The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FiIDAT Emma.
The Archbishop of Began Ton has followed the
example of the Bishop of Moulins by reading the
Encyclical in defiance of the government pruhibi•
tion. Of course the idle form of censuring kin
CVI4OIte d' 16114 will be gone through by the Council
of State. The Bishop of Laval had hoped to die
" before seeing a solemn act of the vicar of Christ
condemned by the civil power." He refuses to
promulgate in his diocese that shred of the Encycli-
cal which M. Baroche tolerates. No earthly
power shall induce him to mutilate the "sacred
word" which he will bow to as long as he

has breath in his body. Lest any exag-
gerated oommiser•tion should be felt for the
tortured consciences of these holy men, it
should be always Larne in miud that they
all belong to the church militant in the most
bellicose sense of the term, and were chosen by
that unlucky minister, M. Fortoul, fur political
reasons, in the hope that they would strengthen
the band of the empire agaiust what it was then
the fashion to call " demagogy." While such poor
reprisals as the concordat allows are about to be
token against the moat audacious of the disaffected
bishops, it is said that the Emperor is sure of the
Archbishop of Paris, sod may safely leave to him
the task of keeping the clergy of his diocese in
order. Mgr. D•rboy is one of the most
recently-appointed prelates, and as it was
known for years that the present conflict was
coming on, the government would have shown
small discrimination if it had failed to pick out a
safe man for Paris. At a recent reception of the
archbishop, • priest who represented the ultramon-
tane feeling met with a severe rebuke. This priest
condoled with the archbishop on the alarming cha-
racter of the present time, when the Pope was
abandoned to the spoiler, his teaching vilified by
unbelieving journalists, and proscribed by minis-
terial circulars. " Our enemies," said this croaker,
rising into eloquence, " are let loose upon us, and
the time is at hand when the trials of the priest
must in all likelihood go to the extent of martyr-
dom." The archbishop put him down in this
fashion
Make your mind okay, rev. brother, the impiety of our
'posh is pot so had as you suppers. There will be no ooea•
Mon for any one of you to become a martyr. The day of
religious persecution has not come. Calm your fears. If,
indeed, bad times wars to come sad it should be meemeary
for pastors to offer up their lives as a holocaus► to blind
prima, pen most be all gaits sure that I should Dot
shriek from the 111101tEOL But, thank Clod, we have not
mime to that. Weoaa live is pow and quietuses, feed our
flocks with prudence, sd lead them is the right path with.
out Moabite( ourselves with Irritating petaled quota's'.
After this speech the great majority of the
clergy present gathered round the archbishop and
warmly congratulated him.
It is much remarked that M. Emile Meier,
I whose opposition has so long been supposed to be
I moderating, dined the other day with M. Baroohe.
The Union gives currency to a rumour lately
buzzed ibont the clubs, that Lord Granville is
Ito marry the Princess Anna Murat.
It is stated that long-pending negotiations be-
tween Covent-garden Theatre and the Grand Opera
here have been brought to • successful issue, and
the result is that three French artistes—Madame
Marie Battu and MM. Faure and Naudin, who
were under ad engagement to appear in London on
April 1, will remain in Paris till June 1, in order to
I play in Meyerbeer's great posthumous work L'Afri-
wine. In return for this concession it is stipulated
that after the production of the Afrioalw in Paris
it is to be brought out at Covent Garden before
any other theatre in Europe.
The Appeal Court of Paris has just decided that
cauliflowers (choux-fleurs) are not cabbages (clumr).
The question arose upon the construction of the
tariff of the Orleans Railway Company, which
charges the transport of cabbages at a lees rate than
"fresh vegetables," which are supposed to require
extra care. It is ruled that cauliflowers belong to
the latter category.
A fire broke out on January 7 at the Chateau
d'Etlolles, recently sold by Count Walewski to
M. Violet, a contraotor for publia works in Paris.
Property to the value of 4,0001. was destroyed.
The Bourse recovered, and in some instances
more than recovered the fall of the last two days.
Rente rose 90e. for oath and 28e. for account,
closing at 68fr. 88s. and 881 r. 91:10. Mobilisr rose
Ilfr. 600. Railways were frees Kr. We. to Mr.
higher generally, and Lyons rose 7fr.
The Daily News was seized yesterday and to-day.