The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MowDAT Swam.
There is an extraordinary amount of talk to-day
about the Emperor's health, and yet I have seen a
private letter with the latest Biarritz postmark,
written by a person about the court, which speaks
of him as going about as usual since ho has been
there. I have heard it said that M. de Lavalette
has gone to Biarritz to-day to " bring him back."

What that may mean lamat a loss to conceive. 11
he were dangerously ill such a task would belong to
_ .

In the Jurisprudence Department of the Social'
a doctor or a nurse, not to a Minister of the Interior.
Science Association yesterday, the subjects considered
It may be that persuasion is thought necessary to
were the estriulition of criminals, the laws relating to ,
charitable trusts, and the necessity for holding inquests induce his Majesty, whose health beyond all ques-
in cases of death in institutions other than gaols. in tion is delicate, to leave the sea breezes for the
Department 2, a number of papers were submitted ' atmosphere of his Paris medical advisers ; but the
on popular education, the discussions on which very fact of a conflict on such a subject shows that
turned upon the operation of the Education Aid '
Society in Manchester. In the Health Dapart- I I that he can be in no imminent danger.
There are rumours of a diplomatic rupture be-
rnent, the president, Dr. Farr, delivered his address,
which was followed by discussions on the adulte• tween Prussia and Austria in cane the latter power
ration of food, and on the laws relating to health. The shall persist in its intentions of appointing M. de
management of workhouses, and the means to be adopted Roust minister of foreign affairs. If Austria per.
for their improvement, the reduction of the national debt, sists a renewal of war is upon the cards.

and public works, were the subjects debated in the The insanity of the Empress of Mexico, now (in
Economy and Trade Department.—At a soiree, last night, .
Mr. Ashworth's paper, " On the Progress of Lancashire," I spite of a contradiction of the Patrte not persisted
and papers on bribery at elections were read. I in) universally spoken of, appeared in the form of a
A clerk in the banking firm of Messrs. Fuller, belief that there was a conspiracy to poison her,
Banbury, and Co., on his walk on Friday last, having neg. I and that her life would only be safe under the per-
looted to attach the usual protecting chain, lost his case, sonal protection of the Pope. This explains her
containing upwards of 1,800/. in cash and bills. It was journey to Rome ; and there her madness broke
brought hack to them the same evening, with its contents out in a manner so contrary to Papal etiquette
untouched, by an honest omnibus-driver, whose name is
that the Holy Father was forced to hand her over
J. De Fernex, of 74, Ockenden-road, Islington.
The Boys' Reformatory in the New Forest has to the mad doctors.
been established now nearly RI years. Up to last year The Bourse, after opening heavily, improved.
117 boys had left the Reformatory. It was known that Rente rose 30c. both for cash and account, closing
102 of them were getting an honest living and were at 691 r. and 69fr. sc. Italian rose 80c.; Mobilier,
likely to turn out worthy members of society. I llfr. 25c. ; and Credit Fonder, Mr.
The Empress of the French has just given a tes-
timony of the devotion she feels for the " miraculous"
Virgin of the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Victoirem For
some days past can be seen there • magnificent lamp
bearing the initials L. N., and which is to burn perpetually
before the high altar. It is a present from her Majesty,
to which is said to be attached • vow relative to her

According to a Vienna journal the Prussian
Envoy has ximplained of the publicity given by the Vienna
newspapers to the protest of the King of Hanover, and
was told in reply by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that
the press throughout the empire was free, but that it was
competent to any person who felt himself aggrieved by it
to resort to the ordinary tribunals for redress.

The Soleil publishes the following anecdote con- I The Pope has entirely disregarded the prayer of
earning the Emperor of Austria while out shooting :---- ' the municipality of Viterbo to be relieved from the necet-
" His Majesty is always attended by a captain of the , sity of finding a habitation for the new foreign legion. A
Guards, whose duty it is to observe the effect of each shot letter in the Ilibata of to-day says that the members of this
and announce it. The Emperor, for instance, strikes a legion are already falling out amongst themselves on the
partridge. ' Partridge !' cries the captain. Next time
not
it is a buck. • Buck !' shouts the captain. One day the subject of their pay, and that the officers and men are
on satisfactory terms.
Emperor fired, missed his game, and wounded one of the I The clerical journals of France see something
gentlemen of his suite. The latter on being struck uttered
awful in the coincidence of the Empress of Mexico's in-
an exclamation. ' His Highness the Duke of Hacken-
sanity with her visit to the Pope for the purpose of ob-
berg !' announced the captain without the slightest,
tabling conditions which they consider irreconcilable with
change of feature or tone."
; the rights of the church. The Avenir National thinks it
The receipts of Madame Riatori's first night's , a mockery to suppose that a judgment of this kind has
performance in New York were 3,100 dols., of which she been passed on an unhappy princees because she has asked
gets 1,000 dols., and 2,100 dols. goes to the manager, and , of the court of Home that which it has granted to France,
pays advertising bills and other expenses. 1 Spain, Austria, and several other countries.
Nearly 2,000 Germans leave Europe every week i Among the Prussian subjects who will profit by
for the United States in the Bremen and Hamburg
•
mail ' the amnesty recently promulgated is Madame Ageing, who
steamers. A company is established at Copenhagen to
published the well-known journal of Varnhagen von Ease,
encourage the emigration of Danes, Norwegians, and the publication of which work led to her flight.
Swedes to the United States. The children born of I A Wiesbaden journal expresses the hope that
all these emigrants are taught the English lad-
Prussia will maintain the abolition of death punishments
guage as their mother tongue. This is the secret ,
in Nawn, in which duchy no punishment of that kind has
of the surprising extent to which the Anglo- i
taken place since 1849.
Saxon language is spreading in the world. If all the popu- I
1 The 100th performance of Jean In Poste seems to
lation of Ireland were to emigrate to America, they would
be outnumbered by the Teutonic and Scandinavian races attest the popularity of Arndt no Pogue at the Galete,
which are now traversing the Atlantic to reach the Greet • Pull'
i Western Republic. It is curious to note that notwith- i A few evenings ago a theatrical representation
standing the multitudes of persons of Irish and continental was announced at Cinsiedlen (canton of Schwytx). The
, origin in the United States, the dominant races are places were taken, the house well filled, end the 'Peeler"'
the English, Scotch, and Welsh. This is shown by the prepared for au evening's pleasant amusement. The cur-
names of the governing classes from tae formation of the trim rose, bat only for a sad announcement
'
announcement. The director
disad republic to the present time, such names, for =sane' as ppeare with the rein e, _ i p .
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Harrison, Adams, 'An officiali
communication read to the actors and
Madison, Taylor, Pierce, Tyler, &whams, Lincoln, ' actresses of the Hanover Theatre states that the King of
Johnson, Davis, Seward, Sumner, Webster, Clay, Priissia intends to maintain the importance of that eats-
Douglas, Scott, M'Clelian, Grant, Irving, cooper, Long- Millman% and secure to it its rank of a royal institution.
fellow, Hawthorne, Beecher, Parker, Stowe, Channing, 'He promises to fulfil all engagements made by the late
PM NIA/ Crider.: ' I King.