1 JULY 1865, Page 2

The Government candidate has been beaten in the election for

the district of the Puy de DOme, vacant by the death of M. de Morny. The opposition candidate, M. Girot-Pouzol, who is the grandson of a member of the Constituent Assembly, and an advo- cate for decentralization and the freedom of the Press, defeated his opponent, M. Meynadier, by 14,140 to 12,188. The defeat is the more exasperating, because in 1863 M. de Morny was returned by an almost unanimous vote, and the Prefect had denounced all opponents of his candidate as enemies of the Empire. The Em- peror seems to have taken the hint conveyed in the election, for M, de Lavalette, Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular direct- ing all officials not to interfere in the coming communal elections, as they are strictly municipal in scope.