The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-05 00:00:00

mends of the vicar; and that they ought to be jades / ne President of the Republic has sent 200 fr. to
pendent in every respect of him, and responsible to !the subscription opened at Le Mans for the erection
their bishop only. ! of a bronze bust of General Ni.grier.
And herein lies the defect of all the Vicar's labour The committee on sporting has fixed to-day the
and exertions in the parish. Our correspondent says duty for a license to shoot small birds at 3fr. only.
that the Vicar assured a recent meeting of the &iron Dudevant, the husband of Madame George
subscribers to his Church Extension Fund, Sand, has just died at a boarding-house in the 12th
that he desired to see St. Pancras broken up arrondissement.
into twenty parishes. We are very glad to hear that Two directorsof another Californian company were °
' such a desire has been expressed; but we confess we yesterday tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Po-
are quite at a loss to discern any serious attempt to lice, on the charge of swindling. The company was
lact upon it. Very true it is that he is endeavouring called the " Pansienne ;" its capital was fixed at
to form new ecclesiastical districts; but all are to be 1,040,900fr.,and its place of business was at the Maison
I dependent on the vicarage, all in its gift; all their Dorie, Rue Laffitte, 1. By pompous advertisements, I
clergy merely its assistants; and the more districts and by making an unauthorised use of the names of,
of this sort that are established, the more will the honourable persons, the directors obtained consider-
parochial labours of the Vicar be decreased; and tho able sums of money from workmen and others, onl
less he will have to do tbr his 2,0001. a y.ear. I pretence of sending them to California ; but instead ,
Our opinion of the Vicar's policy, is that it in-lof having, as they anuounced, sent off a number of
. wolves a great waste of labour, a great waste of persons, they only despatched seven, and those seven
money, a great increase of power and influence to they abandoned, without resources of any kind, in
himself, and that it does not contain the elements of r England. Illanehart, the getter-up of the-company,
such success as a better devised scheme would corn- I was condemned to a years imprisonment, to pay
mend. Out of a Churchßuilding Fund of 1,500/. a-year, 2,300 fr., out of which he had defrauded the plaintiffs,,
some good must of course, be done; though half of it and to 1,500 fr. damages. The other accused, a man
goes, strangely enough, not to build churches, but to named lierefort, was acquitted.
pay curates' stipends. But the Vicar may go on The metallic reserve of the Bank of France has
raising thousands a-year for the next quarter of increased 1 million in Paris, and declined 5! millions
a century on his present plan without accomplishing lin the branch banks. The discount-accommodation ,
anything great. The true principle was that laid ; has fallen off nearly 2 of a million in Paris, and
down by a much superior man intellectually, viz., hisjincreased 4 millions in the provinces, the amount of
predecessor—to break up the parish into a series, not ' the former being 39,477,093 fr., and of the latter
of dependent districts, but or perfectly independent: 71,975,482 fr. On the side of the liabilities, the notes
parishes, as independent of the mother church and in circulation have increased 3 millions in the Paris
its vicar as it and he are of Bloomsbury and Mr. Bank, and 3; millions in the departments. The
MONTAGE VILLIERS ; transferring their patronage, account-current of the treasury has augmented
of course, to the bishop or some other better depo- nearly 3 millions, the present amount being
sitary. 107,288,739 fr. Private accounts-current have fallen
Had that principle been steadily kept in view and off .51 millions in Paris, and have increased about
acted on by the Bishop of LONDON and the vicar since of a million in the departments, the amount of the
Dr. Mot.ntsfs death, St. Pancras would not have been former being 92,228,254 fr., and of the latter
in the disturbed, disorganised, and painful ecele- :f4,933,404fr, The whole amount of the metallic re-
siastical state it is now in ecclesiastically: with serve at present is 548 millions to 3331 millions of
churches only half let, with a vicar at variance with notes in circulation.
many of the subordinate clergy, with a laity ousted The Bourse to-day was entirely absorbed by the
from their legitimate itithience, and with appeals to disasters of the last liquidation. The disappearance
the bishop on points that defy even episcopal of a stock-broker, M. Treillet, who is said to he de-
solation. limiter to the amount of a million and a half of
francs, has been unfortunately confirmed. Six or
seven emilboiers failed to answer to the call of this
day, appointed for settling payments. The settle-
mot of June will be reckoned as singularly fatal to
the bears. The losses sustained amount to a million
of francs. Ten thousand pounds has been lost by
one banker. Nevertheless the funds preserve their
firmness. The Fives closed at 91.00, with a rise a
10 centimes. The Threes closed at 56.90, with of
slight fall. The Batik shares fell 101., to 2,13 M..
notwithstanding the improvement in the official
statement of to-day, which gives the poll:Paine at
four millions. The railway shams-market was very
flat.

The quarterly accounts of revenue to be made up
this evening will show a slight falling off as com-
pared with the corresponding quarter of last year.
In excise there will be an increase of front 80,000?.
to 100,000!. The items of stamps, customs, and
income tax will show the chief decrease, while in
some of the minor items there will be a slight in-
crease.

The decrease on the entire returns, ns far as can
be judged at present, will be between 40,000/. and

FRANCE.

SPAIN.

PAW, Flimsy EVENTNO.
The Assembly was called upon yesterday to re-
solve a question of great material interest in debat-
ing the bill fur farming out to a company the Medi-
terranean packet service. The service comprises at
the present moment three lines, which start from
Marseilles nod tenninnt.:, the first at Malta, touch-

The debate on the settlement of the debt was to
commence on the ;111th ult. M. Mon was expected to
be the first speaker. M. Arnao, secretary of lega-
tions at Paris, is appointed Charge &Aftairs, ad In-
terim, at Vienna. M. Colonti goes as envoy to
Rome. • _ s .

ing at Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, and Naples; the
second at Constantinople, paaaiug by the Pyrteus,
Smyrna, and the Dardanelles; the third at Ileyrout,
by Malta and Alexandria. Since 1837 the state has
worked at its own cost these various lines, with a
loss of more than 37 millions of francs for the trea-

The Spanish Chamber of Deputies concluded on
the 2,th ult, the debate on the vote of confidence in
the ministry, and, as already stated by telegraphic
despatch, adopted it by s:; votes to 30. In the course
of the sitting u bill was presented for continuing the
Aranjucz railway to Almansa.

sury, while commerce has been impeded by this'
ruinous arrangement. In the meantime fort•ign
lines of packets, founded in Austria and England,
in the interests of commerce, and aided by grants
front those governments, have increased their opera-
tions to such an extent in the Mediterranean, that

they will end by absorbing the trade of the Levam
if kranee neglect the amendment of the defective or-
ganisation of her packet-service. The Austrian Lloyds
Company, fbundcd in 1830, with the intention
of disputing with France the trade of the Levant,
started with seven bouts. In 1850 it possessed 29
boats, which served la different lines. During the
first years it suffered heavy losses ; but, protected by
the Austrian government, who favoured it with im-
portant privileges, and also with pecuniary aid, it
continued to struggle against French enterprise, and
attained a remarkable degree of prosperity. Lloyd's
bouts, which, in 1436, carried only 7,967 passengers,
33,295 letters, and 3,752 parcels, reached, in 1818,
118,343 passengers, 78,637,991 of francs iu precious
metals, 249,500 letters, and 160,406 packages of the
estimated value of 205 millions of francs. The Aus-
trian Lloyd's is not the only formidable rival which
France has had in the Mediterranean. There is the
English Peninsular and Oriental Company, whose
operations are on a vast scale. '1 ho commercial pro-
gress of England in the Levant has been such, that
in Syria, to which, previously to 1830, there had not
been sent a single direct cargo from England, the
English importations in 1848 amounted to the sum
of 15,000,000 fr. The exportations from England
increased iu the period from 1829 to 1848 to the ex-
tent
of 411 per cent. to Turkey, and 769 per cent. to I
Egypt. For a long time past the necessity of re-
, modelling the French postal service in the Mediter-
, rancan, by substituting the agency of private enter-
prise for that of the state in the undertaking, has
been acknowledged in France. The Constituent was!
of this opinion, and the project of law under discus-
sion aims at carrying into effect to asures which were
decided in principle by that assemblv. The state is
to concva to the company of the Messagmies
11a-
tionales the mail-bout service in the Mediterranean
for 20 years, and is to grant an average of 2 millions
726,000 fr. This grant is equivalent to a saving by I
the state, as compared with the expenses of the old;
system, of 13fr. 63e. for every murine league to be
traversed.
The Assembly resumed to-day the debate on the
Mediterranean Packet Bill. M. Dupont de Bussac
in opposing the bill at great length, insisted upon his
assertion of yesterday that Whir dealing had been
practised in the concoction of the eghicr der diarqcs
with the company of the Mesmigeries ; denied that
the state had experienced any hsses by working the
line ; complained that the aid granted to the coin- I
pony was hur ;plater than that bestowed in England
upon the Peninsular and Oriental ; and in fact con-
trudieted all the statements of these who spoke in
favour of the bill. M. Dulaure then defended the
bill in a speech of much ability ; and it was decided
that the house should pass to the discussion of the
articles. _ _ .

A new charge to his clergy is on the point or
being published by the Archbishop of Paris, Mon-
seigneur Sihour. The object of this fresh instruction'
is to treat the question of charity in a social as well
as Christian point of view, and to explain the duties
which it imposes upon individuals and upon political
and religious societies.
The electoral colleges of the Lot and the Nord arc
convoked for the 27th inst., to proceed to the election
of representatives to replace M. do St. Priest, de-
ceased, and General Lahitte, reigned.
Yesterday was distributed in the Assembly the
report of M. Larmbare on the Plate treaties. In
recommending the ratification of these, the com-
mittee has been guided by the einsiderations set
forth in the preamble of M. Bareehe. With regard
to the proclamation of Urquiza, and the news of a
hostile league against Runs, although the despatches
read by the government from the French consul at
Montevideo ate dated :loth April, that is seventeen
days after the manifesto dated find April would have
been bums n at Montevideo, no mention is made of
such a prorlautation ; but it is stated that a misun-
derstanding prevailed between limas and Urquiza.
Be that as it may, it is beneath the dignity of France
to be influenced in her determination by the intestine
disputes of the Argentine confederation. France
ought to regard any new struggle on the banks of
the Plate as a purely American quarrel ; and take
this opportunity of proclaiming her respect for the
principle of non-intervention. The committee having
observed that the treaty concluded with Itosas sti-
pulated no indemnity for Frenchsubjects, the Minis-
ter of Foreign Attains was qucstiened on this subject,
and replied that the object of the treaty being to,
settle international relations, the stipulations for in-
demnity would form a separate convention, and that
the government would support with energy all claims
that were founded in justice.
To-day the President's speech at Poitiers was
posted up throughout Paris. The example will be
followed throughout France.