The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PAIU

(nom OUR OWN OORILISPONDINt)

PARIS, FEDAT tram
The departure of the court for Compiigai Nj
to be definitively fixed for Tuesday. Ca utis
the last meeting of the Reorganisation Cosaii,
will be held, when tho project determined ce, 1
bases of which have already been approseii,i
be presented in the form in which it will be taco
before the Legislative Body. When thie he
meeting shall I•sve been held, it it bsiertii
that special commissions will be re•si
take into consideration each of the era
of which the efficiency of the army &peat %I

general commission has only had to cceiisni
subject of recruitment, the means of inneuilikl
disposable forces of the country. The onet

missions will have to consider the Tins
strength to be given to each arm, the shafts
_ .

to be-made in their equipments, and the ausa
wig. The medical service will, of COll/.3, we
its fair share of attention, and thus a on*
which its members had made of their isms
being neglected falls to the ground.

The Russian ambassador here is and/Meek
have given explanations to the MinisterolPaip
Affairs on the increase in the Russian seal. It
was of course received with the courtesy Aides
tinguishes M. de Moustier ; but as the Mame
has not given the substance of those eiplesim,'
they would seem to have made little Mimeos
yet. Of course they are accepted, and willsmes.
in the official paper in a day or two, beessapar
for next year is almost a necessity to the
and, as I have already written, there me
here who almost despair of its being =intend
M. de Sartiges is decidedly going back tam
it is said much against his will. He willed acs
have no merit if things turn out well, bet Me
wise he may be made the scapegoat of tbeiwang
policy in the eyes of France. It is said tist r.
has demanded writleu instructions embnag
contingencies, and it is even added, shiett sea i
less probable, that he has obtained them. Ile
while we are assured that the question of tie it
terest of the Roman debt is on the eve of s
ment in conformity with the exigencies ofbra
namely, that Italy shall take upon itself s
proportion of the debt contracted when Li tb
States of the Church were under the papal**
that the interest shall be paid through the VW
treasury. The Italian government is im
' qnired to repay to the pontifical goverammt *
sums paid by way of interest on the ponies 65
assigned, since the day the provinces weft *kg
possession of. It is here that the &ell&
There is probably no truth in the report thee*
requirement has been enforced by a tbrestd 6
non-withdrawal of the troops until it be cagy
with. It would seem that non-official 0166116
tions are actively interchanged between Ramie
Florence, and I am disposed to believe tist,
will end in an arrangement satisfactory toallP'
Rome lives by the Pope, and Victor Emma*
who finds Florence an unpleasant readrsa
could not live there. He has sheik elf..
tale enough on his hands, and Turin do
the well-beloved among them all. On elwoll/
hand the Pope who, when he heard of them.
of Venice, exclaimed that it was "the 154146•
day in his life," will be loth to leave his
Nor can one who has stood on the felted.
solitude where Carthage was, and has sal ey
remains of ancient Rome, and all that roodee°.
has added to them, doubt that the power
has preserved and created these splendoon
still continue their guardian. The King of
or M. de Bismarck in their treatment of 9sl
may perhaps have pointed out the course by
the interests of all parties may be conciliated.
is reported this evening that the 'tabor!:
went is negotiating to secure the receptiosa"
Vcgezzi at Rome as its official representative.
The arrests which I mentioned yeevedsl4
noticed in some of this evening's Preit
said that 42 students were arrested in a add sn"
Pont St. Michel. lam infonned that they tovP
an affiliation of the Workmen's Internstioesl°

greas which met this summer at Geneva. a
The thirty-sixth list of subscriptions for de
tiros of the inundations was published 7°l
The whole sum collected in Paris is now 71r-
Large subscriptions arc seldom offered here,
.rd,
by the wealthiest. The lists for the load ch'istit,
in which a direct interest might be W 9%,
stimulate generosity, are astonishingly poor
long time M. Rothschild figured alone on do r:
list for the sum of 8001. His liberality Mg ;
found an imitator. M. Alexandre Biltk
nephew of a wealthy financier (of Havre, 17i
having received, on the occasion of his oat
age, a present of 20,000 francs from hiss cle!
horses, thought he could invest the
in nelS
charity. Perhaps the liberality was ktg
in proportion than M. Rothschild's,
far
after all is richer than the wealth,..ii
age. But giving is a habit
on a comparatively small scale her' got
reason may be that it is only of late P'gri,• •
there have been really large fortunes in all1;1
"
derable number. The newly-enriched k'i