The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1852.

141""urns:" Beldam flf<
piomdames we ty7of arch !
t eta 10 11111811—with-
°la- bur meads Bee— *Mips intervention?
Hew scold liesleltd nab WNW felt with-
out atidisee he erne* in Plandissoe in Portugal,
in Balmer or is Spain ? And davaid the great
Met war on the eandnent edge,wr pliant
rug—even with the Saga& lest sad Raff-
ia vainedesee—areuld ail beneeihd he the protec-
tion et berealL We MA spare nothing--
✓ send Mimosa= odd be tried. On the de
hu* ad the dlrAdw date, met we *et so far
as ands woe easserned. Dot were a general
militia seganised, how Alarm_ tly _ should we
stand! Two hashed thousand Emedieh eonseripte
would soon have nraay men Isewari enough
for drafting into tie line ; whilat the rest
would be declared amply_ sueloient for home
defines. Oar regulars would cease to be necessary
tower hone safety. They could he sent abroad—if
" honour " or "intervention" required it. Once
across the mu all the former drama might be enacted
again. England thoroughly committed to a great
fight wood fight it out as of old. Tho line would
win—and perish ; the regiments, as gradually " used
up," would be filled up again and again with militia
men from home. Battles and glory might be won—
ad at the old price of English blood and
English treasure,—and another great and" glorious"
national war bo followed by another great and
strangling national debt.
Let it not bo supposed that this is an imaginary view
of the question that led to the ministerial crash of
last night. An organised general militia means—
the for engaging in a foreign tear—and
Lord PALMERSTON, above all men, knows it. And ho
knew it right well when ho talked with such glib in.
nocenco last night in the House of Commons of the
small difference the mere word " general" for
" lacer—that stood between himself and his late col-
league, Lord Jour; RusalLL.
The WhiMinisters may return to office or they
may not. Lord with Lord PALMERSTON
may possibly take office. But let the people insist
upon being guarded by their own good ships and
their own tried soldiers, and not allow themselves to
bo taxed in pocket or in person for either local or
general militia.

FRANCE.

PARIS. THURSDAY ETZNING.

I understand that the Bing of the Belgians has
bestowed a diplomatic mission on the Prince de Lige,
to proceed to the courts of Berlin and Vienna, in
order to negotiate the support of those powers
against all aggression on the part of France.
Not the least importance is attached to the note
which appeared yesterday in the Moniteur,
repudiating warlike designs. In fact, the
sertion that Belgium is tho only country on which
demand. have been made since Ike. 2, hi utterly
irreconcileable with the pretensions of the French
ministers at Ikrnc and Madrid. It is known that
M. de Salignao Fenelon has presented the most
menacing notes to the Federal Council on the subject
of the French refugees in Switzerland, and that ap-
plications have been made to Spain for the expenses
of tho Duke cringouleme's expedition in 1823. In
fact, the decree in the 3fudrid Gazette, which has
reached us to-day, granting a credit to the Minister
of War for the fortification of Port Mahon, is an ex-
pressive answer to the proposal of the French go-
vernment to hold that important port as a guarantee
for the payment of the sum demanded from the
Spanish government.
Lord Cowley is at present lodged at the Hotel
Bristol.
A letter has been received from the Duke de Mont-
pensier, by the executors of the Orleans family, ad-
heri to the declarations of the princes, his brothers,
already
published in your columns.
M. Salvendy, one of the most sanguine mediators
between the two branches of the house of Bourbon
has just left Paris on a visit to the Count of Chan!
bard. It would seem from this minion that the
fusion party are still undeterred bf.the coldness with
which their advances are received by the house of
Orleans. But there is so foundation for the report
that fusion is now more advanced than before the
sop (Mat, all the Orionis* of any eminence, re-
Clithis scheme as the complete abdication of
elgunger branch, without any compensation what-
ever.
The President has granted a free pardon to M.
Demostlame d'Olivier, who was sentenced to trans-
portation.
M. Michot, ex-representative, has again been set
at liberty, but has been ordered to quit France im-
mediately.
When Lord Normanby was the other day in Paris
to take leave of the President, a whole stay of
tradesmen presented bills te the amend if mamas
of 3,0001. -The Marchicessali Noesrallq, to Vks
they desired to speak ~swami
demand
by showing account-husks, lbeen wbsk it append
that all the bills had bereear:l at the led et the
year with the customary of the Illabirey.
It turned out that his excel rncy s maitre Aoki, an
Italian named Salvator, had embezzled the money
with which he had been entrusted to pay the trades-
men. It is said that ho admitted the fact, alleging
as en excuse that ho had been gambling at the
Bourse. Lord Normanby wished not to prosecute
the man, but the police heard of the story and have
arrested him.
The President held a Council of Ministers at the
Elysee yesterday. Before the council met, General
Magnan, commanding the army of Paris, had a pri-
vate interview with the President.

OF THE

ARREST OF THE ADMINIO._
ORLEANS DOMAINS.
PARIS, FaIDAT EVIIIIIIW.
An Met whin bee mode a great stir to-day is
ea met et IL lioirobild d the administration
edge ileeit dabs basis et °ins. This extra-
willoory opium yes tin yeelerday evening. IL
Dens, bra, I inientead, mile& for permission to
publish the domain whisk Stewarded to yea on
Saturday. I mesa the rains of MM. 11=
Dufanre, Milos Perrot, and ethers on the
lof the coollseadin decree. This permission wiz
nonptorily refined. AL Boner then p
with a parcel of the pamphlets and drove
about to the houses of the leading mea-
-1 bras of the late Amenably, sad other no-
tabilities, to leave the copies piled for private
circulation. Bat be INS jir the police,
arrested, and ooniond le the prelmhere of police.
M. Bocher wasswatilor eras cenfrogenate of the
late Assemblhoninerally esteemed he his ohs.
meter and nia, It le reported by sass that the
arrest was wisidatllko distribution of tin latter of
the Orleans gonsn, Int I have rieseind the above
version frees &sheet iiree. A very pad feeling
of disgust has been yesibeed by this act of violence.
It has been &noosed by the Morsitear that
Liont.-Oeneral the Des do Mortemart has accepted
the command of the 11th military divides, whose
headvartire an st•Bewries.This eosins has
peeinsta seelk soolkihie Morse mele weft hi
pit of wealth andAnoe among do inmost
hake of France. of the the
muff rtomiaanfir of die divides 12 set to bo
misesieil with the IL de Mortenrat who re-
peeseated the Woe lalieleere la the lisle ieurably,
eel is, I beliewojehept to benne • arallikie for Lyons
the CI9L.e f Yin eiiitararalber that the
letter wwenasw from the Oiesigletheb Ingather with
M. do asslilembert, of when be ti a mar ally and
collaborator in the interest of the churah-party. The
" Duke dm Mortemart was formerly member of thu
(,'bather of Peers, and ambassador to the Court of
St. Peleteburg. Lately he refused a seat in the Se-
nide. People are the more puzzled to divine the
snatkri of ids acceptance of a military command.
Moneta, be is the owner of immense forest-lands
in the Ober. The magnificent Chateau de Leaches-
' segue is his residence, and his income is stated at
half • million of francs.
The Ely's& is greatly elated by the acquisition of
so brilliant a prize, while the legitimists are struck
with blank surprise at the defection.
The Siecle says:
A great numbs. of elector, for the department of the
Seine have adopted the following gentleman as op son
candidates for the Corpe.Legislatif:—lst district, M. Du.
faure ; 3rd, General Cavaignar ; sth, M. Goodehauz ; 6th,
M. Dille; lith, M. Ford. de Lasteyric ; 11th, DI. Garnou.
M. Oarnoo had at first declined the honour of being brought
forward, but has yielded to the eolicitatioss of his political
Meads.
This is the first attempt which I have seen by any'
paper to propagate an opposition candidate.

The convention contained in the lifeisitar relative'
to the extension to 99 years of the lase of the
Northern Railway would be NNW 'With lure
favour, if the object were not ft dmdy emeiList•
evi
N. Rothschild, and to obtain hie ffiffiMe to Of
projected loan. The prolongation el the Um at Bt.
iquentin to the Belgian frontier is Way istratlat
in a strategic es well se commtreisl deist a view.
In a few months the Belgian line, hem Charleroi to
the French frontier, will be open, sad this will met
the predated tine from Civil at Trey/aline& This
railway, passing through Namur sad Liege, will
event:telly become the direct route between Paris and
1 Northern Germany, being 100 Waist= shorter
than the line by Brussels.
It is mid that the Northern Railway Company at
their meeting on April 2, will pay a diiidend of Wk.
per share, besides Flrr. 50c. per share for interest.
This will be equivalent to nearly 10 per cent.
There is a decree in tho ilioniteur which merits
notice from the way in which it bears on the trade
of England, and has been much commented epos to-
day as a move in the free-trade direction. Thi
provisions of the decree of September 8, 1851,
concerning the temporary importation of pig-lees
(Antes brutes) destined to be converted into ma-
chinery for re-exportation are extended, under the
same conditions and formalities, to castings °testes)
imported from abroad, to be re-exported after cos-
version into articles of cast iron (uut:rages defrosts
mottle). The protectionists affect to view this
decree with alarm, and point to it as a germ of free
trade, which, if extended, would product(' great com-
mercial confusion.
Another feature in the Moniteur which has pro-
duced some sensation is the displacement of some
judges of the courts in Algeria. Some apprehended
in thin step the destruction of the principle of the un-
removability of the judges. But the laws which
obtain in Algeria are different iii this respect from
those of France, and the judges in that colony do
Lotenaloy the privilege of being unremoveable by the
ye.
The Yoniteur con tains along report (alluded to above)
from M. Lefebvre-Durufle, the Minister of Public
Weeks, relative to an extension of the concession of the
Great Northern of Franco Railway. The Northern
line, the report sets forth, is composed of three dis-
tinct railways of unequal concessions—namely, the
main-line which communicates with Belgium by two
points, Lisle and Valenciennes, and joins Paris to
Calais and Dunkirk ; the Boulogne line ; and, lastly,
the Creil to St. Quentin line. The first of these
linos was conceded fur 38 years and 5 menthe; the
second, for 98 years and 11 months; and the
third, foe 24 years and 333 days. Notwithstand-
ing that these lines serve a number of populous
towm, and three important seaports, they are found,
the report says, not to be sufficient for the accom-
modation of all the rich departments in the north of
France. In consequence, the minister of public
works has entered into a convention with the North-
ern Company, whereby it agrees to construct at its
own cost and risk four new railways, on condition
that the concession of all the lines then included in
its collection, shall be extended to 99 years. The
font sew lines are, first, that from St. Quentin to
the Daisies frontier, 85 kilometres in length (53}
slirmiles), the expense of which is calculated
millions ; secondly, a railway from Catena
to Somain, for the purpose of establishing a
eastataideatioa between the channel ports and
the seal lei et Valenciennes, and the north-east of
ilt2r=s, Itenstes SO kilometres (231 miles), and ex.
pale I . ; thirdly, a line extending from
Lit Rare to intended to unite the northern
selleetion of lines to the branch line from Rheims to
lipernay, and consequently to the railways on the
=o2.lagth 80 kilometres (30 miles), and expense 23
; and fourthly, a line from Noyelle to St.
Valery, 5 kilometres in length (31 miles), and expense
800,000 fr. The government by this arrangement,
insures the execution of 208 kilom. (130 English miles)
of railway, calculated to call for an expense of 89 mil-
lions, without any outlay being imposed on the State.
The works are to be commenced almost immediately,
and all the works are to be completed in nine years
at farthest. This report is acconftenied by a copy
of the convention entered into between the respective
parties, and which amongst other points, autho-
rims the Northern Company, to limit the capital
of its shares to 400 fr. each, provided the gene-
ml meeting of the shareholders shall allow the board
of directors to provide for the expenses required
for the new lines by means of loans. As the new
osaasedget of ninety-nine yearn is to commence front
'thellret ay of the concession granted to the princi-
pal line, lemsely, the 10th September, 1848, it will
asooequestly terminate on the 10th of September,
1947. The report and convention arc followed by •
decree from the President of the Republic, ap
of the convention, and authorising the execution
the lines se proposed by the hon. minister.
A decree from the President of the Republic
designates Lisle, Valenciennes, Strasburg, Les
Mousses,Pont-do-Beauvoisin, Marseilles, Bayonne,
Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, and Hestia, as the
only towns by which books in the Portuguese,
language an, in conformity with the literary con-
vention of Jan 30, 1831, between France and Por-
tugal, be introduced on the French territory, either for
payment of duty or for transit.
The Coerrier de rEure states that tho candidates
supported by the government in that department,
are the Duke &nisei d'Albufera, Count d'Arjuzon,
and Baron de Montreuil.
The Clnutitutionnet points with triumph to the
tables published in the Moniteur of the customs'-du-
ties received during the month of January. The
increase, which is sufficiently remarkable arises
obviously from the excess of confidence of' specu-
lators after the eoup.d'ttat. At present the reaction
of such enterprise is severely felt. The great in-
crease In the importation of raw silk is alluded to. I
know a silk-manufacturing house at Paris, which is
now deeply deploring the overweening confidence
with which its orders were issued; for it cannot get rid
of a skein. The depression of trade is the greatest
difficulty with which the government has to contend;
for the only practical justification of a coup el 'ilea is
the subsequent increase of the national prosperity.
A general commanding a military division in the
south, whom I forbear, for obvious reasons, to name,
lately received orders to liberate some of the most
notorious rouges in the prisons under his jurisdiction.
Ho was so surprised at the contradiction implied in
such orders to the announced policy of tho govern-
ment—its previous persecution of the socialists and
the violent denunciations of that party in its
leading organs—that he could not believe the
instructions serious. He, therefore, sent hie
aid-de-camp to Paris to explain to M. Per-
signy in person that the men marked for libera-
tion were red republicans of the most dangerous and
seditious description. N. de Persigny is said to have
replied, "Never mind, they must be liberated."
The prefect of the Seine has published a notice,
reminding the electors of Paris that the elections for
the Legislative Body are to take place on Sunday,
the 29th of February, and Monday, the Ist of March,
the ballot being opened at eight in the morning, and
closing at six in the evening of the first day, and at
four in the evening of the second. The electors'
cards will be delivered on and after February 23.
The mayors are to furnish every elector with a blank
bulletin, upon which ho may write the name of the
candidate he intends to vote for.
The Prase publishes an address from M. Joret,
an ultra-republican, as an opposition candidate in
the Geis, and announces that it will publish any
election addresses within the limits of possibility.
At the Bourse the Five per Cents. fell 15c.,
closing at 103fr.1330 ; the Three per Cents. fell 3c., and
closed at 631 r. Oho. Bank of French shares fell,2fr. 30e.
The Northern Railway, instead of rising as might
have been expected, in consequence of the decree of
this morning, fell 3fr. 75e. Most of the other lines
fell slightly.

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.

Count Oommi Alfieri, who has been entrusted
b 7 Princes Alfieri and Conti, and M. Angelo
kerlini, with the negotiations for the capital re-
(wired for the pontifical railroads, arrived at
Room on the 2nd, in company with M. Courtines,
the representative of the company Edmond, Adam,
and Co., of Paris, and with Messrs. Craven, of York,
and Mr. Richard, all capitalists, who have already
deposited capital for the purpose in the Roman
banks. The construction of the projected railroads
appears now to be quite certain, and it is expected
pontifical decrees will speedily be published on this
all-important subject.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Feu. 14.
The Queen, who is now oiseM well, received yea-
- weed deliotatioair others, that

teiday m. _r_ amongst._
the grandma, the dean of whom, the Count of Alta-
mks, delivered a congratulatory address.

The Bale Gamete of the 17th repeats its statement
that the French government has addreamd strong
notes to that of 'Switzerland on the subject of the
political refugees. It is not so positive, however,
with rasp& to its original statement, of the French
government having demanded new laws against the
press in Switzerland.