The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Ps= en ova CORRIMPOSDID7.)
PARIS, SATURDAY EVINDTO.

Prince Napoleon, forming all by himself a mino-
rity of one, has voted against the address in the
Senate. The positive command of his cousin and
sovereign prevented him front speaking on the
Roman question, but he has shown his feeling by
his vote. This vote and the speech of M. Thouve-
nel, which are the only important features of the
debate in the Senate, sweep away a forest of menda-
cious cobwebs which M. de la Guerenniire has been
weaving in the France for months past. M. de la
Gueronnii.re says that the Emperor's policy in re-
gard to Rome has never changed, but that M. Thou-
vend misunderstood it. This the late Foreign
Minister indignantly denies. Ile asserts posi-
tively—and his assertions will be believed,
because they but corroborate what every
body knows—that in all his negotiations with Rome
be faithfully and literally carried out the Emperor's
instructions. When, therefore, he says that his
last despatch to M. de Lavalette, threatening to
withdraw the French forces from Rome if the Pope
would not reform his government, was a bill draw n
at a certain date upon his (M. Thouveners) per-
sonal honour, lie very clearly proclaims to the
world that the Emperor ordered him to pursue a
course of policy which it seemed good to his Ma-
jesty to change when lie called for the aid of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys. The moderate, respectful terms
in which this declaration is put make it all the
more irrefutable. M.Thouveuel, with all the weight
of his official knowledge and experience,denounces the
reforms in Rome with which the Pope is amusing
M. Drouyn de Lhuys as altogether illusory, and
expresses a decided opinion that the French occupa-
tion is no longer justifiable. M. Billault's answer
to M. Thouvenel was a choice specimen of the
height of impudence. He told the senators in a
very few words that all discussion was useless, and
that they had nothing to do but to vote the ad-
dress, because the Emperor was resolved to main-
tain the deans quo. But the zealous and clever
M. Billault forgot that the very paragraph of the
address on which he was speaking contained an
assertion in flagrant contradiction with his argu-
ment. He said, formerly we met with a
lioti ponstains at Rome, and now we mret
with a 10.11 pOSSUMUS at Turin, and under these
circumstances the Emperor, who will never weary
in attempting to conciliate the two parties, will
wait. But the address, meaning to insinuate that
M. Drouyn de Lhuys' policy has been to a certain
extent successful, says, untruly indeed, but auda-
ciously and distinctly, "at Turin they meet° talk
of Rome." That is the wilful misrepresentation
made by the framers of the address of the dignified
refusal of the Italian government to enter into any
negotiations on the subject with M. Drouyn de
Lhuys. M. Billault was quite right when he said
there was a non possum/is at Turin, but that was a
very bad argument in favour of the address as it
stood ; because the address said quite another thing.
However, M. Billault had probably small
for his audience, and at any rate he rightly respectug
that the argument was good enough for them.
There was nothing else worthy of serious notice
in the Senate's debate on the address, which, in
obedience to a hint from a high quarter, was gone
over at railroad speed. Baron Dupin made a
speech as tedious as irrelevant about the small
proportion of Roman oatholics in Prussia who get
government appointments, the progress of Hegel-
= iSIII, and the annexation of Belgium to Holland
at the beginning of the century. This speech alone
constituted what was called the " general discus-
sion." _

The Patrie is authorised to give a positive contra-
diction to a reported conversation copied from the
Nev' York Tribune into a London journal, between
the Emperor and Mr. Slidell, in the course of
which his Majesty was said to have proposed
the purchase by the Union of all the slaves
in the South, and Mr. Slidell to have admitted
that slavery could not be expected to endure
beyond the present century. The Petrie says that
this conversation (which by the way has been made
use of by the Southern party in England as an
argument to show that the Emperor in his media-
tion was anxious to put an end to slavery) is purely
imaginary from beginning to end. It adds, and no
doubt from the best authority, that in all the con-
versations which Mr. Slidell has had with political
men in France, the question of slavery has never
once been alluded to. It is, indeed, a remarkable
thing that the Emperor, who some people think so
wer7 clever, should attempt to interfere in the
'United States at this crisis, and give the go-by to
the vital question of slavery altogether as if it were
not worth a thought.
Twenty-two Italians, notorious Bonrbonist con-
spirators, were, through the mediation of the
Countess Waleweeki, invited to the Empress's last
ball, behind the back of Chevalier Nigra, the
Italian Ambassador. When the latter heard of
the invitations, he at once wrote to the Duke de
Basaano that sudden indisposition " would ire-
vent him from having the honour of waiting upon
her Majesty. All his legation sent notes to
the same effect. M. Nigra told Prince Napoleon
what had happened, and the Prince thereupon in-
formed the Dike de Baseano, in no measured terms,
that he considered it an insult to his wife to ask her
to meet the notorious enemies of her father, and
that neither be nor the Princess Clotilde would at-
tend either the ball or the grand dinner that was
to precede it. In order the better to mark his ab-
nonce from the Tuileries, Prince Napoleon took his
wife to dine that day at the Trois Freres, and lett
such a handsome gratuity with the waiters as will Si
the visit in their memory.
The Figaro Programme states that poor Mdlle.
Emma Liery, who is still at death's door from the
efiTcts of her crinoline accident ou the stage, &aka
every day to see the bills of the Opera. Her
physiciaLs are of opinion that in the ppeaent shat-
tered state of her nerves it is essential to present
her from knowing that the part of Fenella, in
Masaiiielk, which she thinks is kept open for het,
has now been given to another dancer. A pious
frand is therefore committed, and false bills are
printed every opera night for the sole purpose of
being shown to Mdlle. LisTy.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. I.—The Omer Pas* 76 days
from Sedaoy, arrived last Light as Dartmouth, and landed
her mail.. dim brings 20 puaeogara, aod 90,000 mutate of
gold.

LOON 4,i, A HONIWARD-BOrND COTTON-LLMIN
gerp.—We here just received intelhgeses of the total de-
struction. by fire, at sea, of the fine bonus legal, while
oe her promo from Pensambuom is the Brazils, to this
port (Plymouth). She had a valuable cergo of cotton on
beard. The lanai took fire on the 12th of December, in
let. 42 N., long. 30 W., the masts falling overboard four
days afterwards, so rapid was the action of the devouring
element. Fortunately for the safety of those on board the
Iceei, the burning vessel was fallen in with by the Forti-
tude, of Newry, which eacoseded is taking the sinfiartnente
mariisers from the keel. They haws subsequently been
transferred to the ship Yorkshire, and landed in this coun-
try. They being in a destitute condition, were forwarded
to their respective homes by the Shipwrecked Fishermen
and Mariners' Society. It is fortunate the crew were
rescued at the time they were, es, in the state of the wea-
ther, bed another day or two elapsed, there is little doubt
that all oa board would) hen met with a watery grave.—
Waders MorMag Nests.

Et.:ONOKY 121 TIM NAVY Fern: AT M. —The pruning
leas is, according to rumour, to he vigorously applied to
Ms wavy seassiss. sad mew two millions are mectioned as
representing the sum likely to be saved M the 6uaneial year
186344. The economy will chiefly be effected by the re-
duction M tits lest, as it is argued if iron• cased ships are
warrior to thaw of wooden coustruction, we shall not re-
quire is essay of the latter. There will, therefore, be a
consequent reduction io the amount of storm in comparison
with former years. We fear there will be no attempt
made to reduce the number of clerks is the civil branches
of the service. bat on the contrary, it is expected there will
be an increase among these gentlemen.—Army aid Nary
Gazelle.

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