The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PION 0172 OWN COIIISPONDINT.)
PARIS, WILDNINDLT ETININO.
There are symptoms of a hitch in the Congress.
All the world wes led to suppose that It would sit
for the second time to-day. Bo certain was it sup-
poscd, that this evening's Presse announces as a fact
at the head of its leading column that "this day
(Wednesday) the Congress held its second sitting."
It did not, however, assemble, and the Pagrie, with-
out saying whether it met or not, gives the following
very lame reason why the announcement of yester-
day, that the Congress would meet every other day,
is not to be acted upon :

It is by =Wake tb.t several jouratli hare 'snouted
that the Compose would it three times• week, and on fixed
days. Ihe sending out of the minutia (prods gamins) of
each sitting requiring a certain laps of time, it will be
sully undentood that ths meetings cannot take plan till
this work ia esmpletsly finished. Toone canaot, the., be
say absolutely iced days fcr the sittings.
The above looks like—and 1 have not the least
doubt is—a oommuuioated note. It is very curious
that it neither states that no sitting took place to- I
day, nor announces when the nezt will be held. The
Pays, however, has the following note, which, it
will be observed, does not assume that more than a
day was required to draw up the minutes of the',
agreement for an armistice, but refers the postpone-
ment to the " march of
.the negotiations" and the
pleasure of the plenipotentiaries:

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The second °Wog of the Courtrai wh•c4 was to have bun
held to-Icy, is put off •1 I tc-morraw. The meetings, it is
to be oheerted by the way, us not dud br f wetland ca Cer-
tain days of each week. Tb. y depend on the iamb of the
negotiations, sad are actually determined by the atemben
of the Cowen the mseltes.

The following paragraph appear in the Patric:
We learn from Leedom that there tat been a tale, in cer-
tain drawing-roosts of that capital, of a •light incident
(leper incident) that has happirei at P.r:s between Lords
Clarendon sad Cowley, an incident which eons. imp
ieforasdjearaals have tratsformed late a maid. The
ns aunt rehires, as it would a; pear, to a private querion of
precedence raised ezelasively between the two British plc-
nipotectiaries, and with which the other members of the
Content have nothieg whatever to do. The question, f r
as intact, salted the sews p ibility of Vie British ambas-
sador. All dila, our coiresp,ndeet aids, was very moon
dissipated, and It was not this incideat which prevented
Lord Cowley from *Melding the grand diplomatic dinner at
which the Turk oh sesoasiador was also nimble to be
prewar. At the concert in the eveniog the lour Eagliab
and Ottoman Plesip,tentiarier, Lori Cowley, Lord
Ciareadon, ![.hemmed-Djeceil Biy, led Audi Pasha, were
all observed among the owe; any.

The above not very explicit statement is the only
explanation that has appeared of a rumour which
has been going about yesterday and to-day, that au
English plenipotentiary had refused to attend Count
Walewski's dinner, on account of a quarrel with
somebody or other. Considering that the dinner
took place on Monday evening, the activity of the
Pairse, a London correspondent in sending what has
been said about the "incident" in London drawing-
rooms, and the trot explanation, all in time to be
published in Paris on Wednesday afternoon, is some-
thing very wonderful indeed. In all this there is
something not clear. Is it not marvellous that
diplomatists of Lord Clarendon's and Lord Cowley's
experience should not know their proper places suffi-
ciently to avoid occupying public attention at such •
moment as the present by any miserable question of
precedence between themselves?

A grand dinner was given last evening at the
Austrian Embassy. The Plenipotentiaries, the Am-
humidors, the Ministers, and a number of other
perilous of the highest distinction were present.
The Bourse woe acted upon unfavourably by the
preparations for the settlement, it being found that
the bells" had over-bought themselves. The Bente
fell 16c. for cash, and 36c. for account, closing at 73fr.
and 73fr. 6c. Bank of Franoe fell Mr., and
Credit Mobilisr, 7fr. 60c. Wi;h the exception of
ILyons, and Lyons and Mediterranean, which rose
respectively 10fr. and 16fr., all the railways were
lower. Orleans fell 10fr., and Northern Mr.
It waa not known at the Bourse that there had
been no Congress to-day.
Mademoiselle Rachel, instead of remaining at
Havre, as a local journal said she would do on ac-
count of her health, set oat for Paris almost imme-
diately after Ur landing from the Felton. She ar-
rived here yesterday morning.
Madame Rioted has arrived in Paris to-day, to
resume her performances at the Italian Theatre.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Fix. 26.

Tenders have been sent in for the Saragossa Rail-
way. The Grand Central offers a reduction of 30,000
reale per kilometre. This is the best offer. The
definitive adjadioation is fixed for March 8.

SWEDEN.

(nom ova

A commission of engineer officers has been ap-
pointed, with the Crown Prince at its head, to make
plans for the fortification of Stockholm, and to
consider other propositions for the defence of the
kingdom.

It is said that when Court Orloff uw by the card
of invitation t, the cum' on Monday *venlig that
situ* wore sot rimeted to sputter is their regimentals, ►e
etolalined, "Bet I sever put on a blick suit is my life,"
military men is Hurls always retainieg t►eir waif, rms.
He mewed one, however, and is ao way waa the novelty
of the attire ebeervablii.

11 It is stated by a Paris oorrespoodent of tits hide-
pessitrum Delp that the Emperor Alexander het written •
letter to the Empeter of tbe French, in which he says:
tt Without up )(Mari tl. poi to of my father, I wish to
prove by my mldir %ties tl at I desire t give poses to
Earrpe; sad yes say rely epos it, site, that to ante* at
the, I am ready to make all Sal r.fices empatible with the
bon's, el' KUNii."

The Municipal Council of 0 has accorded the
fight of chime/el? to the liaagar Nat rl, likpka.