The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-07 00:00:00

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Iracre ore Owl COMIMPCIIIIIO.EI
PARIS, PIATIJUDAT 1011113141.
It is 3 very remarkable fact, amidst the reiterated
peaceable pndessions of the French government,
that it should feel itself compelled to raise the
'owe of exoneration from .ervice in the army from
2,060 f. to 2,300 f. More remarkable is it still,
after all we so constantly bear of the French love
of glory and enthusiastic desire to tight, that the
1CA..11 alleged by the Meal,. et for this augmenta-
tion is that the desire of young wen to escape mili-
tary service is every year manifested in en increas-
ing ratio. In 1866 sal 1857 16 per cent. of the
rot-mita bought themselves off, but the proportion
incroaseil in 1858 to 18 per cent., and to 27 per
milt. in 1869.

Pare* e.erreepondent of the hidesperkeirmee Delge
writer •

'file imperial Surerament and that of Victor Emmanuel
1,, no means agreed upon several questions connected
with the nrtezAtioo of Savoy and Nice. For invtahce,
Plrd!iiont demands the destruction of the fortresses of
.aunt rents, which will now fall into the poate‘sion of
Frwice, and might is her hands become dangerous to Pitti-
ni.int. The French government, on the other hand, con.
fro.b that there Fortnum., having been erected in a rpitit
if hostility to Francs, and at bee expense, it is only jug,
not they should now remain in her power. Similar di&
•-tdtier have arisen with regard to the town of Viotimw,ha,
the extreme frontier of the county of Nice. MC•11
potuta are still under deco lion, sad Count Cavour's prin•
isip.il argument against rang way is, that every concession
will be an arm in the heads of the party in the Sardinian
parliament which is opposed to the ',inanition.
In noticing, two or three days since, an assertion
of the government journal the Pays, that the French
amity wan coining away from Rome, 1 asked
whether this announcement was made " posivel
f..ir the last time." The other government journal,
the Pagrie, is now employed to discredit all rumours
of the kind, and " thinks itself able" to affirm
that " no preparations have been made," and more-
mer that " no decision" has been come to for the
ev.,cuation.

The postponement till June of the journey of the
Emperor and Empress to Nice id not accepted as a
fart by a letter from Marseilles, which says :--"The
journey of their Majesties will, unless anything
unforeseen happens, take place between the lbth
and 2001 inst. The Imperial train can readily
pass through the tunnels oo the railway from Mar-
sicil;iss to Toulon, a fact which might perhaps decide
the Empenir to embark at the latter port.'
The Bourse has been rather dull, but without
any marked feature. The Rente fell 10 for crab
arid 5 for account, closing at 71.20 and 71.30.
Mobilise was without change. In railways there
is scarcely so much as a franc difference from the
quotations of yesterday.
This day, May sth, the •" Cinque Maggio" of
Matmoni, as the anniversary of the death of Na-
poleon I. I du not remember the coincidence
Laving been before remarked, that it is also the
birthday of the Empress Enable. The usual
funeral service and the promenade of pensioners
to the column in the Place Veudume have taken

. -
The reception of Alibi Lacortlaire at the Aca-
d. which Will looked forward to with intense
iid-reet, ban been postpoced till next year, the
nvjority of the "40" being of opinion that in the
present state of politics it would be difficult for the
ir.u. member and M. Guinot, who is to reply to him,
to compose speeches which would at the same time
satisfy their own ideas and meet with toleration
from the goverrooent.
The 'mood meeting of the bar to elect two mem-
bey. of the council of the order has, like the first,
terminated without a definitive result. The three
names at the head of the poll were Bertin, 170;
Mathieu, 150 ; and Emile 011ivier, 122 ; bat as
the "absolute" 'majority required is 187, there
must be a third election, which is appointed to
MI,. place on Tuesday. TIN contest excites ou-
tline/ interest at the bar. Extraordinary efforts
are being InA le by government to defeat M. Emile
011ivier.

Judge Le &eclat, of Rennes, whose protest
against the frEsiulent man.etieres used by the
aothoirittes t defeat his candidature for a seat in
th.• Legi.latif mules great noise a short time
• has presented a petition to the Senate, Foray-
ni•• that chamberlains and other members of the
Ifj"..priw's household may be declared ineligible to
wt in the chamber. It is rumoured that the com-
mittee appointed to consider the petition is by no
ao•ms unfavourable to it. The Senate is at this
monieut somewhat nettled at the trick lately played
urn it by the unexampled publication in the
3J . str.tr .4 pie...clic:4 made in the belief that they
wen, cotitided doors, anti wane thick that
the member. will eu)oy an opportunity of showing
their raseutilient. file senators, however, must
kiiow that they have uo power beyond what is per-
niet'ed, and that their induenee iu the country is
est.,' law than that of the members of the Corps
Lispdatif, which, as everybody knows, is next to
nothing. It is very unlikely, therefore, that they
wall persevere, if, which I believe is the case, the
Nuiperee is dot/mimed to nominate young men
alsitit ILIA court to he freely dr.:tr.' by ui.iveri..il
auTrage as heretofore.