The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TonaDAT Reams°.
T►e government journals are very sparing in their ,
remarks on Nestoelrode's insolent circular. The Pays
merely says: " We confine ourselves to publishing
this document ; its very importance imposes on us a
reserve which does not permit us to make any com-
ment ex it to-day."
The Constitutionnel is less reserved:
Unhappily a Russian journal has brought us an official
document, the language of which is calculated to diminish
exceedingly in all men's minds the confidence which Europe
has long had in the sentiments of moderation which sic was
accustomed to attribute to the Czar. The unjust accusa-
tions set forth against France and England in the new cir-
cular of M. de Nematode lead us to apprehend that Russia
will not receive the representations of the two European
powers in such a manner as to facilitate a pacific solution.
But, at least, if war should happen to issue from this ques-
tion of the East, it will be clearly shown to the eyes cat the
whole world that it is that power which has willed it.
The Assembles Nationale affects to see in the cir-
cular the most pacific intentions, and a clear opening
for an amicable settlement, based of couree upon the
humiliation of Turkey, France, and England.
The Siecle says, if it is rightly informed, some of
the expressions in the circular have been softened in
the translation of the ladepeadame Beige. It thus
speaks of the document :
flo mach arrogance and duplicity cannot be spoken of
with patience. In the , meet situation of the press
in trance we have no advice to Mier to govern-
ment, for should it not share our opinion we should
not have sufficient lil•erty to support our views to the
extent of our cm.. ctions. Bit we already beer the cry of
indigne 80, and le• timete anger which the English jour-
nals or al ato c. e. Lord Aberdeen must either retire
or dodo-• ...n.. wea.s.hat be will no longer be the
dupe of pralialt whatsoever. Afar the
new not .la, may hesitation on the other
side of ice one of these tempests which
the But !a g* . always the tact to avert.
The repor, a corps of the Austrian army had
entered Bosnia, although not in terms confirmed,
was notentirely devoid of foundation, for a telegraphic
despatch from Berlin, dated the 11th, says: "Official
accounts from Vienna announce that a corps d'armee
will be formed near Peterwarden for the security of
the frontiers, although the conviction that peace will
be maintained continues."
This is a complete contradiction of a Vienna letter
in a London paper, which affirmed positively that no
military movement towards the Servian frontier had
been made or was in contemplation.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Smyrna, 20th July,
says :—" The American ambassador has claimed
Costa, who is still on board the Austrian brig. This
claim is founded on a passport which had been pre-
viously given him at Constantinople. The Ame-
rican corvette has placed herself alongside the
Austrian brig, in order to prevent Costa being re-
moved by force."
It was reported on the Bourse to-day that the
American captain had threatened to sink the Aus-
trian ship if Costa were not given up in six hours.
The Bourse to-day was somewhat frightened by
the Nesselrode circular, which was not generally
known to the public yesterday. The most obstinate
optimists are now staggered. The Threes fell 40
centimes, and nearly every kind of security closed
heavily at the lowest price of the day.
I learn from a good source that the Piedmontese
government have offered to raise a corps for the
Sultan. Count Martini, a member of the Turin

Chamt.er, had an interview with Louis Napoleon the
day before yesterday.
But little is known, and less is said, about the
Opera Comique plot. As you may well suppose, the
police are actively at work in endeavouring to trace
out its ramifications. M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police,
is continually going backwards and forwards to St.
Cloud, and I am assured he has not slept
in a bed for the last four nights. The
conspirators are said to belong to a secret
society called the "Invisible.." The chiefs make
themselves known by signs and passwords, and I be-
lieve the persons in custody aro able to give but little
information either as to thei r names or number. Accord-'
ing to a report which I have every reason to think
true, an attack was made upon the Emperor
a day or two since in the Avenue Dauphine, by
some men lying in ambush in the Bois de Bou-
logne. Shots were exchanged between the Emperor's
guard and the assassins, and three or four men are
said to have been killed on the spot. On Sunday
last, in consequence of information received by the
race, from thirty to forty soldiers belonging to
eral Renault's division in the camp of Satory
were arrested. There are rumours of a scheme

for a rising in case the plot had succeeded
having been discovered in /the Drome and
the Roaches du Rhone. I am disposed to dis-
credit the report that several of the prisoners have
been sent to Cayenne without trial. It is impossible
that an affair so serious as this is now universally
admitted to be, can be disposed of without a judicial
intervention. Some say that the high court of jus-
tice will be convoked, but it is very probable, u the
government must wish to make a little noise about
the matter as possible, that the prisoners may be
tried by the ordinary tribunal.
A "devotion train is organizing at Lyons and
Marseilles for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the fare
to be I,ooof. there and back. It is contemplated to
arrive at Jassy by the 4th of September; to leave
Palestine from Caiffa (Cape Carmel) on October 9,
and to return to Marseilles on the 26th. A great
many subscribers have already taken places.
A considerable decline occurred to-day in the
prices of the public' securities, with a tendency
towards a still further downward movement when

bo;htees terminated: the Three and Four-and-a-Half

per Cents. for cash both fell 40c., the Three per
Ceuta. for the account 660., and the Fonr-and-a-Kar
per Cents.6oe. Bank of France shares declined 6L The
following were the final quotations:—For money :
Three per Cents., 76f. 700. ; Four-and-a-Ball per
Cents., 101 f. 60c. For the end of the month :
Three per Cents., 76E 550. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 101 f. 60c. Bank Stock, 2,660 f.