The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, THURIWAY KVINING.

It is announced that the Duke de Persigny,
before he leaves the council-general of which he
is president, will deliver no leas than three set
speeches. It will go hard if in some or one of
these he does not ventilate some of his own poli-
tical ideas. One of these we have been lately in-
formed is that adopted by M. Henry Martin, of
the Sikh, that the Rhenish German provinces
should be formed into a separate state. The Duke
de Persigny need not be daunted by the remem-
brances that a speech of his was once visited by
the public disapprobation of the Emperor, because
Prince Napoleon, who stands infinitely nearer
to the throne, has experienced a like re-
buff, and is now more than ever in favour.
It does appear, however, that the present minis-
ters who do not take their own line of country and
scrupulously obey orders, have understood that
in regard to imperial politics this year the
motto is " least said soonest mended." M.
Rouher, the Minister of State at the council
of the Puy de Dome, confined himself to an
historical essay on the old provincial assemblies of
Auvergne, illustrative of the present attributes of
the council-general. Marshal Vaillant, minister
of the Emperor's household, in addition to some
necrological notices of deceased councillors,
merely oonratulated the council on the extended
local powers conferred by the law of July last,
and observed that in the C4te d'Or it had always
been the custom to keep expenditure within
income. None of the other ministers have said
anything important. M. Drouyn de Lhuys and
Count Walewski, who are the presidents of the
councils-general of the Aisne and the Landes, do
not go this year to preside.
The Moniker did not yesterday mention the
name of the French commissary who it was said
had been sent to Venice. It is now known to be
General Lebceuf, one of the Emperor's aides-de-
camp. His mission is to terminate the transfer,
through the Emperor, of Venetia to Maly. No
difficulty is anticipated in this operation.
The Roman legion which, under the command of
an enthusiastic French catholic, Colonel d'Argy,
has long been forming at Antibes, is about to em-
bark for Civita Vecchia, to relieve two battalions
about to return to France. It is every day
considered more certain that France will rigorously
execute the convention of September 15, and
evacuate not only Rome but Italy within little
more than three months from this time. Nothing
is now said of an evasion of the convention, at one
time thought probable, namely, the maintenance
' after the evacuation at Rome of • strong French
garrison at Civita Vecchia.
The steam transports Avignon, Gironde, and
Calvados are to sail on Monday for Mexico to
bring back French troops, and three more vessels
are completing their equipment, and will leave a
few days later for the same destination. It is
happily untrue, as rumoured a few days ago, that
these ships were to " take out troops."
" It is stated," says the Epoque, " that General
Douay, who had been spoken of as likely to have
the command of the expeditionary corps in Mexico
after the return to France of Marshal Baraine, has
applied also to be allowed to come home, and that
it is General Neigre who is to be appointed to the
chief command of the French troops in Mexico."
The Moniker publishes the following note :

Several journals have informed the public of the an.

nouneement for a sale at the Hotel dee Vents* of a letter
written, four days before her marriage, by the Empress, to
M. Borger, Prefect of the Seine, charging him to thank
the Municipal Council of Paris for the vote of • sum of
600,000 fr., destined to purchase a trousseau, and express-
ing the desire that the sum should be devoted to works of
charity. The putting up for sale of this precious auto-
graph, which bears the date of the 26th of January, 1863,
was, in effect, publicly announced in • printed catalogue,
amongst the various items of which the municipal admibis-
tr,tion was much mrprised, and at the same time happy,
to find this document. The present Prefect of the Seine,
who had reported the absence of it from amongst the oftl-
cid papers received by him on entering on hit functions, had
many times ordered a search for it, which was always
fruitless. He immediately caused it to be purchased, and
at the same time lodged a complaint in the hands of the
Procureur Imperial.

The Bourse opened heavily to-day in conse-
quence, as some say, of unfavourable reports of
the Emperor's health, though perhaps these
rumours have no other foundation than the fact
already known that he is not going to Biarritz on
Saturday. Quotations were somewhat better at
the close. The latest prices of the Rente were
691 r. 60c. for cash, and 69fr. 5i c. for account,
with a fall in each case of 10c. Italian fell 20c.,
and Credit Foncier and Mobilier Mr. each.

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WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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