The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

finding that his orders had not been executed, the
President desired him to take immediate measures
to liberate the Assembly, and that, having taken
the nee, ssary steps, it was on his assurance a
the absolute necessity of so doing, that the
President temporized, to gain time to allow the troops
to come up; that when he was expelled from his
chair, the President immediately went to confer with
the Executive Government ; and that, having wit-
nessed all the conduct of the President, bth in and
out of the chamber, ho declares that the President did
all that was in the power of man to do, under the eir-
eum-tanees, befitting the responsible position in which
lie was placed.
General Courtais ce transferred to the Luxembourg,
where he is detained in custody. He was examined
this morning by the chief of the parquet and his sue-
stitute. He has written a letter to the President of
of the Assembly, explaining his conduct.
The report that Hobert has escaped is unfonndcd;
he is a pri,oner at Vincennes. Illanqui and Flotte
escaped to Brussels.
General Cavaignac has arrived in Paris, lard
accepted the Ministry of War.
The discussion of the project of the law foe c
banishment of the Orleans family took place to ,lay •
the bureaux, and pad rise ton very animated (Lir,.
M. O'llillon Barrot denounced the measure as kn.%
portune, and fraught with danger.
PAWN MAY 18.—Ne. Loon, --; Three per Cents., •, Do.
rt,. per Crnu., Four-and-MIL —; Young, —. Iklelnn
118118, 18114 0; Do. 1812, 671 , Three., —; Do. Teru-and.a.•
Half, ; N Bentr, —; kuman Loon, ; Tre.uury
Ilotols, 32. Bank Shares, MO; Exchange on !lotion, nu Dow
1100,10.

h.coran.— Carta and (Mesita, Slu ; Paris and Rouen, 110;
Rouen and Havre, 202 50; Avignon and NI urnedk., 215 ; 9tru.
bourg and Bide, 90 ; Centre s•ierwn, Mk; Annetta and Boulogne,
—; Bordeaux, 398 7S: North, 357 So.

ITALIAN REVOLUTION.

La Pairia, of Florence, of the 11th, announces the
departure of M. Taboni for Rome, on a mission of the
Provisional Government of Modena and Reggio to
the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Pope.
The deputation from Nlessa and Carrara had arrived
in Floret:cc, and had presented to the Grand Duke
the address of these two cities, declaring their union
to Tuscany.
The Piednumtese Gazette of the 13th says :
We know, from good authority, that hie holiness has
sent an autograph letter to the Emperor of Austria, to offer
him his meilistion, on condition of his unconditional aban-
donment of Italy. The holy father invokes the right which
nations have to reconstitute the:melees ; he cites the
example of Germany, and concludes, that, after the late
event+ in Lombardy, it has become impossible for Austria
longer to govern Italy.
I The Piednacrateze Gazelle, of the 13th, states that the
I position of the army was still the same on the 11th.
The battle of Cornuda was a very serious encounter,
which lasted two days. Gen. Ferrari, on the 9th, retired
to his old head-quarters of Nlontebullenn. Gen. Du-
rand° on that day was at Hassan°, and it was believed
he had already driven the enemy back beyond Feltre.
The two regiments of Pontifical volunteers, commanded
by Col. Duke of Lante, have arrived at Treviso, with
the celebrated Father Gavazzi, their chaplain. The
3rd Roman legion, and part of the 4th, ander Lieut.-
! Culonel Oalliena, occupy a point on the line of the
Piave.

The declaration of Piacenza, in favour of its union
with Piedmont, which we mentioned before, took
place on the 10th ; the number of votes was as fol-
lows :-37,000 for the union with Piedmont; GO for
the union with Lombardy; 300 for the union with
the Pontifical states; and 10 for the union with
Parma. On the result being known, the town was
illuminated, and the event saluted with 50 guns.

Letters from Berne, of the luth,ay that the Grand
Council refused to sanction the new constitution of the
canton of Lucerne.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

TIIUItSDAY.

The approaches to the Chamber are fres from all military
guardianship. The post of honour has been occupied by the
National Guard of kleaux.
The Session was opened at half past twelve.
After the reading of the proci-s verbal,
The PRESIDENT read a lette• from the Abb, Lacordaire,
asking permission to resign his seat, finding his health
unequal to the fatigue, and that it was impossible to recon•
cite the pacific duties of a religious life with the difficult and
severe duties ors representative of the people.
The order of the day for the vote for the nomination of
the members of the committee of the constitution was taken,
and site members only, am we have already stated, having ob-
tained the requisite majority, twelve members remained to be
chosen. The voting was finished at half put one, and the
discussion was resumed.

M. SENARD informed the Chamber, that at 3 o'clock the
funeral of several National Guards, who had been kiiled in
defence of public order, would take place, and proposed that
a deputation should be sent from the Assembly to attend it.
A vire president, secretary, and twenty members were ac.
cordingiy deputed.
A most stormy debate now followed on two proclamations
to the people, proposed by M. Domes and M. Berard. Each
of these was remarkable for its energetic character ; but in
that of M. Domes it was principally exhibited by well
turned periods, whilst in that of M. er►rd was this signifia-
tire phrase, "The Executive Power, acting with energy and
unity, will make no compromi.e with the factions."
The government and the left violently opposed the pro-
' position, and directed their opposition principally against
the phrase we have cited. The majority and the old lett
supported it, on the contrary, with extreme warmth.
The declaration proposed by M. Berrard obtained the
preferet.ce.
M. DURRIEN, after having critisizesl the composition
of M. Berrard, observed to the Assembly, that if its
position was admirable, it did not become it to say soof itself,
This occasioned an increase of warmth, and on all !ides a
division was calk.' for.

Besides, continued M. Durrien, this proclamation throws
blame indirectly on the executive government, and I, there-
fore, demand that the proposed proclamation be referred to a
committee. . .

M. EMAN um. AILAOO seconded the motion. (" No, no.")
M. l'i.oeux: The Assembly should not vote a motion
without serious deliberation. _ . .

The speaker was no longer audible from the noise an 1
confusion, which was almost equal to that of the 16th. On
all sides were cries for a division, and yet no one would listen
to the President, who wished to put the question to the vote.
At last,
M. Dr PIN obtained a hearing, and proposed an adjourn-
ment of the question till tomorrow.
M. bIANIFIEKT proposed that all clubs should be prohi-
bited. ( Exclamations of " Oh, oh !") However (said he), I
would allow meetings for petitioning. (" No more of that;
'Lis an absurdity.")
Other motions, of no public interest, took place, and the
Chamber adjourned.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

HAMBURG, MAY IG.

But little of importance has occurred in the opera-
tions of the two divisions of German troops in
p teitions opposite Alsen, and near Kolding and
Frederica, in Jutland. The one under General
Halkett has had two or three trifling affairs with
the Danes and their gun-boats, and we have had,
as usual, reports every day
,of heavy cannonading
having been heard from that neighbourhood, from
which it was inferred that some serious conflicts had
token place; bat nothing worth mentioning has
occurred, and the hostile forces are content to watch
each other and strengthen their positions. This
state of matters must probably continue till the Danes
shall make a descent on the mainland, for the Hano-
verians and Prussians cannot get over to the islands.
A party of cavalry and infantry, with some guns
from the Prussian division under General Wrangel,
have advanced into Jutland, as far as Horsens and
Aarhuus, and it is evident that they have no inten-
tion at present of evacuating Jutland; indeed, they
are taking measures to strengthen Frederica, to
which town they have forwarded four heavy pieces
of ordnance, two 84-pound mortars, and two 24-
pounders, and they are getting all their ordnance
into working order.
A detachment of Schleswig-Holstein troops, with
four guns, marched towards the north of Jutland,
under Major Zastrow, on a foraging party, and
they have returned, bringing supplies for 7,000 men
for 14 days.