The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

SPEECH OF COUNT DR MORNY.
(non ova OWN CONSUPONDINS.)
PARIS, Tomas Enema.
The event of the day is the following speech made
by the Count de Morny to the Corp. Legislatif :
had intended to speak to you of your-
selves; I bad prepared a statistical table of your labours
during the thee that I have had the honour to be your presi-
dent. I had at Inert to demonstrate—by showing you the
proofs of the great value which the government
always attaches to your suggetins, by recapitu-
lating all that work does In your bureaux and committee
which nape public attention, by numerating the many
amendments due to your initistive—how real and efficacious
is the Munn which the constitution matins to you; and I
should have ventured to may In ocenseion, that having re-
gard to the divided state of our society, a Cone Logien:lf
which freely examines all questions on their own merits
aloes, better scene perhaps the general interest than the old
Chambers, whose paidamentary struggles trunformod the
duty of voting laws into a political weapon—P. strategetical
I party maticeuvre. But this cold analysis would, as It ap-
pears to me, be ill-ttmei at the prevent moment; you are
still too much moved by the noble words which you heard
yesterday for me to notate to divert the current of your
thoughts. Let us well weigh those words, gentlemen; and
in the drat place Ist us, who are the delegate, of the
country, repose in the Emperor that unlimited confidence
which ten years of wise government, moderation, devotion
to the interests of Prance, end religions oars for her harm
have implanted In our minds. Be roofident when the Em-
peror lays to you, " Resume with calm your habitual labours.
I hope that peace will not be troubled. I shall remain im-
movable in t►e path of right, AMR*, and national honour,"
and when repeating then famous words, "L'Emplre &est la
pia," he adds that pram can only be disturbed for the de-
fence of stem national Interests. How many other °onside-
rations are there also which ought to dispel our anxiety
Religion, philosophy, civilisation, credit, reaaufecturee have
made peace the first necessity of modern times ; the
blood of people can no longer be lightly shed—war is the
last resort of injured right or wounded honour. Almost all
difilcidfes are now solved by diplomacy or pacific arbitration.
Rapid Intereetional commuointioas and publicity ken
created a new European power with which all governante
ere obliged to reekon--this power is opinion. Opinion may
bra moment hesitate or be misled, but it always ranges
itself ultimately on the side of light and humanity. Let us
hope that ender existing circumstance., the generous ideas,
the loyal and: dienterested intuitions of the Emperor will
make their way in the world, and that befog adopted by the
sympathyof peoples, and supported by the credit of sovereigns,
they will succeed in bringing about a pacific solution of all
difficult question. Wh►tever the fauns may resins for es,
let us act ea we have done in the past. Let us take counsel
ealy of our patriotism. Let up draw clone end doter to the
throes. Defections sad mistrust never lave any country or
any individue. Our resolute support to the Emperor will
aid weight to his negotini-ne, as, in case of need, it would
give him greeter strength to conquer.

There are people who see in this allocution an
attenuation of the threatening tenor of the
speech from the throne. It seems to me a
mere repetition of it. The allusion to public
opinions, and those " vulgar interests" which the
imperial discourse made so light of, is a sop to the
deputies which their sagacious president very natu-
rally treats them to in order to flatter their wounded
salt-love. But the great fact remains that the
Count de Morny, like the Emperor, is so absorbed
by the prospect of war that he can speak of nothing
else. He tells the deputies plainly that their minds
must be in such an excited state that they cannot
listen to any disquisition on internal affairs. Like
the Emperor, he holds out only those vague and
general hopes of peace which every military despot
use as a matter of course up to the moment of
declaring war ; and, like the Emperor, he
abstains from mentioning any single fact calculated
to lead to a reasonable hope that the casus belli
plainly laid down in the official pamphlet is in the
way of a peaceable solution. The last word in his
speech, you will observe, is the ominous one—
" conquer."

The Pritrir, in a very marked manner, contradicts
assertions of the Nord and Independanee Beige
tending to throw doubt' on the official origin of
the pamphlet. The falsification of the Nord's pre-
diction that the imperial speech would be found
at variance with the pamphlet is triumphantly
pointed out.
I have seen a private letter from an army oar-
geon serving in Algeria, dated only four or five
days back, stating that his regiment was expecting
to be sent to Italy, and that he was harassed to death
by preparations for active service.

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The Bourse has been firmer than could hare been
expected under the circumstances. The Rents for
account rose 20c. or 30c. in the middle of the day,
but afterwards sales predominated, and the closing
price was 68fr. 10e., the same as yesterday. For
cash the last price was the same, with a rise of 6c.
Mobilier roes Er. 60c. The Orleans railway rose
7fr. 60c. t Lyons, Er. 60e., and the other lines were
from 2fr. 60e. to 6fr. lower.

On the occasion of the late visit of the make of
bazit-Cobneg-Gotha to Drunks, the King clamed a grand
repre.4 niation of the lest optra of his royal highness, Dias
is Sainye, to be represented with great splendour in the
Court theatre, end bi. Majraty with the Quoin end all the
royal fanily attended th, performance.

The commission which hen been sitting upon the
question of lowering the dlspuon at the French maileel
theatres, have decided epos lowering a quarter of a tone, so
shout imperceptible amelioration, end which le declared by
emu of the be.t artiaks to be leaufficiest. M. Levametir.
the Ws etc. to beau at the Grand Opera, le of this opinion,
sad states that when the great waits of Gluck were ant
represented In Pans the diapason was nearly as entire tens
lower then M pressat. The change has but made partly by
the eendmises of embeetru sad partly by composers, who of
late years possess a mania for intiuducing pimp' which are
Wittiest to the woke.