The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY HYMNING.
The Moniteur publishes the following most im-
portant note at the head of its non-official columns :

Accounts from St. Petersburg, dated the 3rd, announce
that the Emperor of Russia has adhered to the note sent to
►im from Vienna. If this note should be accepted by the
Porte without alteration, the ambassador of the Sultan will
be received by the Emperor Nicholas.
This ne-s, coming at a moment when the chief
controversy was whether or not the answer from St.
Petersburg, which a few days since was announced
as likely to be received on the 10th, could by possi-
bility arrive before the 13th, has taken every one by
surprise. Many people are yet incredulous, and re-
fuse to believe that the noto here said to be
adhered to can be the same as that agreed to
at Vienna by the four powers, and said by
Lord John Russell in the House of Commons to be of
an "acceptable nature." It is thought extra-
ordinary that the Moniteur, in giving intelli-
gence of the vast importance which this must
be, if we are to accept it as the final solu-
tion of the Eastern question, should not say dis-
tinctly that the propos►tion accepted is that of the
" four powers," instead of merely alluding to it as
" tho note of Vienna." Same people think this note
will turn out to be nothing more than the Austrian
proposition of M. de Bruck, brought to France by
the Caradoc, and rejected by France and England.
However, the irregular Sunday Bourse, which, in
spite of police regulations, still goes on, has inter-
preted the news in the most favourable sense, and
business has been done in the rento at a rise of 3fr.

The following two private telegraphic despatches
published by the Preue, if they are to be relied upon,
confirm the news of the Monateur in unmistakeable
terms :

Vienna, Saturday.
Russia accepts the project of mediation presented col-
lectively by Austria, France, England, and Prussia.
Vienna, Saturday.
News from St. Petersburg bas been received down to the
3rd. Rorie accepts the propositions of the powers, upon
condition that the Porte will adhere to them without nodi-
Station.

I must remark, as a very singular circumstance,
that the semi-official journal the Patric, which is
published later than the Preoe, does not contain
these despatches, and it is well to boar in mind that
telegraolnc despatches have very lately been mane-
facturea by corresponding offices in Paris. The
l'atrie, however, accepts the news without reserve as
the announcement of a peaceable solution.

The Constittetionnel says the statement of a journal

that a division of the French navy would be present
at Spithcad on the Ilth is a mistake. No fleet has
been formed at Cherbourg, where a single vessel
only, the Austerlitz, screw of 100 gnus, is now being !
larmed, and, notwithstanding the activity that pi e-
vails at Brest, the ocean squadron is not yet ready-
to put to sea.
A correspondent of the lidtpcnilence Bdge says
mysterious preparations are making for the corona-
' tion of the Emperor as a surprise to the Parisian
public, on the 15th of August. I can say nothing of the
truth of this report one way or another further than
that I have heard lately, in two or three quarters,
that the coronation was again upon the tap's.
The poet Jasmin dined yesterday at St. Cloud. In
the evening he was asked by the Emperor and Em-
press to recite some verses. He improvised, as is his
wont, in his native Languedoc patois, then trans-
lated into French, and afterwards repeated his eoia-
po:ition in the original Languedoc. The peculiar
beauties of Jasmin were thus, in a great measure, I
made intelligible to his eudience, and made, I am
told, a great impression upon their Majesties. When
the poet perceived that his august hearers were in a
melting mood, be suddenly asked the Emperor for
the unconditional pardon of his fellow-townsman, the
ex-questor Haze, a native of Agen. The Em-
peror paused for a few mat:lents at this
unlooked for, and as it might have been supposed (for
Napoleon 111. is not in the habit of improvising par-
dons) ill-timed boldness, and then said. " Jasmin, I
grant your request, and if M. Haze should ever in
trigue against me, I shall hold you and your poetry
responsible."
The Bourse yesterday was again depressed, and
Rentes fell to the extent of a half per cent. The
Three per Cents. fur cash gave way 50e., and for the
account 55c.; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for
cash, 35c. ; and for the account, 40e. Bank Stock
declined 15f. The last quoted prices were :—For
cash: Three per Cents., 77f.; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 102 f. 15c. For the account : Three per
Cents., 77f. 20c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021.
10c. Bank Stock, 2,770 f.
Northerns, 847 f. 50e. ; Paris and Orleans,
1,140 f.; Paris and Strasbourg, 905 f.; Paris and
Lyons, 903 f. 75e. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,050 f. ;
Lyons to the Mediterralican, 740 f.; Western of
France, 722 f. 50c.; Rouen and Havre, 490 f.; Ler-
deaux and Cette, 612 f. 50c.; Caen and Cherbourg,
605 f.