The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Prince Gortchakoff arrived at Bukarest on the
2sth ult., a' 10 a.m. A guard of Wallachian militia
was drawn up to receive hint. At 1 p.m. the reign-1
Mg prince waned upon the Russian general in his I
quarters. The 29th was di voted by Prince Gortcha-1
kid to a ceremonious reception of the Metropolitan
and as many of the clergy as could be induced to
pay their court to him. The head-quarters of the
Riissian army has been vstai fished at Buka-1
rest, About the mi•ldle of July, the Rus-
sian troops in the Turkish provinces north of
the Danube were urdiratood to amount to 80,000,1
of which 17,00 were stationed in Itukarest,
?Awn in Galsez, and the remainder in Fokschasi.
Fever and diarrhoea were reported to be extremely
prevalent among them. About the same time come
:;•2,11.11) Turkish troops had passed through Varra,l
and bun distributed by Omer Pasha in liehumlal
and neighbouring places of strength. A Turkish
tome was also tisembling in the vicinity of
Bt lgrade. On the 21st of July, Prince
Gortehakoff despatched a written intimation to
Reochid Pacha, who commands in that quarter, to
the effect that if any Turkish troops crossed the
Danube, he would lie' himself obliged to drive them
back. Fever and diarrhoea are said to be as preva-
lent in the Turkish as in the ltussian army. The
corn and hay harvests in the Danubian provinces are
reported to be failures : maize is said to be an ex-
ception.
The Emperor of Russia has also had his great
naval review. On the ntli of Juty he inspected the
raanreuvres of a Itect of h 3 sail; with which he
declared himself hi ,hly satisfied. The Journal of
St. relrrabury has been publishing oatentatious
statistics of the number of troops conveyed along
the Moscow and Petersburg Railway since its
opening.
A letter from Braila, dated 25th July, says:—
. Orders have been issued from the Russian head-
quarters to provide large stores of meal and wood
tor the troops in advance. War these will be none,
hut the Danubian provinces will lung retain their
Russian guests."
The conference of the repiesentatives of the four
powers continues sitting at Vienna. The German
paper. say they arc now considering the question of
foreign re:ny.ees in Turkey.
The Russian steamer Vladimir arrived at Stettin
from Cronstadt on Inc 9th, having on board three
cabinet couriers, MC Austrian, one French, and one
English. They all came from St. Petersburg, and
immediately set out respectively for London, Vienna,
and Paris.

FRANCE.

St'SDAY EVP.NING.

The review has passed off without any incident
worthy of notice. The national guards and troops
of theline began to take up their positions about
tcn &cluck, and by twelve the whole avenue from the
Pate Maillut in the Bois de Boulogne to the Tuile-
ries was hoed with regiments of all arms. It being
Sunday, an immense crowd was assembled in the
Champs Elcsees. The weather was very sultry, and
the dust suffocating. At a quarter to one, and
about twenty minutes in advance of the Emperor,
the Empress arrived at the Arc de Triomphe de
rF.toile from St. Cloud. Her Majesty, accompa-
nied by the l'rineess Mathilde,was in an open caPehe
with tour horses and postillions. She passed slowly
down the grand avenue of the Champs Elyeees,
created the Place de la Concorde, and halted at the
entrance of the Tuileries to wait for the Emperor.
Marshal St. Arnaud, on horseback, kept near her
carriage.
The Emperor, on arriving at the Porte Maillot,wu
received by a guard of honour of generals of division,
in full costume. Ile advanced at about ten paces in
front of his escort, and was immediately followed by
l'rince Napoleon, M. de Peraigny, and Marshal
Magnan. After inspecting the whole line on the
weal of the Palace of the Tuileries, he passed into
the court on the eastern sine and the Place du Car-
rousel, to review the artillery and several divisions
of infantry, and then returned to the garden, placing
himself with his back to the Pavilloidde l'Horloge,
to see the tiling past. The National Guards passed
first, and were followed by the battalion of St. Cyr,
the six companies of engineers, the let, 2nd, and
3rd divisions of infantry, General Chasselonp
Lsubat's brigade, the guard of reserve (sapeurs
pompiers, garde de Paris, and gendarmerie d'elite),
the Artillery, the Cavalry, the 2nd Maims at their
head, and the Gendarmerie de la Seine bringing up
the rear; the infantry of the line and light infantry
by divisions and by battalion, in columns, the
Chasseurs i pied, the Garde de Paris, and the Gen-
darmerie d'Elite. The greater part of the army of
Satory was marched to Paris for this review. The
number of troops of all arms upon the ground was
estimated at 120,000. Nothing could be finer than
the appearance of the troops. The vast improvement
that has taken place within a recent period in the
French cavalry was very remarkable upon this occa-
sion. Both the breed and condition of the horses are
improved. Many whole regiments were mounted
upon horses equal to good Yorkshire hunters, both in
blood and bone.

After the review the Emperor and Empress ap-
peared at the balcony of the Tuileries, where they
remained for some time. They were well received,
but without any demonstrations of enthusiasm.
The Pattie has received a warning for the Turkish
news published on Friday evening in the form of a
telegraphic despatch from Trieste. The grounds for
the warning are both curious and important. The
document, which is signed by M. de Persigny, states
that" in the article of the 12th of August, and signed
A. Basset, the Petrie published news from Constan-
tinople purporting to have arrived by telegraph from
Trieste. Considering that, although the facts an-
nouneed may be probable, nevertheless the positive
advice given of them has not arrived by
telegraph in Paris, either by a public or
private despatch—considering that it cannot
be permitted to propagate even with good faith pre-
tended telegraphic despatches withouthaving verified
their existence, &c., &c., a first warning is given to
the Pairie." It results from this, that there is no
authority for saying down to the present moment
either that the Porte has accepted the note of Vienna,
or made any condition relative to the evacuation of
the principalities by Russia.
M. Delamarre, the proprietor of the Patric, who
has for many years been one of the main pillars of
Napoleonism, appears to have taken the warning in
dudgeon, for immediately underneath the warning
itself, inserted according to law at the head of the
leading column of this evening's Pattie, we read the
following notice:
Y. Potter, notary, Rue Richelieu, No. 43, has this day
remised authority from me to sell the journal the Paine,
and the sia provincial journals, which are my property,
either wholly or in part. —Dec AAAAAA .

The pleadings in the new trial of the four " foreign
correspondents" before the Imperial Court of Rouen
are over, and the court has postponed its judgment
to Thursday nest.
The London morning papers of yesterday did not
arrive till nearly two o'clock today, owing to a
rough night in the channel.

PARIS, MONDAY EYNNINO.
Up to the hour at which I write ifi o'clock) the
fete has gone off remarkably well. fbe guns fired
at the In'slides at 6 o'clock in the morning merely
served to rouse the Parisians to make their holiday
toilette, for no special entertainment was provided
till many hours afterwards. The morning was wet
and unpromising, but the rain held up about 9 o'clock,
and none has since fallen, although the day has been
cloudy and threatening. The great point of ettr.ic-
tion in the early part of the day was the Tuileries.
The copious ruins which happily fell during the
night and in the early morning had cooled the air.
The lawns and parterres were in the highest state of
perfection, and the crowd enjoyed both the sight
and fragrance—so rare in the heart of a great city—
of drooping roses " just washed by a shower."
In the flower beds immediately under the windows
of the palace gigantic artificial tulips and tropical
plants were so artistically mingled with the natural
productions of the garden as to deceive the eye. In
the square between the gardens fronting the princi-
pal entrance to the Palace, a tasteful orchestra, des-
tined for the concert to begin at six this evening, was
not yet finished at twelve o'clock, when crowds were
watching the proceedings of the decorative architects.
The Palace itself was decorated with but one orna-
"lent, of the simplest description—but one that pro-
dumd a great effect. A rich crimson velvet canopy,

overshadowing the central balcony, in which the
Emperor and Empress appeared later in the day,
relieved in the happiest possible mariner the vast
expanse of dark grey stone, the uniformity
of which diverts the attention from its ex-
tent. In the gardens themselves the prepara-
tions for the illumination of to-night were already
highly ornamental. The statues, the fountains, the
formally trimmed masses of foliage of Le NUtre were
hung with innumerable festoons of variegated lamps
looking in the distance like birds' eggs, which the
marble cupids might have been supposed to have
robbed from the woods. While a cheerful, but not too
closely-packed crowd was admiring these beauties
and conceits, many people to, k their stand on the
eastern side of the Palace, in the Place du Carrousel,
whence they could see through the open windows of
the reception-rooms the procession of senators, great
officers of state, and embroidered courtiers, that went
to do homage to the Emperor on this his chosen fete
day. The Place de la Concorde, generally of late
years the central point of a Parisian fete, is not to-day
particularly attractive. No attempt has been made to
traesform its ordinary appearance. Cleopatra's Needle
and the fountains around which so much decorative in-
genuity has been exercised upon former occasions,
are lett in their normal condition. Massive scaffold-
ing which for many days past has been erecting
sround the " Met,' supports nothing but lamps
arranged in the shape of a light " mauresque "screen.
People do not readily understand how it is that heavy
timbers vying in bulk with the scaffolding of the
wing of the Louvre new building, should have
been necessary for mere summer garden lamps. How-
ever, solidity on these occasions is a good fault. If
the lamps be carefully hung there is no fear that
their weight will bring them down upon the people's
heads. The great feature of the present display is
evidently intended to be the illuminations. Last
year these were a failure, partly owing to a bad ar-
rangement, and partly owing to a sort of strike among
the workmen employed. It is the Emperor's particular
desire that no disappointment of the kind shall occur
today; and certainly, judging from the prepara-
tions, Paris is likely to see this evening such a gor-
geous illumination as she never before witnessed.
the massive scaffolding to which I have alluded is
continued from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc
de Triomphe, and upon it, on each side of
tho way, lamps carefully trimmed and well
filled are hung as thickly as possible. In
addition to this, innumerable chandeliers are
suspended from ropes across the grand avenue of 11
the Champs Elysees. These chandeliers are curiously
elegant in shape, and are composed of lamps of dif-
ferent colours harmoniously arranged. The general
effect is to shorten apparently the distance between
the Place de la Concorde and the Barrier de l'Etoile,
and to give to the long avenue of the Champs Elysees
the appearance of a vast b ell room.
So mans- attractions have been provided for the
public to-Clay that the crowd has not been ex-
cessive at any particular spot. The quays be-
tween the Pont des Invalides and the Pont de
Jena were fairly lined from three to six o'clock
with spectators of boat races and the school frigate,
the City of Paris, which appeared as a novelty in
the Seine waters last year. The Champ de Mara
where at three the "Field of the Cloth of Gold"
was performed by the equestrian company of the
Hippodrome, and where the "Taking of Laghouat "
is at this moment going on, attracted a great number
of spectators. But as the police regulations,
very properly made to ensue the safety and
comfort of the mimeo, prohibited carriages from
circulating in the most crowded parts of the town,
none bat resolute pedestrians, or people who did not
mind paying to go a long way about, weal so far as
the Champ de Mars. The spectacle there was gratis,
and moreover, all the theatres were thrown open in
the day time upon the same easy terms. I saw at
1 o'clock the doors of the Francais besieged by a
patient crowd of men in blouses, and women in serge
and caps, panting to see Rachel in Phedre.
The 15th of August is not only the Fete Napoleon,
but the Feast of the Assumption, a day always kept
in Paris as a close holiday, and high mass celebrated
in all the churches has contributed in • considerable
degree to prevent the streets from being overcrowded.
Should the weather continue fine the entire popula-
tion will no doubt turn cut presently to see the illu-
minations and the fireworks. _

The "charcutiers " (pork and sausage sellers) exhi-
bit in their windows piles of tickets, issued by the
mayors of the diff•rent arrondissements to the poor,
entitling the bearers to eight sous' worth of provi-
sions. All the tickets exhibited have already been
presented for liquidation, but they bear a notice that
they are available up to the 31st of the month.
An alarming accident, which miraculously was not,
so far as I have learnt, attended with any very seri-
ous consequences, occurred this morning on the
Northern Railway line. The train which left Calais
at half-past six last night, while stopping at the
Enghien station, was run into by the Boulogne up
train. The luggage van was literally cut in hall,
and the luggage was, to use the expression
of a passenger, " rolled up like sausages." Several
passengers were thrown out, and received more or
less severe contusions, but no lives were lost. One
lady had her &ode either broken or severely
sprained.

ZOt Court.

OSBORNE, Atourr 15.
The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting, Witt to Whipping' am parish
church yesterday morning. The service was performed by
the Rev. George Prothcroe.

Mn. Chisholm had an interview with the Duke of New-
cis le ytaterday. Mr. Fluor&ld and Mr. Ball had also en
interview with his grace yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, and to the Governor of the Mauritius
from the Colonial-office. Despatches were received from
the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Victoria,
yesterday.

MUSIC.