The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-13 00:00:00

, 13, 1861.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(now OUR OWN

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

After I left the Corps Legislatif yoterday, M.
Kolb Bernard, a rich sugar refiner from Lille, read
a prosy speech made up from the answers of Bishop
Dupanloup and Cardinal Antonelli to the Otter-
ronniere pamphlet. The speech, which read very
ferocious in the Moniteur, fell much natter on
the house than you might suppose. It was, I
happen to know, concocted by a conclave of ultra-
montanists, and was rehearsed over and over again
to private audiences at least a week ago. It is
quite necessary, in order to a due appreciation
of what is now passing in France, to bear in
mind what very poor creatures the senators
and deputies are—with very few exceptions.
Their origin must ever be remembered. They
were selected by the government at a time when
few men of mark would take service under it. In
the lower house there is much less talent than in
the Senate. Government sought out as objects of
universal sufirage rich nonentities, manufacturers,
and land owners, who it was hoped would give
Mei trouble—men whose mediocrity would have
kept them in the background under a free govern-
ment, but who had vanity enough to aspire to be
called legislators. They having been trained to a
policy diametrically opposite to that of Nov. 24
do no doubt kick against the pricks, and there is
every probability that a dissolution will be thought
necessary at the end of the present session. Their
influence in the country is on a par with
their eloquence, which, speaking generally, is of a
very ordinary quality. After M. Kolb Bernard
had done yesterday, MM. Baroche and Billault
protested with much warmth against his assertion
that there was agitation in the country about the
Pope, and they promised to reply to him at
length. They are no doubt speaking at this
moment.

The conference on the Syrian question had a long
sitting yesterday, and it is rumoured that a solution
satisfactory to all parties is likely to be found. I
do not know whether the Prussian proposition has
had anything to do with this desirable result.
At the opening of the Bourse there was a little
more business doing, but things soon became
flatter than ever, and the Route slosed with a
fall of 20c. for cash and sc. for account, at 67fr.
95c. and 68fr. sc. Mobilier fell 6fr. The Orleans
and Lyons Railways fell 3fr. 75c. each ; Northern,
2fr. 50c. ; and Southern, Hr. 25c. ; Western and
Eastern were without change. The Caisse Mires
fell 7fr., closing at 83fr. 75c.
There is a report that M. Solar has gone to
England.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MA118.4

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The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Masailia, Captain Roberts, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 44
passengers and 1,6141. in specie. On the 10th inst.
she encountered a terrific gale from the N.W. On
the Bth inst. the Mastitis spoke the Ceylon,
and ou the 10th the Tagus, both outward bound.
She also spoke the bark Cascade, of St. Kitts, and
the ship Flower of the Forest.
The Ellora left Gibraltar for the East on the 4th
inst.

On the 28th ult. the Manilla spoke the brig
Olive Branch, 42 days from Trieste. All well.
At Gibraltar exchange on London was unaltered.