The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-24 00:00:00

F. JANUARY 24, 1256.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE PEACE

Oar Paris correspoadent writes ender date of yea•
Corday evening:--" I have good reason to believe
that the Pease Qnsferances, which aeoordieg to the
present aspect of affairs will certainly be opened, are
to be held la Paris."

A despatch from Balls states that M. de Hedberg,
the Road= ambaseatior, reasived yesterday a arm-
ies from Con= ffresarods, by which the Chameleon=
makes hewn to the representatives of Russia in
foreign enables the motive for aseepting the proper
skims of Austria, and gives ea espied of the inten-
tions of the Itemise Governaent in referee= to the
fats= negetlatioes. The circular of the Iteasiaa
Government &three that Bemis has made anew
sloes with a view to the reastabibbasat of peat,
oat of deform* to the repreeentatices of friendly
POW., hat sot at all Deem= the fatalist of Bela
calls for the sonsisise of that paw. Up= reseipt
of this ameba the hope of pease la the Prussian capi-
tal slightly &Webbed.
According to another dispatch from Berlin,
England will not require Bessie to consent to the
special =edifices &laded to is the fifth point before
the opening of the negotiations ; some of the Conti-
nental journals at woe lamp to the amolosion that
&gland will therefore not make the sampan= of
those candidate a question of plea or war.
It is alma is diplomatic circles that Ramis will
send es plenipotentiaries t• the Peace Cembrisoes,
Count Orloff sad Baron de Branow. These plenipo-
tentiaries represent the German and old Russian
parties of Bead&

A letter Am Vienna of the 18th in the Poet-4100
Gaud* says:
The Amiss Milltery Plenipotentiary, Com &Mel-
berg, was resolved yesterday by the lamer at • private
Misses, to deliver to his Majesty ea eimegraph letter Si
the lloperer Alezemder. Lam ha the day, the • Croat bed
a amahremee with Gnat Boo!, at whisk Prim earlobe,
keif was she present. The .Geld istereems between the
Primes sad the Ambesseden el the Weston Powers re-
-4011111111•111112 to day. These diplomatists east at the Xinhtly
of Tersign Aisles, to sesimaieste le seek ether
the imemetions whish they had reseived km their Go-
verment' by tolograpli, and the eldest el whisk
Is the assimien of is malaise. This soakage will be
woodaded, It is said, for three months, Manse it Is loped
that by that time the negotiations for pease may be MI.
Meetly armed to allow their malt le be hyaena with 11
omiaty. Of seem the moles period when the Confer-
ems aro to seemenee ha set yet loses And. It is mated
that, semen. to the within of both Austria sad Ramis,
Prussia ertn be ales repreesotsd at the Compress--.
The Poet Amp! Gazette contains • letter from
Berlin, which says The Austrian Government
has just despatched a written note to the courts of
Parte and Lowden, annenneing offkially the accept.
awe by Benda of the Austrian propose* and in.
'king them to some to an nadentandieg respecting
the opening of the Coaferenses. It leaves to them the
shako of the pleat. The departure of Colonel Man-
dell/fel is again indellaftely adjourned."
Le Nerd carefully avoids any opinion as to the
'result of the negotiations, bat perseveres in its efforts
to disturb the good feeling between England and
Franco; fanning old prejudices and insinuating the
exist:moo of secret and ieticsate relations between
the French Court and the Bogdan Cabinet.

The Sink supremos a fervent hope, " notwith-
standing the insinuations of the Pays" tending to
pupate public opinion for the admission of Prussia
es a party to the Conformasee now probably about
to be opened, that the Cabinets of the Tuileries
and St. haree's will not consent if. gaiolf do
tour to Wait "one vote the more satinet them-
&Aer' in the general settlement of the Eastern
question. In opposition to a theory of the Constar-
tame', that the only difficulty Moly to arise under
the Mb heed—the "reserved conditions"—is the
question of the non-reeenstruetica of Bornareand, the
&sok sap Were not in the secret of the Cabi-
nets of Paris and landau, but we desire to think
that there are other thing, to be done in order to re-
establish the equilibrium of Bumps than to prohibit
the rebuilding of certain granite fortifications which
the gnus of the French and English ships easily
demolished." The Bleep also thinks that the Asiatic
quetion, which the Doloodo affects to treat with dis-
dain as immaterial to the issue, is highly relevant and
very important to be now settled, both became it
affects the power of Reeds to maws Constantinople
from her transcansmian provinces, and still more
beams, it involves the purgation of the extension
of Rankin la/OMM l Persia and towards the fron-
tiers of British India.

"We me eassred." says the Ctiorrier dm Ham,
"that an order transmitted from Paris this aftarnoos
(Teseday) has directed that the loading of the easels
intended for the Orissa shall be provisionally sus-
pended."

_
Tbe two madam in the Faubourg Bt. Honer&
which were ow:spied by the Ruda* Embassy and
Consulate before the war, are now being repaired.

(PROM OUR OWN

BERLIN, WEDXSIDLY.

The seeeptesse et the Austria* prepositions hes
bees published officially at St. Petersburg. The

annoaieement states that the chief trosditior; is the
sentralisation of the Bleak Bea, to be essiusd by a
treaty between Banda and Turkey. Bosnia is ready
to dimes the other palte.

Oa passiag thrash Mow/ from the Crises, .et'
..as days suer the Rastas Line.-Geaersi of Cushy
Klerk( was saterered by re shill lababitaale.
refuse at the Ualemmelty air ea editor of a keirsial of
Itessow, au K. Misled Peepailsim, spas as fellows, what
preposlag • tart:—" All, all of as west peer rut she
awitly, bet a pare that is lerearable—that will out sake
r bier is the proem of err tethers is of ear shildru.
ear remiss skew as iateaties es humiliate ime, thee, I say.
Wes, a there'd tires wart sad wet te eke death I "

A ktter from Osage says:—" The despatch as-
sessing thee Beale elopes the prellataartee of pease has
Wren, set peedaeed the sane eta* be the dilemma
hai s. thefts se la the net el temp. There bed always
bees a newts, idea that Italy would tad sem steals-
tics air misery is the ramie el w; the alesisdee et
imam takes away all hop, The Amu file will be ash-
Waal sad heels% awalamisa surdidatad."

A letter from St. Petereberg says that la the
aeons of the Wt impala la Asia uses thaw 60,000 images
of saints wire despatahed hem that dty he the adilleadas
of Osumi Moaravlst 's army. The pablisaties of a
skate declaring the pasha& of Lass a Russia' preview
was espeetsd daily.

The Nossagn its Midi statn that surveys bay.
baba ordered for Ore estessisa of Oro restos, from Paris to
Clermont as far se the liaditanassaa. The ello lies is to
traverse the Clard NAM* the Xsatpellies nil's., et Yes-

Aa ceder has lately bus given to the dockyard
at atottooorg, to *mama aim Vqe bosto En 'oodles
troooe. owl of actin it town •heavy pa of Mai nap.

Wi read is the Journal ;FY Havv7:-14 Every— aw
hem heard t f the Great Omagh of War bill at the Palate
ef the Tallerlet, sad the asses of all lie seeebeye hove bees
published. It Is is the Cessoll yore, tonsiag pert of the
spertmeste of the Ilispeyor, that the shine hove takes
plass. The loge sod etatiderde of the latest holnests
of the Imperial Clwyd have bees amassed Is fabliau, se
as es hem awry Modem* booysties. Here obi there is
esesetes ere epleadie yeses of Sevres peireeleis. A ress4;
table aimed with • rise sleek eseueles the mire of the
rem. Tee nemeses et the Oeseell eased la phis elethse."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, WzosiesDAT ,Evinitio.

The Bonne was very firs to-dsyi;oonesq ussee
el the rise in Consols, and a general belief, grounded
on Prince Gortcbakoff's despatches of the 18th, that
an armistice was on the point of being concluded.
The Rent* rose 76c., closing at 88fr. 260. Credit
Mobilisr rose litr. Railways were brisk, at °Dui-
deraWy improved quotations. Lyons and Mediter-
ranean and Western roes 10(r. each. Northern and
several other lines, Mr. Austrians rose 12fr. 000.

It wan reported at the Boone that the Bank of
France would to-morrow diminish its discount, and
again take bills with 90 days to no.
Vic► Admiral Trehouart will have Paris to-morrow
for Teaks, when the bulk of the Mediterranean

squadron is now assembled. The Bretagne has ».
mired orders to sail immediately from Brest to
Tooke. This is the vowel on which the Admiral
will hoist his flag. Ulterior orders will settle the
definitive composition of this squadron. The Baltic
&Tie= under the esontand of Admiral Poland will
pees the remainder of the winter at Brest.

It is stated in the papers that the Crimean medal,
given by the Queen to the French army, is so heavy
that is many oases it Wipe from the pin by which it
is fastened to the soldier's breast, and that no lees
than a dozen, picked up in the streets, have been
brought by the Anders to the prefecture of police.
Inasmuch as all finders are not honest, the
informal, is that many mare must have
been lost. I hope, and indeed fully believe,
that this must be the explanation of a
paragraph in some English journals Malin that
several of the soldiers pawned or sold their medals
the day after they were given to them. I cannot bat
regard this statement ea libellous, nay, absurd. Not
only are French soldiers the least likely of any in the
world to Nell an honouralge decoration for money, but
supposing any man so degraded as to brave the severe
military punishment for such an °Shoes he would
have great difficulty in finding a purchaser in Paris,
and certainly no pawnbroldng establishment would
dare to rewire each a pledge.
Queen Christina's second daughter was married
today at Malisalson to Prime Drag*, a descendant
of a senatorial family of Rome. Several Spaniards of
distinction, among whom were M. Bravo-Murillo, the
Count San Luis, and M. Domenech, ex-Minister of
Finance, were present at the ceremony.
It has generally been supposed that fancy breed is
exempted from the tax, and may be sold at any
price the baker chooses to ask for it. But a court of
law has just held this notion to be a vulgar error,
and has sentenced a baker named Mauna, at 'ou-
tstay aux Bane, to eight days' imprisonment and a
fine of &Orr. for having sold fancy breed without
weighing it.
_ _

Tide ha. been one of the most extraordinary days
ever men at this season of the year. From morning
to night we have enjoyed warm sunshine, and men
a deep blue sky streaked with light fleecy clouds,
floating gently before a soft westerly breeze. Win-
dows are thrown open, fires let out, ladies show forth
in spring dresses, Talmo& and "Lord Raglans" are
haeg oa their pegs, and people complain that a single
coat is too hot. Should this weather ovations bat for
three or four days we gall sea the trees sprouting in
January.

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NAPLIS. Jute. t 7.
During this last week Naples has been as gay end
brilliant as wort festivities could make it. It is in
sod @mania with these rejoicing. that public expec-
tation has been disappointed in every respect. la spite
of the rumours to circulation, which no one in • posi-
tion to know anything ever believed, there has been
no amnesty—not even a Barabbes has been released ;
nor has any new ministerial appointment bees made.
In fact, Naples is without a government: there are
only heads of office., and in several instances each
one of these is supposed to hold two or three port-
foglins. Take Bianckini for instance, who is Director
of the Interior and the Police, and Minister of Finance
and Public Works. The system works well, his
Majesty says; and so there ii every reason tosuppose
that it will continue. Perhaps the principle of ab-
solutism has been more broadly laid down, both
by word and act, than it has been recently in this
country. "Am I,* said M. Brenier to Gush, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, " to take this as your de-
claims, or as that of your royal master." "Refer
M. Bossier to nse,'' was the order of his Majesty, on
hearing the complaint of Cords. So in act, the
directors are merely heads of Aloes, drat secretaries,
perfectly irresponsible for any advice they may give
to the sovereign, who is the centre and scarce of all
political light, heat, and balsams. The system,
however, works well, it is said, and seder the com-
bined influence of vanity and obstinacy, there is no
immediate expectation of any change.
With regard to M. Bremer, I am of opinion that
there has been a very false impression formed, sot
of him, bat of the objects of his mission hem for
nothing more boa been staked, I believe, than the =-
wisdom of comestibles, which, as far as grain is
crocorned, has been positively refused. No one in
the diplomatic world either knows anything more
that has been brought under diatomite, so
that the new French minister moot be the
most reserved and pendent of diplomatists or
cannot be in treaty about anything. The observa-
tions of the Emperor to the Neapolitan minister on
the New Year's-day have made a profoond sensation
is court circles here. They are considered as indiast-
ing that tranquillity is no proof of either sleep or
oblivion.

There has been an attempt in Naples during the
last week to interest the foreign residents and
natives on the wabject of the growth of cotton by free
labour. The idea is half commercial and half philan-
thropieal, and taking it under this latter expect there
is great emus for joy that so practical a view has
been taken of the greet 'object of slavery. For
though the evil might in the coarse of ages yield to
the improved moral feeling of society, it will do so
mach more quickly when the maintenance of it is
shown to be contrary to interest. I shall address
myself solely however to the commercial question,
whilst I give a short account of the visit of Mr.
Clegg, of Manchester. If he did not originate
he is at all events very actively engaged in pro
meting the sueeessief the movement to which I have
alluded, and daring the short time he has been in
Naples ha has managed to interest a few enterprising ,
men on the subject. Mr. Clegg's statements are very
clear, and his statistics show that he is not • ngaged
I. the pursuit of any will o'-the.whisp. The enor-
mous annual consumption of cotton in England,
amounting to 913,200,00011 m, shows that a vast field
is required for its growth; and the probable lames*
in the demand during the last twenty years amount-
ing to double the quantity, leads one reasonably to
expect still a progressive incise's. Under such eir-
combine:es, the speculation cannot be a bad one, and
it becomes • question, also, whether the cultivation
of what is now almost • necessary of life should
be left to one country. Egypt had already taken
it up, and Ablest Packs had refused the offer
of 90,0001. made by an English house in
Alexandria for one year's crop. France was
doles all in her power to encourage its growth
in Algeria by guaranteeing • good pries for three
years. It is somewhat in the same way that Mr.
Clegg proposes to work hers. He offers to take all that
is grown at the market price. It was suggested at
a meeting at the Rev. Mr. Pugh's. the chaplain of
the embassy, that many obstacles existed in his way,
such as high rents, the quality of the soil, sad habits
of the people; but more KoWste inquiries enable me
to remove them, and to show that the Two Sicilia;
would Is every Minot be admirably adapted for the
cultivation of cotton. The average rental of land is
, not high, and of sandy swampy ground salted to the
shiest proposed very low. Of such laud, toe, there fe a

A

met quantity lying almost waste on the shores of the
Adriatia from Leon to Brindisi, and between To
dell' Annuceata and CasteHamar*, and other pies,
Cotton, too, Lii actually grown both in Sicily sod ee
the oriatinent, go that the experiment would notb,
. about
new, and it has iiotirely succeeded. In Sicily,
two millions of pounds are grown annually, belt of
which kis:ported to Naples sod the other halt is coo.
slimed in the islas4 ; in the continental pert of
the kingdom about g,200,000 lbs. are grown
and consumed, whilst 800,0001ba• are imported
hem New Orleans. The* annual produce of
the kingdom is therefore allout 4,200,000 llm,
whilst the annul consumption is ai.,ont 5,000,0001
In proof of the yet greater cspAbilities of the i
sonntry, a letter from • Sicilian merchant now
bibs me says :—a Notwithstanding the great con. 1
songdmit
_lt would no the difficult to export a quantity f
of oillon" We report, therefore, founded on Acts, is
eadanntlyemeenreging to the project of Mr. Clegg ;
and all Mkt is wanting is a little capital and a little 1
enterpriae-.just what the Neapolitans have not. 1
Enterprise Perhaps they have, but not that necessary
element which is the life and soul of commercial sac-
ass% and of all speculation—faith in oneself, and
faith in others. The former has been destroyed by
the political tutelage in which the Neapolitans have
been and still are held—the latter has been utterly
nasiermined by a system of government which has
ono oU that it can do to demoralise the country. The
isperbmet, therefore, of growing or extending the
growth of cotton by free labour in this kingdom
nod be undertaken by the foreigner, and little doubt
of considerable success could exist, assuming my facts
to be true, as I believe theni to be.

DENMARK.

The Folkthiag (Second Chamber) of the Danish
Diet elected on the 18th, in the room of Count Knuth
de Knuthenberg, deceased, M. Briton, one of its mem.
ben and a judge of the Supreme Court, to the post of
member of the High Court of Justice of the Kingdom,
which is aboat to try the impeached ministers. M.
Braun, however, that he could not accept
the honour done idea, and a new election was ordered
to be proceeded to the next day. But at the next
sitting, when M. Braun arrived, a letter signed by
terty.one of his colleagues, entrestiog him to accept
his nomination, was presented to him, and, after some
hesitation, he yielded to the wishes so expressed, and
withdrew his resignation.

LOSS OF LIFE ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN
COAST.

PLYMOUTH, WIRDIRSDAT EVININO.

A wolfram's boat with 17 persona on board,
bound from Mutton Cove, Devon port, to her
Majesty's ship gassouth, in Plymouth Sound, acci-
dentally upset on " the Bridge, and Mr. Bateman,
paymaster of the Exmouth, three marine artillery.
men, and one seaman, were drowned. The other
fourteen were picked up by the boat of her Majesty's
ship Sansparei/, which we' near at the time of the
accident. Mr. Anderson,. the surgeon, and Mr.
Warper, the aasistaot-surgeon, of the Exmouth, were
amongst the number of those who were recovered.
The boat was overloaded, and not in good condition.