The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 24, 1853. mother, the Duehess de Berri, at Itrunsve (Styria I. where he will receive the congratulations of those friends who may desire to join in celebrating that event. The explanations of Russia on the subject of the refused to 'secede to the 'Turkish " moditieations have arrived in Paris, but have not yet been officially communicated to the French Government. They were transmitted to the. Russian Minister, M. de Kisselef, who will (as diplomatic etiquette requires) read them over to M. l)ruuyn de Minister for Foreign Affiurs. A notable diminution has taken place in the price of meat in l'auis, in consequenee of the measures taken by the tiovennuent for lowering the duties on the importation of foreign cattle into France. The Odisan opened on Monday with a new play by Miry, called Guzman the lirare. Their Imperial Majesties were expeeted to have been present, but k as the hero of the piere was un ancestor of the. Em press it was considered better taste to abstain from assisting at its first representation, its its success might be attributed to a courtier spirit in the au dience, and not to the sole merits of the author. The Queen Christine was present, and the piece was not quite a failure. lbtussm.q, September 1:1. Rumours of an impending invasion free► France have again become rife. They have already found their way into the German journals, which announce, in the most serious manner, that Napoleon 111. is prepanng a manifesto declaring that, resting on the precedent established by Russia towards Turkey, and sanctioned by the powers, he thinks tit to wimpy some Belgian provinces until the constitution, which he considers a nuisance for himself and the peace of Europe, may have been modified in the way to be dictated by the French autocrat. The manifesto, the German papers add, terminates by the positive de claration that the Emperor nourishes no desire of conquest for himself, and that the occupation has no other object but to secure from disorder his own territory, and that of his royal neighbour, until the required reform shall have been aeeon►plishetl. believe the announcement to be utterly false, for the present at least, though everybody here is cognisant of the secret wish of Louis Napoleon to reconquer Belgium, and overthrow the glorious monument at Waterloo, and of the coolness of the relations between the two neighbouring Courts. But it shows the blunder committed by the cowardice of the powers in allowing the dangerous precedent introduced by Russia into the international law of Europe to pass unresented—a mistake of which they will have, now or later, to bear the consequences. Meantime, these rumours tend to paralyse the reviving spirit of en terprise in great public undertakings. I know, also, that the Government has been occupied with the matter, and probably something will be done to re assure the public mind. The Prince of Chimay left yesterday for Lille., where, as you were first to announce, he is instructed to compliment the Emperor. It was stated, to the very last moment, that the order given to Prince Chimay had been recalled in a council of Ministers. The measure, had it been tr►e, would have been yet more maladroit and impolitic than the nomination of an envoy to Lille, when the King was left alone at Arlon and Namur, without the commonplace con►- pliment of an envoy from► his Imperial brother, and when the French embassy at Brussels remained without a chief during the ceremony of the marriage. I had some years ago the oppertunity of con versing with a German military authority on the military value of Belgium in case of a European war, and asked his open opinion on th e s ubj e ct. Hi s answer was in terms this :—l3elgium is wising in choosing to appears° nosiest. A nation which already can bring 100,000 men in the field, and may put 1541,000 in a desperate stneggle,—these weeps well trained, furnished with the best materiel in Europe, which may - be partly renewed in six weeks, holding a mighty line of fortresses, fighting pro guilt et faeix, supported by a sympathetic population, and by a civic guard, to the younger port►on of which may be confided the interior defence of the towns in the ale settee of the military force, and which at all events could contrilinte to man the fortresses—will in any occurrence threw a mighty weight into the scale of either contending party, and perhaps decide the vie tory in a defensive warfare. This is the opinion of one of the best military men of I'russ►a, and I know this is also the opinion of King Leopold, who ►s con. todered an authority in military matters, and one of the few surviving ()Mears who assisted at the great e,sielis of the first French empire. Together wits► these rumours, those of tl►e hitch non of the King to resign his throne to his elder son THE PRESS. are reNise.l. To these I may give a formal contra diction from the knowledge I have of the diameter of his Majesty. It is true that he at one time maul tested a wish for the repose to which his long and laborious career hits entitled him ; but he is not th e . Mall to desert the field when iterhaps his most deel sive battle r, mains to he fought, and just at the 1110- 111ellt when he has reeeived so 1111011 prOOf of loyalty from his people. The opportunities I have had of knowing the. King's character afford me smother guarani, c that the alarming rumours of a supposed iloiger which is said to Menage the constitution than within are without foundation. King Leopold has kept faith to his oath against entire Northern Europe roan Is:10 to IS IS will keep his word against the present reacti 4unity mot Ile knows be may reckon upon the sympathies of constitutional England. :Meantime, the position of the \linistry is no way an o n e. Oar 4•01111111Crelat relations with France exist only on forbearance in virtue of the temporary iirolotigation of the treaty of 1544, while the convention with the tierman Zoilvervitt, expires this year; and—if we aro to judge by the mentoran aunt addressed to the Berlin custom conference by the Prussian tiovernment, in which they ati tttttt nee the intention to claim for lienuatq• all th e et tor t .s. shins made by Belgium to England, the Netherlands, and all the other foreign states, and allow it in coin pensati to profit by the duties established by the general tarilf—the task promises to be difficult. FRANCE. The 'Turkish Ambassador in Paris went on Mon day morning to St. Cloud, to have an audience of the Emperor. The visit was not connected with having merely for its object the announce ment, in the name of the Sultan, of the birth of a SOH. The Impartial of Boulogne states that the English in that place intend to present an address of congratulation to the Emperor and Empress on their visit there. The Prefect of the Haute Vienne has suspended the moire of St. Brabant for promulgating a decree prohibiting the export of corn from his district. The Echo Agrienle has received a " warning " for having published articles calculated to excite alarm on the subject of food. Several arrests have been made recently among the workmen in the Faubourg St. Antoine. The ostensible cause is a strike by the men in some of the copper manufactories. According to one account, as many as thirteen factories were closed at one time owing to strikes. The men, it is said, alleged that their occupation was unhealthy, but the Board of health, being called upon to examine the question, reported that there was no foundation for this idea. The strikes continuing after this report, the leaders were arrested ; and it is supposed that political agi• lation was the real rause of the movement for which sanitary considerations were only the pretext. In anticipation of the cholera, which there is much reason to expect in I'nris from day to day, many people are now buying cholera-belts, made, Hot of flannel, but of thin copper and steel plates, arranged so as to envelop the person. A M. Miri s, who, by snecessful speculations on the Bourse, had realised, in two years only, a consi derable fortune, and who has bought the two Minis terial papers, the Conatitationncl and the l'uys, had got up a new society called the Credit Fowler of Nevers, which rivalled the Credit Foncier of France. M. Mires attacked, therefore, the latter asseciati tttt violently in his two papers, and, of course, recom mended his own scheme, whose shares were etnitted by his house at 10 francs discount. The timer's meet, however, instituted a commission, upon whose report M. Mires, has been required to withdraw his scheme from public notice. The shareholders who have already paid up the deposits in M. Mires so ciety, will b© reimbursed in full. The projector announces that a new association, of which the Government has approved, will be launched iu the be • ginning of “ctolwr. _ . The 31otlitrur publishes the returns of the custom duties and indirect taxes for the month of August, which (moonlit to 11,:tros,letif., loeitog tut increase of 451.515 f. (Aur the corresponding periisl Is:02, and o f 1313.937 f. over that of Issl. The total receipts for the first eight months of the present year amount to 1tt1,613.540uf., being a decrease of 1495,195 f. as compared with the corresponding period of 1552, and all increase of 14,211;,2511. (over 11451. A deplorable accident, arising, it is stated, from unaccountable neglect in an employe, occurred on Sunday lust upon the Bordeaux Railway. Between Tours and Bordeaux the line is single. A tele graphic message was Kent on the day mentioned to the station master at an intermediate point, near Poitiers, announcing the approach of a special w a sh, tiain, and desiring him to retain the down mail tr a in at the siding near his station until it had passed. This order he neglected, and the inevitable cause 487 iotence was that the two trains came into fearful col lision. Five peroms were killed, two engine drivers, two stokers, am% a ;:nand. t de Sasumay, the inspector on duty with the mail train, was tm the engine with the driver and stoker when the collision took place. Ity the shock he was hurled over an embankment, but escaped situ , ist unhurt. The guard of the mail train, whose place is in the luggage van immediately behind the engine and tender, hearing the signal Of an approaching tren t , o p e n e d th e s lidi ng and put out his head to Nee what was the matter. At that moment. the shock took place; the doors closed violently, and completely se vens' his head roan his Issly. The one rolled down the eui. hankutent, while the body remained in the luggape van. Fifteen passengers mer e also m „ verv i y hum unu of the engines el impletel) smashed, and great damage done among the carriages. Au °tibia investigation has been ordered into the affair, and the negligent station master placed under arrest. Two engines ran together on Saturday evetiiiit upon Re tbe cue line, thr o ugh e mistakeo some' in th e switches. Both were ilashid almost to pieces„ and two of the engineers thriutia id and seriously injured. The papers all tttttt IWO the death of tieneral Viand, who was tioveinor of Sint:down in 15341, when Louis Napoleon attempted to foment an insurrection ill that town. Advices from Burgundy speak more favourably o f th e vintage th an ells t o h e e‘ree t e d. 'flue disease has, indee.l, made its alpearatice in many vineyards, but has not caused such it destruction as to I excite serious tours. Ilunotudy wines would, th e r e fiev, Iw obtained at very reasonable priers wen. it not foe the unfavourable news aniving daily from Bordeaux and Langeron. Spirits of wilt lwl reached at Ihirdeautz as much as Int francs. Since the year 14111, when it got up to 100 francs, prices had never been as high there. II l) 1.1..1 U. Thu semsion al the Statcs•tieneral WAX opened at the ll►►g►w un Ilionday last by the King in person. (aI :IKI. The Emperor left Vienna on die 150 i for !heeling) at Ohniitz. Ile Wits accompanied by Prince Louis of Bavaria, the Archdukes Clituies Louis, Charles Fer &MUNI. a n d Ernest, and by l'tanit linume. The Czar, who hit l'etctd•ttrg for Warsaw on the 13th, Was expoettnl to arrive ut 4 thltulz on the 11th. The king of Prussia will not come to the conference at :hat plane. Baron Ddayendortf hen loft Vienna for W a r s aw t o twelve tlie t'Atir, whom he will t o etto l v a my l A , I Ih n iaz. Lord WOMMorelltild war also to leave for 01MYLA uu the 2:lrtk, and will remain till the th inst. Mr. Jackson, the new American Minister, has arrived in Vienna, with 11r. Davenport, his Secretary of Legation. Ile will settle the Komi* otlair, and deliver bin credentials to the Emperor at 4 The Engler'''. of Austin hus stitielimetl the pro -1"18kik of the Minister of Finance for a considerable reduction of the army, which is to take place previous to the I 4 Ilecember next. Of eourne this is with the proviso that the Ititsso Turco alai:rent:es are peacea bly atkinsted. SWITZERLAND. The Brand Council of Ticino has itilopteil by a large maturity the project of u hi m , of ru tia ot y t o war. astern Se itzt eland with lialy by the Ilatesinunier pass. The cantons of St. lien and the Grime's haul Iwiore wanted voncessions fur the same line. rr:%IX. Fresh s oeetiertil at Tenit and Nareii, in the kiinioni of Sardinia, on account of t h e ill' or laviut. Trolls have been unit thither to maintain order. A decree of the Minister of Finality in the Duchy of lotlettat prohibits the exportation Of eon', itsid out tints wheat, maize, 111111 oats free of (tiny further orilen4. Nevertheless the trade in emit NMI Hour i/i free as lwfore with those elates that belong to the .lustriun Customs Union. SPAIN. Account` from Mnolrid of ---- Itlth co mmomi code the fact of the olissolution of the Lemunoli tie ntivoitittioctit of smother aohninis. tration, moiler 11,0. Pro of M. 51116,014,, TI e new l'obinet i,. tine. :—ltitcrier, 11. ei I lames, of Public Workm in the hitt Ciohinct War. 4 ieviernl Blazer; Jie.tice, .Ihorquis do. O. roma ; Marion., Menton% de Illolite,; I oldie ‘Sorks and Finance, o.J heir:int, M. I/clowned , . Of tin ne pets tlemen, the Marquin do M o line awl the Fount / In San Litin were colleagues of Moor.hal Nertaez, and had wiololrio% n with him in It.grol. The Martini% do Gerona woe: then Pro...itlent of the Corks. M. Pomo. • 'tech was 11ininter of Finance iu the )11:zogs try, stud twlongn to the Progreni•ioninta I ally. It ix lwlieved that the financial department in detitinid for N. l.lorrnte, ii4OW of Park, am in the blarquiv, do 310lio•4. 11w lt" 1s1 Council hs4l again discussed the quc Wu of Protestant eautteties, as the thole=lent le