The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WZDIRSDAY EVENING.

M. Lambert (a Frenchman by birth) has been
received by the Emperor in his character of envoy
from the King of Madagascar, and has now gone
to London. It is said that the Emperor has not
made him any formal or positive answer to his
demand for a French protectorate of Madagascar.
There is much talk in court circles of an extra-
ordinary scene which occurred three or four nights
ago at a brilliant acids given by the Princess
Mathilde, at which the Emperor and Empress, the
corps diplomatiquc, and several distinguished
foreigners, including two aides-de-camp of the Em-
peror of Russia, were present. In the course of
the evening the Emperor, Count Walewski,
Count de Morny, and Count de Per-
signy formed a separate group of four, and
were engaged in earnest conversation. At length
some of the party talked so loud that there
was a general whisper of "hush !" throughout the
salons, and Count Walewski was distinctly heard
to reproach Count de Persigny for having arrested
a great many people without having taken the
Emperor's pleasure on the subject. Count de
Persigny replied, with much animation, that he
had only fulfilled his duty conscientiously, that
the matter was urgent, that he did not think it
necessary to fatigue the Emperor with details of
arrests which were necessary, and that moreover
he took upon himself the full responsibility for
everything that had been done, and that in this
affair, as in every other, he was actuated by the
sole consideration of his devotedness to the
dynasty. While this dispute was going on
the Emperor, as his custom is, looked on
with inscrutable countenance, and said nothing.
The rumours of a ministerial modification
prevalent at the Bourse a day or two since,
are probably traceable to the scene above described.
The public continue to be as ignorant as ever as to
the cause or pretext for the wholesale arrests which
have been made. K Ganesco is still in custody,
and, moreover, au secret. •
K Jules Fevre, as batonnier of the Order of
Advocates, has instructed several counsel to be
ready to defend the political prisoners, and to
hasten on their examination, so as to spare them
unnecessary imprisonment as much as possible.
The Bourse has been decidedly bad. The Rents
fell 20c. for cash and 40c. for account, closing at
the lowest prices of the day, 69fr. 1350. and 69fr. 60c.
Mobilier fell 12fr. 50c. The Italian Loan was
particularly heavy, and fell 60c. Railway% with
the exception of a fall of Bfr. 75c. in Southern, re-
main with little alteration.

There are Mill rumours of a ministerial crisis,
and a tart phrase of M. Jules Favre's, that M.
Fould's conversion was a success d'estime, meaning
that it was a well-intentional failure, is much
talked of.

IL Lavalette, the new French Ambassador at
Rome, has obtained from the Pope the release of a
Corsican monk, who has lain three years in the
Corneto prison for no more heinous offence than
writing a pamphlet against the forced celibacy of
priests.
The Poles in Paris lately conceived the idea of
making a national demonstration in front of the
Russian embassy in the Faubourg St. Honord.
The government, getting wind of the project, had
'as many as fifty Poles arrested, and sent in their
names to Count Paul de Kisseletr, together with all
the information which the police had obtained
about them. Most of these prisoners were speedily
released, with a caution to be more circumspect in
future ; but I believe three or four still remain in
custody.
Baron James Rothschild has gone to Frankfort,
to be present at the wedding of his fourth son
Solomon, who marries a granddaughter of Meyer
Angeline Rothschild. This is the seventh or eighth
marriage between near ootwins in the great
Israelitish