The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Oar Paris expros of Saturday and Sunday has
reached us.

The cause of the resignation of M. Leon de Malls- I
Minister of tho Interior, was more serious. The
President, it seem', made an appointment, which pro-
perly belonged to that department, and M. de Niel's-
Tills refuted to countersign it. Prince Louis
Napoleon reed him fer the act in an epistle
i la Bonaparte, and M. de Malleville accord-
ingly resigned. On the double resignation M.
Barrot recommended that M. Leon Faucher should
take the department of the interior. M. Lacrosse
was offered the Publics Works, and M. Buffet the de-
pirtment of Commerce and Agriculture. Both ao-
cepted, and their names are gaxetted in the Moniker
of Saturday.
Our correspondent writes " Several rumours are
circulated as to the cause of the difference between
tie President and ministers. Some of them are un-
founded, and others mast be purely conjectural. It
is said that the President required to have the tele-
graphic despatches communicated to him, as well as
other details of the administration' which M.
Leon de Mall.ville thought it his duty to with-
hold. The appointment proposed by M. Leal.
Bonaparte, asd rejected by M. de Malleville_,
was that of Grunt Nieuwerkeike, a distingnished
sculptor, to the poet of Director "des bee ux arts." This
appointment was understood to have been proposed at
the urgent request of the Princess Demidoff. It is fur-
ther stated that the President demanded from M. 4p
Nlelleville three letters which he had addressed to Lotffs
Philippe after the affair of Strasbourg, and which re-
main deposited in the archives of the Ministry of the
Interior. These letters M. de Malleville refiestel to give
up. I give you these rumours u they circulate. It
is also stated that the President addressed a letter to
M. de Malleville, informin,e, him that in accepting the
erceideney he ad not intend to be a mere inert !Loire
end that he did not wish to be n President d ter !ides.
M. Leon de .M.deville answered tnisletter by his resig-
nation."
M. de Maleville's resolution to retire from the
cabinet, after the explanations and apologies of the
President, is disapproved of by his party.
This ministerial crisis haspro.luced in the Assembly.
as well as throughout the capital, en impression de-
cidedly unfavourable to the president, and has excited
from some qui.rters charges of a disposition to super+
his powers and to aim at sovereignty. The party of
the Mountain is overjoyed at this state of things, ands
the perties of the reaction hope to turn it to account.
M. Lacrosse, who has been nominated to the
Minis ry of l'ublio Weeks, vacated by M. Lion
Faucher, was a strong supporter of Gen. Cavaignac,
but nevertheless belonged to the moderate party.
S me of the journols Ibis morning, and in particular
the Di:lsts, give in substance, hut with somewhat Las
dee.ll, the circumstances respecting the mirage riot
crisis given above. The Dibats says that the President
conedstas that the ministry he hey chosen do not appear
to consider sufficiently his prerogative. In short, it
is I vident that the machinery of government
can: of work smoothly, until the respective rights and
dutie a of the chief of the executive and his ministers
are mere clearly de fine d and better understood. M.
0 11 errot has rtquo,ted that all questions respect-
ilog the ministerial crisis shall be postponed for a row
de's.
The Coestiectianpel, this morning, acknowledges
that the President of the Republic male praiseworthy
efforts to recover a good understanding with M. de
Malleville, and to retain him iu office.
The &tele, which hitherto supported the govern.
meet of General Cavaignse, and (opposed the election
of Louis Napoleon, but which was formerly the special
organ of M. 0.111:rror, says, in reference to the minis-
teri .1 crisis,
We rrpeat with a nrofound conviction that in the midst
ef the difficulties and snares of every hied which
in, naps the new government, the on.y means of mfrty
(or it is au honuarahlis !wiry, with the last ministry. Ws
eni,rt sin a hope that this fasten lei I soon be accomplishod,
wi• a the assent or rather order the itippiratiOC of the g ae
r es men who so nohly delivered to his succeson the govern-
ment, alter having h• notated it at home and 'Urged by his
wioloms and his evarage.

An address has—been signed by all the communes
of the department of the Arri4e to their ekVell repre-
sentativis in the Assembly, in the name of universal
suffrage, which concludes as follows :—" We summon
the representatives that we have named to retire from
the National Assembly, where they have no more to
do, declaring to thins that a longer continuance at the
Chamber would be considered by us an abuse of con-
84ence and a tvurpation of power."
The Press* in noticing the announcement of the
Toulon journals, that the Pope is expected in France,
says that it has reason to beEcve that he will cone
oily to pass over to the Balearic islands.
1 he President of the Republic has appointed gover-
nor t t his palace M. Tniboutot, commander of the gen-
darmery of the Eure-et-Loir.

A slight reaction took place at the Bourse yesterday,
the Threes closing at 43.90, being an advance of 40
centimes on yesterday's urines. A proportionate ad-
vance took place on the Fives.
In the course of the session of Saturday, in the
Assembly, the pacation of the amnesty was once
more raked, and the promise understood to be given
by the President of the Republic was referred to by
its ,dvoeatts. M. 0. Barrot answered that the irate
of the country was not awls as to encourage at present
inch a measure, and refused to give any pledge on
the subject or to name any day for its diacusaion.
The Assembly passed to the order of the day by a
lar. e majority.
The primers at Vincennes will be brought to trial,
for the affair of the 13th May, in the course of the
next fortnight.