The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

willing, or who do not know bow, to make urns of the power-
ful mans given to every one by the liberty to speak, to write,
to meet—if there are any who are inelined to proceed under
the republic as they were forced to proceed under the mo-
narchy, by an appeal to arms ; if there are any who think of
such means, we are not with them—we are against them;
we shall colander them as enemies, and we shall treat them
as usurpers of the sovereignty belonging to the people. As.
*tiredly we should have so much the leas hesitation in de-
claring against those of whom we speak that we should believe
them moved by a purely personal ambition, and altogether
d,prived of the legitimate ambition of bringing about the
triumph of ideas. Men with ideas, men of conviction, have
at present so wide • career open before them that they can-
not in any manner jur ity having recourse to violence ; be-
sides, they do not think of it. As to the constituent auem-
bly, it is evident, to behold the names composing it, that a
very ardent desire to realise all that socialism can offer as
reasonably realisable at present is not to be expected ; but it
is your duty—the duty of in all who wish to see bond fide
social reforms carried out, and wish it energetically, to
state what On y are, and to show the means of applicauon—
it is the duty of us all, sincere democrats, to prepare the
work, elaborate the ideas, and weigh on the constituent
assembly with all mural weight of necessity and justice.
' The ilfoniteur to-day contains the decrees of which
I sent you the substance yesterday.
'lhe generals and admirals who have been lately
removed from active service by the decrees of the Pro-
visional Government have addressed a protest to that
body against the course pursued with respect to them.
They declare that the law of Aug. 4, 1839, consecrate.
the principle that such officers have a right to be main-
tained iu their rack, and consequently the late decree
is a manifest injustice they declare also that the said
decree hit creel attack on their patriotic sentiments
and honour ; they deny the right of the Provisional
Government to break the law which protects the
army, and they affirm, in conclusion, that the decision
of all the questions relating to the military force of
France, the principal hasis of the national indepen-
dence, can belong only to a government definitively
constituted.
The Blink of France has lately received large sup-
plies of specie. Within the week ending the lot in-
stant the specie in hand was augmented Ikon
63,706,700 to 64,966,000. It is expected that c
payments will be resumed almost immediately.
Rumours are still afloat that the Bank of Franco
had advanced the Provisional Government 30 millions
in addition to the former loan, of which, it is said,
15 millions are for the putting the fortresses of the
north on a footing of defence, and the remaining 13
millions for the army of the Alpe.
A Marseilles paper says that :
Several versions are in cireula.ion relative to the plot
which was discovered on the night ot the 27th ult. Some
persons who pretend to be well informed grate that the mem-
bers of the Club de Is Montagne had takes up arms for
the purpose of attacking the post of the Hotel de Vine.
Once marten of the building, they intended burning the
boxes containing the electoral bulletins, with a view to
thus obliging the department to have recourse to a new elec-
ti.a. It is dielared also. on the other hand, that the conspira-
tors, if we may till them so, intended setting tire to the
city of Marseilles in three different points, the archbishop's
palace, the prefecture, and the port, and to pillage the public
offices. In order to plunge the city in darkness they designed,
it is said, to cut off the gas by breaking the main pipe on the
Place Cintellane. The matter is being now officially inquired
into, and the truth will soon be ascertained. However that may
be, about thirty persona, either of Marseilles or at rangers, ere
arrested by the national guard and troops of the line, in
• low drinking place in the Quartier des Chartreux.
Loaded muskets, pistols, poniards, and inflammable ma-
terials were seized, and will Nerve as articles of convic-
tion. It is rumoured that important matters had be-en
disclosed. Amongst the persons arrested are several na-
tional gusrds. In presence of that circumstance, which
appears to us of great gravity, wo may be permitted to
t. mmil our reader* that about a month back, when the
Commiesiouer-General Repellin passed through Marseilles,
eatuArts were given to a considerable number of citizens,
who were hastily incorporated in the national guard,
without ascertaining beforehand if all these citizens sa-
tisfied the conditions of age and residence required to
form part of that body. The local press did not fail, on
that occaion, to protest energetically, and to predict
that amongst the arms so contrbuted, without control, a day
might come when part of them would be turned against the
inhabitants of the city ; but what is the use of returning
upon afait accompli.
Government hen published the following respecting
the disturbaecca at Rouen :
The government has been profoundly affected at the
events of Rouen. lo accordance with his colleagues, the
Minister of the Interior immediately Peat a special
comelimary, charged to collect every information, and
to convince himself by a serious investigation of the
real causes of the disturbances which have caused
Mixed to flow in the town. The republic has its agita-
tions, but the republic has its strength, which should
especially display itself in moderation. The Provisional
Government, therefore, has learned the news of these
disasters with the greatest grief. As soon as it shall
fully know all the facts—as soon es the documents which
it tins received, and which it will receive from the judicial,
civil, and military authorities, shall have enabled it defini-
tively to judge—it will, without delay, act with the impar-
tiality and firmness which it derives from its origin. The
whole country will be made acquainted with the details
which the government may obtain ; they interest all the
citizens.
The R6Prme of this day makes the following state-
ment, which is quite at variance with all the other
accounts published on the subject :
We have this moment received intelligence from Limoges,
which warrants our giving • direct contradiction to the state-
ments made in several of the Perin journals. To-morrow, we
will give a full recital of the events which have occurred.
In the meantime, we can affirm that no illegal power his
been constituted at Limoges ; that no set of violence has
been committed; that on Monday, at nine in the evening,
order was completely restored, and that citizen Trait, the
oommissary-general of the government, was in the regular
exercise of his authority. We cannot comprehend from what
motives of interest certain journals have so strongly per-
verted tuts which might have been so easily verified.
A letter from Limoges of the 29th says :
Once masters of the town, the communise paraded the
streets in armed bands, entered houses by force, and /ins-
ured themselves of all the arms which they found therein. I
Yesterday they made some arrests. A flour dealer, who
would not sell, to a baker said to be not very solvent,
his geode on credit, had his house invaded and sacked,
and he would have been inevitably massacred without
the fortunate intervention of M. Bac. He was, however,
arrested, taken before the Comite de Selut Public, tried at
once by the Committee, and condemned to sir months' im-
prisonment, and 10.000 f. fine, and was forbidden ever to
carry on his trade again. In the Club Populaire civil war
and the levelling of fortunes are openly preached. Oar
town is occupied militarily by this society. Men armed to
the teeth insult and provoke the inhabitants. These men
are paid 25 sous each, and they also receive bread and wine
by means of boos on the Commune.
Four ships of the French squadron, under Admiral
Gaudin, have arrived at Leghorn. The admiral was
enthusiastically received. Ile addressed the follow-
ing letter to the Consul-General of France at Leghorn:
onsieur,—l have been so much affected by the kind wel-
come with which the people of Leghorn have honoured
me to-day, that I desire that all the sailors of my squadron
should participate in it, and I shall sail to-night to
bring here the rest of my squadron from the Gulf
of Spezzia. The sentiments of mutual sympathy which
now animate France and Italy cannot but be in-
creased by the greatest possible number of officers
and sailors under my orders witnessing the cordial reception
we have received here, and the spectacle of a generous nation
aspiring for civil liberty and political independence, with
an ardour which exhibits no tendency to social disorganise-
tion.—April 24.
PARA MAT 3.—New Loan, ; Theo per Cents., 46; Do.
Viva per Cents., 681; Four-and-Hall, ; Yours, —; Belgian
Firm, 1940, 69 ; Do. 1842, 691; Do. Threes, —; Ir. Two.anta-
BantV3i; Lekce 'tentes, t 3
; ; Roman Loan,
enrage on Intristi, no thug
arms-
liteneren. Paris and Orleans, 495 ; Parts and Rouen, 380;
Rows and Haves, 183 ; 'Avignon and Marseilles, 195 ; Btraa.
tour, and Bile, 85 ; Centre Vlervon, 235; ADAMS and Boulogne,
—; Bordeaux, 390 ; North., Mt 30.
PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY.—The settlement wee
she principal cause of the rise yesterday, but as it was finished
rto the funds there were many sellers, and prim
declined. There was a general apprehension ; everybody was
talking of tint disturbances which had taken place in so
many of the dernments, and the agitation which existed
everywhere. The manifesto signed by Barbie occupied
Iconsiderable attention, end it was canvassed in connexion
with the articles of seine ultra-republican journals of the
I morning, which made an appeal to arms, and to protest
egainst the matte of the elections, which they did not
1111140 r favourable to their canoe. With so many m-
iasmata to civil war, no one dared become a buyer,
and many holders endeavoured to sell. Hanover, el-
- the situation of affairs was grave, a general couriers
' prevailed that it was only temporary, and that the premium
of
the national amenably, which is to meet the day idler to-
Mlnfow, would re-establish security. The:Five per Cents. I
were less firm to-day, which had improved within
a few days by the adjournment of the project
as to the railways. Those who had sold Fives to buy
Threes when there WAD an idea of the creation of new
five per cent. stock, bad commenced the contrary
operation ; but to-day some large sales were made in both
stocks, which caused a fall of from lfr. to lfr. 760.
It was remarked as extraordinary that the discount
of treasury bonds had diminished 4 per cent. to-day,
when all other securities had fallen. The refusal b
MM. Rothschild to pay the Austrian dividend
Mks the subject of much conversation. The Austrian debt
is enormous ; and the Mettelliques, which a few months
since were at 112, have fallen to 45 and
at 56the . It was said
that at London it was supposed th divi
would not be paid either at VinIIII. We still thick
that the difficulty has arisen only from the remit-
tan of the funds to MM. Rothschild
ce
being delayed, andietltage Austrian government would not
gave the example of • bankruptcy which would produce
the most lamentable edicts on all the markets of Europe.
It was said that bad mews had arrived from Italy,
sad that the Pledmontege army wee in a very
critical &nation. It was even stated Rua the Pres& aims
of the Alps night be ordered ec stuck into Italy. au
canoed a:dediae is Piedmont steak at 60 h., owl its Amen
of llf. Belgian was freely offered ; would ea
they
frhad
risen 201. lately, it was not unlikely they would decline, om