The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-13 00:00:00

of the Assembly was then taken.—M. de Ver.., on
behalf a the minority of the Committee of Justice,
opposed the conclusion' of their report. He con-
tended that in tieing its dissolution on a stated day,
the Aseenitily would net commit either a violati.-n of
the Coastitution, or a desertion of its mission.—
M. Pierre Bonaparte then mounted thetribune.amidat
a most intense movement of curiosity. The speech of
IM. Pierre Bonaparte was of course against the pro-
position for the dissolution of the Assembly, and was
I received with loud applause from the Mountain.
He said that the pretended hostility against
the President of the Republic was, in his view,
only a just susceptibility of democratic sen-
timent. —M. Montalembert next spoke, amidst
violent uproar tram the Mountain, in favour of the
dissolution. After his speech the setting was sus-
pended, and our reporter closed his despatches.
Much was expected from the debate of to-day,
and especially from the intended speech of M. de
Lemartine. It is even thought possible that the in-
fluence and prestige of that orator may so swell the
numbers supporting the project, as to give it a small
majority, especially as the question to be settled
to-day is, like the first reading of a bill in
England, confined to the principle of the measure, that
is to say, whether an early day shall or shall not be
named for the dissolution of the Assembly.
The particular day to be adopted, whether it be that
named in one of the articles of the project, or some
other,wil. be matter of debate in the bureaux, to which
the project, if adopted, will be immediately referred.
Under this point ot view, the supporters of the project
of MM. Parterre and Bixio for dissolution on the 4th
of May, may vote with the government to-day for
that ot M. Itatteau, proposing their own date in the
bureaux as by way ot amendment.
In the National Assembly yesterday, a resolution,
imposing a duty on salt of 1.73 the 1011 kilogrammes
when imported in French bottoms, and /75 the 100
kilogrammes when imported in foreign vessels, was
adopted.
Efforts are made to get up counter-petitions to ad-
journ indefinitely the dissolution of the -Assembly.
Several petitions of this kind are in preparation in the
north as well as in the Faubourg, St. Jaeger s and St.
Marceau. Although the cabinet considers itself for the
present at least secure, intrigues are on foot against
it. A proposition has undoubtedly been lately made
Ito M. Dufaure to form another cabinet, which he has
declined to do. .

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The Estafette says : " The government, notwith-
standing the negotiations which, it is raid, are opened
with Austria, feels the necessity of sending to the
court of Sardinia a man whose councils may, in case
of need, be serviceable if, u is presumed, hostilities
should be resumed. General Pellet is said to be the
ambassador about to go to Turin." 'The general will,
it is said, leave Paris to-morrow.
We read in the Nagional :—" The Journal des De.
bats announces that M. Emmanuel Arago, ambassador
at Berlin, and General Le Flo, minister pleniopoten-
dozy at St. Petersburg, have sent in their resignations
to the President of the Republic. We are ignorant
whether General Le Flo has sent in his resignation
but we know that that of M. Emmanuel Arago is dated
December the 25th, and we are even able to relate
how it was given. M. Gallon Barrot wrote, twelve
or fifteen days ago, to M. Francois Arago,
saying that it was with regret he had to inform
him, that the ministry was about to deprive itself of
the ',Telma of his son; because the ministry had
come to a decision that it would not be represented
at foreign governments by members of the National
Aesembly. On the tame day, it is true, the ministry
appointed as ambassador to London, Admiral Oreille,
who is a representative. M. Francois Arago replied
to this letter by addressing to the President of the
Council the resignation of his son."
The Minister of Finance, in a recent circular, after
ref.-rring to the state of the treasury as imperiously
requiring all its resources, calls upon the citizens who
may not have paid in all their taxes, including the
45 centimes, to hasten to bring up their arrears,
according to their means, as necessary for the repose
and security of the couutry.
The conclusions to which the committee charged to
prepare the bill on the Council of State has come, the
report on which was presented on Wednesday by M.
Vivien, are these :—That the Council of State shall
Cirm, as under the Empire, a single body, and that
there shall not be any superior administrative tri-
bunal; that it shall be divided into three sr ctions—of
legislation, admini.tration, and administrative justice.
As to the mode of election, the committee has decided
that, for this time, one-half of the body shell be
chosen by the present Assembly, sad the rest by the
Legislative Assembly.
The Presse has some remarks on the new pasta
regulations, which are tilt without interest :
The p stage-stamps at 20c , 40c., end lfr , created in
execution of the new postal bill, are not sufficient for all the
cases of pre-paying; stamps of 10e. from town to town, and
of Isc. for Peri+, are wanting. The postage for letters to
England remain- at lfr ; that is an anomaly which ought to
dkappear without delay ; we are certain that if any daffleulty
arises, it wall not come from the post-office here, and still
lees from the Marquis of Clanricarde, who has n'ways shown
\level( animated by the most favourable dispositions to-
wards the reform of Mr. Rowland Bill. That rat bleman pos-
sesses one of those enlightened minds which, in place of
endeavouring to aggravate difficulties, only lakes a lemur, in
removia g teem. The postal rommunica.inns between
London and Paris are sure to sesame an immense develop-
wont, if favoured by a great acceleration imparted to the
transmission of let ere. In that respect there is much tt he
nadertaken, with the co-operation of the directors of the
railweys between Paris and 11,u1o2re, and Folkestore
and London It is an enterprise to which the new Po-t-
-marer-grneral in France ought to have hastened to attach
his name
The weekly balance sheet of the Bank cf France
up to the 11th instant, which I send, exhibits the
following results : The notes in circulation have
increased 91 millions. The Treasury balance
has been augmented by 64 millions standing now
at 23/. The atock of bullion has had added to it
6j millions. The discounts and protested bills re-
main nearly the same, the latter however having been
diminished by three quarters of a million. The
amount of bullion is 269 millions against 4301 millions
of banes.
STAIR OF THE BANK or FRANCE up to hn.ll, with
the oorruposding items of Ms pesoedinst week:
Week ending Week ceding
Jan. 4. Jen.

YAM LATIBM•
CepDel
Capital dare fated beaks 38,950,000 WISP, •
Swam
Seism deem foiled beaks
Reserve Is nal= 4,000,000 4610,000 11
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Bills to order .
ACCOGht 00,70111 t to. Treasury, Maar 14304,83333 !3410,72501
Divers epiate cant. t u,469,120 211 76,793,293 80
AM:WM currest in the breathes
Receipts payetde at sight 3,4113,800 0 3,837,300 0
Receipts pays OW st drat in the
breathes
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bsak 8,677,468 47 4,651,601 33
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heals !,489.019 0 2,445,290 0
Divillseds 3,199,345 15 1,8 -0,970 23
Liquid. st=ebstik et Algiers...» 330,714 04 909,374 4
Obasalc avers tangelo, sad es
sums 53 492,346 43
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212,734 0 312.021 0
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Redlsousit last belt-yen 344,051 47 216,031 47
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