The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-28 00:00:00

THE STATE OF GREECE.

The Nord of yesterday says :—" If we may
believe a Vienna correspondence in the Cologne
Gazette, negotiations have been entered into between
France, Russia, and England for the purpose of
taking measures in common with a view to remedy
the deplorable position of Greene. It has been
resolved, we are told, to despatch simultan_ecnigy
from Malta, Nine, and Villsfranca two English
men-of-war, and the same number of French
and Russian ships, to Nauplia and the Piraeus ;
the English are to occupy Nauplia and Byra, and a
commission appointed by the three powers is to
suspend the Hellenic constitution, and dissolve the
Chamber. It is possible—nay, it is probable--
that the three protecting powers of Greece have
been occupied with the crisis in which that coun-
try is involved, and that they have exchanged
ideas upon it in order to determine the attitude
they may, under certain circumstancet, assume ;
but it is in the highest degree doubtful that they
have already decided upon the grave measures the
correspondent of the Cologne Gazette mentions."
Our Paris correspondent says :—" News has
reached Paris from London, that the three pro-
tecting powers have resolved in common to take
energetic measures to " restore order" in Greece.
Each power will, it is said, send two men-of-
war to Greek waters. The English will occupy
Nauplia and Syra ; the French and the Russians
will hold the Pirteus. Under the shadow of their
guns, the Chamber is to be dissolved, and the con-
stitution, if necessary, suspended."

THE NEWSPAPER IN FRANCE.

The DeLats of yesterday contains the following
remarks :
We should like to say a word upon a matter which par-
tioularly concerns one of our sub-prefectures in the Booth,
and which involves at the same time a question of pus&
interest. We beg our readers therefore to follow us to
Narbonne, in the department of the Ando. This happy
toms of Narbonne existed without newspapers. We mem
of course, without local newspapers : it merely knew
by name, and seen exotic production, that political pram,
the source of ea many evils, which the sages of the present
day deem not less injurious to humanity than Pandora's box.
Narbonne enjoyed thee' the happiness devolving upon
those cities which know how to brave the contagion of the
press, when suddenly that contagion spreads within its
walls with lightning-like rapidity. People kern that a
company has just been formed for the creation of a news.
paper. Great is the emotion in the official and
administrative world. A newspaper Gracious
goodness! What for? What have you got into your
beads? If you want to occupy yourselves with the fine
arts or with archeology, well and good, though the example
is, aevertheless, a bad one. We want, reply the promoters
of the company, to occupy ourselves with the agricultural
and commercial interests of the district for they require Jobe
known and fostered ; we are wine growers, and we have
much to say respecting the production of wine and the
trade in it. Well, then, start a wine trade news-
paper : you have the right to do so. Yee, but commercial
questions are closely associated with political economy, and
in order to discuss them freely, without any frier of 'legal
proceedings, fines, or suppression, we must be au-
thorised to touch upon politics, and we must
deposit security. Thus speak the Narbonnais, and
the administration again veils ite face. A political
newspaper at Narbonne!! The world is coming to an end.
What will Europe say if it bean you every day, or twice a
week, or even every Sunday, expressing your opinion upon
11. de Bismarck,the Italian questico,or the Belgian question?
Are you then weary of the happiness youenjoy, and do you
wish to deluge France with fresh revolutions! Take my
word for it, Narbonne does not want a political newspaper ;
and it is the administration which tells you so. And this,
teen, is the state of things. One of the most important
towns in the south cannot obtain the authorisation to este-
bliah a newspaper to defend its local interests, and yet the
men who ask for that authorisstion offer all the requi-
site guarantees. Among them, in fact, in addition to the
landowner, there are the moat honourable business men of
toe country, and the presidents of the tribunal of commerce
and district council. Some of them, we may remark,
have not always, perhaps, been as convinced as they are
now of the utility of the press, and they .nay see by their
own experience that no one is ever sure he may
not have to suffer in his turn from the exces-
sive restrictions imposed upon liberty, which seem
very proper to him when they only affect his
neighbours. To return to our subject, the sponsors of the
future Narboonais newspaper had remembered that cele-
brated speech in which the Emperor said to the French
people, " Bestir yourselves, act, take the iaitietive, and do
not expect everything from the administration ;" which
naturally means, help yourselves, and the government will
help you. We see bow the administration encourages indi-
vidual exertion, and how it interprets the liberal intentions
of the Chief of the State.

GOVF.RNMV:T PHOTOGRAPHERS IN INDIA.—To
meet the requireraeote of the survey department io India,
the yoyernmees of India, at the instance of the Surveyor-
General. has submitted a proposition to the Secretary of
State to train up eight European gentlemen in England in
the arts of photography, photo-lithograpby, electrotyping,
Ac., for service in India. Go their lto this country,
those gentlemen will have to remain on probation in the
Sorveyor•Geoeral's office at Calcutta for a period not ex-
ceeding eight months, durisg which time a subsistence
allowance of 200 rupees a month will be allowed to them.
After the expiration of the period of probation, they are to
be posted to different places in India on a salary of 800
rupees each per maisem.—Homeward Mail, Dec. 2'./.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DANK CLERK.—
Mr. Richards, deputy•cortnier, held an inquest yesterday
afternoon, at the Alexandra Hotel, Victoria-park road,
South Hackney, touching the death of William Doyle,
aged 36, who was found dead in the area in front of his
house, M. 7, Alexandraterrace, on Sunday morning. John
Doyle, broker's clerk, brother of the deoeased, deposed : DEgPATCH OF THE BonBAY MAIIA.—SOUTHAMP-
My brother wan a hank clerk. He had intermittent fever Toy, Dec. 27.—The Peninsular sod Oriental Company's
last October, and has been suffering from neuralgia. He steamship Syria, Captain Cbristien, sailed this afternoon
complained much of shooting pains through his bead, with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, F4lO,
Sometimes be gave way to drink. generally usin beer and Adeo, Ceylon, Bombay,She took out 24 first, and 30
wine, and occasionally spirits. I came up to she door of second class passengers ; sad on freight. 816 boxes specie,
his house, where I also lived, on Sunday morning about value, 295,6361., of which amorist 292,6361. is for Bombay,
two o'clock. I found my brother in the area, but did not consisting of bar gold, 63.0001. • bar silver. 220.6201• silver
know be was dead until Dr. King came. John Coate coin, 5,7501. • gold thread, watches, lac., I,LMilol., and the
Metcalf, merchant, who lives next -house to that omit. remainder, 3,0001 in sovereigns, is ice Alexaodria.
pied by deceased, raid, about twelve o'clock on tbs A RAILWAY SIGNALMAN DRUNK WHILE ON
night in question e heard some one running up the steps DI:TI.—On Saturday, at Halifax, Jas. Howe, of
of No. 7, and then a heavy fall. Looked into the area but Sowerby Bridge, was charged by the Lanmabire and York.
could sea
sothi. John Scholts, builder, deposed that he shire Railway Company, by whom he was employed as a
bad a glas or two of claret withs,
deceased in the Alexandra telegraph signalman with bang drunk whilst on duty.
Hotel on Saturday night. Tbe deceased left about 12 Howe was plaoed at 'the west erid of Sowerby Bridge truing,
o'clock. and. had no appearance of being under the influence to were trans coming Maschester way of soy danger. On
of drink. The coroner said that evidence, in conjunction the 13th Jost., a goWs train arrived at the Loddeudendoot
with that of last witted, was satisfactory, aa showing that station between nine and tea p.m., sodas the driver new the
drink had nothing to do with the unfortunate occurrenoe. distance signals against him be sounded his whietle and
Dr. King gave it as his opinion that death resulted from stopped the train, but there mune response. On his Ogg
hemorrhage from the temporal arteries. which were not cot to the cable at the end of the tunnel he found defendant
through, and also from concussion of the brain. He drunk, and a quantity of beer upon the table. The Mee
thought deceased had fallen in a fit into the area, There having been proved, it was urged in mitigation that defies.
was not the alighteat smell of drink from deceased. The dent bad been in the employment of the ocanpasy three
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," and added i years, and no previous complaint bed been made against
a recommendation that the armee( the houses of Alexandra- I him. Be was fined 21., sad is default of payment oedema
terrace should be fenced with railings. to be buprieosind one meoth.—Lreds Mercury.