The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

The Triufe Ga:efte states that it has received
further particulars relative to the flight of Peter
retroviteli from Montenegro. The reigning Prince,
on the evidence of a servant, asserted that his life
was in danger, and it is said to have been his inten-
tion to take ott the head of the above-mentioned
Peter, who was President of the Senate, of the Vice-
president George Petrovitch, who was also the
brother of his lather, and of sundry birders and
senator. Some have reached Cattaro in safety, and
the others, supported by their partisans, manage to
keep Daniel at bay.
The .laybhurg Ga:.tfe contains some suggestions
relative to the probable intentions of the Russians :
►sannenbera's corps at and around Kr.jova has, it is
said. received considerable reinforcements, which would not
be necessary if the Russians simply intend to get possession
of ►isfs:. General Loden is else moving on Mimosa,
and s pontoon train has been sent to (harm°. The pre-
gumption therefore is, that the Ito% inns are too much ex-
alted to postpone hostilities on the Danube until the spring.
The movements to surds Ilireova and Wing's) are merely
Monti to distract the attention of the Turks; for the only
dance of a successful pascage of the river, as things now
✓and, is from Lesser Wallachia. My opinion (says the
writer) is that he will throw forward a corps toward Kula-
fat, in order to occupy the Turks at Widdin, and then
direct his principal tone on Radujovatz, where, to the best
of my belief, the Snvian hank of the Danube is neither oc-
cupied nor for:ified. The Servians will neither be able, nor
perhaps aish, to prevent the Rus►ians crossing the river. As
a good road leads from Radujevivz to Nile& and S phia, the
Ulm my thus be tamed.

FRANCE.

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PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
Orders have lately been given to the French war
steamers surveying the fisheries in the Channel to
lend their assistance in towing merchant ships laden
with grain when detained by contrary winds. Simi-
lar orders were some time since sent to the French
ships at :he Tagus station, and in the Dardanelles and
Bosphorus.
The Moniteur contains a decree directing that in'
future supernumerary attaches to the department of
foreign altars and unpaid aleache's to the foreign em•
busies and legations will be required to have ob-
tained the degree of licentiate in law. Aspirants for
diplomatic honours must therefore begin by showing
at least a moderate aptitude for work.
Since the decree of Sept. 14, reducing the duties
upon foreign cattle, a new and extensive commerce
had grown up between France and Spain. Very
many. flocks of sheep have been brought across the
Spanish frontier and sold in the various market
towns on the road from Bayonne to Paris. Not a
few have been brought as far as Sceaux for the sup
ply of Paris itself. In flocks of five hun-
dred each, the cost of transport from the
Spanish frontier to Statue is but 3t 75c. per head.
Numerous contracts had been made upon this footing,
and considerable supplies of Spanish mutton were on
their way, when soddenly the whole trade was put a
stop to by an extraordinary decision of the Custom-
house authorities. Up to Nov. 10th, the import duty
charged upon. Spanish sheep was 23c. per head, in
accordance with the provisions of the decree above
mentioned. The Custom-house people then bethought
them that, although the decree was intended to favour
free trade in live and dead meat, it said nothing
about wool upon the sheep's back, and upon this they
actually levied a separate duty. The Spanish gra-
ziers now find that, until they can train their
droves to travel in a still more naked con-
dition than poor little 80-peep's flock—leav-
log not only their tails, but their skins
behind them—they must give up exporting to France.
All the existing contracts have been rescinded, and
the source of a valuable and increasing supply of food
is thus for the present stopped. I cannot but think
the Emperor will remedy this evasion Ida decree in- I
tended to alleviate the pressure of the present dear-1
mess of provisions.
The Emperor has given 25,000 francs from his pri-
vate purse to establish tour new markets in Paris for
the retail sale of meat by auction. The auction at
the Central Halle, although to a certain extent a
blow to the butchers' monopoly, has contributed but
in a very limited degree to the relief of private fami-
lies from excessive prises. Restaurants and establish-
ments consuming large quantities of meat have no I
doubt found a considerable benefit, but the distance
and lose of time have prevented the ge-
. meal public from any extensive participation in
the advantages of the innovation. The new ;action
markets are to be in the populous quarters of the
Plies Beauvais (Faubourg St. Antoine), the Carr+
St. Martin, the Cane des Cannes (Place hlaubert),
and the Rue de Sevres. Great as the Emperor's
boou is, it will still be enjoyed only by the compare-1
tively rich. The piing may be had somewhat
cheaper, but the pound of meat, which not the poor
• alone, but the large proportion of the middle class
are most anxious about, will be as dear as ever.
The entire abolition of the butchers' monopoly—
already effected in one or two French towns—would
be the only effectual relief to the masses. This
abolition I have reason to believe will be effected
before long.
The Duke de Casigliano, whose unexpected deathl
mentioned yesterday, was carried off by typhus
fever. His grandfather, the Prince of Corium, now
85 years of age, had, in contemplation of the young
Duke's approaching marriage with Queen Christina's
daughter, agreed to settle upon him the whole of his
enormous fortune, amounting to nearly half a mil-
lion sterling.
At Lyons, on Thursday last, a man named Bien-
veau Roux, recently arrived from Africa, was sen-
tenced to three months imprisoment for having said
in a tobacconist's shop—interrupting a conversation
on the subject of the Empress's fete on November 15:
—" That fete will not be kept next veer, because
within two months from this time the-Emperor will
be assassinated."