The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. FRIDAY EVENING..

The Moniteur du StA;r contains a report to the
Emperor from the Marquis La Valette (and a
decree conformable), setting forth the grounds upon
which M. Henry, Mayor of Bourbeville (Haute
Saone) is created a Chevalier of the Legion of
Honour. He dearly earned the distinction, by
rushing to the rescue of two emplcyjs who were
fighting with three smugglers, and he received in
the scuffle a wound from which his life is yet in
danger.

Count Walewaki's election for the Landes was
voted valid yesterday by a show of hands, after a
witty speech against it by M. Jules Favre, who
mercilessly showed up the farce of pitchforking
into the Senate an obscure deputy named
Costa, in order to create a sure vacancy for a
courtier designated beforehand to be President of
a body who, by virtue of the constitution, must
necessarily be one of its members. He put it
upon record that M. Costa was made a senator,
not In his merits, but because-Oyer. .isse,tto fear
of oOposition in the Tatrict ortlisLandes, which
he. rejireeelited, It 4nts •an impud4t
misprision of universal suffrage, and an
affront to the Chamber to designate an tik-
qualified man for the speakership, on the
assumption that the electors would answer
to the pressure put upon them, and that it
was an evasion, if not a manifest breach of the law
to put forward a senator as a candidate for the
lower house. M. Glais-Bizoin bad made an inef-
fectual attempt to protest against this job on the
day when Count Walewski tdor Lis seat. "The
latter had the decency to resign /the chair_ tetyide;•
President Schneider on the day Amu his
.ele?tion
was directly in issue.

Baron de La Guerronnihre, prefect of the Haute
Garonne, died suddenly last night from an aneurism.
He was brother to Viscount de la Guerronnihre,
senator and redactestr-en-chef of the Fra*ce, and
who, though now not eo much in favour at court as'
he would like to be, was at one time the principal'
medium for dressing up the Emperor's ideas for
the public.
The Bourse was bad -to-day. The late rise is
supposed to have been effected by purchases on•
account of the savings /bank made in 'otcier
to support the market at the opening ,b?
the Chambers. The Preuch gublic seems Lci :be
only just awakening to the liu.miliating charader
for the imperial government of the published i;ip-
lomatic correspondence with the United 4,tsjea,
and got giving, as I think, sufficient/Wight tote*
"frank declaration" of+the speech from the throne,
made with a full knowledge of ill this correspeft-
dance, and, indeed, as a conselltifice of it, feels
uneasy about MI tdtuation distioseri: Rente fell
20c. for cash anti 15c. for accotinS. a Mobilier fell
Bfr. lbc.

AUSTRIA:

- Alliswoos ow' .- -a- 4. -
VIENNA, JAN. 23.

An article appeared the other day iu the Econo-
mist, entitled, "Austria acd Italy : the necessity of
mutual concessions." This has been reprinted in
extenso in the more than semi-official Outer-
reichische Zeitung, and extracts from it in the
official Wiener Zeitung. I mention the circum-
stance for two reasons. That a paper recommending
advances towards Italy should have a place given it
iu a government organ is already a step in advance.
It is not much, you may say ; but at all events it
is something, and a short time ago would not have
been possible. It shows also the importance at-
tached to English views on this question, and that
there is, moreover, a certain degree of sympathy
here with the opinions set forth by the English
writer. _

I am able to give you an interesting piece of
information ; an act which has been decided
upon but an hour or two ago. The
Sardinian flag formerly enjoyed at all Aus-
trian ports the rights of the most favour& nations.
Now it has been brought to the notice of the Aus-
trian government that vessels from other parts of
Italy were subjected to various burdens. Au order
has therefore been issued that vessels from every
part of the Peninsula shall be treated in every way
as was the case formerly under the Sardinian flag ;
iu other words, that the flag of the kingdom of
Italy shall share the same advantages as were
accorded to one belonging to a friend and ally.
Another circumstance is not quite without signi-
ficance. The Austrian frontier police were very
active in discovering and preventing a plan for the
forging of Lemtardy Bank notes. The service ren-
dered was so great that it was desired to make
some acknowledgment for it ; and accordingly in-
quiries were made here if Austrian servants would
be allowed to accept au Italian decoration. An
answer was given in the affirmative ; and the well-
merited distinction has been given and accepted.
Austria intends to return the compliment, and

acknowledge the good offices of some Italian
frontier officials in the same manner. Thus you
see the antagonism that was once so strong is
gradually growing weaker.
At Agram the address of the majority—there
are two others besides—demands the reconstitution
of the triune kingdom, just as Hungary has done
for the sacred crown of St. Stephen. The Croa-
tians, however, demand the recognition by Hun-
gary of article 42 of 1861, by which the bonds of
union between that country and Croatia were de-
clared to be riven. When the fitting time is come
" Croatia, on terms of complete parity with Hun-
gary, will then with her, as two historic-political
individualities" (I give the exact words) " pos-
sessing equal rights, discuss matters with the
realm."

Hungary, on the other band, defends and main_
tains her rights as proclaimed in 1848. Thus, one
party asserts that there is no union of the two
countries, and the other asserts that union is the
legal existing state of things. As Hungary laid
claim to Transylvania, so Croatia demands Dal-
matia, as well as the annexation of the military
frontier—a slip of land of only 393 square miles,
containing not more than 300,000 souls.
Till now the Peeth Diet has been unremittingly
occupied with the scrutiny of certain elections. A
great number of members have lost their seats,
owing to bribery, intimidation, and various other
abuses. The scenes which took place at Rome of
the elections almost surpass belief ; so fearful were
the organised acts of violence which were com-
mitted. On every question of the validity of the
return there is a warm debate, and then, as in the

ordinary business of the house, comes a division.
So much time has been uselessly taken up in this
way that Baron Eiitvos proposed lately that
speakers should confine themselves within a pre-
scribed limit of a quarter of an hour ; but the pro-
position was by acclamation indignantly refused.
Members were resolved that their liberty of speech
—or of speechifying—should not be infringed. If
the contests are so long and violent on such a
matter, what may we not expect them to be when
at last the real business of the house comes to be
discussed I