The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, 1.111:10DAY EVZNI:NO.
The Austrian cabinet have ai:nounced, in answer
to the inquiries of Lord Westmoreland, respecting
the question of sequestration, that negotiations ar
still pending with Sardinia on this subject.
The letters brought by the Egyptas, althoeigh mot
of the importance expected, are of considerable iate •
rest. According to the correppoodenetkof the Con-
stitottionnel, Prince llcnschikoff when received by
the Sultan, dismissed the persons of his suite and re-
mained alone with his Majesty, the Minister of
Foreietn Affairs, the First Dragoman of the Porte,
and the First Dragoman of the Russian Legation.
Ile then, and not until then, presented the sajtan
the autograph letter of the Emperor of Russia. lie
told the Sultan that he was sent to him to regulate
the grave differences which had too long existed
between the two countries' and to remwe the dffli-
culties which had troubled the good harmony his so-
vereign had at heart to see re-established as in the
past ; that in consequence he called the serious
uttention of his Majesty to the contents of the letter
! of the Emperor, and begged hint to be kind enough
Ito order his ministers to occupy themselves actively
with th.: negociations referred to, in which, on his
part, he would display the strongest spirit of concili-
ation. It was believed that the Prince desired to
add something and to prolong the discussion ; but he
was prevented by the presence of the dragoman of
the Porte, whom the Sultan did not choose to send
away. It appears from this that the Sultan was on'
his guard.
Another statement, in the same correspondence,l
leads to the conjecture that the staff officers accom-
panying Prince Menschikoff were not with him for
mere display. It is said that some of the officers of
the princes suite left Constantinople shortly after
their arrival. Two of them went to Cattaro, the
others to the isles of the Archipelago. They repre-
sented these proMenstles to be mere pleasure trips,
but the Turks felt great disquietude at them. The
nomination of M. Lacour in the room of the Marquis
de Lavaiette, and the departure of Lord Stratford de
Redeliffe for Constantinople had produced a very
great sensation. On comparing the does of that
appointment, and Lord Stratford do Redcliffe's
speedy departure from England by way of Paris, it
was thought that the two cablucts would,
if necessary, support Turk:'v against any unjust or
extravagant pretensions of Russia.
The bawls gives the following version of the
state of the question when the Egyptus left Constan-
tinople :
After having seen the Sultan, Prince Menschikoff entered
entered into the negotiations which he is charged to conduct
with the Divan. On this point we avow we have not much
information, great secrecy having been observed en both
sides. ilowever, we 'pollen that, without beingoo extensive
and so menaeing as was at first said, the demands of the
Primer go much farther than the English j iurnals be-
lieve, and than the Times recently announced with
the appearance of semi:clic:al authority. The ques-
tions at stake are not only those of the Holy Places
and the revocation of the firman accorded last year to the
Latin church, but Russia also iltmands the recognition in
her of an undefined but certain pnitectorohip of the Greek
church. If we are well informed, the Russian ambassador
insisted principally on the desire of the Emperor Nicholas
to be the friend and ally of the Sultan Abdul-Meilail, as
he was of Mahmoud, Lis tither. Animated with the de-
sire, the Emperor requested that he might be treated in a
similar way, or at least that frank explanations should be
given as to whether the Sultan was with him or against him;
and the Prince stated that the object of his mission was to
ricert.iia the intentions of Pie Su tanoa the subject. On the
13th the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rifaat Pasha,
paid a visit to Prince Menschikcff, with whom he remained
nearly two hours. After his reception by the Sultan, l'rioee
Menschikoff paid a visit in full uniform to the ex-Slides-
:am, Khoorew-Pasha, who, in 1833, negotiated the treaty
of Unkiar-Skelesoi, and who is one of the most
openly declared partisans of Russia. This visit created
great sensation, especislly as Khosrew Pacha has
not been allowed take any part in public vitiate since
the death of the Sultan Mahmoud. The general opinion
was that this advance made to the old Turkish party
was an able and almost Machiavellic calculation, insomuch
as by carrying to power sad supporting the reationary
party, Russia would consolidate her influence over the
Christian populations which would have the greater need
of her support, as that party is more powerful.
Prince Menschikoff has long. entertained a very
strong feeling in favour of Russian interference with
Turkey, and it is said that, when a minister of the
Emperor Alexander, he resigned, because ho could
not persuade his master to send an army to Con-
stantinople.
The deputation from the merchants of London
dined with the Emperor yesterday, and to-day the
duputatioa of the Pacific and Atlantic Junction Com-
pany received a similar mark of distinction.
The coarse of the funds at the Bourse to-day was
still downward. At the close of business, the quota-
tions stood thus: For cash : Three per Cents., 78f.
95c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 95e. For
the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 90c.; Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 102 E 95e.; Bank Stock, 2,460.
Latest quotations received by telegraph :—Berlin
Loan, Four per Cent. (New), 941 ; ditto, Four-and-
a-Half per Cent., 1021; Bank shares, 109. Vienna:
Metalliques Five per Cent., 941; 1851, 107 ;
LombardeeVenetian, 1001 • Bank shlres, 1,412,
Antwerp: Loan, Five per bent., 1852, 100} ; ditto.
Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1844, 981; ditto, Two-
and-a-Half per Cent., 1844, 561 • City Loan, 105 ;
ditto, Four per Cent., 100; Spanish Deferred, 24, 1;
ditto, Three per Cent. Interior, 43, a ; Austrian Me-
tailiques, 85.
PARIS, WIDNISDAT EVENING.
The official accounts of the ball at the Corps
Legislatif make no mention of the awkward circum-
, stance of the arrest of a lady bearing the title of a
baroness, and who until Monday evening was sup-
posed to belong to the very elite of society.
This lady was escorted to the ball by a
personage enjoying a high official position.
After dancing several quadrilles she became
'so excited that her strange words sad gestures at-
tracted notice. It was supposed that she had sud-
denly lost the use of her reason. She was led out of
the dancing rooms by the persons about her, and
confided to the care of the guard. The Commissary
of Police in attendance, on being informed of the cir-
cumstances, conceived doubts whether the lady in
question was the person she represented herself to
be. Upon inquiry he speedily ascertained that she
was no baroness, but the wife of a blacksmith in the
environs of Paris, whose humble home she had long
deserted, to leads brilliant butldisreputable life in the
capital. She is still under lock and key, but
the nature of the charge upon which she is
detained boa not yet transpired. There are plenty
'of false baronessol in Paris, and I should think it
would be difficult to frame an indictment for the
unauthorised assumption of a title.
A new market is to be opened on the sth of April,
in a district where one was very much wanted, on a
spot of ground nearly opposite the church, at the en-
trance of the Rue de Chaillot. This will be a great
convenience to the numerous English residents in the
Champs Epees and Quartier Beaujon.
On Monday last Colonel Hughes, the special com-
missioner appointed, under the sanction of the govern-
ment of the United States, by the "Association for
the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations" in
New York, had a private audience with the Emperor
at the Palace of the Tuileries. Colonel Hughes
thanked his Majesty for having already given orders
to send splendid, specimens of Oobelin and Beauvais
tapestry, and Sslvres china, to New York for exhibi-
tion ; and then suggested the appointment of a
French commissioner, and the sending out of a ship-
, of-war with the government collections, which sug-
gestions were kindly received by the Emperor. His
Mrjesty manifested a lively interest for the eminent
success of the industrial demonstration in the empo-
rium of the new world, and was gratified to find that
Frenchmen now, as in the instance of London in
1851, were preparing to make a proper representa-
tion of the skill and energy of the manufacturing
classes of France.

GERMANY.