The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(11031 OUR OWA COBUSPONDINT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

It has been wisely considered by the opposition
that if M. Berryer were to lead the interpellations
on the subject of the Post-office dealings with the
Count de Chambord's letter the government
might plausibly say that he appeared as a legiti-
mist advocate. M. Lanjuinais is obnoxious to
no such suspicion, and he will be supported on
principle by men who are as nnich opposed to a
Bourbon restoration as the Emperor himself.
The order of the day for the Senate to-morrow
states that there will be a meeting of the bureaux
" to consider a demand for an interpellation pre-
sented by five senators." Nothing more—not a
word about the subject matter of the pro-
posed interpellations, and not so much as the
names of the five signers of the requisition. If this
procedure shall form a precedent for the Corps
Legislatif, as I have no doubt it will do, under 1
Count Walewski's presidency, the public will know
nothing of an interpellation till the moment when
it comes on for discussion, and will never hear of
it at all if it fails to get through the bureaux, who
have power to stifle it in its inception. In this,
as in many other cases, there is too much reason to
believe that the presiding principle in carrying out
the reforms of Jan. 19 will be "to keep
the word of promise to the ear, but break
it to the hope"—so long at least as the
present ministers remain in office. They are all
hostile to liberty. If the Emperor seriously de-
sires to endow the country with " self-govern-
ment," and to make his reforms worthy of the
description given of them in his letter and his
speech—and he has obtained large credit in many
quarters for serious intentions—he must get new
men, Rouher, and Bar►che, and Troplong, and
Walewski will never work liberal institutions
heartily.
Joseph Karam arrived on Saturday at Mar.
seines from Alexandria. The Syrian Christian
chief is accompanied by his friend Haskell& Kadra
and a few of his old adventurous companions.
While in Egypt he showed himself in public,
and was several times serenaded. But during
his momentary stay in France, he either desires to
remain quiet or it is judged better for him that he
should do so. He has paid a visit to the Bishop
of Marseilles. He was to embark for Algiers to-
day or to-morrow.
The Bourse closed with a slight rise, but not at
the highest quotations of the day.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN FREEDMEN'S AID
Socixrr.—A public meeting was held yesterday at Exeter-
hall, for the purpose of promoting the objects of this so-
ciety, but more especially with the view of enlisting the
interest of ladies on behalf of theefforts which are being
made to improve negro female education on the west coast
of Africa by Mrs. Mosely, the widow of the late Chief
of the Gold Coast. In the absence of Lord Churchill,
who was to have presided, the chair was taken by the Rev,
Dr. Schwartz. Mr. Tomkins, the hon. secretary, said it
was intended to hold a bazaar in London in aid of the
funds of the society at the end of next month, and part of
the proceeds would be devoted to the establishment of a
female native Christian industrial school in Cape Coast
Castle, under the anaphase of Mrs. Mosely. As the society
was entirely of a philanthropic character, he trusted its
operations in Afnea, as well as in Canada, Jamaica, and
South America, would be favoured by public support and
recognition. The Rev. Mr. Davis proposed the first resolu-
tion: ' That in view of the peculiarly favourable opportunity
afforded to the provident for the instruction and im-
provement of the million; of freedmen, it becomes the
plain duty of the friends of humanity and of all who desire
the advancement of Christian civilisation to seize the occa-
sion, end to put forth strenuous and systematic efforts to
remove the evils that have arisen from past neglect,
and to ameliorate the condition of the black and coloured
population in America and in the British colonies." The
Rev. Mr. French seconded the resolution, which, after
being supported by the Rev. Mr. Vincent, was Ulliali-
mouslya. The Rev. Mr. Jones, negroaleruman, from
Canada,proposed the next resolution, which acknowledged
the Christian efforts which have been and are being made
to promote the social advancement of the negro in
Canada, Jamaica, and at the Cape Coast. The resolution
was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Mather, supported by Mr.
Conway, of V~irgm and agreed to unanimously. Mr.
Tomkins announced that the bazaars would be held under
the patronage of the Duchess of Argyle, Lady Churchill,
and other Lidice of rank.

THE DISTRESS IN THE EAST OF LONDON.—Up 60
1 o'clock yesterday the fund being raised and dispensed by
the committee in the City of London, of whom the Lord
Mayor is chairman, for the relief of the exceptional dis-
tress in the east of London in particular, amounted to
13,1764, of which 9,Z.V. had been dispensed through
local committees in mitigating the distress—leaving an
available balance of 2,9211. This was further reduced by
additional grants to the amount of 473/., made yesterday.
A meeting of the general relief committee was held at the
Mansion-house at 2 o'clock. The Lord Mayor, at the
outset, took occasion to may that the committee had
need now, more than ever, to confine themselves to the
relief of purely exceptional distress, and the more so
as the public were slackening in their subscriptions.
Their vocation was, therefore, almost gone, and they did
not, and ought not, to usurp the functions of the poor-law
organisation in the relief of ordinary distress. ho doubt
there was very great distress in various parts of the metro-
polis,aggravated by the dulness of trade, but it was not that
which the committee were called into existence to relieve.
For some time pest 1,0001. a week had been expended in
charity, irrespective of poor-law relief, in relieving the
destitute poor and unemployed in Poplar, Limehonse, and
Bromley, and but for that timely aid many people there
must have gone without food. A weekly sum but little
less than that was still being dispensed in that way there;
and, considering that the public subscription was relaxing,
the committee must, therefore, as a rule, confine their as-
sistance to the east-end of LOndon as much as possible.
Several local committees attended the meeting yesterday—
viz., from Walworth, Deptford, Tower-hill, St. George's-
in-the-East, and other districts. The general opinion
among them, with a few exceptions, was that the distress
is lessening. That is decidedly the case among the casual
dock labourers, but there is, by common consent, a great
deal of suffering in various trades,
isparticularly among
seined-remelt As yet, however, there no gleam of re•
turning prosperityin the shipbuilding trade on the Thames.
Yesterday the committee made a variety of grants. The
committee at their rising adjourned until Monday next, at
2 o'clock.

KUYTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT WOLVERHAMPTON.—
We learn by telegraph that Mr. William Murphy, secre-
tary to the Protestant Electoral Union, while lecturing
against popery last night at Wolverhampton, was o
by a number of Irish present, who shouted for hPerral-
hour, and then commenced an attack on the lecturer and
his supporters with portions of chain winch they had pre.
viously broken up. The police came to the rescue, and
sic of the rioters were arrested. The lecturer was sent off
under a police escort. Several magistrates were present.
ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA.—FALMOUTH, FEB.
18.—The Hamburg steam-ship Dever* Captain Myers,
about whose safety much anxiety baa lately been felt
tbrosigh he having become known that she was passed in
the western ocean, crippled through having lost her
rudder, arrived off Falmouth early on Sunday morning.
The Bavaria. of 2,400 tons, left Southampto on January
21th. with 177 emigrants, chiefly (termites, and a large
general cargo, for New York. During the late gales that
prevailed shout that time, in a hurricane on January
30, at about 8 p.m., she carried away her rudder,
but received no further damage. Captain Myers at
once bore up for England, with the resolution of taking
the vessel back without any assistance. Her passage
home has been very slow, occupying about 18 days,
through her requiring to have the wind ahead to enable
her to be steered, and westerly winds having lately pre-
vailed. She was spoken by several vessels on the way.
On arriving off Falmouth her chief officer landed at Fal-
mouth by a pilot cutter to engage a steam tug, and a tug
was prepared and went out, but in the meantime the wind
having drawn ahead, the Bavaria was enabled to run
into the anchorage without any assistance.
SOUTH KENSINGTON MOSEUBL—Visitors during
the week ending February 16. —On Monday, Tues.
day, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
10,277 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admis-
sion &LI, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., 1,388 ; total, 11,1.65.
Ave rsp of corresponding week in former years, 10,710.
Total fr= the opening of the Museum, 6,551,007.