi'. He was known in the chain.
bee by his fine head of white hair, his broad-brimmed
bat, his tall upright figure, his habit of interrupting
continually, and his exoessive timidity. Some time
before the termination of his parliamentary career
he broke down so badly in attempting to deliver a
short speech, which he had learned by heart, that
he never had the courage to mount the tribune again.
When elected a member of the constituent assembly
after the revolution of 1848, he voted at first with
the republicans, but soon began to gravitate towards
the Elyebe, and after the coup d'etat he was GM d .
the first senators created. It has often been Armee,
that when the present Emperor first cams topic%
the peasantry, who had never thoroughly believed ia -
the death of Napoleon L, thought in some confused
way that Napoleon 111. was the same man. What
it was reported in the provinces that a Vieillaci wen
contently by the Emperor's side, aiding him with
commel, the name (signifying in French old mu)
was mistaken for old Napoleon (General Malinse%

as he was sometimes called), and very many atri
ignorant million thought the uncle was personally
guiding the nephew.
The Cour Imperiale, after along deliberation, de.
livered its judgment in the affair of the Napoleon
Docks this morning. The sentence of imprisonment
against MM. Curia, Legendre, Dachau de Vas,
and Berryer, as pronounced by the Tribunal of Pen
mike Instance, is maintained; bat the Ana is
which they were condemned are reduced to 3,0001 k.
for Cumin and Legendre, to 2,000 fr. for Arthur Ben.
ryer, and to I,ooofr. for Dtichesne de Vere. M. Onir
formerly private secretary to Louis Napoleon, when
he lived in London, who was acquitted on the former
trial, has been declared guilty of complicity on ao.
count of his participation in the treaty with Pon
and Henderson, and has been condemned to three
months' imprisonment and 10Pfr. Sue and, more
over to restore 4,400 dock shares. The prisoners
are condemned to the costs in different proportions.
The Marquis de Pastoret, whose sudden conver.
ion to Bonapartism about two years ago created as
immense sensation among the Legitimists, died this
morning. He wan at one time manager of the
Count de Chambord's property, and supposed to be
one of his staunchest friends. A quarrel about the
Count's estates led to the conversion, which was im.
needlately followed by the Marquis's elevation to the
Senate. .

The Prefect of the Meuse has 'upended the raw
nicipal councils of Dompoevrin and Bouquemont ; in
the first cue for systematic opposition to the mayor,
and in the second for having tendered a resignation.
en mane. It may be remembered that M. Billaalt,
not long since, issued a private circular warning the
prefects against using their powers of suspending
councils so lightly as they had been in the too fn.
quent habit of doing.
The Patric announces that the bill relative to
the "electoral circumscriptions "—a measure fly
which it is proposed to reduce the minimum of the
constituency required to return a member in sok
district, and thus remedy the partial diefranchiso.
runt of certain departments arising from the
decrease of the population—is to be withdrawn
from the Corps Legislatif, and that its provisions
will be made law by means of a Benatus Consoling.
No reason is given for this change of purpose, nor
is any necessary, for the best lawyer in Franco
might be defied to draw any rational line of din.
tinction between what may be done by the Senate
and what requires the sanction of the body called
tin legislature. If the government chooses to order
the Berate to pass a law, and call it a Senatus Con-
Enka", there is no machinery for questioning the
constitutionality of the proceeding.
The Bourse has been exceedingly languid. Thos
Rente fell 15c., both for cash and account, closing at
69fr. 20c. and 69fr. 25c. Mobilier fell 161 r. 25c.
The only railway in demand was the Grand Cen-
tral, which rose sfr. Lyons fell 12fr. 50c., and the
other lines from 2fr. 50c. to sfr. The great feature
of the Bourse was the little business doing. Much
anxiety was felt about the Bank measure. It is
understood that the committee on the bill met this
sunning. It is much doubted whether the project
ow lama* law this year. A rumour has been cur..
tent of the " execution " of a banker connected with
Baden homes.
The principal merchants and tradesmen in Macon
were convened in public meeting yesterday, by
order of the prefect, to give their opinion whether
the establishment of a branch of the Bank of Franco
in that town would be advantageous. It is not
doubted that the answer will be unanimously in the
affirmative, and this movement on the part of the
government is considered to indicate an intention to
establish branch banks in many other departmental
towns. Nevertheless, it was confidently reported at
the Bourse to-day that the Bank of France bill is to
stand over till next session.
A grand review in honour of the King of Bavaria
will take place in the Champ de Mars on Monday,
the 25th.

Mgr. Chalandon, the new Archbishop of Aix/
has been seriously indisposed, from partaking of
dish which had been prepared in a badly-tinned
vessel.

The French government has just given the Papel
government Bed ride carbines ol the beet model foe andel
the battalion of riflemen which le new king fensal
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Rome.
The Courtier des Etats lino of New York of the
let states that ea Cauendiire, the well-known npablican ree -
tam sad me Obis countrymen, were, at about ten=
proceeding ekagGreen. street, in that city, they VON
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peat Ones" delrW Ihneerives apreerly; Ira
entellesin alma a panellise ery, end dry we oak*
enasmiei fry len r twelve edema idejeard in WNW,
dna. In e,Ya, houses, et the arab ads wad Oa
Cantildiate and Ms eimpanion fought Irately, endow*
of ilte police. and prears-by, attracted the notes et
tbs
tualit. mewed, when the amailants t to thee. I
tierreor adds that Canwidare was seriously injured.