The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY Eviaturo.

An observation in Gaiignani, that the op-
position deputies are "in the unenviable posi-1
tion of not fully pleasing any party," is
calculated to mislead English readers. The
long extract from the Miele which follows that
remark refers only to M. Picard, between
whom and that journal there is a personal
quarrel, arising out of the circumstances under
which he quitted the committee of management
some time ago. And, after all, the present differ-
ence between K Picard and the Siete only oon-
sists in this—that the Side, like the Opinion Na-
tionale, tells the public that its writers, notwith-
standing the difficulties which the harsh laws of
I the empire impose upon them, contrive to be more
independent than M. Picard would infer. All the
liberal journals approve of K Jules Favre's speech
without reserve, and so they do the general scope
of M. Picard's. If they especially exalt Jules
Fevre, it is only because his transcendent ability
enables him to steer clear of those verbal criticisms
which a hostile audience and a hostile president
are eagerly on the look out to make.
The Bourse was thinly attended, and the Rents
decidedly heavy. It recovered, however, from the
lowest quotations of the day, which were 69fr. 70e.
and 69fr. 75c., and closed at 69fr. 80c. (Saturday's
price) for cash, and 69fr. 90c. for account, being a
fall of Sc. There is a difference of lir. between
the Old and the New Threes, and this difference
can only be aooounted for by the state of the mar-
ket, because 45c. is the calculated value, founded
upon the time when the dividends are payable
between the two securities. The Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. fell 15c. and 20c., closing at 98fr. and
98fr. 40c. They are, as you see, a long way from
par, although K Fould's report in to-day's Moni-
taw seems to calculate the forced conversion
of them. His calculation is that out of
forty-two millions remaining unconverted thirty
millions are so hampered by marriage con-
tracts that the owners must perforce as
reduced interest, and cannot practically
agree among themselves to call for the capital.
Mobilier rose 7ir. 50c. The Orleans and Southern
railways were from 7fr. to Bfr. higher, and the
other lines from Ifr. 25c. to 2fr. 50c.

Captain Montauban, now called Viscount Palikao,
the eldest son of the general whose dotation is so
conspicuously on the tapis, has just been appointed
one of the Emperor's orderly officers.
It is rumoured that General de Goyon will be
made a senator, vioe General Korte, deceased.
The Salut Public of Lyons says that just before
his execution Dam°llard exclaimed to a judge who
was interrogating him, "Look in my vineyard and
you will find something." If this were correctly
reported it would amount to a confession that
bodies of his murdered victims were buried there.
But I have no doubt that the report is not correct.
Other aooounts more consistent with the general
tenor of his conduct since his arrest say that on
being asked pointedly whether something would
not be discovered by searching his vineyard, he
answered, " The vineyard did not always belong
to me ; I bought it. In the middle part I have
dug a great deal, but not at the two ends, and it is
impossible for me to say what people may have
put there." The reason why questions were put to
him at the last moment about his vineyard is that
some of his neighbours, observing crows there very
frequently, bad come to the conclusion that they
must have been attracted by the smell of dead
bodies, since those birds do not usually set foot in
a vineyard. A thorough search will now be made.