The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARlS,B•Tnittria, 610 P.M.
The Vas du Peuple heads its first column with the
following notice :—" To our readers. Since yesterday
morning oar friend Proadhon has been put in close
confinement in his chamber. Ras door is bolted. A
gaoler mounts guard on the landing-place. Another
posted in the street has orders to prevent any one
making signals to him from without. AU communi-
cation will him is interdicted. Even his wife is not
adml-ed to see him."
The Constigutionnel publishes the following details
(the authentici,y of which it guarantees) of the
c abduct of the rioters on Mon:lay towards M. Victor
Foucher, Proctireur of the Republic :
When M. Foucher beard of the disturbances at the Curd
Bt. Martin, he left his Mike, and proceeded on foot to the
th- etre of disorder. He met s l purees of his se-
' qusorance, who informed him of what was passing. He
erect on, however, in order to juice of the matter himself.
Hs bad arrived at the rue (basket, whim he met a a pre-
sentative of the people, who informed him of the shameful
ere women*. which General de Lemerieiere had met with,
Puncher then taw that it would be imprudent to proofed, as
his peewees might cause justice to be insulted in his person.
He wes preparing, consequently., to return, when be heard
savers' persons cry out, " It is the Procureur of the Re-
public!" At this cry he saw several groups, dispersed in the
street, rush round him, so as to block up the way. He then
ce ceived that it would be better to walk straight to meet
the demur than to turn back—a COWS* which might
compromise him, if, indeed, that was not impoeseble.
The ere s at that moment were not by any means menacing.
A circumstance, besides, inspired the magistrate with confi-
dence. He had reconeised amr q the troops a great number
of the transported of June. who had been pardoned at Belle
isle. H- rad a right to count on their gratitude, as be had
pleaded for their pardon to the President of the Republic—
had gone to meet them at Havre—had there given them pa-
ternal advice—and even distributed money among them
They had assured him over and over again of their gratitude
and reeentanee, and he hael a right to place credit in their
11 Resurrects He therefore went resolutely forward, and was
immediately eneomeue d by the crowd. " Yeu are the
Proeureur of the It 'pub ic!' said some of th-es men.
" Yes." wheel M. Faucher wilt a firm voice. "That being
the vow," aid they," he most he ke. t, like the other, IS
too-R.!" General de Laninriciare was here alluded to, and
M. Foueher, in feet, thought that the general was in the
power of the rioters. The words which he heard caused him
to comprehend the gravity of Lis situation. Seeing before
him a man of high stature, whom he recognised as • trans-
petted of June, and who appeared to rx rcise a post of com-
maml, be addressed him, and requested protection. He
only received • disdainful teed insulting reply. Others of the
transported of June, to whom he epithets, acted in a similar
way. irrounded by a compact body, he then endeavoured
to dominate t e crowd by the firmness of his demeanour, but
the ;must ineuling epithets were heaped on him, and threats
sere lowly uttered. At this moment he felt some cue
touch him from behind on the shoulder. He thought it
better net to turn round, sod a voice whispered in his ear,
" Your life is in danger, two minutes more, and you are
I- et." M. Foucher then felt that the pressure from behind
was Lis forcible, and he gradually gave way, without, how-
ever, *easing to speak to the men before him. Whilst
thus retrogradine, he felt himself arrive at the
footway. All of • sudden, ten or twelve persons
eerrountled him, dragged him violently away, sod
threw him into a shop, the dear of which was at once-
closed. He at fir-t thought he was a prisoner, hot forte-
na.ely that was nut the cue. Two transported of June
informed him that they could not bear the ilea of seeing
him ill treated, and that, being seconded by some friend.,
they hod stmeedsci in rescuing him from the crowd. M.
Fetich• r at last got out through a car ighbeuring house, and
at once proceeded to the Assembly. Such are the facts which
relate to the Prucureur of the Republic.

A visit of M. Lamirtine to the Elys6e on Saturday
gave rise to many surmises. It was coupled with the
ding; cted state of the departments east and west of
the Rhone The strongest measures, as well as the
most minute, were tik-n to keep Lyons quiet, such
shutting up work shops. The effervescence was
inc.* a=ed by the thrta,s against Switzerland. The
federal governm.nt. however, seemed determined to
ally such symptoms by expelling the refugees.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
TIIII 'MOLLOY YVAILREL IN GRIECII.

On Friday M. PISCATORY tdareseed his promised
interpellations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs respecting
the recent t.l elude of the Pincus by the English. He re-
gretted that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had required
that lee shoal l postpone his interpeltations respecting recent
occurrences in Greece fur a week ; but he had given way,
feeling that the ministerial responsibility gave them a claim
to c intideration as to when the diseussion on so important a
sun should be taken. He regretted the delay,
because be believed *bat the discussion would have
the tendency of calm ng tempestuous, arduous in Greece.
and of giving prudent mamma) to a feeble people under the
et difficult circumstances. His regret at the delay, how-
ever, was much modified by the expression of public feeling
in England, by the noble language held by Lord Aberdeen,
and by the calm reserve observed by Lord Lansdowne, and
by some sympterns of timidity and ineorrectneis exhibited by
Lo-d Pithetarstoe. These facts rendered his t eel considerably
• Raise The eveots in Greece are the most inoppnrtune poss.ble.
Telt E Os', and French fleets had lust completed a great
and efficient intervention in the interests of humanity,
justice, and good policy, when without any information
let iaz given to the French ambassador at Constantineple by
the E. glish authaessi:or, without Admiral Parker even bid-
ding M. Parseval good-bye, or indicating in the sltghtest
toe int-don on which be was about to proceed,
that gallant admiral at the head of thirteen vessels
had appeared is the port of Salamis, for the purl:tree of mesh-
ing feeble Greece with all the weight of the English powers.
The first demand made by Admiral Parker on hie arr.'s'
wer to be presented, together with Lis suite, to the king of
Greece, aud, a 1 :stunting from this cordial visit, Admi-
ral Parker, for the first time, in company with S 4 Thomas
Ws.e, proceeded to the dwelling of M. Lando', and in-
f,,rm•cl him that Eaglaod intended to demand the settlement
of long-standing claims, and that, just or unjust, be would
give but tweeitydour hours fur the payment; after that
delay coercive measures would be adopted. In what other
country, or at what period, had similar proceedings ever be-
fore been a !opted? (A voce At Copenhagen.) The simple and
sorrzwiul words of the King of Greece but we!' &earthed
thew, proceedings: "I doubt whether daring the last fifty
years auy barbarous power even has been treated in this
way." What was the nature of the claims put forth by the
admiral ? The first was in favour et some loniate. One
liihian bad been condemned to death for a most abomi-
nable murder ; three or four others had been ted and
impri-oaed for endeavouring to excite an dynasts at Petra,.
Tee only iodienity these men suffered was that they were
hendauffed. But it was on their account that 201. was claimed
tot each, and thirteen men of war sent to the Pizmos to
enforce that claim. In 1807, several lonians were arrested
at Girlies for a robbery; they were on the Greek coast end
without an English passport, but for their arrest also
the government demanded 201. per heed. In 1846
several lonian vessels were pillaged at the mouth of the
Aeheinee He (li. Pacstory) had in 1847 obtained the most
positive information on these latter feats, and he could state
on authority that, immediately after the pillaging of
those vessels, the English government demanded
an indemnity of 1,198 Manistee (the ooloniate is
about 11. lc), stating at the time that the vessels 1
were attacked by persons bearing the symbols of
authority. From all the information he had been able to
obtein, it resulted that the vessels in question were pillaged
by C phalonians in disguise, and peshithe whited by some
runaway soldiers bearing about their persons the insignia of
their former pursuit.... But was the English govern-
up lit serious in this claim? did it mean merely to
demand indemnity for the imprisoned lonian criminals,
and the pillaged lonian shape ? It was not to be
e noeived that it sviould demand 1,100 colonists. at the head
of thirteen men of war. It was impossible that England
e mid know the facts of the case. He now mime
to the motive for making the claim. An un-
happy custom elided throughout the south which
England had not extirpated in the lonian Islands ; it had
wit even attempted it. At Bastes time, according to
ancient custom, the ;people bum the edgy of a Jew. In
1847, the plies of Athens deemed it Its duty to prevent this
custom, and in the attempt mused an Ineetale throughout
the whole quarter which counted on the fanatical repre-
sentation. They took pessession of a house and destroyed
the garniture. The hones did not belong to a Gibraltar,
hut to a Portuguese Jew, who applied for redress to the
Cant de N nas, Clime d'Affaires of Span. —lt was
only on the isdireet counsels of the Portuguese, that Peel,
fli o was infla need to appeal to the English Legatnn, who
immediately demanded fur him as indemnity of 80,000
dementia. This was rarely an enerrisens indemnity for a few
beton windows. It was not yet (dear whether up to the
' memeat when these 80,000 drachmas (of 18 sons) were de-
meaded by three English war vessels, it had been offered to
arrange tee affair with the Oreek governor for 8,000 drachmae.
. (A lau.h ) Why 6001. sterling under pretext of interest
and personal damage, he could not underetand. With mud
to he claim of id Finlay, the Greet government was est-
ieialy to blame not to have settled it sooner, but before the
- English yowls arrived that gentlemen had accepted an ar-
, bitration, and part of the claim had been paid. With re-