The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(111 t SUBMARINE. TF.T.E(: RAPK.)
SAIVILDAY MORNING.
Tho Moniteur contains several concessions of rail-
roads,—namely, the Strasbourg Company, those from
Paris to Mulhouse, from Paris to 'Vincennes and St.
Maure, from Nancy to Gray; the Company from
Dijon to Besancon, en extension to Bedford by the
Valley of Doubs ; to the Northern Company,
the amendment of the railroad from Creil to Paris; to
the Orleans Company, a railroad from Tours to Mane
and from Nantes to St. Nazaire ; and to the Lyons
Company, a branch line from Laroche to Auxerre.
AU the ships of the state stationed within the corqt
of La Manche are commanded to be at Dieppe on
Sunday, at the orders of the Emperor.

PARIS. FRIDAY EVENING.,

The Menden). contains a dect:ee enacting that all
corn and flour imported into France, whether in
French or foreign ships, and without any distinc-
tions in respect to origin or flag, shall up to the 31st
of December, 1833, pay only the minimum duty fixed
by the law of April 13, 1832. Rice, meal, and pulse,
shall, during the said period, pay a fixed duty of :15
centimes per 100 kilogrammes. During the same
period, vessels arriving in the ports of the empire
laden with corn, flour, rice, meal, pulse, or potatoes,
shall pay no tonnage duty. The decree declares that
the above erovisions shall be applicable to all Yeavels,
whether french or foreign, whose papers shall show
that their cargoes of grain, flour, or other merchan-
dise comprised in the present decree shall have been
completed, and that they have actually sailed from
any foreign port before Dec. 31. In a note explana-
tory of this decree the 'tondo°. says :
According to the regulating Otto of prices settled on the
31st of July last in pursuance of the law of April 15, 1832,
foreign corn may at this moment be imported into seversl
department of the simple wait de balance of twenty-five
centimes, and the same rate of duty would before long be
eitenoictl to all the departments by the mere operation of
the law. But the in•erest of commerce called for a measure
which should permit the season favourable to navigation to
be taken advantage of, and should give sufficient time to
undertake operations with confidence. Such is the object
of the decree published in the official part of the 3lonit< or.
Marshal de St. Arnaud, Minister of War, will
leave Paris to-morrow (Saturday) to preside over the
Council-General of the Gironde. Ile will pass in
review on Sunday the troops in garrison at Bordeaux.
During his absence M. Ducos, Minister of Marine,
will hold the portfolio of War ad interum. M. Fould,
Minister of State, has also taken his departure for
the Tarn to attend the sittings of the Couneil-Genc-
ral, M. Abbatucci, Minister of Justice, being ap-
pointed to act for him in his absence.
The Moniteur publishes a decree ordering the
demolition of some of the present fortifications of
Havre, and the sale of the ground on account of
the 'treasury, and the construction of two forts on
the the heights of Ingouville, and a redoubt on the
Place de Provence.
The departure of the Emperor and of the Em-
press for Dieppe, which was to take place yesterday,
but was countermanded, is now fixed for to-morrow
(Saturday.)
The Court of Appeal of Rouen yesterday gave its
decision on the affair called the Curresp,nolaoces
Etranyers. The sentences pronounced against the
defendants by the Tribunal of Correctional Police are
confirmed, and the court, contrary to the decision
given by the criminal chamber of the Court of Cas-
eation, has recognised the right of the Prefect of Po-
lice to open letters sent by the post. The defend-
ants, MM. Coetlogon, Flandin, I'lanhol, and I. ia-
maitre, will again appeal to the Court of Cassation,
and this important question must now, in due course
of law, be decided by the full court.
It was said on the Bourse to-day that the syndi-
cate of the (glens de change had taken a very impor-
tant resolution, which is to be acted upon on Monday
next. All ;the principal brokers have a number of
clerks who are in the hat. it of doing business for
money while the principals transact time bargains.
The brokers are now, it is said, to be compelled to do

• !A a Slimness either in person or be sworn clerks.
measure if carried out will greatly impede ;
I'''' for the account. 'fhe brokers are so few in 1
bej;:i's r that it will be quite impossible for them to
se:tre their orders in the two
.hours to which ope-
',p.m, are confined. It is possible that the project
a increasing the number of IlyellS char ye will now
be reties's].
the Worse was again very heavy to-day, and a
firther fall of per cent. took place in the ftente.
The annul meeting of the French Academy, for
the distribution of prizes, was held yesterday, M.
e.rnet in the chair. As usual, • large assemblage
el literary, artistica], and fashionable personages
were present. Amongst the academicians in their
meats was M. Liuizot, whose son, M. Guillaume
wit 4, divided with Charles Benoit, tryro'fpl of the
bealte of letters of Paris, the Monthyon prize of the
erg for the best historical and literary
parer on the comedies of Nlenander. No prize
Ira awarded fur poetry, none of the compositions
sent in being thought by the judges of suffi-
cioi! nwrit. 'lle subject proposed, the" Acropolis,"
rem iins over for the year lmat. Much surprise is
espied to-day that none of the papers contain any
report of the speech of M. Villematn, the perpetual
eccretary. A report has got abroad that this speech
always an original, elegant, and varied composition
was cc,tcrday more interesting than usual, and the
pet, -r's, is peached in vain in all the reading rooms,
sad put down with a manifest feeling of disappoint-
ment. I uniltrstand the speech was full of political
arcasians. and covert praise of parliamentary govern-
ment. The Cumatelolsonnel reports a few unimpor-
taut usages relative to the ordinary business of the
day, but it is more than probable the journals have
btoi privately warned not to give the speech in full.
It is reported that the French government, to show
i's friendly feeling towards Turkey, is about to per-
mit tho erection of a mosque in Paris, and to assign a
special burial-ground fur the interment of Mussal-
mans.
PARIS Busse:.—Clueing Prices: Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 101 f.; Three per Cents., 130 f. 20c. ; Bank
hares, 20.10 f.