The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THCILIDAY, 5.30 r
M. Maui Hard, responsible editor of the Democratic
Socialist journal La bber e, has been tried before the
Anise Court of the Seine for a seditious article,
entitled " Anarchy," and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment and 4,000 f. fine.
A letter from Limoges of the 28th ult. mentions
that Colonel Reyvaud, the commander of the National
Guard of that town, who had been sentenced by the
Asslze Court of Vienne to two years' imprisonment
for participation in a revolutionary movement, was
released frcne prison on Monday by order of the Pre-
sident of the Republic.
The fate of Switzerland cannot be decided until the
Roman affair is settled, but when the end which the
absolutist powers have in view, namely, the crushing
of all French it.floence in the Peninsula—when the
French force in Italy is reduced to 5,000 men in
Civita Vecchia,—then will all operations be turned
towards Switzerland, and there must be decided ques-
tions of vital importance. France will only endeavour
to procrastinate; it cannot and will not prevent an
occupation, which can only be prevented by the Swiss
executive giving itself up, body and soul, to abso-
lutism. Without France, 't is difficult to see what
Swi zerland can do. The blow that is to be struck
against that republic has not, however, yet taken
place.
" No official communication," says the Orbs:
yet been made to the federal government. Prussia
and Austria, behind whom appears to be Russia, have
thought proper to consult France on the subject, in
order to ascertain her line of conduct in cue the two
great German powers should, latter unavailing repre-
sentations, be compelled to interfere. It appears that
the same queitiso has not been put to England, whose
interest is less pressing and less direct in the matter
than that of the iations wilts, frontiers join Switzer-
land. On this account, Piedmont was to be con-

stilted, and we are inform' ed that this has been done,
and that she has manifested her intention to co-operate
in any measures of repression which the provocations
of the demagogical party may render necessary."
Piedmont, too, as has been anticipated, loused the
absolutist league, now that its new parliament has
made everything internally safe.
On the subject of Switzerland and Russian in-
fluence the Sled. says to-day :

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The principal mission of the Russian ambassador, who
is shortly to arrive in Paris, will be to obtain the co-opera-
tion of the Elyiea to crash the democratic principle in twit.
mien& It is, however, useless to say that the difficulty
wit not be openly attacked—the qcestion of the refugees ,
will first be put forward. sad then that of the Canton, for.
lately the principality of Neufchatel. Oa the first question
pretexts will not be wanting. The Canton of Berne resists
the execution of the orders of the federal Rovernment, and
already is the canton menaced with military occupation.
This would be like the Sondrrbutd reversed, Berme alone
is newly as populous as the canton which formed the nett o-
lic league. Geneva, which gave the twelfth vote I. the
diet against the fugue, does not appear to be of unquestion-
able orthodoxy in the doctrines to be tylopted with respect
to the refugees. Geneva, therefore. will be attackei on that
point, sad also for the injury done by the cantonal authori-
lles to the &tenet of the ccatederation, by the demolition of
the fortifiatiens of the city. It is true that the govern-
ment of that canton bas not caused to be demolished that
part of the fortifications which can he united to great works
of defence, which the federal Government preeerne
the thane( ordering; hat the gentian is not to be right, bat
to have a pretext against Geneva, whose revolution of oo-
tober, 18443, gave such a rude blow to the old system. As for
the question of Neufchatel, the treaties of 1815 will be
'nought hrward, though these trestles are laughed at when
Poland is nor eerned sad there will be a talk of a general
war if all the poor 11 do not wain to oblige Bwitzerlead to
range herself under the law of European policy. both is
the plan to which Russia denim to rally the Elms, in the
hope that England will reania neutral if lunation:4 not take
put is it.
The tiers parti here are doing all in their power to
prteect the government from joining the absolutist
powers in the crusade engaged against Switzerland,
but their aim is not lofty ; for even they would not
allow France to interfere directly, but merely wish
that it eh uld be neutral.
The Legislative Assembly was occupied yesterday
with the proposition tending to have the Arab stud of
St. Cloud puretzsid by the government. After a
dismission of no great interest, the bill proposed by the
committee was adopted by 500 cotes to
To-day the Chamber received communication from
the government of the project of law pronouncing
the all of the republican members tried at Versailles
from their status as mach in the Legislative Assembly.
This of course is prior to the issue of writs for new
simians. 'l'he waiter was referred to the bonsai.