The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dimas. Eventria. I I
To-day was held the second sitting of the third
year of the Assembly, and as yet no motion fcr ther,
revise:lo, notwithstanding the right of initiative coot ,
petent to each representative, has been presented.,,
In the meantime, I send you the following motion,)
which is expected to be presented in the tatting of 1
to-morrow by Y. Payen, member for Ardennes, and
formerly eke/ de roiled of Lamartine, when the
latter wee Minister of Foreign Affairs altar February
Art I. A Constituent Assembly shall he senveks4 fee
the irrl Norembcr, in order to revise articles 20, 21, 70, 41,
46, 76, 77, and lin of the constitution.
Art 2. The election shall take place Oct. 19, ISM, se- 1
cording to the lista of the electoral law of Muth lb,
1649.
Art. 2. Donna the-se...ion of the Constituent Assembly
the Legislative Assembly shall be prorogued.
'rhe motion of M. Payen presents one feature,
which is no less valuable than remarkable, as an in- ,
genii:set mode of getting over the dilliaalty ise to I,
convoking the constituent before the expiration of 1
the legislative. For the rest, the reform contem-
plated by M. Paycn embraces, therefore, the number
of chambers, of representatives, the ballot at the
head town of the canton, the number of deliberations
necessary fur the pasting of a law, the re-election of
the President, the territorial divisions, and municipal
organisation, and the obligation of serving u • ,
national guard.
This motion is supposed to express the views of
M. hamartine, and in fact embraces all the points
which have been mooted in the articles written by
him on the revision.
It is said that the design of the legitimists to die-
cuss the question of Monarchy or the Republic in
the tribune, will meet with serious impediments
from M. Dupin, the president of the Assembly.
The procession of members who presented peti-
tions for the revision of the constitution, and the
abolition of the law of May, daily augments. Among
the presenters of petitions of the former class war
observed the fluke of Montebello.
The house then proceeded to discuss a proposition
of M. Anglade, relative to the ~ale of Etc forests of
the state which are deemed unproductive and
onerous.
M. Iturochc presented a hill for the ratification of
additional clauses to the commercial treaty with
l'iedmont. The sitting presented no point of interest.
The Prt sident will be accompanied on his journey
to Dijon by MM. Fould, the minister of finance, and
Mugne, the minister of public works.
'l' he aseuninee given recently by the Cloartiffs-
(l.4ll/IC4 that the French army of occupation at Rome
will not be increased, in consequence of late
events, meets at present with little credit. On the
contrary, I hear that the battalion of Chaseeurs de
Vincennes just sent is only a part of the considers-
able reinforcements which the expedition is destined

to receive.
On Wednesday, M. Leon Faucher gave a grand'
dinner to the bureau of the Assembly. The Luke
de Broglie waii present, with several of the
ministers.

BELGIUM.

In the Belgian Sttutteou Thursday Baron de Royer
asked for a•xplonotime from the minister on the ministerial
crisis. M. Wirier replied that he had nothing to add to
the expiations already given in the Chamber of Represen-
tatives, but that the gentlemen cailcil on by his Majesty to
form a eal a net could give in b innotiuu. )I.lsusuon-Dunsorili,
the pnwident, hosing quitted the chair, S.lllll that he had hot
the honour to he coiled ion by the King to form a cabinet, hut
hod 11..thus.d to undo-ltd.: the took, heroine he did nit
think a new one: was neva wory, inconto le as the hostile
vote against the ministry was • mistake. The ma-
jority. he h ail not changed its policy or
prineiples and it the
on any allow subject than that on which the hostile vote
had he n given, it would obtain all its support.
lie concluded by rolling on the minister to put
an rod to the state of unri•rtaility by again taking prossow-
anon of theirport folios. M. Bugler thanked M. llunion•
Duiniirtier fur his observations, but will the cabinet eon-
sidertil itself hound to persist iu its resolution. The posi-
tam in which it had been placed was not changed, and
tofu 41u, ally it could nut hope to realise its programme, no
it could not obtain the resources nenwwry for re-establish-
ing the floors ial equilibrium and undertaking public
works. The minister ionelibled by expressing rissmt that
)1. Dumun• I) trier hail hot am:ideal the mission .111-
ferred on lion by the Kitao' and tint that the ea-ministers
would have be, n happy to have ow evaded him by all their
effort.. The molter then dropped.