The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-14 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

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PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Miaeiteur publishes the monthly returns of
the Bank of Prance to yesterday, August 13. We give
the most important items, with the corresponding
figures of last asentb, en regard:
August. July
Coin and bullion, nee 110,537,961 .... 109,802,858
lbgo ditto branch banks 134,816,222 .... 152,578,723
Bills discounted, Pads 308,112,180 .... 300,548,086
Ditto branch banks
Notes in circulation, Paris
Ditto branch banks
Treasury deposits
Prints deposits, Paris 138,645,719 .... 139,718,260
Ditto branch banks
Advanced on public securities 22,745,738 24,001,930
Ditto by branch banks
Advanced on railway securities 17,248,100 13,542,600
Ditto by branch banks
The stock of coin and bullion shows a decrease of
680,0001. ; the discounts an increase of 660,0001. ;
the government deposits an increase of 190,0001. ;
the private deposits a decrease of 200,0001. ;
the advances on stocks and shares an increase of
about 200,0001.; and the note circulation an increase
of 37,0001. The continued decline in the Bank's
metallic stock forms an unfavourable feature.

Cardinal Morlot has been appointed Grand
Chaplain ; At. Laity and General Daumas are named
Senators.

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PARIS, TEVRADAY EVENING.
The Moniteur of to-day publishes an imperial
scree, of which the following in the essential part :

" With a desire to confer honour by a special
mark of distinction upon the soldiers who fought
under the banners of France in the great wan of
from 1792 to 1815, we have decreed that a com-
memorative medal is to be given to all Frenchmen
' "

and foreigners who served in the armies or fleets,
and fought under our banners between 1792 and
1815. The medal will be in bronze, and will ex-

hibit, on one aide, the effigy of the Emperor, anti
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the other side the word. inscribed, ' Campaigns of
from 1792 to 1813. To his companions in glory—
his latest thought, sth of May, 1821' The medal
will be worn at the buttonhole, suspended by a
green and red ribbon. Our Minister of State, and
the Grand Chancellor of our imperial order of the
Legion of Honour, are charged with the execution
of this decree." _ .

The rumour that the Porte has remitted a chpl o-
matic note to the English cabinet, protesting
against the occupation of the Isle of Perini, is con-
firmed. This note, it is said, undertakes to prove
that, since the time of Soliman 11., who in 1535
established his authority over all the islands in the
Red Sea, the Porte has continued in uninterrupted
possession of Perini, and that the Barbary chiefs
with whom the East India Company treated had no
right to cede the place.
The Geographical Society of France has Id-
dressed a letter to M. Lesseps, approving in very
decided terms of his project for piercing the isthmus
of Suez.
A letter from Alexandria states that Sir Colin
Campbell embarked at Suez for Calcutta on Aug. 2,
on board the Indus.
The Bourse continues dull, but the Rente was
firmer this afternoon than at the commencement of

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business. It clued at yesterday's price 61fr. 18c.
for account, and at 80h. 95e. for cash, with a fall
of sc. Mobilier rose 2fr. 80c. The quotations of
railways were merely nominal. The death of M.
Bazire, one of the principal agens de change, was
announced to-day. The parquet refuse to negotiate
Spanish funds, in consequence of the numerous
forgeries of that stock.
Tibaldi, Grilli, and Bartolotti have not appealed
to the Court of Cessation, and the time allowed
them for appealing has now expired.
The Countess of St. Simon has just expired in
the Faubourg St. Germain, at Paris, aged 81. She
was of the family of the author of the well-known
Memoirs, and bad never been married ; but in her
character of Grandee of Spain, an hereditary title
which had descended to her, she was always called
Madame.