The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-09 00:00:00

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FRANCE.

PARIS, VISSIIIIDAT
There is an article to-day in the Union which has
excited much attention, and would be of more im-
portance, if the credit of that paper, as a pniiinso
organ of the legitimists, were not much undermined
by the tinge of Bonapartism it has lately taken. The
rotion calls upon the legitimists to take an energetic
part in the elections for the legislative body. Fur the
rest this policy is perfectly reconcileable with the
refusal of the leading men of that party to accept
seats in the chamber. It has long been settled that
their second-rate men alone are to enter the lists.
But they will exert themselves probably to put in as
many of these as passible. The Union says:
In 18;i0, the legitimists quitted public affair*. Far from
blaming, I glorify them. But by the fact of that impulse
of honour they remained eightees years without any real
action on the conduct and destinies of France; sothat in
!Sim we could see the strange anomaly of a republic, esta-
blished in a country without republican', end without our
having had anything better to do than to defend sad
strengthen that chimerical republic, so much did we want
force to re-enter fully into the realities of politics! If the
legitimists condemn themselves to resume their position at
isolation, how can they hope to maintain thi it natural
influence on present society, impregnated as it is by preju-
dice and antipathies t Ihe legitimists ought more than
ever to mix with the people, and devote themselves to their
service. It is the only means of rescuing them from the
empire of anti-social opinion., which blind or pervert them.
What is manifest is, that if we voluntarily remain out of
the pale of the movement imprinted on France, our action
Is henceforth stricken with sterility. let our readers be
assured that if we add some years to the twenty we have
lost, generations will only have to sweep away the little dust
we shall leave after as.

There is a rumour which deserves to be mentioned,
that the government intends to operate upon the
fairs of the letritimists by suspending over their
heads the possibility of a decree annulling the in-
demnity of a milliard granted to the emigres by the
Restoration. You may remember perhaps that when
M. Berryer was on the point of proposing in the
National Assembly an indemnity for the 45 addi-
tional centimes imposed by the Provisional govern-
ment, by increasing the salt-tax, Charles Lagrange
threatened to retort by moving the repeal of the in-
demnity granted to the emigrix. Fur tho rest, I
give this merely as a rumour.
You are aware that some days ago a very ani-
mated altercation took place between M. do Morny
and the Prince President. The scene was in re-
spect of all but the personages like the quarrel
between Cassius and Brutus.. De Morny is said to
have complained that expressions had dropped from
the Prince which encouraged the suspicion that the
late minister of the interior had dabbled in specu-
lations at the Bourse. "In such a time as this it
was not meet that every nice offence should bear his
comment." But whether the accusation of an
" itching palm " be true or not as applied to Do
Nlorny, it must be admitted that some millions of
francs, in what manner soever won, have been ho-
nestly applied to the payment of his debts.
The court-martial of Clamecy has pronounced sen-
tence in the affair of Bonneau. Syras, convicted of
assassination, has been condemned to death. Tho
other prisoners, found guilty only of having taken
part in the insurrection, have been condemned to
various terms of forced labour. The court-martial
has adjourned sine die, in consequence of the late
ministerial circular, which refers the trials of the
insurgents to special departmental commissions.
' The Mondeur contains a decree annulling the
decree of January 31st last, which convoked the
council general of the Cher. Another decree dis-
misses from his functions M. Bardy, substitute of the
procureur-general at the Court of Appeal of Algiers.
Admiral Trehouart is appointed maritime prefect
of the second arrondissement of Brest, in place of
Admiral Leblanc, called to other functions.
Another decree alters the boundaries of several

communes, in various departments, pursuant to
reports of the old council of state.
Prince Na on Bonaparte, cousin of the Presi-
dent of the Repubile arrived at Calais on tho .sth,
from Paris, anad embarked the same day for Dover in
the Garland steamer.

Count Leon Dundelot has arrived at Paris, on a
special mission from Brussels.
Count Jose Calvo, a captain in the Spanish navy,
has arrived in Paris. He has come to Franco for
the purpose of studying questions relating to war
steamers.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police of Bergerac
condemned a few day% ago a carpenter named Juglas
to four months' imprisonment for having, in August
last, said in a public-house that "in ten months
eighteen heads would fall in the neighbourhood."
A young man named Wise has just been con-
demned by the court-martial sitting at Strasburg to
ono month's imprisonment and 100 fr. fine, for utter-
ing threats of death against the President of the
Republic.
An engineer named Quesnel was yesterday con-
demned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to fif-
teen days imprisonment, for having a musket in his
possession.
A woman named Costa, a " chiffonniere," was to-
day sentenced to four months' imprisonment and 16f.
Olio for having mid on the Boulevards, " Viva la
republique democratiqus et sociale, I have twopistois
with which I will blow Louis Napoleon's brains out
the first time ho pass to a review.
Several placard. were this morning torn down by
the police in the Rue de la Glaciere containing these
words, " Droit as travail! Viva la republique demo-
cratique et sociale! Viva la Montagne!
The railway communication between Valenciennes
and Brusmehi has been impeded during the last two
days by the inundation of the Senna at Braine-le-
Comte.

The large mansion assigned to the Minister of
Police being found insufficient for his immense esta-
blishment, the government has hired an adjoining
house, to be converted into supplemental offices.
Th; Patric of this evening contains the following
notice:—"Reports wholly false are incessantly
spread at the Bourse ; it cannot be too often called
to mind that the emission of notoriously false news
falls under the application of the law."
At the Bourse, after much fluctuation, the Five per
Cents. closed, without change from yesterday, at
102.80; the Three per Cents. fell 15c., closing at
64.45; Orleans rose 131. ; Versailles (r. b.), 3 ;
Northern, 2.50; Lyons fell sf.•' Versailles (L b.),
3.75; Havre and Bordeaux, 2.50 each.

BIINDAT EVIXIIIO.
The Duke of Baasano, tho new French envoy to
the court of Belgium, arrived at Brussels on Thurs-
day last. lam able to assure you, on good autho-
rity, that one of the demands which M. do Bassani)
is charged to make from the Belgian government is
the removal of the monumental lion from the field of

Waterloo, and the demolition of the pyramidal mound
of triumph which it crowns. You are aware that
soon after the revolution of July the destruction of
the same trophy was talked of as a point insisted on
by the government of Louis Philippe, and when the
French expedition returned from the siege of Ant-
i werp, in peaking over the plain of Waterloo, it was
'expected that they would have taken the law
into their own hands, and hurled the offen-
sive symbol of victorious fora from his
proud eminence. But they were dissuaded from
this violent project by an officer, who suggested that
it would be much easier to stamp the trophy with
ridicule than to overturn it. Therefore, he proposed
that they should knock out the lion's teeth, and pare
his claws. This practical sarcasm was unanimously
approved, and the expressive mutilation forthwith
carried into effect. The application now made by
Louis Napoleon for the demolition of the trophy
makes one recall his laconic declaration before the
Couisof Peers, when tried for the seditious attempt
at Boulogne. Ho then said : " I represent as prin-
ciple the sovereignty of the people, as system the
empire, and as action the retrieval of Waterloo." '
The two first points have been carried, and it is cer-
tain that no means will be neglected to achieve the
last. It is a " fixed idea" with the President,
and you may rest assured that he will pro-
secute it with the dogged tenacity of pur-
pose which marks his character. Meanwhile it is
true that the l'rince ridicules the preparations for
national defence against invasion which are talked of
in England; and I understand that he mentioned,
the other day, at his dinner-table, as an instance of
the crotchets which prevailed in some heads
acmes the channel on this subject, that an English
gentleman had shown him a plan which he had
formed for the fortification of his own mansion as a
precaution against piratical incursions of the French
in case of war. But nothing would be less conclu-
love than to infer the pacific intentions of Louis
Napoleon from such ridicule ; since it is woll known
that he treated with.diadaisful mockery the surmises

, MONDAY

airs coup Viet it the moment when the petted which
he scornfully &avowed was matured in his head,
and he was only waiting km an apt juncture testae
the long meditated blow.
I understand that the dismissal of the minister of
marine has been decided. The 'relive assigned for
this change in the cabinet is sufficiently scaniialeas,
land would be grave enough at courts having any
just pretension to rigourism, but is simply ridiculous
under a government which is scarcely more strait-
laced in its morals than the Directory. The reason
alleged is that a charge of bigamy is about to be pre-
ferred against him.
It is still at that General do St. Arnaud
evinces much opposition to the plans of the Presi-
dent, and would gladly resign his post in the cabinet
if it were possible to dispense with his services.
General d'Arbouville is reported to have dropped, as
a comment on this reluctant continuance in office of
the minister of war—"'Those plans must be infatu-
ated, indeed, which could make St. Arnaud recoil."
General lioquet, the President's aide-de-camp, has
addressed a letter to Madame Peyronni, announcing
that the l'rinee Louis Napoleon has commuted the
sentence of her husband, who was condemned to

deportation.
The government has received answers from Spain,
Holland, Sardinia, and Bavaria, to the announce-
ment of the new powers conferred on Louis Napo-
leen, which have been presented to the Prince -by
the various envoys of those countries.
TheConstitationnel states that there are rumours of
the replacement of Iteechid Pasha and his colleagues
by a ministry much less favourable to measures of
reform.

The Marquis do Turenne, formerly peer of France
is promoted to the rank of grand officer of the Legion
of Honour.

The Viscount Dalbis do Belbeze, formerly officer
of the Empire, is appointed adjutant of the palace of
the Luxembourg.
The department of the Cote d'Or is authorised by
a decree to raise a loan, at a rate of interest not ex-
ceeding five per cent., of 525,000 f. for the construc-
tion of a prison at Dijon. The same department is
authorised to assess itself two additional centimes
duriug nine years for the repayment of the principal
and interest of the said loan.

The department of Maine-et• Loire is authorised
to raise a loan of 700,000 f., at a rate of interest not
exoveding five per cent., for the construction of a
prison at Angers, and roads through the depart-
ment. The same department is authorised to uses'
itself during five years, commencing with 1854, for
repayment of tho principal and interest of the said
loan.

The department of the Pyrenees Orientales is au-
thorised to raise a loan of 150,000 f. for the construc-
tion of a depot of stallions at Perpignan.

SPAIN.

PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING.
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived from Spain :
" MADRID, Fon. 5, 9 A.n.
"The Queen has slept with tranquillity a great
part of the night, and her state is satisfactory."
(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
PARIS, MONDAY MORNING, 8 o'CLoot.
A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the 7th,
states: " This afternoon, at a quarter-past 1, the
criminal who made the attempt on the life of the
Queen has been executed."

Our correspondent writes as follows:
MADRID, FEBRUARY 2.
You are aware that this was the day fixed for the
Queen to go in solemn procession to the church of
the Atocha, and there to present the Princess Royal
to the chapter, according to ancient usage, and place
her under the protection of " Our Lady of Atocha."
Every preparation was made in order to surround
this. fete with more than usual splendour. The whole
garrison was drawn out, and lined the path of the
procession through the Calle Mayor, the Calle Alcala,
and the Pr do, to the church of Atocha, at
the foot of the gardens of the Retire. The
fronts of the palaces were hung with pieces of ancient
tapestry, and the balconies thronged with company.
The Queen, whose first appearance abroad since the
birth of the Princess was impatiently expected by
an immense crowd, was to leave the palace at 2
o'clock, accompanied by the King and the high
functionaries of the court. lint this intention was
prevented by an abominable crime—nothing less
than an attempt upon her life. Her Majesty
had just heard the mass of childbirth (mesa
de parida) in the Chapel Royal, and was
proceeding along the principal gallery to- ,
wards the great staircase, when her progress
was arrested by :a priest, who kneeling pre-
sented a memorial. While the Queen was taking it
he struck her with a dagger in the right hip. The
weapon pierced deep into the thick clothing, and in-
flicted a wound which would have been much more
severe but for the protection afforded by her stays.
The assassin was about to repeat the blow, when
Count Pino-Hermoso struck him with his fist on the
mouth, and thus baffled his diabolical intention.
The count was slightly wounded in the scuffle.
The assassin attempted to escape, but was caught
by the halberdiers. Tho Queen during some mo-
ments insisted upon going forward with the proces-
sion ; but presently sho fainted in the arms of the
Countess de Povar. Her Majesty's first thought was
of her child, and when she received the blow of the
dmpr her only exclamation was, " Ay de mi nine,"
" Aka for my child !" The assassinlis the curate of
San Sebastian. His name is Martinez Merino, and
his age 63. He was a redaekur of the Catoiico,
organ of the Jesuits. Formerly he was a friar of
the Order of San Gil, and served later in the
Carlist bands, upon the dispersion of which he was
received into pardon by the government, and allowed
to reside at Madrid. He remains for the moment a
prisoner in the palace. I have just obtained these
particulars from a friend who comes from the place.
All the troops are under arms. The Queen has been
put to bed ; and her wound examined. It is slight,
and inspires no alarm.
The Princess Royal was carried in her nurse's
arms immediately behind the Queen.
The Queen in attempting to defend herself was
slightly wounded in the hand.
As soon as the intelligence arrived at the church of
Atocha the diplomatic corps and dignitaries of the
state whowere waiting there for her Majesty hastened
to the palace to felicitate her on her escape. A cabinet
council immediately assembled, and is now sitting; the
high law authorities aro inquiring into the matter.
The troops were immediately ordered to fall back on
the palace. The population of Madrid are circulating
in the streets in great consternation.
Half-past Four.—The capital is tranquil, and the
troop are returning to their quarters.
Their Majesties seem disposed to take the literary
men of the country under their special protection.
Ferrer del Rio, a writer in Spanish reviews and
newspapers, but better known as an indefatigable
translator, has been granted a pension of 24,000 real
a year, and a suite of apartments •in the Royal
Palace at the Pardo, where he is employed in writing
hie
i history of Charles the Third, for the compiling of
an whichimmense number of documents have been
furnished him. The poet and novelist, Rodriguez
Rubi, has also been ordered by the Queen to write
the Philosophical history of the Spanish monarchy,
fzie.limiple means of all sorts have been put at his
=morning, a young lady, god-daughter of the
Duke of Chum, took the veil at St. Paul's convent.
The solemnity, which was attended by all the nobi-
' lit y and gentry, was magnificent.
Highway robberies are becoming more frequent
than over. The Seville diligence was again stopped
the night before last, and the passengers stripped of
all their valuables. The robbers in emptying out the
• equipage on the road to choose what suited their
fancy, mixed the passengers' baggage so much that
on the arrival of the diligence at Madrid the hapless
' travellers tired and out of humour had to examine
ono another's trunks in order to get at the remainder
I of their property.
The government is likely to have some trouble
r with that grasping and insatiable body tho clergy.
Not content with the concordat they have obtained,
r 1 the bishops make light of the orders of the Minister
I of Grace and Justice, and give decrees of different
sorts without obtaining the previous authorisation,
while the ultra-catholic prints approve their proceed-
ings, and the official and semi-official journals aro
silent.
MADRID, FRB. 3.
The Ga:ette of to-day contains the bulletin of her
hisjesty's medical attendants, stating that the
Queens right forearm has been slightly excoriated,

IG.' FEBRUARY 9, 1852.