The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(1,11011 oun OWN CORIUMPONDECT.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

There is much talk to-day of the infusion of a
great deal of new blood into the ministry. M.
Cucheval Charigny says in the Presse that the dissatis-
faction in the country, which he admits prevailed
momentarily after January 19, arose from the
fact that most of the old ministers remained in
office. The public hesitated to believe in the
sincerity of newly-professed principles so long as
the carrying out of them was not confided
to new men. The Presse does not hesi-
tate to characterise the men whom the
Emperor selected as his servants sixteen
years ago because they belonged to the party of
order and rallied to Napoleoniam, as now old
fogies who have played their game out. The Presse
proclaims the Emperor as the " head of the liberal
party ;" and if the men who but yesterday opposed
all that the Emperor now concedes cannot bring
themselves frankly to accept the responsibility of
the ideas of a new generation, which they can
hardly be expected to do, they must make way for
younger statesmen untrammelled by antecedents
such as theirs.
I continue to believe that the cause of reform is
in a very hopeful state, but I am told that the
Emperor has given up the idea of making a second
manifesto in the Moniteltr, and will hold in reserve
for his speech of Feb. 14 a series of announcements
which to a large portion of the public will be agree-
able surprises.

The Bourse was firm and more animated than
for some time past. The highest quotations of the
day were, however, not sustained, and Rente,
after marking 69fr. 55c., closed at 69fr. 45c. for
cash and 69fr. 41k. for account, with a rise of sc.
in each case. Rente has now about regained the
point from which the fall commenced three weeks
ago ; and the state of speculative account is likely
to lead to a great struggle to bring quotations de-
cidedly higher or lower. Mobilier rose I lfr. 25c. ;
and Comptoir d'Escompte, 7fr. 50c. ; Credit Fon_
cier fell 2fr. 50c. ; and Italian, sc.

A letter dated Jan. 31, from Madrid, in the
Literie, says :—" Three condemned prisoners have been
executed to-day. A fourth committed suicide in prison to
avoid witnessing the death of his accomplices. The sen-
tence was pronounced by a military court, the men having
resisted the civic guard. There is such secrecy in the pro-
ceedings here that it was only a few hours before the
execution that the Administration of Justice received
notice to send the executioner. As was the case yesterday,
a compact crowd thronged the place of punishment."
Mr. F. Pulaky, writing front Pesth to the New
York Tribe, ar, says :—" Baron Beust has been at Teeth to
make the acquaintance of the leading men of the Hunga-
rian Diet. He paid visits to and met Counts Apponyi and
Sneceen, Baron Selmer, Count Andrassy, Baron Eotviis,
Messrs. Lonyay and Sonuisich, and principally that wise,
eloquent old man, Desk ; but it does not seem that he
could have felt happy among the.n. lie saw that
they were men not so easily to be trifled with
as the Austrian members, and gave up all
hopes of coming to terms with them without a pressure.
That pressure is to be exercised by the Austrian par-
liament, which is to be called together on the 25th
of February, but which, instead of coercing the Hun-
garians, will probably throw out the present ministers.
Some Hungarian exiles have got permission to return to
their country, among them Bishop Michael Horvath, the
historian, but no generalamnesty is given or will be given.
The system of half measures is still paramount at Vienna,
and it is exactly that system which ruins empires. With-
out the rule of complete liberty, nobody can save the
Austrian monarchy. We thought Bengt understood that
truism, but it seems he, too, is caught in the meshes of the
traditional policy of Austria."
THE BOMBAY MAIL.—MA RAFILLES, Fen. 5.
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