The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WZDNISDAY EYZIIINO.
The Debate, in the solemn form of a leading article,
signed by its manager, M. Armand Bertin, gives a
summary of its news from the East, which will be
read with considerable interest. It appears from
the admission of this journal, which invariably leans
to Russia, that Lord Aberdeen's government walked
unsuspectingly into a snare laid by Austria, and was
only rescued by the firmness of Louis Napoleon and.
the hesitation of even the Prussian court. The
article is the more entitled to attention, because the
Debate, though esteemed the most important journal
in Paris, rarely sine the coup detat expresses any
opinion of its own upon passing events, and now
professes to have sifted a mass of conflicting ru-
mours, and to give the result from its own peculiar
sources. The following is the statement :

Our last letters from Vienna and Berlin give us some
information en the present state of the negotiations relative
to the Eastern question, which may to a certain point allow
us to judge of certain reports winch have been recently in
circulation. However scrupulous our correspondents may
be in their investigations, they do not pretend any more
than ourselves to be able entirely to separate what is true
from all the contradictory rumours which are afloat, and
can only forward to us what they consider as moot proba-
ble. With this precaution and reserve, they think they
may state as certain that the Austrian cabinet, which
sincerely desires the pacific solution of the Turco-Russian
question, and seeks with good faith an expedient to get
over the difficulty, has made a fresh overture to the cabinets
of Paris and London. Austria is said to have pro-
posed that the four powers should in a measure keep
themselves aloof, and let Russia and Turkey settle
their dispute by a direct arrangement between the two
sovereigns, founded on ancient treaties; maintaining them
by explaining or completing such of their clauses as may
have been shown by recent experience to be either obscure
or insufficient. Austria is said to have promised on her own
responsibility the immediate evacuation of the Danubian
principalities by the Russian armies, and demands that on
their side the cabinets of Paris and London shall engage
to use all their influence with the Divan in order to obtain
its consent to treat directly with Russia. This proposition
was communicated to the cabinet of Berlin, and it appears

that it has not been judged very favoUrably, as it was
thought to offer an issue too advantageous for Russia, and
too dangerous for Turkey, and but little in unison with
the intervention of the four cabinets which assem-
bled at Vienna in such long and frequent confe-
settees. The impression produced on the cabinet of
London by this overture of Austria is said to have been
more favourable, and a disposition was shown to accept it ;
it is said, however, that this opinion has somewhat changed,
in consequence of observations made by the cabinet of the
Tuilleries, and on hearing of the reception given to the

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advantage of the opportunity to demand explanations sr to
what is understood at Vienna by the neutrality of sea4t,.4,
in order that it may be known exactly how tar that uru.
tralite will go, at what moment it will cease, and for the
benefit of which party it will do so. It is added that it will be more particularly insisted on that Austria shall make
known as to how far she will engage herself with the other
European powers in all the measures or in all the s
which shall have for object to lead Russia to secure the
peace of Europe, which she has disturbed by her ditterrara
with Turkey. _ _

In a subsequent part of the same article the &iota
asserts that Omer Paella in crossing the Danube
acted in defiance of the instructions of his govern-
ment, and that his retreat from Oltenitza is not to be
explained by the weather or by the exigencies of
the campaign, but is a retrograde movement made
in pursuance of imperative orders from the Porte.
This statement is contrary to the whole tenor of the
more recent news, and I believe it to be wholly un-
founded. It may, however, be true that the repre.
sentatives of France and England did press the
Ottoman government to suspend hostilities, with 4,
view, in the words of the Dames, to "testify
their desire to maintain peace and their re.
Bret that it should so suddenly have been disturbed,'
Here, again, as in so many recent instances, we see
the fact that Russia broke the peace. by crossing the
Prnth ignored, and a disposition to impute the coin.
meneement of hostilities to Turkish rashaesa and
impetuosity.
A letter from Malta, of the 29th, says that the
Caradoc had anchored in the pot, on its way to
Constantinople, with despatches for Lord defied.
cliffe.

I understand the government lawyers have been
instructed to consider whether a plausible case way
not be made out for the confiscation of the Count de
Cbambord's property in France.
It is reported that a new Russian note has been
sent by M. de Nesselrode to the Czar's ministers in
France and England. In this note the acts that
would lead to a rupture of diplomatic relations be.
tween Russia and the two governments are said to
be
_specified with precision.
M. Dupont, responsible editor of the EstaPtte, M.
Pecourt, editor of the Edo) ...tyrieute, and M. Auger,
editor of Bulletin des Hulks et Marchils, were yester.
day tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police on
the charge of publishing false news. The false news
consisted in these journals stating that the price of
wheat at Montereau on the 24th Sept. was dearer
than it really was. But the Tribunal decided that
the statement in question was not sufficiently grave
to amount to the offence described in law, and it die.
charged the three accused.
An old institution, called the Congress of Bakers,
has been revived in many of the departments, prinei•
pally in the central districts. The chief object of the
measure is to counteract the vulgar prejudice enter.
taioed by the lower classes that foreign corn is
always bid. The duty of the congress is to issue
certificates of the quality of all parcels submitted to
their examination.

The inauguration of the railway round Paris will
take place on the 12th of December, in presence of
the Emperor. The only part not yet completed is
the bridge at Berry, but that is in a very forward
state.

PARIS, TIII:11.qn1Y EVENING.
The Emperor and Empress returned from Fon.
tainebleau to-day. It was announced in the morning
papers that they might be expected about half-put
two, and long before that time the Boulevards were
lined with crowds of people. Towards three o'clock,
the imperial cortege not having appeared, some
anxiety was felt on account of the sinister reports
recently circulated. But shortly before half-past
three, their Majesties, escorted by a squadron of
Guides, appeared on the Boulevard des Itaheas. They
were in a close carriage with the windows up. The
Emperor was to all appearance in his usual health.
There was more bona fidc cheering as he passed than
I have heard en any former occasion of the kind.
The Empress sat on his right hand—and, therefore,
in spit of all reports to the contrary, it is to be M-
I ferred, e accordingp to court etiquette, that an heir to
the throne is expected.
When General Baraguay d'Hilliers was about to
leave Paris, it was rumoured that he said to some of
his friends who were talking to hint in a warlike
tone,—" Ati ! if you only knew my instructions "
meaning to convey the impression that his
was a peaceful mission. This story receives
some confirmation by the telegraphic despatch
from Trieste, announcing that the general made a
speech to the Sultan "in favour of peace." It is to
be inferred from Abdul Medjid's answer, insisting
upon the necessity of the" withdrawal of the Russian
demands and the evacuation of the Principalities,"
that the speech was not accepted precisely in the
sense in which it was made. From this same despatch
it is to be gathered that on the 21st—that is five days
later than the news by the Egyptus—no English or
French vessels had gone to the Black Sea.
News has reached Paris this evening that a body
of Cossacks having crossed the Danube in the night
time at a point above Turtukai, to make a recon-
noissance, had been surprised and completely routed
by the Turks.
The settlement at the Bourse to-day went off better
than might have been expected after the fluctuations
of the last few days. It was found that the bears
had oversold themselves, and the scarcity of stock for
delivery occasionod an upward movement in the
rents, which continued without a check throughout
the day. The Threes opened at 74fr. 1.3 c., and closed
at 74fr. 60c., being a rise of 40c. Foreign news had
but little influence, " the state of the house" being
almost the sole guide to transactions. In railways
there was comparatively little business doing, the
settlement in these securities not taking place till
to-morrow. They were, however, very firm. St.
Germain rose 7fr. 50c., and Northern and Orleans
7fr. 25fr. each.

The Moniteur publishes the official monthly re-
turns of the price of corn in the principal markets in
France. The highest price is 32fr. 70c. per hecto-
litre, in those of Bergues, Arras, Hoye, Soissons,Paris,
and Rouen ; and the lowest, 27fr. 33c., in those of
Saint-Lo, Paimpel, Quimper, Hennebon, and Nantes.
The average for the whole of France is 29fr. 9%,
being a rise of 2fr. sc. on the last return. It must
be borne in mind that these returns do not comprise
the last fortnight of November, during which prices
have sensibly declined.
The Mondeur de l'Aroule says, the journals that
have announced the different towns in which the
new battalions of chasseurs are to be organized are
misinformed. No decision has yet been come to on
this subject. Doubtless the " polygon " garrison
towns will be preferred, but questions of barrack
accommodation must also be considered. I under-
stand it to be settled, that the formation of tea more
battalions of this arm will be decreed before long.
M. Deschamps, the aeronaut, has perished in a
balloon ascent from the circus at Nisines. No par-
ticulars of the fatal accideat have arrived. The fact
alone was telegraphed to the Courrier dc Marseille.

THE FUSION.—The Frankfurt Gazette informs its
readers that it is empowered to state that the engagements
or acknowledgments made at Frohsdorff by the Duke de
Nemours were not made by the authority or on account o
the Duchess d'Orleane, who has not acknowledged the
transaction in any way. Letters from Vienna of the 27th
inform us that the Duke and Duchess of Nemours and the
Duke of Cobourg dined with the Comte de Chambord of
the previous day.
TIIE CURFEW IN MJLAN.—The Genoa Carafe
Mercantile of the 26th ult. publishes a new notice of the
Director of the Police of Milan, enjoining the proprietors of
horses in the city to close them at midnight, and in the
suburbs at ten o'clock, under a penalty of from 6f. to 241.
fine, or an imprisonment of from one to four days.
CONVENTION WITH NAPLES.—The ,lournal of the
Two Siceies of the 16th ult. publishes the convention sti-
pulated between that country and Great Britain, for the
extrvdition of sailors deserting from their respective navies.

LOMBARDT.-By accounts from Milan, it seems
that the return of Count Gyulai, or the apprehension of
that of Maazini, or a mixture of both these evils, has been
the signal for the most unprecedented precautions against
anything like surprise—such, indeed, as arc only taken by
troops in an enemy's country, and not always then. Guards
are placed in parts of the town where no guards ever
were before ; the numbers at the different posts are
doubled; the soldiers so employed are secured from being
overpowered by any sudden onslaught of a mob by stout
stockades ; even in the theatre the officers of the garrison
have a pen so railed off for them as to protect them from
the animosity of the multitude, and a private entratur
assigned them; and, to render security doubly sure, civi-
lians are not allowed to enter the theatre without showing
their passport, or carts; di sicurezza, at the door.

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