The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(1101 001 OWN ooaassrmrnalT.)
PARIS, TVESDAT EVENING.
It is announced that M. Victor Labbe, captain
of engineers (Ist clam), has been ordered
to proceed to China by way of Suez, to join
Admiral Rigault de Genouilly's squadron. A
captain (2nd class), a lieutenant, and half a company
of engineers, are ordered to embark on board the
transport Gironde, now arming at Toulon, and to
place themselves under Captain Labbe's orders.
lhese movements are symptomatic of a prosecution
of the war with China, which will certainly be car-
ried on seriously as Noon as the Indian rebellion
shall be got under, if, indeed, the French govern-
ment will wait so long.
Mocquart, the daughter of the Emperor's
private secretary, wee married this morning at 9
o'clock, at the church of St. Roch, to M. Raiinbaut.
Meet of the ministers were present at the ceremony.
The Emperor was represented by the Duke of Has-
sane, Grand Chamberlain.
The Debate map, in its weekly commercial
review :

The conthming echoes at the raisin In foreign countries
still commands great prudence; but French commerce feels
confident that the stow le over, and that there in now little
to fear. A mooed diminution In the me of discount,
owning sooner than was expected and prompted by an
increase of bullion in the Bank of France, is the answer
to the exaggerated apprehension, that wate entertained for
the end of the year, and promisee a return to normal condi-
tions. TM ellen elthie meson is shred, perceptible. It
will be seen hem our price-currenta that several desaiptions
of mereasiedim ere quoted higher. This is the true remedy.

Abstention boa doing boiiness is bat • palliative. No

doubt time, M • pried of • crisis, is under eircumetances
the meet melons of all capitals ; but if at the end of a certain
time things see no better, disasters are merely postponed,
sad set prevented. Now if the worst eymptom
of the crisis was the depreciation in the value of
stocks on hand, • rise in pekes must be evidently the beat
thing that could happen. [The Dada here analyses the
latest commercial news ham Americo, England, Hamburg,
Prussia, Denmark, end Spain, and continues:]—Reviewing
the present position of these several commercial nations, we
' may wifely affirm that the most terrible moment to pest.
France knows end feels that she is now altogether separated
from the influence of thee. commotions. Confidence is
greater than ever, and this confidence will aid people to
support with courage the positive losses which have been
incurred by enoeuraging the hope of • compensation.
The events that have happened in foreign countries only
affect um by suspending trensactions, and not, es is feared
in America, by any stoppege ei payments. The situation may
be thus briefly deerribed :—Lonees lees considerable than were
ezpoted ; a forced Inaction during a certain time, bat • ne-
cessary revival sootier or later. At Paris bronzes' continues
to be limited, but the great houase evince the most imper-
tarboble coolness, and the principal factories continue to
work. Thanks to prudent arrengementa, instead of turning
off bands, most of the manufacturers have contrived to keep
them all on, giving each men a little lens work to do.
Thus mutere and operatives are all in readi-
ness to profit by a revival whenever it may
occur. Moreover, at the present moment the prepa-
rations for New Year's-day counterbalance in some degree

the stagnation in large affSits. The other great market; of
the country ere all more or less affected by the dull state of
business. Mulhouse and Roar are still in a dead calm ,
Nantes and Bordeaux me a little more active than they
were; some purehaseeikve been made for comumption at
Harm; at Mansell." the revival is expected to be very
gradual, because the events in India have led to spe-
culations which up to the present time have produced
no other result than the accumulation of a great
quantity of merchandise in the docks. But in all the
places intelligent 'peculation, which desires to bring the
market into a normal state, hew commenced a movement

with greet prudence end caution, end there is now a decided
opined tendency which seems likely to Le sustained.

The Bourse was dull throughout the day, and
although there was a slight improvement at the
close, the Rents for account left off with a fall of
be. at &Er. 10e. For cash the last price was the same
as yesterday, 66fr. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
fell 70c. for cash, closing at 90fr. 70e. Credit
Mobilier rose 12fr. 60c., and was in considerable
demand in consequence of a report that the directors
would to-morrow announce their intention to pay
251 r. interest, the same as last year. There was
very little cheap in railways, and but little business
was done in them. One reason assigned for the
heaviness of the market was a large failure at
Zurich, by which several banking houses in Paris
have suffered heavy lessee.
The Courrier de Paris pursues its task, and thus
far without molestation. This evening it calls out
lustily for more liberty, and declares that the fulfil-
ment of the Emperor's promise to crown his edifice
by liberty would be the utters ruin of all the parties
opposed to his dynasty.
The Emperor and Empress went to the Theatre
Francais last evening to witness the performance of
Chatterion and the tlageure Imprevue.
One of the leading legitimist journals in the
South of France, the Gaudio de Languedoc, has
been suppressed.
The Daily News was seized to-day.

THE HEAVY AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

(IT =scrim Tamura.)
SOUTHAMPTON, WzDrasnAy.
_

The Tamar has arrived with the heavy portion of
the Australian mails, consisting of nearly 300 boxes
of letters and papers. Her dates are Alexandria,
Nov. 27 ; Malta, Dee. 1. She has brought home 21
passengers, and gold to the value of 300,0001. ster-
ling. Sho brings dates from Ceylon up to Nov. 6;
up to that period between 4,000 and 6,000 troops
had passed on to Calcutta, and troop-ships were
continually arriving at Point de Halle.

A letter from Lorpn (Vex) states that a convent
of Capocin nuns his just bras founded is that tows. Mgr.
J or3ney, Bishop of Priljna mad Toulon, perforated the care-
roomy of installation is presages of a large congregation.
In on address which sr de a deep impression on hie audi-
tory," rye the [Marrs, the bishop oongramdeted the in-
habitants of Lorries on the haps:Basal they enjoy in having
several religious establialnowate anon them, and particu-
larly that of these holy) geminate, who, by their praysr. and
austerities, would night and day appease the sager of God,
continually irritated by sinners, and would act ea • lightning-
conductor &sand the force of his most justifiable anger,"
DUTCH Ex FLORIN° EXPEDITION TO NEW 13 tille
—According to the kat accounts from the Dutch soldemsents
in India, the government has mallard to send a eeismillie lim-
pidities to New Guinea, for the purposed Srundieg two new
establishment. That island, with the alma* assn around
it, have a superfine. of 13,000 agnate stir, er three aim
that of Java, while the population dole set omen 60 pee
square male. The expedition will be composed at a captain
of regimen an two other ofscers, a saturelist end • dmins•
me m, sad they will be under the gradates of one of the resi-
dents of the Noloocea. The expedition is to lam at the
beginning tithe next year, and the result of its researches
will be known in the worse of 1868. The increased comae-
slosh= with New Holland by Torres Straits renders it
matter of interest that the expedition should discover s better
pant for touching 'tam that which am Mzetd at Marko.
score, [boat thirty yean ego, and all -b--dosed
unhealthy.