The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDAY Enatnro.

The Moniteur announces the appointment of Car•
dinal Morlot to the Archbishopric of Paris. I be•
neve I have never mentioned any other candidate u
having any chance of success. The cardinal, indeed.

wu not a " candidate," and only accepts the post in
deference to the repeated solicitations of the Em•
peror. He has returned within these few days from
Rome, whither he has been on a secret mission, hay.
ing relation, as it is supposed, to the Emperor's long.
cherished desire to be crowned by the Pope. The
appointment is, under the circumstances, as un.
objectionable a one as could have been
made. Cardinal Morlot's politics arc of the
school of the respectable Vicar of Bray, but he
has at all events no ultramontanc antecedents.

and his nomination is rather a discouragement than
otherwise to the church party represented by the
Unteers. He was born at Langres, Dec. 18, 1795,
and is consequently in his 62nd year. He was created
Bishop of Orleans, Aug. 18, 1839, Archbishop of
Tours on the 20th of June, 1852, and Cardinal on
the 7th of March, 18.53. He is a senator ex olfeio.
There was • strong feeling among some of the Em.
peter's advisers that the Archbishop of Paris should
not be a cardinal, on account of the strong relations
of confraternity with Rome which that title implies.
The objection, whatever weight may have been
attached to it, is, however, overruled. The reason,
perhaps, may be that Cardinal Morlot is only a
warming-pan for the priest of the Bonaparte family,
and in that case it would obviously have been incon.
venient to establish a precedent against the sligi.
bitty of a red hat.
Last night, Lady Cowley was " at home" for the
first time this season. The reception was unusually
brilliant. Marshals Pelissier and Canrobert, and
the Russian Ambassador, Count de Kinselef, were
the lions of the evening. Among the Englishmen
present were Lords Clanricarde, Loam, Poltimote,
and Truro; General Sir Alexander Woodford, Sir
Edward Belcher, and a great many officers of rank.
The ladies were anxiously looking about for Ferukh
Khan, but he did not make his appearance. Should
the news be confirmed, that the state of war between
England and Penn, of which the Moniteur takes
official notice this morning, has been suddenly ter-
minated, the interesting Oriental will no doubt bo
seen shortly at Lady Cowley's Saturday soiree,.
The Presee says, in its weekly commercial review:
Business is languishing both in the shops and mosalhas

tones. Although stocks aro extremely low, no rya
chaste an made beyond the daily wants of the
=sumer • end this state of things will continue me
long as the Bank of France remains unable to offer
to tradesmen the usual facilities for discount. Exports am
checked by the Impossibility of negotiating paper at long date.
The habit of even the best foreign houses is not to pay till
long after the delivery of the goods. The delay is often an
much se six months. Now our manufacturers menet at pre.
sent in a position to accept orders on such terms., and If they
stipulate for more prompt payment, they are forced to sub.
mit to declactions and dimormta, which cut down their pro—
fits vary corodderably. The difficulties in the way of barium
are considerably aggravated by the continued dearness of
raw materials, and the high rates of wages. Letters from
the United States hold oat no hope of any fall in cottons.
and notwithstanding the arrivals of raw sake from India and
China, the prices of this article still continue to be so not,
bitant as to be an incubsa upon the msnufacture of tissues.
The most intense interest is felt on the subject of the modifi—

cations proposed to be introduced in the ,lehttee of the Bank
of France. The most important points for trade are, that
the Bonk (supposing the measures to be adopted) will be able
to augment its note., and will no longer be restricted to
6 per cent. as the extreme limit for discount, although foreign
banks may be taking 7 and 8 per cent. Advice, from Rouen
and Abatis are better. Business there appears to be re-
riving. The rise in corn has met with a chock, and if the
reaction has not made mach progress, the reason is that the
continual rains are unfavourable to the crops in the ground.
The markets in the departments are well stocked, and the
farmers, who hare been hoarding corn in the hopes of seeing
the highest prices of last year, are now inclined to sell, led
there should be a further fall.

The Princess Limn, so long known in the poli-
tical world, lies dangerously ill at her residence in Pena, of
inf ammation of the dust Her medical 'Headman', Pro.
lessor Andra and Sir J. OHM, are in constant attendance
as her.

The Wanderer of Vienna publishes the list of
foreign pantile, the publication of which ia prohibited in
hum rim Among them are:—The Gazette Nationale de
Berlin, the Newell. Gazette de Zurich, the Ostirrier else
Bazahin, the Gazette des Grimy pander A:tang), the
Bra, the Vote della Laerte, the °Finlay, the Itisoryi.
matte, the Daily Naze, the Nerd, and twenty-eight Wm(
pepess.
A letter from Genoa, of the 22nd, says that Lord
John Rnmell has left Florence for Nice, and that his visit to
that town at the moment when the King of Sardinia ban
gone there to me the royal family of Rustle is not %L WOO
meted with polities.

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