The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(11101 C 0111 OWN

PARIS, MONDAY ETINIXO.

M. de Remand, a former prefect of the Ssone-et-
Loire, and now en opposition candidate for that de-
partment, sends a remarkably piqualite letter to the
Sikle, in which he accuses the present prefect, M.
Pousard, of taking upon himself, " with an audacity
that surpasses all imagination, to re-establish a pre-
ventive censure of the press," and being guilty of
illegal acts which may have the effect of rendering
the election null and void. The quarrel as it stands
is such a very pretty one that I subjoin the whole
story

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SIECLI."
)(icon, has 13.
Moritur le Radactenr,—having been attacked by name
-.I the subject al my candidature by the /enrol is Seim et
/am the area of the prefectwe, and at the now HUHN
the only newspaper authorlind to appear at Moon, I re-
quited the Imities of my 'nem la thls joarol, bat I have
jun received as the soling a Milloation of • petdeetorial
dame which mottahlithss dr gonative censure with an
audacity which pone all Megnstion. I subjoin this curi-
os dosument, which seem to no well worthy the attention
both of the public and the goverment
"TO MONSIEUR ROMANI; ZI•PRIFECT OF ras SLONE

AND UMW.
"I have the hobo& to send you herewith copy of • pro-
Minim Jan received from the prefecture against the inser-
tion in the heesal & Bates t< L•ire of • part of the letter
which you yesterday &drew& to the editor of that journal.
—Receive, &0., " PROM;
" Printer and director of the journaL
" DEMME 07 70N PILIT7O7.
"I We, the prefect of Weis and Lobe, seeing the letter
dated June 11, &deemed to the Immo( is sami et Loire
by 111. de Rammed, andklate for the Caps legisietif, and
requiring the insertion of ouch letter In the nest number of
the paper—caseirlerhig that Ws lett& beginning with the
wade —, 0., end ending with the wade
0., mints ;ilk a view only to his election, contains
60100161 Me MI even calummiona ireineations against the
*ply nerd geed isith of the sheiniaratica, prohibit
Anowal i 8•/as se laps from giving piece in its
edema te Hal pet of the knee commencing with the
Wild Pat astiptiossad mama with the two lines herein-
Wise treaselhel. " The Pah& B. Poirsose.
"'Depot Se Prettelere, Mon, June 12, 1867.'"
t wit sew lenneelbe the P. 8., the publican& of which at
Wear is Ineeedlebd by X. Prefect Posse& :
"P. B.—One of my Mende, after having read my letter,
observes that I have sot answered that part at your sad&
which says that 1 lied carefully avoided spealdng, in my
electoral &dam, of the reception which my &c raves rela-
tive temp extre-olloial candidature met with from the
peasnaseit and the prefect. My &ewer shall he simple
end einegerical. I was authorised by the Meister of the
lateriods &oder to propose myself openly sa a candidate,
. end the prick 111. Ponaard, both directly and indirectly,
"Invited me to &Wahl on condition (ea it is repeated to meta
Id:Villas, the mayor of Waco) that ha, the prefect, want
undertake, upon his honour, to obtain for as the ire
government centlidature that might beams vacant la 64.
department. tkreerg in my tight, as laid demo by the obits
terial eiren/er, and inspremed with the imgensnes et lie
emus with which I had emanated went I *dad a
prop osinon whith herr& ceneelemes canieeles, end deity
alike ereveateli iie been meepting. I *raw lore sour

to all Mink my ashen ;wines' to go through with
my nil, smintiala Intl to than to the hat."
Ater thensibenral decree given ikon, I now repeat that
alas etatemeata la my interdicted postscript en striel/1 tree,
and lam reedy to produce three witnesses to pion it.
Tenth, in mph, of all the prebend domes la the wceid,
eammet inn tie to truth, and It is permissible to dna ne-
m frp ehs trigs easiest those who tax you with falsehood.
The demos of Prefect Ponsatd is incompatible with all the
galmeipke of legislation which govern the per, sad the
14 es of it. language news in what way M.
Preen Pound supporta the "free and snows pho-
ne si universal nffrage," wink the Emperor wilts.
In the name of freedoms of election I pout ageism
Ouse Illegalities, which may have the saint ci ran-
dieing null end veld the operations they are &Man to
favour. 1 shall be very thenkfal to yen, X. ligiste, if yen
will opts your edemas to this protest, the publication of
which will, perhaps, set see winery cheek to sack ebasei.
—Bemire, be., OCSTAVI DI ROOIAJID,
Es-Prefer of the Bates and Lute.
It is quite refreshing to see abuses of authority
denounced in this bold way through the Paris press.
Hew long this saturnalia of liberty la the metropolis
may be permitted to last no one can tell, but the
prefects in the provinces seem disposed to give
plenty of work to the writers, who now make free to
call out loudly for fair play. The Prefect of the
Dordogne tells the mayors to have his letter
recommending the government candidates read at
the church doors after mass, the people being called
to attend it by beat of drum. The Sleek asks whe-
ther it does not follow from M. Billault's circular
that an opposition candidate should also have the
right to summon people by beat of drum to hear his
profession of faith? This same Prefect of the Doe.
dogne, by the way, discourses u follows on the na-
ture of the liberty to be enjoyed by the opposition :
—" The government desires the triumph of its can-
didates jut as Gil wishes good, while leaving every
man his I. do evil!" The Mayor of Chaton
sae* reasewoonds the government candidate,
en account of his having lately =riled the
prefect's daughter. " Who," he says, " can Do
fitly represent the prefect's views in the
Chambers es his son-in-law ?" The worthy mayor
would be quite right only that the mission of the
Cusps Legislatif does not happen to be to represent
the prefects. At &olio the prefect of the Oise has
positively prohibited the two local journals from
riblishing the electoral address of M. Pontalba, the
opposition candidate. I understand that moat of the
opposition candidates in the departments are put to
the inconvenience and expense of getting their ad-
ANIONS fur plecarding printed in Paris, the country
printers being generally afraid to print them.
The Censtitutiennel re-echoes the complaints of
the Patrie respecting the intention attributed to
General Cavaignac and other candidates of refusing
to take the oath in the event of their being elected.
, That journal thus concludes it. remarks We
address to the candidates of the two lists, and in de-
fault to the journals which are their organs, this
plain question—' Will you, or will you not, take the
oaths " To this insidious question the Prase very
properly replies that the Constitutionners curiosity
I
will not be satisfied. The constitution has not
bided upon an oath as a qualification for a
enditlateship, but merely sea preliminary to taking
seed in the house. General Cavaignac has as good
aright to stand for Paris as Baron Rothschild has
le stand for London. No power in the state, much
lie the Constitutionnel, has a right now to probe
No conscience or that of his fellow candidates. The
time for considering the oath question has not ar-
rived. The Pays affects to know that General
Cavaignec and the rest have made up their minds
to take the oath, and warns the electors that to vote
for them will be to introduce into the legisla-
ture enemies of the Emperor. I believe, however,
that the Pays speaks wholly without warrant, and
slakes the above affirmation with the view of pro-
voking a contradiction, which could be made use of
in another point of view.
The following is from the Slick:
M. Anneal has not accepted the candidateehip offered him
for the 10th electoral district. Some liberal electors of the
arrendiseement of Sown have the intention of suiting upon
him with the hope of changing his resolution; tee await the
result. of their visit.
At the Bourse there was a strong downward re-
action in the morning, and the Rente for account
was at one time as low as Mfr. Mfr. but it reco-
vered, and closed at 691 r. 15c., with a fall on the day
of only Sc. For cash the fall was 30e. Railways