The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Arm 11.

Advioes received here from Conatantinople to
the 4th inst. state that an army of 60,000 men was
watching the Christian provinoes of Turkey, and
would enter the Principalities, should disturbances
arise.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(TROY OUR OWN CORRIRPONDINT.)
PARIS, WIDNISDAT Evianzia.
_ .

The weak part of the otherwise satisfactory an-
nouncement in the ifonitewr that the French army
will have completely evacuated Mexico by the end
of 1867, is the want of any indication as to the
nature of the new guarantees for French interests
which are to replace French guns and bayonets.
The misfortune is that these interests have been
augmented to such an appalling extent by the cost
of the war, and the foundation of Maximilian's
empire, as to raise serious doubts as to the possibi-
lity of providing for them, and, consequently, to
raise the further doubt whether France, which, as
the Debate observed the other day, is under no
treaty obligation to evacuate Mexico, but has
merely made a promise to herself to do so, will,
after all, when the time comes, not find reasons to
change her mind on the ground that nothing short
of a " material guarantee" can secure the French
interests spoken of.
The Duke de Persigny was disappointed yester-
day of an opportunity which he had reckoned upon
to deliver a great speech to the Senate in support
of the imperial constitution, in answer to M. Jules
Favre's recent attack upon it in the Corps Legis-
latif. M. Degouves Denuncques, one of the most
eminent journalists and pamphleteers in the time
of Louis Philippe, presented a petition to the Senate,
drawn up with great ability, praying that petitions
might be presented to the Corps Legislatif, instead
of to the Senate. For the last month it has been
rumoured that a great debate was to come off upon
the petition, and that the Duke de Persigny was
to stand forth as the champion of the empire. Vis-
count de la Gueronnibre, the editor of the France,
was named reporter on the petition, and he pro-
posed to shelve it by the " order of the day," at
the same time delivering his reasons at length for
preferring the imperial regulation which only
allows petitions to be presented to the Senate—a
body which, strange to say, has no power
whatever to give effect to them. But when
Viscount de la Gueronnibre was about to present
his report M. Delangle, the Procureur-General
of the Court of Cessation, rose to move that the
previous question should be voted without hearing
the report, on the ground that it was intolerable
to allow that the constitution should be
criticised and the public press allowed to
carp at it under pretence of commenting upon the
debates in the Senate. He delivered a Jeremiad
upon the growing disposition of Frenchmen, with
their characteristic frivolity, to forget the great
benefits of the coup d'itat, and care for changes in
that monument of wisdom devised by the Emperor
on an emergency which he got the ballot-box to
confirm. A very hot discussion followed. All
the senators who spoke were for the constitution
as it is ; but few agreed with M. Delangle that
a petition was to be dismissed without being
heard, and without reason assigned. Vis-
count de la Gueronnibre was especially angry
at the interruption of his carefully pre-
pared speech, which he ultimately got leave
to deliver. President Troplong differed alto-
gether from Delangle's construction of the
regulations, and a wrangle took place be-
tween constitutional authorities highly edifying
for the million. The Duke de Persigny did not
find the time opportune to let off the great
speech he has on the stocks, but in a few
words he delivered his opinion that when the
constitution is attacked in the Corps Legislatif
during the debate on the address it is
ridiculous purism to pretend that the Senate,
which is the only proper tribunal for the revision
of constitutional questions, should have its mouth
shut. Of course the petition was shelved. The
only debate was as to what sauce it should be eaten
with.

There is a very slight improvement at the
Bourse, notwithstanding a considerable fall at
Vienna. Rents rose 10c. for cash and 2ic. for
account. Mobilier rose 13fr. 75c. Italian fell 20c.

Tux luaus NAVY.—The following is the actual
strength of the Italian navy :—Ships of war of all rates
(including two training ships), 71 : 1,197 guns, 25,820
horse-power, 20,627 seamen ; transports, 24 : 124 guns,
4,390 horse-power, 3,220 seamen.
Tux PaiistaastONlC Soca/T.—The next con-
cert of the Philharmonic Society will be marked by the
first appearance in this country of Mille. L'brich, court
singer to the King of Hanover, who has just arrived in
London. Idadlle. Dbrick has a soprano voice of the highest
order, which has been trained by the eminent Professor
Delsarte, of Paris, whither she was sent by the King of
Hanover.