The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

LATEST FROM FRANCE,

ALARMING STATE OF PARIS.
PARIS, MONDAY, 6 30 F.M.
In my despatches of this morning I referred briefly
to the deplorable state of public disorder which reigns
in Paris, notwithstanding the power conferred on the
executive power by the state of siege. Were it need-
ful, I could tziee many examples of this. Yesterday,
in the midst of the noon day, in the Rue de ltichlieu,
one of the most populous thoroughfares of Paris,
analogous to the Strand, or Fleet-street, in London, a
private of the Garde Mobile was shot dead from a
window. lhe house was searched immediately, but
the assassin could not be discovered. . .

The environs of Mont Rouge. one of the detached
forts outside the fortifications, to the south of the capi-
tal, are alive with in,urgents, who lie in ambush and
fire upon all who approach when opportunity offers.
The lives which are taken in this way are much more
numerous than comes to the knowledge of the public.
It is not the interest of commerce or the press that
these things should be known.
The aspect of the town is most lamentable, the
streets and promenades are utterly deserted ; the
theatres and places of public amusement are closed,
not from any necessity imposed by the authorities,
but from the moat imperious of all reasons, viz., that
no one would attend them; the mind of the public is
more seriously occupied; all social " reunions" have
ceased, and such families as could leave Paris have
departed; those who co. Id not, shut themselves up.
Notwithstanding the general popularity of the
President of the National Assembly, there were not
40 people at his first " reception." The example of
the secretary of the questorship, shot by a sentinel
on the Place de la Concorde, at 11 o'clock at night,
makes people prefer to stay at home.
Yesterday from 400 to 500 unemployed workmen
descended the Faubourg de Itoule a d the Faubourg
St. Honore in the most furious manner, uttering ter-
rible imprecations, declaring they were without
labour or bread, that they had been basely entrapped
and deceived by the government and the revolution,
and threatening vengeance. The National Guard of the
quarter were called out and the band was driven back
to the barrier.
Grave apprehensions are entertained of attempts
to blow up portions of the capital, and ail the avenuts
of the catacombs are scrupulously guarded.
The Place du Pantheon is still occupied by a large
military force, the extensive vaults of that building
offering facilities for such an attempt.
The cannon which the insurgents made use of in
the Quartier St. Maur were not cast by them ; they
took a piece of cast iron, destined to a different use,'
from the ateliers of M. Pilot, and bored it. It was
ready for use on Monday morning at 0 o'clock.
Two cannon were cast by them in the foundry of
M. Rateliff, and bored in the ateliers of M.
Begley. TLe models were made on Sunday, in the
ateliers of M. Filet, and, twelve hours after, they
were cast, and if they had not been driven
from their positions in the afternoon they could have
been ready for use in the evening. The carriages
were in course of preparation at the same time as
they were preparing the cannon.

On Ft idav, the 30th of June, four persons were ar-
rested at Nlontargis, whose clothes, in rags, and hands
still black with powder, indicated the part they
had taken in the in-urrection. On them were fouttd
1,0001 r., principally in new coin. One of them, an
old soldier, named Rigoulet, had a red arm-band con-
ceah d, which showed that he had held some rank
among the insurgents. They were pointed out to the
police by some Savoyards, who had seen them en-
gaged with the insurgents.
M. Lsndrin has resigned his place on the committee
of inquiry into the insurrection, in consequence of
having been called as a witness to tome facts con-
nected with the inquiry.
It is expected that the committee will complete its
investigation in a fortnight.
M. Marie mine unced to the Assembly that he had
visited the hospitals with a deputation. They found
that the total number of wounded now remaining
is 1,500. M. Marie bestowed great praise on the
attention of the medical men, and on the untiring
care given to the sick and wounded by the Sisters of
Charity. MM. Biscio and Dorres, members of the
Assembly, are convalescent General Reclean is ex-
pected, in a few days, to be sufficiently recovered to
assume his official duties at the office of Foreign
Affairs.
At half-past four, the Assembly entered into a
ses,ion on the secret service fund, on which the
tribunt s were cleared.
The hall of the Assembly has been diminished in
magnitude by cutting off a part of its length. It is
nowredneed to a square, very nearly, the chair of the
president being in the middle of one of the sides. The
fscility of hearing is greatly increased by this change.
The directors of the Lyoge railway Kaye