The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

Would of course wish

page of flatteries and Malta must always be left to
the taste of the writer, whoever he may be; but the
public documents of a civilised nation ought to be
couched in the language of ordinary civility, and the
more difficult It may be to tame down the style
savage still in vogue at the Admiralty the more
credit will attach to whoever is able to introduce
habits of decency and propriety in its oorrespon-
denoe.

A rumour has gained a certain amount of circula-
tion, which we sincerely trust may prove destitute of
foundation, namely, the a design is entertained of
appointing the Hon. 0101011 Bum, eon of Lord
ENFIELD, Ceder Secretary for the Colonies. Nume-
rous and varied as the jobs perpetrated already by
the present Government have been, we are compelled
in common charity to believe them incapable of this
crowning insult to the worth, intelligence, and talent
of the House of Commons. The young gentleman
whose name is unluckily associated with this story,
may be, for anything we know, a promising cadet of
the noble house to which he belongs ; but to place
him without experience or service, or even having
served a political apprenticeship of any kind name-
able, in a poet of responsibility and trust like that of
the Colonial department, would be simply to trifle
with the greatest interests, and to outrage the soberest
feelings of the community at large.—Daily News.

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the inhptiaa
order to allop
ly to cambia*
respect to the East&
/Silesian Gazetti, staff
own made and rejected.
writes from the Crimes, under
njithe b.—. Lest night we raised a emend
in advance of that we had already made an
iiiiitlimihrttlieations. The enemy endeavoured
Lbepsie ear watillo, but did not succeed. Nothing
Fittest WMos plass before Bupatoria.' Ad.
Frisks., Ilibentopol of the 3rd inst., trans-
rttedonfi Vats elate that nothing of importance
id tabs plum dime the affair on the night of the
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The Cologne Gazette coutaine a letter from Odessa,
which states that the aspect of the place was quite
melancholy. All the inhabitants, whose fortunes
permitted them, were quitting the town for the inte-
rior of the Granby, as a bombardment by the allied
A letter from Turin of the 6th, in the Corriere
Mercantile of GOMA, states that the departure of the
Piedmontese contingent, which was to embark for
the Crimea about the middle of this month, hes been
postponed until the settlement of certain matters now
under consideration at London and Paris.

In • those dia-
. a very serious
will be thrown out
d vast numbers of
t of employment.
at in consequence
signalising to the
- comparatively
. their lives by
these lamentable °amities. A telegraphic message
has just arrived from Bois-le-Due, to the effect that
ea* of the dams in the neighbourhood hu given way,
end that others are expected to give way, and that a
treat part of the city is entirely under water.

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FRANCE.

GIDENT OP TIE DAILY NNWI.)
PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.

This morning the Emperor reviewed, in the court-
yard of the Tuileries, the 9th and 32nd regiments of
the line, which are under orders to leave for the
Crimea immediately. The troops, in heavy marching
order, with Marshal Megnan and General Roguet,
commanding the first infantry division, at their head,
presented arms to his Majesty at one o'clock. The
Empress witnessed the spectacle from the balcony.
After the inspection a large number of officers, non-
commissioned officers, and soldiers, were called to the
front, to receive the cross of the Legion of Honour from
his Majesty's own hand. All the officers of the two
regiments are invited to dine at the imperial table
either to-day or to-morrow. To-morrow the Emperor
will review some regiments of the imperial guard
about to depart for the theatre of war.

The French army of occupation at Rome will not,
immediately at host, be reduced to the extent that
has been reported. The Pope has requested that
at least a force of 3,600 men may still be left there,
and the French government has consented. The Aus-
trian forces in the Roman dates will also be main-
tained for the present at nearly their actual strength.
in consequence of as apprehension that Mazzini's
party in Lombardy and Romagna are watching
for an opportunity to rise.

There were considerable fluctuations to-day in the
Rent*. It opened at 69.80 c.,15 c. lower than yester-
day's last price. For a time there was a brisk market,
stunt rose:to 69.90 c. But the heavy fall of 1 in
Console produced a feeling of discouragement, and
the Rents dropped for the close to the opening price
—69.80.3. Bank of France rose sf. A good deal of
business was done in railways during the first hour,
and although they fell in the afternoon, the latest
prior were in most instances from 2.50 to sf. higher
than yesterday. Orleans rose 8.75.

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Lay John Russell landed yesterday at Callas, on
bet way to Vienna, to join her husband.
Their Majesties have sent to the Ministers of War
and Marine a sum of 10,000 E, to be distributed to the
mothers, widows, sisters, and orphans of the soldiers
and sailors who were lost in the &militate.
Mdlle. Doudet's affair is still pending. The evi-
dence for the prosecution was finished to-day. The
witnesses are the same that appeared in the anise
ooart, and they merely repeat their evidence. The
trial will not be over till Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Municipal Council of Paris has just voted a
sum of six millions for the indemnity to be granted
to the bakers in order to maintain the price of bread
at 400. the two pound loaf, expressing at the same time
its wish that this subveotion may cease on the Ist
April next, when the abundance of work and the
affluence of foreigners into Paris will render it no
longer necessary. This arrangement of keeping
down the price of bread is said to have already cost
the city 40 millions.
The Mit! states that a company of French and
Belgian capitalists has just been formed for the con-
struction of a direct railway from Lille to Brussels,
by Tourney. _ _

PARIS, SUNDAY EVINI/40.
The journals announce that the Imperial yacht, the
Reins Hortense, has received orders to put to sea
from Toulon. lam enabled to state that she is
under orders to proceed to Trieste. The inference is
that the Emperor will embark for the East at that
port, and will pay a visit to the Emperor of Austria
on his way. I do not think the departure from
Paris will be delayed beyond the 22nd instant.
It is said that at a meeting of the members of the
bureaux of the Corps Legislatif the Count de Morny
enquired whether the house would prefer a prolonga-
tion of the present sittings or a prorogation. Opinions
were nearly equally divided. The deputies for
the departments near Paris are for a prorogation,
but those representing distant constituencies would
find it more convenient to remain in Paris, and re-
ceive their pay, than to go into the country and re-
turn again in May or June. The fact of this question
having been raised is one among many other circum-
stances which go to prove that the Emperor has not
abandoned his journey to the Crimea. It was stated
sometime since, that as no effective legislation could
go on during the Emperor's absence, a prorogation
was probable. Should the prolongation of the ses-
sion be decided upon, it will amount to the same
thing. Although the house may not formally be
prorogued, its sittings for business purposes will be
practically suspended till the Emperor's return.
A letter from Vienna of March 8 shows that the
manifesto of the Emperor Alexander IL has produced
the same impression in that capital as in Paris
and London. The Austrian army received immediate
orders to march to the frontiers. The instant the
news arrived at Vienna an orderly officer, Major
K—, was sent to Bt. Petersburg with despatches
for the Archduke William, and warier' were also
sent to the armies of Transylvania and Galicia. It
is stated in a well informed quarter that the Arch-
duke William was recommended to be very reserved
in his communications, and that he might be ex-
pected to return to Vienna very shortly. It results
from this intelligence, that the manifesto did away
with the hopes momentarily entertained at Vienna
that the Archduke, while paying a visit of condo-
lence, might at the same time usefully suggest to the
new Cesar terms of place.
The Gasogle des Posies says that the first letter
written by Alexander H. was addressed to his uncle,
the King of Prussia, and that he begged his Majesty
M the most friendly and confident manner to
afford him his counsels andsupport under the grave
complications of the time."

The following telegraphic despatches have been re-
wired to-day :
Wsassw, Boxcar, MARCH 11.
The Csar Alexander 11. has jest made public is an order
of the day addressed to the army, the last words of the
late Emperor :
" I thank my faithful guard who saved Russia is 1826,
and whose seadeet has ever been the seam ; 1 also thank
my army and ay fleet.
" I pray God to perpetuate among my soldien that
bravery and good feeling which mune the internal sera-
/iv and the external fore. of the empire.
" Then, wee to the enemies who attack Rusts.
" If the condition of all my subjects ham sot been amelio-
rated so much as I could have wished, the reason is that I
could not do more for them."

MARCH 11.
A deepsteh from Kisehenew, dated March 3, stew that
an order of the day of the Buena s announcs that the
Austrian troops wIU very soon Meanie Inwards the extras'
treatise, and invites the purism of eb intrese of Chemin
to give thew a wars reception. The lieenkea inagannes
are to be transported to the ot►er beak el tie Dniester.

A very extraordinary rumour has beet 'motioned
to me in so many quarters that I think it right to
notice it, although I am very incredulous about its
authenticity. It is said that General Foley, one of
the most hopeful young generals in the French net%
vice, a notorious fire-eater in Alba, and the man
who, when Otho of Gomm thought to raise his king-
dom in favour of Russia, pacilloated the wintry in
four and twenty hours, has been carrying on a tree-

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