The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PROW OUR OWN COENIOPONDINT.)

PARIS, WIMIZEIDAT Evarrso.

The fte of August 15 is now so near that a truce
to all other questions is already proclaimed. lam
more persuaded than ever that, as I have always
said, there will be no war about Poland this year ;
and I have no doubt that, as far as the influence
of the French government can prevent it, no news
of an exciting character will be allowed to tran-
spire in Paris till the fete is over. Excuses will
no doubt be made for postponing the publication
by the Moniteur of the Russian answer to the new
despatches till next week. There is to be no re-
ception of the corps diplontattque on Saturday, and,
consequently, no political speech. After a Council
of Ministers, held at St. Cloud this morning, a
message was sent to the commandants of the army
and National Guard that, in consequence of the
heat of the weather, and out of consideration
for the men, there will be no review on the
14th. This may be the true reason ; but when it
is observed that the weather, though hot, is 7 or 8
degrees cooler than it was, some people cannot help
thinking that a desire to prevent the troops from
raising the useless cry of " Vive la Pologne" has
something to do with the countermand. As I an-
ticipated would be the case, in spite of the reiterated
' assertions of the Temps, the Emperor did not go
from Pin to Cherbourg. An evening journal now
says it is "very unlikely" that be will go later in
the season. Thus fall to the ground all the rumours
of war based upon the grand naval review, which
I do believe the Emperor at the time intended to
have passed at Cherbourg.
There is to be an evening party on the 14th at
St. Cloud, which the France calls a grand ball, but
which the Patric says is only a soiree intirae (some-
thing "quite friendly ") at which a few ambassa-
dors only will be received. On Saturday, the day
of the fete, the Emperor and Empress come from
SL Cloud to the Tuileries, where at 11 o'clock
they will receive the ministers and grand function-
aries, but not the corps diplomatique. After their
reception there will be a Te Deurn in the Tuileries
chapeL M. Drouyn de Lltuys, who has quite re-
covered from his recent illness, will give a diplo-
matic dinner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on
the 15th.

The France volunteers a good deal of information,
more or less authentic, upon the subject of Mexico.
In the first place it says that although there is to
be no universal suffrage, the election of the junta
of Notables will be ratified by the six thousand
municipalities of Mexico, bodies which we are
facetiously told are " distinguished for their abso-
lute independence." The Patric asserts that there
is to be still more ratification, and that popular
meetings or prottunciamentos are to say " well done"
to the municipalities. But to return to the
France—this authority affirms that the Archduke
Maximilian accepts the throne provided for him; that
the King of the Belgians Las no objection ; that
questions of "mere form," suggested by a family
council, will be satisfactorily solved ; and that it is
" permissible to hope" that the great and legiti-
mate influence of King Leopold iu England will
remove all objections on the part of the Queen's
government. These things being so, the France
further tells us that the debt of Mexico to
France, including the costs of the military expe-
dition and the sums due to French creditors (i. e.
the famous Jecker bonds) are to be capitalised and
paid off by instalments in ten years. France will
leave a corps of occupation in the country for a
stipulated time, the said troops to be paid out of
Mexican finances. Now, to all these fine arrange-
ments I have to reiterate my strongly expressed
opinion that the archduke will not run his head
into any such hornet's nest. I think this results
pretty clearly from a telegram dated Vienna, this
day. At all events, the idea of England being a
party to any such arrangement as the France
speaks of is absurd in the extreme.
A Turin letter of August 9 says that the procla-
mation of the Archduke Maximilian as Emperor of
Mexico has produced a great sensation in Italy, and
much difference of opinion. While sonic see in the
event a step towards the realisation of a project
reported to be on foot some time ago for giving
Mexico to Austria as a compensation for Venice,
which was to be ceded to Italy, others, on the con-
trary, and these are the greater number, fear that
a close alliance has been formed between France and
Austria, which will consolidate the dominion of the
latter power in Venice. Till very lately the pre-
vailing opinion in official circles in Italy was that
the Emperor Francis Joseph was acting with
duplicity towards France ; but now ideas are much
changed, and the prospect of a war with
Russia to be undertaken by France and Austria
alone, without the concurrence of England, is con-
sidered to be not altogether chimerical. It is said
that a special cabinet council has been held to con-
sider the new situation revealed by the choice of
the Archduke Maximilian to be sovereign of
Mexico.

The grand example of the Paris elections is tell-
ing in the provinces. Government has suffered
several defeats at isolated elections for the councils-
general and councils of arrondissement, and now
in the Lyons district the regular elections for re-
placing the members of these bodies who go out by
rotation have resulted in the opposition candidate
being returned at the head of the poll in every
canton. The majorities are enormous—in some
cases as much as four to one, and iu every case
more than two to one.
The Daily News is seized.

The Prefect of Police has addressed a circular to
the commissaries of Paris, calling their attention to
the fact that, in spite of the laws and regulations
relative to game, a great number of restaurateurs
and heads of public establishments supply at
present game of various kinds to their customers.
The prefect expresses his resolution to punish that
offence with all the severity of the tribunals, and
to use the administrative powers vested in his
hands against such offenders. For that purpose he
directs the commissaries to call personally on the
principal restaurateurs and dealers in game in their
respective districts, to warn them of the instruc-
tions now received, in order that none of them may
hereafter plead ignorance of the law, after which a
rigorous surveillance is to be kept up. All the
game that may be seized is to be sent to the pre-
fecture with a special report on each seizure
effected.

A MEXICAN AMAZON.—" Among the Mexican
prisoners who have arrived in France," says the Siarle,
.` ip one particularly worthy of notice—• young Indian
female, aged 23, who was lieut.-colonel in the regiment
of Zacatecas. She has in the niece of seven years gained
all her grades at the point of the sword. When her
husband was called on to serve, she followed the army,
and having distinguished herself in battle received the
rank of sub-lieutenant. Her husband was killed in
the affair of Cued/loupe, on the sth May, 1862, and
her bravery on that occasion obtained her the rank of
aecond in command of a regiment, at the head of which she
rendered herself conspicuous iu the defence of Puebla. She
was must expert in the use of the sword, and her soldiers
almost considered her as a supernatural being. After the
surrender of Puebla, she was taken to Vera Crnr., and
arrived at Brent on hoard the Rhiale transport. Her order
for embarkation stated her rank, and gave her a right to a
seat at the table of the superior officers. She possesses •
pleasinu physiognomy, but her manners are rather mm-
online."