The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

NEUFCHATEL:

The federal authorities of Switzerland neglect no
means that prudence suggests for the defence of their
territory. One of their last acts is the despatch of a
circular to all the cantons, calling attention to the
organisation of the militia. A signifiriaat fact, under
existing circumstances, te that the militia in Neuf-
chatel have signed a petition, in which the young men
who form part of the contisgent of the elite demand
of the executive federal authority, es a favour, that
they may be the first exposed to the enemy's fire,
in case " ulterior" measures are taken against the
Confederation.

A letter from Berlin of the 19th, in the Debate of
this dey,says :—"lt is stated that the Federal Conseil
hes proposed to the French cabinet, through General
Dufour, to leave the inhabitants of Neufchatel to
decide whether they will continue under a republic,
or submit to the authority of the Bing of Prussia."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

MOM OSIN OWN

PARIS, FRIDAY ETININO.

The Pays dates positively that M. Antonini, the
Neapolitan Ambassador, received his passports yes-
terday.

A oorrespoadenoe from Teheran, dated October I
22, in the Hosileur, leaves the fact of the taking of
Herat by the Persians still very doubtful. It will
be recollected that, according to the latest espies'.
tion of many contradictory rumours, Herat was Ihr
a moment in the possession of the Schah's troops
last July, but they were immediately driven out, and
the definitive taking of the place, which has been
assumed very generally as an incontrovertible fact,
occurred "in the month of September."
The Prow, replying to an article in • London
ministerial journal, which intimated • few days
sines that England might probably take possession
of the Isle of Karrak, near the mouth of the
lEuphrates, as a station to be need as a basis of ape
ratios, against Persian aggression, says that Kay.
rak belongs to France (!), under a treaty concluded in
1789 between M. Pyrault, French consul at Bassani,
and Keehn Khan, "the wisest sovereign, perhaps,
that Persia has had in modern times."
This treaty, the Presse, with amusing naivete.
admits 1111 "very Eta, known," but it ATOM that it
is "not the lees important, aim no ulterior conven-
tion has ever rescinded or modified it in any way."
Is there no international statute of limitations appli-
cable to a case like this P If not, surely there ought
to be one. A century of adverse postession ought,
one would think, be sufficient to ba' a title, even one
conferred by the wise and good Kerim Khan, and
it does not even appear that France has made " con-
tynnale clique." It would be rather too quaint if,
at a moment when it suits the French government
to coquet with Russia. and back up the hostilities
which Persia is carrying on against us under Russian
patronage, our defensive operations in the East were to
be thwarted by a claim on the part of France, so
ridiculously stale.
The Bourse has entirely recovered from the re-
action of yesterday, and the upward movement went
on all day with great animation. The Rents rose
36e. for cash, and 80c. for account, clos-
ing at 87fe. 85c. and 6711.. 85c. Mobi-
lise rose 401 r. Some of the railways rose from 20fr.
to 30fr., and all are higher. The directors of the
Beak of France held a special meeting to-day, to
consider, as it was reported, of means to prevent the
decrease of bullion; but it was understood that they
broke up without taking any new measures.

A grand dinner was given at the Spanish Embassy
on Wednesday evening in honour of Queen Isabella's
fete day. The Marquis de Turgot, the French Am.
humidor to Madrid, proposed as a toast, " Queen
Isabella IL and the alliance of Franco and Spain."
M. Serrano responded by proposing, "The Emperor
of the French, who ardently desires the happiness of
Spain."

M. de Clouse, an ex-Councillor of the Prefecture in
the departments of the Pyreuees Orientate and La
Vendee, was yesterday sentenced by the Correctional
Tribunal of the Seine to three years' imprisonment,
for swindling several tradesmen in Paris by misre-
presenting his means of payment for goods
which he obtained from them. He had been
in Aim for fourteen years, and was din
missed in March last for some reason which does
not appear. In answer to a question from the pre-
siding judge he said that he never knew why he was
dismissed. M. de Goalie stated, with much energy,
that M. Manuanz, an ex-secretary of the Corps
Legislatif, Count de Morny's solicitor, end other well-
known person., would speak to his antecedents and
say what were the sources from which he expected
hie income; bat as he had not subicenead'any of these
witnesses the court very naturally told him that the
citation of their names could not serve him. M. de
Gorses is, beyond doubt, very respectably connected.
One of the facts reproduced against him twee that
he had represented the wife of a well-known general
at Orleans to te.his sister, whereas she is, in fact, his
first mast&

On Friday last, when the Bank of France returns
were issued, I stated that the amount of bullion in
the cellars bad been augmented by extraordinary
means, in order to put a gocd face upon the account,
that it had been much lees a day or two before, end
would probably be less again a day or two later. I
understand now, from a source which I have always
hitherto found correct, that on Saturday last the
bullion had decreased six millions, and that the de-
orseae up to this day is ten millions of francs, or
400,0001.

It is stated that M. Rothschild has entered into a
contract with the Bank of France to supply it with
290 millions of francs, or say 11,200,0001. in specie
to be made in monthly payments in the course of
next year.