The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-04 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Mon OUR OWN

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

A rumour is alleged by Bialier's Correspondence
to be circulating in diplomatic circles to the effect
that President Lincoln will ref use to release Messrs.
Mason and Slidell at the request of England, but
that, as soon as Lord Lyons has broken off diplo-
matic relations, he will offer to give them up to
France until the legal questions raised by their
capture shall be settled. It occurs to me that even
if such an offer were made, it is by no means cer-
tain that France would consent to be the gaoler.
The Bourse has again been very firm, and except
in the case of the Credit Mobilier, which fell
6fr. 25c., the rise of yesterday has in no instance
been lost. The Rents closed at yesterday's price,
67fr. 55c., for cash, and at 67fr. 70e., being a rise of
20c., for account. The Italian Loan closed without
change. The Orleans Railway rose 7fr. 500., and
the other lines from lir. 260. to 2fr. 500.

Advice' from Marseilles state that K °tarry,
mayor of that city, is shortly expected back from
Paris, where be has negotiated a loan of twenty
millions with the Cr&lit Foocier. The city bad
before opened an account current with that com-
pany, and bad expended 14 millions of francs which
it bad obtained from it. There now remain six
millions at its disposal for other projects.
The Journal du Havre states the receipts of the
custom-house of that port during the month of
December last werel,BBo,B7ofr. against 1,262,6461 r.
in December, 1880, showing a balance of 618,233 fr.
in favour of last month. On the whole year, how-
ever, there is a diminution of 3,166,904 fr.; the
numbers being, for 1860, 23,181,773 fr.; for 1881,
20,014,809 fr. The half-duty on tonnage, granted
by the government to the city of Havre for repairs
to the port, has produced in the course of 1861,
tolls included, the sum of 913,965 fr.
The government journals boil over with delight
at the testimony of interest which literature and
the arts have just received from the Emperor's
government, by the decree iu the Monitevr appoint,
• g a committee to revise the law of copyright. It
is a popular subject, but one full of difficulties, and
there is nothing in Count Widewski's report to
show in what way or to what extent these diffi-
culties have been got over.

The French government has determined to Lave
the pharmacopeia of the empire revised, and the now
codes will most probably appear simultaneously with
that which is soon to be iteued by the Royal
College of Physicians of London, from which so much is
expected by the faculty of England, in consequence of •
committee from the colleges of Dublin and of Edinburgh
having met the members of the college of London in order
that there might no longer exist three different pharma-
copeia, but that one embracing the most important rocipes
of the three hitherto promulgated should be the general
standard for the United Kingdom. The Moniteur contains
an official report from the Minister of Publi Instruction,
and the appointment by the Emperor of some of the most
eminent physicians and chernista, for the purpose of
amending, humoring, and issuing the pharmacopreia of
Franca.
11C Coate, the piacimilturist, arrived at Toulon
three days sinoe,and on the following morning embarked for
Nice ea beard the steam sdrice.boat Croiseor, on a tour
aloes the meet of the Mediterranean, to ascertain the re- .
salts of the experimeabi made there about two years sham.
M. Costs is amompanied by a naval officer, M. Trotabas, who
is charged to follow the operations of oetreocaltars, the
development of which near Toulon and LS Boyne has
mossdal the most sanguine expectation. M. Costa, during
his progress along the ooast, will superintend the laying
down of two million of oysters taken for that purpose
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