The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(1.1011 017 i OWN

PARIS. WZDNPADLY Evsatrwo.
The Emperor and Empress, the King of Bavaria,
the Grand Duchess Stephanie de Bade, and the
Duchess of Hamilton, came to Paris to-day
from Fontainbleau to be present at the open-
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ing of the horticultural show in the Palais de
!Industrie. Tho committee of the Imperial and

Central Horticultural Society succeeded better than
might have been expected in adapting the space
within the building to the purpose required. The
nave was transformed into a garden ii ['Anglaise.
Lawns, running streams, rocks and waterfalls, were
tastefully instenpersed among beds of azaleas,
rhododendrons, rose trees, and a variety of
flowering shrubs. Aquatic plants were arranged
in the water so as to present a perfectly natural ap-
pearance. In compartments apart from the garden
may be seen espalier trees bearing fruit, exhibiting
interesting specimens of different modes of cutting
and training, and hard by there is a kitchen garden
with a goodly choice of vegetables. The exhibition,
which is extremely well worth seeing, will be open
to the public to-morrow, at the cost of one franc,
and will remain open till Jane 5.
The Bourse was again extremely dull. The fine

weather, which entices people out of town, is sup-
posed to have some influence in restricting busibees
within very narrow limits. Certain it is that both
yesterday and to-day there was a constant down-
ward tendency without any disposition to buy upon
a fall. The Bente fell 20e. for cash, and 23c. for
account closing at 69fr. in each case. Mobilier fell
ltifr. 7.5 c. Railways were all lower. The Lyons,
Mediterranean, and Southern fell 13fr. each;
Orleans, 10fr. ; and the other lines from about
2fr. 30c. to 6fr.

In the official list of bankrupts to-day appears the
name of M. Charles Thurnessen, merchant, Rue
Bare du Rempart, 48 his. This is the wow, the
the rumour of whose execution " produced an un-
easy feeling at the Bourse yesterday. His liabilities
are estimated at four millions of franc. lie is a
family connexion of M. Pereire, and the son of the
agent of the house of Streglitz and Co., of St. Pe-
tersburg.
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There is a little Mir at this moment in the French

press about the general elections. The legitimist
and fusionist journals of different shades, the As-
sembles Nutionak, the Union, and the Gazette de
France, openly advocate abstention. The Slick,
' which long ago pronounced in favour of a
policy of action so far as the times will admit,
continues to support its views with considerable
energy, and the Preset and Debate adhere to the
Siècle's doctrine. The Balite* thinks that the
vast majority of thinking meu belonging to the
Republican party will vote. The government
journals) feeling sure of victory, and anxious only
that the majority in favour of government should
approach as nearly to unanimity as on the two
former occasions of an appeal to universal suffrage)
denounce abstention in strong term' and taunt the
legitimists with a desire to pass off the halt, the lame,
the bliud, and the indifferent, as members of their
party. Notwithstanding the attitude of the
&ids, there are many sections of Re-
publicans who will probably not vote. The
question among them seems to bo this—wbe-
' tiler the dice are so much loaded that it is impossible
to play the game to any advantage, or whether,
notwithstanding all the precautions taken, there is
' an opening for gaining something against the bank.
The Preset says, with sly ker.'', that " if " the voter
can learn of a candidate whom he thinks a better
man than the government one, the best thing he can

do is to vote for him. There is much virtue in that
" if," because the regulations against electoral meet-
ings, electoral addresses, and the circulation of bulle-
tins are such, that in the majority of cases the bulk
of the electors cannot possibly- know anything of
any other than the government candidate.
The Viscount do Truchis, mayor of Saint-Loup
d'Ordon (Yonne), has been dismissed, and imme-
diately after his dismissal the Municipal Council of
the same town unanimously signed an address to
the prefect, containing their resignations. A M,
Bonnecaze, deputy-mayor of Aesousto (Basses-
Pyrenees) has been dismissed, on the ground of ir-
regularities in his accounts.
General Baugel, director-general of artillery in
the army of the Mexican Confederation, has ar-
rived in Paris on a " military mission" on the part
if his government.
Ferukh Khan went to the Jardin Mabille last
night in the dress of a European gentleman.
A Council of Miniaters, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday morning at Fontaine-
bleau. In the afternoon, their Majesties, accom-
panied by the King of Bavaria, the Grand Duchess
et Iletlea, the Duchess of Hamilton, and the other
pada at the palace, took a drive in the forest in
eltars-i-bancs. In the evening, all the court asaem-
bled in the:garden,and were present at a night Pte. A
fiber of morceaux were sung by the artistes and
aurae of the Opera, who were placed in the sum-
mer-house which stands in the centre of the large
piece of water, whilst boats ornamented with
Venetian lanterns rowed about in every direction.
Fireworks, principally consisting of pieces which
ran along the surface of the water, terminated
the evening, which was favoured by delightful
weather.