The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE.

THE EXPEDITION FOR CHINA.

Major-General Ashburnham, with the staff of the
txpeditionary force for China, arrived on the 12th at
Malta, in the Colombo, from England. Most of the
staff were present at a grand ball given on the 13th
at the New Exchange, and the next morning a re-
view of the troops was held at Florian, in compli-.
ment to the gallant general and his officers- A
telegraphic despatch from London states that, 'dale.
ral Ashburnham was lying ill at Malta, but the
papers from the island of the evening the 14th
not only do not make any mention. of such an
event, but add that the general wtr.l to pursue his
voyage the next day.
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H.M. despatch-boat Caradfx," says the Malta
Times, " left for Marseilles the 12th, to fetch
Lord Elgin, proceeding wit) fell powers to China."

DEn MARK.

COPENHAGEN, Tv►'nir.
M. Hall, the 'minister of Public Worship, baa
just been charged with the formation of a Cabinet.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUESDAY EVIXINO.
The meeting of the Neufchatel Conference yes-
terday was very animated. The proposition for an
arrangement, drawn up by Count Walewski, was
warmly opposed by the Prussian Ambassador, Count
de Hatzfeldt, and supported by the Austrian and
English representatives, M. de Hubner and Lord
Cowley. After an intimation that both the Swiss
and Praisian plenipotentiaries desired to refer to
their respective governments, Count Walewski ad-
journed the meeting sine die to await the answers.
According to the opinion of Swiss diplomatists in
Paris, the prepaid= has a very fair chance of
tang accepted. Dr. Kern leaves for Berne this
swereig. ha osier, as there can be little doubt, to
whim the federal government to close with the
which, however, it is by no means certain that
Prude will agree to. The Swiss Plenipotentiary
bad an audience of leave with the Emperor, at three
o'clock this afternoon, in the course of which the
matter was talked over. His Majesty, who seems
to be on excellent terms with Dr. Kern, thanked
him for a complimentary speech which the latter
made at a Swims charity dinner on Sunday.
Dr. Kern dined with l'rince Jerome yesterday.
"The ceremony of administering the oath to Car-
dinal Morlot, the new Archbishop of Paris," says
the iftsi de la Religion," took place on Sunday, at
the 'Tuileries, with the usual formalities. After the
oath had been taken, an unexpected scene occurred,
which produced much emotion among all the persona
present. The Emperor went on his knees before the
eminent cardinal, and asked him for his first bene-
diction. After having complied with the desire of
his Majesty, the cardinal was taken into the apart-
ments of the Emprms and the Prince Imperial, to
whom he also gave his benediction. The solemn
installation of Cardinal Morlot will take place on
Saturday next. If our information is correct, the
reception of the pallium by the cardinal will take
place is the morning of that day, in the chapel of
the Noneistare, and the delivery of the pallitun will
be wade by Mgr. &accent"

The Imperial Prince, besides goingnaost afternoons
in elate, escorted by Guidon to the Bois de Boulogne,
is now taken out at eight or nine every morning on
the reserved terrace of the Tuileries gardens over-
looking the Seine. Sometimes he may be seen in
his Lilliputian goat carriage, the goats led by two
little footmen, a nurse walking on each side and a
tall lacquey behind. This morning I happened to
be passing through the gardens when the imperial
infant was returning to the palace from his prome-
nade. On this occasion he was not in the carriage,
but in the arms of one of his nurses,
the other being in attendance, and the tall
footman close at hand. The passers by on the quay
near the Pont Royal, rushed to the railing which
separates the quay from the private garden, to see
the hope of the Napoleon dynasty. At the moment
the Emperor, without his hat, and smoking a cigar,
was enjoying the fine morning, walking up and
down the gravel walk in front of the little private
staircase leading into his apartments. When he
saw the nursery cortege approaching, he advanced
a few steps, graciously bowed to the nurses, and
with a playful expression on his countenance, kissed
his babe, to the great delight of a considerable as-
semblage who beheld the scene at the distance of
only a few yards. The child looks remarkably
plump and well.
At the Bourse the Rent° improved a little in the
morning, in consequence of better financial news
from London ; but it ultimately closed at precisely
yesterday's prices. The market was generally dull.
Mobilier fell intr. The Mediterranean Railway
fell 12fr. Me., and Southern 20fr. In the other lines
there was very little alteration.
The Patrie says there is no " serious " foundation
for the statement mode by several journals, that the
Portuguese government proposes to organise an ex-
pedition against China.

- The Daily New's and Express were seized today.
The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
customs revenue for the month of March, amount-
ing to 15,984,002 fr., being an increase of 1,682,878 G.
on the corresponding month of last year. The re-
turn for the first quarter of 1857 amounts to
43,766,453 fr , showing an improvement of
3,208,3531'r. on the corresponding period of 1858.

The Pope is expected to leave Rome at the end of
this month to go on a ydgrimage to "Oar Lady at Lanstts"
401 he le afterwards to visit several towns in the marebes.

The old King of Bavaria, in paring through
Roans a few day. ago on his way to Naplee, had an interview
of only a few seconds with hi. son, the present King, who
Mill remains there, and that interview took plan wt“lst be
Ina changing horses. In any other paremage each a eir.
eurestanee would have excited eurpriss, but in the aged king
it attracts little attention, for his majesty bia always been
a simpler ammeter. Bosse yam since he roved about Sicily,
like a poet or little, unaccompanied by soy cee.
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Such of the shames in the Russian railway scheme
as bare bow bought ham, ame believed to have been taken
by Forties acting upon orders from Vienna. One ems to
naratioued of a enermatfle hews welting from Dunkirk co
beaten al a 4hed—wbAhr a clergyman or otherwise is not
stated--to know how he could invest 20,000f.--spparentiv

the favourite soms—he the shares in Larks. The re,..
;Wailer wee *Mow he is &French parehrer, lie beet wane
will be to apply fora allotment in Paris, where the quan-
tity to be disposed of is known to have been beyond the
espeeity of the market, and where, in the unlikely event of
the allotment not being granted, he can at all events obtain
there ow the Boone.

The French Minister of War has just received the
models awarded by the English government to the military
of all ranks who kosed part of the expeditionary corps in
the Baltic. flees medals, which are the me size so that
of the Crimea, have an them, like it, the Ala of Queen
Tided. Oa the other aide is the Gesioa of the Ocean, per-
availed by a fonalis lore with a helmet, and holding •
trident in hr bend. It bears as motto the word " Baltic,"
and the date "11154-1855." The ribbon is yellow striped
with der. They are now being distributed.

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A brother of General Walker, of Nicaraguan
Warily, Is now la Parb.

PRUSSIA.

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BERLIN, Arm 18.
The Prussian government have finally resolved to
pnibibit the circulation of bank-notes of any other
state without exception, and the bill is now being
drawn, and will be presented to both houses of the
legisleture for their sanction in the course of a very
fc' days. This measure, like every other one of
:mportance, finds its supporters and opponents, and
has called forth a deal of polemical fire. The di-
plomatic representatives of some other states of
Germany are negotiating in the hope of exceptions
being made in their favour, but as the ministers feel
at present, no single exception will be tolerated. It
is more particularly the small states, with but few
inhabitants, who have been inundating the country
with bank-notes out of all proportion to their wants,
and which has at length brought down on them the
prohibition.
The following list of the banks of the lesser states,
and their emitted paper money, will be found cor-
rect: Anhalt-Dessau, with 115,000 inhabitants and
4 millions of dollars bank-notes ; Beckeburg, 30,000
inhabitants and 12 millions dollars; Hesse-Darm-
stadt, 855,000 inhabitants and 20 millions of florins;
Saxe-Weimar, 264,000 inhabitants and 5 millions
dollars; Gera, 115,000 inhabitants and two millions
and a-half dollars; Sondcrshauscn,6l,ooo inhabitants
and 3 millions dollars; Saxe•Coburg-Gotha, 150,000
inhabitants and 4 millions dollars ; Brunswick,
272,000 inhabitants and 5 m Ilion dollars; Saxe-
Mciningen, 165,000 inhabitants and 8 millions of
dollars. In addition to these large sums of bank-
notes, a considerable amount of paper money has
been emitted by the governments of these above-
, mentioned states, and are floating about all over
Germany.