The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE WAR
(non OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
I have reason to think that the Emperor
meditating war and that great divisions exl
among his advisers. I mentioned yesterday, am
confirm it to-day, that all the newspapers undi
government control have received hints
foment a war feeling. There was a great
excitement on the Boulevards and in the environs
of the Bourse this morning, in consequence of -
announcement on a big placard that M. de
GROPOIUDere'I3 evening paper, LaProw, would rn
liah a special edition at 12 o'clock. People tumbl
over each other in scrambling to get a col
of this extra number, which it was naturally
supposed must contain something important. The
buyers were " sold," for there was not a line
the extraordinary issue of the slightest interest.
The fact is that the " black man" went to the of.
of the France at the last moment, and suppressed
the paragraph, whatever it may have beet
which was to have been the feature
the extra edition. The rumour runs—and it
rumour which had a prejudicial effect upon
Bourse—that the government meant to ask
Corps Legislatif for a carte blanche to raise a 1
during the parliamentary vacation, and that, ui
advice, he had thought fit to stop the publicati4
of such a scheme. The Emperor no de
want* to be free from the check of the Cot
Legislatif to pursue his own plans. Prince Napol
is with him many times a day urging him to int,
fere at once, and representing that if he lets Austria
get ahead, the difficulties of his task will be et
mously increased. We hear of M. Nigra, the Italian
minister, being constantly at the Palace. But
Drouyn de Lhuys, according to what I am
hesitates a good deal to share the responsibility
war policy. He knows that war is most
popular in France, and that the financial crash
sulting from it would be terrible. The Emperor
will probably have his own way, and meanwhile
there are what are called tiraitlements at court.
A Florence letter of June 26 says that the eat_
p/oyts of the post and telegraph offices at Goito
have been arrested on suspicion of having fur-
nished the enemy with information as to the march
of the Italian army, and having thus contributed
to the concentration of all the Austrian forces upon
Peachiera.
At the Bourse, Bente fell 50c. for cash and 41c.
for account. Italian fell 95c., closing at 39fr. 30c.
Mobilier fell 16fr. 25c. ; the Northern Railway,
12fr. 50c.; and Orleans, Mr.

A WORD FOB WIESEADIN.—The following is an
extract from a private letter from an English resident at
Wiesbaden :—" A good deal of excitement has been caused
here by telegram/ which have appeared in the London
papers as to the state of Wiesbaden. One says, Wies-
baden is occupied by the Prussians, and most of the respect-
able inhabitants have left; another, 'Wiesbaden has been
bombarded, and is half burnt down f another, The Kur-
sad has been closed,' hc. There is not one particle of
tr ith in any one of the assertions ; they have emanated
from the hotel-keepers of Heidelberg and Baden Baden.
We have seen no troops, either friendly or inimical;
we have fewer soldiers in the town than nand, as the
Naomi cont;ngent of the Federal army has left to join the
Kalik brigade, under the command of Prince Alexander of
Hesse ; only the depot is here ; the very situation of the
town precludes the possibility of our having troops; we
are out of all danger ; an immense force is cantoned in and
about Frankfort, but they are moving on ; the Burled is
open, and well frequented ; the bands play daily two or
three ; our mails come regularly ; and, in fad, no
one would know from the expect of the piece that war was
all around us. The Kaithrische Zeitung, shamefully
enough, published the report of the town having
been burnt down. The report of the inhabitants leaving
may, have arisen from the fact that many Russians ske-
daddled on account of losing 30 to6o per cent. on exchange.
Ido not believe that one resident has left ; the duke,
duchess, and the ducal family are all here."
On the 22nd inst. the Swedish parliament was
closed by the King, to meet no more in its ancient form.
In it the four estates of the realm—nobility, clergy, citi-
zens, and pessante—were still represented by four (lige-
rent chambers, according to the mediaeval pattern of par-
liamentarian), the consent of three of them being required
to carry a bill. This old-fashioned parliament, the last of
the kind in Europe, will, in accordance with a statute
enacted in the past session, be shortly replaced by a more
modern legislature, consisting of two houses only.
In New York there are 304 churches, viz. :
Episcopalians, 60 ; Presbyterians, 66 ; Methodists, 38 ;
Catholics, 32 ; Baptista, 29 ; Jews, 24 ; Dutch Reformed,
22 ; Lutherans, 9 ; Universalists, 6 ; Congregationalists,
4 ; Friends and Unitarians, 3 each ; Miscellaneous, 22.
DEATH or Ma. RAYMOND BARCER.—We th
week bare to annouree the death of Mr. Raymond Barker,
wbe was o.ie of oldest, and up to the last year or two
one of the mo-t active of our musty msgistraka. Mr.
Bsritir was an am' neat agriculturist, sad fee a long
pei:od • lending member of the Boys/ Agricultural
Somety.—Eceks Adrerti •
THE CHOLERA IN NORTH SHIELDS.--SHIELDS,
FRIDAY NlGHT.—Another Clime of cholera has been brought
into the north-datern ports. The Olio, of London, arrived
in the Tyne to-day from Hamburg, with a seaman. Louis
Cook, in a state of oollapas from Asiatic *bolero. He was
wised last night in approaching the Reit& coed, and
died to-night. The basal authorities in theme seaports are
adopting active measures to prevent extension of the ma-
lady. The rest of the crew were healthy.