The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-13 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom OUlt OWN CORBJESPONDEM)
PARIS, THUP.`,DAT EVENING.

On Monday last I stated, on what 1 conceived to
be reliable information, that the French regiments
lately ordered to leave Rome were so thoroughly
disgusted with the service that it had been
thought desirable to remove them. The Nov
last night, gave an indignant denial to thin allega-
tion, and performing its duty with zeal as all
government journals do, went ou to affirm that the
troops were altogether pleased (n'aeaient (pi (I se
loner) with their sojourn in the Roman states, and
had only been relieved in compliance with regular
routine. As an element for your judgment be-
tween these two conflicting statements I now send
you an extract from a French officer's letter, which
I find in Bullier's Correspondence of this day :

Otte, September 3.

Our soldiers are disgusted (ennope) with this sort of life
beyond all expression. We are obliged to hunt brigands.
Only to-day wo get advice. that there are 30 mounted
brigands in the neighbourhood of Acquapendente. At Hsu
Lorenzo, where we have a depot of 60 men, 38 are sick with
fever. What a life is this for soldiers, and, above all,
when we know that we are doing duty for a lost muse !

A very remarkable article in last night's Patric
is the subject of some well-timed obeervations in
the Temps. The Patric, quite throwing into the
background the " august and secular institution"
the protection of which it held, only two or three
days back, to be the grand object of the French
occupation of Rome, now insists upon some specific
guarantee for compensation to France for the good
which she is expected to do to Italy. In answer
to these pretensions, M. Nefitzer says in the
Temps :
This view of the case iv altogether new, and ought, as
we think, to be explained with more precision. What
guarantees are wanted? We know that the perempv
Wry denials of the rumours relative to a probable
cession of Sardinia to France make it out of the question
that France should be looking for au increase of territory
at the expense of Italy. Is it meant that Italy should
enter into a perpetual offensive and defensive alli-
ance with us? Do we not know the value of
treaties of this kind, and would it not be folly to
trust them? In our opinion the solidarity of the
interests of France and Italy suffices to make the two
countries natural allies, and we can think of no real and
solid guarantee beyond that solidarity. The less France
weighs upon Italy the more durable will be the alliance.

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The government journals "think they know"
that the rumour that the Empress is about to make
an excursion to Spain is untrue The contradic-
tion is the tint news I have had of this rumour,
but the Charirari remarks that in the present
dearth of political facts the columns of denials of
anything that anybody may have said is now a
mainstay of the government press.
The Pays, which now, by way of variety, gives
its "latest news" in the fast column instead of the
last, warns the public against the Don Juan de
Bourbon Loan, a prospectus of which has been dis-
tributed in Paris.

The Temps thinks it certain that Earl Russell
has written a circular despatch, conveying the most
unqualified approval of Baron Ricasoli's policy.
The Moniteur, in announcing the inevitable re-
sult of the election for the Vaucluse, viz., the
return of the government candidate, abstained, for
good and sufficient reasons, from recording the state
of the poll. M. Pamard, Mayor of Avignon, the
government candidate, was elected by 18,058 votes
against 4,043 given for M. Leopold do Gaillard,
the popish candidate, from whose plausible and, in-
deed, admirable address in favour of freedom
of election I gave some extracts a few days
ago. But M. de Gaillard, who was formerly a
writer in the Orleanist journal, the A aseinblie
Nationale, wad naturally, on account of his
ultramontane opinions, unacceptable to the liberal
party, and in consequence they abstained frost
voting en mow. This is the fact which the Af ouiteur
would slur over. The government candidate would
very likely have obtained considerable support from
the liberals had it not been for the indiscreet zeal
of the prefect in his behalf. It is a curious fact
that this prefect, M. Durand Saint Amend, who
lays it down 11.8 a fundamental proposition, that
every candidate not recommended by himself
must be "inspired by the hatred, injustice,
and passion of parties," was, in 1848, one
of M. Ledru Rollin's red republican commis-
saries. The Tempe, commenting on this elec-
tion, urges its friends to provide a candidate
in every case, so that the necessity of abstention,
which both it and the Sid& reluctantly recom-
mended in the present instance, may not again
occur.

The Bourse was in a rather uncertain state, but
the main fact is that the sudden rise towards the
close of business yesterday has been maintained.
Rente left off for account at yesterday's price.
69fr. 15c., and for cash there was a rise of 15c.,
the last price being 69fr. 50. In Mobilier and
other securities there was little change, except that
the Northern Railway rose 6fr. 25c.