The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FZIDAT En/IMO.
It becomes daily clearer that the removal of Chan-
praise's bete noire, General d'Hautpoul (who took his
departure for Algiers yesterday) has conjured down
the explosive elements of the u situation." The calm of '
the Permanent Committee's sitting yesterday was one
of the first symptoms of the favourable change. No-
thing is talked of but harmony and conciliation; and'
it appears certain that the house will pass over the
subject of the reviews and proceed at once with the
order of the day. The leaders of the majority will
remain passive and pacific. They will, however,
particularly the legitimists, urge the progress of the
law. on ministerial responsibility and municipal or.
gsoisation. At present the legitimists of all shades
maintain a stern and cold attitude toward, the govern-
ment, bat the Orleanists are visibly relaxing the
rigorous opposition they lately evinced, and entertain
more favourable sentiments towards the President
than a certain tartness in M. Dupin's reflection, on the
Elyste in his speech at Nevem would lead people
to supple. A remarkable symptom of the small
progress made towards fusion wee given yesterday by
the total absence of all legitimists from the funeral
service in honour of the late Queen of the Belgians.
The appointment of the ceremony for presenting the
new cardinals with their hats for the same day gave
the President's absence a proper official colour, and
rendered the subttitution of his aide-de-camp, M.
Edgar Nay, an acceptable attention. The President's
message is, according to good autnoritiss, oompoeed
in an adroit tone of conciliation towards the majority.
And certainly he never needed more than at present
that the parliament should adopt en attitude of cor-
responding benevolence towards himself. A fresh
application for an increase of salary is aaiuevitable as
an appeal for the prolongation of his powerr. Little
can be said at present of the probable mode in whisk
either proposition will be received; but the elasticity
of the French parliament would hold out anomie-
ment to a far less sanguine President. In the mesa.
time it is laid that the system of petitioning will be
adopted in order to bring the opinion of the country
to bear:mrue urgently upon the Assembly on the queer
tion of the prolongation.
The whole democratic party will abstain from
taking part in the election of the 3rd November in the
Department du Noed. The resolution taken spon-
taneously by the republicans of this department has
received the approbation of the democratic press of
Paris and of the departments, the organs of repub-
lican opinion. The royalists feel anxiety with respect
to the consequences of this abstention, which baffles
the calculations on which were based the law of the
31st May. Many of those who voted the law, or who
hive approved of it, begin to perceive that they have
given to the republicans a rallying alga, and that the
whole democratic party marches as one man to ilia
estiquest of universal suffrage.
Letters from Toulon state that the return of the
Wotan and the steamer Chimere, that had left on

the 10th with troops, was looked forward to with
much anxiety in consequence of the bad weather.
The people of the town of Ouchds, on the Moorish
territory, close to the French pomeselons in Africa,
have demanded the protection of the French troops
against the bands of insurgents who devastate the
country. It was thought probable that, owing to the
Matz of Morocco, the Governor of One would have
to demand reinforcements from France.
During the night before kat mow fell between
Beaugeney and Blois in such a quantity that the
ground was covered to the depth of two inches for an
extent of about 20 leagues round.
Ths metallic reserve of the Bank of France has in-
creased six million* in Paris, and decreased two mil-
lions in the provinces.. The diarountoooommodation
has increased upwards of a million in Paris, and
about the as= amount in the branch banks ; the
amount of the former being 49,801,900 r., and of the
latter 81,630,819 k. The protested bills have de-
creased from 731,382 fr. to 649,1881 r. On the side of
the liabilities the amount of note" in circulation in
Paris has increased a Me more than half a million,
and decreased about a million in thoproviness. The
scootiat current of the treasury has increased about
a million; the present being 50,416,746 k. Private
accounts currant in Paris have increased about two
millions, and rather more than one million in the pro-
vioces; the firmer being 70,170,3571 r., and the latter
26,431,1202 r. The total amount of the metallic re-
semis at present 4441 millions to 4991 millions of
notes in oinulation.
BOVRIL

THE CALMIALTON MID WOOLWICH
It is stated that, atter full deliberation, a solemn and suited
protest and appeal for justice to the Muter-General of the
Ordnance has been sent in by the parents and represen.a.
due of the youths who have been intently expelled from
the Oenhalten and Woolwich establishments.
DRUNK/NUN MID DEATH AT BIRKENHEAD.—
Oa Thursday. considerable minutiae was prodneedin Birken-
head and the adjoining district, in corn queue of rumours
which prevailed that several men had lost their lives through
drinking an exeseein quantity of raw spirits on the previous
afternoon. It appears that, tor the last week or two, some
where about 260 men have been employed by the Liverpool
conoragon in restoring the Walluey embankment, which
had been washed away during the late gale. Early on Wed-
nesday afternoon, some of the cutmen discovered a
Lrge ask or puncheon of ram at the head of the
embankment, which had been wished ashore, and is
supposed to have been a portion of the cargo of
the ship Providence, recently wetted on the Burbo
Bank. The men instantly secured their booty. file
Edward Cast, But., of Leasure Castle, who, we are In-
formed, was pestog at the time, warned them not to broach
the cask, but to take owe that it be secured. The men,
however, heeded not the Injunction, but proceeded at once
to open their fatal prize. The contents were soon taken
away in buckets and Jan, and no little strife arose as to wLo
should get the largest quantity. At dusk the great body of
the labourers Mk their work, and then a roescommenced
wLiels Wan &stripy's. Katy of the men, in their mad.
• near for the raw spirits, Merited with one another as to who
should first putake of the Wm. Bowe of the men managed
to take quad*. away Ben the greand; others drank and
drank meta woe Is 11 Mato of kelpies sod hopeless in.
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d that one of the men, named John Mewl, bad been
taken out of a ditch into a field about a sae from the em-
bankment, end was euppned to be deed. One of the
labourers immediately proceeded to the spot, where Morris
was found in as apparently lifelek senftles, his clothes
saturated with wet and his body cold. fie was seavered to
his house at the Dock cottages, where Mr. Dewing, sur-
geon, of Birkenhead, was in immediate attendance, but
without any beneficial *Meet, as the vital ilieuk had fled.
During the evening the body of lases Ferrell, foreman to
Mr. W. Rimmar, the matted*" ice the °armada s. was
also discovered in a field in the neighbourhood of Wallasey.
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' was conveyed to the Leesowi Motel, when the body now
lies awaiting a eoresses inquest. Thus an the only two
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shortened. and their itualllea deprived of their sup-
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