The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. MONDAY EVENING.

The Russian answer to the last despatch of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys (being oue of the " three notee")
hes now positively arrived in Paris, and M. de
Budberg went to the Foreign-office, by appoint-
ment, at two o'clock thin afternoon to read it to
M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and to leave him a copy. It
is probable that the two despatches will be very
soon published in the Moniteur, and therefore the
random conjectures of the journals about the con-
tentsof them are little worth. The Prase, which from
its staunch support of Russia deserves to have re-
ceived a communication from that power, affirms
that there was in Prince Oortchakoff's despatch
an expression extremely insulting to France
which was suppressed at the last moment,
and replaced by a very conciliatory phrase.
It seems to be known that the most important part
of the answer is a supplemental memorandum, as
long as a pamphlet, and which enters into an ela-
borate discussion of the obligations of Russia
towards the European powers in respect of Poland
under the treaties of 1815.

The Annamite ambassadors have arrived in
Paris, and are lodged in the Rue Lord Byron, in
the ChampsElysies. They have already begun to pay
their visits of ceremony. They will be received by the
Emperor at Compiegne in the month of October.
Correspondents who saw them at Marseilles repre-
sent them as being exceedingly ugly, frightfully dirty,
and looking very sad. The latter circumstance is
accounted for by the statement that if they fail in
the object of their embassy, they will all have their
heads cut off when they go home. At the theatre
at Marwilles they smoked all the time of the per-
formance. They chew betel nuts moat of the day.
They take very kindly to French cookery and
French wines.

TLe Pays has an article justifying the French
government for having granted the extradition of
the five prisoners of the Aunis, who are now known
throughout Europe as "the five brigands." The
le.citimist journals of Paris contend that the delivery
of these men, who when illegally arrested at Genoa
were bound for Barcelona, and had regular pass-
ports steed by French authorities, is an act of
lamentable weakness and a condonation of
an insult to the French flag. Several Italian
journals speak of the extradition as a valuable
"concession" from France, granted after long
"hesitation." The Pays is instructed to take very
high ground, and to deny that there has been any
concession or hesitation whatever. It gives a posi-
tive denial to the story that the Imperial Court of
Chambiry had expressed au opinion that the extra-
dition ought not to be granted, but that their judg-
ment was overruled by the Emperor. The court of
Chambdry was not so much as consulted in the
matter. The usual course was followed, which is
that when a demand for extradition is made by a
foreign power the Minister for Foreign Affairs
refers the application to the Minister of Justice,
who after an inquiry makes a report upon it. The
result of the inquiry was that after " mature
deliberation" it was found impossible to refuse
the extradition. I am disposed to think