The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(mom OUR OWN

PARIS, FILIDAY Evwxo.

The Emperor went to the Turkish Ambassador's
ball last night. In the quadrille d'honneur his
Majesty danced with the Princess Mathilde, M. de
Villamarina (the Sardinian Minister) with Lady
Clarendon, Marshal Magnin with Madame Firmin
Rogier (the wife of the Belgian Ambassador), and
Prince Napoleon with Lady Cowley. This was one
of the most brilliant fates of the season. Besides the
ordinary state rooms of the Hotel Forbin Janson, in
which the Turkish Ambassador resides, numerous addi-
tional salons on either side of the garden were fitted
up specially for this occasion. °aka the drawing-
rooms, hung throughout with white silk, studded with
golden bees, was particularly admired. The ball-
room was hung with green silk, and profusely deco-
rated with flowers and shrubs. Besides the grand
supper-room, there were two " buffets," one of
which was approached through a charming gallery,
lined with hooeysuckles. Queen Christina, Madame
de Montijo, the Duchess of Alba, most of the mem-
bers of the Congress, and the usual agglomeration of
..distfoguiahed foreigners" and functionaries were
among the company. The Emperor, who arrived
shoat ten o'clock, left at ball-past eleven, after dancing
one quadrille, and walking through the rooms. He
wore the Ottoman order of Medjidie, and Aali Puha,
the Grand Vizier, wore the grand cordon of the Legion
of Honour jest given him by the Empeior. The
general company had not all at four o'clock this
morning. Neither of the Russian plenipotentiaries
was present at the Turkish ball, but it is said that
the reason foe their &Nenee was unconnected with

The Moiateur de PArmee explains that the medals
which, as announced in the English papers, the Em-
peror has sent to the English government to be dis-
tributed to British soldiers who served in the East, are
not, as generally supposed, similar to the Crimean
one given by the Queen of England to the French
troops, bat the ordinary military medal The same
journal adds that the number of these medals granted
by the Emperor is 600.
At the Bourse very little business was done in the
Rents, which was very dull, notwithstanding that
the Bank of France returns are favourable, and fully
justify the lowering of the discount from 6 to 6 per
cent., a measure which was much criticised at the
time. The effect that the publication of these re-
turns might have produced upon the market was
neutralised by the considerable fall in Consols.
Moreover, es it almost always happens, the financial
news, being known beforehand to a few influential
parties, was to a great extent discounted. It seems
that the Bank found an increase of bullion in its
coffers the very next day after peace wu signed.
Bank of France fell to-day 1001 r. Speculation was
chiefly directed to railways, which were very buoy-
ant. The Lyons and Mediterranean line rose, all at
once, 40fr. Orleans and Northern were in great de-
mand at a rise of from Mr. to 10fr. A large basi-
nsea was done in French Clippers, and the Paris Gas
Company. The Austrian and Sardinian railways,
which were such favourite securities a short time
ago, are now scarcely quoted.
At the meeting of the French Academy yesterday,
to fill up the two places vacant in that body by the
deaths of MM. Lundell, and Molt, thirty-four mem-
bers were present, the absentees being M. Thiers, M.
Ampere, M. Victor Hugo, and M. Poniard, who has
not yet been received. M. Biot was elected in the
room of M. Lacretalle, the number of votes being—
Bios, 20; Angier, 10; Mazer., 2; T. Gautier, 1;
Bandeau, 1. For the successor of M. Molt there were
three ballots, when the numbers were as follows:
De Falloux, 16, 17, 19; Angier, 12,16,16 ; Harare,
4,1, 0; Sondem', 2,1, O. M. de Falloux, having in
the third ballot obtained the required majority, he
was declared to be elected.
Several batteries of artillery, just returned from
the Crimea, were received in triumph on Sunday last
at Strasbourg, to which garrison they had been sent.
It is said that 20,000 citizens marched a mile out of
the town to meet the troops. As they entered they
passed in review before General Betbedat, on the
Place Lieber, amidst load acclamations.

PARMA.

A letter from Parma, of the 4th, in the Opinions
of Torhi, says :—" The rlitical prisoners, who had
been at Arst transferred from Parma to Mantua, have
now been sent off to Orate. Arrests mill continue
here t bet some of those arrested during the first
days have been set at liberty. There is a rumour
current that the object of the Count de Chambord in
easing bare was to prepare his lister for her depar-
ture, the tion of Parma to Piedmont having
been resolved on: