The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

490.] LONDON, FRIDAY, MAR. 24, 1848. [THREEPENCE.

Around thee will come to group themselves, united in a
common embrace and a common love, the members of the
great human family, who have been so long divided, and
who will be emaciated by the great French family in their
liberty and triumph !
M. Ledru-Rollin then recommended the workmen to
return to their labour, to the cry of " Vice la Repub-
lique!" The cry was immediately echoed by the
crowd, and shouts of " Vice Ledru-Rollin!" were also
heard. An old invalid, who had belonged to the
republican armies, seized the minister's hand, and
pressed it to hie heart, but his emotion wan so great
that ho could not utter a word. An officer then
advanced, and, with tears in his eyes, expressed the
pain which was felt by officers and soldiers at being
kept away from Paris, and requested that the
army might be forthwith recalled. M. Ledru-
Rollin protested with all his strength against the
distrust which had been shown towards the army.
It was not, he said, possible to divide the people and
the army. " The people," said he, "is the army, the
army is the people. Is not the army the most gene-
rous portion of the people, the blood of our blood?
Glory to the army! Did it not remember in February
that it was of the people, and did it not refuse to fire
on them ? " The minister concluded by saying that
there ought to be no more suspicious, no more distrust
with respect to the army ; and that for his part he
would not be content until he should have seen the
army, the national guard, and the people fraternise in
a proud banquet on the Champ-de-Mars. On leaving
the spot, M. Ledru-Rollin was followed by a nume-
rous crowd, shouting, "Vive Ledru-Rollin ! Vice la
Republique!"
At five o'clock yesterday afternoon a numerous
body of workmen, headed by a military band, stopped
at the Ministry of the Interior,on their way from the
Champ-de-Mars. The band executed the " Chant du
Depart," the " Marseillaise," and the " Chceur des
Oirondins," in the court-yard. On their conclusion,
the people cried, " Vice la Republique !" " Vice Ledru
Rollin!" M. Jules Fevre, secretary-general of the
ministry, then came forward end thanked the
people in the name of the minister. After exhorting
them to be peaceful, he proceeded to notice the
distrust which was felt towards the army. That
distrust, he said, was natural at first, but at present
it was unjust. Was it possible, he asked, that
any one could suppose that there existed any idea
of employing the army against the people? He con-
eluded by calling on the people to cry with him" Vice
l'Armhe!" The people immediately shouted, " Vive
rArmee ! Vive le l'euple !" M. Favier then announced
that the government was preparing a grand tete to be
celebrated in the Champ-de-Mars, " which," he said,
" would, as in the first days of our glorious revolu-
tion, unite around the alter of the country, the army,
the people, and all classes of citizens, with the same
sentiment of love to the country and devotedness to
the republic." Numerous cries of " ice la re-
publique ! Vice Ledru Heflin !" greeted this an-
nouncement. The crowd then proceeded to the
' Hotel de Ville.

Pants, Kowa 21.—New Loan, —; Mares per Cents., SO;
!Ores, 701; Pomona-doll, -; Poore, GO. Belgian Fives, 1840,
67 ; do. 1842, 67 ; Do. Threes, —; Do. Twoanda.llrlt, ——;
S ;for Ranter, —. Homan Loan, 38&. Treanory Banda, 30.
Bank Shane, 1,650. Eubank, on Lando., no traoractions.

1,47.1.0vr5 Caro tad Orleans, 605 ; Paris and Roam 425 ;
lawn and Havre, 220; Avignon and amities, 373 ; etnahourg
and Rile, 73; i'entre Vlersaa, 230; View and Boulogne,
Bordeaux, Mb; Mole, 340.

From all quarters of Spain come assurances of com-
plete quiet. A solitary trabucaire, Cayetand Burgos.
had presented himself for pardon in Catalonia, and
a fray with the smugglers had taken place in Galicia.
The Pyalar contradicts the report of the Clamor,
that any intention was entertained by the govern-
ment of advancing Nlontpensier to the head of the
artillery.
MADILID, MAWS 17.—Three per Cents., $9l paper; Five per
Cents., 141 paper; Passives, S paper; Coupons, 10 payer; Bank of
St. Ferdinand, 110c:sea; 112 paper. Enduing. on London, 46.171 at
110 days.

The King of Sardinia has published a general am-
nesty for political offences.
A letter from Rome of the 11th says :—" We feel
the contre-coup of the financial crisis of France ; Genoa
has withdrawn its credit at the Roman Bank ; Tor-
tonia gives no money on Paris, not even on Roths-
child. This crisis, it is hoped, will only be temporary;
and the Roman princes, who are shareholders in the
bank, guarantee that they will not allow it to suspend
its payments ; bat the panic is great, and everybody
desires to withdraw his funds."

M. de Rothschild has subscribed 100,000 florins
towards the equipment of the national guard of
Vienna.
The domain of Prince Metternich, the famous
castle of Johannisberg, has been sequestered by the
government of Nassau. The cellars are richly stored ;
they are put under seal. It is said the reason is the
non-payment of arrears of certain duties for thirty-
three years.

CHINA.—The Journal des Debate says that it has
received their papers and correspondence from China up to
the 29th of January. No event of the least political impor
tanee bad occurred since the departure of the last courier.
The negotiations lietwsen the Viceroy and the Governor of
Hong-Kong wire still being carried on, the correspondi nee
up to th►t time not having produced any satisfsetory result.
Sir John Davis had, in an official proclamation, even an-
neunced to his countrymen, that having referred to the
British government the question whether or not he should
proceed to active measures for insuring the punishment of
the murderers who committed the assassinations at Houng-
chu-ki, he thought that it was absolutely necessary to warn
them in the meantime to be prepared to quit Canton at a
• moment's notice.

RESPITE OP THE CONVICT DAWSON.—The follow-
ing is the copy of a letter addressed by Sir George Grey to
the High Sheriff of Durham, contai&ng a respite for the
convict William Dawson, who was capitally convicted at the
late assizes, and left for execution:—" Whitehall, March 22,
1848.—Sir : I am to signify to you the Queen's commands
that the txeeation of the sentence of death passed upon
William Dawson, now in the gaol of Durham, be respited
until farther signification of her Majesty's pleasure.—l am,
Re., G. Grey."
'FHB FOUNDATION STONI OP A NEW CHUICK at
Liverpool, to be called St. Matthew's Church, wsa laid by the Earl of
Sefton, on the north ride of MI-street, Tonteth.park, on Tuesday.
The whole of the ground floor la to be tree, as at St. Simon'., lately
completed.