The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY Evrxi.o.
The inauguration of the Boulevard de Sebastopol
took place to-day, as announced. The morning
being fine, crowds thronged all the streets abutting
on the Boulevard long before the boar fixed for the
ceremony (two o'clock). The top of the tower of
St. Jacques la Boncherie was crowned with human
beings mostly dressed in blouses, who earned their
advantageous position by patiently waiting for many i
hours. The route by which the Emperor would
arrive on the ground was, for obvious reasons, care-
fully kept a secret. Certain indications led the
public to believe that he would leave the Tuileries
by the Rue Rivoli, and accordingly a compact crowd
lined either side of that street from the Place de
Palais Royal to the angle of its intersection with the
Boulevard de Sebastopol. Bat as the clock struck
two, the Emperor, on horseback, and followed by a
very numerous staff, issued forth from the palace by
the Pont Royal gate, and followed the quays, where
there were comparatively few people, to the Place
da Chitelet, where he was met by the Prefects of the
Seine and Police. In his Majesty's suite were the Duke
of Malakoff, Marshals Vaillant and Magnin, Admiral
Hamelin, General Espinasse, the Minister of the
Interior and Public Safety (in a general's uniform),
and a great many generals, aides-de-camp, and
field-officers. The Empress, accompanied by the
Princess Mathilde, followed in an open carriage,
and five court carriages, in which were several ladies,
completed the cortege. The escort consisted of a
detachment of Cent Gerdes and picquets and detach-
ments of the Cuirassiers and Lancers of the Guard.
The entire length of the new street, from the Place 1
du Chatelet to the Strasburg Railway station—a
distance of at least a mile and a half—was lined
with troops, National Guards on one side and the
Imperial Guard and the Line on the other. Thirty-
two Venetian poles, from which waved gay banners I
of immense length, studded the boulevard. The !
Rue de Rivoli, as far as the eye could see, right and
left, was decorated in the same way. Many flag,
were hung out of the houses, and on 11
some there appeared the inscription, " Viva
rEmpereur ! Vive l'lmperatrico ! Vire la
Dynastic Napoleonienne !" Just as the Emperor •
turned the corner of the Place do Chilitelet to enter
the new street a splendid pennant was hoisted upon
a high pole placed opposite the Pont as Change, u
a signal of his Majesty's approach. I ought to
have said was attempted to be hoisted, for when
half way up the rope by which it was attached to
the Fillies broke, and the enormous mass of pull-
coloured canvas fell down upon the people, but
without, I believe, causing any accident. The
signal, though imperfect, was perceived in the
proper place, and at the moment a vast curtain
which had been placed across the street at the
angle of the Boulevard St. Denis, was drawn, and
the fine architectural proportions of the Strasburg
railway station, which form the terminus of the
majestic street, were disclosed to view. The
spectacle was exceedingly fine. The cortege
proceeded along the boulevard, the drums
beating all the time a royal salute.
At the terminus, an impromptu saloon, richly hang
with damask, had been prepared for the reception of
their Majesties. The ministers, the municipal
council, the directors of the railway, and a great
many functionaries, were there assembled. The
Emperor alighted from his horse, and, accompanied
by the Empress went to the saloon. His Majesty
read a speech, of which I have seen no report, but I
believe it did not contain any allusion to European
politics. He dwelt upon the importance of the great
works which have been executed to form the street,
the opening of which was this day inaugurated.
He hoped that, in addition to air and light which
the improvements had given, Paris would soon enjoy
an abatement in rents. When the new houses pro.
jected should all be built, the population would not
only have the benefit of commodious and healthy
residences, but would possess a lasting monument
of the national glory which was associated with the
name of Sebastopol. Their Majesties, in returning
to the Tuileries, took the new street as far as the
Boulevard St Denis, and then, instead of proceeding
onwards to the Rae Itivoli, as had been expected,
went along the boulevards to the Ruo de la Paix.
The Bourse has been very dull. The fall in
Consols naturally affected a market which in itself
is far from buoyant, and a good many habitual
speculators were absent at the inauguration of the
Boulevard. The Route rose 16e. for cash, and fie.
for account, closing at 691 r. 60c. and 69fr. 600.
Mobilier fell - 6fr. The Orleans, Eastern, and
Western railways fell 7fr. 60e. each; Northern
2fr. 50c. ; and Lyons, Hr. 25c. It is expected that
the Western Railway will lose its lawsuit with the '
old Dieppe Company, and in that case it will have
to pay twelve millions of francs in obligations.

The Minister of Marine has ordered some trials to
be made of flat-bottomed steam-boats on a new
system, which are intended to be used as transport'
in the Chinese rivers, should it be necessary to maks
an attack upon Pekin.
Two important bills have been laid before the
Corps Legislatif—one relative to loans upon war-
rants, and the other for removing restrictions upon
sales by auction of merchandise by wholesale.
A man named Joseph /generic, has been sentenced
to a week's imps isonment, at Nantes, for crying
" Vise Henri V."

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

(IT ELICTIIIO TZLIL011711.)
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BOUTILLMMON, TUESDAY, 1.30, r.x.
The steam-ship Tamar, with the Australian mails,
is now in the river.

TUSCANY.

A distinguished Florentine economist, the Ctvr
liere lobi, author of a book on " The Civil Instal
of Tuscany," has just published a treatise, front
which it appears that the public debt of the Grand
Duchy of Tuscany, which amounted at the end of
1847 to 45,000,000 lire, not including the debt of
4,200,000 lire brought by the annexation of Lacs,
has been more than doubled in the short period d
ten years, and that 124,873,000 lire is its present
amount. As long ago as 1851 the Council of State
found it necessary to declare " that Tuscany, in the
long run, could not continue to bear the heavy
charges imposed on her without ruining her credit
and her prosperity." At the present moment the
financial situation of the grand ducal government
is ►uch as to excite still greater uneasiness.
The Turin journal, the Armenia, the organ of the
financial ultra-olerical faction, has been prohibited
circulation in Tuscany.

Intelligence from Bagdad, received throefk
Vienna, states that Omer Pacba on arriving at the Ali
named piano was opposed by the inhabitants, and coVoculet
enter the town after having fired on them, end
several. The pn eiso canoe of the resistance thus thorn
to the Balton's representative is not starrd, bat Ne*
Omer's aide-de -ramp, is said to have been killod by a nanket•
shot.
A communication from Paris, in the Journal do
Rotten, states that a company, under the title of Come
de la Boncherie Paridenns, is now being organised •
capital of one million franca, for the purpose of rook(
twenty oho ps in Paris for the sale of meat at a cheap rein
The idea which gave tire to this company is the MI
of intermediate agents and the direct /rumbas' ay=
of production, and for ready money.