The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

FRANCE.

rAkas, WIDNESDAT ETZIZSO.
The views of parties are growing a little clearer.
It is manifest that the parliamentary majority have
dropped for the present all notion of either repealing
or modifying the law of May. The .I.A4ato and
assembler Aationale both contain decisive articles in
favour of supporting it against all attacks, coming
from whatever quarter. Ou the other hand, it is
rumoured that the prefects have received instructions
to conduct the elections of the Chamber according to
the law of May, but that of the President according
to the old lists of universal suffrage. I mention this
report in consequence of the serious attention be-
stowed upon it by Girardin. The (Talon is very
emphatic upon the necessity of fusion, and declares
that the army cannot be held together by any
of three rival interests singly. This argu-
ment is strikingly put in a long article,
through which peers the hope of a legitimist
eronuarionirato. The faith of General C'hangarnier
is as enigmatical as ever. If he be determined to
vote the proposition-Croton, as the Ifessayer and
the Independence Beige boldly assert, it is difficult to
see how he can become the candidate of fusion, the
fusionists having determined to vote against that
proposition. Yet his candidature as an Orleanist can
only interfere witk that of the Prince do Joinville.
Bi the way, you will observe in the foot-mil ik
Frankfort a remarkable sort of semi-official manifesto
of thC Northern Courts against the candidature of
the Orleanist prince [this article appeared in our
paper of yesterday], which is regarded as a wound
to the monarchical principle throughout Europe. It
is said in the same article that the northern courts
must be upon their guard against France, where the
revolutionary crisis is expected to last for many
I years. No progress that I know of has been
made in selecting a democratic candidature.
It appears more and more probable that the
name of Ledru Rollin will be put forward
by the socialists; but it will not be supported
by. the moderate republicans, notwithstanding the
wish of the whole Left to unite in ono choice. I
must not omit to mention that some doubt seems to
be entertained whether M. Thicrs has really pledged
I himself to support the candidature of the -Pnnee de
Joinville; and the ,t4senibMe Nationak calls upon
the Ordre distinctly to answer this question.
The Berolution, new democratic journal of Paris,
contains the following letter in favour of commemo-
rating the address of-Kossuth to the Marsellais :

Citizen Editor,—llesirous of giving a mark of the deep
sympathy of the French democracy with the nationalities
which have been victims of royalty ; desirous of showing to
oppressed peoples that the French people are entirely irres-
ponsible for the conduct pursued towards the hero of Hun-
gary; wishing to render the entire democracy joint ap-
plauders of the act and of the device of one of our bro-
thers who swam to the Mississippi to bear words of sym-
pathy to Louis Kossuth, we beg, in the name of a groat
number of democrats, to propose to have a medal engraved
commemorative of this action, by means of a popular sub-
scription, fined at 5 centimes.—Sidut et fraternal.,
L. Corez,is, DELAN DE, ALPHONSE OnaAex,
AL. Bvissox.

In quoting the address of Kossuth many of the
conservative papers omit the passage relative to
Louis Napoleon and M. Leon Faucher, from fear of
prosecution. Of all the papers of the opposition the
National is the only one which has ventured to speak
out upon the subject of the minister's refusal to let
Kossuth cross the territory of France.
The Sieck says on the same subject :
However friendly the government of Washington may be
towards that of France, the former is not perhaps sorry at
the contrast before the eyes of the world between its con-
duct and that of the government of the French republic
towards the greatest citizen of Hungary. Meanwhile it is
certain that England is resolved to recompense by the moat
solemn reception the repulse not less impolite than impo-
litic which has met liosiuth at Marseilles. Alreail the ,
papers of London begin to explain this by the superiority of
their institutions to ours. Without conceding this point
we grant without difficulty that their statesmen know better
than our Bareches and Faucher' how to respect public
opinion.
After quoting from the Daily News the conduct of
the French government in refusing M. Tranyi per-
mission to return to France in case he should visit
Kossuth, it adds:

It is for ministers to give explanations touching this
charge and many others that are about to r sin down thickly
upon them, the English press at last understanding, as it
seems to U 9, that France has no occasion to knock down nor
to lower the barrier which opposes the continuance of the
glory and consideration which we have had the happiness—
speakingin political phraseology—of enjoying in Europe
during the last three years.
The indiscreet seal of certain military orators has
at length provoked a rebuke from authority, which
is to be hoped may check the inflammatory bar-
rangues addressed to the soldiery by commanding
officers, in which a bloody conflict with the people is
represented to be imminent, and the troops are ex-
cited to shoot them down with unsparing hand. I
Colonel do Garderens, the officer commanding the
6th regiment of the line, which has just arrived in
Paris, lately published an order of the day, in which
he told the soldiers that their regiment being sent
for to Paris was a special mark of the confidence of
the "Prince President," to whom ho (the colonel)
had undertaken to pledge himself that every man
could be implicitly relied upon. Ho went on to say
that he was ready to answer for them upon his oath
that if the demagogy should appear -behind bar-
ricades, they would follow him to the charge, and
should he fall he exhorted them to avenge his death.