The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

DECEMBER 10, 1853. jortign a 0 Colonial I(ntelligtnte. PRII'..4TE CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, December R. THE inauguration of the statue of Marshal Ney took Ogee yestertlay, in the gardens of the Luxembourg avenue of the Observatory, at one o'clock. The statue was erected on the exact spot on which his execution took place in 1M1:). A rich tribune was prepared for the authorities and persons invited. The two side compartments, covered with rich velvet fringed with gold, were prepared for the reception of the Council of State, the members of the Senate, the Corps Legislatif, general officers, and ladies in deep mourning. All the Ministers, accompanied by their principal secretaries; Marshals Naomi, Dative. lleille; the admirals, and the staff of the army of l'aris ; the presidents of the courts of law and tai 'tuna's; the Prefects of the Seine anti of the Police ; the reverend dignitaries of the Church; th e mem bers of the Institute,—took their places on the plat form. At the extremity of this tribune, on reserved seats, were seen the family of the late Marshal Ney, represented by his eldest son, the Prince do la Moskowa, general of lnigade, and member of the Senate; the Duke of Elebingen, :mother of his sons, in the uniform of it sergeant of dragoons ; Colonel Edgar Noy, aide-de-camp and first limits man to the Emperor; and the Count de PeNigny, Minister of the Interior f manied to the grand daughter of the late marshal). S. A. I. the Prince Napoleon anived at one o'clock, accompanied by the Minister of War and the Grand Marshal of the Palace. At the same moment the drums announced the approach of the Archbishop of Paris, Mon seigneur Sibour, at the head of the metropolitan clergy. The prelate, with the mitre on his head, and preceded by the cross, advanced up to the statue ; the choristers chanting "11e prefundis." The clergy having taken their places, a flourish of trumpets and the report of cannon announced the eotnmencement of the ceremony of inauguration. The black veil which covered up to this moment the statue is with. drawn, and the warrior stands confessed, in that atti tude of command and daring which popular tea dition had indicated to the sculptor. The cry- was " live l'Empereur l" The crowd waved their hats, and the soldiers their helmets. The Invalides formed the guard of honour around the monument. After the reading of the decree authorising the erect' of this statue by the Minister of State, the Minister at War made a long and very good speech, which was universally and warmly applauded. 1 remarked this passage :—" At Waterloo, fortune refused all to his courage—everything; even to the death which was due to 'the Bravest of the Brave; and which he courted in vain in the thickest of the fight." M. Lupin (the elder), formerly President of the As semblee Nationale, followed. This celebrated orator was received with the sympathetic acclamations of the multitude, who remembered that he had been the intrepid and talented defender of Ney before the court-martial anti the Chamber of Peers. In con eluding. M. Dupin congratulated the Emperor Na poleon 111. on this act of reparation offered to the memory of the great captain. The crowd, after ad miring the statue, broke up in the most orderly man lier, the bands of music playing martial airs as they sought their various dwellings. 'flee non-attendance of the Emperor was remarked, anti differently com mented on. But the existence of many of those peers who pronounced the sentence against Marshal Ney rendered his absence a new instance of his pecu liar sagacity and tact. The mind has veered again towards the peaceful quarter. An Austrian mote, received yesterday by the 4 iovernment, has, rightly or wrongly, inspired general confidence that diplomacy may yet undo the Gordian knot of the Oriental question without its being abso lively necessary to cut through it with the sword. The Bourse has thrown off its apprehensions (to-day, I will not answer for to-morrow), and all is sunshine, except the weather. which is gloomy and damp. The ladies are preparing their court mantles, embroi dered in gold, for the receptions of the New Year's. day ; the shopkeepers are hoping for an extrava gant season ; anti the English residents are going to build a large Protestant church, as the dining-roem chapel at the embassy is not large enough to contain the greatly-increased number of our countrymen flocking to Park M. de Manpas, Ambassador of France at the Court of Naples, has returned from Borne to that city. It is said all the arrangements for the corone t are perfected, and that it will take place about May. On this occasion his Holiness the Pepe will honour Paris with his presence, and officiate in pot svn at the august ceremony. THE PRESS. The Count de WalewAki ha. left Paris for London, and ha: revened fro:li in. , truetions from 31. Protiti deg I.'llny%. Minister of Foreign Atfairs. A. private letter front Naples infortes u• that King Ferdinand is going to augment his army by 11,000 tarn. Print' Nap44leon making preparation:4 to Net ow for Piedmont. This is said to his It 111101i11101thil i•M`lInsi0111. Jl. de la Otterroniere is preparing, it is said, a article on •' T he Fusion," which is ex peek' with great curiosity by OW public, as his inspirations are deduced generally trout the very highest source. FRANCE. A report from the Minister of Marine to the Emperor recommends the practice of colonial recruiting in place of sending men out to the French col.mies (row Europe, and proposes to have the c orps of black soldiers of Senegal increased to tio men , to h e divided into two bodies of 621:i men cavil. An Inn pedal decree has appear►d, adopting the proposed plan, and allowing a credit of 14,11001. t'ron► the budget of marine for the purpose. . . The exemption from navigation dues on grain, dour, and rice is prolonged from December 31, 1145:1, to July 31, Is4l. The provisions of the decree reln• five to the transport On subsistence by railway are also extended to the same ieritxl. tn the occasion Of the; death of the Queen of Portugal the French Court has been ordered to go into mourning from Deeember tier twenty-one days. eleven of which are to he full and the rest half mourning. _ . Namik - Paella, Minister of Commeree at Constan tilople, was presented to the Emeeror on Monday by his Excellency Vely Minister Plenipoten tiary tof the Sublime Pelle. The I hike of Itelluno. a member of the Smith.. died at Paris on Saturday last. The Emperor, during his stay at Fontainebleau. named M. Lend 41e Magnitot, lately removed from the limtectitre of the Seine et Marne to that of the Nievre, Officer of the Legion of Honour; also M. tinibourg, sub prefect of Fontainebleau, knight of the same order. The IntliTembiltee Beige states that the Duke and Pitches:4de \mount and the I►uke nud Duchess of Coburg dined at Frohstiortf with the Coma tie Cham bord on the 16th ttlt. (iERMANY. Statements, upon presumed official authority, have been hazarded in London, and apparently corrobo rated by telegraphic messages from Vienna, to the effect that Austria is once more in full accord with the other three powers in relation to the Turkish question. On Wednesday last a despatch was pub lisped in the English journals stating that Prussia and Austria had acceded to the proptosals of the British Mid French Crovernments, and a protocol has been signed pledging the four powers jointly to maintain the existing terntorial arrangements of Europe, and inviting the belligerents to come to terms by menus of a European Conference. Some "new project" for a treaty of peace was said to have aniv..d in Vienna front London on Mon day, which had been approved by the representatives of the four powers, and was forwarded next day, through the medium of the Austrian Ambassador, to the Porte. lt was said that little doubt existed respecting the acceptance of this proposal I.y the Sultan. Still later advices considerably modify this 'repre sentation of the actual state (if the relationship Ise tweet' the several !silvers far as Austria is con eerned. The tiiivernment of that country, it is said, " ha‘ilig learned that it linil b e en puLlir h announced in London, with a semblance of autlowity, that the four powers had made a kind of alliiinec favourable to Turkey, has lost not a moment in setting it.. 1.11 right with Russia. It has caused to lie published at Vienna that (ally a collective note had been drawn up, and that no mutual pledge had been given to enforce its acceptance." This official statement has heen backed by an or dinance prohibiting the exportation of anus from .lustria to Turkey. The Anntrion Cforrespnntlessz denies thr• revs] of Boron Bruck. and the lirorgmitrit Correspondence that 111. 11ildenbruck. It is asserted in the most positive terms that the Austrian Government is making preparations for interfering, in an open and active manner, in the affairs of Servia, the Prince of which, at the instiga tion of both Russia and Austria, has virtually re nounced his allegiance to the Sultan. The indisposition of the King of Prussia prevents him from presiding at the Council. General Radowitz is much better. The Bala( Gazette, puhlimheol at Stettin, has reeri%ed a warning for publiAling a report of the recent meeting at :ilatigow on the bubject of Turkey. ultAtil► OF BADEN. The tioveniment is at a loss what 14) do on this 'at li•the spiestitai. The archbishop is ,wellllleink,.4 with addresses, and the bankers of Augsburg have pliteeil all their funds at ills disposal. The innernment has suspended its late order, and notified to the Jesuit)) that. they *nay remain in the state. RELGiust. The projeet of law• prohibiting the eiportAtion of fttrittiteeono. ittol other 10.1, wI4V VOteil by the Chamber Olt the .10th ult. The lull encountered much oppo %ition, but wits passed by A eottsitleratble tittkjority. SARI)INR. The Turin ItaiNity Way inaugurated by the Minim ter s, SolittosN. Alla 1 1 01111111'4, ott the nth him., wit h great ichil 11111114 1 1111 1 11'111 ,neeem,. Sl'.Al\. I.ord Ilowden arriseil in Madrid on tlv‘ afternoon of the 1%1 reilllll front his have ot N l Nvilee . In the provinces prayers are offered up ter the %Htu delivery of her Majesty. The Intchesse de Montpensier Was expected to arrive in Madrid very shortly. The Ministry presented the budget to the Cartes on the Vtli ult.. and demanded the necessary au lionisation for the collection o f th e tale,. The ettllllllliSsioll MI the railway hill* !line s. tst their maw' to the Selltae. The agaiuht the 110 iiiii of priority wade by the tiovvrtimetit for its plai t of railway.. 14)1{1'1'6.11.. Lisbon letters, of tlwls ult., give an aerialist of the late queen of Portugal's funeral. 'Else greatest respect had been shoe is to her memory, m u d deputa tions With addresses of condolence and sympathy c l ad bey,' presented to the King Regent by the lin cish merchants of Lisbon, the l'ortngssest. mercantile 4444 s, a n d other classes. The ilairx acces sion to the regency had been Well received, and the conestr.% was 1111•11 to continue transmit under him giver .est. A complete el liarl4llll'llllll to the re. ports or insurrectisalinv bvetsteettm us Portugal, re (lives' rid Nholrist, is 101 in-ilea by the arrival of the packet pith later slates Inns% the capital. RhEV AND RUSSIA. The folbmilor is the teat of th e e tti e w & ad mix spoke's I. the lIVW French Envoy, Uunenl Ban guay 41'llillier,4, when formally presented talkie Sul tan, to deliver his Sr deutiniN : "Frames. slows not fear war. Faithful Io the spirit is( his mission deyhoed La the Finials. or Napoleon !himself, France desires penes, lout she sliest, cos it thiralole, lin al, and hoonssural.le for Its Tself mal her all era. For ths.l .loret the Emperor N on. in a VII wish Ilia powerful ally the Queen iof Great Milani, 11104 44.111. lON (tact to the Fast. Contisling in the reiterated assoirsineval uf the t 'aimed of St. Feteisloing, lie still hopes Ihat the ilittes nee which him arisen het wall' the Suitt ime I'ultc mishit.. Fa airt of sessia may be smoothed flow mill that this trtemoraiy t ruttish. in • hinging lion% aril clearly the guest lash sot' the integrity of the I Illumlln 111110111' will only serve to eon• flint' all tilitilft'llat°lll.o* oo 1.11.1•tolIN tal AI Eon sop., and so necessary to the inisintenative ast the peace 4.11111. The Suit an may he certain that the hisp. rs or Napoleon, ss hos etimpi viola's well the at ant 5, Neu ista, and dig. nity of Franey, 'lll Aiwa, ti or Ihat. ol t jeet , his % I mp o rt t o ,s sox ojesty : and 1 ism...ides' tinsel( to Ise the faithful organ of my august isisisterss is ill, in gll 111 g this loom ranee. I set/.1: sill this M 411.11.11 to 1•%1.1.1'.% to yo 1111. l» rill Mitis•Sly my ardent Ilehiff• to 1•1011111110111., with all my effort s, n. the ma intensifier sof the 01.1 assail friendly rein. ti.sips wl.iel. rvailes• ha. 01%.13P4 kept Op with t lie Sublime forty, and I place at the feet sot') saki' mjest the homage o f t oy P i. aliosi 11.410....1. - - - . . . Itepl)ing a Iliir speech in ternoi of fitting cur (linliiy, the Sultan mud:— " I dill still reelnon, gPi I hale hitherto, dome, ton the ins ii•nitol ninl moral hiippoort of in) ,onetrut France mini Frnnee and the re.i of Europe have a right 1.. *Mostly olemirt• pence, and I taboo , shim antioonn fin , It, limit only in n . nn it uny u 1101.1% in) rlghts.,f ,Nil e• reignly mill the huh itenoletwe lit . Tlifkry. At pn Nrut •n 111,61111,1 e SllNligs Milli is Title 111111.1•Clitable pithunt this 1 . ..111111.14 :11.111111/ which she hils rni-etl, awl without the in 1111 l Ands *locum then of the tiio, nitieh 64111 xu lilt/gild led of III) This inteniew took place on the Is,ll tilt. louring some following dap' General &Hillier% held eon• terenees with the Ministers of the Sultan, as well ail with the niltninils of the cionliniell fleets. The eon ttreeire wills the latter lasted four hours, and bud a character rill lii.r Military than diplomatic. The veneral iStiell the h thret 11 PUS of I 'iaistaliti. Ilite a n d the arsenals. In es edit Illetinit of the War like illltSet(lit of the riellett ill blishodli.r, it is stated that lie brought with him . 40,11nt1 liill•ki•M similar to those which the Toirloi Ilse,' %licertatilly at I ha the emu...e of it ling interview subsequently held he the gi•tivral s I:44l.eliiil Paella the latter is ,tat ea ileciart.4l that recent military events hail not elistigvfl in MI, sise the loing. disposition of din Porte ; and t h at it Wit . 4 still ready 111 'tempt any KY- I angemeut which wetild leave to Turkey its tiovereigti 751