The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-22 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

THE BOMBAY HAIL.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Sawn Navigation Company, February II :

Pa. IL

The Ripon, with the Bombay mail, reached
Marseilles at 10 a.m. to-day, having encountered
very severe weather. .
The mail leaves for London at 11.30 a.m. and
may be expected to-morrow evening or Thursday
morning.

IitXPRE3I3 FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TIJIBDAT Evonra.
According to an evening paper the French
government hits notified to the Italian government
that the two years within which, at farthest,
according to the convention of September 15, Rome
,is to be evacuated by the French army, will run
"from FehrtiarY 8, the day of Victor Zmmanners
departure for Florence ; the intimation mentions,
at the same time, that there is nothing in the
convention to prevent the evacuation sooner if
found expedient.
The Pays, speaking, no doubt, semi-officially,
adopts unreservedly the doctrines set forth in the
inandeirient of the Archbishop of Paris. It says
"Mgr. Donnet (Archbishop qt Bordeaux), spoke like
a monk. Mgr. Dupanloup (Bishop of Orleans),
spoke like a journalist ; Mgr. Darboy (Archbishop
of Paris), alone speaks like a bishop, and we
hesitate not to say, a grand and eloquent bishop."
Cardinal Antonelli's despatch to M. Dronyn de
Lhnys (already spoken of) is dated Feb. 8 ; it is
said to contain an apology, which the French go-
vernment accepts as satisfactory, for Mgr. Chigi's
correspondence with the bishops. I quite believe
thia, but, on ground which I explained yesterday,
I think the French government very long-suffering
in the matter. _

A portrait of Madame Lafarge, enlarged to the
size of life, from a daguerreotype taken of her in
Mostpellier prism, is now on view at Madame
O'Connell's studio, where it is exhibited side by side
with be: famous portrait of Rachel after death.
M. Felix Mornaud writes to the Figaro Pro-
gramme that this portrait is that of an extremely
beautiful woman ; that people whose minds are
made up on the vexed question of her guilt or in-
nocence see in her features the expression of either
a murderess or a mint, but that, as for himself, the
result of studying het physiognomy is to leave him
more in doubt than ever.
An opposition candidate, M. Hienry, was elected
on Sunday a member of the Council-General bf the
Ile et. Vi acne ; his opponent, supported by govern.
ment, was M. Plaid, the mayor of the canton
(Guerche) in which the election took place.
Madame Dronyn de Lhoys gave a grand fancy
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ball last night at the MiniStri of Foreign Affairs,

which was attended by the Corps Diplomatiqus
and a host of official personages. The hostess wore
the costume of a marquise, temp. Louis XV.
Dancing was kept up till daylight.
M. Emile de Girardin expresses regret (in the
Prase) that the Universal and Fine Arts Exhibition
—instead of being fixed for 1867, should not have
been postponed till 1870, when M. Hausmann's im-
provements, of which he is a warm partisan, re-
gardless of expense, would have made Paris better
worth looking at for foreigners. In 1870 the Opera
will be finished, the grand quarter of the Arc de
Triomphe completed, as also the central markets
and new boulevards. He trusts that every effort
will be made to get on as fast as possible with
these works before 1867. .

The Bourse was extremely depressed in conse-
quence, as 1 understand, of rumours that X. Emile
Pericce his resigned the direction of the Credit
Mobilise, and may very likely be prosecuted en
police eorreetionnelle for the affair of the ports of
Marseilles, in which a civil judgment was pro-
nounced against him on Saturday. Credit Mobilier
sustained the heavy fall of 28fr. 715 c. The Rents
was comparatively well sustained, declining only
bc. for cash, and 15c. for account, the latest prices
being 67fr. 36c. and 67fr. 25c. Railways only fell
from lfr. to 3fr. Mexican was in very bad odour
indeed, and fell le per oent., dosing at 53fr.

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