The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WIDNISDAY, 7 P.M.
In consequence of some disagreement with his col-
leagues on the Greek question General Lshitte yester-
day tendered his resignation, which the President,
however, refaced to accept. The gem roil. therefore,
000tinuea to hold the portfolio of foreign affairs.
I understand that many eomsalta•ione have been
held at General Changarmees as to the mode of deal-
ing with an eineute, if one should break out at-Paris.
Two eystems have been proposed : to march instantly
upon the insurgents and carry their bank-airs at the
point of the bayonet ; or to let the insurrection gain
bead at first, and establish itself in the eastern arron-
dissements, to envelop the insurgents within these,
and bombard the quarters they take prom:mien
of. General Changarnisr has proisoneced ht
favour of the latter plan. I am informed
that a vast quantity of materials hive been
accumulated at 'Vincennes, for the Purpose of shelling
the eastern districts of Paris; and everything is ready
for carrying this operation into effect with the great-
est despatch. Meanwhile the managers of the Insur-
rection, whom we must suppose to be perfectly well
acquainted with this intention, are said to contemplate
a cusp de main upon the western arrondissements,
where they would attempt to establish themselves, in
order to hale the preparations at Vincennes for the
bombardment of the red faubmrge.
In proportion to the peacefulness of the attitude of
the democratic !arty, the government multiplies its
acts of provocation. Last night M. Boole, the printer
of the VOI.Z de Peuple, Republique, and Estafelle,
received a decree of the Minister of the Interior, de-
priving him of his license. Seal were set on the
presses. The law quoted for this stretch of power is
of 1814. Of course the Paulette did not appear last
night, nor did the Voir des Peuple or Rrpublique this
morning. The object is plainly to drive the people
to some act of violence, which may give an excuse
for sword law.

The responsible editor of the Tro4 riar People, M.
Laugrand, who wu a few days ago ooLdemned by de-
fault, by the Court of Assizes, to • year's imprison-
ment and 4,000 tr. fine, for having published, on the
6th April, an article on the budget, in which a violent
attack was made on the government, appeared yes-
terday before the Court, end, having been declared
guilty by the jury, the sentence wu confirmed. Lan-
grand was then tried on another charge, oriel .g out
of an article published on the Bth April, and, having
made default, was condemned to a year's imprison-
ment and 6,000 fr.

To be iv:Uible of all the hardship which is inflicted
upon the lower orders by the suppression of the Voir
du Peupk, one must walk through those quarters
where no other paper is seen. Aud u by reason of
' M. Carlier's dictatorship, no liberal paper an be
procured without being subscribed fur, the
suppression entails a positive loss on the peck
of the poor ma, as well es interfering with his

recrestioe. What is left to these people bat to sone
spire, bat to fight. Tou snatch thakr Totes fn m
them, you snatch their newspapers from them, you
address them with the Levees qf fierceinealt, while
they are gaan.:l3and4oes& ^while
corset ep materiel/swim? yogi ftskill The the
oft their lees, .b&
and baltitatioan If that Is asset ley teteds•
rategovernment, the sooner is displacisti et make
room for somet►ing else the better. Ces/d the so-
cialists govern worse ? This bane& of M. 114riche
has stirred deep iadiguatios. Today, in the Legis-
lative Assembly, the excited Ulises of the laurels
toned a vent on this mildest, when there was an
extremely animated debate, in which M. Baroche's
@loads' the presses of M. Boole was incidentally
introduced. The event of chief importance wee the
emphatic support given by M. Pissatory, in the name
of the Burgravee, to this act of violeece. M. Pisa-
tory declared that his speech wee an " set.'
In the beginning of the tatting M. Rigel moved for
some returns connected with the electoral question.
He wished fora table indicating the number of elec-
tors ins:ribed, the number of votes obtained by each
representative is May, 1849, the member of persons
assessed with the perusal and moveable tax, and
other statistical details, tending to elucidate the work-
ing of the new Electoral Bill. The returns were or-
dered.

The incident which furnished an occasion for pro-
testing against the violation of the liberty of the
press, was the delay in the convocation of the electors
of the Lower Rhine. M. Mauguin maid that he should
insist on a motion on this subject,bscossequenor of the
habitual violation of the law by the Minister of the In-
terior. These words praised anexplosion. M. &rocks
dared any one to re-produce in the tribune the
accusation of M. Mauguin. M. Page exclaimed,
"You hava violated the liberty of the press." M.
Noel Parfait repeated from the tribune that the eni-
sisters had violated the principles of equality and the
freedom of the press. K Dupont de Burnie would
draw the attention of the house te an act of the au-
thorities last night. The law of October, 1814, said
"No one can be printer or bookseller unless licensed
by the king and sworn. His license may be with-
drawn if be be convicted of having trasegreesSd tie
law." He desired to know if the withdrawal of M.
Bottle's lions' was in conformity with this law. M.
Barcche replied that M Bottle had been convicted
more than ones of offenses againsith• law, and there-
fore the measure taken by the government was quite
legal and justifiable. M. Pascal Darla reproached
M. Barcche sharply with the contrasts of his conduct
when in opposition formerly. M. Barocbe recrimi-
nated vehemently, and taunted M. Duprat with hav-
ing been the first at one time to call for the state of
siege. M. Pisoator7 declared formally, in his own
name and that of his friends, that they approved of
the act of the minister, and were reedy to back all
that he did both in the Assembly and out of
it, for the defence of society. (Prolonged ap-
pl sue.) M. Dupat de Basilic msinteined that'
the ministerial decree by which M. Bottle's license
was withdrawn was a violation of the law. The As-
sembly then paned to the order of the day. The draft
of treaty between France and Sardinia was adopttd
without debate.

The Assembly then proceeded to ballot upon the
ensemble of the budget : when there appeared in fa-
vour of the budget 483 votes ; against, 182.
Next a bill was peeved opening to the Minister of
the Interior a supplementary credit of 1,223,000 fr. for
expenses for the removal of convicts from one place to
another; and another bill granting a credit for paying
the expenses of the Industrial Exhibition of 1849.
Nothing else occurred of importance before the sitting
broke up.
"We are assured (says the Patrie)thatby a decree
of the President of the Republic, decided upon this
day in a council of ministers, M. Ernest Deemarest,
deputy-mayor of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, and
M. Hordouin, deputy-mayor of the 9th arronditse-
ment, have been revoked from their functions, for
having signed the petition of the Antis de la Consti-
tution against the bill for the revision of the electoral
law, and which petition was published this morning
by all the journals of the opposition. It is added that
the officers of the national guard who have signed
the petition have been suspended from their func-
tions." This is the petition got up at the meeting
convened by M. Gond:huts.

The committee on the Electoral Reform Bill broke
up their sitting an hour after midnight, atter having
appointed M. Leon Faucher its repartee. Tee new
modifications of the law are as follows : The condition
of having been domiciliated for throe years in the
same commune is no longer insisted upon. It will be
enough that the elector has inhabited the same canton
during three years, even under different muters. The
amendment of U. Debases, proposing to exclude
from the electoral lists all individuals eJndemned for
outraging public morals, religion, or attacking
the prieciple of property and family, has
been adopted by the committee. The Bth article,
which contained the conditions of majority,
has been entirely dropped, with exception of
the clause which requires for the election of a can-
didate one-fourth of the whole inscribed votes. The
provisions relative to soldiers have been interpreted
by the committee in this sense, that the colours under
which the soldier serves are to be counted as his
domicile. Many members proposed to ace electors
abstaining from the poll ; but this motion was rejected
by the committee. The report of M. Leon Faucher
will not be ready before the end of the week. The
debate, therefore, will not take place until next week.
The riots of Cr uzot, and the disturbances of the
mining district of the &One-et-Loire, are said to be
completely put down. Some papers have been seised
which compromise two or three seditious agents.
Same disturbances have taken place at Sedan. The
workmen met to protest against the invasion of the
right of universal suffrage. The military, how-
ever, cleared the streets, and restored order ; seven or
eight workmen were arrested.
The investigation into all the circumstances of the
catastrophe at Angers is being actively proceeded
with. It has already been ascertained that the com-
mandant of the battalion took all the measures pre
soribtd by military usages, and that the fall of the
bridge took place from the Mon suspension cables
having become completely rested. The I lth TOffillteSt
will, it is said, proceed to Africa so soon as thelom of
200 of the 3rd battalion shall be made up, and in the
meantime it will be stationed at Marseilles.
The sum paid late the Paris Savings Bank on Sun-
and yesterday amounted to 318,802 fr., from
2,776 depositors, of wham 287 were new. 'lleamount
drawn out was 176,107 k.

M. de Ranilly has possented an amendment an the
Electoral Deform Bill,'peipcift the oration of
oedema! seffrage by the lidm of an electoral
juoy. farmed d delegates choose le the
electoral meetings. The electoral jury,' would
be obligatory for the delegates, to draw up the list of
candidates, and thus replace the present electoral
committees, the list to be afterwards submitted to
universal suffrage, which might adopt, modify, or
reject it. All electoral meetings to be interdicted
atter the electoral jury bad been formed.

Yoe adrown.

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