The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUWDAT EVIWO.

The assertion of the Patric that no limit is fixed
to the maintenance of the stains quo in Rome pro-
vokes the following observations from the Opinion
Nationale :

If this journal is well informed--and the confident tone
in which it speaks leads us to think that it is—the tele-
graph did not give an unfaithful analysis of the despatch
sent to Rome by the cabinet of the Tuileries. This per-
sistence in protecting the temporal power of the Holy See
will delight the Ultramontanista ; but we do not very
dearly see what advantage the imperial government is to
get by it. This protection will evidently not rally to the
government the clerical party, which is the born enemy of
the revolution, and it wounds the feelings of the great
democratic party, which it is so much for the interest of
the government to conciliate.
The Prose says on the same subject :

The Patric'. deCisration, if we are to assume it to be oar-
red, is Dot so favourable to the maintenance of the temporal
power as may be supposed. To declare that the occupa-
tion will be indefinitely maintained is to admit that it will
be indefinitely necessary, it is to admit that the rapture
between the holy see sad the people, which it oppresses, is
irremediable. A government in such a situation is doomed.
No limit is fixed, says the Patric ; but equity and right,
sided by time and events, will fix oue.

Two facts are mentioned this evening which tend
to show that the hopeful view taken by the Praise
is not unfounded—the one is that the Emperor will
receive a deputation from Rome to present the
numerously signed petition, praying him to with-
draw his troops ; and the other—that during the
Emperor's absence at Vichy and elsewhere, Prince
Napoleon will preside at ministerial councils.
It is yet uncertain whether the Empress will
accompany the Emperor to Vichy, or will remain
with tho Imperial Prince at Compiegne or St.
Cloud during the month of July. It is stated
positively that when the Emperor leaves Vichy he
will pass a week with Count de Morny, at his
estate of Nadas, in Auvergne. According to
rumours from Madrid, the Empress means to go to
England in the course of the summer, and will
return by way of Cherbourg, to witness the
manieuvres of the famous " trireme ;" and after
that she will meet the Emperor at Biarritz, and
then proceed alone to Spain.
Count de Persigny is about to go to England to
instal his family at a seaside watering-place, the
name of which is not mentioned. M. Billault will
be Minister of the Interior ad interim during his
short absence.

The Siamese ambassadors are, I believe, to be
received by the Emperor at Fontainebleau on Wed-
nesday. They are lodged at an hotel belonging to
the state in the Rue Lord Byron. Two days ago
they dressed themselves for the first time in the
ordinary evening dress of a European gentleman,
and inquired very anxiously of their tailor whether
they were quite in the fashion.
The &irk complains that Marshal Castel-
lane, commanding at Lyons, compels a regi-
ment, in which there are 200 protestants and
20 or 25 Jews, to attend Roman catholic
worship every Sunday. It is only lately that Mar-
shal Magnan told the Senate that no soldier of the
army of Paris was obliged to take part in Roman
catholic processions, or attend mass, if he had con-
scientious objections. Why should the practice be
different at Lyons 1 The principle of liberty of
conscience, proclaimed in 'B9, is clearly against
Marshal Castellano.

The volunteers were very busy on Saturday, and
besides the usual musters for drill and marching, several
important inspections took place. The Duke of Crimbrislim
inspected the Loudon Hi& Brigade in Hyde-park, and Lord
Clyde inspected the Scottish iu the Regent's-perk. In both
instances the operations were beautifully executed, and
received the high commendations of his royal highness awl
the noble veteran. There was also a grand field day of
metropolitan ride corps, to the number of about 2,500, on
Mickloham Downs, under the command of Colonel M'Murdo.
The evolutions were well executed, and afforded great de-
light to a large mass of spectators.
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A letter from Alexandria, of tho 4th, says :--
" The event of the week has been the departure from Cairo
of the annual caravan for the Hedger. The pilgrims were
despatched with even greater pomp than had been displayed
for some years past; but an innovation has been introduced
which has caused great scandal. The Mahhmil has from
time immemorial set off from Cairo, borne on high, upon
the back of a slow-moving but stately camel, reserved ex-
pressly for the purpose,and regarded with feeling* of venera-
tion almost equal to that paid to the fabric it carries.
This year the framing, with its gold embroidered cover, was
sent across to Sues strapped upon a railway truck, an un-
dignified proceeding, with which the faithful have been so
thoroughly disgusted that a large number have returned to
Cairo, and have relinquished the idea of performing the
pilgrimage."
REcALL OF AN AMERICAN MLNISTER.—The Nero
York Times says—" A curious development reaches us from
Washington. It is to the effect that among the telegrams
recently seized by order of the government has been found
incontestable proof that Mr. James E. Harvey, lately ap-
pointed Minister to Portugal, and well kaolin as Um Wash-
ington correspondent of the New Yerk Tritest and the Phi-
ladelphia North Amerkam, was the tint person who tele-
graphel to Governor Pickens, of Swath Garonne, informs. Von relative to the Fort Sumter expedition and its stmiagth.
He is a native of South Carolina, but has been for years
professedly devoted to the Free• Soil Party. He will of
course be immediately recalled."