The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

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[From our own Corrraponde►►t.]
Thursday,.l tine
'l'►►r Oriental question absorbs all others at this
moment ill l'ari•. in the submit, on the Bourse, in
tho street.. 111111 at, home, nothing but " \lensehikoff,"
" i►tindas;' " La Susse," the English and French
fleet, and the probabilities of a war with Russia. To-
day it was said that the Count de Nesseirode would

SATURDAY,

replace Prince Menschikoff at Constantinople, but the
funds go down nevertheless, and lea :rut apprAensions
damp the ardour of the most daring speculators. A
rise took place. however, of 50 cents, on this news on
the Four and a Half per Cents., and 80 cents. on the

Three per Cents.
On Sunday last a grand review t .ok place on the
Plain of Satory (Versailles). The Emperor, accom-
panied by the Duke of Genoa, and attended by the
Minister of War ( De St. Arnaud) and Marshal Mag-
nan, assisted. 'l'he former got kicked luckily the
stirrup broke the force of the blow, so that no frac-
ture followed, but a severe contusion on the Taft
font was occasioned. The Minister remained by the
side of the Emperor till the end of the review, and
his wound was only drossed on his return to Paris.
He will be well enough to leave this day (Thursday )
for the camp at St. Onion He will pass the first day
in visiting the garrisons of Amiens, Arms, and
Douai. The next day will be entirely dedicated to
the important fortified town of Lille. Marshal St.
Arnaud will arrive at SL Omer at four o'clock in the
morning, and will pass two days at the camp, during
which time General Canrobert will mameuvre the
troops placed under his command.
The Corps Legislatif is holiday-making since Satur-
day last. The Senate met on Tuesday, and named
five commissions, which met yesterday (Ist June), at
one o'clock, for the transaction of business in their
bureaux. The Moniteur publishes—lst, an Impe-
rial decree promulgating an international sanitary
convention between France and Sardinia, and other
maritime powers; 2nd, a law of private telegraphic
correspondence, by which, from the Ist June, the fol-
lowing tax will be levied on sending communications :
viz., for a despatch containing twenty words two
francs, and exceeding that number a fourth more.
The tax is doubled for despatches transmitted during
the night, &c.,
Bypri% ate telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, Ist
June, the report current here is, that negotiations are
to he opened between Switzerland and Austria.
A grand ball was given at the Palace of St. Cloud
on Tuesday last. The Duke of Genoa, the Duke
and Duchess of Hamilton, General Narvaez, and all
the Corps Diplomatique, were present. The supper
was served in the Omngerie, and was sumptuous.
Daylight surprised the dancers.
The report that Prince Memichikoff was to be
re
placed by the celebrated Nesselrode is explained to-
day. A young Nesselrode was attached to the em-
bassy of Menschikoff, and was by him sent en event
courrier from Odessa to St. Petersburg. Et folk
tout! so down go the funds again. The French pub-
lic understand nothing of foreign affairs in general,
and, if possible, less about affairs in the East. When
they are in a state of apprehension, there is no ab-
surdity they will not eagerly believe and blindly act
upon. M. Dronyn de l'Huys and Lord Cowley have
both assured those around them that some days must
elapse before any news can arrive, good or bad, on
the Oriental question. But it is all useless; every
hour gives rise to new rumours, equally ridiculous
and ignorant. There is not any real news to com-
municate, so ex nihilo nihil fit.

FRANCE.
The Corps Li•gislatif closed its session on Satur•
day, in such haste that, although unopposed, the
Literary Property Bill was thrown over for want of
time. The bill for reviving capital punishment in
certain cases WAS passed, but with some setiotts
modifications; insomuch that M. de la tinerronnii•re,
in his report, describes it as "the definitive abolition
of the political scaffold."

BELOW M.
BET.“ 11): INDEPENDENcE.—A correspondent, dating
from Bruges, on Thursday afternoon. says :
There is a good deal of political excitement in
this country just now. The cafig are every night
full of noisy debaters, and, notwithstanding the very
satisfactory results of Leopold's visit to Germany,
the more general feeling appears to be one of appre-
hension and uneasiness ; a feeling, indeed, which is
fostered amongst the masses by the ac ive exertions
now being made to strengthen the fortifications of
Antwerp and Ostend.
Our political dilettanti, however, seem confident
that the peace of Europe is not likely to be disturbed
by any attack upon the independence of Belgium. and
express a little surprise that a complete silence should
be observed at the present moment, as to the French
Emperor having any design in another quarter—
namely, the Rhine.
Our King is much beloved by all classes of the
people, and the Flemings are not a little proud of the
flattering reception accorded t t him by Cie German
I sovereigns.
" The Government have entered into an arrange-
ment with a private company for the establishment
of a regular line of e.mmuutication between Antwerp
and New York, and the measure only waits for the
sanction of the Chamber of Representatives, which
will probably be accordedin the course of the ensuing

JtSE 4, 1853.

week. According to this arrangement, steiun-vessels
of not less than 500 tons burden will start from Ant-
w,:rp and from New York once a month for the tirst
sea:, and once every fortni;ht for the four following
years. The belief in the talked-of marriage between
the Emperor of Austria and the Princess Charlotte is
becoming more general. 6, pc..

TURKEY.
The actual state and probable result of the Turkish
alicalty remains for the present in considerable ob-
scurity. Since the last telegraphic accounts respect-
ing the positive departure of Prince Menschikoff
fel m Constantinople, and break up of the political re-
lation 4 between Russia and the Porte, nothing de-
finite has been communicated. On the side of
Turkey military preparations are reported to he mak-
ing with much promptitude. The red if, or militia, in
each separate village is ready to march. The Go-
vernment is prepar,d to put d,,wn any Russo-Greek
insurrection that may be attempted, and artillery has
been sent to Varna. A steamer has been despatched
to i ecal the fleet under the command of Admiral
Ahmet Paella. The steamer will then proceed to
A!exandlia with despatches for the Viceroy. It is ru-
moured here that the Sultan demands 40,000 men
fr m Abbas Pacha. The Turks are making gigantic
preparations for a coming rupture with Russia.

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RUSSIA.
An Imperial ukase has recently been published at
St. Petersburg, which orders the telegraphic line
from thence to the ports in the Black Sea to be forth-
with completed.
All the Russian generals and other officers resident
abroad have received orders to return to Russia with-
out delay; and among others the celebrated General
Jomini, who has been long resident in Paris, watching
the progress of military art in France. Jomini was
head of the stall' of General Diebiiz in ISIS, during
the campaign of the Balkan. He was aide-decamp
of the Emperor Alexander, as well as of the present
Emperor.
The lately contemplated interview between the
Emperors of Russia and Austria is indefinitely post-
poned.