The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY, EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1851.

that despises empty pride, vulgarity that is °attested
with its rank, nor seeking to appear for whit it is
not. Honesty, Sir CukaLes, is a low-born as mach
as a high-born virtue, and should be based is minds
rightly educated on a sentiment that is common to all
arises. .

There are other ctuses at work, however, for the
demoralization of the officers of India, than the
absence of all morals save those of gentility. Fixed
in ladis fur hie, and certain of promotion, they offer
a sure and tempting prey to the Liaise or the
Anglo-Indian usurer. The Qttheat's offixer is not sub-
ject to this temptation, at least in any such degree.
Aud often indeed they lead, as Sir CHARLES NArint
represents himself to have dune, a Spartan life. We
cannot but think that t►e greatest evils of both ser-
vices might be corrected by. their amalgamation.
Why should not every officer in the a•my serve cer-
tain years in kills ? Why should the commanders of
back eoldiers and white eolditts be so very distinct ?
Why should not a knowledge of the language of our
chief dependency be required of every military
man ? If the system of purchase be vicious in the
one service, the system of absolute routine is almost
as defective in the other. It ensures an officer's
prospect., independent of his exertions, and moles
him to sitk luxuriously in•n debt. But this is
no advantage to the state which employs him. A
little more prospect of promotion and remuneration
in the oil service and a little lees in the other, unless

accompanied by talents and high qualities, 'would
improve both ; and the British army, instead of being
cut up into castes and services, would open as wide a
fi.ld as any continental one fur military experience,
military fortune, military talent. We are aware, in-
deed, of the immense difficulties in the way of each
an analgsmation, and how closely it is connected
with th., eystem of patronage, on which, as its very
foundation, the East India Compaq- reposes. But
we are sat e that a well-devised scheme of the kind
would prove of unspeakable benefit to the soldier's
profession, to the state, and to every interest con-
nected with India.

It is ramoured that Mr. Ito,buck will more the
omission in the address of all psragraphs relating to
the papal aggression. In the Lords there will be an
amendment, extending and applying the intention of
the Ito, al Speech to Ireland. This, it is thought,
will be carried.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING..

The Dotation Ii U was presented to-day. Saintly
after the beginning of the sitting of the Assembly the
Minister of Finance, M. de Germiny, ascended the
tribune, to announce that he was about to lay before
the Chamber a bill for a supplement of expenses of
representation to be sllgwed to the President of the
Republic. (Movement, and cries of " Read, read!")
The law of the 24. h June lad had acknowledged the
insufficiency of the credit charged on the budget for
the expenses of representation of the presidency
of tho Republic, and the Assembly had granted for the
year 1830 a supplement of 2,160,000 f. (Laughter on
the Left.) The permanent charges imposed upon the
head of the executive power by the duties of his posi-
tion (with the exception of the expenses of the first
erablishtnent, which have weighed upon the past, and
are not of a nature to be repeated) obliged the govern-
ment to demand that an extraordinary credit should
be °pored on the budget of 1831, amounting to
1,800,000 f. (A voice—" Well, its cheaper than last
year.") M. de Germiny added, that the considera-
tions developed lostyear d4peneel the government from
all further rep:amide° on the prevent occasion, and
permitted the ministers to leave this question de
haste ewmentinee to the appreciation of the Assembly.
(Diverse movements.) M. Dupin said that the bill
would bo punted, ditcri,myed, and referred to the
bureaux. M. Charm shouts, out that it had better
be sent to the committee on public assistance.
Upon the news bring announced at the Bourse that
the natation Bill would be presented to-day, the up-
ward tendency of the funds exp,rientsed a slight
check. Still the Fives closed at 06.70, an improve-
'Lent of 10c. upon yesterday.
The bateaux will appoint on Wtdnaday a com-
mittee on the notation Bill.
The bureaux were re ewed tc-lay.

PREAIDENTS. FITCRETARIT4.
1.4 Bureau M. Baroehe M. Wait.
2nd ~ de Crouseithea Hotline
3rd „ Cien.Changarnier Monet
4th ~ Mancel
Ith Leon de Malleville Melun (duNord)
6th ~ General de St. Pri4.4t Noel (('herbourg)
7th de aPnan l)elmert
Nth ~ de Bahac
de Fuhlante
de Bryaa
Puujoular
Corder
Gavial

10th „
llth
12th
13th ..

Daze
Berryer
de Mornay
LepeUetierd'Azdnay
T. Desmartarer

I ith ^ °dam barrut

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iii LTtusan

C. Griduinr

The appointments were smartly contested. Ten pre-
sidents and 9 secteta• ice belong to the oppositior.
Although the main feature of the Assembly's sit-
ting to-day was the deposition of the Mutton Biil,
some other incidents deserve to be mentioned. The
sitting began with a pro est on the pert of M. Valen-
tin agsinst M. Dupin's violation of the rules of the
house in allowi'g M. Wapse, the Minister of the In
tenor, to speak on Saturday, alter he had refused a
hearing to M. Mather de Montjau. The presi-
dent of the Assembly replied that the pro-
test of M. Vol. nein could not be admired
on the discussion of the prods-verbal. After
M. de Oerminy had presen•ed the Dotation-Bill, the
President of the Assembly communicated a letter
from M. Rimond de la Crouiette, demanding authori-
sation to prosecuee M. de la Moskowa, representative,
for having insulted and assaulted him in the discharge
of his judicial duties. M. Ramond de la Croisette is
the attorney of the Princess de la Makewa (daughter
of the celebrated Laffitte), and had obtained for her
against her husband, a judgment and decree
of separatist de corps. Same days after he
had given M. do la Moskowa notice of this
decree, he was insulted by him in the salons of the
Eleeee, and hail received several threatening letters.
Toe demand of M. Itsmond de la Croisette will be
examired in the bureaux. The Assembly then
adopted, on the 'tune reading, a bill on contracts of
apprerticeehip, and voted the laird deliberation. The
bill on public washhouses was next taken up. MM.
ltandot and de Vatimesnil demanded that it should be
referred to the committee of the budget ; hut this'
motion was opposed by M. Schneider, Minister of
Commerce, and 'ejected by the Assembly. The first
article of the bill was voted by 332 votes szeinst 277.
The entire bill was then voted. on the third reading,
by 318 votes ageing 278.
To-morrow the committee appointed to examine the
various proparitione for altering the electoral law of
May 31 will call upon M. Rigel to explain
the nature of his interview last summer with
the President, who upon that occasion re-
vealed his design of applying the old nnmu
tirend law cf id:decrial soilage to his own theiou.
It may boa remembered that M. Rigel pnhlli had in
the papers of the dey a letter giving the details of
this interview. Then the committee will itumne:n
M. Wliiese, the Minister of the Interior, to make up
for the +llene. of M. de Royer, in answer to the quee-
n en of M. Howyn-Tranchere upon this subjece and
to explain clearly the sec we of the government.
M. Leon Faucher has addressed a 1 tter to the
Delmts, protesting egaMet the betbarout ire:ranee cf
the cat, et Eaglard, di payed in the late debate, and
corn cting the monstrous misstatements made with
regsrd to the mortality at Manchester,
M. de la Rochette has presented a motion for pre-
yentirg the publicarion of proceedicgs in the law
router, when these are of a nature to undermine pub-
lic morality, or attack the hoe' tie of familiea.
A new weekly Banapertiet organ, in the style of
the Sopoleott, is about to appear.

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175; ditto (et bank), 11;873; Paris awl, Orleans, 87250;
Paris And Ratan, &Pi 73; Boma and 11411 V 277 ao ;
Ma- ~ illti otd Arigrent, 131 2.5 ; Strasbourg sod Bale,
lAO ; i.,..r :re (Vierson), 4.,M 75; Orleans and Bordeaux,
4i 1 ..i ; Northert of France. COO; Paris and Strookbourg,
3I15; Tours sod Nantes, 2:4 ; blautereau and Tray,,
91 7,r, , Ili*ps at 1 Pecarzio, 213 73; Bordeaux and Tv.te, IQ,

MOlta4

GERMANY.

THE DUCHIES. •
Oar correspondent writts as roll, ws :
HAMBURG, .TAN. 30.

More Austrians are pouring tu. The rifle brigade
which arrived today bears the British mime of
Nugent. Its colonel is probably a descendant of some
Irish emigrant who was p-rseeuted in hie native
country for adhering to the Roman catholic religion.
The soldiers are Poles and Bohemian., understanding
very little of the German language, nor do the Mora
vians who arrived yesterday, or the few Italian Tv ro-
lese mixed up with them. Schwarxenberg dots not
send us any Garman troops, being no doubt aftre'd
that they might pick up Iberal ideas; nor any Hun-
garians, fur tear of their being tampered with bi
some of their countrymen who live here. When some
friends of the Hungarian refugees called on the Aus-
trian ambassador to inquire whether these ur fo•tu-
nate men were sate iu tbis city while occupied by
An,trian troops, he answered, he raw no objection to
their remaining; they would not be molested, if they
did not attempt to seduce the Hungarian suldiere.
They considered that reply too ambiguous : ull of
them, I believe, left the city and its territory. SJrn.
of them stayed until the night betore last, when they
embarked on board the et-ainers for England;
amongst them a famous general, who lived here under
an assumed name, and never went out, because he
would net risk his real one being discovered, at d
himself apprehendtd ter bring the bearer of a fals..
passport, and at last debuted over to his cruel
enemies. _ .

It appears that the Austriais have not crossed the
Holstein frontii-re; yet wheti.er they are waiting
until the new administration is settled, or what else

my be Veir motives for mcving on so slowly, nobody
knows. Indeed a mystery hangs over all their more-
mein!. We do not yet know the number, or of what
regiments our garrison will consist, nor tow long
they are goirg to stay, or fur what purpose they
come. Ostensibly, for strategical ream no ; but who can
tell what is exactly meant by that expression? It was
agreed at Olmu:s by secret treaty to keep up those
large armies on account of the republican instnutions
in France. Not to make war upon that country, btr,
to keep off the contagion, because whenever there were
commotions in that country the effect of them was
felt in this, and appre heeding disturbances again from
the same quarter, they prepare against them by keep.
ing up their armies, and supporting them at the ex-
pense of those ppulations of whom they entertain
suspicions of liberalism.
Last night a fight began in the street by some
Schleswig-Holstein and some Austrian soldiers,_ but
was soon quelled by a patrol of the former. When
the Austrian soldiers marched into the city yesterday
the populace sang " Szblesoig-Holstein Meerum-

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