The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-04 00:00:00

and commercial agents delay their purchaiea.

PARIS, SATCHDAT ETZNINO.
The capital event of to-day is the announcement,
in the dissemblee Nationale, upon the authority of
despatches received yesterday at the Russian em-
bassy, that orders to cross the Pruth were actually
given by the Emperor Nicholas ou the 25th of June.
It was not calculated that the passage could be
effected until the sth or 6th of this month. The
Steele, indeed, affirms that M. de Kiaselef has re-
ceived a despatch from his government, fixing July
the sth for the passage. This, although so fully
anticipated, produced a great effect at the Bourse,
which opened at quotations considerably below the ex-
treme point of yesterday's depression. During the first
quarter of an hour the Threes went down to 74f. 45c.
The panic was then in some degree stayed, and after
many fluctuations they closed at 74f. 90c. This is a
fall of 20 centimes from the closing prices of yester-
day. The agens de Change were more scrupulous
than ever about doing business for any but first rate
clients, and their refusals to continue operations till
the 15th, forced a great many persons to buy in to
balance their accounts. That the fall was not greater
is attributable in a considerable degree to this circum-
stance, for the general disposition of all the specu•
lators was to sell.

The Assemblie, after giving the news which has
aide ro much sensation, makes the following extra-
ordinary comments upon it :
Our bops that peaces will not be disturbed is founded on
the singular esteem with which the charaeter of the Em-
peror of Russia has always inspired us. Be doubtless did
sotimegine that the demands he had addressed to the
Porte would raise such excitement in public opinion, and
that it would seal the alliance, hitherto but slightly pro-
bable, of France and the cabinet of London. But in pro-
mace of the facts which have occurred within the lest six
weeks the Emperor certainly will not, by persisting in •
prstsasisn which at bottom has not, as far es regards the
isleasee he exercises in the Eut, the importance that is
attributed to it—ht will not, we say, stake the pear* of the
world. There is now only one thing for him to do—to pro-
tect the dignity of his crown without having the air of
bending his neck under the British haughtiness of Lord
Redcliffe or the proud weakness of the Sultan. This satis-
faction he will obtain by the occupation of the provinces,
and, once there, he will certainly accept the mediation of
Austria. This is still our hope, and, in spite of all the
terrors which surround us, we continue in our belief that
loam will be maintained.
A moat estimable character certainly is Nicholas
upon the showing of this his advocate, who admit-
ting him to be in the wrong, coolly proposes that
Prance and England should allow him to invade
their ally, whose cause they have espoused, and then
be too thankful to purchase peace by leaving the
Emperor to dictate his own terms with Austna for
a mouthpiece. M. Emile de Girardin says of this
:
PrirlFranes will not accept this insulting Inequality.
Either the Emperor Nicholas, at whatever met to his pride
las ea infallible pontiff and absolute sovereign, must re-
mom playing with the peace of the world, or be moat pay
the mot of the war that he will have caused. There meat
he no mistake. If Turkey counselled by the two repro-
sastatives of England and 'France, and assisted by the two
bees of Ailmbnl Dander end Admiral Hamelin, should be
auk ones. to tolerate the kinks of Ow Principalities
mahout treating the eat as a dedarades et war, it wed&
urn be, in the eyes of the sought end blowy. Turkey OM
WWI give way, 'bat it would be Inglsait sad France be-
lila%public right and evident justice, and bowleg the
the Muscovite yoke. This is what the AsemeiNe
esumeie France and Encland to d_e} bat this is what sedum
llama nor England era Ea. u the Emperor Ifistesim
mast have it so, let the Commiss mew the Prutly but we
AO then see whether dm seta feet will dare to sissy
Itself when the squadrons esememiled by the French and
Ileglish admirals will go to Ica be them; and if the Rue-
d= Mem Inembig bids. its husk what will the dignity of
mutes esise
ft wow* have Oast by the bingos of the
1 understand the Emperor used very spirited La-
ws:deed at St. Cloud yesterday, and even com-
that M. Drouyn de Lhuys had shown him-
self tame. It has been very generally reported
_ this
morning that M. de Limier had demanded his pass-
ports. This, however, is not the ease. I believe the
only foundation of the rumour was the foot that a
number of relays of post horses were ordered by the
Rturian embassy, but these were for the use of
Count Panim, who left Paris for St. Petersburg
to-day.
M. Daces, the Minister of Marine, will leave Paris
on Monday evening next for Havre, where he will
embark for Cherbourg. He will remain at that port
on the sth and 6th, and will again embark on the
7th to proceed to Brest, where ho will remain until
the 12th. He will afterwards visit Lorient, ladret,
Rochefort, and Bordeaux, and return to Paris by the
railway, which is to open about the 17th inst. The
towns of Brest and Rochefort are preparing grand
fttes in honour of M. Doom.
Count de Rens (General Prim) has arrived in Paris
on his way to Constantinople, on a special mission
from his government.
Accounts have been received from the Ile de la
Reunion to the 26th April. The production of sugar
for the present year is estimated at 30 millions of
kilogrammes. The Mauritius, which last year pro-
duced 45 millions of kilogrammes, will, it is expected,
produce this year 100 millions. This improvement
is attributed to the ameliorations introduced in the
cultivation of the cane. Immigration, which at one
time had slackened in the Ile de la Reunion, had
again resumed activity.
fhe customs receipts at Havre last month were
3,170,402 f. ; in the corresponding month of last year
they were 3,560,103 f. The diminution consequently
is 389,791 f. The premiums on exports were 10,0001.,
being 5,000 f. more than in June, 1852.
It is stated on authority (says the Petrie) that the
note by which the cabinet of St. Petersburg an-
nounced to the authorities of Moldavia and IVal-
Ischia the approaching entrance of the Russian troops
affirmed that this measure was imperatively called
for by the necessity which existed of ensuring the re-
ligious protection of the Greeks, gravely menaced.

A letter flom Constantinople of the 20th tilt an- I
=lnca, that a Russian squadron, composed of the ,
Agatopel, the Flora, the Midia, and the Calypeo and
Oilote oorrettes, was in observation along the coast
of the Black Bea.

The Cologne Gazette has the following from St.
Petersburg, dated the 22nd ult. :—" The disposition
for war has greatly increased here during the last
few days. It is said that in consequence of the re-
jection of the Russian ultimatum by the Porte, it has
been resolved to occupy the Principalities of the
Danube, and the quarter-masters of the Russian army
have already entered into contracts for the supply of
provisions. It is reported that the note presented by
Prince Menchikoff wu couched in terms much more
mild than had been prescribed to him."