The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

lender of the word's higeory ? What are twelve month, L.,
the life of a nation ? Those trees of liberty Viet you hag
seen, on your way from. hither, have not set bag
time to strike their roots, aad to put forth their lea;es, •44
one expects that oar popular institutions, as yet barely 4,
fined, should already bear 011ie fruits! Time is required
even for the works of God himself ! Ile uses time as
element in his creations ! How
iranch
.more then shi a„
gi
time be allowed to the imperfect n•titunons of nIU!
if reflection be the virtue of Englishmen, impnhe is s:
virtue of Frenchmen. They travel mainly on their v
and will make good and rapid progress in the ea,,,,14
true sad sound democracy. See, their republic, whit,
few months back was but a revolution and a prgig,„l
already a government. We shortened the dictatorship
own hands, we, the government of the first hour; wed'
universal suffrage, we called into beteg and estahliishig%
Constituent Assembly, our ade sovereign. The Conning'',
Assembly has made the constitution. We thrice guppy...,
and in three days, not only civil war, but the war of kim";:.
a war sprung from a misunderstanding between capital
wage,. We caused the people to nominate the exemn,,
power ; we have accepted the president they selected yo,
themselves, and whom they chose for the lustre of his ego,
to confer on the republic a bap ism of additional pngo,„,‘
The Constituent Assembly has fined the term of its own di.
ration, in order to avoid even the sppearanre of a moat
between the constituted powers. In a few days Frame erti
elect the Legislative Assembly ; all the machi4ery of them
public works regularly. War has been averse.;, Nip*.
dons, conducted with firmness, and, it is said, in
by sour government and ours, will suffice, Ico
nag
to protest Italy from internal anarchy and trim
Sign), which we might perhaps have preying& Lib;
ral constitutions and federations between the iniepend,;,
states of the Peninsula, guaranteed by European conmenee,
I trans',l have a minirry sad budget
will most probably form the present termination of nag•
the inward tendency of our niw tes
menu which we respected. hat never instigated, a, it be
tward tendency, not only of r•
been advanced by some. France has no need to seek in mg
a bloody diversion. Her sense. sod acti,ity. he, pribeipits
of cordiality and fraternity applied to the Isbnuring and ~d„
faring classes, will, I trust, be made manifest continually
by institutions of assistance and tienevoleine, of cot
o
representative Protium ; hollow
andfsuu
bbf
fraternity
tb:;obr
:us
iret
t.aayel
es! Wo isosef
tusyhchoehauol
your
suiting in this mine( t the real. laureate of mankind. This,
Rf Iltieelen. is what I • ould wish you to take back as myonli
reply to these among your countrymen et.° have been
&eased to remember my name, and my poor dime is the
events which brought about, established, and dinged um
republic in Its early days. Tell them that Frume hatless
sands of citizens, worthi-r than I, bus not one more item la
his di sire, that her repub'ic should be pinikno by in action •
'hat she shosed have a heart for her own childne, and a
heart likewise for all people. Our r public intut doe sib
national prejudices between England and France; fink
lofty principle of that republic is not a principle of national
egotism. but the union of the human race in one family g
nations advancing under diverse laws towards unity of tin.
ligation.

The soiree given to the English party at the Eifel
de. Princes, last night, scent off admirably. knit
400 persona were present. Mary or the French
were in the uniform of the National Gard, The
orcheetra of Strauss attended, and p'ayei "God OM
the Queen," which was loudly aplethlkd by the
French. The "Mars HMI*" was then et!led for by
the English. A speech to the English XVII &infect
by M. Cumbier; and Mr. Loyd, in the uniform of
the Warwickshire Yeomanry, addressed rh- French.
Tree cries of " Viva la Prince!" on one tide, end
" Vice l'Angleterre !" on the other, were loud tad
hearty. Refreshments, consisting cf sand wither and
pastry of ever kind, and of Champagne w.thout Batik
were providedl. The party rematucd till a hue hour
in the mornirg. The Arabic saloonif tie hard,
which has been fitted up with great silendom by
M. Privet, e proprietor, whose kind an.'• Lberal
attention to the guerts was the eubj. et of g,neul
eulo4ium, was crowded. When the mrsparty broke
up. the English said, " ' but the Presets cr:cd,
" Non, non ! au revoir !"

LA PLATA.—There ore dates in Liverpool from
Manias Ayres t a the 3:d Feb. A rumour wet cterict
in the A•gen'ine cipi!al that an einie.ble anaimmeot
was on the tapis been the. French A..1111'4,41 bill ROM,
but this being an old atkry, few persons btikved it
•hs consummation cf that great di aideramm. tab
was dull, yet it was atteipa'el that exchange would
soon rive to 88s.