The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(non ova own 00113SPORDINT
PARIS, FAIDAT
The announcement in the Monilawr of this morning
that the Emperor, "enlightened by the report of the
minister as to the true situation of French industry,"
has decided not to ask the Corps Legislatif to remove
prohibition. from the tariff before Icily 1, 1881, is a
great disappointment to the partisans of free trade,
who had thought that the strong will which the ruler
of Francis her shown on so many occasions would
have overcome the great opposition which it must be
ocatessed his efforts to free French commerce from
the incubus of prejudice have met with from parties
who rise in defence of what they suppose to be their
interests. The note in the MoniCecir, although it
makes a valiant profession of principle, is in fact
• confusion that the government submits to a defeat.
The Emperor tells the country that the progress of
French manufacturing industry, as demonstrated by the
Universal Exhibition of 1866, had =minced him that
the moment had come foe replacing the prohibitions
contained in the customs' laws by protecting duties,
and be represents that u only a step to the ultimate
object (meaning free trade) towards which all peoples
should tend. The note then notices that exaggerated
alarms oa the subject, spread in the country, have
been "turned to mount by political parties" and
then it throws over the proposed measure for Ave
years. This is a very long date, and the flourish at
the conclusion of the paragraph that French industry
being now warned of the " unalterable intentions of
the government" will have all the necessary time to ,
prepare foe a new commercial regime is ululated to
excite a smile. The protectionists will accept the
long respite as a victory gained for their cause, and
will not trouble themselves yet awhile to speculate
upon what may be the "axed intentions" of the
government of Franco Ave years hence. The boon
to commerce offered at the end of such a long
vista of time is not, it must be after all remem-
bered, a thoroughly liberal aosunserdal system, but
merely the abolition of absolute prohibitions to be
replaced by " protesting" duties the scale of which
is left entirely open for future settlement. It has,
however, been half poetised that they shall be
" largely protective,' which may mean in substance
prohibitive. Upon the whole, therefore, the govern-
meat professions of free-trade principles offer but very
slight guarantees for performance. Great allowance
is to be made for the very difficult position of the
Emperor in this matter, and the most ardent disciples
of free-bads doctrines may perhaps give him credit
for his deference to public opinion when opposed to
his own views. It is a pity, however, that upon
this as epos ether subjects public opinion mono'
lad some better form of expreedo• than the
report of a minister. Moreover, the few
lines clew Monsieur betray with awkward arrogance
the abiding souseioneasss that the government is in
reality a despotism. If he. trade dodders are not
to be sited upon now in defense, to poblic opinion,
why will not tbe public opinion of France, five years
hues, be entitled to as much consideration? How
as the government eoesistently tell the manufse-
tams to prepare themeless to abide by its " fixed
intentions," whoa a legislative body, elected under
totally different ciressistanses from those attending
the election of the present one, most be chosen be-
fore the distant period to which the declaration
refers?

The rise at the Beane yesterday Ise sot bass
nalatalaed. The aoaddetable fall to Console, =spied
with the aaseasemasat that the English fleet had

left Mamie, produeed a depressing ieduasee. The
Rest* fell 30e. for sash, and 300. for amount,
&Wag at 661 r. 70e., sad Mfr. 75e. Credit Mobilier
fell 93fr. 50e. The railways last mush about the
Ilgrosnd whisk they pissed yesterday, falling in 631119
eases 11ifr. and 10fr.
A Jotter frost St. Petersburg, of Sept. 9, says that
MM. Palen and Hottiognor are about to leave, and
that their negotiant's' for the Borden railways hare
sot bees socceseful.
M. Goardas, a pstlesms in the Foreign Moe,
who is deputed to moist in the supsrvitioa of the
pew at the Mipistry of the Interior, is about to pub.
fish a pamphlet on the Congress of Paris," which
will. it ie said, contain several docements sot hitherto
made public.
Lord John Beeson and Mr. Gladstone are now in
Perim.

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The Dab lad Dashes§ of Hamilton are expected
at Paris for the winter. Orden have been given to
prepare their apartments to the Mimes.

FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.

VIMINA;TimAY.

The duelrian Gasstes. modertikei to moan the
etateent of the Olt &Wog* het. that the Fria*
goverment has lost to that of Austria a Dote, de•
omadiag is peremptory lane the withdrawal of ita
troop from the Dentin Preelpelirin
Yesterday Barre Ihbe♦er retuned to his pest at
Palle