The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, DEc. 16.
The Queen's deliverance is expected every moment.
Nothing has yet been decided with regard to the
meeting of the Cortes. M. Llorence is spoken of as
likely to replace M. Reiner° as Minister of Public
Works, but this rumour requires contimation.

ITALY.

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. the people," is that as the
widows. The architects employed by the city of I YelePt. "An
ROMAN STATES.
pro question has been posed in a manner devoid of
Paris are engaged in making the estimates of the in-
jury done to property.
every element of fairness, so the answer (assuming it Our Roman correspondent, writing on the 14th of
The administrative section of the Consultative Com-
to be in the affirmative) will be wholly destitute of December, states that the papal government was
mission held its first meeting on Thursday at the - highly satisfied at the state of affairs at Paris but
Palace of the Quai d'Orsay, M. Baroche in the chair,
fully clever because he has contrived so to ask a that during the intelligence of the barricade
hustion of the French people tkat if they say " Yes" war the police had meditated arresting all MM. de Parieu, Bineau, and d'Argout are appointed
ens authorised to govern them precisely as he likes; the foremost liberals of Rome, but had con-
presidents of the three committees. Each of these
and if they say "No," the government is thrown up tented itself with watching them nig and committees had a sitting yesterday for the despatch in the air to be scrambled for by nobody knows who. day. Hopes were entertained of being able tot o renew
ousiness.
• This being the only alternative, it is by no means the railway negotiations on terms which are detailed.
At the Bourse the Five per Cents. rose 1.15 closing clear that the most prudent thing for the The French troops voted on the 11 th chiefly in fa-
,at 102.25, and the Three per Cents. rose 1.60 an moment may not bo to choose a positively Tour of the President. The priests were in hopes
I closed at 65.90. Bank of France shares rose 40. bad government rather than an absolute nega- that, in consequence of the state of France, the
Neatly all the railways were higher. Northern and tion of any. Accordingly France may and pro- division would be recalled, and make room for the
Bordeaux rose 6.25. Rosen, Marseilles, and Stras- bably will answer " Yes," but she will assuredly do Austrians. Mr. Freeborn was still endeavouring to
bourg, mfr. The \len° 'Montagne mining shares rose so with the mental reservation that she will not be enforce Lord Palmerston's demands in favour of Mr.
100 fr. Foreign stocks were without alteration. bound by the answer. Instead, therefore, of the idle Balbi, which the police authorities resist in tutu.
PARIS, SUNDAY Evssixo. ceremony now going on, miscalled an election, being Exchange on London, 496.
I understand that some modifications of the mi- a great national settlement it will at the best be but NAPLES, Dec. 14.
Many are in contemplation. M. de Moray is going a miserable and most hollow truce, accepted under I need scarcely remark that France occupies the
ea s special mission to St. Petersburg. The compulsion by parties most deeply aggrieved, and attention of all parties. His Majesty, on hearing of
alliance with Russia is at this moment thicker than most outrageously insulted, who will forthwith core- the success of Louis Napoleon's first step, made a
ever. The post of foreign affairs is destined for M. bine to shake off their oppressor on the first favour- vow to the Madonna and gave tho naval gentleman
Walewski, the French ambassador in London. Yon able opportunity. A hard catching bargain with a who brought the news additional rank. The next
are aware perhaps that this diplomatist passes for nation can never be allowed to stand in the great day the official journal, which seldom prints any-
an illegitimate son of the Emperor. He made his court of national equity, and Louis Napoleon, when thing but the most trivial rubbish, reprinted the
political debut as the protege of M. Thiers, whose he hereafter points to the national seal on the whole of the account of the late events of
ministry under Louis Philippe he supported in the bond of December 21st, will find himself in no France. The constitutional party look upon all
Messager, a paper created for that purpose, of which better case than a fraudulent guardian who this as by no means encouraging; they argue
IM. Walewskt became editor. He has, since the re- should produce the s 4 nature of his ward to no hope for Italy. with Louis Napoleon at the
volution of February, been sent upon a variety of Lord Truro as a justification for his misdeeds, head of affairs in France. The Prince, the
diplomatic missions to Portugal, Naples, Rome, and Meanwhile, the glaring unfairness of the present Emperor, the President, the prisoner, or what-
other courts. For the rest IkL Walewski is a flashy, appeal being inherent in the very form of the ques- ever he may be at this moment, is on very good)
fashionable courtier, and man of pleasure, very fit to bon proposed, the palpable absence of freedom of terms with the King of Naples and the Jesuits, and
figure in the bright galaxy of the Elysee. discussion, the prohibition of electoral committees on equally faithful to the court, corrupt, priestly govern-
The Marquis de Las alette has been recalled from the negative side, the arrest of persons explaining the meet of Rome. These are observations I hear on all
Constantinople, where he will be replaced by the meaning of their veto to the electors; the inevitable sides. The party of "order" (for here that word is
Duke de Gumbo. suspicion—a suspicion which we may hope to be I abused andusedaselsewhere)argue that, as the "divine
After the result of the poll is known and published groundless—that the exceptional morality of which right" could not triumph in France, it is better to

have such a man as Louis Napoleon. The court
pbxty boast of having known even thing that era
i
going to take place in l'aris days befoic the
Naples is perfectly tranquil, and all parties look fqr
the arrival of news with the utmost anxiety. Tkre
is a strong body of troops at Gaeta.
The trials called "May 15th" were fixed fir the
9th, but I found, on arrival at the tamrt, that they
were put off on account of the illness of one ..f the
accused, Archdeacon Panama', an old man, nearly
eighty years of age. 'rho medical coomii,sion
ported his inability to attend the court. The pd.
Boners were all marched to V warm a few days since.