The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1851.

kingdom—while the ranks of the church arc filled
by members of the University alone—while the de-
grecs of the Univcrsit7 are :he only ve-
nues to numerous situations of great import-
ance, the constitution and administration of
the universities are nutters of public interest
and over which the public ought to exercise a cer-
tain control., The connexion betwan these bodies
and the state ought to involve at least a supervising
power on the part of the latter. Until this is the
ease not only will the universities themselves ccn-
tinne to maintain their present oyster-like existence,
but the several departments of the state, with which
they maintain an indirect connexion, by means of
those who have been educated within their walls,
will have their energies paralysed and their useful-
ness impaired.

FRANCE.

WEDNESDAT EVENING.

The debate in the Assembly this afternoon pre-
sented an incident of great importance. M. Raze
moved that the Assembly should bring on the order
of the day a proposition of M. Dtsmares for making
the electoral law which applies to the election of
representatives also applicable to the election of the
President of the Republic. An immense sensation
was produced in the Assembly by the motion of
IM. Raze.

M. Leon Faucher, without opposing the motion,
desired nt the same time that nll the amendments to
the electoral law of May, proposed by \ICI. Laroche.
jacquelin and others, should be brought on the
order of the day. Ile also demanded that the Assem-
bly should discuss another proposition, applying the
electoral law of May to the municipal elections.
MM. Bare and Dtsmares observed that the motion
of the latter made no mention of the law of May,
and merely embodied the wneral rule that the same
law should be applicable both to the election of the
Assembly and that of the President of the Republic.
The Assembly decided that the proposition of M.
Desmares should be discussed on Friday. This re-
sult produced great agitation in the Assembly.
The part played by M. L Faucher in this incident, acid
the animated conversation which he held afterwards
with MM. Dupin and Rouher, were thought to coun-
tenance the report that M. Faucher had succeeded
M. Barrot, as the statesman who is to take the lead
in the ministerial combination of Fould, Rouher,
and &niche.
The article of the Pays, against the law of May
has contributed, among other causes, to bring on the
motion of M. Raze.
The Assembly afterwards decided on discussing,
next Friday also, the motion of M. Arnaud de
for the abro,,,ttion of the law of May 31,
after the motion of M. lksmares.
The debate on MM. Laborde and Itance's proposi-
• tion relative to the Avignon Railway is fixed for
Friday.

This will hare a greater effect in Austria than in
Prussia. The Prussian army is to a great extent a
body of armed citizens, but that of Austria is en-
grossed with merely military ideas. Once this army
dreamt of a glorious position: it is now partially
undeceived, and the operation of enlightenment will
soon be perfected.
Thus has Russia contrived to dupe all Germany.
Diplomacy may plume itself on this feat, and cer-
tainly the nation at large need not regret it. For if
Prussia had succeeded in her designs, Germany I
would have been divided; if Austria had been able I
to enter into the confederation with all her states,
Germany would have been subjected to the domina-
tion of Solaces, !daygars, and Croats. The ap-
proaching restoration of the diet may thus be to a
certain extent a matter of congratulation, for at this
moment it is the best "provisorium" that Gemiary
ould hope for. Thus she will remain undivided.
under a government, which again is not one, and
which will certainly fall under the first great Euro-
pean shock. Then will Germany be able to profit
by the lessons which, during the last three years.
she has received. And she will profit by them; the
last word between Russia and Europe will then be
spoken. Neither a Manteuffel will render Prussia
her tributary, nor a Sehwarzenberg subject Austria
to her sway. Popular Germany will not wish, like
ambitious 'Prussia, to divide Germany; nor to domi-
neer, like the Austria of the present day, over
whole people by strangers for the benefit of a family.
a court, and a few courtesans and aristocrats. It
took the Jews 40 years to cross the desert and gain
the promised land. Germany is certainly in a desert
worse than that of Arabia : let us hope that a quar-
ter of that period may suffice for her deliverace.