The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-07 00:00:00

come.
" Be that as it may, these demonstrations are of
grant significancy, mace they plaiuly show the true
intentions of Russia, and meant by her to be a

defiancer
A letter front the Turkish frontier, dated Dec, 20,
is given in the Debate. The writer says :
" That portion of the corps of Osten Sacken, which
is intended to act in the principalities, has numerous
difficulties to overcome in its march, before it can
I reach its destination. It is chiefly on leaving Fosk.
shani that the roads become impassable. Since the
arrival of Baron Budberg, the Boyards, who had
withdrawn after the departure of Stirbey, are now
returning."
A second letter from Kalish, Dec. 27, says:
" Recent private intelligence from St. Petersburg
announces, that the exportation of horses will shortly
be prohibited."
The Augsburg Gazette, Jan. 2, contains the follow.
ing letter from the Polish frontier :
Pa If Russia were disposed to accept peace upon
conditions not altogether advantageous to her, she
would not call out all her disposable forces to assure
her anomie. All the forces (recruits and troops of
the line) are now on their march to the south or
south-east, but their destination is not exactly
known.
"We announced recently an expedition of the
Czar against the Khan of K hive. We now know that
it did actually set out. The Emperor of Russia is not
ignorant that he is his sole enemy in Asia. Russia
fears the continental powers. England alone, with
her preponderating naval power, is an obstacle to the
success of Russia's gigantic projects. The struggle
between these two powers has become inevitable—it
will come sooner or later; but the Czar will not be
able to sustain his part, or be a match for them by
sea. Consequently he will be compelled to direct his
attacks against Southern Asia.
" Some years ago the Czar endeavoured to send an
army corps to Khiva. The object was not so much
to humiliate the Khan as to see whether he could in
this way frighten Persia and Affghanistan ; but the
attempt was a failure.
"Since then other means have been silently pre.
r; an alliance has been concluded with the
ah
of Persia. Not only the Cossacks of the little
Kirghis horde, formerly placed under Russian supre-
macy, are fully armed, but also those of the great
horde, and who have remained free to this hour. At
this moment Russia is concentrating her attention on
Sweden, where the influence of England is visible."
The Lithographed Correspondence of Vienna
(Dec. 29) announces that the steamer Chersoneaus
arrived at Odessa on the 11th December with 300
Turkish prisoners. The number of prisoners at
Odessa amounted to 800, and a mutual exchange was
anticipated.
A private letter from Odessa of the 14th ult., says
that the camp formed about the end of last summer
at Woznesenek, five leagues off that city, had just
been broken up on account of the severe cold. The
troops composing it, together with the reinforce-
ments lately arrived, have been distributed in the
cities of Ismail, Sebastopol, and Odessa itself, where
the corn granaries have been fitted up as barracks.
The National Gazette of Prussia has the following
from Warsaw of the 30th ult.:
The news of the mobilisation of the Russian army is al-
ready old ; the question is to complete the cadre, and the
MOILIIITC has been carried into execution. Six corps of the
Russian samy hays been mobilised. It is alio intended to
complete the reserves. The army intended for local objects
has received its complement. Neither the first nor the Se-
cond levy has yet been called out, which would certainly
have been done if it bad been intended to mobilise the
whole of the Russian army. It has been remarked that all
the affairs which the Russians have regarded as victories for
them have been announced in pompous bulletins, and fol-
lowed by public prayers in the churches; but no mention
has yet been made of what took place at Oltenitna, and all
that is known of it is from the skilfully drawn-up bulletin
, of Prince Gortschakoff.

FRANCE.

PARIS. FRIDAY Evexixo
Although M. Dronyn de Lbuy's circular published
in the .21/oisiteur of this morning is exceedingly
moderate in its tone, and although it discloses no
fact not already pretty well known to the public,
the official confirmation of a state of things closely
bordering upon war produced a very great effect at
the Bourse. The passage speaking of the maritime
occupation of the Black Sea by France and
England as a " pledge" by way of re•
peisal for the seizure of the Danubian Pro-
vinces by Russia was very much remarked. It
was thought that the fact of the publication of this
document by the Moniteur indicated pretty clearly
that no favourable answer was to be expected from
the Emperor of Russia. The Three per Cents. fell
lfr. 40c., closing at 70fr.—the lowest price of the
day. lam assured that bargains were even done at
69fr. and a fraction, but 70fr. is the lowest official
quotation. This price is by far the lowest that has
been seen since the proclamation of the empire. Bank
of France was not quoted. Credit Mobilier fell -10 fr.
In railways the fall was very heavy. St. Germain
fell 35fr.; Orleans, 30fr.; Rouen, 30fr. ; Northern,
30fr.; Strasbourg, 22fr. 50c.; Western, 17fr. 50c.
The Pattie, in its "Latest News," says:—" It is
announced that the second half of the class of ie.
cruits for 1852 is about to be called to join the ranks.
This measure is rendered necessary by the necessity,
under present circumstances, of filling up the cold
caused by the discharge of the men whose period of
' service expired on Dec. 31st last." This, divested of
the technical verbiage of the War-office, is a notice
of an augmentation of the army.
The Putrie denies tke truth of the statement in
the Sieele that Austria and Prussia had officially
announced their intention to withdraw from the
Vienna Conference. If I remember rightly, the
Steele did not use the word "officially."
The legitimist journals, the Assemblje and Coin,
finding the Russian cause so bad that they can no
longer openly support it, have elaborate leading ar-
ticles, in which they endeavour to show that France
has no interest in the independence of Turkey, and
that the only effect of the success of the IN esters
Powers in a war with Russia would be to augment
the preponderance of the English navy to the prej
dice of France.
The Union, in addition to the above argument,
makes an appeal to religious prejudices, and appears
much shocked that France, a Catholic power, should
make common cause with the Turk. All this plead-
ing deceives nobody. That France may have a:
some no very distant day, internal matters to seme
between herself and Louis Napoleon is very likel;.
But a holy alliance between the Czar and the Count
de Chambord is of all unlikely things the one that
least promises to command any appreciable amount
of public opinion.
Both the English mails arrived to-day about the
usual time. The thaw appears divided. We have a
mild south wind, but there arc still large masses of
ice floating in the Seine. The weather is exceed-
ingly unhealthy. The drains and water-pipes are
choked up, and in the neighbourhood of the Northern
Railway station the bad smell from the slaughter-
: houses is overpowering.
The Independance Beige, of Thursday, say° it
announced erroneously that the Prince Chimay was
going to Paris without any mission. The M,
of Brussels states that he is charged to deliver a letter
from King Leopold to Napoleon 111.
Dr. Jules Guvot, in obedience to a telegraphic
summons, has left Paris for Madrid to attend the
Marquis de Turgot.