The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-02 00:00:00

TILE FRENCH. ELECTIONS.

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Pallas, June 30.—The second elections for the
Paris districts where the candidates had not ob-
tained the absolute majority will take place on Sun-
day next, the sth of July. It is very probable
that General Cavaignac will again present himself
to the electors, though his determination is not, as
have his friends. They think the ex-
yet, irrevocably fixed. He has hesitated a good
deal, and so
peritnent that has already been made is sufficient
for present purposes, and that it would not be pru-
dent to risk a second trial, Where every means will
be employed against him, and where failure would
be a far greaeer check than in the provinces. In
official regions his defeat is spoken of as certain ;
whether it is really thought so is another question,
but some of his supporters speak of it with
doubt. It is all but certain that neither he nor
his colleagues will take the oaths to the Empe-
ror; they will content themselves with this
evidence of their existence as a parry, and they may
not go further even in the way of manifestation.
M. Goudchaux was from the beginning indisposed
to come forward, and he yielded with some diffi-
culty to the entreaties of his friends. However
lightly the Government may affect to speak of the
success of the Opposition candidates in the capital,
it is certain that it views it with much disatisfac-
tion. The Emperor who had constantly been told
that the working classes were for him to a man, is
disappointed with those on whose attachment lie
counted, and irritated with those whose timidity
or whose sycophancy led him into error. It is not,
then, true that the vote of the adverse districts is a
mutter of such complete indifference as the Minis-
terial organs would lead us to suppose. Previous to
the elections those organsdirected all their eloquence
against the Opposition candidates, and urged in
strong language the importance of rejecting them ;
and from the importance which they attached to
the results it was clear that the success of General
Cavaignac and his fellow-candidates was looked
upon as a check of a very serious character indeed.
Their fears
probab:y exaggerated that eveat, but
the att,mpt now made to diminish it deceives no
one. On the other hand, the Republicans, at least
the Moderate
portion of them, feet much elated at
the success, however partial, they have obtained
in Paris and elsewhere, and, if we are to. believe
them, that success has surp sssed their expecta-
tions. It will no longer he asserted, they say,
that their
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party has ceased to exist, that it has
passed from the memory of man, that it has yielded
to despair, or that, from a consciousness of utter
helplessness,
it has tallied to the new regime. It
is true that in Paris, which public 'pinion, or pre-
judice if you will has long regarded as the c:mtre
of political life in France, the Government has
obtained 110,000 votes; but it is equally true
that in the same city, under the eye of the Go-
vernment, and within the grasp of its agency,
the Republicans, disheartened and disorgauisd
as they
were thought, have found from 96,000 to
98,000 voices in their favour. The men who h ive
come forward to dispute the victory with the Go-
vernment are several of them known to Europe ;
they have rendered good service in their day, and
they are convinced that in case of any great emer-
gency it is
cesses of
Paris would look as their safeguard against the ex-
to them that even the bourgeoisie of
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Socialism It is as well, they say, that
the e names should come now and then before the
public. Such is the reasoning of the party • they
form perhaps an exaggerated estimate of the feel-
in their favour, hut it is certain that such is their
estimate. On the question of the Republican can-
didates taking their scats in the Legislative Body,
I believe that were they more numerous, 15 or 20
for instance, they would arrange the matter with
their consciences and submit to the preliminary
order of the oath. They are, however, as yet too
few to make it worth their while to do so ; they
will Probably
content themselves with what they .
have done, and wait fur another and a better occa-
sion.

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HER MAJESTY'S SECOND VISIT TO THE ART TREA-
SURER EXHIBITION Her Majesty left Woreley Hall,
the seat 4 the Earl of Ellesmere, yesterday morning,
about tel o'clock, and made her second and final visit
to the Art Treasures Exhibition, at Old. Trafford. Her
Majesty was accompanier' by the Prince Consort, the
Prince of Prus..ia,
the Princess Royal, Prince's Alice,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, SriGeorge Grey,
the Duchess
They arrived at the palace about half _past eleven o'clock,
of Sutherland, and the 'Earl of Ellesmere.
and remained in the building unt:tl a little after two
o'clock in the afternoon, The visit was strictly private,
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