The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Draxnr, Jrxx S.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN.
As soon as it became known yesterday that we
were on the eve of the long expected royal visit, and
that an official intimation to that effect had been
communicated to our civic authorities, the news
spread like wild-fire, and created quite a sensation in
the city. The Queen and the royal family will be
received with a hearty and enthusiastic welcome by
her Majesty's Irish subjects.
Sir Edward M'Donnell, the chairman of the Great
Southern and Western Railway, was yesterday
chosen Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year,
on the motion of Alderman Sir T. O'Brien,
seconded by Dr. Gray. The choice was cordially
supported by the conservative as well as the liberal
members of the corporation.

CLARE ELECTION._

The official declaration of the poll in Clare wu I
made yesterday by the High Shentf. The numbers
announced by him were—
Cornelius O'Brien lra
Sir J. F. Fitzgerald
Colonel Vandeleur
And he accordingly declared Mr. O'Brien duly
elected by a majority of ;7 over Colonel Vandeleur,
and Sir John k itzgi raid by a majority of 52.. Mr.
O'Brien, in an address of some length, promised
adherence to the principles upon which he had
hitherto obtained the support of the electors of Clare.
He had never deceived them, and never would. Sir
John F. Fitzgerald addressed the crowd in a similar
strain.

NEW LAMPS FOR OMNIBUSES.—By the new Act,
which comes into force on Monday, it is enacted that the
proprietor of every metropolitan stage carriage shall C4lllO
to be plaid inside such cornice a lamp, in such position
and manner as shell be directed by the Commissioners of
Police, and the conductor, or if there be no conductor, the
driver of such carriage shall keep the lamp properly lighted
whenever such carriage shall be used to ply fur or carry
Peangers at any time after sun-sot and before sun-rise.

FRANCE.

CROSSING OF TILE PRUTII BY TILE
RUSSIAN ARMY.

(IT trinsmuxs rulaaArn.)

PARIS. WEDNESDAY MOWN-MO.
The government has received a telegraphic des-
patch from Bucharest, dated the 2nd instant, to the
following effect :
" To-day, the 2nd of July, the body of the army
intended to occupy Wallachia, will cross the
Truth by Leova. It is commanded by General
Danenberg. Gen.Gouvelhakoll is expected at Bucha-
rest. To-morrow that portion destined to occupy Mol-
davia will also cross the Pruth by Skoulni. M.
Ozoroff proceeds to Constantir.ople to commence
fresh negotiations. The H,spodars have received
an assurance that no change will be made in the
government of the principalities."

PARIS, TI:EbDAY EVENING.
An extraordinary rise took place at the Bourse to-
day without any sutficientreason so far as I have been
able to ascertain. Everybody seemed agreedto believe
that the Turkish question was arranged; a paragraph
in the Independance Belye, stating that the }reach go-
vernment had received a despatch from London, con-
veying the determination of th‘English cabinet not to
consider the occupation of the principalities as a
cases belli, was much talked of. If this news
should be literally true, it leaves the question
fast where it was. The mere fact of passing the
Truth, it has all along been assumed, will not be
considered as an act of war by England until
Turkey, taking the initiative, shall intimate that
she will consider it such. This, according to
all the intelligence from Constantinople, the
Porte is disposed to do. A very cheerful view was
taken to-day of Count Giulay's mission, which it was
boldly asserted had been accepted by Russia. Mean-
while the government journals, which, notwith-
standing their official repudiation by the Mani-
!cur, must be understood as expressing the
views which the government desires to dissemi-
nate, continue to treat the question as very serious,
and say little or nothing to confirm the hopes enter-
tained at the Bourse.
The Conatitutiannet has an article by Oranier de
Cr avec, beginning thus :
The hope so ressonably founded upon the consideration
des to the good offices of Austria, accepted by the Czar, has
relished. A Russian army now occupies Jassy, the capital
ef Moldavia. We will not waste time in recrimination
Is regard to this fact; we prefer to characterise and
examine its probable consequences. The entry of
the Russians into Moldavia constitutes, in spite of all
that can be said, the most manifest, the most flagrant set
of war imaginable. Russia has no direct right to the ow
cupation of the Moldo-Wallaelian territory, and whatever
protestations the Cur may mike by way of accommiale
meat to the passage of the Pruth by his troops,
the fact itself is of such a character as to
reader explanations useless, and excuses futile. To Sr.
epos a Turkish ship or military post would not be to cow
nit an act so essentially hostile as is the presence of the
Beweitee at Jan", for a cannon shot might be the result of
• mistake, but the occupation of a territory presupposes
selection and deliberate purpose.
After this opening, the article gives a summary of
the various treaties between Russia and the Poets
on the subject of these provinces, for the purpose of
proving what has been so frequently demonstrated,
that they afford no colourable pretext for the hostile
step taken by Russia. The promise implied in the
heading of the article, that it would disclose a pro-
bable solution of the crisis, is not kept, for
the only consequence M. de Castagnac draws from
the Ruch of the Russian army is that the Sultan,
who alone is directly interested in the matter, meet
belie whether, under the circumstances, it would be
=utd to invoke the intervention of France and
spinet this act of hostility. He does not
appear to have received any hint from the French
government as to what that decision will be. In
one passage he supposes it to be possible that the
French and English Ministers at Constantinople may
think right to re fer to their governments before
sewing to any resolution, even after they shall be in
gmaleion of the final decision of the Porte. The
thee of the whole article is however decidedly war-'
like :
In two or three days, according to all likelihood, the
telegraph will bring us news of peace or war. Whichever
ft may be every one must rejoin at seeing the end of a
situation which for the last three months has weighed
Wavily upon the general affairs of Europe. War has its
happy chances, but this leaden uncertainty is uniformly
disastrous. • • • If war breaks out, France will accept
it without fear, after having engaged in it without ostenta-
tion. Whatever happens, it may be boldly said France
would reap more fruit frem peace, and receive less injury
hem war, than any other nation.
This Pays has an article very much in the same
teas, but a few shades more peaceable. It says that
if Russia can satisfy Turkey and Europe that she has
no ulterior views inimical to the integrity
and future welfare of the Ottoman empire,
it is possible that Turkey may content herself
with protesting against the occupation of
the principalities, and that fresh negotiations may be
elPeofd• But unless this absenceof any secret ag-
ve gesess designs can be conclusively established, the
Ave admits no hesitation or compromise, and affirms
that Tuikey may reckon upon the most efficacious
support and protection.
A further improvement took place to-day in the
public securities, combined with great activity in
business ; the advance being very consijerable in the
Three per Cents., both in the quotations for money
and the end of the month, the final quotations show-
ing an improvement in each to the extent of If. 60c.
The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash rose ti 5c., and
for account 34c. In Bank of France shares no varia-
tion occurred. The final prices were :—For cash
Three per Cents., 77f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
102.10. For the account : Three per Cents., 77.10 ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. Bank Stock,
2,650 f.
Northerns, 862 f. 30c. • Orleans. 1,0701.; Paris
and Strasbourg, 9021.; Paris: and Lyons, 002 f..