The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRWAT EVENING.

The Moniteur, under the head of a correspond-
ence dated from London, contains the following
paragraph :
In spite of the more and more pressing solicitations ad-
dressed to England by the party in Greem who wish to
place Prince Alfred on the throne, public opinion here does
not allow itself to be swayed. There is not one party or
one journal that now declares itself in favour of that candi-
dateship. On the contrary, the nation shows itself una-
nimous in desiring to refuse any offer of the kind. The
Queen herself is, it is said, in acoord with her people on this
übject, which so closely touches her personal feelings. The
English are, in fact, decided not to add anything to the com-
plications of the Eastern question.
The Coastitittionnel says:

Some foreign jouroals pretend that England having pro-
pceed at the outset of the change which has just taken
place in Greece to renew the protocol of 1830, France,
as well as Russia, appeared to consider it as a dead
letter. We believe we are in a position to say
that the statement so male is quite erroneous.

The Emperor's government, on the contrary, did
not hesitate an instant in recognising the validity of the
treaties, and we are not, we think, mistaken when we add
that the instructions sent by telegraph to the French minis-
ter at Athens, immediately after reception of the news of
the events, might be thus summed up :—Kindness towards
Greece and maintenance of the engagements made in com-
mon. Those recommendations have since then been several
times renewed.
There is a vagueness in the above denial which
provokes suspicion. It has been very confidently
asserted that England was the first to ask for a dis.
tint renewal of the protocol of 1830, and that Rus-
sia and France gave evasive answers. The Consti-
tutionners well-considered note is far from meeting
this statement by a distinct yes or no, and the haste
with which it flies off to the irrelevant subject of
the despatches which, " if it is not mistaken," were
sent to the French minister at Athens, argues that
it is not able to deny the main fact. The France
thinks it material to say that if England requires a
declaration from the powers that the Duke de
Leuchteuberg is not a member of the Russian im-
perial family, there will be no difficulty in giving it.
This is an impudent way of reiterating the preten-
sions of the Russian prince.

The France gives out that there will be no
"definitive" ministry at Turin until the meeting
of the French Corps Legislatif, and that when that
body shall have expressed its approbation of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys's policy, as there is every reason
to suppose it will do, a ministry will be composed
in Italy, the basis of whose programme will be
the necessity of choosing some other capital than
Rome. I have no doubt that the France here
correctly intimates the dire intentions of the
French government. The Moniteur's correspondent
speaks quite in the same sense. The favourite
scheme here is that Victor Emmanuel should
appoint what is called an"` administrative mi-
nistry," precisely analogous to that Thorigny
cabinet, of contemptible memory, which preceded
the 2nd of December iu France. Then the terrible
patron in Paris would have new elections con-
ducted upon such good sound coup d'etat principles
as to ensure a pliable majority. There are rumours
worthy of notice that Rattazzi may yet be the
French agent for this subjugation of his country.
The Bourse.was the precise counterpart of yes-
terday. After a good deal of animation in the
course of the day, it became flat at the close.
Route fell 20c. for cash, and sc. for account, closing
at 70fr. 250. and 70fr. 50c. Mobilier fell 3fr. 75e.
The Italian Loan was without change. Railways
remain much the same.