The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, S 30 P.M.
The device of the DThats and other journals this
morning seems to be : Dons le doute abstiens-toi. It is
very cenvenicnt to be a:lent on an embarraesirg ques-
tion like that of the press proposed to the Citsmher ;
but it tells a tale of doubt and fear, and Ilia Debats is
silent because it knows not whether to be for or

against the ministry on the point. It is certainly
bunting a difficult matter for a journal that is not
bound down by the s'rongest party considerations to
know how far it can tupport all the coercive measures
that are in progree4. " The press is unruly," says the
government ; " let us gag it. The Assembly is turbu-
-Int ; let us put it down. Aud forthwith it is done ;
for what the government proposes for the next f:w
imw.tha to come is sure to pAss, and mammary justice
will he doze on the offenders ; hut an arc iuxt is to be
given hereafter, and this is a matter of some con-
tideration.

The d bate in the Lrgislafive Assembly yesterday
(riled, as it was evident it must do, in a vote of the
simple order of the day by a great majority. The
minority, however, is greater on this me:salon than it
has been of late. M. Cavaignac was brcu4ht to the'
tribune by some remirksof General Fabvien relative
to the affairs of D.umark. A:t r telling the manner
in which France and England had been lid to me-
diito together in the affairs of D. nmark, he said that
to him the great danger for Europe was in the re-
cacs•ru-tion of the alliance of the northern pawirs
ani the anuillilaticn of French it•fit.enec. Ile was

for peer', became lie thought that, even if the
populations of the nations of Europe were
in insarreetion sgiinst their gevernmeots, they
would have yielded in order to tight against
France. They had seen hew loath the Italians
had been to accept French intervention; they
had also seen the reluc,acco of Sardinia to cuter into
diplomatic relations ; and he thought that bad France
declared for war, the natious would have thrown
themselves into the arms of their governments', and
the mop anent of Europe would have been stopped
for half a esntury. When the northern powers have
attained their object, then would ennuncLee the dif-
ficulty of peace, not of war—difficulties that would
be preduccd, not by in.ult or provocation, but by
cold cow and isolation. His advice to the ministry
was to de mend guarantees and form alliances. If
they could pet Lone of three, then it would be time
to take meartres. M. Maugnin, in his speech, endea-
voured to show that Fie .clo dipkinatic see rts knew I
lees than any other u to what was going on, and giving
an icatancr, he said that the treaty of (re 15th
of July was only known be the French diplomatic
agents twents-four hou a after its signature. Upon
tole M. Thiers, from his ec..t, c:kd cut that M. Ma-
gnin was mistaken, bet V:at gentleman quickly
re tot tei : "41h, M. Pliers, wits curse: Et 4 try coepa-
Me si eons rallies su arson." The simple order of the
day was voted by a majority of 333 against 162.
This sitting cf the Cita ober was not more remark-
for calmness of discussion Linn those we have been
accustomed to witness. M. Leroux remained for
several minutes in the trih'ino without being able to
obt lin a hearing, and the he'l of M. Dupin was in
great merest. It is evident Coat something must be
done quickly to remedy this defect in the debates of
the Ceamher, and it is supposed that the new
regulations proposed by the commissions chosen for
that pen pm, wet be an effectual care. By these re-
gulations comple to discipline will forcibly keep mem-
bers in order. Thus there will b 3 three or four de-
grees of punishment. Rocall to order ; recall to order
inserted in the minutes; d met censure ; and censure
accompanied wi'h exAusion, for a fixed period, from
the hall of session. These penalties will be applicable
in the severer degree in proportion to the mogniinde
of the offence. The first degree bin against a per-
son disturbing the debate by interruption ; the second
to any member twice called to order in the course of
a month, and en on. The fact of the recall to order
being inserted in the minutes will also involve the
loss of half the pay of a fortr.ight. Tne latter ie a
Berton • penalty to some of the representatives, and one
which may be made etill heavier as the offence in-
creases in magnitude.
"The events of June 13 and the following days;'
says the Muniteur, " have enabled the government to
appreciate the courage and devotedness to order of
several functionaries and national guards. On the
proposition of the minister of the interior, the presi-
eider t ef the republic has hut -med to decree etc nn-
penses nobly acquired ; and by decrees of this day has
made the following nominations :—M. Tourangin,
prefect of the Rh6ne, to be grand officer of the Legion
of Honour; M. Rollout, prefect of the Loire, to the
same rank; whilst to the rule of knights he has
named MM. Cerfb:rr, prefect of the Sauce-et-Loire;
Revell, mayor of Lyons ; Decombe, mayor of La Gail-
lettere ; Gcubeau, captain of the 4th company of the
4th b. ttalion of the 6:h legion of the national guard
of Paris; Dupuis, second captain, de.; Galibert, lieu-
:enact, do.; D.bray, a rjeant, do.; Char:es Pierrou,
national guard, do. ; and Saulnier, jun., drummer, do."
The Saint Ptddic of Lyons of Monday says : "Every
day we have to deplore the death of one of our
soldiers basely assassinated. On Saturday night a
Fentinel at the door of a superior officer, Rue de la
Concorde, was found bathed in Lis blood when his
comrades went to relieve him."
The President of the Republic paid a second visit
on Monday to the Exhibition of Industry in the
Champs Elyeeds. Ile was accompanied by M. F.
Barret, secretuy-general of the presidency, and
M. de Nlanneval, orderly officer, and was received by
the members of the jury, among whom were M. C.
Dupin, Cal. Morin, Ni. Blanqui, and other. The pre-
sident spent three hours in a careful examination of
the machines and metal articles. The president con-
versed with some of the principal exhibitors, and com-
plimented them on the excellence of their articles. Ile
particularly examined a mortar, remarkable for the
manner in which it is cast,and two cannons in forged
iron, of which the excellence has been proved by re-
peated trials. He also examined with much intermit
the machines of MM. Derosne and Call, and espe-
cially a locomotive of great power. Among the other
things which peculiarly 'attracted his attention was
an oscillating steam-engine, a machine for nuking
pin-heads, and an invention, by "1. Foucalt (a blind
man), of an instrument for enabling the blind to ex-
press their thoughts in print, by means of a finger-
board. To show the excellence of the latter, the in-
ventor composed in a few minutes a sentence winding