The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

IMPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TISIMADAT ETINCIG.

Owing to rough weather at Cherbourg, the only
vessel of the Mexican expedition able to get out of
poet yesterday was the corvette Forfait, with Gene-
ral de Loreucez and his staff This, at least, is the
statement given as "latest news" in the evening
papers. Without being a sailor, I can understand
that after the Forfait had got out of the harbour it
was possible that, the weather getting worse, it may
have been deemed prudent that her companions
should not immediately follow her. But it is diffi-
cult to conceive that the general himself could have
known at the time of his departure that he was not
to be accompanied ; for it would have been mani-
fest folly for the head of the expedition wantonly
to incur a sea risk which was judged dangerous
for the bulk of the fleet. There is so
much mystery and contradiction about this Mexi-
can affair, that I cannot repress a suspicion that
the weather may possibly not be the only cause for
the detention of the ships--and wh:le writing this
I observe in one of the evening papers that
General de Lorences received " new instructions"

just before he sailed. May it not be that these
new instructions have shorn the enterprise of some
of its preconceived grandeur ? It is quite certain
that the expedition was suspended at the end of
last week. The Toulon journals rate the
assertion that the countermand came from Marshal
Castellanos at Lyons, and are at a loss to explain
the mason. Twenty-four hours later there was an
' order to go forward, and now, very likely, there is
a hitch again. The project of reconciling the Pope
with Italy, by setting up an Austrian archduke as
King of Mexico, being a pet conception of the
Emperor's, the probability is that, after a little
more working of the telegraph, General de
Lorencez's original following will put to sea.
The Opiaiun Nationale throws cold water upon
the Mexican business, and doubts whether, "in
spite of the information received by the Petrie from
Vera Cruz just at a convenient moment," the people
of Mexico are disposed to come into the proposed
arrangement. It ridicules the speculation that the
Mexicans, "acting freely," will give themselves to
Austria, and that later, no promise being exacted,
or any indelicate bargain made, Austria will "spon-
taneously" give up Venice " in exchange for ample
territorial possessions." The Opinion Nationak
cannot see where this territorial compensation is
to come from, unless by the dismemberment of Tur-
key ; and, besides that the &laves of the south
would have a good deal to say on the subject,
it wants to know what is thought of it at this
moment by England and Russia. There are people,
it seems, who connect the above notable scheme
with a telegram from Frankfort, affirming that the
Emperor of Austria has written an autograph letter
to Napoleon 111., laying down the basis of a
" cordial understanding."
The diplomatic correspondence between the
courts of Rome and Paris, just published, greatly
strengthens the interpretatiou of the Emperor's
. speech in a sense highly unfavourable to the Pope's
own pastimes. On looking narrowly at the
Emperor's language, it will be found that he does
not now affirm that be entertains hopes of
reconciling the two antagonistic causes of
the Papacy and Italy ; he merely says that
when ho recognised the kingdom of Italy (J'ai
rec )he did indulge such • hope. He speaks
to the catholic world to excuse himself for having
recognised Italy, and does not pledge himself to a
present expectation, which it would be ridiculous
to cherish, after the most unequivocal declaration
of Cardinal Antonelli that the Pope will not treat
with Victor Emmanuel in any way whatever, and
so far from renouncing the temporal power at
Rome, will not cease to claim the principalities
which have been already taken from him. As M.
Psyrat truly says in the Prase, these despatches
Proclaim a state quo which may last for twenty
years unless France takes her troops away
from Rome. To that it muet come, and if
the Emperor is to have credit for being the sincere
and disinterested friend of Italy which he pro-

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moderate to tree& or Aroma, gals, rain at Masse.
rainy.
Ireland-B.W. to N.W., mod,- W.E.W. to N.N.W., stroog to
rate to strong, with rain la pie, some rain.
places.
Central--81mitsr to above. Finglar to above.
Z. Cosst—W. to N. W., mode- W. to N., trash to Aron, rainy.
rate to strong. rein In planes.
& lagiend —Westerly, @Moog W.B. W. to N.N.W., strong.
to a gale, with much rata, rain at times, then clear and
fine.

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hearty threabundredths Increase. IL —lCsposal WriaMilesisr
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point). D.—Directlon of wind (t no—two palate iml or mam.
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lightning: m, misty (11): o overcast (doll) : r, rate: a, snow:
t. thunder. B.—lbsorbease (1 to 9). W.—Wst, rem-fat
or snow, or hall, sines Yet report, In inches and Mislnsals. &
Calm. _ .

Warping drum—Thursday evealog.

A Munich letter of Tuesday says :—" After the
baptism of the newly born Prince Alphonse, the day before
yesterday, there was a dinner at court at which all the
members of the royal family were present. At the des-
sert King Lords gave the following toast : I, the oldest
of tiss Wittelshaehs, being 75 years and 5 months old.
drink to the health of the youngest, who is only two days
old.' The Princes Adalbert and the young Prince are

A considerable quantity of new peu and young
asparagus las arrived Ode week from Algeria.
The Fruition Gazette announoes that gymnastics
are to be introduced as a oompulaorY branch of education in
meads at every degree in Prairie.

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" The winter this year," says a St. Petersburg
letter, "is unusually severe in Russia. Almost every day
[roses bodies are found on the Neva. A covered sledge
from Cronstadt, with three persons in it and the driver,
were all found on its arrival to be completely frozen, the
horses having brought the vehicle on to the usual place of
stopping. Even the stones do not resist the cold, and
several cracks are visible in the Alexander monument,
°Destructed of red Finland granite."

Donizetti's opera of 11 Furioso, which was never
beard in Paris, is ready for representation at the Italians,
and will be performed in the course of a few days.
M. Gounod's new opera La &ine de Raba is
announced to be brought forward at Paris next week.
A rumour is abroad that Mme. Goldschmidt will
visit Paris at the does of a musical tour in England, and that
she will be heard In three concede.

THE HOP DUTlM—Yosterdity a numerously-
&needed public meeting was held at the Goat's Head Hotel,
Farnham, to consider the means necessary to procure a
repeal of the hop duties. The chair was occupied by Mr.
G. rlslater Booth, M.P. for North Hants, and on the plat-
terra were Lord Hohnestiale, M.P., Mr. Dodson, 11. P., Mr.
G. Cubit', M.P., Mr. W. W. B. Beach, M.P., Mr. J. I.
Briscoe, M.P., ho. Mr. Briscoe, M.P., moved the first
resolution:—" That in the opinion of this meeting the bop
duties are becoming year by year more intolerable and op-
prossive to the plonters and nilintornstal in the cultivation of
hops, and ought to be entirely abolished." Mr. G. Cubitt,
M.P., in seconding the motion, said that last year a good
case in favour of the hop planters was made out in the
House of Commons on the discuision upon Mr. Dodsoa's
motion, which was defeated for financial reasons, but
that their prospects had now much improved. They
hail an ailditioual number of supporters in the house. They
accepted tho doctrine of free trade, and, therefore,
objected to the actual protection which Mr. Gladstone bad
conferred upon the foreign hop-grower. Mr. A. J. B.
Beresford Hope having spoken, the resolution was
unanimously adopted. Mr. Beach, M.P., moved the second
resolution, to the effect that a deputation of gentlemen
from the venous hop-growing distr.cta be appointed to wait
upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of
requesting him so to arrange his next budget as to provide
for the total repeal of the hop duties ; and that memo-
rials in favour of the object be forwarded from each of the
hop-growing parishes. Mr. Elston° seconded the resolu-
tion, which was then unanimously adopted. A vote of
thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.
Twg INDIAN TARIFF.—The following members of
parliament have promised to take part in the proceedings at
the meeting on the above subject. convened by the Mar of
Maisehester for Tuesday next :—Thomas Healey, Beg., H.P.,
the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P., the Hon. Wilbraham
Egerton, M.P., W. J. Legh, Esq., M.P., Ceo. Hadfield,
Esq., M.P., and W. Oral, Esq., M.P.
'Jul Bisuor or EXETER AND • Rim. READER
or " liawcer."—A correspondent at Torquay (says the
Plymouth Journal) sonde us the following i.—`• The Bishop
of Exeter has does an extraordinary thing, I hear.
A clergyman, named the Rev. Julian Young, has
come here for the season for the benefit of his health.
He delivered a lecture on ' Poets and Poetry of the
Bat half century,' at the Mechanics' Institute. The
people were so much pleased with his readings, that those
Interested in the Torbay Infirmary asked him to read a
lecture for the benefit of that institution. The rev. gentle-
man consented. and lent Friday accordingly read Hanslel.
The lecture realised 451. De., which was handed over to the
infirmary, the supporters of which at the weekly meeting,
hold last Tuesday, pained a vote of thanks to him. But in
consequence id reeding this play, the bishop has prohibited
him from preaching in his diocese. Mr. Young was now and
then in the habit of sasisting at BR John's."