The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

JANUARY 4, 1855.

FIANCE.
(ram The conauroinser 01 TEI DAILY. II1118.)
PARIS, WEDXISDAY /Immo.
Admiral Hamelin is coming home. You are aware
that he wee lately created a full admiral, a rank in
this country equal to that of a marshal of France,
and one evidenced by the same Insignia—the baton.
Captain Count de Lastio, an aidede-eamp of the
Minister of Marine, who left Marseilles on December
7 in the Zgyptue, arrived at Admiral Hamelin's
anchorage in Kamiesok Bay on December 20,
and presented him with the baton. It seems that
this dignity involves a recall, for it wu at once an-
nounced in the fleet that on the 23rd Admiral
Hamelin would resign the command to Admiral
Brut.

The Emperor is somewhat indisposed. It is re-
ported that he has a slight attack of the gout. Dur-
ing the official receptions of Monday he leant on a
stick, and he felt too fatigued in the evening to re-
ceive the Imperial family at the customary new year's
dinner. That dinner was therefore given by Prince
Jerome at the Pallas Royal.
The Empress works daily at the preparation of
lint for the army. Visitors to her apartments receive
as a matter of course a piece of old linen, from which
they are expected to make lint.
The Bourse was very calm. The reports from the
different mairies where the subscriptions to the loan
are opened to-day, were considered satisfactory.
There are not, it is true, such crowds as there were
in March last, but possibly the recollection of the
annoyance which many people felt from being forced
to wait several hours the first day may have some-
thing to do with this. In some of the mania the
amount subscribed at twelve o'clock had exceeded
that at the same hour on the last occa-
sion. It was announced that several large amounts ,
had been subscribed by London capitalists. Upon
the whole the tone of the Bourse was very good. It
had been• feared that the great amount of stock for
delivery would cause a continuance of the fall of
yesterday, but it was found that, owing in part to the,
investments of insurance companies, the sales were
effected without difficulty. Very few new speculativell
accounts were opened. The Rente, which wu very'
steady throughout the day, closed at 63fr. 600., with
a rise of 10e. Railways were generally from 2fr. to
&r. higher.
The Independanee Belge takes upon itself to say
that England approves of the separate treaty made
between France and Austria for securing the in-
tegrity of the Italian possessions of the latter
power. The Prase of this evening, however, ex-
presses an opinion that the report of such a treaty
having been signed should be received with mistrust.
The receipts of the Customs at Havre, during the
month of December, amounted to 3,664,037 fr. 71c.
This is more by 1,089,537 fr. 82c. than those of the
month of December, 1833.

PARIS, TUMIDLY EVIINING.
The Marshal Commander-in-Chief of the army of
Paris addressed the following order of the day to
the troops under his orders after the review of Satur-
day last :
The review passed by the Emperor was one of the most
remarkable for the order, the precision, and the ensemble
of the movements, and the regularity and good attitude of
the troops under arms. His klajesty has testified his satis-
faction to the Marshal Commander-in-Chief, who is happy
to convey the expreesion of it to the officers, sub-officers,
and soldiers under his orders, and to thank them for the
intelligence, the seal, and the good spirit which have pro-
duced these results, of which 'misting circumstances enhance
the importance and the value. MAONLN.
The Journal de Cherbourg gives the following de-
tails respecting the vessels of war in that port :
Three vessels are in the roadstead; the frigate Virginie,
of 62 guns, which is about to leave for India and China;
the Lucifer, steam advice boat, which is about to leave for
Brest, and the Aetif, steam advice boat, which is perma-
nently stationed in the roadstead. Nine vessels are being
fitted oss-namely, the frigates, La Clorinde, La Bellonne,
and Ls Poursuivante, all of 62 guns, and the latter destined
fur Ls Plata ; the corvette, the Bayonnfiise, 01 30 guns, for
Iceland ; the steam corvettes, the Bicheand the Phlegethoo,
the latter for the Black Sea ; the Aigle, of 10 guns, for
Iceland ; and the steam advice boats, the Corse, for the
coasting service, and the Basilic, for Senegal. The Aus-
terlitz, screw ship of the line, is undergoing repair.
The corvette, the Espeditive, of 16 guns, and several other
vessels, are to be laid up. We have besides on the stocks
the Arco]e and the Ville de Nantes, screws of 960-horse
power and 90 guns ; the screw frigate the Impeteuse, 800-
horse power and 60 guns; the screw transport La bleurthe,
of 2,000 tons and 800-horse power ; the sailing frigate the
Resole*, of 40 guns ; the floating screw battery, Devas-
tatios, 16 guns; the steam advice boats the Croiseur
and the Rodeo:; and the gunboats the Eclair and the
E tincelle.