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FOREICN INTELLIGENCE. j

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FOREICN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. j The Paris correspondent of the Globe writes: I PARIS, June 16. | The ratifications of the treaty of Neufchatel were changed this afternoon at the office of the f?f Fo reigii Affairs. It is difficult to imagine anything more mtfefe^nsible and impolitic than the excess of zeal displayed by the majority of prefects and mayors in the departments at the present electioneering moment. That these functionaries should ex- orcise all their ioBwence in support of the government ,candidates is perfectly natural, but their tyrannical attitude and unconstitutional interference have given rite in the country to a general feeling of surprise and disgust, which; ought to attract the attention of government and lead to tk,eir official reproof. Nothing can be further from the personal ideas of the Emperor, who shines by his great tact, than this arbitrary behaviour of the prefects, who ought to be called all the more rapidly to account since the very complaints made by the Momteur and by the French go- vernment,, of the unproved intervention of Prince Vigorides i. Moldavian electioneering matters, are replied to by what is passing in every electoral district of France. My space does not permit me to publish certain circulars issued by the prefects; but it is sufficient to say that mom foolish and ul-uroed documents have never tended to make a govern- t unpopnlar. It has been a steeple-chase as to who should display the greatest absence of personal dignity in the fulsome allusions to the Emperor which fill these circu- lars, or should trample with the best will on the liberties and independence of the voters. Same of the circulars are perfectly asinine; others are blasphemous; all are of a character which an English gentleman would blush to ac- knowledge. The mayors are humble imitators of their superiors, the prefects, only they display worse grammar and longer ears. I cannot refrain, however, from translating two short extracts which bear out my remarks. One from the prefect of Dordogne reads slightly blasphemous, The government of the Emperor seeks for the triumph of its wmdidates as God seeks good, while leaving to every man the liberty of eftecting evil." The following description of the merits of a candidate proceeds from the Mayor of Chaton, aod may, I think, without injustice, be characterised as awnine- Moreover, M. Car net de Saint Martin (the L-n- vernment candidate) has recently become the son-in-law of our Prefect. This is a fresh title to your suffrages. Who could more worthily represent, in the Chambers, the ideas of the Prefect than his son-in-law ? Who could more worthily defend your interests than the gentleman who has joined his destinies to those of the daughter of the most eminent magis- trate of the department of the Seine et Oise ? According to this worthy mayor, the prefects, and not the nation, are to be represented in the new Chamber. The diplomatic world of Paris is menaced with a severe loss, from which it may-, however, perhaps recover. The minister of Hesse-Cassel will in all probability be recalled by his government, and replaced by a simple charge d'affaires, in consequence of the refusal of the Chambers at Cassel to in- crease the present salary of the Minister. Unfavourable rumours are once more current in financial circles with regard to the affairs of the Grand Central Railway, and its claim on Count de Morny. It was gene- rally thought that the difficulty in question had been settled by means of arbitration, but this does not appear to be the case. Any further allusion to this matter would be indis- creet at the present moment. A report has been circulated with much industry to the effect that the Emperor, Empress, several Marshals of trance, and some members of the Court, met recently with an accident near St. Cloud, while trying a new invention on the line. The matter has been vastly exaggerated, and the lives of their Majesties were not for a moment en- dangered. Intelligence from Teheran of the 28th April states that the Shah has the intention of sending one of his elder sons, Muzaffar Fddin, on a visit to France, England, Austria, and Russia. It was expected that this young prince, who is described as possessing great intelligence, would leave leoeran with his suite towards the end of July. Telegraphic accounts from Constantinople of the 7th, mention that the Circassians are drawing up a memorandum which they have the intention of submitting to the congress "f Paris. A letter from Ferhard Pacha (Stein) to the Austrian conduct of Rustchouk, has been seized, and its contents seriously compromise the former, who has long been supposed to entertain secret relations with the Austrian government. These relations, it is said, date back as far as the Hungarian war. The marriage of the Prince Caraman de Chimay of the Belgian family of that name, with Mdlle. de Montesquiou Fezeneac, waa celebrated this morning at the church of St. T All the fashion of Paris was present at thisTeremony

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