The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-05 00:00:00

TO COUNT NISSILETF, TN PART&

fit. Petersburg, Jan. 20.
' I have the honour to transmit to your excellency a copy
of • despatch of M. Thouvenel to the Duke de Montebello
and which. the letter communicated to ns by order of his
government. It relates to the military occupation in Syria.
The term fixed for its duration by tie:convention of the sth
September, 1860, having nearly expired, the French govern-
meat proposes the meeting of • conh mice to decide on the
maintenance or the recall of oar triops. We are ready to
' agree to that proposition, and your excellency is authorised
by the Emperor to take part in the deliberations of such a
conference. As to the attitude whi ii you are to assume,
you already know by my despatch to l'rince Lobaoov, of
which I send yon a copy, the opinion of the imperial
cabinet on the opportuneness and the dangers of the with-
drawal of the French troupe at t:ie present time. The
military occupation of Syria is the result of a delegation
conferred by Europe on Franco, and accepted by that power
with the object of effecting an urgent work of humanity,
justice, and peace. The conference might, from an idea of
moderation, eventually assign a limit ; but any miniskirts
on this subject must, in our opinion, be subordinate
to the realisation of the osaential object for which it was
undertaken. Now, that object is far from having been as
yet attained. Syria not only appears to us not to be in •
state to render occupation by the French troops useless,
and their recall derirable, but we think that the salutary
results hitherto produced have been principally owing to
the presence of the French force ; and that the acts of jus-
tice and repression which they hat e supported would become
an excitement to fresh iota of vengeance if they were pre-
maturely to quit the country. The peace of those countries,
the dignity of Europe, and the military honour of Europe,
would be equally compromised if considerations of a compa-
ratively secondary nature were to prematurely put an end
to an occupation which in our opinion had better not have
been undertaken than now left Incomplete. You are there-
fore requested to act in this se. se, and should it be pro-
posed by the conference even to increase the force, you will
agree to it.—Arrept, &c., GOWTM:11.11:0FE.

The Count de Persigny has authorised the pub-
lication of two new daily papa., in Paris. thus is to be
called Le Temps,aod lath be edited by M. Neptzer, formerly
of the Prase; and the second, to be callud La Francs
Literate, is to be edited by M. Bonnet.
THE STUDY OF THE Elk.)Ltsli LANI;UNIE.—And
what is to be said of onr speechmakers Professional
orators set aside, what lamentable exhibitions are made on
our platforms nod hustine at our public dinners and wed-
ding breakfast.. Nominativea in vain search of missing
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laid down, from which no conclusions mere drawn ; condo-
Mims, with most vehement "tberefores," drawn from
imaginary premises. &eh speeches owe much to the mercy
and talent of reporters, who could bring order out of chaos,
andr" ::atakorthoeurEntmgliinsibnglanin-
priewalttyl."—(Lecture at the Royal
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Institution by the Ray. A. J. D. D'Oney, of Cambrid)
A branch of the Wilta and Dorset Bank has en
opened at Andover, in ccasequence of Mr. Heath having
given up banking business in that town.