The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY, 11 A.W.
The jotumals this morning ars altogether destitute of
interest. A rutnour is mentioned, which, however, .1
I do not trace to any creditable source, that a minis-
terial modification is contemplated, which would re-
move M. Marie, Minister of Justice, and M. Senard,
Minister of the Interior, from office, the views of these
two ministers not being in accordance with those of
the chief of the executive power.
The Constitutionnel to-day publishes some curious
documents selected from those which the committee
on the insurrection declined publishing and deposited
in the archives of the Assembly ; they consist of re-
ports sent by the agents of the clubs employed in the
provinces during the elections and transmitted to the
ministry of the interior. They present some curious
specimens of the orthography of these agents.
The pamphlet of M. Cormenin on the constitution
appears to day. Extensive extracts frem it occupy
the columns of the Paris journals of this morning.
Another convoy of insurgents was sem on Satur-
day night to Haire.
The Specialew Republicain states that the Chapter
of Notre Dame have addressed to the Pope a request
that he will refuse to approve of the nomination of
M. Sibour as Archbishop of Paris.
The Bien Public, in 'reference to a paragraph in
the &Me, in which the writer asks where M. de
Lamartine was when, according to a deposition before
the committee of investigation, the provisional govern-
ment had accepted the red flag, says "He was on
the stairs of the Hotel-de-Ville, on the steps and on
the square, attempting to remove the red flag whilst
the people were shouting tee de Lassartine."
It was at this moment that he made a reply which
produced an effect even on the vociferators. "My
head, citizens! would to God you all had it on your
shoulders."

TheTire:sager mentions a report that Barbee and
his accomplices will be tried by the Court of Assizes
of Riom, and not at Beauvais, as mentioned by a
journal of the latter town.
The Prefect of the Seine hes proceeded to avail
himself of the credit granted to the city of Paris by
the Bank, and in a few days the sum to be advanced
will be at the disposal of the city. The money is to
be employed in payment for the houses required to be
pulled down for the contraction of the central
markets. Already the materials have been sold, and
the purchasers have begun the demolition. The esti-
mated met of the whole is upwards of 20,000,000 fr.,
and will be five or six years in execution.
Three committees of the National Assembly have
formed a special committee of seventeen members,
chosen by ballot, to take into consideration the reform
of the penitentiary sni. This committee has re-
solved to reoomm to the National Assembly to
decree that all men condemned to the hulks or to im-
prisonment in central prisons shall be transported
either to Africa or to Conies. An animated discus-
sion arose as to which of these places ought to be de-
cided upon. The majority seemed to prefer Algeria.
The next sitting will be devoted to the question as to
the dimpasal of the convicted insurgents. It is to be
remarked that this committee, contrary to that which
was formed a few years ago by the Chamber of Peers,
has strongly condemned the cellular system.
The review which had been announced, took
place yesterday in the Champ-de-Mars. By nine
o'clock upwards of 10,000 men were on the ground.
At twelve Gen. Cavaignac, attended by a brilliant
salt arrived. With him were Gen. Loom iciere, the
Minister of War ; Gen. Changarnier, the Commandmt
of the National Gourd; and many other superior ofil- '
cars of the army and the National Guard. The Pre-
fect of Police was also in the suite. Gen. Cacaignac,
after riding along the whole of the ranks, preceded
by a detachment of Dragoons, and followed by par-
ties of guides, Lancers, and Garden Republicans,
took up his station near the Pavilion d'Horloge of
the Reale kiilitaire, where the whole of the trope filed
off before him.