The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(PLOY SHY CODZYSPONDYNT OF TED DAILY NIBS.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVINING.

It is the almost universal belief to-day that the
Emperor is really going to the Crimea. Thursday,
the 22nd, is positively mentioned as the day fixed for
his departure. The only private information I have
received on the subject, bey osd the details which I
gave you yesterday, is that eo lately as Saturday last
several ladies of honour received an intimation that
they might be expected to accompany the Em-
press to Constantinople, and they were re-
quested to say whether the state of their health or any
other private reason would be likely to prevent them
from undertaking such a journey. Thus it is con-
firmed that, should the expedition take place, her
Majesty will accompany the Emperor as far on his
way as the Turkish capital. The single allusion to
the matter hitherto ventured upon by the Parisian
press is contained in the Press., of this evening, which
says, in its Bourse article—alluding to a recovery of
in Coneola this day, after a fall of i—" The London
speculators still regarded as altogether improbable
the news which so greatly affected the Paris Bourse
last week, and which has again influenced quotations
to-day."
General Niel returned from the Crimea yesterday
afternoon at two o'clock, and bad a private interview
with the Emperor almost immediately. His return
was one of the events which his Majesty awaited
before making his final decision, and it is thought
that the result of the conversation with the General
has been to strengthen Louis Napoleon's original de-
termination. The article in Saturday's Moniteur,
which I represented as mysterious and manifestly in-
complete, is now understood to be a preface to the
official announcement of the departure. It is sug-
gested—and the suggestion seems to me probable—
that the various statements in that article referring
to the condition of the country, and the disposition
of the people, were intended as refutations of the
arguments pat forth by the Emperor's iriends and
advisers, with a view to dissuade him from his pro-
ject. Several political arrests have been made
within the last day or two, and the rumour runs
that these arrests have been made by ministers on
purpose to alarm the Emperor, and yet, if passible,
divert him from his purpose.
There are great hopes now of an amicable under-
standing with Prussia. Indeed, it is thought that
the treaty is on the point of being &ivied, if not
signed already.
The Bourse was affected by the report of the Em-
peror's approaching departure for the Crimea.
he
Bente fell 40c., closing at 63fr. 70c. Credit Mobilier
fell 15fr. With the exception of St. Germain and
Itouen and Havre, which rose 2fr. 50c. each, the rail-
ways fell:—Grand Central, 71r. 50c. Lyons and
Mediterranean, sfr. Northern, 3fr. 75c.; and the
other lines from lfr. 2fr. 50c. The Austrian railway
was in favour, and rose 3fr. 75c.
General de LAmarmora, who is to command, the
Piedmontese expedition, has arrived in Paris.

'run MURDER AT CIIATUAIL—The girl Law hay.
ing recovered sufficiently from her wounds for examination
before the magistrates, was yesterday brought before the
county bench at Rochester. The evident:, adduced was
substantially the same as that given Qr. the coroner's inqui-
sition, and at its close the prisoner was committed for trial
on the doub:e charge of murder and robbery. The assists
will commence on the 12th March,