The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-01 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(?1,011 0011 OWN.

PARIS. TZVMDAT Evuuto.

The Bourse was mach agitated to-day. In the
morning the Bente roes to 71tr., bet afterwards con-
siderable disappointment was felt in consequence of
rumour (which turn out to have been cornet) that the
Queen's Speech, while alluding in very guarded
language, to hopes of peace," had not even an-
nounced the signature of the expected protocol, and
had dwelt emphatically upon the necessity of conti-
nuing the preparations for carrying on the war. The
Beate dropped from 71fr. to 70fr. 40c., and after many
fluctuations, claaed at 701 r. 60c., with a ries on the day
of 10c. Railways were in greater demand than they
have been of late, and most of the lines left off at
considerably higher quqtatione. Lyons and Western
sew 2",:r. each, Grand Central, 33fr., and other
lines from 12fr. to leifr. railways gave way a
good deal, and notwithstanding a partial recovery,
closed with • fall of 120. 601 r. Credit Meagher
nee 133..

The town of Tonnerre is in a state of great excite-
ment, owing to a suicide, committed under very *UM
ordinary circumstances by a judge of one of the law
emote of the place. For the last ten years
mazy respectable families and public taw
tiooaries in Tonnerre have been annoyed by
anonymous letters, imputing to them all aorta of
crimes and misdemeanours. The so•rce of the a-
lumni,. has hitherto been sought in vain, but latterly
surpictons were entertained of two judges of the
tribunal of First Instence, and these RIFF
ciuns were so strong that the Imperial Caere
irstructed one of its judges to institute • judicial
inquiry en the subject. This high functionary ar-
rived in Tonoerce on Jan. 25, accompanied by a gab.
stitch, of the Proconsul:least-al, and on the aim

day searches were made at the houses of the two
phases in vends., M. de Br— and 11. B—. It
ienid that io the hones of M. de Br— a targeting.
of proofs against him were discovered, and that
after being interrogated, he was constrained
to resign his seat on the bench. At
M. B—'s only one libellous paper was bound, but
this was in his own handwriting. He, however,
affirmed that he had merely copied it out of curiosity
from a paper that bad been shown to him at a neigh-
boar's. The next day this M. B— shot himself is
the breast with a gun, and the wound not being
mortal, he find upon himself a second time with a
pistol. According to public report, during the short
interval that «tarred before his death he protested
his innocence. His friends earnestly hops it may
turn out that the only motive for the desperate an
was an unjust accusation acting upon a sensitive
mind.

A letter front Vienna of the 26th Jan., in the Post
Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" Since the meet-
ing of the Council of War in Paris, the attention of
the Russian generals has been principally directed
towards Poland. The fortresses of that country, for
the repair of which immense sums have been ex-
pended during the last 4 years, are all constructed
on a system worthy of being studied by strategists-
These fortresses are now being provisioned for a
year, as though the Russians are to have to defend
themselves behind walls, and not in the open field.
It is in these places that the divisions et the guard
and the reserves are being collected, and other forme
are directed on Elitomir, Kicheneft Nioolakff, Fin-
land, and the Crimea. The military governor of
Orenbonrg is sending reinforosseests to General
Moaravieft"