The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

EXPRESB FROM PARIb.

Mow Ora OWN

PARIS, MONDAT EVININO•

Yesterday a wag found mans, unperceived by
the police, to post on the front gate of the Senate
Rouse (Palma de Luxembourg) a manuscript placard
stating that at the recent battle the Austrians had
lost 43,000 killed and wounded, 47,000 prisoners,
30 flogs, and 130 guns. The bill remained up •
long while, and the news ran like wildfire through the
quarter, and even spread to other parts of Paris. The
disappointment was considerable when at about 8 in
the evening an extraordinary edition of the Moniteur
came out with very little news. It gave no num-
bers of the killed and wounded, claimed but 8,000
prisoners, which, though • very considerable number,
is less than a third of those said by the official
journal to have been taken at Magenta, reduced the
capture of guns to 30, and that of colours to 3.
The last item wee, to the excited imagi-
nations of the Parisian public, the most
disappointing of all. The Emperor in his first
despatch had spoken of " several" flags u having
been taken. Three—but one more than the minimum
of the plural number—was certainly a great falling
off, It cannot be doubted that the victory was
gained by the French, for the Austrians very frankly
own their defeat, and that they are now oa one side
of the Minch) instead of on the other. But the French
public, it is notorious, is se easily depressed as
elated, and the meagre official despatches give rice
to sinister conjectures which are probably very un-
founded. What not unnaturally annoys people is the
belief that a great deal of news has been received
which is kept back. It would have been better if
the Menacur had remained silent, rather than
come out on a Sunday night with an
extraordinary edition containing so very little.
When people hear of an obstinate pitched battle in
which some 100,000 men were engaged, they natu-
rally expect that even the victors mast have suffered
great lose; and when, after three official despatches,
the only casualty made known is that one general
has lost his arm, the public doubt whether they are
treated with proper respect. It is, however, to be
observed that some of the Belgian papers of yester-
day say that no general officer of the allied armies
was killed. This news, which it is to be hoped is true,
would explain why the Emperor, not professing yet
to give details of casualties, speaks only of General
Auger's wound. If, contrary to all reasonable ex-
pectation, it &hall turn out that no other French
general officer was touched, much of the criticism
suggested by public susceptibility, must be admitted
to be unfounded This evening's Pays says :

Fur the laA two days vary aerial; rumours ha-ve been elr-
tainted about heavy leases aulhrei at the battle of Solferito
by the Emperor's military household and the staff of the
rainy. We are happy to be able to declare that there is sot
the kait foundation fnr these statements.

The following paragraph has been furnished to
the semi-official journals :

Dating the bait; of June 24 the ampere, was constantly
la the thickest of the fire. Dr. Lerrey, who ancocapanied hk
Majesty, had a horse killed wader him, and two bones of the
C..t Gerdes, who escorted his Majesty, were also killed.
The danger which the Emperor encountered added to the
enthusiasm and daring of the whiten.

The Patti* gives the following as a private
despatch, dated Castiglione, June 24, 7, evening.

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It was thought this morning that we were about to have
a simple affair of advanced poste. But theenemy appestat
t• ilaniewie force, and offered battle. On arriving here at

7 Wm morning the Empiwor heard the sound of MOWS
in all directions. Hi. Majesty, followed by the whole
of be staff, at once advanced towards the wane of the combat.
The enemy defended his petiole with the utmost energy ;
but our troop., electrified by the courage, and, we may even
say, the temerity of tho Empertr, speedily routed hint. At
the mowrnt when I write this despatch (7, eviction), we
am conquerors on the whole line of battle. The Emperor
sever ceased to expose himself during the whole fight, and
the soldier,, while haring the consegaseoes of his noble
cashing', were lost in admiration for their chief.

The Pays, remarking on the news that on Satur-
day Prussia proposed to the Germanic Diet the for-
mation of an army of observation on the Rhine,
says :—" This step was expected, and makes no
change in the situation. We persist in believing
that there is nothing in the policy of Prussia hostile
to France."

The Petrie, in answer to one of the contradiction
pointed at by the Pays yesterday, oboe:vie truly
that the Pap misquotes its language. It did not
say that 40,000 men were going from Algeria to the
Adriatic, but that of 40,000 men expected in the
Adriatic " • part" would be taken from the African
regiments. In the latter as►ertion the Petrie persists.
It leave,, however, unnoticed the denial of its other
news that General Fririon's division was under
orders to leave Paris for Italy I and, to fain news
generally, it replies to the Pays u well as to the
Cnnstitutionnet with undeniable to qualms argu-
ments.

I learn from a private source that the Pope had
ordered the dismissal of one of the principal ma-
nagers of the Civita Vecchia Railway, because he
allowed Italian volunteers to travel by it, but that
General Goyon has, with a high hand, reinstated
the worthy functionary in his plaoe.
The Bourse opened heavily under the influence of
the German news, and a certain undefined feeling of
disappointment that the first brilliant news of the
victory of Soliana° had not been followed up by full
and satisfactory detail,. Many purchases were
made on Saturday under the erroneous impression
that the French army had already crossed the Min-
eio. There was a momentary improvement when the
first telegram from London brought Console
I higher, but the second despatch reporting a re-
action to Saturday's price, the downward movement
resumed its course, and the Rents closed at 62fr.
30c. both for cash and account, with a fall of 60e. and
40c. Mobilier fell 12fr. 30c. The Southern Rail-
way fell 171 i. 50c.; Lyons, Bfr. 73c.; Eastern, 7fr.
50c. ; and the other lines from 2fr. 30c. to sfr.