The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-14 00:00:00

APPREHENSIONS OF WAR.

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PARIS, FRIDAY Emma.

The Bourse, instead of (as in ordinary times)
being dismissed in two or three matter-of-course
lines at the end of my Paris letter, again forces
itself upon attention as the leading subject of the
day. So far from there being any reaction from
the heavy falls of the last few days, every kind of
security is further depreciated in spite of many
purchases by the "bears" to realise large profits.
Rente fell 50c. for cash and 60c. for account, closing
at 66fr. 40c. and 66fr. 15c. The Italian Loan fell
35c. ; Mobilier, 7fr. 50c. ; Credit Foncier, 15fr. ;
and Comptoir d'Escompte, 30fr. Most of the rail-
ways left off 10fr. lower.
In the Corps Legislatif yesterday, the heavy
debates on the Merchant Service Bill were
invaded most unexpectedly by the preva-
lent apprehension that a great war is brew-
ing to which France is privy. On the usual
motion to confirm the minutes of the last sitting,
M. Haentjens objected that Moniteur's report had
insufficiently noticed the applause which greeted
M. Gamier Pages when he stigmatised the adven-
turous policy of M. de Bismarck. The assent of
the Chamber to this correction is significant at the
present moment. No doubt the vast majority of
the Chamber is opposed to war ; but when the
time comes, its opinion will be held of small ac-
count, more especially as the moment the French
flag is committed, it will say that all that has been
done is well done.

The resignations of M. Dronyn de Lhuys and
M. Fould are talked of this evening. Such an
event would undoubtedly be a war symptom.
" It is rumoured," says the Gazette de France,
"but we do not guarantee the correctness of the ru-
mour, that two French officers of rank have
been sent abroad by the Emperor—Colonel Merlin
to Vienna and Colonel Schmidt to Florence. What
is their mission we do not hear."

The Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial
will probably leave Paris for their tour in the pro-
vihces on the Ist or 2nd of May. They are ex-
pected at Auxerre on May 3, at Macon on the
next day, and at Lyons on the sth or 6th.

I understand that the Minister of the Interior
has sent a confidential circular to the prefects, re-
commending them to discourage as much as pos-
sible emigration to the United States. The French
government thinks it undesirable that large num-
bers of Frenchmen should become infected with
the republican virus on the other aide of the At-
lantic, and thinks it time to look ahead and pre-
vent the growth of a colony of French Fenians.
Judgment was given this morning in the case
of M. Sax, the brass instrument maker, against
Mdlle. Marie Saxe, the opera singer. The plain-
tiff contended that her real name being Same she
had no right to spell it with an x, even though
adding an " e," final, and that her doing so was to
a certain extent a usurpation of his reputation.
The court adopted this view, and issued an injunc-
tion restraining the lady from using the name of
Saxe, but being of opinion that M. Sax had
suffered no prejudice it refused to award damages.

" There is s curious rumour here," says a letter
from fit. Petersburg, " that the project of marrying the
Csarewitch to the Princess Degmar of Denmark has now
been abandoned. The young Prince is said to have ore-
ceived ► violent attachment for the young Princess lilies:-
eureka, the daughter of the celebrated Rued= poet-
priest Silas."