The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WIDNZIDAT, 11 A.Y.
Yesterday the first and third volume of the budget
for the year 1849 were distributed in the Assembly.
From these documents it appears that the budget of
expenditure is areatly reduced in all parts of the
public service, with the exception of the budget of
public instruction and that of worship, which have
been increased by three millions; and the floating
debt, which has increased by 41 millions the burdens
of the state. .

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The budget of war presents a diminution of
76,111,450 f. The effective of the army, which,
on the Ist of December, 1848, amounted to 502,196
men and 100,432 horses, will be reduced by 121,372
men and 8,022 horses, and would melee a total at the
sad of this Tear of only 380.824 men and 92,410
berms, of which 78,000 men and 15,490 horses are to
be employed in Algeria. The budget of marine is
by 22,073,029 francs. The active fleet to
be composed of 10 ships, of which two with twin
battery ; 8 frigates, 18 corvettes, 24 brigs, 12 trans-
port., and 24 schooners and cutters, manned by
20,000 seamen. Besides these, there will be two ves-
sels and 5 frigates, en de disposibilde de rode, and
$ ships sad 10 frigates in port commission. The
steam vessels belonging to the active Bret would be
composed of 10 frigates, 12 corvettes, and 34 ethos.
Besides these 21 vessels, of which 9 frigates, 6 cor-
vettes, and 6 &shoe, would remain in vort commission.
The rumours of changes in the cabinet, which have
been circulated, and of disagreements between the
President and his ministry, are o scially contradicted.
Petitions, numerously signed, for the dissolution of the
Assembly, continue to be presented.
On inquiry in the proper quarter respecting the
real state of the question as to the transmission
of the night mails to and from England, we learn
that the following is the arrangement which has
at present been come to by the Post office
authorities of Paris and London :—The letters will
be conveyed from Calais to Dover, and vice versa,
during the four winter month's (15th November to
the 15th of Mach); during the other eight months,
they will be conveyed, as heretofore, yid Boulogne.
lip to the 15th of March nett the service hitherto
carried on by Boulogne will take place at Calais, but
the letters will be conveyed to and from Paris by
the Boulogne railroad, for whith purpose they will
be transmitted to and front Boulogne and
, Calais by mail cart, the directors of the
Boulogne railroad having engaged to accele.ate the
service so as to prevent any delay in the arrival of
the letters at Calais, and to enable them to retard the
departure of the train ftom Boulogne tor the trans-
mission of the Calais mail.
The Constitutionnel has the following on the situa-
tion of the cabinet :
The adveneries of the government of all shades of opi-
nion, whether they sit en the Info of the Mountain, or only
half way up, have adopted a sew plan of campaign to em-
barrass the ministry—hey cell ea it to inaugurate a new '
p they, to rodeo* the 'spumes, to bring the budget to ea
equilibrium—they ask where are the ameliorations which it
hat realised, and those which it proposes ; and, es the mi-
nistry, whose hands these reformers tie by their systematic
opposition, boa not yet toe d, et *a expiration of three
weeks, the marvellous r cret which is to render prosperity to
our finances, and resuscitate credit, they declare that it ought
to withdraw, to make room for abler persons—for those ap-
parently who directed attars during ten months, and who
I-ft oar flames in so prosperous a state! This kind of
budgetary moving bas been manifested by two proposi-
tions, one from 80 repreeentstives and the other from M. Bil.
lank, en actiouet of which will be found in the accouat of
Monday's sitting in the assembly. It is first of all important
to remark, that it is not the present cabinet which prepared
the budget of 1849; that budget is the work of preceding
admini ttttt ions—it was presented on Dee. 14, by M. Trouvd
Chaueel--and what the new ministry is te bring forward in
a few days is simply figures and details relative to it. Large
and bowa fide economise are asked for—that is very good—
but these economies ought to be clearly stated ; and it is
there that the &Malty commences. As soon as the shyer.
Win of the cabinet are premed to deport from vague de-
clamations, and to state some practical reform, it becomes
impossible to get a reply ; they
.have no longer ray other re
source but to throw themselves into the arms of those men of
luminaries qualities, who have receipts for every case of
difilealty—remedies for every evil—and, who propose no
thing lees than to remodel, at the same time, the adininistra
lion and budget from top to bottom. The military and naval
examen me what it is proposed to cut down ; and it is
lssdly declared that, if we do not hasten to diminish oar
forces, all idea must be renounced of Internal amelioration,
reduction in the taus, restoration of order in the finances,
sued revival of credit. Allusion is made on this point to what
is pasting in England, where Mr. Collides, we are told, does
at hesitate to demand that the navel and military expendi
tare shall be reduced to that of 1835, which would give an
eeesomy of 250 millions a year. Good care is taken not to
add the, at the veryminseot Mr. Cobden is preaching up
his new reform, Engisnd is increasing her naval t xpenses,
and that, if she has determined on that augmenta. ion, in
spit* of the prop sitions et Mr. Cobden and his friende,
it is not done lightly, but alter having well and maturely
examined the necessities of the service. Certainly every good
eitisen must desire that a universal dimming could be ar-
rived at; but is it not singular to see such a measure de-
manded at present by those very persons who augmented the
effective force, end who probably would be the first to try
out treason if the ministry proposed to reduce it under pre-
sent circumstances ? Bad faith is here ro evident that it ,
strikes every eye. Ii the question of disarming was only a
question of Rance, it would long since have be. n decided,
but it is before ee rything a question of national honour.
The republicans of the veins and their friends nave herein •
exceedingly confident since the mid-ate party is at toe
head of affairs. If it be a homage which they pay to that
party we thank them sincerely, but they forget that when
they were in power they peel oath, compromised our
foreign situation; they ought to be the first to admit that at
the point where they left matters, it is important for the
honour end interest of Femme that our forces should re-
main on the looting of observation."