The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Ba►on de Bronoow, on Thursday lost, presented to
the Emperor Prince Gortchskoff, General•io-Chiet
of the Russian armies, and Captain Liziansty, of the
nary, aide-demsmp to the Grand Duke Constantioe,
who is charged to soprintend the building at Bor-

doom of a steam-frigate and steam-corvette, intended
for the Russian navy.
An Imperial decree, dated the 13th, puts an end
to the ad interim management of the department of
Public Instruction by the Minister of War. M.
Rooland, the New Minister of Public Instruction,
took the usual oaths.

Marshal Valliant, while charged with the admin-
istration of the department, confided to M. Dander
the mission of condoning in England the researches
which he has made in Swims,.land, Belgium, and
Germany, for unpublished documents relative to the
history of the French Benedictines.
A grand banquet was given on Thursday evening,
at the Hotel de Ville, to Marshal Peliasier, by the
Municipal Commiesion of the City of Paris. All the
ministers, and a number of the highest functionaries,
were present at it. _ _ _

The annual sitting of the fire academies took place
on Thursday at the Palace of the Institute, in pre-
set:los of a large assemblage of learned persons and
the fsshionable world. M. Berengsr, the president
of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences,
filled the chair, and near him were seated MM. Ville-
main, Labonlaye, Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Lewin, &c.
The president opened the proceedings by an address
in which he gave au account of the competition for
the triennial prize of 30,000 fr., in the name of the
Emperor, for the work or discovery best calculated
to be of service to the country. It was to M Finnan,
as already stated, that this prize was awarded for his
work on the rapidity and propagation of light. The
prize cf 1,200 fr., founded by Volimy for the best work
mounted with the study of languages, was awarded
to an Englishman, the Rev. S. W. Koine, for four
printed works on the languages of the interior of
Africa. Another prise of 1,200 fr. was divided be-
tween the Abbe Boillat, a mulatto of Senegal, for his
grammar and vocabulary in manuscript of the Wolof
language, and Count 'subset for his glossary of the
country dialects of the centre of France. Honourable
mention was made of Captain Faidherbe, G of
Senegal, for his writings concerning the dialects used
on the banks of the Senegal and Senegambia; of M.
Buschman, for his work on the language spoken in
a great part of North America, and celled by him
Athapaska ; to MM. Henri Weill and Louis Ben-
loew for their work on the general theory of Latin
accentuation; and M. Daudville for his essay on the
transformation of language as exemplified in the
French tongue. M. Babinet then read a paper on
rain and on the moistening of the earth; M. Condor
one oa colours, and M. de Rouge one on the campaigns
of Senate's. A copy of verses b‘ M. Viennet on tra-
gedy closed the proceedings, and the company so-
mata.
A decree in the Moniteir authorises Marshal Pe-
limier to accept end wear the Greed Crass of the
Spanish order of Bt. Ferdinand, the Grand Cross of
the Sardinian order of the Saviour, and the Turkish
order of the Medjidie let class; and Count de Moray,
Provident of the Legislative Body, the Grand Cross
of the Spanish order of Charles IIL, and the Turkish
order of the Medjidie lost class.

A letter from Chambdry says that, on the 11th, a
grand dinner was given to Marshal Ceorobert, is the
chateau of that plum., by General Bieceretti, and
that it was attended by seventeen persons of distinc-
tion. After dinner the marshal, who wore the Grand
Cross of the Order of Savoy, went to the theatre, and
was loudly applauded by the public.
The pries of =at for the second fortnight of the
present month is fixed as follows :—Om beef, lst cate-
gory. lfr. 79c. the kilogramme (40. lower); 2nd,
lfr. S9o. (40. lower); 3rd, 99a, (4c. lower); 4th, 680.
(4c. lower). Cow end bull beef, Ist category,
lfr. 390. (90. lower); 2nd, 96c. (90. lower); Srd,
(9e. lower); 4th, 360. (9e. lower). Veal, Ist category,
I,r. 780. (2e. lower)1 2nd, if,. 36e. (2c. lower); 3rd.
Ur. 17c. (20. lower). Mutton, Ist category, ltr. 69a.
(30. lower); 2nd, lfr. 23c. (3c. lower); 3rd, 990.
(3e. lower).
Thu prios of breed for the same per'od remains
fisted at 500„ the 21b. loaf, first qmility.
The Paris Bourse was closed yew( rday (Friday)
on iccoont of the tete Napoleon.