The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUESDAY EVEN.NO.

The ministers went to Compiegne to-day to
attend the Emperor in a council which is supposed
to have been summoned to discuss the affairs of
Greece and Italy. _ _

The France (whose authority, however, has been
terribly shaken by M. Nigra's categorical denial of
the most important of its recent assertions) says
to-night that the despatch just sent by the
French government to the cabinet of Turin
adheres in the most absolute manner to the
Emperor's letter, published in the Moniteur,
and is intended to open negotiations on a
new footing, and without any reference to the
despatches of M. Thouvenel and the Marquis de
Lavalette, which were made public at the same
time. It also says that the present negotiations
will bring to light a circumstance hitherto unknown
—i.e., that, simultaneously with the last negotia-
tions with the Holy See, proposals for an arrange-
ment were made to Turin, and were there rejected
as decidedly as at Rome.
The Independence Beige of yesterday, which,
wonderful to relate, is not seized, publishes in the
French language the following confirmatory testi-
mony to the opinion that there must be very cogent
grounds for those rumours of a ministerial crisis
as continually imminent which the prefects were
lately instructed to prohibit the provincial journals
from alluding to. One of the Paris correspondents
of the Luiipetulana says :
The dissensions among the Emperor's ministers are worse
than ever. M. Drouyn de Lhuys' nomination satisfies no-
body. The lull produced by this concession to the clerical
party has only served to embolden the enemies of Italian
liberty, and it is by this time evident that the &Wary
system augments the insolence of the reaction without gain-
ing • 'siogle recruit to the Emperor, who, on the contrary,
is daily losing the sympathy of old and valuable adherents.
All this is so universally felt, it is so clearly the conse-
quence of the false position taken in dismissing M. Thouve-
nel, that the majority of the ministry is at this moment
quite disposed to resign unless the Emperor rewire to give
Rome to the Italians. I can guarantee this statement. By
the very fact of their yet remaining in office, in the face of
• reaction which is making greater efforts than ever to force
the Emperor into a retrograde course, they show that they
must have received some comforting assurance which in-
duce' them to wait yet a little while. lan assure you
that the entourage of the Emperor is fully convinced
that although he appears for the moment to
incline tower& the policy of M. de la Gueronnii:re it is
only because of his temporising character, which loves to
allow every opinion to have its swing and wear itself out in
its impotence. Such is the conviction of many persons who
habitually see the Emperor, and who think that the appa-
rent tergiversation of his policy has no other object than to
render the coming elections more calm. It is a policy of
essay and not of hesitation. The Emperor, after having
braved the unpopularity which now weighs upon him by
reason of his apparent backsliding, will be way strong on
the day when he shall say, " I have done everything that
was possible ; I have compromised my popularity with the
liberal MAIM ; I have tried every mode of conciliation, and
have not succeeded ; now I give it up."
I have cited the whole of this correspondence, as
being curious; but I only agree in that part of it
which speaks of the dissensions in the ministry. I
have very weak faith myself in that old optimist
Italian argument, now repeated in substance by the
Belgian journal, "Je croia en lui parcequ'il est si
dissimul4."

The France says that Count de Flahault, the
French ambassador in Loudon, has expressed a de-
sire to leave his post, but has consented to remain
some time longer.
There has been a good deal of fluctuation at the
Bourse. The Rents for account, after being quoted
as high as 71fr. Ssc., declined to 70fr. 95c. for the
close, being only 15c. above the closing prioe of yes-
terday. For cash there was a fall of 10c., the last
quotation being 70fr. 70c. The heaviness of the
market is attributed to a considerable rise in the
rate of continuation. Mobilier fell Mfr. 75c., and
the Italian Loan 15c. The Lyons and Southern
railways fell llfr. 25c. each ; Orleans, 7fr. 50c. ;
Eastern, 9fr. 75c. ; and Northern, Mr.
The baptism of Prince Napoleon's son will be
celebrated in the cathedral of Notre Dame towards
the end of the month, and the Emperor and
Empress propose to come from Compibgne to
attend it.

The latest achievement of the high church in
Italy is a protest by the vicar and cardinal of
Naples against a resolution of the municipal junta
to provide a decent burial place for new-born