The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(ram ova ma OORZZBPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENI7O.

Instead of a note in the Munitcur, which was
very generally expected, the only intimation to
the public touching the Ministerial Council at
Fontainebleau yesterday is containcl iu the fol-
lowing note in the Patrir, which, I suppose,
though it is difficult to know, must L., considered
as semi-official :

Several journals have during the la ,t week taken upon
themselves to give news of the deliberations of the
ministenal council at Paris and Fontainebleau.
Some cot:flue themselves to stating the questions
discussed, while others profess to know the opiaiou of
each particular minister, and thus pretend to make the
public acquainted with the must secret ileci,ions of go-
We arc enabled to affirm that all this new., is
absolutely false. The latest deliberations of ministers did
not relate to the subjects which have liven spoken of, and
the journals which circulate these rumours de not suffi-
ciently consider bow much their indiscreet revelations
engage the responsibility of ministers whose names they
lightly cite, and to whom they uusexupulou,ly impute
opinions.

It has always boon, and probably always will
be, the case, that when the press presumes to talk
of what has taken place at a ministerial council,
some newspaper is instructed to say that nobody
could possibly have known anything about it
without a breach of confidence of which of course
no minister could be capable. And yot experience
shows that public rumours such as those now
current are very often well founded. The very
expression of the Putrie that the "latest " dolibern-
tionsof the ministerialcouncil havenotturnodupon
the question of a dissolution, imply the possi-
bility that the antepenultimate discussions may have
touched on that subject. The Deisits says that the
publication of a decree convoking the electors of
the Allier for the 13th of July, to elect a deputy
in the place of M. E. Fould, resigned, is an argu-
ment for those who think there will be no general
elections this year, but that on the other hand
the absence of a decree for an election in the Jura,
where a scat has been much longer vacant, points
in a contrary direction. The conclusion is that
the government intends to keep its own secret.
To perplex conjecturers, meanwhile, the prcfeels
are acting as if the elections were imminent.
small Pacha, the Viceroy of Egypt, who is now
at Constantinople, is coming to Paris before he
returns to Cairo. A chalet has been taken for him
between Enghien and Montmorency, and it is said
that he wishes to try the Enghien sulphurcous
waters for a chronic sore throat from which he
suffers.

The Duchess do Monty, who was marriel to her
Spanish husband as Duke do Seeto, is now in Paris
with him. But taking the choice of a very long
list of hereditary titles, they intend to bo called in
future the Duke and Duchess d'Albuqucaque.
There is in Paris a very old and very exclusive
club, founded in 1822, under the title of the
Twenty Club. There are but 20 members, who
dine together on the 20th of every month. The
monthly dinner, which took place yesterday at
Brebant, brought together six members of the
Institute, namely, M. Lemaire, the architect, who
built the facade of the Madeleine; MM. Lamour
and Lefuel, architects ; M. Gounod ; the painter
Gerane, and the sculptor Barrye ; the sculptors
Mane and Caen ; the painters Charles Marshal
(the author of Penelope and Phyrne in
this year's exhibition) ; Giraud, Isabey, Lo-
poitevin, Ph. Rousseau, Bida, Luminais, Dalsafe,
and Pis ; one pianist, M. Ravina ; a composer
of songs, M. Plantade ; and ono novelist and
dramatist, M. Alexander Dumas, jun. Tinily a
very choice society, and the wonder is that the
20 members all responded to the roll-call.

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