The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY, 6 30 Ls.
The sittinga of the mmHg general have advanced
far to a tenni, 'diem all over France, and as yet no
votes have taken place in favour of a revision of the
constitution. This is as was expected. As yet, how-
ever, no results are known on the important question
of decentralisation. On other points, such as ths
income-tax, and the continuance of the excise on
drinks, most of the councils are unanimone. In the
Sarthe it is proposed that the excise on drinks should
be maintained. So also in the large and important
depirtraent of the Nord, where it is in addition con-
sidered advantageous further to increase the tax on
spirituous liquor.. In the Loiret the maintenance of
the tax is also voted, end the game decision has been
come to in the department of the Seine et Oise. With
regard so the income-tax, we find the Mayenne and
Seise et Oise in addition to the departments whole
votes have already been recorded against it. The
council in the latter however thinks that an income-
tax might be derived from the effective revenue of
realised property. In the Oise a proposal to vete
against the passing of the tax has been rejected. Such
are as yet the only results obtainable from the re-
ports of the proceedings of these bodies.
Yesterday it was not ced that the great organs in
the press—those in fact that are known to represent
the opinions of substantial parties—were seriously
preaching union. The article of the Constitution. el,
which has made some noire, is followed up in the
same aeon by another govrrnment organ, the Patric,
which preaches onion, and &deists that all parties
should for the present give up their several hobbies
to attain it. "Of what nee," says this journal, "is it
to discuss the advantages of monarchy ss compared
with a republic ? There are questions, as Mr. Pitt
said, ea which king and people
stand each other than when they are silent. Tnis is
the case among partite. The councils-general, excited
by some journals to deviate from their path and to
lege a politicsl initiative that does not belong to them,
hare w wisely abstained from yielding to these imprudent
provocation.. We see them confine themselves to the
expression of their wishes in financial matters—as is
their duty. It is a good example, and a lesson given
by them to the parties who want it. Let every one
remain within the limits of his part until 1852, and
fill it as best he may in the interest of a system of re-
pair ; and France, once cured of deceptive
and rallied to the great ideas of
moral order, and in the way of prosperity,
will grant that there have been advantages in
avoiding political diecumnoce, which might have
farther retarded and compromised the great work of
social so. edification."

The imperialist journal Le Dix Deeembre, whilst
preaching in this sense, also is abusive against the
.IRiforme, and would not be noticed here were it not
for the following droll appreciation of the state of
English society with which it regales its readers.
Tilt journal, wishing to prove that the aristocracy of
intelligence is deplacing that of wealth, enters into a
disquirtion en the aristocracy of England, and says:
"The aristocracy of England, in spite of all the
facilities which it posses es from its exceptional posi-
tion, is on the eve of yielding its strength to demo-
cracy. For several years it has only struggled against
are democratic necessity by making use of a super-
eherie, which is as adroit as it is pendent, that is, by
quietly assimilating to Peel( all that is most impar-
taut and dargermis in denio.costy. This method of
pmcnding leads to a album without a shock, bet
the transformation does not the less exist. And
the time will som arrive when we shall see
nought hat the aristocracy of intelligence as the
benches of the landed aristocracy, which will
be unable any longer to obtain • hearing, except by
substitution.
Such are the luminous molt, that are portended to
us in England by • French journalist.
The attempts of the president of the republic to
firm a matrimonial alliance seem to have failed, for
the official journals which might have denied a week
ago the statement made, that an intended =nulls
was on the tapir, only do so to-day, in the following
terms :—" Set vat journals have spread a report of en
approaching marriage of the president of the republic.
We are authorised to state that this report is devoid
of foandai ion."
We stated some time since that matters were not
so far advanced as some jeutr.als would lead people
to believe, and it would seem from this official state-
ment that the attempted match has not succeeded.
It seems more Imo more certain that Austria will
effect an occupation of one of the Swiss can!oos. It
has been seen how their forces have been areemblieg
on the frontier of the Tessin. To-day the Assembles
which is as reactionary a journal as the northern
vertu ern desire, and which may for that reason
have some iospi 'time from them, says:
nose Plumb, Belgian, and German journals of the Rhine
keys bees giving for the last few days the incredible intelll-
mace that the great powers bad decid.d amongst themselves
cm the paridon of Switzerland, on the touadatims of the
*moil rationalities that campus it. We are in a position
te Mem that such an absurd idea a mend the
thomhtt of European statesmen. No doubt the journals
while publish it &tire to deprive the larepeaa Jittery's-
tics iadeitsartsad edits real aresaisg. Tins atesaing we
win emetics.
A partitMa vmuld be odious and ountrely to treaties, and
what le required, on the contrary, is a return to the letter of
van treaties. The fundamental conventions of Switzer-
t.tin mews, the independence of the small air
well as the lane cantons; now demagogues have
,sat eyed We liberty of the smaller eastoss, and
el the cannot be allowed to exist. By
*esti., She autimdly of the Nino of Pieria ever Nina.
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elsiami Eau. No priasigie et Daternatiesal right eta sa-
thories twilsorlead to Meese the rmegtaele of all this Wa-
res of =trope, I. such a way as will allow tat avant' of
Yerwrieset emspirsciat to be directed at will towards 0,..
gamy, Prance, or Italy. This Kato at Wye mast ester
Austria thinks it , I. tit* lategest of the speciel
misty of the Lombards- 'satins tasserty, to mum that
pert of the suttee et Took whisk alleeithes to the St. Go-
Shard. This preemies sissy Da assisted, ter it is not is the
Meath% bat I. this AVOWS is sapperled by &amis. Bub is
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prides le imam Wk. la mist le semi these ends, the
powers see
that te Maw the 06•411 "Mesa of &name sad
remistioa tlat limy ban followed la the sad affairs of Italy
sad Neagary.