The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

510 tat* nab Colonial aintelligtna. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. limas, September ie. THE progress of the Emperor and Empress through the North has been one continued ovation. The towns have vied with one another in enthusiasm, and in the decoration of their streets anal piddle plaees. Festivals, balls, illuminationti s and reeeptunet have divided the time with inspections of troops, fortifleationsonatmlactories, and hospitals. All in tarn 1161" n'eri`cd LW) tiC4IUIQUe and benevolent at ... • . .• • • • lion of the Emperor, Dunkirk, Calais, owl Don ioano commanded t 6 greatest interest, and plaits dating from the reign of the I ireat Napoleon Weil' consulted, modified, and dote pined upee Dr the amelioration of the condition of the merit' popu lation, the improvement of the harbours, and the do rmice of the ports. Owing to the stone.% state of the weather, tlw French fleet of evolutien in the Dowels was unable to reach INeikirk. The Emperor, 4.ot teirons of seeing this squadron (commanded by A(1- mind Chanter), deferred his departure from Bot logi, for some hours to allow rot' its appearing off the at part of the coast. Yesterday their Majesties quitted Bonlogew at one oclock, accompanied by the enthusiastic acclaim fifes. of the multitude, arrived at Abbeville at flume welock, and at live o'cl•wl. at Amiens. Thu tow a was magnificently &emitted. At Boulogne the English inhabitants presented an address to their Majesties, whirls was most graeiously received by them. The country people docked into the cities from every quarter, chat passed in review before the Emperor in their picturesque waggons wreathed with dowers, and the prettiest of the village girls. 'dewed Well in front. in their very best holiday costumes, testified, in their own lennely but not less emphatic manner, all the affection they hall MI long cherished up for Use memory of the Great Napoleon, which was poured out with opened hearts on the elect of the people. The throne of the Emperor Napoleon 111. Is a tripod, having for its base the army, the clergy, and the rural population. Throughout this journey the health of their Majesties has been excellent. Tin, news of the entrance into the Dardanelles en four vessels of the combined fleet has not been re eeived with undivided approbation. It is a half measure, the °Wise not clearly defined, and alt ex cute sought fin', whack appears weak, timorous, and nn English. The Bourse daily falls and no confidene.. is en tertainedli that an mpet's:lde solution can be attained to list' thiental questii ass as long a s Ru ss i a ns i n n uen ,•,. predotninutrs in the eonneils of St. James's and Lord Aberdeen remains Prime Minister. The ThCatre Francais is about to lose for a a bald twelvemonth its greatest ornament and attraction. Reeled is going to be oeenpied for a year to come by the Etnperor of all the Hussies. she is to receive 400,1N10 francs, and the stun of I(141,114)0 francs is sac 'wiled her extra, to form a company of actors and actresses to second her. To till ep this void, if possible, the new play of Alexandre Dumas, 14 Jeuneese de Louts is put in rehearsal!. The Prince Jerome, ex-king of Hollawl. gave a grand dinner to which the queen Christine was invited. The absolve of his son, the Prince Napo leon, necessarily detaimsl at the camp at St. Omer, has been remarked upon in this sense —that, had a marriago really beets contemplated betWeea the daughter of the royal guest and the son of the illustrious host, the dinner would have been post. poised until the artival of the prince, able!' took place the next they. Stele great inferences alas ye its Paris deduct from small events. Ilitt•ssEt.s, Stpteitilwr The fries commemorative of the revolution of s!“ are over, very quietly. The chilli weather, to the rain pouring down, coutrihnted %cry mod, t o complete what the political C4 l lll.innetUreS had bey,llll. A% usual, a funeral sere lee was celebrated for the point. for combatants who fell in IPSO. The corps diplo- Illative was represented at the ceremony by the United States charge 'Vaal res, r. Siebel,wlto hadjust arrived in Ilrussels, and the secretary of the Turkish missi o n. The °omega rig perambulated the streets in the after noon, but without eseiting the euriosity. much less the enthusiasm, of the freezing mob. Inning the three other lldys the rain prevented all outdoor fes tivities. The orchestras playing at different points of the town were left alone, like St. John preaching in the desert. The Duke of Tereeirn, who left ItruaqeNo some day. t o for Landon end Lisbon, brought to the THE PRESS. Duke of Brabant the grand cross of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword. Prince Chimay has returned from Lille, and was the bearer of en autograph letter from Napoleon 111. to King Leopold. The contents of the epistle have not yet transpired, but it is said to contain a protesta tion against the prevailing rumours of an impending aggression from France. Meantime the nomination of the Prince of Chimay for the mission wineb he has just tilled, and which seems to hate %,n/milted front the personal will of the King, is said to have provoked for a moment a ministerial crisis in the Cabinet. The threatened resignation of the premier, Id. de Brouckerfs Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, was given as Alttoti, tiositi\•e; but it is added that some coreeit hicatilegis *eta ids MAiesty hate tnititlrd 4,10 1‘; renounce hia Intention for the present. The iveir.o,natio% 'of 'the Minister of War. which i onnonneed in mw list letter, appears positite; bet, as 1 told you, not on account of any Political difficulties, but from some urchiteetural dif ferei ice about tile works of the fortifications at Antwerp. It is affirmed that his snectssor is already desig ttted, in the person of the general of engineers, lie 'annoy, the former governor of the princes. It would be impossible to light upon a more unpopular choice. General, then Deltumoy wits some years ago dismissed from his Innetions of governor of the princes for having insulted the civic guard, by calling them Sunday soldiers. The King resisted in vain for a n un tent—at least in appearance—the popular indignation. Now the same man would be called to the Ministry of War, loan which another officer, honoured with the personal friendship of the King—i ;mend t 'hazal—has been ousted, through the hostility of which he had been the obiect from the semi national guard, The linnifertt puhlishes an (Iflieial return of the corn trade during the four days from the pith to 20th September. The importations of corn of all kinds, and potatoes, amounted to 4,700,000 kilo grammes ; the exportations to 461,000 onlv. lin the evening of September etti the amount of corn end float in bomi tit Attweep was 19,000,000 kilogrammes. In presence #.f sin h tt eircumstanee it is indeed in ex plicoble haw the prices of all provisions continue to ran higher and higher every day on all the mar kets of the country. The dearth has provoked serious disturbances iu the little manufacturing town of SL Nicolas, iu Fast Flanders. A battalion of infantry has been called from Antwerp, and quartered per manently in the town. Other forces were expected, as it was feared the disturbances may be renewed on the next market-day. FRANCE. The presence of several English officers of rank at the reviews and festivities of Lille and St. Omer lots affiusleil the Emperor opportunities, of which he has availed himself, to testify his respect for the English nation, and the value which he attaches to the English alliance. Nothing, it is said, could ex ceed the courtesy of the Emperor and the Court to the noblemen a ho representedher Majesty the Queen in the military spectacles. At the grand state dinner at the prefecture at Lille, Major-General the Earl of Lucan, ns the English officer of highest rank, was placed upon the left of the Empress, the Emperor being seated on her right, and was treated with marked attention by both illustrious personages. When their Majesties arrived at the llotel de Ville at Lille, and as soon as they had taken their seats upon the dais of the splendid Rath., an aide-de-camp was sent to the Earl of Lucan and the Marquis of Worcester, who were in full military uniform, to de sire that they would come and take their places upon the dais. The noble and gallant officers thereupon passed before the Emperor and Empress, who testi fled in the most marked manner, and apparently to the satisfaction of the immense assemblage, the value which they attached to the presence of their English Aisitors. The Earl of I.ucan afterwards danced in the first quadrille, in which the Emperor and Em press took part. These courtesies were regarded with an interest which had muck► of its source in the present state of political affairs, and are believed to evince a desire on the pan of the Emperor to strengthen the alliance with England by every tie of material interest and personal friendship. A circular despatch, relative to the Eastern ques tion, has been sent by NI. Dronyn de Lhuys to all the French foreign ministers and diplomatic agents in Europe. This despatch states plainly that France and England cannot accept the pretensions of Russia, or the interpretation placed by her upon the Vienna note. It is still declared by the Frew+ ministers in their own ci►cles that there is no real danger of war. Nevertheless a complete panie overtook the Bourse on Wednesday, eaust i by a multiplicity of alarming rumours. Among other reports was one to the effect that Austria and Prussia had protested against the Faiiage of the I►:utlanelles by English and French ships of war. This rumour acquired sufficient credit to deserve and obtain a formal contradiction. SATURDAY, A decree of the Emperor calls out .14),000 men of the SO,OOO of the class of IS7e2-7,lsk for the navy, and 32,k12 for the army. This, however, is nothing more than what is done every ye ar, in order to fill up the vacancies caused by those whose term of service is about to expire. The Municipal Council of Paris has under exami nation several plans which have been approved of by the Government, and intended to procure the resources necessary to pay the expenses occasioned to the city by the twice of bread. Iron employed in buildings will pay a tax of 4. per ton ; cast iron, 21.; coal, instead of the duty of 2Sc. per hectolitre, will pay 110 e, per 1( W ) kilogrammes; fagots of hard wood will pay If. 50c. E 'MANY. Considerable ala►zn prevailed on the Vienna Bourse on Saturday last in consequence of vague reports that R revolution hail b►oken out at Constantinople; that the Emperor of Russia had countermanded his in tended jour►ey to Olmiitz ; and that the camp there was at once to be dissolved, and the troops sent per railway to the southern frontier. All these apprehen sions, however, were soon dispelled, and confidence restored. Nevertheless, the continued lower quota tions of English Consols, which reached Vienna daily by telegraphic despatches, tended greatly to discou rage the money market, the Viennese being apt to look upon the steady price of English Consols as the safest criterion of the political condition of Europe, and more especially in reference to the Oriental qltes.. ion. The projected Itsot h►ts hot yet been oftic!al'y an flounced, the Austrian Government intending, it is stated, to contract the amount, which is now not to exceed thirty millions of florins. The Hungarian deputation presented the crown or St. Stephen, it ith other regalia of their nation, to the Emperor, on the •!Oth ult. It was noticed that in mentioning Hungary the Emperor spoke of it ►n the old ante- Seliwarzeuber , style as a kingdom. The free community of * Magdeburg, counting R,OOO membe►:, has been dissolved by the Prussian overmne t ITALY. The Tux ua Monitoreo7the !!‘lth publishes a treaty of navigation and commerce concluded between Prussia and Tuscany. It is to colon into force on January 1. The King of Sardinia held a review of three divi sions of the army in the plain of Alexandria on the :nth ult. After a short and energetie speech which the Duke of Genoa addressed to the troops, the camp at Marengo was broken up. SPAIN. The new Cabinet met on the t:Oth. Its first act was to order the seizure of two jouluals, the Diario Espanol and Tribano. The Madrid Gazette announces that the Narvaez question is settled. Ile may return to Spain when ever he pleases. It is said that the generals belong ing to the Moderate opposition are to be replaced. The Gazette of the !Mid contains a royal decree enacting that henceforth emplays shall only be chosen from amongst men of known capacity, who have experience iu public business, but are without places. REELS. The Hellenic Government expresses, in the Obser rah ur of the 17th ult., astonishment and painful regret that the Porte should have withdrawn the exeguatur from the Greek Consul-Genera in Walla chia. The Government declares that it will first complain to Turkey, and afterwards do justice to itself, should this become necessary. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Emperor of Russia arrived at Olmiitz on the evening of the 24th ult. The Emperor of Austria went to meet him as far as I'rerean, a small town in Moravia, where a magnificent tent had been erected. The two Emperors, alter embracing each other, con tinued their journey on horseback, followed by a splendid staff. In the evening the town of Olmiitz was brilliantly illuminated. According to Moscow letters, dated the 17th, the Czar, ou leaving Olmiitz, will proceed to Odessa. The semi-official Corresponden: of Vienna state.; that the most perfi:ct understanding subsists between Austria and Russia, especially concerning the East ern question. " Nothing is more likely than that the two Emperors, when met at Ohniitz, will occupy themselves very seriously with the condition of the t'hristians of Turkey. as it is their duty so to do. - M. Titow, who was Russian Ambassador at Con stantmople, has been summoned to Olmiitz. It is said that he will ho consulted on the Eastern question. The accounts from the principalities report the continued influx of fresh troops from Russia, and the rapid levy of new recruits in the neighbouring provinces. Forty thousand men were to be added ti. the army in Wallachia. making a total force of mole than 25,000 across the frontier. In consequence A' movements made by the Turk', Prince Gorochalictf