The Express. — 1848-07-14 (London, England)

GERMANY.  FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, 11.30 A.M. The same general uneasiness, and the same sinister rumours which preceded the ion of 23rd June and the event of the 15th explosion May, havethe been remarked here for several days, but they are even of a more serious uature than formerly. The same respectable organs of the press vainly attempt to dissemble their fears, and tranquillize the public by expressing hopes and confidence which they evidently do not entertain. Three days ago General Changarnier, commanderin-chief of the national guards of Paris, issued an order to the colonels of the several legions to meet him with the principal officers of his staff at appointed hours yesterday at the Mairies of their respective arrondissements to confer with him on matters of urgency. These conferences took place yesterday, and the subject of them now is known to have been to concert with the several commanders of the legions what measures should be taken in each arrondissement in the event of another attempt at insurrection. The importance attached by General Changarnier to these conferences has been manifested by a strong reprimand, published in the Moniteur, against one of the colonels, who, being prevented from attending personally, sent his lieutenantcolonel to the conference. The rumours afloat are of course very various. The reported attempt is assigned for to-morrow the 14th, being the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. It will be remembered that when the five sous banquet was adjourned, to-morrow was the day assigned for it. That was to have been the occasion of collecting together upwards of 100,000 operatives, the leaders of the plot intending that they should fall upon the rest of society and dictate such terms to them as would secure the triumph of communism. We hear now on every side that the blouses say they are now game and game with the government; they had the day in Februar the government in June, le 14 out'sjouerons la belle!" (On the 14th we will Iplay the conquering game). The following are samples of the reports in circulation. One is that a general murder of the members of the assembly is intended, means being organised of executing this simultaneously at their respective places of abode. Another is that an organised assault will be made on the boarding schools where young persons of the one and the other sex are educwed, that these shall be captured and kept as hostages to be delivered up only on the paymei.t of a ransom in money, and the concession of such political measures as the insurgents may require. Other reported projects have for their object the blowing up of portions of the capital by means of gunpowder deposited in the quarries, the catacombs, sewers, pipes, cellars, and other excavations which already exist, besides excavations expressly executed for the purpose. It is understood that the Pensions and other establishments for education have been placed under careful surveillance. Again, it is said that a column of 40,000 ouvriers, without work, intend to march to the National Assembly, and demand peremptorily to be fed or to be shot. The provisional municipal council which has just been appointed met for the first time on Tuesday at the Hotel de Ville. M. Marrast, the Mayor of Paris, read to them a report giving a disastrous account of the financial situation of the city. At the revolution of February the revenues underwent a sudden fall, and on the abolition of the octroi on meat by the provisional government they declined as much as 50 per cent. There are, it seems, only of four millions of francs in the treasury to meet the expenses until the 20th of August. The Mayor proposes the reestablishment of the octroi on butchers' meat and the raising an immediate loan of 25 millions, a measure which was postponed under the last government. The sub-committee of finances has agreed upon a report on postal reform, recommending a uniform rate of postage of 20 centimes or 2d. English. A project is proposed to enable the regular troops to carry the barricades without the terrible destruction of life to which they have been hitherto exposed. This contrivance consists of moveable shields of a magnitude equal to the head of the column which may be advanced before the column, quite up to the barricade. Such a contrivance would render the fire of the insurgents behind the barricade innocuous, and the column once at the barricade, the parties would be on equal terms.