The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

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yifORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of LONDON.—
NOTICE 18 11113RNRY GIVEN, that the SXHIBITIONBof
6R`.01.1 r it l' IT, In the Soriety'A Garden, In the present ~..,,,n
—el toe pia. on the follow-Ins dart, rig. Saturday, )lay 20 ; Saturay'
T.. w 'On d Tit..lot,day, Jot) 12 , sod that Tuo&y, A prtl IS, le th;
IJ...rdm which the usual wit-Owed Ucketa RN trued to Follows of
Beatty —2l. Recent Ante.

'tom' LAMONI) and Co, railway share
~t-t
hey respectfully l•cg to Inform their (Mende and the
~,t;.. that they centime daily to BUY and NELL at deuaiptlons or
jaiLW AY 811 ARES, debentuyek Mullah and foreign suck,. se,h.,i,,
ead all ether ares and pnusery. Menu, 1.. and Co. Mao further an-
pore that their nubile IWO of railway ramp take* place every Wad
tat I celock, at the Ilall of Commerce. Threadneedleateeet, Lon-
; to their Ale, At which Owe all favour. are requested to no sts.
—Thuudneediectreet. London. Jan. 1, MK
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...iERS or STOVES and FENDERS are reH
40 quested, before finally decidlng. to visit WILLIAM S. BUIL
Alf dale Ilippon and Burton) Show Room,. 11. Olfordetreet.
woof of Nsnminn ..trees, and No. I, Newrnan.greet ; they are the
begot In the world, and contain such rn areortnient of readrni,
o,m Rang, Ire- and venom I roornougery Ofrinot be sp-
method clwwhere. either for variety, novelty, beauty of Ikeign, or es•
quilleoss.of workmanship, while the prices nre on that low nude for
„yob r..mhildiment by leen so celebrated for mom than a quarter
deo:Maury. Nrtglit 'WO OA. with bronzed °roam:nix and two sate of
b.r. £3 Ifs ; dltt with.wirdu ornament., and two sot, of bars. Into
"guineas : brourcil fenders dorlete. ith standard. from les. to ,f,6
fry. 3.5.; Alit. cab rich ormolu ornaments. from
Wig. to to mine.. Patent :nova+with radiating hearth plane. Any
to the rorot.liing ironmonger 30 poi cent. under any other home.
gdafoe errry articley not atiworod of. iretoilled MU,
Immo with coo:wings soot Ipor pest) tree.

1 VOIIY HANDLE TABLE KNIVES, 10e. per
doter.—The meg pernitage which WILLIAM BENHAM
mcrly Avery Bideims and Pomo ban for • length of time reorivod,
glee him onitkienee In ammtlog. that hie CUTLERY will be found
=I. It so, .. ..srm,r, to any other bourn. at prime comblerahly under
sr, eomliy charged—WlLLlAM BENHAM (formerly Avery
likaham amt ~mo. Ketabilsbcd ...o. ma. Si, Blackfrime.road ISerrcr
*le of Blackfriars.brideel.
LB
RUSHES.—New laventions.—The Triple Hair
Itni.h. One tarok° of USA la equal to the effect of one penetrin-
, Ave email-tooth coml., and ono even c t
u trot
h ; to be had in four
.1.0. The Double AntYpreenire Nail linah, which does not divide the
seek from the nail, no prrnene being required, and thoroughly chasm
sod polleh. the nails in a tenth part of the time or No other method.
The New Toothpick Brich, which inUrely enters between the Inter.
ekes of the clonest teeth : marks, full sire hrusbee, No. 1. bard ; No. 2,
hew hand; No. 3, middling; No. 4. s.4t (the ball. earraated never to
Come Oct.' The Medium Sharing Itrueb, leAncer the ii.ual badger hair
and brietic brueti. being a enlection of the droner-et hair only from the
hedger chic. The tkilOrd article,. are the ...3141 invenUons of ROSS and
joss, 119 and 1.1. Bishopegateetreet, London.
OW LAND'S ODON TO, or PEARL
DENTIFRICE, a white Powder for the Toebi, compounded of
oireet and invnt recherche Ingmeglentu of the Oriental Herbal. It
ycb
.....,,, tartar from the teeth, remov. spate (4 Incipient decayi.
nehrs and prceorres the enamel, Imparting the mat pure and early
like whiten," awl gime eneeinam and isefume to the bromb. Scurvy
big lie comae enidicated from the gums, and a healthy action and recl-
aim Me Induced. ro that the teeth lif 10.'0 are thus rendered fro in
Cheer socket, —Price 3.. 9d. per bos.—Sold by A. ROW LAN Dand dON,
?), Hater ztr.lcit. London ; and by all Mende. and perfumer,
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65. Coats mu. Aran. LI, 1848.
MESSRS. SMITH ELI)ER, and Co. beg to
Announce that M. JAM)$$ NEW NOVEL. 81E THEO.
post; tho publication of which hoo born unavoidably
&Wed. will certainly myna, on MOND.% nut. the Ilth Inst.

NEWS FROM PARIS.

APPROPRIATION OF THE RAILWAYS BY
GOVERNMENT.
PARIS, THURSDAY, 104 A.M.
In my letter of last evening I informed you that
the directors of the railway companies had been sum-
moned by the Provisional Government to hear the
conditions on which ,t was proposed that they should
surrender to the state their entire interest in
these enterprises. They accordingly assembled last
night at the Hotel of the Minister of Finance, and I
am enabled to send you a report of what passed, on
the accuracy of which you may place the most
im-
plicit reliance.
The minister informed the companies that the go-
vernment contemplated purchasing their interests on
one or other of three conditions, and he proceeded to
unfold these three projects of appropriation. In all
the three it is proposed that the state shall take im-
mediate possession of all the railways in France,
finished or unfinished ; that the latter shall be com-
pleted by the state, and that all shall be henceforward
conducted and worked ander the exclusive control and
to the exclusive profit of the state. The several pro-
jects differ one from another only in the mode of in-
demnifying the companies.
The indemnity in every case is to be paid for in
goVernment stock. The question then is, at what.
price the government stock to be given to the com-
panies is to be estimated on the one hand, and at
what price the railway shares to be purchased from
the companies by the government are to be estimated
on the other.
All the three projects agree that the same standard
of estimation is to be applied to t'-e one and to the
other—to the indemnity on the one hand and to the
shares on the other.
By the first project it is proposed that both shall
be taken at the prices they had upon the Bourse on
the lath February, nine days before the revolution.
By the second, the prices are to be those of the 4th of
April, forty days after the revolution; and, by the
third, the prices are to be the average of those of the
six months immediately preceding the revolution.
Such are the projects of the Minister of Finance,
communicated, as I have said, to the directors of the
companies. But it must be understood that these
projects of the Minister of Finance have not yet been
discussed by the other members of the government.
They are to be taken into consideration at a council
of the government to be held this evening, and the
measure will most probably be definitively settled on
or before Saturday.
I have reason to know that another of the ministers
intends this evening to present a fourth pro-
jest differing from those of the Minister of Finance
as to the form in which the indemnity is to be paid
to the companies. He proposes that the actual value
of the indemnity to be paid, whatever it may be, shall
be commuted into an annuity for such a period of
years as the companies respectively by the terms of
their original concessions would have enjoyed the
profits of the enterprises.
It is calculated that the amount of capital still re-
quired to complete all the unfinished lines is about
16,000,000 sterling, or 900,000,000 f. By the ori-
ginal contracts between the companies and the state
364,000,000 of this amount would have to be sup-
plied by the companies, and 536,000,000 by the
state.
The Minister of Finance has issued an order
declaring that the delays and faculties accorded by
the decree of March 8, and extended by that of
March 17, for having all bills, orders, and other mat-
ters requiring to be stamped, vised, and legalised, are
again extended to May 24, inclusively.
Preparations have been commenced for a magnifi-
cent national fete, which is to take place shortly in
the Champ-de-Mars, for the presentation of the colours
of the republic to the national guard, the army, and
the garde mobile. The whole proceedings will ter-
minate by a banquet of 100,000 persons, which dele-
gates from the several bodies just mentioned will par-
take of, as well as the members of the Provisional
Government.
M. Horace Vernet was yesterday elected Colonel of
the national guard of Versailles.
The Mayor of Paris has just ordered that the build-
ings belonging to the stables of the old Civil List, in
the Faubourg du Ronle, shall be appropriated to
workshops for the state.
P.S. Disturbances have taken place at Toulouse.
The Club ht Vd.r des People went tumultuously to
the Prefecture to demand arms for the workmen
under the conduct of the president of the club. The
national guard hastened from all quarters, while cries
of "To arms !" resounded on all sides. The insur-
rectionists were put to flight, and part of them
arrested.
By the order of the Provisional Government, the
Trench rl ar,p% d' affairs at Turin has assured the Sar-
dimas minister of foreign affairs that the French go-
vernment was unacquainted with the movement which
had taken place at Chambery ; and further,
that any new aggression will be contrary
to its earnest desire to maintain amicable
relations with Sardinia. The Sardinian Government
at once officially acknowledged this assurance through
14. E. Arago, the Commissary at Lyons.
Ring Charles Albert has nominated the new
senators of the kingdom at Cremona. Among them
are the following: M. de Brignole, ambassador in
France ; M. de San Marsano, formerly minister of
foreign affairs; M. le Prince della Cistern; M. de
Villamarina, formerly minister of war; MM. Ricci
et Kiffra, bankers; M. Vincent Gioberti; and MM.
eltaeglio.
On the morning of the Gth, the Florentine troops
mt. out for Lombardy, having first gone through a
roltgious and military ceremony, at which were pre-
lent the Grand Dulte, with the entire Court and
ministry.

We have received Madrid mails of the 7th. The
Duke and Duchess of Montpensier arrived there at five
in the afternoon of the 6th. The Queen Isabella and
Queen Christina went to meet them at some distance
from Madrid. They were to leave for Vista Alegre,
about a league from Madrid, on the 7th.
M. Olozaga,who had been sent as prisoner to Cadiz,
eacaPed at Cordova from the officers who had him in
cry, and no trace of him has since been discovered.
Athices from Catalonia mention the revival of the
insurrection there.

Naar,
ASSN 31.—Three per Cents, 22 MS cab; Pint Pni;
1?t paper ; 41 paper: Coupons, PoPer
'ilttrand,los cash (with din), 107 paper. alchahr 0"."'"".
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