The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

ladp alb I fibula! If nitllignue. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS ' October 27. THE Emperor and Empress, with all the Court, will leave Compiilne this day. After a few days passed in Paris, their Imperial Majesties will proceed to Fontainebleau. The Prince Napoleon, on his return from Corn pitgne, set oif for Stuttgard. 'Phe mother of the prince is sister of the reigning king of Wurtemberg. His Majesty William I. having intimated his wish to see his nephew, Prince Napoleon hastened to accept the invitation sent to him by his royal relative. lie travels under the name of the Count de Meudon (taken from one of the residences of his father in the neighbourhood of Paris) to avoid all official re c3ptions ca rouge ; but, once arrived at Stuttgard, be will reassume his Imperial rank, and will be received with the honours due to his station by the Count de Bier% Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo titulary of France to that Court. The prince is ac • i nis i ed by Colonel Demarest, first aide-de-camp, by n Pietri Pissed, aide - de-camp , and by Cap tain a, aide-de-carp in waiting. Maiity arrests condone to be made in the depart stents under the cheer of affiliation to secret socie ill% or the alga Pluses* ot snow Dr. Wateau, of We, bee bees liberated after three mouths im prisons.* (without Mal) in the proof blazes, the miasma against bin being insufficient. As imparisl deems of the 14th September last bating, es yea stated at the time, reduced the duty at the weft into Frames of foreign beasts from SAL Is :IL per bead, it hes been directed that, in order to eigiliele Obi@ Witaiiiin, and to benefit the general eonsweeer, a entein epee in the market " Des Prou• veins" obeli be est apart, for the sale by auction of *sat The ispeetant atoditication in the usual *miter et selling will amble the labouring classes to pertielpate in the bees pasted to the importer of foraisa beasts, and allow them to procure animal food wiliest the intervention of the " ruinous butcher." As order has eelesated from the Prifecture of PAM that all bread Iheraished by the bakers shall be said by weight, and that the persons charged with the delivery thereof at private houses shall be fur nished witi essiss, to verify on demand the gravity of assn Immehold loaf so delivered. The bakers bare bees paid by the municipal authorities the dif lbeimate bowies the cost price of their bread and the imadierated Wile of prices at which they were re quired to sell it to the public with a view to prevent popular outcry at the temporary rise of the corn markets. The Grand Ditcher's, Dowager of Baden arrived in Paris the day before yestenlay, aecompanied by the Duke do Baseano, Grand Chamberlain, and the officers of her household. The Count de Per sign'', Minister of the Interior, and M. Mamie, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, re ceived her Highness at the station of the railway of Strasburg. The Court carriages were in Iltiendanee to airway the Grand Duchess to the Northern Rail way, and, after a few minutes' repose, a special train took her to the Palace of Compiegne, where she arrived at half-past five o'clock. An unusual number of accidents have happened lately on French niihroads, principally caused by trains of merchandise running into stations where passenger trains were taking in water and coals. Luckily, at such times, the passengers are regaling themselves at sideboards of the stations. It is clear that the signals are not sufficiently understood by the esighte-driver, or carelessly and inefficiently displayed by the signalmen. A commission composed of the most competent men has been appointed by the Minister of Agricul ture, Commeree, and Public Works, having fur its special object to study and make inquiry into the general and particular causes of the accidents which the Administration and the public have lately had to deplore, as occurring on the different lines of railway. M. Frissard, Inspect r-general of Roads and Bridges, is named President of this Committee. M. Frissard has already arrived at I Weans, and, idler having put himself in communication with the Prefect of Loiret, he will go over the line between Orleans and Bordeaux, and make himself acquainted with all the details of the service. He will be accompanied by M. Foulon, chief engineer, charged with the general superinten d aloe. A note in the Monitettr abolishes the payment en tweed on all herds of swine let into the forests of the State, to feed on acorns, fie. The note states " that this measure will have the effect of reserving to the general use of the country certain grains and potatoes, given, in default of other means of fattening them, to swine ; and thus alleviate the expenses of many families, and render them assistance at a moment o f rise in provisions." A terrible catastrophe has occured at Chilon sur- Mame. General de Neuilly, commanding a subdivi sion, believing himself hurt in his honour by a young officer of his staff, assaulted him, without, however, THE PRESS. any serious result. On Sunday morning the general went to the lodgings of the young officer and loaded him with reproaches. He would listen to no explana tion, but, working himself up into a furious passion, rushed upon him, and laid his cane about his face till it was red with blood, and stt iped with marks which they say are ineffaceable. The noise caused by this scene drew many persons to the door, who were at first unwilling to interfere, but two neighbour; of the young man at last determined to enter. At the moment of placing their hands to the lock, the retort of two pistols was heard, and, ou rushing in, the young otticer was found to have killed his general, by two shots discharged from a brace of pistols still smoking in his hands. The military authorities bring immediately informed, the perpe trator of this dreadful act Intl arrested and con ducted to prison. liarssEt.s, October 17. Tut; King will open in person, and with the usual ceremonies, on November K next, the session of the Belgian Chambers. Ili* Majesty and the Royal Family will return for the purpose some days previously from their visit to the British Court. With the exception of the debate to which the yet unsettled state of the Belgian commercial relations with France may give rise, the session promises to pass ott very quietly. The differences between the Belgian Government and the Catholic clergy, and the consequent absten tion of the latter from intervening iu the schools of the middle degree erected by the State, still conti nue. Some weeks ago the municipal council of Antwerp had adopted new regulations for religious instruction in the municipal schools which seem to have been favourably received by the Cardinal Arch bishop of Mechlin, as they allow the priests a direct intervention in the choice of the school books ; but not so by the Ministry,who disapprove of the absence of any provision for the religious instruction of non- Catholic pupils. As the archbishop primate makes this omission a copulitio shoe Dui Hon of his sanction, it is probable the attempt at conciliation will be a failure. Several French refugees have again been expelled from Belgium, probably in consequence of the reite rated demands by the new French minister which I mentioned in my last letter. The expelled refugees belong all of them to the class of artisans, and the measure is justified by their proclaiming too loudly their doctrines in the beerhouses and cabarets. . . Meanwhile the Goverment is overwhelmed with reclamations from all sides against the public press. The following anecdote is narrated on the subject:— Some time ago the Papal nuncio called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs to remonstrate against the language used towards the Court of Rome on the subject of the late Papal aggression in Holland. Scarcely had he left, when the Dotal envoy appeared to complain of the attacks from the Catholic press against Holland on the same occasion. The minister ran after the nuncio, brought him back to his closet into the presence of the Dutch represen tative, and, after having explained to them the mu tual object of their visit, said to the nuncio , "if your eminence will use your influence on the Catholic papers, to inspire them with greater moderation of language towards Holland, I, for toy part, will do my best to make the liberal press abstain from attacking your Government; so you will be satisfied both." The meeting held at Belfast about the factory girls engaged in the linen manufactory at Flmival, in the vicinity of Louvain, has created an immense sensation in Belgium. You are aware that some of these girls had called on the British Consul at Antwerp, and, asking to be brought back to their country, had com plained of having been illtreated and brutally deceived, and seduced, by the owners of the mill; one of whom is M. Eisenstuek, formerly president of the German National Assembly at Frankfort; the other, a Bel gian merchant, and Consul for Hanover, M. Olden horn. The Government immediately ordered a judicial investigation on the spot, which will take place immediately. Meantime the British Minister at Brussels has had special inquiries made ; and I heard from one of the persons engaged on this ser vice that the charges brought against the establish ment at. Florival have been greatly exaggerated, if they are not completely unfounded. Must of the fourteen girls who have left had been sent away on account of scandalous misbehaviour; those who re- main declare themselves entirely satisfied with their condition, earning more than they could in their own country, and being treated, according to their own expressions, by Mr. Steele, the English director of the spanning branch of the establishment, not like operatives, but like young ladies. Six of them are to be shortly married to respectable Belgian workmen in the mill. Another complaint urged at Belfast was that, the girls being Protestants, all of them were prevented from performing their religious duties. Of the thirty women brought over to Belgian► two only were Protestants, the twenty-eight others Ito- SATURDAY, man Catholics. This I believe to be the tenor of the official report transmitted on the subject to the British Government by Lord Howard de Walden. A convention for the establishment of a steam navi gation service between Antwerp► and some point o n the United States coast (provisionally New York) was signed some days ago between the representatives of an Anglo-Belgian company and the Brussels bank ing establishment, the Sucieti Ukneral for encou raging national industry. The Queen of Holland returned on the •26th instant to the Hague from her stay at Interlaken, in Swit zerland, and at Stuttgardt, with her royal father. Holland sends a fleet of several ships of war to cruise iu the Ureek archipelago, and watch events in those waters. The war-frigate Doggersbank, one of the best ships of the Dutch fleet, has been ordered to reinforce the squadron, and will sail from Hello voetsluys to-morrow. FRANCE. Thursday's Moniteur contains au official announce ment that the two Cabinets of England and France have despatched orders to their respective fleets to pass the Dardanelles, and that by this time they will have anchored iu the Sea of Marmon'. It adds that the Emperor, sensible that peace is the lasting interest of the people, has given his solemn assur ance to co-operate cordially for the preservation of the peace which Europe has hitherto enjoyed ; but that peace would be wanting in an essential princi ple if it ceased to be based on the balance of power necessary to maintain the rights and secure the interests of all. Another paragraph states :—" So many circum stances united in favour of a cause which is that of all Europe allow us to regard the ultimate issue with a feeling of security and confidence." Reports of a new Russian " note" having arrived were current in Paris during the week. Sentences from the alleged missive were even quoted. It was said that the document had been before the Emperor since Saturday last, but was of a tone so insulting to France that its publication was prohibited. Ac cording to the last accounts, M. Castelbajae, son of the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, who arrived in Paris on Tuesday, brought with him two state papers—one a manifesto from the Czar, the other a note from Count Nesselrode. In this cute the Emperor is said to declare that he cannot but repel the hostilities of Turkey. He adds, however, he is still determined, in any case, not to do any• thing that can in any way interfere with the integrity of the Ottoman empire. The Emperor and Empress returned from Com piCgne on Thursday. In a day or two their Majesties will set out for Fontainebleau. It is remarked that the number of persons com posing the Court is continually increasing, and the regulations relative to the etiquette to be observed are becoming more and inure stringent. M. Charles Thelin, first valet de cham►bre to the Emperor, who was not long since made knight of the Legion of Honour, has been authorised to assume the title of baron. This last circumstance is the more remark- able that the Emperor has refrained hitherto from bestowing any titles of nobility. Nothing has transpired to confirm the announce ment made by the London Sun that the Emperor and Empress are about to pay a visit to London. The news is received in Paris with incredulity. It is rumoured that 31. de la Cour, the Freurn ambassador at Constantinople, is to be recalled from his post. The interest of the Bons du Tremor is fixed from the date of the '24th instant at three and a half per rent. fur the bonds of from three to five months ; four per cent. for bonds of from six to eleven mouths ; and four and a half per cent. for bonds of one year. The Moniteur contains a decree for admitting pro visionally free of duty, whether by land or sea, and whether in French or foreign bottoms belonging to the country of production, beef and mutton fat in tended to be used in the manufacture of stearine candles, upon the condition, however, that the im porter shall engage to re-export or replace in bowl, within four mouths, either 1(K) kilogrammes of can dles, or 50 kilos. of candles and 54) kilos. of " oleique" acid for every 100 kilos. of fat imported. The trial of the persons engaged in the conspiracy at the Opera Comique will, it is said, reveal to the public a plot of a very formidable character; for, according to proofs in the hands of Government, there were thirty individuals armed with two pistols each, which they were to have discharged at the Imperial box, and then to have proclaimed au insurrection, of which the first, third, and tenth arrondissements were to have been the main points. The late arrests do not seem to have had any relation to previous con spiracies, but as yet a good deal of mystery hani:a over the proceedings connected with them. A serious accident occurred on Wednesday morn ing on the Versailles Railway. Three persons were killed, and nine dangerously wounded. Another accident took place on the previous day on the Orleans line, mug to a goods train of fifty carriages