The Press.
London, England, 1853-08-13 00:00:00

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Pants, August 11.
AT a dinner given at the Palace of St. Cloud the
poet Jasmin addressed some verses to the Empress
fall cf delicate allusions. Taking his inspirations
from his heart, he alluded to the mother of M. Mae,
eighty .% ears of age, who had undertaken a journey
from one end of France to the other to join her son
in exile in Belgium. Taking advantage of the sym-
pathetic feelings excited in the Imperial circle,
he was emboldened to ask the pardon and recal of
M. Daze to his native country. In speaking of the
deep of mtion of a family separated by exile, he took
oeeasion to allude with gracefulness to the interesting
situation of the Empress, herself about to become a
mother. 'I he Emperor granted his request in the
most generous manner, accompanying his permission
for M. to return to France by no condition what-
soever. When we consider that, when (Nestor of
the National Assembly, N. Rare was one of the most
violent opponents of Louis Napoleon, and most offen-
sive in his proceedings towards hint, we cannot but se.

SATURDAY,

knowledge the magnanimity of the Emperor in thii
proceeding. M. Baze, perhaps feeling how little he
merited this goodness, published the following letter
in the InNyeedance Belge :
Sir,--I have just read in the Sielete with feelings of
pain such US I cannot describe the recital of a scene
which passed at St. Cloud, and of which that journal gives
the billowing aecount. • • • • •
•
I had thought that I had made all my friends, and par-
ticularly M, 3tistuin, comprehend that any attempt or
solicitation whatever• addressed to the Government in my
i:r•uttr would lie hurtful to my feelings, and 1 had hoped
that they would have abstained from taking any such steps,
as I had a right to expect, us u duty they owed to myself.
It has not been so. What has now occurred obliges mu
again to reiterate my resolve, the motive of which will be
easily understood by all men of heart. The termination
of the banishment which in my person strikes three gene-
rations of exiles can never, even in appearance, be the
result of a favour granted, directly or indirectly, to any one,
Le he who he may. " lIAZI.,
" Aikeicn Questeur de I..k.ssemblee Nationale de France."

M. Arago, scarcely recovered from his recent ill-
ness, has resumed his duties as Perpetual Secretary
of the Academy of Sciences. M. de Fallout has
arrived in Paris. The Emperor, after a personal ex-
aminatlon, has placed at the disposition of Captain
tie Burager the emu of 130,0001'. for the construction
of a sailing vessel destined to solve the question
long mooted of the possibility of making Paris a sea-
port without constructing any canal. The Presse
adds this remark :—" By the invention of steam,
France has already nothing to envy in the insular
position of Great Britain. Very soon, through the
improvements brought to bear upon the building of
ships, Ptuis will have nothing to envy in London."
1 am glad to be of a contrary opinion to the Presse.
When the announcement appeared in the 3loniteur
that. the Emperor of Russia had given his adhesion
to the note sent from Vienna, loud hymns of peace
were sung, a great rise in the funds took place, with
great erowiugs of the journals favourable to "peace
at any price." M. tinizot said, " L'incident passe,
twig Tottaire remte." The Ministerial reserves in
the British Houses of Parliament have damped the
joy of the optimists to-day. The. Russians in Paris
are firmly of opinion that the occupation of the Da-
nubian provinces is permanent, and that the manner
and maitre of the operations, civil and military, are
sure indications of the " appropriation system" of
Russia. There will be a grand dinner at the Hotel
de Ville on the 13th of August, in honour of the
Fete of Napoleon. One hundred and eighty invita-
tions have been issued. The Ministers of the
Emperor, the Prefect of Police, the Mayor of Paris,
and all the high municipal functionaries, will be
present at this feast, which is to take place in the
magnificent Salle du Trone. The Prince Jerome has
quitted his property at .Villegenis for the Château de
Mention, where he will remain for the rest of the
summer. The Queen Christine is gone to Havre.
Her suite is composed of fifteen persons. Splendid
apartments have been prepared for her at Frascati.
A new sort of carriage has been constructed for the
Orleans Railroad. It is a complete house, consisting
of a drawing-room, bedroom, kitchen, and wine-cellar,
with icing apparatus for fifty bottles of wine—in fact,
apartment* funnslied elegantly anti comfortably. It
WAS built under the immediate direction of the Comte
de L—, and he can now travel " at home " from
one end of Europe to the other. The Jockey Club
have started by express train to Dieppe, to be present
at the steeplechases which are to take place there.
Since the affair of the Opera Comique, the words
"by order," indicating the intended presence of the
Emperor and Empress, no longer figure on the play-
bills. A numerous escort of cavalry accompanied
the Emperor to the theatre Le Cirque the evening
before last. There is something important to be
made public in the Moniteur tin the 15th instant. I
believe it will he the announcement of the coronation,
and, perhaps, the arrival of the Pope. It is probable the
Emperor will visit Lille More the 15th instant, in
which case ho will set off to-morrow. On Thursday
last a dreadful storm broke over Lyons : it lasted
thirty-five minutes, and caused terrible ravages. The
following scrio.comic incident deserves mention :—A
splendid banquet was to be given to the Minister at
War in the tent of the Field-Marshal Castellane. All
the principal official dignitaries of the province and
of the town had been invited. At the moment of
sitting down t-t dinner the storm broke over them,
the wind threatening to carry away the tent., and the tor-
rents of rain penetrating the canvas. The guests, in
most admired disorder, regained the town, well
drenched to the skin, without their dinner, and many
without. any clothes to change.

:Monday next. the 15th. being the /We day of
Napoleon. will be celebrated by a magnificent series
of processions, illuminations, &c., for which prepara-
tions have been making during the week upon the
grandest scale. The Place de la Concorde, the
Barrier de VEtoiie, the (Inns Elysees, and the