The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-08 00:00:00

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EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

M. Darimon, the deputy, notices in the Presse
that a receiver-general, M. le Baron de Nervo, has
just published a pamphlet entitled "The Finances
of Francs leader the reign of Napoleon III.," and
satirically observes that the writer is probably of
opinion that M. ?Anne's answer to the financial
criticisms made in the course of the debates on the
address were not sufficient. He does not analyse
M. de Nerve's work, but affirms that it consists of
a mass of inconclusive figures, which furnish no
answer whatever to the accusations preferred against
the budgets of the empire. It remains uncoutm-
dieted that for years past they have been presented
with a fictitious surplus, and have been wound up
with a real deficit. The last budget presented, that
of 1802, is only made to appear in equilibrium by
posting as ordinary revenue 160 millions of extra-
ordinary resources. M. Darimon thinks the
strongest possible criticism upon the budget is to
be found in this fact, that in 1852 the Rente was
quoted at 86fr., that is to say, within 40c. of the
highest price it had ever attained since its creatiou
in 1825, and that now it is at 67fr. 65c.
The Moniteur contains a report of the proceed-
ings of the Senate yesterday upon various petitions.
One of them—the only one of any general interest
—was curious. An elector of the Aude prays for
a new apportionment of the electoral districts of
that department, upon the express ground of its
having been stated by M. Billault, in his speech to
the Corps Legislatif—justifying the government for
having brought forward M. Dabeaux at a time
when he was legally ineligible, that nobody but
M. Dabeaux (the ex-prefect) could have succeeded
in the arrondissement of Limoux and Narbonne,
because, the former being an iron district and the
latter a wine country, the interests of the two were
diametrically opposed. The reporter on the
petition, M. de Goulhot de Saint-Germain, was of
opinion that it made out a case for redress, and
proposed that it should bo referred to the Minister of
the Interior for consideration. The General Marquis
d'Hautpoul, who is a resident in the department,
opposed the motion mainly on the ground that the
minister was not likely to pay any attention to the
petition, and that it was weakening the authority
of the Senate to make references which come to
nothing. He, moreover, demurred to M. Billault's
proposition that only one man in France could be
found to fit this particular constituency. The
petition was shelved in pursuance of General
d'Hautpoul's reasoning.
It is reported from Strasbourg that the inaugura-
tion of the railway bridge across the Rhine to Kehl,
which took place yesterday about 6 o'clock, wont
off rather coldly. There were very few official per-
sonages present. A special correspondent of the
Pays, who was there, says, " no euthusisam, no
manifestation, and rather anxious-looking faces."
General Fleury gave a child's ball last week to
the Imperial Prince and about a hundred children
of courtiers and foreign ambassadors. Most of the
children were in fancy dresses, some of which
were very splendid. The Imperial Prince wore a
Pierrot's costume of white satin. The Empress
was present and remained to the end of the enter-
tainment.
A census has been ordered for Paris and the
department of the Seine, but instead of being taken

in a single day, as in England, the operations will
spread over 42 days—viz., from April 20 to June 1.
Madame Prevost, formerly a celebrated actress
at the Opera Comique, is just dead at the age
of 59.

PARIS, SATURDAY BM/NO.
A manuscript, purporting to be a copy of the
Emperor's letter to Prince Murat, is handed about
to y, from which it would appear that the Em-
peror tells his cousin that his conduct is unworthy
of a senator and a member of the Imperial family,
and that after having taken the advice of the
family council his Majesty is under the necessity of
ordering him to go abroad for six months. I cannot
tell whether this version of the letter is authentic,
and it were idle to speculate upon probabilities. It
is however worth notice that the Constifutioand re-
pudiates the manifesto in stronger terms than those
used last night by the Pays and Patrie and states
that the Emperor is "much displeased" with
Prince Murat, and has written to express his "dis-
approbation."
Letters from Italy are warlike ; they contradict
the news that Garibaldi bad been called to Turin
by Count Cavonr, and represent the chieftain as
altogether hostile to the Italian minister's policy.
The news that some Garibaldians had landed on the
Adriatic coast is explained in this way: Some Hun-
garian retugees in the service of Turkey were about
to be sent to Asia out of complaisance to Austria,
and they getting wind of the design deserted and
landed on the nearest point they could fix upon to
their own couutry.
It is remarked as an important symptom that
the Mottifeur yesterday published a correspondence
from Peath very damaging to Austria, and that to-
day it gives a letter from Warsaw highly favourable
to Russia.
The Bourse was firm during the greater part of
the day, but with less business doing than on
Thursday and Friday. Towards the close it became
weaker. The Rente fell 50., both for cash and
account, closing at 67.70. Mobility fell 1.25. In
French railways there was scarcely any change.
The Roman lines were again much inquired for,
and rose sf.

The wines of 1860, which were from the first
expected to be worse than any known since 1853,
turn out to be even more detestable than the won-
derfully bad weather of that year led connoisseurs
to anticipate. To warn buyers against that
vintage would be quite usehes, because no
wine merchant either in France or England will
ever profess to sell wines of 1860. But just to
show wine drinkers what a "bad time is coming"
for those whose palates are not sufficiently edu-
cated to protect them from poison, I call attention
to an article in the Pattie which, while reproaching
wine growers for neglecting former advice to get
rid of last year's growths, without delay, at any
prices, now conjures them not to despair, because
there exist "intelligent mixtures" which will yet
enable them to bring their sour wines into the
market.

The government appears to be now determined
seriously to retaliate upon the ultramontaniat
clergy, which, presuming upon tolerance, has
cherished hopes of setting up an imp& ium in ins-
prio. The Minister of Public Instruction and
Worship, who has lately signalised himself by
many similar acts of energy, has just dissolved the
Congregation of Redemptorist Fathers, of Douai,
which, though unauthorised, has existed since 1862.
Tile appeal of Canon Mallet to the Court of
Caseation against the sentence of six years' im-
prisonment, awarded against him by the court of
Douai, will be heard next week. It is said that
M. Procureur-General Dupin will speak upon the
ocausion.

M. Odillon Barrot, having caught the pamphlet
fever, has just published one, entitled " Centrali-
sation and ita Effects."