The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

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MALTA, JAL 22.
The Veetia, with the above mails, will leave
Malta to-morrow at 4 a.m.

She may be expected at Marseilles about Mon-
day evening.
The Pere., with the heavy portion of the above
mails, left Malta at 10 p.m. on the 21st. She may
be expected at Southampton about the 30th inst.
The Mooltan brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 15th inst. (two days early).

EXPRESS FROM PARI&

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PARIS, FRIDAY Eveanra.

An amendment in favour of liberty of the press,
brought forward by K Jules Simon, occupied a
considerable portion of yesterday's sitting. K
Simon's speech, containing much that is excellent,
Israelis somewhat too much of the professor's lamp,
and, as the &Me observes, would have been more
effective had it been less lengthy. It is, however,
a valuable document for reference. In it may be
found a systematic history of the principles and
practice of imperialism with regard to the press,
and a concentrated review of those mon-
strous cases of oppression which are to be
found spersim in the Paris correspondence
of English journals for the last twelve years. K
Jules Simon observed that as a work of art the
imperial legislation on the press was a very perfect
one. Its object was to suppress, in the most com-
plete and absolute way, every sort of liberty of the
press, and this object it admirably accomplished.
The penalty of "death" was perpetually hanging
over a journal, and there were various ways in
which that extreme penalty might be inflicted. He
cited as a most important indication of opinion IL
de la Gueronnibre's declaration in the Senate that
this draconian legislation might now safely be
mitigated. IL de la Gueronniere had said
that there was nothing like the French law on
the press except in Turkey ; but he begged to ob-
serve that the law of Turkey was less severe be-
cause it gave the journals the choice of being sub-
ject to the regime of warnings or of preventive cen-
rare. Here in France they had no such option.
He stated that when he went into a foreign
country, which railways now enabled him to do in
four hours, the first thing his friends said to him
was, "Yon are not now in France ; take up your
pen and write." He felt as a Frenchman humi-
liated beyond expression that such a contrast
could be made. He would, however, never
emigrate, but strive with his latest breath
for the enjoyment of liberty in his native country.
He laid a trap for the subservient majority, which
succeeded admirably. If he might be allowed to
propose an amendment, it should be conceived as
follows :—" Every citizen has a right to print sad
publish his ideas, and without any previous censor-
ship in signing them, subject to legal responsibility
after publication, and to the decision of juries,
even when the penalty incurred is purely cor-
rectional." What did the chamber think of that
little article

A Voice—That it is highly objectionable.
IL J. Simon declared that he thought it superb,
and that opinion he could express the more freely
that be was not the author of it. The article was by
Napoleon L, who, on returning from the Isle of
Elba, made it Art. 64 of the additional act to the
constitution of the empire. That article he now pro-
posed to the chamber on the 21st of January, 1864.
He thought that no member of the government
would aver that the institutions of the country
were less settled now than when Napoleon L re-
turned from Elba.

M. Jules Simon's speech, which was moderate
and conciliatory in tone and highly philosophical,
was listened to with exemplary patience by the
majority, and at the conclusion he was warmly con-
gratulated by his friends.
The debate on the preen was then adjourned.

This afternoon M. oranier de Cassagnac, a stand-
ing government bravo, delivered himself of •
speech in support of all existing restrictions. H.
was replied to by M. Emile °Wrier, and then the
amendment was negatived without a division.

To-morrow the amendment comes on which
demands that Algeria should be represented in the
legislative chamber.
The Constitutionmel and Pays have both had

orders to laud and magnify the Duke de Moray's
wit when he said that if Paris was the brain of
France, the provinces were the heart, and that it
might be said that France was good-hearted but
wrong-headed. As, however, the Pays observes
that this witticism " closer the discussion," we may
fairly hope that the sinister project of disfran-
chising Paris is abandoned.
The Bourse is very weak. Banta fell 15c., and
Credit Mobilier 10fr. It is rumoured that the
bullion in the Bank has deoreased since yesterday
from 160 millions to 156.
The Daily News is seized.

The second grand ball of the season was given
at the Tuileries es Wednseday e►eeian lost. The Rapes
ware a white gams deems, trimmed with prise& at acacia,
and mad her Dealt and as bar heed diatom& as black
velvet. The Priories Mathible and the Princess Clothikla
were Mao is lAA.; the Prisons Mae Must is white sod
bine ; the Prisms de Metternich in a white drew trimmed
with Bowen, and rend her neck a superb aseldase at
disown& aid black pearls

Mdlle. Mations has recently been visiting Hans-
burg, her native pima. She mai he St. Mielmers Church,
to aid the feed for baiktin the sew church of St. Niabolas,
&ad.'s she positively refused say pecuniary recompense.
tho build* committee presented her with a bracelet worth
a beached heeds War, sad a view of the elands for which
she bad geeereuely given bar swim.

A letter from Rouse of the 16th says :--" On
Youday lad then no the annual • hooactetais Poliglotta •
et the olowinto it the Propagasota, and f alio& to it only
11 to observe that the youths wimp mold of the palm won
two ..pose, »join in the nom it Walloon Sumba nod
John Prawn. Their &Avon and actin won orennertal,
and caned tooth though= it applause even lea rhumb/
The Hon. R. J. Jeleebhoy, of Bombry, Las
offend 150,000 rupees to noble fin melee youths, to be
manta front tbe three Preadasass, to mooed to Easu
hod to quality thiamine to practise ea bar Men in
ou a footing at equality so regards Wel training with
European umber of the Ur.

A large body of copilot, teak a bnndred me*
espied as the Ilindeortae sad Whet road, near Clweneo,
were burled in the mow during a storm about the 6th alt.

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