The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The Casette de Teheran announces that the Shah
lie preparing to repel by taros any attack which an
English Red may attempt against the coasts of his
empire. Troops have been sent to the provinces bor-
doling on the Persian gulf, and the lower course of
the Euphrates.

THB BALTIC.

HAMBURG, THURSDAY.

Two Russian war steamers sod three gunboats,
having broken through the ice, have left Sweaborg,
and made their appearance in the Baltic.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS. Tao uDA; Eviartiro.

According to reports, very generally current to-
day, the aceouchentent of the Empress may be looked
for almost immediately, instead of from the 15th to
the 20th of March, which was the period originally
spoken of. When I say immediately, I mean that
the public is led to expect the momentous event
within a few hours. I meet, however, state that heel
Majesty, accompanied by the Emperor, was men in
an open caleehe in the Champs Elysees so lately as
half-pest three this afternoon. Dr. Paul Dubois,
the celebrated accoucheur, who has been selected to
attend the Empress, has taken op his abode in the
Tuileries sin* the first of the month.

It is announced that the grand master of the
ceremonies is abet to promulgate a programme for
the oeremonial for the birth (sie) and the and/femme
(half baptism) of the prince, and priceeimes, children
of the Emperor.
The Congress met for the fifth time to-day. The
sitting commenced at two o'clock, instead of at one
as heretofore.

The opening of the Bourse wasexceedingly heavy,
bet in the course of the day there wu a strong
upward movement, brught about by numerous pur-
chases for cash. After being es lo or. as 72fr. and 72 fr. 60e.
the Rents sprung up to 721 r. 40c. and 7Sfr. 10e.,
closing with a ries of 30c. for cash and 26e. for
account. Credit Mobilise rose Oft. A report that
this society is about to issue a new series of oblige-
tions was contradicted. Railways were firm at the
end of the day, but there was no very great rise.
Lyons fell bfr., and Lyons and Mediterranean 10fr.
'Austrian and Victor Emmanuel wen in demand, the
latter especially I they rose 2fr. 600.

The ;Steele advocates the establishment on the
Paris Bourse of a Boomed corps of bill-brolters,
which would facilitate the negotiation et commercial
paper, and thus give extension to private trade.
Marshal Priam Jerome gave a grand dinner yes-
terday to Count Orloff, Baron Brunow, Count de
Hatzfeldt, Baron de Beebach, M. Fould, M. Abba-
toad, the Count de Morey, lbc. In the evening there
was a second wire* given by his Imperial Highness
to the plenipotentiaries, which was in all respects es
brilliant as the first. Prince Jerome wore on this
occasion the Grand Cordon of the Russian Order of
ht. Andrew, the insig•ia of which were sent to him
directly by the Emperor Alexander after the con-
elusion of the treaty of Tilsit in 1807.
A bill presented to the Corps Legislatif on
the first day of the session, proffers a valuable boon
to the families of military odious and soldiers.
Hitherto the pension granted to widows of
odious and soldiers killed in battle or
dying of wounds was *sly the fourth part
of the maximum retiring allowance to which
the officer or soldier, if living, might have
been entitled to. It is proposed to increase this pen-
sion to one-half of the maximum. In other words,
the pension is to be doubled. Thus, the widow of •
lieutenant will henceforth have a pension of 800 in-
stead of 300, and the widow of • c►ptain 800 instead of
*l4OO. Of course, it would be next to impossible for any
lady to exist even upon the increased allowance, but,
owing to the regulations of the French army with
regard to the marriage of officers, all officers' widows
are presumed to have some property of their own. It
was an old rule of the service that no officer meld
marry unless be meld prove that his wife would have
1300 fr. a year of her own; and by a new regulation
of some years' date this amount has been increased to
1,200 fr.

The feat number of the Proms du Pas de Calais

We how ea all sides shit tsar. dree have broken oat is
the seigabeeritowl of Valesoisease sad Dotal, Rai is the
Somme, star Albert; bat we will sot believe thew reports
farther thee the teethed this say eatortesately be proved
to se. We t eve already too nosy real ollarsities to deplore,
to add to the list patoitaisly.
A Paris letter ia the Zedipsoulassee says:

Tbero is a talk of tbo rotissat of lb. ototoot of as la-

`portsat doperteteat La the ewt4weet of Prase*, who is
alleged set io hive webbed the yr Taw of carat toestiee
with ealleitat •igilseoe. I eliellritera to ilia sableet, sad
speck ac» explicitly. should 60 feet be etedraed.

.. _ .
The mate letter says:
Thera is still sous agitation la the Qtastist Latin, sad
some strdeete Sr. noosed from time to time.

An settees, formerly well known at the Opera
Consigns, Madame Desbroesss, has jail died at the
&deepest' age of 92.
The Abbe Delman, vioarleneral of the diem'
of Contemns, has been named Bishop of Levin. in
the room of Mgr. Bailles, resigned.

Mdlle. Raehel has received clamorous vhdta from
distinguished plumps MCI his Mara to Paris. Not-
witimmadieg the lases mid& obi Ls said to have mastalsed
by be: vidtto Auntie'. she neetlams tb embellishments

el her hotel la t►e Rite nudes, ea t►e most ezpeasive
seas.

The Pans correspondent of L. Aori, writes of the
third tifroatos of the Plenipotentiaries This Intim wee
elude extrsoisly isterestiao by the itsportamee of the goes-
hose disceised, end by the unitaskable ability displayed by
Coast °rice The latter spoke mend Sows with • atol.
lucidity sad (mishaps', whisk captivated all the plcaipetes-
Usti's, eves the meet p,jed'eld. The Coast made maws-
a Ivo two leediap palate, bat oat sted the demobilise
of the Tract-Caue,e'as dotaaaitod by Berland. The
hemostat pro'seet byeintatOeoff wean deep mad general.
that (bete la ream to believe that the Emma of Bailee*
will sat be mislaid. Nothing wee doss' et tid amine."
The Emancipation of Brew& Mites that the work-
fog sulkers sad sureties of /stomp Mak es Yesilay
Wt.

PORTUGAL.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
t Sultan, Captain Reil Cook, Admiralty agent
t Joha O. Robins, R.N., arrived at South-
aaspNa yeeterdsywith the Peninsular mails. Her
data were--Gibraltar, Feb. 27 ; Cadiz, 29 ; Lisbon,

March 1 ; Oporto, 2 ; Vigo, 2.
lii. Majesty Prince Charles Bonaparte was a pas-
senger from Cadiz to Lisbon.
Our correspondent writes :
LISBON, M•acir 1.
Senor Fonts. has read his further financial re-
port to the deputies. Appended are bills for the loan
of a million and a half,and at he contract for the Central
Peninsular Railway. Besides this it is proposed to
annul the soap monopoly, and to place the adminie.
tration of the tobacco contract in the hands of go-
vernment after May, 1858. Several duties are
redaced, and to make up the deficiencies a property
tax is projected. These matters are referred to the
finance committee, who, it is thought, wish to be
folly apprised of the whole of the minister's policy
before proceeding to frame their report. Some sur-
fs felt at the feeling of opposition which
Ma betrayed itself lately to the financial pro-
assts, and which by the way is greatly strengthened
the distrust in the expediency of the
edit Mobilier taking so large a share in the
execution of public works. Many people assert that
this is a faux par on the part of his Excellency, and
that Mr. Thornton and his other supporters, will not
ears to see the material guarantee for their loan,
which is represented in the prosperous development
of railways, and similar undertakings, placed wholly
and solely in the hands of the French company. In
the be, however, of these drawbacks, the general
impreerion appears to be that Senor Fontes will have
a majority in his favour on the various points of his
policy coming to an issue. The exponent of the
Saldanka administration, the Bevolueao de Setembro,
speaking on this subject, says that in the event of
Senor Fontes being unable to carry his projects in the
Cortes, the ministry cannot exist. The Chamber of
Peers are occupied with the discussion of the reply to
the throne.

A requisition, signed, by several of the British
merchants, is sent by this packet to the chairmen of
the Manchester Commercial Association and the
Chamber of Commerce. Its object is to point out the
enormous rates of postage levied on letters by the
packets, the collective amount, including what is paid
in England and on delivery, being equivalent to
4s. 2d. par oz. The object of the petition is to bring
this matter before government whibt they are on the
subject of the Spanish postal arrangements, and it
complains chiefly that not only is the rate of postage
to this country dearer than to any other part of the
world, but of the 4.. 4d. per ounce charged by the
Portuguese post-office for delivery ; one half, accord-
ing to the old treaty, is repaid to the British govern-
ment, who thee charge at the rate of about ss. Bd.
per ounce from hand to hand. Besides this, another
striking anomaly presents itself. By the British
packets, a letter prepaid at the Lisbon poet-office
oasts the same sum when sent to Cadiz as when sent
to Buenos Ayres; and a letter may be sent to Eng-
land for Is. 9d. under half an ounce, but coming from
England it oasts some 4.. under half an ounce.
In foreign exchanges a fair amount of business ham
been effected on London for this packet. Money,
however, is in demand, and a good deal of paper re-
mained over. There.has also been rather more than
the usual amount of continental paper, especially on
Hamburg and Frame.
The quotations are as follows :—London, at 30
days', 64/ to ;50 ditto, 54/ to 55 ; Hamburg, at
3 months,' 49/ to ; Paris, at 100 days', 518; Am-
sterdam, at 3 months', 431; Genoa, at 3 months', 516.
In stock the quotations are the following :—Three
per Cent. Coupons, 41t to 42. Bank of Portugal
shares from j per cent. discount to par: Bank of
Oporto, 16 to 17 per cent. prem. Bank of Lisbon
notes, j per cent. discount.