The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-30 00:00:00

---id.iiiamon Rothschild, of the Vienna bonne, is
dead.

Preparations have been commenced at Paris, St.
Cloud, and Versailles for the fêtes to be given in
honour of the Queen of England. At the Hotel de
Ville measures are being taken for extensive illumi-
nations in gas, and the courtyard of Louis XLV. is
receiving new decorations. The apartments of the
Tuileries are filled with workmen, who are engaged
in fitting them up most splendidly. The palace of
St. Cloud is already prepared for the reception of its
illustrious guest. In the palace of Versailles, the
theatre, which is decorated in the style of Louis XIV.,
is being provided with chandeliers, carpets, &c. In
the Champ de Mars a grand review is to take place.
There has been a decided fall in corn and flour this
week throughout France. In Paris flour has de-
clined 2f. per sack, end wheat 50c. the hectolitre and
a half. In the provinces the fall has been more con-
siderable, wheat being generally quoted I f. lower per
hectolitre.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Conatitutionnel, in an article descriptive of
Kamiesch and the wondrous transformation wrought

in the place since it has been occupied by the French,
enlarges thus upon the vast importance of the fortifi-
cations now in course of completion there :
Without entering upon military consideration or detail.
of operations which would be here out of place, we may
observe on the important part which Kamiesch may be
called upon to play in the Crimean war, as a possibility
which must strike every mind. Now chat it is assured of
such a formidable basis of operations, the army has perfect
freedom of movement which it had not at the beginning of
the campaign. In every possible contingency the posses-
sion of Kamiesoh, fortified as it now is, will aid in the accom-
plishment of the object with which the war in the Crimea
was undertaken. Sebastopol commanded by Kuniesch,
which holds it, so to speak,by thethroat, can never henceforth
be of any nee to the Czar. On the supposition that events
should call the army to fresh points of the Runlet territory
who does not see that the presence of a few French and
English ships at Kamiesch would suffice to nullify the en-
tire offensive power of Sebastopol? Therefore, the pouf.
bility of the MOBILISATION of the allied army and of the
NULLIFICATION Of Sebastopol We the two grand results of
the transformetton of Kuniesch into a place of war. It is
now the sentinel—the keeper of the Russian citadel. • • •
Francs now knows that without abandoning its conquest it
may at will send an army of 100,000 men to any point
where the glorious cause for which it is fighting by the side
of England may call for their services.
This looks as if it were desired to prepare the public
mind for the possibility of such an event as the
raising the siege of Sebastopol. Should this be done,
we must not be disheartened, and must not attach
undue importance to phrases. "Raising the siege"
is not the same thing as renouncing the siege. If it
should turn out that the next attack (generally
thought to be imminent) should be a failure, or only
partially successful ; or if, on further consideration,
it should be thought that another attack, under pre-
sent circumstances, would only involve a great loss of 1
life for no adequate advantage, the change of tactics
hinted at by the Constitutionnel might well be merely
such a backward step as is described in the
French proverb reculer pour tnieux sautes. To sur-
round Sebastopol and cut off supplies to the garrison 1
by land, while the place is blockaded by sea, might'
well be a more effectual plan for reducing the place
than sending masses of men to be mown down by
cannon from earthquake batteries. It is consolatory
to be told that by reason of Kainiesch being converted
into a stronghold, the Allied armies can now take
the field if necessary. But decision and activity are
above all things necessary, seeing how short is the
campaigning season between this and the approach.
ing winter.
The Emperor arrived at Bayonne on Thursday. In
consequence of his Majesty's orders no preparations
were made for his public reception. The Prefect of
the Basses Pyrenees, and the general commanding
the district were the only persons in waiting to re-
ceive him at the station. 'I he Messager, of Bayonne,
says that their Majesties' stay at Biarritz will now be
very short, but that after the Queen of England's
visit, and at the end of August they will return and
stay three weeks at the Villa Eugenie, which, thanks ,
to immense activity, the workmen having been em- 1
ployed day and night, is now quite ready for the
habitation of the Imperial visitors. The National
Guard of Paris has received orders to line the Boole-
P vards on the occasion of the arrival of the Queen of

England.
Prince Napoleon's soiree at the Palaic Royal, yes-
terday evening, was the last of the season. The
Countess de Montijo (the Empress Eugenic's mother)
was present.
At the Little Bourse the Rente rose 300., closing
at 66fr. 40c., after having touched 66fr. 60c.
I am informed that the subscriptions to the loan
amount already to 1,612,440,000 fr. This, lam told,
is for Paris alone, but I cannot help thinking this
immense sum must include all the subscriptions
known in Paris up to the present time.
The obituary notice in the Prue. announces the
death of Alexander Ghika, formerly reigning Prince
of Wallachia.