The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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PARIS, Jews 27.
M. Value has received the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour.
The prefects of the departments of Loiret and
Upper Saone have been dismissed.
A decree of the Emperor has been published to-
day, appointing two prefects, fifteen sub-prefects,
and twelve councillors of prefecture.
The Paris papers of to-day publish a message
' dated Constantinople, the 26th inst., asserting that
1 Sir Henry Bulwer has addressed, in the name of
his colleagues of the diplomatic corps, a protest to
the Porte referring to the indemnity due by the
Turkish government for the persons killed in Syria.
The same telegram states that eleven engage-
ments of a sanguinary character had successively
taken place in the Caucasus.

THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.

MADRID, Join 26, EvENING.

The electoral circular issued by the Marquis
Miraftoree has met with a favourable reception
throughout the country.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ora ()yrs oosarerostmirr.) •
PARIS, FRIDAY EVICIMIG.

I have heard a story about M. Walewski which I
can only venture to repeat as a likely canard. It
is said that so far from his retirement being a symp-
tom of peace in Europe, he is relieved from the
duties of French Minister of State only in order
that he may put himself in communication with hie
countrymen, the chiefs of the Polish insurrection,
and be ready, when the proper moment arrives, to
accept the title of " King of Poland" under the pro-
tection of French arms. I must explain that I use
the word " likely " in the sense which it bears in a
nigger auctioneer's catalogue—viz., fat. lively, pro-
mising, and not in the European sense of probable.
It is, however, quite true that Count Walewski
Iwas from the first privy to all the ministerial
changes which have been mado, and entirely acqui-
esced in his own dismissal.
Bel/ices Correspondence, referring to the statement
in the Times that the Emperor has again proposed to
England to recognise the Confederate States, asserts
that, on the contrary, it is the cabinet of St. James's
which has this time taken the initiative of the pro-
posal. It adds that the overture has "not been
repulsed," and " that the two cabinets may very
likely come to an understanding on the question,
if the Confederate government will give some
guarantees for the abolition of slavery within a
given time." There is much virtue in the latter
There is scarcely any change at the Bourse. The
tone of the market is somewhat better.
Djemil Pacha, the Turkish ambassador, gave a
splendid dinner and ball at the Ottoman embassy
yesterday to celebrate the anniversary of the
Sultan's accession to the throne. Messrs. Godidlot,
the eminent undertakers of public rejoicings,
erected a temporary saloon for the occasion
iu the garden of the embassy which abuts
on the Arc de Triomphe. M. Drouyn de
Lhuys, Marshal Bandon, and most of the
foreign ministers were present at the banquet.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys proposed the health of the
Sultan, Abdul Aziz, and success to the reforms
with which he had inaugurated his reign, and
which lie was carrying out with houourable perse-
verance. At the ball Djemil Pacha very success-
fully did the honours both of host and hostess,