The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-07 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS,Feway Ensaa.

It is confidently reported that Mgr. Darboy, the
archbishop of Paris, will shortly be made a member
of the Privy Council. It will be remembered that
hie predecessor, Cardinal Morlot, belonged to that
highly distinguished body. Should the eppoint-1
ment take place under existing circumstances, it
will be strong evidence that the Emperor can rely
upon the present archbishop as a sound Gallican—
or, at least, a GaUican to the extent of the impe-
rial wishes. Nothing certain is yet known as to the
probability of a council of bishops in Paris to assure
the Emperor of their adhesion, notwithstanding the
Encyclical, to the declaration of 1882. The Temps
says it only knows of one true Galilean in France,
and he is no bishop, but the procnreur-general of
the Court of Cessation, M. Dupla. The nitre-
moutanist prelates are waiting for the orders from
Rome, which they expect to be brought shortly by
one of their leaders, Mgr. Plantisr, bishop of
Nimes, who has been on a visit to the Pope.
The France repeats a rumour that Prince Napo-
leon will shortly pay a visit to his father-in-law,
the King of Italy, at Turin, and bring him back
with him to Paris.

The news of the Emperor's journey to Algeria,
and that of the Empress to Nice, " may be con-
sidered as erroneous."

To the news that the Empress has written a
letter to Prinoe Napoleon, congratulating him
upon his new and more important position in the
state, the Gazette de France appends the following
query :—" Was there a doubt about the possibility
of these congratulations, since so much care has
been taken to make them public r'
The first ball at the Tuileries, which was fixed
for the 17th, is to take place on the 11th.
The woman who shot at the cunt, M. Menials, in
the church of Bt. Severin, will not be brought to
trial. Certain authorities, nobody knows who,
have decided that she is of unsound mind, and she
will be sent to a lunatic asylum. The lunacy
laws in Francs are extremely bad and supremely
uncertain. There is never any public inquiry into
the state of mind of an alleged lunatic, whether
criminal or otherwise. Frightful jobs, whether in
screening a criminal from justice or putting an
obnoxious person under look and key, are there-
fore much easier and (presumably) more fre-
quent in France than in England. When
a prisoner's counsel sets up the defence of insanity
-the jury have no means of placing it upon record
whether they acquit upon that plea or upon the
merits ;and it is optional with certain functionaries,
of whose proceedings the public knows nothing, to
treat the acquitted prisoner as a lunatic or not.
Indiscriminate worshippers of the Code NapoliSon
would do well to reflect upon this, which is only
one instance out of many of its defects.
The curious case of the heirs of the Montmo-
rency family, who dispute the right of M. Adalbert
de Talleyrand-Perigord to use the title of Duke de
Montmorenoy, lately conferred upon him by the
Emperor, was called on this morning, M. Benoit
Champy being the presiding judge. M. Dufaure
opened the plaintiff's case. M. Nioolet is for the
sew duke, and M. Berryer, associated with M.
Dufaure, is to reply. Bets are strongly in favour
of the letters-patent, in spite of all the arguments
of lawyers.

Felicien David, the composer, continues very ill.
A fire which most unfortunately broke out in the
house in which he lives, and made it necessary to
remove him from his bed, aggravated his state
materially.
Count Baciocohi is reported a "little better."
The Emperor goes to see him often.
Madame Narishhine (now Madame Alex. Dumas),
besides being a grande dame, is a literary lady ;
she contributed a good many light articles to the
Constitution/set under the nom de guerre of Henri
Deeroches.

There is a talk of the formation of a company,
with a capital of 40,000,000, to Haussmaniser
the city of Florence. MM. Pereire, Bixio, and
Thonaasi are said to be the promoters.
The Bank of France returns are considered good.
The falling off of 30 millions in the bullion is ex-
plained by the withdrawal of that amount by the
Treasury for the payments due on January L
This item is still nearly double what it was at this
time last year. There is a considerable increase in
the amount of bills discounted as compared with
last week.
The Bourse was steady, and closed with scarcely
any change.

Colonel Barttelot, M.P., who has been indisposed
for some time pest (aye the Surrey Standard) progresses so
slowly towards °pardonably, that his medical advisers
direst a maple et =oaths' perfect quiet and abstinence from
public badness.
RESIGNATION OF Ma. JUSTICE Bars..—We have
authority to state that Mr. Justice Ball has notified his
baba* of plardag his rtniguatioe of his seat on the
beach at the disposal of the Lord Lieutenant. The
nature) oossequenoe of his retirement will be thejelevatioa
of Mr. O'Hara to the scoot seat in the Common Pleas,
Mr. Lawson to the Attorney-Generalship, and Mr. &dead
Baßlvaa to the Solicitor-Generalship. Easing

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Ma. GOLDWIN Stars.-Professor Goldwin Smith
will give an account of his tour in America, in the Music-
hall, Holywell, this (Saturday) evening, at 8 o'clock.-
Orford Chronick.
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understand that the directors at the London and West. I
minder Bank have just presented to oath of the cloths a
beaus of 10 per cent., and a gratuity of 5 pee rout. on their
Werke.
ICING'S COLLIDE Cusem..-The Sunday evening
services are to be continued through the vacation, as in
Term time, end until the restoration of the Chapel Royal,
Savoy-street, is completed.
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