29 OCTOBER 1859, Page 8

A letter from London, received in Paris, announces that Colonel

Ri- bourg, chief Secretary of Marshal Bandon, Minister of War, has had a conference, which lasted two hours, with Mr. Sidne3, Herbert, on the subject of the combined Anglo-French expedition to China. It is said that all the arrangements for the expedition were concluded on that occa- sion, and that the departure of the expedition is fixed for the first fort- night in February.