The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jr we 10.

The Patrie of this evening says :—" At the last
sitting of the Conference upon the question of the
Danubian Principalities, the Russian representa-
tive stated that he considered the time had arrived
to apply the protocol of the Convention of Septem-
ber, 1859, by sending a Turkish commissioner to
Bucharest, accompanied by the delegates of the
signatary powers. No resolution was taken by the
Conference upon this matter."
La Fiance of this evening believes the rumours
of an expected imperial message and the issue of a
new loan to be unfounded, and says :—" Should
M. Rouher be questioned on the policy of the go-
vernment, he will probably only repeat the declara-
tion of the 3rd May."

THE CHOLERA AT DJEDDAH.
ALEXANDRIA, Jura 9.
Between the 26th and 27th ult. more than 100
deaths from cholera occurred at Djeddah.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 7.

The fall of Fuad Pacha is attributed to the
Sultan's dissatisfaction on account of the present
financial difficulties, and the turn taken by the
question of the Danubian Principalities. Mehe-
met Ruchdi Pacha has been installed in the office
of Grand Vizier, and Riza Pacha in that of Seras-
kier. Omar Pacha leaves Constantinople to-day in
order to assume the command of the army on the
Danube.

TURKEY AND THE PRINCIPALITIES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JuNs 4.

Omer Pacha has been appointed to the command
of the corps destined to occupy the Principalities.
7,000 troops of this force will be lent to the Porte
by the Viceroy of Egypt.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(riot out ows cozwearotrozar.)

PARIS, SUNDAT IPTINIIIO.
The bulletin of this morning's ACmiteur refers
to the verbal oommunioation of Austria which 1

analysed in my last letter, and which it reproduces
in extenso in another column, thus acknowledging

its authenticity. It also publishes the " identical 7'

note presented by the Ministers of the neutral
Pc'wera to the expected belligerents. The only
interest it presents is the wording of the pas-
sage which gave so much trouble to its conooctors.

It is as follows :
The objects of these deliberations can leave no room for
doubt in any mind(literally," imposes itself on all minds").
It is to solve by diplomatic means in the interest of peace

the question of the Elbe duchies, that of the Italiandiffi-
culty (difference), and finally that of the reforms to be
effected in the federal pact in so far aa they effect the
European equilibrium. _

The difficulty vanquished in the construction of
this paragraph displays the highest art, that of
seeming so simple that the uninitiated would sup-
pose any clerk might have written it.
_ .

The threatened manifesto has not
the only official communication of any interest this
morning is the regulation for the admission of
works of art to the universal exhibition of next
year. All works of art, excepting copies, un-
framed paintings, and sculptures in unbaked
clay executed since the last exhibition in 1855
will be admitted if approved by the jury, and
sent in between the 15th January and the 10th
March, 1807. The admission or rejection of works
by foreign artists will be determined by the com-
mission named by the government of the country
they belong to. The catalogues of the works of
art authorised for exhibition must be sent to the
general commission before the Ist of February.
I The exhibition will last from the Ist of April to the
1 31st of October. From this it appears that the
idea of keeping it open for an entire year has been
abandoned.
It was reported that M. Drouyn de Lhuys had
sent a circular to the smaller German courts, but
the France of this evening contradicts the report of
a step which it acknowledges could have had no
effect but that of giving offence. This is literally
all that can be gleaned on a bright holiday when
all the world—diplomatists, stock jobbers, shop
keepers, all but unfortunate correspondents—have
left the intense heat of Paris to enjoy the freer air
of the environs.

The Prase, which gives itself the airs of a go-
vernment paper, announces that if the congress,
which it was the first of the Paris papers to recom-
mend, has not met, at least the efforts made to
bring it about have not been without result. If it
had met only to prove the impossibility of coming
to an agreement, it is too probable that neutrals
would have been drawn in to take part in the
quarrel :
Now the neutrals are free to follow their own ideas, and
England, Russia, and France bare proved that they have
only one ; that is, the preservation of peace in Europe.
This perfect liberty of action will allow France to main-
tain the neutrality which she announced a month ago, and
which might have been more difficult if in the course of
the congress she had been obliged to oppose unjust pre-
tension or unreasonable obstinacy.
I give this extract for what it is worth, the im-
pression, or one of the impressions which the Impe-
rial government is desirous of offering to the medi-
tations of its subjects.
M. de Girardin signs one of his incomprehensible
exhortations to war without pretext in this even-
ing's Liberti, as manager and chief editor, a post
which he has just been authorised to assume by
ministerial decision.
The Paris Bourse in the last week has been as
uneventful as the political world. The settlement
was easily effected, and although there were sonic
heavy losers there waa no difficulty in meeting it.
Stock jobbing is the favourite pursuit of all classes
here, and it seems that many of the Emperor's
moat intimate friends have been losers by their
confidence in the assembling of the congress.
As a post scriptum to the assurances of neutrality
given by the Presse, I may add that letters from
Toulon received to-day state that orders have been
given to ten iron ship builders there for thirty iron
flat-bottomed boats for disembarkation to be ready
on the 15th July. By adding this to Admiral
Simon's cruise at the entrance of the Adriatic, one
may form a tolerably correct idea of the certainty
of French neutrality.