The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-16 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, THURSDAY BVINTRO.

The Pays says that private despatches received
in Paris this morning announce that the Turks have
attacked the Montenegrins. It is added that after
three distinct assaults upon them, the Montenegrin
forces bad retired to the mountains, where they
awaited the enemy. The Pays reproduces this
"with all reserve," not having time to verify it. I,
however, learn from another source that despatches
to the effect stated have certainly been received.
This intelligence is highly important, because it is
understood that France has promised to protect
Montenegro.

A Pans letter in the Nord say.:—" Vely Naha,
ex-Governor of Candia, has sent a secretary to
Paris to institute a prosecution of such journals
as have unjustly attacked him." Proceedings
were yesterday commenced in his name against
the Prom.

The Paris Conference held its tenth sitting to-day
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
There can bb no doubt that the completion of the
port of Cherbourg is regarded with national pride
by the French people irrespective of all political
opinions touching the imperial government. The
Dibafs, which is more friendly to England than any
other French journal, and is wont to pan over in
dignified silence any subject in regard to which it
I does not feel at liberty to express its real opinions,
aye of the leading articles of one of your contem-
poraries, to which the Daily News of yesterday
replied :
The These is wrong to suppose that the completion of the
port of Cherbourg is a menace addressed to England.
England cou►d never have supposed that the works of
Cherbourg would have been allowed to remain unfinished
from fear of diapkasing her. Good sense and simple pre-
caution dictated the completion of works which had been
carried on for half a century. The great objection of the
Times to Cherbourg is that this vast port can only be con-
eidered as a means of attack, and emnot Le comprised
amongst the works constructed for defensive purposes. This
argument is not sound, for the military works of a vent
rate like France cannot power a purely dellesive
character. Can efficient preparations for defence be
oon.idered otherwise than as the best mesas of
preparing for an attack ? In this respect, the fortifications
of Paris have about the same signification as the wore of
Cherbourg. Were a war unhappily to break out one day be-
tween France and England, there would be no distinction be-
tweet attack and defence. The various governments which
have ruled France for the last half century would boss-
unaptly have been guilty of extreme negligence, had they
not sought to endow as with a Channel port worthy of being
placed on a par with the great arsenals of our neighbour'. It
is unreasonable to attribute the construction of fortifications
like those of Cherbourg—that is, fortification' imposed by
tradition, by nsorsity, and by the recollection of cruel die-
asters--to the policy of a government. The policy of a
neighbour must be judged by his general conduct ; mamma.,
it would be impossible for any modern power to prepare really
for war without the fact being known from one end of the
world to the other.

It is to be remarked, however, that doubts of the
stability of the Anglo-French alliance do not pro-
ceed from the English side of the Channel alone.
The Prase, by the pen of its principal editor, M.
Clueroult, speaks of England in term, of extraordi-
nary bitterness and suspicion.
The alliance of England (says that journal, in the
worse of an article on the Jeddah roe nacre), the sin-
cere red loyal alliance of England, would have permitted
France to give a dificrent direction to events In the Seat.
Does this alliance exist Can we really count oa tha
sincere co-operation of England in a matter which does not
exclusively regard her interests ? We will frankly admit our
doubts ; and when; we observe that government places the
French navy on • repeatable footing, trendorme our old
fleet into screw lianof-hattle ships, and increases the amber
and strength of our mule, we applaud this farsighted policy.
We should like the alliance of England, but we do not reckon
on it; consequently, it is right that France should be pre-
peed to meet the possible explosion of the storm which over
• Europe, and should be able to count on her own
mouton'. Perhaps the real solution of the Bastian question
will take place at Cherbourg and Brest.

The Bonne continues to be extremely dull. The
Rents, which scarcely varied all day, closed with a
fall of 10c. for cash, at 68fr. 25c. and at yesterday's
price, 68fr. 30c., for account. Mobilier, in which
little bosineu was done, fell lfr. 26c. The Northern
Railway rose 2fr. 50c., and Southern, lfr. 23c. The
other lines were about 2fr. 50c. lower.

CANADA.

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(MOM OCR OWN

LIVRIWOOL, FAIDAT.
The steamer Nova Scotia from Quebec, of the
3rd, arrived this morning, bringing 130 cabin pas-
sengers, including Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Eyre,
. . . .

commander-in-chief of the forces in Canada, who
arrived here on leave of absence on account of ill
health. She also brings 435 non-commissioned

offloers and men of the 100th Regiment, who will
be publicly received by the mayor of Liverpool this
afternoon.

The Canadian news is of no special importance,
and that from the United States has been anticipated
per Vanderbilt ; the timber market continued very
dull, and many descriptions had declined in prices.
Freights were gradually hardeniog, but for London
there had been no late charters, and vessels wore
scarce and in demand.

M. Villemot, the new redactour ea chef of the
Paris Ryer°, giw an rowing account In the last number
of his passing Wiry-for hors in prier (danger No. 9)
for sosgiering • wenneene b io.daty r a national guard.
He was in Belgium when the ark* was left at his house,
and might, r a tarter of course, have obtained the reversal
of his rioters by appealing. Bat be says that an appeal
woaki have tree up um grottier part of has data for • fort-
night, and he therefore deliberately resigned Muir( to dun-
geon No. 9 for twenty-four hors, u berg the leer of two
evils.

It is said that orders have been sent by the French
government to the commandant of the naval division in
the Chinese was to despatch two ships of war at ono*
to the Ea flea. The admiral oommanding on the Greek
station is ordered to proceed to Cabala. If Russia
be wronged she it much to be pitied, but there
are persons who purist in tracing her hand in the
troubles that have taken place lately in various ports of the
Turkish empire ; and it is now, is ever, her interest that
peace and order shall .te►er be established Is Turkey.—Farb
Correspondent alias Times.