The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

ANTI-ENGLISH TONE OF THE FRENCH
PRESS.

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PARIS, WanNiiiDAT EVENING.
I hope we may not be on the eve of some
alarming New Year's speech from the Tuileries.
But I cannot help remarking that abuse of Eng-
land is on the order of the day. The three evening
journals which, with different shades of devoted-
ness, support the government, have each their ill-
natured paragraph on England to-day. First of
all the Pays, the moat thoroughly official print of
the three, opens ita leading column as follows :

English policy in Europe, by its indecision, its fans, and
its demi abstentions, cannot fail in a given time to produce a
void around England. It is easy to see, by its conduct,
that there is a double inspiration and a divided authority in
the English cabinet. There is no settled plan, to un-
equivocally avowed sympathy, no clearly-traced line of
action ; it is a policy of duplicity, continually contradicting
itself. As we set out by saying—the result must be iso-
lation.

It then proceeds to show to its own satisfaction
that England has unpardonably offended North and
South America, Greece, Denmark, and Germany,
and can no longer hope to exercise influence in any
or either of those countries. After these prefatory
remarks, the Pays assures its readers that Lord
Palmerston has been all along favourable to the
Emperor's idea of the congress, but has been
paralysed by Lord Russell, who is at daggers drawn
with him. Now, however, according to the
Pays' very private correspondence from London,
the Palmerston influence is beginning to prevail.
It interprets the news (which, however, it gives
with all reserve) that the British cabinet desires
a conference to settle the special affair of Schleswig-
Holstein, as evidence that the Emperor is "right
again." and that since England admits the necessity
of a conference on one pressing European question,
it follows of necessity that the only thing to be done
is to consider and solve all possible difficulties at
once. The Pays is just like the Constitutionnei,
which for some time past has written two or three
articles a day upon the most divers subjects, and
all concluded with "moral "—a congress.
The France also thinks it has England on the hip
because she is now reduced by the pressure of facts
to propose, with regard to Denmark, that course
which she declared inopportune and inefficacious
when it was an act of " high foresight," destined
to anticipate what has now occurred. It is of
opinion that if England will not come into the
large and general plan for Fettling everything,
France should fold her arms and have nothing to
do with so miserable a thing as a " local " diffi-
culty.
The Petrie hears from London that English
diplomacy is "greatly irritated" at the adhesion
of the King of Portugal to the congress. This
organ accuses England of endeavouring to " de-
b►uch " all the powers of the earth, but happily
with uniform ill success. It is good enough to
warn the "Palmerston cabinet" (for it does not
seem to know, like its confrere the Pays, that Lord
Palmerston is a friend of France and Lord Russell
her enemy) that it must prepare for a great many
other bitter deceptions ; in point of fact, it says,
British statesmen in general will find out that their
system is used up.
The Temps, noticing the sulkiness of the French
government with regard to the Schleswig-Holstein
question, says :
The last chance of peace seems to be the oocference pro-
posed by England between the powers that signed the treaty
of Loodoo. But this project of a conference clashes with
the limited magnet patronised by France, sod for that
meson rues a great risk of coming to nothing. If the doc-
tors were to think a little more of the diseeee and a little
leas of their own rivalry, we think it would be better for
the patient.
The France says that the address in the Corps
Legialatif is being drawn up by the Duke de Morny.
This really seems to be a monstrous confusion of
the functions of judge and party. How can he,
a president appointed by the Emperor, preside im-
partially on the discussion of amendments to an
address written by himself ?
The Bourse is still very heavy. Fears of a bad
settlement prevail. Rents fell 10c. and fic.

The Osaervatore Romano of the 24th announces
the arrival at Rome of the Grand Duchess Nana of Russia,
Princess of Lenchtenberg, and her mite..

The convention in virtue of which an amalgama-
tion has been formed between the Roman and Leghorn,
Maremmes and Central Italian railways has just been signed
at Turin by the representatives of the different companies,
in presence of the Minister of Firance.