The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PRIM AT

SOUTHAMPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, JOLT 6.

The Spaniah war steamer Don Antonio Moe
arrived here to-day, having on board Goan! Prima, eon-
mander•in-chief of the Spanish forces born Mexico.
The general left for London by the 6 p.m. tags.

According to the last accounts from Alexandria,
the Egyptian grain harvest promises this year to he very
abundant. The growth of ootton is likewise expected to be
large, the riming of the Nile, which usually 00011110101111
about the 18th of June, having on this =mica eionaesold
on the bth.

A report which lately emanated from Madrid re-
garding the reatmoistion of his claims to the Spanish
throne by Don Juan de Bourbon seems to have hem well
founded. In consideration of this act, it is alleged, the
WWI reinstates him in his rank and titles, and re-conveys
to him the Large forfeited estates of his father, Don Galen.

EXPRZE3B FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. Suscuy Evianno.
A notice of an article by M. Paulin Limayrac in
this day's Constitistionnel cannot be better prefaced
than by the following prophetic paragraph which
appears in the Indepenclance Beige of July 4 :

If the information which we receive from Paris be OWN*
France, now isolated in Mexico, thinks only of vindicating
the honour of her flag, and obtaining due reparation for the
grievances of her subjects. As to the second part of her
programme, it is to be abandoned. She will renounce not
only the candidature of the Archduke Maximilian, which
was long since repudiated by that prince himself, but also
the scheme of overthrowing James, and presiding over the
election of a new government in Mexico. In other word',
A lmonte will be sacrificed. The Coutegitutionnel will shortly
be instructed to annoacce this wigs resolution. It is to hi
regretted that M. &Hardt was not charged with this teak.
His speech would then have been much more clear than it
was, and the speaker would have done his delicate work
with more ease to himself.

The article in question does not by any means
supply the precision which was wanted in IL Bil-
lault's speech ; indeed, but for the key supplied by
the Independence, I am not sure that I should
have been alive to the importance of it. But
I have now picked out from a rhapsody of words
the four or five lines which fulfil the writer's mis-
sion, and are alone of any consequence. After a
recapitulation, coloured to suit the French view,
of the circumstances under which the war was

entered upon by the three powers, and subs.-
quentlyrenounced by England and Spain, the Consti-
tutionnel asks this question—" Can the situation be
the R&M now that we stand alone in Mexico 1" and
it answers, "Evidently not. There were Euro-
pean interests, then, were collective interests,
there are now but French interests." It then
goes on to say, almost in the words foretold by the
Indipendence :—"At this moment we have but two
objects in Mexico : one, the triumph of our arms ;
and the other, satisfaction for our undoubted
grievances. National honour is involved ; it will
be satisfied ; reparation is due to us ; we shall ob-
tain it."

Inasmuch as the French pretext for imagining an
appeal to the ballot-box under the protection of its
flag was that satisfaction could not possibly be
obtained from Juarez, I fail to see the logic of K
Limayrac's argument. It seems to me, when
stripped of rhetoric, an admission that there was
no necessity to change the form of government in
Mexico, and that now that the allies have refused
to be dragged into the scheme, it is to be given up
because too difficult and expensive.
The Temps, which sees this very clearly, says

We are too much piers& at the Constitaitionaers
conclusions to criticise its premier ; but we cannot help
thinking that they will be disputed in England and Spain,
where it will not be forgotten that it was precisely the arch-
duke's candidature, supported by General Atmore, which
led to the rupture of the joist expedition.
The Prase congratulates the Constitutionnel on its
new and restricted programme, and says, " We
have never demanded anything more than what it
now grants."
Notwithstanding the confident assertions of
the government journals about the excellent
position of General de Lorenoez at Orizaba,
private letters give disquieting accounts of
the health of his troop., and say that his com-
munications with Vera Cruz are by no means easy
or regular. It is to be feared that he will eagerly
greapthe first opportunity of getting reinforcements,
notwithstanding the desire that the outgoing
troops may be spared the great risk of landing at
Vera Cruz during the unhealthy season.
A letter from Rome of July 1, in Bullier's Cor-
respondence, says :
It is confirmed that M. de Inelastic has made proposals
to the Pope to secure him a pecuniary indemnity in con-
sideration of his agreeing to the Motu quo. The Pope re-
plied in these ternie—" I have no right to exchange for
even countless millions so much as a single village of the
many of which I have been robbed within the last three
years. Besides, the King of Piedmont, as you well know,
proclaims that he must have Rome for his capitaL The
arrangement you propose would not snit him ; it would
not suit the Emperor, and it does not suit me. Let as say
no more about it."

If it be true that M. de Lavalette has made any
such proposal as the above, the only excuse is that
he must have been quite certain that it would be
refused. Pius IX. bas done a real service to
Napoleon 111. by not taking him at his word. It
is rumoured that M. de Lavalette feels very un-
comfortable at Rome, and complains that General
de Montebello thwarts him quite as much as
General de Goyon did.
Cardinal Wiseman and Dr. Cullen, the Roman
catholic Archbishop of Dublin, have, it is said,
promised the Pope to recruit for him an army of,
4,000 men in the British islands, and, moreover, to
get British catholics to supply funds to pay them.

We (Satisfy/try Journal) understand that Mr.
W. D. Seymour, M. P., intends shortly to address his con-
stituents on the subject of the resent dispute between him
and the bombers of the Middle Temple.

The reports from the wine districts of France are
of a satisfactory character. The grapes are of a larger and
Seer growth than has been witnessed for many years. The
discus in the vine has pretty universally disappeared ; aad
should the sun not be overclouded, as has hitherto been the
case in most of the rural districts, the wine of this year
will, both in quality and quantity. be superior to that
which has been produced of late. Both in Burgundy and
in Bordeaux anticipations exist of a most successful vintage.
There is a fall in the price of wine, and • still further re-
duction is expected both by the grower and the merchant.
It has been determined by a distinguished body
of English painters to show their respect to their foreign
brethren, in the person of M. Gallait—the painter of the
"Egmont and Horn," and other pictures, which have
attracted such admiration in the Belgian Gallery at the
International Exhibition—by inviting that gentleman, and
other continental painters of high reputation who may be
io England at the time, to a public dinner to be given
at Willies Room on Monday next. Sir 0. Eastlake,
Messrs. Stanfield, Roberta, Hart, Frith, and Feed have
formed themselves into a committee for this purpose.

At the Prussian fortress of Graudenz, on the
Vistula, a monster court-martial has just taken place. It
sat upon 102 soldier., being nearly a whole company of the
46th Infantry Regiment. The mime charged against them
was a unanimous refusal of obedience to their captain,
on the ground of his having systematically ill-treated them.
One non-commissioned officer ►nd 11 privates were distri.
buted among the other companies of the regiment, nothing
having been proved against them. The 102 were sentenced,
the smallest of their punishments being four years' service
in a condemned regiment., the highest 20 years—this last
penalty being especi►lly assigned to the non.commissioned
officers. The captain's conduct is undergoing iavertigation.
Ugly tales are current concerning his treatment of his melt.

4 Argus" of the Post writes :—" The Baden-
Baden entries close on the 15th instant, and I hear will be
more numerous than ever, from the liberal amount of
money added to the stakes, and the manner is which the
merits of the course is beginning to be made known. All
who have seen it most acknowledge that Goodwood Is
the nearest approach to it in this country. The hotels are
beginning to till already early, ►od the new theatre will be
opened on the t;th of August by the glee of the Parisian
and German artiste'. The Queen of Prussia visited it the
other day, and stated that she was quite unprepared for
such an elegant stricture. The subscribers to the various
stakes imbeds Count de if orny, Count IA Grange, sad all
the ALA supporters of the continental turf ; and as seen
as the advaatsges of the meeting are understood the men
Bagileh horses win find their way to the Black Fared elf
Germay, where fair play, a clear 'tags, sad no favour
await them."