The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TSCRSDAT EVIIIIINO.

The opposition journals are remarkably silent
about the corning elections for Paris, but the go-

veenment papers now strain every nerve to add
the number of votes polled for their candidates last I
time. Although affecting to scout the doctrine of
the Sleek that the political opinions of Paris give
the tons to all France, they know and feel that the
return of Cavaignac, 011ivier, and Darimon on Mon-
day next would produce an immense sensation, not
only in this country but throughout Europe. Should
these republicans be elected (and it must be borneio
mind that they were all within two or three
hundred votes of being definitively elected on
the last occasion) half the members In
Paris, five out of ten, will be opposition tact
the most decided kind. And moreover, imam& as
the Banlieue, Swan:, Belleville, St. Delir am.s
where the electors are lea intelligent sail nen
under government influence than those within the
walls of the city, are included in the ten circum-
scriptions, there will in the ease supposed be five,
opposition members out of eight for l'aris, properly
so called. To prevent such a consummation every I
possible means will be resorted to. Assuming the
impossibility of over zealous functionaries finding
metro to tamper with the ballot boxes,
which many people do really think is im-
poesibls in Paris, the result of the struggle is
very doubtful. The legitimists and Orleenista who
abstained before have it in their power to turn the
scale, and I hear various reports as to what they are
likely to do. Several sections of them are, lam told,
frightened at the recent events in Belgium, and in-
tend, under the advice of the priests, to vote for the
government. On the other hand, some of them who
thought abstention the best policy during the
general elections feel it exceedingly diffienit, now
that they know that only a few additional
votes might ensure the return of the op-
position candidates, to resist the temptation
of doing the government the bad turn of
dropping a few bulletins into the urn in taw*
of the republican candidates. The demean&
party continue to be lukewarm towards General
Cavaignac on account of the prevalent belief that he
will not take his seat if elected. If he were to de-
clare that he would take the oath, it is confldently
said that he would come in at the heed el the poll
with 15,000 votes instead of 10,000.

The telegraphic despatch from Leghorn, mixing
up revolutionary movements in Tuscany and Naples
and inferring something like übiquity in the ship
Cagliari, is very unintelligible; but I learn from a
good source that the fact of a rising of some kind in
the Neapolitan dominions is believed in official
quarters.
At the Bourse, for the first time this summer, the
satisfactory prospects of the harvest exercised a
favourable influence. Several large purchases were
made by parties connected with the corn market.
Flour fell 2fr. the sack yesterday, and corn was
offered in all the markets. The farmers are bring-
ing out their old corn on the appearance of a further
decline. The Bente rose 40c. for account in the',
morning, but the improvement was net sustained;
the closing price was 676. 40c., being a rise of only
6c. upon yesterday. For cash there was a rise of
60c., the last quotation being 67fr. 46e. Mobi-
lier, after having been dune at 1,110 fr., closed
at 1,086 fr., with a fall of 714. 30e. The
railway settlement passed off quietly with moderate
rates of continuation. Prices varied but little.
Lyons and Mediterranean were ultimately from lOfr.
to 12fr. lower.
The Presse says :—" Our readers will learn with
painful emotion that M. Beringer is dangerously
ill."

Some of the Portuguese journals announce that
Count d'Argout is shortly expected in Lisbon. The
news is incorrect; he has no intention of quitting
France.

The Piednotstess Gaulte publishes the law an-
thorking the tiardinian government to concede the
railway line from Arena to Domodossola, and the
branch from Mows to Geneva, to a private saw
pany, composed of MM. James Fazy, Achille Mark-
man, Counts de la Valletta and de Boarmout, and
others.

The Chamber of Deputies at Turin, in its sitting
of the 29th ult., voted the bill for piercing a tunnel
through Mount Cenis by a majority of 118 to 28.
The Senate was engaged in the discussion of the
bill for transferring the maritime arsenals to La
Spezia.