The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-05 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY Iv WO.

There is no positive confirmation of thereon' of
General de Guyon. The Patric affects to believe
that the rumour originated in a mistake, attribut-
able to the arrival in Paris of Madame de Goyon,
while the Opinion Nationale insinuates that the
lady is only the precursor of her husband.
A piece of news, of capital importance if true,
is given in a provincial paper, the Journal du
Havre :

A Paris letter states, on the subject of the affairs of
Rome, that a collective request has been forwarded to the
Emperor by five ministers, MM. Baroche, BiMinh, Fould,
Rootlet., and Detangle, praying him to come to a definite
resolution, whatever it may be, with regard to the situation
of the French in Rome ; public opinion and politicsl sad
fisemeisl comiderations demanding that resolution. The
Emperor replied that he was in fact thinking of definitively
Icing public opinion on the tendencies of his policy, and
that instructions would in consequence be given to a diplo•
maid to be designated to proceed to Rome. In official
circles, however, it is not thought that the policy of occm
palm will be modified.
It is wonderful if the Journal du Havre should
have ventured to make such • grave statement as
the above without pretty good authority, knowing,
as it must do, that a warning or a prosecution for
false news will follow to a certainty, if the intelli-
gence be disavowed. The situation must be serious
indeed, if ministers between whom there is no
solidarity, and who are only the Emperor's indi-
vidual servants, should have served a round robin
upon such a master. The evening papers make
no allusion to the assertion of the Journal du
Havre.

The Appeal Court of Bordeaux has decided that
a priest has no right to throw a missile at a child
for not knowing its catechism, and that he is
amenable in such a case to be tried at common law
for an assault. It would seem that the point was
not clear, for in the case before the court the Ablni
Tbory, of Libourne, who had thrown • stick at a
little girl with such violence as to knock her down,
and to cause severe bleeding in the head, had been
acquitted by the Correctional Tribunal of Libourne.
On appeal, the priest's counsel submitted that in
throwing the missile his client was only acting "in
the exercise of his functions," and, therefore, could
not be prosecuted without the consent of the
Council of State. The Imperial Court of Bordeaux,
however, not adopting this view of the duties
appertaining to the sacerdotal office, overruled the
objection, and, finding the priest guilty, sentenced
him to pay a fine of l6fr., and 150 fr. damages to
the child's mother.
M. Aubry Foucault, &ant of the Gazette de
France, has been sentenced to a month's imprison-
ment, and a fine of 500 fr., for having announced
that a subscription was on foot to buy the library
which M. Eugene Pelletan was compelled to sell to
pay the fine to which he had been sentenced (besides
imprisonment) and the costa of the prosecution
against him.
The Archbishop of Toulouse has determined on a
jubilee to commemorate the glorious event which
occurred in that city 300 years ago. This "glorious
event" was nothing leas than one of the most diabo-
lical massacres of protestants recorded in history.
The Bourse opened favourably under the im-
pression caused by the announced reduction of the
army in the Monifeur to the extent of 32,000 men.
It is thought that the proposed sugar and salt
duties will be abandoned. The Bente rose to
70fr. lbc., but this advantage was lost in the after-
noon, and the last price was that of yesterday, 70fr.
Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. The railway market was in
an uncertain state. Eastern fell 12fr. 50e. ; Lyons,
lir. 25c., and Western, 2fr. 500. ; but Orleans and
Southern rose lfr. 25c. each, and Northern was
without change.
Some extraordinary rows, amounting almost to
riots, have been going on all the week for a very
ridiculous cause at the Vaudeville Theatre, and
they seem likely to continue. A piece, of small