The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

NEWS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, TVIISDAT, 8.30 P.M.
Several candidates for Paris addressed last evening
the central club of the Astiontl Guard. Among them
were M. Emile Thomas, Marquis de Boissy, and M.
L'Abbe Deguerry, cure of St. Euatace. The last two
were applauded and accepted, but the former was re-
pulsed almost unanimously. M. de Boissy delivered
a very violent address, in which he pie dged himself
to oppra dictatorships of every sort, even including,
as he said, quasi-African dictators.
The walls of Paris have been placarded to-day with
red bills, containing a recommendation, in violent
ternis,of MM. Rascail, Thore, and Cabet as candi-
dates. It commences with " Vive la Republique de-
mocratiquis et socials!"
The generality of the lower class pass by with in-
difference, a few only stopping to read them.
Some mouths since, these placards would have ex-
cited tumultuous assemblages.
The government is again reported to have changed
its designs in regard to Prince Louis Napoleon. They
will demand no decree of expulsion against him. M.
Flocon intends, however, it is said, to propose some
such measure, which would exclude all the pretenders.
Bulletins bearing the name of Prince Louis are
distributed in large numbers among the army.
The lesson assigned for the choice of M. Pascal
Duprat, fee the mission to Vienna, is that he under-
stands the German character and manners, having
been educated at Heidelberg. He is first to visit
Pesth before going to Vienna.
General Cavaignac is at prevent occupied with the
vindication of the character of his father who has
been accused, by a journal of Bordeaux, 'of having
caused M. Labarrere to be guillotined in 1793, after
having dishonoured his daughter. He has com-
missioned certain of his friends to procure documents
which will prove that the statement is entirely false.
The following are said to be the conditions on
which the Austrian cabinet has accepted the media-
tion : Austria is to retain .all her provinces in Italy,
Lombardy, and Venice, u heretofore, giving them
esnatitut.onal institutions. Sardinia to pay all ex-
pose's et the war. In ease of non-compliance with
these traditions, Austria will resume hostilities.
England will remain neutral.
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The Assembly continued the discussion on the droll
du travail. Aker M. Gauthier de Ronmilly and M.
Pelletier had addressed the Assembly, M. Alex. de
Tocqueville ascended the tribune, and developed with
clearness the duties imposed on the state, and proved
that the drat du travail, invented by the socialist.,
was an impossible and dangerous absurdity. M.
Ledrn Rollin contended that the droll du travail was
a right, conquered by the revolution of February;
that it was the consequence and result of the great
principles declared by the convention. By refusing
to inscribe the droit du travail in its constitution, the
Assembly ran the risk (he declared) of compromising
the revolution and the republic. M. Duvergier
(d'Ha'iranoe) then spoke, and his observations were
received very favourably by the greater part of the
Assembly.
The decision of the Assembly to continue the sus-
pension of the freedom of the press, has elici.ed hem
most of the journals stroll g article, to-day. We select
one or two of the best of them. The Debats save :
The press, therefore, is to remain in Vie mate in which it
`a, subject to arbitrary suspension, and owing the little li-
h rty which it guards only to its ewe reserve and to the inm
deration of the executive power. Such is the point to which
the revolution of February his brought us, and the result in
which the magnificent theory of absolute liberty was sure to
end ! It is sad to think of. However, whilst rendering full
justice to the intentions of the Committee of Linrislatioe, we
regret bet little the bill which it brought forward, =rather,
between the arbitrary role now existing, and regubuierd ar-
hitrary rule, as proposed by the committee, we have no choice
to make; we have not mum= enough to seek let which is
the leas objectionable of the two; and it it is better for the
press to be subject to the responsible and temporary arbitrary
rule of the executive power, or to arbitrary rule under the
forma arrest. We only wish that, for the future, the parti-
sans of both will has the hinderer to spare us their tirades
=Mast the laws of September. The plearantry is too good.
You seed an ereeptioul r. gime ? Be it so; take it. Remedy
by a dictatorship, if you can, the frightful state of anarchy in
sakh you have pledged that society which, not more than
six months ago, enjoyed every liberty ounpatible with order.
We shell bow the bead with grief and be resigned. At pre-
sent liberty is se article of luxury; society has only one care
—to live. We ourselves, alas I prefer your arbitrary rule to
the dishonouring regime which has led us there, tothoselovir
months of license which have mused the yeas to lose the
fruits of thirty years of sleeved discussion ; we prefer to live
under the good pleasure of the government, to beholding
that press which is so dear to us prostituted to all kinds of ex-
cesses. But, In Heaven's name, do not boast of the fine state
in which you have placed us. Do not provoke oomparisoes
which would make us feel ear humiliation. The pre.' was
fres with the laws of September; and the proof is.that wears
in republic. Restore to us the laws of September. end try to
govern with the m. If you find it more convenient to sue.
peed jonmsls at will, be modest at least, and do not Insult
those who governed with liberty, you who know rely how to
produce anarchy and the dietatorship.
The Oinstitutiomul has the ,ollowing :
The pm in henceforth under the perpetual V-.reat of sus-
pension or enppr. scion. We regret tn. deei.i-n of the As
sembly, which, without strengthening the government,
places the press in • situation so painful, so painfully in-
compatible with the independence and dignity of those who
write for it. We, in common with M. Victor Hugo, regret
that the government has so soon set aside. before having pot
them to the proof, those strict laws which it bed demanded
tenet the Aseemhly and obetined. We regret that it has not
followed the sugared= of IL Char..msole, and that, not
finding itself sufficiently armed, it did not come frankly and
openly to the As and ask for more numerous and
powerful guarantees, a more rigorous legislative. Nothing
would have been refused it. For us writers for the pries, the
worst of laws would have beat preferable to the shames of
all law._

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M. de Oirardin says:
I bad yii Wed to the impulse of a last illusion; I had ant
not doubted that the Notional Amenably would vote the bill
of the Comsat.' of Legislation, fo: that meant* went the
lengths of aggravating the loon( September. The Notional
Amemb'e, having both rejected the bill and eel aside the
thin of M Crespel de Laiouche, oothing et maim far
Ceres! to withdraw frees a *metals where I admit myself
to be completely overeense, and to pray my fellow-nrsten
parermally award than myself io this strogri., to have
the -kindness to undertake the difficult, if not impossible
took of oonducting, wiebout breaking it to pleura, between
the two shoal+ of dratinuion which is a tithe, and of arbi-
trary rule which I. a fact, the journal, of which I rally
abandon to them the direction, until mch time as, in
consequence either of another vote of the Assembly, or of
the taking off of the state of elms, or, in fine, of
the j romulmition of the aosetitution, the liberty to
impress my thoughts shall be restored to toe,
under the only reservation of condole/ myself within the
limits traced by our laws. The time which I shall pow
away from the direction of the Pram will not be lost. I
sisal employ it in studios which It will pelt by; for lams