The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(ram OUR OWN COMILEPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVIDIIN6.

The Wats has a carefully written article on the
momentous subject of peace or war, signed by its
secretary of redaction, which is meant to be under-
stood as coming from high authority, as it probably
does. This authority I take take to be the Minis-
ter of Mate, M. Rouher, who, indirectly more pro-
bably than directly, avails himself of the oolumns
of the &bats to take the public into his confidence
and encourage the public to support his naci6c
policy against the warlike tendencies of his col-
league, Marshal Niel.
It strikes me that the arguments on the
peace side of the question are much weaker
than could be desired. There is no reason-
able connexion between the substitution of
the Chassepot rifle for the old musket and a large
augmentation of the army. lam a persistent dis-
believer in the existence of a war party at court
unless by the connivance of the Emperor. If
Marshal Niel be really such a terrible propagator
of war rumours as the Dibats represents, the Em-
peror would get some other minister of war, if it
were not his pleasure that such rumours should be
propagated.
The Cormier Francais pretends to know that at
Orleans on May 9 the Emperor will openly declare
himself for Niel against Rouher, and say that if
the Corps Legislatif will not vote the war budget
ha will appeal to the people. Ido not believe
this, because I believe that the deputies, obedient
to positive orders, will vote the war budget
demanded.

It appears from a contradiction in the Dtbats
that the announcement made by the France and
several other journals of M. Jules Fevre having
been presented to the Emperor on Sunday was
premature. Tho presentation must take place as
a matter of course, sooner or later, but M. Jules
Favre's academical senior, Father Gratry, has not
been presented yot.
At the Bourse the Rente nearly recovered from
the fall of yesterday, closingat 69fr. 421 c. and 69fr.
40c., with a rise of 12}c. and Tic. Italian rose 25c.
In other securities there was little change. The
firmness of the Rente shows that the news given
by the Conrrier Francais of the Mediterranean
fleet having been ordered to the Archipelago to
cooperate with the Turkish fleet, in the anticipa-
tion of a Greek movement, cannot be believed.

The Australian papers record a sad calamity in
the bmb. John Cinema and his wile and little girl lived
in the bush on the tipper Darling. They had suffered
much from drought. The husband went in search of
water, and when be returned he found that his wife had
become insane, and had wandered into the bush. The
lifeless body of his child was in the deserted tent.

A new pariah church has been built at Pokeawoll,
near Dorchester, at the expense of Mr. Trenohard, the
lard of the mayor.

The Dorchester papers state that the marriage
of Sir Ivor Quest, Bart., of Cauford House, in that
county, with Lady Cornelia Churchill, the daughter of the
Duke of Marlborough, is flied to inks place in London in
the third week in May.

Extensive horse breeding farms have been
established in the Cape of Good Hope far the supply of
hones to India. The export of borne to Indi► from Aus-
tralia has been checked la consequence at Australian
bones baring become deteriorated.

The foundation-atone of a new college in con-
nuke with the grammar ached at Taunton was laid last
week by Lady Taunton.

The degrees in medicine granted by the Univer-
sity of Melbourne, in Australia, are not recognised is New
Zealand.

The Judgeship of County Courts, Circuit No. 32,
meant by the death of Mr. J. T. Birch, has been ma-
tured on Mr. William Henry Cooke, Q.C. Mr. Cooke,
who is the Reoorder of Oxford. was culled to the Bar by
the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple in 1837.
The correspondent of the Post at Rome writes
" A striking instance of a purely religions vocation in its
mod austere monastic form is afforded by the withdr•whet
from the brilliant existence of a fashionable London life
alopted by the Hon. G. Lane Fox, who wow wears the
garb and adheres to the strictly penitentiary rides of a
Dominken novice fa the monastery of Beats no►ir,
voluntarily inflicting upon himself severer pomace area
than the rules of the order require of his. I understand
that this conscientious cenvert's ultimate istisatioss ere to
ashram the strictest rule' of .cowrie life, as presented
by the Oarthnidan or Treatise ordass."
ROYAL TINYIRNARY 01 EDINBURGH. Heir
Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to subscribe
25g. towards the rebullifing of the Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh.