The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-19 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WCI.II4ISDAT ET1317140.
The Moniker of to-day gives the following
brief address, with which M. Schneider, Pre-
sident, pro tem., of the Corps Legislatif, opened its

siteng ea Tuesday afternoon :
" Gentlemen,-1 owe to the absence of the Count
of Morny, to whom the Emperor has confided a
high mission, the honour of presiding over the
Legislative Corps. To fill the place of a man who is
distinguished as much for his personal qualities es
for the signal services he ham rendered to the state, is
a task of which I feel all the weight. I shall
devotedly give myself up to it, in the confidence that
my honourable colleagues will kindly preserve for
use that good feeling of which I have hitherto
received such valuable proofs. For the rest, have
you not constantly shown, gentlemen, that you know
how to combine in your deliberations that mimes
and maturity which beseem the serious interests sale-
'flitted to us? We shall thus continue to give our
loyal, reflecting, and devoted support to the policy
of the Emperor."
Although several French journals state that
Ferukh-Khan is on the eve of starting for London, I
can repeat, with even greater certainty, what I said
yesterday, that his journey is indefinitely postponed.
His negotiations with Lord Cowley, which were
thought to be going on favourably, have been sud-
denly checked, if not completely broken off„ by the
receipt of despatches from Teheran of a totally
different character from the instructions which were
expected.
M. de Buscheutal, Minister of the Argentine Re-
public at the court of Naples, has just arrived in
Paris, after having signed the treaty for the removal
of the Neapolitan political prisoners to the territory
lof the Confederation. The King has decorated
14. de Buecheutal with the Grand Cordon of the
Order of Ferdinand the First..
I learn that Austria is making desperate diplo-
matic efforts at this moment to patch up the Sicilisa
tinellion upon terms which will leave King Bombs
virtually triumphant. I am sorry to be obliged
to believe that England lends a more will-
ing ear to the wily representations of the sante-
&rated oppressors of Italy than even the French
Emperor appears to do, notwithstanding liis natural
apprehension of all that is revolutionary. It is true
that the Anglo-Austrian alliance thrusts upon him,
as it were, the part of protector of the liberal cause
in Italy. A cause so protected must indeed be in
trineically strong to have any present chance of
ester!
The Bourse has been exceedingly animated, and
a more decided rise has taken place than we have
seen for a long time. The Bente rose 60e. for cash,
and 40e. for account, closing at 69fr. 30e. and
69fr. 2.5 e. Mobilier did not respond to the general
movement; it remained stationary all day, and
closed with a rise for amount of only 2fr. 60c. Rail-
ways were very firm. Mediterranean rose 166.;
Northern, 106. ; Orleans, Bfr. 75e.; Eastern, 12tr. ;
Lyons, 10fr. ; Southern and Western, 6fr. each, and
Grand Central, 3fr. 75c.
The bah rnasquc given by Count Walcwski last
night was kept up till nearly five in the morning.
Most of the Corps Diplomatique, thinking probably
that fancy dresses were not becoming the gravity of
their functions, disguised themselves in dominos;
but among the general company there were many
rich and eerily costumes. The Emperor and Em-
I press were at this ball Illto9.
M. Bermudez de Castro, the Spanish Minister at
the court of Vienna, is at this moment in Paris, and
had an audience of the Emperor on Sunday.
The Muluise-Dowager of La Rochejaquelin has
just expired at Orleans, in her eighty-fourth year.
This is the famous lady who rode on horseback by
her husband's side in the war of La Vendee, and
who even on one occasion commanded a regiment
herself.
The Marquis d'Andigne de la Blanchaye, formerly
• peer of France, died yesterday at the age of ninety-
three. lie wu one of the king's pages so far back
as 1763.
I mentioned some time ago that the Princess Lieven
had left M. Guizot an annuity of 13,000 fr. lam told
today that the reason assigned for this testamentary
bounty is exceedingly quaint. The will says that
M. Gnizot, after having served the state faithfully for
thirty years, is now old, and cannot afford himself a
carriage, and therefore the princess, as an old friend,
desires to leave him the means to keep one.
M. Blot, the newly-elected member of the French
Academy, was presented to the Emperor yesterday
by MM. Guiaot, Viennct, and Villemain.