The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

THE FRENCH JOURNALS AND THE ASSAS-
SINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
(MN cos OWN 0011111111PONDLIM
PARIS, WEDNESDAY Erman.
On sitting down to write I am overwhelmed by
the shocking news, rumoured at the Bourse and
now printed in positive terms by every evening
paper, that the good, the great, the honest Presi-
dent Lincoln is murdered. My first impression
was to consider whether by any possibility the tele-
graphic intelligence may be false. All we know
here is that on the night of April 14 Mr. Lincoln
was shot, that he died on the morning of the 15th,
and that Mr. Seward, who had also been murder-
ously attacked, was not expected to survive. It is truly
marvellous that the telegram should be so meagre.
Nevertheless when I find that Consols fell at 11
o'clock this morning, and that the sad intelligence,
after being known for several hours in London, is
not contradicted in any quarter, I dare not flatter
myself that it is untrue. I subjoin what is said on
this tremendous subject by the evening papers :
Avenir National :
The telegraph brings disastrous news which will cer-
tainly be • mum of mourning for all Europe. Presi-
dent Lincoln is murdered. The great citizen has fallen
a martyr to his cause—but his triumphant cause
The death of one citizen, however illustrious and how-
ever great, cannot compromise the destinies of a people
whom institutions are democratic and free. But If it may
be confidently said that the triumph of the people of the
United States will not be imperilled by the death of Abra-
ham Lincoln, one cannot but feel • certain degree of anxiety
at seeing removed from the political scene the man who,
with the prestige of authority, united to mottoes patriot-
ism, might have moderated the pinion' of his fellow citi-
zens, transported by eattiusiMm of victory.
Opinion Nationale:
A 'ado' painful, a frightful pima of news arrives just is
we are going to press. • •
The Temps :
We wish we could doubt the truth of this news,
hut it unfortunately opines in too unquestionable • shape.
We have no hare for the greeters of the Union nor
for American liberty. A crime sever yet saved • last
cause. But everybody most fed that the entire Union,
the South ea the North, ham been wounded by the bulls'
which has taken off this great citizen in the midst of such
reified circumstances. It is unfortunately improbable that
toe present vies-president, Kr. Johnson, will be found of
• calibre to fill the void left by the austere and firm Abra-
ham Lincoln. We will venture upon no precipitate judg-
ment. It is to be hoped, for the honour of humanity, that this
atom crime may have bees but Use week of some isolated
elastic. It would be too sad to me • lest came respond by
• martler le the megnanimity of the emmeerom At all
woe" It may be eddy affirmed that the crime is se useless
as detestable. Mr. Linda dies covered with the purest
glary that ever crowned • einternms, bat his work will me-
vim him, and the greatest of liberty's victories will not
have been pined in rein. The providentbil mimics of the
limited States does not depend upon the life of any one
ass ; and that liberty which created Yr. Lincoln, and
whirl be has serval, will raise up inememors worthy of
Wm.

The Pays and Pattie make no observations.
The evening Afonifeur, which appeared after the
other papers, and whose issue was I understand re-
tarded for an hour in order to see whether the
American embassy had received any'additional news

publishes the " private " twlegnsph with the follow-
ing addition
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can derive small comfort from the fact that the
French government has no official knowledge of the
facts. It gets its news continually later than pri-
vate individuals.

At the Bourse the terrible news of the day—
which, however, it must be said was doubted up to
the close of business—produced very little effect.
Rents and Mobilier closed with scarcely any varia-
tions from yesterday's prices.

EXECUTION OF LEDUC.—(TaIi DAY.)

BOULOONEBUB•YS6. TIUPBDLT.

..._._ .
Leduc, who murdered his two children lAA
November, was guillotined this morning on the
Place Impdriale.