The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-12 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(rum inn owl oominetosnisivr.)
PARIS, Flunky Evenum.
The only evening paper which gives any explana-
tion of the considerable rise and more considerable
oscillations at the Bourse to-day is the Liberte,
which contains as " latest news " the following (if
true) moat important intelligence :
The news of a diplomatic understanding between Francis
and Austria relative to the cession of Venetia gains
ground.
At a quarter to 3 it was said at the Bourse that an in-
surrection had broken out at Berlin, beaded by the mem-
bers of the dissolved chamber. We can neither deny nor
confirm this news.

Some of the journals suggest the " appeal to
the people" by the King of Prussia involved in
the dissolution of the chamber as offering a hope

of peace, but this is indeed a broken reed to cling

to. Statesmen of the Bismarck school only dis-
solve a parliament with the expectation of being

able to control the election of anew one, and in

any event never dream of being bound by an
election which may go against them.
' The Patric, while stigmatising as incorrect
" most " of the statements in foreign journals

touching the military preparations made by France
in the eventuality of war, admits that in case of
"military events" on the other side of the Rhine and
the Alps the French government would form two
armies of observation, one on the eastern frontier
and one on the Rhine ; it also admits-and here
we find a significant commentary on the Em-
peror's long and much remarked upon tit -a-teat
with Count Palikao at the Tuileries ball last Mon-
day—that in all probability the corps d'armie will
be composed of the four active divisions of the army
of Lyons "already placed on a footing de ramemble-
meet under the command of General Montauban,
Count de Palikao." The second army will

" naturally " consist of the troops of the Chalons
camp, which will be formed at the beginning of
next month.

The France takes upon itself to say there is no
truth in the assertion of the Monde that General
Count de Montebello has already taken the title of
commander-in-chief of the " army of observation
of Rome." I do not, however, construe the para-
graph as denying that in case of war such will be
the title of the army which, according to the con-
vention of September 15, is to leave Rome alto-
gether this year.
M. Gueroult, the editor of the Opinion Nationale,
had a private audience of the Empress yesterday,
and on leaving the presence he met Prince de
Metternich and the Archbishop of Paris (two per-
sonages eminently unsympathetic to the St.
Simonian and ultra-Italian deputy), who were
going to talk with the Empress after him.
General Fleury, the Emperor's aide-de-camp,
passed through Calais yesterday on his way to
London.
The fluctuations at the Bourse were extra-
ordinary.
Rents was done in the course of the
day between the extreme prices of 64fr. 45c. and
62fr. 60c. The closing prices were 64fr. 25c. for
cash, and 63fr. 85e. for account, being in each
case a rise of 95c. That last speculative price
was, however, 60c. lower than the highest
of the day. Italian oscillated every few minutes to
the extent of one or two francs, and after being
quoted as high as 40fr., and as low as 36fr. 25c.,
closed at 39fr. 25c., with a rise of Ifr. 75c. Mobi-
lier rose 28fr. 75c. ; Credit Foncier, 20fr. ; Comp-
toir d'Escompte, 20fr. ; and the railways from sfr.
to lOfr.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

(11ZUTIR'S EMPRESS.)
PARIS, MAT 10.

The following is the return of the Bank of
France for the week ending to-day, together with
the corresponding figures of the previous account :
May 10. May 3.
Drama. Pr. e. Pr. c.
Capital of the Rank 182,600,000 0 182500,000 0
Profits in addition to capital
(Art. 8, law of June 9, 1857
Reserve of the Bank and Its
branches
Reserve of landed property
Notes in circulation
Bank notes to order and receipts
payable at sight 10,841,873 27 7,654,361 24
Treasury account—current cre-

98,508,362 28 91,855,094 Si
240,788.829 49 199,806,025 60
35,102,383 0 33,514,576 0
790,428 75 838,968 75
12,475,794 83 11,007,297 35

ditor
("torrent accounts, Paris
Ditto branch banks ..
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry interests
itediecounted the kst six
2,074,992 92 2,074,992
months
Surplus of receipts not diatri-

CR111)17011
Cash in hand and in branch