The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-16 00:00:00

evident by the choice which the Californians have
made in this first exercise of their " privileges and
immunities." The liberality with which the good
Catholics of Monterey have preferred a foreign heretic
padre to their own countrymen and co-religionists is
beyond all praise. That the Stockton was lying in
the bay with her broadside to the town we are too
well acquainted with American" privileges and immu-
nities" to suppose. The peaceful, good-natured inha-
bitants of the pleasant old city no doubt left their
cigars and their waltzes, which for 200 years have
served them and their fathers instead of a constitu-
tion, and " rushed to the poll to vote for Cotros,"
under the influence of his merits alone.
And perhaps they were not far wrong. The
mayoralty of a town on the coast of the pacific, held
in commenilain with the chaplaincy of an American
frigate, is a kind of plurality which suggests to the
must summary observer that one or the other
benefice, the Congress or Mbntercy, must be
contented with a non-resident incumbent. Perhaps
the free citizens, looking back to the days when
they had no immunities, and thinking of their plea-
sant walks by their beautiful bay, yet unhaunted by
frigates, may have dreamed of a future time, when
American patriots should have returned to a more
congenial climate, and STOCKTON, the Liberator, and '
COLTON, the Alcaldc, "be both far away ou the
billow."
We should be glad to know whether the Franciscan
convent of Monterey has elected the flag-lieutenant of
the Congress as prior, "according to the American
forms of election."

We have received oar Paris express of Thursday.
The Journal des DP,ats of Monday, as organ of the
French government, states the case of that govern-
ment in the matter of the Spanish marriages, and
does so, singular to say, in precisely the same lan-
guage as the Times. The arguments urged, the
attacks on Lord Palmerston, the laudation of M.
Guizot, are completely identical in the court journal
of France and the Tines. These vagaries of our
contemporary do not surprise us ; although it does
startle us to see it take the place of Lord Brougham
and of the poor Herald, which, we think, had every
claim to be and to remain the especial organ of the
French court and government.
As we do not want to copy the servile article in
which the Times takes the part of France against
England on this question of the Spanish marriages,
whereon it has thundered fifty times on the part of
injured England against perfidious France, we can-
not give the twin article from the Debuts. In a day
or two we shall have M. Guizot's own statement,
which, if not more authentic, must at least be more
worthy of respect than any expression of his senti-
ments or arguments distilled through the columns
of his French and English organs.
The sole addition which the Mats makes to the
Times is, to accuse M. Bulwer of abetting a Saxe-
Coburg marriage. Of this story we told the true
version yesterday, and therefore need not dwell on the
little bit of malicious scandal which has oozed from the
ministerial journal of Paris.
The opposition journals are, however, by no means
satisfied with the collection of documents produced by
M. Guizot; and especially they complain of the
garbled manner in which the despatches and memo-
randa of Lord Palmerston have been presented. Thus
the most important despatch of all, that of the 19th
July last, in which occurs the paragraph on which M.
Guizot rests his defence, is suppressed. The isolated
paragraph alone being given, deprived of all the light
which the context would have thrown on his meaning
and intent.
The Chambers will, it is expected, demand the pro-
duction of the complete document. But this is not
all. Lord Palmerston communicated through Lord
Normanby on Sunday last to M. Guizot, a reply to
the last note of the latter, which is understood to b e
ono of the most important documents in those nego-
i tiations. This has not yet been produced, but will
certainly be called for.
The point insisted on with most force by the oppo-
sition journals, is, that, granting all the facts and cir-
cumstances stated by M. Guizot, and admitting the
logical validity of all his arguments, there is not the
shadow of defence for the marriage of the infanta
with the Duke of Montpensicr.
Accepting's, says Le National, in its full extent, the reso-
lution of M. Gana respecting the marriage of the queen ;
approving fully the policy which prevented England from
the securing the success of a Coburg, we cannot discover a
word, a despatch, or an appreciable motive, showing the
necessity of uniting the son of Louis Philippe to the
infanta, or proving that such a step was pressing or indis-
pensable. Is it not apparent how much more effectually the
Prince of Coburg could be repulsed, if the court of the Tails.
ries had shown as much disinterestedness towards the hand
of the infanta as towards that of the queen i The more we
read these despatches, the more we are convinced that they
do not include a single reason which would justify the Mont-
pensier marriage.
The Cracow documents have not yet undergone
much discussion in the Paris journals. A despatch
was received at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, on
Monday, from Prince Metternich, which will be called
for.
The meeting of the party of the left at the house of
M. Billault, mentioned in our correspondence yester-
day, is noticed in the Paris journals of Thursday,
which corroborate in substance what we have already
stated. MM. Billault and Dufanre are, it appears, in
perfect accord, and M. Thiers is left alone to lead
the Centre-Gauche. Another meeting of the Dufaure
and Billault party will be held after the address has
been proposed.
The King and Queen of the Belgians left Paris for
Brussels on Thursday.
At the Paris Bourse on Thursday there was a
slight improvement in securities of every kind.
Bank Shares rose SO francs, and the Three per Cents.
10 centimes. A meeting of the council of the bank
was held late in the afternoon, and had not termi-
nated when our correspondent closed his despatches.
The announcement in the Commerce of an increase in
the rate of discount is, at least, premature.
The Chamber of Deputies assembled on Thursday
in the bureaux to proceed to the nomination of the
nine commissioners to draw up the address in reply

to the royal speech.
The government obtained a complete success. The
members are—MM. d'Hamsonville, Muret de Bord,
De Bussieres, Somme, De Came, De Peraymont, Vitet,
et Desmousseux de Givry ; all ministerial except
the last.
The discussion in several of the bureaux has been
important, being the first time in this legislature that
the members had an opportunity of examining the
policy of the ministry. The paragraph of the speech
respecting the marriages was especially the object of
dehheration; but a large majority seemed to approve
the conduct of the cabinet. In the bureaux of M.
'Milers the commission was named before the arrival
Cl that deputy, who mine in at the very moment of
She scrutiny. To the seventh bureau M. Mounier de
h Tizeranne declared, in the name of the party led
by MM. Dufaure and Billault, that he approved of
the proceedings of government in respect to
the marriages ; expressing a fear, however, that
government would in future show less deci-
I mon. On the Cracow question ho strongly con-
demned the act of spoliation by which the treaties
had been violated, and reserved the right to prove
dots simple protestations were far from being suffi-
Aimt. M. Berryer demanded -of the ministers the
Maim of the inconceivable blank observable between
the receipt df the first oommunioation of the occupa-
tion of Cracow and the protestation made by govern-
ment. In the ninth bureau M. de Beaumont demanded
the Neal of the French ministers from Berlin and
Vienna, in consequence of their failing to apvize the
government of the measure to be directed against
Cracow. M. Vatry further demanded the meal of
the Ambassador at St. Petersburg. M. Ouizot being
asked why he did not communicate to the Chambers
the last note of Lord Palmerston, answered that that
note was only received on the eve of the session, and
that it is not yet answered, but when that takes place
he will communicate it.
The committee of the Chamber of Peers assemble.

on Thursday, at the Luxemburg, all the members,
with the exception of M. Martin du Nord, being
present. They were sitting at five P.M. and were
discussing, with the ministers, the projected address.
The discussion seemed to be animated and important
on the Spanish marriages and the entente cordiak
with England. On the same day M. Martin du Nord
left Paris for Belgium.

Further advicee continue to be received from the
scat of insurrection in Switzerland. Private letters
from Berne, of the 10th instant, say that federal
commissioners were sent by the Vorort to Friburg,
who had met a cordial reception from the cantonal
government, and had receive? assurances that the
victorious party were diapowd to proclaim a liberal