The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MESDAY,S
The committee on the prss law has already hel. two
sittings. The members are opposed nearly ananimrody
to raising the amount of the cantion-money. AE to
the st.mp, although the opinion of the majority is
divided, and it is not at present easy to calculate :1.0
result of the committee's deliberation, it is certain
that the general recommendation to mercy of try pro-
vincial press uttered by so many men of mink
in the bureaux will not be unheeded.
withstanding the assertion of many warm
supporters of the riccrnment that t!.ey re-
garded the law in a political light, it scents pret.y
certain that the measure has been prompted by fiscal
motives, combined with the intention to reduce the
number of Lovers within narrower limits.
The Legislative Assembly was occupied dosing the
sitting of to-day with the discussion coteercirg the
election of M. do la Tuurette in the depiatoicat of
Areeohe. The election was confirmed by a maj rity
of 407 against 193. Berryer and Demoustier hue
been named president and sezretary cf the c.immiuce
on the club law.

Lunattine's new book, entitled "Le Pa'-% le Pre-
sent, et l'Avenir do is Republique," was i übasi.cd
to-day.
Another publication on the revolution of I •lPs, by
one of the actors engaged in it, hest just made its sp.
pearance. The writer is a NI. Dreyer, an ardent, fit
an apparently honest republican, who was appoin:ed
president of a committee of delegates of the people to
watch the proceedings of the provisional government,
and compel it to proclaim the republic.
M. Pierre Leroux has presented the following pro.
position :—" I demand that, before proceeding to :he
discussion of the bills proposed by the ministry on
the press, the National Assembly shall, by a ere frond
discussion, inquire into the ideas and dcctrices spinet
which these measures appear directed."
The seventh committee of parliamentary
has taken into consideration the proposition cf M.
Chapot, tending to abrogate the duty to i; hi2h
French silks,raw and wrought, are subjected when ex-
ported. The committee is of opinion that the clues.
tion will not seriously affect the silk trade•. and in
consequence considers that it will be well to inquire
whether it may not be advisable to supprees the duty
altogether, or at least to reduce it considerabiy, by
way of experiment.
A rumour was spread yesterday evenirg which ex-
cited considerable alarm. it was said that a regiment at
Caen had mutinied, in consequence of the deport &on
of three soldiers to Africa, whose offence had consisted
in violent demorstrations in favour of socialist dcc-
trines. It was added that when these soldiers, at an
early hour after midnight, were marched off from the
barracks, the prisoners and their escort were followed
by the greater part of the regiment, singing the " Mar-
seilleise;" finally, that a cimbit had token place, in
which many bad been killed and wounded. The recent
electoral demonstrations of the military in favour of
socialism, lent to this report a peculiarly alarming
character; bus it fortunately turns out the-. the grams
of truth in this story are small and few. The three
soldiers were marched etf to be embarked for Africa;
and some murmurs were heard from many nts their
comrades, but although the regiment generally mani-
fested a sinister humour of dissatisfaction, n sthing hke
a battle occurred, nor, in fac:, any demonstratton
amounting to positive mutiny.
The Patrie of yesterday evening says: "The heavy
fall in the French funds at the Bourse to-day, is not
to bz attributed to any political event; the or ly causo
of it is the embarrassment of some Lyones. sp. eii.a•
tore, which caused • executi)ns,' or forced sale, of
stock, and the abundance of stock thrown on the
market by foreign speculators who have become
alarmed by the vote of the Assembly placing a duty
on t raester s." . .

—I
have reason to believe, however, that the fa:l is
owing to large "bearing" speculations by gr, at l'aris
houses. The Assem644 Nationale says that the fa:l
of the Bourse is owing to large orders front Vicars
and Berlin, the motive of these sales being the el;e-
tions of March 10.
l'.S. Since I posted my letter I have heard that La-
rochejacquelin has laid on the table of the .I.sernhly
a proposition of so remarkable a character, that I
think it worth while to send you • postscript by an
extraordinary wsy.
This proposition moves that, on the Ist of June,
the sense of France shall be taken by universal suf.
(rage on the question whether the republican form 4
government is to be maintained, or wilt thet s
monarchic form is to be established in its pla, e, at d ;hat
u soon u this question has been settled in the way
described, a new Constituent Assembly be coo oh:d
on the Ist of July.

DOCIISE.

For Amount.
PARIS, Ituten 2G.
morneery.

$ per &a&
5 per Oeste.
5 do. New Loan.
Cents.

SS 40 104 90
69 83 69 40
77 30

SS SO 1-.IZ

N PIT k,- 44 I 41
4 per 1-VIIlA.
Eleharge on LoOLD : 30days, 23 53 •90 dim 75 4
Belem, 3, 1340
Do. 3 1843
Do. 41
Do. 2
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Piedmont 3 per Cents 34 73 „ , Book Rums

125; PariA and thie.inA, 7•' ; I
r 325; Avignon awl list,:
75; rhicans And VierAsn,
555 75; Tours and S