The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-31 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The letters from Constantinople which we
published yesterday showed the confident expecta-
tions entertained that the formal vote of the Great
Council of State would be for adopting the last
edition of the proposal of the Four Powers, drawn
up by M. Delacour, and recommended both by that
minister and Lord Stratford de Re&liffe. The even-
ing edition of the Wisner Zezfung of the 27th inst.
announces the receipt of a telegraphic message from
Constantinople of the 19,h to the effect that the Porte
had adopted "The Vienna proposal 9," it is,
added, with slight modifications. By " The
Vienna proposals" is most probably meant M.'
Delacour's edition, as it was transmitted from
Vienna to St. Petersburg, and approved by the Czar.
The "slight modifications" may bo mere verbal
alterations introduced to conciliate the more stub-
born members of the Divan. Or perhaps the adop-
tion of the " Vienna proposals," with " slight modi-
fications," may be intended to designate M. Ikla-
cuur's note as tt stood. Conjecture is useless, when
a few days will clear up the mystery.
A letter from Alexandria of the 17th says :—" A
dangerous spirit of fanaticism, excited by the Ulemas,
may be noticed amongst the soldiers and Mussulman
population, and in some places excesses have been
committed; in fact, during the last fifteen dl}ll
there have been almost daily disturbances, and the
police have not appeared disposed to repress them
severely. The Egyptian soldiery especially is very
insolent, and the ties of discipline have become re-
laxed by the negligence of the•officere. The director
of the police of Cairo, on the contrary, has by his
prudent measures succeeded in preventing any com•
motion in that place, and public order is considered
secure."

An ukase of the sth of August orders that pub-
licity be given to an imperial declaration respecting
a convention concluded between Russia and Bavaria
for the benefit of the commercial marine of both
states. His imperial highness declares that " through-
out the lower course of the Danube, from the point
where it first enters the Russian territory to its
mouth in the Black Sea, Bavarian merchant vessels
shall be placed on the same tooting as the merchant
vessels of Austria, and shall enjoy the same advan-
tages as are conceded to the latter." The only ad-
vantages, so far as we can learn, at present enjoyed
by Austrian merchant vesscfs at the mouth of the
Danube are the privilege of striking upon
the bar which Russian indolence or bad faith
has allowed to accumulate. Bavaria will gain
little by participation in each an advantage. The
Emperor of Russia appears to add to his other high
qualities a turn for practical joking.
The Trieste journals indulge in speculations re-
specting the objects of the Russian men-of-war which
have touched at Hong Kong. They are supposed to
be sent to co-operate with the Americans in bringing
the Japanese to their senses.

The Journal de St. Petersburg publishes a ukase
relative to the navigation of the Danube, by which
Bavarian merchant vessels are placed on the same
footing as those of Austria in the lower part of the river,
which bathes the Russian territory, and Russian mer-
chant vessels are assimilated in all respects to those of
Austria in the upper part of the river which washes the
territory of Bavaria. This arrangement is in accord-
ance with a treaty of navigation lately agreed to be-
tween Bavaria and Russia.

The Trieste Gazette states, on the authority of a
letter from Schumla, that 12,000 Albanese, Miri-
dites, and Greeks, had received permission from
Omer Pacha to serve as the advanced guard of the
army of the Danube, thus showing the devotedness
of the Christians to the cause of the Sultan, and also
that the efforts of the Russians to gain partizans
among the Christians of Turkey are unavailing.
The Paine says:—" The news from Servia .meet
re-assuring. The most perfect order reigns through-
out the country. The number of Austrians en-
camped at Peterwardein is estimated at 20,000. The
Austrian naval division in the waters of Smyrna is
about, it is said, to be reinforced by two steamers."

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Bourse has recovered in 'a
great measure from
the heavy fall of yesterday. It was reported that a
telegraphic despatch had been received announcing
that the Russian troops had received orders to make
their "preparations" for evacuating the Principalities,
so that the evacuation might be effected in a few
days after the cabinets of St. Petersburg and Con-
stantinople should have come to an understanding.
It has hitherto been said by the partisans of Rus-
sia, whenever it has been suggested that a difficulty
might arise about the expenses of the Russian occu-
pation, that all who knew the chivalrous
character of the Emperor Nicholas must be quite
certain that he would never make any pecuniary
claim on this account, if the main question were
satisfactorily settled. It now, however, appears that
this claim is likely to be brought fore ard. The
Russian organ, the Auemblee, premising that the
Journal Francais of Frankfort has been from the be-
ginning very well informed on the subject of the
Esatern question, quotes the opinion of that journal
that Russia will „very probably" ask for payment
of the expenses of the expedition. This, it adds, will
however be no obstacle to a settlement, because
Austria and the Western Powers will make no objec-
tion, and Turkey will be obliged to cede, as she has
already done, for what can she do abandoned by her
allies? Here there is a strong hint, and that in any
thing but a chivalrous form, that Russia will claim
terbe paid for her own wrong doing. It will perhaps
be thought that the contemptuous way in which the
, Western Powers are here spoken of, is the natural
consequence of the humble position assumed by their
I diplomatic representatives.
The General Prince de la I.ll3ekowa has arrived in
Paris, from Africa.
I understand that three leading African generals,
Pelissier, MacMahon, and Bosouet, are likely soon
to be recalled. They are suspected of Orleanism,
and would have been removed from command long
since, but that it was not thought adviseable to make
changes until the Kabyle campaign was brought to
a conclusion. General Yusuf, the Arab, is spoken of
as the probable successor of General MacMahon in
the command of the division of Constantine.

The " Ocean " squadron of evolution is pow com-
pletely organised. It consists of the first-rate mixed
vessel the Montebello, on board of which Vice-
Admiral Bruit will hoist his flag until the Napoleon
arrives; the second-class ship Hercule; the mixed
vessels Austerlitz and Jean Bart; the I)uguesclin,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Charner ; the
steamer Napoleon, expected from the Mediterranean
squadron • the mixed frigate Pomone ; the steam-
frigate eaffarelli ; the steam corvette Infernal; and
the steam corvette Roland. Brest is the rallying
point of the squadron, and six of the above vessels
have already arrived there.
The Prince and Princess Murat are at Marseilles,
where they have given a grand dinner to the officers
of the American vessel the Cumberland, many of
whom are old friends of the Prince.

PARILB. MONDAY EVENING.

The Presse say* in its weexly commercial review :

Although increased activity in manufacturing industry is
not yet general, it is so far apparent that we may now con-
sider tsie dead season at an end. Commerce has almost
entirely forgotten the eaOrn question. The moment the
eventualities of a war err not to be feared it cares little
about secondary questions which diplomacy may yet have
to resolve. But the present dullness must be attributed to
a totally different cause. It is long since we have seen raw
materials and manufactured preduee rule at such high
prices. The working classes and even the small bourgeoise,
obliged to limit their expenditure on account of the rise in
house rent and the dearness of bread, butcher's meat, wine,
oil, and all kinds of eatables, buy only what is indispen-
sable, and deprive themselves of everything not absolutely
necessary. The retail dealers complain that they sell
scarcely any thing. The fetes of August 15th gave a stimulus
for a few days, but business soon cc lapsed into its habitual
flatness. This state of things lies more particularly affected
objects of luxury. The shopkeepers are compelled more and
more to diminish their profits, in order to affect sales. The
great manufactures of wool, silk, and cotton, are almost in
the acme position. It is known that within the last six
months the United States have made important purchases
in Europe, and especially in France. It is feared that these
euormous importations and the unfavourable change which
has taken place in the minetary affairs of New York, may
prove injurious to the autumn trade. Mich anxiety has I
been fi.lt on account of the continued rise in corn and flour.
The speculati,ra, who stood aloof fur some time, have
bought enormous quantities of flour in the hope of reselling
it at higher prices. Since August 17, flour has risen in the
Paris market from 72f. to 90f. the sack. It is feared that
the prier of bread must be raised to 95c. the kilogramme,
on September 1. hoverer, this rise is erilently eatrara•