The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNIXO 11 Aar
A semi-official communication to the Petrie oontra-
dicta the statement of the Union in these terms:

The Union gives some pretended details concerning the
recall of M Drouyn de L'Huys, which are completely at va-
ries°, with truth. It is tales that the recall of the ambas-
sador was decided in the sheens* and without the knowledge
of the President of the Republic, during his residence at
Fontainebleau'. It is false.that during his 'been°. a council
of ministers was held, or that any statesman not in the
cabinet was consulted on the measures to be taken. The
resolution to recall the ambassador was taken by the head of
the government in union with the council of ministers.
The strange omission of General Lahittds speech
and despatch from the lifoniteur of yesterday is thus
explained by a statement of the quastors of the As-
sembly inserted in a supplement of last night.
In consequence of the very natural excitement caused by
the entire Million from this day's Mintiltur of the speech
made yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the
National Assembly, es well as of the despatch read by him
from the tribune, the newton of the Amicably have lost no
time in isguhing into the calms of that omission. It result.
from their ievemigatlon : that the stenographic copy of the
mielaties speech, and with it the despatch, were Immedi-
ately forwarded to the agents of the Monsieur, who were
in attendance ; that these documents were a few minutes
after taken to the bursae: of the precis-Terbium to be cow
muoicated, accardisg to a long-established custom, to the
eoaductors of the various Paris aewspepen, each of whom
took a copy of the assia ; that the original ripen were
afterwards returned to the agents of the Moniteur;
that the spots of the journal La Patric, who had not copied
the papers at the time when they were first placed in the
bands of the Parisian press, applied at the herein to be
allowed is make a copy, and that in consequenoe of such
application they were placed in the bands of the conductors
of that martial ; lastly, that the sub-thief of the bureau of
the process-verhann, thWltht, that the Mon item- would sot
now ri quire the documents, locked them up in his desk ; the
' seadnetors of the Mottitrur did not make any application for
them, nor perceive the hiatus in the report which was canted
by their omission. The questore, convinced that this re-
gretteble accident was not the result of any 111 Intention, but
of carelessages and neglect, have taken thisetricteet measures
to guard ageism a repetition of the fault.
A. Onusißlielacteor- other.
RINIST rancasucaa, Directeur-0 rant.
It is reported front well-informed quarters, in spite
of mini-official denials, that extraordinary activity
prevails is the French marine department.
The hotel of the English embassy was closed lest
night. Lord Normanby, who had retired to his
summer residence at Versailles, had not demanded his

Yesterday in the legislative assembly the connive
was applied on the requisition of M. Dapla to M.
Met. M. Miot has the honour of being the only an-
paid member of the assembly ; as he maaagia to vet
censured once a fortnight, and thus loose the whole
of his Wary.
The Republique reappeared yesterday in a half-
sheet. The new printer found for it had applied the
censorship on his own responsibility, and cut out all
articles and phrases likely to prove offensive to the
government, in order that he might not be visited
with the calamity which has befallen M. Bonlie, and
lose his license. The Republique has therefore been
obliged to wander in search of a third more enterpris-
ing printer.
M. Menduit, major of the 11th legion of National
Guard, has been demiesed from that pelt by a decree
of the prefect of the Seine, for having subscribed
tiO francs to the papers interdicted from sale by M.
earlier.

Several adjuncts of mayors have resigned.
Several arrests have taken place; and several visits
of perquisition have been made in the last few days by
the police.
SATURDAY STINT/10, 7 ~it.
This afternoon in the Legislative Assembly after
mice of members from the left had presented peti-
tions against the electoral law, M. Lawn Faucher
ascended the tribune, and read Lis report upon the
government bill. The alterations of the committee,
which were confined to the first ten articles, may be
described briefly u follows: 1. The condition of three
years domicile is extended from the commune to the
canton. 2. Functionaries shall be inscribed upon the

electoral lists of their commune, whethe; they
have resided there three years or not, provided that
they have served three years in office. 3. Soldiers
shall be inscribed upon the list of the commune in
which they were enrolled. 4. In case of refusal or
obstacle to the certification of domi:ile on the part of
fathers, mothers, masers, or employers, the certifi-
cation shall be made by the five de pair. 5. Be-I
side; the catesories desenbed in the bill u excluded
from the exercise of the electoral franchise, are ex-I
eluded all persona condemned in virtue of article 330
of the penal code for outraging public religions and
social morali ey, all persans coodemned to more than one
month cf imprisonment for rebellion, offering outrage
to public functionaries, &c.; those who are condemned
for hawking prints are excluded for five years. Those
are also excluded, who have been condemned to three
months of imprisonment, in virtue of Art. 444 of the
penal code; and soldiers condemned to the clog
(boulet), or to public works, or sent for punishment
into companies of discipline. 6. Lastly, the conditions
of majority of votes required for election are changed,
so that the sole condition is made by the committee
to consist in polling one quarter of the votes inscribed
on the lists.

Yon will see that these modifications are ideLtical
with those mentioned in my last letter on thissubject.
M. Leon Faucher's report was marked with that qua-
lity which passes with the moderate party for energy.
Attar finishing his report, M. Leon Faucher read the
bill as amended by the committee. The debate was
fixed for Tuesday ; on Monday there will be no
sitting.
The budget of receipts wog finished, and paascd by
a majority of 473 votes against Ibo.
Of course no one believes in the official excuses
given for not inserting the speech and despatch of
General Lshitte in the llloniteur. Report says it was
not inserted, in consequence of a direct order from the
Elysee.
SCNDAY EVENIXO.

Lord Normanby is still at Versailles.,--
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There are 41 members inscribed to speak on the
debate lon the a hctoral law-6 for and 33 against.
Amongst the latter General Cavaignec, and MM.
Lamartine, Arago, St. Hilaire, Fevre, &c. &c.
The following important amendment to the electo-
ral law supported by Gustave de Beaumont, Chapot,
Favreout, Nettemont Randot, and Vesin, was Lid,
yesterday, on the table :—Art. 3. The electoral domi-
cile is attested : Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, as in the bill. sth.
By the drawing of lots for the recruitment of the
army and navy. First, with respect to those who
reside habitually in the commune or who are
embodied in the army. Secondly, for those who
residing out of the commune will justify by a declara-
tion of the Mayor of the commune is which they have
resided six months at least, that they are not in-
scribed on the electoral lists prepared by him. This
amendment, which will comprise a large number of
voters who would be excluded by the present project
of law will, it is supposed, pass.
M. Deludre and E. Louglet, ancient members of the
Constituent°, have sent their adhesion to the petition
against the electoral law.
The various parties of the Assembly are arming
against the great battle to open on Tuesday on the
electoral law. Immediately after M. Leon Faucher
had read his report, which treads in the steps of M.
Baroche's preamble to the bill, and was listened to in
perfect quiet by the Left, the members who were about
to speak in the debate went to get their names set down
on the president's list. In ten minutes not less than
forty-five orators were inscribed, the first of whom is
Gen. Cavaignac, against the bill ; Mont alembert isthe
third, Thiers the twelfth, Lamartine the twenty-
fourth ; Gen. Lamoricidre and Victor Hugo will also
join in the debate. Odilon Barret is reported
to have announced his intention of voting
one or two amendments, but will refrain from
speaking. At the last sitting of the club of the Con-
seil d'Etat, 250 members of the majority agreed to
adopt the bill without any amendment which tended
to modify its provisions in a liberal sense. The mem-
bers of the Mountain have changed their tactics, and,
after en animated debate at their club in the Rue du
Hasard, have resolved to drop the course of abstaining
which they adopted in the bureaux' andtotakeavigor-
OW part in tie disc ussion of the bill. Many ofthe orators
are accordingly inscribed to speak against it. The
members of the club of the Rue Richelieu have
determined to vote for no amendment which
is rejected by the committee. The legitimists
who were harangued by Berryer at their club in the
Rue Rivoli, on Friday night, are mostly far the bill
of the committee. There is, however,
M.
liberal sec-
tion of legitimists, represented by M. Nettement,
editor of the Opinion Publique, who will vote for the
above amendment. There seems every chance of this
amendment, which is supported by the tiers-parli,
being carried. If so it will go a great wcy to
reintegrate the mutilated franchise.
The leading organs of the cabinet, after their first
crash, have singularly softened their angry key.
For the present we hear no more of the " rupture"
with England, which was so emphatically announced
from the tribune by M. Lahitte. The affair is re-
duced to much humbler proportions.
The Journal des Debate only regards it as a misun-
derstanding which will be readily explained, and it
is not quite clear that the contradiction which exists
between the statement of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs and that of the Marquis of Lansdowne, if not
of Lord Palmerston, may not be cleared up in a
manner favourable to the English cabinet.
Alter the report of M. Leon Faucher had been reed
at the Assembly yesterday, the discussion on the
budget of receipts was continued, and brought to a
close.

The last month's returns of the customs show a de-
crease of 1,600,000 fr. on the importation, which, by
certain of the journals, is attributed to the stagnation
caused by eating circumstances. The decrease is
principally on raw materials, such as cotton,
wool, silks, oils, &c. The duties on exports
have improved, partiouhuly on silk and woollen
manufactured 'goods. An increase has also taken
place on porcelain, glare, articles of dress, and refined
sugars.
The Evenement states that searches were made on
Friday and Saturday night, and will be continued on
many points. The police is on the track of some of

M. Bogle, the priteer, whose establishment has
been closed by the government, has appealed against
the conviction for printing a paper without the
printer's name.
There has been an improvement in the funds to-
day, in consequence of the doubt which aroseyesterday
' as to the fact of Lord Normanby's recall, from the er-
roneous versions cf Lord John Rinselre speech in
certain of the London evening papers having been
dissipated by the news arrived this morning. The
recovery of the English funds from the fall of the
preceding day has also contributed to relieve the
market here. The Rents exhibited much more firm-
ness at the Plunge of the Opera. The Fives rose to
87(r. 7k., to close at 87fr. Bk. ; a rise of 30c. upon
the prices of yesterday.

ITALY.
ROMAN STATES.
HOVE, May 10.
The papal benediction was yesterday imparted to
the stray sheep of the Eternal City, for the tint time
since their manifold transgressions against their spi-
ritual pastor and temporal sovereign. His holiness
once more spread abroad his hands towards his people
from the lofty balcony of St. John Lateran, in sign of
forgiveness and blessing, and it now only remains for
them to hope devoutly that the outward and visible
form may speedily be followed up by the reality of
sovereign pardon. Whether it was doubt on this
head that chilled the devotion of the crowd customary
on such cceasions, or not, I cannot say, but certainly
the majority of the people seemed very irrtve-
rential in their reception of the bit sang, many
hardly uncovering, and more still neglecting
to kneel, a duty which war, however, scrupulously
performed by the troops present, as well as by the
swarms of country people who had flocked in from
the environs. The regiments of bath nations were,
for the first time also, assimilated under the mystic
sign of the cross u dispensed from the Pope's uplifted
arms, the French being placed upon his right, and Lis
own rebellious soldiers on his lett, the generals and
staff officers of both armies occupying the centre.
The usual distribution of indulgences took place after
the blessing, and was attended by the usual scramble.
General Baraguay d'Hilliers leaves this city to-day,
having staid to see the usual round of illumination,
benediction, and girandola nor were his eyes offended
by any tricoloured republican allusions in the tire-
works, the prudent artificer having studiously avoided
the beautiful green transitions, and limited his effects
to red and white fire.

Letters from Copenhagen state that General von
Below wu received by his Majesty in an audience on
the 12th, at which he presented to the King an auto-
graph letter from the King of Prussia. The general
bad subsequently had several conferences with the
Prime Minister. The letters state that the conclusion
of a peace on the Nisi' of the recent proposal, made
by Prussia may be considered as not very distant.
General Below was to leave Copenhagen on the 15th
or 16th.

Letters from Munich state that the Bavarian troops
in the palatinate aro to be increased.
The first chamber in Hanover has approved of the
government proposition for increasing several of the
customs duties. Both chambers have agreed to the
proposition for making Hamburg a free port so long as
the Stener Verein shall continue to exist. Marburg
is a small town on the Elbe, opposite Hamburg. It
contains about 8,000 or 8,000 inhabitants, and is con-
nected with Hanover by a railway, since the opening
of which its trade and commerce, as well as its popu-
lation, hays greatly increased.
It is rumoured to-day that Herr von der Heyde, the
minister of commerce, is about to resign his office.
BERLIN, MAY 17.
The congress, it appears, did not hold its final sitting
until yesterday afternoon, when tho whole of the
a'sembled sovereigns, minister', &c., were received by
the King in the old palace in Berlin. The speech
made by his Majesty on the occasion is summarised
in the Deutsche Reform of this evening :
His Majesty commenced by stating, in a few sentences,
the results of the preceding sinter, and exprts•ed his great
gratification at the rapid provers of the proceedings, which
he described u unexampled, and only possible through the
premise and active co-oemati in of the regents of the union,
together with their thorough and lively conviction of the cc-
ctseity of honest commutiion. Exactly a week ago his
m.jssty had, in an address to the scvere'gns and the repre-
sentatives of the Haase Towns, explained the chief points
with which the congress would hove to deal, and already
the object of the negotiations had been obtained. 03 that
occasion his Majesty had laid before the assembled sovereigns
and the representatives of the free tewns the serious and
important question, whether they should retain the union,
or whether the sovereigns who hive the govt rnment of the free
towns ecnsid,red themselves, alter mature deliberation, In
a position in which the abandonment of the union was neces-
sexy. To this question a unauimous answer had been given
by the renewal of the convention of the 26th of May, 1849
On the same occasion Me Majesty had recommended
to the governments desirous of retaining the union
the acceptance of proposals for alteratiors in the
constitution made by the Erfurt parliament. The majority
of the united eovernments had in this matter ass.ciated
themselves with the goy, tenant of his Majesty, slid had
accepted the proposed alters ions. Unar imity bad, however,
not been obtained, as same of the governments c.,uld not
loind themselves. Under these circumstat cc!, it was impos•
sible at once to carry out the coussitution of the union, and
the establishment of anew prof:is:rides had therefore becfore
neceseary:. As foundations for the establishment of this
preeisortues, it had ben decided to adopt the legal provi-
mons of the conventional statute. It had been decided to
contrnue to the crown of Prussia the authority conferred I
upon it by that convention as the provisional Verstand of I
the union, but to transfer the powers hitherto confided to
the Vsrweltungs-Rith to a provisional wlltge of princes.
On this basis a provisional government for the union bad
been resolved upon. Although thorcuiti unanimity had not
been obtained on this point, nothing had occurred which
would prevent the indispensable regulations of the uni n
trom being successively celled into hem. His Majesty then
referred to the result of tie deliberations whit h had taken
place on the subject of deputing to the Frankfort Congress.
This question had beets decided in the affirmative, on the
ground that no measures ought to be left unattenipted which
might lead to an understanding with the other governments
of Germany. The great majority of the governments had
at the same time decided on adopting a neutral course of
proceeding at Frankfort. They were to transmit
similar declarations, to the Vienna cabinet and
the other courts of Germany, and to issue similar instruc
lions to their plenipotentiaries at Frankfort. They had fur-
ther agreed to the formation of an interim authority for the
direction of the affairs of the confederation, and would act in
eono,rd with rtapect to the basis of a deficitive new forma
tion of the Bund. These were the resolutions of the united'
governments ; further decisions, both with respect to a pro-
longation of the provisorium of the union, and the course of
the negotiations in Frenktort, are reserved for the future
decision of the provisional organ of the union to
be ajpointed. His Majesty added to this account of
the results of the negotiations, a general viow of the
condition of Germany, sketching the hopes and dargers
of the Fatherland in energetic words, words which,
notwithstanding the serious dangers, awakened fresh confi-
dence in the happy solutiou of the difficulties, and the
attainment of German unity.

The greater number of the princes have already
left Berlin; several, however, remain to witness the
marriage ceremonies of her Royal Highress the Prin-
cess Charlotte (a daughter of Prince Albrecht) with
the Prince of Saxe Jleiningen. The marriage takes
place to-morrow.

General von Below has returned from Copenhagen,
without having obtained a satisfactory reply to the
proposals contained in the letters which he carried
with him from the Kieg of Prussia. Denmark re-
quired explanations on certain point■ in the fourth
at.d fifth articles of the proposed treaty, which the
general was unab:e to give, and also that certain con-
dition should be appended to the treaty. These con-
ditions would havo given to the treaty a binding
character on Prussia with regard to the future state
of the duchies, which this government has always
refused to undertake. I understand, however, that
another attempt will be made to renew the negotia-
tioas on the same basis.