The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

(MN OUR OWN 0011112$1,11DOIT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY EVCUINQ.

The address in the Senate was voted yesterday
after a short maiden speech from Marshal Forey,
in which he warmly approved of the execution by
Marshal Bazaine of the Mexican General Porfirio
Diaz, who he said was no soldier at all, but an in-
famous assassin and robber, who, to his certain
knowledge, bad ripped up women with child, and
hung the foetus round the mothers' necks, with
their own bowels. (Prolonged sensation.) He
(Marshal Forey) would certainly have hanged
Diaz if he could have got at him. As
to the prospects of the Mexican empire,
he expressed confidence in them for the reason that
he believes in God, and cannot suppose that when
God inspired the Emperor to use the sword of
France to restore order in Mexico, God will aban-
don the enterprise. This reason of Marshal Forey
is not • very statesmanlike reason for the faith that
is in him, particularly when, if report be true, he
was heard to say, on returning from his command
in Mexico, that it would take a French army fifty
years to pacify the country.
Only Cardinal Mathieu and M. Segur d'Agues-
seau voted against the address.
It is at this moment a very grave and exciting
question whether the famous Tuileries chasnut tree
of the Vingt Mars, which, according to imperialist
tradition, never fails to display a green leaf on
March 20, will not this year lose its character. I was
under the tree at 4 o'clock this afternoon (March
19), when anxious crowds with upturned heads were
scrutinising the branches. At present there are
green buds more advanced than those of any
other tree in the gardens, but nothing
like • leaf. Now, buds will not do ; there
must be • fair palpable expanded leaf to-morrow,
or the prestige will be gone, and thousands
will say that ill luck is coming on the imperial
dynasty. The north-east wind blows bitterly, and
there seems every probability of another white
frost such as we had last night. The bets are al-
together against the leaf. But if I were the Tuile-
ries gardener I know what I would do. I would,
as soon as the public are excluded from the garden
at nightfall, bivouac under the tree with • good
provision of flannel bandages and relays of hot
water ; and I would give two or three of the most
promising branches such a steam bath as to make
some of the buds burst into leaf before morning.
I shall take care to let you know to-morrow
whether the tree loses its reputation or not.
I send as an historical document not devoid of
interest an exact (translated) copy of the late Duke
de Moray's register of birth (ask de naissance). It
is as follows :
3al

it.—Birth.—ln the year 1811, on

Oct. M., at noon, before us, the mayor of the 3rd arrondine-
meet of Paris, the undersigned, acting u officer of the Etat
avil,—appeared Mr. St. Claude Martin Gard's°, doctor of
medicine, residing in Paris, Rue Montmartre, No. 137
(division of the quarter of Mail), who has declared to as
that yesterday, at 10 o'clock in the morning, there was born
in his house a child of the masculine sex, which child was

produced to us, and to whom were given the names of Charles
Augustus Louis Joseph, and which child was born of Louisa
Emilia CoraMe Fleury, the wife of Mr. Augustus John
Hyacynth Demorny, proprietor at St. Domingo, residing at
VilbrTanense, in the department of the Seine. The above
priesatations and declarations were male in the presence
of MM. Alexis Charlemagne Lamy, shoemaker, aged 42
years, residing in Paris, Roe Bnffault, No. 5, and Joseph
Manch, tailor, aged 40 years, residing in Paris, Rue des deo:
Eons, No. 3. The aforesaid declarant and the witnesses
have signed the above before us after hearing it read.
(Dooter) GARDI72I. LAMY ; MAUCH.
Cum, Ad joint.

As to whether the Madame Louisa Emilia Comilla
Fleury Demorny mentioned in the above fabricated
register was a real personage, or whether, if real,
the memoirs of the time throw any light upon the
reason why her name was borrowed, I have no in-
formation. Several of the French papers have
stated that the late duke was born "Count de
Moray," and although everyone knew that state-
ment to be untrue, some curiosity has been felt to
know where the name of De Morny came from.
1 The sertificate shows that the noble particle " De "
did not belong to it, as the name chosen to disguise
that of the royal mother was the plebeian oue of
Demorny. The christian names Charles Auguste
Joseph are those of the Count de Flahault.

CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses have been homed
foe a Cabinet Council on Wednesday next at Lord Palmer-
ston's official residence in Downing-street. Owing to the
kmm at St. Jantes's Palace the cabinet is summoned for 4
o'clock.

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THE QUITE' AND THE SOUTH LONDON INDUSTRIAL
111111BIT1011.—The Queen bar been graciously pleased to
accept the catalogue of the above exhibition, and toexprese,
through Sir Charles Phipps, to the hon. secretary, Mr.
Murphy, her Majesty's great satisfaction as the success of
the useful nedortakieg. Nearly 120,000 persons have
visited the exhibition, on payment, since the opening, and
it will be seen by reference to our advertising columns that
the closing ceremony will take place on Thursday next, at
two o'clock. Lord Palmerston bar promised to distribute
the prises at an early day.
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The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury
entertained the Earl and Countess Amherst, Lord Rings-
down, the Right Hon. General Peel. M.P., sod Lady
Alice Peel, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, MP., and
Mts. and Miss Walpole, and a select party, at dinner on
Saturday evening at their residence in Arlington-street,
Piccadilly.

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Lord Brougham, according to the last lettere re-
ceived from Cannes, is in remarkably good health. The
noble and learned lord is not expected to leave his chateau
for Paris till the close of the ensuing mouth, and will
Aare/ore not be in London before May.

Lady Palmerston having quite recovered from
bee recent indispositiou, resumed her receptions at Cam-
bridge Haase on Saturday eight, when a distinguiahed and
atuneroui company filled her ladyallip's drawing-room.

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The Morning Advertiser says :—" We are able to
state that Lady Herbert has at length gone over formally to
the char* of Rome."

The Council of the Zoological Society have
determined that all the animals wbieb die is the prdeas
at the Regent's•park shall be directed—the object being to
discover by what diseases they were killed and how their
organisation has been affected by captivity and the change
of climate.