The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-07 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Our veal Paris letter had not arrived when we
went to preen.

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PARIS, SATUIDAT ENS/NINO.
A report that the general treaty of peace had been
signed at Zurich this day, and that the meeting of a
Congress would be officially announced next week,
produced a very favourable effect on the Bourse.
The Rents rose 36c. for cash and 40c. for account,
closing very firmly at the highest price* of the day,
70 and 70.16. Mobilier rose 16.2(.. The Orleans
Railway roes 12.50; Lyons, 10; Northern, 6 ; and
Western, 2.60. Southern and Eastern left off with-
out change.
. .

All th; marshals oommandiog the military sob•
divisions of Franco have been summoned to Paris, to
tooter with the Minister of War.

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The followinfy paragraph appears in the Corse-
sponclunee :
I can certify the entire accuracy of the following informa-
tion touching the relative naval strength of France and Eng-
land. Enelond hes at this moment, or will have in a few months,
36 line-of-haul. ships, carrying 3,400 guns, and of 19,750
horse power. Fran, a has 40 line-of-battle ships, with 3,706
guns, and representing 27,6 i 0 bores power. The parallel,
as you see, is by no means to our disadvastage. As to
frigates and gunboats in a state for immediate service, the
proportion is also in oar hater. The writer of the letter
from winch we derive this information, says that the
English Admiralty Is making prodigious efforts to
regain the termer numerical superiority of England.
It carefully watches every movement in our dockyards, sad
latterly, when it heard that we were building I...Wiwi&
vessels at Toulon, it put two upon the stocks also. What-
ever diligence our neighbours may use we shall be ready
before they are. The two vessele alluded to at which men
are now working night and day at Toulon are designed upon
the model of the Nepoleoci, our most magnificent ship of war.
They are covered with iron or steel planks, which raider
them proof molest the most powerful projectile.. They will
curry only 311 guns, bat the calibre of these is so loge that
they will easily sink a three decker.
The Nord says that M. About has been asked to
Compiegne. Should this news prove true the clerical
party will be well nigh out of its wits.

ITALY.

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SARDINIA.

(rams oust owx 008111111tONDENT.)
TURIN, Orr. 31.
A few days ago about fifty deputies met privately
to discuss the serious emergencies now affecting the
country, and after an animated debate of three hours
the following order of the day, proposed and argued
by the deputy Mansiani, was voted all but unani-
mously —" The undersigned deputies having
assembled privately have expressed their wish
that ministers should pursue a constantly
active and resolutely bold policy towards Central
Italy as regards the work of annexation, seeing it is
already completed, and that the sole material act of
possession is all that is wanting. The said deputies
wish also that the armaments should not be SU..
pended, but rather continued with the greatest poe•
Bible energy." This vote was communicated to the
Minister Rattazzi, by Signor Be Pretis, the Vice-
President of the Chamber. Rattszzi did not treat
it disrespectfully, for it accorded with his own wishes,
but he lacks the authority and genius of Count
Caveat, who would soon free himself from feeble
colleagues and choose others. In the meantime, the
old so-called Piedmontese party hangs bank, and
many of them say they desire quiet and will be satisfied
with Lombardy, Parma, and riseenza, which two last
are now positively promised by Napoleon 111. They
say, that as foe the rest of Italy, divine Providence
mast think about that. This party would not be
sorry to create jealousies between Turin and Milan,
and would like to establish the French system of
perfect centralisation. The government, however,
is too wise for that, and has already decided on
transferring the supreme court of appeal to Milan.
Miglietti, the keeper of the seals, refused to sign
the decree, and he has accordingly resigned his office.
Rattszzi has accepted it provisionally. He, of
course, will sign it, and then some one will be ap-
pointed to fill Miglietti's place permanently. But I
repeat, that if more competent men, men more in-
spired with the national sentiment, do not enter
the cabinet, Central Italy will be left entirely
to herself, and that, too, at the very moment
when she will stand most in need of Piedmont's
assistance. In Romagna especially, order may be
disturbed at any moment, for there are very evident
signs of a rising in the Marches, and Garibaldi's
troops are displaying such impatience to cross the
frontier, that it is doubtful whether discipline will
be able to restrain them. It was on this account
that the King invited that general to Turin, who
after the interview with his sovereign left again
suddenly. If lam not misinformed, he promised
the King to redouble his vigilance and enforce obedi-
ence, cost what it would. but a proclamation, issued
by him on the 18th of this month to the Neapolitans;
produces the impression that his own mind has
become affected with impatience.
Since writing the above I have obtained indu-
b;table evidence of the existence of the letter of the
Emperor Napoleon, and of the substantial accuracy
of the published version. I have reason to believe,
on the other hand, that Napoleon, while thus
writing to the King, gives our ministers to under-
stand that they are not wrong in opposing the pro-
ject of a confederation.