The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-03 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVICIIINO.
The news which I sent yesterday of the discovery
of an infernal machine-plot, is confirmed by the
Patric, which gives the following details concerning
this dark business:

A conspiracy against the safety of the state has
just been discovered in Paris. Thirteen individuals,
all having relations with the refugees in London,
were arrested yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon by
MM. Balestrino and Nusse, commissaries of police.
Tho arrests took place in an isolated house in the
Rue do la Reim Blanche, near the liarritlre de Fon-
tainebleau. At the moment when the pdlice agents
went to the spot, the conspirators were occupied in
euntufacturing out of gas pipes cannon of a calibre of
from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, slightly bent at oac
of the ends, and closed on that side with a band of
stout tarred canvas. Ten of these tubes, each ca-
pable of containing a number of balls, were found
completely finished. Search having been imme-
diately, made at the residences of the persons arrested,
has, it is said, furnished proofs that the object of
the conspirators was a fresh rising on the part of
the demagogical party, and that this attempt at in-
surrection was instigated by the refugees at London
and Brussels. A great number of fresh arrests were
made during Uednesday night, and important
papers seized. Additional warrants have been leaned
by the prefect of police. The immediate discovery,
adds the l'atrie "of this insensate attempt ought to
re-ensure all minds and prove to the country the in-
telligent solicitude of • government which, instead
of following the erroni of former governments, pre-
vents plots in order not to have to repress them.
The M..niteur does not notice this story of the
Patrie, which is taxed with exaggeration by the
nstitutionnel, and laughed at on the Bourse. In
fact, the fingering of the police in this alleged con-
spiracy is too patent, and the notion of stopping one
end of a gas pipe with tarred cloth, in order to make
a cannon out of it, smells much like the clumsily
cobbled fabrications of sbirrism. The Pays gives
the story pretty much in the same words as
the Patrie, minus the tarpaulin. The Debate
quotes the Patric. The S'oecte disdains to re-
peat the story, but protests against the insult
to the French refugees in London. The Presee
has not a word about the matter. Meanwhile I un-
I intend the ass
es given in the Patrie is not at
pleasing eSdal quarters. In fact, the four
rirMil base assess to the prefecture of police—
eas• els Dikes, Constitutionnel, Patrie, and
=TI bow were admonished yesterday by the
tat to mention this notable discovery of the
poise at ill. But the Patric, wishing in its zeal to
ides ea OCC4IgOO of dealing a kick to preceding go-
weassusets, disregarded the injunction of M. Pietri.
It is said today by those who attach more gravity
to the plot, that the ramifications of complicity ex-
tend into the army, and that a number of non-com-
missioned officers wiU be cashiered in consequence
of the revelations contained in documents which
have been seised.

The lithographic ministerial correspondence takes
the Constitutionnel to task for imputing exaggeration
to the Patrie in its account of the discovery of the
infernal machine, and insists on the importance of
the plot on account of the situation and antecedents
of the persons who directed it. One of the effects,
if not one of the objects, of the discovery will be to
prevent the amnesty to political offenders which has
been recently talked of.
The President of tho Republic left the Elysee yes-
terday morning, escorted by a detachment of earn-
blames, and proceeded to the Tuileries, where he re-
ceived the officers of the five regiments recently',
strived in Paris. After they had been presented to
him, the prince, who was in the uniform of a general
of division, addressed them as follows :

Osatimisaa—ts assigtWe different regiments which
=die may imeeeed each other in the garrison of
am happy W Mint that they are all animated with
the ems spirit etilledpline, and with the same devotion to
the ensatry. Wlter•wer you have been, whether in Africa
se la Frame, yes/ smaduct has merited the public grill.
trade ; and, in calling you to Paris, I wished to give you •
patients, mark of satisfaction. In every elevated pan-
din, like that in geld& I Gad myself, cares overbalance gra-
tillsatiosa. Them are, nevertheless, in the midst of the
matistiss sad Islisare attendant on such aituations, real
smagamatisas; the first Is that of having accomplished •
&MN sextons elute sweetest, in my opinion, is that of
nenflinnallie in army like ours; to live on its past, its
sad its Mere, to identify myself with its wants
sad ha ; to know, in short, that in the day of dan•
ger causes may be always pieced on its energetic co-ope-
ration, because it has honour fur its guide. Be convinced,
gentlemen, that, during the time you remain in Paris, I
shall seise with pleasure on every opportunity of seeing you
and giving you proofs of my affectionate solicitude.
The Umon contains a curious article by M. de
Rianoey, about the state of Europe, from which it
may be inferred that the legitimists are prepared to
upset the treaties of 1814, and to effect a resettle-
ment of Europe in the interest of the catholic religion :
Tendencies are manifesting themselves in the govern-
ments of Europe which reflecting minds cannot bo ignorant
of. Wo do not certainly allude in any way to the feelings
of foreign cabinets, relativeto the internal affairs of France.
Our preoccupations go higher and farther. They refer to
a more general movement, to an aggregate of dispositions
and measures which affect at once the interests both of
European and of social order. Its characters arc, as it appears
to us, first, • struggle against revolution. This is evidently
the present mot d'ordre of Europe, and certainly we are not
among those who complain of it. Material force has done
its work. The army has elrdrywheire powerfully CO-
operated in the preservation of order, and we have ap-
plauded it for doing so. But all does not depend on combats
in the streets; revolution, conquered et the barricades, is
not quelled in the minds, the hearts, and the desire. of
many. Hero great duties commenced, and it is by ideas
and by doctrines that the victory must be completed This
view of the matter is unders•taxl by some; but we could
wish that It were =re gmerully admitted and practised.

EVENING, JULY 3, 1852.

It was tot only an act of veneration and of religious Indies
which the Emperor of Austria accomplished In rashering
full liberty to catholicism ; it was an set of exalted policy
and of excelleat government. It is, therefore, not
without pain that we see Prussia manifesting hostile
intentions towards the catholic,. To continue to do so
would be on her part a great injustice and a serious
Isidt. In the second place, Europe tends to the
remmiditntion of authority. This is a grand and
welds slant ;it ia medal so well as political. Authority is
the flimaidation aadmipport of all human society, and happy
On the nations who eau possessit in all the conditions of its
Noes end duration. These two intertets—the straggle
revolution end the resesistitution of authority—are
Tatt preirs animist mdse. There are two others, less
✓obes, Weds ems immediate and more practical appli-
eatioa—the mainteitsase Ode, balance of power an Europe ;
and as every system mast have a symbol, its symbol is the
treaties of 181.5. Nut that the foreign governments have a
particular and intrinsic affection for them; they have
allowed very serious infractions to be made in
them, and almost all would wish to make fresh mo-
difications, did not the immense difficulty of a has
remodelling deter them. As it is, Franco, who has
had most to suffer from these treaties, as they are the com-
mon obstacle to oppose to us, they are preserved, not as a
menace, but as a barrier. floes Europe seriously think that
France wishes to pass that barrier, and break what is called
public European right ? We, for our part, cannot think so.
But what is manifest is, that Europe, while using very cons
ciliatory language, keeps herself on the reserve, and guard-
against any eventuality, while avoiding any aggressive pre-
text ; and faithful to the old axiom, Si oat pacem, rare
helium, wishes for peace, by remaining featly for war. This
is what France cannot conceal tram herself. A last and
more delicate point remains to be mentioned—the state of
European alliances. We have said that on the maintenance
of the balance of power and of the treaties of 1815 the four
foreign powers are agreed amongst themselves; they are,
Of appear to be, in accord with France ; it is principally for
the purpose of publicly showing this accord, that they de-
manded the signature of France to the protocol for regulat-
ing the affair of Neuchltel ; a protocol very unimportant in
its direct and immediate action, but very significant by our
accession to an act concluded in virtue and in consequence
of the treaties of Vienna. The powers have private motives
for drawing class to each other. The considerable services
rendered by Russia to Austria established bonds of union
which the visit of the esar has drawn still closer. The serious
differences of opinion which had arisen between the cabinets
of Berlin and of Vienna on the customs question are, it is
said, about to be removed by amicable and reciprocal con-
cessions. England, who had for so long held out her hand
in friendship to all revolutionists; who had exhausted all
the resources of her policy to increase the difficulties of
states of the continent, and excite discord in them ; Eng-
land, the only power having a liberal constitution, being no
longer able to 'evoke the pretended alliance of principles,
which had attached us to her for so many years; Englard,
threatened with a kind of isolation, and, if we might
dare to say it, of motel blockade, appears to redouble
her efforts to give pledges to Europe ; and it seems clear
that no implacable rancour against her is felt either at
Vienna, at Berlin, or at St. Pctersburgh. In presence of
such a state of things, it does not belong to us to know
Of to say what France is doing. Let us, however, be al-
lowed one souvenir. Towards the end of the restoration, at
the moment when we had just taken Algiers, "in spite of
England," at the moment when the ancient royalty could
make its voice respected in the councils of Europe, great
projects were set on foot; and their accomplishment, wor-
thy the prosperity and the grandeur of our country, ap-
peared secure. In accord with Russia, whose interests did
not clash with curs, at least in Europe, and who was re-
garded as our national ally, and in accord with the powers
of Germany, who served as a curb on the influence of the
north and of our own, the chart of Europe was to have
been remodelled. The fate of the catholics of the vast em-
pire of Russia, and even of unfortunate Poland, was to
hive been ameliorated, end guaranteed. The monarchy of
St. Louis, and of Louis XIV., would have removed from
the treaties of 1815 all that was cruel for the honour of
France, and have repaired those diplomatic disasters as it
had done the ruins of our finances, our agriculture, our
commerce, and our manufactures. The storm of 1850,
however, upset all these plans, and France re-entered on
the revolutionary ere.
The Charlemagne screw line-of-battle ship has
terminated her experimental trip. The result
responds to the hopes formed with respect to the
simultaneous employment of sails and steam on board
large vessels. The Charlemagne, which left Toulon
on 28th March last, was ordered to make compa-
rative trials of the two systems, and to show the
French flag in the different ports of the Mediter-
ranean, Greece, and Turkey. She put in to Smyrna,
and returned to Toulon a few days ago, after having
visited Algiers. Tho sailing of the vessel was most
satisfactory ; with sails her average speed was from
eight to nine knots an hour, and with steam from
nine to ten in a dead calm. It was at first supposed
that with the latter she would only go seven knots.
When, in order to reach the anchorage of Palma, sib
had to tack and to employ both steam and sails, her
speed with a fresh breeze and little sea was from
eleven to twelve knots. Doubts had been raised as
to the solidity of the vessel, which, to admit of the
screw, had to undergo a transformation, which might
have shaken her after-pat t; but these fear have been
entirely dissipated.
M. Charles Laftitte, chairman of the board of
directors of the Havre railway, has written to the
public journals to contradict a report which has been
frequently disseminated, and again within the last
two or three days, of an amalgamation being about
to take place between thu Havre and Rouen railway
companies. No negotiation whatever, the letter states,
has been entered into on the subject.
The Senate met yesterday, M. Mesnard in the
chair. After of the names of the members comp wing
the committees on the bills lately brought up from
the Legislative Body were made known, Baron de La-
crosse read to the house a number of local bills already
agreed to by the deputies, all of which the Senate
authorised to be promulgated. Some reports on peti-
tions having been then presented, the proceedings
terminated.

The Mossitcur publishes the following result of the
operations of the Bank of France during the first
half-year of l 832:
Fr. e.
Dlllll%
Expenses of administration 838,739 93
Discount of securities on the portfolio re-
' served for the ensuing half-year BB,OlO 0
926,749 93
Profits applicable to the dividend on 91,250
shares at the rate of 581 r. per share 5,292,500 0
6,219,249 93

CRIDIT.

Discount reserved from preceding half-year 168,450 0
Funds not employed and sundry receipts 45,309 6.5
Discounts during the half-year
Arrears of stock renal 1,987,747 60
SUNDRIES. fr. c
Advances upon ingots and moneys 8,987 6
Ditto on public securities at fixed
dates 40,168 5.5
Ditto ditto, at unfixed dates
Advances on railway securities 63,443 40
Bonn de la blonnai 6,433 78
Droits de garde
Advance to the State on Tree-

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nary bonds
Interest in &dunes of 76 millions 89,991 63
Interest on 20 millions loan to

the city
Divers profits 6,236 2
1,897,729 65
Commission on bills to order
Premiums on gold and silver
Profits on the operation of the country
branches for the half/ear
Payments on bills lying overdue
6,219,249 93
(Signed) For the 001,1160 t,
J. 11. °AVM&

GERMANY.
ZOLLVEREIN.

BERLIN, JrNT 30.
The conference at Vienna with the members of the
Darmstadt coalition is said to be fixed for the lath
July. The Austrian government did talk, at the last
conferences, about guaranteeing to the southern
states, if they formed a customs' union with Austria,
nine-tenths of their present income from the Zollvo-
rein. But it shirked entering into a formal engage-
ment to that effect; and the draft C, of which fre-
quent mention has been made, wu never signed. The
coalition at Darmstadt was formed, however, on the
assumption that Austria was ready to give such
guarantee. But, in answer to later inquiries,
the cabinet of Vienna, said that 90 per cent. was
more than it could guarantee. Perhaps it will en-
deavour, at the approaching conference, to get off
cheaper; but it toe southern states refuse to abate
their demand, Austria will hardly shun the risk of
a pecuniary sacrifice ; its eagerness to supplant
Prussia in the customs union with the southern
states throws every other consideration into the
background.
At Berlin the negotiations are in a very critical
position. It is still quite impossible to augur the
upshot of the matter. There arc unequivocal indi-
cations that the temper of the Prussian nabinet, as
regards the renewal of the Zollvercin, has very much
changed of late. It has not only familiarise: itself
with the prospect of splitting the Zollverein ; it is
now inclined, with the free traders, to regard such
nn issuo as the most desirable one for Prussia's inte-
rests. The only reason, perhaps, why Prussia does

not more overtly push matters to a breach with the
coalition is, that it has not a sufficiently .fast hold on
Hanover. The present Hanoverian ministry ham en-
gaged to execute the treaty of 7th Sept., but regards it
as a misfortune, not only because it subjects the
Hanoverian people to a protective tariff, but also
' destroys the political support which Hanover could
rely ou from great commercial states. A split in the ,
Zollvercin, a union with Prussia alone, is regarded I
with very great apprehension at Hanover. It is
feared that the kingdom might sink into a mere
Prussian province ; at any rate, Hanover fears that
if separated from the other minor German kingdoms,
it would be less able to preserve its inde-
pendence, than if it kept with them. It is
not impossible that, if the Darmstadt coali-
tionists really seem to be on the point of se-
ceding, the fear of being left alone with Prussia,
and the influence of Austrian diplomacy may effect a
change of ministry in Hanover and bring the treaty
of September into Jeopardy.

ITALY.
PIEDMONT.

The sitting of the 28th ult. of the Piedmontese
Chamber of Deputies, was entirely taken up with the
Civil Marriage BILL M. de Very opposed the bill,
on the ground that the see of Rome had not sanc-
tioned the principle. M. Boncompagni, Minister of
Justice, replied in a speech which elicited frequent
applause. Ile observed that the question had been so
long before the public, that not to decide it at present
would bear an appearance of tergiversation. There
were but two courses open for the government, either
to bring forward the bill, or to declare that the policy
inaugurated in 1850 could not carried out. The
government had preferred the former, in order to
show that it had not abandsadoned that policy,
which had, in the midst of universal agitation every-
where else, proved the safeguard of Piedmont. The
hon. gentleman expressed surprise that the eminent
lawyer, who had preceded him at the tribune, should
think Home an obstacle; and de c'ared that they were
bound totreat with no power on earth in order to frame
internal laws for Piedmont. The government might
be desirous of being on a friendly footing with
Home, but would certainly notl;consider matters,
which l'iedmont alone was fuly competent to
decide, a fit subject for negotiations with that
power. M. lloncompagni further considered that the
civil magistrates had power to celebrate marriages,
since all rights arc entitltd to the protection of
the laws and magistracy of the country; but he
added, that the habit and customs of the country
must also be respected ; them, ho thought, were af-
fected by the present bill. M. Menabrea, the lead-
ing member of the extreme right, followed, and
spoke against the bill, declaring that he considered
it an attack upon tho stability of the marriage tie.
Several other members spoke for or against the bill,
after which the discussion was adjourned to the fol-
lowing sitting.