The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-12 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, PUGET EVENING.
The Council of State held yesterday an important
i.:rting, which was presided over by Louis Napoleon.
The Prince President arrived at the Palais efOrsay
at half-past twelve, and did not take his departure
until six. Thus the debate, opened and closed under
his superintendence, occupied more than five hours.
It appears that the subject of this long deliberation
was the proposal of the government to bring in se-
veral bills, either fur the imposition of new taxes, or
for the augmentation of old ones. It is proposed in
the first place to levy a sumptuary tax upon carriages,
horses, and dogs. f he following duties will be im-
pieell on private equipages, (roitures de luxe.) Four-'
wheeled carriages at Paris, 120 francs; two-wheeled
carriages at Paris, 60 francs. In communes of a
ropultlinn of 30,000 souls and upwards, four-wheeled
carriages 9O fr. ; two-wheeled, 43 fr. In communes of a
population between 4,000 and 50,000 the two classes
of carriages mentioned will pay respectively 60fr.
and :it/fr., and in communes of a be. population 301 r.
and 1. fr. Carriages painted with armorial bearings
will pay an extra fixed duty of Mfr. Carriages
serving for commercial purposes will not be sub-
jected to the tax. A tax of Sfr. will be imposed on
all dogs. The government proposes also to levy a
duty upon paper and pasteboard of all kinds. Be-
sides these bills others are in preparation for impos-
ing progressive stamp-duties on the registration of
conveyances of certain kinds of real property, and
for increasing the excise duties on ardent spirits.
I mentioned latterly that the mayor of Lille had
resigned on account of a dispute with the prefect of
the Nord on the subject of processions. It appears
that the government was at first disposed to admit
that the mayor had taken a just view of
the case in pronouncing public religious pro-
ecoions through the streets to be contrary to
law ; but we now learn that • telegraphic despatch
has been received at Lille, authorising the public
et k bration of the procession of the Fête Dieu. The
arguments by which this decision in favour of the
Roman catholic clergy is upheld are curious. The
government maintains that the law prohibiting such
processions only applies to cities where there is a
protestant church. Now it is true that there is a
protestant church at Lille, but its existence cannot
be recognised by law, because such churches are
arctic:sled by the law only in places where the
protestant population amounts to 6,000. This is not
the case at Lille. The church there is only tolerated,
not recognised; and its existence, therefore,Cannot bo
adduced as a legal impediment to processions. The
fallacy of this jesuitical logic is easily exposed.
In France, where every sort of worship is subsidised
by the state, there is obviously a very good financial
reason for making the construction of a protestant
church conditional on the number of the
.protestant
population of the district. But as there is no imps-
dinient to the construction of protestant churches,
whatever the population of the district may be, pro-
vided the charge be not osseous to the state, the pro-
hibition im nesnly a Seed one. On the other hand,
the prohibition of preensions rests upon grounds of
public order and dsesncy, and the protection to
which all citizens an entitled against the public ex-
hibition of spenseles revolting to their coneciesess.
The logic of the Jesuits, thereon, fails by the he-
terogeneous applisation of a bill rids to anal a
consideration of • leech higher dowseler, and alto-
gether social.
The realist ofjeriedislies relative to the mime
of the Orleans propel?, will be argued before the
Council of State to.amerow. As the bout aP
the hopes that were entertained by the friends site ?:
family of a favourable Emboss grow Water. It is
still understood that the ripen of the esssittee will
be in favour of the compeense of the aorta of law,_
but it is calculated that la the body Odin entice if
the Council of State with when the ultimata daisies
rests, about two thirds will "Mt be the goverment.
One-third will, indeed, be as sottraordinary nisiarity,
coimiderieg that the sennellisre of state have so se-
curdy for the ecestisissee ef the I,OOW. a year that
each of thin cmisys, beyond the good plosion of the
President Whiten: may be the remelt of to-
morrow in s legal point of _ viva no use
doubts for a swat that the saniheatiss will be
rigorously preened with. At In Ike ireversunt
bailiff, are bat us time. On Toseday bet they
took possession of the greed park, and of • pais
situated in it, both of which are let to M. Baba mil*
ex-representative of the people. That gentlense
having refused to open the gates of the pith,
trlies
mayor, after having called oat the
made the usual 10=00066 to M. Eskomelis in the
same of the law, and than had the Wes by
a locksmith. 14. Estaneelin was aeon minted. H4O
reminded the mayor repeatedly of the Amon net
they bad formerly eaten together is the Oa/men Cie
'hen Louis Phihppe was there. The Inset of is
was wind on Monde
The Duchess of Seville, Infanta ef Open, sal
mute of Queen Isabellehhas arrived is Psi&
The Duke de Levis seemed in Pads ralraisy.
General La Hitte hme ben
omen. of the Polyteebsis Sehealerieparillriller.
g
The returns of the Beek of hems polished this
morning show that the intelMe MOM boo beemend
during the t set month not is. than 231 millions.
The discount accommodation bee fallen off 21 mil-
lion., there being a diminutieninf # millions in Paris,
and one of 1 millions in the brann banks, the
whole amount of paper dieessated in the knew
place being 47,167,270., and in the ban
'41,119,542k. In abeam ea Preach sleek
there hes been a Wag ef of warty 17# Ea.
lions, the MINIM Wag 02.934,12*. bl
Plate of 70,344,110 Mb. Advises, on railway seen&
ties have incensed *am 11.7114,46116. to 14,31111,111 Mr.
On the side of the liabilities, the ado he eireektioe
have diminished 2:i; millions. The aseenst-oeneut
of the treasury has increased 5 millions, the present
amount being 92,54.19,213 fr. Private acommb-eurrent
lime advanced about 16 millions, the amount being
1%1,'01:1,2:,1 Ir. in Paris, and 34,174,310 fr. in the pro-
tifiem The whole amount of the metallic reserve is
at present dill 1, millions to 6121 miUoas of notes in
circulation.
M. de Itayneval, the French limbered°, to the
Court of Rome, arrived at Toulon, on the 4th inst.,
from Paris, on his way to his post, and embarked on
heard the Itequin the next day for Civita Vecchia.
e, The Corp, Legielatie which stood adjourned till
'Th•iniev, met to-day, in pursuance of an unexpected
summons. It was very generally reported that
communications from the government" at the
head of the order of tie day would be
the presentation of bills for the new sumptuary
'awls: The only communication made, however, was
a letter from the Minister of State to M. Billault, an-
uouncing the presentation, first, of a bill relating to
the jurisdiction of French consuls in China and in
the states of the lmaum of Muscat ; second, a bill for
an annual credit of 300,000 fr. for granting life an-

nuities by way of compensation to emloyis of the old
civil list ; third, a bill for a credit of 28,399 fr. 47c.
for erecting a monument to the memory of Affre,
Archbishop of Paris; fourth, a bill for a credit
of 10,688 fr. 08e. for works executed in and about the
the tomb of the Emperor in the lnvalides. 5. A bill
for opening credits of a formal nature for thelpublic
service; and 6th. Ten bills relating to the boundaries
of communes, and to the antulgamation of certain
communes with each other. The Count de Bryas pre-
sented the report of the committee upon the tobacco
monopoly. Some reports upon local bills were also
presented. No discussion of any kind took place.
The house adjourned till to-morrow.
At the Bourse the Pour-and-a Ralf per Cents. fell
10c., closing at 100.40; the Threes fell 30e., and
closed at 70.10. The Marseilles Railway fell 8.76;
Orleans, 7.30; Bt. Germain, 6; Bordeaux, Northern,
Strasburg. 'fours and Nantes, and Lyons, 3.73 each ;
Havre and Central, 2.60 each.

ITALY.
EDWARD MURRAY'S CASE.

According to the Roman correspondence of the
Paris Constitstionsel, of the 4th inst., the same date
as our own correspondence received and published
yesterday, Edward Murray " will probably be
executed with his auxomplices."