The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

LATEST FROM PARIS,

PARIS, SUNDAY, 10i A.W.
At a session of the Provisional Government, held
last evening, the disgraceful crusade against toreign
labourers and artizans resident in France formed a
subject of discussion, and the result was a decree,
which appears in the journals this morning, and
which redeems the character of the government from
the stigma of conniving at the detestable system of
persecution which has been for some time practised,
and which one member of the government, at least,
had in some measure sanctioned.
The Provisional Government has as yet come to no
decision with respect to the railways. Great distrust,
however, prevails among the holders of shares, and a
general apprehension is felt that a compulsory men-
sane will be adopted, by which all the lines of railway
will be taken into the hands of the state. This im-
pression produced yesterday at the Bourse sales of
railway shares to a considerable extent, and purchases
into the Threes and the Fives, in short, an exchange of
railway shares for government stock.
A strange fact appeared in the evening journals
last night, and I am enabled, from private
information, not only to confirm it, but to supple
additional authentic particulars. It appears that Lord-
Brougham, who is now, or was yesterday, at Paris,
at Meurice's Hotel, has addressed en application to the
Provisional Government for letters of naturalisation
as a French citizen. lam informed that no direct
answer has been given to this, but that the govern-
ment has intimated that such a measure could noes-
, eerily strip Lord Brougham in France of his title and
Irank of nobility, and reduce him to mere " Citoyen
Brougham." Of this Lord Brougham was, of course,
as well aware as the members of the l'rovisional
Government could be, and such an answer,
if Fiven in these terms, was merely evasive.
It is added in the journals of last evening
that Lord Brougham intends to be a candidate for
the national assembly. I have not, however, learned
any thing to confirm this statement.
I have good authority for saying that the recent
circular of M. Ledrn Rollin, which has excited such
severe comments, and so much indignation, was not,
like the first circular of that minister, his own
individual act, independently of the other members of
the government. It was, on the contrary, discussed
in council, and adopted by the government generally.
The Archbishop of Paris, on a recent eh-it to cne of
the ministers, mentioned that the clergy of his diocese
were generally favourable to the republic.
The number of operatives inscribed in the national
workshops to yesterday was 45,000.
New enrolments were announced for Monday.
The average wages per head per day allowed to
these is two francs, which makes a total at present of
00,000 francs, or 3,600/. a day in Paris alone.
These expenses bear at present on the budgets of
the departments of War and Public Works, but chiefly
on the latter, the resources of which are already
exhausted. A credit, theretore, of three millions has
been opened to the Minister of Public Works for this
purpose.

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TeRKEY.—We have received a letter from our cor-
respondent at Constantinople, dated 2nd ult. The
Porte had decided, in spite of the threats and solicita-
tions of Russia and Aus'ria, to adopt, with regard to
the French Republic, the same course as has been and
shall be pursued by the British government.

PARIS, SUNDAY, 5 r.. 1. I
Nothing can be more disastrous than the relations
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produced between labour and capital here by the des-
potic power at present exercised by the former and
the almost utter helplessness of the latter.
Operatives dictate their terms ; employers have no
alternatives but to yield or to suspend business • and
sometimes not even that, for it not unfrequently oc-
curs that the operatives will not permit even the
suspension of business by employers unwill-
ing to pay wages that will leave no pro-
fits. I have within my immediate knowledge
the case of an extensive employer, whose workshops
are kept under the gaard of his workmen. A sentinel
stands at the door night and day, and neither the
owner nor his representative is allowed to enter. The
operatives name their terms, that is to say, the num-
ber of hours daily during which the shops are to be
kept open, and the amount of the daily wages re-
ceivable by them.
From this demand there is no appeal. The em-
ployers in the case I allude to have brought thee cir-
cumstances before the Provisional Government, but
without even the the faintest hope of redresl. The
matter will be referred to M. Louis Blanc, who can-
not and dare not do anything but ratify the demands
of the operatives.
We have already announced that, after the nomi-
nation of General Cavaignac to the ministry of war.
General Changarnier was named Governor-general of
Algiers. General Changarnier embarked at Toulon