The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. WIDNIIRDAT EVININO.

The Bourse has been in an unsettled state all day,
but without any great fluctuations. The Rents
closed at 66fr. 95c., and 87fr. 15c., with a rise of fic.
for cash, and a fall of de, for account. Mobilier
fell 10fr. The railways very much offered. Or-
leans fell 16fr.; Eastern, 10fr. ; Western, 6fr.; and
Northern, 2fr. 60c. Lyons and Southern were
firmer than the other lines, and improved to the
extent of 2fr. or Mr. Speculators still continue
under apprehensions about the measures which the
banks of England and of France may adopt in
order to protect their bullion. It is said that the
bullion in the Bank of France has diminished very
considerably since Thursday last. It has been re-
ported that 80 millions of francs in English bills,
and 40 millions in French bills on the United States
have been returned protested.
The Amiens Chamber of Commerce has proposed
to the government a droll remedy for the financial
crisis. It recommends that the usury laws, which
limit the rate of interest to 6 per cent. in commercial
transactions and 5 per cent. in civil 'matters, should
be maintained as a general rule, bat that whenever
the Bank of France avails itself of its privilege to
raise its discount beyond the ordinary rates, commer-
cial people may be allowed to charge per cent.
more than the bank, and all other persons i per cent.
less. It appears to be seriously believed in Amiens
that such a purely arbitrary measure as this, setting
at nought the elementary principles of the laws of
supply and demand, would prevent the wholesale
discharge of workmen from the factories, which is
considered to be a too probable consequence of the
continuance of the crisis.

The Pattie announces that M. de Thouvenel is
so much offended with the new Grand Vizier, Reschid
Puha, for having allowed himself to be made a tool
of by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, that he has re-
solved not to see him, and to transact official busi-
ness exclusively through the Turkish Minister for
Foreign Affairs. These cFildish quarrels between
the French and English ambassadors at Constan-
tinoplercallycannot be suffered to go on much longer.
Although the organs of the French Foreign Office
are instructed to pour vials of wrath upon the head
of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and to represent that
he does just what he likes with the Sultan for his
private amusement, and quite independently of the
instructions and wishes of his government, I should
not be surprised if the present scandalous situation
were to be put an end to by the speedy recall of M.
do Thonvenel. There is a report that he is to be
replaced by M. de Bourqueney, the present ambas-
sador at Vienna, who, it may be remembered, wu
second plenipotentiary for France in the Paris Con-
ferences.

The government candidate for the vacant seat in
the Seethe is M. Daubigny, a rich landowner of
the department. This choice is believed to be
made in pursuance of a resolution taken by
the government, to issue its eongE d'elire,
as a general rule, in favour of local notabilities.
It is still thought that M. Jules Fevre will be
brought forward as the opposition candidate in the
Sarthe, although the vacancy for Paris, caused by
the death of General Cavaignac, offers a more tempt-
ing field for the ambition of the brilliant advocate.
But there was a feud of long standing between Ca-
vaignac and Jules Faye, and on that account it
seems to be taken for granted, that the latter would
not command the votes that were lately given to the
general. I think, however, that this is a mistaken
idea. The electors of the 3rd arrondissement

did not vote for Cavaignae so much out
of any personal affection for him as be-
cause his name was the best they could fix upon
for the purpose of a political demonstration. If they
should think that under present circumstances the
respectable name of M. Jules Fevre would serve the
earns purpose better than any other, they would
make small account of the bygone differences be-
tween him and their late representative.
The independence asserts that recruiting for the
English service is going on secretly in France, and
that 100 fr. bounty is given to each recruit. To make
the matter appear more certain, the correspondent
who furnishes this news says that he saw I,ooofr.
paid down on one occasion to ten recruits.
The men thus raised are, it is said, to be
sent to Ineis by way of Alexandria and Sues,
as quietly as possible, and when arrived at their
destination are to be commanded by French officer..
Statements of this kind were circulated some time
ago, and positively contradicted. Are they more
true ? lam unable to say, but there certainly is an
impression in Paris that we are raising men here ;
for only yesterday a young fellow came up to me as
I wen standing at Cialignani's door, in the Rue
Rivoli, and asked me where the recruiting-office
wan.

It is reported that a draft of a complete literary
code, forming a supplement to the Code Militaire,
the Cede Rural, &c., is now before the Council of
State.