The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-29 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. TUESDAY Britian.

The telegram from Vienna denying that Arch-
duke Maximilian was a " candidate" for the throne
of Mexico was, of course, only the echo of the
official version of the fact which I communicated on
Saturday, that there was a hitch in the negotia-
tions. The Patrie, with a knowledge of that tele-
gram, says to-night :
'Apropos of the contradictor, rumours on the subject of
Archduke Maximilian's candidature for the throne of
Mexico, we believe we know that the court of the Tuileries
doss really propose to take the initiative of such • candida-
ture, but only when the success of General Lorenoes' expe-
dition shall be assured, sod in the very probable came of
the Mexican popuistien manifesting in an unequivocal
seam their wish to be governed by a foreign prince.
Ilatil then there can only have been confidential discussions
between the powers taking part in the expedition with a
, elm to ascertain the probable disposition of Austria, whin
Mks moment shall come for making • formal proposal on
fibs subject. The telegram from Vienna, contradicting the
candidature of the Archduke Maximilian must be inter-
preted in this sense—that the Court of Vienna has not yet
been formally called upon to give • diplomatic answer on
the subject.
The suspension of the new Mexican expedition
appears only to have lasted 'long enough to give
time for a few spasmodic movements of the tele-
, graph. The Meseafer du Midi, which was one of
I the first to spread the news, now says that it is not
confirmed.
The debate on the address will not begin for
several days. The usual amount of time will be
lost in "organising the bureaux," just as if it
much signified how they were composed. There
are three or four new elections to be scrutinised,
and against one of these, that of Dr. Pamard for
Avignon, there is a petition which, notwithstand-
ing the jaunty way in which such things are gene-
rally disposed of, contains disclosures of such •
serious nature that even M. Billault's brazen face
will be hard put to it to avoid a blush when he
comes to defend them.

The Ami de let iteligioti states that when the
French embalm, in China Is re-organised, the minister will
reside at Pekin in place of at Shanghai, and will have a
ulary of 12/3,000(r. • year, and will have adjoined to him
two secretaries and five interpreter.. The Consul-General
of Shanghai is to reosiFe 50,000 fr. a year, and the four con-
suls in China 83,000 fr. each.
The liberal portion of the Berlin Chamber of
Deputies celebrated on the 24th the 150th anniversary of
the birth of Frederick the Great by • banquet, at which
about 180 members were present belonging to the constitu-
tional and progrusist partite.
We (Malta Times) learn that Mr. St. Vincent
Lloyd, formerly Vice-Consul at Sinop% afterwards at Sa-
line, and now at Poti on the coast of Circus* has been
appointed to succeed, as Consul at Syr, the late Mr.
Richard Wilkinson, whose son,Yr. Robert Wilkinson, Vice-
Consul, and lately acting Consul, has been appointed to

the Vies•Consulats of Yeti.
At the Teltro Argentina, Rome, the other day
(the Italians always show the mated boluses at the ,
theatre) one of the actors in a minor fares elmaned to utter
the following oommon•plaoe words. He played the put
of a rake on his lest legs, and in his despair cried out,
"How shall I manage to get myself into prison r Where.
upon a wag in the pit broke in—" Yon have only to cry
out Long live Victor Emmanuel!"' There wan, of
roans, a shout of applause at the tally, and the darling
national cry rang again and again in the house, to the utter
eciefnaion and discomfiture of the police.
A Montreal letter, of the 13th, saym :—" The
weather continues mild sod open, and in this vicinity there
are not six inches of wow en We ground• Kingston her•
bear was quite open last auk, sad the ferry steamer
meowed Its tripe to Caps Vincent, on the oppceite side of
the lake. So far the winter has been much like that of
1837-38."