The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

A Paris correspondent tells the following

" It has often been • matter of wonder to me how Ger-
mans, possessed as they are with an ordinary tongue,
similar to that of other mortals, could manage to pro-
nounce their language. A curious incident has occurred,
proving at all events that this member, the chief instru-
ment of speech, most at least be in • perfectly healthy
state so as to articulate a single word of that language.
M. de Goltz, who, owing to the operation performed, has
been tongue-tied for the last three weeks, but who is now
fast recovering, wished • few days ago to break the
silence to which lie had been condemned, and, ringing
for his valet, vainly endeavoured to utter a single word
in German. All his efforts failed. It occurred to him to
try to express himself in French, and this he instantly
accomplished with as much facility as before the opera-
tion. Those details were given by Ntlaton himself."
. .

M. Bagier has been authorised by tho Minister
of the Emperor Napoleon's household and the Fine Arts
to let the Italian Theatre to M. Carvelho, for representa-
tions to be given on the nights when the Italian company
does not perform—namely, Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.

THE LATE PROTESsORIAL ELECTION AT OXTORD.
—The Rev. James E. Thorold Rogers, late professor of
political economy in the University of Oxford, has
addressed a letter to the members of convocation, in which
he refers to the recent contest for the professorial chair.
He complains that the tine raised between himself and Mr.
Bonamy Price, the successful candidate, was not confined
to a consideration of the respective claims of his rival and
himself, but was waged with different weapons. He pre-
sented himself before the university, not as a politician, but
as a teacher and writer on political economy ; but printed
slips from newspaper reports and advertisements were
widely but stealthily circulated throughout the country,
for the purpose of stirring up the passions of political par-
tisans and of awakening the religious animosities and
alarms of the electors. And these " intrigues," he says,
" were singularly successful ;" although he expresses his
belief that Mr. Price's personal supporters were as
unaware se himself of the success which would
attend those machinations. It bad also been im-
puted to him that when he was moderator, some
six years ago' be gave unfair advantage to his own
pupil' in the schools ; and this is a charge which he
denounces as • malignant falsehood. The rev, gentle-
man justifies the course he pursued in offering him-
self for re-election on the ground that as the university
had made him re-eligible he would have shown a want of
respect for memeation, and of self-rupee* also, if he
bad not sought the suffrages of its members.—Mr. Gold-
win Smith, referring to the issue of the election, =proem
his belief that the great majority of the really academical
pert el the eirostititeney, including some who are elrengly
opposed to Mr. Rogers in polities, voted for him en am-
&Weal pews* bat the elution was caroled against him
by a swamping Meanies of fay usavesidents, temight up
by the party whip through tli•pelitisil ',pained= which
was set en foot for the *Mimi el Kr. Gladstone, and
which is kept steadies foe the gamma pawn of ek►
tiosouriag and Intrigue.