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

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

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running into a passenger train preparing for its
departure. Fortunately the passengers had not
taken their tseats, or the result would probably have
been frightful. As it wax, the damage was confined
to the total destruction of three carriages.
Three tradesmen were convicted on Wednesday by
the Tribunal of Correctional Police for having ex-
hibited and sold seditious emblems—one of them,
Tihy, a manufacturer of imitation pearl, was tined
300 f. ; Martoret. a statuette-maker, was fined 21.10 f. ;
and Itochet, a glass-manufacturer, 100 f.
The Nantes journals announce that several of the
persons recently arrested have been set at liberty.
The hidependance Beige was seized at the l'aris
post for a letter which it contained on the subject of
the political arrests of the last few days in Paris and
other parts of France.