The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

NEWS FROM PARIS.

PROJECT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
I'ARIS, TUESDAY, 11.30 A.m.
It will be perceived that the project of the con-
stitution is more radically democratic than any
hitherto attempted to be put in practice. Compartd
with it, that of the United States of America

may be almost denominated aristocratic, for even
there there is a second chamber to act u a brake on

precipitate legislation, and it is only in some of the
states that the suffrage is basal upon population
without other qualification than that of age.
The committee from which this project of constitu-
tion emanated, and by the majority of which its
ensemble has been sanctioned, consisted originally of
18 members, one takes from each of the bureaux of
the chamber. One of these, the Abbe Lamennais,
withdrew from the committee after its first session

on the plea of ill health, but in reality because he
saw that the project of constitution which he had
hums if publish d, differed essentially (coin that
which the rest of the committee would sanction.
The following memorandum of the share which the
members of the committee respectively have taken in
the preparation of the project is understood to have
proceeded from one of the committee :
M. de Cormenin, named president of the committee,
drew up the beets of the constitution. M. Won haye,
procureur-general at Met; has during the whole time
written the proc,lB-verbal of the sitting. M. Marrast,
chosen upon the refusal of M. de Cormenin as reporter
of the project of the constitution, drew up the greater
part of the articles. M. de Lamennais, having re-
signed at the beginning, the project of the constitution
devolved upon the seventeen members. Some im-
port int articles have, it is said, been admitted but by
nine voices to tight.
I have collected, among the private conversations,
in the Conference Hall, sundry particulars relative to
the works of this committee.
It appears that the three or four great principles
which form the basis of the constitution, such as the
extension of universal suffrage, the establishment of
one sole chamber, the nomination of the president by
the whole nation, the prohibition of re-in,
plum:ooze for military service, were adopt. d
upon the proposal of the president of the cam-
mittee. It is said, that M. de Cormenin was
desirous of having admitted—the absolute incom-
patibility of representation with any public employ-
ment; the abolition of the penalty of death 'in all
matters; and the introduotion,of a peculiar chapter
devoted to international intercourse, to declare that
Friree would interfere in no manner whatsoever
with the form of goy; rnment of other powers. These
three proposals wet e put aside.
:Markt d differences of opinion took place relative
to the establishment of only one chamber; some mem-
bers, it appears, demanded a second chamber, and it
was not till after long deliberations that a political
council of state sr as decided upon, a kind of senate,
arising from the same origin as the assembly.
M. Marrast is said to have proposed that the as-
semble should choose the president from a
list of three candidates presented by the peop:e ;
M. l)upin is the member who most contributed to re-
solve the principal difficulties the committee had to
combat in the course of their labours. No member, it
appears, has proved himself to be mo-c
liberal
than he.
'1 he a sembly will meet in the respective bureaux
to examine the project of the constitution. In no case
whatever, can it be submitted to the delibera-
tions of the assembly before the 25th or 26th
of the present month. It is understood that the
assembly, after basing voted the constitution,l
will not consider its mitsion to be terminated ; its
members desite before they separate to provide, by
orgenised laws, for the development of the principles
laid down in the Constitution, and to secure public'
service by voting the rectified budget of 1848 and
that of 1819, which has not yet been even presented.
It is a circumstance worthy of remark that the
article of this project which confers on the entire
population the privilege of electing the president of
e Republic, while it received the almost unanimous
assent of the committee, has already met with the
determined and almost unanimous opposition among
the ultra-democratic party, who evidently fear that
the popular caoice will fall on the individual candi-
I dates most opposed to their own views, a circumstance
which is far from improbable when the general character
of the assembly already returned by universal suffrag,
lie considered. It is probable, however, that if the pre-
scribed mode of election be finally adopted, the assem-
b'y itself will, to a great extent, choose the president;
for the suffrages will according to all probability be
always so divided, that no one candidate will obtain
more than half the entire number, and under these
leircumstances the assembly will choose among the
five names which have obtained most votes.
The proceedings in the committees yesterday were
attended with much interest.
The committee of public worship was occupied
with the mode of the election of members of the
cleriy. The nomination of the bishops by all catho-
lies in the primary assemblies as the representatives
of the people, was rejected by a large majority.
The committee of finances received the report of
the sub-committee charged with the examination of
the financial situation. The committee adjourned to
to-day. It seems that the report presents the finances
in a different aspect to that of the minister, and proves
that the state of the treasury does not permit the
operation of the r purchase of the railway s.
The question of the railways will come before the
assembly to-day.
The committee on the condition of the labouring
classes and public industry received the report f
M. Waldech Rousseau upon the project of law for the
encouragement of exportation. This will be laid be-
the assembly to-day. Its principal dispositions are
directed to offer bounties on the exportation of
particular classes of French manufacture and to give
facilities of transport by vessels of the state for the re-
turns, whether in the precious metals or other valuable
merchandise.
It is proposed to guarantee a minimum profit of
4 per cent. on the capital employed in certain manu-
factures. It is also proposed to present a banking
prtject, the object of which will be to extend credit
not only to property but also to industry, unprovided
with the means of employment.

MADRID.—The Madrid mails of the 13th have
arrived. Our correspondent has ben informed, on
good authority, that the retirement of M. Beltran de Lie
from the Ministry of Finance was finally settled, and
that:he would be succeeded by M. Orlando. It appears,
nevertheless, that the friends of M. Beltran de Lis
deny this.
We have received another letter, which states that
a military conspiracy had been discovered at Ceuta,
but was suppressed. The intention was to deliver
the place to the English after having pretended a
proclamation of the republic.
Four sergeants and three soldiers have been shot.
Several English ships of war had been cruising off
Ceuta for several days.
MADRID, Jews 13.—Three per Cents., 211 cash ; after Bolsa, 211
1 1 cash; 22 paper. Fire per Cents., 121 paper; after Bolsi', 121
POI. Passives, 41 paper; after Balsa, 41 cast. COupDON S ash.
Bank of St. Ferdinand, ;I paper. Ezanae on London, at 34 days,
41 cash.

ITALY.—The last accounts state that Gen. Pepe,i
with a mixed force of 6,000 men, composed of Neapo-
litans, Lombards, and Romane, and a strong force of
Neapolitan artillery, was at Rovigo, within two days'
march of Padua, and ready to make a diversion in that
direction.
Letters from Milan, dated the evening of the 15th,
announce that on the arrival of the news of 14,000
Austrians having entered Verona, the riedmonetae

an immense power is excited at an 'entire
loss when the country has most need of labour
and capital. The result has never been absolutely
unproductive, but it has been unfortunate, for the idleness
of opulence, which existed under the ancient monarch), the
idleness of misery has ?seen substituted,—for the idlers of
the dynasties the idlers of the republic. (Bravos.)
I would not impute to the government an idea that'they have
not had, tit, y e^srld not transform into janissaries of divider
for the benefit of a dictatorship the honest and intelligent
ouvriers of Paris. Woe to them who n uld have such an
idea, for on the day when the people should discover it they
would not only be severe but they would he terrille. To
put an end to these suspicious, and banish these disasters,
the ateliers national& must ho immediately transformeA into
a useful institution.
M. Leon Faucher spoke on the same subject, and
said :
Take care ! The tide of misery rises vary day, and me-
maces to overflow 'us. Paris itself, if you do not take
care, wiil terminate by being converted into ateliers
natimaux. Already there urn 60,000 ouvriers who
demand admission into the ateliers, and you can only furnish
work for 10,000. It is, then, alms you bestow. There must
be a definitive sdution of this question.
Ito then pointed out, as a means, the finish-
ing the railways and the re-establishment of order, not
only in the streets, but in opinion. " Let (said he)
I the state then give the first example of morality in
paying its debts and in respecting property, and I
will answer for the rest."
In descending from the tribune, M. Leon Faucher
was accosted by M. Lamartine, who shook him by
the hand.
M. Canssieliere then ascended the tribune, mud, in
his own unlettered but honest style, lectured M.
Trete, the Minister of Public Works, on his system,
which consisted (he said) in coquetting with every
Clement Tnomas announced to-day in the As-
sembly that he had resigned the office of Com-
mandant of the National Guard.
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A telegraph despatch states that fears were enter-
tained that the fete of Gueret would give my-alien to
new disorders.
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PARIS, JVNE 20.—New Wan, ; Three per Cents., 45 73; Do.
Fire per Cents., 69 59; Four-antEIL9II, 58 ; Four% 34; Belgian
Firm, 1910, C6l; Do. 1812, —; Do. Th . —; Do. Two.and.a.
11411, —; N .plea Rental ; Roman oDI • Treasury
Bonita. 21. Bank Ohares, 1265; Exchange on fwedion, no trans
ae
RAILWAVP.—Pari% and Orletris, 590; Parts and Rouen, 113 75;
Rouen and Flare', 206 25; Avignon and Marseille% 223 ; Ryas-
bourg and Bale, t 5; Centre Wrenn, 237 30 ; Amiens and Bea.
togae, ; Bordeaux, 396 73; Korth, 960.

NORTHUMBERLAND PLA 1E

Chanticleer .. ..
Executor .. . ..
Won by a length.

DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH MONCRIEFFE 13Y
FlRE.—This lady died on Sivurtlay last, at her residence, in
Chapel-street, from the effects of the injuries she sustained
by having accidentally caught fire. The venerable deceased.
horn Sept. 6, 1769, cons quently in her 79th year, was
second daughter of George, eighth Earl of Dalhousie, and
therefore aunt of the Governor• General of India. She mar-
riel, April 13, 1790, Sir Thomas Itloncrieffe, Bart., and was
mother of the late and grandmother of the present baronst.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR J. FULLARTON
DunDas.—This baronet, for many years a distinguished
officer of the East India Company's service, died on the 16th
inst., at Ilia seat at Richmond, Surrey, in the 63rd Tar of
bis age. He is succeede.l in the baronetcy by his brother,
Captain John Burnett. R.N.

Flaur, 46;0 sacks .
Hum., Jane 20.—A good
the past week, and complain.
Wheat having had more than
spring cern is beyond questior
firmness has been manifested
moderate, and granaried parcel
late currency, actual business •
Vance on presieus rates. The
moderate. We have contim

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army renounced the idea of &Wicking that fortress, SALES IPPECTID CP TO TWO TMS DAY IN LONDON. •
Bin. & Oxford Junction, 231 3 Lusts and Thirst Nov. 5
I Yestentar's oei.e. wte. he krona le last luteeb
and returned to the posts they had already occupied. •
The head gnartera of Charles Albert were again esta- omessisims, 301 i Lost. & irla,kwall, 44 i
blished at Voleggio. E. Anglia., lid ,E.&II , 41 London mot the. r., rm. 04
E. Counth., 111 1 Lon & N. Western IJ2 I
The bulletin of tho Provisional Government of pa. New 6pm Cent, 31 pa, Nrue, 2/ i ' (-
Lombirdy of the 15th states that a revclution has Do Nortts. re East., 6per et., 56 Do. Italie, i I
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E. I..trodure New, 9 Dullard, too or;
broken out at Trent sad in the Italian TyroL Feltabuish Is Glasgow Mani, 12 Ito. 541. Conn Pref., 131
Great Northern 51. I Newcastle and Carhale, 109
Great S. & W. (Ireland), 21 I North British Thirds, 3
LATEST FROM PARIS. Great Western, Noe, 171,73 N. Staffordshire,9l
Hull and Selby, 961 I 0xi,,,,,', IN orcest , & Wolc,, :71
Do. !Mime, 491 Royston ono imors,a. I
REPORTED DEFEAT, OF THE PIED- 11,1,•,.* y'rk. FM"' 7yi 7 South Flistern, 231 I i
Thirds Cites.), , York, Newcastle,* Berwick, 32
MONTESE. . Do. New Guar. 6 per Cent., 21 Do. :orig. Newt. & Ser.), 301
Lents and Sndford, 59 Do. Ex. No. 2 (N. at B.), Ilf
' PARIS, TUESDAY, 630 P.M. bon. Brig, and 6. Coast, 303 I Du. G.N.E. Par., 15/ 1
It was reported in Paris, this evening, that accounts Do. Cow. Eighths, 20 Luxemhourg, 1 •
had been received from Turin to the effect that the Do Sr. 5/. Guzman. 6 per Ct., Namur and Liege, 21
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Austrians had beaten the Piedmontese and taken a • LIVERPOOL SILKS, Jess 20.
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great number of prisoners, including among them the The market to day was very dull, a..d prices were going
])eke of Savoy. Neither date nor place is mentioned, I•
31 b late Sbeff. &Lin. No. 1 51 lel I
and it is almost needless to say that the repott re- vi..itisso).., tiiChes. (J.ii . I Mu...
(at. Li.s. , s , .
& het lien.',
quires confirmation in every particalv. Do. 2.1. eh., el d
Dirks
.
I 51 d
In the present prostration of all governmental tall. Viorsh. (late If., 8., and I
Midland, 1054
Dock,lt a I
a.
power the executive roe .a•ts to some curious expedients Do. Pref., f p
e.turves, 61 d .
bee. ir North Western New Qrs., Is. DE. and Du No. 2,10 j a i
for the rainterance of order. It placards the town
1 I Do. No. 4,
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with proclamations of the prefect of police against Waterford and Limerick, 32 d • r
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attroupements, but, we II kaowingthatthese proelama- 3IANCIIESTER SALES, Jena 20'
Done will be disregardeji it .cads hired agents to
;121. 10'4,51
There was no alteration, either in extent of business or
rrigs generally.
join in the attroupements, arid tnts.lte speeches to the
ti:Se.:ll7'orlirs.l32l.lote sax., el a I NMerwriti; Piwataiff•or• kdsthit".t
populace, pretending to LT some of themselves. These e, 24 d •
speeches are of course dictated by the authorities, Lon. and N. Western, 122 I Wbitchaven and Furness, 103 d
and intended to turn the pcnulace in the direction BIRMINGIIASI SE Jinx 20. I 1 i
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they desire. A fair amount ot btisincss wan dose, but priors were
In the same manner while it decrees.?gainst Kern un- • tos."son west. le/ air M. & queen and 1nr...i1 41 sl s
limited license in plaCarding the walls' 1,-ith marl-
sonuit:cil:,.2pg' , 2
13 ' '
.shin. •(.11).e61'..t.i"; .''5160. W. d
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f, stoes proceeding from private individuals LI" ng N. seasons-hire, 51s. SI. d
hlr
I neither authority nor responsibility, multitudes e:f YORK SAL' Jerre 20. '
such placards are coneocted ty the government, and Si British Thirds, 19s. Va .
East Lane. Pert. i p • .
, Exten , 9a. 6d.GL Northern, 5' d -
ported through the town, pretending to be the ad- yet; sew: , & Her, No. I, 171 p Lan. & Yak. .fPm., r, per Ct., 1 p
dresses of individual ouvriers to their fellows, and in 00.0. N. K. Par.. SIP .1
some cases are issued by real operatives, who are, -,-...-.
nevertheless, in the pay of the police. PRODUCE.---Mmetain-Laws, Iralt-pest Tiro.-
Hy these means the government try indirectly to There has been more disposition to buy Sugar by private
influence the populace ; not a day passes bat placards contract, but sellers an generally reluctrnt to make lama
operations at the preseat crisis.-Coffee is selling steadily I.'
of this kind arc stuck up. 're -day, for example, hi tho •d
public sales.-Biro sod at full pr eta; middling ..
their is one which attractsnumerousreaders,appcaliog white Bengal, 10s. 6d. to 111.-Cotton continues doll, but
to all republicans aga'nst the partisans of l'tince prices are coop mted.-Rum contirnes inactive; the pro-
Louis Napoleon, of whom it seems the executive go- post d alteration in the duty has not induced
_buyers
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vernment are in terrible awe. to come furs ud.-T.a remains firm.
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These tricks of office however, are beginning to be
pretty well understood.> The placards are much to TALLOW.-Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. 6d.
laughed at, as symptoms of govermental imbecility, 1,1,4.,:r:t.,:, Octor to December delivery, 435. 3d. ; Separate
delivery, 445.
and the mob orators, frequently suspected, are some-
times
roughly handled. CORN.-MARK-LAN E.-The arrivalsof both English
sl. V•ctor Hugo cep ke in the Assembly to-dry on and Pon ion Wheat since Monday have been moderate, and 1
the subject of the ateliers nationaux. The folloenng the amount of business transacted to-dot was limited, at
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prices about equal to those of that day. Barley was in good
is a resume of his speech :
supply and &slow sale, at form tr quotatior.s. Oats were in little
I do not rise to add to the liittemess of the division inquest, and the tarn in price was in favour of the buyer
amongst us; we are now submitting to a solemn and decisive the supplies were large. Wane and Peas much os hod
proof, and Iv. °oil not in any a ise embarrass the novernment, quoted.
• or create the leant obstacle to the birth of a republic that we ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FRONII9th TO 2lst JUNE.
all wish to be great and pure hereafter, but I must state that Qrs. English. Scotch. Irish. Foreign.
which is apparent in the atelier natienaux, that Wheat I 2310 I 2.550
1 an immense power is excited at an entire Barley 2O 5656
• lots, when the country has most need of labour Oat.
' and capital. The result has never been absolutely new, 1,670 sacks; barrels. Malt, 3,59 e qrs.
unproductive, but it has been unfortunate, for the iollenc,s Hum, Juno 20.-A good deal of rain has fallen during . I i
of ooulencc, which existed under the ancient monarch), the the past week, and complaints have certainly increased of
' idleness of misery has been substituted,-for the idlers of Wheat having had more than a sufficiency; the benefit to
) the dynasties the idlers of the republic. (Bravos.) spring cern is beyond question, and very pers*ptible More
I would not impute to the govanment an idea that'they have firmness has been manifested in Wheat, but, supplies being
5 not had, they could not Iran-form into janiusries of dir.rder moderate, and granaried parcels held a good deal above the
for the beudit of a dictatorship the honest and intelligent lstc currency, actual business was limited, at Is. to '2.s. ad- I
f ouvriers of Paris. Woe to them who could have such an Vance on previous rates. The stocks is granary are very
idea, for on the day when the people should discover it they moderate. We hare continued large arrivals of Bulgy.
r would not only be severe but they would he terrible. To which, for good conditioned grain, meets a fair market,
- put an end to these suspicious, end banish these disasters, though at uuremunerative prices for the importer. Other
I the ateliers nationattx must ho immediately transformeA hue articles of spring corn are neglected. We had for this
- a useful institution. day's market a large show of Wheat from our own
a M. Leon Faucher spoke on the same subject, and growers ; influenced by Markbaite and other market reports,
- said : as well as the preponderance of wet weather during the week,
• considerably hig' rr rates were demanded but our millers
Tako care ! The tide of misery rises every day, and me- succeeded in buying to a fair I xtent, at an advance of about
Daces to overflow 'us. Paris itself, if you do not take
'Ls. to 3s. per qr. Foreign Wheat was saleable at 25. per qr.
' care, will terminate by being converted into ateliers
more money. Supplies as well as stocks are small. Barley
r natianaux. Already there aro 60,000 ouvriers who
L demand adMillsioll into the ateliers, and you can only furnish met, a fair sale at our currency.. Other. kinds of spring
. Coen
r not I. for 10,000. It is, then, alms you bestow. There must ~.,,111,10.1.tat aglotzalloli.
obs
Linseed in in Food supply, and dull._ In
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doneC
daily, chiefly for forward de-
e be a definitive solution of this question. livery, at S!. 15s. to 91. 10s. for !lull make, according to the
Ile then pointed out, as a means, the finish- months of delivery. Less bw•ine,s in foreign. Rapeseed
-a big the railways and the re-establishment of order, not saleable at our currency. In Rape Cokes nobusiness. Bones
,_ only in the streets, but in opinion. " Let (said he) continue to arrive freely, and meet irregular prices.
it i the state then give the first example of morality in IlAnbrion, June 19.-We had a fair show of wheat at
a . paying its debts and in respecting property, and I market to.day, and prices realised about the same as last t
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. will answer for the rest." week. The supply of spring corn was trifling. Beans met
dull sale. No alteration in other things; all very dull.
' aln descending from the tribune, M. Leon Faucher
~. was accosted by M. Lamartine, who shook him by DIED., June 20.-There is a fair arrival of Wheat re- !
ported iceday, but the show of samples is not lade; the 1
a the hand. buyers do not respond freely to the advance ; still, Is. per •
31. Caussidiere then ascended the tribune, and, in or. over Friday's rates is generally obtained. Barley nominal. 1
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his own unlettered but honest style, lectured M. In it, ans, Oats, and Shelling the sale is slow, with a ten-
in 'frelat, the Minister of Public Works, on his system, dency downwards in prices. Average price of grain: Wheat,
which consisted (he said) in coquetting with every 475. 7d.; Barley, 34'.; Oste, 21,. 102.; Beane 35 Bd. ' 1
it Arrival, this week: Wheat, 8,101 ; Oats, 326; Barley, 44;
al b°dT• Beans, 65.5.
x (dom.,. Tenni,. announced to-day in the As- . r.._- OA _• • *l.:. .1.0. enuriewi

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