The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Tlfrlt4D.T, 7 PAC.
I have to inform you to-day of a most important
judgment of the Court of Caseation. 117 decree,
dated this day, the Court of Appeal has decided that,
according to the terms of Art. 6 of the law of July
27, 1849, it is not allowable to sell writings or newe-
-1 papers, even inside house•, without beirg furristied
either with a bookseller's license, or an authorisation
lof the Prefect of Police. This will make a tremen-
dous noise. For earlier was only waiting for this
judgment to tall with all his myrmidons on the news-
; renders, or rather on the liberal press. Poor Emile
de Girardio, what will he do now, af: r exhausting
the extremes of resistance to the prefect's previous
feats ?

The rigorous persecution exercised by M. Cirlier,
the Prefect of Police, against the opposition press, at
this critical moment, when a thouaand or two of vote
gained on either side may determine the fate of the
election of the 28th, is regarded by the better sort of
' moderates as highly unseasonable and ruinous to the
cause of order. The socialists rub their hands over
every new tyrannous edict of the prefecture posted
up, and say the best canvasser for Sue is Cartier.
Many pretend to suspect that this game is carried on
d"-ignedly to procure the return of Eugene See, in
order to give an opening to the Fleets to profit by
the public consternation that such an event would
preduce for resorting to a croup 'rout.
Today tile committee on the press law will pre-
sent their report. I hear that a postage stump of six
centimes is recommet.ded for the new-papers of
Paris.

The report of the committee on the law of mayors
is entirely opposed to the bill of the government, as
destructive of the independence of municipal insti-
tutions. The government has, however, declared its
intention of sticking by the bill ; and will, in all pro-
bability, suffer on this subject another signal detest,
like that which they have just encountered on the
Transportation Bill.
The Mumiteur states that Baron Antonini has pre-
sented his credentials to tl e President of the Re-
public as envoy of the Duke of Parma.
The government, in accord with the Bank of France,
has just come to a resolution which will have the
effect of giving some alleviation to agriculture, which
is now reduced to the most distressing situation in
consequence of the lowness of prices. It Is known that
after the revolution of February the provisional go-
vernment issued successively two decrees to:assist com-
merce and manufactures,the one which established dis-
count banks, the other establishing general ware-
houses, placed under the sury eillance of the state, where
manufacturers and merchants might deposit their mer-
chandise, and receive acknowledgments which were
negotiable by simple endorsement. The new measure
to which the government is about to have recourse
fur the interest of agriculture is nothing more than
an application of this system of public warehousing.
Tne question now is to utilise in favour of agricul-
tural produce, which is so seriously atfected, the
means employed to assist commerce and manufac-
tures after the revolution of February. Flour will be
admitted into these general warehouses, which will be
placed under the surveillance of the state. The depo-
sitor will receive an acknowledgment, taken front a
register, a copy of which will be retained. This ac-
knowledgement, which will express the market value
of the article, fixed by a duly authorised appraiser,
will be negotiable by indorsement. This acknow-
ledgment, bearing the government stamp, and repre-
senting a tangible and readily realisable value, will
be regarded as equivalent to a second signature., and
may thus, through the medium of discount banks or
other establishments of credit, find their way to the
Bank of France. We, in fact, are informed that the
Bank of France has agreed to discount these acknow-
lOgments of depusits of dour to the extent of 1.1 mil-
lions; it will thus find a useful employment fur •
part of its capital, and will open a new source of busi-
ness without infringing on the rules of its statutes.
. .

In the sitting orth; Legislative Assembly to-day
I M. de St. Priest stated that the committee of inquiry
of the modes of recruitment proposed in various
motions recommended the Assembly to take) these
motions into consideration, and to refer them to the
Conseil d'E's.t. Upon the motion of M. de St. Priest
that these resolutions should be placed on the order
of the day for to-morrow, M. Duple insisted upon the
tumidity of getting ahead with the budget in order
to arrive as soon as possible at the budget of ISM.
M. llineau, Minister of l'ublio Works, laid on the
table a bill for a credit of 20,000 fr. to meet the ex-
penses of the railway from Bordeaux to La Test..
M. Itelessert demanded that the bill for savings
banks should come on immediately aster the budget.
The debate on the budget of agriculture was then
resumed, bat did not a,. quire any additional interest. ,