The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-15 00:00:00

THE EX?REIIIB,, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1850.

of reliasateryt:mitigliside dna that wholesome
ce
horror of the whisk it is this purples of a
large party to ttPhold-
Althogli we can have no sympathy with the in-
ducements which led WALT= Warr/ latOthe excesses
that reduced him to the Newgate infirmoy, there are
trait. in his character, as developed by au history.
which are touching, and will have their weight, we
doubt not, in the public judgment. The locket that
was food ormooled about his neck whoa be was cut
down, suggests kindly oonsideratios. As regards
Dosovaim, we may loos once more the old story—the
final catastrophe of a drunkard's life. Warn, also,
appears to have indulged immoderately in the use of
spirituous liquors; but, as far as we can gather, this
habit was the result of his crime, not the cause.
Judgment oa the crimes of either, however, can
avail nothing now. We have noticed the closing set
of their lives with the sole view of directing public
attention to the conclusion which the example ippon
to us to teach. There Is no evidence to prove that
, either perpetrated the suicidal act in a fit of inaanity
' (taking the word in its ordinary acceptation) ;on the
contrary, it appears to have been in both oases deli-
berately determined upon when the scales of justice
turned easiest them. The sequence, as we trace it,
and we Maim as all reasonable and unprejudiced
. people will trace it, is, that in the one case death was
preferable to the shame of a degraded bondage, and
, in the other to an irhs3me life shorn of liberty and
I sensual indulgence.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SATIIIIDAT EVIIIIINO.
It seems hardly erodible at the first blush how any
legislative assembly should pees a law which has
grown by succeenve accretions into so monstrous a
I shape as the strange law on the press now discussing
is the French Chamber. You will have seen that by
the adoption of M. Gamer Perier's amendment news-
Eparagraphs of a 000phe of lines, upon any sub-
whatever, will have to be signed. Notwithstand-
th e ludicrous absurdity of such an enactment,
the incalculable perplexities to which it
east give rise if ever put in execution,
there is every probability of the law passing ; for the
legitimists are determined to vote for it in the
eaatoik, as they think they have given the cachet to
the bin. The government on the other hand is de-
termined to go on with it.
The committee on the bill met yesterday before the
puns sitting to deliberate on the ensemble, in coa-
-1 spumes of the adoption of the amendment of M. de
'tarty. A repo:t basins been current that the
government intended to withdraw the bill, the Mi-
nister of Justice declared to several members of the
Assembly that the Council had resolved to persevere
with the measure.
The formation of a camp at Versailles has bees
finally resolved on. An officer of the staff of the di-
vision of reserve of the army of Paris was sent, two
days ago, to mark out the ground it is to occupy. The
site he selected extends from the Hippodrome of Ver-
sailles, in the Bois de Satory, to the gate of Bois
Robert, near the village of St. Cyr. The camp is to
be first occupied by twelve or fifteen thousand men of
the division of Gen. Guillabert, and successively, it is
said, by all the troops forming the active army of
Paris.
To-day the President of the Republic left with his
suite fur Compiegne, the Ministers of the Interior
of War and of Public Works, General Changarnier
and M. M. Mole Montalembert. Baron Rothschild
also left Paris this evening for the same destination.
To-day the assembly resumed the debate on the
I Presn.law. M. Adtlswaerd moved an amendment
proposing a duty proportional to the size of the
journal. This was opposed by M. Rouher, and de-
fended by M. de Vatimesril. M. Emile de Girardin
spoke against the amendment, and developed his fa-
vourite idea of an organisation of official stenography.
He insisted upon the objectionableness of all provi-
sion., tending to decrease the furmat, the smee of
which was the first condition of accurate and com-
plete reports. The house then divided upon the first
paragraph of the article, estabishing the principle of
a stamp, with reserve of the amount. This was
adopted by 438 votes against 208.
Tne discussion of M. Adelswaerd's motion was then
resumed. M. Emile de Girardin made some further
remarks with respect to his project of o .; cial,public.ty.
After some observations from MM. Chambolle and
Leon Faucher, the Assembly rejected the amendment
of M. Adelswaerd, and adopted the second paragraph
of article 10, which establishes a stamp duty of 5
centimes at Paris, and 2 centimes in the departments.
The house then proceeded to the discussion of the
third paragraph relative to the imposition of a stamp
upon publications not periodical. After an animated
debate this was rejected by 339 votes against 227.
Theo the sitting broke up.
As a proof of the improvement which is taking
place in commerce, the Semaphore cf Marseilles men-
tions that, on one day (Tuesday), not fewer than three
large vessels left that port with rich cargoes for the
East Indies.

The Onstilutional says :
Never at any period has the public revenue increased in
so '„rapid a proportion as during these last months. The
returns, which the Mandela' is to publish in • few days,
show that the indirect taxes during the first six months of
the present year have amounted to 350 million', being 16
millions more than in the corresponding period of last year.
That increase would have been 21 millions, if the duty on
salt did not offer a deficiency of five millions caused by the
exceptional supplies which were made in the beginning of
11119, in consequence of the reduction in the duty. But
what is more ismultable is, that, in the augmentation of 16
millions, the first quarter is down for only three millions,
while the second has produced the remaining 13 In fine,
in analysing the lest quarter, it is found that the first moi.th
of it, namely, April, his 3,100,0001 r.. May 4,180,0001 r., and
Jane 5,376,0001 r. If the ascensions' movement continues
daring the whole year, an augmentation of 40 millions may be
looked for over and above the produce of last year, and 50
millions above the estimates of the budget. The following
figures reply victoriously to the opposition journal* which
deny that an/ improvement is taking place. The re
gistration dues show an increase of II ,374,000 fr. The
haassetions were incited by the low price of property, and
if they are now on the increase, it is svideatly Lwow, pro-
perty is beginning to resume its former value. The aug-
mentation is the stamp duty amounts to 1,011,000
francs. We were somewhat curious to learn if the new
stamp bill had been of any effect in producing this
augmentation. It result. from our inform -lion that
there can be attributed to it only an amount of 64,000 fr.,
arising from bills stamped extraordinarily, or from the papers
which t; e agens-de change got stamped in advance during
the month of June. Receipts known by the name of sun.
dries present an increase of 2,162,000 f., which is another
proof of industrial activity. The taxes effecting objects of
consumption also give as satisfactory results. Thus the duty
on potable liquors has produced during the half-year.
3.781,0001. more than during the corresponding period of
last year. For July alone it is 1,275,0001. Such a result
can only be explained by an increase of comfort amongst the
labouring classes. If workmen can give more money for
toter or wine, it is because they receive higher and more re.
feller wage.. Tobacco has increased 2,742,000 f., and as it
it net en übjeet of absolute necessity, the increase on the
amount of duty received on it must be looked on as a favour-
able eymsMa There is a slight decrease In the customs in
imports. it applies principally to the early months of the
tie month of July shows an increase of 623,0001
Doss s exceedingly active, the amount for the half-
peter=B are
89 milliins, or about 14 millions more than last
posh The revenue arising from the sugar duties has been
missed by the perturbation in which the production buff
has been placed. The duty on colonial sugar shows a falling
of of 3,419,0001 r. Foreign magus have, it is true, given an
herense of 1,701,0001 r., but it is well known that they have
bees Introduced in order to be refined, sod are to be re-
ingested, when the duty will be returned under the form of
drawback. The duty on home made sugar has increased
114171,000 ft. These different figures ought to prove how
it is to discuss as soon as possible the bill
psd by the government. We have mentioned
above the deficit in the salt-duty, automatise to
iff.loo,ooofr. Lost year it had been nacevery to fill up
the void occasioned in the stock by the expectation of a'
'reduction in the duty. Thence the fortuitous augmenta-
tion whi-h tout place in the public revenue. At present
1 that effect has seased, matters return to their normal
state, and the exaggerated hopes which had been founded on
Itie development of the consumption must be renounced.
Postal reform, on its side, is far from responding to the ex
Irritations formed. The produce in the postage of letters
gives only the insignificant augmentation of 180.000 fr., and
ereem that result ought to to attributed in part to the supplies
genes of new stamps, effected in the month of Jane. The
produce of plates is the manes poste" has diminished
247,0001 r., which is aceoutted for by the procreating com-
Clia of railways. To sum u—this is what results from
r:sts which we have just pointed out ;an augmentation
la the revenue daring the last six months of sixteen millions'
la spite of • deficiency of five millions in the amt duty; it
Gillis* principally to the latter months, and particularly to
W month of June, which furnishes nearly one third, and it
eliews • total increase to be hoped fur of forty millions for the I
alma. year; in fine, it corresponds with a considerable re-1
Mud in all kinds of teatime:al.-as, with a general extension,
of consumption, with a simultaneous propos in the public
fortune, and in the comfort of the . Sash are the re-
-1 salt", proved by inoontestible figures. of the conservative
which has prevailed since the 'Ueda" of December
10, ja which, by insuring the maintenance of order, has
alike reanimated transactions, restored activity to commerce,
and amollorsted the position of the working classes. Without
dant the meads awed by the revolution et February ere