The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

853.

PARIS, —ONDLY EVININO.
The appointment of General Bareguay d'Hilliers
as ambassador to Constantinople is now publicly
known, and beyond all doubt. It was even reported
that he had left this morning for his post. The
Patrie, however, " thinks it may say" the general is
yet in Paris, but while making this announcement it
admits, by implication, that he is appointed ambas-
sador. I am informed that General Baragnay
d'Hilliers took leave of the Emperor this morning,
but that he will not set out for his destination till
the day after to-morrow. He will be accompanied
by a numerous staff of officers of high
rank, as well as many subalterns. This
appointment, and the circumstances attending
it, is considered here as an event of the highest im-
portance. I have heard it suggested that the officers
accompanying the general may very possibly be des-
tined to afford that professional assistance to the
Sultan which it was not thought politic to grant im-
mediately and directly when the application, of which
you are aware, was made by the Porte some days
since. A report, of which I will venture to say you
will hear more, although I express no opinion whe-
ther it be well or ill founded, is in circulation, to the
effect that Mr. Reeve, the secretary to the privy
council, whose visit to Constantinople you will re-
member was strenuously asserted to be a private one
merely, has reported to the English government that
Lord de Redcliffe did not sufficiently represent
the public feeling in England, and leant
too credulous an ear to the promises and
representations of the Austrian ambassador,
M. de Bruck. According to this story, the real of
Lord de Redcliffe will be disguised, and rendered in-
offensive to him by the allegation that the step now
taken by France renders it fitting that England also
should be represented at Constantinople by a military
or naval man. . .

There has been extraordinary excitement and vio-
lent fluctuation at the Bourse to-day. At the open-
ing the price of Consols appearing on the official
placard to be / higher gave confidence, and the
Bente was quoted at the highest price of Saturday—
namely, 73.50. The settlement which was effected
to-day gave rise to many sudden changes. Towards
the close of business the English funds were
reported to have fallen / ; and it was said
that a serious engagement between the Turks
and Russians had taken place on the 23rd.
The Rente was at one time as low as 72.90, but reco-
vered to 73.10 for the close, with a fall of 40c. from
Saturday. The Four-and-a-Half rose 20c. The
railways closed upon the whole lower, though seve-
ral lines improved a little.

PARIS, TrESDAY
No official intelligence of the passage of the Danube
by the Turkish forces has been received at the
Foreign Office or at the Ottoman Embassy.
The new Ambassador for Constantinople has not
let left for his post. He has had, however, his last
instructions from the Emperor and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs. He dines this evening with the lat-
ter, and it is probable that another hour or so will
be passed in a tete-a•tete conversation between the
military envoy and his immediate political superior,
during which the ideas and intentions of his go-
vernment will be impressed upon him once more.
The English steam corvette Fury, which awaited
at Marseilles the orders of the British Cabinet, sailed
in the afternoon of tho 28th for Constantinople, with
despatches for Lord Bedcliffe. The captain had re-

ceired, on the preceding day, an electric despatch, or-
dering him to hold himself in readiness to put to sea
immediately on receipt of those despatches.

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 26th ult. contains royal
ordinances relieving M. Nebier, on account of ill
health, from the post of Spanish Ambassador at
Constantinople, and appointing M. Riqueleme, Under
Secretary or Foreign Affair., to the post. "It ap-
ars," says the Clamor Publie°, "that orders have
been given for arming all the reserve." The fortifi-
cations of Mahon and other places were about to be
' repaired. The municipality of Cadiz is anxious to
have a railway established between that port and
Seville, and the Count de San Luis, Minister of the
Interior, who belongs to Cadiz, has promised to fa-
vour the project. Meetings of the senators of the
opposition continued to be held to prepare for the
approaching session.