The Express. — London, England, 1852-06-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—SATURDAT, JUNE 28. Thcir loptshil s saaes',l4.4l at too o'clock, the Low) Cm Ancehtoo NEW PEER. The Kul of Ilisreeou; Mort the oaths and his seat. A number of private bills were forwarded a stage. The 14111 River Company (supply of water to the metro pot) Bill was read .1 third time and passed. Vie Metropolitan Iberials Bill was read a second time pro stud ordered to he committed on Monday. The tier real Board of Health (No. 2) Bill and the Pim. Meo Improvement Bill were read a second time. Toe r. port on III: County Rates Bill, with amendments, was received and egret,: to. 'Eh. Metropolitan Water Supply, the Thames Embank ment, the Exciv Seminary l'roccedinp, the Woods, Fo rret% and Lied„ Revenues, the Valuation (Ireland), the Metropolitan 1 4 ewerr, the Friendly Societies (No. 2), the Mine and Outrage (Ireland), the Encumbered Ktater (Ireland), the Distrersewl Unions (Ireland), the Public Health ACt (ISIS) Ainenilmen•, and the Holloway Home at errreetion pas, rd through committer, and were ✓eported to the lioeit. Their lordship' thin adjourned. FRANCE. PARIS, SttritiLtir Eves is°. The vigorous vote ,ressai of the Corps Legislatif to manifest something like a legal resistance to the overheating will of the executke, has been, as you will see from the subjoined report of that body's sit ting, atteuded with some sums. The Council of State has given way to the budget committee on two chapters that were rejected by the house. fly these concessions the senateni' salaries are removed from the date riagere to the Jnbrlii n : in other words, these salaries are no longer permanently charged on the revenues of the state, but they must be voted yearly. This is a great vic tory, and the mere important u the go vernment was pledged in a certain sense to the senators to nail their fortunes for life, instead of leaving them exposed to the chances of fresh fluctua tions in the political world. Montalembert to-day spoke late and briefly,; but his expressions were pointed as usual, and he stated that he rejoiced that the Corps Legislatif had nothing to do with the Orleans decrees. _ _ _ The Corps Legislatif is making amends during the last week of its session fur the tame endurance of calculated mortification& during the preceding eleven weeks of its existence. No device has been neglected by the executive power to render this body as inoffensive as possible ; all without avail for its teeth and claws arc already too visible; and in proportion to the multiplicity and tightness of its bands it strains the sinews of opposition, and strug gles to resent oppression. There could not be a more decisive manifestation of the spirit which animates this assembly than the majority of 15 against .59 which voted yesterday in favour of printing Monte lemberes severe protest against the unworthy posi tion made for the deputies of France. This is what the government has gained by stopping, as much as possible, the publicity of the debates, that an excep tional ,'slat is given to those orations which threaten it with most damage. ;Die indulgence granted to the first applicants drew on hosts of others, and every . honourable deputy, however insignificant his part in the debate, might think himself ill-used if his speech was not allowed to he prin tcd. The journals of to-day publish the debate off hursday,distinguished by the discussion of the National Guard, the ministry of police, and the war budget. I have to call your attention to one feature in the debate on the military estimates, omitted from the compendious report sent to you upon the same day. M. de Kerdrel asked whether there was not on the list of officers a general of brigade promoted to this rank prematurely and contrary to all law. Ile meant General Espinosa , . You will remember that this officer commanded on the morning of the 2nd of December the battalion which occupied the Legislative Palace. You will also recollect that he abused the confidence of Gene ral Lai", who had pointed out to him some days before a secret of escape of which he in tended to avail CM in case the Assembly were attacked, in order to intercept the flight of that too communicative questor. General Allard, the coun sellor of state appointed by the government to defend the military estimates, replied to NI. de Kerdrel that Colonel Espinasse had been promoted to the rank of general of brigade, in virtue of the law of 1832, which dispenses from every other condition the officer who receives in time of war advancement for an action of éclat put in the order of the day of the army. Now, by a decree of the Pence President the services rendered during the days of December had been assimilated to campaign service. M. de Kerdrel replied that he was aware of that decree, but he was not aware what splendid action had been achieved on December 2 by General Espinasse, whose life, for the rest, had been saved in Africa by a prince of the House of Orleans. General Allard would not accept any discussion upon the causes of a nomination which the Prince President had made in the pleni tude of his right. Thus for the treacherous surprise of the Assembly Colonel Espinasse was promoted out of his turn to bo general of brigade, upon the ground that he had performed a signal exploit in time of war! I leave you to judge if such an irregular pro. motion, granted upon inch a title, is likely to be popular with the army. It was in contemplation to give the deputies a ball at the Ely See before their departure for the country ; but the late change in their behaviour seems to have produced a corresponding change in the intention of the Prince-President, and the notion of the ball has been abandoned. Some attempts have been made to form a party in the Corps Lyralatif, analogous to the club of the Rue des Pyramids in the Assembly, that is a party whose function it will be to smooth down the opposi tion, and conciliate a steady support to the govern ment ; already some influential deputies, alarmed at the Bashes of opposition manifested on the budget, have busied themselves to calm the irritated minds of the committee and its supporters. At the sitting of the Corps Le/islatif to-day, M. Monnier de la tiizeranne moved that it should be stated at the head of the speeches to be printed pur suant to the leave given yesterday, that the house was in no way responsible for the opinions expressed by the speakers. M. Billault said that it was per fectly so understood, but that there could be no objection to put this heading to every speech, " Printed by leave of the Corps Legislatif, but without any responsibility with regard to the opi nions expressed. On the order of the day being read for the debate on the bill for granting an annual sum of 320,000 fr. for compensation pensions to persons who were on the last civil list. M. EDOVARD Dccos opposed the bill by way of repro dating an amendment, which had bees rejected by the coeseuttee, to the effect that the civil list of Charles Z. should be entitted to temporary compensations. M. E. Bayou:, the reporter, said that sU the members. of that civil list who on the 27th July, 1830, had been em ployed for ten years previously had received pensions or compensation'. With regard to those whose period of ser vice had been Lees it would be illegal to great them com pensation. M. Ds CALVIIII.II supported M. Dame's proposition. Some pity was due to the servants of a dynasty that had given fifteen years of prosperity to France, and had be queathed to her the fairest flower in her crown—Algiers. The bill was, however, carried unanimously by 206 votes. The house then passed to the discussion of the bill for re gulating the elation of members of the Councils °sorrel, Councils of Arrondissements, and Municipal Councils. The first four articles were adopted. On art. 6, which pro vides that the sittings shall not be public, A Msitaas 'sutural whether the councils general would be permitted to publish reports of their ptoceedinp as they had heretofore done. M. Bolt:IAN, Councillor of State replied in the affir mative, The bill was then voted unanimously. A bill for the credit of 400,000 francs in aid of hospitals end charitable institutions wits earried unanimously. The business neat in order was the dismission of the bill giving power power to the government to espel certain classes of persons from Paris or Lyons. M. DR KIRDRIL opposed the measure. He saw in the hill an invasion by the executive upon the judicial power. It was said but the other day, in a celebrated trial, by en illustrous advocate, N. l'sillet, that the President of the Repubne had the power to make a constitution, but not the right, in a ladicial matter, to decree so much as a receipt for the rent of a house, He would apply that principle to the proposed interference with individual liberty. Many clauses in the bill were vague and opened a door to abuses in their interpretation. To prohibit a man from residing in Paris DT Lyons on the ground that he bad no domicile in either of those cities, aad no visible means of existence was to treat him worse than n criminal, wbo bad always the right to defend himself before a judge. They should at least allow a man to prove his domietkt er his means of ex istence before a jugs de pair, and not leave him at the mere gamy of a minister. M. FORTOUL, the reporter, said, there existed both in Paris and Lyons a mass of turbulent people, witouut a home or means of existence, ever ready to take part in in surrections. These were the people that in Paris were called Bohemians. it was for such as these that this law was sada. _ . . N. DS KERN'S!. WU 09t Illtistivd with this explanation. Ile thought the law should be confined to Individuals who had been sentenced to imprisonment and sub,equent sue. veillassee of the police. M. LeirritAim inquired whether au individual whom it might be proposed to expel would be permitted to prove that he did la fact possess mesas of existence, and to whom info& a ease he was to address himself. )B. BOOua7, eounr.illo, of elate, replied that the order for exrdaieu must be executed in the Brat instance, and THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1852. 4i t' Orvr 00. t' , ...1t1:1114P0111 DENTS. • etut..t R.::.4•1.1•. ;Co 1•11:re...;• n•nt.ift , :..: elrie • Lia/Kte *1- •OiLts:arolcnti I.aziaLti ea. !Imlay eksht..., . . . . It. pot. . j pot tt.mr• t. gayer tit 'of .1` e Paves.." Lawful ttl.t.c.ogr nom. 11. 4.: ' .t .4 di° Ostia, I ...*.ouwww.qrvet, 6 .7 Two ect.A.llt oo tlllO 4/1" of ?...S...m.tio. ttinti WATER AT Iti rm. Dv—Venda, VIC Sta....—..Aronsikaa. llh, Ms. 1 .vossatm—limiss, O. LONDON, MOND.I r. RINE 28. PIULTaStr.XT—SI we stated last Monday—is to be prorogued by her Mousers on 'lliiirsilay next; and in a %cry short time tlw Elections will be fairly upon us. After the wets are issued and received by the returning oftit . IN there is little in the way of arrangenemt to be done. llopt are then excited, passiees roused, prtjulices embittered, divided ti exasperated. N ow, the-efore, is the time for pat . • explanations, forbearance, concession, and accommoduMn. Alrt-aily there is every reason to expert that the result of the di-solution will he to put Lord Herne and his colleagues in a very etmaidtrable minority in the house of Commons —not alone on the subject of free-trade, for that the Brummagem Ilutsper of Protection will not raise - -but on the general question of want of confidence. Yet, lai ge• as it is In oh:dile the majority of the Liberal party will be. there are still her, opportunity, and 'limes to insrease it ei,nsidenth!y, it the constituencies iu s^veral pa. ts of the kiniteom still act with that promptitude, division, and, above all, with that unani mity and concord, of which the democratic party in the United States have, in the selection of their can didate for the Presiderey, set the Liberals on this side the Atlantic se admir..ble and excellent an example. Thme arc at least three or four county seats that • little energy will yet rescue from the hands of the Prot. et ionists ; this re are many boroughs in which the defeat of the Derbyites may be secured by the withdrawal of the Liberal candidate now in excess of the number th it can be returned. There are several in which no Conservative will venture to appear if the threatened contest between Liberals be averted. There is more than one in which the Liberals, by being reconciled to each other, would to a certainty thect the Tory ; and there are a few where—though e Liberals have not a large majority in the consti tuency—they have still margin enough to secure the return of a proper man if he presented himself. Of the county seats that ought to be rescued from the now dominant local squirearchy we may point to South Hunts. When we recollect that not many years ago this division did return two Liberal members; that of late the growth of its small towns must have added very considerably to the strength of the Liberal party; and that the northern division of Hants has always, under lar less favourable eircuinstancts, been able to return one Liberal, it n ill, we must say, be very discreditable to South Hants if the Liberal part of its constituency permit two Protectionists to be again returned to parliament. Why, even the little lory•ridden Isle of Wight shows them a better example. At the opposite extremity of England, too, there is, in South Northumberland, a seat to be won. Of its constituency the towns possess quite one-half, and there Liberalism predominates: the largest landowner in the division (Mr. W. B. Ilesemosr) is himself not merely a Liberal, but a Liberal candidate, anxiously desiring a Liberal colleague; a considerable body of the squires, with Mr. C. A. liloNx, the Chairman of Quarter Sessions, at their head, are desirous to co operate with the towns in returning two Liberals; and the only candidate they have to beat is a silly beardless boy, the grandson of Lord MAVENS moan., who has little, if any, local connexion with South Northumberland. Besides, the Liberals of this division have the provocation of the Paxcx assault on the independence of their northern friends, who are gallantly resisting it, and who would be greatly encouraged in the resistance to ducal dicta tion by corresponding boldness and energy in the southern part of the county. There is time to win both scats yet if the Liberals will only unite to do it ; and they will owe • most powerful explanation to their party generally should they neglect this oppor tunity. Of the boroughs that may be secured to the cause of reform and improvement by the withdrawal of a liberal now in excess of the numbers to be returned, me may now name Brighton, Greenwich, Devouport, Stroud, Plymouth, and Winchester. Of these the case of Greenwich is a very provoking one. That t. rough has always contributed two members to the liberal party : but just now, there is danger of a Tory bring returned, because Mr. lIONTAGIJ CHAMBERS persists in dividing the Liberal interest against the two Liberal sitting members. Flourishing on the rankness of government contracts, Mr. PETER RoLT is prepared to be profuse in his expenditure; and nothing but unanimity and energy amongst the Liberals will prevail against Derbyite profli gacy of that sort. Yet on the same principle that Mr.CnametascomesforwardtodividettieLiberalparty there, Mr. Davits WIRE might also present him self, and still further divide it. But the Attorney at Law in this case has shown much more sense than the Queerer counsel; and has refused to play into the enemies' hands—a fact that very seriously aug ment* Mr. CHAMBERs' responsibility. In all these cases, it is for the Liberal consti tuencies themselves to interpose ; to consider and agree as to which of the three candidates are the best men to support; and the majority having come to a decision on that point, it is for the minority to give way, and for the candidate with the law chance to retire gracefully and agree-bly. Bat far Lihetals, in the face of a desperate enemy, to go OH quarrelling and disputing about three and four liberal candidates, when they can barely, with the most perfect concord, return two, is simply to play Lard I)ERBT'B game; and, what is much more Im portant, to disfranchise themselves, and to do a signal die-service to those who are more rational elsewhere. Westminster is an instance nf encouragement being given to the Tories by a third Liberal starting; and we must own ourselves not a little surprised that, of all men, Mr. CONINGIIAM should thus make an opening for the Carlton Club. For at Brighton,— where most undoubtedly Mr. CoNlannAM had very strong claims on the Liberal party—not only has he waived those claims when the liberal interest de• inanded such a sacrifice, but in giving his support to Mr. TRELAWNET, he clearly objects to Mr. Freaks playing in Sussex the very sante part which he himself is assuming at Westminster. Bo also at the Tower Hamlets Mr. CONINGIIIM retired ; in the face of a more likely candidate; only it seems to appear at Westminster, where any serious split amongst the Liberals will encourage the Tories to re slime thi it old tricks of intimidation, dictation, and bribery. It is on many grounds desirable, wo th nk, to base a man of Mr. Cost Inns IRV'S and Lord Gonraten's opinions on the "Isbour question" in tho House of Commons; last to run the tisk of having a Tory returned for Wistminster is—in the . present state of politica—too high • price to pay f o r placing those opinions on the grindstone of parliamentary discussion. Plowing from Westrnmetes, we might select Bed ford as a borough where reeoncili ,tion and good feel rag between two Liberal candidates ought to he the order of the day ; and lastly, of Lorongh s w h ere an opening, with fair prospect, o f imam , may st ill be found for • Liberal candidate, may point to Brid !mt. To that place Mr. Bstil.ll, CoCLIRANY has made his ungainly bow, in the vain hope et being returned, but though the Liberals have a major, rity, no emend Liberal candidate has as yet been found. Bridport his, to be sure, an ill•repote; but that is no reason why a seat more should be abandoned to the 'forks; and probably the beat way of improving the reputation of the place is to give Mr. T. A. Mirt.tirit. n worthy colleague. Such are some of the means and measures by which the Liberal majority may be augmented at the gene ral election ; but to use them, no Selay must occur; time recedes; and the enemy are getting desperate. the person expelled might afterwards apply to the Minister of Police, or even to the Coruna oe. State to reverie the decision. _ _ M. ott BP.I.LITm. objected that the part, ex palled *arid he liable to • criminal prosecution for not obeying the miler of expulsion, even although that order might have been made in error. M. WI Molt,: v Paid that when the government protected itself, it protected society. They mall, therefore, give to the guverom, nt all the necessary means to defend *Kitty. (Divide.) The bill 1134 carried by 199 votes against 19. On the order of the day being milled for the discussion of the railway hills, objection+ were made, and it was then agreed that the debate on the railway bills should be ad. jounced till tomorrow, Sunday, at 12 o'olucl. The bill for a credit of 011,0006., for the purchase.money of the Murillo bought nt Mstshal Moult's sale, was carried by 202 against 3. fit adjourned detate on the budget was then resumed. M. Citessricier-Levaav announced that the Council of State has. cepted the amendments proposed by the committee iu the chapters which had been rejected by the honer, . . . . . The chapter containing the senators' diitations would con sequ nth• be transferred to that part of the budget which minted to &notions, and a sum of 400,1*Otr. would he strucic off from the amount allotted is the budget of the ministi r of the interior fur works in public buildings. The house then passed to the buddettuf receipts. and voted all the chapters hot three almost without discussion. On the chapter relative to stamp duties on rc4iiitration— M. i.e Islogratestuzav said he rejoiced that the Assem bly had hail nothing to do with the decrees of Jan. 22, which bad despoiled a family. They were decrees which the country had seen with torrow, and that more out of re gard to the interests of the power teat mantle the decrees than to those of the family that but suffered by them. M. ISILLAI . LT said that these decrees hail the force of law, and fur the rest they were wholly beside any question before the house.. . _ . . The three remaining articles of the budget stood over for some formal ez-lanuttons till to-morrow, when a division will he taken upon the whole buit4et. The bill relative to the renewal of the councils. general and Communal Council, which has passed the Corps Lcgislatif today, has been completey re modelled by the committee, and, with the exception of one, all the modifications introduced have been accepted by the Council of State. The amendment rejected by the Council of State was the met im portant one. The committee proposed that the pre sidents and seerchn ies of the councils-general should be elected by the councils as heretofore, instead of being nominated by the President of the Republic. The committee did not persevere in their amend ment, considering the present measure only u tem porary one. lteports circulate afresh as to the probability of M. de Persigny retiring, and being succeeded by M. de Morny. A loan is talked of as imminent, but the amount is not mentioned. The mint has commenced coining gold pieces with the effigy of the Prince Louis Napoleon. M. Meycrbeer has arrived In Paris. At the Bourse, the Four-and-a-lfulf per Cents. rose 55c., and closed at 101.110; the Three-and•a- Half per Cents. rose .55, and closed at 70.90. Bunk of France shares tell 2.50. The Rouen Railway rose iar. ; Mars:Ales, 9.75; Orleans and Dieppe, 3 each; Lyons, 2.50; Northern and Strasburg, 1.2 a each. PARIS, SUNDAY EVIOII4O. Another blow has fallen on the press. A cum nosniqw, appears in the llonitcur to the following effect : _ _ The question has been mooted if the authorisation granted ty the Assembly, in virtue of Art. 74 of the regu latory decree of March S 2, 18, to one of its membe to cause to be printed and d '4 members to at the expense of the latter, the speeches by him pronounced, allow the journals to reproduce textually these speeches. There can be no doubt of the negative. The 42nd article of the Constitution formally interdicts journals from publishing any other re port of the sittings of the Corps Legislatif but that which consists in the reproduction of the prods verbal drawn up at the close of each sitting by the care of the president of this Assembly. If this notice is a fresh blow to the mangled press, it will at least prove the best advertisement which the speeches of MM. do Mori talembert and de kerdrel could po,sibly have, and will make the forbidden fruit sweeter. The government does itself more harm by publishing throughout France a prohibition so unnatural and absurd than all the opposition speeches in the world, and every such communique is more welcome to the adversoncs of Louis Napo leon than endless columns of parliamentary haran gues. Not one of them that receives this Moll/cur of to-day, whether in exile or at home, will tail to rub his hands with delight, and to score a point against him in the revolutionary game which is still playing. The Corps Legislatif held an extraordinary meet ing_ to-day at twelve o'clock. N. CALVET ILOONAT spoke against the project for making a railway from Paris toCnerbourg by Caen. He complained that in the distrioution of railways the south was sacrificed to the north. He proposed that the Cherbourg line, instead of passing by Ernie: should pass through Lisieux and Elbeuf. - This would realise an economy of 28 millions. Knowing, however, that his proposition would not be adopted, he would move the adjournment of the government bill till the seat session. LENORMANT supported the adjournment. In his opinion the Caen railway, instead of branching into the Rouen line, should join that of Rennes. Upon this plan it might be completed sooner, upon better terms, and with greater regard to a variety of local interests. N. Bovutza DE L'ECLI:SI also objected to the bill as it stood. The state of the treasury demanded the utmost eco nomy. It would be much cheaper to make the C4en rail way by Chartres than according to the government scheme. M. Laravaesaust supported the bill, as tracing the most direct lion Crum Paris to Cherbourg. _ _ M. Da MON TaIRTIL Was in fai our of the route by Lousier., which a compauy was ready to take upon terms which would tffeet a baring of 40 millions. Why had this offer been refused ? la. lamina, councillor of state, said that no difference of opinion existed as to the necea-ity of comple:ing a line to Cherbourg with all possible speed. The bill had been at tacked upon three distinct grounds, the choice of the in , dummy, the expense, and the state of the treasury. lie would say a word upon each of these heads. It was cer tain that the line proposed offered no difficulties in the exc. cation. Yet the question had several times been brought before the Chamber, and always adjourned. Why? Be muse local interests coalesced to procure the rejection of the bill. But while they were hesitating, Bordeaux, Limoges, and Clemiunt were daily approaching nearer to Paris, sad getting possession of the market to the detriment of Nor mandy. The proposed Eno was the same that was adopted by the law of 1818, which had settled the question. It was the best line, and one that satisfied the greatest possible number of local interests. Loaviers was within eight or ben kilometres of the Rouen Railway, which therefore parsed as it were by its gates. The line by Evreux was not dearer than that b Louviers. According to either project the state was to make a sacrifice of aiatcea millions. As to the proposition that the Caen Railway should branch into the 81. OtTRIIIiII, going to D sodArgenton, that scheme would cost much more money. The great essential point was to have a railway to Cherbourg as quickly as possible, by the moat direct route; and, when they saw their neighbours creating a formidable establishment within an hour's steam iag of Cherbourg, was not an hone, half an hour, even, in the distance a matter of great importance ? It wain' this point of view that the government line was the best. The an cial conditions were not unfavourable. Thesauri= of the treasury with respect to railway enterprise was this. The state bad undertaken to furnish 666 millitme to railw-is. On the Ist of January, 1853, there would remain only 152 millions of this mosey to lay out. And if from this sum they deducted the money duo to the state from the railways, it would be found that the state would only remain re sponsible to the extent of 18 millions. (Much approbation.) 11 was of infinite importance that all the lines which they were asked to vote today should be promptly finished. ff it were otherwise France would remain in a state of infe riority in regard to her neighbours in which she ought not to be. They would remember what difficulties hod always at tended the great project of the Lyons and Avignon Railway. How often had it been adjourned ? But the President of the Republic, deeply sensible of the importance to the country of uniting the north of Frame to the south, bad in a few days solved all the difficulties, and that railway was now rapidly making. ( Applause .) He was sure the home would associate itseif with the grand ideas of the chief of the state by voting the bills. 'fhe government expected it from their enlightened seal end devoted patriotism. (Pro . If:mired and loud applause.) M. Ruvuma DR Llielaliii attempted to speak, but was' stopped by loud cries of " La cloture," from all parts of the house. On pawing to the articles and Cahsers des charges, , M. UKANISR UR CASSAONAC said lust an English coin- I pany had made an offer for the line to Cherbourg, at a re- I I duction of 11 minimal; from the sum now proposed to be L granted. Ile wished to know why that offer had been re- I ! jected. The REPORTIR said that the delegate of this company had appeared before the committee, but he seemed to there • rather a man looking out for a nib than a person seriously o empowered to treat. 1 he bill was carried by 218 against 3. I M. BILLAULT said the committee were unanimously of i opinion that they should only express the wishes of the • Assembly by asking that the excellent speech of M. Magne i should be published. The house could not, however, order r a speech to by printed unless upon the application of the speaker himself. This being 60, the conmi:tee had over. • I came the modesty of M. Magne, who had moved for leave i to ;mint his speech. The leave was unanimously granted, amidst great applause. The bill fur the concession to the Lyons abd Avignon • Company of-1. The line from Islarwilles to Avignon ; ' I 2. That from Alois to Beaucaire ; J. That from Alais to the' Great Combs' Mines; That from MontpeHer to Ceri,i ' r 6. That from Rognac to Aix; and 6. That from Marseilles l to Toulon, was neat voted by 211 against I. The Bordeaux sad Mite Railway Bill consists of a single article in the following words: "TIN Minister of Pu Wk Works is authorised to concede directly the railway from Bordeaux to Cette and the lateral canal of the Garonne according to the clauses and oontlitiuus of the ashler des charges annexed." A Mennen moved that the measure should he ad journed, on the ground that the measure had not been suf ficiently examined. M. D'AusiAr thought the government ought not to cede the canal for O'S years, localise that would make it impossible ever to lower the tariff. N. FIIIMY, councillor of state, said that if the easier des charges was altered with regard to the tariff, a much larger subvention front the state than that proposed would be nu- Ca 141117. M. ISOVIIIER DE L'Ectrar was oppie.ed altogether to a railway from Bordi aux to Cette. lie thought it would be Letter to make a line trona Bordeaux to Lyons. (Ironical cheers.) The bill was carried by 191 against 10, A vast number of tel and departmental bills were then voted without opposition. On the bill far a credit of 120,000 fr. for the installation of the new " imperial and Royal :11.1b , cum," A MEMIIEK OW:Eyed that the two adjectives in the title were not placed in chronological order. The bill passed. At the conclusion of the sitting M. Billault read a letter from M. Desjobert, the member fur the Seine Inferieure, resigning his seat, uithuut stating any reason. • - -•- • - - - - - - - The Corps Legislatif is occupied with its penulti mate sitting, and is at this moment, to the scandal of pietism, deep in debate about railroads, while the faithful arc hearing mass in the churches. The ob jection entertained by the present government to the performance of work on a Sunday is removed in some degree on this occasion by the wish to avoid prolonging the deliberations of a body whose voice has during these latter days been gathering a volume and vehemence as much in unison with the feelings of the country as jarring to the ear of its ruler. The first part of tho session of yesterday was taken up with passing bills latterly presented as urgent. Among these the most important is that which enables the government to expel summarily, without check from law, front Paris and Lyons, citizens who possess no visible means of subsistence. It was objected to by M. de Kildrel that by arming the executive with such extraordinary powers not only tho rights of the tribunals were invaded, but citizens innocent of all but poverty, alleged e.r parte, were actually placed in a worse condition than cri minals, who might at least challenge the right to be tried by judges. In connection with this fresh in vasion of the judicial power. M. de Kerdrel aptly brought to remembrance the defeat which the exe cutive had sustained before the Court of the Seine on the Orleans question, and quoted the pithy phrase of Paillet on that occasion, who said that the President might have the right to make a constitution, but that he could not decide the simplest question of rent. By the present bill a citizen, who is expelled by the government on the plea of having no means of subsistence, is not allowed any means of proving such plea to be false. He can only appeal, after the mea sure of his expulsion has been effected, to the mi nister of police or to the Council of State. It was proposed by several deputies that an appeal should be allowed to the jute de pair ; but, notwithstanding the obvious injustice of denying to the persecuted citizens so common and unobjectionable a remedy, the bill was carried without this amendment, because the absurd conditions by which legislation is ham pered allowed the house no alternative but to throw out the bill if the amendment was persisted in. Meanwhile the Chamber begins to be aware that a resolue attitude is not without its effect in bending the most obstinate will. Amongst other concessions wrung from the Corps Legislatif, I may mention, besides the senators' &gallons, the abandonment of the Rue de Strasbourg. The design of this street was put forward in a decree upon the eve of the election in the sth arrondissement, to snatch the victory out of the hands of M. Carnet, an object in which it signally failed. There could not be a more glaring instance of disregard for the public purse, as the streets of the faubourgs St. Denis and St. Martin, between which the new street was planned, are close together, and two of the most commodious thoroughfares of the capital. Still, in order to strike from the budget nearly half a million devoted to this useless work, the Legislative Body were obliged to throw out the whole chapter of civil buildings. Their resolution in doing this made the Conseil d'Elat yield. 'f he words with which M. de Montalembert closed the debate are remarkable, for he did not hesitate to characterise the decrees of January , 22 as a spoliation which the country had seen with grief. The government organs state that the note of the French government, concerning the holy places, ar rived at Vienna on the 22nd of June. The French government asks Austria to use its interest with the Divan to protect the rights of the catholic' against the infringements of the Greek church. I mentioned yesterday that a loan was talked of. To-day Girurdin has an article in the Pri sse insisting on the necessity of concluding such on operation, in order not to leave suspended over the head of France the weight of a floating debt, which, in certain even tualities, might occasion a fall of 40 francs in the funded debt. Madame Laffarge, who some of the Belgian jour nals represent to be travelling with Madame de Bo carme, has resided at Montpelier ever since her libe ration from prison. She is living in the house of her cousin, M. Allard, the director of the insane wards of the hospital, and it is reported that she is about to be married to him. GERMANY. The Prussian government is concerting measures to preclude the excess of foreign paper money which is finding its way into the commerce of the kingdom. A proposal of this kind has been forwarded to the vari ous Chambers of Commerce in Prussia, with a re quest that an opinion upon it may be returned within a week. The necessity of some such pro ceeding has long been felt by the commercial public of Prussia. Although no particular paper is mentioned, it is well understood that that of Electoral Hesse is chiefly aimed at, the number and nominal amount ' of the notes issued by the Elector and M. Hessenp• flag being already altogether out of proportion to the extent of the state and the number of its inha bitants, while a recent arrangement promises to in crease them enormously. The credit of the Hessian state is chiefly based on the commercial intercourse' of the population with Prussia, in which kingdom, as can be proved statistically, half its paper currency circulates. This intercourse the dis solution of the Zollverein, threatened by Hesse Cassel among other states, would suspend, and since the states with whom, under such cir cumstances Hesse would be in relations of commerce, have already more paper money of their own than they can get rid of, the Hessian currency must of necessity undergo depreciation of a must serious character. The ministers Buol-Sehanenstein and Bach left Vienna on the 22nd to meet the Emperor at Pesth. BERLIN, June 24. The Leipsie Gazette and the Zeit confirm the important news that the Austrian government has invited the states of the Darmstadt coali tion to a renewed conference at Vienna,for the purpose of settling the arrangements pointed to in the third Darmstadt protocol; Austria is to engage itself, namely, to form a Zoliverein with the coalition states, and to guarantee them a customs' revenue equal to nine-tenths of their present receipts, in case they secede from the union with Prussia. It can hardly be supposed that Austria would take this step without previously having assured itself of the wil lingness of the coalitionists to quit Prussia and join Austria. It really appears as if the southern states were proceeding in good earnest to split the present Zollvercin. If they really send plenipotentiaries to Vienna, the negotiations in Berlin must of course be broken off; the step would form an irretrievable breach, and could not be re garded as a mere manoeuvre fur trying the adversary's resolution. Matters certainly do stand very cnti cally. The coalition states are preparing a conjoint reply to the l'russian declaration of the 7th June, wherein they are reported to repeat their demands as an ultimatum, and to conclude with requesting a prompt decision, in order that they may prepare the measures rendered necessary by the dissolution of the present union. The Calayne Gazette states that the draft of this reply has been sanctioned by the plenipotentiaries of all coalition governments. The committee on the revision of the Hanoverian constitution held a sitting on the 22nd, and seemed hut little disposed to deprive the judges of the right which they at present possess of dec►ding on their own competence, in order to transfer it to the High Court. The committee has decided that Art. 6of the Constitution, declaring that the exercise of poli tical right' is independent of religious belief, shall not be changed. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The prorogation of the Chambers is expected to take place in the beginning of next month. The committee on the Civil Marriage Bill is somewhat divided. Althouga all the members approve the principle of the law, some nevertheless do not con sider the reform proposed by M. Buoncotupagni as sufficiently complete, and the greater number arc anxious to remove all pretext fur a conflict between the state mid the church. The project regulating the civil conditions is entirely copied from the Code Napoleon. It is probable that it will not come under discussion before the prorogation. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 22nd, states from a source which, it says, May be relied on, that the Prince of Monaco is treating with Austria for the sale of his principality, now, as is well known, incorporated with Piedmont against his will. The above paper adds, that both the French and English governments have expressed their disapprobation of t such proceedings to the court of Vienna. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 21et. The Gazette publishes the following royal decree:— The gold coin of England, the circulation of wh eh was authorised by a royal order of the 2:ith October, 183 i, is comprised in the effects of the royal decree of the 7th of January, 1841, which prohibits the circulation of French gold c.m. Consequently, English gold coin will only be admitted at metal for its intrinsic or conventional value; it may be exported free of duty. All the gold coin received up to the ate of this decree by the Treasury in i.ayment of duties or taxes will be sent to the mints and recuined for the state. MADRID, Juxe 22. The Queen's departure for Araujuez is lix'td for July 3. She will sleep at Madrid, and go to La Oranja the next day. The Marquis de Miraflorea is expected at Amnjuez this evening, to inspect the canal works at Ponton de Is Olivu. This is going on with great activity, and it is hoped that before next summer Madrid will be abundantly supplied with pure water. Tho "Ayuntiamento" of Barcelona havo peti tioned the Queen fur an authorisation to forma com pany for making a railway from Barcelona to Sara gossa. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, JUNE Is. The last week here has not been uneventful for so small a place. The Parliament-house has been burnt. The Legislative Assembly has met in a temporary hall, has received the address of the Lord High Commissioner, and debated upon the answer to return to it. The Parliament-house was a long narrow building of one storey only, which formerly served as the English protestant church. It was situated in the best part of the town, at the corner of two of the principal streets. One of the streets is narrow, the houses being old and second rate. The other is broad, the houses all being new and very large; fortunately, the parliament house doers not immedi ately. join any other."At the back is an open space. At one side, and at the Front, it forms part of the street, at the lower side it is separated by a courtyard from the adjoining houses. On Wednesday, the 9th of June, some people were employed in cleansing it out as the Assembly had been culled for the 12th. When these people left, soon atter sunset, all appeared to be safe. In one of the large houses opposite the upper side of the building, Lord William Compton (the captain of her Ma)jesty's ship Modeste, which is at anchor in the harbour) lodges, with Lady Williamand family. The weather being hot, they slept with the windowsopen, and were awakened by the room becoming full of smoke. The commis sariat offices are in the under part of the same building, so that a sentinel is stationed before the door, but he bad given 110 alarm. Lord Compton, finding flames issuing from the windows of the Par liament-house, hurried to the street just as the roof fell in. No one at that time appeared to be on the alert ; the sentry had seen nothing, and it is supposed he must have been asleep. However, the alarm was given at last, the troops were called out with their engines, and messengers were despatched to the Modesto for assistance. To the credit of the navy I must state that, although the ship was lying half a mile from the shore, her men, with their fire engine, were the first on the ground, several minutes before the military brought up the first of their engines. Considerable delay was experienced before water could be obtained, as no one appeared to know the situation of the pipes, but at length several en gines came into play and the fire was got under, but not until four bare walls were the sole remains of the building. Fortunately the night was perfectly calm, for had these been any wind in all probability a large portion of the town must have been destroyed. All sorts of stores were What the next day as to the origin of the fire. Some said it was the work of incendiaries, and the partisans of the government and radical parties accused each other of the crime. How ever, no proof whatever could be found to substan tiate any such supposition. On the 12th the parliament met in a large room over one of the courts of justice. A message from the Lord High Commissioner was read, and after some formal business the Assembly adjourned for the , 1 purpose of having an answer pre i nred in committee.' Tho message concludes thus: His Excellency is satisfied that the Islands generally de-' sire to see an end put to that vain and mis chievous agitation to which, for the last three years, their real interests have been sacrificed. He believes that the lonian people look to practical things, and attach very little importance io many of those abstract questions, by which so much of the time of parliament has been occupied. He promises that nothing shall be wetting on his part to bring the session to a satis factory issue by meeting all legitimate objections to the measures proposed by the government in a fair and candid spirit ; and he only requires in return such a respezt for the law and for the political system under which these islands are placed, and which it is his duty to maintain inviolate, as will render possible that good understanding between the three brunches of the legishr ure, which, under the parliamentary system, is the first condition of practical legislation. CANADA. Our Toronto correspondent writes as follows : TORONTO, Juno 12. The return of the railway delegation, consisting of Mr. lliocks, the inspector-general of C anada, and Mr. Chandler, a cabinet minister of New Brunswick, is an event of much interest in these provinces. They announce the definite failure of their mission on the ground that the British government refused from military considera tions to grant any aid to an inter•colonial railway along the valley of the Saint John's River, for the reason no doubt of its close proximity to the state of Maine. Such is the end, for the present, of this magnificentscheme ' about which there have been so much iliaeus-ion and speculation ; and, I may add, not to use a harder term, so much mis understanding between the provincial governments and the Colonial-office. The delegates have not said whether the British govern ment would he prepared to carry out the promises contained in despatches of Earl Grey, should they be satisfied with the line selected; but I fancy not, from the tensor of the ►emarks which I have noticed Sir J. S. I'ekington bat made in the House of Commons, in answer to interrogatories put to him upon this subject. The delegates ioform us that they have had favourable offers from English capitalists to construct a line of railroad in this province from Quebec to Hamilton. If that were done it wool I put all the principal Canadian cities in railway coin. munication with Portland, in the State of Maine, on the Atlantic sea board, as the St. Lawrence and Atlantic railroad from Montreal to Portland, which is now in course of construction, will be very shortly finished. The delegates also say that they have had favourable offers from English capitalists, for waking the European and North American railroad from Portland to Halides. COIIIMEIICIAL.-The business of the MAb has been brisk during the past month, as has also business generally, at the billowing quotations:-Asher, pots, per cwt., 245. to ;earls, 265. 93. to 27e. Four, superfine, No. 2, 18 * . t o 18s. {id. ; ditto, No. 1,19 s. to 19s. II.; fancy and extra superfine, 19s. Gd. to 20s. Gd. ; sour, Ifis. Gd. to 17s. Indian meal, per 1961b5., 19s. Oatmeal, per 224 lbs., 225. Crain: Wheat, U. C. mixed, per 620th,., 3.. 9d. to 4s. 4id. ; L. C. red, per minut, 4s. 3d. in 4s. fel. Barley, per minot, 2s. Gil. to 2s. ;Al. Gate, per bushil, le. yid. to ls. 7d. Peas, white, ditto, 3s. GI Indian corn, per (Albs., 3s. Provisions: Beer, prime mesa, per barrel, 5 . 24. 64.; prime, 423. 62. to 432.92. l'ork, mew, 9111. 3d. to 97.. 6d. ; prime mess, 735. ; prime, 71s. 3d. to 725.:Gd.. We have had fair weather of lute, and the crops look very faronnble. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Asia, Captain Judkins, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, shortly before lour o'clock, with the usual mails, UiM passengers, and 921,100 dollars specie on freight. Ole Asia left New York on the lath at noon, and her dates are, therefore, four days later than those brought by the Arctic on Wednesday. In two hours after she left New York the Asia met the steamer Glasgow, and at 2.27 p.m. !AMC day spoke Royal Mail steamer Europa, both fur New York. On 25th June passed City of Manchester at half-past 3 p.m., in lat. 55.15, lon. 1.).22. 'lle United States Mail steam-ship Baltic arrived at New York on the morning of Sunday, the 13th instant. The news by this arrival is not of much interest; the whig convention was assembled at Baltimore, and about to commence ballotting for the nomination of a candidate for their side, but whether the 2hoice would full upon Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Webster, General Scott, or sonic other less known man, it was impos. snipe to say, the friends of each of the above-named being sanguine of their stvural success. The choice of the democratic convention, General Pearce for President, and the Hon. itufus King for Vice Presi dent, has given great satisfaction. Messages had been sent to both houses of congress. pointing out the necessity of adopting means for the better protection of citizens of the United States in the district of the Rio Grande, and it was expected that vigoroussteps would be adopted to put down the lute lawless proceedings. A bill had also been introduced to effect a greater security to life on board steam ves sels, which, considerinehe great frequency of the explosions constantly detailed in the papers, is much needed; in fact, the present law is declared to be quite inoperative. Mdme. Alboni was announced to make her appear ance in a concert in the course of a few days, and of course immense success was anticipated for her. Mrs. Sinclair. late Mrs. Forrest, Mr. George Van denhoff, and Miss Cushman, came passengers by the Asia. The weather, which, as with us, had been cool and backward in the States, had all at once become intensely hot. Kossuth was at New York. It is announced that he will deliver a lecture in the Broadway Taberna cle, the proceeds of which will be fur the benefit of his mother and sisters, who arc now on the route to this country, and will join him at his present lodg inga on their arrival. Honolulu papers to the 24th of April had been re ceived at Nee' York. Parliament was formally opened by his Majesty on the 13th inst. The House of Representatives was in attendance, and when his Majesty entered, the whole assemblage arose and re mained standing until the divine blessing had been invoked by the chaplain of the House of Repre sentatives. On the 22nd April the treaty with Great Britain of the 10th July, Mil, was ratified by the con tracting parties. On the night of the 14th inst. a severe earth quake was experienced at Hawaii, and on the 15th a new eruption broke out about three miles to the northward of the one reported in February. The late eruption did but little damage, having passed over an uninhabited district, and n,t meeting in its course either %Wages or cultivated land. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New lions., Jrsz 15. CorrON has been in only moderate demand during the Past fortnight, and under the influence of recent advices, the market closes dull at a reduction of ic. upon the lower and lc. upon the middling qualities—the higher grades are scarce and bring full rates. Southern advice report light stocks, and higher prices; in New Orleans on 13th, they quote middling and good middling, to 101 ; in Charles ton, on 14th, ordinary to middling (air is 81 to 101 e. BREADSTerra have been in moderate request, but with out material alteration in price. Since receipt of news per America, corn has somewlidt improve d, and good shipping parcels cannot be had under 61c. to 63e. Hitherto the sup plies are short, and will probably continue se until this market affords more inducement, by an advance in pries,. The prospects of the wheat plant in many places is less favourable than at same period last year. Fttato IiTS.—To Liverpool: Cotton, 1-8 to 3-321.; flour, Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per bbl.; grain, 31d, per bushel. To Lon don : Flour and oil cake, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. To Glasgow : Cotton, 3-16. Naval stores, Is. 6,1. to 1.. Bd. per bbl. Exeitn.soz.-1091 to 110 E per cent. for first•cla,s bills. INDIA. TILE OVERLAND MAIL. THE WAR WITH BURMAH. We have received our journals and despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are : Bombay, May 22 ; Calcutta, May 11. Our Bombay correspondent writes as follows: BOMBAY, MAT 22. Strange to say, not a single line of news or intel ligence of any kind has reached us from Rangoon or Moulmein since despatch of last mail. The admiral, alter a fortnight's " kow-tow " with the Governor- General at Calcutta, left on the 3rd in the Rattler— no doubt with full instructions fur General Godwin and the future operations of the expedition. Tho Friend of Indio, which has the credit of being the organ of government, states as follows in reference to the future movements of the force: The detention of the steamer which brought intelligence of the capture of Rangoon for ten days in Calcutta, will have prepared the public for the announcement that the troops are nut to advance up to Prome before the Mint, and are not to move from Rangoon ut all, except on medical certificate, before November next. liad there been any in tention to proceed up the Irrawaddy immediately, the ear liest intimation would have been sent of this determination to General Godwin. The resolution to avoid any advance movement with our present limited force appears to be the dictate of wisdom as well as of prudence. It was hinted some time ago, by some of the papers, that govern• meat had decided to withdraw the troops from Rangoon as soon as the town had been cap tured, and send them to NI ulztein or C ileutta. If any such project was ever entertained—of which we have serious doubts—it has been very judiciously abandoned. Government would not have been justified in incurring the great sacrifice of life which a second capture of the great Pagoda must have entailed. The troupe will, therefore, remain housed at Rangoon and Martafian for the rain., and ' every possible provision which money and skill can secure will be made for their health and Coll%ClliellCC ; and as Ran• gain is nut of itself an insalubrious locality, it is to be hoped that the fearful mortality of 1824 will be avoded. In the ensuing cold season an expedition on a larger scale will move up t t the capital, unless the court of Am should im mediately offer its submission, and pay down the expenses of the war, or the Court of Directors should order our troops to retire re infects; but it is not to be expected that the one will perform an act of such wisdom, or the other perpetrate an act of such fully. - The officer of the 35th Madras Native Infantry who died of cholera on the 18th April was Lieute nant Candy ; and Lieutenant Bateman. her Majesty's 51st Foot, was reported to be fast sinking from the same disease, when latest received letters were de spatched on 23rd ult. The sth Madras Native In fantry have gone from Vizianarnin to Kyouk I'hyoo to relieve the 67th Bengal Native Infantry, which joins the force at Rangoon. The 3rd l'unjaub ca valry and 3rd Punjaub battery, with the 27th, 10th, and 33rd Bengal Native Infantry, have volunteered for service in llurmah if required, as also have other Bengal corps, who seem to be ashamed of the regi ment (38th) which refused to go by sea to the seat of war. It is rumoured here that the 83rd Foot front Kurrachee, the 86th from Poona, and four Bout : bay native corps, to form two brigades, are to be sent to Rangoon after the rains in the end of September. the indents for ordnance stores received from the force at Calcutta being greater than the arsenal there could supply, that of Madras has been called on to furnish deficiencies; and it is likely the Bombay arsenal will also give forth of its abundance in Sep tember. I told you in my last that another free had been ordered out from Pi shawur to the I fuslitougg..r val ley to punish the Swatees for having harboured the murderers of some of the headmen of a village who had been of service to us when 13.4 in their neigh bourhood alter the enemy. Early in May Lumsden's guide corps, the 28th Native Infantry, and two com panies of artillery, all under command of Colonel Campbell, proceeded to the place indicated above. On the ith, the 32nd Foot, the litith Native Infantry (Goorkha cores), the 2nd Irregular Cavalry, and a troop (Hal !win's) of horse artillery, under command of the gallant Sir Colin Campbell, proceeded for the same dist ination,—provided with pontoons to enable them to cross rivers and streams expeditiously; and no doubt a good account will be given of the enemy, unless the knowledge that "the Campbells are com ing 'should strike terror into their recreant breasts, In the been cal corps, t during t r back nit to give 'ion, mu would k fort is is was im Captain his boot had beei which thing lil The id the disti tag Aral we hear it is sai his 114 dent ter pay the which it over wh The e Culpee, and Dia A ru per Qmi per cent to be n treasury The erick Fi of the 1 eatisfaet the Bert will vis so:tower will.