The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUZBDAY EU:NINO.

There is nothing new on the Swiss question.
Whether the French troops are still in possession of
the Valley of Dapped; is yet a matter of doubt here, so
great is the care taken to suppress facts as far as
possible. While some journals say that the oocupa •
tion only lasted for a few hours, the Petrie (" in-
spired" by M. do la Guerronnihre) states that no
less than five points in the valley have been and
are occupied by French troops. Dr. Kern was not
able to get a sight of M. Thauvenel yesterday, but
he left the note of the Federal Council at the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The Opinions Nationals announces that the
Prince Napoleon and Princess Clothilde have gone
to Compiegne, and that they w;11 remain there for
a week.

Ratazzi, whose stay in Paris is protracted,
will have a second interview with the Emperor be-
fore his departure.
The Bourse, after opening very heavily, became
firmer towards the close, in consequence of a few,
but only a few, purchases. Bente rose 15c. for
cash and account, closing at 68fr. 30c. and
68fr. 35c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. The Italian
Loan fell 10c. The Orleans Railway fell 7fr. 50c.,
Northern sfr., and Southern 2fr. 50c. In the other
lines there was little change.
M. Fraisse, the late mayor of Florensac (Hdrault),
who, as I mentioned in a letter last week, was
guilty of standing against a government candidate
for the municipal council, with the aggravating
circumstance that, in consequence of his popularity
with the constituency, he was very near being
elected, is now to be prosecuted at the bar of the
correctional police on a charge of " exciting citizens
to hatred and contempt of each other." Vise le
suffrage red!
A linenlraper on the boulevard near the
Porte St. Denis has resorted to a new method of
drawing custom, which does credit to his ingenuity,
and I am told answers very well. While his greater
rivals are spending 100/. a day in advertising Eng-
lish goods—not always, if we may credit current
repor:s, of the moat genuine character—he, with
glowing patriotism, seta free-trade at defiance, and
attracts a crowd round his shop by the exhibition
of enormous placards proclaiming—" No English
goods sold here ; all our stuffs are made of unmixed
wool."

The Gazette Musieale announces a Ringer, Ben-
hors Rosario Zapater, who will not come out yet for awhile,
though she is now, when only 17 years of age, an accom-
p,ished mistress of her ait, with a remarkable voice. _
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At Naples the management of the Teatro San
Carlo bas engaged for its winter alum Madame de Vries
am " leading lady."

The Entr'acte has the following :—" A dancer
of Vienna, of the name of Groll, lately demanded in mar-
Hoge Mlle. Winkler, daughter of another dancer; but her
father fitly refused. The lover then resolved on a violent
dep. A few days back he went into • forest in the neigh-
bourhood of Badeo, accompanied by the young female, and
them whether with or without her consent, shot her dead
with a pistol, after which he blew out his own brains."
A letter from Biarrits, in Galiyaani, states that
the 'ember of visitors to that pleas, down to the 30th
Sept., when the imperial family left, amounted to 8,411.
Siam that date, a goad number of families have arrived,
sad 300 or 400 Faighett will pane the winter at Biarritz.
Lodgings are now very &imp there ; hooves, which in the
same let at I,ooofr. per month, may be had at present for
Mfr. The net profit of the baths amounted to 40,9561 r.
' A Turin letter of the 2ud says :—" A solemn
wow was celebrated a few days since at Barletta by
Canon dell' Aquila, sedated by a priest named Gaetano
Leone, who belongs to the liberal party. After the masa
the latter suggested the propriety of singing the ' Orem%
pro rage metro Vittorio,' but the canon paid no
attention to the hint. When they had retired to the
vestry, an argument ensued between them, and high words
were soon followed by blows, for the canon seized • heavy
candlestick and broke Leone's bead with it. L -one fell, and
fainted away. The other canons present at the time re-
mained indifferent spectators of this shameful scene. This
incident will give some idea of the state of men's minds sod
manners in the inland districts."

A letter to the Times from a nephew of Admiral
Nelson, touching upon various statements in the journal
lately edited by Dean Trench, respecting ow naval hero,
says :—" Lord Nelson In private life was remarkable for •
demeanour quiet, sedate, and unobtrusive, anxious to give
pleasure to everyone about him, distinguishing each in his
turn by some act of kindnew, and chiefly those who seemed
to require it most. During his few interval' of leisure, in
• little knot of relation' or friends, he delighted in quiet
conversation, through which occasionally inn an undercut.-
' rent of pleasantry not unmixed with caustic wit. At hie
table he was the least heard among the company, and, so
far from being the hero of his own tale, I never heard him
voluntarily refer to any of the groat ►ctions of his life. It
would have formed as amusement to the circle at Norton
' if intemperance were set down to the charge of the master
of the house, who always so prematurely cut abort the
*miming of the gentlemen after dinner. A man of more
temperate habit, could not, I am persuaded, have been
found."