The Express. — 1864-03-26 (London, England)

OUR OWN OMPSZISTONDISIT.)  PARIS, FRIDAY EVVIVC.  Various rumours are current about the Mexican Loan, but, from what I can gather, the facts are as follows. The Emperor came to the conclusion that his young friend the archduke was in a fair way to be victimised by financial intriguers eager to take advantage of the necessities of his nascent empire. He therefore put s. rather sudden stop to certain negotiations that were going on, and resolved that the loan should be issued by houses in France and England of high standing, on commission, due regard being shown to the interests of the old bondholders. The loan is reported to be for 5,000,0001. sterling in a six per cent stock at 63, and out of the proceeds a reserve which, 1 am assured, will be thought extremely liberal, is to be made foe existing creditors. The competition for the loan has been extremely active, Messrs. Rothschild taking the lead, but it has been thought, both by the French government and the Mexican minister, that the soundest course was Ito confide the matter to commission houses on the old principle, rather than to place it in the hands of parties who would seek to derive an extra profit from the operation for their own account. In this spirit a contract was entered into with Mr. George E. Seymour, of London, which contract, I am enabled to state, has been this day ratified by Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. Arrangements will be made for an Anglo-French issue immediately after the acceptance of the crown by the archduke, which ceremony, as you are aware, will take place at Miramar on Easter Sunday. The archduke is extremely anxious to have the credit of inaugurating his reign by an act of financial justice. In the cane of the bondholders their mortgage upon the customs revenues will not be invalidated. The archduke means to provide for their dividends pending the consolidation of the empire, so far as the present resources of the country will permit. I understand that the sum which the French government takes for its war expenses will not in any way interfere with the loan, sod that the amount—less than reported— is considerably under three millions sterling. A guarantee the French government will not give, b: mime the Corps Legislatif would not sanction it ; but the 40,000 French bayonets in Mexico are in themselves no mean guarantee as long as they remain, and there seems little prospect of their coming away in a hurry. Everything short of a guarantee will be done to favour the loan here. The ind,pendatice Bilge says that the Emperor and Empress will bead the French subscription, and that, as a consequence, courtiers and functionaries innumerable will follow suit. This loan will be the first Mexican stock officially quoted on the French Bourse. It appears that Mr. Seymour was consulted in the matter, owing to the favour of the Emperor of Austria, who, in acknowledgment of financial operations effected by him in Vienna last year, has recently sent him the order of the Iron Crown.  M. Armand was triumphantly acquitted at Aix, and the populace outside the court, when the verdict was known, cried out for vengeance npoa the prosecutor—" d bas Roar„" Assuming the verdict to be right, which I think may safely be done, this is one of the most grievous instances of the wrong done to an innocent man by • false accusation that was ever heard of. Here is a gentleman of unimpeachable character, • model husband, a charitable neighbour, and a genial friend, kept in prison for eight months on a charge of murder, and, worse than all, during a trial of more than a week's duration, bullied and badgered by the public prosecutor, and the presiding judge, who all along treated him as guilty. The Bourse was entirely without interest. Although Good Friday is not kept as a holiday, a great many of the habitual attendants were away enjoying the Sae weather at the Longchainps promenade.