The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SATVADAT, 630 r m.
The debate in the Assembly, contrary to what is
customary on Saturdays, devoted chiefly to petitions,
was to-day of a most stormy character. A measure
adopted by the government, of sending a number of
members of the Assembly into the provinces to report
upon the relative force of political parties, was the
immediate cause which excited the tumult. M. Base,
in putting questions to the government on this sub-
ject, declared with moth vehemence that such a mis-
sion was contrary to the rights and dignity of the
Assembly, and that, instead of contributing to con-
ciliate, now so desirable, it could not fail to sow divi-
sion in the Assembly as well as among the
public. M. Senard, Minister of the Interior,
ascended the tribune, and explained the obji ct
of the proposed measure, declaring that the
mission in question was proposed for the purpose of
enlightening the government upon questions which
had a most important bearing on the establishment of
the republic, and that members of the Assembly were
selected to conduct the inquiries, because their charac-
ter would afford them more ample means of informa-
tion, and would ensure greater impartiality. M. Base
replied by a speech of great violence, which created
a perfect storm in the house. Members apostrophised
each other from one aide to the other, and the uproar
and confusion was such that M. Pagnerre, who pre-
sided, found it almost impossible to maintain order.
M. Samna defended the government, and M. Pallor=

it.
opg're2sliarie, Minister of Justice, declared to the house
from the tribune that if the Assembly did not pass
an " ordre du four 'notice," having the effect of confer-
ring on the measure proposed by the government the
approbation of the house, General Cavaignac would
resign. This announcement was received with an
explosion of disapprobation, of which it is impossible
to give any adequate notion, and it became evident
that such a motion would be rejected almost unani-
mously. An "ordre du four" was accordingly drawn',
up, which referred the interpellation to the govern-
ment on the understanding that the project of sending
members or other agents into the departments to obtain
statistical reports of publio opinion on politics should
be abandoned. After this the Miserably has just ad-
jemmied in the midst of the greatest agitation.
It is now stated to be tolerably certain that the ,
embers to be returned for Paris will be Primus I
Louis, Marshal Brigemid, and Roger (du Nosed). 1
Prince Logs will also be returned for the department
of Yonne. These elections naturally engross a large
portion of the public attention at present. They will
ermine .co in all the arrondimements of Paris, and in
the Itanlieue to-morrow. The Count de Chambord has
signified to his friends his desire that they should sup-
port Marshal Bugeaud to make it manifest that be
bean no resentment towards the persecutors of his
family tinder the Orients dynasty.
In consequence of the news received from Pied-
mont, the government have appointed Gen. Carlet to
replace Gen. Molidre, commandant of the brigade
quartered at Marseilles.
M. Frederic Von Reamer yesterday handed to Gen.
Cavaignac &letter from the Archduke John of Austria,
announcing to the government of the republic that the
Diet of Frankfort had placed in his hands the central
and federative government of Germany.
The Moniteur publishes a decree of the executive
government removing a duty imposed by a decree of
the executive committee, on the 17th June, 1848, on
iron castings of all kinds and on copper and zinc.
The Prase says :
On Thnrsday a meeting of the Constitutionnel, Dibats,
and Petrie, was held at the Café de Paris with the intent of
modifying the lists of candidates, which has fur several days
been stereotyped at the head of the Colutitutionissi. The
principal question was on the substitution of the name of
Marshal Bugeaud for that of Edmond Adam. This was
opposed by the Journal des Debate, which spoke warmly
in favour of the late editor of the National, and against the
late governor ef Algeria. The opinion of the Journal des
Dards prevailed. Can it be true that it wee not entirely
disinterested, and that it was influenced by a question of
military promotion? We cannot believe this; it must
assuredly be a calumny. The Journal des Debuts, in giving
the preference to M. Edmond Adam over Marshal Bugeaud,
:elOd only to the (inure inspirations of an ardent repub-
The following notice by the Minister of Finance
was published yesterday :—" From the 16th of this
month and until further orders, the payments by an-
ticipation on the certificates delivered in exchange for
the shares of the Paris and Lyons Railroad, and the
certificates of the loan, will be admitted at the trea-
sury, with a discount allowed of 4 per cent. No dis-
count will be allowed on anticipations of less than
thdrq days."
We read in the Pattie of last evening :—" A coun-
cil of ministers was held this morning. It is said that
the government had received important news from
Vienna and Italy, and that couriers have been sent off
this afternoon for London, and for the head-quarters
of Charles Albert."
The committee of legislation has examined a pro-
position, made by M. Xavier Durrieu, for depriving
the executive government of the faculty of suspending
journals daring the state of siege. After hearing the
anther of the proposition it decided, by a majority of
11 to 8, that it would recommend the previous queer
doe to be moved upon it.
lam assured that government has received infor-
mation officially that Admiral Baudin has declared'
is the Neapolitan authorities that, if the operations
against the Sicilians were farther continued, he would
use the forces at his disposal to compel a cessation of
hostilities.
This morning a tumultuous scene occurred at the
Bourne. A meeting of electors of the moderate party
was violently expelled by a party of the red repub-
Isom
SUNDAY 1110
At the conclusion of my despatch of last night I
gave you a hurried report of a scene and incidents
which were presented in the Assembly at the moment'
of its close, and only a little before the departure of my,
despatches. This scene and these incidents are full of
importance. Theirconsequenoes are not yet developed,
nor even folly known. In some of my remit des-
patches I mentioned that uneasiness was excited
among the moderate majority in the chamber by ru-
mours of certain " mpprochements" which were mani-
fested between Gen. Cavaignac and the leaders:of those
parties in the Chamber which their opponents desir
nate by thenames of the Mountain and the Red republic.
Within a day or two these alarms were augments d by
a report which was circulated to the effect that
the chief of the Executive bad held pri-
vate communications with a number of members
of the Assembly connected with the above-mentioned
parties, and in their confidence ; that
aprojeet was
entertained of constituting these members into govern-
ment commissioners, to be sent into the departments