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will secure our country from all dangers,
whether from without or from within. Then,
and not till then will the Volunteer movement be
anything like adequate and complete. It is the
glory and boast of this country that it can
implicitly trust the whole population with arms,
and that every man, even of the humbler class of
the people, is ready and willing to take up arms
in defence of the Throne and the Constitution, if
the opportunity is fairly offered to him. By thus
enrolling the humbler with the more fortunate
classes of society in one common cause, we afford
an excellent opportunity for bringing into friendly
contact the extremes of life amongst us ; and it is
impossible to over-estimate the social good which
has already arisen from the partial development
of this commingling of different classes, or the
advantages which may yet arise by weakening.
if not destroying, class distinctions which none
but political demagogues desire to perpetuate.
Let the Government and the country at large,
especially the present Volunteers, realise fully the
importance of the present crisis in the great
movement, and leave no stone unturned to secure
the accession to our noble Volunteer army of some
hundreds of thousands of our honest, stalwart and
loyal artisans.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
THURSDAY, August 16.
The expectations of the population of Paris were
deceived yesterday morning. Most of them retired to
rest on the previous night with the devout conviction.
that the bad weather which is afflicting almost every

part of the country, would not fail to yield before the
anniversary of the Fete de Napoleon and Festival of the
Assumption combined. It would scarcely be credited how

much superstitious credulity prevails among some classes
of the population, in connection with the memory of the
first Napoleon, and the great days of the first empire.
Not a few even believe that the founder of the existing

dynasty actually has the power of influencing the

weather. The commencement of the fete was announced

by a salute of twenty-one guns from the batteries of
the Invalides, but the rain poured down in torrents

round the remaining members of la grand arinee, who,
habited in their old uniforms, Surrounded the Column
of July. But subsequently, as the day went on, the
weather brightened up from time to time, although it
could not altogether shake off the rain. The Emperor
arrived from the camp quite unexpectedly the night
before. It was thought he would have cele-

brated the fete there, surrounded by the troops,
and in true Napoleonic fashion, but it is understood
that he was called back to the capital some days sooner
than the time originally fixed for his departure, owing
to the grave character of the news which had arrived
from Italy. The city presented a very animated aspect,.

and although every workshop and place of business,.
as well as all the government offices, the offices
connected with the different embassies, and the whole
of the newspaper offices, were shut, the occupants
were all abroad and stirring; the sombre
appearance of the various houses and buildings, being
in many instances brilliantly relieved by the gorgeous

display of flags and banners of all kinds, on most of
which were represented some event or other of the war
in Italy. The Chumps Elygees and the Place de la.
Concorde, which had the gayest appearance during the

day, were in the evening illuminated with countless
thousands of variegated lamps, and the cafés in the
Boulevards presented an appearance of that liTely

splendour and noisy bustling activity, which
alone can be seen in these quarters. The

public drinking fountains did not flow with wine,

as in the good old times, but the whole of the Theatres
were open at one o'clock in the afternoon for gratuitous.
performance, and the best pieces of the repertoire were.
seleeted. At the Opera there was "Pierre de Medicis ;"
at the Theatre Francais, " Polyeucte ;" at the Gymnaise,
" Faux bons hommes ;" and at the Opera Comique,
" Fra Diavalo," &c. ; knots of people were assn
bled at the door of each house, so early as seven
o'clock in the morning. Foreigners and. people•
from all the provinces had crowded up to. Paris. in
unusually large numbers. At the satire hour
also, a variety of open-air amusements for the people
came off an the Esplanade of the Invalides and other
places. The 62nd Regiment lent its band and 200 of
its men, to one of the theatres on the Place du Trine..
The Rue de Rivoli, the Court and Palace of the-
Tuileries, and all the prominent streets and public
buildings of the town were brilliantly illuminated,
The display of electric light on the Chainps de Afars
was perhaps the finest of all, although the gaseous-
illuminations of the Hotel de Ville seemed to excite,.
perhaps, the greatest admiration. The evening's
amusements were wound up by two gigantic displays of
fireworks, one on the Quai d'Orsay, the other on the
Place du TrOne. They were so arranged as to be.
visible from all points of Paris. The usual services
took place at an early part of the day, in the various
churches, and the Prefect of the Seine gave his usual'
banquet to all the high dignitaries and superior function-
aries, civil and municipal. His speech, in proposing
the health of his Majesty, the Empress, and the Prince.
Imperial, was highly applauded.
Many of those engaged in the festivities doubtless,
however, found time to give a thought to the gravity of
the present political situation of affairs. On Naples, of
course, people's attention, since the recent news from
that quarter, is chiefly fixed. - The sending away by the
King, of his uncle, Count d'Aquila, has not surprised
any one here ; for the various steps which have been
taken from time to time, by this member of the reign-
ing family of Naples, to negotiate the submission of the
kingdom to the crown of Savoy, are well known ; acrd
there was this reason for this proceeding on the part of
Francis IL, that the Count, inhis capacity of Admiral of
the Neapolitan Navy, was contributing by his influence
and attitude towels his nephew, to the disaffection. and,
insubordination which are known to. prevail to so great.
an extent in the fleet.
M. de la Greca has joined' M. Manna here. They
both busily engaged, in endeavouring to get the support
of the Emperor to, some middle course which shall sere
the Dynasty. They are quite astonished their
liberal friends in Naples and elsewhere are 'not satisfied
with the concessions made by the BiD,_
6 ; they point wet
how much, in their view, Italie:a liberty would he en-
d Garibaldi, seeing that
dangered by the triumph
Austria, in the event a Naples falling into his halide,.
pretence far endeavouring to
would make that fact a
recover all that she had lost in Italy by the last war.
They give out, also, that if France continues to abstain
as she has hitherto dome, from interference, they have Iva
fears for the reskelt,
Much has been said lately about the movements and
attitade of the Government of Piedmont, but it seems
the general opinion that the Cabinet of Turin is doing
nothing more than playing second fiddle to the Cabinet
of the Tuileries. The great question, therefore, is what
will Napoleon 111.. do ? as the preparation for the
struggle between Austria and Italy are obviously-
already so far advanced as to render another bloody war
distinctly visible. The preparations of Piedmont for
engaging in the contest are something quite wonderful.
Besides the enormous numbers of rifle muskets, guns of
the largest calibre, and ammmunition which it has pur-
chased front the French manufactories, its own
mentifactoriis are incessantly at work, and very
soon a number of vessels are to be sent to Sweedea.
to take delivery of guns ordered in that
country by the government. Austria on her side it
similarly engaged—the defensive wurks which, she is
organising iu Venetia are immense ; the Lido is nothing'
more than a long train of batteries. A gentleman who
has been lately at Mantua, and who saw the new military
works in that neighbourhood, says, that the government'
contractors are no longer able to furnish a sufficient
supply of bricks for the fortifications, and letters and
telegrams, are constantly arriving urging them to hasten
°tithe operations. At Borghoforte, which is a tte-du-pont,
by which an army could debouch into Lombardy, there
are no less than 620 working masons constantly.
employed ; and, what is most astonishing of all, is, that
everything is paid for in ready money. I have just seen a
letter from Naples, dated 11th, which gives a striking
description of the panic prevailing there. I regret it is
too long for insertion.

FRIDAY, August 17.
The Bourse, yesterday:, was almost deserted : there
was so little fluctuation in prices, that speculators have
ceased to pay any attention to the transaetions. Prices
are, howeve,‘ retrograding, and are likely to continue to
advancs i.O a downward direction unless the English
funds improve. The Threes, wkich left off on Tuesday
at 68f, 05c., were closed yesterday at 67f. 80e,