The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS . FROM FARO!.
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(nou oull'owN couseroaszrr.)
PARIS, TIIOIIBDAT ETainto.

Lord Cowley yesterday presented to the Emperor
Queen Victoria's answer to his proposal for a con-
gress. The France pretends to be able to give this
account of the contents of it :

In this answer, aboundiog in eourteey for the Emperor,
Queen Victoria dealer's that she approves in principle the
idea of a commas to resolve the great questions which most
particularly preoccupy public opinion in Europe, and her
Majesty participates in the dignified sentiments expressed in
stub noble language in the Emperor's speech and autograph
letter.

Here the France's revelations cease, and you
will see at once that they amount to nothing, even
supposing them to be true as far as they go, and
even that I doubt. The answer is of course civil,
but I suspect the inflated expressions about the
Emperor's "noble language, dui.," to be M. de la
Gueronnibre's composition.
The France, knowing the hollowness of the
above verbiage, goes on to tell the truth, but as if
it was something just newly received from its cor-
respondent in London, that the English government
demands a programme. Aye, there's the rub. And
so do Austria and Prussia—and for that matter (ac-

cording to the latest news) Russia also. It is mere
deception when the French journals boast in large
type that the congress is accepted in principle.
An acceptance "in principle" scarcely differs
from a refusal in principle, just as in an answer in
Chancery a " save as aforesaid" makes it a matter
of indifference to the pleader whether what follows
is in the form of a denial or an admission. The
Opinion Nationals quite understands this, and says
to-night :—" A consent in principle to the meeting
of the august areopagns does not bind the Sove-
reigns to anything whatever. When we come to
the protocols, we shall find that an understanding is
radically impossible."

The debate ou the address in the Senate is, after
all, to come on before that in the Corps Legialatif.
The senators have been busy to-day electing a com-
mittee to draw up the address, and have already
named the following members :—M. le Comte
Walewslci, M. le Comte de Casablanca, K de
Royer, M. Thonvenel, M. Stourm, and M. Bonjean.
The Bourse remains with little change, but very
dull. Mobilier fell 10fr. It is admitted that the
news which caused the rise yesterday was all false.
The Bank of France has not raised its discount to-
day, but will probably do so before the end of the
month. There is a report that it is to lend fifty
millions to the state.

I observe that Renter's telegram in the London
journals states that the election of M. Bourcier de
Villiers in the Vosges was cancelled on the "same
grounds" as that of M. Pelletan. This is a mis-
take which ought to be rectified. In M. Pelletan's

case the election was avoided because the Prefect
of the Seine, in calculating the absolute majority,
had erroneously held to be void 109 votes given for
candidates who, though they had taken the
oath in the department of the Seine, had not taken
it for that particular circumscription. But M.
Bourcier de Villiers' election was annulled because
his absolute majority was attributable to upwards
of 500 individuals being allowed to vote for him
who were not registered within the time prescribed
by law. The only analogy between the two cases
is that in each the chamber adopted the Duke de
Morny's ruling that the election was altogether
void, and that the candidates improperly returned
were not entitled as of right to a new ballot within
a fortnight.

It is ;toted that the will of the late Madame de
Lamartine, which left all her property to her hus-
band, has been declared void in England owing to
an informality in the execution. It will be remem-
bered that she was an Englishwoman.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DIY.)

FWD" NOTEUSI 20, p L.