The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(IRON OWN OWN

PARIS, FIIDAT KVIIIIIO.

The Monifenr has thought it worth while to deny
that there is any truth whatever in the rumours of
changes either in the men or things of the govern-
ment, and it particularly traverses the assigned
date of Oct. 14, the anniversay of the battle of
Jena. I bad already given a positive contradiction
to these fables. There remains nothing true of the
rumours which affected the Bourse yesterday,
except that Vienna Metallics are down. But that
is to be attributed to the rumours of a loau, arid
not in any way to the suspension of the "patent of
February," which is not in any invidious sense,
under the circumstances, an abolition of the
constitution or a coup tritat. The Bourse was a
good deal firmer. Rents rose 15c. for cash, and
171 c. for account, closing at 68fr. 40c., and 68fr.
470. ; Mexican rose 1 ; Mobilier, 61r. 25c.
M. Rappetti, the secretary of the commission of
wlrich Prince Napoleon is president for the pub-
lication of the correspondence of Napoleon 1.,
writes a very high and mighty letter to the
Epoque, dated from the Falai" Royal, in which he
takes that journal to task for the statement,
which he calls monstrous and presumptuous,
that the commission "re-modelled the letters of
the great captain." " Such a grave and serious ac-
cusation," he says, " tends to destroy the autho-
rity of an official publication made by the
Emperor's order; implies an attack upon the
' dignity of • commission numbering among
its members Prince Napoleon, Count Ws.
lewski, and several senators," ke.; and is "an
offence of a nature to provoke the just reprisals
of the administration and the but too legitimate
severity of justice." Contrary to M. Rappetti'e
expectation, the Epoque is not frightened by these
majestic words, and refuses to give him credit for
magnanimity in hinting that prompt retractation
and repentance mayevert condign punishment. The
Epoque maintains the "charge," as M. Rappetti
will call it, and justifies itself by no less an autho-
rity than the President of the Commission, Prince
Napoleon, who, in a report to the Emperor, pub-
lished in the hfoniteur of Oct. 13, 1864, admitted
that everything in Napoleon's letters unpleasant to
persons acting under his orders had been struck out
on the ground that Napoleon I. always thought
rather of the immediate effect to be produced by the
language he need than of pronouncing such a judg-
ment as history would register. Personalities were
only suffered to appear in oases where subsequent
events but too well justified them, and even
then names were very often left out This way of
writing history the Epoque continues to blame ;
and it very boldly and effectively rallies M.lllappetti
I upon his doctrine that government is likely to
make "reprisals" for a criticism which whether
the publication of the correspondence be an his-
torical or a political act the press has an equal right
to make.

A man with shrivelled paralysed bands appeared
the other day before the correctional police to
appeal against a conviction and a sentence to a
year's imprisonment for having picked a lady's
pocket of a watch. He had been condemned "by
default," and never beard of the accusation till he
was arrested and taken to prison. It seems that he
bad been mistaken for a namesake who remains at
large, and his innocence being established beyond
doubt he was released.

NovzL Orris Crtais.—On Wednesday night
lest, about 11 o'clock, erverel persons who were staadiss le
the Idorket-plase, Ripon, had their attention arrested by
the ery of "Tor, fox," sod too or three meo were Mee is
the set of kicking soeseth'us. Oa proceeding to the spell
it was discovered that instead of a fox they were high*,
otter, whice, sotwitlistiowliag muck 0.1-trestamat. Ma&
Aron effort fir effect aq satreme into the shop of Yr.
Thwaitea, butcher. Nines this, It tamed dove Risk
Skellgete, sad was killed opposite the Lamb sod Flag ho.
It is mappoced to have come up North street from the River
Ite length is 3 feet 6 laohaa—York Herald.