The Press.
London, England, 1855-04-21 00:00:00

TUESDAY.

By the earliest trains crowds of visitors of all
classes reached Windsor from the metropolis, and
before eleven o'clock the High-street and approaches
to the castle were densely thronged with spectators.
It was generally expected that the Emperor and
Empress, accompanied by her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, would have
been present at a stag hunt, and this idea was appa-
rently confirmed by the fact of the Queen's stag-
hounds passing through the town. Instead, how-
ever, of proceeding to Salt-hill, the Emperor and the
Empress, in company with her Majesty and the
Prince Consort, walked upon the Slopes. The
Emperor then visited the dairy and model farms,
upon which new buildings, on a most extensive scale,
have recently been erected.
Shortly before three o'clock the Mayor and town
council of Windsor proceeded to the castle, in their
official robes, to present sin address of congratulation
to the Emperor. The address was read as usual to
his Majesty, and received a fitting reply.
A deputation of the merchants, bankers, and
traders of London was afterwards introduced and
presented an address of congratulation to his Impe-
rial Majesty, which was read by Mr. T. M. Weguelin,
the Governor of the Bank of England, and in turn
elicited a gracious answer from the Emperor.
The morning and early afternoon being thus
passed, at four o'clock the Queen, Prince Albert, the
Emperor and Empress of the French, and the whole
of the Court, left the castle to witness a review in the
Great Park of the 2nd Life Guards, the Royal Horse
Guards, and the Carabineers, under the command of
the Earl of Cardigan. The Emperor rode on horse-
back between Prince Albert and the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The Queen and the Empress were in an
open carriage and four.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince
Alfred, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Princess
Helena, and also the Princess d'Essling, the Duchess
of Wellington, and the other ladies and some of the
gentlemen of the household, were in open royal car-
riages and four.
The officers in attendance on the Emperor and
the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and the
I'rince rode on horseback on duty with the illustrious
party.
A great crowd of people of distinction from the
neighbourhood, with an immense number of other
persons on foot and horseback, who already occu-
pied a portion of the ground, here received the Em-
peror and Empress with acclamations.
The line was formed by the following regiments:-
2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, the Cara-
bineers' and two troops of Horse Artillery. On the
arrival of the royal cortege on the ground they were
received with a royal salute, the bands playing the
National Anthem, and "Partant portr la Syrie."
The evolutions that succeeded were, however,
evidently intended rather for a military show than a
review. The troops marched past at first in slow
time, thus affording the Emperor an opportunity of
inspecting some of the finest soldiers in the world,
complete in every equipment. The regiments,
owing to some mistake, were about to advance at
once in quick time, when Lord Cardigan halted them
suddenly, right in front, and made them pass in
broken columns by threes. They then marched
past at a trot, and afterwards at a gallop. Several
charges were then executed, and in more then one
instance the horses and riders charged home to her
Majesty's carriage, halting suddenly when close up
to the royal party. To give reality to these charges,
a few skirmishers were thrown out in front, and some
half-dozen guns fired behind, but nothing more was
intended.
The Emperor was vociferously cheered as be
passed along the line, as were also the Duke of Cam-
bridge and Lord Cardigan.
Dining the review the Emperor was much en
gaged in conversation with Prince Albert and the
Duke of Cambndge, and from time to time rode up
to her Majesty's carriage. The Empress Eugenie
co iversed during the whole of this period with the
Princess Royal.
At six o'clock the review broke up, and the cortege
returned by the same route.
A Feat crowd of the nobility were present at the
review, and-among the "mounted" gentlemen, who

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excited pat ticnlar observation, were the French Am-
bassador and Lord Palmerston. The Duchess of
Kent was also present on the ground.
the Queen gave another grand dinner, followed
by an evening party that night. Windsor was also
illuminated in honour of the occasion.

For the accommodation of the Queen's visitors, a
special train on the Great Western Railway was
provided, which left Paddington at half•past eight
o'clock, and was in readiness at twelve o'clock to
convey her Majesty's guests back to town.
At the review the Queen and de Empress wore
dresses of a light colour, with dark scarfs and veils,
her Majesty having on a green bonnet, and the Em-
press one of a blue colour. The Emperor of the
French was mounted on his favourite charger,
Phillips. The fame of his Majeay's sixteen English
horses brought over the Duke of Wellington ( Master
of the Horse to the Queen) to Windsor at an early
hour, to inspect the animals.

The procedings of the imperial visitors throughout
this day were chiefly confined to the precincts of the
palace, the great event being the holding of a" chap
ter" in St. George's-hall, at which the Emperor re
ceived the investiture of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter. During the progress of this ceremonial, a
guard cf honour, consisting of two companies of the
Grenadier Guards, and one of the Coldstream, took
their station in the centre of the quadrangle, and the
bands performed alternately the national airs of
England and France. It is worthy of mention that
the Star and George worn by his Imperial Majesty on
the occasion of his investiture are the veritable
insignia used upon similar occasions by Louis XVIII.
and Charles X.; and it may here be observed that
the first French monarch created a Knight of the
Garter was Francis the First, upon whom the honour
was conferred by Henry the Eighth.

The details of this ceremonial are thus described
in the official narrative igiven by the Court News-
man

The Queen held a Chapter of the Order of the Getter at
three o'clock this afternoon in the Castle, for the purpose
of investing his Imperial Majesty the Emperof of the
French with the ensigns of this most noble order.
The Knights Companions were robed in the Guard
Chamber and afterwards passed to the Grand Reception-
roolll.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert were conducted by the Great Officers of State to the
Throne-room. followed by the Duke of Cambridge and the
Prince of Leiningen. The Queen and their Royal and
Serene Hignesses wore the purple velvet mantle, the
crimson velvet hood, and the splendid collar of the Order.
The train of her Majesty, the Sovereign of the Order, was
borne by the Peges of Honour in Waiting. The Queen
wore also a diamond diadem.

The Knights Companions were called over by Garter
King of Arms, when the following answered according to
their order of seniority :—The Marquis of Exeter, the
Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke
of Buckingham, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Duke of
Cleveland, Earl de Grey, the Marquis of Abercorn, the
Marquis of Hereford. the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of
Clarendon, Earl Spencer, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Duke of
Northumbetiand,the Earl of Ellesmere, and the Earl of
Aberdeen.
The officers of the Order present were—the Bishop of
Winchester. Prelate; the Bishop of Oxford,Chancellor; the
Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, Registrar; Sir
Charles George Young, Garter King of Arms ; and Sir
Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod.
The Knights appeared in the mantle and oollar of the
Garter, and the Officers wore their respective robes with
their chains and badges.
The Knights Companions and Officers entered the
Throne-room and took their seats at the table, the Queen
being seated in a chair of state at the head, a second
(vacent) chair of state being on the right hand of her
Majesty.
The Prelate of the Order stood on the right of the Queen,
the Chancellor on the left, while the Registrar, Garter, and
Black Rod remained at thebottom of the table.
The ceremony commenced by the Chancellor reading a
new statute, by command of the Queen, dispensing with
the existing statutes of the Order of the Garter, in as far
as required for the especial purpose therein mentioned,
and ordaining and declaring that his imperial Majesty
Napoleon 111 , Emperor of the French, be declared a
Knight of this Order ; any statute, decree, rule, or usage to
the contrary notwithstanding.
By the Queen's command the Emperor of the French
was conducted from hie apartments, through the Music.
room and Grand Reeeption-room, between his Royal
Highness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, the two Senior Knights Companions
present, preceded by Garter King of Arms ( bearing the
ensigns of the order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and
by Black Rod.
The Queen and the Knights of the Garter received his
Imperial Majesty standing, and the Emperor, passing to
the head of the table, took a seat in the chair of state on
the right hand of her Majesty.
Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of the French, his
Royal Highness the Print* of Wales, her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal. his Royal Highness Prince Alfred. her
Royal Highness the Princess Alice, sod their Royal High•
nesse* the Duchess of Cambridge ani.the Priecess
had been conducted to the Throne-room before the en.

trance of the Queen, for the purpose of witnessing the
august ceremony.
The Empress and the Duchess of Cambridge :were
ushered to seats near the throne.
The Queen announced to the Emperor of the French
that his Imperial Majesty had been elected a Knight of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Garter King of Arms, kneeling, presented the Garter to
the Sovereign, and her Majesty, assisted by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, buckled it on the left lei. of the
Emperor ; the Chancellor pronounoing the admonition.
Garter King of Arms presented the Ribaud with the
George, and the Queer put the same over the left
shoulder of the Emperor ; the Chancellor pronouncing the
admonition.

The Queen then gave the accolade to the Emperor, acrdhis Imperial Majesty received the congratuletiona of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, and each of the Knights Companions present.
The Chapter being thus ended, the Knights Companions
were again called over by Garter, and retired from the
presence of the Sovereign with the usual reverences.
Her Majesty accompanied the Emperor to kis apart-
ments, followed by the Empress and Prince Albert, and
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suites.
The Queen and Prince afterwards returned to their own
rooms.
The French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski,
Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, and many ladies and
gentlemen of the suite of their Imperial Majesties, wit-
nessed the ceremony.
A guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
under the command of Major Harmer, the Standard
Bearer, was in attendance upon her Majesty the Queen, at
the Chapter-room, and a special Guard of Honour of the
Hon. Corps. under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Topham. The Lieutenant was on duty in attendance
upon his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, at
his apartments, and at the Chapter-room. The Yeomen
of the Guard, under the command of Captain Macdonald,
the Eton in Waiting, lined the Grand Staircase, the Vesti-
bule, and the Music-room. The Queen's footmen, in state
liveries, were stationed in the Vestibule.
The ceremonial being concluded. the Royal Family took
a drive in open carriages through the Great Park in the
direction of Virginia Water, The Duke of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred,
rode on horseback, and was closely followed by her Ma-
jesty, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Mary, and the
Duchess of Wellington. A party of equestrians, comprising
Colonel Fleury, Colonel Edgar Ney, Lord Alfred Paget, and
several members of the imperial suite, closed the brilliant
cortege. In the expectation that the imperial visitors
would pass through the Great Park, a vast concourse of
persons had assembled on each side of the avenue, but
their Majesties did not appear in public during the day. In
the evening the town was splendidly illuminated.
The Queen gave a state dinner in the evening, at which
all the gentlemen appeared in uniform or Court these, the
members of orders of knighthood wearing their respective
ensigns.
The magnificent service of gold plate was used on this
occasion. Tire middle of the table was adorned with a
number of heautifnl epergnes and vases in gold, while on
two buffets at each end of St. George's-hall, in which the
banquet was served, livers displayed, on a background of
rich crimson,a variety of beautiful specimens of art in the
precious metals, in shields, tankards, jewelled cups, vases,
tazzas, and other articles of vertu in the royal collection.
The buffets and the table were brilliantly lit by nnitemus
wax lights in candelabra of silver gilt—the St. George
candelabrum forming the centre ornament. Opposite to
this candelabri.iii, at the table, were seated on the one side
her Majesty the Queen and his Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of the French ; and, on the opposite side, her Imperial
Majesty the Empress and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert.
Behind the royal party on each side were stationed a
special guard of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen
at Arms.
Two Yeomen of the Girard were posted at each end of
the ball at the flanks of the buffets.
After the banquet, Earl Spencer, the Lord Steward of
her Majesty's Household, gave by command of the Queen,
the toast of " The Emperor and Empress of the French."
The band of the 94th Regiment played during the dinner.
After the banquet, the Queen and Prince Albert, the Ern-
peror and Empress, with the Royal Family and her
Majesty's guests, retired to the drawing-room, where the
Queen received the evening party, and a concert was then
performed by her Majesty's private band, under the direo-
tion of Mr. Anderson.
TutRaDAY.
This day was devoted principally to the visit of
the Emperor and Empress to the city of London,
where they had accepted the invitation of the Lord
Mayor and Corporation to a dijeuner at the Guild-
hall. Their Majesties accompanied the Queen and
Prince Albeit from Windsor to Buckingham-palace
in the morning, and about half-past one left the
palace and traversed the park and streets in a state
procession. Enormous crowds lined the enure
route and welcomed the imperial visitors with en-
, tlinsiostic applause upon their passage. The prepa•
rations within the Guildhall were most gorgeous, and
the repast provided gage evidence of the sumptuous
nhoospiwnietality for which the City has been so long ze-
Shortly after arriving
the Emperor received the
congratulatory address presented in the name of the
civic authorities, and which was read by the Re-
corder. The reply was as follows
,My bird Mayor,—Alter the cordial reception lave ex.
perienced front the Queen, nothing could affect Me more

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deeply than the sentiments towards the Empress and my
self, to which you, my Lord, have given expression on the
part of the city of London ; for the city of London repre-
sents the available resources which its wide commerce
affords both for civilisation and for war
Flattering as are your praises, 1 accept them, because
they are addressed much more to France than to myself.
They are addressed to a nation whose interests are today
everywhere identical with your own. (Immense cheering. )
They are addressed to an army and a navy united to your
own by heroic companionship in danger and in glory.
(Cheers.) They are addressed to the policy of the two
Governments, which is based on truth, on moderation,
and on justice. (Loud cheers.)
For myself I have retained on the throne the same sen •
timents of sympathy and esteem fur the English people
that 1 professed as an exile—(immense applause )—while
I enjoyed here the hospitality of your country ; and if I
have acted in accordance with my convictions, it is that
the interests of the nation which has chosen me, no less
than those of universal civilisation. have made it a duty.
(Cheers.) Indeed, England and France are naturally
tutited on all the great questions of politics and of human
progress that agitate the world—(cheers)—from the shores
of the Atlantic to those of the Mediterranean—from the
Baltic to the Black Sea—from the desire to abolish slavery
to the hope of amelioration for all the countries of Europe.
I see in the moral asin the political world two nations, but
one course and one end. ( Loud cheers.)
It is then only by illiberal considerations and pitiful
rivalries that our union can be dissevered. If we follow
the dictates of common sense alone we shall be sure of the
future. ( eat cheering.)
You are right in interpreting my presence amongst you
as a fresh and convincing proof of my energetic co•opera-
tion in the prosecution of the war, if we fail in obtaining
an honourable peace. (Great cheering.) Should we so
fail, although our difficulties may be great, we may surely
count upon a successful result—(cheers)—for not only are
our soldiers and our sailors of tried valouk—not only do
the two countries possess within themseWs unrivalled
resources, but, above all—and here lies their superiority—
it is because they are in advance of their enemies in gene-
rous and enlightened ideas. (Cheers.)
The eyes of all who suffer rise instinctively toward the
West., because our two nations are even more powerful from
the opinions which they represent than from their armies
and their fleets. ( Tremendous cheering.)
1 am deeply grateful to your Queen for affording me
this solemn opportunity of expressing to you my own sen-
timents and those of France, of which I am the interpre•
ter. (Cheers.)
I thank you in my own name, and in that of the Em
press, for the kind and hearty cordiality with which you
have received us. (('beers.) We shall take back to
France with us the lasting impression made on minds
thoroughly able to appreciate the very imposing spectacle
which England presents, where Virtue, on the Throne,
directs the destinies of a country under the empire o f
liberty without danger.
In the course of the dfjeuner the Lord Mayor
gave " The health of the Queen," which was drunk
by the whole company standing. His lordship after-
wards proposed " The health of the Emperor
and Empress of the French," which was received
with a similar demonstration of respect.

Before leaving the room the Emperor was for some
time in conversation with the Marquis of Lans-
downe; and the Empress, when on the point of
departure, recognising Lord Clarendon, entered into
conversation with his lordship with great vivacity.
After spending a short time in partaking of the
repast spread for them, the Emperor and Empress
returned to Buckingham Palace, prolonging the route
by traversing Piccadilly to the entrance at Constitu•
tion-bill. In the evening the Queen and her illus-
trious guests went in state to the Covent-garden
Opera. In that establishment some splendid pre-
parations had been made for their visit. The royal
box, situated, as before, in the middle of the theatre,
exactly opposite the stage, presented in a great
measure the same appearance as when the Queen
last visited the Royal Italian Opera in state. The
fittings were extremely gorgeous. Several boxes on
the first tier, grand tier, and pit tier, had been
absorbed in order to make room for this gigantic
construction, very naturally the point to which all
eyes were directed from the commencement to the
end of the entertainment.
The opera, according to instructions received from
the court authorities, commenced without waiting for
the arrival of the royal party. The interval was
passed by the audience—probably the most brilliant,
if not the most numerous, ever assembled within the
walls of a theatre—rather in a low sustained buzz or
murmur of expectation, than in attention to the per
formance. After the first act of Fidhlio, the Court
entered, and the whole house rose. That majestic•
temple wa4 decorated in holiday attire. Every tier
of boxes was hung with white silk and satin, fringed
with gold, and festooned with splendid flowers. The
royal box, in the centre of the theatre, occupied a
large space, and was magnificently decorated. From
beneath its gorgeous hangings the royal party
advanced. T-ler Majesty the Queen, taking the
Emperor by the hand, led him forwent. and, i ow.l g
to the people with a grace and frankness beyond
expression, presented to them her imperial guest,
while Prince Albert led forward the Empress

Eugknie.
Id. Costa then waving his baton, " Partant pour
la Syria" was struck up, and the acclamations of

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the audience were graciously responded to by re-
peated obeisances. The French national air was
succeeded by our own anthem, in which Madame
Bosio sang the first verse, and all the company of
the Royal Italian Opera, except those engaged in
the performance of FirlOU°, took part. The entente
cordiale thus harmooiously established, the cheers
and acclamations were renewed, until the illustrious
party resumed their seats. After the second and
third acts of the opera, which were listened to with
comparatise attention, the curtain ruse, and the
stage presented an unusual spectacle. Behind
the principal performers and chorus were revealed
a dense mass of ladies and gentlemen in full
dress, who, sooner than not be present on such au
occasion, had purchased the privilege of standing
before the footlights during the performance of the
National Anthem and " Partant pour la Syrie."
This time tile order was reversed, and " God save
the Queen" was sung first; so that both on arriving
and departing the ears of the Emperor of the French
were saluted by the familiar strains of the melody
said to have been composed by the Queen Hortense,
his mother, and now accepted by his people as
the national song of France. In the last perform-
ance of " Pertain pour la Syrie" the bands of her
Majesty's Guards joined the full orchestra, and the
etlLct was all the more impressive. When their
Majesties retired the manifestations of the audience
were renewed, and another hearty and unanimous
" ovation" accompanied their departure. The
whole of the royal party were in Court dresses.
Her Majesty wore a gorgeous tiara of diamonds ;
and the Empress Eugenie, who looked even hand-
somer than in the familiar portrait by M. Winter-
halter, was resplendent with precious jewels. The
Emperor wore the uniform of a General of Division,
with the Star and Cordon of the Legion of Honoar.
Illuminations and other displays were made
throughout the metropolis that evening on a very
extensive and magnificent scale. There were many
novelties.

THE ARMY DEPARTMENTS, according to a state-
ment in the Observer, are to undergo a " thorough
reform" without delay. The first great reform to
be proceeded with will embrace the abolition of the
Ordnance Department, and the complete consolida-
tion of thb business hitherto transacted by them
with the War Department lately established, and
now in process of a more perfect and analagous con-
centration. When the Ordnance, the Commissariat,
and the Medical, and other boards connected with
military management, shall be harmoniously con-
solidated under a single head, there is every hope
that they will be all improved, having each, at the
same time, permanent departmental chiefs, selected
for their tried competency and experience. Those,
and several other improvements, will be amongst
the foremost introduced to Parliament after the
recess.
THE annual document showing all the sums
which have been received into or paid nit of the
Commissariat chest, between the Ist of April, 1853,
and the 31st of March last, and of the assets and
liabilities of the chest on the latter day, was issued
on Saturday last. The return extends to sixteen
folio pages, and contains a mass of figures. The
cash balance in the hands of the Paymaster-General
and in the several Commissariat chests abroad, on
the Ist of April, 1853, was 507,268/. 55., and the
money raised in the year 18534 was 2,403,2001.
19s. 3d. The total sum accounted for is 7,903,0191.
4s. 51d. The liabilities are set forth at 2,752,4001.
148. 7d., and of that sum 1,325,8071. 13s. 31d. was
the surplus of assets available for carrying on the
service of the Commissariat chest on the 31st of
March last. The total cash balance on the 31st of
March last was 692,5291. ls.
Two LARGE FLOATING BATTERIES constructed for
the Government were launched on Tuesday from the
yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., at Blackwell. These
vessels present a very imposing appearance. Their
length between perpendiculars is 172 feet 0 inches,
extreme breadth 43 feet 11 inches, and depth in hold
14 feet 7 inches. Their tonnage is 1,469. They are
coated with iron plates of 4 inches to 41 inches in
thickness, and are pierced for 28 10-inch Lancaster
guns, carrying 68 pounders. One peculiarity worthy of
notice is that the mooring-holes are below the water-
line. The extreme draught of water (with every
thing on hoard) will be 7 feet 9 inches. Three niore
of these fit& ing batteries are in course of construc-
tion for the Government in other yards, making five
in all.

LORD WARD has resigned the cllonelcy of the
Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, which he accepted
only twelve months ago. His lordship twice applied
to the Court of Quarter Sessions for the use of the
judges' lodgings at Worcester as officers' quarters
during the time the regiment was on duty; but the
application was refused, and, his lordship conceiving
that the refusal was made on personal grounds,
resigned the command of the regiment. Lieutenant•
Colonel Ors has been ssleoted for the osleseloy.

SATURDAY,

Sortign an (Colonial intelligence.

FRANCE.
The French journals are chiefly occupied with ac-
counts of the reception accorded to the Emperor and
Empress in England. The cordiality evinced by the
Br►tish Sovereign, and the enthusiasm displayed by
the people, have given infinite sausfaction, and are
acknowledged in the waru►est terms. A Paris even-
ing paper says:—

- -
Onr contemporaries devote their columns in great mea-
sure to the details of the more than John Bull heartiness,
the enthusiasm, of the reception whieli has greeted their
imperial Majesties from the roads of Dover all the way to
Windsor. It may be said to have been almost one pro-
longed hurrah of acclamations, first starting from the brave
tarn who swarmed on the decks and manned the shrouds
of the gallant fleet which, under the command of .h ("mind
Cochrane, ushered their Majesties from sea to shore—
taken up with lusty spontaneous reverberations by the
myriads thronging Lover—continued along the railway
stations by the men and women of Kent with more than
the usual compliment of the far-lamed Kentish tire—.e-
echoed with tentold tleateni..g cheers along London's mass-
encumbered streets and roads—caught up by the throngs
of merry Windsor, and accompanying the imperial caval-
cade even within the walls of the royal palace, where,
serenely smiling, stood the Sovereign Lady of Britain to
ratify to her august guests her people's glorious welcome
with her own.

The War. Department is carried on under the
direction of M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior,
during the absence of Marshal Vaillant, now at-
tending his Imperial Majesty on a visit to this
country.
The Emperor's departure for the Crimea is con-
sidered quite as certain as his journey to London.
Everything is in a complete state of preparation, and
all ready to start at three hours' notice. A letter
from Marseilles announces that everything has been
prepared in that port to receive his Majesty, and the
writer speaks of the Emperor's departure as beyond
all doubt.

The French War-office has just published a list of
the subscriptions received for the army of the East
up to the 2nd, and which then amounted to
1,628,209 fr. 43 o. Of that sum 10,000 fr. have been
taken for the families of the sufferers in the Simil-
lante, and 1,192,619 Ir. 46 c. has been expended,
leaving in hand 335,589 ft. 97 c. The following is the
list of the articles purchased :-2,647 hectolitres of
wine; 940 hectolitres of brandy; 286,880 kilo-
grammes of mixed prepared vegetables; 1,200 kilos.
of onions ; 8,000 kilos. of hams; 5,619 kilos. of hogs-
lard; 13,444 kilos of Dutch cheese; 26,000 kilos. of
chocolate ; 43,000 kilos. of tobacco purchased at Con-
stantinoble and at Marseilles; 200,000 tobacco pipes;
and 16,000 straw mats.
M. Ducos, the Minister of Marine, died, after a
brief illness, on Tuesday night.
The last link to the chain of continuous railway
communication between Paris and Marseilles is com-
pleted, and was opened for passengers on Monday
last.
SARDINIA.
The Sardinian steam-frigate Constituzione left
Genoa on the 11th for Constantinople, with part of
the staff of the engineer corps of the Piedmontese
expedition, and a number of medical officers.
King Victor Emmanuel, accompanied by the French
and English Ambassadors, on Saturday last distri-
buted colours to the troops proceeding to the East.
"You go," said his Majesty, "to fight in countries
where the flag of Savoy floated in days of yore. I
regret that I cannot go with you."
His Majesty took leave of the troops on their de-
parture for the port of embarkation with the follow-
ing address:—
Officers and Soldiers—A war, founded in justice, on
which depend the tranquillity of Europe and the desti-
nies of our country, summons us to the East. You are
about to visit remote lands, where the Cross of Savoy is
not unknown. You will see valorous armies, the fame of
which fills the world. Let their example stimulate you,
and let it be evident to all that you are not less Tethaut
than your sires.
I have formerly led you on the field of honour ; I re-
member it with pride. I have shared your perils and
fatigues ; to-day I regret that we must be separated for
a time, but my thoughts will follow you everywhere, and
that will be a happy day for me which reunites me with
you.
Soldiers! behold the banners bravely unfurled by the
magnanimous Charles Albert; let them remind you of
your absent country, and of the noble traditions of eight
centuries. Be their defenders. Bring them back crowned
with new glories, and your sacrifices will be blessed by
generations present and to come.
SPAIN.

The Cortos on the 13th inst. approved a budget of
civil list, granting to the Queen 28,000,000 reels ; to
the Kiiig 1,000,000 reels; the Princess of Asturius,
1,000,000 reels; and the Duchess de Montpensier.
1,500,000 rents.

TURKEY.
The navigation of the Danube is now free. The
Russians permit all ships to pass. Ships are bell
taken up at Constautinople for cargoes of cora.