The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-12 00:00:00

RUMOURS OF A RUSSIAN LOAN.

VIENNA, Oar. 4.

Several bankers here give oredenos to the rumour
that Russia is contractiog a loan in North America,
and that the negotiations are nearly concluded.

The Monitevr, Wide@ etatiog that the health of
the Empress Eugenie is expellent, adds the follow-
ing lines:

" Franco will hear of the pregnancy of the Empress
with u much joy u thankfolneas to Previdenee.
This happy event, what'll promises to the Emperor
the only satiefastion wanting to oomplete his domestio
happiness, is a new guarantee for the stability of our
institutions. Every one will return thanks to Heaven
and offer prayers for the preservation of the Em-
press's health and the accomplishment of the nation's
hops."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

pant ova OWN

PARIS, TZUZIDAY Sysmu,.

The Bourse was very flat, in consequence prin-
cipally of the measures expected to be taken by the
Bank of France, to which I alluded yesterday. I
have not yet heard the result of the meeting of the
Bank Directors this day. There is a report that the
meeting separated without making any change. The
Rents closed at 64fr. 450., with a fall of se. Very
little business was dons throughout the day. Bank
of France fell 30fr., and Credit Mobilier &fr. Rail-
ways were rather lower, but there was very little
change in quotation.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Cagliari, Oct: 10,
says :—" The laying down of the submarine telegraph
between Cagliari and the coast of Africa has been
I interrupted by the breaking of the cable. The Eng-
lish ship the Result, which was employed in the
service, returns with the cable to Ragland. It is
probable that the establishment of this telegraphic
line must be postponed to a more favourable season."

M. Erdan, a redacteur of the Press., wee some-
time since sentenced to eight days' imprisonment and
a fine of 100 fr. for a libel on the Catholic religion,
alleged to be contained in his work La France Mys-
tique. The Procurenr-General, not being satisfied
with this light punishment, appealed a minima (a
proceeding allowed by French law). The appeal was
heard to-day, and M. Erden has bent sentenced to •
year's imprisonment and a fine of I,ooofr.

In the Dade, Colonel St. Aoge gives the follow-
ing aocount of the probable intentions of Marshal
Pelissier :

The corped'arsee of Sepatoria esastitutes, although at
• &stases, the eztreaie left of the general system of open-
tioas of the Allies. This eorpe nausea@ both the rigla of
the Russians sad the Dent» of their oommunications with

southern Ramie, from which they obtain their supplies in
the Crimea. Their army before Sebastopol maintains for
the present its right at the northern forts, its centre in the
fortifications of the Mackenzie height., opposite the lower
course of the Tokenism and its left on the heights above
Tchorgoun. which are occupied by the Piedmotatese. But
this left appears at present greatly menaced by the more-
meats of t►e right wing of the Allies in the moun-
tain, of Balder. The only elements of appreciation
which we yet possess are the despatches of Ge I
Gortehakoff, the last of which is dated the 6th. Re
first of all spoke of engagements of the vanguard towards
Urkoaisa, or Ruilkacata according to the maps, a village
situated above Radar, and said that our advanced posts had
bean ',palmed by the Cossacks; then he announced that
that place remained in our power ; then that the Allies had,
on the 22nd ult., an engagement with his intenuf sod that
they retired towards the same Urkoussa ; and afterwards
that the Allies, having come down from the mountains, had
forced themselves a passage—an logenious expression to
dissimulate some combat in which the Rcasians were driv. a
from their position. Fleetly, under date the 4th, the Rto-
sian general announces that the Allies were extending titer
operations from the mounteins of Balder to the valley cf
the Upper Setback; Lod according to another despatch of the
same General, of the 6th, our troops had left the Upper Set-
back. Thus then they had only gone solar as to make a recon•
naissana Bat this sole indicatioa denotes a marked pro.
grass of the Allies oa the lett wing of the Russians to
surround them. The Bethink in fact lows at three or four
leagues to the rear of Mackenzie. We do not know to what
part of the valley of the Upper Dalbeck they went, but it
may be supposed that it was to Harlon, opposite Fott Sal.,
because there exists there a road which crosses the moun-
tains of Balder to that village. It is eves to be noted that
from Foti Bala the road rues oa the right book of the Set-
back, to join the high road from Sebastopol to Simpheropol
at a phase named Rhator-Traktir (the Inn farm), It
is the road which the Tartar of the southern legion were
accustomed to take to reach lisktchi-tterai. As the Ras-

siens no doubt still occupy the village of Ai-Todor, at
the rise of the Choulios, which falls into the Tobernsys at
Tcho►goun, and the village of Charall-Ozenstak, the Allies
will probably not attempt to establish themselves on the
Upper Balbach before having driven the enemy from Ai-
Todor and the other position—if that is to form part of the
plan of Marshal Pelissier to prolong Ms right wing to the
BelWek. General Gortchakoif lastly announces th►t
the Allies have removed their troops from their
right. between Balsklava and the Tether:nye.
Trail is very well explained by the movements

which we have just described. The Russians will not
attempt to advance in that direction (where, by the way,
them are reeerms), because then they would sepias them-
selves to be taken in the mu by one right wing. However
this may be, all the right wing of the army has taken poa-
-61116i011 of the mountains situated between Haider, the Chou-
liou, and the Belbeck, on the extreme left of the Hussies
army. It is even fortifying itself in the most important
passages, in arming redoubts on commanding positions, and
is forming reads to facilitate the arrival of provisions and
ammunition. These measures seem to indicate tcst
the army thinks of establishing 'Melt during the bed season
on the Sae from Sebastopol to the Upper Bethink.

The Commissary of Pollee of the district of the
Opera yesterday proceeded, in conjunction with some
gentlemen of the Administration, to make the
monthly inventory of the effects of the Grand Opera;
and on going below the stage, a strong smell was
perceived, and something resembling a lay figure
was seen suspended. This figure tuned oat to be
the dead body of a man hanging by the neck from a
beam, and in which putrefaction had commenced.
The deceased, being cut down, was recognised
as a scene shifter of the establishment, one
Charles It—, thirty-one years of age. Ho had long
been accustomed to drink to excess, and hsd often
spoken of suicide. On Sunday morning last he
went to a publio-bonee with several other scene-
shifters, and drank brandy with them. After a while
he drained off a glass-fall, and said " Thin is the last."
He then shook his companions by the hand, and went
away, as it now appears, to hang himself A eurious
circumstance, which showe that popular superstitions
have lost little of their fora, occurred after the di►co-
very of the body. The rope which the man used
was left by the Commissary of Police on a stool, and
when he sought for it he found that the chorus-
singers and the ballet people had cut it into bits and
divided it amongst themselves. A pion of a cord. de
pendu is supposed to bring good lack.