The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(room ova ows

PARIS, MONDAY EVININO.
The Neufchatel Conference, after a long interreg.
num, met to day for the eighth time. What the
members may have done I have no means of know-
ing, but the latest letters from Berlin and Berne
shew that both the contending parties are less dis-
posed than ever to sink their differences. A letter
from Berlin says :—" It does not seem probable that
the Neufchatel question will be solved on this ooze-
sion. Prussia has no thought of making concussions,
and with her views of the matter it is no wonder."
A correspondence from Berne states that the last
advice* from l'aris have placed the federal germ.
meet in a most perplexing position. On the one
hand the majority of the mediating powers strongly
advise Switzerland to accept the proposed eompro.
min as being the beet means of resolving the Neuf-
chatel question in an honourable manner, notwith.
standing the conditions involving an indemnity, the
title of Prince of Neufchatel, and special guarantees
in favour of benevolent institutions. On the other
hand, the federal government, although it finds
little to object to, each condition taken separately,
sees in the whole proposals a too extensive ncogni.
tion of very questionable pretensions on the part of
Prussia, and apprehends the danger of an interfer-
ence on the part of that power in the internal at
fairs of the Confederation at some future time. It
fears, moreover, a disavowal from the Chambers if
it should go too far, and the great probability, there.
fore, is that the federal government will not swerve
from the instructions originally given to the Swiss
plenipotentiary.
Since writing the above, I am informed that the
Conference sat from three o'clock to half-past six,
and that the propositions understood to have been
drawn up by the four powers were submitted for
consideration. The only result was that lie. Bern
and M. de liatzfeldt said they must refer to their rat
spective governments.
A letter from Algiers, of the 15th, states that the
Ist Regiment of Zouaves had just encamped at
Tizi-Ouzzou, close to the frontiers of Kabylie.
Tizi-Ourzou and Dra-el-Mizan are the two advanced
posts which the Governor-General established lest
year. It is at these points that the columns will
assemble to prepare for the invasion of the country,
and the stores for re-victualling the expeditionary
ofarm B•L
this elxlipfedie cotiolln,ectedsaysthethare.t Tahoe
FP
reaynsch, speaking
ment now intends to obtain the submission of those
tribes into whose country no French soldiers bate
yet penetrated. It is anticipated that the Kabyles
will at first resist, but that after au unequal fight
they will sue for quarter, and that the French may
then expel what they call "agitators," and appoint
chiefs of their own selection to rule over the tribes.
The Pays expects that the present campaign will
be the last of any importance in Great Kabylia, and
mysteriously says that it will not talk about the
expedition for fear of giving information to the
enemy.

The Bourse was greatly affected by the state of
the money market in London. The Bente declined,
with scarcely any reaction, to 69fr. 25c. for cash,
and 69G. 35c. for account, closing with a fall of 300.
and 35c. Mobilier fell 25fr. The railways were
all very much lower. Orleans fell 22fr. 50c. ; North-
ern, 15fr. ; Eastern, 20fr.; Lyons, 20fr. ;
ranean, 40fr. ; Southern, 16fr.; and Western, Orr.

It was reported to-day that at a special sitting of
the Council of the Bank of France, on Saturday, it
was resolved that, after the augmentation of its
capital, the Bank would give a great extent of at.
upon public securities. The rumour,
however, failed to check the downward tendency of
the market.

Marshal Castellane, the commandant of the army
of Lyons, has been doing the honours of the garrison
to General Totleben, who, accompanied by three
Russian officers or rank—Admiral Gluzenapp, Baron

X rudener, captain in the nary, and Captain Rocrder,
of the Engineere—arrived at Lyons on Saturday, on

their way to meet the Grand Duke Constantine at
Toulon. It is said in a letter from Lyons that the
Grand Duke will merely pass through that city,
instead of staying there, as was Htirt hoped.
Prince Danilo is about to leave Paris without pay-
ing the visit to England which was at one time
talked of.

By order of the Emperor, Mr. Thomas Allan
attended this morning at the Tuileries, for the pur-
pose of exhibiting to his Majesty his eleetro-magnetic
machine at work. The Emperor, who is thoroughly
master of the subject, both in its chemical and me-
chanical bearings, examined the novel machine most
minutely, and expressed himself in very compli-
mentary terms towards the inventor. Mr. Allan
also explained fully his new system of submarine
telegraphing.