The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PION OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. TIMWAY EVILNLIG.

The Constitutionnel, after having boxed the com-
pass in a most extraordinary manner about the
Greek question, has now a fourth article on the
subject, and still with a new signature. Messrs.
Limayrac, Troismonts, and Simon all tried their
bands, and contradicted each other, and now M.
Boniface is set on to make all clear. He protests
in the outset against a certain journal, meaning La
France, which writes bitterly ; whereas he, M.
Boniface, is all for good temper, and the depreca-
tion of alarm. His argument to-day is merely this,
that if a member of the Bonaparte family were to
be made King of Greece, Europe would certainly
take umbrage, because it would feel that a great
power like France could not make common cause
with the Greeks without leaving it to be
supposed that she would further that expansion
of their territory which they notoriously
aspire to. No diplomatic denials or explanations
would remove this impression. A like jealousy
must of necessity be felt of any member of the
royal house of England ; and as Francs cannot
suppose that England would make light of her
alliance, the Constitution/lc/ hopes that the English
government will reflect very seriously before coun-
tenancing Prince Alfred's election. I am not dis-
posed to deny that there is a great deal in this
argument.
The France rays the Greek difficulty is at this
moment under the consideration of a cabinet
council in London, and hopes that it will be satis-
factorily settled.
A subscription for distressed cotton operatives in
France is announced by the Temps. A delegate of
a Rouen committee writes in that journal that th are
is " a Lancashire at our doors--il ' , ~t
of the Seine Inf6rieure." It is • *

100,000 persons are already out of work sr,i
tute in the above district, and that the num ,r
soon reach 150,000. The Chamber of Con-,eree of
Paris, the Comptoir d'Escompte, and ...hres com-
mercial houses, initiate the subcriptionv ithl,o4ofr..
each.
ulemnation of sin itino-

of till

Another case . ie cow_
cent person for murder has just been brought to
light—this time in Corsica. During a canvass for
an election to the Federal Council a faction fight
took place between the friends of a candidate,
named Patricius de Corsi, and his opponent. Pa-
triciva de Corsi was knocked down by a stone, and
cried out that he was murdered, but he was able to
get up, and turned out not to be much hurt. One of
his partisans named Filippi then rushed towards the
aggressors and was allot dead by a pistol. A man
Ilboutwil, taloa gran
arrested for this murder, tried, found guilty, and
sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with
hard labour. He wrote from prison protesting his
innocence, and alleging that one Simoni was the
really guilty party. The Procureur-General, M.
Bedarrides, who had but recently been appointed
to that office, was struck by some of the observa-
tions in the convict's memorial ; he instituted an
inquiry, the result of which leaves no doubt of the
guilt of Simoni and of the entire innocence of
Renosi. Simoni has been convicted on the clearest
evidence, and is sentenced to twenty years' hard
labour. The Court of Caseation must now do
' precisely what it did in Rosalie Gardin's case. It
will quash both convictions on the ground of incom-
patibility, and send the two prisoners, pro frenta, for
a new trial, at which the mistake will be set right.
These things are very shocking, and make a great
impression on the public mind.
At the Bourse there has been a great recovery in
the Rente,which rose 50c. for cash, and 60c. for ac-
count, closing at 70fr. 50c. and 70fr. 75c. Mobilier
rose 24fr. 75c., and the Italian Loan 60c. The up-
ward movement did not extend generally to rail-
ways, in which, with the exception of a rise of Mr.
in Southern, there is very little change.
In the Pecan to-night, M. Rouy, the editor who
has succeeded K Peyrat, announces that K de
Girardin has promised his co-operation, but " in
what measure" must depend upon circumstances.
M. Rouy proposes to make several changes in the
arrangement of news iu the journal, and, amongst
other things, announces that when existing con-
tracts with authors expire, he shall abolish the
feuilleten. He thinks that now that books are so
cheap, there is no longer any reason for encumber-
ing the columns of a nevmpaper with novels. The
public are invited to write letters to the Prase, and
promised that their correspondence shall be pub-
lished liberally, as far as space and the laws which
regulate the press will allow.

King Leopold will enter his 73rd year on the 16th
hest.
A letter from Rome says :—" The Prince of
Wales has left a few commissions here amongst the artists,
but his visit has been very hurriedl; and it is surmised that,
as he entertains such an affectionate remembrance of Rome,
he will probably revisit this city with his bride, and
then show such encouragement to art as suits his taste and
really princely means."
His ex-Majesty King Otho was strict in his
adherence to the Roman catholic faith, while Queen
Amelia adhered to protestantum. In Miss Brewer's two
volumes, "Greece and the Greeks," containing the narrative
of a winter residence in Greece (just published) is a curious
amount of the way in which the Roman catholic chaplain
preached to the King in the morning ; and in the same
room the protestant chaplain to the Queen, in the after-
noon. "Few persons," says Miss Bremer, "are more
decidedly opposed in their ecclesiastical views than the
court preachers of King Otho and Queen Amelia. And it is
I no small proof of the Christian disposition and tact of both
I these gentlemen, that they, notwithstanding this differ-
-1 ewe' live in perfect peace with each other, and preach in
the same church and serve at the same altar, without un-
pleasaot collision ever occurring. It is also remarkable
. that the difference in the religions faith of the King and
Queen does not prevent the royal couple from living in
exemplary oosoord and harmony."
A letter from Leipeic states that M. Weber, of
: that city, who has recently returned home after a long re-
' Moue in Australia, has been charged by the Acclimate.
tion Society of Melbourne to send out to the colony as
! many German sparrows as be can possibly procure. Cater-
pillars and other insects commit such ravages in Australia,
particularly in Victoria, that those birds would be the most
effectual means of destroying them. A great number will
be shipped off in March neat.