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

TEE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

!IRIS, June 30.—The second elections for the
Paris districts where the candidates bad 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
yet, irrevocably fixed. He has hesitated a good
deal, and so have his friends. They think the ex-
periment that has already been mode 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 grea'er 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 gill content themselves with this
evidence of their existence as a par y, and they may
not go further even in the way of manifestation.
M. Goedehaux was from the beginning indisposed
to come forward, and ho 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
disappointed classes were for him to a man, is
or whose sycophancy with those on whose attachment he
counted,' and irritated with those whose timidity
eophancy led him into error. It is not,
then, true that the vote of the adverse disteicts is a
matter of such complete indifference as the Minis-
terial organs would lead us to suppose. Previous to
the elections those organs directed 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 probably exaggerated that event, but
the attempt now made to diminish it deceives no
one. On the other hand, the Republicans, at least
the moderate portion of them, feel much elated at
the success, however partial, they have obtained
in Paris and esewhere, and, if we are to believe
them, that success has surpassed their expecta-
tions. It will no longer be asserted, they say,
that their 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 rallied to the new regime. It
is true that in Pariq, which public opinion, or pre-
judice if you will, has long regarded as the centre
of political life in France, the Government has
obtained 1.10,000 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 disorganised
as they were thought, have found from 96,000 to
98,000 voices in their favour. The men who h .ve
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 to them thst even the bourgeoisie of
Paris would look as their safeguard against the ex-
cesses of Socialism. It is as well, they say, that
these names should come now and then before the
public. Such is the reasoning
of the party ; they
form perhaps
in their favour, but it is certain that such is their
an exaggerated estimate of the feel-
estimate. On the question of the Republican
they would arrange the matter with
can-
didates taking their seats in the Legislative Body,
I believe that were they more numerous, 15 or 20
for
their consciences and submit to the preliminary
order of the oath.' The are,
while to do so ; they
are, however, as yet too
few to make it worth t
instance,
will probably content themselves with what they
.haveKm done, and wait for another and a better occa-

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HER INIAJESTra &con VISIT W THE ART TREA.
ROM EXHIBITION. Her mai,' -sty left Worsley Hall,
the seat of the
(Ind and final visit
about ten o'olook, o her ' '
morning,
Majesty
to the Art Treasures Exhibition, at 01
Eaarllia yesterdayfroEwilleesmeres:i
Trafford. Her
" Consort, the
Prince of Prussia, the Princess Royal, Pm'ce
the Prince of
was accompanied by the Prince
see Alice,
Grey,
the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Earl of Elle.q7
They arrived at the palace about half-past eleven o'ci, "._
Wales, Prince Alfred, Sir Gen,
and remained in the building until a little after tv. °
o'clock in the afternoon, The visit v tiV3,f4ristlY prlvat