The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

MASSA AND CARRARA.

Count Pone di San Martino, Royal Commiasioner
Extraordinary for the province of thus, has Issued
• proclamation, dated Genoa, 18th, to the inhabit-
ants of Musa and Carrara, announcing to them that
the king of Sardinia has appointed him to the same
post for those Duchies. He further invites the peo-
ple to obey their authorities, observe the laws, and
maintain public tranquillity ; and adds that daring
the war no great reforms in legislative matters can
be effected, and that the energies of all must be
directed against the common enemy. This procla-
mation is followed by a decree, enacting that the
laws and administration hitherto in force in the
Duchies shall provisionally continue to be so, and
that the present functionaries shall remain in office.
The taxes are provisionally maintained, and a budget
of receipts and expenses is to be prepared without
delay.

RELATIONS OF FRANCE WITH THE
NORTHERN POWERS.

The Paris correspondent of the Indlpertelonee
Beige writes u follows :
As soon as the government of the Emperor beard of the,
debate which took place at the but sitting of the Proseian
Diet, orders were ironed for the immediate and complete or-
ganisation of the army of the E.et. All is now decided on,
even to the composition of the staff; and within teeny-four
hours the whole army of the Rest might be directed upon any
point of the frontier which it is appointed to guard. The
Generals of Division, Schramm and Roetolan, boll com-
usiutde in this army ; end the Doke of Malakoff sets out in a
few days for Nancy, from which town he will begin his tour
of (=portion.
At this moment arrangements ere being made on per
for &oaths' corps d'arrot,e, to ►e called the army of the North.
It will at the outset be composed of the tour divisions of in-
fantry, and the divisions of cavalry which form the garikon
of Paris.
As soon as this corps d'armee is ooraplete It might, by
means of onr system of railroad", be transported within tour •
and•twenty hours to any piece on the north-east frontier,
ohould ClTC2Olet?Cti render such a movement advisable.

A project has been eat on foot is the War-oftioe for keep-
ing up the strength of the gerroron of Paris should any
movement of this kind be mule. This is, I believe, what la
at the present moment proposed. Nearly sll the regimental
depots are at present in the barracks of Peril, In the forte,
and in the environs of the city. It is proposed to form •
sort of militia, drawing the men principally from the tank
of the National Guard, to be commended by old experienced
office,,, to whom overture, have sleeedy been made, and to
wt.oes various special privilege. would be granted.
Looking at effides from a purely diplomatic point of view,
I em in a position to say that although our relations with
Germany are becomMg rather complicated, there is at say
rate an appearance of improvement in those which we have
with Ragland. This recurrence to the old relations with our
allies is explained by the small hope which the government
of the Emperor b said to entertain of being able to establish
a really intimate animas with Russia. This power does aot
appear to be dispesed to disregard a traditional line of policy
In order to follow the Fresco goverment into a war of na-
tionality.
gives the English declaration of neutrality preparations
have been suspended in the French arsenals, and the govern-
ment bat mated to engage men for the navy. France thus
proves to England that she is really desirous of maintaining
the peace M see.
. . . .

It ts confidently 'toted that since the resignation of Count
Buol the Austrian cebinot hes not tried in vain to establish a
better understanding with the court of St. Petersburg. I
can myself send you the itiformatioa, derived from a very
authsw lc source, that Russia has watc►ed the oocupatiou of
Tuscany by a French artily with very little satisfaction. 1
have, indeed, roman to belie% e that, communications, if not
protestations, have blest mode oa vets subject to tie cabinet
of the Tuileries.

At St. Petersburg, great Aka are to be held on
the occasion of the inauguration of the gread monument to
the Emperor Nicholam, expected to t.ke plow in July. It to
thought these will be numsroom vlaitore from other countrias
to the Ramian capital; and at Riga they antkipats the
arrival, towards su•umn, of many Englishmen, who aro
looked far to woompaoy the Bishop of London fre the on-
fan** of the Engliah church them

INDIA AND CHINA.

MID suns' TILIIOIIAPIO

(1101 001 oint

MARSEILLES, TAIMODAL
The India and China mails leave to-day with dates
from Calcutta 29nd, and Madras 29th alt.

Calcutta trade continues depressed ; money abun-
dant. Exchange, 2.. lid ; Madras, 2s. lid.
Hong-Hong dates are to the 19th April. Baron
Gros left on the 7th April for Europe. Exchange,
4s. sp.
The Shanghais date is to the 4th of April. In
imports little was doing; prices lower. To, more
done at higher prices. In silk little wee doing ;
prices lower. Exchange, Bs.
The Singapore report to the 20th April mentions
no change in imports. Produce continued active,
and prices were lower. Exchange, 4.. did. '
The advice' fromitlexandria are to the 19th May.