The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

,EVENI4O, ,JUNE
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IMPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE MEXIOAN EXPEDITION.
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THE PAPAL ALLOCUTION AND THE
ADDRESS OF THE BISHOPS.
We have received copies of the allocution de-
livered by the Pope to the general meeting of
cardinals and bishops held a few days ago iu Rome,
and of the address of the latter in reply. These
documents are of extreme length, occupying more
than a page of the official Roman journaL
Having expressed his joy at the meeting of the
bishops, the Pope proceeds to dwell upon the
error of those who assert that the church is a society
susceptible of improvement, and not divine in all
its parts, and bitterly condemns those who think
that the civil authority can interfere in any way
with spiritual things, with the relations of
bishops and of the Sovereign Pontiff; dm. An
anathema is pronounced upon modern heresies of
all shades, and especially upon some of the German
theories respecting the gospels. The supposed
opponents of the papacy are spoken of as " the
wicked," as " fabricators of fraud," as " liars," as
" impious libertines," as " dreadful criminals," as
working with " Satanic" art, spreading deadly poison,
and exhibiting "odious hypocrisy." The dogmatic
pert of the allocution is a curious nalange, in which the
distinctive theories of the ultra-German rationallats,
such as Strauss and others, are mixed up with the
"Essays and Reviews," the opinions of the late Mr.
Buckle, the views of evangelical tircdintiusta,
the generally received principles of civil and
religious liberty, and of the relations of the church
to the state. All these are spoken of as heresies
equally bad in themselves and injurious to mankind.
The alleged persecutions of the church in Italy, and
the absence of the Italian and Portuguese bishops
are then referred to, and the temporal sovereignty
of the Holy See is again declared to be of divine
origin and design.
The allocution concludes with an appeal to the
consiatory, who are termed the salt of the earth, to
enter on an aggressive warfare, both orally and by
the pen, against the opinions above condemned.
They are exhorted "to remove the faithful from
the contagion of this plague ; to turn their eyes and
their hands from the pernicious books and jour-
nals ; to instruct them in the holy precepts of our
august religion; to exhort and warn them to fly
from these doctors of iniquity as from a ser-
pent." In order to obtain more easily their
desire the bishops are told " to take for mediatrix
with God the Virgin Mary, who, full of pity and
love for all men, has always annihilated heresies,
and whose patronage with God has never been
more opportune. Pray also for the suffrages of St.
Joseph, the spouse of the very holy Virgin, of the
Apostles Peter and Paul ; and of all the inhabi-
tants of heaven, especially those whom we honour
and venerate as inscribed in the records of
sanctity."
At the close of this allocution Cardinal Mattel,
accompanied by several members of the episcopacy,
approached the papal throne and read to the Pope
the reply of the bishops. The prelates compare
their meeting to the day of Pentecost, and appear
to claim the divine impulse which was felt on
that day by the apostles. They are assembled, they
say, round the successor of Peter to bear his
words, to listen to his decrees, and to fortify his
doctrine. " When you speak, it is Peter that we
hear ; when you decree, it is Jesus Christ that we
obey." On the temporal sovereignty they are as
emphatic as the Pope :
We affirm that the temporal sovereignty of the Holy See
is &necessity, and that it has been established by the mani.
fast design of Divine Providence. We do not hesitate to
declare that, in the present state of human affairs, this
temporal sovereignty is absolutely requisite for the good of
the church and for the free government of souls. It is
assuredly necessary that the Roman Pontiff, chief of all
the church, should be neither the subject nor even the guest
of any prince, but that, seated upon a throne and master
in his own domain and his own kingdom, be should
recognise no law but his own, and in a noble, peaceful,
and gentle liberty should protect the catholic faith, defend
it, and rule and govern the whole Christian Republic.
Who can deny that in the conflict of affairs, of opinions,
of human institutions, there should be is the centre of
Europe a sacred spot placed between the three continents
of the old world; an august see, whence should rise, from
time to time, for peoples and prince', a great and powerful
voice, the voice or power and of liberty, impartial and
without preference. which can neither be silenced by
terror nor circumvented by artifices !
The bishops then ask how such a meeting as
theirs could have been possible if any other sove-
reignty existed that day in Rome but the pontifical
one,hithertomaintaiuedby a sortof miracle. Quoting
a declaration of the Pope, that he would rather aeon-
floe life than abandon the temporal power, they
reply, "We are ready to go with you to prison
and to death; we humbly implore you to remain
unshaken in this firm design and in this constancy,
presenting to angels and men the spectacle of au
invincible soul and a courageous sovereign." This,
they say, is the prayer of all the church, and of the
Christian faithful in every part of the globe. They
then express their full assent to the ecclesiastical
censures which have been passed upon the invaders
of the papal states. They are not, however, sur-
prised that the rights of the Holy See should be so
obstinately attacked, seeing that the very founder
tions of the Christian faith are now called into
doubt. The bishops here diverge into an attack
on " a false erudition and a vain science." Much
sympathy is expressed for the prelates and mem-
ber of religious orders who are affected by the
legislation and political events of the last few
years in Italy ; while a denunciation is hurled, in
passing, at " the ecclesiastics who miserably turn
away from religion and walk in the i►ay of perdi-
tion." Among a number of invocations to the
Deity with which the address concludes is the fol-
lowing :—" May it please God that the kings and
the rulers of the age may understand that the
cause of the Pontiff is the cause of all princes and
all states ; may it please Him that they may see
whither the criminal efforts of his adversaries tend,
and that they may at last take decisive resolutions.
May it please God that the few unhappy wield-
entice and religieux who, forgetting their calling,
refusing the obedience due to superiors, and
daringly usurping the authority of the church,
hurry to their ruin, may return and repent."
NAPLES, JUNE 7.
The Supreme Administrative Council, which in
Naples exercises functions analogous to those of
the Council of State in Paris, has sentenced the
canons of St. Janusrius to forfeit a year's income
for their " hostile demonstration against the sove-
reign authority," in proceeding to the ridiculous
ceremony of the purification of their church be-
cause Victor Emmanuel had set his foot in it.
These gentry are let off easily, and it is hoped that
they will profit by the mild warning. The priests
and monks who pretend to be the church cannot
say that the King of Italy is not long-suffering
with them. It will be their own fault if he be-
comes a Henry VLIL

We understand that Sir Joseph Paxton is about
to construct at Peasy, war Paris, for the Norm el the
French, a new Oryatal Palace of snob diasenainaa that oats
at Sydenham would sink into insignificance if prod bride
h.—Gardener" Chronicle.

A woman named Huet, of the extraordinary
age of 106 years, who followed most of the cam-
paigns of the Empire as a riaandiire, was knocked
down yesterday in the Rue de Charenton, by a van
belonging to the Western Railway Company.
Curiously enough, she was picked up by a military
man, a retired surgeon-major of the 89th Regi-
ment. She is not much hurt, atid as ber consti-
tution is exceedingly vigorous, it is thought that
she may yet live a long while.

PARIS, SUNDAY Emma.
The government, when the Bourse opens to-
morrow, will probably find reason to regret the
enormous lying of its semi-official press on the
subject of Mexico. For the last three or four
days I have had no other task than to point out
the contradictions and improbabilities of the
Pays and Patrie's denials that General de Lo-
rencez's invading force had received a check.
These journals persisted that all rumours to that
effect were " English inventions." Only last night
the Patric declared that the "Mexican army,
greatly superior in numbers, had been completely
beaten," and that the French were about to enter
Puebla "the next day." But while the Patrie
was publishing this last of its long series of reck-
less misstatementa,!the compositors of the Moniteur
were setting up the paragraph which the tele-
graph will have brought you, and which proclaims
to France in the gentlest and most plausible
terms that could be devised, after many hours'
consideration, the unpalateable fact that General
de Lorencez, after having attempted with his whole
force to storm the fortifications which protected the
city of Puebla, was repulsed, and compelled to
retreat to his camp at Amazon I see by the map
that Amozoc is a place separated from Puebla by a
chain of mountains. This defeat, coupled. with
the fact, admitted on all bands, that General de
Lorencez's communications with Vera Cruz are cut
off, shows that the small force under his command,
severely tried as it has long been by • pestiferous
climate, must be in a most perilous condition. You
will have seen in the Moniker the official aooount
of the repulse of the French forces sent to President
Juarez by the Mexican General Zaragoza. His
despatch is a remarkable military composition,
quite free from bombast, and bears the stamp of
truth upon the face of it. He was left master of
the field of battle, and his troops buried the French
dead. He estimates the French loss at 1,000, at
the same time saying he cannot be certain as to the
figures. In all probability that number will turn
out to be a considerable exaggeration ; but I regard
as much less authentic the foot-note in the Moni-
ker, suggesting, on the faith of "a letter from
Puebla of the 10th," that the losses of the French
army were only 142 hors de combat, while the
Mexicans lost 140 killed and 240 wounded. The
precision of these figures renders them very aus-
picious. Who could have sent such exact inform-
ation from Puebla, when it is admitted that no
despatches from General de Lorene since the
date of the battle have arrived 1
The French press is naturally very chary of ob-
servations on the disaster which has befallen the
ill-advised expedition. Not only the fear of warn-
hags, but the genuine, the laudable desire to sup-
port the brave soldiers sent in insufficient force on
Ifalse pretences, to wage war amidst hostile popula-
tions in a terrible country, makes the journals
asost hostile to the war in principle sparing of their
criticisms on this melancholy occasion.
The Opinion Nationale says :
We disapproved el this expedition from the beginning ;
bat new that the draggle is begua the government cannot
draw back. General de Lorencez's forces are very mart.
licient ; their communications with the port of debarkation
are cut off, sod we cannot but approve of the energetic
measures announced by the Amritsar. Now that we are
engaged in the heart of Mexico, we must try to hasten •
solution, so that we may withdraw honourably as sem as
possible.
M. Nefftzer writes in the Temps :
We must give the Monet= credit for having, in the ale-
Dance of General de Loreacees report, published that of the
Mexican general, which, by the way, is very acidly
drawn up, and bean the stamp of probability in almost
every point. The news from Mexico will now occupy the
first place in public anxiety, and we cannot but applaud
the government for having taken into account the legiti-
mate impatience of the public for information. There can
be but one voice to approve the sending oat of reinforce-
ments. Whatever may be thought of the interventioa in
principle, the present position of our expeditionary corps
overrules every other ossaderation. That is evident, and
need not be demonstrated. Now, having said thus
much, let us add that what strikes us most
in the Moniteur's note is that General de Lo-
reams hoped that his march on Puebla would
lead to a movement on the part of the population, and that
this hope was disappointed. The conclusion is that we were
incorrectly informed as to the popular sentiment in this
part of Mexico, and that Juarez' government had more par.
deans than were supposed. The question, therefore, now
changes its character, for our intervention was mainly based
upon the hypothesis that Juarez was unpopular. The con-
clusion is obvious: now that we know that Gen. Alms=
was mistaken, and that the Mexican government is a real
and popular government, there is no reason why we should
overthrow it. This reasoning has, naturally, nothing to do
with the question of reinforcements. Even for the purpose
of negotiation it is essential that we should be Um:strongest.
The Ga,-.ette de Prance, which, from its habitual
attitude of hostility to the government, is obliged
to be particularly careful in what it says on such a Baron Ricasoli, the late Prime Minister of Italy,
delicate point as a military reverse, says that " the has just pad a visit to Berlin. Some of the soeibseeed
note in the Moniker at length re-assures public sme Peal in giving • political character to this visit'
opinion as to the fate of our expedition to Mexico.
stitt
unglue *6' quuettratii is!ttuaLtsditthaowteteitr°bjeettwre to °O5;
One does not immediately see how the Moniker's introduced the heron to the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
admission of the check, which its satellites have and eeeete •ed him in interviews which he bed with the
been strenuously denying all the week, can be Eaglish and French Ambassadors.
described as re-assuring." But the Gazette slyly A letter from Cologne says :—" The first day of
explains its meaning in the next sentence, when it oar =deal /de is mar. The execution of Manage detain
says :—" We learn with satisfaction that considers- rd "moo Bargalied elPettatina• The audience,
ble reinforcements are going out immediately ;" in whisk
le w"""thewas nehmotruenanthulmisad gcthe'n
other words, " our army is in a desperate plight, applause, they awed particularlya wood time for the flea
and nothing but speedy and large reinforcements
of first part, known in Condos by the
can save it from destruction." name of the Nightingale Chorus.' After the reign-
Monis the
The Patric, which from the first has stood forth Scent ' Praia. the Lord, young sad old,' a complete thunder
as General Almonte's Moniker, and shrunk from of applause buret forth. Nothing can be aim baaidif °id
the mag
no " enormous lying " in the Ileum, now says,
:oat°o on's Temple.these
Tses,qh*ete worthy
second evenclg in of the feficence stival ass
comically enough, of the lost battle, "It was not a worthy of the
nest, and the enthusiasm of the public. it
defeat, but merely an attack without a strategetical weeihk, mill greater. The &net" of Bach, moo, from
result." This ingenious phrase is, however, a ter- Glnok's !ph Wylie, and the perfect execution of Maydn's
rib's drop from the "complete triumph" which the ainth symphony, drew forth the loudest manifestations of
same journal claimed only last night. delight."
The Prege says, as " Latest News," " Pressing Tam Diane
ict.ll TrAryO—;hrOoLITNTEZE. death ARTI.II.II:Is3:
orders were sent yesterday to all the ports, and XL%—Sarni
privat. mwri... of the lid Nosh.
more particularly to Toulon, to beaten armaments." mbeelaael Artillery volunteen,Thy tieing blown away by a
The transatlantic packet Is Florida, which was raalt Ilyth s■ssatleelartishututae north, and has cletlrltitieevellapri;
to have left St. Nizaire yesterday for Marti- given of the sad affair is this. On Thursday two daughters
nique, San Jago de Cuba, and Vera Cruz, was of tea. Wilt* the commander of the, corns. were !pariah
and the is of the 32-voundm gun at the battery
detained a day in order to embark • hundred
sailors to reinforce the Vera Cruz squadron. ef rounds had bees fired, but unfortunately the men re-
ad sergeant who had
pertly is honour of the event. The stated number
Marshal Magnan writes to the Constitutionnel to laded laved to te previous amitrt shot. The against thin, but
deny the story of the Independence Beige that he the deceased ma, who were Ines high spirits, playfully took
has been offered a salary of 100,000 fr. He implies valued out °lto change his hsudlesglei° tlea:',lwhereittlem'tt
that he would have refused the offer had it been act al ramming the charge home, when the gun went cad,
made, since all " masonic functionaries are gratuit- It le tdo
tended :11.klinfrown the vent nott° heeini
ram tihebecni. Preerrni-ce the
ous." No doubt they are as a general rule, but fellows had =tile:link heads to a leveli with the
Marshal ?stagnates appointment by imperial decree, ramrod and in front of the muzzle of the gun.teelkthwed
instead of by the election of the brethren, was so lamthyo°6llgliss "re .awned'end were highly
exceptional, that there was nothing
shocking to reason in the rumour mentioned by the held by Mr. Whiteners's, oa Wednesday, at Wiootoe Balieer, t4ti
Indlpendance. Since Marshal Magnan does not as theerlyam°l gs=,h:dwit etleassre tth seje'ettaaf.rest
absolutely Elsars mom A Thcarnmurrons. —An inquest was
contradict the contemporaneous assertion that ! twelesoZiek -S;clay afters:Ka, deceased wee at cup;
M. Viennet has successfully contested before the In!d le her kitchen, cuttings
ci SoLlt'undfdiZotrooiorromw.
Emperor the marshal's imperious attempt to put I, ;=;k ttM hoa truism r
down the ancient masons of the Scotch rite, it may fluid bid dotterel part of the chimney,t rcreovingeoedowassi
be fairly presumed that the latter news is true. auk° str
arses deetedit4 sad itetans.l4lstifilige ceiling,ikn up growl%
It is announced, and I suppose positively for . mag inelocade. mbick elate i& eastioned until herendies.gti
'ad she f:111 to the floor. The elecretric!
the last time, that General de Montebello and the rhelided eeed
isms ~111•17. at hairTh" awdeattr airdtt,ri'effujjoil
Countess, his wife, are to leave Paris for Rome the electric fluid during • thunder'
on the 17th instant. I storm."—Sisliabstry feurnal.

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PARIS, Joss 14.
A petition in an unusual and comical form was
discussed yesterday in the Senate. A M. Leon
Valery prayed that the old "turning boxes," in
which women who wanted to get rid of newly-born
children might deposit them for nurture in an hos-
pital, without making themselves known, may be
restored. The peculiarity of the petition consisted
in this, that it was in verse ; in fact, nothing more
than an adaptation of an ode which lately obtained
a prize at Toulouse. It appears to have been sug-
gested that poetry, being the language of the gods,
might be appropriately spoken to the Senate, and
M. Gonlhot a Saint Germain, the reporter,
solemnly declared the opinion of his committee,
that the poetical form, though unprecedented,
was not necessarily objectionable. The melancholy
fact is, that since the suppression of the turning
boxes at the doors of the foundling hospitals—those
tours which a few years ago were generally accepted
as incentives to vice--the crime of infanticide has
increased in frightful proportions, while the
number of illegitimate births has not diminished.
The Senate voted unanimously that this tion
should be referred for consideration to the Minister
of Justice and the Minister of the Interior.
An individual named Nicholas Stephens Cons-
nenus, alleging himself to have been " born in the
purple," has presented a petition setting forth that
he is the legitimate heir to the throne of Constan-
tinople, from which his ancestor, the last of the
Roman Emperors, was wrongfully expelled by the
Ottomans, and praying that no Russian or other
power may be allowed to exercise privileges which
tend to prejudice his undoubted rights. The Senate
shelved this petition by passing to the order of the
day.
The Bourse has undergone no material variation.
Route rose 6c. for moth, and left off at yesterday's
prim for amount, the LA quotations being 68.55
and 68.66. idobilier rose 61. A rise of 7.50 in the
Southern Railway, and a fall of 151. in Orleans,
were the only important changes in railway shares.
The market was somewhat• more active than is
usual on a Saturday.
Incendiary fires are lamentably frequent in the
French colony of In Martinique. A lamp manufac-
tory and nine houses were lately burnt in a single
night. One of the incendiaries, named Jean Bap-
' tiste, committed suicide. The governor, in the
hope of checking these terrible crimes, has declared
• that is future all incendiaries, or accomplices of
. incendiaries, who may be sentenced to hard labour,
, shall be sent to Toulon to undergo their punish-
ment.

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

(nom% Imassax.)
(Per Oedema rid Lisboa.)
BUENOS AYRES, Max lb.
Exchange, 665. °mom, 412 dole. Wet salted
oz hides, 43 rls. Dry hides, American, 44 rig.
Wool, BO doffs. to 100 doh. Tallow, 16 rls.
MONTE VIDEO, MAT 16.

Exchange, 41d. Wet salted ox hides, 63 to
64 rls. Dry hides, American, SS rls. Tallow,
19} As.

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