The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(FROIt OUR OWN

PARIS, SONDLY EYINISO.

It is certain that Beranger has left many post-
humous songs. He made a sort of vow not to
" publish" any after 1833, but he says in some of
his letters that he never promised not to " write."
The Deluge is perhaps the only one of his undoubted
productions of any notoriety which has found ita
way into print since his public renunciation of au-
thorship. Two or three satirical ballads against the
second empire have been attributed to Beranger, but
they have never been generally accepted as authentic-
The presumption is that Beranger cannot have
been an admirer of the government of the coup
d'etat, not only because all his aspirations were in
favour of liberty, but because throughout his life be
was a man of opposition. It was only under
the restoration that he sang the glories of the em-
pire. But as matters at present stand, nothing in
positively known inconsistent with the claim adroitly
put forth by the Moniteur to have Bkranger enrolled
as a Bonapartist. His name has been used as a
republican watchwordbccausche hated tyranny, and
many of the leaders of the republican party were
among his intimate friends, but there is little, if any-
thing, in his writings to show that he had any par-
ticular affection for a republican form of government.
Ile probably spoke the literal truth when he alleged
as an excuse for not taking his scat in the constituent
assembly of 1848, that he was a rhymester, and not
a politician. When he meddled with polities it
was to embody the general thought and
put it into burning words understood of the people,
but as to theories of government he troubled his
head very little. His posthumous works will be
looked for with intense curiosity. lam not aware
whether his will creates any obstacle to their
publicatioc. The Pays rya that the posthumous
works consist of forty-three songs deposited with •
Paris notary.

Marshal Mignon has issued an order of the day
complimenting the army of Paris on their excellent
conduct at Beranger's funeral. They everywhere,
he says, kept the crowd within bounds with patience
and energy, and obtained the best results.
About fifty scrgens de villa have been on duty all
day at I'ere la Chaise, to keep off the public from
Biranger's grave.
The Daily News, Express, Sun, and other Lon-

don journals were seized to-day.
The Meuager de Bayonne publishes a letter from
M. Laity, the Prefect of the Basses Pyrenees, to the
mayor of Pan, announcing his resignation. This is
thought to be a confirmation of the rumour that M.
Laity is destined to supersede M. Ilau.samann in the
prefecture of the Seine.
Count Nesselrode, the old Russian chancellor, is
expected in Paris this day.
The Prene says in its weekly commercial review :

Amidst the general calm in commercial transactions the
Paris manufacturers have this week received several orders
from America and Southern Spain for furniture, figured
rpm, and Paris articles. But the trade in stuffs, both in
Parte and the departments is still in the dull 1101001 k. The
ilageount de Nourcatals arc preparing their inventories, and
do not expect to sell much before September. Some buyers
have appeared at Boma, Mulhouse, Amiens, and Saint
Quentin, and everything leads to the hope of pmainutte ac-
tivity in thee° central marts of industry. Roubaix and Tar-
coing have found a very free sale for their products for several
months past. But at Lyons and St. Etienne complaints ere

still mad; of the tarditiom of the Americana in making their
purchases. Operations in the new silks are the principal
occupations of those two places at present. Priem are ens-
fairest at high rate in all the southern markets, and con-
siderable port have. have been made in Italian and Bengal
silks. Them operations, which take place every year, nay
have led to the fear of a further decrease of the bullion in the
Bank of France, but it .sous that the bank le very well soar
lied with the way in which the crisis is paring over this
year • and notwithstanding the extraerdiemy ...mat of it.
discounts, and the heavy demands for "worry by the blench
banks of the south of France, the bank has been able since
thread of last month to leave off buying foreign gold. It is
hoped that the example of the Bank of England will soca be
followed by reduction of the discount to 5 per cent. Many
of the manufacturing districts are, eis is usual at this season
of the year, completely deserted by the workmen, who go
to seek harvest work. The Beaucshe fair has opened under
very favourable auspices. The shops have a very animated
appearance. The number of buyers augments every day,
and they are making large purchams. The fall in • corn is
peogressing rapidly. The farmers are fast bringing to
market old corn, which they have been hoarding for a long
time. The city of Paris, which has so long been making
heavy sacrifices to keep down the price of bread, may now
expect to begin to reimburse its advanoes. Many people
have supposed that a good harvest will not suffice to bring
down prices materially, beaus they think it will be neon-
say to replenish the reserved stocks which have been
brought low by a succession of bad years. But it is now
beginning to be admitted that sufficient foreign corn ham
been imported to constitute a very large reserve, and that
the harvest this year will supply the consumption of France
without the necessity of purchasing largely front the
forsigaer.

PARIS, SATrRD4Ir EIMXIXO.
The troops did not receive orders to return to
their barracks till five o'clock last night, long before
which time the streets presented their usual quiet
appearance. I cannot tell whether the government
had really any grounds to apprehend some serious
movement yesterday, but the symptoms of alarm
ethibited are quite astonishing. So far from
exaggerating when I said that the whole army of
Pans would be put into requisition to see poor
Beranger quietly buried, I fell short of the truth.
Under the pretext of a promenade militaire all the
heavy cavalry quartered at Versailles was brought
into the Bois de Boulogne and there kept in waiting
for several hours. The masses of troops that took
military occupation of the boulevards and faubourgs
were as nothing to those under arms and out
of sight. During the whole day the artillery was in
readiness for action, the horses put to, and the men
standing by their guns. The Minister at War,
Marshal Valliant. got op twice in the night, and
went to Marshal Magnan's headquarters in the Place
Vendome. The National Guard was warned to be
in readiness to turn out. The various guards were
not relieved for 48 hours, in order that small bodies of
troops might not be exposed to the danger of march-
ing about the streets unprotected. From the hour of
Beranger's death to that of his interment the telegraph
between Paris and Plombieres was in oonstant work.
The Moniteur, in giving an account of the funeral,
speaks of no troops except General Sounutin, his
staff, a squadron of Gardeade Paris, and a squadron
of Hussars. The immense military preparations are
slurred over by the phrase "wise measures of the
authorities," to which, after the " excellent spirit of
the population," it is ascribed that the ceremony
passed off without disorder.
The announcement from Angoulcme that the
Empress was going to Biarritz on the 17th of this
month, appears to have been a mistaken one. Ilex
Majesty is still at St. Cloud, and will doubtless not
leave it till the Emperor's return from PlombiOrea.
He is expectedon the 25th, and according to present
arrangements the projected visit to Osborne will be
paid early in August.
The Prince of Syracuse has left Paris for Mar-
seilles, on his way home toNaples. lie remained so
closely durst. during his stay hero that newspapers
have been doubting the fact of his presence up to
this very hour. It was given out that the Prince
came entirely for private objects ; but as he bad an
interview with Count Walevrski before his depar-
ture, it may he presumed that the affairs of Naples
nut have been at least one of the subjects of their
anyenation.

The Bourse has again improved. The Bente rose
25c. for cash and 13e. for aecowit.closing with mach
firmness at 67.30 and 67.33. Mobilier rose 20f.
There was a considerable revival in the demand for
railway shares. The Lyons and Mediterranean
(fusion) rose 30f.; Northern (both old and new),