The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-01 00:00:00

IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE NATIONAL

ASSEMBLY.
PARIS, THURSDAY, 630 p.n.
It is agreed on all hands that, whether the
expedition to Rome were intended bond fide for
the protection and liberation of the Pope, or
was, as some persons affirm, a mere election-
eering maaceuvre, it has had already a most
advantageous influence on the prospects of Ge-
neral Cevaignac. There was a meeting last night
at the Rue de Poitiers, at which, although as usual,
all the great leaders of the party spoke against
the candidateship of Cavaignac, and denounced
the expedition as an unworthy application of the
resources of government for electioneering purposes,
yet some defended the measure, and advocated the
esadidateship of Gen. Cavaignac. Among these was'
M. de Fallon', one of the vice-presidents of the re-
union. There have been also several meetings of the
legitimists. Some of the leaders of that party have
protested against the decision of the congresses of
journalists, held at Paris and Rennes, in favour of
Prince Louis. The results of the elections, which
have just become known, for the seats of the Assembly;
vacated by multiple returns, are all adverse to the can-
didateship of General Cavaignac. Two of them,
MM. Bugeaui and Regrault de St. Jean d'Angely,
are Gammas, and will support Prince Louis. Three
are declared Bonapartists, the Prince de la Moekowa.
Napoleon Bertrand,and Gen. hat; and, in fine, one M.
Thomine is a legitimist, and will support Prince Louis.
The result of the elections of the department of
the Tame are not yet known, but the competition is
between the red republic and legitimism, and in
either case the result will be unfavourable to General
Cavaignac.
There was to-day a manifestation in favour of
Prince Louis on the Place Vendome, proroked, as was
expected, by the recent manifestation in favour
of General Cavignae. Notwithstanding the efforts
of the police to clear the place, an immense
concourse of persons was collected in front of th'.
hotel. When Prince Louis came out to go to the
Assembly, ho was saluted by cries of " Vive Napoleon!
IL nous le taut !" . . .

We read in the Presse :—" Their 'Oath s as repre-
sentatives are religiously paid to MM. Barbee, Camel-
dire, Louis Blanc, and the rest; but, such is the
sense of retributive justice in these times, that the
pension of General Trezel has been refused to him
since the revolution of February. The general is at
Bru-eels, in a state of absolute destitution. His pen-
sion, however, bears a sacred character, which ought
to have ensured its payment. It is the price of
long services rendered to France on the field
of battle, of blood shed freely under her ban-
ners, from wounds received in defending her.
Since we are talking of ancient mini%ters, we will
add, that they have refused to pay to M. Guizot the
last month of I is appointment as minister, and have
left him liable to his table expenses and other charges
arising from his official receptions as minister during
the month of February."
The R;publique has the following, relative to the
quarrel between M. Pyat and M. Proudon : " A duel
was to be fought yesterday between M. F. Pyat and
Proudhon. If our information be correct, the follow-
ing is what has passed : The weapons chosen were pis-
tols, and the rendezvous the wood of Vincennes. M. F.
Pyat wan on the ground at the appointed hour. After
waiting some time he, on receiving a message, went to
another spot, but there found himself in presence of
delegates from the de:7 oeratic clubs, and some pollee
officers. The report of the intended duel bad excited
the anxiety of the friends of the two adversaries,
who decided upon preventing it, and gave informa-
tion to the magistrates. M. Prudhon was detained
by the delegates of the ' Associations Ouvrieres,'
who, in spite of all he mild say, would not
permit him to go to the place of meeting. The
seconds of IL Felix Pyat were also detained by
other delegates. The duel, therefore, became impos-
sible, and we rejoice at it sincerely." The delegates
have published a lettr r, in which the condemn duel-
ling, as opposed to the principles of socialism.
A duel, with swords, took place yesterday, in the
Bois de Vincennes, between the mayor of Montmartre
and M. de J—. The letter was very seriously wounded
in the breast. A political dispute, it appears, was the
cause of the meeting.
The debate on the Italian question was opened to-
day by M. Ledrn Rollin, who attacked the govern-
ment for having refused its assistance to Milan or to
Venice, and for not having protested against the mur-
der of Robert Blum, and yet for having, with much
hoe ground, hastened to intervene in favour of the
Pope against his subjects. He said it was
impossible to make a distinction between the spiritual
and temporal sovereignty of the Pope, and that, in
relation to any political intervention, he must be re-
garded as a temporal sovereign. He further con-
tended that General Cavaignsc had exceeded his
powers by ordering the expedition without coasidt-
m
g the Assembly, that body being in full session.
Count Montalambert spoke in favour of the mea-
sure adopted by the government, affirming that it
was one taken in the interest of the entire christian
world. M. Jules Fevre reiterated the arguments of
M. Ledru Rollin. M. Derriere read the diplomatic
correspondence (see yesterday's Express), and founded
upon it the proof of the necessity of the inter-