The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, ESIDLY EVENING.
There is a remarkable absence today of any fresh
news, rumours, or conjectures about the only aubjeci
of present political interest —the Turkish question.
The republican Sieele declares for the government
against the royalist journals which have betrayed
such evident sympathies with Russia. It says :
We proclaim it the Porte had accepted As in-
solent propositions of Russia, it would have been all over
with the Sultan's throne, and perhaps with European eivi-
lisation. Oar opinions see known. We protested against
the act of December 2, we voted against the empire, but
when • great French interest is in question we have
I but one thought, one desire, which is that our nation may
maintain its just preponderance ;:we regard it an impiety to
give hopes to the foreigner by the attitude we assume.
The Assembki has the following passage, well
worth attention, as showing the hankering after a
Russian alliance entertained by the legitiuust party,
and their distrust of England:
" Now we will ask have the ministerial journals well con-
sidered what they were doing in declaiming so vigorously
against Bassia, and in labouring to escite opinion against
her? Are they very sure that in case of any grave event,
England would co-operate very actively with France ?
Hitherto, the facts are not of a nature to justify such a
hope. Only lately it was pretended that Admiral Corry
and his vessels were going to reinforce Admiral Dundee's
squadron. But an such thing. Admiral Corry, who is
creising in the Mediterranean, ir not going to !delta, but to
morn to Lisbon. As to Admiral Dundas, the cobinet has
refused to say what orders have bun riven to him. We
are not better informed than M. Disraeli, whose gues-
t etnsio• lunniswercd, but wet make any bet that the
floc. by tot received orders to quit its moorings at
M,41 W • ask, then, whether, when there is nothing to
show 'hit EnuirrAl will 9.1'101.1.1y go along with us (r 4 we
lug 4 ,sc to direct the Cuos!ilueionnela attention to tho
tot. :•.e of Vie 77,,tee which we give in another column),
e*oulti we 111W1 t 'us* to pli.mc ourselves upon a policy, an
a*Onde which tight lead ut to tight wr`h the Hu•sian
r Iv orbs,* as &WU% CI:. only fled which e,u....er-

Poises English power is the Eutern waters? Who would
in reality profit by the victory, if not the Hog that would
not have quitted Malta ?
The Suisse, of Berne, of the 30th, arrived to-clay,
contain a piece of intelligence highly important, if
true. It says that in May 30th, Count Gobineau, the
French charge d'atfiiires, announced to tho Presi-
dent: of the Helvetia Confederation that France sup•
ported the demands of Austria. It is scarcely credi-
ble that the intervention of M. Gobineau can be
other than of a mediatory character, at least in form.
Accounts from Malta, of the 27th ult., state that
the English squadron has been reinforced by two
more sail of the line.
The Bourse was again depressed to-day. At the
opening the brokers had a great many orders to buy
to conclude the settlement, and the state of the
account was thought to indicate that a large amount
lof securities had changed hands, and were now pos-
sessed by capitalists disposed to hold them. The
Threes rose from the opening price of 78.30 to 78.95,
but speedily fell to 78.15, at which they closed.
Several heavy sales were made for the account of
German houses. Railway shares were heavy, and it
lis expected that several forced sales will be made to-1
morrow to pay differences. Complaints are made of
the uncertainty which hangs over the Normandy
fusion lines with regard to the definitive terms of the
arrangements. Bank of Franco shares were better
supported, owing to a report that the council is about
to divide the existing shares into four, to facilitate
their negotiation.