The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUND4T EYZNINO.
I have been to most of the mairies in Paris in
the course of the day. The !aspect wu everywhere
the same. Not the least excitement, nogroupsof idlers
and, to all appearance, but very few voters. The
government journals, indeed, exert that all the
polling places have been thronged, and the Pays
even goes so far u to 'say that three-fourths of the
constituency have already polled. This, however, I
entirely disbelieve, both from personal observation
and from the fact that the bulk of the opposition
party will not vote till to-morrow. I find
this resolution hinted at with sufficient clearness
both by the Courrier de Paris and the Presse. The
former sajs :—" The elections have commenced, and
in the eireumecriptions where we and our friends
have been, the citizens appear anxious to fulfil their
duty. It is probable that the movement will be still
mere marked to-morrow." The Press. says r--" In
Meld the circumscriptions the number of velem
Mss been tolerably numerous. It is known be the
NA fiat the ballot will remain open up to four
*Volk tueseerow."
I a Ibrue, an independent candidate in aeri►
swelneent of the Nord, gives notice in a circular Ile
Or mayors that, without wishing to doubt that the
kettle and spirit of the law respecting the secrecy
sod security of the votes will be observed, he is re.
solved to prosecute every infeact:on, and he invites
all good citizens to inform him of any ittarill&
ties. They may be certain that be will not hi be
the duty he has undertaken of exposing them.
M. Senator Vais. se, exercising the functions of
Prefect of the Rhone, has written a circular be the
morn against the candidatures of MX. wet,
Heim, F. Morin, and Jules Favre, wlriek'fker its
open disregard of the procaine of the sersernent
that the elections were to be free transcends any-
thing that has yet been seen of the like kind. He

mays
Eminence have been seat rowed the comity to canvass In
favour of republican candidaturei. Their ardour and activity
ham redoubled within the last kw days. la lahriaing you
of
their intrigues I make • trash appeal to your seal mod vigi-
lante to Introit you to use all the mama in yore power to
prevent, and if wormy to destroy, the edict of time in-
trigues among the electors at your onaisimi.
The Courrier de Paris thus sums up the electoral
situation today:
Furious coolaughte by the press earns itself moderato
Whist tho opposition candidates end three who support
them. &hocking esaggsredose on the part of tide prose,
snot by quiet mottoratka by Its calla adrerseries. Bight
articles a day on tins lam subject. The Fstris, to dagger,
cells both km sad weirs Mt to the rams. • dithyrambic
booffiy is tbs Osneiessionwl, by E. Commis, who after
having trkd Ida well-known pas at the from of Postal, is
Mt to have newerss to eh the ntejeety of Somet. Every-
where the little mark t rag conibms to he shaken in the
otooto& tom. Ws on told over mid em again that to
elect • Mimi comaidate oral be to dam Perk over to the
and sword, mid that without en hoes respite.
At a meeting of elector of the Bth circum-
scription; M. Jules Simon, one of the opposition can-
didates, observed that the fact of there being two
liberal candidates in four of the circumscriptions of
Paris could in no way diminish the importance of
ass demonstration which it was in the power of the
electors to make. The government candidate to be
elected at the first poll must have the absolute majo-
tity of the votes, and not merely a relative majority.
If
he should obtain this absolute majority, it matters not
et all whether the votes recorded for the opposition be
distributed among two candidates, or united in favour
was. On the other hand, should the government
similiate fail to obtain an absolute majority, and
a mad election should therefore become necessary,
stwhich a simple majority will suffice, the democratic
Maffidate who had the fewest votes at the first elec-
Om will retire, and then the more favoured demo.
ffiellm emffidate will certainly be elected.
A &Web from St. Petersburg of the 19th an-
' MOM= that Count de Moray will leave for Paris
immediately after the exchange of ratifications of
the treaty of commerce. Its will embark in the
Alexander 11. for Stettin, and return to Fenno. by
Inv et Germeny.
e Presto sop in its weekly eoenmereiel review :
Ike deb ef Inale la wadi the raw as it woes week ego.
lbw bills adagio la Sr !era shops. The wholemle
Mmeekdesees see wig aele for the prat Mee. The
AMAMI& Wets Newt la ab bavy to templets their per-
ems. What they haw Whits bombast Lyons and Peels
iasigalletak Atal gat tot kat whim kola Neer York
bad eat boa egaigillailagaa mu
stSneep prawn.
W• burettes the frapeets IRAN As Maas April and
Way All an by owe INK owl that the week of Preach tames
was amity ethwatted. Al etas Anildloli hews hays bee
wade( kr the sew tariff beim waking lair weorboasts.
The saw coarsereial treaty with Masi eria probably
giro sa Weis le =mei ae Olt cavalry. The
demand fa llama glob elligh Simi the peas, Ms
Idles of fer ass, Orb' perkely an mane et the moth'.
Wet dada oral a die Ilwebnlesillier. The din !wr-
yest la the seat d Yams know win einnowl that we
am affirm that it will la Mks ikelpmw. Way of the
weans, it is twee, have Ad puraglifi bat the stock wee
mon oweitimbis then end. MI at beds hes become
very active laths swath. Large riudimuleffle has. made In
IPiedracat sad Lesebudy, requblas ier Side mettlesome so
ash specie that the aspeeneellen la *.swine move of
the Beak of Posses has bees checked. Beams la the an
sad wile markets is esoistively aka. The program al the
what coop Is watched with biome Were& It is wore the
tweedy yogis Ida°, the vises have locked se promislag se
they do maw.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVIINIIIO.
At the Bootee the Bente woe in an iumertain
oscillating state all day. There were alternate rises
and falls within the nags
of Ile. sr 10c according
u there um .pore er lea confidsass in the hnme-
diate redutisa et dissennt by the Honk of France.
The special misting et the threaten tribe up with-
out making any ebri;eszad the Bente closed
heavily at retarders 46A9 OAS Mo.
biller rema eavnied. naval market was
calm. The Ilavannlia seam et the remeipts for
the week MA be erne arasidsrable prelims for cash
in the "MAW line, but there was very little
the-esdai quotation.
att eseridered beyond a doubt that the Bent of
Finns wOl an &ley the nilse et he etheount
lamer dna tillihnsday mat. de
Ia uadesstred that
it will hod es hrearly SO per seat. era mass.
ens& his published Me esedlitheas of the
acid= at the mew shares. Oa sad after June 25,
pretm* aleseshAft illend entlisatee will be delivered to the
ris at Pe pin et WOOL,. pqabie
her iestalneso eV& ea the Nth Ilepeenber
sad 10th Delwin, 1067, NA the 11111 Ikea awl
ton Jen,11414, with a rieht la lip dhlisidif'
the weed Az maths al IS= • ." • ,