The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

CIPALITIBS.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 10th, in the
Bows* Gazette of Berlin, says; " Count V. Esterhan,the
Austrian esebessador, has jest had an interview with Prints
Gornehakoff, in which some enivernition took place oa
the subject of the reply of the Cabinet of Vienna to the
Russian memorandum. The Prince remarked that the
pretension of Austria to occupy the Principalitiesuntil the
question of the frontiers should be settled was inadmissible
for two motives—first, from the declaration of Count Bad
at Paris, that the evanetioe of the Turki.h territory by
Austria presented less difficalty than that by France end
Ragland, and that it should take place before ; and sr
esedly,because the projected ine•ractions drawn up at Paris
for the members of the completion for the organisation Of
the Principalities declared expressly that the Divans mold
not meet until the foreign troops should lave evacuated the
Principalities. The Austrian ambassador confined biota(
to replying that Russia could not invoke the Treaty of Paris
so lope as she occupied ny point of the Bassasabien tat
ritery, wh'ch shelves booed to cede to Turkey. This eve.
femme was consequently without result ; audit is probable
that the Russian eabinet will reply in writiog to that
of Visage, which may perhaps mese a new delay in the
meeting of the Coaferenee of Paris."

Awarding to a telegraphic despatch from Vienna,
se Dee. 19, the Archduke Ferdinand Masitailiso, who
sleeked fa that capital two days previously, would tat oaf
Saturday for Brussels. An establisbraent was already id
110mrse of formation in view of his spproachieg marrisge.
• Dr. Francis Lieber has retired from his Professor•
ship of History and Folitisal Economy in the College of
Muth Carolina—a station which he has c torpid for 2d
wan. It will not be easy to replace Dim. Dr. Lieber'.
Wars residence. we understand, will be at the North:-
Nem Fork Doily Imes.
K Michelot, the celebrated comedian of the The.iitis
Fraeotis, died on Thursday last, at him residence, Fasey, is
kis 71st year. Michelotwith Talmo, Fleury, Mdlle.
Danienois. Mare, and Georges, or• of
the glories of the
Trench stage. lie was squally successful in tragedy and
*mealy. Hie lest gust characters were the Juane Mari, it
Henri 111., and Don Carlos in Elensoni.
The ruins of a Roman theatre have been discovered
at Teisaeres, near Mordents, in France; it is 70 yards
lone from the back of the pit to the siege, and tO yards
wide. It could have easily held 10,000 spectators. The
interior of the th is not yet uncovered.
THE ADRIATIC —Thia truly 111 igniflcent steamer
still lies off the Novelty Works, where the workmen
he
giving the last finishing touches to hiv machinery. In the
opinion o: good jadges she will be reed, for sea in a few weeks.
not improbably in a fortnight. Sioce she boa been lying
cS
the N 4velty Works sloths' been tom plat ely furnished throne,'
out, and in a style et %mew:ailed munificence. From her
sixteen metallic lift.bcata, which will lir Id sisty 9seeit
n."
apiece, down to the salt-cellars steward's panqi
there hi not an article of safety, IFIBUrt, and Neel, I°
which she is cot completely appointed. Her intenor
'emblem a palace ; there le a labyrinth , f Pat inns. ruin
drawing rooms, and little snuggeries for tits ;I +et
Euttstiono, ell 'Ming with each other in beauty an nog'
tuouenees of degvatvri. lo the opinion of rli and open'
erred seamen no chip was ever to thoroughly fitted OM st
this an Iwe hope to see the floating Alhambra soas
sett
attaining d..on tho say, bound for the at,ortert trip
made mote the Atlanue.—S'ete York rape.