The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-14 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(711011 OUR OWN CORRWONDINT.)

PARIS. SUNDAY EVENING.

The " extraordinary pomp"—such is the ex-
pression of the Moniteue—with which M. Bour6e,
the French ambassador appointed to succeed the
Marquis de Mouldier at Constantinople, was re-
ceived by the Sultan was such as to have provoked
demands for explanations from several represen-
tatives of foreign courts there. It is to be inferred
front the Moniteur that the English ambassador
was not among the remonstranta, because the offi-
cial journal takes care to announce that it was in
concert with him that M. Bourde, of course with
all proper diplomatic courtesy, suggested the
manner in which he desired to be received.
M. Bound° went up to the presence of the Father
of the Faithful through two lines of spectators,
crowding to see him and his suite—a thing totally
unprecedented at Constantinople. Aali Pacha,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, when called upon
by members of the Corps Diplomatique who re-
membered that they were not received with any-
thing like so much respect, was considerably em-
barrassed to explain the meaning of the innoyac
tion. Re was ultimately compelled to 'Say that all
envoys with the title of "ambassador" would hence-
forth be received in the same way. But this assur-
ance did not suffice to allay the suspicion that some-
thing particular was implied on the present occasion.
Yon will see from M. Bourse's speech, as reported
by the Moniteur, that while as a matter of course
courteous to the Sultan, he did not shrink from
proffering advice. While noticing in complimen-
tary terms what the Sultan had endeavoured to
do for the benefit of his people, he used the future
tense " s'efforcera " as indicating that the French
government looked for his doing more. It is ob-
served by the Temps that M. Dour& might with-
out impropriety have gone much further, and re-
minded Turkey of the grievances of the non-mus-
sulman populations Jf her empire, and the noto-
rious breach of her many promises to remedy their
situation.

A banquet was given at the Maison Donfe yes-
terday to M. Clement Duvernois, redecteur of the
Liberty, on the occasion of his cowing out of prison
after undergoing a sentence for a political libel.
It was not of course &monster banquet such as the
proposed one of Odillon Barrot, which waa the im-
mediate cause of the revolution of 1848. The laws
of the empire provide effectually against any poli-
tical demonstration of such a calibre. It was a
dinner given by brother journalists in token of
sympathy and respect, and as such it is noticed in
the papers. Imprisonment for press offences is
considered honourable among the fraternity. The
logic of the imperial laws would require a return
to torture and capital punishment to be efficacious.

THE HEALTH OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.
—We read in the A renir Rational of Saturday :—" Cer-
tain foreign journals have announced the approaching de-
parture of the King of the Belgians for the south of
Europe, adding that the weak state of his health com-
pelled him to seek • milder climate until spring at all
events. This is not the case. For some few years the
health of Leopold IL has been much more robust, and he
is no longer obliged, as in the lifetime of his father, to
pass the winter in Egypt or Turkey. Not only does he
bear the climate of the country, but he braves its incle-
mency with the utmost unconcern. This week he was
seen for several hours on horseback upon the Brussels
boulevards amid snow, rain, and wind."
ARREST OF A BALLET DANCER fl( ROPE.—Made-
moiselle Salvioni, the ballet dancer, at present fulfilling an
engagement at the Argentina Theatre in Rome, has been
arrested by order of the Pontifical authorities, under the
following circumstances. She dances in a ballet entitled
The Countess of Egmont, and at a certain part of the per-
formance has to embrace one of the characters, who is sup-
sed to be her lover_ The lieutenant of the vicariat,
being apprehensive (mys the Italie) that the public would
be shocked by this amatory exhibition, ordered Mademoi-
selle Salvioni to discontinue it. She refused, alleging
that the person she embraced was a woman like herself,
though dressed in male attire, and that 'be audience were
aware of the fact. To punish her disobedience, the lieu-
tenant sent four gendarmes to arrest Mademoiselle Sal-
vioni, and the arrest would appear to have been made on
the stage, and during the performance, for it is stated
that several persons quitted the theatre, fearing a dis-
turbance. As a great favour, the rebellious dateaerse was
allowed to remain under arrest in her own house instead
of being sent to prison, but next day when she went as
usual to the theatre, she was escorted by four gendarmes.
Her re-appearance' on the stage was greeted with thunders
of applause.
COMPLAINT AGAINST GREECE BY THE TURKISH
GoVIRNME.VT.—We read in the Levant Herald of Jan, 2:

—" As was in a measure to be expected, the Porte has
complained to the protecting powers of the ' aid and com-
fort' which it alleges the Greek government has given to
the Cretan rebels. On Wednesday last A'ali Paella ad-
dressed a note to London, Paris, and St. Petersburg,
charging the Athens ministry not merely with conniving
at the assistance given to these insurgents, but also with
directly favouring the revolutionary movement along
the frontier of Thermal,' and Epirus. In this com-
munication copies of which have been received
by Lord Lyons, M. Bourrte, and General Igna-
tieff the Porte invitee the interference of the
three powers to put a stop to conduct which,
if persisted in, must, it affirms, lead to a broach be-
tween the two governments. Particular instances are
mentioned in which the troubles in Itouinelia have thus
been fomented, and the note affirms that the whole bear-
ing and action of the Greek cabinet clearly point to a desire
to provoke • rupture. It states, however, that the minis-
ters of King George may at once abandon all hope of pro-
fiting by these intrigues, as both the Sultan and every class
of his subjects, Christian as well as Musaulinans, are re-
solved in no event to cede an inch of Ottoman terri-
tory. It further remarks that, whilst the Porte has no wish
for a collision with Greece if the latter forces war upon it,
the Turkish government is prepared to accept the chal-
lenge. In conclusion, the Minister for Foreign Affairs ex-
presses his hope that the protecting powers will collectively
insist on the Greek government returning to • course of
action more consonant with its international duty and
with the spirit of existing treaties. It is not difficult to
forecast the answer that M. Bulgaria and his colleagues
are likely to give to such a complaint."
THIS INFLUENCE OF THE ATLANTIC YACHT RACE.
—The great change in British public opinion of this
country and its people which this and other conflicts of
our great war have brought about we see in the honours
showered upon these yachtmen. We have conquered
even the doubts and delusions of England, and John Bull
welcomes Brother Jonathan as a chip of the old block.
The good queen, always our friend, has at last won her
cabinet to our side ; and so those Alabama claims, Mr.
Seward tells us, need not occasion the least alarm. And
this is well for England, for just here comes in the most
important hint suggested by this yacht race, to wit—What
will become of the commerce of England in the event
of a rupture with this country, unless we have in
advance a settlement of this Alabama question on the
American doctrine of maritime belligerent rights! We
believe that, as we can build and man sailing vessels so
as to make the time of steamships, a war of twelve
months with the United States would be more &Barbi:am
to England from such craft than the work of the Alabama
• hundred times over. Such are among the practical
teachings of this yacht race. But as England has turned
from the offences of our late war to the courtesies and
hospitalities of resoe and friendship, let us hope that the
influence of this yacht race will largely operate in behalf
of the general interests of peace, and in widening the
moral power of the greet republic, its people, and its in-
Mitutions. —New York Hernia, Deo. 31, 1866.
A number of tho mills in Preston stopped work-
ing on Saturday. the masters and the weavers not having
come to an arrangement regarding the proposed reduction
of five per cent in the wages. Several of the mills are,
however, with the consent of the men, continuing to
work four days • week at the former rates • and one or
two of the manufacturers have postponed, for a short
time, giving effect to their notice of reduction.

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CRYSTAL PALACR. HALF-4CILOW7I DAT.
SATURDAY, JAN. 12. —Adlniiiiooll OR payment, 6N; ditto
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