The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13. 1856.

despatch, like BELMAR'S letter, was intently
spread forth on the altar of popular indignatkpo.
But whatever may be said of the' inferior ora in
the Horse Guards, there is one man who ought sot to
escape, sod that is the "Conimander-ispacief—

Viscount litmitteoe.. Itdiu leng been notoeions that
however gallant he may be In the field, be has not
the shadow of faculty for administration. The purity
of his appointments is by no means sbcertained, and
the selections have hitherto proved mast unfortunate.
To go no further than this, Lord HARDINOE knew
Lord RAGLAN well. However fitted that nobleman
may have been to do the diplomatic part of a general's
duty, he was clearly utterly incompetent as a general in
the field. Lord HARDINOE therefore ought to bevels-
sisted on his surrounding himself with a most efficient
staff. And the chief care should have been bestowed
on :a good Quartermaster General. Nerottoe had
his BERTHIER. BLUCHER his ONIIIHINAU, WELLING-
TON his Sir OROROE MURRAT, NET his JOMINI—
Lord RAGLAN his Sir Riontito AIIIT.
The Duke of WELLINGTON would have no incom-
petent officer about him. He made Colonel Goz-
DON, who was sent out to him by the Horse
Guards, return to England; he refused to keep
Sir HUDSON Lows, and he put another officer
over the head of Lord CATHCART in 1815. Neither
Lord Rumex nor Lord HARDINGE did anything
of the sort; and mail Lord HAIDINGE retires from
the Horse Guards no reformation in our system need
be looked foe. Lord HARDINOI, perhaps, thinks that
the storm will blow over—that the people of England
having vented their anger are prepared to sit silent.
Children cry themselves to sleep—judicious Oakley.
look on whilst jealous wives exhaust themselves
in hysteria fits—maniaas confined in padded rooms
dash themselves to repose. But the British public
are neither children, women, nor maniacs. Let
not the Commander-in-Chisi presume too mush upon
human patience.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(not act owx cenustsvotainv.) •
TVIISDAY I‘IIXLWO.
•
Bares Brunow, the Austen plenipotentiary, lett
thrtsbearg for Pails, this "sorting b; the 11 o'clock
express train. He is expected in Paris at 10 this
evening. His servants and carriages arrived this
morning. Baron Brunow will make a sort of tri-
umphal entry into the Faubourg Bt. Honore. The
hotel of the Russian embassy, where the upholsterers
have just tloished their work is already illuminated,
the gates are thrown wide open, and liveried lacqoeys
lounge about the courts, which have been for two
years deserted. [We learn by a telegraphic despatch
that Baron Brunow reached the Embassy last night
at the time indicated by our correepoedent.)
Lord Clarendon, Coant de Boot. and Count Cavour
are all expected on the 16th, and Count Orloff about
the 18th or 19th.

The Dtqtata persists in averting that the condi-
tions upon which the Allies meant to insist under the
head of the Fifth Point ware made known to Russia
before the acceptance by that power of the Austrian
ultimatum, bat it betrays a want of oonfidence in its
own assertion, by proceeding to argue strenuously on
behalf of its Russian clients, that the Allies must be
very moderate in their requisitions, unless they would
incur the imputation of bad faith, sad bring the ne-
goti.tions to a fruitless issue.

_
The Constiluitonnel has an article by M. Grimier de
Cassagnsc, in which it in proved that the present high
price of all the neoessaries of life, is a sign of the
prosperity and wealth of the country. It has been
said of old time, that dearness was synonymous
with scarcity, and cheapness with plenty—mai, now
arena dump 10w4 cula.

The 801111111 ►as been extremely animated through-
out the day. The Rents rose 50c. for cash, and 80r.
for account, closing at 731 r. and 73fr. 766. Credit
Mobilise rose 16fr. Bank of France fell 7fr. 60a
Austrian railways were io great demand, and rose
131 r. Many French railways roes from 10fr. to 15fr.
The commission of which M. Stourm, Councillor
of State is president, appointed by government to
consider the prepositions for the establishment of
transatlantic lines of packets, has drawn up • aeries
of questions to be answered by the companies. It
will be a work of some time to prepare the answers,
sod it is not expected that say decision can be come
to for the next three months. It has been intimated,
I am told, that the following rutes of speed will be
stipulated for as a minimum :—for the New York
line, ilj knots an hoar; for the Brasile, 8h; and,
for the French Antilles, 10/.
General Martimprey, the chief of Marshal Pelis-
sier's staff, who bad come to Paris to sit in the
Council of War, bee left for the Crimes

Prince Csartoryski and General Count &world
had a private audience of the Emperor yesterdaj•
General Zamoyski is going to Constantinople to take
the command of a regiment of Turkish Cossacks.

(11011 AX

PARIS, Pal. 11.
Baron von Beebaeb, not aa yet baying been deco-
rated with the Cross of the Legion of Hamer, has made op
his mind to be somplesou in some o her way. It is tte
cu t observed by every rise invited to the To le-
n«, to appear tu culottes reardre, black silk storkiage sad
at *a. The Bison alms permverel, daring the carnival
jest espind, I. ■abisg his appearance at the impute'
court dressed in pastaleoas sad wearing boots.
Count de Moray the other day said to a muter, who wee
talklsg a'. et meigestioa, "Allem dam, more cher, you
area 30.000 raison, (reed Imam) pour is pas damn veto
destinies ?"

Daisy, de Lhays, is order to °MAL the meeptiaos
of his resigaatios as siestor, wrote to the ►ighest quarter
—ao r.tly. To Minister Yield—De reply. To t►e Pre.
skint of the Ilsairo—ao reply. To some ot►sr csatlemea
►oldie' ►ieh sitastiose—so reply. At last he wrote So t►e
Biala'? of FULIMOIN, nqeseting him to email his ammo
sad snout of salary le the lists of his departmeat. His
wish was immediately 'implied with. Bat this Drools
de Lheye has aa !atom of his owe of sham ►alt a RODa
sad he may play the Cate it he likes acw sad t►se.

THE OVERLAND MAIL. ,

—.—
We have reeeived oar advises 1. awtioip►tion of
the Overlaed Mail. The dates sen : Calcutta, Jaw
8; Bombay; Jae. 16.
The following is from the summary of the Bombay
limes of Jan. 18:

" On the last day of the year a notification was
issued by the Governor-General, intimating that, as
the Smiths' insurrection was at an end, the troops
engaged in its suppression would return to can-
tonments ; and this disturbance now quieted,
leaves us without a single outrage to chronicle
during the fortnight. Neither from Brirmah nor
from our north-west frontier hays we either intelli-
gence of past disturbance or rumours of coming war,
and the Nisam's dominions themselves appear to have
passed a fortnight in a state of entire tranquillity.
Throughout the length and breadth of India profound
pesos reigns supreme.
_ _ _

" Arrangements for the annexation of Oude appear
to be advancing quietly and auspiciously. The
Governor-Oeneral has ordered that all furloughs
should be stopped, so as to have oar army in a state
of the utmost efficiency in the event of their services
being required.
" From Burnish the only intelligence is au account
of a terrible conflagration, which devastated Ran-
goon on the 10th of December. The origin of the
lire is not known; it broke out near the jail, and in a
few hours destroyed some eighteen brick warehouses,
180 timber houses, and about 300 bamboo dwelling
plates. The commissioner and his assistants exerted
themselves to the utmost, but the natives did not
stir. Water was not to be procured in sufficient
quantities, and a considerable amount of plunder was
carried off. The loss, estimated at 160,0001., will fall
on the European houses, to whom the native mer-
chants are largely indebted.
" Ihe Queen steamer left Bombay for Aden three
days since, for a cruise in the lower part of the Red
Bea, with a view of settling some disputes near
Jeddah.

_
tt The, Governor-General hes just declined aooept-
log a public entertainment from the Bengal Club on
the wore of bad health. He retires from India, as
formerly intimated, on the let of March. His suc-
cessor, Lord Canning, is understood at the present
date to be on his way from Suez to Bombay, he is
expected here ten days hence, and will spend a week
at the Western Presidency. Lord Elphinstone is to
return to Bombay to-morrow for hie six weeks tour
in Gozerat and Hattiswar, and he will take op
his residence at Parell. Sir William Gomm,
Commander is Chief of India, is on his way down
to Bombay through Slade. He will bs succeeded
by General Anson about the Ist of next month, and
will not until then quit the limits of his command.
The new Commander-in-Chief will receive the re-
duced allowances of ten thousand a year in place of
twenty thousand hitherto enjoyed.
" There is a greater demand for money in the mar-
ket, and the Banks have raised their rates of inte-
rest. Government and other securities have further
declined. The import market is still very dull, al-
though sales have been extensive at reduced prices;
freights have fallen."

Abdesis hersbjee. Bdaljoo, sad others, ssy cs. 16,000 to
20,000.
TM Europeans wiU of 000110 eons' in fjr a share of the
Wen, if not the prinsipal share ; the smaller traders ea will
as the surateents who were burnt out being their debtors to
a largo
Omitting hosts of hats of rnasUer trading shops or stable
keepers, there were destroyed 14 'ergs peeks go lowns, 100
pitch houses, god 100 bunko houses. Ooly one or two
lives were reported to he lost.—iloadrat Airwomen.