The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS•

(11011 OUR OWN COBRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRtDAT EVENING.
All doubts about Maximilian being now on his
way to Europe are set at rest, although it does
seem proved that Marshal Bazaine's threats or re-
monstrances prevented him from embarking so
soon as he intended. The news of his departure
was only a few days premature. The French go-
vernment knew long ago what his resolution was
and the Patrie, which two days since indulged in a
jovial laugh at the arrival of the Seine at South-
ampton without Maximilian, and insinuated that
aft the news of his intention to leave the country
was fabricated by revolutionary journalists, will
have had but a very short-lived triumph. That
highly conservative organ La France says this

evening :
We know from a certain source that the last despatch
received in Europe from the Emperor Maximilian came by
way of New York, from which city it was dated Nov. 23.
It must have been sent from Vera Cruz or Orizaba to New
Orleans by a steamer on the 16th or 18th. By this
despatch the Emperor desired the Empress Char-
lotte's physicians to meet him at a port in the
Mediterranean after the 15th of December. At
the date of this despatch, therefore, Maximilian wag
thoroughly decided to leave Mexico. We have reason to
know that he ordered no more letters to be addressed to
him in Mexico, and that this order has not been counter-
manded.
The Memorial Diplomatique, the special organ of
the Mexican empire in Europe, states, in its edition
at this moment in the press, that the exact date
of the despatch by which Maximilian ordered pre
parations to be made for his reception at Miramar
was " Orizaba, Oct. 22." The Memorial at the same
time scornfully repels the reports that any
part of the large sums of specie recently remitted
to Europe from Mexico are waifs and strays se-
cured by Maximilian from the wreck of his empire.
This money, it alleges, is the property of rich
people who are alarmed at the imminent pros-
pect of the withdrawal of the French troops.
Count de Bombelles, a chamberlain in Maxiini-
hail's household, has arrived in Paris from
Miramar to be on the look-out for his arrival in
Europe.
Mr. William Cullen Bryant, one of the most
celebrated poets in the United States and the
present editor of the New York Evening Post, is
now in Paris.
The Prince of Wales only paid a flying visit to
Paris. He was received by Earl Cowley on his
arrival yesterday evening and con'lucted to the
Hotel Bristol, where he passed the night. His
royal highness and suite were off this morning.
All the stories of grand preparations for his re-
ception at Compiegne were fables.
The Bourse was dull during the greater part of
the day, but exhibited some firmness at the close,
when the quotation of the Rente showed an ad-
vance of 10c. from yesterday. The latest prices
were 69fr. 75c. and 69fr. 65c. Mobilier, Credit
Foncier, and Italian closed with scarcely any
change.

THE RECENT " MIRACLE " IN FARM. - The
Monde has received a commmunicatiou from the office
of the Archbishop of Paris, stating that the publication of
the cure took place without authority, and contrary to the
ecclesiastical rules made by the Council of Paris ; and fur-
-1 thermore. that in investigating the case it was found there
was no reason to suppose that there was anything mira-
culous in the cure of the patient.
A Paris correspondent writes :—" Cloaks are to
oome back to fashion this winter. PaletOts are to be
utterly given up, and all male bipeds who respect them-
selves and the mandates of the Jockey Club we to ap-
pear draped in the ample folds of something between a
Spanish cape and the old military cloak."