The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PAltle, arirnar, 5.30 p.m.
Gt nasal Changarnier has at 1-st gained the double
command he so how coveted, end which until now he
has only held provisionally. The 67'h article of the I
law on the national guard, which was pissed in 1831,
set dt rei it gel, eseett in ems, to give the
double command of e na'ional guard of the Seine
and of the first military division 'o the same general.
Tlc debate yesterday in the gi-lative Assembly
Ni a 4 en the proposal of M. Mental. mbett to abrogate
this stuck. The double come,nd places under the
orthrs of General Chseparnii rno leas than 600,000
wen. and with this inormons fcrce under his direc-
tion, Le has at any time the power to set un-
eon' t09e.1 by any a u•hority for t en, y-fenr
hnurs. It w.s against this military dictatorship shit
the orators of the opposition expended their
relsoninu yesterday. It was in vain that M. Monnet
erg d that the tea way to support gorerrment was I
to inspire confich nee, and not by perpetuating such
commands as that proposed. In vain 0 neral
llarauusy d'Hilliers movid an amendment, limit-
in% the double command to three months, unless
/IN (4111 v twit wised to be motioned by the
As=s ntlilr. NI. Dufou'e tteate i Fghtly the fears of
at. v earg. roux dictatorship, arztp d that General
actually nossessed the rower which they
disputed hint, and tl.e Assembly aa,,pted the motion
by 3:12 against 118. This law will remain in force
till the organisttion of the naronal guard, and until
the constitution of the army shall he settled by special
er ne'ment, accordi-g to Artivle 103 of the constitu-
tion: but when the military powers now given will
be thus ttratina'e is very doubtful, as the discussion
of the print which can alone determine it has been
pimpoted to an indefinite period. The opposition
Rivet to the m.asore by General Bara‘uty d'Hilliers
(Rho was fn. a long time t resident of the doh of the
Hue de l'oictiers) created much surprise, and his
snr, ech was greatly cheered by the members of the
Mountain.

This is the gnat day of the elections, but there is
little in the outward op vt of the streets to d•note
the fart. The business of a Sunday in Paris is pro-
ceeding in its ordinary style, and the greatest order
pervade. The Consiettiti,Anel states that many re-
lives of the moderates have ceme up from the
country to vote for the list of l'Union Electorate. The
committee of that body have published a placard this
mornirn. extirvtirg all govd citizens to vote, and
nrglvw on firm not to abstain as they did on the last
recisinr. Apathy, they 'Ay, compromises the cause
of order.

General I.lmorieiere has derided nnnn the accept-
ance of the po-t rf ambassador to St. Peterpburg. lbe
re :Fors whs his depertare has been delayed have been
airea,.y noticed. M. ths nyn de I.'lluvs has been
gazetted this morning " Ambassador pl;nipotentiary
on a special missi4 n to the (t.p.en of Great Britain and
Irelanil. The ordinary cap-union "to the court of
Great Britain " having been departed from in this in-
star eta has led to some remark.

Under the head of Italy w:11 be found all the infor-
mation that can be given in the absence of the official
despatchts from the r.xt of war. These docutm ate
are expe-ted to appear this evening. The French
government seem to be under mine anxiety se to the
ultimate ninth of the int. rventinn in the Waits of
Italy, for we And by the Niemenles papers received
today that two mere regiments have been erdtred to
Civita elide, and that ammunition and store, are
daily leaving that port fur the camp of General
I hi linot.

The. committee charged to examine the bill on
lieblh instruction is continuing its labelers with great
wad 'nity. After deliberating on tFe ensemble of the bill
it dienteurd the ger eral principles of it. The que tion
of .It,e pm -jitney of the academic council gave rise to
a w irm dima,tion. Tne committee were generally
diap layd to leave the presidency to the rectors,
ac Hard by the present bill. The question of the
general inspection also caused a long diicussion, the
m Jority being in favour of there being only
one claw. cf inapecters. In its last sitting the com-
mittee deliberated on the programme of primary in-
struction, end admitted the principal provisions of the
government measure.
The committee charged to examine the bill for
complains the Loewe and prolonging the Rue de
ltiyoli met on Friday morning, and adopted two rest,-
1 Janos, which it decided should be kept event until
the report should be real. The Pattie oars that the
bill has not obtained the approbation of the majority
of the committee.

Tho Canatitutinnnel mays : "We were, a few days
ince, authorised to declare as apocryphal a letter
addressed from France to General Oudinot, and which
had been interfered at Rome, and published,
a. emanating from General Rulhiere, the minister of
war. The following is the explanation of the fact.
An honourable general had written to the comman-
der-in-chief of nor wale in Italy a letter which the
peat-master of Toulon by mistake sent by land, and
pet into the packet of commercial lettere. On reach-