\k\v York, December 10.— The Washington j special correspondent of the Post states that j while the President was preparing his mes sage, the French Minister emphatically stated j that the Emperor would much regret any ex pression in the message which would make it impossible to recede from his Mexican scheme without humiliation. Tho French Minister also assured Mr. Seward that the French troops would bo withdrawn from Mexico in a J little while, and asked for patience on the part of our Government.