The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PEON 00/ OWN 001ULLSPONDINT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Libcrei mentions two rumours iisha;ing
circulated at the Bourse. First, that Prussia had
consented to the cession of Luxembourg to France ;
and second, that an understanding had been come
to between France and England to protect Holland
against any attempt to annex Luxembourg to
Prussia. I should feel it difficult to say which of
these stories is the most unlikely. From all I
hear of the disposition of M.deßismarck, he would
put the whole army of Germany in motion rather
than let Franco have Luxembourg ; and it would
be quite contrary to the non-intervention policy of
England to propound any cams belli on the Luxem-
bourg question.

General Fleury did not leave Paris yesterday
for Berlin. The Patric is authorised to contradict
the news that he has a mission to Vienna. But it
would seem to be absolutely necessary that the
Emperor's Grand Ecuyer should be sent some-
where ; for the Temps says he is going " with a
numerous suite " to Perth, to represent Napoleon
111. at the coronation of the Emperor of Austria as
King of Hungary.

The bureaux of the Corps Legislatif met to-day
to elect a committee to report upon the organisa
tiou of the army bill. It was rumoured in the
Salle des Pan Perdus that they intended to exclude
all officers from the committee. This shows how
strong the feeling is against the measure. A mem-
ber of the majority—M. du lliral—has just dis-
tributed to his colleagues a lithographed pamphlet,
entitled " A Counter Project in the Army and
Mobile National Guard."

The Bourse to-day was the counterpart of that
of yesterday, and the fall was very nearly regained.
The Frnute, taking notice of the various alarming
rumours which were current, denounces them in a
lump as false. Rente rose 40c. for cash and 274 c.
for account, closing at 69fr. and 68fr. 871 c. ; Mobilier
rose llfr. 23c. ; Credit Foncier, ifr. 30c. ; Comptoir
d'Eaoompte, sfr. ; and Italian, 10c. The railways,
however, so far from recovering from yesterday's
shock, fell 2fr. or 3fr. more.

CAPSIZING OF A BOAT AND LOSS OF LIFE
NEAR SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE.

Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy coroner, held an
inquiry at the Schoolroom, Seething.lane, City, last
evening, relative to the upsetting of a sailing boat on the
Thames, by which four persons were immerged, and a
man named Francis Norris, aged 20 years, was drowned.
Daniel Cobb said that on Sunday, the 10th of last
month, he and three other young men went on an excur-
sion up the Thames to Putney in a sailing-boat, 12 feet
long and 24 inches deep. She haul a meat 14 feet long,
which allowed a topmast to be hoisted Hi feet in ex-
treme height, and there was also a bowsprit sail.
They got safely to their destination, and they got
half-a.pint of gin and a little beer. On the return
voyage witness went to sleep, and he must have slept
about an hour and a half. He was awoke by the cold of
the water. He found himself in the river between South-
wark-bridge and Cannon-street railway bridge. The boat
was keel up and his companions were, like himself, strug-
gling in the water. He swam to thepiles under the rail-
way bridge and saved himself. The deceased did not
know how to swim and be was drowned. The other men
saved themselves by swimming.
. . .

It appeared that the boat was capsized through the de-
ceased, who knew nothing of boating, being asked by one
of the party? who was a sailor, to hold the mainsail rope
for him, while he enjoyed a smoke. The deceased, when
directed to let go the sail and " spill the wind," when a
gust came, got nervous, and grasped the rope more firmly
than ever, and of course the boat was capsized instantly.
His body was only found last Wednesday.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accilental death."