The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY Evmsirro.
It is now pretty nearly a matter of certainty that
the question upon which the cabinet broke up was
the dismissal of General Changarnier. In the
cabinet council held at the Elysee on Saturday, this
question was firmally introduced by the President.
Four of the ministers, MM. Schramm, Router,
Binean, and Dumas declared in favour of the measure.
The other five, MM. Labitte, Banc Parieu, Ro-
ma:n-Desloasks, aed Fould were against it. Yes-
terday r.o minister appeared in the Cham-
ber during the whole sitting. When COMO repre-
sentative proposed to atop tLe iebate on this eccouut,
M. llupin said that the Assembly was in full enjoy-
ment of its legislative power, and in sufficient num-
ber; therefore the debate ought to proceed without
interruption. In the meanwhile it appears that the
ministers were met in conclave at the house of
Barcche, still arguing the question of General C!,angar-
nier's dismiesaL M. Fould appeared to have changed
his tint opinion, and thrown the majority on the other
side.

Tc-day, when the siteng of the Assembly
opened, M. ltouher was the only minister who
made his appearance on the ministerial bench.
Fresh lists circulated in regard to the formation of the
new cabinet, but the following was the only one
which obtained much credit : Ooilon Barrot, Foreign
Affairs ; Gen. Bandon, Minister of War ; L. Faucher,
Public Works; M. Q. Bauchart, Commerce; the
remaining placts to be occupied by five of the late
ministers. The command of General Ch..ngarnier
would be suppressed, or be reduced, as formerly, to
the command of the division of Paris, and kept in
strict subordination to the Minister of \Var.

The report that the government was intent
upon the dismissal of Gen. Cnangarnier raised to-day
an extraordinary irritation in the Assembly ; and it
seems that such a measure would be inevitably fa.
lowed by a vote of de:tatorship to the dismissed
general.
The Assembly continued to discuss the Mortgage
Bill. M. Rouber was still the only mini.ter on the
government bench.
General Reibell, whose signa,ure is attached to the
instructions to the troops published by tte Pato.,
has addressed a letter to the Muniteur du Soir,
which will appear in the Lumber of this evening.
General Reibell does not deny the existence of
such instructions, but simply relieves General Chan-
gamier from the responsibility of having issued
them. General Changarnier's instructions to General
Reibell were probably verbal. In thet cane, the com-
mander-in-chief, in denying that he had issued such
written instructions, evaded the question by a qu;bble.
la the conversations which the President held
with men of parliamentary influence, be has limited
himself simply to asking their opinions and advice,
and not made any formal official offer with a view to
the formation of a cabinet.

The moment appears ripe for deciding the question
whether the President or the parliament is to have
the sole cammand of the army. To prolong inde-
finitely the divided controul over the public force
which hes been bequeathed to the country by the
constitution of 1848, would be to establish permanent
anarchy. Everybody knows that when the constitu-
tion of 1848 was voted Paris was subjected to a
state of siege. It was considered necessary to arm
the Assembly against those popular insurrections
with which it was continually menaced. Under these
circumstances the followirg article was introduced
into the constitution :—" The National Assembly de-
termines the place of its sittings. It fixes the im-
portance of the military forces established for its se-
curity, and it disposes of them." Thus was the legis-
lative body empowered to gather around it, for its
safety, of which it is the sole judge, an army of
a hundred thousand men and more. It would be
diffieult,even in the swarm of French constitutions, to
match this extraordinary provision. The constitution

of 1791 granted to the -ICgi.lative power the right of
disposing for its safety of the forces which with it,
consent were established in the city, where it held its
sittings ; but at the same time it left to the executive
powt r to fix the number of these troops, and to collect
them. The constitution of 1793 established no special
force for the security of the parliament. The Conven-
tion, which seized and kept to the end all the powers
of the state, had of course the absolute controul over
Ithe public force; bat it must be remembered that the
Committee of Public Safety, the executive power of
that time, was composed and chosen out of members
of the Convention. The constitution of the
year ILI. instituted a special force of national
guards for the security of the legislative body,
placed these at its disposal, and interdicted the
executive power from advancing the troops
within a certain radius of the spot where its sittings
were held. The constitution of 1848 alone creates

audition to the (pester of the Assembly, shall be
considered to have vacated hie seat. . . .

M. Casimir Perrier has presented a proposition to
have an article introduced into the regulations, de-
claring that when a treaty with a foreign power is
submitted to the Assembly f3r ratification, no amend
meats can be presented in the teat; but that, en the
motion of one or more representatives, such or such
an article can be referred back to the committee fur
re-examination. The article declaring that a bill,
when rejfcted, cannot be brought forward again fur
three months, is not to apply to treaties.

BOUR,Z.

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biopsy.
.•opreiseltlieherit. lowest. Closing.
20 36 90 36 20 543 70
0 94 90 93 95 91 80
91 TO „
nth 35. days, 74 Id
Naples Banes 03942
Roam Loan 100 70:
De. Mu 7O •
Treasury Bonds_ •
Bank Shares

Yor AMOUIIt.
PARIS, Tv.. 7. Poe
Koper. OraiinglElisleele. Lonest. Closing.
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par Cents. &I IS 14 90 De 90 36 20 56 70
per oeoo4. 9l 71 114 0 94 90 93 95 91 80
do. NeerLoan.. 91 03 ~ 91 70 le
Per Cons. te
ger Om. 0

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8 par OM& &I 73
3 per Cents. 94 7,9
S do. New Lan 94 63
49 per Orate.
4 per Dente.
Exchange on Landon t al
Uegias.6, 1830
Di. 3, 1844
Do. 44
Do. .39
otedmost bp.Ct.1849 84 SO

Boum' —St. Garataist, 410; Versillss (right bank),
161 26; ditto (left bask), 162 60; Park and Orleans, 850 ;
Rouen and Havre, 267 50; Marseilles and Avignon, 19J;
Strasbourg cud Bole, 136 25; Centre, 390; Orloan. told
Bordeaux, 4GO; North, 472 60; Pare &Id Strasbourg,
313 75; Touts and Nantes, 248 75; Moutereau and
1 met, 90.

SPAIN.

MADRID. Dzo. 31.

The Gazette of yesterday contained a statement of
the receipt for the month of November, by which it
appears that there is an increase of nearly thirty mil-
lions of reale over the receipts of the same month of
the preceding year, an increase principallyprocecding
from the reformed tariff duties and the tobacco re-
venue. The ministerial organ, while it coogr tt Oates
the government upon this proof of the increasing
proeperi y of the country, hints that the exc-llent re-
sult obtained from the reform of the tariff will en-
courage the government to take other steps in the
same road.

The new elections that have taken place in conrc-
quence of many deputies havii g been elected for
several districts have all ttrminated in favour of the

ministry.
Yesterday, the government estimates for the ensu-
ing year were approved of by 189 votes, the opposition
being 32 in number.

There is nothing of importance in the Madrid
journals of the 2nd. M. Mon had nrriced on the
previous evening, and this had given tise to rumours
of ministerial madifications. M. Mon had determined
to sit for Cadiz, in cons* quenee of which two new
elections would be necessary in the Asturias. The
proctedinge in the Chamber of Deputies, on the 2nd,
wore, up to post-hour, of no general interest.

MADLUID, JAS. 2.—Three per Cents., 331; after Boles,
331 cub, 331 paper. Four per Cents., 121. Five per CentP,
12 7-18; after Bo:ea, 125 pep-r, 125 cash. Coupons, 6j ; after
Bolas, 816 18. Paulen, 35 ; alter Boles, 31 teen. Bank
of St. Ferdinand, 96 cash. Beduins. on London, 50.63
paper.

two distinct independent powers, and places an army
at the absolute disposal of the deliberative body. This
power, granted for its pro'ection against the socialists,
is now turned against the President to prevent his
acquiring a base for the elevation of any permanent
authority. In the midst of this conflict public opinion
would be more favourable to the President but for
the unfortunate indiscretions committed during the
recess, which give some colour to the parliament's
argument, that a prince who evinces such ambitious
designs is not to be trusted with the sole command of
the army.
The public funds were rather heavy at the opening
of the Bourse ; bat upon the rumour that a new ca-
binet was formed, into which MM. Baroche and Fonld
entered, they rallied a good deal. The names which
I meutioned yesterday, of M. Randon and M. Drouyn
de l'ihys were circulated as entering into the new
combination.

At 2 o'clock the Fives rose suddenly from 04 to
94.80, at which apotation they closed, thus showing
a rise of 60 centimes upon yesterday. The Threes
rose 40c. and closed at 56.70.

Madame Laffarge has been transferred from the
prison in which she was confined to a mad house
()unison de anntil).
The Moniteur publishes a report from the Minister
of Agriculture and Commerce to the President of the
Republic, in which, after alluding to the anxiety dis-
played by that high functionary for the establishment
of banks of credit in France, be states that, during the'
last six months, he bu caused inquiries to be made
as to the capital and working of such establishments
in the countries where they exist. He states that, at the
present moment, for a population of 27 millions, 510
millions of francs have been lent on the most favour-
able conditions to agriculturists, to assist them in their
enterprises, and that, in many cases, the loans, al-
though they have descended as low as 75fr., have been
found proportionably as beneficial as where the ad-
vances have been much more extensive. The minister
concludes by announcing that the documents upon
Iwhich his information is founded have been carefully

classed, and wM be published, in order that the itt- He is succeeded by the Crown-Prince, Paul Frederic
i.Blisakig64 'S. t 9 :
a.-;Ca,
portance of these institutions may be properly spree Leopold, aged 30, a major in the Prussian army.
mated. BERLIN, JAN. 6.—Voluntary Lou,n 10,51; New Loan,
The committee on parliamentary initiative will Feer.aos ..man per Cents., 994; Natimuil Debt, 841; C ,
take into consideration, in one of its early sittings ,:the morels! Mules Sodoty's Premium,l2o; Bank Sturm 9.251.-
e—ievneps.. r
aCittoes:.
82 14eta
different propositions relative to the arrest of repre-
Folri-sird-sa,.HJo. 4p.r Fc ti
sentatives. It is affirmed that a great part of the 1142. Exchange on London. 12.30.
majority is decided on supporting one of the proposi-
tions (that of M. Poogeard), which states that any
representative who does not satiety the claims of hie
creditor within ono month from the date of the de-

ITALY.

"We are informed," says the Cons'autiwinel,
"that the French government, in order to prevent
any attempt that might be made to trouble the sekin-
rity of Italy, and in particular of the Pontifical Star
has givea orders to several steamers to cruise along
the coasts of the Italian peninsula."
The financial budget of Tuscany for 1831 has been
presented to the Grand Duke. The receipts are esti-
mated at 33,234 900 lire (29,362,500 teases), and
the expenditure at 33,198,900 lire (29,310,75011 aces).
The Duke of Modena has luau, d a decree, dated the
28th ult., directing that the raise for the year 1851
shall be ire eared one-s.xtli, the increase to be paid
by monthly instalments.
Correspondence from Turin brings the report of the
sitting of the 3rd of the Chamber of Deputies. A
proposition, moved by S4g. Peecatore, one of the
members of Left, for the better administration of
justice, wu adopted without discussion, es it will
have to be recensidrred when the bill of Sig. S;c-
cardi on the subject shad be brought forward. Sig.
Asproni addressed a remotion to the cabinet, on the
subject of the disturbance at Genoa. The Minister
of the Interior immediately answered, assuring
the Chamber that the tranquillity of the town
lad cot b-en materially disturbed by the acci-
dental quarrel alluded to, which had no relation what-
ever with political feeling. The Genoa pipe's of the
tad give an account of a string disturbance, which
occurred in that city on the preceding evening. It
commenced by some idle bays insulting a few tirailleura
who were regaling themselves in a wine-slop. The
soldiers attepmted to chastise the off. nders, but found
they were backed by a mob. A sculls ensued, which
was with difficulty stopped by the timely arrival of a
piquet of national guards.
Our Roman correspondent, writing on the 31st
Dec. 31st, states that no measures of clemency were
preparing far the new year, bat only a religions ju-
bilee. The wealthy Marquis Bases. Visconte had
died, and, strangely, left all his property to a young
lEuglith adopted Lon. A fight between French and
Romans bad taken place.
. . . . _

Our Ngpits correspondent states, in his letters of
the 31st, that an ex raordinary number cf persons
(upwards of 200) hal been arres'ed, in consequence of
the detection of an alle.red plot, involving a &alga
against the King's person, and a military insurrection.
The official journal publishes the budget fur 1841.
The land-tax for the kingdom of Naples is fixed at
6,130,000 ducats. Neapolitan Fives, 1011. Ex-
change on London, 562.