The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PROW OUR OWN

PAB.IB, TIIIIIEDLY Evzionw.

The very general opinion now is that the Pattie
was imperfectly informed of the intentions of the
French government when it went in so strongly for
immediate war with America, France joining with
England as an armed mediator. The Debate makes
the following observations on the manner in which
the Afoniteur has spoken of that matter :

This calm and moderate statement of the facts appear
to as all the more worthy of attention that it contains an
indirect criticism and disavowal of the language which cer-
tain devoted journals bold on the same subject. The re-
serve of the Moniker sufficiently indicates that the French
government (and we congratulate it thereon) is in no
haste to follow the °mamas of those journals in
the adventurous course which they would fain have
it to take by making common cause with England,
and immediately recognising the Southern Confederation.
What! the negotiations are now pending; the facts
scarcely known, and the French government should take
part in the quarrel Wore the question of war or pesos is
resolved between the two cabinets interested! Truly, we
find it difficult to understand such a line of policy. We re-
commend the MRCS especially to read the political bulletin
of the Moniker, as the English journal will than find
itself to have attributed undue importance to the manifes-
toes of the Patric, when it represents them as the ewes.
dm of the views of the French government on the affair
which now occupies the attention of the English govern-
ment, and which, fur the present, concerns England only.
A Paris letter, in the Nuitrelliste of Rouen,
says:

The Emperor two days ago summoned IL Drawn de
Lbuys to Compiegne, and the invitation gave rise to • re-
port of the rettru of that statesman to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The rumour is quits unfounded, as M.
Drouyn de Lhuys was Dent for by the Emperor only to be
consulted on the subject of certain details of the American
question, of which be bad made a special study when be
was director of political affairs under M. (luizot. The dis-
cussion in the next council of ministers will, it is said, tura
on the opportunenem of • mediation by France in the
complicntions of all kinds now pending on the other aide
the Atlantic. However that may be, • report generally
credited in diplomatic circles is that Prince Napoleon has
strongly urged on the Emperor that the French government
should not depart front its neutrality even in the event of
England reoognimng the Southern Confederation.

The " devoted and independent" organs which,
as a matter of course, regard the pending Senatus
Consultum as the mightiest work of human wisdom,
insist particularly upon this merit—that in conse-
quence of the new sectional divisions of the budget
the Corps Legislatif will enjoy the privilege of
voting 66 times instead of 10. All the journals,
however, whose independence is not coupled
with " devotedness, " object that the additional
opportunities of dividing will not render the control
of the representatives of the tax-payers more
efficacious than it has hitherto been, and for this
reason—that the sections are so large that the
rejection of any one of them would be a "stoppage
of supplies," too serious to be thought of. The
Temps remarks upon the discrepancy between M.
Fould's report and the expose de. motifs just
presented to the Senate. M. Fould saw
no advantage in the sectional division of the budget,
and merely recommended it on the ground of a
government promise last session, which could not
gracefully remain unfulfilled. The ezpose des motifs,
however, lays great stress upon the sectional ar-
rangement as a substantial concession to the prin-
ciple of self-government. The Temps "greatly
fears that the concession is more apparent than
real, and will be found in practice almost illusory."
It goes on to argue very pertinently that M.
Fould's arguments point logically to a restoration
of that parliamentary regime which has been so
much tabooed by official people for the last ten
years. There can be no substantial control of the
budget by the representatives of the people unless
there is a responsible ministry, nor unless a dis-
agreement between the government and the depu-
ties on any serious question be followed either by a
change of ministers or a dissolution.
The Bourse was languid to-day. Rents fell 20c.
both for cash and account, closing at 69fr. 10c.
and 69fr. 35e. Mobilier fell 13fr. 75c., and the
Italian Luau 15c. The principal alterations in
railway shares were a fall in the following lines
Orleans, 7fr. 50c. ; Eastern, Mr. 25c. ; Lyons,
Mr. ; and Western, 2fr. 50c. Southern rose 2fr.
50c.

A committee has been appointed by government
to draw up a scheme for a thorough amendment of
the French code of commerce. There can be little
doubt that the commissioners will purpose exten-
sive changes in the present organisation of the
stockbrokers.

The Moniker publishes a report to the Emperor
from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and War, on
the subject of the indemnity paid by the Chinese
government for the fourteen persona who were the
victims of a treacherous attack made on some
French subjects, civil and military, at Yang-
Tchoon, on the 18th September, 1860, and of
whom eight were killed, and six. injured, but still
living :
The amount paid by the Chinese government was 200,000
tails, or 1,5:39,9191r., which has been apportioned as fol.
lows : To the widow of Colonel Grandchamps, 125,000 fr.,
and to tour other relatives of the decemed, 12,500 fr. each,
mating 175,000(r.; to the brother of Victor lltibut, sub•
military intendant, 160,000 fr.; to the brother of J. Adwr,
*Seer attached to the military hospital*, 130,000 fr.; to the
Mint, mother, sad sister of the Abbe Deltic, a Jena ails-

sionary, 140,000 fr.; to the father, mother, brother, and two
sisters of J. A. 'Banquet, hospital attendant, 100,000 fr.; to
the father, mother, brother, and two sisters of N. Bonichot,
a private in the waggon train, 100,000 fr.; to the aunt of
L. Fanrien, a private in the 102nd Regiment, 40,000(r.;
and to the mother, brother, and two sisters of P. Onzouf,
a private in the Foot Choosers, 100,000 fr. The following
are the sums awarded to those who are still living :—To
d'Escayrac as ',suture, charged with a scientific mission,
100,000 fr.; L. F. Bachelet, private in the 101st Regiment,
90,000(r.; C. Roger, private in the African Chaiseure,
90,000 fr.; J. Oinestet, private in the waggon train, 90,0002 r.;
J. Petit, do., 100,811 fr. (this man received four wounds in
defending himself ), and F. Novalm, private in the ism
regiment, 90,030 fr.
All these sums are to be paid with interest, and
without any deduction for legal or other dues.
The extraordinary luck of private soldiers getting
as much as 4,0001. and upwards will excite
astonishment in England, and the rapidity with
which the claims are paid may advantageously be
regarded as an example.
The Bishop of Nimes—jealous, probably, of the
fame acquired by his brother of Poictiera by call-
ing the Emperor Barabbsa—preached a sermon the
other day, in which he compared M. Rouland, the
Minister of Public Instruction, to the "reptile who
bit Et. Paul in the Isle of Malta !"

INDIA.

The overland mail has brought intelligence from
Bombay to the 12th of November, and from Cal-
cutta to the 3rd.

Lord Canning will signalise the last month of his
administration by conceding a fixed assessment of
the land revenue in the North West Provinces. He
has decided the question of the seat of government
there in favour of Allahabad, and has sanctioned
the erection of buildings for government office:..
The proclamation calling into existence the
Bengal Council has been sent to England fur ap-
proval, as provided for in the act. On the return
of the Viceroy from Al ababad and Lucknow a
proclamation will be issued dissolving the late
legislative and creating the Imperial Bombay and
Madras Legislatures, though these bodies will not
meet till next year. . . .

Cholera was- still raging in Cahoot, though not
so violently. The victims of the disease were said
to be fifty daily. The general health of India, and
in particular of the town and island of Bombay,
was good. The harvest waa progressing favour-
ably.
The rest of the news by this mail was comprised
in the telegram we published yesterday.

A correspondent of the • Manchester Guardian
writes :—" I am told (and the authority of Lieutenant Wil-
liams, the officer in charge of the mails aboanl the
Treat, is quoted for the story), that the captain of the
Doted privateer Sumter (or perhaps rather the captain of
the Jefferson Davis) was a passenger in the English
steamer when abs was overhauled by the San Jacinto,
and that he smoked his cigar very quietly among the crowd,
while the capture was going on. 1 do not know if he had
changed his name for the voyage, or he would have cer-
tainly been carried off had the captain produced his list of
passengers at the request of Lieutenant Fairfax. The cap-
ture of this famous privatersman would have been almost
as much a subject of exultation in the North as that of the
Southern envoys."

Advices from Christiania, Norway, dated the
12th ult., mention that in the previous week the new &or-
Hammer line of railway was partially opened for pimengers
and goods traffic to ammo. This is one of the feeders
to the trunk line, though the smaller of the two, as it is
only 21 miles in length. It will not be formally opened
till the sprang, as all the statical are not yet reedy. The
Hongsvinger line, which is above 60 miles, may be also
partially opened, but it will not be finally completed before
neat summer. Meanwhile, it is mid the trunk line is
steadily developing the resources of the districts within its
influence. The new traffic year has commenced under
favourable circumstances, and the receipts show an in-
@WO on the eight weeks of nearly 12,000 dollars on the
corresponding period of Lust year.
A Paris correspondent of the Brussels hid -
pendance states that an urgent request has been sent by
the ex-Queen, Marie Amelia, to the two Orleans princes
serving in the Federal army, to return as quickly as possi-
ble to Claremont. " Without taking into consideration,"
lays the writer, " the possibility of France becoming in-
volved in the antagonism between England and the United
States, it will be understood that these yours princes could
scarcely expose themselves to serve under a flag which he.
already almost become hostile to England."

DEATH OF Hen MAJITTFY9B CONSUL AT CAIRO.—
We have to record the death al Frederick Henry Crowe,
Bag., recently appointed to be her Majesty's consul at
Cairo, which occurred at his father's house, near Devine,
on the 2nd inst., after a fortnight's illness, at the early age
of 34 years. The deceased was acting vice.oonsul at Tripoli
in 1846 and 1847, and at Beppu in 1848. He was pro•
mated to the rank of vice-consul 27th of January, 1141,
and appointed to Sum ; and in December, 1856, was trans-
ferred to Beograd, Tripoli.
SMITHFIELD CLCB CATTLE SHOW.—Yesterilay
afternoon, at three o'clock, being the last hour at which.
under the regulations of the Smithfield Club, any specimens
of agricultural implements intended for exhibition at the
ensuing cattle show, could be permitted to be received, the
vicinity of the Baker-street Bazaar, at which the show is
about to be held for the last time, was completely blockaded
by the carts, vans, Ste., arriving in rapi.l ruccessiou with
machinery. &vend of the working and locomotive spe-
cimens also arrived, propelled by their own steam, and
attracted a vast concourse of spectators. The capacity of
the galleries sad bazaar, capacious as it is, will be severely
tested this year in the implement department, as space has
been allotted for 967 stands, which is 100 more than last
year, or on any previous occasion. The cattle and other
stock, the reception of which is entrusted under direction
of the stewards and Mr. R T. B. Gibbs, the hon. secretary
of the club, to Mr. Jemmeitt, jun., will commence erre.
Mg this day (Friday), and by the rules of the
Club no specimen will be admitted to the show-yard after
ten o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) night. The Prince Con-
sort and the Prince of Wales are both expected to visit
the show this year, and as the Prince of Wales will for
the first time become himself a competitor, mom than
ordinary interest will attach to this year's exhibition. It
is understood also that some of the stupendous cattle
from the Florentine exhibition have already arrived in
Loedon and will form a part of this year's show. The
Club prizes have this year been considerably augmented,
and amount in the aggregate to nearly 1,400/., which to
doubt will account for the increased 'number of entries.
The arrangements are that the judges will examine the
stock and make the awards of the prizes during the day
ou Monday, on the evening of which day the private view
for the press, the members of the club, kc., will take
place. The show will open to the public on Tuesday
morning and continue open from 8 in the morning till 9
in the evening of that and three following days, when it will
finally clew.
lit RSI IliOnAW • CATTLE AND PouLTRV SHOW.—
The annual meeting of the subscribers was held at the Hen
and Chickens Hotel yesterday (Thursday) at noon, the
Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth, president, in the
chair. The first business was the election of president for
the ensuing year; and, on the motion of C. M. Caldecott,
Fag., seconded by Sir John Radcliff, the Right lion. the
Earl of Aylerford was elected president for the mein,
year. Thanks were afterwards voted to the noble preW
dent and the other noblemen and gentlemen who bad cow
tributed extra prizes ; and to Mr. John Sbackel for his Der
vices as treasurer, with a request that he would cootie:a
to act in the same capacity for the ensuing year. Ti.
noble chairman announced his' intention of giving
special prize next year of a silver cup, nine
10f., for three Shropshire sbearling sheaves the
shall have been shorn before the Ist of May in 1662, sal
that shall not have been touched or trimmed except on the
face and locks. Mr. Wecenble, a Scotch exhibitor, sad'
gonad that separate classes should be opened for Scotch
cattle, and a similar suggestion was made in regard w
Shropshire ewes, both of which suggestions will receive Ilk
consideration of the council. Mr. Simpson a manufacture
of cattle condiment, attended, and presented a silver etIP
Mr. M`Conibie, as the exhibitor of the best fat cow or out
fed on the inventor's food. A vote of thanks to the cheer
man terminated the proceedings.
The bird show which Ise just been held in
Southampton is the largest ever known in England.
Every Snell& bled, excepting the cuckoo, was exhinitea
The Renewable Grantley Berkeley delivered three he
twee at the Victoria-room; where the show was held, s,
the finality et species and on the best methods of nape*
log the breeds of bird,. The show tested three day•
wards of 2,000 living birds were exhibited. Staffe4
specimens of the praine hen, hybrid fowls, and a hyboi
duck and turkey, were also in the exhibition.
THY OUTWARD MAlUL—Yesterday the Quebec
said Montreal Royal Mail steamer Jura wasdespatched iron
Liverpool for Portland with the Canadian and United Sells
mails, a number of passengers, he. Tomorrow the Brit 4
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States and North American 'tails.