The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

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TRIESTE, SUNDAY.
The steamer Australia arrived here at 8 o'clock

yesterday morning, in 116 hours from Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, MA=3: 11.
The Indian mails leave here this day with Intel-
Brune from Calcutta, Feb. 9; Bombay, 16th.
On the 7th of February proclamation was joined
of the annexation of Onde, and the King has been
deposed.
The Bontal rebellion has been revived. Lord
Canning reached Madras on Feb. 14. Lord Dal-
housie was very unwell, and was to leave Calcutta
for Baer immediately after the arrival of Lord
Canning.

Trade inactive, and prices flit, with the exception
of indigo. Money market easier. Exchange at
Bombay, 2s. 20.; Calcutta, 2s 20.

AND BRITISH

MARSEILLES, Monnur.
The Veggie arrived at four o'clock this morning
with the India mails. Despatches leave at nine
o'clock, a.m.

FRANCE.

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PARIS. SATURDAY EVININO.
The following notice war placarded at the Boone
at ten minutes put two :

"March 15th, 1856.
"The Prefect of Polio, to the Commissary of the
Bourse.

" The Empress felt the Stet pains at about live
o'clock this morning. You will be informed imme-
diately when the Imperial infant is born."
The princes and princesses of the Imperial family,
and the members of the Emperor's family holding
rank at court (the distinction is laid down in one of
the early decrees of the present empire), were in-
formed at six o'clock this morning that the Empress
bad felt the first pains of childbirth. All the func-
tionaries appointed to take part in the ceremonial
were also warned, and within a short apace of time
the Salon de Pain at the Tuileries was thronged with
the privileged personages, who have remained there
throughout the day, and are there in expectancy at
this moment.

The Renate and the Corps Legislatif assembled at
10 o'clock this morning in their respective palaces,
declared themselves en permanence, and will remain
sitting till they receive the announcement of the
birth of the infant. The Municipal Council of Paris
Is also sitting.
The orderly officers, aides-de-camp, muter. of the
ceremonies, and other officers of the palace, are all
en permanence at their posts.
The contractor for public rejoicings has been most
active all to-day. Immense preparations for illu-
minations are making at the Bourse, the embassies,
and all the public buildings. It is especially worthy
of notice that at the Russian Em busy, in the Fau-
bourg St. Honord, a scaffolding is erected for illumi-
nations.

Tie—Archbishop of Paris has issued a pastoral
letter to the clergy of his diocese enjoining prayers
for the happy deliverance of the Empress. It directs
the clergy to perform daily the chant " Pro Impers.
trice priegnante" in the course of mass. When the
cannon has announced the happy accouchement of
her Majesty the bells of Notre Dame and of the ether
churches of Paris are to peal forth for an hour. On
the Sunday which follows the event a Te Deem will
be executed, not only in the metropolitan church but
in all the others of the diocese.
In case of a happy birth the Mont de PIM has
orders to return to the owners, at the expense of the
state, all pledges up to the value of 7f.
The municipal council, wishing to act liberally, ac-
cording to precedents, has very seriously considered
what present they shall give to the officer of the
palace who shall bring them the great news. It sp.
pears by their records that the page who brought to
the Hotel de Villa the news of the birth of the King
of Rome received a grant of 16,000 f. a year, which
income he continued to receive, notwithstanding the
many intervening revolutions, down to his death, in
11845. The city shrinks from adopting a precedent
which cost so much to their treasury, and has deter-
mined to give the aide-de-camp who brings the
looked for glad tidings a snuff box worth 20,000 f.
At the Bourse the approaching aceonclesnwst of the
Empress was the universal subject of conversation,
and in a great measure suspended business. The
Bente, however, roes 26e. for cash, and 200. for as.
count, closing at. 73 and 73.45. Railways were quoted
from 9L to 6f. higher.
I am sensed privately that the treaty of peace has
been signed by the plenipotentiaries, and that Prussia
has only been called in to affix her signature. This
is substantially nothing more than what you have
already inland from the fact of Pruseia's admission
to the Coolness.
The rumours of peace do not diminish the prepara-
tions foe war. At the arsenal of Mets 80 women are
sow employed daily in the making of cartridges for
the infantry.
The semi-official journal of Stockholm, in its num-
ber of the 4th, announces that "hie Majesty the
Emperor of the French has chosen her Majesty the
Clasen Josephine, his relative, as godmother of the
child whose birth is expected by France." The de-
spatch of the French government containing the in-
vitation to the Queen was presented by the French
Ambassador on the 25th ult. A letter declares that
both the court and the nation feel flattered at her
Majesty having been selected.