The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-12 00:00:00

FRANCE.

r.ttts, EVFNINO.
The I.6,niteur of today contains two impend
decrees respecting the savings banks and the ieduc•
lion in the postage of letters in Paris, bath of which
measures had received the approval of the Senate.
A convention was signed yesterday by the Minis.
ton of Franco and Bavaria respecting the service of
the electric telegraph between those two eountries
by w}.ich a reduced scale of charges is established.
°The Dclat. contains the foLowing telegraphic
despatch :
" CONsTANTINOPLE, NIAY 2.—New difficulties have
arisen in the question of the holy Shrines respecting
the guarding of the Holy Si‘puletire. It is thought,
however, that the question will be batted as was an-
ticipated previously.
" The Sultan's mother is dead."

It is announced by the .llnnileur do CArmce, that
when the Minister at War ordered the formation of
the camp at St. Omer, he at the same time decides'
that there should be a second camp on the plain of
Satory, near Versailles, and that all the infantrY of
the airily of Paris should go there successively to
practice grand evolutions conjointly with the erivali7
brigades in garrison at Versailles. This camp is to
continue for four months and a half, horn Mar 15
to October 1, and each of the three lei.
sions of the army of Paris will remain en,
camped during six weeks. The camp is to be
so composed as to comprise all the elements of a
army. There will be constantly on the ground three
brigades of infantry, two brigades or cavalry, three
batteries of artillery, of which one will be horse anti".
lerv, and two companies of engineers. These troops
will be exercised at least three times a week. Tee
tents will be arranged alongside of the wood, in as
long a line as possible, so as to leave the field clear
for manmuvres. The batteries of artillery will be is
cantonments in the neighbouring villages. Marsha
Magnan will command the camp.
The Marquis de Calcium, who lately resigned he
scat in the Corps Legislatif, in consequence of his oh-
jeetiou to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor,
has just written to the prefect of the Gard to resign
his scat in the Council-General from similar motives.
M. Tsmisier—the ex-representative for the Jura, and
a captain of artillery on the non-effective list—has
been deprived of his commission, owing to his refusal
to take the oath. Capt. Tamisier was one of the iuven-
tors of the famous rifle of the Chasseurs de Vincens
nes, and commanded the school for ball practice
at Vincennes in 1845. On December 'dud he was
chosen head of the staff of the army of Paris by the
constitutional representatives who voted the deposi.
tion and impeachment of Louis Napoleon, at the
mayoralty of the 10th arrondissement, during the
few hours when it was thought posi,iMo to make
head against the coup (fetal.
The Bourse was weaker to-day than it has been
for some time. A rapid though not considerable fall
during the last quarter of au hour was attributed to
the telegraphic despatch from Vienna stating that
Prince Menschikoff bad presented his ultimatum rela-
tive to the patriarchate. This is the first time for many
days past that political rumours of any kind have
been supposed to affect the Bourse. Since it has
been generally under stood that the Eastern question
had fallen into the domain of diplomacy, the various
accounts that have arrived from Constantinople by
private telegraphic messages have scarcely attracted
any attention. The Consfitutionnel announces that
it has, in conjunction with several other journals,
resolved not to publish the quotations of any
shares not recognised as negotiable by the
syndicate of the ageus de change, and it
maker) a great merit of its determination
to second the government in discouraging undue spe-
culation. It must not be supposed, however, that
this refusal of publicity, or the threats of severe
punishment against persons dealing iu Grand Central
and Lyons and Geneva shares before the required
amount of capital is paid up, will cheek the specula.
tive fever. There is mare curd/see business doing
than ever. Indeed the number of transactions
effected by the recognised agcns de change during the
two hours to which the Bourse is limited, is as
nothing compared to those done by the outsiders.
There has been a heavy fall in Grand Central to-day.
The fusion of the Normandy lines, which was coo-
sidered all but am anged, has received a check, M.
Pereira, who is now the Paris Hudson, having
said that unless the St. Germain joins is the
arrangement, it will not answer. ltouen shares tell
considerably owing to this unexpected hitch. It wu
rumoured that a company had applied for the eon-
cession of the line from Mulhouse to Besancon, with-
out any subvention or guarantee from government.
CLOSING PRICES AT TUE BouusE.—For cash:
Three per Cents., 81f. 70c.; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 104 f. lac. For the account: Three per
I Cents., 81f. 7,7 c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
lOU. 35e. Bank Stock, 2,730 f.