The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

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He has directed a rigorous application of the laws, and the
polies also, underthe orders of the Minister of the Interior,
has displayed the utmost activity."
The sddrera•of the Clamber of Deputies was pre-
sented to the King on Thursday evening:- -it-ran u
follows :

" Sire,—The Chamber of Deputies has promptlyresponded
to the call of your Majesty. The will of the Charter had to
be accomplished, and we were all anxious to lay before the
constitutional throne our respect and our oaths. Your Ma-
lesty announces to us, that at the period of our ordinary
abours you will lay before us measures connected with the
domestic and foreign affairs of the state ; we will then enter
into an examination of the questions which regard all the inte-
rests tithe country, its prosperity, and its grandeur; but at the
present moment, we have a most pleasing mission to fulfil.
France has charged us to bear to 7eu the faithful expression
of the sentiments with which she is penetrated tow‘rda you
and your family. In honouring us with her suffrages, she
has loudly declared that between her and you, between her
and your dynasty, the alliance is indissoluble. Sire,—You
have learnt from your youtk to love and serve France ; there
are no trials which you have not supported, no dangers
which you have not every day incurred, to secure her repose
and her happiness. Providence protects you, and will pro-
long that reign which the will of the nation has founded for
the safety of our laws and of our liberties. Both your children
and ours will reap the fruits of our common efforts, and, as
a lasting recompence, your name will for ever dwell, beloved
and respected, in the recollection of the country."
His Majesty returned the following reply :
" Gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies, —I receive with
much gratification this fresh testimony of the sentiments
which animate you. It is a precious pledge of the happy
concord existing amongst all the powers of the state, which
is at once the guarantee of our liberties, and that of the
tranquillity and prosperity of France. lam deeply moved
at your generous wishes for my family and myself. You
know that, devoted from our youth to the service of onr
country, the sweetest reward of our devotion is to deserve
well of her, and to obtain from the nation that affection and
confidence of which you have just given me such a touching

On Friday the Parliament was prorogued by Com-
mission to the 11th of January.
A petition is in the course of preparation in Paris
for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. It
has already acquired numerous signatures of members
of the Institute, the Bar, of scientific and literary
men, of jud res, magistrates, and electors. Amongst
them are those of the Abbe de la Mennais and
Beranger.
The mail packet the Rhamses, arrived at Marseilles,
has brought the news that the Prince de Joinville,
with his aides-dc-camp, and some officers of the squad- '
ron, had left Naples for Rome, where he intended to
remain for a few days. The squadron was divided
between the stations of Naples, Baid, and Castellamara.
The Duke of Montpensier has returned to Stras-
bourg from his excursion in the Grand Duchy of
Baden, where he was welcomed by the grand ducal
family with every mark of regard and affection.
M. Damon, the French Minister of Public Works,
is about to leave Paris for England, accompanied by
M. Tessarene (depu y), there again to inquire into
the rezata queeho of railways, and the share which
the government should have in the controul of the
operations of the companies.
By a royal ordonnance of the 4th September, Vice-
Admiral Drivel ceases to in active service. He is

succeeded by Rear-Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, pro-
moted vice-admiral. Post-Captain Brnat is appointed
rear-admiral.
It is quite certain (writes a well-informed Paris
correspondent) that the arrangements just published
concerning the Queen of Spain's marriage had the
full concurrence of the French Cabinet, if indeed it
were not concluded at its suggestion. The point for
King Louis Philippe to gain was, that the marriage
of the Due de INlontpensier with the Queen's sister,
Donna Luisa, should take place at the same time as
the marriage of Queen Isabella. M. Guizot, it is
said, does not expect that the assent of the English
Government will be given without some difficulties ;
but he does not seem to fear that it will be withheld.

Our letters from Madrid of the 30th ult. state that
the Government had despatched a courier to Rome
with letters to Senor Castillo y Ayensa, urging him
to request from the Pope a dispensation for the mar-
riage of the Queen with her cousin Don Francisco
D'Assises. El Contetelo remarks that the ministry,
desirous of profiting by the convocation of the Cortes
to give effect to General Narvaez's application to
return to Spain, has sent an intimation desiring him
to take his seat in the senate.

El Clamor contains a manifesto from the Progressist
party, expressing their satisfaction at the union be-
tween the Queen and lion Francisco, which they
consider as "homage paid to public opinion," and add
their wish to see " the two daughters of Ferdinand
VII. united at the same time to the two sons of the
Infant Don Francisco de Paulo, and as Spaniards they
(the Progressistas) will by all lawful means oppose
the union of the Due de Montpensicr with Donna
Luisa.

The Madrid papers of the 31st ultimo, are solely
occupied in discussing the projected marriage of the
Queen of Spain.

PARIS, San. 3.
The parliamentary prologue of the session is over.
The Chamber of Deputies has verified the powers of its
memben', and voted without discussion the address in reply
to the speech from the throne ; the deputies are returning to
their departments, and the moment therefore come for
examining in what manner the ministry and the majority
have employed the power which the elections have recently
given them. I think I have already stated to you that this
power was obtained by surprise ; that the pistol shot fired at
the king, and made use of against the opposition by the
agents of the ministry, by exciting the fears of the timid, de-
termined a great many to give their votes to the government
candidates. But public opinion, recovered from this stupor,
is eager now to make its protest. The municipal elections,
which remained to be decided, have terminated entirely in
favour of the opposition. I will give you a striking
instance. In the town of Dieppe 14 of the municipality voted
for the ministerial candidate ; not oue of them has been
re-elected, but their places have been filled by as many
members of the opposition. These results show, almost in
forcibly as direct evidence, that if there were a greater
number of electors in France, the opposition would regain
all its chances, and that the majority of the country is not
with the ministry. Let us see, now, to what uses the ma-
jority in the Chamber and the Government have turned
their power. Assuredly I exaggerate nothing in saying that
similar conduct in a country where the principles of repre-
sentation are more ancient and better established would ex-
cite universal repulsion. The Chamber, in fact, has shown
itself rigorous even to injustice towards the opposition depu-
ties, and lenient even to partiality towards the conservative
party. The only rule that has been followed in making its
decisions on the verification of powers, has been that of
arbitrary will and political rancour. A hundred in-
stances might be adduced. I will confine myself to a
few. The election of M. Couvers, an opposition member
was annulled for the sole reason that an elector about to give
his vote was accompanied by a person a stranger to the elec-
toral college ; two days afterwards, the majority refused to
annul the election of M. Blanqui, a ministerial deputy, re-
turned by a majority of three, although two unqualified
persons voted, and a third, a stranger to the college, was in-
troduced into the assembly during the proceedings. The
return of M. Mater, the deputy for Bourges, was not invali-
dated, although he had entered into an engagement with the
electors not to remain a deputy longer than a year; and the
Chamber did invalidate the election of M. Drault, the de-
puty for Poictiers, under the pretext that he had accepted an
imperative mandate from the electors. On this occasion, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs came forward in the tribune to
enunciate a theory which certainly no one will contest in
France, that if deputies accept imperative mandates—
if they sacrifice their liberty of opinion and action
so far as to prevent themselves from profiting by the
knowledge which may be elicited from a debate, instead of a
representative government, France, like Switzerland, would
possess a federal one. This is enough to show that the
charter does not recognise imperative mandates, and that
engagements of this sort are virtually null. But ought the
nullity of such a convention to carry along with it the nulli-
fication of the election ? Should a deputy be excluded from
the Chamber under the pretext that he had entered into an
engagement with the electors to vote in one particular way
rather than another? The rhetoric of M. Guizot failed to
establish this point. M. Odilon Barrot maintained with
reason that lithe Chamber arrogated to itself the power of
quashing the election of one of its members, for no flagrant
violation of the law, but by reason of consequences which
might have such or such relation of the elected with the
electors, it would enter upon an unlimited, arbitrary course ;
that it would in that case constitute itself the judge, not
only of facts, but of opinions ; that it would pronounce upon
the worthiness or unworthiness of its members; that it
would erect itself into a Star Chamber, or a tribunal of the
Inquisition. What is bath curious and scandalous at the
same time is, that M. Chazot, a ministerial deputy, entered
into an engagement with the Legitimist electors, much mo.e
formal than that which had been agreed to by M. Drault;
that this engagement, which has been published in the
papers, was known to the Ministry and the Chamber ; and
that the majority which excluded M. Drault admitted M.
Chalet. Thos we see that the friends of the Ministry are
not ashamed of having two weights and two measures. They
' judge the same case differently, according to the persons
• concerned in it. Is not this commencing its career under a
' brilliant and, above all, a loyal flag? M. Guizot, in his
' triumph, will give a high opinion of himself and his majority
to the public of Europe. -You are aware that the derision