The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-24 00:00:00

(azuna's =Jeanne.)

THE EGYPTIAN TROOPS IN ABYSSINIA.
On NALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TZLEGEAPR.)
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ALEX,►NDRIA, JAN. 22.

It is asserted on reliable authority that the Vice-
roy intends to withdraw the greater part of the
Egyptian troops from Abysainia, leaving only a few
at Maasowah.

AMERICA.
(NT ATLANTIC TELNONAPIL)
_ NEW YORK, Jet. 23.

J'ho National steamer France andiii-e. Hamburg
and American Company's steamer Germania have

ived out.

Closing prices.—Gold, 140,1. Sterling exchange
on London, 1098. 5.20 United States Bondr,
1882, 111 ; ditto, 1885, 1091 ; 10-40 Bombs, 104;
Illinois, 132 ; Erie, 74. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 171. Petroleum : Standard white, 24i.
Flour : Extra State, 10.60. Corn : Old mixed.
1.39.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ova OWN OOREESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The ball at the Tuileries last night was better
attended than the last. About 3,000 people were
present. The military element greatly predomi-
nated. The Emperor, in uniform, carried in his
hand the little grey cap intended to be worn by
the Mobile National Guard, whose equipments are
being manufactured with extraordinary rapidity.
The Emperor was accompanied to Compiegne
thin morning by Prince MettA3rnich, Marshal Niel,
General Fleury, Prince de la Moskowa, Count
Aguado, Count de Villara, and Count do l'Aigle,
and about a dozen of his suite.

The Petrie is authorised to admit, in the follow.
ing paragraph, what was only hitherto suspected
that the Emperor has again come out as a
pamphleteer :
The new Army Bill is the theme of an able commentary
from the august author of the project which formed the
basis of the preliminary study of the government. This
work, remarkable for its precision, has only, as yet, been
made known by a very few copies.
In the case of Parent s. Andre, a secret police
agent—an action for assault and false imprison-
ment—the Appeal Court has not adopted the
opinion of the advocate-general, who thought
not only that Andre was wrong, about which there
is no question, but that he ought to be punished.
Tho court, with many refined reasons only to be
understood by a lawyer who has the French code
at his fingers' ends, conies to the conclusion that
a part of the wrongs inflicted by Andre upon the
plaintiff were covered by the fact that a member of
the secret police is a " government agent," and as
such caunot be prosecuted without the leave of the
Council of State. Other acts proved against Andre
were, the court admits, not so covered ; but as it
could not divide them the action was dismissed with
costs. M. Parent has appealed to the Court of
, Cessation.
The Bourse was very seriously affected by
rumours of the loan, which, in spite of the attempt
of the ansstittdiminel the other day to pooh-pooh
it, is considered more imminent than over. More-
over, it was said that, instead of being for 400
millions only, it will be for 750. According to the
news of the day, the Army Dotation Fund, which
was relied upon to postpone a loan, will be kept as
a reserve on the pretext that the purposes for
which it was created are not yet at an end.
The rise of k in Consols telegraphed at
12 o'clock had no effect upon this market. Sales
predominated from the commencement, and Route
closed at the lowest prices of the day, 68fr. 40c. for
cash, and 68fr. 32ic. for account, with a fall of 200.
and 27ic. Italian fell 32gc,, closing at 42fr. 600.
Mobilier fell 6fr. 25c. ; Credit Foncier, sfr. ; and
Comptoir d'Eacompte, 10fr.
The bank returns show that the famous milliard
of idle money which was momentarily reduced a
little by the payments wanted for the new year, is
again surpassed. The official return of bullion in
the cellars is 1,027,110,387 fr.

OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AYR CHTNA
(HEAVY) MAILS.—MALTA, JAN. 23.—The Bangalore leaves
at 5 a.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton
alaont the Ist of February. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.—
MALTA, JAN. 23.—The Delta, from Southampton on the
12th inst., arrived at 8 p.m. yesterday, and left at 2 a.m.
to-day for Alexandria. The Ripen, from Marseilles 20th
init., arrived to-day at 5 a.m., and leaves at 11 a.m. for
Alexandria.
There is an immense amount of betting in the
Paris clubs as to whether Mollie. Patti will marry the Mar-
quis de Cant. The story goes that he proposed for her in
the following terms :—" Mademoiselle, you are a queen ;
will you be only a marchioness ?" Mae. Patti answered
" Yea" The Figaro says " No."
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION or LIVE Brock .
On the occasion of two butchers being summoned yes-
terday to the Woolwich police-court for having in-
fringed the cattle regulations, it transpired that a whole-
sale slaughter of calves is going on in the Metropolis
which cannot fail to have a most injurious effect on the
live stock of the country. It was stated that no calves
under a certain
and weight are allowed to be sold in the Metro-
politan cattle meat markets, and that no calves what-
ever are allowed to be removed beyond the boundary of the
juriedietionolthe Metropolitan Board of Works. Thedalry-
men and farmers within these limit* having as a general
rule, no room or facilities for rearing the calves, and sot
being allowed besides e them to more commodious farms
in the muntrp,Audios it more profitable to sell
their milk than to feed tbeir calves with it, are killing
sad burying them se soon as born, whilst the Metropolitan
butchers have to go to Reading, Raeford, Dartfocd
for their supply of veal, the present cattle regulations
snowing calves to be brought into the metropolis, bat not
to bs takes oat. Mr. Parsons named one dairy farmer
=fag 150 cows, thus destroys and buries tea calves
, being at the rate of upwards fill I 5OO a u. • and
ani4hor who denims ea many as 14 wieldy. be g above
700 a year. The sitting magistrate, Mr. Mande, said that
sea a alichmeelle destination of oaten restated the exis-
team of a meet deplorable state of thinal, sad hs hoped
the attention s 1 the Privy Omuta wield be dims to the
inothw.