The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1

be regarded as nigh at hand; bet whenever pay-
ment of his promissory notes is demanded, the abject
poverty of invention stands confessed, and his only
expedients meta to moist itt attempting to stifle an
questioning ae discrderlyt or a reiteration for the
thousandth time of the painful reminiscence that he is
his lather's son.
It Was but •the other day, that Mr. JOHN O'COH-
FELL, returning from the @milt of stirring deeds in
Paris, found things more than ordinarily flat, stale,
and unprofitable, in Conciliation-hall. Neither money
nor members were coming in—the country was quiet
and no mischief of any kind was astir. In despera-
tion he resolved to hoist the tricolour ensign, to prams
the triumph of fusillades and communism, and to urge
the catholic peasantry of Ireland to go and do like-
wise. Suddenly young Ireland pricked up its ears
and looked skittish. A piercing cry of scornful caul-
tation broke from the men of pike and gun, whom
this very Mr. Jong O'CONNELL had not long before
ignominiously expelled from the association for utter-
ing a very mild form of these same doctrines. A re-
union was proclaimed, the populace once mare be-
lieved, and St. Patrick's-day was to witness the
great act of fraternisation. But the heart it
the modern JOHN of PARIS failed him. How conid
he tall but that Satan O'BRIEN and MITCHELL were
actually in earnest—that they were buying gun-
powder, not for fireworks, but for real fighting, like
the French? What would become of him in such an
event—of him who never intended that any of hie
French exercises should be literally translated? Any-
thing was preferable to such a horrible reality; and
therefore not only was the treaty of reconciliation
broken off, but every expression of peculiar zeal or
determination by other members of the Repeal)
Association has been repressed in so unceremonious a
manner, that at the last weekly meeting the you..
Liberator provoked even from the faithful lieges et
the Derrynane dynasty a storm of hisses and groans.
As a diversion, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL has for the
hundredth time undertaken to bring forward emotion
in parliament for the repeal of the union ; and has I
even gone the length of entering a notice on the books
of the House of Commons of his intention to do se-
How much nearer we are to a discussion of the gum- '
tion for all this, it were hazardous indeed to surmise ;
but of one thing we are sure, that nothing would
tend more to dissipate vague alarm, and to expose
the shallowness of the pretended statesmanship of
agitation, than a calm and patient hearing of the
whole case in every particular.

NEWS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, SATCHDAY, 6, P.M.
Time is fast dispelling the delusions of the Luxem-
bourg, and M. Louis Blanc himself is beginning to feel
the conviction, that a little practical knowledge,
mingled with his theory, could do no harm to his sys-
tem of the organisation of labour. In truth, the na-
tional workshops have proved, what every practical
man knew they must prove, to be a national humbug.
It is, in fact, found, that the operatives thus engaged
have neither the will nor the skill necessary
for the efficient discharge of their duty. They
are employed chiefly, almost exclusively, in
executing the earth work on the public roads in the
Champ de Mars, at the Paris termini, and some of the
great lines of railway, and in other similar employ-
ments. I am assured by. persons engaged in their
superintendence that it Is no exaggeration to say,
that one efficient labourer, employed in the legitimate
and customary manner, would do the work of any
five of these national operatives. The inspectors 01'1
the brigades, of course, know this, and, in some in- I
stances, when the system first came into operation,
attempted to enforce proper activity and exertion, but
it soon became apparent that the operatives were
really the masters, and, by combination, were not
slow to insist on the dismissal of any inspector who
would thus attempt to apply the screw to them. In
short, the employment of these forty or fifty thousand
operatives by the government is merely nominal.
I announced to you some days ago that General
Cavaignac had declined the ministry of war. The
National to-day denies this, but does not affirm that
he has accepted it.
I learn from a quarter which is generally well in-
formed that the real circumstances attending the pro-
position made to General Cavaignac were these. On
being invited to accept the funcions and responsibili-
ties of the Ministry at War, the generdl replied that
he was ready to do so, but on certain conditions.
These conditions were, that he should be authorised
immediately to march 80,000 regular troops, to be
selected by himself, into Paris that with the'aid of
these he was to be authorised to maintain order sad
tranquility in the capital, to protect the deliberations
of the Provisional Government from the interference
of the populace, and to adopt like measures for pro-
tecting the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly,
and finally, that in the execution of this duty he was
not to be interfered with by any member of the go-
vernment. In short, that the army was to be placed
under his absolute command. From what appears
in the National to-day, it would seem that the
question is not yet settled.
A special council of the Provisional Government,
held this afternoon, passed a decree that 80,000 of the
recruits enlisted in 1)147, should be called into service,
and that a special council of rocrutement" should
be formed in the principal town of each arrondisse-
ment. These men are to be called into active service
on the lstof May.
The Itulicatenr of Bordeaux states that M. Clement
Thomas, one of the editors of the National, having
been appointed by the government commissioner-
extraordinary toinvestigate the circumstances con-
nected with the non-reception of M. Latrade in that
city, immediately on his arrival proceeded to make
the necessary inquiries. Finding that the presence of
M. Latrade at Bordeaux would be a cause of great
irritation, M. Thomas came to the conclusion that it
would be advisable to remove him. M. Thomas
drew up an order appointing M. Chevalier commissary
of the department. This document was already
printed, and was on the point of being made public,
when M. Latrade, on the 27th ult., intervened, and
refused to permit that course to be adopted. The
whole matter was then thrown open again, and at
last M. Thomas took his departure for Paris to ley
the matter before the government, causing M.
Latrade to accompany him to Libourne. So the
matter rests at present.
PARIS, SUNDAY, 11 A.m.
Since the date of my letter of last evening no do.
mestic news of importance has transpired. The
embarrassment of the government, owing to the im-
practicability of finding any one willing to accept the
responsibilities of the ministry of war, continues.
L' Union, this morning, affirms that government has
received a favourable answer to the overtures which
it had made to Gen. Changarnie: on this subject. In
the extremities, however, to which government is
driven, and in the absence of both of these generals,
it is probable that communications might be made
simultaneously to them.
Be this as it may, the consequences of the present
state of things in relation to the army are of the worst
description. Meanwhile, however, General Lamori-
ciere is actively employed in the departments in sus-
taining and restoring the discipline of the troops.
A report was circulated yesterday, on the faith of a
letter from Lyons, that some regiments quartered at
Grenoble had marched into Savoy and occupied
Chambery, and that the Sardinian troops had at the
same time been withdrawn into Piedmont. Ido not
find, however, any confirmation for this.
The National Discount Bank commenced its opera-
tions on March 20. In eleven days 22,281 bills on
Paris, or on the towns in which there was a branch
of the Bank of France, amounting to 11,145,523
franca, were discounted for 4,070 persons. 7,806
bills on the provinces were left to be received by 320
merchants, amounting to 2,256,644 francs. On the
30th March more than 1,200 persons were admitted
to discount for a sum of nearly 2,000,000 francs. The
number of shares taken amounted to 3,133,500 francs.
I send you, as usual, the weekly balance sheet of
the Bank of France, by which yon will perceive that
that institution has advanced to the government fifty
millions of francs on Treasury bonds of the republic.
The amount of unpaid bills on the evening of the
30th (of course not including the large mass which
fell due yesterday, and a fearful amount of which
were unanswered), 12,926,212 francs, besides nearly
three millions already dishonoured.
PAZ" Aram I. New Loan, —; Preach Inn per Cents,
s 0; Do; (Me.), —; Four-and-Half, Paine, 50 . Threes,
40 ; Do. (Acs.), —. Bank of Frame, 1,150.; Belgian 1540,
So Si ; Do, 1042, ; Do. Threes, De. Two-and-a-Half. —;
Spank Threes, N plos Bent" W. Roman Loan, 52. Tres.
sari Beads, 41. huhu*/ en London, no transactions.
F.Amorn,o_poris sod Orleans. 522 25 ; Paris and Roam 540 •
Rosen and Howe,'—; Avignon sad Marealles, 205 200 ; Stresboari
sad Mk, $O ; *awe Viersse, ; Asian and soracses,
Dressas, We 74; Web. De.

As I have already stated to you the Austrian
alter evacuating Milan, retired to the line troops,
c
Adige, or, according to more recent accounts, to thhe
at
of the Mincio. All the regiments oolnpseed of Italians
had fraternieed with the people, and the corps which
retreated harassed by the innumerable nameless annoy-
ances intlisted by the is t population througemora-
h
which they moved, were so d
lived that they scarcely deservee name of an army.
The Ilungarians, which constituted so large a portion
of their force, almost all deserted to the insurrles Albert
gents.
On the first appearance of Prince Cha
in Lombardy he warts saluted alternately, as we have
already stated, by the titles of King of Lombardy and
and King of Italy. lie, however, declared that he
would adopt. no measures in regar4 to the states of
Italy emancipated from Austrian rule, except at the
express instance and invitation of the regular consti-
tuted authorities of the respective Provisional Govern-
ments of theee States. The alternative preetnted to
the emancipated States is either to form an inde-
pendent state, be it t monarchy or republic and unite
themselves to Piedmont, so as to form one strong
I monarchy extending from the Gulf of Genoa to the

Adriatic:
The Provisional Government of Milan does not ex-
plain itself as to the future steps of the government ;
it reserves the rights of the people, and shows in
documents tb© position of respect for the independ-
ence of Lombardy taken by Charles Albert.
By a decree of the pontifical government of the 21st
March, a corps of observation is to be formed on the
frontier of the Roman states on the side of Tuscany,
Parma, and Modena. Volunteers for this corps had
been enrolled and received on March 22.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany occupied with his
troops Mama, Carrara, Pontranoli, and the maritime
part of the Duchy of Lucca, which were reserved to
the Duchy of Modena in case Lucca should be united
to Tuscany.
The Tuscan journals claim that Parma should also
be occupied by the troops of the Grand Duchy.
A letter from Chambery, dated the 26th, affirms
that a cabinet courier passed through that place the
preceding night, and stated that King Charles Albert
had been proclaimed King of Italy, and that Parma
and Piacenza had sent deputies to offer him the sove-
reignty of these duchies.
The Risurgionenta of Turin, of the 28th ult., states
that the commune of Reggio (Modena) had formed
itself into a Provisional Government, and published a
manifesto, declaring that it did not intend to prejudge
the question of the form of government to be defini-
tively adopted. The Tuscan troops entered Massa
and Carrara on the 23rd ult.; a proclamation was
issued on that day, declaring that they entered the
territory in consequence of an invitation from the
inhabitants, and their express desire of being united
to Tuscany.
Letters from Naples say that another revolution
was imminent. It was even affirmed that an insurrec-
tion had already broken out in Calabria, and that a
conflict had taken place at Cosenza, in which 600
soldiers were killed. The King was indisposed and
confined to his palace which was under the charge of
the national gu ird.
A correspondent of the National says that many
persons demanded a republLAic.
TEST P.S., 11 o'Ctocx.'l
A Provisional Government is constituted at Pavia.
It is said all the Austrian army is concentrated in the
direction of Verona.
The Marquis of Villamarina arrived at Pisa on 26th
March, on a special mission from the King, Charles
Albert. He soon after left for Florence. The Count
Rignon is charged with a similar mission to the court
of Naples and the holy Pontiff. Its object is not
known.

We have received the journals from Constantinople
up to the 16th of March, and from Athens to the
20th. The events of the revolution of February were
then publicly known in those cities.
The Greek ministry has resigned. The Senator,
Concourriotti, was commissioned to form a new
cabinet.
Disturbances in Athens are reported from Petra&
The mail was stopped.