The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(TROY OUR OWN OORRIATONDLNL)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENUO.

There is a general belief that the brochure men-
tioned by the Times—" The Emperor, Rome, and
the King of Italy"—is innocent of official handling.
It is too clumsy an affair for such suspicion to rest
upon it for a moment. Fancy such a phrase, for
inatanee, as this :—" Italy without Venetia is like
France without Belgium." Authorised writers may
think such things, but nut utter them. Talk-
ing of annexation, I do not find well-informed men
agreeing with that writer in the Examiner who has
not the slightest doubt as to France getting Sar-
dinia when Italy gets Rome. The opinion of such
persons is that the logic of events will so neee.s-
narily bring about a solution of the Roman
question, that Italy need not even discuss
the question of such a sacrifice of Italian soil.
Besides, the annexation of Sardinia must nacos-
' sarily, after all that has been said and written in
England, cause something very like a political con-
vulsion, and whatever is to be the ultimate fate of
the relations of France and England, there is
nothing to indicate that we are even at approaching
a crisis. The pamphleteer above alluded to had
contrived, it appears, to have the trumpet blown
beforehand in Italy. A letter from Turin, pub-
lished iu the Presse, thus alludes to it:
Two days ago it was announced that an opdsculus on the
Roman question, by M. de la Guerrooniere, was ►bout to
appear. Judge what was the general excitement. "He
should know a good deal on the subject," said a politician
to me, "to Judie from the Or of authority with which he
addressed his eouncil•Getienil." On the appearance .4 the
brochure, no more was said about if. de is GuCrroniiii.lre.
It is read simply because it treats of Rome. But the fact
is, it proves to embody an old idea of Garibaldi's pot into
respectable French.

The writer then goes on to relate what had once
passed between himself and Garibaldi on the sub-
ject, and states that the great liberator had raid to
him :

Do you suppose I ever dreamt of giving battle to the
French troops occupying Rome? None but men of had
faith mold ever have put such statements into the jour-
nals. When I was about to embark for Sicily nearly an
the Pontifauil territory except Rome itself was guarded by
papal troops. My idea wee, with a few hundred of my
followers, to have dispersed these pasteboard soldiers, and
then to have knocked at the gates of Rome. Then T should
have invited the entire population to come out into the
wide Oungrigna which witnesses the misery of the inha-
bitants of the city, and there in tho open air, unarmed and
free, the Romans should have been called upon to decide
whether or not they would have Victor Emmanuel for their
king, and Italy for their country. "And what next.
general Y' said the writer. " What next !” said Garibaldi,
.• you want to know better than Ido ; and I have never
thought about it. There is no • what next' possible in thin
question."
This writer thinks the end of the Italian diffi-
culty is near at hand. Ho says the general opinion
is that—as was suggested in the Opinions—WlMP
Italian general (probably Cialdini himself) will
one fine day follow some of the brigands across
the Roman frontier, being careful to select a part
gnarded by papal troops: alone. The Italian sol-
diers once in, will the French troops, or will they
not, interfere to drive them out

The hopes of the reactionary party are thug
alluded to by the writer of a letter from Umbria to
the Neiora-Earopa of Florence :
. . .

The insolence of the clericals increases daily. Those who
at the onthreak of the revolution were stricken by a terror
arixing from a consciousness of their crimes towards the
people, now dream of a return to the same iniquities of
which they scarcely hoped the forgiveness. They triumph,
and openly threaten to outdo themselves for the future
when these provinces shall be restored to the yoke of the
pontiff-king.
Thu excitement produced by the unjust condem-
nation of M. Fabiani in Corsica is described as
being " immense."
The Bulletin de Paris sent down to the provin-
cial papers says that the return of the English
fleet from Naples to Malta has been officially an-
nounced, adding, "Their retreat took place, it is
said, at the express demand of several powers,
among others of France, Austria, and Ruasia."
This was settling day at the Bourse. Prices had
an upward tendency, though the effect upon the
market was trifling. Bente left off be. better,
closing prices being 69fr. for cash, and 68fr. 95e.
for the account. Mobilier rose Bfr. 75c. for cash,
and 6fr. 25c. for the account, last prices being re-
spectively 775 fr. and 772 fr. 50c. All French rail-
ways better.