The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

NIWG, MARCH 16. 1

COLOKBO, CEYLON, IPnw;jll.
nein
She native crop al careen very short. FM," 80a.
SHANGHAI, JAN. n.
Maim is pettitkromplioded, owing to the Chinenhal•
&ye. Teli Una. Import. Grey shirting%
to oittim, US to 1.91 nets ; 61 to tif arnica 1.96 to
titan ; to 7i conies, 145 to 160 tons ; H.H. armlet
long ein, 7.5 been Lawl, A 2 to 15.3 teas ; iron, 3.2 to 1.5
teak Freight. to &glad : Per tea, 30a. to 40e. ;
TO'.

Liirstrous fires at Nagaiaki and Jokuhama have destroyed
• large amount of European property.

yOO-CHOW-FOO, Jmr. 19.

Tee Ito 2 taela lower. The quantity to complete seeent's
yield is expected to be email, and higher rates are cowl.
deadly looked for.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TIMIDLY EVICMO.

I have some reason to think that the French go-
vernment is so deeply impressed with the over-
whelming demonstration of Central Italy in favour
of annexation to Piedmont, that a change for the
better has taken place in its councils within the
last few hours. Yesterday the disposition was to
challenge the annexation of the Romagna'', and to
press the King of Sardinia to negotiate further
with the Pope. It is said in government circles
to-day that this idea is abandoned, and that events
in Italy will be suffered, for the moment at least,
to follow their natural course.

I am assured that Dr. Kern, the Swiss envoy in
Paris, has presented to M. Thouvenel a formal
protest against the propoeed annexation of Chablais
and Faucigny to Frame. A similar protest has
been made at Turin.

The Bourse has been steady. The Rents closed
at 68fr. fie both for cash and account, with a rise
of Sc. and 10c. Mobilier rose lfr. 25c. Railways
were fully Iran 2fr. 50c. to sfr. higher. The amount
of business done was not large, but the general
tone of the market is decidedly better, no appre-
hension being felt that either the affair of Savoy or
the annexation of Central Italy to Sardinia will
lead to any immediate difficulties.
I am not able to give you from personal observa-
tion any account of the trial of the Bishop of Or-
leans for libel which commenced to-day.. The
room in which the court sits only holds eighty per-
sons, and was very nearly filled by the judges,
counsel, attorneys, offices of court, and the parties
interested. The few tickets issued were distributed
among high functionaries and some friends of the
bishop. Among the privileged persons who obtained
access to the court were Prince Napoleon, Marshal
Magnan, M. de Royer, M. Dupin, M. Benoit
Champy, M. de Montalembert, General Oudinot,
M. de Broglie, jun., M. Abattucci, M. Napoleon
Dam, sad M. Mint• The press is not allowed to
publish any report of the proceedings. You will
remember that the libel complained of by the Siocle
is an allusion of the bishop's, in which, speakingiby
way of contradistinction of certain individuals as
men of honour, he insinuated that the writers in the
Surfs were men of no honour. M. Senard opened
the came for the Sidcle. He is one of the very best
lawyers at the bar. You will remember that he was
for a short time in 1848 president of the Constituent
Assembly ; his early forensic honours were gained
at Rouen, and it was not till after his election to
the Assembly that he enrolled himself among the
order of advocates in Paris. M. Senard was not
only a political supporter but an intimate private
friend of General Caraignac, who was one of the
principal proprietors of the Sack, lam told that
the greater part of his speech to-day consisted of a
history of the Bikle from its foundation by
Odillon Barrot and others to the present time. He
laid himself out to prove the honesty and con-
sistency of the journal, and with a view of dis-
proving malice towards Mgr. Dupanloup read
extracts from several articles in which that prelate
was well spoken of. In regard to the libel charged
there was very little to say. M. Simard super-
abundantly showed that the expressions objected to
in the bishop's pamphlet were not sumoeptible
of any other construction than an imputa-
tion upon the " honour" of the men of the
Sick. M. Berryer, for the bishop, adopted
• to qualms line of argument, and dwelt
particularly upon certain passages from the Seek
in which those holding the same opinions as the
bishop (I am not sure whether the bishop per-
sonally was alleged to be pointed at by the articles
cited) were assimilated to " Basil," a character in
the comedy of Figaro, which is the standing type
in France of a sanctified hypocrite. M. Berryer,
while arguing for the liberties of the church, was
led on to pronounce an eloquent panegyric upon
liberty in general, and the applause which fol-
lowed some of his burning words provoked a
mild reproof from the presiding judge—M.
Devienne, the first president of the Imperial
Court. He said that the court had " patiently "
heard M. Berryer and trusted that the audience
would reepeet itself. Upon this M. Berryer—who,
notwithstanding the weight of seventy years and
upwards, is active as • war hone—sprang upon his
legs, and with au appearance of intense surprise,
requested the court to say in what respect he had
been so unfortunate as to deserve the reproach of
trespassing upon their " patience." M. Devienne
replied that he had made • digression about liberty
which was perfectly irrelevant to the cause, and
was understood to add that liberty had no greater
friend than the Emperor. At the conclusion of M.
Berryar's address, the court adjourned till to-
morrow. In all probability M. Plocque, who ap-
pears in another action against the bishop, brought
by the heirs of his predecessor in the see of Orleans,
Mgr. Rousseau, will speak to-morrow morning, and
M. Chair d'Eat Ange, the procureur-general, will
sum up his opinion on the two causes together.
M. Jules Fans was not in court to-day, but the
14i;lie says that his absence is owing to his being
engaged at Lyons on a special retainer, and that he
has written • letter, wishing the journal success.
I have heard doubts thrown upon the accuracy of
M. Dupia's doctriue that bishops are not entitled
to be celled " Monaigueur " by crowned beads.
He asserts that Louis XIV. always addressed a
bishops. " Mousigneur l'Evilque," but I am told that
the Grand Monarque evaded the question by calling
them Muss—pronouncing the syllable, which might
stand either for Monsieur or Monsigueur, just as it
is written. However this may be, Queen Elizabeth,
quite as great an authority in matters of prerogative
as Louis XIV., was in the habit of giving bishops
their lordly title even when she was angry with
them. "By God, my lord, I'll unfrock you," is a
phrase of the English history of her time which I
well remember.

A letter frciut Rome gives some particulars as to
what may he called the /ono colooptracy :—" The word hav-
ing hese gives to deprive the governuseut of the important
moans of the lottery, the abstentious were most nume-
roua la the lottery-office, rear the Pantheon, not one-
third of the usual number of tickets were sold for the draw-
ing ul the nth Nob■ely amiss, sir,' mid one of tLic
clerks; 'on the night before the drawing, when we usually
have a crowd of customers, we only had one musk.' The
friars, it is notorMas, are much addicted to trying their
luck is the loleerr."

THE CALCUTTA MAIL.
The Bengal Hurkare of the Bth ult. reports that
" the last embers of the rebellion have been
trey
has,
out." The aid of Jung Bahadoor and his
o combined with the action of our troops,
has discouraged the few miserable remnants Of the
rebels. They are accordingly coining in in large
numbers and surrendering themselves. In Sumbul-
pore they were dispersed by Lieutenant Valiance
and Captain Bird with the Sebundee levy. The whole
of Bengal and the North-west Provinces are quiet
and restored to order, and there does not seem any
thing like a disposition on the part of the natives
to revolt again. " This calmness," says the
Hurkaru, " may be deceptive, but at any rate
while we hold the present strength of our European
force in India, there is no likelihood of the events
of 1857 and '5B being re-enacted. Another pru-
dential measure which will tend to prevent the re-

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currence of an outbreak is the reduction of the
native (army to a larger extent than has been
hitherto adopted which will soon come into opera-
tion, and thus not only render such an element
unnoxious, but effect a great relief to the pre-
sent exhausted state of the finances. Our friends
at home may form some idea of the formidable na-
ture of the native army, when they are told that its
total strength amounts to 149,000, inclusive of the
military police, which amounts to 57,000. Now,
when we come to consider that the European army
bore is scarcely 57,000 in consequence of the loss of
10,000 of the ex-Company's European troops and
the many European regiments that have been sent
to China and returned to England, the danger of
having such a large native army may be easily con-
ceived."

The Commander-in-Chief has published a gene-
ral order breaking up the Saugur and Trana-Gruga
Brigades. The duty of the latter has been most
effectively performed, and " the operations con-
ducted in Bundel Kund and the Saugur and
Nnrbudda territories have displayed a like energy
and perseverance, and have also been followed by

very successful results. The large range of coun-
try over which Brigadier Wheler was desired to
operate has been traversed and re-traversed by
the troops, until it has been determined by the
Governor-General's agent that the time for mili-
tary action has passed, and that the final pacifi-
cation of the turbulent districts comprised in it is
the legitimate task of the police."

The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
were expected at Loodianah on the 28th Jan.,
Jullunder the Ist Feb., Umriteur the 7th, and
Lahore 12th. On the 19th Jan. the Viceroy held
a grand durbar at Umbel', at which compli- '
meutary speeches were made to the Rajahs of
Jheeud, Putialla, and a few other chiefs. His lordship
granted to the two princes sunned, not only exten-
sive estates, but a perpetual right of adoption, and
hoped that the noble Phoolkean house would
endure for ever.

Mr. Wilson has resumed his duties in the Legis-
lative Chamber. It was believed that he bed
decided upon the abandonment of the octroi on
cities, and the introduction of a license bill. An-
other measure contemplated by the financier was
believed to be the issue of a state paper currency.