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London, England, 1853-07-09 00:00:00

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in answer to Mr. ll'Eu.arr.
Lord Patiatawros ittatod that a bill would be immediately
introduced by tiovernument on the subject of botting-lioulwa.

I7NIVERSITV REFORM.
Mr. llnvwwin has {Oren notice of his intention on the 2nd
of August to mote for leave to bring in a bill to rentove certain
disabilities which prevent suave classes of her Majesty's subjects
(mini resorting to the University of Oxford', and from prweeding
to the tirvitur biielielor's degrees marts, law, and weak:We iu the
Universities utOt.funl and Ciuubridge.

[ln the summary of the speech delivered by Mr. CUM-
MING BRUCE ou the India Bill, given in our last number,
the hon. member is erroneously stated to have " approved,
ulsa► the whole, of the present measure." It should have
been printed the present " system," Mr. lime objecting
to the measure that it would undermine the existing form
of administration, and especially that it would prove " the

derth•kuell of the mysteut of double govenuueut.")

Sortign BO Colonial antellignut.

[From our own Correspondent.]
l'Auts, July 7.

The Opira Comique reopened on Tuesday with
Auber's opera of Harike, by command. The Em-
peror and. Empress, accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Alba, and attended by all the Ministers
and officers of state, assisted at the representation.
The enemies of order, the members of secret asso-
ciations, were at their work. The police had got on
the scent of their machinations, and at the entrance
of the theatre many arrests were effected. This tithe
the malefactors were taken with anus concealed on
their persons. It is much to be deplored that the
Emperor, regardless of the entreaties of his friends,
persists in exposing his life every day, appearing
everywhere unexpectedly without escort, and without
the police being informed where he is going. It is
certainly deplorable that the security of a great
country such as France should depend upon the life
of any man, instead of reposing on the sound basis of
public and national institutions. But, in the present
state of parties, such is the case. The Empress is
in an interesting position, which promises to
ameliorate this situation.

The Moniteur mentions with great complacency
the hospitable and distinguished reception of the
French officers at the camp of Chobham. It is
truly gratifying to see two nations, so long antago-
nistic, vieing in the rivalry of politeness and cour-
tesy, in the productions of their native industry, and
in the honourable emulation of which country shall
contribute the most to the maintenance of
the peace and consequent prosperity of the
world. Thu manifesto of the Emperor of
Russia is considered here as by no means ex-
cluding the hope of a pacific arrangement of the
affairs of the East. The attempts to separate France
from England have signally failed ; and M. I)ronyn
de l'Huys, a firm friend of British alliance, has
triumphantly answered the notes of Menschikolf and
Nesselrode, in a declaration, as logical and lucid as
theirs were unfounded and jesuitical. On the fith
July, 184 s, the Count de Nesselrode, then Minister
of Foreign Affairs in Russia, addressed a " circular "
to the Russian Legations in Germany. This curious
document invites all public functionaries to use their
legitimate influence to eradicate the false notions
popularly entertained as to Russian policy, and re-
assure the populations among whom they may reside
as to the intentions of the Government, declaring
that &lona would never attack any foreign power

SATURDAY,

who had not commenced an attack on herself. The
mission of M. D'O zeroff to Constantinople by no means
indicates a pacific tendency : he is simply charged
with the delivering of the identical ultimatum already
presented by Prince Meuschikoff. At Smyrna and
at Athens the effects of the manifesto are beginning
to demonstrate themselves in a great excitation of
religious fanaticism. M. Fould, it is confidently
asserted, will be named Minister of Finance. The
Urand Duchess Helena, married to the admiral
commanding the Russian fleet, and niece of the
Emperor of Russia, had deferred her intended voyage
to England under existing circumstances ; but the
Emperor has signified that he desires her not to delay
it, as there exists no reason for so doing.
Madame Kalergi, who passes for a very clever
woman, employed by the Russian diplomacy, has ar-
rived suddenly in Paris.

The discovery of another alleged conspiracy against
the life of the Emperor furnished material thr slam
dant gossip, and agitated the Bourse, on Wednesday..
Various and conflicting rumours were, as usual, set
afloat respecting the affair, of which the only circum-
stance absolutely certain, but out of which a thousand
reports and conjectures grew, was the arrest of several
individuals on the Boulevard des Miens, at eleven
o'clock on Tuesday night. Among other things it
was said that the conspirators intended m assassinate
the Emperor at the Opera Comique, which reopened
on that evening after a long recess, and to effect
their purpose had hired a box over the Imperial box,
and placed a number of accomplices in different parts
of the theatre. The police, however, having got
wind of the design, watched the suspected parties
closely, and the whole of them were arrested, but not.
without difficulty, as they made considerable resist-
ance. They were all found to be armed with daggers
and loaded pistols. The number of persons arrested
was fourteen. They were first taken to the Prefecture
of Police, and, an active search being prosecuted in
several suspected quarters, fresh arrests were effected
next morning. The way in which the affair was dis-
covered was a. 4 follows :—The police agents in the
neighbourhood of the Opera Comique were on the
alert when the Emperor and Empress were about to
arrive. Suddenly one of them observed that a man
whom he had been watching dropped something, which
on examination was found to be a dagger. The man
was at once arrested, and admitted that he was a
member of a secret society, composed of front sixty
to eighty persons, who have sworn to assassinate the
Emperor. Ten or twelve of his accomplices were
subsequently arrested in the crowd, and all of them
were found to be armed with loaded pistols and dag-
gers. One of them is a medical man. They were
all well dressed. It is thought that a great many
more will be arrested. The Government is anxious
to make out that the affair is of little consequence.
A decree in the Moniteur convokes the councils
general for the 22nd of August. The sessions will
close on the 7th of September.
The Minister of Marine has announced his inten-
tion to patronise the regattas at the principal ports,
and to found prizes, consisting of gold or silver
medals, or sums of money, to be called " The Minis-
ter of Marine's Prize." Since 114411 petitions have
frequently been sent from the localities interested,
requesting some encouragement of this kind for the
regattas, but hitherto without success.
The Minister of War left Paris on Tuesday for
the purpose of continuing his military inspection in
the west of France.
Count I'auin, Minister of Justice of Russia, has
quitted Paris, with his family, for the waters of
Ems.
By a decree of the Emperor, the duty of f2f. per
ton on French vessels leaving the ports of France is
abolished.

The fears respecting the harvest in France have
been dissipated by the late improvement in the
weather.
The Bank of France has published the result of
its operations during the first six months of the
present year, which show a profit of 0,387,000 f.
Among the principal items composing the profits of
the establishment, discounts reckon for 1,400,000 f.;
rentes held by the bank, 1,S00,000f.; advances on
railway shares, $12,000f.; and on public securities,
524,000 f. The profits from different branch banks
figure in the general result for 2,034,000 f., after
deducting losses on two of them. Out of these
profits a dividend of Of. a share has been declared
for the six months.
The French Government has in its turn drawn up
a note, or manifesto, by way of reply to the Nessel-
rode note. Its tenor is described as being temperate,
precise, and firm.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The following is the manifesto issued by the Em-
peror Nicholas on the 20th ult., upon intelligence of
the rejeetion of the ultimatissiwun reaching St.
Petersburg :
" By the grgee of Goa, We, N Vholag T., Efareng awl Autvvnit
of all the linemias, Czar 4,414,4 W, itc., Sco
" lama all ygople.