The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING}.. SEPTEMBER 27, 1853. e,

awkward secrets will ooze out : such es the fact that*
it has bee■ proposed to tamper with the precious
metals stored up as a guarantee for its *minions of.
paper money. Russia has no wealth fift • lowg,
external war. How should it? The Romig*
—the majority of the poirtilatloa are serfs,
courtiers, or soldiers. The nomads tribes pos-
sess no inherent strength. Poland is dis-
affected ; Finland is disaffected ; the growing
colonies in Siberia are mainly composed of Poles,
Germans, and other political victims, ready to rise
against Russian supremacy as soon as they feel them-
selves strong enough. Unassailable to invaders from
the nature of its terrain and populations, Russia has
not made one of its conquests by fair fighting; it has
frightened neighbours into submission by looking
big and swaggering. Thus it frightened the European
Powers into giving up Poland to its tender mercies,
and allowing it to retain Finland; thus it swaggered
the Ottoman out of the Crimea and Bessarabia; thus it
filched so many provinces from Persia. Russia has its
emissaries everywhere to stir up popular discontent;
that discontent once excited it offers its protection
(as the case may be) to sovereign or people ; and
lastly, it insists upon being well paid for its inter-
ference. If its demands are yielded to, that is so,
much gained; if they are calmly resisted, it retires
and waits for a more favourable opportunity of
spoliation.
Not a bad teat of the real power of Russia is its
progress in Circassia. What advance has it made
among these scanty tribes of resolute mountaineers,
by a war of more than a quarter of a century? The
example of the Circassian ought to have taught
France and Ragland how to meet the present out-
rageous pretensions of Russia with regard to Turkey?
As the member for Greenock told his constituents a
few days ago, " if France and England had extended
their sheathed swords over the Danubian Provinces
at the first, Russia would have quietly shrunk back." I
We should in that case have had no war : who can
say so much now ?

amiss of the Powers, Austria refusiug to join in any flesh
demands. It ip 'des difficult lame to wilat frith de de
rettleed. ' lushest' sada of ri• dean it
theism* to btaboate the Pate in their write.
met whi Alan would searsutee he the Sultan eke
meaning which be has himself given to the note by the
entendusenu whlsh be has made in it ; that eves should thid
ifiluranteempllft the Sulses jt I. now. scarcely possible w
admit that inn:told be accepted by the Emperor of Russia,
who has protested even against the subatanee gf the amend-
ments. It most be therefore admitted that the question
appears no more advanced at the present time than it was
I on the first day.

A correspondent, dating Vienna, Sept. 21, says:—
One of the most considerable joint-stock associations
in the Austrian monarchy, the Danubian Steam
Navigation Company, is now suffering through the
Russian occupation of the Principalities. The shut-
tieg up of the Sulina mouth of the Danube first cut
off the steam communication bet wcea Oalatz and

Constantinople, and now the company has been com-
pelled to suspend its traffic below Belgrade. The
shallowne6s of the water, assigned as the ground of
this measure, is a transparent pretext, as everyone
knows that, as far as Galata, the depth of the stream
lis sufficient for all the purposes of navigation. The
real reason is the fear of the company that the Rus-
sian commander may impress a number of the boats
for the service of conveying his forces across the
river. The society is warned by an application for
boats made to it directly by a Russian official, a few
days ago.

Christina breakfasted We-a-tete with old Jerome
lionapsfelesit 'Meudon a day or two sines. 'the
'marriage of her daughter with Napoleon Bonaparte
is still upon the taps.
M. Salamanca, the Madrid banker, who is now in
Paris, has, it is said, succeeded in forming a company
patronized by the Queen Mother and her agent in
this country, M. Grimaldi, for taking and completing
the Northern Railway of Spain.
M. Andre Cesarini, Duke de C•sigliano, President
of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Tuscany, has just arrived in Paris.
I see it stated in several papers that meat has
already fallen 10c. the kilo in Paris, in consequence
of the decree lowering the duties on foreign cattle.
My own butcher, however, stoutly denies the fact,
and will not admit that there has been a fall in any
of the markets. At all events, if there be • fall, I
cannot learn that private individuals have yet found
the benefit of it.

Prince Napoleon returned to Paris this morning,
at eight o'clock, from the Camp of lielfaut.

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, St NDAY.
The impression is our political circles is that the
strained interpretation given by the Emperor
Nicholas to the proposals of the Vienna conference,
and the efforts of the Austrian cabinet to induce
England and France to regard those proposals as an
ulitniatum, have spoiled the Russo-Austrian ((sine,
and have given gain de cause to the war party in the
French cabinet. Up to a very recent period that
cabinet has been very passive, submitting on all
points to the views of the Aberdeen ministry. So
far it has acted as • loyal ally of England, and such
conduct, however ismay be censured by the devoted
friends of Turkey, can scarcely fail to inspire a cer-
tain amount of coaftdenoe in Louis Napoleon. At
present the views of the French cabinet are put
forth more prominently, and are more zealously sup-
ported, and the manifestations of public opinion in
England are carefully noted and minutely com-
mented on in French official circles. The Eastern
question, as you will readily imagine, causes no little
anxiety in this capital, and the frequent reference of
German journals to the probability of a French
invasion of this kingdom—references which have
not, of course, escaped the attention of the Belgian
prints—do not tend to diminish that uneasiness. The
Belgians calculate that if the Eastern question be
solved in a manner unsatisfactory to France, Louis
Napoleon will soon raise another subject of European
interest, complain of the liberal Institutions of this
kingdom and Sardinia, make a grievance of the com-
ments of some Belgian-and Piedmontese journals on
his conduct, and then resolve on some " demonstra-
tion" against those two constitutional countries.
We all here believe that both the Czar and the Sul-
tan will remain firm, the one in his demands,
the other in kis refusal to comply with them ; and
that unless the latter seek refuge on board a British
or French fleet he cannot escape the obligation of wag-
ing war with Russia. I may state that the calculation
in well-informed quarters in this city is, that should
hostilities shortly commence, the combined fleets will
abstain for a time from all active interference, and
await the first turn of events before siding with
either of the belligerent parties.

tantaaf Great. Britain. They triumph in making
CONITOriII la our country, but if a reciprocity is
attempted for protestantism in their dominions, both
converters. and converted are at once clapped into
gaol.
By a decree of the Sacred Congregation of the
Index, dated Sept. 10th, Cardinal de Andrea damns
and prohibits the anonymous libel on the Armenian
masks of St. Lazarus at Venice, and the reply by the
Venetian priest Cappelletti; the "Origin of the
Roman Church," by Archinard, Pastor of the Gene-
vme Church; "History and Dmeription of all Na-
tions," by Le Bas; " Palestine," by S. Munk ' • "On
the Evidence of Christianity," Florence, 1850.
M. de Rayneval, the French ambassador, left
Rome, for San Germano, in the kingdom of Naples,
on the 16th inst.

Excilinge on London, 470. Roman Five per
Cents., 961. Bank shares, 233.

SPAIN.

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Notwithstanding the liberal professions of some
members of the new Spanish cabinet, the govern-
ment has commenced its career by an attack on the
liberty of the press. The Diario, .Espanol, and
Tribuno had been seized by order of the Minis-
ter of the Interior on the 20th.

A private telegraphic despatch of the 22nd speaks
of some new administrative measures of retrench-
meat, which had just been adopted.

INDIA.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.

MARSEILLES, MONDAY, Eiser. 26.
The India Mail arrived here this morning at seven
o'clock.

Ebe Court.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 25.
Her Majesty drove yesterday to the Balloch Bhuie,
accompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Alice.
Prince Albert went out deer stalking.
The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent,
Count Alexander Mensdorff, Lady Frances Bruce, and Sir
George Couper.

The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town yesterday from
Clumber.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
°Mee from the Governors of the North American Provinces,
and from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, Malta,
Gibraltar, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

THE LATE FIRE AT BALMORAL.—WO gave
• few days since en account of a fire which had
occurred at the works of the new Palace at Bal-
moral, and mentioned the lose which many of
the workmen had sustained lsy their spare clothes and
money being burnt. Immediately after the fire was got
under, the Queen and Prince Albert gave orders for the
erection of new cottages at their own expense, and issued
schedules to the workmen with instructions that each might
give • statement of what he had lost. The returns showed
that the total amount of loss, including money, clothes,
watches, &c., destroyed, was 3181. 11s. nd.,which sum was
generously paid to the workmen on Thursday evening from
her Majesty's privy purse.