The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1869.

Mas kr pester ;.curets ere it seam The
ewe sf 'pinks we nadir a penalise resparibility
is this RAWL Nit ea question el pesos sad war
miqpie imps= Mises is at bottom a question ef
pails *plebe. Of all organs of opinion, the
lbglisk press is the met unfettered and in-
fused& It is windy free, and its vs.
spessibility is therefore euernsone. On a pave
question of our foreign Mations, if it SUANNIMEI Os
repeat the reap of exalted coteries It assemarily
abandeas its high position, and doss ;aces 'do-
ublet.

It in se light mAtot to Rierepreseat inglend la-
thes the werliL The true position of the esnatry is
amity stated, end ought to be steadfastly main-
tained by the Gems of its opinion and the !agents
of its policy—by Government and the preen
Oa principle we dein pease with every nation, and
mast of all with err nand neighbours, with whom
we are thameted by se nosy political and caniner-
nal ties. Bat, while anxious tor peace, it cannot be
Ilisintatasd at the cost of subserviency to any foreign
Power. We have a policy of our own, and are ia-
dependent and powerful enough to purees it. If we
are thwarted and threatened at every turn we can
withdraw from the vain and profitless diplomatic
costast. If England is insulted she can defend her
own. But ohs is at once too strong and too proud
to foster mean jealousies and indulge unfounded Ear
pickles. She will ant hastily assume that avowed
friends are real weenies. But if it be so, when the
mask is throws off she will be found ready.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

MOM OVIL 0111 N

PARIS, TrisaLT Evaxmo.

The middle course taken by Prime de Carignan
—that of recommending the Chevalier Buoncom-
pagni to be Regent of Puma, Modena, Tuscany,
and the Romagna', instead of personally acoepting
the regency offered to him by the assemblies of
those provinces—is, at all events, better than the
tortuous scheme suggested yesterday of an indefinite
adjournment of his decision with a view of practi-
cally maintaining the statue quo. A great many
questions arise. Is the present arrangement a com-
promise agreed to by Francis and Austria—either or
both P or is it an expedient hit upon by the Sar-
dinian government to evade the prewar" of France,
and accomplish the substantial object intended,
while abstaining from doing the precise thing pro-
hibited? Haa England given any advice or ex-
pressed any opinion on the subject ? Is there to be
a new election in Central Italy P or, as the
Press* assumes to-night, and as the word-
ing of the telegram rather infers, will the Cheva-
lier de Buoncompagni at once assume the reins
of power by virtue of the Prince's delegation ?
The latter hypothesis seems open to much objection.
Delegatus non potent delvers is a maxim not only
of civil and common law, but of common sense. I
cannot see on what principle the Chevaliers Perusal
and Minghotti, who are sent to Tarin to beg the
Prince de Carignan to accept the regency conferred
upon him by the assemblies, can be deemed to have
had any power to offer it to his nominee. Never-
theless, wears told by the telegram that the Cheva-
lier Buoncompagni at once accepted the mandate,
and started for Central Italy to enter upon his duties.
Now if, contrary to the assumption of the Presto, the
assemblies should be called upon to ratify the choice
of Prince de Carignan, and if, moreover, there
should be any serious difference of opinion among
them, u to the expediency of accepting, in deference
to unfriendly foreign pressure, another dictator than
the one of their choice, a division, perhaps a state
of anarchy will have been achieved which will
marvellously serve the ends of those who wish not
well to the Italian cause. Bat if—which according
to present appearances seems more probable—M.
Buoncompagni should be either all bat unanimously
elected by the sesemblies, or should assume the
functions of regent without opposition (which he
can only do in case the representatives of Central
Italy think it more politic to manifest universal con-
sent by concerted silence rather than by open appro-
bation), the question may be asked what will the
enemies of Italy have gained by the change ?
Quiforit p.r alum tacit per all, and the maxim
is immensely strengthened in a case where
the parties who have alone a right to object to
a delegation accept it. On this point the Press.
very truly remarks, that "the permit' refusal of
Prince de Cosign= is more than compensated by
the substitution of M. Baoneompagni. Piedmont,
in point of fact, goes beyond the wishes of Central
Italy; she does more than accept a regency, she
nominates a regent, and thus commits herself to the
c►use to the fullest extent." M. Orandguillot, in an
article of the Cbeatilistionnel, written apparently
before the last despatch from Turin was known,
draws a distinction. He says that if the Piedmon-
Wee government accepted the regency (alluding to
the regency of Prince de Carignaa), it most be
taken to mean to support his power by force, if neces-
sary ; and then, if the Sardinian army should enter
the states of Central Italy, on what principle
could France object to the Neapolitan army coming
there also ? Now it is plain that there is all the
difference in the world between the two cues. The
government of the duchies has been left vacant. It
is admitted as an over-ruling principle in all the
propositions for a congress that no force ought to be
used to interfere with the wishes of the inhabitants.
They have with wonderful unanimity elected the
King of Sardinia for their ruler. What, then, can
there be in common between the presence of the
King of Sardinia's troops in provinces which proffer
allegiance to him, and the presence of those of the
King of Naples, which could only come as
an invading force ? As to prejudicing the
question of the congress, the Conagitutionnel
very logically places the vote of the annexation to
Piedmont and the vote offering the regency to
Prince de Carignan upon the same footing. Both
of those acts were, according to its opinion, "re-
grettable," and the assemblies in adopting them
were wanting "if not in patriotism, at least in
political intelligence." No doubt it was the inten-
tion of the Italians to prejudice the question as far
as they possibly could by manifesting their settled
wishes on that great question which so pre-
eminently concerns themselves—their future system
of government. But if, as the Constitutionnel
admits, the question was prejudiced by the vote
of annexation, there was little occasion many weeks
afterwards to bring forward that objection
as a bar to the acceptance of the regency by Prince
de Carignan. And moreover at this moment the
appointment of Chevalier Buoncompagni prejudices
the question just as much. He is a Piedmontese ;
he will govern pursuant to the vote of annexation as
a regent in the name of the King of Sardinia, and he
will be only accepted by Central Italy because be
represents the Kiog of Sardinia.
The Pays announces that General de Montauban
is appointed commander-in-chief of the Chinese ex-
pedition.
At the Bourse, after some besitation, the Rents
became firmer on the rumour that the Congress
would meet in Paris on December 16. It rose 200.
for cash and 15e. for account, closing at 70fr. in each
case. Mobilier rose 7fr. 60c. Railways improved
from 2fr. 50c. to str.

A new work called "La Democratte," by M.
Vacherot, has jut been seized.

The Lyons journals have the following :—" M.
L—, a wealthy merchant at Lyon., loot about three years
ago a pocket-book containing 3,000 f., and though he offered
a liberal reward for he restitutioci, he could not bear anything
about It Be soon forgot the matter, but three days ago be
received a box containing 3,450 f. in notes sad gold, and this
letter Sir,—lt was I who three years ago found your
pocket book. I was then a poor fellow, in see:eh, like Jerome
Paturut, of • social position. lat first thought of giving it
up to you, but I reflected that the money would nut make
you richer than yen see, whilst It might enable me to pumper
is life. And so I capitulated with my conscience. But I
promised myself to reley_you In the event of God crowning
my efforts with moms. This is what I now do. Hers is
your money, and the interest it would have produced you if
invested. I am now tolerably well off, having prospered in
Ninetieth. I sm inserted, and haves child six months old.
I have given your Christian name te the little fellow, for
though you have unwittingly been my benefactor, I do not
the less feel indebted to you, and I blend your name every
day l."
The Postmaster-General gave notice yesterday
that ship mails will be made up in the General Poet-office fur
Melbourne to be forwarded by the steamer Great Britain,
which is appointed to leave on the 6th proximo.
A VETERAN ellAßOEß.—There is at present serv-
ing in the 11th Hawses a chestnut coloured troop horse,
• naiad Bob, of the remarkable age of 30 years. By the horse
register of the regiment it is thee that this home joinwl the
14. h Dragoons as a four-year-old, on October 2, 1833, and
IV. Pal:lettered In 1842 to the 11th Hussars. He embarked
for the Crimea in 1854, and was present in all the actions,
ieeludiug Balsklava, in which that refitment was engaged,
b-tag one of very few horns who survived the exposure of
that winter, and is still fit for duty Ia 1869. It is to be hoped
that such a horns may never leave hie regiment, whatsoever
infirmities may overtake hiss.