The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIfi, WIDNISDAT EVININO.
There is as yet no revival from the political lull
which coincided with the Queen's visit. The morn-
ing papers are wholly without interest, and those of
the evening are nearly filled with the official
despatches in the Messiesser, which you will have
already received. There is a rumour in official circles,
that intelligence of some bold stroke of an unexpected
kind may be looked for shortly from Sebastopol. It
is said that the bombardment was postponed
because it was discovered that behind the
Malakhoff Tower the Russians had con-
structed a new battery of six hundred guns,
which would have annihilated our assaulting
columns. It is, however, lem told, thought possible
to take this battery at a certain sacrifice, before the
general attack is begun, and General Esping.** is, it
is said, destined to undertake this feat of arms. But
while these rumours are to a certain extent accredited,
some people infer from the Emperor's letter in the
Monifeur of two days ago, that the project for a
grand attack is for the present abandoned. It is said,
with much show of reason, that sines the
Emperor has certain information that the
Russians in Sebastopol cannot long hold out
for want of provision., this fact ought materially to
modify the tactics of the Allies. They have stores
in abundance, and the sea service having been
ameliorated conformably to the lessons of experi-
ence, there is no probability of the armies want-
ing for anything, however long the campaign may
be protracted. Delay, it is therefore argued, is
now the game of the Allies, and not of the Rus-
sians. They, the Emperor says he has good reason
to know, are at the end of their resources. Why.
then, to satisfy impatience, which, although at one
time justifiable, is no longer in season, should we
attack Sebastopol with the certainty of losing an
immense number of precious lives, when by wait-
ing a little we may perhaps make a bloodless
march into the place which the enemy will be
reduced to abandon ? Such are the two conflicting
opinions current to-day.
I am informed to-day that General Lafontaine, who
for some time past has been stationed at Metz, in
command of a division of the army of the East, has
received older' to march to Lyons with bis division,
there to await further orders. Among the general's
staff it is considered a doubtful question whether the
destination of this division be the Crimea or Italy.
At the Bourse the Reute, after having been very
much depressed in the morning, when it was quoted
at 66fr. 53c., recovered to Mfr. 70c., closing with
a fall of but 10c. Credit Mobilier was again in ex-
traordinary favour, and rose 40f. Railways were
lower, with a dull market.

The Mona/ion in announcing the death of General
Sir A. W. Torrens, states that the Minister of War
was present himself at the funeral.

Prince Albert has deigned to aooept the title of
honorary member of the Cercle Imperial, which was
offered to him by General Count a'Ornano,in the
name of the members of the Cercle.

The English steamer the Candle and the French
steamer the Alma left Marseilles on the 27th for thel
East, having in tow respectively the Mary Anne and
the Eva transports, with stores on board. The Can-
dia carried oat 20 officers and 800 men of the 84tb,
180 men of the Ist engineers, and 180 of the 21st of
the line. The Alma had on board upwards of 1,100
mee. The Indus packet also left the same day having
on board General of Brigade Bouquet and nearly 800
men. The screw line-o'-battle ship Prince Jerome
left Toulon on the 27th with troops and military
stores for the Crimea.

A Russian despatch, received from Berlin, 28th,
says :—" It has been decided that the Russian fleet
is the Black Sea shall be considerably increased.
With that view, ships of the line of 131 guns are to
be commenced this winter at Nicolaief."

SPAIN.

MADRID, Auo. 28.

The subscriptions to the voluntary loan exoeed 651
millions of reale. The interest of the debt is shortly
to be paid. It is in contemplation again to extend
the time showed for subscribing to the voluntary
loan.

A private letter from Madrid, of the 25th, says :
HA Spanish expedition to the Crimea is still much
spoken of. General Prim is mentioned by some as
likely to be the commander, and the Marquis of
Do'*ro by others. The English Ambassador, as well
as the French one, had claimed the exclusion of fo-
reigners from the forced loan, but the Spanish govern-
ment had already come to the determination of ex-
cluding them. The law for the sale of ecclesiastical
property is stated to have been suspended in the
Basque Provinces."

ROME.

The Giornale di Roma of the 21st contains the
following paragraph in allusion to Lord Palmerston's
'speech (Aug. 10), in reply to Mr. Bowyer's vindica-
tion of the Roman Government:

We believe we are not mistaken in saying that we have
never read, in the parliamentary history of a great nation,
a series of mon insulting and gratuitous declamations than
those lately pronounced by a Prime lliaister against a
Government which is wavineed it has never given any
native We ect unjust as attack on his part. Nevertheless,
we will not depart from oar invariable system, which con.
slats in not having recourse to reprisals. We merely limit
ourselves to reputing them vain end unfounded accusations,
Waving the shame to fall upon him who ha uttered them.

MAILS FOE THE BLACK SEA, &E.—To-morrow
(Friday) ovaries sails for the Beet sad transports In the
Black Sea, and the troops in the Crimea, OTtftolll, and Turkey
will b• forwarded via Marwiller, and on Satarday evening
a supplementary sail for the above deatinatioas and for the
hospitals at Itinikivi (Dardanelles). Ahydor, and &uteri, 1
will be despatched by the sane nate. Litton soot hi
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