The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

DEATH OF THE EMPEROR'S PRIVATE
SECRETARY.

(mom ota ovnt 001LILESPONDECT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVECINO.

Mocquard died at half-past 7 this morning.
He was born at Bordeaux, ou November 11,
1791, and consequently was only 73, and not 75, as
has been said. He came to Paris to study law,
and in 1812 obtained the diplomatic appointment
of secretary of legation at Wurzbonrg, where
General de Montholon was minister. In the
following year he acted as chargti d'affaires. In
1813 he returned to Paris and was called to the
bar. He made himself a competent lawyer and
practised for some years with considerable
success. During the time of the restoration he
attached himself to the extreme liberal
party, and made himself remarkable by his
opposition to the Bourbons. He was en-
gaged in several famous political trials. In 1817
he was associated with Mdrilhou,Manquin,and Cam;
in the defence of the Epingle Noire conspirators ;
he was one of the counsel in 1820 for the defendants
in the affair of the Sinotription Nationale; and was
also retained in the still more famous case of the
four sergeants of Rochelle (1822). In 1826 the
precarious state of his health forced him to leave
the bar, and he lived in retirement till the revo-
lution of July. Shortly after that event he was
appointed sub-prefect at Bagneres-de-Bigorre, a
post which he held till 1839. For sonic
years previous to his resignation of that
office he had been on intimate terms with
Louis Napoleon and his family. He went
to London to join the prince in 1840, and
from that time never ceased to be a follower of his
fortunes. At the prince's suggestion he cane to
Paris and founded a journal called the Commerce,
which was devoted to the propagation of "iddes Na-
poliSoniennes." After the Boulogne conspiracy, lie
kept up continual correspondence with the prisoner
of Ham, and when the liberality of the republican
government of 1848 enabled Prince Louis Napoleon
to return to France, M. Mocquard was the most
active member of his electoral committee, of
which General Piat was the president. He
was appointed private secretary to the prince
before December 10, and after the election
of that day retained the position with the addi-
tional title of chef du Cabinet. He took a leading
part in the conception and execution of the coup
d'itat of December 2, 1851, and remained with-
out interruption to the hour of his death the Em-
peror's private secretary. Ou May 7, 1863, lie was
created a senator and a commander of the Legion
of Honour. Common rumour attributes to M.
Mocquard a considerable part in the composition
of many of the Emperor's speeches, letters, and
proclamations. It is certain that he had much
literary talent. He took au anonymous part iu
the concoction of several dramas intended to produce
a political effect upon the public mind, such as
the Tireuse des Cartes (after the affair of the little
Jew Mortara), the Massacres de .yrie, and the
Prise de Pekin. He lately published in his own
name a novel called "Jessie." It is reported that
among his MSS. is a translation of Tacitus, at which
he worked hard in leisure hours for very many
years. M. Mocquard leaves a son, who is a major
in the army.

Thu Abb4 Deguerry passed the night by M.
Mocquard's bedside, and was with him when he
breathed his last.