The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(110 X On OWN OORRISPORDI2I7.I
PARIS, THURSDAY EVINIRO.

The France, which yesterday ventilated the news
which I took the liberty of throwing cold water
upon, of an intimate understanding between "two"
powers (i. e. Fromm and England, to the exclusion
of Austria), now repeats the story in a new form,
but only for the purpose of backing out of it. The
favourite device is resorted to of saddling the re-
port upon the back of "foreign journals;" and
then the France, after hammering out at greater
length the canard which it set going yesterday,
concludes :—" It is not, however, thought in Lon-
don that the cabinet of St. James will take any
definite resolution without convening parliament."
Why, of course not ; and I will venture to say that
parliament will not meet before the usual time.
The news of the France therefore comes to nothing.
The Nation, whether inspired or not I cannot
' say, vet/ solemnly advocates the scheme which the
France pretended was afoot some weeks ago of an
alliance between France and Russia. It cries out
energetically "down with the European under-
' standing," argues just like M. E. de Girardin that
for one reason or another neither England nor
Austria can possibly reunite with France in a war
with Russia, and, echoing the already bygone pro-
posal of the France, "an understanding of two,"
but giving another sense to it, concludes as fol-
lows :
We call upon France to isolate herself from the powers
which can only compromise her, and to draw near to that
power which alone can mare her generous intentions
towards Poland. Tee, we demand an "understanding at two.'
but it is with Russia. Thus only can we have an honour.
able peace—thus only can we save Poland.
In answer to the widely-circulated news that the
moment the memorandum of the Polish National
Government appeared in the Moniteur, the Russian
ambassador called on the Minister of Foreign
Affairs to protest, the Nation states authoritatively
that M. de Bndberg has not seen M. Drouyn de
Lhuvs since the interview at which he delivered
Prince Gortehakora despatch.
The Patric pretends that Prince Napoleon
(whose name is so continually taken in vain by
French journalists that "false news" about him
has become proverbial) is going to London ; and
the insinuation is that he has a mission to make a
treaty of alliance offensive and defensive against
Russia. Bullier's Correspondence gives the same
story with the variation that the special envoy may
perhaps be Count Walewski instead of the Prince.
I believe all these and similar stories to be mere
red-herring drags, meant to amuse and tire out
public opinion about the Polish question. The
truth is, no doubt, with the France of to-night,
that the ministers are too wise to compromise the
nation before the meeting of parliament.
The Patric, hitherto one of the warmest friends
of the monarchical scheme in Mexico, now says
that the Archduke will receive the deputation
which comes to offer him the throne, not, as had
been stated, at his private chateau of Miramar, but
at Vienna, and in the presence of the Emperor
Francis Joseph. It is the Emperor who will
pronounce the answer which the Patrie admits is
" not likely to be decisive." So much for the
positive statements of the Mimorial Diploniatique,
Europe, and the special telegram sent to a leading
journal.
The Bourse remains with scarcely any altera-
tion.

A Paris letter in the ind€pendanee has the fol-
lowing :
The propositions brought by the Annamite ambassadors
are Mild to be theme :—They with, by the offer of a ram of
70 millions, to r►purchaae the provinces of Lower Cochin.
China,ceded to France by the late treaty, and, mosrover, tea
Emperor of Annum offers to become the Tamil of the
French government for the urns provinces, by paying an
annual tribute of 10 millions. Under soy Clf =MUMS.
the port of Saigon will remain in possession of the Freoch.
It appears that the decision of France Is not to accede to
any proposition ou the subject.