25 JUNE 1864, Page 2

The contests for the Councils-General of the French depart- ments

have ended in the election of a considerable number of members of the Opposition. At Bordeaux and Marseilles the Democratic party won a complete victory, and at Lyons they car- ried three candidates out of eight. No details have yet been published, but the Government is so alarmed that domiciliary visits have been made all over France, and it is said that the bar intend to protest as a corporation. The Councils-General have no political functions, but they express opinions which it is legal to publish, hence the anxiety of the executive.