The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EMILIO.
The debit, on the electoral lawyestaday opened with
a display 1 oratory worthy of the saltiest. The hoses
was one el the Milk which has best known &see
the election of May, and 700 member voted on the
question of urgency. The preliminary dieeneekm
afforded soon interest in consequence of the Mat of
M. de Plot% the insurgent of June, whose ideation
on the 18th of Marsh figured probably won the
chief motives for bringing forward the bill on which
be spoke. Plit seem to have expected that
M. do Plott• d have brought to the tribune the
mine spirit which he bronght to the barricades, and
delivered himself of sing bold, straightforward,
and fiery. Bet never did any man ever look or talk
lam like a rebel. Solemn in gaped, demure in
manner, he held forth to the surprised Amenably in a
strain worthy of & Puritan in the Biunbones
Parliament, and fairly soared beyond the ken
of legislative understandings, while he analysed,
is the mystic language of the Demaratie Pacefique,
the metaphysics of universal settings.. The strong
sense, the sound views, the manly, upright language
of General Cavaignao told well after the foggy neo-
Christian talk of M. do Mott,. And the generous
enthusiasm and ardent fancy of Victor Hugo, follow-
ing on the prosy written discourse of M. de Chaulien,
which was (frowned by the conversation of the Assem-
bly, tumid the attention and admiration even of his po-
lineal opponents, and was a practical refutation of thel
maxim of Talleyrend that sentiment ght to be
mixed with politics. Diveated of its splendour of diction
and fanciful illustratior, his speech might be con-
densed thus : Universal suffrage had closed the era of
revolutions, and substituted right for violence; insur-
rection had abdicated. Under the influence of this
happy exchange of the right of insurrection for the
right of suffrage, labour, credit, confidence, security
had simultaneously reappeared. A golden age was
on the point of opening, when blind and inapt
statesmen had been pleased to frame a law to die-
inherit the poor man of all that made his consolation
and hope, and which, by that circumatauce, tended to
restore the right of insurrection.
M. Eidson Duprat, anxious to develops his ideas at
greater length than the fag end of the sitting allowed,
would fain have been permitted to speak on the mor-
row, but this indulgence was not granted him.
The sitting to-day opened shortly after one. After
the usual procession of members of the Mountain pre-
senting petitions against the electoral law, M. de
Larochejacquelin presented a petition, signed by 2,10
citizene,demanding an immediate appeal to the nation ;
then the debate on the electoral law was resumed. M.
Becloud spoke in favour of the bill. He maintained
that all the constitutions of France, even that of 1793.
exacted the condition of domicile for the exercise of
the franchise. Ile entered then into an examination
of the provisions of the law, and pronounced
them to be just, salutary, and in accordance
with the constitution. It was a great satis-
faction to think that more than a million
of persons who had ken convicted of misdemeanours
and had hitherto taken part in the elections, would
be henceforth excluded. M. Quiet, on the other hand,
maintained that the bill violated the constitution, and
es'ablished indirectly the qualification which had been
abolished. M. de Montakmbert then mounted the
tribune and delivered an oration in favour of the bill,
which is reckoned by his admirers as one of his hap-
piest eff3rts. M. 'fliers was expected to speak.
The large majority of the government yesterday on
the question of " urgency," the uninterrupted quiet of
Paris, the sensible calmness of tone which marked
the debate of yesterday, and the presumed certainty of
the electoral bill passing, have combined to produce
a remarkable effect upon the Bourse. The Fives
closei to-day at b9fr. 5Sz., a rise of lfr. 15a. upon the
closing price of yesterday. Other securities, however,
remained pretty much in the came state an yesterday.
The committee of parliamentary initiative has re-
jected the proposition of M. Pascal Duprat for re-
moving the disabilities under which the opposition
papers labour as to sale.
This morning the official documents on the affairs
of Greece were distributed to the members of the
Assembly.
M. Guillon,the :grant of the Doncerahe Paciiique
was condemned yesterday by the Cut of Assizes of
the Seine to six months of imprisonment, and a tine
of 1,509 francs.

The Democratie Paciftitie has ceased to appear.
Considerable military precautions were taken yester-
day and to-day in the neighbourhood of the Assembly.
Seats in the tribunes were sold u high as 30 franca.
The guard of the legislative palace has not been re-
inforced ; bat a battalion slept on mattrassee laid in
the Salle des Pas Perdue and adjoiniug apartments.
The numbe of blouses and curious spectators in the
Place de Bourgogne is cousiderabiy less than yes-
terday.
I am informed that Lord Normanby had yesterday
an interview with General de Lahitte, Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
The noire of Cherbourg, of May 19, states that a
ministerial despatch arrived at Cherbourg on Thurs-
day evening, ti .e 16th (the day of General Lahate's
announcement in the Assembly), ordering the imme-
diate levy of all seamen of the classes of the age be-
tween 20 and 10 years, who have served at least
four years. Great armaments were expected in the
port.

PAWS, MAT 22. For For Amount.
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3lnney.l.oFealsnlibgbeet. Los mt. Closing.
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per Cents.
per Cents. B9OO 89 23 89 53 83 23 89 60
do. New Lon.. „ $1 IS 19 N
per Cents. PP N N 0 N
umo Cents.

3 per Oesta. —.... B3 80 38 .
5 per Cents.
S do. New Loan ,, le
41 per Cents. n et if ,
4 per Cents. w I f ~
Lanham* on Loodil :at night, 374; 90 day., 571.
Belgian, 5, 1840
Do. 5, 1643
Do. 44
Do. 21
n
Piedmont 3 per Cents 84 23 Rank Shares
BOVlSlL—Versaillas (left bank), 137 30; Paris and Rouen. 310 ;
Rouen and Harm, 20.; 25; Strusheurs and Bale, 103 73; Orleans
and Vinson, 310; Nonhre, 417 30; Pans and Strasbourg,
32373; Tours and Nantes, 241 23 ; Dieppe and Fee.unp, 170.

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAY 20.
The affairs of the duchies again occupy the fore-
ground of public attention. The return of General
Below from Copenhagen, and the reports of confer-
ences on the subject in London, are the chief points
of discussion. With regard to the latter, you will
perhaps be better informed than the public here in
Berlin, who believe that at the recent conferences in
the Foreign-office, between the representatives of
Russia and France and our own foreign minister, the
whole question has been settled. Those who are
betterinformed know that the only question discussed
was that concerning the succession, and that hereon
a resolution was adopted, in the form of an invitation,
to which the three parties concerned were invited to
concur. The exact nature of the resolution is not yet
known here. With regard to the other point, the
mission of General Below to Copenhagen, the public
have already been acquainted with his return a few
days ago. On this point, else', erroneous statements
have been put forth, both by the press here and by a
morning contemporary. I lain in a position to state the
nature of the instructions given to General Below,
together with the exact terms of the treaty which was
proposed in the conference of the 17th April last, and
which he carried with him, together with an auto-
gra_ph letter from his majesty.
The following are the four articles of the treaty :
Art. 1. There shall be in future pesos. biewathie,_and good-
will between his Majesty of Prussia and his Majesty of
Denmark. The two high contracting powers will devote the
greatest possible attention to maintain perfect harmony be-
tween their respective states and subjects, and will carefully
avoid everything which may lead to the rupture of the
peace and harmony so re-established.
Art 2. All the relations which 'aided between Germany
and Denmark shall be re-established, to date from the day
on which the treaty Is signed. If, contrary to expectation,
questions not disposed of by the present treaty should arise
between the two parties, the state guo before the war shall
be taken as the point of departure.
Art. & The two high contracting powers reserve all the
rights and titles which belong to them relativtiwith ree-
-1 pea to the duchies of Holstein and Battles With
regard to Germany, this reservation comprehends that has
been recognised by the German Diet; more particularly by
its resolutions of the 17th Sept., 1846.
Art. 4. His Majesty the King of Prussia, after signing the
present treaty, not only engages to his
it within the space
of • fortnight, but will also employ his good offline with the
mates of the Germania confederation to obtain their adhesion
and ratification with the least possible delay. Ilk Majesty
the King of Denmark engages equally to ratify the treaty
within the space of a fortnight. Immediately afterwards the
ratifications shall be simultaneouly exchanged.
In faith of which, do.
The proposal of this treaty (=led these long-

pending nego_tistker into a new phase, and, accord-
ingly, Goosed Below was appointed on the 7th hest.,
with orders to pooped immediately to Copenhagen,
to deliver to the King of Denmark an autograph
letter from his Majesty of Prude, urging kis accept-
eau of the simple treaty as the only means of settling
the question at hose; his instructions, which were
aseompanied by a historical memoir of the negotia-
does, concluded, et curse, with a reference to the
simple treaty proposed by the Premien negotiators,with
a reservation of the rights and titles of both parties.
Gen. Below was instructed to enter upon no other pro-
posals, old or new, should any such be made; to
attach great weight to the proposed simple treaty,
and to press for its conclusion within the shortest pos-
sible time, as its adoption would prevent all the de-
volvement, of former negotiations. He was to lay
put stress upon the earnest desires of the King of
Prussia to conclude the war, and to state that the
selfish purposes of which the Berlin cabinet bad been
so often accused were fully disproved by its desire to
conclude a peace on the terms of the present treaty.
Prussia, in the name of Germany, had only protected
the rights of the latter in Schleswig-Holstein, and now
desired to restore everything to the old footing.
General Below was further instructed to refuse all
alterations or extensions of the treaty, with the ex-
ception of Art. 3, which contains the reservation of
the rights and titles of both parties. Here he was
permitted to see to the introduction of any par-
ticular reservation or reservations to the extent
even of the claims put forth in the " Offene Brief " of
1846. Should, however, no special reservation be
desired by Denmark, and the special reservation on
the part of Germany be objected to, he was instructed
to agree to the omission of the latter, and the retention
of the general reservation of both parties. All other
reservation were, however, to be decidedly refused,
and the general was not to extend his stay in Copen-
hagen beyond eight days ; should no answer be re-
ceived within that period, the inference was natural
that the mission was without result. The instru:-
tions given to General Below contains another point
which mast be mentioned. In case of a refusal, he
was desired to throw out a hint that Prussia would
not refuse her consent to a prolongation of the armis-
tice for Hve years, or a longer period, provided the
preliminaries of the 10th July were not to be *mei-
dered binding on Prussia. General Below has, as you
are aware, returned from Copenhagen without an
answer, and it is known that a refusal will be given
by Denmark, through one of the plenipotentiaries
here. Meanwhile, Prussia c insiders the negotiations
closed with respect to all the principal points in dis-
cussion, and will take no further steps in the matter
until her plenipotentiaries are summoned to a confer-
ence by the Danes.