The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. SUNDAY EVILNIIIO.

In spite of the confident assertions of the govern-
ment journals yesterday, there is reason to believe
that the projected alliance between Naples and
. .

Piedmont—an alliance as unnatural as one between
May and December—is in a very sickly state.
Prince Petrulla, according to the Turin papers, bas
refused to have any hand in the matter ; and
Francis IL has now applied to Prince lachitella to
undertake the negotiation with Victor Emmanuel's
government, but it is not known whether the
prince, who is a popular man, will accept the un-
promising mission. It is amusing to read the
twisted phraseology in which the Pays—which
has lately been quite cock-a-hoop about the
alliance—admits that the people of Naples
are not to be caught by the bait of a
constitution. " The first experiments of the
I working of the constitution leave the Neapolitan
population," it says, "in a sentiment of reserve."
But it takes comfort in the reflection that if in the
metropolis " there is an expectative feeling, not
so sympathetic as might be desired," the constitu-
tion and the national flag are received with enthu-
siasm in the provinces. The latter assertion is not
easily to be contradicted, as there are very few
parts of the King's dominions, with the. exception
of Naples, from which letters are frequently re-
ceived. The Pope, who, according to some autho-
ritiee, was eager to grant liberal institutions to
his subjects, will not, the Petrie says, go so
far as the King of Naples, and will, above all
tbinge, refuse to have anything to do with the
King of Sardinia. Instead of the famous Villa-
franca scheme of a confederation being once more
in the ascendant, it ie admitted that the resent-
ment of Pius IX. against Victor Emmanuel is too
recent for it to be possible for his Holiness to come
into the contemplated alliance at present. These
indications are sufficient to show that the latest
despatches from the French ambassador at Rome
and Naples must be of a discouraging character.
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I am assured that Garibalde; envoy to Paris
was received by the Emperor to-day at St. Cloud
as a private individual—the diplomatic phrase in
"in an officious character." Prince Ginaeppe

will probably by this time have arrived in Lon6n
on a mission from the patriotic general, and Count
Cavour has just sent the eminent ex-deputy, M.
Veloric, to Sicily. Garibaldi, therefore, is at this
moment playing a great part on the diplomatic
stage. _ . .

The various reasons offered by the Opinion
Nationale, within one short week of Prince
Jerome's funeral, for making Prince Napoleon an
active power in the state, are not in any way
touched by the mild reproof administered to the
responsible author of the article by the Monitenr,
which merely dwells upon the indecent haste with
which the claim was preferred—ri thing which
struck everybody.
The Pattie predicts that French bayonets will
shortly make their appearance in Syria. " Who,"
it asks, " shall stop these Druses, who now appear
as the last and most odious representatives of
oriental barbarism r And, in answer to its own
question, it says, " Christian Europe, and especi-
ally France. Thanks to this intervention, Europe
while protecting the unfortunate Christians of
Lebanon will render an immense service to the
government of Constantinople ; it will save the
Christian populations from destruction, and the
Turkish empire from dishonour."
The Superior Councilof Commerce has concluded
its inquiry into the manufactures connected with
flax and hemp, having devoted to it five sittings,
averaging five hours each. More than fifty manu-
facturers and merchants belonging to the principal
town" where the linen trade is chiefly earried ou,
presented themselves before the council, and gave
full expression to the wants and wishes of the in-
dustries which they represent. The council also
heard a number of English and Belgian manufac-
turers. The inquiry touching cotton and woollen
manufactures will begin on Monday next.