The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

OWN ova own CORIESPONDINT.)
PARIS, WIDNZEIDAT EVENING.

As a pregnant confirmation of the news which
gave you last week, that the French government is
for the moment on better terms with Austria, I call
your attention to the following eulogy of the Austrian
army of occupation in the Principalities, inserted io
the Moniteur, under the head of "foreign cone-
spondenee : "

Bucgauze; Atm. 22.

The Tsunamis with which some journals receive and
publish information of a nature to mislead and cense un-
easiness in the public mind, cannot be too much regrett d.
It is thus, for some time put, the state of the Princi-
palities, under Austrian occupation, has furnished matter
for the most incorrect statements. If we were to believe
thew journals, there exist between the commandants
of the Ottoman troops and the chiefs of the Austrian army
of occupation differences of a nature to ►ender any good un-
derstanding impossible for the future. I am, however, able
to affirm that no complication of the kind exists at Bucharest,
and that far from such being the case, relations of the great-
est cordiality, founded on reciprocal consideration, have
constantly been kept up between General Conchal and
General Suleyeaut Pasha. These letters, moreover, in
speaking of the feelings of the Wallachian population,
state that the present occupation is only borne
with impatience and regret. This usertion is not
more correct than the former. The occupation of Moldo-
Wallachia by the Austrian army is not so heavy a burden
for the inhabitants of the Principalities as some persons
have wished to tasks it believed. Oa the one hand, the
charges imposed on them by this new occupation are not
to be compared with those which were entailed on them
by the preemies of the Russians ; and, on the other hand,
the Austrian army maietaine the most perfect discipline.
From most minute far 'emotion which I have collected, it
molts that only two crimes were committed at the con-
inencoment of the occupation. :and the stigma of these two
crimes ought only to fall on the guilty parties, whom the
ooneta-martial punished promptly and energetically.

It is therefore, according to official authority,
necessary to dismiss from our minds all (except two
of) the minutely detailed accounts of outrages com-
mitted by the Austrian soldiery, which received from
various sources, were long accepted as true, and
which, it must be admitted, the Bucharest corres-
pondent of the ifoniteur (who writes on the 22nd
of August) ought to have contradiction sooner, for
I believe the latest story on the subject is at least
six weeks old. However, since the two courts laughed
at St. Cloud, not a fortnight ago, when Regnier, the
comedian, knew;he was making a sure hit in accen-
tuating in a particular manner the words, " Ab! Aus-
tria, Austria," which occurred in his part, diplomacy
has been at work, and Austrian protestations are
spin listened to, if not believed. The Constitution-
nel, no less dilatory than the Monileur correspondent
in the Principalities, has only just discovered the
true reason for that backwardness of Austria to join
the Allies in the war, which it lashed unmercifully
but a short time ago. The present Finance Minister,
the Baron de Bruck, found that his predecessor, M.
de Baumgartner, had left the Treasury in such a
deplorable state that a reduction of one-half
of the effective force of the army was ab-
solutely necessary as a measure of eoonomy. This, and
not, re has all along been falsely imagined, any
miserable difference with the Western Powers about
the four points, was, according to recent explanations,
the sole and veritable cause of the partial disarming
sanctioned by Francis Joseph before his journey
inspection of the army on the Russian frontier.
The Constitutiosmel represents M. de Bruck as
hampered by finance, but politically altogether on the
side of France and England. It unfortunately hap-
pens that, since the article in the Oortititutionnel was
written, news has arrived from Vienna, that all M. de
Brick's financial plans have been rejected by the Coun-
cil of the Empire, to the great consternation of the mo-
nied interest, and that M. de Bruck's retirement is
considered probable. Indeed, unless the Emperor
overrules the decision of the Council by his preroga-
tive, which he may do if he pleases, M. de Bruck can
have no choice but to retire. It is very possible that
this unlooked-for occurrence may again alter the
tone both of the articles in the Constitutionnel and
the letters of the Nomitettes correspondent at Bu-
charest.
The number of French troops embarked at Mar-
seilles and Toulon during the month of August was
40,000, and in the first four days of the present
month the number was no lees than 8,000. Although
it is generally taken for granted that all these troops
are on their way to the Crimea, there is a suspicion
that some of them are destined for Italy.
Priam, Napoleon left Paris this morning on a short
pleasure excursion on the coast of Normandy. Before
leaving Paris, his Imperial Highness received the
following members of the Society of Arts:—Lord
Ebriegton and Mr. Scott Russell, Vice-Presidents of
the Satiety ; Dr. Booth, F.R.S., Chairman of the
Council ; Mr. W. B. Simpson, F.R.b., Mr. P. Palmer,
and Mr. P. Le Neve Foster.
The International Statistical Congress will hold its
sittings, by permission of Count des Moray, in the
Passe of the Corps Legislatif.
At the Boone business in the Rent*, as has been
the ease for several days past, was less important
than in other securities. The Three per Cents. fell
16c., closing at 66fr. Orin. Some uneasiness was felt
in consequence of the reports that the Russians medi-
tate a renewal of the attack of the Tchernaya. A
good deal of busineetwas done in the Credit Mobilier.