The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

TIIIIRSDAT EVENING.
The government journals, which yesterday re-
produced with studied reserve the London news of
the entry of the French and English fleets into the
Black Bea, now contradict the statement with con-
siderable emphasis.
The Constitationnel says:
We reproduced yesterday, under all reserve, the de-
spatches from Vienna published by the London journals,
announcing the antrum* of the English and French fleets
into the Black Sea. This despatch was received with
almost universal incredulity. For the allied squadrons to
have made such a decisive movement, it must have been
supposed that the Russians had passed the Danube, and
were marching on the Balkans. Nothing of the kind was
possible, and :we did not doubt a single instant the in-
correctness of the news. The fleets of England and France
have taken up a position in the Bosphorus to be reaiy for
all eventualities.
In the above paragraph it is assumed that unless
the Russians cross the Thumbs, the fleets are not
authorised to enter the Black Sea. This is the first
time that I have seen a report to this effect, long
since circulated by the Russian organs, confirmed by
a semi-official French journal. The Pays repeats
the same doctrine, and explains the error into which
it positively asserts the correspondents of the
Morning armlets and Morning Post have
been led, by saying that several merchantmen in the
Black Sea laden with grain were in distress, end
that some steamers were detached from the fleet to
tow them into the Bosphorus. This act of "salvage "
in some sort, was, according to the Pays, mistaken
for a political act, the gravity of which would have
been manifest.

The Pays throws discredit upon the reports that
the Russians are making preparations to cross the
Danube.

On the other hand, the Patric (also a government
journal) says, in its " Latest News " this evening ;
A private letter from Vienna, dated the 21st, assures us
that recent news has been received from the theatre of war,
and that ;the intention of the' Russians to assume the
offensive, and attempt a grand operation on the Danube,
by passing the river at two different points—at Roustchouck
and Silistria—was considered certain. The roads from these
two towns converge upon Chunsla,which is,witk Adrianople,
one of the boulevards of Turkey in Europe. This news,
should it be confirmed, must be considered as very import-
ant, for it would indicate on the part of the Russians, an
intention to make a direct attack upon Constanainople.
The important fact of the formation of a corps of
Cossacks, subjects of Turkey, appears in the latest
intelligence from Constantinople. This is the first
instance of the introduction of the Christian element
into the Ottoman army. It was reported that a
Polish legion would shortly be formed destined pro-
bably to act in Asia.
The articles in the morning government journals
produced a rise at the Bounce. The Threes improved
30e. Bank of France rose sc. The railways were
exceedingly firm. st. Germain rose 40fr. ; Lyons
and Mediterranean, 17fr. 50c. ; Northern, 6fr. ; Grand
Central, sfr.; Lyons and Geneva, 15fr.

THE FOG IN YORNSIIIEL—The long-continued
fog—writes our correspondent yesterday (Thursday)—has
somewhat cleared off to-day, and snow has fallen in Leeds
rather copiously. During the dense fog on Tuesday night
two lives were lest by drowning—one being that of a
female at Bradford, and the other that of a man at Hunglet.
The deceased both pt into the water from missing their
way.
SCHOOL OF MINES.—The initiative has just been
taken for the establishment in Cornwall of a School of
Mines, for the improvement and education of miners and
mechanics in the county. Sir W. Molesworth and other
influential persons cistmected with the district appear to
promote the measure.