The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-01 00:00:00

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

VIENNA, Nov. 30.

News has arrived from Bucharest that on the
28th of November an attempt was made to assas-
sinate the Caimacan. A projectile was thrown at
him, but fortunately no one was hurt.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

WAY OUR OU 00ILIMPONDIXta
PARIS, TX/MIDAS EVINTNO.

On December 2, the anniversary of the battle of
Austerlitz, and the coup d'etat of 1851, the Emperor
will be present at the inauguration of the new
barracks at the Chitean d'Eure, which will hold
4,000 men.

M. de Toqueville, the eminent writer, is &inget-
ouly ill at Cannes.
The Times, Daily News, and Express are again
seized to-day.
The Beane hu been dull during the greater part
of the day ; and although it was a little firmer at
the close of buiness, the Rents, which left off at
yesterday's price for cash, closed for account at
74fr. 40e., with a fall of 10e. Mobilier fell 2fr. 500.
All the other railways were 2fr. 500. lower.
It is stated in a lithographed political corre-
spondence, that
A Frenchman named Demoslin, who has long melded in
Madagamer, and has attained as elevated raak in the
army, was lately received is a private audience by
Princes Napoleon, and that he premed upon the
Prins the importance of an *algal= into the
interior of that country, where he assured him the most ea-
lighteasd part of the populating eatertain the warmest sym-
pathies for France. It is stand that K. Dunedin hopes to
obtain an interview with the Emperor to urge similar views.
We d 3 not know whether the Imperial maim* will be
granted, neither do we know wheats( the penmen, la qua
dos, who semi anxious to play • part similar to that
General d'Orgoul in Burnish, may not wide, for purposes of
persona ambition, to entangle the Franca navy in a rash ex-
psalm. As to this we rely upon the prudence of the
government, but this muck is certain that aa expelitita to
Madagascar would not only be agreeable to K. VeMilot, but
would, to a certain extent, deter the vanity of everybody.
It would appear that maritime conquests are owning into
fashion.

Two very absurd duels were fought this after-
noon. A few days since an article written in the
Flgaro by M. Lucas, one of the redadeurs of that
journal, made some allusions to the despicable class
of society denominated " fancy men." The article—
whisk I have not seen—was so worded as to excite
the susceptibility of If. Plunkett, the brother of
Madame Doche, and the manager of the Palais Royal
Theatre. He accordingly sent a challenge to If.
Lucas. That gentleman answered that he could by
no means admit that the article in question afforded a
pound for a duel, because there was nothing
in it referring in the remotest way to M.
Plunkett, and he therefore refused to fight upon
that ground, but said that if M. Plunkett
was really bent upon fighting he had only to insult
him. It appears that the required insult was given,
for an arrangement was made for a hostile meetiug
at Ville d'Avray at two o'clock this afternoon. In
the meantime a certain M. Naquart came to the
office of the Figaro and complained that he had
called there several times while M. Villesnot was
the editor without finding anybody ready to fight.
M. de Villemessant, who after having retired for
some months halo the dirsetion of that journal, has
lately resumed his former position, gave it to be
understood that he was ready in his own person to
give "satisfaction * to a gentleman who seemed so
exceedingly anxious to get it. Duel No. 2 was
therefore arranged, to come off at the same
time and place as that of MM. Lucas and Plunkett.
M. Lucas's aeon& were M. Noires, the director of
the Flgare Programme, and M. Rousseau, a red.ic.
taw of the Figaro. M. Plunkett way accompanied
by M. Ravel, the celebrated comic actor, and a M.
Donafilac. M. de Vlllemessant's seconds were a
gentleman of fortune, named de Merril* and 11.
Jahyes, of the /Vero. I have not heard the names
of M. Naquart's seconds. The sport resulted in blood
being drawn from all thefour oombanante,bat happily
without any serious injury to any of them. I do not for
a moment mean to insiouate that the fight was a ahem.
On the contrary, I am persuaded that nothing but
the fortune of war preview(' the sacrifice of life
and limb in this miserable quarrel. Both the duels,
I should have said, were fought with swords. The
ground selected was near the ponds of Ville d'Avray,
the two sets of combatants befog abOut a hundred
yards apart. Owing to the late rains the pound
was Wily springy. M. Locos, who Is an old Alge-
rian officer, was touched on the shoulder after three
hinges, and he pricked his adversary in the right
nipple. M. de Villemeasant received first the point
of the sword on his left breast, and in return drew
blood from the left temple of M. Naquart. After
these achievements the seconds declared that
" honour was satisfied," and all the parties returned
to Paris together by the next up train.

The Tadireadancs Bugs of yesterday evening
churns :—" The Bullish cabinet uppers to alto& great
Interest to death:him in the moat sbselnle maw, all re-
sponslbillty In the publication of the despriehat at Iftr Jan,
Torten. A statement on the subject has bra us& le
*walla governmesta Frees the prom-swami of the iliac
of the Diet of Freakfert of the 25th, ts appear, that the Pre-
&ldiot peuessited to the Aseetobly a note film the savoy of
Chest Britate, to which the latter ootantaniseins
&goat& from the Secretary of Forties Atdrs,
17, dot* that the receettpahlicadia st LAWN&
meets of the Lord High Osinoissiceser of th.
Islands was wholly uneatitorlairL sad only tendered
by s theft ; that the views developed in those reports
.shered by the BrilialCrivernraeat, whisk his '
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