The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-12 00:00:00

IMPRESS FROM PARIS.

BANK OF FRANCE.

arr statiumrs AND Isms' TZIAGILLTZ.)
PARIS, Pszpwr Mouraro.

The Moniteur publishes the monthly returns of
the Bank of France to yesterday, Feb.ll. We give
the most important items, with the centeponding
figures of last month en regard ::

Feb. ha.
Coin and bullion, Paris 83,778,797 70,900,078
Ditto ditto branch banks 199,076,277 .... 180,463,800
Bills diaccunted, Paris 244,372,439 292,119,080
Ditto branch banks
Notes in circulation, Paris
Ditto branch beaks
Treasury deposits
Private deposits, Paris 117,828,948 144,078,872
Ditto branch bank/
Advanced on public securities 23,472,300 24,092,700
Ditto by branch banks
Advancedonrailwaysecnritiee 48,805,666 .... 37,00,368
Ditto by branch banks
This return is satisfactory. The ooin and bullion
have increased full a million and a quarter sterling,
whilst the circulation has decreased between
300,0001. and 400,0001. The bills discounted have
decreased upwards of n millions sterling ; but
spinet this movement must be set the very heavy
withdrawals of private deposits from the bank.

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PARIS, THUUDLY Evszrnio.

According to my information, the news that Mar-
shal Valliant gives up the Ministry at War to Ge-
neral Neil is entirely confirmed, and I believe that
the appointment will be in the Moniker to-morrow.
I have also good reason to think that the Doke of
Malakoff is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Paris, in the plane or Marshal Magnau,
and that the latter will be sent as ambassador to St.
Petersburg.

The bullying military addresses published by the
16Ni:cur having been apologised for by the Empe-
ror himself, I should not have returned to the subject
had not a fresh occasion presented itself. The pre-
seut one is not, I mast premise, very important, but
still it deserves notioe as showing the light in
which the recent vote of the House of Commons is
likely to be represented in France. The litho-
graphed correspondence of M. Bullies, which is sent
into the departments every evening, contains the
following paragraph :—" Singular change in things
here below! England, which never would recog-
nise Napoleon 1., when all Europe was at his feet,
was not only the first to hail the nephew of the pri-
soner of St. Helena, but she has just made to him a
concession which neither Charles X. nor Louis
Philippe would have obtained. It is after a circular
from our Foreign Minister, and in presence of
the threatening addressee of our army, that Lord
Palmerston has at length consented to modify the
right of asylum which neither his predecessors nor
himself would ever before change in compliance
with complaints from the Continent."

The evening papers give very full reports of the
debates in the house, but they omit the text of the
Emperor's apology. I believe, however, that the
French government has made up its mind to publish
it, and that Colonel de Castagny and his comrades
will have an opportunity of reading it in the
Moniteur to-morrow. The Bourse continues dull,
but some degree of firmness was produced this after-
noon by news that the Bank of England bad reduced
its discount to S per cent. The Rente rose 10c. for
cash, mud 160. for account, closing at 69fr. 40c., and
69fr. 66c. Mobilier rose 7fr. 60c. The railways
generally left off 21k. or Sfr. higher, but without any
decided feature in the market. It is understood that
very few bills indeed have been offered for discount
at the bank within the last fortnight, notwithstand-
ing the reduction on the rate of interest.
The affair of the Crocodik was called on at Bra-
bant on Tuesday, but as in the case of the Drapeou
the trial was postponed until the principal defen-
dant, who had made default, should be brought be-
fore the court.

The late Count de Rayneval died of a disease of
the heart of long standing, at the early age of forty-
four years. His father, an eminent diplomatist and
minister, brought him early into public life, and
under the government of Louis Philippe he was
successively appointed Pint Secretary of Embassy
at Madrid and Rome, and Chargé d'Affaires at St.
Petersburg. In 1848 he retired for a short period
from his diplomatic career, but before the end of
that year he was sent to Naples as Charge
d'Affaires. Subsequently he became Ambassador
at Rome, which post he filled for many years,
and it is with Rome that his reputation is mainly
associated. He was appointed ambassador to St.
Petersburg several months since. His carriages and
servants were sent there long ago, but the state of
his health prevented him from proceeding to his
Pod-

- The Emperor and the Empress honoured the
Opera Comique with their presenoe last evening to
witness the revival of Auber's opera of the Fiancée.

AMERICA,

FATAL COLLISION IN THE IRISH CHAN-
NEL-LOSS OF TEN LIVES.

LIVERPOOL, TRIMIDAT Nicurr.

The steamship North American, with three days'
later advices from the United States, arrived at
Liverpool this evening. She left Portland the 30th,
and brings 104 passengers, and 28,280 dollars specie.
. _

This afternoon she Game into collision with the
American barque Leander, bound hence for New
Orleans. The barque sank in five minutes ; the cap-
tain and eleven seamen were saved, but the captain's
wife and nine seamen were drowned. The steamer
lost her bowsprit and figure-head.
The American news is of little interest, and the
proceedings in Congress had been unimportant.
The minority of the Senate Committee on the
Pacific, Railroad made a report in favour of con-
structing the road within ten years ; alternate tee-
time of land for the space of six miles to be granted,
and ten million dollars to be appropriated and paid
as the work progresses.
The war department has received later despatches
from the Utah expedition, but the character of the
nowshad not transpired.

It is reported that General Scott will certainly
proceed to California, to organise an expedition
against the Mormons.

The intelligence from Utah, to Dec. 14, states
that the federal troops were making themselves com-
fortable in winter quarters.

The filibuster Wilkie, in his speech at Mobile,
mid that in the month of October a confidential
friend of his had an interview with a member of the
cabinet, who said that the President approved of the
Nicaragua enterprise, and the member recommended

the Wakerites to enter into a treaty with General
Conionfort, and become allies with Mexico, and
then to bring about the war between Spain and
Mexico, and seize Cuba; but the Walkerites repu-
diated the proposition.