The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1855.

FRANCE.

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lover Walls, came round to the top of the bridge—
" ran," said the sentinels, "or you will be too lats."
We mowed the narrow parapet which was still re-
Ruining, and soon afterwards down went the whole
fabric. IQ this way, it is hoped, that the lava will be
diverted from the townships of St. Sebastian, Masse
di Somme, and Pollens, which stand on either
side, and have as yet only suffered partially. Cu-
-1 cold, through which, however, the stream is rolling,
will be sacrificed. The expectation is that the lava,
should the eruption continue, will flow down to the',
Ponta Maddaloni, and into the sea. So grand and so
destructive an eruption has not been known for man,
years, and even now we cannot tell how or when It
will terminate. The mountain is literally seamed
with lava, and many fear a violent explosion u the
final scene of the tragedy.

To-day, being Ascension-day, is a strict holiday
ben. There is no Bourse, most of the shops are
shut, aid the evening papers do not appear. The
telegraph seems to be keeping holiday too, for there
is no news. The little Bourse assembled, as anal
on a blank day, on the Boulevard. Very little busi-
ness was done, but the Rente improved a trifle. It
opened at 68fr. 200., and closed at 68fr. 30c., thus
realising a rise of 10e.

It is almost superfluous to notice the continued acti-
vity of the war and marine departments in sending
out munitions and provisions to the fleets and armies
engaged in the war. The state arsenals were never
known to be in sects a bustle u they now are. Two
new steam gun-boats have been launched this week,
the Aigrette at Havre, and the Bourresque at Tonlon.
Yesterday, while two government ships, the Chan-
dernsgor and Egeria, were leaving the Mediterra-
nean ports with troops and ammunition, four other
vessel., the Altheo, the Omnibus, the Napoleon, and
the Express, were steaming down the Rhone, with
755,000 kilogrammes of war matiriel, consisting of
gunpowder, shells, fusee., cannons, end balls. this
enormous mass of articles was at once taken to the
railway and conveyed to Marseilles. The Indus
steam-packet lett liansilies on the 14th for Constan-
tinople, having on board 350 men belonging to dif-
ferent corps. Among them were 128 Pole,. incorpo-
rated in the Foreign legion. A Cerebral journal
notices that the arsenal of that town has contributed
2,700 shells of 22 kilos. each to the stores at Mar-
seilles. A fortnight since, 50,000 kilos. of gun-
powder were sent front Cambrai to Douai, to be oon-
verted into rockets. From another place 15,000 kilos.
of gunpowder have lately been expedited to Se-
bastopol.
A letter from Luxembourg states that at Longwy,
Sierck, Thionville, and other places on the French
frontier, depots have been established for receiving
recruits for the English Foreign Legion. The advan-
tages offered to each soldier are stated to be eausu-
ally large—namely, his food, clothing, and daily pay
of lfr. 25c. Officers and non-commissioned officers
are admitted with higher grades than they posse's,
and their pay is to be equally liberal. Musicians, it
is added, are sought after, and are to receive double
the pay of the ordinary soldiers.