The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FIIIDAY EvEsfso.
Judgment has been given to-day in the affair of
the " foreign correspondents." There is rewon to
think that the judges were much divided on the sub-
ject. for, after retiring to their private room last
night for three hours, they announced that the court
would not pronounce its decision till the morrow.
The sentences are less severe than was expected.
The court collectively has shrunk from finding
any of the prisoners guilty of belonging to a secret
society. Had they dune so, although the punish-
ment judicially awarded might have been
merely nominal, the Minister of Police, by
virtue of the unheard of legislation recently
introduced into France, might have trans-
ported any of the prisoners so convicted to
Cayenne. All the charges of propagating "false
news" are also negativeu. MM. Vallee and Regis
de Chantelauze are found not guilty. MM. Alfred
de Coillogon and Auhertin, who did not rurrentler,
are condemned by default to a year's imprisonment
and tines of 1,000 francs. M. Anatole de Cudtlogon
is sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a tine
of :100 franca; MM. Virmsitre and Planhol to three
months' imprisonment, and tines of 100 francs ; M.
Charles Flandin to one mouth's imprisonment and
a tine of 100 franca, and the Duke of Itovigo
and M. de Lapierre to ono month's im-
prisonment and fines of 100 francs. The two later
prisoners are convicted of having used seditious lan-
guage, and being in possession of arms and muni-
ments of war. 'fhe Hake of Rovigo's arms, as I
have before told you, consisted of two swords, ono a
relic of his father, 'Marshal Savary, and the other
his own sword when a captain of national guards.
Thus ends the famous conspiracy of Feb. 0, for which
fifty or sixty men of the highest position in society
were arrested in their beds, and which, as the go-
, vernment journals told the public, was pregnant with
, danger to the state at the time of its providential
discovery.

There is a talk of a grand ball to be given by the
Empress to the Senate, Cores Legislatif, and the
Municipal Council in return for the threepes given
in her honour by those bodies. It appears tina the
expense of the hall at the Chamber of Deputies will
be much less then was supposed. The treasurer has
only called upon members to leave VIOL each of their
months salary to cover their subscriptions when the
accounts sha Ibe finally settled. M. de Muntulem-
beet, you will remember, gave I,ooof. to charity upon
the assumption that, had ho chosen to muskier the
obligation de faire danser la cone" as part
of his mission, he would have be, n called
upon to pay that quota. There is a gr, at deal
of exaggeration in the common talk abuts, the enor-
mous expense of several recent files. A vast
amount of scenic effect may be obtained for a mode-
rate sum of money. -Flowers, draocry, temporary
fountains. and Lops-boos are the chief stems of ex-
penditure. As for the supper and refreshments, the
fragments left after a York hunt bali :could amply
furnish forth half a dozen routs at the Luxembourg.
It is said that the Corps Diplomatique has taken a
strong resolution with regard to their receptions.
In order not to lay themselves open to the reproach
of receiving declared adversaries of the government
in their drawing rooms, they will invite no French-
men who have not been presented to the Emperor.
Lord Cowley, I am told, has already acted upon the
new system. While mentioning this as an accredited
report, I must add that I incline to believe, and cer-
tainly hope, it is not true.
A credit of So,ooofr. has been opened for the
erection of an equestrian statue of Napoleon I. in
font of the Crystal Palace now building in the
Champs Elysees.
The directors of the Strasbourg Railway have just
placed libraries in their waiting-rooms fur the use of
travellers, and it is thought the example will bo
followed by other French companies.
The Moisiteur contains a statement of the receipts
produced by the indirect taxes for the litst three
months of the present year, showing an increase of
20,489,000 fr. over the receipts of 1851. and of
14,33-I,ooof. over those of 1852 for the same period.
The dfimiteur also contains a copy of a circular
addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the pre-
fects of the departments, respecting the exhibition
of the products of all nations, to take place in Paris on
tke Ist May, 1835. The prefects are requested to place
themselves immediately in communication with the
chambers of commerce and agriculture its their re-
spective departments, and are invited to spare no
effort in order to ensure the worthy representation
of French industry in the forthcoming peaceful
struggle.
A decree by the Emperor, published in the -Masi-
lent., fixes the number of men to be provided by
each department for the contingent of 80,000 re-
quired for the present year.
STATE 01 THE DAN* OE MANCE WITU TEE BRANCH
HANES TO *PAIL 14, 1863.
• CY.,

Cash in hand

Cash in the branch baaka

f. c.
3.`17,452,239 63
J 9,989,386 00
146,582 16

Commercial bills overdue..

Portfolio of Paris, of which 45,167,505 f.
08e. were from the branch banks 118,411,611 33
Ditto in the branch banks 131.437,585 00
Ad, anced on a deposit of bullion 1,038,700 00
Ditto by the brrnch banks 880,342 00
Advanced on French public securities 35.734,536 10
Ditto by the branch banks 11,038,400 00
Advanced on railway securities 60,701,100 00
Ditto by the branch banks 16,961,974 00
Advanced to the state on the treaty of
June 30, 1848 75,000,000 00
Government stock reserve 10,000,000 00
atto disposable
Hotel and furniture of the bank 4.000,000 00
Landed property of the branch banks 3,074.250 00
Interest in the national discount offices 52,762 00
Expenses of management of the Bank
and branch banks 854,597 08
Sundries

Total 1,012,949,682 80

Capital of the Bank _ 91,250,000 00
Reserve of the Bank
Ditto in landed property
Bank notes in circulation
Ditto of the branch banks 159,390,525 00
Bank notes to order 5,413,131 88
Receipts payable at sight
Treasury account current, creditor
Accounts current in Paris 111,630,117 96

Ditto in branch banks

27;823:512 00

Dividends payable
Sundry interests and di.connts

432,1&5 26
3,709.382 21

doriog the last six months
Received on account of protested bills
Sundries

710,4.5 02
420,393 82
2,750,208 04

1,012,90,0:42 80
The Bourse to-day was again characterised by:
dullness in the demand for government securities;
and with the exception of an advance of sc. in the
Four•and-a-Half per Cents. for the end of the month,
there was a slight decrease on yesterday's quotations
in the other descriptions, with a downward tendency
at the conclusion of business. Bank stock expe-
rienced no change. The following are the last
[ quotations :—For Cash : Three per Cents., 80f. 30c.;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 13c. For the
account : Three per Cents., 80f. 30c.; Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 103 f. 20c. Bank stock, 2,7-13.
The railway share market was inacrive, and de-
clining, with trifling exceptions, Orleans and Paris
and Rouen being the only leading lino, that escaped
a decline. The closing prices stand thus :--Nor-
thorns, 905 f. 23c. ; Orleans, 1,01:L:; Paris and
Strasbourg, 845 f.; Paris and Lyons, 01 tr. ; Paris
and Rouen, 1,093 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean,
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