The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MX OVA OWN COSASITOWDZAT.)
PARIS. TIIISOLT EMMEN
lie puttee' effect of the decision which the go-
vernment need each extraordinary efforts to wring
from the Court of Caseation, limiting the free ciren-

laden of electoral bulletins twenty days before the
election to thane, a copy of which, signed by the
eandidates themselvte, should have been deposited
at the parquet, is now beginning to be understood.
It was represented with much plausibility that the
enemies of universal autTnge could not be fettered

to any grievous extent by the reserve to the govern-
ment of the power (a power promised moreover to he
very rarely used) of prohibiting Dick, Tom, and
Harry from hawking about the names of persons
who did not wish to stand. It wee admitted that
instance, are upon record of persons having been
spontaneously returned by. a oonstituency; hot
it was said that such cases are so exceptional that the
restriction in question could not possibly bays any
assignable degree of influence upon the result of a
general election. But three arguments designedly
ignored tie fact that, in the present state of things
the only object'that members of liberal and consti-
tutional parties could have •in voting against the
government candidates would be to make a mani-
festation in favour of those liberties which the im-

perial constitution was expressly framed to keep
down. Even the moderate and tolerated &eels has
proclaimed all along that the great aim of its
crusade against abstention was to obtain "more
liberty." Now, it happens that the only men of
mark whose names would rally round them—those
who want liberty of the press, liberty of the tri-
bune, liberty of eketoral meetings, liberty of initiative
in the Chamber, and free reports of the debates, are
men who would not, if elected, take the requisite
eathi of fidelity to the existing eonstitution, which
@appraise every article of their political religion.
Now there is no law against a man avowing him-
self a candidate, although he may have made up his
mind not to take the oath, and although, cones-
.

queptly, he must be well aware that he cannot take
his seat in the house. Bat I find it to be the
general opinion that the government would treat as
an avowed enemy, and one to be dealt with sum-
marily and extrajudicially in the name of the public
safety, any man who should avow himself to be a can-
didate,while it is notorious that he will not take the
oath. The consequence is, if lam rightly informed, that
none of the republicans whose names have been put
forward, MM. Cavaignae, Goodchaux, Carrot, Gar-
nier-Pages, Jules Pure, &c., are, properly speaking,
candidates. They will not sign a bulletin bearing
their names, and consequently, although each indi-
vidual elector who can writs may inscribe their
names upon his voting paper, anybody printing, dis-
tributing, or even writing for the use of their friends
and neighbours bulletins with those names will be
guilty of a misdemeanoar. It follows u clear as day
that, except perhaps in Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, and
some other large towns, where the majority of the
constituency can read and write and can
communicate with each other, in spite of
the police, it will .be impossible to organise
any serious demonstration in favour of non-
avowed candidates. Of all the republicans who
have been mentioned for Paris, M. Navin, of the
Suede, is the only one who is thought likely to take
I the oath, and it is by no means certain that he is
prepared to do so. There is very little electoral news
es yet. None of the ;amen of candidates are out,
bat some will probably appear to-morrow. It is
sewiluaed that in the department of the Doubs M.
do Gantalembert will be opposed by the Marquis de
Cenegliano, the Emperor's chamberlain.
The Gazette de France, commenting on M. Bit-
lault's circular, says :
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to
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the maw the assess
The ]lnge boo bus issy !Art,. Go speculators
fee the fall being very asamerm. The Brute fell
16c. for cash and 30e. kit asseemt, closing at
69fr. 10e. and 89fr. 35e. Yebillee 1161 l 25fr. The
railways declined to a greater extent then they have
done for some time. Orleans fell 12fr. 60e. Northern,
10Ir. •, Lyons, 15fr. ; Mediterranean, 30fr.; South-
ern, 61k. 25c. ; Western, lfr. 50e. ; and St. ltambert,
201 r.; Grand Central and Eastern fell lfr. 25c. each.
The Daily News, Morning Arkertiser, Morning
Harald, and all the evening papers, without exoep.
don, were mired to-day. The Times was " under
arrest" for some time, but wee ultimately released.