The Press.
London, England, 1853-07-30 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Tuesdays Moniteur contains a decree dividing the
departments i f France into nine districts, over which
councillors of state are appointed as inspectors of
the administrative services of the prefectures.
The speech of Lord Aberdeen at the civic banquet
in London on Saturday evening, announcing that the
policy of the Government is a pacific one, and the
few but energetic words of the French Ambassador
on the same occasion, have produced a very happy
effect in Paris, notwithstanding the absence of any
official intelligence of the same character.

THE PRESS.

The Court of Cassation has quashed the judgment
of the Imperial Court of Paris in the affair of the
foreign correspondents of the journals, and decided
that the prefect of police has no right to break open
letters in the post-office.
The trial of the parties accused of conspiracy, con-
nected with the secret society called the Commune
Revolutionaire, was brought to a close on Saturday
last, and the Tribunal of the Correctional Police
pronounced the following sentences :--Felix Pyat.
Boichot, L. Avril, Caussidiere, and Rongee, tried in
their absence par continence, are condemned to ten
years' imprisonment, 11,000 f. tine, and ten years' sur-
veillance. The following persons, present at their
trial, Bardot, Bravard, Boller Genii), and Oravier, to
five years' imprisonment, 5,000 f. fine, and five years'
surveillance; Madame Libersalle and M. and Ma•
dame (Thin, for distributing seditious papers, six
months imprisonment and 100 f. fine ; Madame Fon-
bart, for the same offence, one month's imprison.
ment ; Vigneaud, for fraud, six months' imprison-
ment. Merlet. Langenie, and Desenfants. were ac-
quitted. The trial took place with closed doors, and
there was no jury. Those guilty of belonging to a
s'vret society may be sent ate Cayenne if caught.
The Emperor and Empress are still at St. Cloud,
It ailing a comparatively retired life. They have not
been seen much in public since the affitir of the
Opera Comique. In the present state of the political
horizon, it is not probable that the Emperor will go
far away from Paris this summer. The Empress is
about to take up her residence at the Trianon.
On Tuesday last a funeral service was performed
in the church of St. Len for the repose of the soul
of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Holland, who
died on the 26th of July, 1840. The Emperor and
Empress were present on the occasion.
General Don Manuel Blanco has presented his
credentials to the Emperor as Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the Republic of Chili in Paris.
By the monthly return of indirect contributions
it appears that in June, 1853, the receipts amounted
to 11,11511,:574f., while in June, 1852, they were only
11,704,430 f. For the first half-year the return is
not so favourable ; the amount for 1853 being
65,6014,6iNf., while in 1852 it was 119,001,9111 f.
The construction of the railways from Rheims to
Mezieres and Charleville, and from Criel to Beauvais,
has been conceded by an Imperial decree to Messrs.
Masterman, Laing, Hutchinsen, lizielli, and Co.
The news of the crops in the south is favourable.
In the Hittites and Basses Alpea, particularly, the
corn is in excellent condition ; and the same may be
said of the olives and figs in the vicinity of Lyons.
In the Cher and Normandy the state of the crops is
equally promising.
M. de Persigny has purchased Maisons, the well-
known mansion of the Lattitte family, on the line of
the Rouen Railway. Madame de Persigny is a
granddaughter of M. Laffitte.
Admiral de la Susse has arrived at Toulon from
Besika Bay, having been displaced, as already an-
nounced, in the command of the French squadron by
Admiral Hamelin.