The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-05 00:00:00

" beTzitios.

" lo the greater part of France ordinary measures have
sufficed to ensure order, but the state of siege maintained in
the 6th military divisiou has had to be extended to the
department of the Arai:l:he, stained with the blood of fre-
quent collisions, and more recently still to the departments
of the ('her and Marne, terrified by a commencement of
Juapkrie.
" At Lyons • strong and unique system of police has'
been organised, embracing 12 towns or suburban commune%
which the law has conipreheuded under the denominatiew
of the Lyonese agglcmeration.
" Political refugees entered into dangerous ariations.
Some it was necessary to expel, but hospitality has con-
tinued to be extended to very large numbers.
" A sum of more than 403,000 f. has been divided among
2,000 refugees.
" The vices of the municipal organisatiou spring from
the necessity under which the government found itself
of in one year revoking, on the advice of the Council of
State, 501 elective functionaries, of whom 278 were mayors,
and 123 atljoines.
" The dissolutions of municipal councils has amounted to
126, those of national guards to 139.
" Although the maintenance of security and the applica-
tion of si.vere measures principally devolve on the Ministry
of the Interior, and, before all, require its action, its en-
lightened seal has spared no means of extending itself at the
same time to all that might stimulate labour, that first con-
dition of well-being and tranquillity.
" Thus the municipal administration of France has
adopted two vast projects, which at one and the same time
present the advantage of facilitating the supply of provi-
sions to the capital, and of adding to its beauty. I mean
the construction of the markets and the prolongation of the
Rue Ricoh. The impulse soon spread from Paris to the
departments, which have devoted considerable sums to
works of utility.
" Sciences and arts have received notable encourage.
meat, and the important sums which have been voted for
the restoration of various historical monuments have been
applied accordingly.
"Two projects demand a prompt solution; Ca., to de-
termine the indemnities due to those citiaens who have suf-
fered material losses in coot.-quince of the events of Febru-
ary and June ; and the secoud proposition refers to the
organisation of prison labour.
" There is, moreover, another project of a law of which
I spoke to you in my last message, and to which I attached
the greatest importance, namely, the assistance which to be
tendered to the old remnants of the armies of the Republic
and the Empire.
" Circumstances which were independent of my will have
hitherto prevented the presentation of this project. I trust,
however, that you will soon be in a position to give it a
favourable reception, for I entreat you not to forget that
in all parts of this country there are men covered with scars,
who have sacritiisid themselves to the defence of the coun-
try, and who are now anxiously waiting for you to help
them. Their time is short, atiheted as they are by age and
misery.

" FINANCES.

"The present situation is ea favourable as can be ex-
pected considering the engagements of the past and the un-
certainties of the future.