The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

IMPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDA T
The:Patrie says that the departure of the Emperor
from Chalons, which was to have taken place on
the 22nd, is definitively fixed for the 24th, and that
his Majesty, after stopping at Baden-Baden, as
already announced, will prolong his stay at Stutt-
gardt till the 28th. This change in the arrangements
was probably made at a council of ministers held
ander the Emperor's tent at Chalons yesterday. The
ministers, who travelled in the new magnificent im-
perial train which has been described to you, re-
turned to Paris at six o'clock last night. Prince
Jerome is expected from Havre to-morrow in order
to preside at the council board during the Emperor's
absence.
The often contradicted report that the bridge of
boats on the Rhine between Strasburg and Kehl is
to be replaced by a fixed bridge, is now renewed in
a very positive farm. It is stated that the Eastern
Railway Company has signed a convention with the
Railway Company of the Grand Duchy of Baden
for building the bridge.
The following letter has been addressed to the
Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux by seventeen
mercantile houses in that city :
The deplorable situation of the Beugel presideney at the
date of the last news, and the prospect of the spread of
the insurrection throughout British India, Impose span as
the duty of telling your attention to the French =Web&
meats in India, which are all hemmed in by English pear
sions. According to the treaties of 1814 end 1816, MM.
&onager, Pondicherry, Nankai, and Mahe, which coneilleie
the poor remains of our ancient preponderance In Ilindeslem,
sad are placed under the immediate protection of Easbnil
bare no right to erect the slightest fortification or to eall kr
troops from the eaetropolie fur the protection of Fresh
interests and territory. Full of confidence Ice the
s igilant eu)icitade of the imperial government we
dwell, notwithstanding the gravity of the peemat
crisis, have abstained from alluding to the matter,
were it not that the utter silence of the press as to the
measures which the circumstances seem to us to require
milers it obligatory upon use to speak. The relations of
Bordeaux with Pondicherry, and our other stations on the
Coromandel coast—the numerous French interests involved
—the fortunes and lives of our countrymen exposed to the
atm ides of which the north-west provinces of Bengal have
been the theatre, all her your intervention with the gov na-
med, to the end that it may take into serious consideration,
End adopt without delay, such measures as, in its widow, it
may think 14 fur the defence of our Indian establishment*.
You csafeetbut feel, gentlemen, the importance of the subject
when yea eensider that England, entirely occupied with the 1.
idea et her ewe territory, cannot henceforth (d.- fornsais)i
dist se ems shse protection which by treaty axe is bound
te do. We therefore, gentlemen, solicit from you, in ore
you should not already bare taken the iaitiative, that support
which It belongs to you especially to give, and which, in pre-
sum of a state ',of things the consequences of which we
dread Is cestesplate, it is impossible you can withhold.
A letter from l'ort Laois (Mauritius) of Aug. 15, I
in the Pays, states that the transports Pottinger sodl
Lady Jocelyn had arrived from Calcutta, to embarkl
troops for India. The governor had given notices
that a recruiting-office would be opened in the
colony, and that great advantages would be granted
to persons enlisting.
The Preen says in its weekly commercial review:
Every branch of trade to now gradually emerging from
the dead season, and business is active in moat of the mans.
factories. The foreign agents hare beg= to make their pur-
chases, end orders arrive from almost 41 parts of Europe,
ea well as from the Brazils and South Amerioa. The
provinces are also buying. The bed herniate attic last three
years, and the Marian war, greatly restricted consumption,
and now the wants of the public are considerable. The
movement is, however, hampered by several causes—the
dearness of raw materials compels the manufacturers to raise
their prices, and the aids at the bourse exercises a prejudi-
cial influence upon commerce. During the last few psis,
investments in railways havo inereusd to an enormous es-
tent. Aimee every tradesman has some part of his capital
placed in theta securities, end, as he cannot now convert
his shares into money without great loss, the obvious conse-
quence is that his resources and credit are diminished.
The toes sustained by private individuals in investments
of this description forces them to restrict their expenditure,
and thus clinks the expeneion of trade. Almost all our
manufactures of tissues an now active. Buyers have
appeared at Rouen and Mulhouse. Numerous order have
been received at Roubaix, Turcoing, ARAN" and Rheims.
But Lyons lees not feel the movement in any great degree
Sore orders for rich Muffs come from Paris, but commie-
sions from North America are still looked for in vain. It is
feared that the numerous failures at New York will again
keep the Americium out of to Lyons market this season.
Corn continues to fall in almost all the French and foreign
markets. Flour is more abundant at the Valle of Paris,
although grinding continues to be checked in many places
fur went of water, and se flour for delivery several months
hence cannot be placed except at a reduction of 71r. or life
from present prices, the millers do not care to buy corn. The
vintage has commenced in a great part of France, and la fa-
voured by admirable weather. Throughout Burgundy and
the Macon district an abundant crop. and a quality of wine
altogether exceptional, is reckoned upon. In Lenguedoc
and the Bordeaux country the disease has reduced the
quantity, but the quality will bean a per with the very brat
years.
I regret to read in the evening papers that M.
Manin's state of health is such as to cause uneasi-
ness to his friends.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Central Com-
mittee of the Bank of Prussia held this day, the
discount on bills has been raised from 5) per cent.
to 6 per cent.
A despatch from M. Gobineau, the French
Minister at Teheran, contains an official notification
made by the Shah to the foreign Ministers in Persia
that he appoints for his successor his son Emir
Nium, now 71 years of age.
M. Gustave Planehe, the eminent critic, and con-
tributor to the Rertse des Dens Monde*, died yester-
day. The Minister of Public Instruction has offered
to defray the expenses of his interment.
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