The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-21 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS. SATURDAY ZVI:NINO.
I do not know precisely what may be brewing in
the political inashtub, but it is quite certain that
something extra strong is in preparation. The
Emperor feels that he cannot meet the deputies,
under existing circumstances, in the old jog trot
way, and is determined to do something mum
tioual. People meet on the Boulevardeandseriously
ask each other whether it is true that M. Jules
Fevre is to be sent for to forma ministry. A
rumour some shades lass extravagant is current to-
day that M. Emile 011ivier is the coming man,
and that the hour for which he has been looking,
and the anticipation of which caused him to break
with all his old friends, is now at hand, when he
mar stand forward as the connecting link between
the empire and constitutional government.
An extraordinary council of ministers was held
to-day. It is currently reported that it was
special
ly summoned to receive a communication of
tie reforms for which the Emperor thinks the time
is ripo. These reforms are still said to be
those of which I yesterday gave a sketch.
The Presee thinks the llioaittur will indi-
; cat, to-morrow the considerable changes in
' contemplation. It thinks that Marshal Vail-
, lant will be relieved from the ministry of the
lEmperor's household to be made Grand Referen-
dary of the Senate ' • that the Marquia de Lavalette
will be Minister of State on the old footing • that
M. Rouher, no longer wanted as principal "govern-
ment orator," now that all the ministers axe to
have seats in the Chamber, and to be prepared to
reply to interpellations rill be Minister of the
Interior ; and that M. it inruy, having offered his
resignation as Minister of Public Instruction, will
be succeeded by " either M. Buffet or M. Emile
011ivier."
The Libertd, on the contrary, gives as news of
the " latest hour" that there will be no minis-
, terial modification.
.It is said in many quarters that the previous
authorisation now necessary to found a journal will
be dispensed with, that warnings are over, and
that the stamp duty will be reduced from
6 centimes to 3.
I believe myself that there must be shortly, if
not immediately, a reconstruction of the ministry,
because several of the present ministers are taken
by surprise by the proposed reforms, and most
hostile to them. The Empress also is against them.
M. Berryer has been giving a parliamentary din-
ner. At the dinner at M. Thies', already men-
tioned, General Changarnier was present, and
fraternised with republicans whom in 1848 he
would not have touched with a pair of tongs, such
as Marie Picard, Jules Fevre, and Jules Simon.
lain credibly informed that there is &conspiracy on
foot to waylay Mr. Gladstone as he passes through
Paris from Italy, on his way to London somewhere
between the 23rd and 26th of this month, and force
him to attend a grand banquet; the leading conspi-
rators belong to the Societ4 des Economistes, and
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. I have reason to believe that their plot will
KIEL, JA3r. 19. I succeed.
The officials of Schleswig-Holstein have re- MM. Emile. and Isaac Pereira appeared yes-
ceived notice to attend at the Castle of Kiel on terday as defendants before the Correctional Tri-
Thursday next, at noon, when the royal patent bunal, to answer a charge preferred against them
formally taking possession of Schleswig-Holstein by aM. Chopelet, of having done things in relation
pro. to the shares of the Port de Marseille Company,
in the e of the King of Prussia will be
I which in English would be called " rigging the
ited. ! market," and which mamnuvres constitute, ae-

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AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, JAN. 19.

ft is asserted that the Empress of Austria will
leave next week for Zurich, on a visit to her sister,
•therCountess Trani, who has been confined of
dahghter. Her Majesty will stay in Zurich a
fortnight.

. .
ITALY. cording to the French code, a misdemeanour,
noßzNeg, Jar. 20. rendering the parties guilty of them liable to
imprisonment of not less than a month, nor more
It is stated that Commander Cerruti, at present
ar;goa zineLear,
jilmd . tic:oreairefinmese
men! the
echanixcetibiag,
Herne General to the Minister of Foreign feAu
be bean appointed Italian Minister at a t andde-iiiZ,-- a counter-prosecution against M.
Berne, and that he will be succeeded in his former Chopelet for a false and malicious information.
post by Signor Gonzaga. I The only question before the court yesterday was
at what time the two cases mould be heard. M.
' Chopelet had originally fixed February 15th for
the hearing of his information. The Messrs. Pereire,
by their counsel, M. Senard, said it was monstrous
that honourable men should have a criminal
charge hanging over their heads for so long a
time, whereas the person who preferred it
: ought to be ready to make it good without
any delay. The Pereires, M. Senard said,
were ready to go on directly. M. Chopelet
1 who, it appears, is a doctor of medicine, and a
shareholder in the Port de Marseille Company,
said his evidence was not ready, and in default of
the period originally fixed, Feb. 15, asked for as
much time as possible. The court ultimately fixed
the hearing of the two cases for Feb. 1.
M. Louis Blanc gained a law suit yesterday. In
1865 M. Louis Blanc sold his " History of the
French Revolution" to M. Leprince, the pub-
lisher, for sixty thousand francs, for three
years. M. Leprince not having sufficient funds
to bring out such a considerable work
obtained assistance from Count Louis de Cambs.
cers, formerly a deputy of the Aisne, who became
a surety for the payment of the stipulated sum to
M. Louis Blanc. M. Lepprince being in difficulties,
and not able to go on with the publication, M.
Louis Blanc brought an action against the surety
for the balance due to him on the purchase money,
and also for damages in respect of the non-fulfil-
ment of the engagement as prejudicing M.
Louis Blanc's reversionary copyright. The de-
fence was that the young Count Cambaoeres
had been declared a prudigus, incapable of manag-
ing his own affairs. But the court held that the
I contract was binding on his property, and decreed
Count Cambacers, his father (who was his " judi-
cial counsel ") to pay M. Louis Blanc 40,000 f.
1 remaining due on the contract, and 20,000 f. as
damages.
The London papers of Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday have come in to-day all in a heap, so
that the obstructions on the Northern of France
and English South Eastern must be removed.
The weather in Paris has been the beau
ideal of a winter's day on this 19th
of January. We have had a cloudless
sky from sunrise to sunset, a brisk frost not un-
comfortably cold, and, thanks to the Paris ediles,
who are greatly to be lauded, clean streets. Of
the relatively small quantity of snow which has
fallen in Paris (while north, south, east, and west
of us we get news of railway lines blocked up and
unserviceable), none is now seen except on the
roofs of houses and the outlying boulevards, which
are almost country. In the central streets all that
did not thaw in the daytime during the
week has been carted away. The line be-
tween Paris and Marseilles is now clear.
There were great doubts whether the Indian mail
of thelBth would get to Marseilles in time, but
unless fresh snow falls in the south, the usual ser-
vice will not be interrupted.
The Bourse, after some fluctuations, closed with
scarcely fractional variations from yesterday.

THE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE OF MEXICO.
TRILTE, JAN. 19.

Intelligence received from Miramar states that
the physicians attending the Empress Charlotte
have, after consultation, expressed their opinion
that the recovery of her Majesty is complete, and
have advised a change of scene.
Preparations for a journey with that object are
being made.

SWITZERLAND.

BERME, JAN. 19.

M. Tschudi, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires in
Vienna, has officially reported to his government
that in Vienna it is believed that the object of the
stay of the Prussian Generals Moltke and Roon in
Switzerland was to draw up military plans of cer-
tain strategical points.

SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, JAN. 19.

The Swedish Chambers were opened to-day.
The speech from the throne recommends a conser-
vative and moderate policy, and declares that the
Swedish Government has no desire to interfere in
European crises, and considers that the present
boundaries of Sweden aro her natural frontiers.

REFORMS IN FRANCE.

LETTER OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow-
ing letter from the Emperor to the Minister of
State :

Palace of the Tuileries, Jae. lA, 167.

Sir,— For some years part the question has been asked
whether our institutions have attained their limit of im-
provement, or whether new improvements are to be
realised. Hence a lamentable uncertainty which it is im-
portant to remove. Up to the present you have had to
strive courageously in order to repel inopportune demands
sad to leave with me the initiative of useful reforms when
the time anived, and now I believe that it is possible to
glee to the institutions of the empire all the development
of which they are capable, and to the public liberties a
new extension without compromising the power which
the nation has entrusted to me. The plan which I
have traced out to myself consists in connoting the
imprimis= which time has revealed, and is admitting