The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY Emma.
I again quote an article from the Libette, allow
ing how the many faults of the foreign policy of
the empire are now freely represented to the French
people :
If after the peace of Nikolsburg France had not put for.
ward any claim to territorial compensation, Prussia would
have met with serious resistance from the small t.ennsa
states. If the other day M. Brsher, when replying toll.
Jules F►vre, had made a profession of disinterestedness,
M. de Bismarck would have had a hard fight with
the liberals in the Reichstag. But the raising
of the Luxemburg question has removed all the
obstacles in M. de Bismarck's way. It may, there.
fore, be said that not only did we prepare German
unity by nut preventing the war of 1846, but that we
actively contributed to form that unity by our vain threats.
It is high time to renounce the policy of threatening with.
out striking, and raising questions which we cannot ',be.
We threatened without striking Russia, and we have loss
by it the friendship both of the Russians and the Poles.
We threatened without striking America at the
time of the secession, and we have lost the
friendship of the Americana, who have now he.
come the allies of Russia. We threatened without
striking in 1866, and the consequence we reap is the may
of Germany. We are now threatening without striking
about Luxemburg, and the only thing we shall do is to
accelerate the consolidation of German unity, and perhaps
an Austro-Prussian alliance. If we are strong enough to
do it, and if we think it worth while to make war for
an extension of frontiers, let us begin at oece.
Prussia, heaven knows, gives us provocation enoush.
But if, after having spent ten milliards of franca in the
budget of glory, we are not ready for war, let us keep a
civil tongue in our head, and not raise questions which we
cannot go on with ; to do so is to play the game of M. de
Bismarck.
The Temps nays :

By putting forward demands for compensation inune.
diately after the battle of Sadowa, we threw Southern
Germany into M. de Bismarck's arms ; by this Luse".
burg business we have completed the reconstruction of
great German empire.
The Echo du Nord says :

Another financial catastrophe has occurred at Rou
A banker in that town, named Ecrepont Brain; 4311
arrested yesterday in Lille. A large deficit, affecting i.na.
cipally people of small fortune who entrusted their aaviv
to him, is apprehended.

The Socists Iminobiliere took particular pains,
not many days ago, to impress upon the public
mind that the Universal Exhibition would not
occasion any rise in the tariff of the Grand Hotel
and the Hotel du Louvre. You must have seen an
echo of this announcement in some English journals.
But now anyone may see on the chimney-piece of the
coffee-room in each of these monster establish-
menta a new scale showing that the prices of every
species of accommodation and refreshment in the
establishment are from one-fourth to one-third
dearer than they were. It is but right that this
should be known. Both of these exceptional
hotels are, I believe, though Paris in general is by
no means crowded, as full as they can hold. The
Socidtal Immobilihre is quite justified if it thinksit
good policy, and for the permanent interest of its
hostelry establishments, to profit to the utmost
extent by the laws of supply and demand. But
what it is not entitled to, and what the unsuspect-
ing public should be protected against, is the benefit
of more or less disguised advertisements that its
prices were not to be raised.
The ordinary necessaries of life are certainly not
dearer in Paris than they were a month ago, and
the vaunted expectations of some tradesmen that
prices would be doubled when the Exhibitios
opened have been signally deceived. In the
Quartier Latin, however, where students live is
proverbially wretched lodging-houses, several pro-
prietors now ask three times the usual rent.
students have obtained leave to hold • pub
meeting on the subject in the Ecole de MM.
cine on Sunday next. There is a atatemen•
in some of the papers that dormitories
to be prepared in the school for students w
cannot afford to pay the rates demanded of them.
but I suspect this to be a canard. There are plea?
of apartments to let in Paris at present, and tha
exorbitant letters of students' lodgings must neat
wily come down.
There was a panic at the Bourse. In spite d
great efforts made to sustain the Rente, it fell tot
lower point than has been touched since tht
Luxemburg question was first mooted. The dosin;
quotations were 68fr. 30c. for cash, and &qr. 22}c. fix
account, being a fall of 35c. and 30e. Credit Fon
fell 15fr., Comptoir d'Escompte lOfr., and Mobil .
lfr. 25c. The Lyons Railway fell 11. fr. 2.1 c.
Eastern 7fr. 50c., and Northern sfr. Bah
rose 35c., the prospect of a new ministry, with
Ratazzi at its head, being rather favourably
garded. The Libcrti says in its money article :

There is a talk of an opposition to the cession of Lir, in.
burg to France being made by Rumia. If this should.
continued, events must move swiftly and fatally. Whetiet
France advances resolutely, or draws back to temp,r,v,
there must be either an immediate panic or permanent U.
easiness—in either ease, a great blow to the market.

Several Roman coma have recently been found
in the neighbourhood of Andover, is Hampshire. Arsa.,;,:
them are • Trojan, • Maximenus, • GaMenus, 'HAIM
nag, • Coastantins, • Valentinian, and a Valerian.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL s.—Her MajtAty's No-
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs km re:. :•4
the followaig despatch from her Majesty's Anthearad..:A
Paris :—" Earl Cowley to Lord Stvaley.— Park,
—My Lord,—On receipt of your lordi`iip's
of the Ist instant, I caused inquiries to be moic fat
Prefecture de Police with reference to the panizr.fb
the Mani?ror on the substitution of documents of
for passports in the ease of foreigners visiting the
Exhibition, and I am informed that these arrows' I?
are not applicable to Ihitish subjects, who in this
remain upon their former footing whilst in Pratte'''
Gazette.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 3. The Queen hi
been pleased to approve of Mr. James Jerrom Fran,
coma in England, to reside in London, for the Herb:
of South Africa. The Queen has also been phase,:
approve of Mr. J. H. Randow as consul at
1.. Gerlach as consul at Rangoon, and Mr. E. Pardee
consul at Akyab for his Majesty the Eniperur of Ah'ir''
—Ca:etle.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF W., n s. —The bO,O
met yesterday at the offices ii, Spring-gardens; ,41 '
Thwaites in the chair. The following rocumetetelation
agreed to :—" That a communication he addreawd
Snell, in reply to him letter adverting to his sehene
the improvement of Park-lane. by forming a roils'
through Hyde-park, that thin subict was brought info
her Majesty's government by the hoard in the lir
instance, but that they were unable to obtain tin,.
tion of government to any interference with the I,`'
itself." Mr. Ragalgette (the chief engineer) re'se'nt`'
usual re on the progress of the Thames ffahank:
works, from which it appeared thnt on nsgarde.l the I"
tion of the Northern Embankment I.etteeeu IVestainst
and Waterloo bridges, :1,2111 feet of the low heel
2,477 feet of subway, 2,905 feet of email dr."!
and 320 feet of the Westminster steatelestps
had been constructed. Eastward of the e"
720 feet of the river wall bad been Ism'
above Trinity datum, and In feet of the parapet Lei
formed thereon. Progress had also been made wit-'
Charing-cross steam-bust pier and the Adelphi
stairs. The works in connection with the Waterloe
Whitehall Railway tube were proceeding. and
had been effected to the value of I .2teif. The total.`:''f,
of works done under this contract amounts to 31,,
As regards the contract between Waterloohri4
Temple-gardens, satisfactory progress Lund been ion&
the Temple steam-boat pier. The riser parapet lisa.
Progressed,.2o3,6l7l. The
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also going on in a satisfactory manner, the boiled,
were being put together, and the eNeavations to On.
tent of .t6.,,000 cubic yards had been mil., and
yards of brick-work had been laid. As to the Sea:nl:l
Embankment, the total amount of work completed s,'t;
the value of 100,0001., of which 5,01 W. npre.ente:..h,
progress made in the past week. Adopted.
business was then disposed of, and the howl adjeutto