The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUIUDAY ETINIXO.

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Doubtless it seems at first sight very humane of
Roasts to show extreme haste to suspend hostilities.
Bat the reasonable view of the order said to
have been sent to Prince Gorteliakoff seems
to me that the Russian "initiative" in order-
ing the Northern forte to cease a useless and
almost innocents fire, can only have been taken in
order to make it appear that the points " purely and
simply" accepted at St. Petersburg include every-
thing that the Western Powers have a right to insist
upon as preliminaries of peace, in order to furnish an
argument that they are bound by the terms of Count
Buol's despatch to consent at ono, to an armistice,
and in order to take advantage of the feeling which
the hopes of pesos soddenly enoonraged in France
and England were calculated to give rise
to, to elude these essential conditions which
it was well known the English Government
(whatever understanding the swift-footed Bsroa See.
bash :may have had with the Tuileries) never
meant to renounce. Upon this point—namely, whe-
ther the separate conditions are to be accepted before
negotiations are entered spot:, or only to be brought
forward to be voted upon in the Conferences (in
which England would be sere to be in a minority)
the French and English semi-official journals are in
direct conflict. Thereby hangs the question of the
armistice, and indeed, one may almost predicate, of
peace itself. There is the real test whether the
Russian "acceptance" was a trick or not.
The Bonne opened with some fitness, but on the
receipt of the despatch stat lag that Prince Oorteha-
koff had been ordered to suspend hostilities, there
was a smart upward movement which continued to
the close. The news was thought to confirm the
rumour of Saturday, that analogous orders had been
sent to Marshal Pelisaier. The Rents, after opening
at 67fr. 250., closed at 67fr. 600., with a rise from
yesterday of 25c. Credit Mobilier, after having
fallen 28fr., closed at 1,430 fr., the ultimate fall being
only 2fr. 606. Railways recovered for the most part
the fall of the morning. Orleans rose 16fr. Some
of the lines, in which little business is generally
done, were lower. Austrian rose 6fr.

The Patrie regards the decree of yesterday, di-
minishing the import duties on wool, u an immense
mules rendered to French woollen manufacturers.

It dismisses the question whether the national wool
growers may not be injured by it, and of course, u
a government journal, resolves in the negative. But
to arrive at this conclusion, it employs a whole series
of free•trade arguments, which it is satisfactory to
nod upon the order of the day in this country.
The Prefect of Seine has publicly intimated that
the announcement that there would be a grand ball
at the Hotel de Ville on the 30th wu a mistake. It
is not the intention of the City of Paris to give any
" municipal " fête this winter. The party on the
90th will be a private one in the prefect's own
apartments.

THli LATE PROYOST•MARSHAL AT KERTCH.

Major Claerosey, late inmost-Marshal at Harts's,
and sow be Leeds., publishes the partieelars et the affray
whir led to hie sasperiou the narrative egreeleg with that
whir has already hose given by our owe correspondent.
Major Gseresey says " I fund, in emery with Major
Hifi, R.A., five Tartish soldiers, from Fort Paul, four
miles from their eastonnunsts, pleaderiag a hoar, the
owner cad his family of children knocked down sad is
terror of their lives, r he deposed to General
I certainly reared the ringleader and had his punished.
There is so aright I k k s-ou__ -tve bats murdered by as
ieferiated robot scoundrels, headed by • Turkish captain of
the 7th Regiment of the Coatingent, had I Cot had umbrae*
at hand, wkieb saved re lives of the Prevost-ilergrat, ale ,
present, who unforiusately were not allowed to eery as
arms; but that linigtOloll err from a Colt's revolver I had
ha sty belt, which I red effectually atter being bricked
dews, and waned them is Turkish of the eraerressor of
throwing stoner together with seeing a soldier of the 71st
Highlander worded by a chair,. I was also waisted by
Captain Walker, of the Contiegent, riding up and elating
down a fillet while in the eet of felling one of my men with
• etre. It is perfectlytrue I was sent home by General
Visits for my asedeet this affair, bat it I. equally true
that the authorities at the War D. partessot have demurred
to it. The &Howieg officers, who were preset, deposed to
my coolness and self determination at the time, rod that it
saved the lire of all the Europeans preseut from the furry
of the mob, who very errs dirersed when they perceived
would not be trlAed with—namely, Major Killer (80th Re.
gimes% Major Hill (Royal Artillery), Captain Bwaby
(39th Ptaghaest), and Captain Walker (East India Service)
I bay% beside,, the written approval of the,. general
eMeers, all stating I ally did my duty."

rhe Paris Mositsar says:—" Regular depots of
muskets, Wended fee the supply of shipownen wbe awry
ea a barter trade with the westors most of Vries, are sew
established by the Frew* Gememat at Neste', Baer
dean:, Ham, sad Marseilles, when these ire ems will be
supplied at prices which will suable wershauts to want*
vita tbe t Wish wad Belgian stokers."

Aooordini to the P ;es a of Vienna, the first sitting
of the monetary Castleman was occupied is gaming rem
lations for its deliberations. It appears that it be been
gromalty agreed upon to meegamend she adoption of the
decimal system. TM 'Wogs are to take ptses throe those
a meek, and the &modem to be in Numb.
The Augsburg Gazette status that Count Dzialinaki,
moo/ the Tidiest Polish leadenden of the Dusky of Panes,
km Oared to Wag sip at his ows met the are eldldree of
the Me peat kliakiewica.

A private letter frau Couataatioople Oahu that
Frowah dramatis impel et Itim. Daman, aad Mi-
dge sae& ha eitiled I■ that eity ea the 9tb, with poet
mama The pfeeee perforated were—. Era Caplet."
" Drum lit Flaw." sad" Mahe d'irsear."