The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

'1

-

character, and to have been so effectually aj34
supPtcased, that the authorities fouofnd the
a condition to decline the aid military,
offered by the surrounding country, ti m,77 lin fact no absolute disturbance or the bari• 1
tranquillity. Much conjecture is throtrar7, as to the operation of causes w
or moy not produce disturbances inthheieh la 7
thid,
canto's, and between the cantons of the k—,..7
and the larger cantons, and on the
adel, —5"
quences of the discussion in the Diet respeetth,7 ,1*
the
expulSion of the Jesuits. A report is mentioeld.e the Grand-council at Basle, having postponed
or-r
layed Its decision against the Jesuits, a commmueat
'`"
was made to it, that if it should desire to appal t„ force,' the militia and the artillery had positvely 4
fused to act under its orders.
A large portion of the provincial and foreign Jour.
oats failed to arrive in Paris on Saturday owing to I
floods.
The Courrier Frantigis says, "A person attae edth
the foreign office left Paris on Thursday for Vienak
charged to remit to M. de Metternich a plan of
ment for then ffairs of Switzerland, Recording to teat, 4
already agreed on."
Accounts from Berne on the 20th, the day on viick
fresh disturbances were expected, inform us thrt
tranquillity continued to prevail.
A change in the Cabinet is now openly spoken et;
in fact, it is understood that M. Lacare-Laplagne
1,01
retire fmm the Hotel de Finance, and be succeeded/7
M. Palmy. This will be a move in the Liberaldine. e
tion, the latter member holding a place more to* I
left than the present minister. .Nleanwhile, the yenta
went of the Duke of Dalmatia and the secession d I
o:The combination mentioned in our correspond*,
rgan.S43atuizsuroda°: yth,ththeaseLepreportreidereybyg,ardwtillheedta:seitniPowl:ceaemililauiedormeaciteet
quarters as quite out of the question. Louis Philipp,
whatever be his sentiments, could not sacrifice ut K
barefaced and unserapulous a way the instrument be
has used for his family aggrandisement.

Despatches and journals of the 18th have wind
from Madrid.
The report current of a ministerial crisis was con.
tradicted in El Impareirtl, quoted by the Hen,*
which, however, expresses no assurance of its own cc
the subject. Up the 18th no further intelligence big
been received from Portugal. The amnesty bad ben
published on the 17th, and was in conformity lid
what we announced in our correspondence of ye/.
terda
A Liter from Port St. Mary, of the 13th, announce'
that the English squadron, which had been yea ad
that port, had disappeared. A splendid 411
been given at the Palace on the evening of cle
18th, .to which all the political, social, and ht.
rary notabilities, and all distinguished foreign.
era were invited, among whom were the Coo*
Thomar (Cantu Cabal), General Florez, Count Bre.
i son, Mr. Bulwer, and Alexander Dumas. The Duke
d'Aunude and Montpenaier danced during the ern.
ing with the -daughter of the Infant lion Francine
de Paula.

Gonzalez Bravo, who was to have left the 17th is
Lisbon, as well as Count de Thomar, had postponed
their ipartime.
Theth Madrid man of the 19th had not arrived et
Paris up to the afternoon of Saturday ; that of the
18th only arrived on Saturday morning.
The 18th being Sunday, the Bourse was closed.

PARIS, Oct. a •
You have made known to your readers the proint
of the indirect tales in France during the first nine sods
of the year 1646. It amounts to 601 millicne of from;
which gives for the whole year about 800,000,000 hunt '
32,000,0001. sterling. This is the most brilliant rank wild
the public,sivenue has yet attained in France. Theirs.
of the revenue is not always the same. Its mean income a
calculated at 18,000,000 •francs ayi at. This year it lull is
rather less, different causes concurring in checking the be.
palse which the revenue has received for the Int urn
years. You will, without doubt, feel some interest in as
milling what are the elements of progress, and what ode
indirect taxes are the contributions whose produce has fir
off. The principal increase is in tobacco, which augments d
the rate of 4or 6 per cent. per annum, while the greed
increase is scarcely 21 per cent. The passion fur robs
becomes snore general every day ; no one is ever row
in the streets without a cigar or a pipe in his nor,
Was the Dutch or the Germans. The produce of the is
on letters and on liquors continues also to advance, idle
indicate, more than any other taxes, the increase of cm
eueoption and of comfort. The produce of the caches end
of the registry * nearly stationary ; but that of salt dad.
✓aw in a very neticeable proportion. In 1846 this tubs
retained three millions, or ten per cent. Ices than in ltd. 1
4LI not beiltwve sties the consumption of eels t..liwinisheil w
France; bat I am of opinion that the smuggling of an are
which se taxed at three times its value has every day gran
susses. When salt is prodiseed naturally without en I
merely by the evaporation of sea water on our coasts, i
likely that the people will be content to pay a duty of thin
penes per kilogramme ? The duty on salt is almost mall
that on sugar ; the provision of the poor is taxed aryl
heavily r the luxury of the rich ; consequently, an It
excites more complaints, or is more difficult to retail. h
the rum of last session the Chamber of 1/erstis
voted the reduction of the duty on salt to one dime pet
kilogramme. The government were compelled to seer Se
dinunildied duty for the budget of 1848. It will mama*
duetion in the revenue of from 20 to 26 millions diens;
mad aa the budget is not equally bekneed, as the pees
meat, in spite of its increased resources, spends every yur
much more than it receives, it becomes almost impoesiblele
suppreep the whole or a part even of the tax on salt, within
its tending to a general rentodifiestion of the entire suns
Of duties. • You must observe also Mat the elective dusty
solicits the reduction of the tax on letters almost as amid,
as that on sak. The former amounts, for a single Inn,
scooeding to the distance, from 16 centimes (14d.) to 1 be.
10 Orilthailk (1ld.). It is sought se replace this char In n ti
uniform tax of 20 or 26 centime. Supposing that this a
Nicola. doubled the number of letters sent, the reveals
weak' remain the mune ; but this increase would certainly ,
net take place at once, and during the first few years we
mustlook for a deficiency. Government expends annually ifoll R
25 to 30,000,000 beyond the receipts of the treasury. Add ts
this 20,000,000 defirit for saltrind 10,000,000 for the Preece, P
and the inferiority of the revenue to the necessary dearth
upon it, will be not less than fifty or sixty millions of far
How is such a sum to be procured for the revenue or with
drawn from the expenses ? You know that the converse b
of the five per mac, so earnestly demanded by the mostly, 1„
but opposed only by the king, would produce an immediate
economy of fifteen million francs, and fifteen more at as
end of ten years. There would still remelt' the RUM of Wiry b
millions. This might easily be procured by taking of pro.
hibitions, or reducing the prohibitive duties which sled
foreign goods in a word, by rendering the customs rtie ;
produclave. The ministry feel this necessity, but they ban u
not the courage to make themselves the instruments for no b
eying it into effect; they must be impelled to it by circa& si
stances. I have stated to you the plan which the Minister Of
Commerce is preparing. I should add to it that free trade im
would have greater and more immediate prospects of such
but for the coolness that has arisen in the relations of Frain b
and England. This is the mood time that politico lure a as
terfered to thwart the efforts of the friends of liberty, u• es
1846 will reproduce the unfortunate results of 1840. 0.

.
FRANCE.—THE STORM n HAVRE.— The Joni:
du Havre of Thursday says :—" The gales which, from the 611
of the barometer, wo have been expecting for several Waff.
came on last night with extreme violence, accompanied by
hail and rain, and in the morning crowds were assembled*
the jetty to view the raging sea. The north-went jetty 01,
fered the most ; the stockade on the beach which protects
advanced battery is almost entirely beaten down, the
broken or washed up being carried by the waits as hi& of
the shore as the Place de Provence. The parapet or 6'
battery itself is shaken, and every reflux undermines Wins
The effeeta of the storm have been felt even in our dodo
The barge L'lndustrie, heavily laden with marble and bows
for Rouen, was driven against the three-mast vessel the
Anna. The barge in the morning was found to have spew
nanhadywing as
a leak, and had eight inches water in her hold. The Mew
Lamoriciere, which came in with the last tide, f. ;
reswth°
tHosvhanernmahoorgs, after
' got foul, r
the stairs at the bridge. In every direction the see lees'
traces of its fury, but the extent of the dump) cannot le
be ascertained. Not one of our packets has ventured te
leave the port. walimthosgre"t en.idreiffily ccauirritY camel gle
DOUBLE MURDER.—At Valenciennes, in the era-
, ing of the 20th inst., the inhabitants were alarmed 4.
double report of fire-arms, and on going out to leers we
cause they found M. Cossiaux, a baker, in a state of distrac-
tion, pointing to the parlour behind his shop. On entering.
the neighbours found Madame Coesiaux and their journey.
man, Louis Boquet, lying on the floor, each of their hieh
dreadfully wounded. Madame Cossiaux was quite dead. 10
Boquet expired a few minutes afterwards. The SC'et
given by M. Cossiaux was, that being at a public-house,
man came in, and after drinking a glass together they west
home to supper. Cambia: went down into the cellar w
draw some beer, and when he returned to the room „
e
found the horrid spectacle. The only conjecture that haws
yet been formed of the cause of this catastrophe is, that Mt?'
Coesiaux, who kept the accounts of the business, had
covered that Boquet, who was of very irregular habit.,
been guilty of some peculation, and threatened to inform DI
master, and in revenge the villain killed his mistrerssa
then destroyed himse:f to prevent his public exposure em`
punishment. hate
The Siick says : "The Royal Library has purciate st
from a dealer in autographs all the papers of the
Hudson Lowe. Amongst them are his official COrreSpol4 ?!:
1
with the British Government. the letters of the Egon
admirals on the station of St. Helena, the correspontlere!
the representatives of the allied powers, &e. The
having been unable to find a purchaser among the r
wealthy
personages of either France or England. has been obliged