The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1853.

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PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Ocr. B.

The King returns to-morrow.

WARSAW, Ocr. L

The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia
arrived this afternoon, having travelled together
from Kosel.

SPAIN.
The fortes are convoked for the 19th of No-
v em ber.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The house of nothschilds, at Hamburg, has de-
clared its readiness to contract a loan of 60 millions
of florins for Austria.

The Ting of Prussia has sent to Baron de
Bruck, the Austrian Internuncio at Constanti-
nople, the order of the_lted Eagle, first also, in
brillian-s.

The Patric contradicts, in a semi-official manner,
the statement of the Sultan having signed a declara-
tion of war on the 27th ult. What was resolved
upon by the Divan was, that no more concessions
could be made, and that the preparations for defence
must be carried on with increased energy.
The statement of the Frankfurt Journal, that the
Emperor of Russia had left Warsaw for St. Peters.
burg, was untrue. A telegraphic despatch from
Berlin states that ho had remained at Warsaw, and
had been joined by the Emperor of Austria and the
King of Prussia. Equally untrue was the telegra-
phic announcement that the French General Guyon
had gone from Olmu!z to Warsaw, as a compliment
to the Czar, and with the permission of his sovereign.
The French Emperor doer not cousider this the time
for such a stretch of courtesy.
The report of General Ciinrobert's mission to the
Balkans, at the head of 30,000 men, is again trans-
mitted from Paris with new pretensions to credit.
It is said that the particular troops to be sent to
Turkey are already designated by the French go-
vernment. Ten thousand men arc to be withdrawn
from Algeria, and the rest from the home troops,
principally those who were lately at the cam of
Helfaut. The particular position which this force
would occupy is variously specified. Rutschuk, on
the Danube, is mentioned, as if it were intended to
effect or oppose a passage where one was made in
the former war. It is further stated that England
is to furnish in her turn 19,000 men, who arc to be
embarked at several of the channel ports. In pre-
sence of statements so exciting, a comparison of pro-
babilities is little likely to be valued : yet it may be
as well to remark that the sending of troops from
France and England to 'Turkey, pre-supposes that
the resolution of those powers in relation to Russia
was fixed and out of doubt before yesterday's meeting
of the cabinet council.

Before the Czar left Olmutz he signed an ukase for
a new levy of troops, and sent it oft by courier to St.
Petersburg.
The National Gazette of Berlin, under date Con-
stantinople, 22nd Sept., says :—" Omer Pacha is now
at the head of 101,000 men, between the line of
Dobrudscha (mouth of the Danube) and Widdin.
Silistria, Varna, Rustshuck, and Sebum's are well
fortified, and numerous detached forts have been
raised on the frontier of the Caucasus. Before the
end of the month, Omer Pacha will have a reinforce-
ment of 10,000 men, and before the winter he may
have 130,000 men under his orders. It appears that
the Russians do not calculate on crossing the Danube
above Modschin, but on the two points of Widdin
and Isackdjihi ; they give the preference to the
former place, because it is close to the frontier of
Service Isackd,jihi is an advantageous spot, as the
Danube thero divides itself into several arms. The
Russians have already constructed a permanent
bridge from their fortress of Ismail to the island of
Dschcddal."

The Wanderer of Vienna states on the authority of a
letter from Sophia, of the 22nd ult., that Prince
Oortchakoff has given very strict orders for the
course to be pursued if his out-posts should be
attacked by the Turks, as there was reason to
believe might be the case. It is added, however,
that rigid directions have been given by Omer
Dacha to the nffieers of the Turkish out-posts to
prevent their men from firing a gun without his
orders.

Letters from Malta of the 3rd say that an English
steam corvette had just anchored in the port, to
repair some damage done to her engines. She had
been despatched by Admiral Dundee upon an hydro-
graphical mission to the Sea of Marmon.
Private letters from Constantinople of the 25th
state that two envoys had arrived there from the
Circassian', with the object, it was believed, of de-
manding assistance against the Russians, and of
combining a plan of operations on that side should
hos:ilities commence. The same excitement that has
so long prevailed still existed, and the cry for war
against the invaders of the Ottoman territory was
unanimous. The Sophtu, or students, the Hadjis,
professors, and the Ulemas, were still exerting them-
selves to keep up the enthusiasm against the Rus-
sians, but which had no need of such a stimulus. At
Constantinople, not only nothing was said of conces-
sion, but few or none desired that the quarrel should
be decided in any other way than by arms.

FRANCE.

PARIS. THURSDAY EVENING.

At the close of a flat day at the bourse prices
exhibited a trifling rally in the Threes, and a further
fall of 4 per cent. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
Closing prices:—Three per Cent. Bente., 72.90;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 99.50 ; Bank
Shares, 2,795.
Some foreign journals (says the Pays) announce
that General de Goyon, aide-de-camp to the Em-
peror, had proceeded to Warsaw on the invitation of
the Emperor of Russia. This is not true. It may
be remembered that the Emperor of Austria had de-
signated Field-Marshal Prince Jablonowski and
some superior officers of his army to be
.present at
the military manoeuvres of Satory. Prince Jablo-
nowsid was besides charged to compliment his
Majesty in the name of his Sovereign. It was in
return for this proof of courtesy that General de
Goyon was sent to Olmutz to bear to the Emperor
Francis Joseph the expression of the sentiments of
friendship of the Emperor Napoleon. That mission
having been terminated, General do Goyon left the
Austrian camp to return to Paris.
"The Solon," says the Bulletin de Paris, "has
carried the order to the admirals at Besika Bay to
pass the Dardanelles. This measure will not modify
the situation which had already been marked by the
anchoring of the frigates before Constantinople, but
it will complete it. The fleets are to enter the Bos-
phorus the 7th inst. They will not anchor at the
Golden Horn, on account of the number of merchant
vessels there, but will be a short distance from it."
The Moniteur says: "A report has been current
for some days of an approaching modification of tie
ministry. This report is entirely without founda-
tion."

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The prevention. against political demonstrations
made yesterday—precautions at which, under the
circumstances, one cannot be surprised—are thus sar-
castically alluded to by the &etle:
For isnot crowding the little church of Saint Jaques-
du-Haut-Pas, where the funnel service was performed,
only • very few persons were allowed to enter, so that the
interior of the church presented quite a deserted appear-
ance. . . The crowd of followers was so great that the
cortege was twice cut asunder, once in the Rue des Funks-
Ssict-Viror and again near the Bridge of Austerlitz. In
?using before the Column of Liberty of July, the mourners,
in spite of the pelting rain, took off their bats. Towards
three o'clack the head of the procession reached Figs.'s.
Chaise, where but • ,very small number of citi-
, zens was allowed to enter. The tomb is situated
near the oval ornamented by Casimir Yerier's statue.
M. Flourens, in the name of the Academy of
Science, made the first speech. He was followed by M.
Burst. Then Admiral Sandal spoke of the serviceaof the
illustrious deceased dialog the short time that ho was
minister; but he unfortunately forgot to allude to the two
events of his life of which F. Arago was most proud—the
abolition of slavery in the French colonies, and of corporal
punishment in the bavy.
The remains of the Spanish dramatic poet Fer-
nand( z de Moratin, who died in Paris in 1828 and
was interred in the cemetery of l'ere-la-Chaise, wee
exhumed the day before yesterday, under the direc-
tion of the Spanish embassy, to be removed to Spain
for final interment. At the same time, and for the

same purpose, the retaking' of Don John Donozo
Cartes, Marvis de Vald:gama,, the late Spanish Am-
bassador in Paris, wet removed from the vaults of the
church of St. Philippe-du-it:Ade. The Chevalier de
Lozanfa, an attache of the Spanish legation, and the
Abbe Ausoure, the cure of St Philippe-du-Houle,
accompany the remains to Madrid.
PARIS, FLUDAT EVENING.
The Pain:* says:—" Several English journals speak
of a mission abroad, said to have been given to Gene-
ral Canrobert, after the raising of the camp of liel-
kut. This assertion is incorrect. Generiti Canrobert,
on leaving Defiant, immediately commenced his tour
of inspection, and is at this moment in the department
of the Meurthe."

The persistency of the rumour of General Can-
robert's appointment to the command of a foreign
army is very. curious. I have only today heard
another version of the story, which, but for
the above statement of the Pattie, I should
have been inclined to believe, judging from the
source from which I have it. Accarding to this
account General Canrobert is to go to Rome,
there to supersede General Allouveau do Monroe.' in
' the command of the army of occupation. This army
was to be increased to 30,000 men. The probability
of excitement in Italy, in consequence of the part
likely to be taken by Austria in the Eastern ques-
tion, is said to have induced the Emperor Napoleon
to increase his military force in the papal capital,
and to place it under the command of one of his
most energetic and trusted generals.
The Prase, in noticing the article of the Times of
the 6th, says :—" We in no respect agree with the
Times, and we think that, assuming that the Em-
peror of Russia really wished to draw back, events
would reply to him as they have before now replied
to other sovereigns, ' It is too late.'"
There have been considerable fluctuations at the
Bourse to-day, ending in an improvement. The first
price of the Threes was 72fr. 60c. They rose to
731 r. 10c., and fell to 72fr. 75e. for the close,
being a rise of 13c. from yesterday. Bank of
France improved 51r. The railways were much
stronger, and most of them rose a little,
some as inuch as 101 r. There were two distinct

currents of opinion to-day, one guided by the Ger-
man journals, which speak less confidently of peace
than they have hitherto done, and the other by some
of the English papers, which have considerably
softened their tone. It is now announced positively
that an understanding has been come to between the
Stock Exchange committees of Paris and London, in
virtue of which the price of Consols of the day will
be officially posted hero and in London dining busi-
ness hours. This arrangement is to come into opera-
tion on the 10th inst.

I have heard some curious anecdotes of M. Arago's
funeral. Shortly before the curteye arrived at the
Column of Liberty at the Bastille, Colonel Titard,
of the 16th Light Infantry, gave an order to his
troops to repeat the movement which had been seve-
ral times performed of cutting uff the better half of
the procession. A considerable mass of some of the
most determined republicans in Paris, who had
shown their enthusiasm by walking three miles in a
pelting rain for the express purpose of taking off
their hats on passing the column, closed their files,
and some of them took hold of the bridle of the
colonel's horse as he attempted to ride through the
line. An altercation ensued. Colonel Titard said
he was there to do his duty. The bearded men in
blouses said they were there from sympathy, and
they had shown before now that their sympathies
were worthy of respect. The colonel, whose orders
probably were to shake off as many followers as he
could, but at the same time to avoid a collision if
possible, gave way, but at the same time he said to
the band of his regiment, " We will have a tune
suited to the occasion—strike up a waltz." I was
present myself at the Bastille when the coffin passed,
and I heard the waltz, which astonished me greatly,
and I could not then account for it. Troops were
stationed in concealment at various points in
the line of procession, ready to act if necessary.
On arriving at the cemetery the execution of the
order to prevent the followers from entering, occa-
sioned so much excitement, that General Courant
ordered some dragoons to charge. The horses were
rushing on when a body of seryeni de rifle rushed
before them and seized the bridles, assuring the sol-
diers that they would be responsible for the crowd
dispersing peaceably. At the gate of the cemetery,
General Cavaignac observed to a captain of the line,
" These are great honours that you pay to M. Arago."
The captain, who did not recognize the general,
replied, " Yes, sir, with forty rounds of ball cartridge
in our pouches." In allusion to the bad weather it
was observed that the skies were in mourning for the
man who had so long studied them, and some of the
republicans said, "You see we are not dead. Had
the day been fine you would not have been able to
count us."