The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS. WIDNISDAT EVIMIAO.
The manufacturers of Puy have forwarded a
handsome present of choice lace to their new Em-
press, as a specimen of their tasteful productions,
and a testimony of their devotion to the Emperor.
The Emperor and Empress yesterday visited the
manufacture of Sevres, and were well received on
their way, both going and returning. On being in-
formed of the recent death of an artist of the esta-
blishment, the Emperor gave I,ooofr. for the widow,
and mewed M. Itegnanit, the director, of his in-
terest _ _

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Congratulatory addresses to the Emperor on his
marriage appear in this morning's Moniker, from
the municipal councils of Amiens, Clermont, Bar-le-
Due, Dijon, Strasburg, Meta, Montbrison, Bordeaux,
Melon, Bt. Etienne, Arena, and Napoleon (Vendee),
as well as from. the Court of First Instance of
Nantes.

The approaching Carnival in Paris has called
forth some. very stringent regulations from the pre-
fect of police, which have been very variously re-
ceived by the Parisians. No Rerun will this year
be allowed to carry any insignia tending to ridicule
those who exercise public functions, or to wear any
ecclesiastical costume, or any other religious dress
legalised by the state; and no masks of any kind
whatsoever will be permitted in the streets between
the hours of six at night and ten in the morning.
The Minister of Public Instruction has published
some voluminous regulations, occupying more than
half the government journal of the day, in reference
to the mathematical elision during the present year.
It is officially announced to-day, that the Duke of
Puma was absent from his duchy when the French
Empire was proclaimed. On returning. to his capi-
tal, his royal highness hastened to inform M. de
°shrine, Chargé d'Affaires of France, of the receipt
of new letters, by which be was accredited to the
court of Parma, as the representative of his Majesty
the Emperor Napoleon.
A first-class medal of honour has been awarded to
Mr. John Donre, an English ',abject, resident in
Terre-Nerve, for numerous signal services rendered
to the French mercantile marine.
The Illositetw states that the appointment of the
Baron Brenier to the embassy at Constantinople is
only temporary; and that the return oft he Marquis
de Lavalette, whose services are highly appreciated,
is owing to no other cause than leave of absence
in consequence of ill health. On its restoration the
Marquis will resume those functions at the Court of
the Sultan, which the Baron Brenier merely fulfils
ad interim.

The wife of M. Bianchi, formerly editor of the
Messager du Nord, who had been expelled from
France, was arrested on Saturday last at Roubaix.
She was accompanied by a child, who carried a basket
containing six copies of • prohibited pamphlet by
Victor Hugo, and a copy of • political work by M.
&hoslcher, relative to the events of the 2nd of De-
cember. From discoveries made by the police, they
proceeded to Madame Bianchi's residence, and there
seized 3,000 copies of the proclamation of Charras,
and about a score of one of Victor Hugo's most ob-
noxious pamphlets.
A valuable coal field has been discovered in the.
Forest near Douai. Four new veins of the very
finest quality of coals have just been commenced,
and from one of them alone, with • comparatively
limited application of labour, the produce has been
1,100 hectolitres a day.
The Emperor came from St. Cloud to-day to attend
a Council of Ministers at the Tuileries. He was