The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

THE 13nr OF AUGUST.

" We are assured," says the A resit. Nati.,,otl,
" that the Emperor will be in Paris on the lath,
and that on the afternoon of the previous day,
after an important council of ministers he will
hold a ret i-w of the troop. 111:s fa under
existing cinunirtances, would have a certain
gratify. But it is add. d that in addition to the
review the Emperor will mal • an address to the
army. We hope that this latter information is
incorrect, for it would be difficult to regard a
speech made to soldiers by the Emperor as a
manifesto of peace."

(TAROUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.)

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

AT PARIS.
PARIS, Avauar G.
Queen Victoria arrived here this morning at
7.13, and alighted at the English Embassy.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S JOURNEY.
(rßox oui owN coßasercerrizzrr.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENLY°.

The Queen is expected at Cherbourg this even-
ing. In pursuance of her Majesty's desire the
Victoria and Albert yacht will not be saluted as
it enters the harbour. No minister or aide-de-
camp of the Emperor will receive her Majesty.
The maritime prefect, Admiral Reynaud, is the
only official who will approach the Queen's yacht
to take the Queen's orders. Her Majesty, the
Princesses, and the Prince will dine on board the
yacht. At about 11 in the evening the royal
party will step from a boat to the
state carriage provided by the Western
Company, and which will be in waiting on a quay
of the arsenal. Some lines of rails have been laid
down on purpose between the Cherbourg station
and the arsenal to spare her Majesty the necessity
of going about half a mile through the town in a
carriage. The state carriage has been comfortably
fitted up with beds. One evening paper says the
personnel of the British Embassy has gone to Cher-
bourg. I think this must be a mistake. Lord
Lyons will, I believe be in waiting to receive her
Majesty at the Paris station in the Rue St. Lazare
at seven to-morrow morning. M. Duvergier, the
secretary-general of the prefecture of police, and
M. Nusse, the head of the municipal police,
have orders to be at the station, but not to present
themselves officially. The Queen and suite will
proceed direct to the British embassy in carriages
provided by Lord Lyons. The first floor of the
embassy has been prepared for her Majesty's use.
Some of the papers say the Queen will only stay
in Paris three hours before going on to Switzer-
land, but I think this must be a mistake. The
Empress, I hear in several quarters, means to
come from Fontainebleau this evening, and sleep
not at the Tuileries but at the Elysee, in order to
be quite close to the Queen. One story is
that when the Empress pays a visit to the Queen
at the embassy, she will beg her not to return
the call on account of the fatigue of the long
journey she is taking, but that her Britannic Ma-
jesty will, nevertheless, pay the Empress a visit
at the Elysee. It is quite decided, I believe, that
there are to be no receptions or presentations of any
kind, either at Lord Lyons's or the Elysie. I
think it probable that the Queen will leave Paris
by the Lyons Railway about seven to-morrow
evening. _ _

M. Henri Rochefort was this day sentenced to
four months' imprisonment and a fine of 200 fr. for
an assault upon M. Rochette, sprinter. M. Roche-
fort's only reason for striking him was that he had
printed a libel upon him, and refused to give up
the name of the author. I remember a great many
years ago, when Mr. Grantley Berkeley, aided, I
think, by his brother, went into a shop in
Regent-street, and committed a violent assault
upon the publisher of Fraser's Magazine, who
would not tell the name of the author of
an article subsequently owned by Dr. Maginn
—an eminent tory Queen's counsel, who
afterwards became a great chancery judge,
maintained at his own dinner-table that it was
justifiable to break a publisher's head under the
circumstances. I did not agree with him then,
and I do not agree with him now. In this analo-
gous case of M. Henri Rochefort I think he acted
both lawlessly and foolishly, and deserved punish-
ment. At the same time, the assault not having
been a severe one, and the provocation very gall-
ing, I am quite sure the publio will be of opinion,
and not wrongly, that such a heavy sentence as
Joni months' imprisonment, pronounced by M.
Delesvaux's tribunal, which is especially dedicated

to tl e tri of press offences, would not h
awarded but for the fact that M. Rock .tort
is a formidable opposition writer. We kW; ev4r7
day far milder punishments iuflictod for far %0r.,4
attacks upon the person. During the trig, m
Laurier, the defendant's counsel, was interniptisi
by a voice exclaiming, " That is not
President Delesvaux said, " Turn that man out
court." But when ho was informed that
offender was no other than M. Roehefort's lib slur
M. Marshal, alias De Bussy, he ordered him
escorted home by a military form, to proteq ii
life from popular fury.
. _

At the Bourse, Rentc remains without chan,?,...
but heavy rather than otherwise. Other securiti.,,
were lower. Mobilier fell ,fr., and Comps.,;,
d'Escompte I 2fr. 50c.

DEPARTURE OF MB DUKE OF B1)1%11111;911

(UV TELEOBAIII.)

DOVER, TUrItkIDAY MOIININ
The Duke of Edinburgh arrived h ire 1,..
night at 11.40 by South-Eastern train. 11„ It
Highness travelled strictly fe^ogei,n, attended eel, I, y
the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and was received and
to the Admiralty-pier by Colonel Hamilton,
Colonel Cox, Assistant Adjutant-lienerah Colonel
and the Mayor of Dover (Mr. J. (1. Churehivird .
embarked in a special steamer (the Samphirni, to! (2 ‘• ,
re route for Far is.

A /mall crowd RB9 collected, whi .h ch...r..1 A, .• .
steamer Time* (Second Edition).

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT ON BOARD 4
TACET AT WATERFORD.

A day or two ago, Mr. George Malcomson, %fr,
Ma'comma, and family, left the Tramore Hotel and
into Waterford, where they embarked on board the stem
yacht Coquet, with a party of friends, to enjoy the CAI r. t
Regatta. When the vessel steamer► through Fe
bridge, going up the river, there was no delay or imp.•l
ment of any kind. The yacht, with her large pa-•y,
formed a conspicuous object at the regatta. In returu.34
front Carrick. she shot rapidly through Fiddown-brit:.,
but, unfortunately, a vessel which was then ►yin;; 1..
anchor had carried a hawser to the oprisite side of the n r• •r,
and it was stretched right across the arch of the bridge,
through which the steamer was passing, about the level
the gunwale. The hawser thus completely swept h,•r
decks. The slight mast, merely used for ssignalling. snapp•••l
like a reed. The funnel was prostrated, with much vio-
lence, in a moment, and stniek Mr. Michael Roberts a
moot violent blow on the head. So great was the sho•k
that it laid open his forehead, and killed the unfortunAt •
gentleman on the spot. Some of the gentlemen, seee.,
the rope, gave the alarm, and mo-t of the party
themselves upon the deck and so escaped. Mr. Mal, •••
son was, however, unable to do so, :rid was carried
the river, whence he was rescued. Some of the
jumped into the water, and kept thenwlve-i all, it s.
rope was thr•nwrl to them. The ladies also kid 3
narrow escape.

SERIOUS FIRE Al' THE
RA IL WA F STA TIoN.--1.1111.5- 1.1.1

This morning shortly after 3 o'.•l,irk a fir. L•
out on the Lon,lin. Brighton. and south C .ast I;
station at London-bridge. and at one tune • -
most disastrous consequences. At tlic tine• of tle
break there were only ;dyd three ps•rson, on duty ~t ..
station, and their attention was suddenly attract-.t •
the vaults under the platform by seeing an Min:
volume of smoke pouring up and enveloping the inter,
of the station. The vaults and a shed building over 1.,.
were used as oil stores awl lamp rooms, and judging it ..!
the rapidity of the the there must have been a 1. • .
able quantity of oil or other combustible matter is i],:
place, for in less time than the company's fire en.:,!
could be wheeled over the plait torn, the 0..
changed to huge sheets of flame, which lapp.
over three first and one second-class carria•
An immense wooden tank on the station, which supplu
the company's engine, took fire several times, and tb,.
hose had to be directed upon it to save it from destruc-
tion; but by the exertions of the firemen and the London
Salvage CorpK, the fire was eventually arrested in its pro-
gress, and no further loss of property occurred. De;
damage done, however, must be considerable, for although
several attempts were made to save some of the many
expensive lamps, the heat suit smoke drove the persoi,
back, and the whole of the thing♦ in the two vaunt,
and the lamp-room were damaged or destroyed.
The following is a copy of Captain Shaw's otli,-
report of the damage done:—'• London, Brighton.
South Coast Railway Caimans.. London-bridge terinui
Mr. Allen Sarle, secretly—Tiniber building, used
lamp stores, 45 feet by 12, used as cleaning roans• •
room, and stores, and 1•i feet of No. 1 arrival plati, le.
with water-tank, seriously injured hy tiro•, and dire,• •• •
class carriages considerably damaged by tire and w .u• .
Insurance unknown. Cause of