The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THIYEEDAT EVENING.

A council of ministers was held yesterday at the
Elysdr. The law on the press was submitted to a
fresh deliberation, and underwent some alterations.
It will be brought on in the Assembly before the pro-
rrgation which is expected to take place towards the
middle Of August. It gnus rumoured yesterday with
confidence that General d'Hautpool would retire from
the ministry of war, and be succeeded by General
d'Abouville, an old oilioer of the Garde Royale.
The friends of the President affect to be dissatisfied
with the way in which the three millions were *it'd.
It ham had the effect of greatly increasing the im-
povtanee of Changarnier, at the expense of Louis Na-
poleon, who must henceforth be regarded as indebted
to the influence of the commander-in-chief frr the
compliance of the parliamentary majority.
'the analysis of the division presents the [Mow-
ing reeniter-260 conservatives, 32 memb,ra of
the rere-parti, and 72 legitimists voted with the
government ; 20 conservative., 28 members of
the iiers-perti, 45 legitimists, and 215 members
of the Left voted against the government.
M. de Larochejacquelin has written a letter explain-
ing his vote in favour of the government on the ques-
tion of the three millions. He considers that, by the
acceptance of the amendment of Durufle, the character
of dotation was completely disavowed; and that the
p'edge gives by General Changarnier is a trustworthy
guarantee against the realisation of the misgivings of
those who apprehend that the grant may be abused
f.,r the parprses of ambition. Seeing, therefore, no
err stion of principle involved, but only one of figures,
be did not. grudge his vote to the government.
It is observed that the ministers, by abandoning
the form of dotation under which they applied for an
increase of the President's salary, have sirjeTted the
expenditure of the three millions to the control cf a
financial ruts., which demands an exact justificatiJn
of all credits voted in the shape given by the amend-
ment of 141.Durufie to the presidential grant ;
if the form of dotation had been preserved, a simpl •
receipt given at the treasury far the amount would
have been enough.
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Peace has btea concluded for the nrunent between
General Changarnier and General d'llautpoul. The
latter will therefore continue to hold tbo portf Ho of
war.

General Changarnier takes the duel under his espe-
cial patronage. Not only does he stand up overtly in
the bureaux to advocate the settlement of d•sputes by
an appral to the sword or pistol; but he is said to
have issued instructions to the officers under his com-
mand to set at &fiance the laws which visit dueling
with punishment, and to connive at this practice
among common soldiers as calculated to promote a
nice sense of honour.

I have this moment learned that the workman on
the Paris and Lyons railway have struck, at Somher-
non, in the neighbourhood of Dij m, f.,r higt.er wages.
Troops sod genedarmes were sent in ell hose to the
spot, and surrounding the house where the workmen
were assembled arrested the promoters of the strike.
Order was restored.

In the sitting of the Assembly to-day a debate took
place on the second reading of the bill for regulating
admission to public empLyment. The fill! article,
subjecting candidates for offiro to a public examina-
tion for the purpose of testing their capacity, apti-
tude, and special acquirements, was adopted. Tee
third article confines the appointment to candidates
who are declared admissible atter such examination,
but permits any candidate so approved to be ap-
pointed, whatever be the rank assigned to hie merit
in the ordeal. All the articles were passed in bunco.-
elan with unimportant modifications, and it was
agreed, by a majority of 309 votes against 2:)4, to
submit the hill to a third deliberation. Then the
house proceeded to hold a debate on the second read-
ing of the law against usury.
There is some talk of sending to La Plata Admiral
Vaillant, now one of the officers of the Mediterranean
squadron. In that cue he would hoist his flag on
board the Psyche, and would succeed M. Lepre.lour,
whose time of command has expired; but the inten-
tion is to wait until the new treaty with Rosie shall
have arrived in Parisi, The destination thus given to
M. Valliant and the sending of Admiral Trdhoutrt to
the Levant, u has been lately decided on, will reduce
to two the number of admirals employed in the
squadron.
The Cilonial Committee met on Tuesday at the
Hotel of the Marine, under the presidentship of the
Duke de Broglie, to discuss the articles of the bill re-
lating to the introduction of emigrants from Europe
iato French colonies. A credit of 100,000 fr. has been
. set down for that pampas in the budget of the ire-
, sent year, and a similar coo is down in that for 1861.
M. Oslo., councillor of state, formerly director of the
colonies, hoe drawn up the report, which is of great
length, and takes into cossideratioa the whole sub-
' jest. Toe committee appears to be of opinion that
the proposed plan will be found a most useful one ;
bat that it should tot be urged on too rapidly or on
, too large a scale at first, in order to allow sufficient
, time W judge of the fleet experiment.
• The government has received despatches confirming
the news of a conspiracy at Oran. A secret society,
connected with others at Lyons, had been forted, at
the instigation of some agitator,. almost all of them
• members of the municipal council of the tow°, or
. government anpiate. Attempts had been midi to
seduce the soldiers from their duty, and some men of
the foreign legion, end an officer of the 68th regiment
of the lino' and the aide-major of that regiment were
. implicated in the affair. The private secretary of
General Miamian the commandant of the province,
(brined .part of the society, and, abusing the oa-
r ildetsor placed in him, communicated every infor-
, matioi te his mileages.. This society only waited
for mutants of the emcees of insurrectionary
omovetassie in France to attempt a coop de main.
, Chasm alone discovered their guilty plans. Metter,
addressed to a Mr. Arnaud, was, bye mistake of the
postman, delivered to an examining magistrate of the
ewe name; it contained details and Instructions re-
lative to Lyons, and remarks en the members of the
asset society at Oran. Justice having, been set on
the niter of tf e eenspiraey, numerous documents
were seined, which will lead to the ouvietioa of the
pert and. Proceedings have already bees cora-
.
' Several arrests have taken plies in Paris daring
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