The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND THE
EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

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PARIS. ToesDAy Emma.

The Emperor came from Fontainebleau last
night, and slept at the Tuileries, where the flag
indicated his presence this morning. He gave an
audience to M. de Budberg, the Russian ambas-
sador, who immediately afterwards started for
Kissengen, to meet the Emperor of Russia. The
story of the Gazate de France; that the Czar was to
be in Paris this week, was simply a canard.
The Emperor presided at a ministerial council.
Possibly some faint indications of what passed at
this council may be collected from the following
article in this evening's Pays:

Several journals have pretended that at the sitting of
to-morrow France will abandon her attitude of reserve and
propose to the Conference a plan for • compromise. These
journals are completely in error. There is no reason why
France should change her attitude and her language. She
will be to-morrow what she has bee. hitherto--•lwaya
desirous to see the effort. of the Conference lead to a
durable pesos. She will frankly, loyally support every
project which the cabinet of London may put forward with
a view to the conclusion of this pesos which is the
common object of all the neutral plenipotentiaries.
But she will not depart from the prudent line
of conduct which she has imposed upon herself
from the very commencement of the contest. We have
already had occasion to point out the immense difference
between the general coesequences which would ensue from
• too active interference of France in the affair of the
Duchies, and the limited results of an ulterior participation
of England in the struggle between Denmark and Germany.
On the day when France should sesame in the Conference
an attitude engaging her moral responsibility, her dignity
and honour might impose upon her the obligation of sustain-
ing her opinion by the force of arms. Bat then that would
be a general war, i.e., one of those terrible nutrias,
in the face of which, in these days of pro-
gress, intelligence, industry, and commerce, every
civilised nation must pause. An armed intervention
by England would not be the same thing. It might be
purely maritime. It would be • naval combat, or perhaps
only • coast blockade. Perhaps it might resolve itself into
as attack upon Trieste and Hamburg, which would not loog
resist the British navy. There would be commercial dis-
uters, considerable material loss, but nothing more. What
as we add to justify these brief explanations? We think
they suffice to explain the difference in the attitude
and language of France and England. This difference does
not imply the &lightest die/roma in their views.
It only shows • difference in the situation. There-
fore, although acting and speaking differently in the Con-
ference, their efforts are not the less united, so far as it is
possible for them to act in common, with the view of re-
establishing peace in the north of Europe.
This article is certainly very ominous. A war
between England and Germany, leaving the French
Emperor aloof and at liberty to cut in when and
how he pleased, would realise one of the dearest
wishes of his heart, and be one of the greatest
calamities which could afflict the world.

The Bourse remains heavy, with very little
change.
The famous Polish General Dembinski, who has
resided in Paris for nearly 15 years, died yesterday
at the age of 73. He was till lately extremely vi-
gorous. I met him not many weeks ago in the
Champs Elysdea, dressed in the braided blue frock
coat which be habitually wore, rolling his eagle eye,
and with little of the old man about him except his
white beard.

The consumption of horseflesh is increasing in
France; not, however, in consequence of the
preaching of certain members of the Institute, who
strive in vain to dispel the prejudice against it. No-
body in Paris (always excepting the members of the
society formed by the amateurs aforesaid) would eat
horseflesh if they knew it. But this aliment is con-
stantly consumed by the public unwittingly in the
form of Lyons and Arles sausages. A Lille journal, the
Propogatewr die Nord, says that a certain well-known
knacker lately consigned as much as 30,0001 be. to
Paris in the course of a single week. This news
confirms the old story of a sausage-maker who, being
prosecuted for adulterating his merchandise, said
that he did not use horseflesh to save himself the
cost of other meat, but because it gave a peculiar
flavour to the sausages which his customers re-
quired, and because he found by experience that
sausages made without an admixture of horseflesh
were unsaleable.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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