The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

OWN OUR OWN

PARIS. MONDAY ETZIIING.

In my opinion the important despatch of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys to M. de Sartigee, published in
this morning's Moniteue, is calculated materially to
flatter the hopes of those who saw in the convention
of Sept. 15 the downfall of the temporal power.
Never before was the Pope addressed by the eldest
eon of the church, his protector, in such severe and
scornful language. The thin veil of diplomatic
etiquette but ill disguises the fact that the Emperor
now looks upon the Pope as a blind, hopeless devo-
tee of the pant, who has finally sat himself down
in the chair of the scorner, who shuts his eyes to
the light of modern ideas, and must be left to his
fate.

There is not a word in M. Drouyn de Lhay.' de-
spatch to (*Whet with the manifesto just published
by General La Marmots, in which the new Italian
Prime Minister anticipates the "entire realisation
of the displace of the nation." That language, being
interpretei, means plainly, " Florence is only •
station on our way to Rome ; we have never re-
nounced the idea of annexing home and making it
the capital of Italy, and we will steadily
aim at that object either with the aid
of or in spite of the convention." It is import-
ant to remark that M. Jacini, the new Italian
Minister of Public Works, wrote a pamphlet about
a year and a half ago, in which he recommended a
treaty essentially the same as that now actually
concluded between France and Italy, and moreover
argued that Italy ought scrupulously to observe its
stipulations. But at the same time he said that
the remnant of the temporal power which yet
exists would fall to pieces of itself, and that
Rome would surely become the capital
of Italy, though " not by force." The
nomination of M. Jacini as a member of the Italian
ministry is therefore a pregnant indication of the
sense in which they understand the convention.
Meanwhile the Pope has lost little time in express-
ing his disapproval on all points of the arrange-
ment which the Emperor has made for him, and
which the Constitutionnel affects to believe be must

and will cheerfully accede to. The clerical journal,
the Gazette de France, which I have little doubt
is in this instance well informed, says that
Cardinal Antonelli, in a despatch to the French
government, and which will in all like-
lihood have been communicated to foreign
powers, remarks in the first place that international
law has been completely set at nought by a con-
vention specially affecting the Roman States to
which the Pope is no party. His eminence con-
siders some of the clauses as "at variance with
the rights of the sovereign pontiff." The Pope
claims as a neoessary incident of his sovereignty the
right to call for the protection of any other friendly
power, just as he "accepted with gratitude that
of France." He pleads inability in consequence
of "the robbery of part of his states by Piedmont"
to pay a sufficient army to protect him
notwithstanding that the "great attachment to his
person felt by the majority of his subjects is not
doubtful." He has no "reason to hope" that the
"sub-alpine government" will "renounce its dis-
loyal practice when be shall be left to himself." In
couclu,.ion, his Holiness hurls a defiance at the
French government by characterising the conven-
tion as a "patent of impunity given to his enemies,"
and be threatens to adopt "such a line of conduct
as may be dictated by the interest of his people,
the dignity of the apostolic see, and the conscious-
um of the rights which he holds from God."
Napoleon 111. must of course have anticipated
such an answer as this, and it is impossible to im-
pute to him such childishness as would be implied
in the supposition that it will change his purpose,
and affect the execution of the convention.

The Temps adds to the above information that
the Pope also refuses to accept the arrangement by
which France proposed to relieve him from a part
of his debt without the necessity of his having any
direct negotiation with the King of Italy. "The
Holy See," says the Temps, " will do nothing, and
is absolutely passive and inflexible, save so far as it
threatens to invoke foreign aid. The realisation of
that threat would signify • war more or less
general."

A private letter from Adrianople etates that the
Pacba of the province of which that town is the oeutre has
appointed commissioners to instruct agriculturists is the
management of their (arms. Hs recommend, them to ia.
crease the cultivation of (totter: as much as possible, sad to
import from Europe the best machinery for dressing it.
It is expected that a large quantity will be exported this
year.

Trade in general is good in Paris, particularly
among dealers in articles of luxury. Goldsmiths and
jewellers have more customers than they can supply at the
moment, and many of them ha►e to wait some time to
ha►e their axle,* executed. Manufacturers of article. de
Paris had a better lesson ; painters and elders oa
porcelain were ne►er more prosperous. The demand from
England contributes to the trade in artificial Bowers,
and to gi►e employment to many hands which were idle
during the dead *swoon.

M. Wioterhalter, the painte•, is at Vienna, for
the purpose of taking a portrait of the Empties of Austria.

The operative bookbinders of Paris have handed
to their employers a petition, bowleg 400 signature., priv-
ies that their day's work may be rechmed from 12 to 10
hours, end that their wattle should be fixed at the protest
pay. They also demand that overtime shall be paid at en
increase of 25 par met.

The Ostend journals mention that some surprise
was caused in th►t town two days back at sesiog an English
steamer apparently tekiag souadinga at a short distance
from theemet, as if with the object of finding out a good
anchoring ;gam for a ship-of-war to land troops. A small
steamer was sent off to learn the business of the stranger,
and shortly after brought back the inseiligesee that it was
nothing more than a steamer belonging to the telegraph
oompAny trying to fish lip the submarine cable, which was
in used of repairs.

THZ RRIVARD or HEROISM AND GALLANTRY.—
Fourteen days ago we chronicled the gallant rescue of a child
from the Bonded, waters of the Teviot by a labourer named
li•Oulre. The brave fellow, of amuse, lost some time in the
performance of the gallant act and in changing his wet
clothes afterwards, and we are credibly informed that his
employer in paring him hie wager deducted the value of the
hour's work, 30., from his hardly we. .soma.—Howick
Advertiser.

Among the supply of turtle furnished to Mr.
Fisk. Llispastrycook, of Southampton, by tbo last West
lodic simmer, wen two monster ones woildtiod 4 cwt. OPAL