The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

Quantity on bouthern island 1,C,1N1,411.0 „

Total spo,ooo
Mr. M'lntosh appends some remarks and notes of
information obtained cu the islands :
" The mechanical engineer in charge of the excavation
on the northern island told the that, since he emir in
October, Isll, a space of VA) feet had leen cleared into
the deepest cutting, which amounts to 30t,0110 tells. 1
have not been able to ascertain the exact present ship-
ments on this island, lint judging from the number of
cheek clerks, labourers, the plant, &c., it may probably be
estimated at one-frurth more than the centre island. M.
Kossuth, the superintendent of the centre island, having
allowed me accees to his books, I have satisfactorily ascer-
tained that his statement of shipping Lion tons per day is
comet. The details of the work are, MO Chins.nun, at
five tons per else, in harrows, and four ship slait.ts. at 13,1
tons each per day. N. Kossuth further infinmed me that
when he commenced. in December, MI, the rail extended
fret (nun the brow of the OK and that he has now
obtained a distance of scill feet in a direct line into the
deepest pint of the cutting. This statement, on calcula-
tion, further proves the foregoing prat as the amount of
Ritmo from such an excavation would amount to 240,1110
tons, which in seven months is at the rate of I,llio tons
per day.'

THE number of emigrant ships which left Liver-
pool during Nov( mber Walt thirty-seven, with a hind
number of 11,781 adults on board, being less by :t,5 0
than in the pre.ions month.
MR. WILLIAM pItANIOE PoLLARD is appointed titian-
ciidaccountant in British Guiana.

DECEMBER 10, 1853.

jortign a 0 Colonial I(ntelligtnte.

PRII'..4TE CORRESPONDENCE.
PARIS, December R.
THE inauguration of the statue of Marshal Ney took
Ogee yestertlay, in the gardens of the Luxembourg
avenue of the Observatory, at one o'clock. The
statue was erected on the exact spot on which his
execution took place in 1M1:). A rich tribune was
prepared for the authorities and persons invited.
The two side compartments, covered with rich velvet
fringed with gold, were prepared for the reception of
the Council of State, the members of the Senate, the
Corps Legislatif, general officers, and ladies in deep
mourning. All the Ministers, accompanied by their
principal secretaries; Marshals Naomi, Dative.
lleille; the admirals, and the staff of the army of
l'aris ; the presidents of the courts of law and tai
'tuna's; the Prefects of the Seine anti of the Police ;
the reverend dignitaries of the Church; the mem-
bers of the Institute,—took their places on the plat-
form. At the extremity of this tribune, on reserved
seats, were seen the family of the late Marshal Ney,
represented by his eldest son, the Prince do la
Moskowa, general of lnigade, and member of the
Senate; the Duke of Elebingen, :mother of his
sons, in the uniform of it sergeant of dragoons ;
Colonel Edgar Noy, aide-de-camp and first limits-
man to the Emperor; and the Count de PeNigny,
Minister of the Interior f manied to the grand
daughter of the late marshal). S. A. I. the Prince
Napoleon anived at one o'clock, accompanied by the
Minister of War and the Grand Marshal of the
Palace. At the same moment the drums announced
the approach of the Archbishop of Paris, Mon
seigneur Sibour, at the head of the metropolitan
clergy. The prelate, with the mitre on his head, and
preceded by the cross, advanced up to the statue ;
the choristers chanting "11e prefundis." The clergy
having taken their places, a flourish of trumpets and
the report of cannon announced the eotnmencement
of the ceremony of inauguration. The black veil
which covered up to this moment the statue is with.
drawn, and the warrior stands confessed, in that atti-
tude of command and daring which popular tea
dition had indicated to the sculptor. The cry- was
" live l'Empereur l" The crowd waved their hats,
and the soldiers their helmets. The Invalides formed
the guard of honour around the monument. After
the reading of the decree authorising the erect' of
this statue by the Minister of State, the Minister at
War made a long and very good speech, which was
universally and warmly applauded. 1 remarked this
passage :—" At Waterloo, fortune refused all to his
courage—everything; even to the death which was
due to 'the Bravest of the Brave; and which he
courted in vain in the thickest of the fight." M.
Lupin (the elder), formerly President of the As-
semblee Nationale, followed. This celebrated orator
was received with the sympathetic acclamations of
the multitude, who remembered that he had been
the intrepid and talented defender of Ney before the
court-martial anti the Chamber of Peers. In con-
eluding. M. Dupin congratulated the Emperor Na-
poleon 111. on this act of reparation offered to the
memory of the great captain. The crowd, after ad-
miring the statue, broke up in the most orderly man-
lier, the bands of music playing martial airs as they
sought their various dwellings. 'flee non-attendance
of the Emperor was remarked, anti differently com-
mented on. But the existence of many of those
peers who pronounced the sentence against Marshal
Ney rendered his absence a new instance of his pecu-
liar sagacity and tact.
The mind has veered again towards the peaceful
quarter. An Austrian mote, received yesterday by the
4 iovernment, has, rightly or wrongly, inspired general
confidence that diplomacy may yet undo the Gordian
knot of the Oriental question without its being abso
lively necessary to cut through it with the sword. The
Bourse has thrown off its apprehensions (to-day, I
will not answer for to-morrow), and all is sunshine,
except the weather. which is gloomy and damp. The
ladies are preparing their court mantles, embroi-
dered in gold, for the receptions of the New Year's.
day ; the shopkeepers are hoping for an extrava-
gant season ; anti the English residents are going to
build a large Protestant church, as the dining-roem
chapel at the embassy is not large enough to contain the
greatly-increased number of our countrymen flocking
to Park
M. de Manpas, Ambassador of France at the
Court of Naples, has returned from Borne to that
city. It is said all the arrangements for the corone-
t are perfected, and that it will take place about
May. On this occasion his Holiness the Pepe will
honour Paris with his presence, and officiate in pot
svn at the august ceremony.

THE PRESS.

The Count de WalewAki ha. left Paris for London,
and ha: revened fro:li in.,truetions from 31. Protiti
deg I.'llny%. Minister of Foreign Atfairs.

A. private letter front Naples infortes u• that King
Ferdinand is going to augment his army by 11,000
tarn.

Print' Nap44leon making preparation:4 to Net ow
for Piedmont. This is said to his It 111101i11101thil
i•M`lInsi0111.

Jl. de la Otterroniere is preparing, it is said, a
article on •' T he Fusion," which is ex
peek' with great curiosity by OW public, as his
inspirations are deduced generally trout the very
highest source.