The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-15 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom oul owu coluarcorom.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVIIMIG.

I agree with the Pays that the wonderful con-
fession of bad government which the Meniteur is
reduced to make this morning (these, of course, are
not the Pays' very words) is the " greatest event of
this reign." Wonderful, indeed, it is to find the
Emperor " entirely approving " a state paper drawn
up by his new finance minister appointed this
morning, which admits that hitherto the control of
the public expenditure by the representatives of the
people has been "almost illusory ;" that iu the ex-
ercise of the dangerous faculty (now to be abolished)
of raising money by supplementary credits
" legality has not always been observed ;" that
fur the last four years things have been going
from bad to worse ; that the " supplementary
credits," that is to say, the public money spent by
the authority of the executive alone, was 83 millions
in 1859, 115 in 1860, and 200 in 1861 ; that the
greater part of these supplementary credits were
systematically taken immediately after the pro-
rogation of parliament, and therefore with the
intention of evading the only legal sanction of the
expenditure; that " nothing but a thorough
change of system can save the nation from
the most serious embarrassment ;" that it is a
" dangerous illusion" to rely upon the readiness
with which loam have been subscribed as an argu-
ment for the unlimited development of credit ; that
there is a " general appreheraion of a crisis ;" that
foreign nations are constrained to arm from appre-
hension of the Emperor's unlimited power to dis-
pose of all tLe resources of France ; and that the
reforms which be now demands, and which the
Em-
peror promises unconditionally to make, will "re-
store confidence to France and stay the uneasiness
of Europe." During the years referred to by M.
Fould, I have often, in the discharge of my humble
duties as a correspondent, thrown doubts upon the
accuracy of the annually recurring smooth state-
ments of the budget, and I have taken rank with
the " mischief-makers and libellers," who are repre-
sented by a certain party in England as perpetually
endeavouring to excite a bad feeling against France.
But in all my guesses at the truth, founded of
course upon imperfect information, I never said
anything half so bad as what is now disclosed to the
world on the very highest authority. This consi-
deration enables me now, with the more confidence,
still to play the part of a Killjoy, and, in the in-
terest of truth alone, to assert that the present
reform, good as it is, has only been resorted to as
a desperate measure to remedy a long-concealed
and positively appalling situation. Not only are
the public finances in frightful disorder, but the
Emperor's private debts have swollen to an amount
which can no longer be endured. M. Fould is the
only man whose credit can relieve the pressing
emergencies of the situation, and, therefore, in
spite of female influence, iu spite of the conve-
nience of having for finance minister a mere clerk
who will do as lie is told, M. Fould has been sent
for, and is allowed to make his own conditions. I
am disposed to think that the country may benefit
by the great change brought about by this pressing
urgency, but increased taxation is inevitable, as is
also in substance and reality a " loan," although
the name may possibly be disguised in the new
measures which must be resorted to for raising the
wind.

The Bourse, in consequence of the news in the
Moniker, more than regained the fall of yesterday.
Rente rose Wc. for cash, and 60c. for account,
closing at G9fr. 40c. and 69fr. 60c. Mobilier rose
18fr. 75c., and the Italian Loan 40c. The Lyous
Railway rose 10fr., Southern llfr. 25c., and the
other lines from 21r. Wc. to sfr.

The delay in the departure of the Marquis de
Lavalette for Rome is caused by the illness of the
marchioness. He will leave the moment the health
of Mme. de Lavalette allows him.

The King of Italy has returned to Turin from
his excursion to AMOS'.

A letter from Rome of the 9th says :—" The
Civits Vecchia Railway has this day recommenced traffic
along the whole line, with the exception of a break at the
Zambra torrent, which travellers have to cross on a hand-
bridge. Two trains are to leave ltonie every day, perform-
ing the trip in four hours and a half, instead of two and •
half as before the damage produced by the recent storm.
The post-road has also been rendered practicable, thanks to
the active co-operation of several thousands of French
soldiers in the work. The garrison here is to be strength-
ened by two extra regiments, forming altogether three
divisions."

A correspondent writes from lamidt on the 4th
to the Levant Herald:—" His Majesty the Sultan reached
Packs Chieflik, the estate of Mehemet Ali Packs, on the
2rith, and remained there till the 30th, enjoying some
excellent shooting, which abounds in the neighbourhood.
On Wednesday, in company with the Capitan Packs, he
visited first the mosque founded by Sultan Durkee, the second
of the reign Mg dy nasty ; and, afterwards, the cloth factory and
the dockyard, where he laid the keel of the new screw
frigate. He then dined and spent the night in the kiosk,
embarking on Thursday morning on board the Medjidieh,
which steamed off shortly afterwards for the capital,
closely followed by the Tad, with the imperial suite."
A lodge of Manchester Unity Odd Fellows is in
course of formation in Pere. We (Levant Herald, Nov. 5)
are informed that a fair number of members have already
been enrolled, and the report, which was read at the ad-
journed meeting held at the Bulbul Cali on Saturday, was
considered most satisfactory. This excellent friendly society
will prove of great advsntage to a large class of our British
residents, and we wish it every success.

A letter from Hayti states that a concordat be-
tween the Pope and President delirard has been published
at Port en-Prince. It creates an Archbishop of Hayti awl
four bishops, all named by the Pope, who, by a spechtl
article, has reserved the right of choosing whits men for
these dignities.

The permanent commission of the rifle shooting
establishment formed at Vincennes, and which is presided
over by General Guiod, received from the Emperor eight
English rifles of the Whitworth system, with orders to have
experiments made with them. These trials commenced three
or four days ago at the Polygon, and are being actively con.
Coiled. Eight of the beet shots is the garrison at Vincennes
have been selected to try these guns in presence of the
commission.

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EX.PLA.NATION,

B.—Barometer correciaTiandreKti to 32 deg. at mean sea
level ; each 10 feet, of vertical rise, causing about one-hundredth
of an loch diminution ; and each 10 deg., above 32 deg., causing
nearly three.hundredths increase. E.—F.spoacd thermometer
In shade. IL—lid/tined bulb (for evaporation and dew
point). D.—Direction of wind ;true—two points left of mag.
nate:. le—Force 12—estimated). C.—Ciond (1 to 9). 1.--•
Initials : b, blue sky c, clouds (detached): f, fog; h,
lightning. m, misty (Mull o. overcast (dull) r, rain; s, snow:
t, thunder. 8.-oesdisturbanoe Ito 9). Z..--Calm.

PIMITIOCT TO VMS INPORT. PROBABLZ INFORM MONDAY.
N. Britain—F. to N.—Dale, N.& to N.W.—Strong, snowy.
rain, snow, then 'strong.
Irehuid—N.E. to N.W. and W. N.N.E. to W.—Moderate to
—Moderate or variable. strong.
Coset—N.E., to N., and W. N.N. W. to &W. Fresh.
—Gale, strong, snow, rain. showers.
B. England—N.W. to B.W. N.N.W. to B.S.W.—Moderahl
Moderato to strong. raw, to strong, showery.
some snow.

The Prince de Ligne has been re-elected President
of the Belgian Senate by 42 votes to 4, being the tenth tune
he has been so honoured.

The Kmieclliste, of Rouen, says :—" In our last
agricultural review we prognostimited the moment when
England, pressed by want, would again ask from France the
corn she had seat her. This singular sending and fetching
begins to operate, if we may believe a letter from Nantes,
which states that several English vessels which had entered
that port with cargoes of corn had received orders by tele•
graph to bring them back intact to England. It is probable
that this kind of cross-speculatioa will cost our English
neighbours dear."

Tag IRISH POTATO CROP.—The Free /A4l
Journal of yesterday, in an article on the failure of the
potato crop, saps:—•• The potato crop is now dug out, sod
the result had been anticipated. More than one-half le
gone, and whether the remainder will stand in close pits,
excludiag the slightest approach of sir, remains to be seen.
' In the provincial papers we find that some localities had
been visited lees severely than others, and our country
friends draw general conclusions about ' things being much
better than they bad been represented.' We wish we could
join in the encouragement, and hold nut a hope of im-
provement. But we cannot. The staple food of the
' country has been already reduced one-half, an estimate in
which farmers, boards of guardians, and landed proprietors
concur, while io some districts it would not be extravagant
to &seers that, so far from a portion of the crop being avail•
able for food, the people will not have sufficient for seed.
It is useless to disguise the fact, and the government should
take instant steps, in concert with proprietors, to give em-
ployment during the ensuing year. The poor-law would
suffice for the relief of ordinary pauperism, but there is a
class for whom the union workhouse was never intended,
and that class comprehends nearly all the alde•badied labour
of the country and a great Dumber of small farmers. The
latter will suffer seriously, and unless !milord' remit II
portion of their rents the consequences will be no less die•
estrous to laudlorde than to tenants.•"