The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

-.-

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A draft decree is now before the Council of State,
for opening a supplemental credit with the Minister
of the Interior, of 4,096,873 f., to indemnify the city
of Paris for the losses sustained during the revolution
of 1848.

It is stated that the dismissed writers of the Patrie
have commenced en action fur libel against M. Dela-
metre, for insinuating that they wrote with a view
to forward their own speculations at the Bourse.
M. Alexandre Dumas' new piece, "La Jeunesse
de Louis XV.," written to replace "La Jeunesse de
Louis XIV.," has been also forbidden by the Censure.
The Bordeaux journals announce the arrival in
that city of Mr. Oliveira, NIT., for the purpose of
collecting further information on the question of a
reduction of the duties in England on French wines
and brandies. It appears from tho .IPutoriul Ile,rde-
lais that this visit has caused some sensation, as it is
believed that a reduction of the ditties would cause a
greatly increased demand in England, and perhaps
produce, by way of reciprocity, a reduction of the
duties in France on certain articles of English ma-
nufacture.

The compensation to the Paris bakers now in
course of payment for the second fortnight in Octo-
ber amounts to the considerable sum of 619,000 fr.
The difference between the official price and that
which ought to be really charged, being Sc. per
kilog., the above sum of 619,000 tr. shows a consump-
tion of 7,737,300 kilog. of bread for the fortnight, or
513,833 kilog. per day, being an increase of 35,833
kilog. per day in the consumption, as compared with
that of the first fortnight of October. An increase
in this proportion is however usual at that period of
the year.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The great news which made so much sensation in
Paris and London at the beginning of the week turns
out, as I ventured on Tuesday to anticipate it would
do, to be nothing better than a canard. The
anonymous Vienna telegraph which first set
the story going now admits that a collective note
has been drawn up, but that " no engagement has
been entered into to insure its execution." All
that remains true, then, is that the old Vienna con-
ference has made another proposition for a settle-
ment—a proposition of which, uncertain as we may
be as to its precise purport, it may be said without
rashness that thtre is no probability of its being
accepted by either of the belligerent parties.
The upward tendency of the Bourse was checked
today, the news from London regarding the Eastern
question being several shades less bright than yes-
terday. 'The Threes fell 35c. for money and 13e. for
time. With the exception of the Southern, which
rose 10fr., and the Grand Central, 3fr. 73e., all the
railways were lower. St. Germain fell 121 r. 50e.;
Rouen, 7fr. 30c.; Orleans, Mr.; Northern, 2fr. 30c.;
Lyons, 3fr. 76c.; Strasbourg, 2fr. 30e. Bank of
France, which has long been stationary, rose 10fr.
The Monitcur gives a long report of the inaugura-
tion of Marshal Ncy's statue, with the speeches of
the Minister of War and M. Dupin at length. It
also very fairly publishes the parliamentary papers,
showing that the statue, though erected by Napo-
leon 111., was decreed by the Provisional Govern-
ment, and ratified by thin Constituent Assembly.
This fact was not alluded to in either of the
speeches. The legitimist journals affect to treat the
ceremony of yesterday as a matter of no importance,
and mention it in a few words among the " accidents
and offences" of the dry.
M. Latour-Dumoulin, the government candidate,
has just been elected deputy for the Doubs, almost
unanimously.
Sir Edmund Lyons has arrived at Constantinople.

ITALY.

-

The Roman correspondent of the Aupbury Gazette
writes on the 26th ult.:—" We again hear, in the
stillness of the night, those sounds and signals which
preceded the commotions of 1846. The other night
the police found the Italian tricolor waving before
the door of a person known to me. A great excite-
ment reigns among the Italian youth, both at Rome
and in the provinces. On the night before last,
about twenty young people were arrested us mem-
bers of a secret society. Among them were MM.
Cigli, Pigioni, Lipari, lrucchi."

SPAIN.

-..4-

The Madrid Gazette of the 2nd states that the re-
ceipts of the Treasury in October last were only
81,100,780 reale, 1,683,913 less than in the corres-
ponding month of last year. Lord Howden, the
English ambassador, had returned to Madrid. The
committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the budget
had nominated M. Llorente its president, and M.
Ocobro its secretary.
A letter says, " The senate has this day com-
menced the discussion or the railway affair. The
Duke de Rivas, M. Roe de Olano, and the Marquis de
Somernelos, have announced their intention of speak-
ing in support of the resolutions of the majonty of
the committee ; M. Antonio Gonzales, Count de
Velle, and the Marquis de Caceres on the other side."