The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY EVIVTNG.
If the Opinion Nationale escapee a warning for
the following sally I shall be surprised :
To the first note of the powers which set forth the rights
of Poland and pleaded the cause of humanity, the Czar
replied by seudiog to Vilna a butcher of human flesh whose
name was • symbol of espionage, terror, executions, and
confiscations.

To the second note the Czar replies by giving a decors.
tion to this man, thanking him for his indefatigable activity
and his energetic measures which relieve his muter from
the necessity of having recourse to regrettable severity.
In the eyes of this magnanimous sovereign, the knout,
hanging, transportation to Siberia, confiscation of property,
are only " energetic measures," and do not come up to the
point of "regrettable severity." The paternal heart of
the sovereign rejoices that for the moment Mouraviefre
"energy" suffices, and enables him to keep "severity" in
reserve.

This scandalous apology, this cynical reward granted to
a man branded by the 000ecience of all Europe, coinciding,
as it does, with the publication of the despatches of the
allied courts,constitutes the most audacious defiance, which,
within the memory of man, has ever been given to the
policy nod sentiments of this oouutry. There are govern-
ments which submit to such provocations, but there are
others which tike up the glove tbrowo down.

If the above Linguag e is passed over I shall
really begin to think that the liberty of the press
has made serious progress. It trenches on the
most delicate ground, and is more calculated to
excite to " hatred and contempt," than the
majority of articles which have been prosecuted for
that elastic crime.

In another column the Opinion No-Nortek notices
that the Preaae of Vienna calls for the occupation of
Poland by a European force, and laments that
French liberality should have lessons to learn from
Austria. It also expresses astonishment that the
Confederates of South America, who are fighting
for slavery, should have been long ago recognised
as belligerents, while the Poles, who are struggling
for their nationality, should be esteemed rebels
against their legitimate rulers. I must remark,
however, upon this argument that there is a great
difference between Jefferson Davis and his minis-
ters, who issue laws without molestation from
Richmond, and the secret society which go-
verns revolutionary Poland, and is without a
local habitation or a name. I cannot see how Europe
can treat with a secret society ; or recognise as the
head of any territorial section of belligerents an
hereditary exile, who, like Prince Ladialas Czar-
toryski, lives in a palace in Paris.
The Paya is instructed to say in reply to the In-
ternational of Loudon, which avers that the note
in the Moniker about the Florida has made a great
sensation, and is considered to be an important step
towards the recognition of the South—" The
English journals are mistaken. The note in the
Mimiteur merely recognised a fact —e.
that the Florida is a ship of war be-
longing to the Confederate States, and as
such entitled in a French port to the benefit of the
declaration made two years ago that those states
were recognised as belligerents. No subsequent
act has indicated any intention on the part of the
French government to go further. if the Emperor
thought fit to recognise the Confederate States he
would do so openly, and not be at the trouble of
signifying his intentions by circuitous means."
The fact is, I believe, that the recent successes of
the North, and the cry of distress raised by the
South, have considerably cooled the ardour of Mr.
Jeff Davis's friends in Paris.

Count Alfred de Vigny, of the French Academy,
the eminent author of " Clog Mara," died yester-
day, after a long and painful illness. He was in
the 65th year of his age. In the Journal des Ili
bats, M. Louis Itatisbonne pays the following tri-
bute to the memory of the deceased :

For several years poet M had published notbieg. He
collected fregmeeta of political material; always murmur•
leg, like Andre Chaor—
" Wes emit, fait aujourd'hui, tout sera fait deroliu ;"

and to-morrow has come, and the bands of the artist are
now petaled by the numbness of the grave. In the rhinos,
however, of his private life, under the inspiration of the
only muses which dictated his works—Honour and Charity
—be necomplished other and better works which could not
be admired except by his most intimate friends. Eight
months ago be left his bed of suffering to attend the funeral
of klme. ds Vigoy, his valetudinarian companion, to whom
for twenty years he had been the moat tender and the most
indefatigable of nurses. Devoted to those pious cares, abut
tip in his poetic solicitude, isolated from all cokries, noble
and proud, he died as a poet without a spot on his ermine
robes. The moment has not arrived to appreciate the
works which will immortalise his memory. But be was
great sod good at heart—a truth it is a consolation to pro-
(grim while mourning by his unclosed grave.
_ . . _

At the Bourse the official publication of K.
Drouyn de Lbuys' despatch, which does not differ
essentially from those of England and Austria, pro.
duoed no effect one way or the other. The firm-
ness noticed at the close of business yesterday was
maintained. Route rose 20c. for cash and bc. for
amount. Muhllier rose Otr. 25c.

The /adipendance Beige is seized on account of
its containing a report of a speech, which I am told
is a very interesting sue, ma& by M. Jules Simon,
deputy for Paris, at Ghent.

The municipal authorities of Berlin and Leipeic
bare weed to Wee • common circular to the town cos--
oils of all Germany, desiring their concurrence is (emir'.
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