The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-31 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRLDAT Evzstao.

M. Paulin Limayrac has another article on the
Encyclical, which more and more diverges from
the pow curank view of it which the Pays has
been suffered to take. He says that with very
few exceptions the whole catholic world of France
has been " painfully affected " by the publication.
The massee,as having benefited more than any other
class by the institutions of 1789, are peculiarly
attached to them and cannot but resent the
anathema hurled at the state of things in the
midst of which they live and prosper. Those 1
catholics who clieg to the Galilean tractions of
the church of France are studiously insulted
and their most cherished doctrines condemned
with a special and wanton delight. The
people who call themselves liberal catholics (M. de
Montalembert is included in this section) are deno-
minated " pests " and " clorico-liberal societies,"
and contemptuously confounded with socialists
and communists.. Even that almost imperceptible
minority, the " blind and violent ultramontauists,"
of whom Lacordaire said, "They would ruin God
himself if he could be ruined," are sad at heart,
although they pretend to chant hymns of victory.
The only people really pleased are the open adver-
saries of the Papacy. The Comstifutionne/ concludes
that the Encyclical of Deo. 8 has, by wounding the
consciences of catholics, and rejoicing the enemies of
the church,augmented the difficulties of the mission
which France has taken upon herself, and "is
pursuing," in the interest of the Holy See.
It would be of better augury if, instead of
' talking about the " difficulty" of the mission, the
Constiturionnel had been authorised frankly to say
that the Encyclical had rendered it " impossible."
It is difficult to conceive what more the Pope could
do to promote that eventuality spoken of in M.
Drouyu de Lhuys' despatch to K de Sartiges,
wherein he said, "If we were to leave Rome, we
should no doubt regret to see the Holy
See placing itself in open opposition to
the ideas of the age ; but our responsibility
would be at an end." If K Dronyn de Limys is
not now prepared to carry out the convention to
its natural consequences it is difficult to see how
he can retain office when the Chambers meet in
February. The government orators cannot now,
without provoking horse-laughter, say as they
have done hitherto—that the mission of France is to
promote a reconciliation between Italy and the
Pope. The express object of the Encyclical is to
proclaim that the Pope will come into nothing of
the kind.

The first grand ball of the Tuileries is fixed for
Saturday, the 7th. The Empress will probably
eommence her weekly receptions immediately
afterwards.

Count Baciocchi has had a relapse.
K Eugene Pelletan, who is a native of the
Charente Inferieure, has written an eloquent letter
to the electors of that department, recommending
them to vote on January 8 and 9 for the opposition
candidate, M. Paul Bethmont.

A work of some reputation in Germany—
" Studies on French Civilisation and Literature in
the 19th Century." by M. Kreyssig—has been
seized in the Paris bookshops. It contains
biographies of Napoleon IIL and Victor Hugo,
which are considered "disrespectful to sovereigns."
The case of the Abbi Bernard, prosecuted for his
work, "Christ and Caesar," which is alleged to
contain " attacks upon authority," and to have a
tendency to provoke disaffection to the govern-
ment," oomes before the Correctional Tribunal of
Nancy to-morrow.
At the Bourse the Bent., after running up for
account to 66fr. 25c., fell for the close to yester-
day's price, 66fr. exactly. Mobilier fell llfr. 25c.
The market left off with decided heaviness.