The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY I'IMMINO.

The Assemble(' Nationale annouaoss in positive
terms that the Conferences will meet at noon to-
morrow (the 30th), and that the first protocol will be
signed on Wednesday. This swords with a rumour
which I mentioned yesterday, but the evening papers
do not contain a word to confirm the news, and the
Moeiteur is still silent It is more than doubtful
whether the meeting will take place to-morrow. Up
to six o'clock this evening the despatch from Bt.
Petersburg, which was alone waited for, had not
arrived. It is still hoped that it may come in the
course of the night, and then the plenipotentiaries
will probably assemble to-morrow, but the delay
cause some uneasiness in official quarters.
Boeings at the Bourn has been excessively dull.
I The Bente declined slowly all day, closing at 66fr.
I 60e. for cub, and 661 r. 600. for anoint, with a fall
of 20c. and 130. Mobilier fell 22fr. 600. Railways
were quite neglected. The few transactions that
were done were quoted at a fall of from 2fr. 600.
to 6fr.

The office at the Bourse for the inns of annual 1
entrance tickets opened on Friday foe the first time.
Not above forty tickets were sold on that day, and it
is believed that the majority of the frequenters of
that establishment will prefer paying their daily en-
trance fee of ltr. to submitting to having their names
inscribed in the book of annual subscribers, the mason
being that many who gamble at the Bourse would
not like to be set down officially as frequenters of
that establishment. On Saturday the number of

tickets taken out was somewhat greater.
A telegraphic despatch from Mortau (Doak') dated
this day, states that several more royalist refugees
from Nenrchatel have arrived there, not only militia-
men, but whole families.

A private letter from Constantinople of the 18th
users, us that Ferukh Khan, the Persian ambits.
sador extraordinary, will leave for France at the
beginning of January, at which period the Medan..
rumen is totally tree from the influence of the
equinox. He will embark with his suite on board
the Roland, Commander Perigot. The same letter
states that Ferukh-Khan, after having transmitted to,
his sovereign the demands of Ragland, proposes to
continue negotiations in Paris and London, and that
be has asked far instructions from his court with
that view.

Thtre is much talk of a recent visit of M. Guizot
to M. Thiers, to talk over the prospects of the forth-
coming general elections. M. Guizot, ever since be
has been out of office, has been much more anxious
to play a part in politica than M. Thien, who, im-1
mersed in his historical pursuits, is well content to
stand aloof from active partioipation in the events of
the time. It I. rumoured accordingly that M.
Guizot's suggestions for an understanding between
the different fractions of the monarchical parties
were very coldly received by DL Thies.

The Preto* contains an article of some interest on
the subject of the island of /Terra, which the
English have taken u their base of operations in
the Persian Gull. That island, the Prase declares,
belongs to France, having been ceded by treaty in
1769 to M. Pyraalt, French consul at Basun, by
Herim-Khan, vakil of Penis. The article of the
?SAS journal concludes as follows:—"In present
political circumstances the rights of France on Ku-
rth might produce complications of an unexpected
nature in the Anglo-Penian difficulty. We may
mention one single instance which might arise were
Persia, our ally, to express her discontent at seeing
an English army transform the French island of
karrak into its base of operations; this would
suffix to oompel the French government to interfere
in the question."
In the Paris corn market during the past week,
prices have been constantly declining, and the fall
may be estimated at about 2fr. the sack of 157 kilo-
inseams& The four marks were offered at 78fr., and
excellent samples could be obtained for 761 r. The
reserve at the Halle is about 10,000 metrical quintals
(the quintal is 221i1be.) Wheat has also fallen, the
decline being to the extent of from lfr. to lfr. 500.
the hectolitre and a half. Superior Besuce could be
had for from 401 r. to 42fr. 500. the 128 kilogrammes.
From all the departments prices come lower, even
Marseilles, which so long resisted, having at last
given way.
The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
average price of wheat in the different markets of
Fraboe, by which the tariff of bread is regulated.
The highest price is 30fr. 97c. per hectolitre in the
markets of Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles ;
and the lowest 24tr. 580. in those of St. Lo, Paimpol,
Quimper, Henotbon, and Nantes. The average for
the whole of France is 271 r. b2ie. per hectolitre,
bring 88,10. lower than the last return.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MONDAY.

Ths Vpretentativ(s of tie house of MM. Mith
and Co. hate just paid into the treasury the tit) mil-
ot resii, the fiat instalment of the new loan,