The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-22 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. TIEURSDAT EMIIIING.

The result of the first meeting of the conference
on the affairs of Syria is thus stated by the Coasts-
tutionnel :

After ► abort deliberation, the proposition for prolonging
the European occupation of S)ria was admitted in prin-
ciple. As to its duration, the commissioners have to wait
fur the instructions of their respective governments, and
consequently it is not expectod that another meeting will
be held until nest week.

The above is probably an unfair way of stating
what I believe to be the fact, that the only pro-
longation agreed upon "in principle" was a very
short one necessitated by the state of the weather,
which would make it extremely difficult for the
French troops to come away just now. I hear that
the renewed period for the occupation agreed upon
ml referendum is three months instead of six weeks,
which bad been spoken of. If this be so, and if
the French undertake bona fide to clear out within
three months, I look upon the result as a great
victory for English policy. Nothing but the great-
est firmness on the part of Lord John Russell
would have frustrated the settled design to make
the occupation permanent.
In corroboration of my statement yesterday that
the diplomatic relations between France and Rome
Were worse than ever, I may now mention an
accredited rumour of the recall of the Duke de
Grammont by way of an answer to the alight im-
plied by the prolonged absence from Paris of
Monaignore Sacconi. In that hypothesis, K Dela-
cour would be sent to Rome on a temporary mis-
sion without any official title.
It is said that General de Goyon complains that
he cannot get so much as a civil answer from the
papal authorities when he has occasion to apply to
them in the ordinary course of his duties. There
does not, however, seem to be any near prospect
lof the evacuation of Rome by the French ; on the
contrary, I hear that the commissariat there has
just been ordered to prepare 6,000 additional beds.
The proverb, beret is liters keret is eortice,
should especially be borne in mind by the govern-
ment journals which servilely advocate a literal
construction of the Guerronniere pamphlet. The
Presse says on this subject :

Th. Pair* and Comtiestionnel make great, but we are
bound to any, useless efforts, to extenuate the importance
which people of all claims attach to M. de la Gueronnire's
pamphlet. Every day public opinion on this subject is
more and more distinctly pronounced, and all Europe
obstinately persists in considering the pamphlet as the pre-
cursor of the downfall of the Pope's temporal power.

The Bourse continues to be very dull, with a
falling market. The Bente fell 15c. for cash, and
20c. for account, closing at the lowest prices of the
day, 67fr. 95c. and 67fr. 90c. Mobilier suffered
the further decline of 12fr. 50e., and closed at
662 fr. 50c., being a fall of 25fr. in two days. The

run upon this establishment continues. The Caisse
Mires fell 21fr., and is now down at 120 fr., against
205/r., which was the quotation immediately before
Mires' arrest. The " Ports of Marseilles" fell 40fr.
The Orleans and Eastern railways fell Ur. each,
Ncrthern and Southern 3fr. 75c. each, and Lyons
and Western, lfr. 25c. The Beziers and Grid/mess=
Railway, which has been an especial hotbed of jobbery
from the beginning, fell 221 r. 50c., in consequence
of the company having been made bankrupts.
The Princess de Polignac, Mires' daughter, who
is far advanced in pregnancy, was with her father
at the moment of his arrest, and it was feared that
the shuck had done her serious injury. She, how-
ever, bore up wonderfully, and within the last two
days has paid many visits on her father's behalf.
She obtained an interview with him at Maras, but
only in the presence of witnesses, M. Mires being
en secret.

Some idea may be fanned of the effect likely to
be produced in Constantinople when the news of