The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PAM. W161)1118DLY Evzwpro.

The great news of the day is the repudiation by
the Moniteur of the treaty with Mexico, which the
French plenipotentiary, Admiral Jurien de la Gra.
'Mae, entered into jointly with the representatives
of England and Spain. It is now abundantly clear
that France originally contemplated, and still
means, if possible, to make the legitimate griev-
ances of a few French subjects the excuse for a
prolonged intervention, and the destruction of the
republican form of government in that country.
It was not for nothing that the Petrie every day
for a month sought to persuade the world that the
Mexicans were dying with love for Archduke
Maximilian, and the great majority of the Mexican
provinces had made a prontosciamento to have him
for king. I have little doubt that the firmness of
the English government has substantially extin-
guished this mischievous job, just as it did the
Syrian intervention two years ago. But the French
,journals which were so deeply committed to a
Mexican war may be excused for dying hard.
The Opinion Nationale this evening says :

What has happened in Mexico? What is going on in
the commas of Franco, Spain, and England! Is there
accord or diespeement, rupture or the commencement of

The Cimaiefutionnef states that, independent of
the English colonists who are about to cultivate cotton in
Algeria, M. de Bray, • protestant clergyman, has selected
eighty-five families from the agricultural population of
the Hautes-Alpes and in Piedmont, to establish them on •
tract of land in Algeria, of which he has obtained a grant.
This laud is situate near Aumale, at a locality called Dee
Trembles, and embraces 2,500 acres. Some of the colonists
have already arrived, and express themselves delighted with
the fertility of the soil.
The Official Gazette of Turin announces that the
first twelve pieces of ordnance of the celebrated hundred
subscribed for throughout Europe for the fortress of Ales-
sandria, in Piedmont, have been cast. They are rifled
16. pounders in cast iron.
M. Francesco Polleri, formerly a banker at 148•
boa, ham just died at GOllOll, at a very advanced age. Hs
was unmarried, and leaves • fortune of about four =Mime
of franos—one million to be divided among his relatives,
sad three to charitable institutions at Genoa.
The Princess of Auereperg, mistress of the
palace to the Archduchess Sophia of Austria. has devoted
• capital of 20,000 florins to the purchase of ornaments for
a church under her patronage. This sum is the product of
dosatioss and subscriptions raised at the court of Vienna.
" Our musical readers," says Galignani, " will
rejoice to hear that Madame Grisi will sing on Friday at
Hers's for the annual concert of M. Sighioelli, a violinist
gradually but surely working his way into celebrity. The
Dive will be supported by other eminent artiste, and the
air& promises to be one of the best of the season."
The Malta Times of the 27th ult. reports several
serious disturbances in the island, between the military and
the native population.
THE RANK OF AN APPEARANCL—He who,
seeing how much appearances govern the world. desires
himself to achieve the rank of an appearance, and obtain,
as such, the credit that is awarded to the substance o•
merit, yet be as ode as • phantom against the essulta to
which the 'abstains is unavoidably exposed, will be duly
Isaladful of the rules thus prescribed to his Waded of him.
self. His life will be as void as his talk of all aggreshe
I brilliancy. His dram will be decorous—for a sloven invitee
ridicule ; but studious of that plainness which disarms the
=W of fops. H entertainments will be hospitable, hie
Hie
good—for civilised man has the gratitude of the
plate; bat ha will shun the ostentation which wound' the
pride of the poor, and irritates the vanity of the rich.
Tbo pad &wild carry away with him the benignant re-
miskonnee of a courteous reception and a savoury repast,
with a heart unangrieved by • mortifying pomp, and •
digestion unspoilt by splenetic envy. Dante says of the
valley in which his pilgrimage coinmeoces, ' Dove
eel tim"—" Where the sun is ailent." The sun of
aka Mau superior to hie deserts is always silent.
la his intellectual conduct, this admirable personage thus on
risciple avoids making enemies. Extreme in nothing, and
mantral whenever he can be so without giving offence, be is
Ins violsut party-sum Violent party.meo are always ill•
seed by the chiefs of party ; it is the moderate men
whom the chiefs desire to secure; and even the antago-
sistic journal' do not blame the minister who rewards the
seasonable vote of a judicious temporiser by the place he is
not so rashly grateful as to bestow on a supporter iodir
meetly enthusiastic. On the other hand, the Superior Men
steers es clear from inconvenient friendships as from vindic-
tive wasaledes. He confides to no one hie infirmities or his
sorrows ; In his intervals of bodily sickness he only
.cons.
plain to his physiciaa ; for infirmity and sorrow are India-
We read in Gaiirsani K Belart,who sang at riabit__seideaoss of our frail mortality, and as such they
(ay the Gallicism be paaonea) the ideahood
the commencement a tit* promat meson at the Italian faiAs=otair to which the mortal K. B. Lyt.
Opera, and who has bees same mouths in bad health, to ton, Blacbooods Magegine for April.
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Ivry, noir Paris." —Taal* receipts, week ending March 30, 11,000/. 17,..3.

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It is understood (says the Times) that orders are
is course of transmission to all the dockyards throughout
the United Kingdom to suspend any further operations
upon wooden ships.
The Church Missionary Society has removed
to the splendid aew building which has been erected for it
i• Salisbury-square.. . . .

a rupture between the three powers, or ►t any rate between
their representatives at Vera Gnu! This is an enigma
which we do not attempt to solve. We simply lay the
facts before our readers. A convention append by the

plenipotentiaries was concluded at Soledad on Feb. 19 be-
tween General Prim and General Doblado. It wee not
unanimously approved of by the populations, but was
nevertheless confirmed by the Provident Juarez. By virtue
of this convention the French were to occupy Orin* the
Spaniards Cordova, and the English Tehmican, while nego.
tiations were going on in Orizaba for a definitive settlement,
It was at the same time stipulated that, until the conclu-
sion of the negotiations, no reinforcement* should land upon

the Mexican eOwa.

of the allied troops Wield

for the three cities which they were to occupy were
on the march when the English steamer arrived, oa
March 1, with despatches from Europe. Then a
sudden change occurred in the situation of the•
plenipotentiaries and allied troops. Commodore Dunlop
readied the English detachment which had advanoed on
the Tehnacan road, and ordered it on board ship to go
away. The commodore's officers said that they had been
deceived by the Spaniards. General Prim seemed disposed
to follow the commodore's lead, for he gave out that the
convention was annulled. What then is the news brought
by the British steamer? We do not vet know, but the
Moxiteur reveals to us a serious dimension. The imperial
government disapproves of the Soledad convention, which
it describes as contrary to the dignity of France. Such are
the facts. Great obscurity prevails in regard to the
Mexican question. But we venture to inquire whether the
choice of M. Dubois de Saligny to supersede
Admiral Jurien de la Getman, as • negotiator
Is a happy one. We cannot but remember
that M. de Salim has been accused, rightly or wrongly, of
being very favourable to the clerical party, and of having
been, at lout to a certain extent, the promoter of the in.
tervention of the three powers. We conclude by observing
that the solution of the Mexican question is yet to seek, and
that the terrible yellow fever begins to rage at Vera Gras
at the end of March.

The Petrie gives out that the "two govern-
ments"—France and Spain—are about to make a
new treaty for a common action in Mexico.
The Pays repeats the old assertion that the French
plenipotentiaries' instructions are not to sign any
treaty elsewhere than in the city of Mexico.
The Bourse was extremely buoyant, and quite
Ithe counterpart of yesterday, but no reason is
assigned for the change beyond the fact that, the
settlement being over, people are speculating for a
new account. The Rente rose 300. for cash, and
560. for account, dosing at 69fr. 85c. and 70fr. Sc.
Mobilier rose life. 260., and the Italian Loan 550.
Many of the railways were in great demand. Lyons
wee 23fr. 75e., Southern 12fr., and Northern and
Western 2fr. 500. each. Orleans continues to be
depressed, in consequence of the disappointment
about the dividend, and fell sfr. Eastern without
change.