The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom oom owm comaznowonr.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

I hear at a very late hour this evening that the
Sultan has protested against the proposed French
intervention in Syria ; that, in consequence, coun-
ter-orders have been sent to the troops which were
to have marched from the Ch lona camp, and that
a fast steamer has been despatched from Toulon to
bring back a portion of the advanced guard of the
expeditionary army which had actually embarked.
There is not time before the post goes out to verify
this news. It reaches me, however, from a good
source, and I have reason to believe, taking other
symptoms into account, that within a few hours
there will be a very great change in
the attitude, hitherto so dictatorial, assumed
by the government journals on the Syrian question.
They will now be reduced to talk of the Emperor's
patience and moderation, and his invariable re-
spect for the opinions and feelings of his neigh-
bours. This will be a good lesson for them after
the insolent boast of the Pays last night that if
England had not come in to the French scheme,
her dissent would have made no difference what-
ever. This very Pays says to-night that all the
"circumstantial details" published by certain
journal? regarding the expedition to Syria are
premature, and that, besides being inevitably in-
correct, these statements " may have other incon-
veniences which everybody will understand." I
am aware that a telegram, dated Marseilles this
day, status that orders have been given to hasten
the embarkation of troops from Marseilles, Toulon,
and Algiers, but assuming this news to have been
authentic at the time it was sent, I feel little doubt
that the counter-orders alluded to above are of later
date.

The following letter in the Constitutionnet from
the camp of ChA.lona shows the expect of the ques-
tion there on Saturday 'net :

An important piece of news has this moment arrived
here ; it is spreading through the camp like ligitniug, and
is electrifying the soldiers. The sth and 13th regiments of
infantry have received orders to leave fur Syria, and they
are already preparing to depart. They are to proceed direct
to Marseilles, travelling as rapidly as possible, so as to em-
bark on the Mrd. In order to complete on a war footing
the companies of the two regiments, volunteers have been
called for from the other corps in the camp, and on an aver-
age upwards of 20 men per company of each of the regi-
ments of the three divisions have already presented them-
selves. This is ten times the number required. A% in
fact, the five brigades of infantry remaining in the camp
consist of 20 battalions, each of $ companies, it follows that
upwards of 3,000 men have volunteered, though only a few
hundreds were wanted.

The evening papers announce the sudden de-
parture of the Emperor for Chillona. This news
was altogether unexpected at the present moment.
It is said that he returns to Paris on Thursday or
Friday.
There is a rumour, which I mention with all
reserve, that a fortnight after the interview of
Tmplitz the Prince Regent of Prussia will meet the
Emperor of Russia at Warsaw.
The Bourse opened with some firmness under the
influence of the note in yesterday's Mouitenr, which
was represented as altogether reassuring because it
freed the Eastern question from all difficulty by
announcing the concord of the powers iu regard to
it. Subsequently, however, many people began to
perceive that even on the tMoilitcitr's own show-
ing the intervention depended ultimately upon
the decision of the Porte, and a reaction set
in from which there was no recovery. The Route,
after rising to 09fr. 50c., climes! at 681 r. 25c., both
for cash and account, with a fall in each case of
10c. Mobilier rose fir. The railways were com-
paratively firm ; Orleans rose Bfr. 76c. ; Southern,
sfr. ; and the other lines from lfr. 23c. to 21r. 50c.
After the regular Bourse hours there was a
further decline in the Rents of 15c., on the rumour
of the Sultan's protest.
Madame Bizet, a schoolmistress of Lyons, has
presented a petition to the Council of State,
praying for leave to prosecute the Bishop of
Algiers and the Curd of Notre Dame des Victoires,
in his diocese, for an abuse of power in the exer-
cise of their sacerdotal functions.