The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

MB REPORTED FALL OF KARL

Our Ps& corropondest, writing yesterday even-
ing, 8175
"I hinted yesterday a doubt of the authendeity of
the owe of the fall of Kars, published in a Loudon
snoruiiig journal of Wednesday. Up to this moment
there is so seadreastion of the intelligence, and, con-
sidering that the besvaide Ruses would not have bon
slow to promulgate the fact had it boa too, a mud-
' dent hope is indulged hero that the report is a false
one.'
A despatch from Vienna. dated yesterday, 11 a.m.,
rye:—" Nothing is known hero in °facial circles of
the fall of Kum."
The /owned des Dibeds of last evening says :

"The English Journals cantinas to anno;nos the
capture of the city of Ken by General Moursvieff.
We do not wish to oontradiet this news, unhappily
bat too probable ; we believe, however, that Do de-
!patch has arrived at Paris officially confirming the
iotelligenee. The letters received this day from Con-
stantioople speak of the critical state of gun, but not
of its eapitaladon. They tell u also that the city sad
its environs were covered with a bed of snow more
than six fat deep, and which, without °moldering the
essay, would be anfiloisut to prevent all attempts to
xvvietasl

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TinvasDAy Evanute.

The complexion of the Bourse has been better
than for some days past. There was no political
news, bat the truth of the fall of Ham which was
taken for granted yesterday, was much doubted.
The rumours of pesos, although considered Mk by
most reflecting people, are so perseveringly ass.
laced by persona pretending to be is possesies at
exclusive information, that they greases a essdir
rake offset on the public mind whenever no positive
hat is known to throw discredit upon them. But
what chiefly indeenoed the market today was a
report that the Bank of Franco returns to be pub-
lished in the Mostieeir tomorrow would be found to
exhibit a great improvement—some say as meek as
eight or tea million♦—in the bullion
meet. Should Should this surmise be confirmed, it
will be the more important, because the
bank hes this month only pinked Bogota
to the vales of SO millions against 90 millions ex-
pended under that head in the preceding sea&
Bank of Franca 'hares, which have been stagnant for
some time, were in great demand to-day, and roes'
lOfr. Credit Mobilise rise 15fr. The Rents was
very arm, and race 30c., closing at 04k. 66c. The
Timor Emmanuel was quoted for account, for the first
Ibis and was very muck sought after at a rise d
bk. A report that a call would be made at the
general meeting to be held on Saturday was posi-
timely denied. It is confirmed that the fucks between
this company sad that of the Lyons and Geneva b
definitive. The joint list of directors will be
announced in a few days. French railways wow
all better. Lyons rose 101 r., Northern and Easters
7fr. 60e. each, end other lines about 2k. 600.
Begs, Orkousta, and !Straka, mentioned in Marshal'
Pelissier's despatches the three points lately attacked
by the Russians, are positions of the Allied armies on
the north of the Bader valley, and to the out of
Balaklava.

, The imports of porn sad boar have greatly in-
ereased of late. From a return jut made it appears
that from August 1 to December 9 there has been im-
ported into Franco 1,200,000 hectolitres of corn and
200,000 quintals of flour. Now the imports for the
year ending July 31, 1866, were only 2,000,000
hectolitres of cora and 200,000 quintals of flour, so
that within the last Ave months the quantity im-
ported is nearly two-thirds as much as that in the
entire year preceding. Coosiderable arrivals are ex-
pected at Havre and Bordeaux, from which ports
several ships overdo, are detained by contrary winds.