The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(111101/ 0171 OWN

PARIS. THURSDAY EVEIHNO.

Two or three out of the few words pronounced
by the Emperor at the New Year's receptions
must be considered as more than formal. When
he tells the Archbishop of Paris that the clergy
knows the difference between what belongs to God
and what to Cow, it is difficult to avoid the in-
ference that Caesar is thinking of asserting rights
which the priests would not admit if they had any
choice in the matter. This interpretation coincides
with rumours that a serious attempt is about to be
made to settle terms for the evacuation of Rome.

In the assurance to the Senate " that the Em-
peror relies upon their aid to ameliorate the con-
stitution," we have the important admission that
the late reforms are not final. The Patric, com-
menting upon this passage, is emboldened, not-
withstanding the recent snubbing it received
from the Moniteur, to hold it up as a confirmation
of the liberal doctrines enunciated in the article
headed "The Constitutional Empire." The Prase
also notices that the above words are interpreted as
indicating the proximate "coronation of the edi-
fice." My own faith in such a consummation is
not robust ; but it is quite plain, as I have more
than once obser►ed lately, that the Emperor has a
lurking tendency towards liberal measures, which
are for the present resisted by his official council-
lors. The Opinion Natiotsak, with republican stern-
ness, objects to the reproach conveyed to the clergy
as not being sufficiently direct, being veiled in the
form of an assertion of the thing that is not, "for'
it is notorious that our lords the bishops and arch-
bishops do everyday violate the precept of the Gos-
pel which the Emperor cites, by obstinately claiming
for the Pope what belongs to Victor Emmanuel."
The following piece of semi-official eloquence in
the Pays describes in a florid way the fact, which
I gladly admit, that there was no harm in any of
the Emperor's short speeches, and, on the contrary,
some promise of good :

The Emperor has spoken. Four times over be conde-
scended to reply to the homage and good wishes of the
amteasadors of Europe, and the representative. of France.
Four times over his word wan a word of pesos and
tioe between king and their peoples ; between the cosier-
vative and progresei ye elements of modern erxisties ; be-
tween the sentiment of dynastic fidelity and that of
national aspirations; and, finally, between church and

The Bourse has been very firm indeed, owing to
the more favourable tenor of the American news,
and the great rise in Consols. The Refit° rose 450.
both for cash and account, closing at 671 r. 55c. and
67fr. 503. Mobilier rose 26fr. 25e., and the
Italian Loan 750. The upward movement in rail-
ways was considerable ; Orleans rose 16fr. 250. ;
Lyons, 15fr. ; Southern, 12fr. 50c. ; but the other
lines not more than 2fr. 50c.

The Patric, whose " Latest news" on American
affairs has become a by-word, has the modesty to
give the following to-night, " under all reserve :"

The Lined' eake;e4 knew waken:Wally on Dee. 20 the
°Oaken of Freers, Prow* sad AOlifill• 011 the Trent glair.

a;td it is minted titt, in prosines of the

al the

great powers, it declared that an answer could not be given
before the 23rd (two days after the Africa sailed). Lord
Lyons thought it 'memory to remain at Washington, and
• steam frigate anchored at New York has been placed et
his armies by the Hoek& adenizaL
The Moniteur de la Platte, in alluding to the
application made to the French government to
supply men of war to convey goods from Havre
and other porta to the United States, observes :
The journals which mention the matter might have
added that the government could net possibly accede to
the wish expressed by the Chambers of Oommeree, the
ships of war having peculiar internal arrangement& and a
heavy war materiel which does not allow them to carry
inerehandine. To convect them into transports, it would
be aseemery to take out a great part of their goes, and
they would thus be exposed to dangers which might arise
from • mere misunderstanding. What war vessels can dry

sad what they will do, is to convoy inereltant vassal;
and protect French trade in all the seas which it frequents.
Having mentioned yesterday that the Daily News
had been seized every day this week, I think it
right to state that the Monday and Tuesday num-
bers have been released.

It is asserted that the sittinp of the Municipal
Council of Paris are shortly to be public instead of
secret.

Despatched were noshed yesterday at the ColoeialPifice
from the Governors el the Daps at Good Hope, Natal, St.
Helene, and the Went India blends. Deep Aches were wet
to the Orsrarnor of ae•da.

The Italian war steamer, Monnambano, Captain
Chevalier Dini, has bees relieved at Yalta by the Tripoli
steam frigate. The sentenos of imprisonment spinet
Captain Dini and Lieu:. DIMMICO, of that vessel, for as
ameault committed by them on the editor of the Guerriero
Cattafico for publishing an article limiting to them and
Italy, was commuted by the governor of the island into
three days' imprisonment, and a penalty at the rate of 10s.
• day for the remaining term of their sentence, on the
payment of which they were permitted to depart with their

The Charicari represents 1861, drawn as a f nll-
- woman, lading 1862, who is depicted as a little girl
in 'beet drew, with a lasmeadons number of hairy paresis
ticketed Poland, Hungary, Turkey, America, Italy, &a, and
addresses the alighted youngster in these somewhat dis-
couraging tame ;—" Faith, my dear, so much the wone for
you ; but lam forced to depart, and I leave you all thew
heavy matters on your shoulders. You must get oat of tke
difficulty es well es you can!"
. . . .

A curious marriage was celebrated two days ago
at the Hotel de Ville at Brunel& Two musical artistes,
both deprived of sight, t. Dubois and Mall& Petitjeaa
were united, and among the witnesses was M. Rodenbech,
the blind member of the Chamber of Representatives.

A correspondent writes from ran, 31st ult.:—
"Oar Mora this winter bids fair to be not only the fullest
but the gayest season sines Pan drat same into name. Our
sportamen, of whom we have a groat number, had feels
lest the nnisterrupted snmhine sad lea( matinee&
drought should interfere with their hunting sparatiam ;
but a smoswrion of short, sharp bursts, with a barb always
at the end of them, have convinced the followers of our
' Drag' th►t weather interferes bat little with sport i•
them parts. The following is a list at some of our priaelpal
visitors :—The Earl of Fortesom and family, the Earl sad
Counties of Worley, Viscount and Lady Mem, Adminy
ad Lady Jane Swisher's*, t►e Dowager Lady Lifford,
Lady Louisa Alexander and family, lady Roesmore, the
Host. F. B► Jan, Hrs. C. St. John and daughter, Colonel
Elm Admiral Webb and daughters, Captain H. and Kn.
Story, R.N., Biz J. and lady Hepburn, Colonel T. Hodson,
Re J. Fornonde, N.P, Mr. N. E. Oorbally, N.P., the Hon.
Col. Delsoll, sad a bout of Ameriosa and Russian families
of distinction.

The Mafia Observer of the Nth ult. has the fol-
io:Pyles; :—" We nederetend that the Pa duatar and Oriental
Company's Ammer Suiten, due here from Kamilla on
the red, with the English overland mad, sustained mows
damage in her maahinery while sewing tie Wails of
Domani% is eeneequence of which she was obliged to pet
Leek to lfatesillos. Her mails acid passenger, were tran-
shipped on board the Neasilia, which is expected to arrive
here to-night or early to-morrow morning.

THE WINDHAM LUNACY COMMLS'iIt

(THIS DAY.)

This morning the inquiry was resumed for the fourteenth
time before Mr. Warren and a special jury.
Sir Hugh Cairns continued his speech oo behalf of the
alleged lunatic. Reverting for • moment to the subjei tof
Mr. Windham's correspondence, the leaned gentlemen
put in four more of his letters—three of them
written from Eton. They referred chiefly to various
schoolboy topics, but is the of than addresed to Lord Allred
HerdElthe writer dinned the domestic arrangemeet
at Fel with considerable shrewdness. In soother he
mend that he had been to bear the lecture of "That.
Bray, the celebrated man who went to America, and
whom we have read in the papers." In another he Legge!
his Mama to learn Euclid before the holidays, so that she
might read it with him at home. Lady Sophia had taught
her son his Greek and Latin accidence, and he bad them.
fore sakedher to get up • little Euclid for his benefit. Thom,
laden, the learned counsel explained, bad come into his
heeds through lady Sophia, who, be regretted to eq
was lyingerously ill. Sir Hugh then retunmj
to his dissection of the evidence of Mr. and Mrs.
Llewellyn, on which he commented with much
severity and at greet length. Mr. Llewellyn said that
he was in the habit of putting Mr. Windham
into his bath—the object of which statement was tolerdle
obvious. It clearly meant that Mr. Windham could out
take hie bath without assistance, but required to be put into
it like a child. But on eross-examinatiun he explained the
thing is them tlllOll4 " I man by putties
lam)so
his loath is that I knew he was going into it." (A He
(Sir Hugh) really initevellsrl that the man could have the We
to stand up in court end give such evidence. Then he told
the Lords Justices that be bed known the Windham family
all his life ; whereas it turned out that he bad only been to
Falbna to obtain payment of a wine account which old
Mr. Windham owed to Messrs. Barnes. Then ha
stated to the Leeds Justices that the alleged
lunatic had laboured miler a positive delusion, namely
that he had lost some articles of jewellery, whereas Mrs.
Llewellyn admitted that he really had lost them. Then
Mr. Llewellyn swore in his affidavit that Mrs Windham was
so noisy that they had been obliged to put him in • back
room ; whereas it appeared that there was not a single
back bedroom in the whole hones ; and Mr. Wlndliam's
room had never been changed at all except on one night when
he was by accident put into another apartment. But Mr.
Llewelly ettempted to explain the matter by saying be had
merely meant to convey that they were obliged to give him
hie meals in • back parlour ; whereas it turned out that
it had been agreed on from the very first that
he should have that room. Then there was the don
about his intention to have a railway made right up to his
hall door—the troth being that he bad said he would have
one made almost up to his park gates, because each • line
would benefit both Cromer and his own estate. He consi-
dered that the evideeces of the Llewellyns, as it stood,
no wholly worthless for the purpose of the petitioners.
He might, however, say that • brother and a elder had
volunteered their evidence to contradict Mrs. Llewellyn.
He felt bound to put those persona in the box, but they
were not his witnesses, and he did not vouch for
their testimony. It might or might not materially discredit
Mrs. Llewellyn ; but whether it did or did not he contended
that they were perfectly unworthy of belief. With re-
sped to the lodgings in Duke.street, he could not help
asking why several persons, who would have been mate-
rial winder, had not been called. Whe, above all, was
Colonel Broughton} The gallant colonel, like General
Windham, evidently thought discretion the better part of
valour, and felt that a witness-box, in face of • British jury,
might be • post of quite as much danger se many' plans
usually considered much eon exposed. The way in which
the Her. Mr. Baty had given his evidence no doubt
made a great impression apes the court. But what
did his evidence amount toy He mid that Mr.
Windham bad need offensive language in his presence
and had told grow and objectless lies, for which he had re-
buked him. He (the learned counsel) considered Mr.
Bsty's ended highly creditable to him as a
clergyman, but then Mr. Baty had after all
bad but few opportunities of seeing him. He
wished that Mr. Windham had oftener been addressed
in language of reproof like that of Mr. Baty. Then there
was the story about his dealings with the bootmaker. It
that the Lords Justices had been informed that he
=sac7tid ode red forty pairs of boot-trees, whereas it turned
out now that be had only ordered two : •
featly rational thing for • gentlemen to y
if he resided both in town and in the country. • (the
learned gentleman) came now to an important tratiesetion at
Irelbrigg Hall, on the 7th and Bth of August, 011 which be
should mush have liked to examine General Windham.
[The learned counsel was procreeding with his address
when our report left]