The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-21 00:00:00

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PARIS, TIMIDLY EVINING.
The great, the unpreoedentedly importasit debits,
on the amendment of the forty-five, was brought to
s conclusion yesterday evening at the untelaikr]
late hour of a quarter past 7. The forty-five, 60
fss
from giving Mil to IL Rouher's eloquence, a
some people predicted they would do at the Mai
moment, voted to s man for their amendmenti •
and obtained 16 recruits. The division, in an
unusually full house, showed 206 votes for the
government and 61 for the amendment. Thbl
formidable figure of 61, fails, however, to
represent the full extent of the opposition I
clamours with instance and urgency for more
liberty. Four prominent members of the left,
MM. Carnot, Gamier Pages, Jules Simon, and
Eugene Pelletan, abstained from voting for the
reason (a bad one, as I venture to think) that the
amendment of the forty-five did not go far enough.
M. de Berryer, the Count de liiiscourt, and some
others also (from different motives) abstained from
voting.
The Moniteur gives no account of the reception
on Sunday at the Tuileries of the new academician,
M. Prevost ParadoL Imperfect and apocryphal
versions are published by some of the papers. The
following, from the &inmost, is curious if true :
The Emperor said to M. Guisot that he was happy to see
him looking well, and that age had not in any way dimin-
ished the virility of hie talent. M. Gaket bowed. The Em-
peror resumed, " It seems to me, M. Guisot, that you stay
very long in the country." " aka I work, sod I take
walks." The Emperor then turning to the easemeser of M.
Ampere, said, " Monsieur Prevost Pandol, I regret that a
man of your talent is sot in the number of any Mends."
" airs, I regret it also," was the reply. "X.
Panda," resumed the Espana "we do sot agree
about Cesar, but I am pleased at the moolles-
tion that in your ' Hens am Mistake Lint-
Tensile,' published An or sir years ago, you spoke of
him In incellent terms. Our opinions were not then so
divergent on the subject as they seem to be now." M.
Paulo' made no reply. The Emperor, then agile address-
ing M. Guizot, reminded him of what %Manes said 4
Napoleon I.—" aire,—Leave us the republic of letters
and he concluded the audience by "tyku . in a vary Ann
voice, " Yes, M. Guisoi ; in all things literary there is the
most emaplete liberty of Maoism"
M. Clapiseon, one of the most popular composers
Ihr France, died suddenly yesterday at the age
68. Many of his comic operas, such as La Promise
land La Ponclionette, have been favourites for years.
H. was the author of at least five hundred pieces
ad well knovin pianoforte music. The valuable
museum at the Conservatoire of musical instru-
ments of all *gee and countries owes its origin
Clapieson, who began to form the collection when
only twenty years old.
The Tuileries chestnut tree of the Vingt Mars,
which last yesr, for the first time on record, broke
lits charter, keeps up its ancient reputation to day
All day long, groups of people, with " wide, 1
turned, wondering eyes," might be seen gazing,
not merely on the full green buds, but the expanded
leaves, which contrasted with the yet wintry
aspect of the common herd of trees in the sur-
rounding grove. On this day, as anssoissoed,
Prince Napoleon's "Diomede Villa," in the Avenu'
Montaigne, with the furniture, was put up for sale.
The property was divided into four lots. The pur-
chaser of the whole is Count de Quinsonas,
pays altogether the sum of 1,110,100 francs,
46,0041. That is a respectable sum for a " fol
which was, in fact, nothing more than a free
easy smoking and supper room for the prince .
his bachelor days.
Although Consols fell the Bourse recovered
in great measure from yesterday's panic. Bent
rose 250. both for cash and account, closing
68fr. 65c. and 681 r. 670. Mobilier rose 15fr.,
Italian 40c. The money articles of the evening
papers speak of the fall of M. de Bismarck
likely to be the happy solution of the German
difficulty.