The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

NEWS FROM PARIS.

APPREHENDKD DISTURBANCES.
PARIS, IVIDNENDAY, 10i A M.
The proclamation of the Mayor of Paris against
attroupements having been extensively placarded
through the capital for the last three days ; I made a
promenade at a late hour the last two evenings
through the town to observe its effect. The gnat
theatre cf these mob demonstrations is the Route-
yards especially those from the Rue Poissonniere to
the Rue du Temple. The extensive area around the
Porte St. lrenis is the principal theatre of these popu-
lar assemblagts. It will be recollected that at
that place the carriage-road of the Boulevards is
some yards lower than the foot pavement at either
side, the descent being made by a flight of steps.
From about eight o'clock, au audience, composed
chiefly of femahs, begins to collect, and soon take
their seats and fill these steps like the rising seats of
an amphitheatre; the foot pavement above soon be.
comes densely crowded. Meanwhile groups are
formed on the wide carriage road, composed
chiefly of men in blouses. The centre of each
group is an orator who eulogises IlarbOr or
Blanqui, or abuses the national guard. To-
wards eleven o'clock the entire of the vast area
is covered with one compact and impenetrable mass,
all carriage circulation is completely stopped, and the
omnibuses and other conveyances are obliged to find
their way through the back streets on either side. In
attempting to approach the verge of this immense
multitude last night in a private carriage, I soon
found that the attempt was not without danger; the
vehicle, which was an open one, and bed ladies and
children in it, was surrounded with blouses, who de-
manded why we should not get out and walk like the
people, and we soon retraced our course.
Soon after 11 o'clock last night and the night
before large bodies of troops, composed of the national
guard, the garde mobile, and infantry of the line,
presented themselves in columns in the different
streets leading to the scene of these demonstrations,
with drums beating and accompanied by commis-
sissies of police. After the usual "sommation" the
mass was induced gradually to retire, shouting " A I
has lee Mouchards! and " Vive la ligne!"
Great alarm is excited by the approaching monster
banquet to be held on Monday under the walls of the
fortress of Vincennes ; the subscription has been raised
to ten sous a head, and the party who has organised
it announces that there are already 100,000 sub-
scribers, the number being expected before Saturday
to amount to 130,000.
There will be 1,000 tables, each sufficient to accom-
modate 130 guests.
Preparations are being taken to provide the fortress
against a surprise, the garrison in it will be reinforced,
and the Commandant has already demanded of the
executive commission to be provided with a body of
cavalry to secure the immediate ground around the
outworks so as to prevent a sudden surprise by
escalade.
Notice has been given to the occupants of houses
within range of the guns of Vincennes, to be ready to
evacuate at a moment's notice.
I am assured that those who are best informed ex-
pect before long another assault on the assembly infi-
nitely more serious than that of the 15th May.
A telegraphic despatch was received last evening
announcing a legitimist insurrection at l'erpignan in
favour of Henry V.
The government have received information of the
presence of the Prince de Joinville and the Duke
d'Atimale in Paris si.fficieutly reliable to awaken the
active attention of the police, who are now engaged
in measures to discover their retreat.
During the entire day of yesterday and last night,
reports continued to circulate of the dissolution of the
Forernmti.t, and of the resignation of two or more of
its members. As yet, however, this public expectation
has not been rtali,ed. The resignations most probable
to-day are those of M. Gamier Pages and his sub-
ordinate, M. Duclere, Minister of Penance, whose
experiments in that department the good senee of the
Assemb.y appears not at sll likely to tolerate.
The new president, M. Scnard, made a not very
favourable debut yesterday, having b,trayed inexpe-
rience iu his metier on two or three occasions in a
very glaring manner, such as in forgetting the coun-
ter-proot in the division by rising and sitting, and
putting to the vote of the Assembly questions of the
application of standing rules, the decision of which
properly appertamed to his own functions. It must
be admitted, however, that the office of President is
one the duties of which require no ordinary powers,
physical and intellectual.
Yesterday M. &hard, although in high physical
vigour, sunk almost exhausted under the exertion.
Sweat poured from all his pores, his voice, though
stentorian, failed through excessive exertion, and in
the uproar of the Salle the bell he used, though
similar to that formerly tolled by London postmen,
was heard only as the tinkle of a sheep bell. It is
ingeniously eugerreed by the editor of La Preemie
that a pair of r tamers of the national guard should
be stationed on the President's bureau to beat to order.

No successor to M. Cremitux has 3 et been officially
announced, but it is known that the Ministry of
Justice has been off, red by the Executive Commission
to M. Bee hmunt, who has consented to accept it, but
on cohd:tions. M. Bethmont considers that, inas-
much as the retirement of MM. Portalis and
Landrin was the result of a collision w.th
the late Minister of Justice, the resignation of
the latter being accepted implies the justification
of thee former. who ought, therefore, to be
restored to their offices, and M. Bethmont accordingly
requires this act of justice towards MM. Podolia and
Landrin as a condition of his accepting the Ministry
of Justice.
The !milt of the voting in a great number of the
sections eie d arrondilett mcnts of Paris are already
known. From a comparison of them, it appears
that the Maned which will stand foremost
among the eleven to be elected aro MM.
Thiers, General Changarnier, Gondchaux (late
Minister of Finance.), Caussidiere (ea :Minister
of Police), and M. Emile de Girardin. The friends of
MM. Thiene and de Girardin respectively were appre-
hensive of their complete failure in their candidate-
ship for the department of the Seine in consequence
of their p, rtniptory refusal to present themselves at
the clubs to give explanations or pledges. In the case
of M. de Guardia the columns of the Prease an-
swered tips purpose, besides which he placarded the
walls of Paris profusely with a short profession
of faith, ,•tiramtd up in the words, " Je ne
gnis pas un republicain de la veille." M.
Thters, here e ver, has rigidly abstained from every
species of manilestation, and even the Conatitutiannel,

understood to be the organ of his party, has main.
taibed "reat reserve—in a word, the attitude of
Thiersluis been dignified in the extreme. A bro-
chure, containing views of the present position of
France, which I mentioned in a former despatch, has
been for .everal days ready for publication, but has
been withheld, and will not he issued until alter the
results of all the elections are known.
The return of M. Thiers fur the Seine Inferieure
and fur Alencon is already decided. His return for
the Gironde is considered certain, and for the Roaches
de Rhone and Algeria probable. Thus, while in the
general elections of April, when the 86 depmtments
had candidates to elect, not one among them, not even
his own department of the Bouches de Rhone, returned
M. Thiers: now, in June, a few places where elections
are incidental on multiple returns and casual resigna-
tions will give him probably a sextuple return.
It is expected that l'rince Louis Napoleon will be
returned fur the Seethe, and fur Corsica, and possibly
also for Paris.

The Madrid mails of the 2nd have arrived. Our
correspondent, in support of his assertion that "the
government is sliding as fast as is worst enemies
could wish down the road to ruin," says that on the
day on which his letter is dated a decree was pub-
lished lavishing fresh money on the troops.
On the morning our despatches left, two hundred
political offenders were conducted out of Madrid
towards the presidios of Africa and other parts.

Menem; Icer 2.—Three per exalt, 21 7-10 paper, after IkAse. 21a
rash. nye per Cents., 13j toyer ; after IN cull. hooovex,
33 paper; after Patna, si rash. flank of t4t. Ferdinand, 74, earth ;
76, paper. &change on London, at 1;0 dare, 43 piper,

ITALY.—We learn by accounts without date, pub-
lished in the Patria of Florence of May 31, that the
citadel of Messina was in the hands of the people.

LATEST FROM PARIS.

FRESH ALARNIS.—THE ELECTIONS.
PART.., WIDNESDAY, 630 P. 11:
We are still in the midst of alarms. The National
Guards have been called out again this afternoon, but
to avoid the excitement which always attends the
rappel, they were summoned by messages sent " au
domicile."

While I write, troops of dragoons and lancers, as
well as battalions of the National Guard and the line,
are moving in all directions towards the points where
the attroupvmenta collect, especially at the Porten
St. Dennis and St. Martin. Serious tears are enter-
tained for the results of this evening.
me greate►t solicitude has been manifested this
afternoon .o ascertain the probable result of the Paris
erections. From inquiries which I have personally
made, and from a comparison of the partial results al-
ready knowu in 11 of the 12 arrondissements, I believe
the followinir returns be considered as certain:

....owing returns may R. 11.1 i
1. M. Caussidiere, Ex-Prefect of Police, who will
be placed at the head of the poll, with at least as many
votes as were obtained by M. Lamartine in April.
2. (inudehaux, Ex-Minister of Finance.
3. Moreau.
I. General Changarnier.
5. M. Thiers.

The return of M. Emile de Girardin is probable,
but not certain. Among the socialist candidates,
MM. Pierre Leroux and Pruelon may possibly be
returned.

In the Seine Inferieure M. Thiers is at the head of
the poll, and M. Deschamps, the ultra-democistic
candidate, is entirely thrown out, not having had
6,000 votes.
At Neuilly, the Prince de Joinville bad 190 votes.
M. niers is understood to have informed his
friends that, in entering the Assembly, his intention is
to devote him-elf more especially to the department
of finances than to general politics. It is said, that
he intends to submit a grand financial plan to the
Assembly.
At the Assembly to-day, a member complained of
the delay of the committee on the constitution, and
alluded to the danger attending the present provisional
date of the government, which is generally
admitted to involve a total prostration of all real
power, and the most absolute governmental inertia.
A me tuber of the committee on the constitution assured
the Assembly that the project could be presented
complete within ten days.
The great business of the day, however, was the
project of law against attroupements, which was pre-
sented by the government as one of the utmost ur-
gency. M. Pelletier role, and in a moat violent
speech, anathematised the proposed law as a leaf torn
from the code of I)raco, and an attempt to strangle
the republic. The mode in which this speech was
received by the house indicated plainly enough how
little sympathy there was with the orator.
After some further observations from MM. Bach,
Germain Sarno, and l)emornay, M. Marie (member
of the Executive Commission) addressed the Assem-
bly, amidst a silence as profound as it was unusual.
He repulsed with indignation the imputation of pre-
senting a Draconian law. Such accusations (cried he
with energy) are senseless if aimed at the Executive
Government. We have never admitted the re-
public without order. Those who establish com-
parisons between the present project and the ancient
laws, only show their ignorance of the latter ; the
attroupementa agitate the population, disquiet the
well-disposed, destroy confidence, and injure com-
merce and industry ; we desire to remedy this abuse,
and we demand the immediate operation of the law.
I therefore move that we immediately pass to the
discussion of the articles. This proposition was
adopted by the Assembly, the Extreme Lelt only
dissenting.
The discussion was continued when our reporter left,
and it appeared probable that the project of decree
would be adopted without any amendment.
M. liethmont has been officically annoureed as
having accepted the Ministry of Justice. Nothing
was said as to the restoration of MM. Portalie and
Landrin to their offices.
The funds underwent a considerable fall to-day,
partly owing to the alarm created by the continuance
of the attroupements.
It appears that the government has communicated
to the Committee of Finances some authentic docu-
ments, showing that the administrations of the rail-
ways who have paid 10 per cent. interest are not
authorised to pay such an amount of dividend from
their actual receipts. This information has created
great sensation, and will probably influence the Com-
mittee of Finances, who have declared themselves
opposed to the repurchase, to change their opinion.
If this measure should be rejected by the Assembly,
it is said that not only the minister, but the Executive
Commission, have determined to resign.
The Committee on Finance received yesterday a de-
tailed account of the receipts
during the months of
March and April. In March, there is a falling off of
14,236,000 f. over the corresponding periodof 1847, af-
fecting principally the import duties, which are lower
by 6,431,000 e; the registration dues are 3,487,000f.'
lower, and the stamp duties 1,310,000 f. The difference
for the month of April is, as we mentioned some days
back, 17,230,000 f.; the falling off in the customs
for imports being 7,385,000 E, in the registration
duce 4,894,000 f., and in the stamp duties 1,389,000 f.
The committee heard the report of M. Mortimer•
Ternaux on portable liquors, in which several
changes are proposed. The duties on portable liquors,
be!ore the decree of March 31, brought in -12 millions,
but now will produce only 32 millions ; nevertheless,
it has been received with the greatest disfavour in
the dep.rtments, as it divides amongst 2,300,000
wine-growers the charge which formerly weighed
on 340,000 wine-sellers, rendering it impossible for
the growers to sell their wines, at the moment when
the land-tax is doubled.
P.S. A part of the articles of the project respecting
attrouperueute have been voted with some slight miti-
gatiun of the penal consequences. The Assembly
still continued sitting, and would probably continue
until the project was adopted.
PAWN JUNI 7.—New Loan, • Three per Cents., Es.div. • Do.
Five vet Conui., --; Four-and-11W, —; Fours, Belgian
Fives, 1040, oi,j ; Dn. 1842, 661; Do. Threes, ; Iln. Two-and-a-
- N p,es Kenton, 71 0 ; Roman Loan, ; Treasur
trans.
ambits.
23. Bank Shares, 12355; F.xehange on Londou, no
ambits.
ItAmwsrs.—Paris and Orleans, 572 .50; Paris and Bonen, 405;
Rouen and Havre, 26750; Avignon and 81nrseilicv, 223 75 ; Stras-
bourg and Bale, 355 25; Centre Vitra" 24750 ; Amiens and Boa.
logne, ; Baedeaus, 397 50; North, 38210.

ITALIAN REVOLUTION.
The Piedmmitese Gazelle, of the 3rd of Juno, con-
tains the official bulletin dated from the Head
Quarters at Valeggio on the let, by which it
appears that after the battle of Goito, the
Austrian troops remained on the right bank of
the Mincio, near Mantua, but made no new attack,
nor did the Austrians make any demonstration on the
Italian line from Colmasiuo to Villafranca, on
the side of Verona. All the Austrian forces were
then concentrated at Mantua.
On the 28th of May the combined Italian squadron