The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, FA/DAT MORNING.

The Monifeur publishes the monthly returns of
the Bank of France to yesterday, Jan.l4. We give
the most important items, with the corresponding
figures of last month in ►egard :

Jan. Deo.
Coin and bullion, Paris 70,900,076 .... 82,697,109
Ditto ditto branch banks

Bills di.cmnted, Pule 292,119,080 .... 269,908,201

Ditto branch banks
Notes in circulation, Paris
Ditto branch banks
Treasury deposits
Private deposits, Paris 144,078,672 .... 123,384,369
Ditto branch banks
Advanced on public ostatritiee 24,092,700 .... 18,932,436
Ditto by branch banks
Advanosd on railway @sanitise 37,043,358 .... 21,117,200
Ditto by branch banks
The coin and bullion stand now at 10,050,0001.,
being 814,0001. more than at the date of the
last return. In the interim, however, a much larger
total was temporarily attained. The circulation
is now 23,2.50,0001., or nearly 2,000,0001. sterling
more than in December. This increase is principally
caused by a great addition to the b lls discounted.

(PlOll OLT& OWN

PARIS, TIMIDLY EVININO.

A Constantinople letter of the 6th, received in
Paris to-day, states that the Porte, in ratifying the
Danube navigation treaty concluded at Vienna, has
made certain reserves, the principal object of which
is to recognise the right of the Congress to recon-
sider the question. This is quite right, and it will
probably turn out, whenever the Congress meets,
that the Vienna journals which represent
that it will only have to register (prns-
dre rade) what has been done, are put-
ting : forth pretensions which no diplomatist will
seriously maintain. Nevertheless the ratification of
the treaty by the Sultan being thought to be an
act of uncalled-for complaisance towards Austria
produced a bad effect at Constantinople, and there
was a moment when it was thought that the rela-
tions between the Cabinet and the French Embassy
would be affected by it. This apprehension wee,
however, not realised. At the date of this letter
Reschid Pacha was stillliving, and M. Thonvenel
was on the best possible terms with him.
The Bourse has improved a shade in consequence
of the lowering of the discount of the Bank of
England. There were violent fluctuations in
Mobilier, the highest price of the day being 935 fr.,
and the lowest 885 fr. It left off at 915 fr., with a
rise after the late immense fall of 10fr. Railways
were better, and rose from sfr. to 10fr.
The Emperor has been to Fontainebleau to-day.
M. Dapin made a speech to-day in the Court of
Cassafion for the first time since his appointment to
the office of Procnrenr-General of that Supreme

Court. Although the question on which he spoke—
one which has been much disputed, relating to the
law of husband and wife—was extremely recondite,
and not of a nature to interest a general audience,
there was a very great crowd attracted by curiosity,
to hear the ex-President of the Legislative Assembly
and the prince of French lawyers in his old familiar
tribune. He spoke for two hours and a half, and
with all the energy of a younger man. I shall ex-
plain shortly the nature of the case, which is one of
general interest, when the judgment is given on
Saturday next.

The of air of the Thnrneyssen bankruptcy, which
some time since excited so much sensation in con-
nexion with the Credit Mobilier, came on again
yesterday, on appeal before the Imperial Court. The
" conclusions" of M. Chain d'Est Ange, Procureur-
General, were that as the deed on which M. Auguste
Thurneyssen relied to show that the partnership
btween him and his nephew Charles bad never been
published, it was nnU and void, and that conse-
quently he was, as the Tribunal of Commerce had
decided, his nephew's partner, and responsible for
the enormous deficit (about 16,000,000 fr.) left by
him. With respect to M. George Thurneyssen, son

of M. Auguste, the substitute came to the conclu-
sion that he was not a partner of Charles, but aim -
ply his clerk, with an interest in his operations, an d
that therefore the judgment of the tribunal respect..
ing him ought to be confirmed. The court an-
nounced that it would deliver judgment on
Saturday.

The Emperor, in plain clothes, and accompanied
by some persons of his household, left the Tuileries
yesterday in a carriage, and proceeded to the hotel
of the Prince de Chimay, on the Choi Malatya* to
visit the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, who bad arrived in
themorning in Paris.

SPAIN.

A despatch from Paris says :—" The Spanish mi-
nistry has tendered its resignation in consequence of
the nomination of M. Bravo Murillo. The resigna-
tion had not yet been accepted. The cabinet will
retain office if the Queen shall consent to dis-
solve the Cortes."

LATER FROM INDIA.