The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
General de St. Arnaud, Minister of Wur, has re-
tired from Paris to the baths of Vichy, where he in-
tends to stay until the Nth of July. The Moniteur
contains a decree appointing the Minister of Marine,
M. Theodore Deeps, Minister of War ail interim.
I hear it reported that M. de Persigny is made
count.
The affair which absorbs public attention at this
moment is the decision of the Cur flit relative
to the competence of the tribunals in the
question of the Orleans proFerty. I have al-
ready mentioned that the first conclusions of M.
Cornudet's report were unfavourable to the preten-
sions of the government, and that the sitting of the
Section du C'onterilieur of the Conseil d'Ltut fur
hearing the report and arguing the question, was
adjourned until Tuesday. M. Cornudet's attack of
quinsy having. been cured by a copious application
of leeches, he insists upon retaining his character of
reporter, and reading his report himself in the sitting
of to-morrow. In the meantime I understand that
the conclusions of the report have been modified
so as to compromise the dispute between
the executive and judicial powers. In fact, as I
noticed in my letter on the day on which the decrees
of confiscation appeared in the Monsieur, there are
three descriptions of property involved in the pro-
visions of those decrees. 1. Tho property of Madame
Adelaide, bequeathed by that princess at her death
to members of her family. 2. The property bought
by Louis Philippe when Duke of Orleans and when
king. 3. The apanaye of Louis Philippe when Duke
of Orleans, as prince of the blood royal. Now, the
report of M. Cornudet ends with pronouncing that
no comfit can be raised with regard to the compe-
tence of the ordinary tribunals touching the seizure
of the two first descriptions of property ; that is, that
these tribunals are unquestionably competent ; but
that touching the apanage such conjtit can be raised.
The decision is therefore partly favourable to the
executive power, and partly to the judicial. The dic-
tatorial decree of the 22nd of January is recognised
as potentially legal with regard to the confiscation of
the apannyr ; but it was not in the dictator's
power to bar the jurisdiction of the tribunals in
question affecting the other kinds of property enu-
merated. Several members of the Section do Con-
tentieux are disposed to pronounce in favour of the
competence of the tribunals as to all the Orleans
estates. On the whole the tendency of the question
in a political point of view will be to show that op-
position exists in full vigour in those places which
might be supposed freest from it, as most dependent
on the pleasure of the head of the state, and conee-
quently to give by example an impulse to the same
spirit generally.
On Friday last several parcels of land, part of the
confiscated Orleans property, were put up for sale at
Neuilly. The first lot was put up by the auctioneer
at 400 fr. No bidders presented themselves. The
auctioneer made a speech to assure the company that
they would have a perfectly good title to every lot
that might be bought. Ile gradually put the price
down to 120 fr., at which sum the lot was knocked
down. The agent for the Orleans family at once
protested publicly against the sale. Upon this the
lot was put up a second time, and another person
bought it for OOfr. only. The agent formally pro-
tested again. Upon this the auctioneer withdrew in
a fury, and the sale proceeded no further.
In the sitting of the Corps Legislatif to-day, M.
Billault presented the bill adopted by the Council of
State for regulating the re-elections of the councils-
general, the councils of arrondissement, and the de-
partmental councils. These elections will take place
in every commune, and by universal suffrage. The
presidents and secretaries of the councils-general
will be nominated by the President of the Republic.
Those of the councils of arrondissement by the pre-
fect. The sittings of the councils will not be public.
The mayor' and assistant mayors of the municipal
councils will be nominated by the prefects. Persons
not being members of the councils are eligible. The
mayors will have a right to vote and to give a cast-
' ing vote. The insistent mayors will have a right to
sit sad speak in the councils, but not to vote. The
President of the Republic will have the power to
dhotis es councils. This bill was ordered to be
suns w dr bureaux for examination. The house
Mated
several local bills without discussion. M.
Mated that the order of the day for to-
mow was fixed as follows: At 1 o'clock the bu-
reau: would meet to examine the bill relative to the
are taxes, and at 3 o'clock there would be a public
sitting to consider the bill for prolonging
the tobacco monopoly. M. Calve Itognat
said that the bill for imposing new taxes
seised extremely serious questions. The house ought
at bast to have time to examine it. He moved that
it &mild not be upon the order of the day in the
boom before Wednesday. (Several voices, " Yes,
yes.") M.. Billault consulted the house upon this
motion, which, after a doubtful vote, by rising and
sitting down, was, upon the question being put a
secor,a time, declared to be rejected. M. deNerdrel
then said the house had rejected the proposal that had
been made, but it did not follow that it had adopted
the order of the day proposed by the President. He
would make a fresh effort. He moved that the bill
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should be on the order of the dal on
(Several voices,"Yes, yes.") M. Andre said the Assem-
bly had decided on Saturday last that the law shouldbe
examined in the bureaux to-morrow. (Several loud
cries of " Yee, yes," and " No, no.") M. Billault
said, that to put an end to this discussion he would
move that the bill should stand on the order of the
day for to-morrow. This motion was carried, and
the house adjourned.
The Conseil d'Etat has rejected all the amend-
ments proposed by the committee on the budget.
The committee has adopted a proposition tending to
reduce the salary of M. Latour-Dumoulin, director
of the ppeeeesr in the ministry of police, to that of a
chef de-Ivrea*.
At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. rose
10c., and closed at 10045; the Throe per cents, rose
I 10c., and closed at 70.25. The Rouen Railway rose
iOir. l Lyons, 8,761 Orleans, ; Marseilles end Cen.
I teal, 2.60 each; Northern, Strasbourg, and Tours

and Nantea, 1.23 each. Dieppe fell 2.40, and Bor-
deaux 1.25.

DEN M A ILK.

The IhiniAt govern nu nt has rjused to acknow-
ledge, and has pronounced null and void, all the
loans, whether forced or voluntary, contracted by
the provisional governments which administered the
affairs of Schleswig-llolstcin during 1848, and until
the restoration of the authority of the sovereignty in
the Purities. This act has produced a great sensa-
tion, u the government of the Stattbaltersehaft was
recognised by the Frankfort Diet, and the stock was
considered at Hamburg as legitimate as any upon
the bourse. (Sco Money artice.) The dissensions
in the interior of the genial moosiry have jest to
the retirement of Count lteventlow-Criminil, the
minister for Holstein, and representative of the
policy of conciliation.