The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WZDAIIIDAY Evanro.

The " black man " has been round to the journals
to say that the government will not allow any
further discussion on the subject of constitutional
reform. Of course it will continue to be officially
affirmed, as heretofore, that the " censure " does
not exist in France.

As to M. Fould's new financial measures, I be-
lieve it may be 11104 truly said that he does not at
present know himself what they will be. He works
fifteen hours a day, and sees a great many
people, to whose suggestions be attentively
listens. I am told that he has even sent
for M. Forced°, the writer who received a
warning for his financial article in the Revue
des Deux Monde,. M. Forcade is said to have
given a decided opinion that nothing but a loan or
a substantial reduction in the army can put things
straight. Of course a loan is what we must
come to.

All domestic news is merged in the excitement
occasioned by rumours from London that the
urea of the Confederate Commissioners, MM.
Mason and Slidell, on board the English mail
packet Trent, will lead to a rupture between
England and the United States.
The above news produced a panic at the close of
the Bourse. Rente fell 16c. for cash and 30c. for
account, closing at 69fr. 750. and 691 r. 80c.
Mobilier fell ear. 75c., and the Italian Loan 25c.
Railways were not much affected by the panic,
which came on too rapidly to influence the few
transactions effected in them.

After Bourse hours, it being reported that Con-
sols had fallen I, business was done in the Brute
as low as 09fr. 500.

The Constitutionnet, seeking, like all the govern-
ment journals, to fritter away M. Fould's report to
nothing, and to find excuses for continued prodi-
gality, is delighted with the blunting Star for pro-
claiming that England spends more money than
France. It greatly objects, however, to the form
in which the London liberal admirer of French
despotism institutes its comparison. The Star,
thinking greatly to gratify the French government,
says :—" France spends • great deal of money 1
without the consent of the legislature, and England
spends more with such consent." Oh no ! cries
the Const►tutionael, the French government has
never spent money without the consent of the
legislature ; that consent, on the contrary, was
" complete and deliberate." M. Fould, you
will remember, admitted that the control of the
Corps Legislatif, under the system which his been
supposed to have been abolished ou Nov. 15, was
" almost illusory." The present observations of the
Constituttionnel,therefore, are hiely reactionary. M.
Fould said that Europe was alarmed at the power
of the Emperor to dispose of the resources of France
by his single will ; the Cunstitutionnel now calls the
Star to warranty that parliamentary government is
of no use, and thereby—but that is of small matter
--contradicts its own argument, that parliamentary
control in France has never ceased to be effective.
The small English school of sympathisers with
imperial institutions may see from this instance that
they must pitch their enthusiasm very high if they
would have their homage graciously accepted on
this side of the water.

A judge of the Court of Accounts, M. F—, is
to be tried on Friday on a charge of "promul-
gating false news." M. Chaix d'Est Ange prose-
cutes, and M. Dufaure defends. This announce-
ment reminds me of the burden of a song much in
vogue at the time of the conflict between the House
of Commons and the Sheriffs of London :
" The times is a mending,
When 'steed of the sending,
The judges is going to poL"

The Pays has "reason to know that the affair
of the Valley of Dapper is about to receive a soln-

tion of a nature at once to &iti,fy the national
amour propre of Switzerland and the interests of
France." That would certainly be a capital solu-
tion ; let us hope that the Pays is well informed.
An engineer of the Northern Railway and two
poiutsmen were tried to-day fur negligence on the
occasion of the serious accident which occurred in
December last. Being found guilty they were
sentenced, the engineer to three months' and the
pointamen to a year's imprisonment. M. Lachaud,
in defending the prisoners, observed that after all
that is said of the danger of railway travelling, the
fact is that more people are killed in common
carriages in Paris alone in one year than on all
the railways in France in the course of ten
years.

Telegraphic news arrived this evening states
that a trial of great local interest, which has been
going for several days at Riom, in which a hoimier
and his wife, and a young woman, were accused
of secreting a Jewess, named Sarah Meyer, in
various convents, with a view to convert her
against the will of her parents, has terminated in
the acquittal of all parties.
General Sir Hope and Lady Grant, with the
officers of his staff, have arrived at the Hotel
Bristol, on his way to India. Sir Anthony
Rothschild has left the same hotel.

The Countess de Morny was the day before
yesterday safely delivered of a son, and is going
on most favourably.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

ThaUDAT, NOTRIMIMI 2/, 8 LL

& 12. X & N. 0. L 8
——
Huai
&Mo=
Lam 19.74 SI 36 N.W. 2 b 2
823w10.2 19.74 SD 86 W.S.W. 4 b 1
£ll1011141 l
Mum
Lamm sa 16 11 W. N.W. 1 b S
16.66962
8043392094 i lO. 30 36 W.R.W. 2 b 2
Lfroarockb 11.91 88 16 B.&E. 2 C 2
VAIJOMA M.92 so 17 W.S.W. 1 b 3
QVIENS2Oa.I L29.96 II $7 N.W. 8 f 1
lassos?, ‘22.26 U Si N.W. 1 at 2
Loam! - t -
Dover; 49.96 41 40 N. 9 2 1
Poluilool2l :29.90 44 42 KN.& 9 f 1
Normals 129.91 4.2 62 W. 8 r 2
ltuttourit 19.98 61 60 N. 6 t 1
!Mum 90.01 1$ 48 W.N.W. 8 4 1
IZ7taI!LTIW(.
16.—D1reaskr eame439l and Wooed to 12 deg. at ram NS
Isysi ; smelt 10 Hatt, et lertloal rise, cawing about eae-bandesele
al ati loch ollatl991; and each 10 dal., above 62 000., causing
. _ _

B.—Barometer and rechwed to 82 deg. at laws sea
level ; each 10 v." vertical rise, cawing about one-hundredth
at an loch dlmh, • sod each 10 dog., above $2 deg., catalog
smarty three-bona. its Imam. 111.—Exponed thermometer
In glade. 11.-1110.1• M bulb (for evaporation and dew
point). D.--Dtroeliew et wtod (trae—two kft of wog-
-I.—roroe (1 to 12—eattotated). C.—Cloud (1 to 9). L
Initiate : b, blue sky c, clouds (detached): t, tcg; h, bail;
Ililbtotog ; m misty :hazy) o, overcoat (dull) r, rala ;e, scow;
thunder. 8.-Bea, disturbance 11 to 9). L—Calm.

PREVIOUS TO TRI IMPORT. P103A11.1 111011 SATURDAY.
x. Britain-3.5. W. to N.W.— S.W. to S.W.—Strong to &sob.
Strang to moderate, tome
rata.
Ireland—N.N.W. to W. and LW. MS.—Moderate, One.
&S.W.—Moderato, fine.
Z. Coast—S.W. to S.W.—Fresh Varlable.—Plne,
to moderate. flee.
& land—W.Bas to & and Z. Partible to N.E.—Moderato,
to N.V.—Moderate, amoral& Sae.
It west,

EITENSITI CONPLAGAAPIOB IN PIMLICO.

(THIS DAY.)

At an early hour this morning a lire broke out in
the qualms of Yews. Holland and Boor, cabinet-
makers, Damehigh-greet. Pimlico. At a quarter past 1
polieweenetable Blundell, 96 B, observed lames low
tog from the timber yard, and he at once
gave the alarm, and in a very short time
after the outbreak serial engines were in at-
Madames. The Ames spread with great mei-
dity, and the premier, emulating of a swim of work-
shops three stories high, 00 feet long, end 30 wide, extend-
ing from ltaoelagh.etreet to Belgrave-strcet, were soon ooe
mem of lame. At 2,30 the building was ratted,
sad valuable property to the extent of 30,003 f., consisting
of costly moist, tables, bookcases, &c., was destroyed,
nearly the whole of the furniture intended for the
Grosvenor Hotel being mamma& At 4.30 the fire,
owing to the exertions of the firemen, was got under,
but up to the present time (3 o'clock) it is smouldering.
The Maws. Holland are partly insured, but not to the full
extent of their lose. The bunkum in the meantime will
not be impeded, as it will be carried on at the other works
of the firm. The lavage et the timberyard is somewhat
considerable. At the commencement of the fire a number

of valtukble bones wen saved.

The following is the official report of the damage, re-
turned by Captain Shaw:
"Upper Ranelaghetreet, Pimlico, Messrs. Holland and
Soda, cabinet makers and upholsterers, four ranges of
buildiags of two stories high, used for manufacturing pur-
poses, burned down, timber in yard damaged by fire, back of
house by Sr. and contents by removal ; the first portion
of the premises were insured in the Norwich Coke and
West of England Fire-Aloes, and the latter part in the
Union and Globe. The Sr. was extinguished by engines—
one of the district of brigade, two of B, four of C, one of
D, the land steam engine, and those of the parish, Hodge%
Distillery, and Elliot and Wateey's Brewery. The seas of
fire unknown • the Chelsea Company's WSW 20 minutes'
late. N 0.20 a., Eliza Emily Gore (private), back win-
dows burned out, and contents severely damaged by re-
moval, arc. ; insurance unknown. N 0.21 do., Mr.H.Thuidr,
loriginghouse-keeper, seriously damagedby fire and removal,
the back windows bunted out; contents insured in the
County Fire-office. No. 22 ditto, Mr. W. Harris, back
front of premises damaged by Sr., and contests b 7 re-
moval ; contents insured in the imperial Office, building
unknown. No. 23 ditto, Mr. W. Blabey (private), building
and contorts similarly damaged; content, insured
in the Atlas Fire-office. No. 24, ditto, Mr. Orlando
Matthews, back part of the premises burned and contents
damaged by removal and water, insurance unknown. No.
34, Lower Belgrave-street, Mr. H. Pearls, cheesemonger,
serious damage to contents by water and removal ; supposed
to be insured in the Sun Fin-office. No. 35, ditto,
Mr. H. E. Knowles, grocer and tea dealer, similar
damage ; insured in the Royal Exchange office.
No. 36, ditto, Mr. J. Phipps, butcher, build-
ing and contents damaged by fire sod removal;
insured in the Atlas Fire-office. Ditto, Robert Deem,
livery stable-keeper, roofs of ccechboimes, stables, and
riding ground damaged. by fire and breakage, and contents
; insured in the Sun. Eaton-row.—Mr. W.
Geen, cowkeeper, cow-sheds, Ito., damaged by breakage,
&c., and the Mock by hasty removal ; not insured.
Noe. 12, 13, and 14, itaselagb-place, let out
in tenements, belonging to Mr. Charles Curvell, serious da•
mage by water and removal ; contents; not insured." Mr.
White, of the County Fire-office ; Mr. Hudson, of the West
of England office ; Mr. Vaughan, of the Royal, and Mr. H.
White, of the same autos; and also Mr. HodsolL of the
Atlas office, were promptly in attendance to take charge of
the salvage.

THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER NASHVILLE.—It is
understood that a oonununication was yesterday received
from Earl Russell by Mown. °lnnen, Levis, and Peacheyi
of the Old Jewry, in reply to a letter they oddness& to his
lordship on Monday, as the solicitors of Captain Nelson. of
the Harvey Birch, in which they called attention
fa the circumstance that, without his sanction as the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the magistrates at South•
ampton had refused to accede to an application made
by Mr. Peachey, acting for Captain
_Nelson, to issue a
warrant or summons to Captain Pesgrim, commanding the
Nashville, calling upon him, by production of the authority
under which be acts, to show cause why he should not de-
liver up to Captain Nelsen certain property belonging to his
owners, which was alleged to be detained on board the
Nashville. Mr. Layard, the Under Secretary, writing by
the authority of Earl Russell, states that be has no power
to give authority to the magistrates either to issue any
summons or warrant, or, in fact, to do or to abstain from
doing anything in relation to the matter in question, and
that his lordship must therefore decline to interfere in it.

The fourth series of imperial guests have arrived
at Compiegne. The names of the visitors now at the palace
are u follow :—The Primus Anna Murat, Count and the
Countess do Persigny, M. Billault, the Duke of Atho
Marquis of Hertford, Duke of Montrose, Lady Violet Grw
ham, Count Frfdfric de Lagrange, Count de Perigord, Duke
de la Force, Count de Rayneval, General Count de Mute.
bello, Man. Fleury, Coast do LabeiloyCre, Count Leopold
Le Bon, Countess Le lice, M. and Mme. de Saul'y. M. sad
lbw. 5i,,., Y. Baudry, Y. Berrie, Marquie and Marchioness
de Gelliffet, Count and Cosiness d'Aiguesvives, M. Merimisi
Y. Viollet-LinDuc, and Y. Alfred Brum.
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Madame RiatOri is playing with great atiocess at
U. Pstesbara.