The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-02 00:00:00

FRESH WAR RUMOURS IN PARIS.

The Paris correspondent of the Jun mat de
Geneve writes :
The political atmosphere is as variable as the tempera-
two. 'Twas peace yesterday ; to-day if it is not war, it
is an incline which will conduct us sooner or later to war.
♦ manifesto from the Emperor is spoken of. What will
be its tenor? Opinions differ. It will not relate
to a modus rirendi for the Pope, but will be an
expose of the whole external situation. The
Emperor I. said to be at times in a state of great political
exaltation. When Prince Napoleon paid him a visit the
other day, after his return from Berlin, his Majesty was
reading the journals. Taking up La LiLerte. which alluded
to his " senility," he is reported to have said, " See how
your friends speak of me. Von can assure them they are
mistaken. They think me aged, used tip ; they are wrong.
I shall soon show what I can do yet. They will not be
kept waiting long—six weeks at most." What does it
mean? Ido not know. All I can tell you is that if this
language was not need the Palais-Royal has some
interest in getting it circulated, for I have had
it from one who is intimate with Prince Napo.
km. The report advlreseed by Marshal Niel on the
organisation of the Garde Nationale Mobile is regarded a■
• warlike symptom. The volunteer companies are almost
regimented. Another warlike symptom is that M. de
Pradine, • naval officer of high rank, has left Toulon for
Brest with 15,300 metres of telegraphic wires intended to
connect the islands on the oust with the mainland.
Mounds are also to be raised along the coast for the pur-
pose of rupporting living batteries or tvrpiiit J.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL L

In to-day's sitting of the Lower House the
Minister of War announced that he should con-
sider the proposal of farming out territory belong-
ing to the fortifications a cabinet question so far as
he was concerned.

The Landething, therefore, adopted the Minis•
ter's view.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(FROM OUR OW( CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

It is narrated by • clerical journal that Dr. See,
one of the most eminent medical professors in the
University of Paris, was yesterday called before a
solemn meeting of the heads of the four faculties
and reprimanded for having in the course of a
physiological lecture expressed some opinions
savouring of materialism. This anecdote is
probably true, and it must be the consequence
of a petition to the Senate on which M. Chair
d'Est-Ange made a report a few days ago, and the
debate on which is put off till after Easter in order
that the cardinals may have a grand field day
upon it. This petition, got up by ultramontanists,
contains a long list of expressions used by various
professors which the church condemns as not ortho-
dox. M. Durny, hoping to appease the wrath of
the clericals, tried to "trim," and while maintain-
ing the necessity of all the ancient liberty which
the professors of the university have been went to
enjoy promised that if upon inquiry it should be
found that any of them had gone too far,"
they should be admonished. Dr. See's repri-
mand is an instalment of this promise, but
the church will in no degree be mollified by
it. In what way, exclaims the Union, will
this barren admonition afford • remedy for
the crying evil ? The dismissal of all hete-
rodox professors and the supreme direction of
education in all its branches by the clergy is what
the petitioners really want. The only effectual
remedy, says the Arenir National, would be to
make the Bishop of Orleans Minister of Public In-
struction.

Professor See's last lecture was unpreoedentedly
crowded, and the students gave him an ovation.
The Press says that Chevalier Nigra has recently
resumed negotiations with the Marquis de Mous-
tier on the subject of a revision of the Convention
of September, and further, that preliminary bases
of a modification have been agreed upon.
It is said that a note has been tent to Viatica
by the Italian government touching the Bourbon
intrigues, and in particular concerning the arrest
at Florence of a secret agent of Francis IL, on
whose person very compromising documents were
found.

There is news of * strike which assumes a rather
serious aspect at Rheims. No actual " disorder"
is reported, but great alarm prevails owing to the
generality of subscriptions to maintain the men on
strike and rumours of threats against those who
heeitate to join in it.
Troubles occurred yesterday at Grenoble. The
military were called out, and the theatre closed.
Details are wanting.
The Bourse was extremely rnoyant. Rents rose
20c. for cash, and 171 c. for acoount, closing at 69fr.
60c. and 69fr. 60c. Italian rose 60c., closing at 50fr.
sc. The money article of one of the evening papers
says the Paris Bourse is now like the wife of
figanarelle—battue et contents; the worse the finan-
cial situation is the more the Bourse sees reason for
a rise. Credit Fonder rose Mr., and Mobilier
lfr. 26c.

The copy of the declaration of the Roman
catholic laity of Ireland on the subject of the present
ecolesiastiesl settlement of that country, whisk has been
published in the journals, appears this morning in the form
of a return to parliament, moved for by Ur. lionselL
ELWATIAY EDUCATION. —The text of the
bill brought in by Mr. H. A. Bruce, Ur. W. E. Forster,
and Ur. A. Egerton, to provide for elementary education
In England and Wake, Iran published this morning. The
bill contains 107 clauses, and there are five schedules
attached to it.

Tss 'rim:xi= or PsisosEss is liousrror
Pewit, Dussze.—Tbil seeming tria published the report
of the eemaimiesets appetaesel by the Lord•Lieutettant to

inquire into the cirouv;aances blending the death of a
convict named Matthew Lynsgh, who died in Noun*,
Prison on Feb.l2. The jury at the inquest returned sverdiet
to the sleet that the deceased might have 668 a earlier
sent to the hospital sad that " the doctor of the prim
might be more attentive to extant patinsta." The
inquiry of the eamaiedssers, however, leads to a totally
oppo.ite catclasion, and vindicates the mem& and other
fficers o! the prima from the imputation of neglect.