The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY. MARCH 4.

As was agreed upon at Vienna, the four points of
the Austrian Proposals have been signed by the
Plenipotentiaries at Paris, and the document thos
signed is to nerve as a Preliminary Treaty in the
negotiations that are in progrem. fio far u is yet
known this is all the advance that has been male in
the Conferences.

The Address with which the Emperor of the
Finial opened the Legislative Session yesterday is
another proof that be possesses in a high degree the
talent of speech-writing. As is generally the came
with royal speeches addressed to a legislative
asseably, it paints everything en beau, and
eschews details. The tone, however, is on-
exceptionable, especially in what relates to the
Conferences now in progress, and the contingency of
paws or war. France was deecribd as making war,
"not with the momentary delirium of passion, bat
with the calmness of justice and the serenity of
duty." And the French nation was exhorted "to
await with dignity t►e termination of the Con-
ferences, and to be equally ready, if circumstances
required it, to draw the sword anew, or to extend
the hand in friendship to those who had fairly met
them in the field.•

Two dominants are before us to-day, which bear
nest significantly on the progress of the Conferences
and the Speech of Natkomort lIL

The first is an account of the actual condition of
Ramis, oollected from the conversations of an intelli-
gent and distinguished citizen of the United States,
who has spent two years in that eoantry, and
only recently returned to the land of his birth. For
the state of economical and financial depression to
which Russia has been reduced previous accounts
from other wanes had prepared us. But we
coshes we have been taken by surprise by the
opinion expressed in the notes to which we refer, as
to the exhaustion of her military resources. The
splendid army, to the formation of which the life of
the late Emperor Mamas was devoted, would ap-
pear to be annihilated. One corps dorsals after an-
other has been thrown into Sebastopol, and there the
Oibeieest soldiers of all of them have found their
graves. We are told that there doss not exist at this
ausseat in Russia either the materials out of which
to improvise a new effective army, or the officers
required to train it. Another NICHOLAS, we are
assured, would be required to form another army equal
to that which Russia has lost is the struggle, and
eve■ another NICHOLAS could sot complete his teak
in less than twenty year.. The account which the
friend to whom we are indebted for this glimpse
into the interior of Ronda gives us of the gentle-
man from whom be has received his infor-
matics convinces us that he is every way
trustworthy. Nay, the impartial and candid tone
of his communications is in itself a pledge of their
sincerity. If the conelasiese of oar informant are
correct, Europe his a better guarantee for a pretty
proloeged pause in the ambitions projects of Remit
than any stipulations of any treaty of peace could
afford. Most heartily shall we rejoice if this "voice
from America' shall be found to convey a sweat
idea of the actual condition of Russia. We say,this
is so spirit of indecent exultatios. While combating
Andrews the ambitions designs of the Russian oo-
mama t, we have ever sought to do justice to the very
imperfectly developed capabilities which slumber in
the Russian people. Naturally disposed to pacific
pursuits, indomitable and restless in commercial and
coloalaing enterprise as the veriest Yankees in mist-
ime, we believe that the Russians only used the
esavkiion of the futility and danger of a career
of foreign conquest to start them on a more
truly glorious career of °Deviating to the uses of
man the 111112N1100 regions which already bolos' to
them.

The second dcatinent to which we have alluded
is the Firma of the STILTAN, relating to the
rights of the non-Maltotomedsa subjects of Tur-
key. Its promisee are fair ; bat the experience of
all history wanes as that it is mach more easy for
Governments to make plausible professions of amend-
mint than to easy theta into execution. We look
less to the language of the Finnan than to the °ba-
tistes of the sea Ism whom will devolve the ards-
oes of realising its promisee. From all that we
ma less we are disposed to expect much from four
of the leading members of the actual Dims The
Grand Vizier, the Minister of Finance, and the
Iteraskier ant repressated Was, by persons who
possess both the intaWgeass sad the oppor.
tssitise necessary to hem a correct Jodi
slat, to he really honest sad high-minded

non i and the liateetdents of th. Minima/

for Foreign Affairs are greatly I. his favour. If
they osa keep their ground against canape courtiers
sad the intriguing propensities et certain embassies,
sad if they avoid the shoals of excessive °entrains-
ties, the future of Turkey is fall of hope. We do
net, Weed, expect that its progress will be fres from
storms. Already we witness agonises of those tur-
moils through which the beet intentioned and ablest
Ministers will have to steer their way is Turkey.
The prohibition of the foreign slave trade
has excited discontent es the Circassian frontlet,
and discontent sad serious tumults on the
shone of the Red See. Nevertheless, we feel soon-
dent that the Sublime Parte hen acted wisely la de-
eming the immediate extinction of that infamous
train Tree, slavery in Turkey is not, as in nations
of European origin, aa aamidgated tyranny over a
weaker nee as swoh--en exaggeration of the worst
features of the went possible fantasy ',stem. Ne-
vertheless, the foreign slave trade, with its "middle
passage" is the South, and its kidnapping strositin
everywhere, rendered Turkey a pot to It. neigh-
bours, and psrpetaated a lawless and Gruel spirit
sung a Inge portion of its own population. It the
Divan seemed in suppressing this Male, sad re.
storing order I. the Red Bea ports, we shall have M
this result as rinse of the seamm that is likely to
attend their other reforms. And it is wily is the metal
&nabs of its people, and the aegmestatMa of their
physical opinion, that Turkey Gas And a certain 'ma-
natee for its I:Wigwam,.

In the name of ell that is uncomfortable, when
an the Water Carts P What Bard, metropolitan,
division!, or parochial, is respoasible for the affliction
seder which all Landoll is new lamorleg, from Ham-
inerassith to 1111e-.rod, and from Camberwell to High-
gate f We have of coarse all got °olds and coughs;
wean all shivering and shrivelling in the handiest of
east winds ; but it is not that of white we complain.
Cobb an bed—oest winds an bed—a amblnetion