The Press. — London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

OCTOBER 7, 1854. . low 6olonial Intelligence. FRANCE. THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. The imperial visit to the camp at Boulogne termi nated on Sunday last, when the Emperor and Em press of the French quitted that town on their return to Paris. Last week was diversified by many mili tary shows and exercises, but the grandest review of all took place at Houvault on Saturday last. At least 50,000 men were under arms. The Emperor rode upon his favourite chesnut horse, purchased for him in England, and celebrated for its peculiar grace and beauty. His Majesty appeared on the ground at about one o'clock, surrounded by a brilliant staff of officers, and followed by the Cent Gerdes. The Empress soon afterwards arrived in a carriage and four. She was dressed in riding costume, and in her hat she wore a white feather. She immediately alighted from her carriage, mounted her charger which was in waiting, and rode beside the Emperor throughout his inspection of the troops. The scene was grand and imposing in the extreme, and the country around being of a hilly and undulating character added greatly to the beauty of the spec tacle. While the Emperor was thus engaged a despatch was received by him, which after perusing he handed to some of his generals that accompanied him. He then turned towards the troops, and in a loud voice said, " Sebastopol est pris." This important intelli gence was received with tumultuous cheers by the soldiers, as well as the spectators within hearing; and continuous cries of " Vivent l'Empereur et l'lmperatrice!" greeted the royal party throughout their entire progress. The review did not terminate until about four o'clock, soon after which the Emperor and Empress returned to town. About six o'clock their Imperial Majesties paid a visit to the cathedral. The news of the capture of Sebastopol having been officially announced, the town of Boulogne was bril liantly iilluminated throughout the night. The Emperor and Empress, having attended divine service at the chapel at Capecure, left Boulogne for Pans by railway at twelve o'clock on Sunday. Before leaving his Majesty issued the following address to his troops " Soldiers,—l leave you ; but to return shortly, to judge myself of your progress and perseverance. The object of the creation of the Camp du Nord was, you are aware, to bring our troops nearer to the coast, so that, more easily united to those of England, they can be directed wherever the honour of the two nations may ren der their presence a duty. It was established to show to Europe that, without leaving bare any point in the interior, we could easily assemble nearly 100,000 men between Cherbourg and St. Omer. It was established to accustom you to military exercises, to marches, to fatigues; and, believe me, nothing is so beneficial for the soldier as this life in common in the open air, which makes men under- stand each other, and enables them to resist the incle mency of the season. " Doubtless the sojourn at the camp will be rigorous in the winter; but I count upon the efforts of every one to make it profitable to all. The country moreover demands active concurrence from us all. Some protect Greece a ;ainst the baneful influence of Russia; others uphold at Rime the independence of the Holy Father; others szengthen and extend out domination in Africa; others, fi laity, plant, perhaps this very day, our standards upon the w ills of Sebastopol. Well, you who are excited by such noble tamples, and of whom a division has just earned fame by t ie capture of Bomarsund, you will be the more capable of c intributing your share to the common work, the more h irdened you are to the work of war. "This classic soil upon which you tread has already formed heroes; that column erected by our fathers recals great suurenird ; and the statue at its summit seems, by a providential hazard, to indicate the road to he followed. Behold that statue of the Emperor : it supports itself in the West, and threatens the East. From that quarter, in fact, there is danger for modern civilisation ; on our side, the rampart to protect it. " Soldiers! you will be worthy of your noble mission. " NAPOLEON. " Boulogne, September 30, 1854." On Monday night the different railway stations around Paris were brilliantly illuminated—those, especially, of the St. Germain and Rotten lines. Ac counts from the departments announce the enthu siasm with which the public rejoicings had every where hailed the triple victory of the allies; and some of the journals mention as a " curious coinci dence " that the great victories obtained by the French over the Russians from 1709 to 1813 have occurred in the month of September. The house of Lebel, Roux, and Co., of Hamburg, which contracted to supply the French Baltic fleet with stores, has suspended payment. Respecting the continued high price of flour and bread in France the Moniteur says : " The high price at which flour is maintained in a great number of our markets, notwithstanding the abundance of the harvest which is just completed, arises from causes which occur whenever the dryness of the weather impedes Ile work ng of the watermills, and the fineness of the season makes the farmers prefer getting on with their out-door field-work instead of employing themselves in thrashing. L THE PRESS. The Moniteur then proceeds to cite in very significant terms of approval a letter written by Napoleon 1., when First Consul, to some provincial prefets, request ing them to use their influence for the purpose of inducing the farmers to thrash out their corn, and transmit it to market for sale, with all possible speed. The Emperor has !given 50,000 f. from his privy purse fur the establishment of lines of omnibuses be • tween the camps and Boulogne fur the use of the soldiers. The omnibuses are to be gratis for the men, and are to make four double journeys daily between the town and the camp. A floating steam-battery is in course of construc tion at Cherbourg, which is to be employed in the spring against the Russian fortresses in the Gulf of Finland. Several hundred men connected with the Baltic expeditionary force have disembarked at Cherbourg within the last few days. The notorious M. Barbes, who has for thelastthree years been a prisoner at Belleisle, has been set at liberty by order of the Emperor, on account of a letter which he has written expressing his hope for the suc cess of the French arms in the war against the Rus sians. GERMANY. The Austrian Government is preparing a note fur Russia, the sense of which is said to be, that, it' the St. Petersburg Cabinet persists in refusing to give tho four guarantees demanded, it will be considered a casus belli. Now that the allies are eminently successful in the Crimea, the German powers will probably insist on Russia accepting " the four conditions," in order to save the Emperor Nicholas from a still greater humiliation. The Emperor's journey to Hungary has been entirely put off. The St. Petersburg official journal publishes a de cree forbidding the export of corn to Austria. The decree is to take effect from the moment a copy of it reaches the custom-houses. Report says that the proposal of the Vienna Go vernment to connect Wallachia with Austria by a tele graphic line has been accepted by the Wallachian administrative council, and that it has voted 7,000 ducats to cover the first outlay. This telegraph is to run from Kronstadt in Hungary to Bucharest. The tidings of a victory gained by the allies on the Alma produced general feelings of joy and enthu siasm among the Berlin public. DENMARK. The new Danish Parliament commenced its ses sion on Monday last amidst much excitement and a large concourse of spectators. The speech from the throne was read by Oersted. It breathed defiance against the Danish Parliament and people. A few hurrahs, mingled with hisses for the King and con stitution, were followed by enthusiastic cheers fur the constitution of the Danish kingdom. ITALY. The King of Naples has forbidden the negotiation of the Russian loan on the Neapolitan Bourse. The secret of the prohibitory decree is this. The British Government issued a circular to all the " neutrals " calling upon them to discountenance the Russian loan. Now, as there was not the least probability that any one would speculate in that stock at Naples, the Government caused a prohibition to negotiate the said loan to be posted up at the Exchange. The whole affair is a farce. The despotic Governments of Italy, like Austria, are heart and soul with Russia ; nevertheless, they lose no opportunity to deceive the Western powers when they can do so without injuring the cause of the Czar. The cholera still lingers about Naples and Sicily. The deaths are two, three, and five per day in most of the large towns. Letters from Palermo and Mes sina speak of the deplorable poverty and want of business caused by the epidemic. • A telegraph will be opened between Rome and Naples in a few days. The police will revise all messages before they are transmitted. Mr. Owen, the American Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Naples, has been made "resident Minister" by the Government of Washington. SPAIN. Madrid advices of the Ist state that serious dis turbances had broken out at Malaga, Logrono, and Jaen. It is reported that a republican conspiracy has been discovered, and that the Infante Don Hen rique has been sent to the Balearic Islands. The Queen has returned to Madrid. A private telegraphic despatch announces that the Carlist bands in Catalonia have been dispersed. Reports have been current of the death from cho lera of Don Carlos, but they have since been con tradictel PORTUGAL. The Lisbon Board of Trade is endeavouring to ob tain returns of all tho agricultural produce of the country during the year 1852, and, although the ac counts cannot be implicitly trusted, they present at least no exaggeration. According to the published statement, the quantity of figs was 27,000,00U1bt., and of almonds about 8,000 bushels. 94$ TURKEY. Ismail Pacha, the new Commander in-Chief of the army of Asia, has refused to proceed to his post until a circumstantial report regarding the wants of the troops is drawn up by men specially deputed by the Porte. For this purpose two commissioners have just been appointed, with instructions ad hoe. The Turkish Government has promised to send up a reinforcement of 20,000 men, and Ismail Pacha declares that be will not stir until those promises are carried into effect. Mini Pacha, who sustained so disgmeful a defeat, has contrived lo obtain par don for his discomfiture, on the ground that the troops under his command were altogether unable and unfit to withstand the disciplined force of Russia. Advices from Cattaro state that 1,000 Turks had entered the districts of Berda and Bielopacljewich on the 19th, to chastise depredations. The Mon tenegrins repulsed them with a trifling loss. Prince Danilo discountenances these conflicts. The official partition of the sum of 95,000/. ster ling given by Said Pacha of Egypt to the Turkish Ministers took place on the 21st ult. The Grand Vizier received 3,700/. for his share. The sums given to the other great functionaries average from 3,0001. to 400/. Lozethetti, a notorious Russian emissary, who was ordered to quit Constantinople so summarily, managed previous to his departure to visit several high functionaries. His object was to offer large sums of money in the shape of bribes on the part of the Czar. The Ministers of the Divan did their duty, however, and sent the emissary to the right about immediately. GREECE. A correspondent of the Vienna Lloyd writes that the differences between the Porte and Greece ap pear to be almost adjusted. "In this matter," he says, " Lord ltedcliffe is the oracle of the Porte, and the noble lord is said to bays observed, on being consulted on one occasion, that the Sublime Porte has at present more pressing business to look after than the settlement of the Greek question." EGYPT. The return of the Viceroy to Alexandria from his visit to the Sultan has been celebrated with much rejoicing. Saturday, the 23rd ult., had been fixed for the reading of the Orman naming him Grand Vizier, and the ceremony was to take place in Alexandria instead of at Cairo, as has hitherto been the usage. His Highness intends to render more efficient the naval and military services of the country ; and reviews and artillery practice are the order of the day. 10,000 men and thirty.eight guns are to be embarked forthwith to strengthen the Egyptian con tingent in Turkey. The Viceroy, before his depar• ture from Constantinople, pledged himself to the Porte to advance C)0,000 piastres monthly to the State purse. RUSSIA. Mercantile men have arrived in Berlin recently from Kazan and other remote inland parts of Russia. According to their assertions the public is kept in • profound state of ignorance regarding all that is passing. No man dares open his lips to ask even a simple question upon political or military subjects. The only intelligence that is diffused is through the Russian Invalid, which scarcely penetrates beyond the circle of great towns. The people only hear through the priests that victory upon victory con tinues to be gained in Asia, for which Te Dennis are ordered to be chanted half a-dozen times over. It is believed by the masses that the Russian armies are still on their way to Stamboul, that the allied forces are destroyed by cholera, the fleets skulking behind some promontory, whilst those who ever heard of the Crimea deem it to be the predestined grave and prison-house of all who shall dare tread upon the soil where the holy \Vladimir first preached and converted. The Silesian Journal has a letter of the 17th from St. Petersburg, in which the regular Russian army is estimated at 950,400 men. The infantry is said to consist of 086,400, the cavalry of 158,000, the artillery of 09,500, and the engineer corps of 18,500 men. 20,0(X) Cossacks are divided among the different divisions. The foregoing is evidently a gross exagge ration, but the Russian writer is not content with it, and endeavours to make the hair of the Czar's enemies "stand on end" by informing them that the reserves, irregular troops, and contingent of the military colonies amount together to 1,200,000 men, so that his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas "has above two millions of warriors, who are prepared to meet death in the cause of their Sovereign." The National Gazette of Berlin says : " li•e have received through St. Petersburg news from Odessa to the 14th of September. The day before there had been celebrated the annual Jett in commemoration of the foundation of the town. On the occasion, General Annenkoff, the governor, had harangued the artillerymen of Odessa, concluding his address with these words:—' My children, pray with fervour, serve faithfully, resist with courage, and, above all, take good aim.' Salvos of cannon accompanied these words. The St. Petersburg Journals