The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nor OUR OWN COI

PARIS, BuNDAT EVINING.

The Debate treats the story of a Russian consti-
tutien as a canard invented by the France. It
reasons thus :—M. de Budberg has recently re-
ceived despatches from St. Petersburg, and if his
government had informed him of such a consid
•r-
-sble fact as the transformation of Czarism, it is
unlikely that he would have kept the news secret,
seeing that it is of a character highly advantageous
to the power which he represents at Paris. It also
represents the France as backing out of its original
false (apocryphe) statement, under the pretext that
the scheme is likely to break down, owing to the
opposition of the retrograde party in Russia. But
now the France, in spite of the Debate, main-
tains the accuracy of its original news,
and it fortifies itself behind the Memorial
Diplomatique, which, though an Austrian organ,
and therefore presumably hostile to the idea which
has been ventilated of a Russian alliance brought
about by the initiative of Prussia, admits to-day
that a constitution for all the Russian provinces is
resolved upon "in principle." In confirmation
of this intelligence the France mentions a current
rumour at St. Petersburg, that the Duke de Leuoh-
tenberg, a relative of the Emperor Napoleon, is to
be made Governor of Poland as soon as the im-
portant measures now in contemplation shall be
promulgated.
There is a paragraph in the France which is to
me a complete puzzle. It says that several jour-
nals announce that Austria has given to France
" completely satisfactory" explanations about Art. 8
of the project of federal reform, and it adds that
it "entirely believes the news." Well, then, one
would think that there was no more complaint to
be made on the subject ; but so far from that being
the case, the France proceeds to say that it would
be much better for Austria to throw over the
"unfortunate" article altogether, instead of making
explanations about it. With what consistency can
Art. 8 be branded as "unfortunate" and deserving
of suppression if the explanations given about it
were, as is admitted, "completely satisfactory 1"
The Pap states that the terms proposed by Nubsr
Pacha, now in Paris as an envoy of the Viceroy
of Egypt, for the completion of the Suez Canal, are
" almost entirely unacceptable," and that M.
Drouyn de Lhuys insists upon the pare and simple
execution of the programme settled between the
late Viceroy and IL de Lesseps' company. This
is rather a serious difference.

Although some journals state that the Count de
Month°ton, the late consul at New York, who has
been called home to be made ambassador to Mexico,
will not go out so long as the government of that
country remains in a provisional state, the France
announces that, by desire of the Emperor, he will
proceed to his new poet immediately.
False news about Prince Napoleon's movements
seems to be especially privileged. At any rate it is
an old observation that whenever he goes upon a

journey various conflicting versions about it are
sure to be circulated, and the truth never comes
out till after a long delay. Last week the Cher-
bourg people were astonished at reading in all the
Paris journals that the prince had arrived in that
port from Havre in his yacht the Jerome Napo-
leon. It now appears that instead of going to
Cherbourg the Jerome Napoleon made an excur-
sion to Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and has since
returned to Havre, where she is now waiting, with
steam up to start as soon as the weather will
permit for Lisbon. The project of taking Cher-
bourg by the way is still, however, entertained.

BRITISH TEARS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

The Times publishes a table, compiled from
recent Board of Trade returns, giving the total amount of
our shipments of British produce sad manufactures during
the first half of the present year, compared with thoee of
the corresponding half of 1862, distinguishing each country
in the order in which it ranks as our customer. Our own
possessions continue with remarkable steadiness to take one-
third of our entire exports, and India, Australia, and Canada,
all show an adviser*. The United States figure only for •
slight increase on the restricted amount of last year. and
they now occupy • place in the list not very far above that of
Turkey and her dependencies, the latter having this year
attained a remarkable increase. The trade with France,
although large, has eat been quite to the same outset us
that of the beginning of 1862. Italy presents a very antis-
fernery recovery, which will probably damp the ardour of
her enemies next session in the House of Commons. Spain
likewise occupies a good position. Portugal and Belgium
exhibit steady progress, and in our trade with the other
states of Europe there has been apparently little variation.
The shipments to the several states of South America show
very coasiderable improvement, Brazil being almost the
only exception. To Mexico they have been five times as
large as is the same period of last year, • result partly to
be attributed to the conaignments to tlatarnoms. To Chili,
New Granada, the Argentine Republic, and Peru, there has
she been • peat increase. To the Dutch East Indies
(Java, &c) the total has been less than half of that in 1862,
and there has also been a diminution to the Philippine
Islands. Hayti and St. Domingo, which are coupled in the
Board of Trade return', although the one is now an inde-
pendent republic, and the other • Spauish colony, are like.
wise on the unfavourable side ; but whether the falling off
has been on the part of both, or only of one, cannot be as-
certained. Japan and Cochin China, with which countries
there was no trade in the first half of 1862, DOW again ap-
pear, but Paraguay and Persia. which then had a place,
are no longer included.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

MONDAY, earnma 7, 8 A.M.