The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-14 00:00:00

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starving. And let it be remembered that the eftoct u:
a duty on foreign corn is, as we proved in detail on a
former occasion, to add the amount of that duty
to all the grain grown in this o- •1S r
are, therefore, subscribing to buy
and to pay a tax to the landowners.
nation to be required to endure this
presect government will not fail to a
remedy of repealing the late corn
the trade in grain free at once and
Sir ROBERT PEEL will concur in
himself pro to adopt at a time .
wu far less pflllaingLand the danger
cent. Can even the protectionists oppose
Nor is it now necessary to persist
the modified duties on corn for two
quiet the apprehensions of the farmers.
tensions, if they ever existed outside tlik
houses of parliament, exist no longer.
now be no ideal pictures of farms untenat
uncultivated, by reason of "inundations
corn " to touch the sensitiveness of
mortgaged squire. Independently 1.
tive necessity which has arisen
the remaining duties on corn from the pressure
bears upon the consumer, the opportunity is most fa-
vourable as regards the home-grown. It is abso-
lutely impossible that one good harvest can reduce
the price of grain to its natural level ; and alter two
more harvests the trade in grain will become free,
according to a law now recorded in our statute-book.
Even if the remnant of protection might, in ordinary
circumstances, benefit the landed interests, which,
however, we positively deny, its removal in the pre-
sent emergency, could do them no injury.
But there is a moral necessity for an immediate re-
peal of the corn laws, created by the stern visitation
we are enduring. It would I* a wrong and insult to
maintain a duty upon corn when so much distress
prevails in England, and such unparalleled misery in
Ireland; and when efforts to afford relief are making
by the government and the people on a scale so gene-
rous &Di wt.

Our Paris express of Tuesday has arrived, with a
private letter giving an account of the pa} al spee. h
and of the mettmg of the members of the left and the
left centre.

The royal speech on opening the session of the
Chambers was the all•engrossing subject in Paris on
Tuesday, both of the public and the press. The
foreign paragraphs of course attract the chief atten-
tion. The manner in which the maintenance of peace
was mentioned has been anticipated with almost
verbal accuracy in our firmer Paris correspondence.
The ministerial organ, the Journal des Debats, boasts
that, in despite of the predictions of the Spanish mar-
riage being a mere matter of family congratulation in
the speech, it is emphatically alluded to in a political
and international character.
The speech (sass the br3ats), proclaimed the real
causes of this memorable event. The King of the French,
who refused the throne of Belgium for the eldest of
his mins, has not in the affair of the Spanish marriage sought
exclusively an establishment for the youngest. Be desired,
even at the momentary loss of en alliance justly precious, to
give a pledge of his intelFgenee and persevenng fidelity to
that nslicyof two centurics,whose object is to connect France
with Spain by the ties of blood, the similarity of institutions,
and the accord of the governments. This in the policy which
the crown has faithfully followed. This is the policy to
which the speech offers homage with as much firmness as
moderation. Justice and right can be moderate in its tune.
It is inicetice only that is condeu.ned to bo injurious and
irritating.
The opposition journals contrast with unsparing
severity the present speech with those of former ses-
sions, so far as relates to Great Britain. Then the
English alliance was the prominent topic, and the
basis of the " grand policy of the government of the
barricades." It was emphatically the " policy of the
reign ; " it was that " happy accord between Eng-
land and France," which " guaranteed the repose of
the world." There is nothing of all this in the
present speech. The Queen of England, who figures
so prominently in that of 1846, has vanished alto-
gether from that of 1847. The guarantee of uni-
versal peace no longer exists. Nevertheless, King
Louis Philippe has a "confidence that the peace of
the world is assured."

The terms in which the spoliation of Cracow is
noticed are criticised by the opposition. It is, for-
sooth, an unlooked-for event, and one against which
King Louis Philippe has protested. This word " un-
looked for" (inattearla) was substituted for regret-
tarde in the last of the many revisions and corrections
which the speech underwent, and regrettable itself
I filled the place of a much stronger term which ap-
peared in the original draft. The process of attenua-
tion was found impracticable beyond inattenda.
The manner in which the speech was received is
differently represented by the ministerial and the
opposition organs. The truth is, before its com-
mencement and at its close the usual salutations of
Vire le Roi! were offered generally by the peers and
deputies; these, however, must be regarded as ex-
pressions of personal courtesy to the sovereign. The
manifestations of approbation which followed the an-
nouncement of the several paragraphs of the speech
were few and equivocal.
On the arrival of the speech at the Botrse, the
funds fell.
Considerable interest has been excited abroad on
this occasion. Immediately on the speech being ob-
tained, numerous carrier pigeons were dismissed from
the bridges bearing it to Brussels and to Boulogne.
The Chamber of Peers assembled in public session
at the Luxemburg, on Tuesday, at one o'clock, and
proceeded to the organiaation of the bureaux. At the
same hour the Chamber of Deputies assembled at the
Palais Bourbon, and proceeded to the verification of
the powers of the newly-elected deputies:—MM.
Prosy, Barthe, Villemair, Count Mole, Merillhou,
Baron de Preville, Baron de Barante have been
ap-
pointed members of the commission to draw up the
address of the Chamber of Peers in reply to the
royal speech. It issupposed that M.Barthe will be ap-
pointed to draw up the report.
It is announced by La Preset that the government
will not sanction any new linen of railway during the
present session.
The solicitude respecting the affairs of the Bank of
France continues unabated. The council of regency
and directors held a meeting on Tuesday to consult
upon the means of surmounting the present difli,ulty,
and of averting the crisis which threatens that esta-
blishment. We noticed on a former day the alterna-
tive to which the administration is reduced—an in-
crease of the rate of discount, a limitation of the dura-
tion of the bills discountable, a contraction of the
credits of individual houses, or, finally, the awmenta-
tion of specie in the cellars by the sale of stock. The
increase of the rate of discount would appear the
most natural and obvious course, according to the
habitudes of English finance ; but in France it would
be so exceptional that its adoption, save in an extreme
crisis, seems scarcely probable. The rate of. 4 per
cent. has been hitherto the invariable standard of dis-
count retained in all the financial fluctuations, and in
the most severe crises incidental to the establish-
ment.

Advices have been received in Paris from Switzer-
land, one day later then those the contents of which
we gave yesterday. The insurrection of the liberals
of Friburg has completely failed, owing apparently
to a want of a system in their operations. We stated
yesterday that Friburg was to have been approached
from three quarters. The column from Ittomt of 600
men, but without leaders, halted on the morning of
the 7th at the village of Courtepia, a league from
Friburg, having encountered there a body composed
partly of the regular militia and partly of the Land-
storm. A skirmish ensued, in which some men
were wounded on both sides. Reports meanwhile
reached the insurgents of the arrival of troops in
support of the government, and on the other hand
they were left in complete uncertainty as to the fate
of the other two columns, which were expected to co-
operate with them. In this situation, they decided
on regaining their own districts, in retreating
to which they were pursued, and six taken
prisoners. The column from Eatavere, which
was supplied with no other arms than clubs,
being informed of the ill success of the other detach-
ment, dispersed and returned home unmolested. These
movements took place on the day of the 7th, whilo
the militia, composed of the German population of the
canton, assembled in support of the government,
which, feeling itself ' 4 and
imprisoned the most
among others some
Rigorous domiciliary
pected citizens. On
Bth, the government
sion of the insurgent -_
of Mont, against which
one of artillery were den
movement was not known
adviccs, but it was knr
demanded aid from
bably have been declined.

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notable among the liberal citizens,
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