The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(on ma owir onaarizonarr.)
THE CORPS LEGISIATIF.—LETTER FROM

THE EMPEROR.
PARllt, WIDNISDAY
The following is the official report of the pro-
ceedings of the Corps Legislatif (at a special Bitting)
this afternoon :

The PRZSIDWIT (Count de Morny)—Gentlemen, I had
the honour yesterday to receive a letter from the Emperor,
sad I at once convoked you in order not to lose an instant
of time before communicating to the chamber sad the
country &document which is of a nature to strengthen the
bonds which unite the Corps LegisLtd to the sovereign.
(Prolonged movement.)
The Pazsinin raid the following letter amid profound
elms :

" Palace of the Tuileriea, March 4, 1862.

" My dear President,— I sincerely deplore the misunder-
standing which seems to prevail between the Carps Legir
Ltd and myself. The spirit of our institutions and my
well-known sentiments for the chamber ought to have kept
as from it.

__... __.
" In fact conflicts are now almost impossible; laws are
discussed on their own merits, and not with a view to the
maintenance or overthrow of a ministry. (" Very good

True.")

" When the government has unrmervedly upraised its
Intentions, the resolutions of the Corps Legidatif are the
more free that, under ordinary circumstances, a disagree-
ment in no way troubles the course of public affairs.
(Renewed approbation.)
"According to this undeniable principle, the refusal of the
chamber to accept the Dotation Bill would have boss pain-
ful to me, no doubt, but would in no way whatever have
influenced my sentiments and conduck I can understand,
nevertheless, after the explanations given by you, that an
incident, trivial at tint, has become, in consequence of sur-
rounding circumstances, sufficiently grave to place the
majority in a dilemma. (Movement.) On this account
(cc qui afait)a great many deputies, as you tell me, would
prefer a law embracing amorally military services of as
exceptional kind. Adopting this idea, I have &lambed
to present a new hill, which, while submitting to the cham-
ber the appreciation of a general principle, will, within just
limits, assure rewards worthy of the greatness of the coun-
try to all distinguished actions, whether achieved by a
marshal or a private soldier. (Vivacious movement of ad-
hesion.)

"The Corps Legislatif, which has always given me such
a loyal support, which has aided me to found the empire
sad those institutions which are meant to &arrive us, will
see with pleasure, I trust, that I hasten to adopt means to
maatablish mutual oonlidenoe, and to efface the traces of a
disagreement always regrettable batmen powers issuing
from the Jame origin, and working cosweisationaly for the
mine object.
"Receive, my dear Prosidast, the ansuranos of my sincere
frismiehip. " Minims."
The reading of this letter was followed by loud &colonia-
-1
time and repeated cries of " Viva rEmpereur."
The PIVIIDENT (deeply moved)--Gentlemen, this spon-
taneous and unanimous manifestation is the best answer
that I can tele to the Emperor.

(Cries from all pate of the house, "Yea, yes. Vivo
VErapereur I")
The Pasauxurr—Now, gentlemen, 1 adjourn the hones,
and to-morrow, the debate oa the address will begin.
On M. de Moray leaving the chair, a (rent number
of deputies pressed monad him, and expressed their esntl•
meats of lively satisfaction.
(Signed)

The Secretary Redaatear 40 Chat,
DIM DI LACIAZDIL

It is impossible to form a judgment on the
merits of the above letter (which will throw the
government journals into rapturous convulsions
to-morrow) without knowing what is the
new measure which the Emperor proposes to sub-
stitute for the one abandoned. The broad fact
which floats above a sea of words is that the Em-
peror has withdrawn a money bill which he
solemnly protested only a few days ago, by his
letter to Count Palikao, published in the Moniker,
that he would not withdraw. So far there is a
tolumph for the principles of constitutional govern-
ment, and if we are to understand the plaudits of
the deputies as applicable to that triumph all is
welL But if these plaudits mean that the deputies
accept blindfold the new bill which will be laid be-
fore them, I think they run the risk of a very
ignoble fall into a trap. The Emperor's letter is
very far from clear ; but he meets no one of the
objections made by the report of the committee.
He does not say that the principle of a majorat or
perpetually entailed pension was the difficulty. All
that can be gathered is that Count de Morny, in
the course of conversation, has told him that cer-
tain members—nobody knows how many—would
prefer a bill for rewarding the army in a more
general form. According to rumour, the
Emperor means coolly to ask for a vote for
a large sum of money to be allotted in rewards to
distinguished military men at his good pleasure.
Some say he will take two millions of francs to
begin with, and at once make a present of one
million to Count Palikao. The latter would
be a manifest gainer by such an arrange-
meut, since a capital of a million is ob-
viously a much better thing than an
annuity of 50,000 fr. But according to the
letter he contemplates still more general and per-
petual powers to dispose of public money.
It will be a quaint thing indeed if this com-
promise turns out to be nothing more
than the Emperor saying to the Corps Legislatif,
" Since you have objected to pension a particular
general, whom I have designated to you, let me in
future have the right to pension any soldier I
please, without applying to you at all, and so let's
have no more row about it."
The following amendments to the address of the
Corps Legislatif will be moved by the five inde-
peudent members, MM. Jules Fevre, Emile
011ivier, Picard, Darimon, and Dr. Heaton :
To paragraph 1.
Public coofideuos can only be metered by • sincere return
to the regime of liberty.
The press should mass to be a monopoly subject to an
occult censure which falsifies the manifestations of public
opinion.
The jury, that only competent jurisdiction in political
matters, should take cognisunce of press offences and try
them in public.
Elections should be made by the electors and not by the
prefects ; public meetings should be made lawful, and
every candidate should bare equal protection for his elec-
toral liberty, and equal facilities for appealing to the
public.
Municipal power should emanate from the commune, and
not from the government, to the end that the public in-
terests may no longer be suborlinate to political exigencies.
Individual liberty should be guaranteed by a aeries of
measures, the first of which should be the repeal of the law
of public safety.
Such are the main conditions of • political system In
harmony with the principles of 1789 ; such are the reforms
imperatively called fur by the moral interests of the coun-
try ; such are the reforms necessary to its dignity and the
development of its activity and wealth ; and these reforms
cannot be delayed without placing Prance in • condition of
inferiority es competed with other nations.
To par 4:
After baling exhaturted all means of permission with
the Pops, the government should at length Momm as
equivocal course which is fatal to every interest, frankly de-
clare its policy, and no longer oppose an obstacle to the
legitimate wishes of the Italian people. The occupation of
Rome, so burdensome to oar finances, can no longer con-
tinue.
To par. 5 :
France ought not to Interfere in the civil war which now
ravages the republic of the United States of America ; but
she declares openly that her sympathies are with the North-
ern states, which are the defenders of law ►nd humanity.
She trusts that their vietary will bring about the abolition
of slavery, and thabaxampie may once more teach the les-
son that no crisis, however grave, can be fatal to • nation
which doss not separate liberty from democracy.

TO par. 6 :
We darn with regret the commandment of an expe-
dition to Mexico. The object of it appears WU interference
I. the internal affairs of a nation. We strongly recommend
the government to confine itself to seeking reparation for
our own grievances.
To pan. 7,8, and 9:
The public is justly uneasy about the amount of our
floating debt, and the revelations made touching the true
date of our finances. The came of the successive deficits
is that it has always been impossible for the Corp Legit-
latif to check the extraordinary and supplemental expenses.
A modification of the financial machinery will be an
insufficient remedy, unless at the same time we enter on
the path of a progremive and permanent reduction of the
public expenditure. It is to be regretted that the govern-
ment prefers the imposition of new taxes, the weight of
which will fall principally upon the working classes.

To par. 10 :
Paris and Lyons are yet waiting for their elective mu.
Mama councils. It cannot be denied that the rise in haw
rant, the distress of very many families, and the peat difll•
oultias of the commercial, industrial, and monetary aims,
are mainly attributable to the rashness and want of foro
sight of an administration not sanctioned by election.
The event at the Corps Legielatif did not produce
a rise at the Bourse. The Rente fell 100. for ac-
count, closing at 69fr. 90c. Railways, however,
were from 2fr. 50c. to bfr. higher, and Mobilier
rose 2fr. 50c.

A letter from Toulon states that M. Horace
Vernet, on his return from Algiers, where he had
been slightly indisposed, was taken dangerously
ill at the Hotel de la Croix d'Or, and was unable
to proceed to Paris. According to the last ac-
counts, the illustrious painter had passed a very
bad night.