The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY ETINIIIO.
The leading fact of to-day is the promulgation of
the electoral law, in socordanee with that article of
the constitution which imposts on the President of
the Republic the obligation of tither promulgating
the law or ordering a fresh deliberation within three
days, in cue of urgency being voted. On ordinary oc-
casions, the term is extended to 30 days. The appear-
anos of the law this morning in the Monitevr, signed
by the President of the Republic, and countersigned
by the Minister of Justice, hu therefore set at rtst all
doubt about the President's course in this matter, and
extirguished the rumour of his secret opposition to
Vie law.

The ministerial papers urge the government to
strike while the iron is hot, and to proceed with vi-
gour in the work of coercion. The cooler supporters
of the government, corresponding to the Right
Centre of the Assembly, warn ministers against
the insatiable appetite of the ultras for re-
pressior, and recommend matures for the re-
gular relief of the proletariat, in order that the
lower Glasses may recognise their interest in a
conservative government. The democratic papers are
calm in tone, from the conviction that the narrowed
constituency will be no less tinged with hostility to-
wards a reactionary government than the mane of
electors under the unlimited system of suffrage. The
belief gains among the democrats that the electoral
law will rather strengthen than weaken their hands
in the parliament to be elected in '52; and this
opinion operates salutarily in keeping them quiet.
Nothing tends to strengthen the republican party in
France more than the injudicious hints thrown out
by conservative organs that the majority are backed
by • f 'reign party. Tho allusions of the itasemblee
NaloNale to the friendly eye with which Russia sur-
veys the progress of reaction in Paris' aid to the aid
which the Cur is prepared to give the royalists in
ease of civil war, have done much mischief latterly to
the conservative cause, which, by becoming identified
with European absolutism, alienates the sound and
effective support of the corstitutioaal moderates.
The proceedings in the Legoilative Assembly to-
day commenced with the resignation of his seat by
M. Lonrion, member of the Left, representative of the
department of the Cher. An extraordinary credit of
100,000 fr. was voted by a majority of 617 against 67
in favour of the public works at the Isle de la Reunion
in consequence of the hurricane of Jan. 29. General
d'Hautpoul presented a bill on the recruitment of the
army, which was hailed by the Chamber u a measure
of importance. The debate on the third reading of
the Stamp Bill then opened. It was decided that a
bill of exchange not stamped, should not, on account
of that defect, be entirely null and void. The owner
will lose his action against indorsers, but hecan bring
his action against the drawer and acceptor. This was
the only interesting result. Toe important article of
the bill is the 30th, which imposes a stamp duty
on the transfer of renter. The discussion was
not carried to-day beyond the 13th article,
and it is doubtful whether the bill will be sufficiently
advanced even to-morrow to commence the discussion
of article 30. The sitting broke up at a quarter to 6.
In the course of legislation, the law on clubs will
come before the Chamber immediately after the stamp
law. Next will succeed the third reading of the
law on transportation. Then the Avignon Railway
Bill will be read for the third time. The debate on
the latter will occupy probably twelve days or a
fortnight; and, u the budget of 1861 will depend in
a great measure on the result of the Avignon Rail-
way debate, it cannot be presented, it is supposed,
before six weeks. Most probably it will be deferred
until after the prorogation.
l'he motive of M. Lourion's resignation of his seat
is doubtful; bat is generally supposed to proceed from'
the desire of the Mountain to prove that under the
new electoral law public opinion will pronounce itself
more strongly than ever at the elections against the
government of the majority of the Assembly.
The President of the Republic attended the races
sterday at Versailles. He was accompanied by the
yesterday at Vsrssille.. Hews. accompanied by the
Ministers of the Interior, Finance Commerce, and
Public Works. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Nornsamby, the Marquis of Douglas, M. Murat, and
other distinguished personages were also present.
General Cavaignao was also on the ground. It was
observed that the English am or went to pay
his respects to the President of the Republic in his
tribune, and remained in conversation with him for
some time.

Additional seizures of arms and ammunition in con-
nection with the sitar of the Rue Michel Leoomte,
were made on Saturday in different parts of Pariv,
and in the residences of some of the persons arrested
receipts for making gunpowder were discovered. Be-
fore the affair of the Rue Michel Lecomte came to
light, the police bad for lb days been occupied in
seeking after secreted arms and ammunition, and had
succeeded in many instances in making discoveries.
At present the possessors of such things are in great
fright, and many of them have hastened to get rid of
them lest they should be compromised. On Saturday
83 bullets were found in a guitar in the hue do
Pietro Saint Avoie ; and, by a lucky chance, the po-
lio@ a few hours later succeeded in arresting the man
who bad thrown them there. He bad in his pocket
two bullets and a mould, of which in his haste he had
forgotten to get rid.
The editor of the Ertnement has been summoned
to appear before the Court of Assizes, on the Bth inst.,
for an article published in its number of the 28th ult.
The responsible editor of the Emancipation of
Toulouse has been condemned by Wash, by
the Court of Amigos of the Haute-Oaronne, to a
year's imprisonment and 2,000 fr. Soe, for publishing
an article entituled, " Le Pouvoir de l'Artnee."_.

The corn averages, suet published by the Minister
of Commove, shows a complete stagnation in the
corn trade. The avenge price of wheat, which, on
the 80th April was 13ir. 880. per hectolitre, was on
the Slat ult. 13fr. 840.
In the negotiations on the Greek affair the follow-
ins is said to have been the understanding agreed to
on both sides. The English cabinet, at the elven