The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-08 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WEDNVIDAY EVENING.

The Emperor goes to the Chalons Camp to.
morrow. The Empress will join him there on the
14th, and one of the reports of the evening is
that on the 16th their Majesties will leave the
camp for Salzburg. The Patrie, however, says
that the day for the arrival at Salzburg is " not
yet fixed." Can it be possible that the visit itself
is yet problematical L The Liberte goes so far as
to say that the Emperor and Empress of Austria
are expected to accompany Napoleon 111. and the
Empress Euenie on their return to Paris about
the 21st. I look upon this as very conjectural
news indeed. The Emperor Napoleon is duo
at Lille on the 23rd, and it is not ad-
missible that he would leave Paris when such
distinguished guests were at the Tuileries. More-
over, the Patric of last night contained a repetition
of that singular paragraph, couched in the "take
notice" tone of a parish clerk, which excited ►tten-
tion in the Constitufionne/ a few days ago, and
stating that if the Emperor of Austria was coming
here soon it must be before the Ist of September,
because on that day the court would leave for
Biarritz. It it plain that the host of the Tuileries
wants to count the Emperor of Austria among his
guests ; but it is equally plain that he does not
know when he is coming, nor even whether he will
come at all.
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The King of Sweden, who was to have gone with
the Emperor to the Chhlona Camp, has excused
himself en the ground of indisposition, and will
leave Paris on Monday for the Hague. He has
given up the project spoken of when he was at
Vichy of a trip to Pau.
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde have
left Paris for the Pyrenees.
One of the programmes of the Emperor's where-
abouts for the month state that he has promised to
be at Nancy on the 25th.
The Bourse was very firm and more active than
for some time past. Rents rose 25c. for cash and
12ic. for account, closing at 69fr. 4.5 c. and
691 r. 3i 4c. Italian rose 10c.; Mobilier, 71r. 50c. ;
and Credit Fonder. 2fr. 50c.

King Victor Emmanuel, with the object of en-
couraging the breed of horses in Italy, has founded a prize
of 40,000 fr., to be run for in 1871 at Florence. For the
races of next year his Majesty has given a prize of 15,0infr.
The King's horses may run, but in the event of one of them
winning the stakes will be given to the second.
THE MUSICAL FESTIVALS or 1867.—The pr.
vincial musical festivals which are held in the native.
of the year are now close at hand. The meetings this
year wall loth be held in the present month—,
Festival of the Three Choirs (144th annual fe.tivan, st
Hereford, on the week commencing August PA and the
Birmingham Musical Festival on the following week. AS
the Hereford meeting the principals engaged are Madame
Lind-Goldschmidt, Miss Edith Wynne, Mlle. Tietjenes
Miss Julia Elton, Madame Patey-Whytock, Mr. Sum
Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith Mr. Saab y, and Mr.
Weiss. The oratorios (to be performed at the cathelrill
on the four mornings are Handers Israel in and
Messiah, and Mendelssohn's SU,MA. The other mend
pieces are Mozart's Requiem, Spohr's 84th Psalm, st
anthem by Dr. Wesley, " Ascribe unto the Lunl... sad
a sacred pastoral, Ruth, by Otto Gol.b.climidt. The
evening concerts (four) will be of a miscellaneous chi-
racier, but on the Wednesday evening Handers Aer,e4
Galatea will be given. The novelty of the festival is of
course Goldschmidt's Ruth, which has never yet been
formed, and is now in active preparation. The pr nete'd
reappearance of Madame Goldschmidt has mated quite
• furore in the west midland counties, and the seat- ate
rapidly filling for the Messiah and Ruth mornings. These
festivals are held for the benefit of the charity for the
relief of clergymen's widows and orphans of the diocese.
of Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester. The Birmingham
festival is also a charitable undertaking, the Birmingham
Hospital profiting thereby to a considerable extent. tg
the Hereford principals, five viz. , Mille. Tictjens, M: done
Patey-Whytock, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. smtley..n.l Mr.
Weiss—are also engaged at Birmingham. with Madame
Lemmens-Sherrington, Mille. Christine Nilsson. 11. dame
Sainton-Dolby, and Mr. W. H. Cummings. Madame Are.
belle Goddard is the solo pianist., and Costa awalucW. the
baton at Hereford being wielded, according to PrecvdeTi,
by the cathedral organist, Mr. Townshend Smith. lu
=lngham presents • great array of novelties—a sacred our
tate, the ii mean of Samaria, bProfessor W. S. Bennett;
the Ancient Mnriner by J. F. Emmett; a.tlrer S4f,nterret
b Conned ; and Beaedlet's St. Cecilia, which is Dew la
tie country ; the Messiah, Elijah, Alr.rawler's Mit
Aida, AfaccuMnis, farad in Ear*, and it. Paid are qee
down in the programme, the 'art-named oratorio snedge,_
up the festival on Friday evening. The present praert°'
of both the festivals are very good. Notwithstanding the
counter attractions in Paris, the demand fur tickets ke
greater than was ever known at Hereford.