The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FLIDAT EVRWINCI.
The Corps Legislatif met to-day: After the adop-
tion of the minutes of the last sittings, the members
of the committee of surveillance of the " Caine
dAmortissements," and of the "Caiue of Depcits and
Consignations" were introduced, and took their seats
on the bench reserved for councillors of state. Count
dArgout, the president of the committee, mid the
annual report of the operations of the two" Canoes,"
which was ordered to be printed. M. Chasseloup
I.aubut, the reporter elected by the budget com-
mittee to report upon the budget so tar as relates to
expenditure, announced that his report was ready,
but the state of his health would not permit him to
nod it to-day. lie placed the report in the hands
of M. MBank, the president. It was ordered
to be printed and distributed. M. Billault
th,n stated that he had received several bills, pre-
sented to the house by the minister of state. 1. A
bill to opening a credit of 400,000 fr. for the general
yarrows of hospitals and charitable bureaux. 2. A
bill to abolish certain laws against holding a plurality
of offices, so far as relates to professors, men of letter,
and certain other persons, in whose favour it is
thought desirable to permit pluralities, so that the
Wanes of all their offices taken together do not ex-
ceed sing. a year. 3. A bill to open a credit of
1211,000 fr. fur the installation of the Imperial and
Royal Museum. 4. A bill to establish new regula-
tions fur the opening of supplemental credits. 6.
A bill for amending the bill presented for
the cession of the Bois de Boulogne to the city
of Paris. 6. A bill relative to the concession
of the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, with
branches to Rennes and Rouen. 7. A bill relative
to the concession of the railway from Bordeaux to
Cettc. There were also 17 local bills for authorising
certain departments to contract loans, and for chang-
ing the boundaries of several communes. M. Billault
then said he had received a despatch from the Mi-
nister of State, which he read to the house, amid
unanimous marks of approbation:
M. le President,—You have thought it your duty to ob-
serve to the Prince President of the Republic that the
Corm Legislstif appeared to fear that, on amount of
the approaching termination of the seta, the Chamber
snarl sot be able sufficiently to mambo the bill relating
t" the new Wes which the gosonsasst lu
establish, and which raises questions Of ploS
The government thinks it necessary to befog Os nieripts
into proportion with the sad it aim* abandon
the proposal which it Imo tlt to ricks. Oa the
raker hand several smeedemme ham bees pates with
law view of replaciag,A ether teases these by
the evenis sat. In ad. Pit Ob. the Presi-
dent being esitoes that the qualm Maths to fibs tales
dwell be diessmsd sod as stiessoly anwiemed se pmeible,
will Is as way oppose the adissrussat of thews se seethe,
session. Reedy*, he., ite.,
Ctsseinnea,l4ininter of Sate.
Billanit said he hoped that the report epos the
budget of expenses would be ilitrilatei toomerew
morning. He proposed that the berme: should meet
on Monday to examine it. (YekiLes.}
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A Vase
Why not ea Sunday (Murmurs.
The ether blab would also go to Doran who
would appebt s apucial ormunittee kr seek of theca.
M. Moulder der Illeemosee reeved gat the sorely
local bills should he Mewed te the ememillee already
sitting ups other bills of the mme Wen. This
would oats much time. M. 111sueles Mika IVY
agreed to. It WAS then agreed flat the levee 'Mehl
meet es Tuesday next, at furthest. to deem the
Midget, sod the home adjourned le that day, eabjeet
o a mimmone to meet earlier if memory.
Tice amain et the Corp. Lagielstit. acxediall
the goirerament papers, is to he prolonged till the
13th el Judy.
The minister of public works has gives up ring
to the timely of the railroad at Nancy, that he may
ie peeme tremeM the
the Cliosil Berdeasx and. Celts railway
Mee ef
The openly of the Illeashoorg railway from Coin-
*my t=lesk
The esterday.
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ff inkthe eeremeut te pewees and
lantizele 111. Dahiraltet
he the Melbas. Lie whims the foliewft letter to
tea Daiwa or mme, &daft to am* with the
invitation ma le Ma se =saber d the sommittee :
Legeftseue, Are 4.
M. le Mores,—l hays ressivad sly This waft the
Imam rib are Ms beam ie write se Me let le grim
as rest the Yew Welke m the igsky ea the aerg,
edema by the Ism ef Mime 18411, ape_ pis el le lea.
issikady meminsi I mem am to ha aide ista as Ida
the week of Mb Imseire, vistesti, imentopielea the >V of
Amster twit. Marie , le Mishits, est would
41111 highly smeesbre. tee me to have boss abbe to
empty with our appeal. sad that the isotivssorilli rental
brie y asking passed as regardsDa .
Pressed, notwithstanding this refusal,
ILby his col-
leagues of the committee to join them. Added
wrote on the 10th of Inns a fetter to theinpersistieg
in his refusal.

The .ti+olilearr mintains a decree ashram dm
military medal ,mated in the edict cmaimathis the
,Prloans property on Generals de Cis-
sum, itandon, Leroy de St. = ~ De
Schrut,"Srstis de la Hitte, d'Hantpord,
day
Million, sad Regnand de Saint lean d'Aagely.
Yoe are aware that the tormaeh of Fumes are
already privileged to wear this assedha of inans-
Priam tripe. Genera St- Amok is the preamble
M the demo, ths Salserkig ostallle
!ism tbs Mame es primes te yes esilaMethis
totems privily. [st wearing the medal] te asposras
oho f risis Asastise• of a Wallis,.iad=s4cir
Elverson/14,0r him bald the gem of
lhess penenils will be mad es maw this noble Wage,
whiels will recall to them thdr era asps la Ss wrest of
inms, mid the soldier, while ming it glitter epos disir
breast, will comprehend the Taus which you swish es Ibis
recompense.
Another decree confers the medal, or the Orem of
the Legion of Honour, on an immense number of
officers, sub-officers, corporals, and private* of the
regular army and gendarmerie.
The Monsieur contains a decree defining the attri-
bstioas of the mayors of Lyons.
The Paine contains an article on the war budget,
la which it holds preeimly that insolent language
toward. the Corps Legislatif, which, coming from
Axial quarters, has already done so much to alien-
a'' • this Assembly from the government. It says
that, notwithstanding the apparent extravagance of
wee estimate., all has been calculated with the
ism careful precision, and that, whatever eonclosim
'hi' deputies may come to, it is not possible to dis-
Pm* with a farthing of the sum asked. For the
rist. it intimates that the motives of the credits de-
manded have been well weighed in higher quarters,
and that circumstance ought to be enough to satisfy
legislature, without inquiring too curiously into
Matters above their comprehension.
To give some notion of the amount expected from
Tl'a dog tax, it is calculated that there are three mil-

lions of dogs in France, of which one million arc
cAissa d. 44ze.

Count d'Orsay has been appointed superintendent
of the floe arts to the Elyse., with a salary of 1,0001.
a year. The Presid,nt has placed at the count's dis-
posal 12,0001. from his private purse to make pur-
chases with.

M. Ch. Heine, a captain on the staff, has refbaed
to take the oath, and has consequently forfeited his
commission. Captain Reille has been 21 years in
the tervice. lie was an orderly officer to the Duke
de Neuman,.

It is reported that the Council of State has ad-
mitted 10 millions out of the 33 millions of reduc-
tions proposed by the committee on the budget. The
retrenchment/ admitted apply, almost without excep-
tion to public works.
More sumptuary measures are said to be brewing.
Au increase in the auction duty upon articles of
luxury is talked of.
The proposed paper tax continues to provoke
opposition in all quarters. One of the leading objes-
tions against it is the expense of collection. There
are about 700 gaper mills in France, dispersed along
the course of rivers, and in mountains at great dis-
tances from each other. The paper manufacturers, in
their memorial, state that at least one resident official
for each mill would be necessary to superintend the
collection of the tax. The minimum of this expense
alone would be 1,400,000 fr. Then it is calculated
that the consumption of paper in government offices
amounts to 2,000,000 fr. per annum. The manufac-
turers are in the habit of selling at six or twelve
months' credit. According to the propped system of
collecting the tax they will be obliged whenever
they send a parcel of paper out of their mills to ad-
vance, in ready money, three times the amount ,
of the utmost profit they can expect to make, with- '
out reckoning the chances of bankruptcy or other
contingencies. The large manufactory at Essonne,
for instance, will have to advance as much as
300,000 fr. a year. M. Hachette, the classical book-
seller, must ilisbune 100,000 fr. annually to enable
him to carry on his trade upon the present scale.
M. Mame, who publishes 60,000 copies of books,
upon which he gains only one centime
each, must advance 200,000 fr. The manufac-
turers of playing cards, who already pay in duty
173 fr. out of 26.:ifr. of their receipts, say that
the new tax will drive them out of France. Such
are some of the anticipated consequences of a tax
which, according to the government argument, will
hardly be felt, because the proportional part that
falls upon a single quire of paper is scarcely appre-
ciable.

The Caen and Cherbourg Railway has been con-
ceded to the Rouen Company.
At the Bourse the Fonr-and.a-lialf per Cents.
rose 5, closing at 100.70; the Threes rose 15, closing
at 70.20. The Rouen, Marseilles, and Lyons Rail-
way shares were in great demand ; Rouen rose 16.26,
Marseilles and Lyons 10 each.