The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-30 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(riox otrs owr COSIUBSPONDENT.)
PAULS, TUUII.3DAT

The perturbation at yesterday's Bourse, pro-
duced by the reports of M. de Beast's " secret"
speech at Vienna, was allayed to-day by a para-
graph in the leading article of the Moniteur,
stating that Austria is " reorganising " her army ;
that it was known long ago that M. de Beast
meant to ask for 800,000 men, and that this figure
is not disproportioned to the population of Austria
and the " European situation." The Moniteur
then rays;
The clearly pacific intentions of the Au-trian govern-
ment, and the completely matis'actory state of politics in
general, in the point of iiew of the sentiments and mutual
relations of the powers, show that the debate about to be
opened in the Austrian parliament will have a purely
technical character, and cannot in any way alarm public
opinion, which is now perfectly aware of the state of
vice and tranquillity which prevails in Europe.
This note, although it has served Rowse pur-
poses for a (lay, cannot, I should think, be thought
of any value by diplomatists. Given the hypo-
thesis that France contemplates war with Prussia
and an Austrian alliance, it is only a matter of
((JUTM' that every effort will be made to deceive the
enemy till the moment comes for striking the blow.
But the hard fact that France and Austria are both
an ' g to a ruinous extent has a significance not
to be explained away by any combination of soft
words. The semi-official press, which seconds the
Moniteuee interpretation of words which we do
not know, Rays that whatever M. de Beu.st may
have said about possible war was only minnt to
work upon the patriotic feelings of the committee,
and make them consent to the number of men he
wanted, " just as M. Rouher last session exagge-
rated a little to get the Army Bill voted." It is
ludicrously contrary to fact for the Afoniteur to
say that the public mind is assured of the
good feeling which prevails between all the
powers when the French armaments are being
pushed on in the way they are. The universal
and obvious observation on the " map" and the
sulky comment, " Franco has nothing to fear
from anybody," is, " Why then the armaments ?
Why, if France is the better for Saduwa, was not
the map published two years sooner, before all
this enormous expenditure was incurred ?" It is
utterly impossible to give any rational answer to
these questions. The only hope of peace consists
in this, that the Emperor, baffled by the Spanish
revolution, and disappointed of the Spanish army,
on which he bud calculated to guard the Pope and
keep Italy in cheek, does not see his way to war
at present—and perhaps, as it is devoutly to be
hoped, never may.
The Galliae talks of a peace cougress rn hunille
to be held at Compiitne this autumn, and Rays
that the Prince and Princess of Wales and Lord
Stanley will take part in it.
General Cabrera is in Paris, and intends, it is
said, to publish a manifesto on behalf of Charles
VII. An active agent of Don Carlos, 3f. Pahio
Morales, is also in Paris.

Several Spanish monarchists refuse to regard
the refiwal of Don Fernando of Portugal as *l(4-
nitive, and predict that he will have a majority in
the Cortex.

The Guitiois says that the French minister at
Madrid, M. Mercier, has been instructed to say
that if the Duke de Montpensier should be elected
King the Emperor will withdraw his ambassador,
leaving France to be represented by a charge
d' uffaires.

Here is a subject for $ private inquiry office :
On Tuesday evening, at about 7 o'clock, a baker's
boy passing along the Rue Nouvo Bt. Augustin,
observed in this doorway of No. 33 a little girl
fifteen months old, who was crying. A paper
attached to her frock bore them words : " nor
name is Marie Unfelt." The child was taken to
11w office of the police - commissary of the
quarter, and almost at the MIMIC 11101114,11 t It little
boy of ti years ohl was brought in, who had &ten
found in the nutsage Choiseul wandering about
alone with a card hung about his neck inscribed,
" Yung-Jager." Thu boy, as soon as ho saw the
girl, kissed her and said she was his sister. Ho
further stated that the day previous their father had