The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1853.

In the railway share market there was again much
activity, shares being in demand, and generally at an
improved quotation. Closing prices :—Northerns,
9.141 f.; Prnd Orjea,ne, 1,120 f.; ..Parioand Stxas-
bkg, 95 7505; Paris fad, hyonik,ST2f. 50e. ; Pasis
alai Ron 1,110 f.; Lyons to tip Mediterranean,
MTh 50c. ; Wellern of Penne°, 797 f. 110 o.; Rouen
Imo Havre, ; Bordello: and &Us, 673 f. 75c.;
Ttigt and• 4berbeurg,64lL flec.
'J PARI9, atavasui Bvexixo."
The 3loniteur of this morning contains an at
-mummies*, of n goveroment plea-fee providing
population of France with cheap and comfortable
houseroom, which, so fat as magnificent promises go,
must far-outstrip the wildest dreams of hope. Not
only the working classes, but all persons of slender
fortune are to be provided with lodgings—healthy,
well warmed, lighted and ventilated and supplied
with water in abundance--at rents filed at so low a
rate as to hold out no temptation to speculators to
build the new dwellings. This latter condition
might be thought at first sight not very rational, but
die objections that occur to one are anticipated by
the assurance that the Emperor has met with con-
tractors who resolutely concur in his views, and that
the state—that dumb, patient, impersonal entity—is
to contribute to the realisation of the scheme in a
proportion not yet intimated. This beats Louis
Blanco hollow.
The Council-General of Agriculture is convoked
to assemble in Paris on the 19th of December next.
This

____ Council, crested by a decree of March 29,1831,
has not hitherto met, the organisation of the depart-
mental chambers of agriculture from which the
members of the council are selected not having been
completed last year. The following account of Ras-
pail's expulsion from Brussels is given in the Echo
du Nord:
It appears that M. Respell, who proceeded to Brussels
after leaving the prison at Doullens, had only arrived a few
days, when he was ordered to quit the country in 24 hours.
MM. de Pereeval and Lakin used all their influence with
the Minister of Justice to obtain the withdrawal of the
order of expulsion, but without success. On learning what
had liken place, M. Wain XIV., a member of the Cham-
ber of Representatives, called on M. Rasped, and took him
to his hens.. As the residence of Deputies is inviolable, the
order of expulsion cannot be executed. After this proceed-
isig *tithe part of M. Vftain XIV., a Council of Minieters
was held, but the decision come to by them hes not trans-
pitied. •
The Emperor, accompanied by M. Fould, the °S-
eers of his household, and the Count de Niewkerque,
Director of Museums, went to-day to inspect tie
exhibition of modern artists in the Salle des Menus
Moire. The exhibition opens to the public to-
morrow. It has been delayed much beyond the
meal time, owing to the difficulty of finding a
beak.
The Patrie says that an extraordinary despatch
bus Vera Cruz, of the 11th, states that Santa Anna
biassed° his triumphal entry into Mexico.
A telegraphic despatch from Brussels, dated to-
day, states that M. de Larochjaquelin has gained
bis cause against the Nation. The articles cam-
*bled of are declared libellous; and that journal is
sentenced to pay 3,000 f. damages, and to insert a
copy of the judgment in the Paris and Brussels
newspapers.
The contemptible shuffling of the exposet des motifs
of the bill for restoring the punishment of death for
political offences is the theme of general conversation
to-day. It is remarkable that none of the govern-
ment journals produce the document, while the
Debate and Presse print it in a conspicuous position.

Majesb)F
ty, upon the arm of the King, and at-
tended • oysters of Public Works and Foreign
Affairs, w k from the box to the spot (about 40
yards), and g a spadeful of earth with a silver
spade. She then returned in the same manner to her
box, partook of refreshments, and, after watching
the progress of the workmen for a time, withdrew
from the grounds. Benhor Lobo d'Avila, a member
'of the Council of Public Works, a gentleman upon
whom the progress of all considerations relative to
the railroad has devolved more than upon any other,
has, in reply to the diversity of reports, the diversity
of opinions, and to the observations of the press
itself, semi-officially called upon all persons to suspend
their judgment, u negotiations, alterations in the
programme, and other arrangements are in progress
which will place the railroad in a new light (so he
says), and cause a change in public opinion.
A report exists that the Bank and government
have been in the course of communication—this
perhaps may account for their shares having gone up
4 per cent.o.-but it is said their demands are un-
reasonable.
Exchange, 54; discount of notes of the Bank of
Lisbon, 2) per cent.