The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. THIIRSDAT 11411X1:110.

You will have noticed the decree in the Mersiteer
calling out 42,080 soldiers of the clams 1858, which
the Minister of War bad, for " budgetary" con-
siderations, postponed indefinitely. It is now, u
always, next to impossible to know whether the
army is substantially augmented or not. The ex-
planation given for the present levy is that the
reductions of 1857 have brought down the effective
strength of the army below the complement fixed
by the Budget of 1848. The financial articles in
the evening papers attribute the weakness of the
Bourse today to this decree, but the effect was, as
you will see, too slight to justify the belief that
there can be any serious feeling of alarm. Ido not
find that people attach any importance to the decree,
bat then it mast be admitted that the French are
habitually iresoueiartt. Every symptom of possible
preparation for war ought certainly to be carefully
watched at the present time. In connexion
with the subject it recurs to me to notice
a remarkable puny in a speech of
M. Yuitry, the Councillor of State, during the de-
bate on the budget. While defending various items
against the strictures of some economical deputies,
this government delegate said, "The increase in the
army and navy estimates Is doubtless important,
but as these are governed by political rather than
financial considerations, I abstain from going into
the subject."
The Augsburg Gazette, received in Paris to-day,
affirms positively that a secret treaty has been con-
cluded between France and Russia.

The Constifittionnel contains the following re-
marks on the budget in the spirit of M. 'tnitry's
speech :
The commission, in Its report, expresses ► desire to reduce
the budget of the Ministry of War, which absorbs half of the
goweesumarliOnral. But the question is not purely a finan-
cial one; it le meentlally political, and consequently tan only
be solved by cerudderstions of a superior order. Save In this
budget, the possibility of effecting an economy scarcely
Weis, so hardly =shed are we by the naceseitlee of a civili-
sed= which constantly Imposes fresh duties on the State.

There has been little change at the Bourse, ex-
cept in Crddit Mobilier. The Bente, which was
dull throughout the day, closed at yesterday's pries,
69fr. 60c. for cub and at 69fr. Ado., with a fall of
de. for &cooing. Mobilier fell 22fr. 600. The gene-
ral meeting vru held to-day, after Bourse hours.
The result has not transpired, bat it is much doubted
whether there will be any dividend. The last quo-
tations of railways ecarosly vary from those of
yesterday.

The tint ball of the moon was given at the Hotel
de Ville last night. It was, perhaps, not quite so
splendid as usual. A good many members of the
Senate and Corps Legishaif interned their tickets
because the Prefect of the Seine, apropos of the bill
for expending 180 millions in further improvements
is Paris, took occasion to speak of those bodies in a
way which wounded their sense of self importance.
Apropos of this quarrel, which threats., to be-
come famous, the Irsdlpesdance Beige has been
seized to-day because it contains a letter from M.
Javal, the deputy, giving some particulars emcees-
ing it. Moreover—and this is a very important
pieta of news—General &plumes has signed a de-
ers& interdicting the circulation of the radipoulance
Beige in France until further order. This is, I be-
lieve, a measure without precedent since the time
when Louis Philippe drat out poor Puna.
The long-talked-of fancy fair at the English em-
bassy, ler the benefit of the British Charitable Fund,
begs= today, and was very wall attended. Among
the peados dooms who kept stalls were the Countess
Walowsks, the (banter; de Moray, the Comatose de
Flahault, the Countess Cowley, the Canute= at
Clainsborough, Lady Gray of Gray, the Hon. Mrs.
Barrington, Lady Jane Peel, Mrs. Bastard. and the
Misses Firm=s. liadeas Fo=ld and the Bergamo
James and Alphonse de Rothschild were patron=ess
et the affair, bat did sot appear at any stalls. The
Weather was threatening in the morning, bat cleared