The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-12 00:00:00

TEE REPRESS, WEDNESDAY • EIVENtitEh. MEN 12,. 1850.

FRANCE.

PARIS. TVIIIDAT SVIIWIMO.
M. Chapot is appointed secretary of the committee
on the Dotation Bill. M. Chapot made a speech in
the banes: not less hostile to the bill than that of
M. de Mornay, who has been appointed president of
the committee, which has commenced its labours.
There is at present • majority of three against
the law, but it is expected that this majority '
will be lapped by the ',gamy of the arguments eon- i
lima illy applied to them in favour of continued concert
between the President and the Assembly. It is
greatly to be feared, on the other hand, that new
conditions have been demanded of the President as'
the pie, of the support of the leaders of the majority
in carrying through this measure,
_which will tend to
make his government still more disliked by the liberal
party. To-day lam assured that it is pretty cer-
tain the committee will propose the adoption of
the law, notwithstanding the apparent hostility at
present of a majority of members. It Is thought that
some fresh bar i'n has been struck between the Pre-
sident and the 'timists. which will have the effect
lof removing the aided opposition to the bill hitherto
rs
I evinced by the latter. It would at this moment he
premature to indicate more nearly the nature of the
supposed transactions. Meanwhile, it is evident that
if at the end of two years Louis Napoleon be not re-
elected President, he will nevertheless be in a posi-
tion to render essential services to the party of
the restoration; and that no means will be
omitted to enlist those services we may rest
well assured. Hence every essential aid ren-
dered by the legitimists to the government of Louis
Napoleon must be looked on as purchased by an ar-
ticle of some secret treaty which history alone will
unfold. The President probably regards his re-elec•
tion as a matter so assured, that there would be little
danger of the fulfilment of conditions being exacted
from him which are hinged upon the supposition of
that reelection not taking place. Although Louis
Napoleon has given, in the course of his rule, lament-
able instances of the levity with which he is capable
of abandoning political professions of high moment;
although a year ago he insisted upon a liberal go-
vernment in Rome, upon an amnesty, and upon the
I ettblishment of the Code Napoleon, as the condi-
tion of the pontiff's restoration, and has con-
sented to receive from the Holy Father, in lieu of
those national benefits, a handsomely-baund missal,
with a crucifix which belonged to Charlemagne; al-
though he has aimed very high, while the arrow
dropped at his foot, the worst of his enemies have
never taxed him with positive duplicity or mean-
teas.

In the sitting of the L-gislative Assembly to-day
the debate was resumed upon the bill for establishing
a retiring fund (mine de retraite) for workmen. The
Ist article creates, ender the guarantee of the at ete,
a fund for retiring pensions or annuities for aged work-
people. After the article had been defended by
M. Bouvattier, and attacked by M. Raudot, M.
Benoit d'Azy summed up the debate, and the article
was adopted by aa 4 against 39. The following arti-
cles were then discussed. The only question of the
least interest was whether the maximum of the pen-
sion should be 600 Ir., as the committee and govern-
ment propotel, or 360 fr., as was decided by the
Cmincil-general of Agriculture and Commerce. The
Assembly pronounced in favour of the latter figure.
The committee of the law en recruitment has
appointed Berryer president and Bocher secretary.
M. Walton, professor of modern history at the Col-
lege de France, and member of the Assembly for the
I apartment du Nord, has resigned his parliamentary
seat. The motive assigned by the hon. representa-
tive for his retirement is his separation from the
majority on the electoral law.
The journey of NI. Thiere, of which I apprised you
ye+terday, is coulirmed this morning from other
sources. M. Thiers will return to Paris at the end of
the week.

The pre'ect of police, Carlier, has addressed a
circular to the commissaries of police of Pails and the
banlieue, enjoining them to take vigorous meabures
f r the expulsion, and escort by gendarmerie, to the
trontitrs of Fiance of all foreigners found implicated
.n political intrigues.
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GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.
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B /mos I-
The eselismatioa the National RLIN ,sad dlialdpot
last night ecteaded only to the evening inapressies.
Themes, is net mentiosed. The post oiler &tithe-.
cities last night maimed to the pablisbers the copies
of
for ciree several provincial and bee** journals forwarded
laties.
The Nose PretssoisedW contains a sharp attack on
the prreess law.
Hessen Cassell refuses to appoint a member to the
College of Princes for the Union. Darmstadt is I
wavering.
By many friends of German literature it will be
remembered that Clothe,l during his life, carefully
preserved a particular portion of his papers and
letters, which he in 1827 transferred to the govern-
ment of Weimer, on the condition that the box in
which they were contained should not be opened
until the t year. The 17th of May was the
date upon, and in accordance with the
will of the sod poet, his heirs sad those
of his brother poet Schiller were on that day judi-
cially summoned to Weimar to witness the opening of
the case. Of Schiller's descendants there were present
on the oration, his eldest son and eldest daughter,
and the widow of Ernst von Schiller. Odle was re-
presented by his daughter-in-law and his two grand-
sons, Wolfgang and Walther, who came from Vienna,
their ptesent place of residence, for the purpose.
Schiller's eldest son is chief inspector of forests in
Wortemberg. Madame de Junot and Frau von
Oiithe were also present. The box on being opened
was found to contain a full oorrespondence between
Schiller and Gothe, ready arranged for the press. A
codicil in Oiithe's will provides for their publication.
Most of the letters, all of Schiller's, in fact, are auto-
graph.
Banta; Jona 10.—Voluntary Loan, 1061 ; National
Debt, 851 ; Bask skins, 96.
VIINNA, AWN B.—Five per Cent. Netalligues, 941 ;
Bank Boom, 1,120 ; Beatings on London, 12.

SWEDEN.—A postal convention has, according to
the Stockholm papers, been concluded between Log-
land and Sweden and Norway.