The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, KONDAT IYINTI4I.

The Pram of last night contained an article—the
farewell article of the eminent journalist, M. Nefit-
ser, who yesterday retired horn the direction of
that journal—in which, hastily petting the worst
possible construction upon a passage in the latest
Indian news, relative to the taking of Delhi, it was
affirmed that the English moldiers were as bad as
Nana Sahib. I was sorry to see such a Partition
arrow shot by M. Nefftzer. But the French jour-
nals generally are disposed to take a similar view of
the subject. The legitimist Union avers that it will
no longer lie in the month of the English to genie
the Sepoys of cruelty. The Constitultonnel stye that
every Frenchman has read with astonishment and
indignation the letter of an English officer present at
the capture of Delhi, stating that forty or fifty in-
habitants, not mutineers, bad concealed themselves,
relying upon English mercy, but that he wsv "glad
to say they were disappointed." I am glad b be
able to give a French reply to these ungenerous
attack, upon the humanity of the English army.
The Presse of to-day repudiates altogether the
opinions of the Proses of yesterday on this subject,
and by the pen of M. Pauchet, the gentleman who
has succeeded M. Nearer, deprecates as follows the
claims of certain French writers to a monopoly of
civilisation for their own nation :
The victory 61' the &pallet+, in which we rejoice with all
our heart, has been mated by more acts of extreme siverity.
Time sets are regrettable, but we must beware of eximers-
the, and, above ell things, avoid the ridicule which always
attaches to Indignation in cold blood. We love clememey said
Nike genowesity, sad we are of those who think that le
sinegthen the foundations of any power whatsoever, it le
ewer necomary to bathe them in blood. But although it is
well isotesently to call them doctrines to mind in the fees of
psalm who forget, and governments who violate them, as
ft be maid conecireationsly that they sea strictly applicable le'
Italia after the frightful tragedy which baa bent pleylng
there for the last few month.? Is it possible, le it just, to
institute a comperiern, as certain journals do, between the
&pays and the Englialt ealdiere—between Nana Sahib sad
General Havelock P The Sepoya surprised and cat the throats
et laglith men, women, and children who had not time
Is fly to the mountain and jungle, to trust themselves to the
Make mercies of tigers and hyenas. The English showed
so mercy to scoundrels who ripped up, cut in pieces, sad
violated their Witte sad children. There is a wide differ.
sees between the two cases, and our ceatempormy, the
Spectates., very email, says Whin we think at the
barbarous sae committed by the Madan sad of the beerible
situation in which the English beeps were placed fee four
keg melba, ft is so weeder that they were disposed to deal
memoir with their amides."

The lipeeteUstr (late the Assemblee Nationals) lee
received a warning for the following passage is the
firoilledon of yesterday, signed by the eminent writer
M. Mold& Aohard :

Apropoe of incomes derived from the Bor.'s, the forest
.f Compiimas just sow presents a singular 'pentacle every
day when the hunting is over. The death halloo hr just
sounded; gallant oavalkvs, excited by the joys of the clam,
are ..am in their court uniforms gaily watering up and down
the avenues. Suddenly one of them pulls out his watch ;
Prot ing that it is four o'clock, he puts spurs to hie hone sad
rides off to Cormilgne se herd se he can p ; another followe
him, then smother, and another; till at bat the whole hunt
is seen riding with all speed in the same direction, It is a
regular steeplechase, im which diplomatiets, men of wit and
leisure, foreigners of distinction, and other Court guests are
mixed op poll :cell. They take the abortion way, they lay
over ditch and well, and enter Compligoe like •
squadron of Hassan charging • Lottery. Where ere they
going ? To the Hotel de la Cloche.* But they me not
going there to dine—a far more sumptuous dinner than the
cuisine of that hotel oor'd supply is awaiting them In the
Imperial Palace of Compllgae. They come to Inquire what
Ma been done at the Boone. At the Hotel de la Chase
they find their !took Exchange agents waiting be
them. As soon es May dismount • ohms of vetoes
is hoard. " What is the piss of the Bade ?" How gent
the Credit Mobilier ?" " Ham yen mold ray Orleans?" " Ars
Austrians firm ?" The whole Boom Bet ispeased In review ;
pretoluma," " oontinuations," "put and ea," and melt
jargon, resounds in all directkek and en hour afterwards the
noble bunks. proceed to the chateau, diluting much Is..
Mont the stag than the Bonne. The next morning at WI
o'clock they return to the Hotel de la Cloche, where they
dad the one walla waiting to take their ordure fur the
day'e eperatiatur. Such Is play at the Bourse.

The grounds for the warning stated in the body
of it are that the above narrative is " radically false."
The Bourse has been very heavy, but without any
great change in quotations. There were rumours
of failures. The Bente, after unimportant fluctua-
tions, closed at yesterday's price, 60fr. 50c. for ac-
count, and for cash there was a rise of de., the last
price being 66fr. 45c. Mobilier fell 10fr. The rail-
way settlement went off better than might have been
expected. Northern rose 10fr., and two or three
other lines 2fr. 50e. Mediterranean fell 10fr.

An eccentric dinner is given this evening at
Vefour's by M. Villemessant, of the Figaro, for the
purpose, as stated on the cards of invitation, of " the
amelioration of the esprit Francais." A great
many literary men are invited, and the public will
doubtless have some materials before long for jedg•
ing how far the object of the festival has been
achieved.

The Bank of France, at its last settlement, bad to
receive at Park alone 82 millions of francs, repre-
sented by 67,000 bills, which were collected by 80
bank runners and 160 assistant.. Out of that large
amount of money there were only 20 bills protested.
In the branch bents everything passed over also
most satisfactorily.

• The principal inn in Complains.

PIEDMONT.

We learn by telegraph from Turin that the elec-
tions are going on very favourably for Count
Cavities government. At Turin, five supporters of
the cabinet have been elected. For the other two
seats the votes are not decisive, and there must be •
second election. Throughout the country (except
at Genoa, which is the head-quarters of the oppo-
sition) there will be an imposing majority for
government. The utmost enthusiasm for the person
of the King and the institutions of the country is
everywhere manifest. It has been observed that a
considerable section of the higher classes, whose
opinions have hitherto been hesitating, have frankly
rallied to the government cause.

THE TWO BICILIES.

The BSafsta, of Turin, of the 12th, states from
Naples that upward. of 400 persons implicated in a
conspiracy have been arrested there in a single
night. It adds that the Neapolitan police have been
led to the discovery of this conspiracy, not by any
revelations of Captain Piescane of the Cagliari, but by
Marmini's article. in the Italia e Popolo of Genoa.

(room ors owx

NAPLES, Nov. 10.

Will any more decided effort be made to procure
the release of our fellow-subjects from prison than
has 'heady been made, or at least to procure them
an interview with their consul? Time after time
have applications been made with this object by our
energetic actingeonsul, Mr. Barber, without effect,
until discourtesy has arrived at its climax in the re-
fusal to grant such a permission, even after the
formal demand of Lord Clarendon. In a former
letter I told you that such a lethal was pronounced
to be illegal by high authority ; since then I have
obtained the opinion of three of the most eminent
advocates of Naples, and it amounts to this, that the
law does not permit the accused to see his advocate
until after the cause has been drawn up and placed
in the hands of the public officer for trial ; in legal
terms, until It has been deposited in the Cancelleria.
This is the only express prohibition which
is offered by the law to the communication of
the prisoner with persona beyond his place of confine-
ment. As regards relatives, Mends, or representa-
tives, not a word is said ; and it is to be assumed
from such silence that with them all intercourse may
be permitted. The case standing thus as a
subject of this government, it appears to inereffti,sas
regards the subject of any other government, it
would have tenfold force on the grounds of humanity
to the individual, and courtesy to his government,
yet in the instance of our countrymen all such claims
have been ignored, and not a single friend—not even
their concur—has been permitted to approach them.
That one of them had been ill, and had been bled, I
know from an answer that was returned by the
prison authorities; that one has been, if not mad, at
least bordering on a state of distraction, has been
generally reported, and was so asserted by a police
authority to a friend of mine this last week.

I understand that up to the present moment only
the captain of the Cagliari has been permitted tone
his advocate, and that the latter a few days since
was refused an interview because the Attorney-
General was not in Salerno. The police are trying
to make out that in that city there are two English-
men who are making great efforts to see the captain.
The impression is, that they have a mission so to do,
and perhaps the inference of these " savans" is that
our government has something which it wishes to
conceaL

His Majesty is still a close prisoner at Gaeta, and
his ministers, or directors rather, go from Naples
once or twice a week, to register his commands.

There has been a project long entertained here of
forming a naval port in the Late Avernus. In the
time of the Emperor Augusta' a similar attempt was
made, the Lakin Luerinna and Avernus were united,
and a passage opened to the ma, near the harbour
called the Nrtrui Julius. Theban& however, gradually
choked it up, and it fell into disuse. In 1538, the
Lake Lucrums was destroyed by an earthquake;
still Avernus remains, and if modern mance can
overcome natural difficulties, would form a very large
harbour. Mr. Guppy leas the contract given to him,
I hear, and the terms agreed on for making the canal
are 600,000 ducats, and extra payment for making
extra work.

The Cardinal Archbishop of Naples, Rivano Sfoza,
and the Archbishop of Capri,Cardinal Cosenza, leave
Naples for Rome next Friday. I am not in the
secret of the object of their visit, but many will have
it that it is connected with French demands oa the
Papal court.
Exchange on London, 546 ; Five per Ceuta., 114.