The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1853.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNZSDLY. 8 30 A.M.
A private message from Vienna, of the 24th, an-
nounces the impending departure from Constanti-
nople of Prince hlenschikoff, in consequence of the
definitive refusal of tho ultimatum by the Porte.

PARIS, TUZSDAY EVIMXO.

In the Senate yesterday the measure was approved
of for granting a pension of 5,000 fr. to the widow
of M. Burnout.
The Moniteur of this morning reports that the
government, at the date of the 13th May, was offi-
cially informed of changes in the Ottoman ministry.
Mehemet Ali Pacha, who was Grand Vizier, is ap-
pointed Minister of War, and replaced in his former
station by Nlustapha Paella, ex-President of the
Grand Council. ltifaat I'acha has succeeded to the
latter's post. Reschid Paeha was entrusted with the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs.
The important intelligence of the rupture of diplo
matic relations between Austria and Switzerland is
announced in the Moniteur in the following terms :
Count Karnicki, Austrian Mai* d'afiaires at Berne,
received an order from his government, on the 21st, to quit
his post immediately and return to Vie nna, after notifying
to the President of the Ilelvetic Confederation the rupture
of diplomatic relations between Austria and Switzerland.
There is now no doubt that this news was known
yesterday to some of the leading speculators. At
the opening of the Bourse therefore to-day it was
conceived that the heavy fall of yesterday must have
been in great measure owing to this despatch, and
in the belief that the news had been "discounted"
there was a disposition to operate for the rise. The
following article from the New Zurich Go:ette of
Berne of the 21st., was much talked of, as showing
that the withdrawal of the Austrian charge ci'affaires
originated in a mistake.
The affair of the recall of the charge d'uffaires of Austria,
M. de Karnicki, reposes on a misunderstanding. About
fifteen days ago M. Fnibrose, President of the Federal
Council, invited several diplomatists and members of the
Federal Council to a private dinner. The invitation was
caused by the presence of the ambassador of Bavaria, Baron
de Verger, with whom M. Freihrose, in hie quality of chief
of the department of Commerce and Customs, has nego-
tiated for the conclusion of a treaty guaranteeing free naviga-
tion on the Rhine and on the Lake of Constance. Almost all
the representativesof foreign governments were invited ; but
M. de Karnicki and two or three membersof the federal coun-
cil were not present. This latter circumstance would have
sufficed to deceive the dinner of any official character.
However, in several journals it was stated that /el. Karnicki
had attended the dinner; and the New Zurich Gazette cor-
rected the error, and announced that M. Karnicki could not
have attended a dinner to which he was not invited. The
Gazette did not say formally that the dinner was not diplo-
matic or official. The Court of Vienna, led into error by
this news, decided on recalling its charge d'affaires. The
federal council, having become acquainted with the motives
of this act, caused explanations to be given by the Swiss
charge d'affaires at Vienna. They perfectly tranquillised
Austria, and diplomatic relations have undergone na inter-
ruption. M. de Karnicki has, however, obtained a eonge;.
It was, however, naturally thought improbable in
the highest degree that the Moniteur would an-
nounce in terms a rupture of diplomatic relations if
M. Karnicki had only left Berne en conye, and a
telegraphic dispatch from Berne, dated Tester day,
arrived to strengthen the less favourable view of the
case. This dispatch says :
In consequence of the notification made by the Austrian
charge d'allaires to the President of the Helvetic Confedera-
lion of the rupture of diplomatic relations between Austria
and Switzerland, the Federal Council has decided on
putting an immediate end to the functions of the Swiss en-
voy at Vienna.
On the receipt of this the downward movement
continued, and the Threes fell as low as 81.80, being
nearly 1, per cent. lower than yesterday. The ac-
counts from England of the rejection of Prince Men-
chikoff's ultimatum, although not implicitly credited,
added to the uneasy feeling. Within ten minutes
of the close of the Bourse, however, almost all secu-
rities rapidly recovered, and the Threes closed at
21.5.

All the high-church journals, the Assenibble, the
Union, and the Unirere, charge the government with
having abandoned the position assumed by 2.1.
Lavelctte in regard to the Holy Places, and, indeed,
u I ventured to surmise two or three days ago, in
spEte of the article in the lifoniteur, there can be no
doubt of this fact.

The Univers says:
An attentive reading of the &mans that Russia has
obtained from the Ports in favour of the Cheeks proves
that, on the one hand, Turkey wishes to seem to have
maintained the concessions obtained for the Latins by
France, while at the raw time she in reality withdraws
everything that was important is those concessions.
There is a report that France is about to send a
fleet to China, to support her "just influence" in case
of a dismemberment of the Chinese empire.
The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the
receipts of customs duties and indirect taxes for the
last month, which amounted to 11,427,993fn, being
2,816,922 fr. less than in April, 18.52, and 1,760,8751 r.
more than in 1851. The receipts of the first four
months of 1853 amount to 41,338,791 fr., showing a
decrease of 5,444,773 fr. as compared with the corres-
ponding period of 1852, and an increase of 4,912,346 fr.
on 1851. You will remember that the boasted equi-
librium in the budget is based entirely upon the as-
sumption that the receipts for 1833 would exceed
those of 1852. The returns, confirming all reasonable
anticipation, show that up to the present time, there
has been a considerable fulling off from the receipts
of that exceptional year.
The efforts of Admiral Maclean and his brother
tars to induce the Senate to throw out the Naval
Officers Superannuation Bill produced but little
effect. The measure was voted by 94 against 13.
This is, however, the first time that any show of
opposition has been made by the Senate against the
promulgation of any law. The minority, though
small, is large enough to be significant.
Marshal Jerome Bonaparte has taken apartments
at Frascati's, at Havre, whither he intends to go 'I
after the prorogation of the Senate, to stay some time.
The Emperor went yesterday to visit the Duke of
Genoa at the Sardinian Embassy, accompanied by
Generals de Gluon and de Lourmel, his aides-de-
camp. Princes Jerome Napoleon and Napoleon also
visited the duke. In the evening his royal highness
accompanied the Emperor to the Opera, to be present
at the representation of " Melee."
A despatch from the Piraeus, of the 17th, an-
nounces that the French Mediterranean squadron
having gone through some evolutions in the Gulf of
Athens, had anchored at Egina. This island, situated
near Salamis, possesses a good summer anchorage.
The health of the crew is stated to be satisfactory.

the confederation and the imperial court are broken
off, and to return forthwith to Vienna. Although
the imperial government has chosen the most violent
among diplomatic modes of signifying displeasure,
instead of allowing M. Karnicky to leave Berne en
conge, as the Chevalier Hulsemann left Wash-
ington, and as more recently the Sardinian
minister left Vienna, yet it is well to reeal that
a rupture like this does not necessarily imply any,
further aggravation of the dispute, much less actual
hostilities. In fact, Switzerland and Austria are noel
placed in a relation very similar to that mutually
sustained by Spain and England after the departure
of Sir Henry Bulwer from Madrid and before his
replacement by Lord Howden. The successive acts
of Austria since the commencement of the present

differences have not been very conseluential.
Towards the end of May diplomatic relations are
ruptured, but already in February Austria resorted
to the extreme measure of blockading the Swiss
frontier—a measure which she justified on the asser-
tion, declared by the federal commissioner to be un-
foul:Lied, that succours had been rendered to the
Lombard revolutionaries by the Ticinese. The Swiss
deny the facts alleged against them by Austria, and
her claims to interfere in their internal administra-
tion they reject as a violation of their rights as mem-
bers of a sovereign state.