The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-03 00:00:00

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PARIS, 81:111DAT EV131112.

The Debtsla has caught the Prance tripping. M.
de la Gueronnibre's journal, in its zeal to serve
two masters, the Pope and the Emperor, pro-
pounded yesterday the following dilemma :
" Either the treaty of Sept. 15 maintains the condi-
tions necessary for the independence of the papacy
or it destroys them. In the second case"—the
France admits, then, says the Dibats parentheti-
cally, the possibility of the second case—" the
treaty would be morally vitiated by alterations in
fact, and it would owe to be operative." But
the France is estopped from treating the conven-
tion of September 15 as such an ill-considered
doubtful document as it would now have it be-1
Hayed, for only three days ago it declared that it
was a " definitive solution," the most eternal and
unchangeable thing in the world.
It appears to be certain, although the fact has
been contradicted, that the French plenipotentiary
at Rome, M. de Sartigee, communicated the con-
vention of Sept. 15 not to the Pope in person'
but to Cardinal Antonelli on the 21/th ult. The
cardinal, whose cue it was to carp at the treaty,
said ironically that he did not see why there should
be a delay of two years, meaning obviously that
the Pope would be no better prepared at that dis-
tauce of time to conciliate the affection of his sub-
jects than now. The French envoy replied
drily that the Emperor wished to give the Holy See
time to organise a sufficient army to protect itself,
but that the Pope was at perfect liberty to send the
French garrison away sooner if be wished. This
conversation, supposing it to be, as I think it is,
accurately reported, furnishes a valuable key to the
construction of the convention, and tends to show,
subject to the possibility of reticences of which there
are no indications, that the Debats takes the right
view of it.

There is a discussion going on as to the meaning
of the phrase in M. Paulin Limayrac's late article
in the Constitutionuei, " hereafter there will be no
foreigners in Italy except in Venice." The question
is whether that phrase was used lightly, or whether
it was a well considered threat to Austria, implying
that France contemplated her ultimate evacuation
of Venice. The latter is the better opinion.
There is considerable confusion about court news,
resulting probably from indecision, or to use the
stronger French word, tirai/knients, in high
quarters. Last night the Patrie told us that the
Empress was so pleased with Schwalbach that sbe
would stay there till the 10th, and that in con-
sequence the departure of the court for Compiegne
would be postponed till the 20th. It bad been said
that the Empress would return on the 3rd, and that
the Compiegne festivities were to commence on the
10th. Now the Pays, without fixing any precise
date, says the Empress will be iu Paris towards
the end of the week. A false report was in
circulation that her Majesty bad made an excur-
sion from Schwalbach to Baden-Baden. It is still
said that she will stop there on her way home, and
will have meetings with the Queen of Prussia and
the Empress of Russia. All the Paris papers
announced, and the news was telegraphed to
London, that Prince Humbert bad left Paris
almost immediately after his arrival for Turin. The
fact is that he is still here, and it is anticipated
that he will spend a week at Compiegne, where
great doings will take place on his account. The
Pays says he will not leave Paris till the 20th.
There are rumours, the principal foundation for
which, perhaps, is the adjournment of the meeting
of the Italian chambers, that the removal of the
site of the Italian government from Turin to
Florence will he postponed for a year, or perhaps
even till the last French soldier shall have quitted
Rome.

WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.)

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The Imperial Court of Paris has decided that a
porton having in his possession game killed by any other
means than those authorised by the law most be considered
as an accomplice of the principal in the offeeme. Several
individuals having partridge' thus taken have been in con-
entience condemned to film and imprlsotment. Precise
instructions have, owing to the above demean, been
addressed to the officers and agents of the judicial police
ordering them, ow= after the opening of the shooting
season, to draw up • peach-verbal against anyone having,
game taken or killed by prohibited means.
A frightful occurrence took place a few days
ago (says a letter from Rome), just out of Velletri, on the
road to Valmotitoee, where there was a fair that day. A
young man, named 1). Santis, was riding out in company
with some friends, when, from a lane, a man, armed wish a
gun, stepped into the middle of the rod and intimated to
the party to stop. De Santis, who was nearest to him, pulled
out a revolver and shot the brigand at once, but had no sooner
done so than he was himself shot down by the falling
brigand, according to some accounts, or by his aocomplicee,
accordiag to others, who were in ambush behind the hedge
and @bowed themselves on hearing the report of firearms.
At all smuts the assailant and the sassiled were left dead
on the road, everybody else taking to light, sad it was
some time before the gendarmes from Velletri mane to re-
deye the corpse of De Santis to his re/atives and to expose
that of the brigand in the principal piazza for recognition.
He turned oat to be one of the refugee Neapolitan rem-

A most extraordinary rumour wee current on
Saturday and yesterday at Portsmouth, and from inquiries
made theme is every reasoe to believe that it is well
founded. It Is that the Royal Sovereign turret ship is
to be paid out of commission and Owed is the 6116 alms
of the Steam Reserve.

Monday, the 17th inst., is fixed for opening to
the public the entire railway line from Paris to Moe,
through Lyme, Mareeillca, and Toulon. The 17th of
October °Madder with the opeaiag el the 'deter mama
at Nice. A special train bee bees prepared by the railway
oompany for the accommodate= of the Empties of Amnia,

impacted before the 17tb. -
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL TOR HABEAS'S OP
TIM Cur. VISTOSZA-PAEC. —TE• number of patients
relieved at tbia institution during but week woo 845, of
old* 171 win MW aim