The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PABIB, FAIDAT, 7 r X.
The funeral of those killed by the late dreadful
accident at Angers took place at half-pod 1 o'clock
yesterday. 182 corpses were buried. The President,
who had not yet arrived, was represented by his
aide-de-camp, Colonel Fleury, who walked at the
head of the article, with the generals, the prefect,
the whole of the authorities, and followed by an im-
mense population. All the shops were closed, and the
town wore an appearance of deep morrow. The usual
military honours were paid athe dead were laid in
M
graves.
The central committee of the Electoral Union
adopted yesterday, nearly unanimously, a fresh reso-
lution. It has now settled definitively that there is
to be no preps ballot ; and has agreed to
accept M. Ferornarcry's resignation of Ins candi-
dateship. Finally, it bow; to the general adhesion
evinced by all shades of the moderate party to the
new candidate, M. Leclerc, whom it promises cor-
dially to unite In supporting. This is the fourth
decision of this committee in the space of a
week. First, it adopted Fernand Foy without
preparatory ballot; then it proposed a preparatory
ballot between seven provisional candidates; thirdly,
it removed five of those competitors, leaving only
MM. Leclerc and Foy; and now it has contented to
drop the ballot altogether in favour of the popular
tradesman. New merits are daily discovered in
Leclerc. General Hasson declared yesterday in pri-
vate conver*a'ion at the Assembly, that he com-
manded the 100th regiment of the line, in which
Leclerc was sergeant-major, at Waterloo, and gazetted
Leclerc for his brave conduct. The square in which
Leclerc fought was commanded, singularly enough,
by General Foy.
The intention of the central committee of the Elec-
toral Union to drop the ballot and adopt Leclerc
having got vent at the Bourse, produced a rise in the
Fives of 80e.

Eugene Sue has published a manifesto to the de-
mocratic socialists, which appears in the Voir do
Peuple sod other papers of the Red pirty. He
says:
Democrat, I profess that the republic and universal suf-
frage are above the caprices of the majority: the majority
has no mon right to alienate the sovereignty of the people
than aaan hu to alienate his own liberty. Sacialist, I be-
long specially to no school. lam a socialist by fulling, be•
cense I hare MU the cruel sufferings and the masculine
virtassof the people. I am a socialist by reason, because I
am convinced of the insuilleisaey of alms, charity, ana other
palliatives.

M. Sue then quotes the 13th article of the consti-
tution of 1848, which guarantees to the citizens free-
dom of labour and industry, and maintains that this
article loyally executed guarantees to all, all they can
desire. He concludes thus :

P►olefatrea brisirye3is, cultivaton, handicraftsmen, isod.
diem, tradvsmen, ail children of ins family, we are nem-
acilidaires, if not in prosperity, at least in distress and
misfortune. Toe future will indemnify us for the present;
peace, conciliation, hope, forgetfulness of fratricidal (millets,
tor the country weeps equally all her lost children. The
enemies of the republic alone profit by our divition. Let us
unite ; let us work in concert for our cammon welfare and
the consolidation of the republic.

In to day's sitting of the Legislative Assembly,
after the adoption without debate of • credit of
20,000 tr., opened to the questions of the Assembly
for the expense of the inquiry on the state of the
navy, the debate on the second reading of the trans-
portation bill was resumed.
Article one is thus worded :
Is all cases where the penalty of death is abolished by
Art. 6 of the constitution, that punishment will be replaced
by trenspLrtation to a fortified enclosure designated by the
law, out of the continental territory of the republic, ILO
where the prisoners shalt be subjected to a disciplinary re-
gime. The enclosure shall contain sufficient ground to
enable the prisoners to erj 3y all the liberty that is compete-
' hie with th_ necessity of ensuring their safe-keeping.

M. Haig, reporter, proposed to remodel Art. 1 as
follows :

In all cases in which the penalty of death is abolished by I
Art. 5 of the constitution, this penalty shall be replaced by
transportation to a fortified enclosure, marked out by the
law outside the continental territority of tie republic, where
the convicts will be submitted to a disciplinary regime, of
which au administrative regulation shall determine the con-
ditions. The inclosurs shall contain a space sufficiently ex-
tensive for the transported to be able to enjoy all liberty
compatible with the necessity of securing the guard of their
persons. The provision of sec 2 of tie 2t/th article of the
penal code shill be applicable to them.
M. Emmanuel Arago opposed this amendment.
General Lamoriciere proposed an amendment, which
consisted in providing that a regulation of public
administration should determine the measures of police
to which the convicts shall be subjected. The con-
victs shall enjoy all liberty compatible with securing
their persons. A dispute arose between Gem ral La-
moriciere and M. Rouher with regard to the
order of discussion. The general's amendment
was rejected, and the rest of the article adopted; so
that the principle is adopted of transportation to a
fortified enclosure, designated by the law outside the
continental territory of the republic, where the con-
victs shall be subjected to a reyinie of surveillance
determined by a regulation of public administration.
On the entire of the article the result of the
ballot was as follows :—Number of votes, 666 ;
absolute majority, 331; white cards, 436;
blue cards, '2BO. The article was adopted. M.
Baume demanded to interpellate the Minister of
Foreign Affairs upon the eptech of Lord John Russell
on the let of March ; but the demand was not allowed
by the Assembly. The house then passed to the
article which designated the Isle of Waitou, in the
Marquesas, fur the place of transportation. M. de
Lamartine opposed the article, on account of the dis-
tance. Finally, the article passed by a large majo-
rity, 52 that the law may now be considered voted.
The Savle approvm neither of the candidates
started for the forthcoming election, and declares its
intention to abstain from voting. The Presse does
not publish the address of M. Eugene Sue, nor a line
in his favour • but has its first page filled with a
plan of M. Girardin's fur a new electoral law.
The octroi duty in Paris for the first quarter of the'
present year has given satisfactory results. The duty
on potable liquor,, as compared with 1819, shows an
augmentation of 500 000 fr., the whole amount having
been 3,000,000 fr. Eatables, which were for the first
quarter of the last year 1,700,000 f., are this year up-
wards of 2,000,000 fr. Fuel has produced 873,000 fr.,
being 124,000 fr. more than in the preceding year.
Timber fur building has produced neatly 200,000 fr.,
or 30,000 fr. more than in the corresponding period of
1849. Building of all kinds remains in a most lan-
guishing state, and the item of materials has not given
more than 155,000 f., being lower than in 1819. To
sum up: the produce of the octrui of Paris for the first
quarter of 1850 has amounted to 8,214,123 fr, , and
gives an increase of 1,012,034 fr. over the correspond-
ing period of 1849.
The Gazelle de France says "It is positively stated
that M. de Rayneval has been appointed to the em-
bossy of Rome."
Sto:criptions have been opened generally by the
officers of all shades of the press for the famines of
the victims of the disaster at Anger,. A letter ap-
pears in the Patrie from the lieutenant-colonel
(Simonet), who was precipitated with his horse into
the Maine.
At the annual meeting of the Bible Sudety, held
in the Church of the Redemption, on Wednesday, M.
Guizot delivered the first speech ho has made in Perim
since the revolution of 1848.

Some important changes have just been made by
the President of the French Republic in superior
military commands.. General Baragnay d'Hilliers
whose appointment in Rome was only a temporary
one, returns to France, and is to be replaced by odl3.
Gemeau, who now commands at Lyons. Gen. Cas-
tellane replaces Gen. Gemesu at Lyons, and on.
d'Arbouville takes the command at Bordeaux.
The President will return to Paris this day from
Angers. The ball which was to have taken place at
the Elysee yesterday evening was countermanded the
moment the news arrived of the calamity at Angers.'
By the weekly statement of the Bank of France,
published this morning, it appears that the metallic
reserve has altered but little during the past week,
being nearly 1 million greater in Paris, and 11 mil-
lions less in the provinces. The disc mat accommo-
dation shows an increase of about 200,000 fr. in Paris,
and of about 1 million in the branch-banks, the
'meant of the former being 40,978,277 It., and of the
latter 0,277,926 fr. Protested bills have declined
about 40,000 fr. in Paris, and increased about 30,000 fr.
in the provinces, the amount of the former being
1,163,606 fr., and of the latter 1,461,990 fr. On the
side of the liabilities, the notes ha circulation have ia-
creasod about 21 millions in Paris, and have declined
about # of a million in the country, the amount of the
former being 414,290,300 fr., and of the latter
09,883,923 fr. The secennt-current of the Treasury
has decreased about 1 million, the amount at present

!Mug 38,753,797 fr. Private accounts current in
Pans have declined about 11 millions, and io the ,
departments have augmented to about the same ex- j
tent, the amount of the former belt g 98,677,341 fr.,
and of the latter 23,922,311 fr. The whole amount
of the metallic reserve is now 4871 millions, to 4831
millions of notes is circulation.
Bottltilt.

PARIS, A -atr. 19. poi ' Par Ass .
Wary. •Osseag Highest. Lowest. Closing
$ par Oasts. ....... l4 70 53 90 58 0 113 65 33 46 I
3 par OWL. 5ll 50 I 99 73 69 BS 49 43 49 69 i
3 go. Sevacen „ i . . . . .
14 par OWL...
4 per Cents . " i
Embargo on Lamina: at alga, 15 33 : 5.1 asp:its 45 " 7
Ser, 5, 7000 •••••• 700 Hoag. Naos. &snug— .93 60Nrsay
5, 1342
Do. 44
Do. 3
Piedmont 5 went& 13 15 ~ Beak shares 2123 „
mad_Parms and Orleans, 701 Mandl Paris and Rouen. 3105
Roues Haws, 210; Avignon sad les, Ili 30; Btsubsarg
and Ede, 105 ; Orleans and Tissue. 318 73 • Orleans and ilos-
dean; 387 60; Northint. 417 30 ;Partand ileushoont. 328 U;
Tows and !hater. 227 10 ; Moatessmn and Troyes, 100; It. Gerona;
330; Versailles (Hghtbsak„l63 73 ; Ditto (left teak), 142 30.