The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

Avignon Railway companies, have addressed a
letter to the Minister of Public Works, statine the
satisfaction they had felt at seeing a proposition
brought before the Legislative Assembly by the
government, which would tend to ameliorate their
psalm by connecting them with a great and na-
tional enterprise, and expressing their deep regret
at the adjournsiest of the prompt realisation of
their hopes. They conclude by respectfully request-
ing the minister to take into oonsideritlort the jbst
claims of a number of French and English citizens
whose fortunes have been invested in railway enter-
prises, and to return to them the caution-money
which has been deposited, a determination which they
regard at once as equitable in principle, and as in
parfait harmony with the sentiments of honour and
f=sity which have always charadterised the
nation.
A violent inundation has just taken place at the
Ile Rouse, in Corsica, by which much damage has
been done. Two houses were washed down, a young
girl perished in the ruins, and two other persons were
mortally wounded. Almost all the orange and lemon-
-66 oyes in the rich valley between the Le-Rouse and
Sants-Reparata were carried away by the torrent. One
garden alone was estimated at 60,000 fr., the total
damage is calculated at 400,000 tr.
A letter from Lons-le-Saulnier states that on the
high mountains near that place the snow hes to the
1 depth of nearly ten feet. At Motu the communica-
tions are completely intercepted. At Nozeray the
snow is more than three feet deep, and when the
account came off wu still falling, and all the roads in
the commune are completely blocked up. More than
fifty waggoners, with their vehicles, are bkeked up
at Censeau. At Lons-le-Seulnier the snow wu lying
so deep in the streets that persons could not leave their
houses, and everyone was in consternation.

8 P.M.

CONCLUSION OP MONDAY'S SITTING.
(By Express.)

M. (itemised; amendment was put and rejected.
The President then read divers amendments proposed,
in order that the Assembly might fix the order in
which they were to be taken. The committee declared
that it refused its adhesion to all the orders of the
day that were presented as amendments to its resolu-
tion, and remained firm in its motion to the following
effect :—" The National Assembly invites the execu-
tive power to support the negotiations which it intends
to continue by forces proper to ensure them success,
and to protect the French at La Plata.
The President then read M. de Rance's amend-
ment as follows :—" Considering that the Lepredonr
treaty has not been submitted to the ratification of
the National Assembly; considering that the govern-
ment declares its intentions to continue negotiations,
with the object of guaranteeing the honour and in-
terests of the republic, and that under under every
circumstance the French at La Plata will be seriously
protected against any eventualities on the barks of
the Rio de Plata, the Assembly passes to the orders
of the day."
A short discussion ensued between the President
and some members of the Mountain on the question
of priority, the Assembly deciding that M. de Rance's
amendment should be tint decided. M. de Ranc€
then developed his amendment, which was objected
to by M. Dare, in the name of the committee. M.
Daru said that the committee would surrender its
opinions to no parliamentary influence, and would
persist in its first resolution. 'the committee did
not intend to follow a policy which had been
hitherto powerless; some efficacious course was
necessary. The amendment of M. de Rancr had a
close resemblance to the course advocated by the
government, and the Assembly should decide between
the two motions of the boo. members above named
and the committee.
MM. Lecomte and Carteret withdrew their amend-
ments, and re-allied to that of y. de Rance.

A vote was then taken on M. de ltance's amend-
ment, to which the government, through the month
of the minister of hnance, adhered. The following

result appeared :
For the amendment
Against

. 338
. 300

Majority 3B
The first article of the government project, which
opens to the minister of foreign affairs a credit of
1,800,000 fr., destined to pay the subsidy voted in ad-
vance, in favour of the Oriental republic, was then
adopted, as also the formal clauses 2 and 3.
The Assembly then voted the law as a whole
(,f ensemble) by 496 against 88.
The sitting was then adjourned, the Chamber
having fixed the debate on the law respecting
primary teachers for the 14th inst.