The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-18 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(fox OUR OWN CORRZSPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY Evnnio.

It is curious that, while a telegram from Turin,
dated this day, gives the rational and probable
ground for Garibaldi's refusal to accept a command
in the United States, that he "cannot leave Italy
while Venice and Rome are groaning in slavery,"
the Monikar should think it worth while to quote
from the Italie an assertion that Garibaldi only
declined Mr. Lincoln's offer because the American
minister who conveyed it was not able to adhere to
certain conditions, proposed by the general. In spite
of the -Waiter, r, I do not believe that Garibaldi ever
entertained the proposal for a single instant.
A Naples letter of Sept. 12, in the Patric., re-
ferring to a narrow escape of the brigand chief
Chiavone, after an encounter with the Italian
troops in which he lest 11 kiUed and 10 wounded
(made prisoners), says :

Chiavone still pursues his old system. Whenever ho
gets a supply of men he attacks Son, and if he is beaten he
retires to the States of the Church, only two hours' march
from Sores, and prepares in perfect safety for another foray.
This is the system of brigandage which Napoleon
notwithstanding the admirable sentiments
recently expressed by the Constitution,/ and Pays,
continues to protect. •It is most desirable that the
Persigny element of the French cabinet, which
there is much reason for hoping is now uppermost,
should speedily prove its influence by action.
M. Petrucoelli do la Gattina, the Italian deputy,
publishes in the Freese the first of a series of papers
touching the conferences of Gaeta of 1849, in
which ho proposes to prove, by diplomatic docu-
ments, that a bi-lateral contract was made be-
tween Franco and the Pope, as the condition of
his restoration, that France has fulfilled her part
of the contract, and that the Pope has broken
his. The thsipatches of the French ministers
of the day show conclusively that France,
while constituting herself the champion of
the Pope, professed to stipulate for the
" liberties of the Roman people." A note of M.
de Rayneval, dated May 3, 1849, is said by the
moo to be at once "an exposition of principles,
a protest, and a prophecy."
M. Nogeut St. Laurent lass gone to Corsica to
support the appeal of M. Fabiani, the editor of the
Obaervateur de la Corset against the conviction
for a libel on the Procureur-General, which convic-
tion, as I lately noticed, made an extraordinary
sensation in the island. It is not unimportant to
observe that M. Nogent St. Laurent is a thick and
thin supporter of the imperial government in the
Corps Legislatif.

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It is announced that the Minister of Justice is
drawing up a bill to be presented to the Corps
Legislatif. at the opening of the unit session, for
the abolition of the cellular system in prisons.
The Bourse was very quiet, and although the
rise of yesterday was substantially maintained, it
Li difficult to see a tendency one way or another.
Reute closed for cash at yesterday's price, G9fr. 5c.,
and for account at 69fr. 15u., with a fall of sc.
Mobilier fell lfr. 25c. In the great railway lines
there was no change worth notice. Dauphine,
which had such a sudden spurt yesterday, fell sfr.

BREAKDOWN OF THE GREAT EASTERN.

RETURN TO QUEENf3TOWN. - SERIOUS
ACCIDENT.

The following brief telegrams have arrived from
Queenstown :

" QUEENSTOWN, TUGSLIAY, 3.30 P.M.—The Oreat
Eastern is reported off the Old Head of Kin,ale,
making for this harbour.
" 4 p.m.—The Great Eastern is reported in
the offing, disabled. Assistance has been scot to
her.

"7 P. u.—The Great Eastern is now being towed
into the harbour. H.M.S. Advice has aho gone
to her awdatance.

‘7l) ;37. —T1143 Great Eastern has been obliged
to bring up one mile outside of the lighthouse,
where she will remain till morning. She has lost
her paddle wheels, and her rudder and steering
gear are damaged."
(From the Cork 014errer of yesterday.)

The Great Eastern arrived off Cork Harbour this
(Tuesday) evening, in a very damaged state. She
encountered a very heavy gale about 280 miles to
the west of Cape Clear, on Thursday, and had
both paddles completely carried away, while
I the top of the rudder post (a bar of
I iron 10 inches in diameter) was wrenched away,
lo that she was no longer able to answer the helm.
%he lay like a log in the trough of the sea from
Thursday evening, until 2 o'clock on the Sunday
following, all the time her bulwarks alumet touch-
ing the water. The furniture of the cabin and
saloons was completely broken to pieces, and the
greater part of the passengers' luggage was
destroyed. A cow-shed, with two cows in
it, was broken into the ladies' cabin, and both
cows were killed. The passengers and crew ex-
pected every minute that the vessel would go down,
and they spent a great part of the time at prayers.
Between 20 and 30 of those on board, including
several ladies, had limbs, ribs, &c., fractured, and
numerous cuts and bruises were indicted. A tem-
porary steering gear was fitted ou Sunday, and the
vessel made for Cork Harbour, sailing with her
screw at the rata of nine knots an hour. She is at
present moored about one mile outside the light-
house off Cork Harbour.