The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY MoaNiNo.
The president of the Assembly read this afternoon
a decree of the President of the Republic, withdraw-
ing three bills presented by the government, two
of which are without importance, and the other the
famous claim of Jerome Bonaparte for ten thousand
pounds sterling as arrears of pay.
This announcement seemed to create considerable
sensation.

Towards the close of the sitting M. Baroche,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented three bills, one
for the ratification of the treaties concluded in Sep-
tember and October, 1830, by Admiral Lepredour
with the government of the Argentine republic, and
two others opening supplementary and extraordinary
credits of 153,0001 r., and 850,000 fr. for the payment of
subsidies grintcd to the Oriental government.
It is well-known that the treaties now presented
by M. Baroche for ratification arc, to all intents and
purposes, in substance the same as those which the
Assembly refused to ratify last year; and that Hoses
has positively refused to admit any important modi-
fication of the previous treaties. Hence there is
' every chance of the bill incurring the same fate as
last year.
The Assembly then proceeded to discuss the bill
on the Western Railway. The first article is as
follows: " The Minister of Public Works is autho-
' rised to concede directly to MM. Peto, Betts, Bras-
sey, Geach, Fox, Henderson, and Stokes, the railway
of the west, from Versailles to Rennes, in conformity
with the clauses and conditions of the contract
annexed to the present law." M. Sautayra developed
the following amendment: "The railway from Ver-
sailles to Rennes, by La Loupe, La Mans, and Laval,
shall be constructed by the state. The expenses
necessitated by the construction or working of this
railway shall be provided for by the means of negotia-
tions or loans, to the liquidation and payment of the
interest of which the proceeds of the line shall be
specially effected. A credit of six millions on the
budget of 1851 is opened to the Minister of Public
Works to complete the terminus at Paris, construct
the stations from Versailles to La Loupe, terminate
the works, lay down the rails, and buy the materials
necessary for working the line. M. de Mouchy
opposed the amendment, in the name of the com-
mittee, upon financial grounds, and dwelt upon the
enormous increase of the floating debt, which would,
at the end of 1851, reach 700 millions. If M. Du-
faurc, when reporting on the law of 1842, was right
in saying that it was necessary to appeal to private
capital, it was far more urgent to do so now than at
that time.

After having heard MM. Versigny, Magne, and
Gustave de Beaumont, the Assembly rejected
the amendment of M. Sautayra, and adopted
the first paragraph of the first article. The house
then proceeded to enter upon the eahier des charges.
No further result of importance is expected today.
The raker des charges will not be finished; and the
Assembly will not return to the remaining clauses of
the first article before to-morrow.

The committee of initiative met to-day to decide
on the motions of MM. Moulin and Morin de la
Dr6me relative to the disposal of motions on the re-
vision of the constitution. Both motions were taken
into consideration. M. Godelle has been named re-
porter.
Each of the three leading clubs has appointed
three members to confer on the revision question.
MM. Be rryer, de St. Priest, and Vatimesnil have
been appointed by the Rue de ltivoli ; MM. Mole,
Montebello, and Vitet by the Rue de l'Universite ;
MM. de Broglie, Bcugnot, and Darn by the Rue des
Pyramides.
M. Leon Faucher was heard to-day, by the com-
mittee on the National Guard Bill, in defence of a
qualification of three years' domicile instead of one to
be placed on the register.
M. de Persigny is about to publish a letter on the
subject of his interview with General Changarnier.
I have not thought proper to send you the ex-parte
statements published by rancorous enemies of the
President on this subject, which, although guaran-
teed by names of respectability, have received con-
tinued semi-official denials in the Patrie. To show
how unfair even the best authenticated of these ver-

ions, that of M. Chambolle, is, it is now ad-
mitted on all hands that the expressMn attributed
to M. de Persigay, which has made most
noise, " L'Assemblee a etc vaincue," ought to be
read "La coalition a etc vaincue," which is cer-
tainly true, although the victory has been of no
ggrereaat profit to the Elyste. It is thought that if the
fusionists fail in their plan of procuring the triumph J,
of Henri V. before 1832, so far from falling back on ,
the candidature of Louis Napoleon, they will adopt
that of General Changarnier. To this point they
arc tending, in making overtures to the Orleanista
of the regency. According to the present look-out,
therefore, the contest of 1832 will lie chiefly between
Changarnier and Cavaignac.
The representatives are, in the present state of pre-
parations for the celebration of the 4th of May, a
good deal embarrassed how to reach the Chamber,
for the bridge of Concord is overwhelmed with
water-pipes, ropes, heaps of asphalt, gigantic plas-
ter legs and arms, which, from the presence of a
trident among the rubbish, I suppose are intended
to coalesce into the pacific god of the sea.
Bonapartist banquets are talked of for next Mon-
day, the anniversary of the Emperor's death. The
police are on the alert to prevent the excesses of the
Ileoembrists.
The French government has given permission to
113 Hungarian refugees to pass through France, on
their way to the United States.
It was reported to-day that en 11th democratic
bulletin had appeared.
A postal treaty has been concluded between France
and 'Ninny. According to the convention signed
by M. de Montessuy, the French minister at-Flo-
rence and the Duke of Casigliano, the postage is re-
duced from lfr, 66c. to 60 centimes, and arrange-
ments have been made with the steam-packet service
to expedite the communication as much as possible.
The Monitenr du Soir is to come out under its new ,
editorial staff on Monday. It is to espouse military
interests, and to be a sort of semi-official pendant to
the Musiteur de I'AI-flute.
After some brisk fluctuations to-day the funds re-
turned to the same prices as yesterday. The v
et
closed at 90fr., with a fall of be. ; the Threes, at
65.80, with a rise of 25c.

i The Marquis of Londonderry and family left Paris
for London this morning.
The committee on the budget of 18.52 has pre-
sented its report on the proposition of M. Benjamin
Delessert, for modifying the present regulations of
the savings banks. object of the proposition is
to bring back those establishments to their true ob-
ject, which is to accustom workmen and all persons
without fortunes to practice economy by giving
them the means of rendering immediately produe-
tire even the smallest sums, and to facilitate the
successive accumulation of these savings, which
they could not so readily do if the money remained in
their own hands. The committee proposes to limit to
I,ooofr. the deposits received by the savings bank ;
any sum above this fixed maximum must be con-
verted into Five per Cent. ltentes. The only excep-
tions to this regulation will be substitutes in the
army or navy, who will be allowed to deposit the
whole sum they have received, and benefit societies,
who may deposit to the amount of B,ooofr. " The
depositors to which our attention has been princi-
pally directed," says the report, " will not suffer by
these modifications ; they will only affect those who
merely make use of the savings banks to place at in-
terest for a short time money which they will require
at a certain period for their commercial engage-
ments."

;
lhe price of bread in Paris for the first fortnight
in May has been fixed at 25c. the kilogramme.
The committee on the Municipal Bill terminated
yesterday its examination of the chapter on the
organisation of the councils of prefecture, and
decided upon attributing to these bodies not only the
jurisdiction expressly determined and limited by the
laws, but a general jurisdiction and one of common
law in matters of litigation. A sub-committee, com-
posed of MM. Dufour, Favreau, Moulin, and Michel
de Bourges, was charged with drawing up the
amended bill. M. Vatimesoil, as I intormed you
yesterday, was chosen reporter.
An official communication, in rectification of a
report by the Natiusia,, states that a committee, pre-
sided over by M. Drouyn de l'}luys, has been ap-
pointed to prepare a set of rules, determining the
conditions of admission and advancement in public
offices, as regards the department of foreign affairs.
A fraction of the conservative party in the Landes,
which recently advocated the candidature of M.
Guizot, has transferred its interest to the other con-
servative candidate, General Durricu. It is supposed
that M. Guizot will retire from the field, in order not
to split the conservative party.
The MoniZeur publishes the monthly table of the
mean price of the hectolitre of wheat. This is, in the
district of Toulouse, Lyons, and Marseilles,l4lr. 73c.;
in that of Bordeaux, 14fr. 20c.; in that of Stras-
bourg, 14fr. 66c.; in that of Paris and Itouen,
13fr. 34c.; in that of Nantes, 13fr. 60c.; in that of
Metz, llfr. tide. ; in that of Quimper, 131 r. 54e.
The following is the programme of the fete of the
4th May, issued by the Minister of the Interior:

At six o'clock in the morning, salvos of artillery will an-
nounce the opening of theft*. Distributions of alms will
he made to the poor of the twelve arrondissements. At two
o'clock there will be sailing and rowing matches on the
Seine, at which both French and foreign amateurs may
compete ; steamers, sailing bea', Chinese junks, and Ve-
netian barks dressed out with flags, will be la tationed and
move about between the Punts National and de la Con-
corde, and between the latter and that of the Invalids's.
Gold and silver medals will be awarded to the conquerors in
the jousts, as well as to the masters of those boats aa shall
be the best decorated, dressed with rage, and illuminated.
On the middle arch of the Punt du la Concorde, and
opposite the Pont National, will be raised a pile of
rocks, having their base in the river, on which will be a
group of figures, representing the genius of navigation,
the tritons, and sea horses. In the middle, across
these rocks, there will be a tine waterfall, which will play
from 10 o'clock in the morning until midnight. The I'a-
lace of the National Assembly will be decorated with two
wings, extending circularly along the quay. A baud of
mum will be stationed on the Quay d'Orsay. The church
of the Madeleine will be decorated with garlands; between
the columns in front will be placed two large symbolical
, statues. The fountains on the Place de la Concorde will
be surmounted and surrounded with flowers, and a part of
the rostral columns on the Place will have similar decora-
tions. In the avenue of the Champs Elyse°, sixteen sta-
tute. of national illustrations, as well as masts ornamented
with trophies, escutcheons, and banners, will be erected.
At the ltuud-Point, iu the Champs Elysee, them will
be raised a statue representing France. In the Grand
Carte of the Champs Elyse iliftivent games will be
carried on. From eight to nine o'clock, a concert will be
performed on the Quay d'Orsay. At eight o'clock the por-
tico of the Madeleine will be illuminated with electric fires.
The candelabras in the Rue de hi Concorde, a part of those
on the place, and those in the Avenue des Champs-Elysies,
as far as the Bond-Point, will be surmounted by luminous
stars. The fountains on the place will be lighted and
illuminated with Bengal fires, as well as the rostra' co-
lumns and the statues around it. The Avenue of the
Champs Elysies will be illuminated with lamps arranged in
garlands; and pyramids of lamps will also be placed iu the
Urand-CarM, the Alke d'Anun, and the Coors la Heine.
The corners of the Pout de la Concorde will be ornamented
with illuminated tripods. Fires of various kinds and
Bengal lights will be burnt on the river. The cascade and
the rocks will be lighted up with Bengal fires of various
colours, as well as the quays both above and below the Punt
do la Concorde. On the Seine, between the bridges, will
be numerous boats decorated and illuminated. At nine
o'clock in the evening there will be two displays of fire-
works, one on the heights of Chaillot, opposite the Champ-
de Mars, and the other at the &striae du TrOne. The
public and communal buildings, the hotel-de-Mlle, the
Champ-dc-Mars, the Quay d'Orsay, and the Barriere du
Trone will be illuminated.

An ordonnauce of the Prefect of Police has been posted
up, containing the measures to be observed to maintain
order and security during the Pte.

SPAIN.
MADRID, APRIL 26.
The democratic party, which held a meeting in the
Teatro de Variedades, has just published its electoral
manifesto, which closes by proclaiming the following
principles :--1. Universal suffrage. 2. Inviolability
of fundamental rights, as domicile, right of meeting,
&c. 3 A single legislative chamber. 4. An elec-
tive council of state.