The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Mona• MonNix°.
The 6matitutionnel is headed by a short article
from Dr. Veron, in which after quoting the disavowal
of the 31andrar de Soir, he says that the note of the
official journal will change nothing in the situation
or politics of the Cunttitutionnel, which will not
cease to he the journal of the Elysi2e, for the simple
reason that it has never been so.

Alfred Nettement statet:WitVrcgard to his visit to
Angers, that he found M. de Fathom, like himself,
strongly opposed to the prolongation of the President's
powers.
Preparations are making in the Pavillon Marsan
of the Tuileries fur a great military banquet, to be
given by General Haraguay
A decree appears in the Mon tear charging Gen.
Pelissier with the functions of governor-general ad
interim of Algeria.
The municipal council of Paris has expressed a
wish that, whether the line of the Orne or Eyre be
chosen, the Cherbourg railway may be executed as
soon as possible.

From oar Paris correspondent's letter of last even-
ing, which arrived immediately before going to press,
we make the following extracts:

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
To-day the sitting of the Assembly commenced
with the ballot for the new bureau. The result of
the first ballot for the president was as follows:
Voters, 478; Du pin, 330; Mutthicu de la Drumm
83; 'Saone,. 19; Larochejacquefin, 5; Lamoriciere,
3 ; Lacrosse, 1 • Cavaignae, 1. M. Dupin having
obtained the absolute majority, was proclaimed kwe-
sident. The result of the first ballot fur the vice-
presidents was as follows: Voters, 503: General
lk•deau, 338 ; Benoist d'Azy, 213; Daru, 225; La-
crosse, 199; Vitet, 163; Grevy, 107; Scheeleher, 83;
Beane, 82; Charms, 77; Lamoriciere, 12; Beugnot,
35. General Bedeau having alone obtained the
absolure majority, was proclaimed vice-president of
the Assembly.
The ballot for the secret:ohs was as follows:
Voters, 634; M. Chapot, 381; Lacaze, 348; Peupin,
321 ; Berard, 283. The three fist having obtaitad
the absolute majority, were appointed.
A fresh ballot will take place to-morrow.
The house resumed the debate on the Western
Railway. The only vote of importanee which has
yet occurred is a modification of the 27th article of
the (alder des diaryes, which reduces the tariff of
carriages of the 3d class to 55 thousandths of a franc
per kilometre, on the proposition of NI. Schmleher. A
long discussion then took place on the amendment of
M.Kestiter, demanding that the prices of transport
cannot be diminished for the profit of a single
sender of goods, without being lessened equally fur
all senders of the same class of goods. This amend-
ment was rejected by 414 votes against 220.
The funds continue to show a tendency to decline.
The Fives closed at 90.30, with a fall of 33c.; the
Threes at 56, with a fall of 30 e. The Portuguese
news was much talked of. There prcvoiled a rumour,
which is strongly in need of confirmation, that the
Queen had abdicated in favour of her sun.

ITALY.

REPORTED DEATH OF THE KING OF

NAPLES.

Last night (writes our Paris correspondent yes-
terday morning) it was reported in diplomatic circles
that the King of Naples had died of the dropsy, with
which he has been recently attacked.
It has been settled at Rome between Austria, tho
papal government, Tuscany, Modena, and l'armu to
form a commission which shall reside at Modena fur
the direction of all affairs concerning the railway
from the Adriatic to the Mediternmean.

An English company has offered to the Sardinian
government advantageous terms Mr the constntetion
of a railway to connect Genoa with a French lino
from Marseilles, counting upon the Indian traffic, as
the route to Alexandria, according to the calculations
of the company, would be thus shortened by five or
six hours.