The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1869.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TIII:WIDAT Rcia4rxo.

A number of sinister rumours were current
at the Bonne to-day, and produced a very
depressing effect upon the market. It was said
In the ant place that the Zurich *infe-
rences were entirely broken up, and some even
went so far as to say that M. de Bourqueney, the
French Ambassador, had been recalled from Vienna.
Not the slightest credence was given to an announce-
ment in the Morning Post of this morning (sent by
telegraph) that the signature of • treaty of peace at
Zurich was expected from one moment to another,
and that a congress would follow. The news
that Consols had only fallen j, although
perhaps it prevented a panic, did not remove the
' impression that something very serious has occurred.
The excitable state of the Roman population added
to the general inquietude, and some people pretended
to know that Garibaldi had made a forward more-
-1 mem. To make matters worse a story was told of
an angry discussion between the admiral command-
ing the French fleet off Morocco and the governor
of Gibraltar. It was reported that the fleet had
taken up a position too near the English fortress ;
that the governor had requested the admiral to go
further off, and that the latter had re-
fused. There is no authentic confirmation
of any or either of the above rumours,
bat on the other hand, although they were current at
a very early hour, none of the evening papers contain
anything like an official contradiction of them. The
Petrie merely says, in its money article, that the
French Bourse is too apt to be frightened at rumours
against which it has often had occasion to warn
the public. A vague homily of this kind, evidently
not proceeding from any specific knowledge, is
insufficient to counteract • widely-spread impres*
sion of something wrong, which, however exagge-
rated, or even unfounded, has been beyond all doubt
the principal event of the day.
Under the influence of the rumours above alluded
to the Route fell 45c. for cub and lific. for account,
closing at 69fr. 6c. and 69fr. Mobilier fell 45c., a
heavy fall compared with the recent inconsiderable

tluctUations of this security. The Orleans railway
fell lifr. 60c., and Lyons, 16fr. 26c. The other lines
were about str. lower.

The Pays thinks the news in the second edition of
yesterday's Time., that France requires Piedmont
to pay an indemnity for the expenses of the late
war, is " most improbable." Igo further, and pro-
nounce it altogether impossible. The Poys more-
over, says that the arrears of the Monte Napoleons
pensions, which are represented as forming one of
the open questions, can give rise to no more discus-
sion, as Piedmont has definitively agreed to pay
them.

A letter from Rome, in the Debate, states that the
Pops's advisers, who a few days ago were almost
prepared, although with a bad grace, to consent to
certain reforms, have changed their minds, and are
now more obstinately resolved than ever to stand oat
far the statu quo.
A Turin letter of the 14th, in the P , says
that the idea of an occupation of Parma by Pied-
mute's) troops, which was for a moment entertained,
his been abandoned, it being considered unnecessary,
now that order is completely re-established by Gen.
Farini, to have recourse to a measure which would be
to a certain extent odious, and moreover because it
is hoped that the regency of Prince Carignan will
shortly be established, in which case the Piedmontess
army will occupy Central Italy u &matter of course.
This letter affirms in the molt positive manner that
the regency will extend to the Romagna.
A French gun-boat, recently built on the shores
of the Mediterranean, is at this moment trying to
make its way by the Languedoc Canal and the river
Garonne to the Atlantic. It arrived safely at
Toulouse the day before yesterday, and is going on
to Bordeaux and Rochfort. The experiment is
considered by the French government as highly
important, for its success will prove that war ves-
sels of small draught may proceed from one sea to
another without passing under the guns of Gibraltar.
It is more than probable that the water communica-
tion between Cette and Bordeaux will be deepened,
so as to allow ships of considerable tonnage to be
moved by inland navigation.