The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Fai0•e.115.30 r x.
Oce department only has demanded, thronzh the
organ of the crossed' gitairaux, that the constitution
should imm diately be revised. Tnis wish has been
put forward by too tow amongst the mass of the
French people to render it possible tt.at any weight
can attach to it, but it must be remarked that the de-
pertinent that has signalised itself by putting
forth an eccentric: deeire,is that of the Gironde, which
in the oil revolution furnished so many remarkable
men to the Constituent Assembly. In this department
the prime mover of the council has been M. Deujoy,
who, in his capacity of reporter to the commission
appointed to disease the question, read a long memoir
explaining the reasons that rendered an immediate
revision of the constitution desirable. Three capital
points formed the basis of argumentation on whisk
/41. Onijoy founded the necessity and possibility of
the preposal about to be made. First of all,
had the council general a right to call
to the attention of the national assembly the
present state of affairs in Freres ? Had the country
• rigt.t. previcus to the time when the Assembly may
legcli demand the revision, to all the attention of
that Aim mbly to the fundamental points as to which
the revision is necessary ? Finally was here necessity
sutfic cut to demand the exercise of this faculty at once?
These three points are' answered in the affirmative in
the re pot of the committee. The majorityof the council
thought that they Lad a right to call the attention of
the National Assembly to the present stars of the
country. The country had an undoubted right to
prepare for a revision, by famishing the necessary
element, of such a measure. To deny that it was
'Neat to exercise this right, would be productive of the
greatest dangers, for supposing that the desires of
the population which had chosen the members of that
ooannl were not listened to. the result would be that
illegal means would be taken to urge that which
might have been pressed in a legal manner, and a re-
voluti.n might be produced.
After this somewhat exaggerated exposition of ap-
prehended danger, the report of the commission
went on to ask whether it was not tree that trade was
suffering, that speculation was extinct, credit para-
lysed, capital horded up. It showed the evils attendant
on the shortness of the presidential power; the
country agitated for several months previous, and
subsequent to, the nomination of the president, who
could not be chosen a second time. It asked what
was to be obtained from thirty consecutive months of
feint, when that period must be regularly followed by
sr months of anxiety and trouble, and it concluded
by making the following proposed
Too cmiaill-general of the Gironde, being the organ of
the wishes of this population of that department, and moved
by their anxieties and sufferings, which spring from the in-
stability of the executive power, the duration of which seems
to them too lisaiteJ, calls the serious attention of the Ns.
liens! Assembly to this situation of the public Wad.
After considerable discussion this resolution of the
committee was put to the vote, and carried by a large
majority.
The Debals today gives the debate in the Conseil-
a'siiral of the Gironde on this subject at great
length, and seems covertly to agree with its decisions,
by finding Isiah with the constitution in the follow-
big leading article :
We are yet unaware of all the benefits of the republic. It
would ISM that we have gained, amongst other things, the
trantfonnati of a constitutionel into • personal govern-
ment. A repsiblicen Journal is very indignant this 1110711illi
because one of the ministers has dared to protest publicly
against a cote communinnted by the person who names the
ministers, and sees ncohiee km in this audacious act but
hinny and treason. Certainly, on the other hand, other
rims of the republic accuse the same rims of
kitting violated all constitutional Milletifiee awe taking
the initiative in a political act independently of his
minister.. lint we need only observe that on both sides the
"ghtuiissi seems to be congelseed it dead letter. Under
the !penny, the ling was irresponsible and covered by his
ministers. Under the republican constitute:el, the
h lenicalltdei and se are the ministers. Tee hi.
therefore, a right to bars his own will publiel, Uni,it'
sad he exercises at right with more or less darer. 8
his minium are meetly the same position, inn ism •

eigbt sal to sempt the respoasibility of these sots is whist+
Chap woo If this resole responsibility teases *ow
, It is neither the fault of the pres4dent nor that of
his abustm ; it is that of the esestitatioa.
There is no doubt that the president has a right to
express his will politically and publicly according to
the coostitution. It is a right which he p swarm in
common with the president of the United States, and
which none can contest. Nor can it be denied that
M. de Fallon: had a right to make the denial that be
published. But I csnnot now understand how M. &Fal-
lon.: remains in a ministry where the president himseit
is hostile to him. It is said that Louis Napoleon declared
to his ministers in cannel that he did not
pretend to make the policy of Ws cibicet sub-
ordinate to his personal sentiments, and that this
declaration induced M. de Fallon: to remain in office.
Bat the cabinet are hostile to M. de FaLoux as well
as the president. As to the latter, the following re-
cital will show the aentiments that agitate him on the
subject.
M. de Fallon: bad no sooner seen the letter of the
president than he came swifly op to Paris from the
west of France, where be was staying. He ar-
rived at the Elysee before the return of the president
from Sens. He waited, bet Louis Napoleon came in
by a different door, and sent him word that be was
too tired to raisin him. M. de Fallenx said
I that he should wait ; and, after doing so
for some time, he was at last received ; but
instned of obtaining explanations, he reoeived from
the president the most energetic reproaches. Ile was
the author of all the complications of the present
momtnt, complications from which an issue must be
found at any price ; and if he did not wish to accept
the responsibility of the policy of which the letter was
I a summary, he might retire. M. de FaConx left the
Zip& upon this, determined to resign, and seeing is
the Petrie the note in which he was described as
psfeetly agreeing with the ministry, went to the
Moodier and inserted the denial, of which I have
given you notice. It is said, however, that M. Thiers
Crged M. de Fall to remain in till the Ist Oct.
tliro en=
consideration ought to have warranted a
farther stay under such circumstances. We may
expect a m'aisterial crisis thee on the eve of the
Chambers' meeting. It is said that M. Dafaure his
had an altercation with Oeneral Oudinor, and that
the latter will bang forward his complaints at the
"sane. _ _ _

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Uerteral Bandon will not after all be called upon to
succeed General Hogelase General Hendee is a pro-
testant, and, as such, there might be many difficulties
in his way at Horne.
"The health of M. de Mous has not unfortunately
benefited by the baths of Neris, from which be has
returned so rapidly," says the Dix Decembre. "At the
cabinet council which was held on Wednesday, the
minister of public instruction could not attend, having
been eonflned by illness to his hotel. We have not
heard that his health has skies improved."
The health of M. de Falloux is not improved to-
day: He was bled and blistered, and every symptom
is visible of a serious itilammation of the chest.
Should matters grow worse with him, the ministerial
orris would be hastened.
M. de Lagrenee, member of the National Assem-
bly, is charged with an extraordinary mission to
Trieste, where he will be at the same time as the
Emperor of Austria and the Prince de fichwartzet,
burg. This mission will only be temporary, in order
not to interfere with the position of M. de Lagrenee
as representative.
M. de 'rocqueville bas protested in energetic lan-
suage against the bastinadoes of Milan.
The circumstances under which M. Furst, the
editor of a republican journal, was conducted from
brigade to brigade, chained like a felon, to take his
trial at Rouen for a political offence, are nothing in
comparison to the treatment to which has been
subjected Mr. Collet, a person a ho was arrested on the
25. h of July last, on the presumption of a political
offilioe. This man was transmitted from Paris to
Dijon on foot, and from brigade to brigade, chaired
to criminals condemned to the getters. lie under-
went this punishment for 45 days, and reached Non
on the 4th of September. On his arrival, end after
remaining two or three hours at Dijon, he was set
free, without an explanation being given as to
the reasons of his meet. Government has
ordered an inquiry. Let us h••pe that such
lets will suggest the propriety of some new law
like our habeas corpus, that will prevent such flagrant
abuses as these, which cannot go unpunished. In the
meanwhile the minister of justice publishes in the
Meaner this morning a circular to the procareurs-
general, calling tl it attention to the ordinance of
March 2, 1845, which is as follows: "The removal ot
prisoners and of parties accused of crimes shall, for
the future, be effected by means of cellular carriages •,
nevertheless, if circumstances demand it, they may be
removed on foot by the gendarmery, from brigade to
brigade," or, in other words, that the removal on foot
is to be the exception and not the rule. The circular
calls on those functionaries to report to the minister
whether the use ot these carriages hes been abandoned
in their department, and the reasons of so doing, and
!deo, whether in the departments when they have bee n
used, they have been found to answer the purposes
intended, and if not to suggest what improvements
they may consider necessary to render them effective.
The Orangerie of the 'Tuileries was crowded yes-
terday with company on the occasion of the distribu-
tion of the rewards accorded to artists of the exhibi-
tion of 1849. Soon after one o'clock the president of
the republic arrived, and took his seat, having near
him the vice-president of the republic, the ministers
of the interior and commerce, and the director of the
Mato arta. The president of the republic addressed
the eraseessful artists as follows :
esaismae,-1 was not willing to yield to any pence the
*wan and the right of delivering to you the rewards
which an dee to you. The sweetest prerogative of power is
'he eneouragement of merit, whence rlt may be found. I
have admired the chefs crevasse which you have offered to
the public this year at the exhibition, and I am happy to
signalise the fine results obtained by French artivs, notwith-
standing the political agitation which maw have occupied
their minds, and eogrossed their leisure. I hope that the
exhibition of next year will be still liner than this. The
emperor told his oxidic" that they had done nothi whilst
an remained to he done. Do you else esdoubls your
efforts to enhance the glory of the French same. Let us
encourage and honour the line sea, for they soften our habits
and elevate our minds ; they console us is adversity, and
embellish the el .ys of prosperity. Be assured, gentlemen,
that I shall always watch your progress with lively solicitude,
and rely upon the interest with which your noble works
inspire me.
This short bat appropriate speech was followed by
loud and enthusiastic applause. The director of the
Beaux Arts then called over the names of the artists
who, on the proposition of the minister of the inte-
rior, had been created members of the neon of
honour by the president of the republic. The de-
corations were presented to them by the president
himself. The prize of honour, which•was at the same
time first medal in sculpture, was awarded to M.
Jules Cavelier, for the statue of Penelope. In paint-
ing, the first-class medals were awarded to M. Charles
Fortin, for three interiors, Noe. 747, 750, and 751.
M. T. Rosseau, for three landscapes, Nos. 1,778, 1,779,
1,780; and M. 0. Umlaut, for his Temptation of An-
t thony. Several medals of the second and third classes
were awarded to other artists. No first-class medal
was given for architecture. Medals of the second and
• third climes were given to four artists. The first
class medal for engraving was awarded to M. V.
, Pullet, for his portrait of Madame de Beanyeau. The
• ceremony concluded at a quarter after two, when the
president withdrew, amid cries of " Viva Napoleon."
We find the following in the Tuulonnais of the 10th
inst.: "The greatest activity prevails in our port.
An expedition to Morocco has b en definitively do-
tided on, and oretrs on the su'sject have been re-
, genet by the naval authorities. The command of
the squadron is confided to Vice-Admiral Personal-
' Deschenes, and it will be composed of the Friedland,
I Lens, Hercule, and Inflexible, ships of the line, and
; the Descartes, Christophe Ceilomb, Cacique, Monte-
; soma steenefrigates. Six companies of the 3rd regi-
meat of marines, under the command of Chef de-Bat-
talion Chavannee, and a company of marine artillery,
in all about 700 men, will embark on board these Tee-
s*. It appears that in the first place a demonstra-
den will be made before Tangiers, and in the event
of the government of Morocco persisting in its re-

Neal to give proper satisfaction to the just complaints
of the French republic, a position will be taken up on
some point of the Moorish coast. The expedition will
sail to-morrow or the day after. The Jemmappes,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Valliant, and the
Jupiter remain in our roadstead; a part of the erews
of these vends were obliged to be drafted to com-
plete those of the vessels ct the squadron. It is pre-
sumed that Spain, who has many just complaints to
make against the uovernment of Morocco, will take
advantage of the French expedition to obtain the re-
parations which she has a night to demand. It is
much to be desired that the only state of Barbary,
which continues to give uneasiness to civilised na-
tion, may now be brought to reason."
The committee of twenty-five of the Natignal
Assembly met yesterday morning, and remained in
deliberation an hour. The Vice-President of the
Republic, General Cnangarnier, and the M Dieter of
the Interior, were present. It was di cided that no-
thing had occurred to induce the committee to con-
voke the Retinal Assembly before the period fixed
at the prorogation.
, STATE or TILE BASIC OT FRANCE up to SEPT. 13,
, with the eorrespeediog item of the reeding week :
Week melee Weal media,
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Rouen and Harm, • A and Marseilles, 223, Stru-
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Arts. 640; Paris and etrasbounr 33623; 'nut. and r 4 ant",
30575; Dieppe and Yeeamp, —; Bordeaux and Tette, 33.