The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

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PARIS, FIIDLT Rmiugo.

The Moniteur !laving obstinately refused to give
publicity to the Emperor's apology for the bullying
military addresses, keeps a wonderfully sharp look-
ont•lest anything should incidentally appear in its
°oleo/its which might offend tho pet colonels. To-
day it says:—" We reproduce from the Times of
March 2 all that part of Lord Derby's speech which
relates to the attempt of January 14 and the Con-
spiracy Bill." On looking through the report
which follows, it will be perceived that his lord-
ship's disdainful rebuke to the colonels is kept out
of sight. The phrase "tree valour never indulges
in bombast," which called forth a cheer, ie sup-
pressed ; and by a wilful mistranslation the
prime minister is made to hazard a con-
jecture that the colonels in question were never
in the Crimea at all, and could not have known the
English troops, instead of saying, as I see by the
Times report that he did, " I should be surprised to
find that those who were the authors of these
intemperate addresses were, in reality, the most
distinguished among those glorious soldiers of
France who, in many a hard-won battle on the
fields of the Crimea, fought and bled in honourable
rivalry with their British allies, and have therefore
learnt how to appreciate British bravery and
British co-operation." You see, therefore, that a
speech pronounced under the sense of high official
responsibility by one of the greatest living
masters of language—a speech prepared with
the express object of giving to the cabinet
of the Tuileries all the satisfaction that was
possible, consistently with the situation—is just
as liable in France to the scissors of the censor as
the articles of liberal journals, whose (so-called)
excesses are, in reality, though the time may not
yet be rife for stating the fact diplomatically, the
sorest grievance of a government which abhors free-
dom in all its shapes.

The Minister at War has sent a circular to the
colonels of regiments, desiring them to grant no
coves whatever except in cases of extraordinary
urgency. The Independence Belge, a journal which
it cannot be too widely known is new essentially
under the control of the French government (al-
though, in order to conciliate its various readers
and keep up its circulation, a certain latitude
is allowed to some of its correspondents),
says, in giving this news, that none of
the malicious inferences that have been drawn from
it are well founded. This may be so ; but what are
the true reasons for the measure? But a short
time ago we were told that reductions in the army
were the order of the day. What can be the reason
for the change ?
The Emperor's quarters at the Chilons camp are
to be considerably enlarged, as his Majesty intends
to receive a great deal of company there this year.

The authorisation which the Sledle has long
enjoyed of being sold in the streets is withdrawn,
the Minister of the Interior being annoyed to find
that though the journal has lately been completely
gagged its circulation is increasing. This inter-
ference with the particular mode of selling a journal
which has been frequently made of late, is an eva-
sion of what little remains of common right. The
laws do not give the government any specific power
of favouring one journal more than another in
respect of being sold in the street ; but the keepers
of newspaper stalls most have a licence from the
Prefect of Police. The mode of action, therefore, is
to tell the stall-keepers that if they pll a par-
ticular journal their license will be withdrawn. To
the evening papers the privilege is a very serious
matter, and the Press* has suffered immensely by
the withdrawal of it ; but to the Slick, which
depends mainly upon subscribers, the consequences
of this petty ofilcial hostility will not be very mate-
rial. But what matters? The authorities are only
playing with a mouse, which they may destroy at
will.

The young Prince of Oude had a private audience
of the Emperor this morning.
Another reception at the Tuileries, which, if not
important, will at least provoke immense curiosity,
is that of M. Louis Veuillot, of the Mayers.

The Courrier de Paris publishes a letter from a
M. Dessin, dated Calais, March 4, contradicting a
statement which has gone the round of the Paris
papers that the port of Calais was blocked up with
and. The writer says that in consequence of heavy
weather the pickets could not for a certain time get
out of Dover harbour, but that there was nothing to
prevent them from making Calais.

The Bonne has relapsed to-day, in consequence,
as I hear it said, though I am far from vouching for
the fact, that Lord Cowley has resigned, on account
of a disagreement with Lord Malmeabury as to the
wording of the answer to Count Waleweki's
despatch of Jan. 20. The Rente fell 25c. for cult
and 30c. for account, closing at 69fr. and
69fr. 15c. Mobilier fell 10fr. ; the Orleans Rail-
way, 21fr. 25c. ; Eastern, 7fr. 60e.; Mediterranean,
10fr. ; Southern, 6fr. 25c.; and Western, 10fr.

ARRESTS IN FRANCE.

Le Nord of this day publishes the following
telegram : _

"MARSEILLES, FRIDAY.

" Several hundreds of persons arrested, in all
parts of France, in pursuance of the late measures
of safety, have reached Marseilles. They will be
placed in the Chateau d'lf, waiting their removal to
Lambessa (the penal colony in Algeria)."