The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

EX PRESSFROM -PARIS.

MON OUR OWN OORIZISPONDINT.)
PARIS, WM:MAY EMONG.
The glorious news that Garibaldi has met with
immense success has transpired, but the text of the
telegrams, which you will doubtless receive before
to-morrow morning, is not yet made public lic:re.
The Opinion Natiotiak announces tkat, iu couse-
guenoe of an "invitation" from the Minister of
the Interior, it suspends any further publication
relative to the subscription opened for the defenders
of Italian independence. Thu Pattie goes further
and says that the subscriptions themselves, and not
merely publicity relating to them, are positively
prohibited. I cannot help thinking, however, that
the prohibition is of a very weak and formal kind,
and that the original announcement of the Opining
Nationale must have been winked at by the Empe-
ror. lam the more inclined to this opinion, be-
cause M. Havin, in a leading article in the &fele,
states that he shall subscribe, and, by way of a side
blow at Lamoriciere, he calls his donation the " at.
Peter's pence of the Sick."
M. Billault continues to attract the very little
public attention which the grave events now purg-
ing in Europe leave unobserved, by his wonderful
activity in visiting the press with frivolous warn-
ings and communicated notes. A little while ago
M. E. About, in one of his witty jeuilletone, took a
side in the great picture-cleaning controversy with
which you are so familiar in England. He main-
tained that the collection of Rubensee, the St.
Michael of Raphael, and other chefs d'cenore in the
Louvre, have been ruined by the process of clean-
ing, and prayed that the hand of the destroyer
might be stayed. It is to be presumed that there
must have been a great deal of truth in his obser-
vations ; for very shortly after they appeared,
and apparently in consequence of them, the
Moniteur contained an article, praising to the
skies the taste and judgment of the managers
of the Louvre, but stating in the last
paragraph that in future they would not be allowed
to clean any picture without the consent of the mem-
bers of the Institute. After this victory of the
anti-cleaning faction the Minister of the Interior
would have done well to be quiet. But speaking
evil of dignities is so abhorrent to his views pf
"order" that he now comes down upon the Opieribn
Nationale, with a tardy communiqué for M. About is
article, and reminds the journal that attacks upon
any "depositaries of authority" (meaning the
scrubbers of the Louvre Gallery) are illegal, and ;if
repeated may lead to the most "serious conse-
quences."
The Pays says it is "certain" that the French
army of occupation will leave Rome and return to
France "by the end of this month." In connexion
with this news it notices the elevation of General
de Goyon to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honour, which I remarked upon yesterday as
being very significant.

The Bourse was a little reassured this morning
by the thinness of Consols, but a perfect panic set
in later in the day. To-morrow, Ascension Day, is
a holiday, and few speculators for the rise felt the
courage to keep their accounts open till Friday.
The Rente fell 60c. for cash and 75c. for account)
closing at the low prices of 69fr. and 68fr. 85c.
Mobilier fell 15fr. The Northern Railway fell
Bfr. 75c. ; Lyons, 7fr. 50c. ; Orleans, sfr. ; and the
other lines 2fr. Wc. each.

M. de Lampe presided yesterday at a general
meeting of the shareholders of the Isthmus of Sues
Canal scheme, and read a report, the most tangi-
ble fact of which is, that 360,0001. sterling of the
subscribers' money has been spent in surveys. The
meeting, however, appeared to be highly delighted
with the statements made to them, and accepted ae
authentic the assurance that, in spite of the persis-
tent and malicious opposition of England, "all
difficulties were now got over."