The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PIS. FRIDAY.
The Moderat• papers are hoidenAß by a decla 7 I' Y.
ration in
large riot that M. Fernand Foy has desisted from
offering himself as a candidate at the election of the
281 h, and begs all his friends to vote for tL Leclerc.
M. Goldenberg, member for the Bail-Mine has re-
signed his seat in the Assembly.
By a sentence of the Court of Assizes of La
Charente, M. Durance, advocate and representative
of the people, declared guilty of having, by
the publication of an article in the Batch.
de D.rilogne, beginning " Democrats of La
Dordogne!" and ending, " 'Vise la Itepublique!" in-
stigated the inhabitants to civil war, but ineffectually,
has been condemned to viz months of impris3nment
and 2,000 fr. fine. The article was written nearly •
year ago.
By a decree published in the Monikur of to-day,
the expeditionary army of Italy is reduced to one
division. The general of divisioa, Clemeau, comman-
der of the Sth and 6th military divisions, is appointed
to the commend of this "division of oocupation."
General Ilareguay d'Hilliers is authorised to nturn to
his seat in the National Assembly.
The question of Rine is likely to form once more
a rallying ground for the opposition. The Pope is at
R Anr, with Frerch bayonets about him; and mem-
I bets of the sacred college frequent the soirees of Gen.
Baraguay &Hillier', indicating a restoration of good
understanding. Wl•at moment, say the opposition,
more ftiv, arable for soliciting his holiness for gua-
metres of crinstituional government, and an admis-
sion of laymen to office ?
The 13 nine is quite stagnant, owing to the state of
suspense with regard to the result of the election.
Even bets are made on the candidates.

I understand that the Brussels courier, who brought
to Lorrdon on the 7th the notes to be signed for the
settlement of the Spanish affair is still waiting for
the sigr store of Lord Palmerston. This delay is the
Mew unaccountable, as the note signed at Madrid by
Pidal on the 31st may he said to have been dictated
by the British Foreign Secretary. The changes pro-
posed by Lord Palmerston in tne note drawn up by
the Spanish government were, if I am correctly in-
formed certainly not of a nature to excite scruples at
Madrid. It had been demanded at first, on the side
of Buffeted, that Sir H. Bulwer should return to the
pest tram which he was so unceremoniously ejected.
This demand is at present modified into a regret that
any objection should have been entertained by the
Sparrish goy, rement to this obvious and na oral ter-
mination of the dill ranee; but that the British
government having in the meantime employed the
vslusble toilette of S.r H. Bulwer upon negotiations
in another part, from which they could nut be diverted
with..ut detriment to the public service, was the less
dispersed to theist upon this pint.
The Spanish note rates that by the expulsion of
Sir H. Bulwer no offence had been intended to the
Queen of England, or to the English government or
nation. Lord Palmerston altered England and
Eoglioh to Great Britain and British. The rote then
alludes to the grave circumstances smiler which this
step was taken. Lord Palmerston replaced the word
" grave" by "alarming." These are all the changes
which bis lordship proposed.
The three councils-general of agriculture, manufac-
tures, and commerce were yesterday occupied with
the customs sl stein to be established between Algeria
and France. The principle of the plan proposed
by the government is the commercial assimilation
of the mother country ant the colony, the prcducts
of the trio countries being reciprocally admitted
free of duty. By that system, it wan supposed
the contection between them would be rendered
more intimate. The committee named by the three
commits proposed to adopt the government measure,'
with two or three slight modifications in no way
interfering wish the genersl principle on which it is
based. Several members opposed the introduction
into France of articles from Algeria, conceiving that I
such a course would establish a dangerous competition
for the proeuee of France ; in a few years the Fiends
markets would, they believed, be glutted with corn,
and other produce from the colony. In consequence,
M. de Banana: proposed that a duty equal to one-
fourth of the present one should be imposed on corn,
oil, oil-seedy, tallow, skins, and raw wool, from the
colony; M. de Lissrac proposed to m.ke it on)y
one eighth, but to raise it afterwards; and, lastly, M.
Bubbly proposed to lay a duty on wool only, that
heir g, en hie opinion, the only article that was des-
tined to became formidable to French agriculture.
All these amendments were opposed by MM.
Conan, Lest.boudoie, and Darn. How, they asked,
could differences be established between France and
Algeria, when the letter at present formed part of the
French territory ? If that were the case, ell the blood
end treasure expended would be a complete loss. The
fears of Algeria throwing an immense quantity of
goods into the Freech markets, they argued, were
quite chimerical, as it produced at present not enough
of corn to supply two-fifths of the French army. If
oil and wool were imported, they would merely take
the place of the same articles imported from foreign
couctrite. What was most probable was, rhot the
colonists, in consequence of the dearness of labour in
Algeria, would cultivate such article as were not pro-
duc.d io France, snub as cochineal, tobacco, cotton,
mulberry trees, itie. The duty, if levied, consequently
would be of little service to France, and would be of
an immense injury to Algeria, as the very fact of
their existing, were they only nominal, would deter
cipitalists from having anything to do with the
colony. This.: considerations led to the rejection of

all the amendments proposed. The only modification
of any importance adopted was, the augmentation of
a drry on foreign iron when carried to Algeria to two-
thirds of the duty prevailing in France, the bit pro-
posing only one-half. The object of this increase is
to give some ea•isfaction to the French iron trade.
" We have announced," say. the Coastitutionnel,
" that M. de Itaynevsl wu named ambassador to the
Holy See. He is replaced at Naples by M. Waleski,
whose post at Florence is to be taken by M. do Mon-
treacly, at parent minister at Hanover. This latter
Reath tarn is to hare for successor M. de Ferrier's,
First Secretary at St. Petersburg. AI. de Talleyrard
is appointed to the place left vacant by M. de Fer-
rier*,; M. de 31enneval is to be First Secretary
at Vegans.; anti M. Guitant, Second Secretary at
Madrid."

The Moniteur of the 16.6 ult. stated that the num-
ber of clectura inscribed in the department of Seine is
353,500; out of this number, those who voted on the
101 Mar.h were 260,198; number abstaining from
voting 93,302, or nearly a quarter.
In the sitting of the Legislative Assembly to-day
the &bite on the budget of agriculture and com-
merce was resumed. After a discussion, in which
MM. de thareocy, Gen. Lsmorciere, and Richard do
Centel took part, the amendment of the latter, pro-
po.ing the application'of the 300,000.: net down for the
encouragement of horse races to the worthier object
of promoting a useful bitted of hoses, by offetin4
prises for fine stallions and bro. V.-nun es, was rejected.
M. de Lamont proposed, on the contrary, au aug-
mentation of 200,000 fr. This, together with an
amendment of M. Itochet, proposing to quadruple the
augmentatioa was rejected, and the chapter adopted.
Chapter 9, assignieg a sum of rather more than half a
million tor the national manufae.nres of the Gobelios
and Sevres chins, was adopted without dircussit n.
On Chin.lo, which assigns a stun of 1,165,0001 r. to
the comereatoire of the schools of site and trades,
M. Raudet pr. paid a reductio: of more than a mil-
lion. M. Dumas opposed this, as well as the redno-
tion of 14,000 f., proposed by the committee on the
same chapter, wl, ich was supported by. M. Berryer, ar d
adopted by the Assembly by a major', y of 3.58 to 277
The government was therefore beaten.
The metrllic reserve of the Both has resumed during
the past weak its upward movement, being 21 millions
more in Paris, and about 100,000 fr. more in the
provinces. The diecJunt-aocommo,lation has iticressA
about 1 a million in Par', at.d fallen off / a mil-
lion in the Iry eh-banks • the amount of the
focuser being 41,398,661 franca and of the latter
81,710,881 fr. The protested bills bays decreased
about 40,0.ar. is Paris, and 20,000 fr. in the depart
meats; the *mount of the former thing 1,12.1,2864.,
and of the latter 1,446,072 fr. On the aid.. of the
liabilities, the no ask circulation have increased shad
half a million in Paris, and fallen tff about half a
million in the brunch banks. The credit account of
the Treasury !Plows en engin. ntation of about 3
millions; the 'nicest at pros -nt beim; 39,718,933 fr.
Private acsiounts•earrent in I'a is have fallen off
about 2 millions, and in that province. about 2 mil-
hoes; the amount of the former b• in;; 91,600,183te.,
and of the latter 23,9869801 r. TIP: whole am Aunt of
the metallir rear eve nt yrs a• • to 470, mil-
hor sto 145: m (o. eiteti its I
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