The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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The extraordinary session of the Corps Legig
terminated yesterday, after the bill imposing Wes,
taxes had been voted by 232 against 6. The ham
also passed the bill augmenting the minimum of the
interest guaranteed by the state to the Mediteree.
neon Telegraph Company from 4 to 5 per cent.
The report of the committee on the Taxes Bill
beyond all question, the most important psefie,
mentary paper that has appeared since the
of "parliamentary government." The committee
appears to have studied the financial propoaitions d
government with deep attention it treats of Sot
in the language of men who feel a sense of mpg*
bility to the country, and are not resigned to pity
the part of mere registrars of decrees ; adopts the
measures proposed, only with the qualification that
they are to be essentially provisional, fixing a date
by way of showing that what is said is meant, and
presets upon the attention of the ruling power Ta
moue independent suggestions. The first of these,'
regret to say, is a peremptory demand for the raped
of one of the Emperor's free trade measures—thee
permitting the importation of foreign spirits. Fe
their entire approbation of the provisions of the tal
which raise the excise duty on spirituous liquors, es
committee tacks au argument by one of its make
to which it gi,es its emphatic adhesion. The umell•• •
facturers of native sugar and alcohol complain
it is said of the decree of Sept. 22, 1854, iv=
mite foreign spirits at a small duty. Under the h.
Science of this law they affirm that in the majority d •
French distilleries spirits can only be manufactama
at a loss. It is impossible to compete with the fo.
reigner, because he can distil from grain, which the
Drench are not allowed to do. The consequence('
this situation has already been the closing of a greet
number of distilleries, the depreciation of the beet,
root prepared to be used in them, and the throw.
ing of a great many men out of work. It is also s
matter of complaint that the wine districts suffer,
because spirits of coarse quality. are now almost ao,
tirely substituted for via ordinaire as the drink of
the lower classes. Farther, the importation if.
foreign spirits tends to raise the price of provide..
because grain, which would otherwise be impute(
in its natural shape, is used abroad for the purposes
of distillatioo. The colonies also stiffer, became,
since it no longer pays in France to distil from beet-
root, numbers of distilleries are now being trans.
ferred to their primitive destination—sugar facto.
ries. Thus the committee alleges a heavy blow will
be given to colonial prosperity without saving the
indigenous sugar trade. The decree was perhaps
beneficial at toe time it was issued, but now that
spirits have fallen 100 per cent. there is no reams fe
its oontinnsnoe. The committee, therefore, almint
unanimously formally and energetically" expresso
the desire that government will repeal or modify the
decree of Sept. 22.
The increased tax on railway travelling is warmly
approved of, subject to the observation that the tariff
of the luggage trains r quires amendment. The
slow trains cannot receive parcels weighing less than
50 kilogramme& The quick trains admit of no free-
tion under 10 kilos., so that a parcel of 1 kilo. only
pays as much as one ten times that weight. The
committee demand that 5 kilos. may be substituted
for 10.

On the subject of the new decime open taxes in
general, from which the government expects to de.
rive three-fourtLe of the 70 millions of receipts antis.
pated from the new measures, the report notices a
■umber of amendments proposed by different mem-
bers, the most important of which was one proposing
a tax upon the transfer of all securities (except the
Rents) negotiated at the bourse. This, as the report
observes, would involve the resolution of the delicate
question of time bargains—a question which the
committee thinks it ought not to deal with incident.
ally. But it expresses a very strong opinion that
real property is taxed u heavily as it can bear, and
that the present augmentation of the indirect taxa,
since it will to the extent of 21 millions increase
the stamp and registration dues, is in sub-
stance an aggravation of the charges on
real property. It expresses a strong and
unanimous opinion that negotiable securities,
valours indstetrieGas, are a proper subject for taxation,
and hopes that government will consider the means
of giving effect to their resolutions. The original
proposition of the committee was to limit the darn
Lion of the new decime to Jan. 1, 1857, but on the
suggestion of the Council of State that the interval
would be too short for the government to consider
the suggestions made, the first of January, 1858, was
substituted, and that date stands in the bill as voted.

At the Hour.. the Rents opened heavily, and re-
mained so throughout the day. The last price wan
65.90, the fall being 150. The Northern Railway
rope 12.50. Two or three other lines rose 2.50, but
the majority were a few francs lower.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENINII.

An observation of M. Oreterin, the government
commissary, in the short debate that occurred on the
new taxes bill, shows that the cry raised by the
sugar aid distillery interests against the decree ad-
mitting foreign spirits, WU U senseless as protec-
tionist clamours generally are. It appears that since
the decree was issued ten months ago only 100,000
hectolitres of foreign spirits have been imported,
while the average production of France is upwards of
one million of hectolitres, and the price of spirits in
France is still three times higher than the normal
rate.

T

It appears by the Afoniteur digerien of July 10
that General Foray, who, it will be remembered, was
sent away from the Crimea some time ago, in canoe.
queue of differences with General Caorobert,and
was appointed Governor of Oran, has been super-
seded in that post by General Cousin-Montauban,
and is placed on the non-active list (en desponibiliaT.
The General has been in Paris on leave of absence
since his return from the Crimea. Whether his pre-
sent retirement is to be considered a disgrace, or bat
a preparation for a higher command, is a question
which I have heard discussed, but not resolved.
The Duke de Tarancon, the eldest son of Qum
Christina and the Duke de Riansares, died yester-
day at Malmaison. The deceased Duke was a
Grandee of Spain.
Queen Victoria hu sent 601. to the Mayor of St.
Germain, as a subscription towards restoring the
chapel which contains the remains of James LI.
A letter from Bucharest, of July 2, in the Condi.
tutionnel, records another frightful outrage on the
part of the Austrian soldiery. At a late hour in the
night of June 12-13 (old style), two Austrian sol-
diers broke into a public-house kept by one Deme-
trius Angbel. The landlord being awakened by his
wife, and told that robbers were in the house, rose
from his bed and laid hold of one of them. The sol-
diers, however, got off, leaving Anghel in a desperate
condition, with five bayonet wounds, and carrying
with them 160 piastres taken from the till, and several
kitchen utensils.

A few days since an Arras journal published an
account of a new miracle, which was eagerly adopted
by the Univers. The cure of St. Pierre had, it was
said, heard strange noises in an old box lying in a lum-
ber-room. On opening the box there was found in it,
accompanied by certificates of authenticity, a conse-
crated Host, which had been concealed there in
troublous dam. Now, it appears, that an analogous
miracle is recorded by the Church As having weaned
at Douai, on July 21, 1254. This year, miracles
being so much in fashion, it is proposed to celebrate
the anniversary of to-morrow week at Douai with
extraordiaary pomp. But to ensure the sweets of
the festival the Archbishop of Gambrel has thought a
necessary to disavow the rival pretensions of Arms.
A letter written to the Univers-by the Abbe Neils.
the eoclesiutio appointed by hie Grace to manage the
Douai fete, states that the Arras story is an imposi-
tion from beginning to end.
The ism Of the loan_produoed very little effect at
the Sunday Bourse. The Bente opened at 68fre
went down to Orr. 850., and domed at etifr. 800.

It is reported (says the Ediosburgh Courant) dist
Lard Melville, eceamaadee et tie Perim is Sexbed, will
go set to the Odom to take conineed eta distsios.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAT.

INBOLVIIIT DUTOBS' COURT.

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SURREY SESSIONS.
THIS DAY.

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The chairman addressed the Greed Ivry as Os As eaten
their duty, aid dismissed Om to their ram.