After two Cabinet Councils on the subject, the French Government
agreed to bring in a Bill enabling the Minister of the-Interior to expel any Prince belonging to a family which has reigned over France, and on Thursday it was accordingly brought in. The Prince who, after the issue of the order, is found in France, will be punished with from two to three years' imprisonment. This Bill is understood to be a com- promise, the Radical Ministers being inclined to a stronger measure, making expulsion compulsory. M. Cl6menc,eau will, it is believed, move an amendment in that sense ; but this will be defeated by a junction between M. de Freycinet's followers and the Royalists. The Bill as it stands is almost certain to pass, the Chamber having on Tuesday voted, by 336 to 184, the first reading of a Bill for pensioning the surviving combatants in the insurrection of 1848 against Louis Philippe. It is understood that this Bill was intended as a protest against the Orleans Princes, and that those who voted for it will insist on the expulsion being decreed. The reason for the Bill, stated in the preamble, is that the Princes take every occasion "to disturb the institutions of the country ;" but the true reason is increasing annoyance at the social influence of the Princes, and at the inclination of the Departments, whenever irritated, to send up Royalists.
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