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SEPTEMBER 3, 1853. becoming an increasing and more imiwortant place. The applicability of the port as a transatlantic packet station will soon b... considered, and the town will atilt further rise in importance as having been se lected as the point ft ,r carrying out so great a national work—a work of that class of which a nation like England may well be proud—a harbour, as a public undertaking, achieved on a most dangerous and un protected coast: establishing, upon a barren, rock blunt' island adjoining our mainland, a secure haven, within which the mightiest fleets may take refuge, and where the great transatlantie steamers will, two years hence, at the nearest point on their homeward voyage, tind a convenient place of debar kation for their passengers and mails. tortign anb Colonial ai attilignut. • FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. lfun•s.i:l.s, September 1. MY last letter was a report of national festivities. I regret to be obliged to till the present ore with the report of riots, which, though possessing apparently no political tendency, have nevertheless brought about one of the worst crises this country has yet traversed, and have, moreover, the inconvenience of coinciding with the visit of the King and Royal Family to the more important provincial towns to present to the population the young Duchess of Brabant. I have informed you already of the pre sence among our working c!a , ses of French emissa ries, who endeavour to excit , .• troubles on account of the exorbitant price to which the rise in corn has driven bread. On Monday last, our market day, the people at Liege surrounded the corn-merchants, vo ciferating for cheap bread, and threatening to throw the most unpopular among the merchants into the river Meuse, which flows in the vicinity. The riot becoming too strong for the policemen and town soldiers, the gendarmes were called out and drove the rio't's to another end of the town. Meantime the mob had attacked the doors of the royal manu factory of small arms, and trampling over the body of the sentinel, who was very much illtreated, pene trated into the room of the director, an officer of high rank, where they took possession of half a dozen model rifles. Meantime the gendarmes had come to the ieseue, and drove the rioters in all directions, but not without five or six charges on horseback, in which sonic ten or twelve persons of the mob were seriously bruised, two wounded by sabre cuts, and one thrown down and killed under the feet of the horses. The gendarmes took the stolen guns from the hands ot• the rioters, and arrested forty-eight persons, among whom were one German and one Dutchman. The night passed quietly, and the excesses were not re newed the next day ; but the whole garrison remained under arms in the barracks, and other military pre cautions have been taken. The burgomaster has published a proclamation exhorting the people to be quiet and have confidence in the Government and local authorities. Unhappily the fact is not an isolated one. Besides Liege, Bonapartist and revolu tionary proclamations have been diffused among the people in Ghent and Brussels. In the little town of St. Hubert, in Belgian Luxembourg, some hundred and fifty people attempted a riot, and the gendarmes were obliged to disperse them. At I'hilippeville, a small fortified town in the province of Namur, on the French frontier, the factious mob threatened the life of the commanding officer, and perpe trated many indignities upon the bust of the King. These circumstances, as I said before, are the more to be regretted because they coincide with the public festivities arranged in the provinces for the reception of the Royal Family, who are now at Bruges, and will visit successively Ostend, Ghent, Namur, Liege, and Spa. Everywhere large sums have already been spent in preparations, and brilliant fetes are or ganising. In this crisis the Government has found nothing better to do than to abolish altogether the fixed duty of one franc per hectolitre on corn, which may now be imported free. But an official article in the Moniteur announces that the Ministers have resolved not to prohibit the free exportation of wheat. PARIS, September 1. The Emperor and Empress continue to enjoy health and happiness at Dieppe, though they meditate an excursion by sea to Boulogne. l'robably the Empress will remain at this latter town during the visit of the Emperor to the camp near St. Omer. In the meantime an army of engineers and workmen are cleating away all obstructions to the fine marine view on the shore of Dieppe. The monticules of sand or rock, the old sheds and miserable huts are being levelled, and an extensive marine parade will THE PRESS. thus I►e acquired. The people axe delighted, and assist at the work singing and shouting. The Emperor could not leave behind him► at more popular or appropriate sonrenir of Ins visit to the Norman coast. Boulogne is preparing bar the Imperial guests. The munieipal authorities have voted on this tWeltSiell u n limited credit for the mayor. The theatre is mpainting, regilding, ; and it is hoped and believed that a great ► nu mber of English fa►uilies mill humour the town they have drawn out of its original obscurity with their presence. It is now quite certain that the harvest has been a fair average one, still upprel►ensi s were entertained that the official tariff would this day raise the price of bre►ud from sixteen to eighteen sous the 41b. loaf. Such has not been the MAO : the Sallie ru►.e was announced for this as for the last month. M. l►elauntrre, who, in his indignation at receiving an arertissonent, had put up his paper, La Putrid., ti►r public sale, has taken care to ask such an enor m►ous price for his property as to render it certain that no one will attempt to acquire it from him. However, he showed his temper and his indepen dence. A certain sensat' is excited by the notice on the Marquis de Valtlegamias bl►onus►► Cortez) by M. de Montalembert. An attack is made on a. the clergy who fatten on the spoils of the exile," ,te., and the eulogy of constitutional government is also remarked. The Bourse is getting a little calmer, but in the present unsettled state of the Oriental question re mains very impressionable 1,0 every rumour, true or false, and otters no security for serious investment, though Bulls and Bears have a tine field fin• their operations. Mr. Soule, the new Envoy Extraordinary of the United States, has arrived in Paris on his road to Madrid, where it is thought a very bad reception awaits him. The French tioveniment, it is said, are, however, en deavouring to smootho the way for him. The Ameri cans are ready and willing to pay down to the Spaniards five hundred millions of dollars for the cession of Cuba. M. Persigny, Minister of the Interior, and Mine. Persigny arrived at Dieppe yesterday. Al. de Manpas, Ambassador of France to the Court of Naples, will set off for his post on Saturday next. The electric telegraph has been established in Algiers front Oran to Mostaganem. The appearance of the comet has caused much commotion among weak intellects. An old retired captain of the navy at Bordeaux has caused his house to be pulled down and his cellars to be enlarged, fearful of an earth quake, of which he believes the cornet to he the sure forerunner. Another man, a rich fanner, well dressed and appointed, was seen wending his way barefooted, his boots being carried on a stick over his shoulder. When questioned upon this curious mode of proceeding, he informed the querist that he was going on a pilgrimage to Notre Dame d'Areachon, to pray her to take away the comet till next year, or all the wine would he spoiled. Popular belief runs quite to the contrary, a comet year being noted for a superior quality in ie grape. FRANCE. Boulogne is shortly to be honoured with an Imperial visit, their Majesties purposing to embark at Dieppe and coast round to the former port. A state steamer is being prepared for the occasion. Preparations are making for the reception of the Emperor and Empress, who were to be expected any day after to-morrow (the 4th), according to instruc tions sent to the commandant of the Boulogne artillery. The Emperor has promised 5410" Of. for the im provement of the port of Dieppe. The public works in Paris are proceeding upon a very extensive scale, notwithstanding which several new undertakings are to be commenced forthwith. Labour is, therefore, in gi eat demand. It is asserted that now, since the Oriental ques tion is settled. the fleets of Great Britain and France will return to Malta and Toulon. The workmen employed in building the Crystal Palace, in the Champs Elysees, were not paid their wages oil Saturday last. The contractors allege, in excuse, that the city of Paris owes them considerable arrears of the sums agreed to be paid dining the progress of the works. M. Collet Meygret, the director "de la surete 1 generale," has addressed a circular to the prefects, informing them that it is the intention of the Government to enforce the strict letter of the new law against the publication of what takes place in courts of justice on the occasion of press prosecu tions. The law, he says, was lately infringed by some legal journals, the Gazette ilea Tribuums.r and le broil, in referenee to the trial of the "fo r eign cor respondents" at Rotten. According to the inter pretation now insisted upon by the minister, the newspapers must not only abstain Plan saying what `is commonly understood to be a report of the case, but they must not give the names of the judge or counsel ; they must not say whether the court was 415 crowded or not ; whether the public took an interest in the ease: whether many or few applications were made for admission, nor whether any precautions were taken by the authorities to prevent inconve nient crowding. The journals may announce that. a prosecution for a breach of the law against the press has been institinetl, and they may print the test of the judgment ; but for one word snore they will be prosecuted. The first detachment of pilgrims for the Holy Land lett Mameilles on the I:irti ult. The UNION pub lishes a long list of their moues, and the Monittur declaims that .they belong to the highest class of nociety. The Municipal ('outwit of Pail s has just decided that the custom► of baring carriages of ceremony, for the use of its members on grand occasio n s, shall be re-established, and has voted a sum of 11141,111N1f. for the i ma c hame of such carriages and of tilting li ver i es . The An carriages, which dated from the first year of the reign of Napoleon 1., were sold by auction i n _ _ DENMARK. An import►mt commercial unde►taking has been resolved upon in Gothenburg. A company has been formed for the purpose of establishing steam eom munication on a large scale between West Sweden and England, based on the export to the latter of rattle, A.e., as is the case between West Denmark and Lowestoft and London. The capital is tix►Ml at '200,000 rix dollars, to be raised in 1,700 shares, st 7:") rix dollars each. There is every proved that this scheme will la well supported, and that it will lead to iugso•lant results, both vointUervially and tuolili• call•. 1101.1,A\1►. Id. Vim Hall's law on religious liberty was Noted in the Second Chamber of the States-6eneral on thu 15th ult. The numbers were: For, .11; against, 17: majority for the Government, 11. The Chandwr afterwards adjourned. The Homan Catholic party has commenced a new agitation in man) ut the principal towns and communes, and petitions aptitot the law are now !wing signed fine presentation to the First Chamber. There is, however, aeareely a douLt but that it will finally receive the Royal assent. AUSTRIA. The tinny will he considerably decreased in 1P54. The Emperor has c on s ented, except only in case I f some unfi•reseen ocetuTence. Accounts from Jassy, of the 19th, state that the anniversary of the liirthduy of the Emperor of Austria was celebrated there with great pomp; the Russian camp was illuminated on the occasion. The Au s trian and Russian flotillas stationed before tialatz tirt salutes. The Emperor is to pay a visit to the Cottit of Munich, and will afterwards, about the middle of September, proceed to the camp at 4 tlinutz. Negotia tions have been opened lwtween Austria and Russia for the establishment of a direct postal communica tion between Galicia and Russia. PRUSSIA. A grand Evangelical Assembly is about to be held in Berlin, at which, it is maid, I,OINi peniona will be present. A proposal will be submitted to exclude such husbands and wives as, on their marriage, shall pledge themselves to bring up their children in the Roman Catholie religion. The object is to make a demonstration against the agitation of the Roman Catholic bishops. The Customs Conference are engaged in concluding a new treaty of commerce with Belgium. SWITZERLAND._ A popular meeting took place ut. Lausanne on Aug. llttli, relative to the increasing price of eon►, which hail begun to cause considerable uneasiness am 1111 l gst the population. Everything passed over with perteet order; and a committee of twelve members wax named, composed of persons belonging to every shade of opinion, for the purpose of devising means for remedying the present state of things. ITALY. In Genoa another attempt was made, on the even ing of the 2nd ult., to get up disturbances, the pre text being the arrest of a drunken fellow, but it was immediately quelled by the arrest of the ringleader. Great precautions have been taken by the authori ties, and numerous patrols are seen in the streets. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has declined autho rising a subscription for a monument to tiioberti. The Papal Government have resolved to appoint a commission for the trial of the conspirators who were arrested On the 15th ult. Various other arrest* have taken place on different points of the Human territory. SPAIN. The igiabid Cabinet is projecting a new provincial division of the kingdom, by which the 49 provinces will be reduced to 10. This plan will cause an im portant > ming in the public expenditure. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The iAlowing is the text of the celebrated " note" which was published here by the Morning Chronicle, in anticipation of its contemporaries. The notes at the close comprise the modifications which the Porte linommasimmi I