The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY ETENING.
Tire law on the press is at length voted, and those
who fancied that the agglomeration of grot, ague in-
credible amendments would insure its suppres.ion, are I
shaken out of their illusion. The public rub their '
eyes at seeing the names of Thi.rs Bcrryer,
and others, than whom none better have seen the fatal
political consequences of waging war on the press,
ranged on the side of a law which leaves behind in
barbarism all enactments egaiut the press since the
reign of the Inquisition. The caution-money and
stamp for newspapers may pass. But what is to be
said to the sacceon given to the Prefect of Police to
exclude from elle all journals he hu a mind to, to es-
tablish a monopnly in favour of certain newspapers.
The debate raised yesterday with regard to this prac-
tice, by the amendment of Ferdinand de Luteyrie,
was one of the hardest fought episodes of the long
battle, and gave occasion for Lamormiere to prove him-
self once more a soldier of the good cause. But perhaps
of all the manifeld sings and claws with which this
, ugly piece of legislation is armed, none will be so
' keenly felt as the savage extinction of the poor
rfortiqii-rruillthm, that truly national appendage to a
F.ench newspaper, which may he called the woman's
side of the sheet. Some of the Parisian journals have
a circulation amounting to 50,000 copies; so that the
additional centime on the fruilleton will completely
ebaorb the 15/. or 20/. that would go into the pocket
of the novelist. Henceforth the reniateirtrillehoi
must be ranked with the things that were. Bat the
Madonna of Rimini may move her eyes untaxed
in the columns of the linkers, and the
grossest food be administered to superstition free
of duty. In what hamlet of France will
not the supprtssiou of the fluilleton be mourned.
Then the tax on books of less than three sheets, at a
halfpenny a sheet,—can any enactment be devised,
which would operate with more ingenious malice
against the reading taste of studious poverty. You
may see on the eastern bouleverde, of :an evening, I
many a poor fellow, at the hone of reprieve from his
gross toil, stretching his unwashed hand to the cheap
volumes on book-stalls under the flaring gas. Those
coveted books will be raised henceforth a shelf
higher out of the reach of hes pocket. But
what will be said to that astounding innova-
tion, by which every article, nay every para-
graph of a newspaper will have to be signed ;
hundreds of impertinent names staring out of every
page—the commonest ann .aincement labelled with
personal responsibility. Then the liabiiity to perse-
cution for opposition to power; authority always in
ambush to be avenged on thelievealer of its misdeeds.
Who that observes the careful exclusion from favour
of M. de Mangy and M. St. Bettye because they voted
against the dotation of the President, and the con-
tinued persecution exercised against independent
voters in the Assembly, can doubt the vindictive
fidelity with which home hits by writers of the oppo-
sition will be treasured up to their prejudice and loss.
Forcing the press to sigr, is destroying the equilibra-
tion of power between the press', legislature, and go-
vernment, and disarming public opinion in the face of
the servants of the state, whom it ought to contronl,
and be protteted in controlling. It shivers the weapon
in the hands of a great organ to unmask the person who
wields it, and substitute an individual for the canoe-
five authority. The press needs some advantage to
balance the tremendous odds against it in the contest
which it wages with power, and this advantage lies
precisely in the nameless aggregation of writers who
represent a large public, and exercise, in virtue of
that mission, an influence which will always be re-
fused to any but the highest names. Indeed, why is
it that a great name carries weight with it ? Because
it repeaseuts a great pub'io. So does a great news-
paper. But no individual contributor to a newspaper
can represent that great public which is represented
' by the newspaper. Hence the effect of the enact-
ment is to destroy ths, collective unity in which the
life and power of a journal consists, and by which
alone the public who support its opinions can be pro-
perly and effectually represented.
In the sitting of the Legi•lative Assembly to-day
the bill for proroguing the Assembly front the Ilth
et August to the 11th of November, was adopted
without raising any discussion of interest. Then adopted
i debate opened upon the budget. M. Fould, Minister of
Finance, said that when he had stated the mot ives of the
budget of 1851, he had announced that the estimated
i expenses would be covered by the receipts, and leave
a surplus of 10 millions, not withstanding a reduction 'I
of 27 millions on the land tax, and a diminution of
i 0 millions en the mortgage duty. lie bad added

figure of the floating
possible fo have re cone:
to repay a
altar of twwbouiathtkihoueilehrotipurihnangpsottrh fi
tree, it
Vance' of the Bank of France within approWeiatl-;
period. Three months had passed since he aw hi-
statement, and he would now examine whether e;' facts supported his declared opinion. lie recent
explains the cause of the difference betweth
estimate
om
1, of
ditihitiheoanet.x.oP expense.,
91
ittee.committee,erase whiferho msln t°eb? which
ta rtlzit;thi4
committee had inscribed in the budget the dnea.in„-,
thesinking fund, which he lied left in bleak,.; fair. 1,1,14
for the working of the Paris and Lynne railroad,
the receipts of which would amply
sate that sum,
augmentartion in and vaous other .temp, w''illl;
constituted no the ex.temp,
pediln„.,
The budget of 1850 you'd be coredwitn
of 12,000,000, which would be reduced by
0,10 in,,
produced by the tew stamp duty on cornmee; bills. The deficit of !noshes years amounted 'it 260,000,000, to which should be added 3 en° e,re)
r
1848, 249,000,000 for 1849, and 91,000,000 for pnbl"e
works, so that the general deficit at the close of
1850 would amount to 632,C00,000, Ihat
however, would be li.nrened by various ler,'
recovered by the Tresniry, and by
already received for 1819. The is nu.venient is the
proceeds of the indir ct taxes, wire& he had fizi,d. et
709,01,0,000, but which the cornrnil to e has r,v,4
ex
aggerated, and was reduced tn 04,01)0,00n,
siderable during the six months ending on th,i,.4
July, showing a surplus of 25,000,e55f; and :le
amount for the whole year could he cajun, det
723,000,000. Ho thought, honreeer, that if re,i,t!
safely set down at 710,000.000. That c't
42,000,000, added to the 15,000,(mi0 for 1-I'.
57,000,000, would reduce the general &fie t from 632,000,000 to 575,000,000. Ile thin rern'rricd the
Assembly that it had authorised the star,
rentes to the amnunt of 40,000,00 ii, wh'eh wooll ')a
negotiated before the claws of the year, ,rid national
fours for a sum of 15,000,000,
bute to reduce still more the genera; ,1
the governn_ent with fends for 7.,,•
sate, mnrcover, if obliged to terrnma% !le l'e
Lyons Railroad, intended to cone e e it, w•,:'
private industry. Should it di,p4e of , •
wise the 180,000,000 f already expended rr.
struction would afford an important add ,
source. M. Fould could not pledge
supplementary cre.lits ,hould not h d r..
1851; but he firmly trusted that they
without having recourse to a ban, or
of new taxes, provided the p!rc of liar
internal tranquillity were reruntatted. N
the collection of the direct taxes mere
Of the 179,000,000 fr. due on the Is. ,
lieLdw:ecyardrrYorlea:reassept:Thhfniednie;mte3:lgxTroeurtv:i7litf:omfgt?lwhat'destd';orbioatire'alxaellclyPiessati.idrr-d'irca:liirtt-'''::':
hotnwrauedmo-r batthiehsireor do
countryfs
oliaidnes.!Tr: operativesyt:tedhema increased.t ivirnliae rna ttTli
produced 2,971,000 f. more than during ti,,
of 1819. The situation, rn *hart, was most
and was to be ascribed in a great mare
solute and conservative policy putsled i,y• •
meat, with the cordial co-operation of t:
Aes-mbly.
MM. Choque, MJrin, and Stratier
rally addressed the Assembly. M. Larei
speaking.
We find the following in several cf the
al
tame
lust
are now at Jersey. It is believed that 4;
edtlet:tr Letters
announceoe cnte:lot: hinenalitg tbaThvyheees refugeesetThccietrcitizens
thea.beoafr::
and
nal
will follow them."

;omtri-
a-el Rupp'y

On the very day when the article Eri', i I:.
Pouroir which M. Ban thought it Lis
nouuce from the tribune, the old c,:r70.:
journal ceased to exist. The decd d ,• o
company, and forming the new one, be •-•
the evening before at the notary's. The • :
the preoent company, therefore, came int)
terday morning, and, consequently, on the •ILF
lowing that on which the incriminated arii..c
published. It is stated that tee article in c.r.-.
wee written by M. Grapier d= Cossagnac. (
d'Est-Ange has been engaged to conduct the del,.
of M. Auguste LamartinWre, the publisher of
Puutror, at the bor of the Assembly, on Thu:s3.lT
Tue Bourse was very animated to-cloy, but i:
soon evident that the rise manifested at the enmrr.,7
meat of business would tot be mAntained.
closed at 96 2:3, and the Thre• a at SS, a lull in
case of '2O cents. upon yesterday's closirg pr'--4
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Manaus, Jrna 13.—Three po.
33 916 ca►h, 1 pap. r. Four prr
►er Cents., 121 cash; after 1;•:n.
Passives 31 cash ; Ohm 13sIse, ra•"
Back of Bt. Ferdinand, Si paper.
50.40.

rr.tLy.
SARDINIA.
The members of the Chamber of Detri:s
have been specially summoned to
the 15:h. It is believed the royal decree c: p
tion will be read on that day.

of
The emserratore of Florence, of the loth,
letter from ('ivita Vecchit, str'nie that to ju '73
the fortifications erected by the French in
it would seem they were to occupy that pes:•i.,::
after the evacuation (f Rome. Indepen.!...lriy of :.e
cannon placed in the forts of 11:cchiere and
Angelo, they have erected works on the land side,
if they expected a siege. Between the Porta Honiara
and Ports Cornett, they hare crowned the bastions
with a &ruble row of gebione, and also p'aced gatf.ons
on the town-side. Cant. lierangtr, of the navy, has
taken the command of the parr. A tare number
of French non-commissioned etti;ers, picked trent
various regiments, have arrived at ('.vita Vexhia :o
undertake the drilling of the Pontifical troops.
General Kallyrniatten. Minister of War at
has issued a notification, dated the in
announces that his Holiness has ordered tl.e cr.
of a police toreeot $,OOO men, divided into lour `7
He adds, the a numbt r of picked men. who luy: ••iii a
service in other corps, have already been cur0.....1
the purpose, ani invites young volunteers to
themselves for enrolment.
NAPLES.
eye
A letter from Naples, Bth inst.. in the P' •
The Marti ige of the Count de Mententelin wit!, •
' e
of the King et Naples, is for the moment
warm oOnmiti•in of the Spanish Ministsr. lt
readily conceived that the preketed fti!iailee
et
tender, like the son of Dm Carlos, with the ,
Fa•linard II , cant ot he very sarcealil;
of Madrid, The Date de It'ves ha. declared to th; N..
litsn primmest, that he was detetosineil to rim ise :•
the glue of his hotel the arms of his sovereion,
mind his passports, if the surrialte was r 0..;:.,
this incident lead to the definitive aholdonmen: t it,
rinse? The go I opinion is that it will e''
there is reason to helleve, this =stringy l
the mind of the after a certain time given tor
change of explonationv, it will take place. W3r
arise out of it, and the rrlxtions existing bete .n the
powers, exehidtging appearances of friendliness .•
coolness, will vary in term without soiling in :he si.i•i• •
work.