The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

APPROACHING PEACE CELEBRATIONS IN

PARIS.
(7/101 OWL OWN OORRNSPONDIXT.)
PARIS, TIVIODLY ETAmmo.

Withuit pretending, which I have never yet done,
ti Ply knowledge of what peeps within the doors et
the Curves., I believe I may now announce with
e ittiinty that unless any event, wholly unexpected
by the French °armament, should at ;€e, peace w
be prat amed before the end of the week. Ail the
shopkeepers, sad ell private bousekeepete more or
less under the influence of Government, bare re
eeived orders to-day from the police to be ready to
Marinate on Saturday. Moreover, gratuitous per-
formances are ordered for Saturday at all the
theatres. This fact seems conclusive.

The Archbishop of Pads gave a grand dinner yen
terday to several of the plenipotentiaries—to all of
them, in fact, who were not at the name time dining
with M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior. After
d•aner the Archbishop made a little speech, in which
he said that next Suoday wee the festival of Quasi-
mode, a day looked upon by the c►urch es an especial
aroiversary of the mission of the Prince of Peace,
slid that he trusted the Congress would not let it
pans over without siring peace to Europe. The pleoi-
pJteutiseies present said nothing; but they smiled,
end their smile waa construed as a promise.
The Bourse was rather favourably acted upon than
otherwise, by the decisive intelligence that the Sub-
lime Porte had made objections to some of the reso-
lutions of the other members of the Congress. The
concluion wee at once come to, that no protest on
the pert of Turkey could prevent the signature of
peace, and at the same time the news was ioterpretedi
se a satisfactory explanation of the delay in bring-
iog the negotiations to a conclusion. The rate of
reports was somewhat l'igher than yesterday, owing
to a statement that the Orleans railway company hso
called in fifteen millions, which it had placed in
agents' hands to be invested io report., having occa-
sion for the money to pay the coming dividend.
The great question at the Bourse to-day was, whether
peace will be proclaimed before or after the next set-
tlement. In the first case there would, it is thought, be
a rise of at least lk., which would occasion the ao-
ceptance of a vest number of premiums, and corn
pletely change the complexion of the market. The
Threes rose 20c. for cash, and 30c. for account,
closing at 721 r. 60c. and 721 r. 80c. Railways were
considerably firmer; several lines rose Sir.
From private information I have reason to believe
that the following will be the dividends paid on some
of the principal French lines:—Northern, 461 r. divi-
dend and 113 fr. interest; Lyons, 80fr., dividend and
interest included; Orleans, 80fr. (of which 50fr. is
paid already, and 30fr. will be paid in July);
Mediterranean, 784. dividend (interest unknown);
Eastern, 88fr., dividend and interest included.

There is a talk of the Bank of France lowering its
discount, but I have no certain information on the
subject.

"It is stated," says the Journal du Havre," that
the defence commission has decided on the construc-
tion of three forts commanding the harbour of tb,s
Ate"

- Workmen are at present employed in restoring the
apartments at the Palace of Rambouillet. Every-
thing is to be completed within the space of three
months. Also, the old Hotel dee Cheeses is being
I repaired, and a great number of rooms are being sr-
ranged there for the persons connected with the
Imperial hunting stud, which is to pass three months
,!here every year. Stabling is to be got ready for
150 bones. Ranaborullet, it will be remembered,
I was Charles the Teeth's favourite hunting residence.
It wee there that be took Wogs after the events of
July, 11110.

I Montiond two or three days ago that M. de Ville-
messant, of the Figoro,who bad been summoned bsr
fors AL Collet Meypet, to be taken to task for, the
hardihood of his petition to the Imperial Priam, had
pleaded his own cane so well that he would per.
bably pin it. lat the same time maid that a ge-
neral amnesty of press offences was in eostemplatioe.
I fled both these pieces of news confirmed in a cu-
rios@ way in this morning's Montour. Under the
head of " Foreign Correspondence" the Monitewr lilt a
without comnieut the following paragraphs from the
Mopes Gaulle:

Paris, Marsh 23.
N. Villowaosaat, who elgood Fipples wales to the
'imperial Prises, was sulancsawl yesterday baton K. Collet
IGnret This kWh:wary expesssed to Y. Villesearaat
setnnishwest at this struts prodowles. Tberadadear
of Afar% who has a happy leeway, bawd mesas to justify
b•r petition is se clever a way that the director of public
Wei; p, limbed to ray a wort to his Iwyerial Highness fa
the pelltioares betalf.—Gesedede
It le said today that the laperor how Om a favourable
neeptioa to Fysnis petition to the luiperist Prize% sad
thst the lermitart will publish as ematety for all press
steeps the day after te-acrrew.—ldea.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, 111711 DAY, Maus 27.
The New Gazette of this day says that in the
Episcopal Gieferenees, which are to open at Vienna
re April 8, the Pope's Nuncio, Cardinal Vials, will
oc:npy the presidential chair whenever my commu-
■ieatiaos from his Holiness are to be sad.; bat
that daring the negotiations with the Imperial Go
veruneat the asesetbly will be presided by the
1 Archbishops of rosary Prague, and Groot&

The meaner in whit& the late promotion of Gem-
tuts Csarobert sad Basques was aide knows was as fat
lows :—At the dims, at t►e TaiMries after the Emprem•s
aesserdtestest, the Emperor pro as a east, " To the
rlol Prism." The sawiesaatiews with whisk the words were
modest Isavlrg sabidded, his Majesty refilled his glass with
etssopegas, sod, rlatag s escoad Si.., said, "To kfasue
Member tl To Marsha fleraquit I To their ?sliest swords
I reel& ths staid which Provides's hes Mesa to au."
The two gourds, It is sold, were Wisely takes ►p surprise.
By order of the Prefect of the Seine, photographic
artist• sad othen are foibiddes to take drawing of maoss•
Isms which are the private property of fesdiee wit►est ea
mothorisation from the adealeletntioe. This eetlee is
posted up at the gates of the three greet cemeteries of
Paris.