The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-01 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(ram ova OWN CORRESPONDINT.)

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The new law on the press presented to the Corps
Legislatif yesterday is exceedingly short, the fol-
lowing being the entire text of it :
Art. I. The first paragraph of Art. 32 of the law of 17th
Feb., 18.12, is abrogated in what concerns the suppresoion,
without further proceeding, of any journal coodemoed
twice for offences or contraveotiooa. The second paragraph
of the nine article is abrogated. All warnings Oven in
virtue of paragraph 3 of the said article lapse two years
after their date.

The Patrie says it is thought that when the
court leaves Fontainebleau, the Emperor will go to
Vichy and the Empress to St. Sauveur.
The demolition of the Pavilion de Fiore of the
Tuileries is to commence to-morrow. It is said
that the repairs of the palace will not be finished
for two years : tho Emperor will inhabit the Elyse°
next winter.

The priest of Polish origin (by name Harcsynski),
who conducted himself at a funeral at Montmartre
in the extraordinary way recounted by K About,
got somebody to write to the Opinion. Nationale
denying the facts alleged against him. But now,
curiously enough, the curd of Montmartre, whose
substitute he was on the occasion, repudiates his
denial, saying he was prompted to send it by bad
advice, and that he has admitted in his presence
that, after the condemnation of his conduct by the
archbishop, his only proper course was to remain
silent. The curd adds that he is ready to perform a
mass for the defunct, and begs the family to attend.
According to the Gazette de France, the eccentric
Marquis de Boissy means to move iu the Senate that
the remains of Louis Philippe shall be brought to
France for interment, thus returning the compli-
ment paid by Louis Philippe to the memory of
Napoleon I. There is a rich smack of the esprit
Francais in this idea. Only that the Marquis de
Boissy seldom finds a seconder for his motions,
there might be a debate ou it in the Senate, which
would greatly chafe M. de Peraigny, whose horror
of Orloanism amounts to a monomania. If the
matter were to be taken up seriously, the Emperor
would be a very likely man to take the wind out of
the sails of the promoters, by offering to do the
funeral in gorgeous style, and, even by way of
making the historic parallel closer, to send Cousin
Plon-Plon to England to fetch the coffin. M.
About, who has just shown that he knows how "to
sing of greatness greatly," would of course be
retained to write an accouut of the ceremony for the
Moniker.

The great appeal case of " Paterson v. Bona-
parte," which was fixed for June 5, stands over
till June 24.

Schoolmaster lawyers are as common in France
as in England ; the prefect at Bar le Duc Las just
sent a communicated note to the journals of his
department, depn3csting the propensity of village
Dominies to draw deeds, which he says, with
infinite delicacy of expression, they are apt to do
from "a desire to enlarge the sphere of their
usefulness!'

There is a strilo among the journeymen printers
at Dijon, and two journals of that city have not
been able to appear in consequence.

The Bourse was firm for the settlement. The
Rente closed at 69fr. 35c. and 69fr. 40c., with a
rise of be. Mobilier fell 3fr. 75c. In railways no
change.

The rhare de la Manche announces that the irou
plate frigate Su'feria° will be launched at Lurient
ou the 24th June, the anniversary of the battle of
that name.

The Courrier des Alpes makes the following ob-
servations on the high price of butchers' meat :—.
"We beg to call the attention of the authorities to
an important fact. Owing to want of rain, and
the consequent scarcity of pasture, the price of live
stock has fallen 50 per cent., so that butchers now
pay only 46c. or 50c. per kilog. for oxen and cows.
They nevertheless continue to sell beef at lfr. 20c,
per kilog. Though we always advocate liberty of
commerce, we must protest against a system which
is opposed to every principle of equity, and must
injurious to the interests of the population."
It appears that the announcement of the com-
plete success of the Artesian well at Pasey was
somewhat premature. The water has nut con-
tinued to rise, as was confidently expected ; on the
contrary, it has since subsided, so that for the
present the object remains uuaccomplished. Still,
from the sandy nature of the soil now extracted,
the most confident hopes are entertained that the
borers are not far from the aquiferous stratum.

THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF

CAPTALN MACDONALD AT BONN.

Further correspondence on this subject has been
presented to both Houses of Parliament. We extract the
following despatch from Lard John Russell to Lord .8.
Loftus, in reply to observations contained in the despatch
of Baron Schleinits to Count Bernetorff, of which we have
already published a translation :