The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY ETZEINO.
In the following important paragraphs from the
Constitutionnel you will find, besides other interest-
ing intelligence, tho fullest confirmation of the news
I transm►tted to you yesterday from a private
source:
" We receive this evening, by way of Vienna, the
following letter from onr Constantinople correspon-
dent:

" CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 29.
"As might easily have been foreseen, the extraor-
dinary council which met on Sunday, the 25th, and
continued its sittings to Monday, resolved unani-
mously that Turkey could not accede to any of the
demands addressed to her—that is to say, she could
not cancel her own modifications and accept purely
and simply the Vienna note. This declaration was
tantamount to a declaration of war, subject to the
Sultan's approbation. This approbation has been
impatiently expected for the last three days, and
people were beginning to make all sorts of comments
upon the delay, when just now the Imperial Asti was
communicated to the Porte. Thus, then' all is
decided. War is now resolved upon, and all that
remains is to proclaim the commencement of hostili-
ties. This will be done in three or four days, by the
publication of a manifesto, which Reschid Pacha has
been commissioned to draw up.
"We publish this letter as we receive it, without
changing a single word.
" The despatches brought by. the Fury for the
English government arrived at Pans yesterday. His
Excellency Lord Cowley immediately forwarded
them to London. The news which they contain
are shortly these :—The Divan on the let October
transmitted to Omer Pacha the order to summon
Prince Gortschakoff to evacuate the Danubian
Principalities, in default of which hostilities were to
be declared between Russia and Turkey. Neverthe-
less, Omer Pacha, who is in an excellent strategical
situation, will not make any movement to cross the
Danube, and will await the Russian army in his pre-
sent position. On the same day, the Ist inst., the
Divan regularly made an appeal for the moral, and,
if necessary, material support of France and Eng-
land ; and officially demanded the presence at
Constantinople of the united fleet from Besika Bay.
This demand of the Sultan coincides with the decision
taken in common by the governments of France and
England as regards the co-operation of the Beet. We
believe, in fact, that on the 27th September last
orders simultaneously left London and Paris for
Admirals Dundee and Hamelin to conduct the
vessels under their orders to Constantinople. By this
time this movement must have been executed."

Owing to the warlike tenor of the news of the
day, the Three per Cents. opened with a fall of 70c.
from yesterday, at the low price of 72.20. This
quotation induced several speculators for the fall to
buy in to realise profits, and later in the day the
slight reaction thus occasioned was stimulated by the
reported denial that the movement of six English
regiments from Dublin was in any way connected
with the Eastern question, and by accounts from
Vienna that Me • nes continued to rise.
The Emperor and left Bt. Cloud to-day to
spend a fortnight at Compiegne. They came through
Paris to the Northern Railway station, passing along
the Boulevard des Italiens in an open carriage at a
quarter-past two. The station was decorated for the
maiden. After their Majesties had entered the
state carriage, and before the signal for the depar-
ture of the train was given, the Emperor conversed
for some moments with Baron James de Rothschild,
and invited him to pass a week at Compiegne. Strict
order, have been given against the erection of trium-
phal arches at Compiegne, and it has been intimated
that no deputations will be revived, and no speeches
made, their Majesties wishing to make their entry
into the town as privately as possible. Flags, how-
ever, will be hung from the windows, and it is ex-
' petted that curiosity to see the Emperor and Ent-
rees will attract a large assemblage of the neigh-
bouring peasantry,
The Emperor yesterday gave private audiences to
General Baron de Fagel, the Dutch minister, who
presented an autograph letter from his sovereign ; to
Baron do Wendland, the Bavarian minister, who
delivered on the part of his Bavarian Majesty the
insignia of his Royal Order of St. Hubert, with •
letter testifying his personal sentiments of esteem
towards his Imperial Majesty; and to Baron de
Chancy, who delivered his letters of credence as resi-
dent minister at Paris of the Grand Duke of Hesse.

PARIS, TMUILIID&T EVININO.
We are now expecting Eastern news from Lon-
don, where fuller accounts of the intelligence
brought by the Fury than we are yet in possession of
will probably transpire. In the meanwhile the follow-
ing salient facts have reached Paris. Prince Menchikoff
is appointed governor, or rather viceroy of the Princi-
palities, the Hospoclas being deposed ; Prince Peaks-
witsch, a favourite fighting general, has been appoined
to supersede (lortachakoff; vast preparations are mak-
ing for the reception of additional Russian troops; all
Russian functionaries in Turkey are preparing to
leave; the Porte has ordered a fresh levy of 150,000;
and the Emperor of Russia is said to be in a towering
passion. Strange to say, many people still cling
fondly to the hope that the Conference of Vienna will
yet hit upon a plan" to arrange everything
ably. The Bourse was very confident; the 'l7infe.
es
for account only fell 5c., and for money they rose
sc. Almost all the railways improved.
At the Bourse to-day, at five minutes before the
close of business (3 o'clock), the price of Consols was
placarded for the first time. This being an event in
the financial history of the two countries, I send you
a copy of the telegraphic despatch :

. -
" lindic de la Cic. dee agens de change. Bonne,
Paris. Louden, Jeudi. 91.4.
" Parvenue a 2.40. "GEORGE WEBB.
" Expedia I 2.4.3."