The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS. TVIIIDIT PAINING.
I am informed that the Emperor has sent an aide-
de-camp to M. Hubner, the Austrian minister, to re-
monstrate against the sequestration of the emigrant's
property in Lombardy.
It is currently reported to-day that the Emperor
'of Austria has taken a step which may not impro-
!ably prevent the Pope from coming to Paris. lam
assured that he has represented to his Holiness, in
strong terms, that as the representative of an ancient
monarchy, ho desires to assert his right to precedence
before Napoleon 111., and that he would feel himself
slighted if the Pope were to crown the French em-
peror until several months after his own coronation
by the head of the church at Vienna. This, if true,
amounts to a veto, so far as Austria may have power
to pronounce one, against the Pope's coming to Paris
at all, hecanse it is scarcely upon the cards that Louis
. Napoleon will consent to postpone his coronation
beyond May. The opposition of the Emperor of
Austria is probably concerted with the College of
Cardinals. The Pope will be very glad of the ex-
, cuse, but he will find it difficult to get it admitted
by the power that commands the army of occupation
in Rorie.

One of the many accusations of conspiracy that have
been preferred of late has just come to an abortive end.
You may remember that towards the end of last year
the Bishop of LUcOll'S palace was surrounded by gen-
darmes, while his private papers were minutely
searched, an indignity of which the bishop com-
plained in good set terms in a circular to the clergy
of his diocese. This domiciliary visit was made in
cousevence of papers found in the houses of
the editors of the Esikgrance du l'euple, who
had all been arrested a few days previously. M.
Brodu, the principal editor of that journal, was de-
tained in prison nu Berra for a fortnight, and fre-
quently interrogated during that time by a juge
struction. He was then liberated upon bail, and the
imperial procnreur, after having taken four months
to consider of it, finds he can make nothing of the
charge. M. Brodu has just received an intimation
that the prosecution is withdrawn, and that he may
have the amount of his caution money returcd to
him.

A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles announces
the arrival there of Marshal de Saint-Arnaud. lie
was to leave this day for Hkres.
There has been a steadier feeling displayed on the
Bourse to-day ; and the Three per Cents., which
were quoted sc. lower than yesterday, fur wadi,
improved to that fraction for the settlement ; the,
last prices called being ROf. 73c. for c ish, and 80f. 63e.
for the account. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
left off at a rise of 30c. on the cash prices of yester-
day, and of 33e. on those for the end of the mouth;
the official call at the termination of business being
104 f. 30c. for cash, and 104 f. 23c, for the account.
There was not the slightest inclination to touch Bank
Stock, which has not recovered any of the many
heavy declines which have of late been experienced,
and which ended at 2,743 f. nominally, but really a
shade lower for sellers. Railway Stocks not quite so
active—Northern, 912 f. ' • Strasbourg, HIM.; Lyons,
932 f.; West, 733 E; and Besancon, 6381.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The members of the corps-legislatif have received
notice that their first month's pay awaits them at
the treasury. A small party in the corps incline to
seize the occasion to 'wake a demonstration of inde-
pendence in refusing the new salaries, but It is very
doubtful that their heroism will carry many to that

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length.
The public never heard a syllable about the ill-
health of the Minister-at-War till the day on which
ho left Paris, and although he was said to be too ill
at Lyons to see company, he has certainly made a
very rapid journey for an invalid.
You will have observed, from your accounts of the
Bourse, that the Napoleon Dock Company has been
much out of favour of late. I understand that the
rvernment, which attaches great importance to this
institution, has taken measures to infuse new life
into it. The management, it is said, will be entirely
re-modelled, and the direction in chief entrusted to
M. Pereira.
M. Orfila has bequeathed a large scientific museum
to the town of Angers, a place for which he enter-
tained a great affection ; and he has also left
120,000 fr. to the Academy of Medicine to found
scientific prizes.

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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1853

had stayed operations by drying up the streams and I
water-courses, in consequence of which miners had
taken to the beds of rivers and creeks where the
precious metal was known to exist.
In the Legislative Council a "Gold Fields Ma-
nagement Bill" had been introduced and read a
second time. By this proposed measure foreigners
will have to pay double the amount for their licenses
to what will be charged British subjects. This
clause was strongly objected to, but it was carried by
a majority of 17 to S. All run-away servants and
apprentices arc disqualified to hold licenses. The
bill was to come into operation on the let of February,
11853, and remain in force for one year.

VICTORIA DIGGINGS.
The number of digr;ers at the various gold fields
have reached the enormous amount of 100,000, whose
average earnings are estimated at one ounce per man
per week. The Christmas holidays had somewhat
interfered with the quantity brought down by the
escort, but the yields were declared to be greater
than ever. The principal fields aro Mount Alexander,
Balarat, awl the Ovens, the former maintaining its
high eh:in...der for prodigious yields. Balarat is
again getting into favour, but there the metal is
more wieldy distributed than at Mount Alexander;
the labour also is more severe,but then the individual
gains are also greater. The capabilities of the Ovens
are generally admitted to be great, although the
quantity conveyed to Melbourne was inconsiderable,
owing, it was believed, to large quantities being
carried overland to Sydney. New spots were daily
worked, and in some cases with sigcal success. The
-11elbourhe Argus of January 3 furnishes the an-
nexed abstract of the wonderful development of the
Victoria diggings :
Since our previous summary there has been brought down
by escort as follows :

Ounces.
By Government Escort
Private Escort
Amount conveyed to Adelaide by November
Escort 43,876
Ditto by Dec. Escort
Ditto by Oct. Escort (previously emitted) 42,019
Total 495,104
The following statement exhibits the total amounts
brought down by escorts from their establishment to the
end of 1852 :