The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

The Australian Mail arrived at Marseilles early
this morning (Wednesday), and left by express train
at 10 a.m.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

The African Royal Mail steam-ship Candace,
Captain H. Rolt, arrived at Plymouth yesterday.
Her dates are, Fernando Po, Nov. 26 ; Cameroon,
28; Old Calabar, 30; Bonny, December 3; Lagos,
7 ; Accra, 10 ; Cape Coast, 11 ; Minerva, 16 ; Sierra
Leone, 20; Bathurst, 23 ; Goree, 24 ; Teneriffe, 28 ;
and Madeira, 30. She brings six cabin passengers,
1,881 ounces of gold, and a quantity of palm oil,
oamwood, gam, beeswax, ivory, and sundries.
The captain and part of the crew of the barque
Countess of Durham, which foundered at Teneriffe,
in lat. 20.11, lon. 20.20 W., on Nov. 28, in a gale, also
returned in the Candace.

At Lagos were the Vesuvius, Firefly, Heels.
Brune,Confi ict, and Bloodhound; at Sierra Leone, the
Plato and Childers. The Spitfire was at Teneriffe,
bound for the coast of Africa. At Madeira, Heron
and America frigate Powbattan.
Trade was quiet in the river.
The Niger Expedition vessel, Dayspring, was lost
near Rabba on a reef of rocks.

The Bra newspaper was suspended at Sierra
Leone through the governor refusing to take the
sureties offered. A memorial on the subject has
been sent home to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Mon ors OWN

PARIS. TIIIMMAT EVZWING.

Amanita from Prussia, which I have reason to
think authentic, affirm that in consequence of the
continued ill health of the King, the delegated
powers of the Prince of Prussia, which were origi-
nally conferred for three months and are now on the
point of expiring, will be renewed for a further
period of nine months. It is added, that the new
commission will give the King's brother greater free-
dom of action than he has hitherto exercised. Never-
theless it is to be expected that the legality of this pro-
longed interregnum will be seriously questioned in
the Prussian parliament. The constitution empowers
the Prince of Prussia as the nearest agnatua to the
throne to invest himself with the regency in case
of the permanent incapacity of the King to govern.
It can scarcely be doubted, after all that is know a
of the real state of the King of Prussia's health, con-
firmed as the news is by the very long period for
which it is proposed to continue the present unsatis-
factory arrangement, that the came provided for by
the constitution has arisen. It is a very general
opinion is Berlin, that the agitation and dis-
cussion which is inevitable when the Chambers
meet will result in an abdication in favour of Prince
Frederick William, and that the fair daughter of
England, now about to be married in St. James's
chapel, will scarcely set foot on the toil of her
adopted country before she will be made Queen of
Prussia.

There was a great deal of fluctuation at the Bourse
to-day. The Reuse opened brilliantly, and rose for
amount to 70fr. 35c., being an advance of 40c.
upon yesterday's closing price, but afterwards large
sales to realise profits took place, and it left off at
139 fr. On., with a fall of sc. Still the tone of themarket
was considered good. For cash there was a rise of
10c., the last prise being 139 fr. 50c. Mobilier, after
having been quoted at 970 fr., left off at yesterday's
quotation-930fr. Railways, after having many
fluctuations, closed generally with a fall of ►bout
2fr. 50c.

On New Year's day, a lindens:it of the 18th
Regiment, quartered at Montbrison, quarrelled with
a brother officer, fought with him in his private
room without witnesses, killed him, and then went
to the commanding officer to report the event. The
officer is of course arrested, and will be tried by a
court-martial.