The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

ROMS.

A letter from Rome states that on the Ist inst. a
body of 1,500 Piedmontese volunteers landed at
San Stefano, on the papal territory. They intended
to march on Cornet*. General Goyon immediately
sent orders to the commander of the battalion of
Chasseurs, stationed at Civita Vecchia, to detach a
part of his force for the protection of the threatened
town.

The French ga►rison of Rome, General Goyon
having left on the 6th, is commanded temporarily
by General Noue.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, AND

MAURITIUS MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, THOIXDAT.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Masailia, Captain Black, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, has arrived in dock. She brings
102 passengers and 490/. in specie. She spoke the
Ceylon on the 30th, the Valetta on the 31st ult., the
schooner Malcolm Bevan on the sth, and the Ripon on the
7th inst.

The British brigantine Topsy, thirteen days out from
Cardiff, foundered on the 29th ultimo ; the crew reached
Gibraltar on the 3rd, per Mariner.
Gibraltar exchange on London, 90 days, 501 to 50g.
Freights unaltered.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom me owl oomulsroxtmarr.)
PARIS, WIDIFIVIDAT EVINECZ.

The first half of the Emperor's short but very
remarkable speech to the troops at Chao's' con-
tains nothing inconsistent with his letter to Count
de Persigny. His definition of the "object" of
the expedition, namely, to " ensure the triumph of
the rights of justice and humanity," is indeed con-
veniently vague, and leaves it open to himself to
say hereafter what those rights may be, but then
the declaration that he makes war upon no power
whatsoever, and only means to help the Sultan to
put down rebellious subjects, "blinded by the fa-
naticism of another age," is precise, reassuring,
and altogether in accordance with the letter and
spirit of the language of the protocols signed by
the representatives of all the powers. I shall, how-
ever, be surprised if the latter portion of the ad-
dress be considered equally satisfactory. Why
should he have hailed the handful of troops
whose ostensible mission is to do police
duty for a short time in Syria, as " worthy
sons of the crusaders r' The idea of a
crusade, of a holy war, although it is che-
rished by a small fanatical party in France, and
may tickle the vanity of Frenchmen generally, is
an anachronism essentially repugnant to the sober
spirit in which the Paris Conference agreed that a
small armed force should be sent to Syria to put a
stop to a barbarous internecine warfare which has led
to frightful massacres. As to the " fanaticism" of

another age, history leaves it doubtful whether the
crusaders or the Saracens were the worst, and in
this decidedly prosaic and not fanatical century,
the Emperor, as a " man of his time," ought to
have put his intervention upon another " plat-
form." This part of his speech, however, to use
another expressive Americanism, may be meant
for " Bunkum," and destitute of any serious
meaning. But the concluding paragraph, in
which he alludes to the small number
of the expeditionary force, can hardly be
construed otherwise than as a protest against
the restrictions upon his originally ambitious
projects which the pressure of other powers
has forced him reluctantly to consent to. It is no
doubt a very pretty sentence this :—" The nations
know that wherever the French flag appears, it is
preceded by a great cause and followed by a great
people," but the language is as inconsistent with
the assertion in the letter to Count de Persigny
that the Emperor did not wish to raise the " East-
ern question," as it is with the stipulation of the
Paris protocol that his troops are not to remain in
Syria more than six months.
The Patric, while announcing as "latest news"
the old story that General Goyon has left Rome
and is replaced by Brigadier-General De Noue,
contradicts the assertions of several Italian jour-
nals that the French garrison at Rome is about to
be diminished.

The Bourse opened with considerable firmness,
and although a great many sales were made in the
morning, prices had an upward tendency till about
2 o'clock. There was then a reaction, and the
Rents, after having been quoted at 68fr. 36c.,
closed at 68fr. 16c. both for cash and account, with
a fall of 10c. The ground lost was exactly tanta-
mount to that gained yesterday. Mobilier was
without change. The Eastern Railway, still the
favourite, rose 6fr. 25c. ; the other lines closed at
yesterday's prices.
You doubtless know the important fact that the
Count of Syracuse, the King of Naples' uncle,
has written a letter to the Prince of Carignan,
announcing that he adheres to the grand principle
of the unity of Italy, and is prepared to hail
Victor Emmanuel as his King. This happy circum-
stance confirms the presage now almost universal,
that Garibaldi the Great will enter Naples without
bloodshed.

A letter in the Opinion Nationale from K V.
Cattebeni, one of Garibaldi's aides-de-camp, who
was by his side at the battle of Malan°, confirms
the fact of the general's personal encounter with
some horsemen, and of his having killed a Neapoli-
tan captain with his own hand precisely under the
circuinstances already narrated in the London

journals.
The sudden imprisonment of M. Clement
Duvernois had the effect which was probably
intended—of suspending the publication of the
Courrier de Paris. M. Guerard, one of the
shareholders, has since applied to the Tri-
bunal of Commerce to have the concern wound
up on the ground that there were no funds to carry
it on, and that debts had been incurred ; but it
being stated by the counsel for M. Duvernois and