The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom OUR OWN

PARL% MONDAY EVEIGNO.

The Moniker, in its "bulletin"—which, though
not official and for the most part made up of scraps
of intelligence derived from ordinary sources, now
and then contains original information--states that
the Sardinian troops have lately occupied the town
of Melfi in the Basilicata, where "a certain num-
ber of the soldiers of Francis 11. had congre-
gated." This is news ; for it was not, I believe,
generally known that Francis 11. had any soldiers.
There has been for some time a talk of a Bourbon
rising to take place on the 24th—that is, the day
after to-morrow. The projected movement is said
to be patronised by tho courts of Rome and Vienna,
and the object of it is to create a diversion in the
south of Italy ; and, by drawing off the Italian
troops in that direction, to leave Benedek plenty of
elbow room on the Po, the Mincio, or the Adige.
Perhaps the Duke of Modena's appearance in arms at
Verona may have some connexion with this notable
scheme.

The Debate calls attention to a letter from a cor-
respondent in the corn trade, criticising the pro-
visions " otherwise excellent" of the bill for the
abolition of the eliding scale, which, with a view to
protect the French mercantile marine, proposes dif-
ferential duties between grain imported in French
and foreign bottoms. The difference is immense-
50c. per 100 kilogrammes in the one case and
lfr. 50c. in the other. This correspondent observes
that the notorious insufficiency of French shipping
is especially felt in regard to vessels capable of
making long voyages. It is only in times of extra-
ordinary scarcity that France would import grain,'
and where, he asks, are the French ships which
could fetch any considerable quantities from the
Baltic, the Black Sea, and America 1 He therefore
condemns the law as one that must necessarily be
suspended whenever France stands in need of corn.
Another clausein the bill,which makes a difference
in the duty according to the port in which the grain
may be shipped, is also censured. There
is to be • higher duty upon corn shipped at
" entrepots" than if shipped directly from
the country of production. The consequence
of this rule will be that the small French vessels
which cannot go to America or the Baltic, but
which might very well run over to England or
Belgium to get a cargo of corn, will, in given cir-
cumstances, be deprived of the only work they
could do. The Debate apprehends that the owners
of this kind of craft will not thank the government
for its "protection."
The evening papers are instructed to contradict •
report that K de Lavalette, the French Ambas-
sador at Constantinople, is about to be superseded
by M. Pichon, now minister of France in Persia.
The Bourse continues to rise. Although the
upward movement is unaccounted for by any politi-
cal news, and speculators are very doubtful whether
it can be kept up till the settlement day, more
business was done than we have seen for a very long
while. The Bente rose 25c. for cash and 20c. for
account, closing at 68fr. 55c. and 68fr. 500.
Mobilier rose sfr. Bank of France shares fell 10fr.
Railway shares were only a very little higher.
At Auxerre a priest named AbbsS Boucays has
been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for
writing au anonymous letter falsely and calum-
niously accusing a citizen of the town of being a
receiver of stolen goods. The proof against him
'wee otsuiplete, and although he denied his guilt
before the judge of instruction he was constrained
to admit it in open court.
At Sainte. an arrest warrant has been issued
against the under-master of the Boole des Freres,
one Adolphe Charbonneau, called in religion
Brother Cesarius, who is accused of practices for
which several of his brethren are now in prison.
The president of the Israelite Alliance communi-
cates to the Opinion Nationale • long account,
written by 11d. Ad. Bluth, of a fruitless journey to
Loudon, undertaken in the hope of bringing back
his sister Sophie Therese to her family. He found
her at the house of a Mr. Scoles, No. 8, Oakley-
square, London, and bad three or four inter-
views with her. He complains in bitter terms