The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUESDAY Swann.

I have just seen a report, down to a very late
hour, of the proceedings in the Senate this after-
noon, from which it appears that Prince Napoleon
defended himself against a charge insinuated
against him by the Marquis de Boissy, that he is a
pretender to the throne, and seeks to subvert his
cousin. The Marquis de Boissy even compla;ned,
on the motion to confirm the minutes of yester-
day's bitting, that this charge did not sufficiently
appear in the Moniteur's report. The Monitaw
makes him say, "The Senate might have thought
that the standard of the younger branch was being
unfurled in the face of that of the elder branch."
Whereas, what he (the Marquis de Boissy) really
did say was, that the Senate "has just seen the
standard of the younger branch unfurled," &c.
He desired distinctly to repudiate the dubitative
form of speech imputed to him, and to assume to-
day the responsibility of that positive assertion for
which he expected to have the credit at a future
period.
Prince Napoleon, who came into the house to-
day after the above emphatic explanation, and did
not seem to have been aware of it, asked leave to
speak on a personal matter, and, after reading the
passage above referred to from the Moniteur, spoke
as follows :
I was not in the house when the above phrase was pro-
nouncrd, and I only knew of it from the Moniker. I an-
swer only out of respect for the Senate, which heard the
words, and for the country, which will read them. Last
year, when similar insinuations were made, I replied as
became me. And now, since the opportunity is forced
upon me, I repeat, before the Senate and before the country,
that my sole desire is always to defend, in my place here,
and in the face of the country, the constitutional and liberal
empire. My cousin says, somewhere in his works, " that
the government of Napoleon was better able than any other
to support liberty, for this single reason, that liberty would
have strengthened his throne, whereas it overturns those
thrones which do not rest upon solid bases." Need I add
that this liberty should always be posetised in the order of
hereditary succession established by our constitu-
tions. (" Very good," " very good.") That others should
forget this does not surprise me. I, for my
part, who remembered it when Louis Napoleon was a pri-
weer or au exile, will remember it all the more now that
my duty binds me to the Emperor and to his eon, and that
this duty is in entire harmony with an affection and devo-
tedness of old date which will never alter. (Loud appro.
bstion.) As to insinuations of this kind against me, lam
resolved henceforth to reply to them only by contempt.

It is itnportaut to correct a statement the
summary of Prince Napoleon's speech, given by
the Times, that he was "called to order." According
to the practice of French assemblies a call to order
is considered • severe reprimand, almost implying
disgrace, and is only inflicted 4n extreme cases.
You will see by the Afoniteur's report that several
senators exclaimed while the Prince was speaking
" A l'ordre, l'ordre," meaning to ask the President
to call him to order, but it is quite certain that M. '
Troplong did not do so.
The Marquis de Larochejaquelia • .ites to the
Opinion Nationale denying in a general way some
anti-monarchical expressions alleged to have been
used by him in 1848, when he was a candidate for
the Constituent Assembly. The Opinion replies
that the documents which it reproduced were
copied from the journals of the time, and if it
finds, upon inquiti, that any contemporaneous
contradictions of M. de Larochejaquelin exist, it
will be happy to publish them.

It is rumoured that the serious conflict between
the Emperor and the Corps Legislatif on the
subject of Count Pahkao's dotation is likely to
end iu a compromise, the house voting h;m a life
pension to the amount asked, fio,oo3fr., and the
government consenting not to have it made
hereditary.
At a school in Lille, which is under the influ-
ence of the priests who connived at the abduction
of the Jewess Sophia Bluth, M. Segur d'Agues-
seau's speech on behalf of the temporal power has
been read to the children as a class exercise. What
would the Monde and the Gazette de France say if
Prince Napoleon's and M. Pietri's speeches were
to be served up in government schools by way
of retaliation ?
The Bourse to-day has been quite brilliant. The
confederated bankers must be making a serried
charge. The Rents rose 45c., both for cash and
account, closing at 70fr. 50c. and 70fr. 00c. ;
Mobilier rose 7fr. 500., and the Italian Loan, 35c.
The Northern, Orleans, Lyons, and Southern rail-
ways were from 2fr. 50c. toosfr. higher ; Eastern
and Western without change.