The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, THUBRDAY Emma.

The Temps observes that the paragraph in the
Moniteur's bulletin, denying that there is any truth
in the rumours of ministerial modifications, "cir-
culated by foreign journals," will probably not put
a stop to such rumours, for the reason that the
" bulletin" in no way binds the French govern-
ment, and is composed by anonymous writers
moved by "caprices which are often contradictory."
The Temps might have added that the Monitettr
only three or four days ►go repudiated the respon-
sibility of opinions to be collected from its bulletin,
which, it said, was merely a resume of the news of
the day. In the present instance, the rumours
which the Moniteur would fasten exclusively upon
foreign journals were given as original news in a
correspondence lithographed in Paris and sent to
all the provincial journals. It is quite upon the
cards that the very minister or ministers whom it
is intended to turn out should have the power for
the moment of getting paragraphs inserted in the
Moniteur.

The Bourse has been heavy. Bente rose 10c.
for cash, but fell 20c. for account, closing at 671 r.
20c. in each case. Mobilier fell 8f r. 75c., and the
Italian loan 50c. The Orleans Railway fell Mr. ;
Bouthezu, Mr. 75e. ; and the other lines from
lfr. 25e. to 2fr. 50c.

M. Pone&lee, the Prussian Minister, whose
sudden death the telegraph will have reported to
you, was only 34 years old. He dropped down iu
au apoplectic fit, on the staircase of his embassy,
at 5 yesterday evening, and died in a few
minutes.

A London letter, addressed to the Moniteur,
lays :

The rapidity with which the Prince Consort was carried
off has occasioned much surprise. You should know,
however, that for the last two years he suffered from an
orpaic disease which bud undermined his mastitution.
The air of Windsor is moreover supposed to have exercised
a deleterious influence upon him. The Castle, on the top
of the slope, is no doubt healthy; but the town often
suffers from fevers not unlike that which attacked the
prince.
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M. Mires' appeal to the Court of Cessation came
on to-dey. Pursuant to the forma used in that
court, the proceedings commenced by the readinx
by one of the judges (M. Councillor Plougoulm) of
a report on the matter. Down to the time to which
the note before me goes, the judge-reporter bad not
pronounced in M. Mirka' favour on any one
point. The case at this stage excites but
little interest in the public mind. Some
people, not knowing that prisoners are never pre-
sent in the Court of Causation, went thither think-
ing to see Mirs, and were disappointed accord-
ingly. Count Simeon also appeals, on the ground
(amongst others) that, as a senator, he ought to
have been tried by the High Court of Justice.
The arguments will probably run far into next
week.

lieutenant Maury, so well known for his re-
searches concerning the laws of storms, and who is
a native of Louisiana, has declined to accept au in-
vitation of the Grand Duke Constantine to take
up his residence in Russia until the war between
the Southern States and the North shall have been
brought to a close.

At the Central Criminal Court of Paris, theother