The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-13 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(,zo oua OWN 00111OPONDINT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

It is very positively stated that letters of invi-
tation for the conference to which the French
government wishes to refer the Roman question
have been sent to all the powers who were parties
to the treaty of Vienna. I cannot see the least
chance of the conference meeting. Even if the
French should evacuate Civita Vecchia, to remove
one objection, which does not seem likely, it is
affirmed that neither Prussia nor England would
take part in the conference unless the Pope con-
sented to join in it, and this is totally out of the
question.

The France and several other papers give as posi-
tive the resignation of M. de Lavalette, the nomi-
nation of M. Pinard as his successor, and the
appointment of M. Magne as Finance Minister.
M. Magne is ready and eager to sign with both
hands the loan which the late M. Fould set his
face against as reckless and ruinous.
The Pays says :

We are about to quit Rome but to remain at Civita
Vecchia for some time. We were in no way bound to
leave Rome, and have only agreed to do so to diminish the
difficult position in which Victor Emmanuel finds himself
and aid him so far as we can.

On the very Srst day of the approaching session
interpellations on the affairs of Italy will be pre-
sented both by the clerical and the democratic
Party.
The Charieari says there is a talk in Rome of
canonizing a new saint—Saint Chassepot.
M. Chassepot, en attendant his canonization, is
now at Lyons, superintending the manufacture of
100,000 of his rifles, for which the government has
lately given an order.
The Countess de Flahaut, wife of General Count
de Flahaut, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of
Honour, has just died at an advanced age. She
was Baroness Keith in her own right and grand
daughter of Dr. Johnson's friend, Mrs. Thrale.
The Brazilian minister, Chevalier de Macedo,
died to-day at the legation in the Champs Elys4ses.
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The effect upon the Bourse of the patronising
paragraph in the Mon iteur, which proclaims that
France is highly satisfied with the " patriotic and
firm" conduct of the King of Italy, produced but
a slight effect upon the Bourse, which is still
anxious about the coming loan, and, moreover,
does not see clearly that the troops to be "con-
centrated" at Civita Vecchia are not to remain
there, instead of coming home. Rents rose but
20c. for cash and 711 c. for the account, closing at
68fr. 20c. and 68fr. 12}c. Italian rose 30c., closing
at 45fr. 45c. Mobilier rose 6fr. 75c.; Credit Fon-
der, 7fr. 50c.; and Comptoir d'Escompte, 2fr. 50c.

"It is affirmed," says the Prune, " that the
French detachment which took part in the engagement of
!denten& brought into play the small portative cannon,
some time minim spoken of, which committed great havoc.
For the Chasaepot, shooting commenced when the troops
were 1,000 metres distant."

The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of
Baden has just taken into consideration a motion for ren•
daring civil marriage compulsory, and confiding to special
magistrates the registers hitherto entrusted to the minister+
of the different creeds. The measure was adopted
unanimously minus three votes.

A Bruaaela letter, in the Journal de LWye, a
ministerial organ, says:—" The public will learn with satis-
faction that the physical and moral state of the Empress
Charlotte has greatly improved of late. The King and
Queen go to see her almost every day, and often bring her
with them to Brussels."

The Prussian government has been recently
making active researches in the kingdom to discover fresh
mines of rock salt. The borings, executed under the orders
of Count d'ltsenplitx, Minister of Commerce, have now kd
to the discovery of a rich deposit of that mineral near
Sperenberg, to the north of the Lake Krummeee, at a dis-
tance of 22 miles from Berlin. Ths nit is found at •
depth of nearly 300 feet from the surface.

" A duel recently took place," says a Madrid
letter in the Owienne, " in this city, betwctn M. Darn, an
attaché to the French Embassy here, and M. Mercier do
Lostende, brother to the ambassador. The arms used were
pistols, and each of the adversaries was wounded. The
motives for this hostile meeting are not known."

The ex-Queen of Naples has just left Ville-
(rancho on board the Austrian yacht the Greet, placed at
her disposal by the Emperor Francis Joseph to convey her
to Civita Vecchia, whence her Majesty is to rejoin her
husband, Francis IL, st Rotas.