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STRUM—The French elections took place on Sunday and Monday, and were conducted with order and decorum. In Paris and its suburbs there are ten electoral districts, and in each of these the Government candidates were met by an opposition. There are on the roll 356,645 voters ; of these 147,125 took no part in the contest. The number who voted was 215,857 ; the votes given to the Government candidates were 110,525; to the Opposition 96,319. Several thousand votes were illegible or informally given. In seven districts the Government, in three the Opposition obtained a majority. The Opposition candidates elected are M. Goudchaux and M. Carnet. General Cavaignac beat his opponent, M. Germain Thibaut, by 237 votes out of a total of 20,453; but that majority, not being absolute, is insufficient, and a second election will be necessary. In like manner, M. Lanquetin, a Government candidate, will have to appear again before the electors, as he only polled 136 votes more than the total of the votes given to M. Darimon and M. Bastide. It follows that at present the Government have secured the return of six members for Paris ; the Opposition of two ; there will be a smart struggle for the other seats. The Government spared no pains to defeat the Opposition. M. Haussman, the Prefect of the Seine, issued an address to the electors on the eve of the ballot, in order to discredit the Opposition. It contained these passages " In order to govern, it is necessary that the Emperor should have an elective chamber, independent, but devoted to his cause, as well as to the new institutions of the country. With deputies who have already proved themselves such, the work of the Government will be easy ; with those of another day and of different ideas, you will expose yourself to the danger of creating agitation and uneasiness. But be assured that agitation and un easiness always fall heaviest on the working classes The question may be thus clearly stated. To vote for the candidates pointed out by the Government, is to ratify their conduct by your suffrages, to approve of what they have done, and to facilitate the execution of the grand projects of the Emperor. On the contrary, to vote for the hostile candidates, is to follow, in a path without issue, men who for the most part have not at heart any sympathy for the people, who in the exercise of power have already given proofs of their weakness and their incapacity, and who cannot raise up their party except on the misfortunes of the country."

As a proof of the anxiety of the Government, it is stated that in the course of Sunday night a return was made out of all-the electors of Paris who did not vote on Sunday, and a circular, accompanied by a bulletin for the Government candidates, was sent to them on Monday morning.

The Opposition was divided against itself. In four electoral districts two Opposition candidates were started ; and a fierce controversy raged between the Moderate and the Democratic Opposition. This marred their success by dividing their forces. But the result of the elections in Paris, although so small, is regarded as a "Republican demonstration." General Cavaignac, on being asked whether he would take the oath, declined to give an answer. In the Departments, the Government met with opposition in ninetythree districts. It is understood that in four cases the Opposition has been successful. The great victory of the Government is in the Doubs, where the Duke of Conegliano has ousted M. de Montalembert. Like M. Hauasman in Paris, the Minister of the Interior sent a circular to the Prefects of the Departments. He accused the Opposition of desiring to raise old demoeratical passions; while he asserted at the same time, that "a small number of persons had set themselves up exclusively as Democrats in the face of a Government established on the most democratic basis which ever existed has thought proper to commence a contest.. "What do they want? To present again the question of the Republic to universal suthage which has three times solemnly condemned it? That is not serious. To eake the oath to the Empire, and by submitting to the conetitution honourably to fulfil the mission of deputy? Nobody will believe it. Then, what remains? To endeavour to sow trouble and agitation, to embarrass the action of the Emperor, and to enfeeble, both at home and abroad, the feeling which all Europe entertains of his power, the prestige with which he has done so much during the last six years for the glory and prosperity of the country."

He made a boast that the Government had given the utmost freedom to "candidates, journalists, instigators," and would not "give even the slightest pretext for bad faith to calumniate that liberty which our laws secure to the electoral struggle."

The Emperor quitted Paris, for Plombieres, on Thursday morning. He went first to Chalons, where preparations arc in process for a large camp.

StaIll.—The Pope tarries at Bologna. He has not granted an amnesty. It is not known whether the Mayor has had the courage to present the memorial of the Bolognese to his Holiness. But he has received a visit from the Chevalier Boncompagui on the part of the King of Sardinia; and as he gratefully attributes this honour to the Emperor of the French, he has expressed his gratitude to the Count do Rayneval.

The people of Ravenna have adopted an address which speaks out rather plainly.

"The internal conditions of these provinces are very far from satisfactory, and even to the eye of those who govern us cannot escape the permanent disaccord which exists between the tendencies of the rulers and the honest and liberal aspirations of the people, which are the natural consequences of the progress of the age and civilization. Great are the abuses committed in the name of the sovereign. The legislation is imperfect ; the ecclesiastical element preponderates, and arbitrary measures falsify and annul the spirit of good laws, as is proved by the example of the neverexecuted law of 1850 on the formation of the municipalities. Wise and liberal reforms, sheltered from every interpretation and restriction, are in our view the only valid means of putting an end to such evils; and it will be easy to the lofty and benignant mind of the sovereign Pontiff to perceive what reforms are to be made, amongst all those which' are possible, for the sake of the public good."

The Gonfaloniere, it is stated, has been persuaded to express these sentiments to the Pope when he visits Ravenna.

A report has been circulated that the King of Naples was wounded at Gaeta by a soldier. It turns out, however, that sonic discharged soldiers met and surrounded the King, and demanded some pay withheld by their late officers. The King ordered them to retire, and promised redress ; but immediately after they were put under arrest; not, however, until the police had been well pelted with stones, and the military called in.

lzsiri a.—The hundredth anniversary of the Military Order of Maria Theresa was celebrated with great pomp at Vienna on the 18th. There were a review of the garrison, the performance of divine service in the open fields with responses of cannon and musketry, ands, banquet. Among the seventy Chevaliers of the Order were Admiral Fairfax Moresby, Lord Seaton, General Paniutiue, and General Filangieri. Representatives of all the other orders were present at the banquet, and 1250 officers and soldiers also, wearing the Order of Valour. The Emperor made a little speech on the occasion. "It is with a trustfulness well founded that I salute the day which closes a century of military glory and honour for 11 y army, as also the dawn of a new ora of glory and honour for Austria and her soldiers. I satisfy a desire of my heart in expressing, on the occasion of this fete to the Chevaliers of any Order of Maria Theresa, the acknowledgments of their Monarch, and to my brave army the satisfaction of their Emperor and master. "With deep interest I think of those that are absent, and with painful sentiments of regret I offer a remembrance to the memory of those who are no more; to the memory of the auguat creatrix of the Order—to the Empress Maria Theresa; to the Chevaliers of the Order of Maria Theresa; to the soldiers of my brave army and to its worthy chiefs." In the evening there was a performance at the Operahouse of a piece composed expressly to illustrate the founding of the Order. vg75i —Advices from Mohammerah to the 9th May have been received. At that date the troops were preparing to evacuate Moham merah—the Europeans returning to India, the Native troops going into quarters at Bushire. Two ships of war were to be left at Mohammerah to maintain the occupation until the terms of the treaty are fulfilled. General Jacob will command at Bushire and Karrack, and Sir James Outram will probably return to India. The troops were healthy. An accident happened to the Feroze on the 6th instant, which was nearly fatal to Sir James Outram, General Lugard, and the Reverend Mr. Badger. They were sleeping in the round-house on deck, when the Feroze grounded on a sandbank to the East of the mouth of the ShattulArab ; and the Rajah of Cochin troop-ship, which she had in tow, drawing less water, ran into her stern, smashing the cutter and coming with such force against the round-house that it fell in with a tremendous crash. The furniture, happily, was strong enough to intercept the heavy timbers, and the three gentlemen were extricated with a few bruises.

;nitric Stafts.—The City of Washington arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with advises from New York to the Ilth June. The President had appointed Colonel Cummings Governor of Utah. General Harney was moving his troops across the plains to support the new Governor if necessary."

"Brigham Young is carrying things with a high hand in Utah. Accounts from Great Salt Lake state that great excitement prevailed there. The Saints had commenced the work of expelling the Gentiles. Judge &ilea, the United States Marshal, the Surveyor, and a large number of others, had left the territory, fearing their lives were in danger. The General Conference of the Latter Day Saints assembled on the 6th of April to consider

the affairs of the church. A large number of missionaries were despatched on proselytizing missions to all parts of the world. The militia system of the territory has been reorganized, and the entire military force put in a state of efficiency."

Cage of 6ogit Mulit.—The Scotland, which arrived at Dartmouth on Saturday, brought files of papers from the Cape to the 29th April.

The Cape Parliament was opened on the 7th, by Governor Grey, in a long speech.

Ile found abundant matter for congratulation in the position and prospects of the country. The relations between the colonists and the frontier tribes are now satisfactory, and the apprehensions which were lately entertained exist no longer. There has been a great increase of commercial prosperity. The Goverzior directs attention to the proposed harbour works in Table Bay, and to the expediency of proceeding wills other useful publio works, including two railways, the estimated cost of which is about 1,300,0001. Ho recommends that provision be made for immigration, to procure a sufficient supply of labourers in the colony. The balance of the amount voted last year towards bringing out the German Legion, the whole of which sum was not required for the purpose, is to be devoted to immigration. Some reforms isa the administration of the law are proposed, and an augmentation of the salaries of some of the most hard-worked public servants. It is the intention of Government to fill up the vacant portions of Caffiraria proper, between the districts of Krell and Faku, with an European population ; and to use all its influence to persuade the Caffres to become an agricultural people, now that they have lost so large a proportion of their cattle by the fanaticism which lately prevailed under the preaching of their " prophet."

Up to the latest dates, the Government had successfully pressed forward the measures proposed.