The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS. Tessoor Erswizo.
The acquittal of the Basins Theceais by the
Cart of Moires at Brussels hes produced a deep
ecaostion throughout all circles here. The French
WOO 1111 "ou may suppoee, greatly awed
• ti:Lon sVnlict, which is the first demonstration of
nu— indepeniktit spirit in an important body of the
ik.h.iso state towards the menacing dictatorship of
Loos Naisilcon. Hitherto the government of Leo.
rid
the
shown a foint.spted alacrity to comply
yob the behests of the Ely sir upon points whereon
it !shoed the government of an independent state,
bou„,/ sma 11. to take a firm stand. Let us hope
that the cabinet of Brussels will in future imitate the
'Of tl example given by its fearless and coma...ion-
• MS4.Stnill.. Some firmness will, if I
am
Mg— title totornied. be needed. for Louis Napo.
ken will not sit down quietly under this
defeat. Mit the same obstinate pursuit of vengeance
which made the procureur-general appeal against the
mall tine impooeil upou M. Bucher, will impel Count
toped to protest against the acquittal of M. .tlex.
seder Thomas and Count dilawoonville. This Yee.
the is the more remarkable, as the writers indicted
ttv di.respret towards the President of the French
Republic greatly exceeded in their speeches of &-
avec the head and front of the ir original offending.
slies attacked with great vigour the perfidy and
rklkom of the n' to tr tot of Ike. 2, and the injustice
the rairwity of the confiscation decree of Jan.
116". time non's honour to the Belgian jury for hat-
log adme their duty thonnighly. Next to the citizens
oho voted l'avaii,ntae and Carnot into thu Curps 14.-
841 eirs theirs is the reedit of hating dealt the me-
ammo punt• h t ref public opinion on the dictator.
. men
ship of the of lA:masher.
M.o.'''. lir a decree is promulgated regulating
In the
the relations ot tile chambers with the President.
to present to the Pre,i-
Lich senator may propose
dent the basis of a 101 l of great national interest.
Ave proposals of modifications of the Constitution
aunt be signed by ten senators.
Th, cvrp+ Itp•Litive cannot reject a bill without
discussing all the amid,. separately. 'flu) President
is to metre itioneio francs salary. The severest
penalty applied to a .Linn' is 15 days, exclusion.
This voluminous dente is a collection of standing
rules for the gnat deliberative bodies of the state.
Hitherto. and er all governments. it has been the
fashion to let sieeh bodies settle their own n'uleutrul,
a. it is called. But that pragmatical impertinence
of meddling with matters below the dignity of the
surto.. power. and that restless itch fur tyrannising
is detail which characterises the present government
tv.tild nut let slip such a faeounible occasion for legis-
lating: and. aceordingly. the ifoniteur proceeds to
to treat as schoolboys or puppets the persons selected
for deliberating on the affairs of the country. I hear
Ant tonsiderable mortiticotion is experiene:Cd by the
locators at seeing the rank tit the first body in the
state decreed to the Council of State. Perhaps
the asset important provision in this long ordi-
nance is that which pr..vents the speech of
a deputy from king printed without the per-
saivieu of the Chamber. Thus, there will be
no impediment to giving the most extended publicity
to the aNami tits of a servile nuejority, while the
Teeth by %%Lich they may be triumphantly refuted
cannot be printed. You will also notice that article
by which a deputy. who dues not take the oath
within a fortnight from the verification of his elec-
tion, loos his scat. This prows that the mere ab-
sence of Cavaiguac and Cannot from the inangurative
sitting of the Tuileries will not occasion their forfei-
ture of their seats, hr being interpreted as a refusal
to take the oath. The Senate can propose no amend-
ment to bills. The vote of the Chambers is void un-
its. half the members arc present. No seaurtus-con-
Solfrms Can be debated unless three out of five bureaux
have voted for the prim. rn coaisickrellion.
Thy printing and distribution of a deputy's speech
without authorisation of the Chamber is punishable
by a tine of from 54t0fr. to 5,000 fr. against printers,
sad .".fr. to .50Itfr. against distributors. .1 grave ques-
tion arises, whether the English papers will not be
subjected to the latter fine, in case the translation of
a speveh should appear without authorisation.
The Consfitotionne 1, in a semi-official article, gives
the following information relative to the opening of
the session and the government view of the reguhi-
Wes published in to-day's 310011, or:
It is at the Tuileries, in the Salle des Marechaux, that
ge <Ming. of the Senate and Legislative Budy on the 29th
5.... be held. The Prince President. surrounded by his
▪ 1.-.-dr-camp, his ordi rly officers, his minister., and the
toenvil of state, vein be' placed on a raised platform ; oppo-
dtt the President of tl.c Republic will tie:, on one side the
Soul,. and on the other the Legislative Body. The Prise,
President will deliver • speech. A form of an oath will
thee he r el, and each member of the Senate and of the
leplitive body, on his name being called over, will pro-
souse, from his place the words—je le jeur ! (I swear it).
The clan. the neagiatrecy, and Me diplomatic body
wi:l be represented at this solemnity. A small
mentor of places will be reserved is an upper gallery for
yerwas receiving invitations. The regulations will
Lifer hut tittle from those which have been adopted by
ee ling 3.1‘ mbhn, ouly after a general debate upon a
the bll canoe be immediately rejected, all the articles
ma.' be and a divines taken upon them sepa-
rately. The right of calling to order and the right of th.
peialsat to cover him.elf will be maintained; the moot
severe disciplinary penalty' will be fifteen days' ex-
deka from the sittiap of the Curct Legislate'. At
every sitting twe reports pesesie swims.: will be
Or sseeediagly short, giving merely results', wilr brrrs.
Inhabil early to the joursals. The other very explicit,
revise the names of the speakers and the substance of their
speeder., will not be received by the papers till lam is the
minas. No speech east he published nukes the Chandler
isthmus, its be ',rioted. No ,amber earl speak except
him his place. The tribes' is abolished. The pm.
eldest. vice-president, and questors will he seed-
-Ist d by • decree of the President of the Republic.
The youngest members of the Corps Layislahl will of right
be s•cretaries, and will perform the functions diaris
Corp.t
whole sisooo. The salary of the President of the
Irsuswof u fixed at 100.00014. The vice-presidenta and
ism tan,. will not be paid. There will be two quieten,
with salaries of 12,000 fr. A sandal will be distributed to
every wester and deputy, um was meal in former meem-
kw. The deputies, as heretofore, will be inviolable, and
tai only be prosecuted with the permission of the Cape
The oacial ceettune of .embers of the Corps
41:r.stsfif will not lie required to be worn in ordinary est-
hasts evea by thew who may speak.
it is reported that a decree will be published for
the removal of the state of siege on the opening of
thermion of the Chambers.
The l'atrie, in order to mitigate the universal dis-
content occasioned by the wine tax, and the disap-
pointment of the Parisians at learning front the
f0..,-d• that they will gain nothing by it, promises
a redaction of one-third on the duty levied at the
barrier in meat. But it was already discovered, on
the reduction of the tax immediately after the revo-
lution of February, that the monopoly of the but-
chers prevented any correspondingoliminution in the
price of meat. Hence the l'alrie's promise is re-
garded as a delusion.
The .11,miteasr contains the following official me-,
morandum:
Our disputes with Morocco are now completely at an end.
The Etapwor has writers another letter to the Priam Pre-
assiousetutt to Mai that the charge d'aifaires of
Fine' may communicate freely and directly with the court
et Fes. No motive now prevents the return of our
Lent. to Tangiers, and M. Jager-Schmidt, who has ma-
n d Ufa /11{1111011 since the departure of Boated*, has
it A:gesiras, to return to his poet. The interest of our
PAS.y and of our commerce with which M. de Castellinard,
840111 and consul-general of Sardinia, had been charged
chains the suspenvirm of our relations with Morocco, have
feud se him a defender as skilful ae devoted, and the
Prince President has testified his entire satisfaction.
The Monitene contains a decree of the President I
of the Republic defining the oath to be taken by the
members of the different law courts, and the man-
ner of taking it. The President will himself
crevice the oaths of the members of the Court of Cam-
Dation, of the first presidents, and the procureurs-ge.
octane of the Courts of Appeal. The members of
the sorts of appeal will take the oath before their
kiln.. judges, at a public sitting. The members of
the different tribunals will take the oath before the
head. of their different departments.
Another decree convokes a special meeting of the
Conrail-General of the Seine Infilieure, to consider
questions of moment to that department, arising out
of the execution of the railway from Paris
to ChertMe.e.
The two international commissions for settling the
boundaries of the French and Spanish frontiers met,
at Bayonne, on the 16th, for the first time; that of
`loin having the Count de Common°, formerly
snihamador at Paris, at its head; and that of Franco,
Sulu do Bois-le-Comte, minister plenipotentiary.
The first sitting was confined to a simple exchange
or power*.
M.
Prince de Canino has left Paris for Rome.
M, Janvicr, the councillor of state, died yesterday,
from the attack of apoplexy which he had on Friday
last.

M. de Fallon: arrived at Lyons on Friday, on his
way tojoin Mdme. de Mime, at Nice.
M. Miot, ex-representative of the NiEvre, is not to
be sent to Cayenne, u stated in some of the jour-
nals, but to lambus', in Africa.
The merchants and ahipowners of Havre are
at present in great alarm, in consequence of a report
that it is intended 'shortly to make modifications
in the law on sugars. The Chamber of Com-
mercy has held a meeting on the subject, and all
the merchants and shipowners of the town hare
been convoked to attend another meeting, to draw
up a petition to the Prince-President of
the Republic, setting forth the injury which any
change in the sugar laws will cause to the commer-
cial and maritime prosperity of Havre.
No (Alicia account of last Sunday's election at
Lyons has yet appeared, but there is no doubt of the
return of M. Ilenon, the opposition candidate.
Lord Pembroke is reputed to be in a dying state.
At the Bonnie, the }ive per Cents. cloiied without
change, at 100.25. The Threes rose 10.., closing at
70.60. The Four-and-a-lialf fluctuated between
101 and 101.10. Bank of France shares rose 3e.
Railways were much weaker. Marseilles fell 11.23.,
Central and Tours and Nantes 7.50 each; Bordeaux,
0.23; Orleans and Lyons, 5 each; Northern, 3.75;
but Rouen, Harry, and Trite and Bordeaux, rose
5.50. each.