The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

1r 24, 18117.

'GENCE.

FRANCE AND

The Mossitaor of yesterday contains the following:
"The prisoners of Neufchatel have been set free,
and are already upon French territory. The Helve-
tian government, in agreement with the national
repreeentatives of the country, have performed an
act which honours them, and is in perfect harmony
with the true interests of Switzerland.
" •

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" The government of the Emperor reccmamended,in
the sheath of September leek that this step be taken,
and renewed the advice in a communication dated

the 26th of November. Knowing confidentially the
conciliatory intentions of the King Frederick Wil-
liam, and being aware that the whole question lay
in the unconditional release of the prisoners, it per.
slated in impressing upon the Federal Government
the whole bearing of the demand addressed to it.
"If Bwitserland opposed with a refusal, France
could no longer deter the King of Prussia, whose
spirit of moderation she highly appreciated, from
resorting to arms, in order to secure a just satisfac-
tion to hie wounded dignity. If, on the other hand,

THE EAST.

TRIESTE, FarDAY.

VIENNA, JAN. 2I:

FIiTDAY.

Switzerland deferred to the counsels of France, the
latter would find herself pledged to make nes of this
concession with the Cabinet of Berlin to prevent any
coercive measure and to claim a satisfactory solution
of the question of NeufchateL
"We congratulate ourselves then upon the reso-
lution taken by the Helvetian Confederation. Preen
to-day it can disband its contingents without fear,
and the Prussian government having already an-
nounced that it is ready to enter into negotiations
upon the source of the differences, we may hope for
a definite arrangement, and one which shall conform
to the interests as well as to the dignity of the two
parties."

Letters from Constantinople of the 16th announce
that the Conferences relative to the Principalities
are tinsel

Ten thousand troops will occupy the Principalities
during the election of the divans, to maintain order.
A Circassian chief has arrived at Constantinople
with an official mission.

The .Augiburg: Gazette publishes the following
despatch

" Orden concerning the evacuation of the Prin-
cipalitimby the Austrian troops have been sent to
to-day to Bucharest and Jassy. The evacuation
will commence, it is said,in the early part of March."

Intelligence has been received from Teheran to
the 19th of December.
The Shah of Persia had visited his arsenals, and
concentrated his troops on the eastern frontiers of his
empire.
In the southern provinces he had caused a holy
war to be proclaimed.
Russia had taken possession of the islands of the
Caspian without the consent of Persia.
Some revolted and barbarous tribes were carrying
terror into several of the Persian provinces.
The Imaum of Muscat was seeking: to annex the
province of Aloghastan to his territories.

We (Times) have received the following tele-
graphic despatch from our Vienna correspondent,
dated Vienna, Friday, noon :

',CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 16.
" The English met with little resistance when
they took possession of Karrak and Bushire.
" The small garrison of Bushire retired into the
interior.

" Brigadier Chamberlayne's force had returned to
India."