The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, WEDNESDAY ETBNING.
I am informed that the instructions for the Aus-
trian ambassador, which up to yesterday had not
arrived, have come this morning, and that the Con-
ferences will in all probability actually meet on
December 29. The meeting, however, will be merely
a formal one, if we are to credit the following (doubt-
less) communicated paragraph which appears in this
evening's Pays:

It is positively stated that the new Conferences will be
opened in Paris between this and the lit of January. After
having constituted itself in its first sitting, the meeting will,
it,is said, adjourn till after the fates of New-year's Day.
Count de Moray is expected in Paris from St.
Petersburg next week. Preparations are making
for his reception at his official residence at the Corps'
Legislatif.

Constantinople letters, just received, confirm the
'Moment that Ferukh Khan's negotiations with Lord
de Redone are broken off; and that he (the Persian
ambassador) is coming at once to Paris.
The Bourse opened with great animation. The,
Rente, for account, which closed yesterday at
66fr. 75c., ran up to 67fr. 100. At half-past :two
o'clock the announcement was placarded that the

Bank had resolved to discount bills with seventy-
flve dsys to run. This announcement was felt

as a disappointment, it having been somewhat con-
fidently anticipated in the morning that the period
would hue been extended to ninety days. Business
was accordingly comparatively fiat at the close. The
ultimate rise for account was 15c., the last quotation
being 66fr. 90c. For cash there was a rise of 25c.
Mobilier rose 26fr. The railwa3s were very firm.
Two or three lines rose 16fr., and most of the others
from fife. to 7fr. 50c.
The elections for two vacant seats in the Corps
Legislatif for the department of the Cher took place
on Saturday and Sunday last. The reset excites
not the least Interest in Parts, and is not Jot publicly
known. There can be no doubt, however, that both
the government candidates are elected. In the first
circumscription, out of 36,144 registered voters,
16,722 were induced to go to the poll, and of these

16,404 voted for M. de Neale, the government can
didate. The returns from eight communes are not
known, but the above figures show clearly that in
this district, the opposition continues to prao.
doe the policy of abstention against which
the Sleds has long been preaching with so
little success. In the second circumscription the
state of things appears to have been somewhat diffe-
ren►. The number of registered electors there was
39,527. Of these 29,347 went to the poll, but 19,021
only voted for M. Ouillaumio, the government candi-
date. Upwards of 10,000 electors, therefore, voted
for some one else, but for whom, or under what
circumstances, is not known. Whether the prefect
acted upon the jurisprudence of the Court of Cuss'
tion, and openly prohibited opposition bulletins from
being distributed, is also unknown here:st present.
The affair of the Univers against the Abbe Cognat
and M. Dente, the publisher, for having libelled it
by the publication of a pamphlet called the " L'Uni-
vers jags par lui meme," mime on yesterday before
the Tribunal of Correctional Police, and the whole
' day was occupied in hearing pleadings for the com-
plainant, which were not finished. The court was
very crowded with priests and ladies. Many advocates
is their robes were standing outside the doors, un-
able to obtain admittance. The further hearing was
postponed for a week. No report of the cue can by
law be published in France, and of course, therefore,
So facilities were given for the admission of reporters.
M. Emile Fusin, the banker, has written the
following letter to the editor of the Figaro :
Illr,-15 your last number you say that for some time
illset I h►ve been In the hebit of going every day at the same
boy to a house is the Rue St. George, and you ask whe-
ther I have in hand a railway from Idalie to Paphos, with
• branch to Cytbera I My moral character and my respect
for family ties ars the most precious inheritance which I
aspire to leave to my children. I beg you to publish s
distinct contradiction of the fact you bare advanced. I
might appeal to the law, bet I confine myself to demanding
the tested insertion of this letter. EItILI Piano ILL
Paris, Dec 18.
The Emperor and Empress were present yester-
day evening at the representation of the " Faux
Bonshommes," at the Vaudeville theatre. The house
was brilliantly illuminated, and the peristyle and
staircase were decorated with shrubs and flags.
Mademoiselle Rachel, whose health has improved,
has left Grand Cairo to travel in Upper Egypt.
The Monigeur publishes the official return of the
customs revenue for last month, which amounted to
13,043,6211 r., being an increase of 487,116 fr. on the
corresponding period of 1855. The receipts for the
eleven expired months of the present year amount
to 159,086,30.1fr.,being a decrease of 17,796,749 fr., as
compared with the corresponding period of last year.
The items of ne which show the principal falling
off during the last eleven months are foreign sugar,
16486,6631 r.; raw wool, 6,052.9331 r.; bar iron,
406,471 fr.; coffee, 2,185.273 ft.; brandy, 1,893,504 k. ;
copper, let fusion, 127,903 fr.; olive oil, 494,684 fr.
oxen and bulls, 13,307 fr. The articles which show the
greatest improvement are raw cotton, 2.185,850 fr. ;
opal, 604,045 tr.; oleaginous seeds, 131,646 fr. ; flax,
1,110,4301 r.; spirits of wine, 1,142,178 fr. ; French
colonial sugar, 4,431,9831 r., &o.

DRESDEN, DEC. 21.—There u i talk of i visit ofl
the Greed Doke Communities to Paris. It is said that be
will fr, Om on his return from Nice, whither he is about
to escort his wife to la the Empress Dowager.